Chapter 19: Suddenly an Earthquake
Kira Manmatsu Maru had a dream, why did he know he was dreaming? Because he saw in his dream his father Yoshiyao Kira, a man who liked to grow a neat beard, he was mild-tempered, proficient in Sinology, and had a family tradition of arching horses, he was the first teacher of Kira Manmatsumaru, teaching him how to be a samurai.
He dreamed of his mother again, her name was Nakain Aihime, the princess of the Nakain family, a beautiful woman, in his memory his mother was more like a young girl, she liked to play with flowers and plants, she liked to write interesting haiku on letterhead, she preferred to hold the letters sent from Kyoto in a daze, she was a sentimental person, and she still remembered Kyoto before she died.
The fragments of his memories suddenly became extremely messy, sometimes he dreamed of the glittering modern urban clusters, and sometimes he dreamed of the samurai galloping across the fields, and the glamour of the demon capital intertwined with the ape music of the shamisen and taiko drums, and he didn't know when he suddenly heard a roar in his ears.
Thundered!
Kira Manmatsumu woke up in a daze, opened his eyes and felt his mind drowsy, the castle tower made a creaking and trembling sound, and faintly the sound of crying and shouting could be heard, Kira Manmatsumaru rubbed his eyes and wanted to stand up inexplicably, "Huh? What's going on? ”
There was a dense sound of movement in the distance, and the orange-yellow firelight reflected on the castle tower, and the pale Aju opened the paper door in a panic, and was relieved to see that Kira Manmatsumaru still looked ignorant, and picked him up without explaining the reason, and rushed out of the castle tower without looking back.
"What's going on? Why is everyone in a mess? The noisy people shouted and neighed into a mess, and faintly you could see that there was a fire in the castle town, and the bitter cold wailed and made a mess, and Kira Manmatsumaru suddenly woke up: "Is this an earthquake?" ”
A group of disheveled samurai rushed into Honmaru with swords, and when they saw Aju holding Kira Manmatsumaru in their arms, they immediately knelt down, "Lord Pavilion! It's too late! ”
"Your Excellency! Safe and sound! The owner of the museum is safe and sound! Immediately, several samurai reflexively rushed out of the Honmaru, just in front of Yamamoto Kansuke hurriedly bowed and avoided, Yamamoto Kansuke didn't have time to formalize, and sent the samurai to report the news, in the earthquake The safety of the lord is greater than everything, and all the retainers must know the safety of the owner, otherwise a big chaos may break out at any time.
Kansuke Yamamoto hurriedly walked over and gave a hasty salute, and then said with a grim face, "Lord Pavilion! The castle town is in chaos, and there are fires everywhere, so in order to prevent changes, please move to the temple for temporary refuge! ”
"Is it really that serious?"
"There's nothing wrong with being careful! The temple is the Bodhi temple of the main family, and Master Nishiyama Sonobu will not have a disagreement with the owner, and Imagawa Jibu and Taiyuan Zen Master do not dare to do anything in the temple. ”
Kira Manmatsumaru's face suddenly turned ugly, "You mean, be careful of the Imagawa family's lurking in the castle town waiting for an opportunity to incite rebellion?" Is that what it means to even target the home of your family? Kansuke Yamamoto stood noncommittally.
"How so! Damn it! In the face of Kira Manmatsumaru's angry direct gaze, all the flanks and Ma Hui samurai lowered their heads, but he also knew that there was no point in being angry with his close ministers, and under Ah Ju's worried gaze, he had to reluctantly say: "Then temporarily move to the Misho An Guo Zen Temple!" ”
"Yes!" The samurai quickly returned to the house to pack their bags, at this time the movement of the earth gradually stopped, but the firelight and noisy cries outside the city did not stop, and sometimes there was a roar after the fall of the house, which made the samurai of the Kira family even more nervous, under the escort of Yamamoto Kansuke, a group of more than 50 people quietly left from the hand gate, and smoothly entered the Misho Ankoku Zen Temple not far from the city.
Such a big earthquake also woke up the monks in the temple, and heard the shouting outside The monks were too reluctant to open the temple door, and finally it was the samurai of the Kira family who threatened to hit the door, so they forced this group of monks to open the door to welcome them in. ”
"Master Sonobu doesn't need to be polite, there is chaos in Saijo Castle, and my family is here to take refuge." Kira Manmatsumaru saw that the monk's face was tired, and it was obvious that he didn't rest until late in zazen, so he excused himself physically and mentally with a few polite words, and Nishiyama Sonobu was also very understanding and prepared a house for the people of the Kira family.
Yamamoto Kansuke just showed his face in the temple and left in a hurry, and before leaving, he told Kira Manmatsumaru that he was going to urgently summon 800 standing ashigaru to garrison Saijo Castle, because the brief chaos caused by the earthquake could not allow the small people to take advantage of the opportunity, and in the absence of the help of one gate and genealogy, these 800 standing ashigaru will play a decisive role.
Of course, Kira Manmatsu Maru will not hinder his actions, who said that it is now the autumn harvest season Everyone is busy supervising the grain harvest, and it happens that there is a big earthquake in this matter, so it can only be said that the luck is not good and can not blame others, but fortunately, in addition to the eight hundred standing ashigaru in the Kira family, there are also two hundred horse warriors and dozens of side guards The protection problem is not big.
The Mazu samurai temporarily held on to Saijo Castle, these people have a high exposure rate, and as long as they stand at the head of the castle, they can suppress the ordinary townspeople who are panicked, of course, it is still a little difficult to stop the troublemakers with them, and there are twenty Mazu samurai on duty to follow Kira Manmatsumu to retreat into the temple and hold on.
Ah Ju was worried that he would not sleep well, so he took the bedding and put it next to Kira Manmatsu Pill to take care of him to sleep, in order not to worry Ah Ju, he closed his eyes and pretended to fall asleep soon, but in fact, his heart was like a river and a sea, always impacting his spirit.
"**That's it, now there is a natural disaster again, if the disaster is announced to fight against the Imagawa family, will it be used by someone with a heart to make a fuss? What an eventful time! Kira Manmatsumaru couldn't help but think of his promise to Aju again, and sighed, "Maybe you really should go to Kyoto to have a look." ”
In the past few years since he was born, he never thought that the war would be so close to him, and he thought that Suruga was not very close to Mikawa Province, and even if he wanted to fight with the Imagawa family, he would need to go through internal mobilization, go to Mikawa, and finally fight a decisive battle, and then he could decide the victory, and before that, he would have a lot of time to make a decision on whether to advance or retreat.
The facts tell him that the war in reality is cruel, and the duel on the battlefield has long been out of the Genhei era wearing gorgeous armor, riding a war horse, bending the bow and shooting arrows and the enemy in a circle and riding a horse, and today's art of war strategy has crossed one-on-one simple fighting, giving up the condemnation of night raids, undeclared war and other treacherous tricks, the Kira family must keep up with the changes of the times, otherwise they will be ruthlessly eliminated by the tide of the times.
"Although I am very unwilling, but the strength of my Kira family is still too weak, do you really have to go to Kyoto?" The newly formed Monomi has only been in a dozen days, and at most it is the stage of getting familiar with the new environment, so it is impossible to talk about having a full understanding of Kira Ling, even if it is to call Hattori to scold him at this time, it will not help.
Even if Hattori's security chief's intelligence is effective, the Monomi group is like a god, and they can't run Kira Ling into a monolith in a short period of time, and the Imagawa family can still infiltrate the Kira family, not to mention that in such natural disasters**, there are always people who are not willing to be lonely to fan the flames everywhere.
In the middle of the night, there were several strong aftershocks, and the startled samurai always had to be confused for a while before they calmed down, and Kira Manmatsumu was tossed back and forth several times until it became dark, and he fell asleep in a daze.
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