P.S: Rib difference: A short knife used to cut the abdomen in ancient Japan, usually 30-60 cm in length. Confession: In Japanese history, the name given to the person who performs the act of mending the knife for the seppuku, that is, when the other person is about to die, he swings a knife in the back and cuts off the head of the seppuku to relieve his pain.

The sun is sinking in the west, and the sky is getting late.

The Tsutsui army lit torches, and under the orders of the lord, prepared to set fire to the demon forest, and burned Oda Nobunaga and the others cleanly, leaving no bones left......

Matsukura Shigenobu saw that it was the end of autumn, the weather was very dry, and the trees were withered and yellowed, so I was afraid that the fire would spread and become uncontrollable, and the entire Mt. Hiei would be devastated. Therefore, he said to Tsutsui Shunkei: "Please also think twice, if the fire cannot be controlled, it will hurt itself, and the fire is ignited, and the smoke is billowing out, which is equivalent to exposing our whereabouts, and the Oda reinforcements will soon find here." ”

Tsutsui Shunkei snorted coldly and said: "He, Oda Nobunaga, once burned down Enryakuji Temple and killed many innocent lives, isn't it okay for me to set it on fire and burn a few cheap lives inside!" ”

"At this time and that time, my lord, it's not a pity for me to die, but my subordinates must protect my lord's safe return to Yamato."

"Hmm......" Shunkei Tsutsui frowned and fell into deep thought again. Out of his original intention, he wanted to kill the enemy himself, and he also knew that if he couldn't kill Oda Nobunaga today, he would be the one who might die another day, but what Matsukura Shigenobu said, everything is reasonable, set a fire, although it is happy, after all, he will expose himself, and it will be even more difficult to return safely.

Just as he hesitated, they heard a few explosions behind each other, followed by a commotion......

Tsutsui Shunqing hurriedly looked back, only to see the flags of the rear army in chaos, and the sound of shouting and killing paused, and hurriedly asked: "What happened in the back, could it be that the enemy's reinforcements have arrived?" ”

Matsukura Shigenobu immediately replied: "Don't be impatient, don't be impatient, let the minister go and check." With that, he turned his horse's head and galloped towards the rear.

At this time, the rear of the Tsutsui army was already in chaos, due to the sudden change, the enemy's attack was extremely sharp and rapid, and everyone could not react, unable to organize an effective defense, so they suffered a great loss, and they fell in response.

Before Matsukura Shigenobu Ma arrived, he shouted loudly: "Brothers, hold your ground, don't panic, Matsukura Shigenobu has arrived!" ”

This shout, just like the needle of the sea god, boosted the morale of all the troops, and immediately had a backbone, and everyone began to spontaneously form a formation and take the initiative to attack the enemy. However, although the number of enemy troops is small, they are all strong in martial arts, and five or six Tsutsui soldiers besiege one person, and they cannot have the upper hand......

Matsukura Shigenobu came to see that it was eight ninjas who were frantically attacking the army, and two of them were female ninjas judging from their figures. I saw that each of them was vigorous and fast, and the killing was only in the middle of the day, almost all of them were killed in one move, and at the same time, all kinds of hidden weapons were like flying rain, and they were shot out in a row, and the soldiers fell down one by one, wailing continuously......

But no one in the Tsutsui army flinched, and everyone still tried to maintain their formation and fought hard with the enemy. Matsukura Shigenobu felt a little incredible, the ninja army was usually only used to listen to the military situation, transmit messages, assassinate or sneak attack, and he had never seen such a fierce ninja army actually launch a frontal attack on a large army.

It's not that the ninja army is not strong in combat, but a qualified ninja army, to go through long-term training, its selection process is even stricter, so each ninja is a boutique, the number is very small, and they are all single or small team action, not suitable for large corps combat, even if contact is just to harass the other party.

But the performance of this group of ninja troops is very different, one by one they go deep into the tiger's den, and the attack is fierce, not like a simple attack. Matsukura Shigenobu was puzzled for a while, he knew that these Oda ninja troops were indeed for a simple attack at first, but their leader lost his mind in order to avenge his senior brother, and there was no reason to retreat immediately, but he just wanted to take off Tsutsui Shunkei's head with his own hands.

Just when Matsukura Shigenobu was suspicious, the black lacquered five bronze tools he was wearing revealed himself, and a ninja soldier recognized him as a general, and his body flew into the air, flying towards Matsukura Shigenobu, and the ninja knife in his hand stabbed him in the throat......

Matsukura Shigenobu saw the other party attacking, knowing that the ninja was agile, and he was inconvenient to move on the horse, and he would definitely suffer a loss if he hit it hard, but he sat on the saddle bridge but did not dodge, seeing that the figure had arrived, he reached out and snatched a big flag from the hands of the soldiers, and faced the attacking ninja, and rolled up the other party to the ground with a powerful force.

Ashigaru, who was standing on the side, saw that the master was about to succeed, and immediately stepped forward, raised his gun and stabbed at the enemy, but this ninja reacted quickly, rolled on the spot, dodged several spears, and the soldier wanted to step forward again, and suddenly flew a hand with a sword, which hit everyone's cheeks, and one by one immediately covered their faces with their hands, wailing and wailing......

Matsukura Shigenobu saw that his side had suffered a great loss if he continued like this, and immediately ordered: "All the troops obey the order, Ashigaru retreats, and the archers prepare to ......"

When the Tsutsui army received the order, they immediately gave up entanglement with the enemy, strode back, flashed a huge gap, and at the same time, the archers had already drawn their bows with full strings, and when their own people withdrew from the battlefield, they immediately opened their bows and released arrows, and hundreds of feathered arrows shot at the enemy like flying locusts......

However, due to being in the mountains and forests, there are too many shelters, and the actions of this group of ninja troops are quite vigorous, seeing the enemy arrows coming, they instantly hide behind the rocks and trees, and after the sound of "clanging" and "poof", the feather arrows either hit the rocks, and the bullets fell to the ground, or they were nailed into the trees.

One of the leaders of the ninja army leaned out and wanted to continue the attack, but the second batch of feather arrows came again, and if she hadn't been pulled by her companions, she would have almost been hit by the arrows.

Matsukura Shigenobu sat on his horse and ordered: "Continue to fire arrows, iron cannon ready to ......"

But after a few rounds of arrows, he found that there was no movement in front of him, and he just wanted to order Ashigaru to check, when he suddenly heard a "whoosh" sound, and a rocket flew into the air, reflecting ten thousand points of glow in the dusk that had just fallen into the night......

Matsukura was shocked, the whereabouts of the secret passage had been exposed, and Oda's army would arrive immediately, not daring to delay any longer, immediately turning the horse's head and rushing to report to the lord, and now it is the best policy to quickly evacuate the battlefield.

But as soon as he ran not far away, suddenly the fire in front of him was soaring, and thick smoke was billowing out, and Matsukura Shigenobu knew that the lord still set fire to the demon forest. But now that his whereabouts have been known to the enemy, it doesn't matter whether he burns it or not, so he can only let out a long sigh, urge his mount, and run forward......

Long Shaocong and the others have been hiding in the forest, seeing that the other party has not moved for a long time, they are all lucky to think that the enemy has withdrawn, and they are preparing to send people out to check after dark, but they feel a burst of smoke drifting in from outside.

At the beginning, the smoke dispelled the miasma, and everyone still felt refreshed, but as the smoke became thicker and thicker, everyone who choked in an instant couldn't breathe, coughed non-stop, and had already faintly seen the fire.

"Damn thief bald, actually set fire to the forest, it's really hateful!" Oda Nobunaga stood up and cursed.

Seeing that the lord had been exposed, everyone also stood up one after another. Long Shaocong slapped the thorns off his body, bent over, and kicked again, just to stretch his sore body, and Aoki Saemon next to him performed even worse, beating his limbs while wailing.

Long Shaocong thought to himself, for today's plan, the only way to do this is to rush out and fight to break the net, maybe there is still a glimmer of life.

Therefore, he set his eyes on Oda Nobunaga, hoping that this generation of heroes in front of him would quickly give an order, otherwise everyone would become roast pigs in this forest. But to his surprise, Oda Nobunaga's eyes and expression suddenly dimmed, and his body, which had already stood upright, sat down again.

"It seems that God is killing me! Anyway, my life is up to me, and I, Oda Nobunaga, would rather die than fall into the hands of that thief. After that, he slowly removed the ribs, and said to Senranmaru: "Lanmaru, please abstain from mistakes for the widow." ”

When Oda Katsucho heard this, he immediately burst into tears, threw himself on his father, and shouted, "Father ......"

Oda Nobunaga didn't react at all, but closed his eyes tightly and sang slowly: "Fifty years of life, compared with heaven and earth, is like a dream and a fantasy; Is there one who has lived once, who is immortal...... Looking at the world, dreamy like water, let life be for a while, and then go into the current ......"

The song is tragic and desolate, full of ambition and unpaid, and the sense of the end of the hero, which makes Long Shaocong feel sour in his heart, and he can't help but cry. However, he secretly thought that things were far from the end of the road, and it was not without a glimmer of life to rush out, even if he was captured, in order to save his life, he signed an alliance under the city, and then he tried his courage again, and it was not impossible to make a comeback.

Maybe this is the difference between the heroes of the Celestial Empire and the heroes of Japan, in the traditional Confucian culture, the heroes have both the overlord Xiang Yu broke the cauldron and sunk the boat, the sadness of Wujiang killing himself, and the forbearance of the king of Yue Goujian to lie down and taste the courage, rejuvenate the country and destroy Wu, but on the other hand, in Japan, there is only the former, and the latter has never been seen.

At this time, Oda Nobunaga had already exposed his chest and was solemnly wiping the ribs in his hand with a piece of white juan, and Moriranmaru was also standing behind the lord, ready to prepare......

Seeing this situation, Long Shaocong suddenly realized that the historical context in his memory was not like this, Oda Nobunaga was killed, it should be Honnoji Temple two years later, why did he die here? Could it be that he crossed over by himself and inadvertently changed the course of history......

Although he was confused, he had already made up his mind that he must take the risk and try, maybe he could prevent the tragedy from happening, but just when Long Shaocong was about to speak, he suddenly heard a loud voice coming: "Lord, stop!" ”

Everyone followed the prestige, and saw a team coming from the right, and when they walked in, they found that they were actually wearing the clothes of the Tsutsui army, and immediately drew their swords and prepared for battle.

Oda Nobunaga didn't care about seppuku anymore, and his ribs lay on his chest, looking at the enemy with a resolute face, and he returned to his heroic nature.

"Don't panic, my lord is Hidemasa Hori, and I ......"

When Oda Nobunaga heard this, he put down his ribs, stepped forward, and took a closer look at how it was really Hidemasa Hori, and suddenly exclaimed: "It turned out to be Aiqing, you want to be a widow." ”

Hori Hidemasa fell to one knee, couldn't cry for a while, and choked up and said: "Lord, the minister's rescue is late, please forgive ...... sin"

It turned out that Matsukura Shigenobu left a group of people to entangle the pillar Hori Hidemasa, and he got out by himself, thinking that it was foolproof, but he never thought that after he left, Hori Hidemasa used a trick to lure the enemy and annihilate all the people he left behind.

Subsequently, Hori Hidemasa ordered his soldiers, changed into the other party's clothes, caught up with Matsukura Shigenobu, and followed him all the way, because he judged that the other party would definitely go to the round with Tsutsui Shunkei and deal with his lord together, and the result was really guessed by him.

Just when the Tsutsui Army dispatched troops to enter the woods to search, he also led his soldiers to quietly blend into the forest, pretending to search decently, but they were afraid of revealing their identities, and for the sake of safety, the direction of the search was exactly the opposite of that of the Tsutsui Army.

As a result, Tsutsui Jun went in the right direction, but he didn't find Oda Nobunaga, and Hori Hidemasa and the others were getting farther and farther away from the lord. Later, when Hori Hidemasa learned that the Tsutsui army had withdrawn from the demon forest, he led everyone to turn around and continue to search, until the fire broke out outside and Oda Nobunaga and the people rioted, and Hori Hidemasa was able to find them.

Now, with the addition of new forces, Oda Nobunaga silently pondered, and his confidence returned to his face again, and he ordered: "The generals listen to the order, kill me and seize a way to live!" In fact, there is only Hori Hidemasa who can be called a general, and the rest are all soldiers, and the number is only about 40, which is really pitiful.

Long Shaocong saw that Oda Nobunaga's attitude instantly reversed, and he no longer cut his stomach, but gave the order to charge, and his heart was suddenly relieved. But it didn't take long for his mood to get nervous again, because Hori Hidemasa led his troops to rush out several times, but they were all blocked back by the thick black smoke and fire.

I saw that his face was full of soot, and he ran to Nobunaga, and said in a sad voice: "The fire has spread, and there is no hope of rushing out!" ”

When Oda Nobunaga heard this, he looked up to the sky and sighed: "This is the death of the sky, and I ...... Nobunaga" After speaking, the two monarchs and ministers hugged their heads and cried.

At this time, Oda Katsucho saw his father so grieved, and with a "dang long" sound, the sword fell to the ground, closed his eyes tightly, and said nothing......

Long Shaocong saw it in his eyes, knowing that this catastrophe was inevitable, and it seemed that he was going to die in the fire, so it was really better to be with Oda Nobunaga just now, and he was happy.

But when he turned his head and looked at Aoki Saemon, he was suddenly filled with righteous indignation, because this kid was rising his buttocks, facing the forest, kowtowing more than once, and there were words in his mouth, saying some nonsense asking for the blessing of Amaterasu and the manifestation of the mountain god......

Long Shaocong Jian really wanted to kick him in the ass, thinking that you have a fart to pray to God and worship the Buddha, will it rain heavily and extinguish the fire?

But as soon as he thought of this, suddenly a strong wind blew, and the trees were tilted, and the grass was scattered, and the dust in the forest also flew up, and the clothes of the people were even more blown by the wind, and some of them could not stand, but they climbed and retreated a few steps, and fell on their backs, and then a dark cloud covered the sky, and there was no thunder or lightning, but it rained heavily......