Mori Terumoto's interception was still a step too late, watching Oda Nobunaga flee into Kyoto with more than 8,000 people, and the escape of the bandit leader made the end of the war seem imperfect, but the interceptor army still stopped a few big fish, and the main generals of the Oda army, Shibata Katsuie, Sakuma Nobumori, Hashiba Hideyoshi, Takigawa Kazuyi, Ikeda Tsuneko and others did not have time to escape, and it was worth subduing under the siege of the army.

The Oda Army's vanguard general Mori Konari was unfortunately killed in battle, along with him were Inaba Kachitetsu, Clan Bu Quan, Ando Morisho, and Nakagawa Hidemasa and Tsuda Moritsuki brothers, in addition to the generals of the Western Army who died in battle, there were also Hatano Hideji, Yusa Nobuyo, Ikeda Katsumasa, and the homeless Asakura Yoshikei was killed in an unsurprising defeat.

Miyoshi Yoshiji relied on the advantage of being close to the Kizu River, with more than 10,000 remnants desperately moving closer to the Yodo River, relying on the Awaji Water Army to participate in the inland water army, and really let him escape, but there is always a price to pay for escape, and the candidates after the break were unanimously voted for by the Miyoshi family to Matsunaga Shu and Matsunaga Tong father and son.

The father and son were sent by Oda Nobunaga as a force, often in front of Miyoshi Yoshitsugu, if it weren't for the fear of Oda Nobunaga's wealth and mighty soldiers, he would have cleaned up the two hateful fathers and sons, this escape obviously does not need this guy to follow the guy, so the father and son took the three thousand remnants of the headquarters to stay in the Kizu River "after the break", the two of them had to face the menacing Honjo Hidetsuna, the father and son did not have time to put forward their own surrender price until the moment of death.

Miyoshi Yoshitsugu's short escape will not give him the escape he wants, and the mouth of the Yodo River has long been in the hands of the Eastern Army, and the Settsu Province has also been controlled by the Eastern Army. Even if the Eastern Army leaves Settsu at this moment, it relaxes its control. But how could the local countrymen lords obey the command of this group of defeated soldiers. Sure enough, just a few days after escaping into the Settsu country, he was captured by the Setjin people and sent to the front of the battle.

More than 200,000 troops besieged Kyoto, and the frightened townspeople in Kyoto City took refuge outside the city with their families, and Oda Nobunaga had to take 8,000 troops to blockade Ouchi and Sakyo, in order to prevent the emperor and ministers of Kyoto from turning into the eastern army outside the city.

In the evening of the same day, the Eastern Army attacked the castle from the seven mouths of Kyoto. Oda Nobunaga ordered Niwa Nagahide and Akechi Mitsuhide to lead 3,000 troops each to resist, while Oda Nobunaga himself left Honnoji Temple with 2,000 honjin and entered the Nijo Imperial Palace to hold Ashikaga Yoshiaki hostage as a stubborn resistance.

It was a very ordinary dinner at the Nijo Imperial Palace, with a bowl of white rice, a stack of pickled radish, a fish, and a bowl of miso soup. The chefs also ingeniously prepared a few bayberry grains as food to accompany the meal, and Oda Nobunaga exclaimed, "How can there be a banquet without wine." Yu knows that sake is prepared in the palace! Take it out! ”

Oda Nobunaga drank wine and tasted the food, but Ashikaga Yoshiaki was silent from beginning to end, and only when the banquet was near the end did he ask, "Oda Prime Minister's Palace!" Do we still have any hope of turning the tables around? ”

"What does His Highness think? I, Nobunaga, have had a full meal today, and I will have no regrets if I die tomorrow! Oda Nobunaga didn't look at Ashikaga Yoshiaki's desperate eyes anymore, and strode out of the room as always.

At nightfall, the Nijo Imperial Palace was brightly lit, and the groans of pain and the sound of iron cannons could be faintly heard outside the Imperial Palace, and Oda Nobunaga danced the famous "Tsumori" with a tambourine in the Imperial Palace, and Nohime himself played the shamisen for his fun, and a group of concubines and children wept.

"Fifty years in the world is ...... compared to heaven and earth" Oda Nobunaga was annoyed by crying and scolded: "What's the use of crying! Since this body is destined to go to Huangquan, let's face it bravely! ”

A recess lasted for two watches, Oda Nobunaga also deliberately bathed and changed clothes, hugged his wife Nohime, who had not been fortunate for many years, and slept peacefully, this sleep without a dream to solve the pain of sleeping and eating for many days, but unfortunately slept until the middle of the night at three watches, and suddenly there was a shout of killing in the palace to wake him up.

Oda Nobunaga was shocked, and immediately sat up and asked, "Has the Eastern Army attacked?" This is the Nijo Imperial Palace, which is guarded by 2,000 troops, how did the Eastern Army attack it, and where is it left? ”

"My lord, it's not good! It's the Kikyo Banner Seal, and the wise Hinata Mamoru led the Eastern Army into the palace! ”

Oda Nobutaga was shocked: "Is it Mitsuhide?" At this time, he would lead the Eastern Army into the Nijo Imperial Palace......"

Knowing that Akechi Mitsuhide led the army to rebel, Oda Nobunaga immediately put on his shirt and fought out of the room with a bow and arrow, at this moment the dark palace was full of raging flames, under the light of the fire, the music could see the papaya pattern flag and the bellflower pattern flag entangled, and in the distance there was a steady stream of white flags rushing forward, which was the main force of the Eastern Army.

Oda Nobunaga personally led the people with small surnames to fight to the death, and shouted everywhere he passed: "Please fight to the end!" For the sake of the dignity of the samurai, we must not retreat! ”

Maeda Toshiya was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly shouted, "Lord, go quickly!" ”

"Bang!" With a bang, the iron cannon shot out of nowhere hit the back of Maeda Toshiie, the brave Oda Army general was shot and fell to the ground, and the surrounding samurai couldn't save him so he had to grit his teeth and rush towards the Akechi Army, they hated Akechi Mitsuhide so much, without his treachery and vicious behavior, the Oda family might still have a chance to survive, and the current situation obviously will not have any chance of survival.

Oda Nobunaga wore a white single coat and held a bow and arrow to meet the enemy, his archery level was quite impressive, even if the light was insufficient in the dark night, thirty steps away from each other was still seven or eight out of ten, and the little surname next to him carried two pots of arrows for him to use, and after a while, he used up a pot of arrows, and the samurai who fell under his arrows had more than ten people.

When there were still two or three feather arrows left in the second pot of arrows, the strong bowstring could not withstand the brute force and broke, and at this moment the samurai of the Eastern Army still broke into the central area of the palace, and the nearby Oda Army was killed and wounded.

Oda Nobunaga laughed and said, "Good skills! Who's coming! I, Nobunaga, don't kill the nameless general! ”

"Echigo samurai Kakizaki Yoshiya is also!"

Oda Nobunaga was stunned when he heard this, and then burst out laughing. He took out an unsheathed ten-character gun. Jumping down the corridor with a gun and fighting with Kakizaki Yoshiya. The samurai on the left and right wanted to rush to the rescue, but they were stopped by a shout, and when they turned around, they saw four white flags pouring into the city, only to see a tall samurai in gold armor slowly walking in.

"See the Lord!" Wise Guangxiu hurriedly saluted, and the soldiers of the Wise Army also knelt on the ground.

"Gentlemen, no courtesy!" Gen Yoshishi stared intently at the battle on the field, only to see Oda Nobunaga and Kakizaki Yoshiya fighting viciously Seven or Eight Together, but it was a pity that his marksmanship was once adapted to the young Kakizaki Yoshiya lost its magic, and the ten-in-one peak circuit was transformed into Oda Nobunaga retreating, and every shot blocked was dangerous.

Fight to the fifteenth. Kakizaki Yoshiya suddenly exerted his strength, and the big gun in his hand suddenly accelerated by three points, and in a blink of an eye, he stabbed Oda Nobunaga in the abdomen, and the severe pain made him drop the ten-character gun in his hand, covering the injured lower abdomen and slowly retreating into the room, at this moment Nohime in the room came out in a panic to support the injured husband, and looked at Genyoshi with a pleading gaze, although she had never seen the husband of Agu and Aichi, but the flag of Ashikaga Kamizaburo Yoshitoshi was still known.

Yuan Yishi shook his head and said, "If the order goes down, the female dependents can go." Brothers and heirs can't go, and retainers can't go! ”

"Nohime, you take Deki and Fuyuhime and leave! A husband has to go through the last part of his life. Oda Nobunaga gently pushed Madame away. Staring at Gen Yoshi, he said: "Kira Saburo, I didn't expect us to meet again after twenty years, and you are no longer the little boy next to the Shonai River......"

"You're not the deviant young samurai you used to be." With a wave of his hand, Gen Yoshitoki took several female ninjas to carry Saito Guidie, led a few children in the house and left, slowly walked to the bottom of the porch and looked down at the pale Oda Nobunaga, and said: "People's lives are always changing, I became a pillar of the Minamoto family in the past, and the young samurai of Owari in the past is going to die here!" ”

Oda Nobunaga covered his lower abdomen and snorted angrily, "This time you won!" With these ignorant and conservative samurai, we won! But you must be wrong! You won't conquer the seven seas, you just want to establish that rotten shogunate, you just want to perfect your old order, you will have no future if you do this, you are wrong! ”

Yuan Yishi shook his head and smiled: "Whether I am wrong or not, I have my own gods and Buddhas to judge, and my descendants to make book reviews, as a witness of the times, what you say doesn't count, and what I say doesn't count!" ”

"You must be wrong!" Oda Nobunaga raised his hand and saw the blood on his hands, and then looked at the large red blood stain on the wound on his abdomen, and said angrily: "Why are you so stubborn? For the sake of the general, for the honor of the ancestors, what else? Basking in the glory of the past day and night is a blasphemy against your amazing talents! Why don't you want to create the future with me? This world is so big, there are seven oceans, what's wrong with you and me sharing the world equally? Even if you are given four oceans! ”

"Hahaha...... You're still so outspoken! Yuan Yishi said lightly: "Dominate the seven seas!" Do you really think you can do it? Dominating the Seven Seas requires unique conditions, great strength and good luck! Such complex conditions are something I don't have, and of course you don't have either! ”

Oda Nobunaga sneered: "How do you know if you don't try it once!" Only those who do not have dreams will deny a great goal from the beginning! ”

"You just can't! You'll never be able to do it, because you can't even beat me, because you're going to die! Yuan Yishi proudly raised his head like a king looking down on all beings, leaned lightly on the fence of the cloister and said: "The dead are not qualified to talk about great goals, and the losers are also not qualified to talk about all this. You're going to fail! That is the doomed failure of the gods and Buddhas! ”

At this moment, the fire around the palace was burning, the shouts and cries suddenly disappeared, only the sound of flames burning, and occasionally there was a loud sound of houses being burned down and falling down, Oda Nobunaga's face gradually became bloodless, and more and more blood flowed out of his lower abdomen, and he was about to die here.

"Promise me, keep my child Wonder Pill, hurry up and promise me!" Oda Nobunaga howled hysterically: "As long as you agree to this condition, I will die immediately!" ”

Genyoshi was silent for a moment, and then heard him plead, "Kira Saburo! This is Saburo Oda's last request to you! Please bypass my child, Wonder Pill, he is your son-in-law! ”

"Alright! I'll let Marvel Maru go......" Minamoto Yoshitoki slowly walked over to Oda Nobunaga's side. Look at the man who collapsed on the cloister and gasped violently. He said softly, "Tomorrow I will preside over the Yuan Dress Ceremony for him." What do you want him to be called? ”

"Oda...... Letter...... Disloyal! Oda Nobunaga raised his head with difficulty, took a deep breath desperately and said, "Thank you...... Thank! ”

Oda Nobunaga died, and ended his life under the cloister of the Nijo Imperial Palace, leaving no farewell song or doing earth-shattering things, just to be a father before he died, to fight for a way to survive for his child Wonder Maru, his life may have failed, but at the moment of death he was successful. As a monarch he was a failure, but as a father he succeeded.

In addition to the three senators Oda Nobunaga who had died, another minister-level samurai in the Nijo Imperial Palace did not seem to have the courage to die, and for a short period of time from the attack of the Nijo Imperial Palace to the death of Oda Nobunaga, Ashikaga Yoshiaki has been hiding in his imperial palace and has not come out, like an ostrich buried in the sand dunes, and does not even have the courage to take up arms and fight for dignity.

When Ashikaga Yoshiaki was carried out of the palace by several samurai, he was greeted by a curtain set up in the open space of the palace, and Minamoto Yoshitoki sat in gold armor in the middle of the curtain. The two columns of samurai in uniform stand with their swords pressed to the left and right, and the flames burning in the palace and the bonfires around the curtain illuminate the dark night sky. This dignified shogun was pressed here like a prisoner.

Gen Yoshishi faintly glanced at the man with his cloak and withered to the ground, shook his head lightly and said: "The name Ashikaga Yoshiaki is not suitable for you, Yu thinks that Ichijoin Juekei is more suitable for your identity, looking at your embarrassed appearance of being powerless, I can't see half of the dignity of my Ashikaga samurai at all!" Wen is not a martial artist, but he is not self-aware, but he likes to be ambitious, talented, ambitious, and especially loves to deceive the world and deceive himself......"

Ashikaga Yoshiaki looked at the strange man in front of him in horror, this was the first time he had seen the legendary Tokoku Shogun, the tall figure that was very different from ordinary people sat quietly in the middle, but the quiet posture gave him the illusion of being in front of the mountain, the face of the knife and axe looked at him expressionlessly, especially the cold gaze of Namori was deeply engraved in his heart.

Staring at the face that resembled Ashikaga Yoshiki, he mocked, "Tsk, look at what you've done all these years?" After nearly 30 years of cultivation in the temple, Fang went out of Buddhism to create and kill evil, kill his brother and mother, usurp the throne and stand on his own, people like you dare to call Ashikaga is simply an insult to this Miao word, and it is a blasphemy against the pillars of the Ashikaga clan from generation to generation! What kind of face do you have to go to Heaven to see your father Manshoin, your mother Keisuin, and your brother Light Temple? Oh! By the way, you are not qualified to go to heaven, it is difficult to travel in the deep waters of Huangquan, are you afraid? ”

"You...... You can't kill me! Ashikaga Yoshiaki said in horror: "I am the shogun of the shogunate, I am the two ministers appointed by the imperial court, and I am a high-ranking minister according to the law. Then you must respect the appointment of the shogunate and the imperial court! You can't kill me! ”

In front of Gen Yoshitoki, Ashikaga Yoshiaki did not dare to call himself "Yu", constantly emphasizing his identity and status in order to protect himself, his move was indeed the key point of the Middle Eastern Army, since ancient times, high-ranking ministers have rarely been killed, and the loser was caught with only about two results, either claustrophobic, or exiled.

There are not no examples of Ming Zheng canonical punishment, such as the Nara period Fujiwara Nam family's famous minister Fujiwara Nakamaro Rebellion, was beheaded for the felony of rebellion, but the Nara era is too ancient, the powerful Fujiwara family is still a small lotus to show its sharp corners, after the establishment of the Heian period of the regency system, and then through the Kamakura Muromachi two dynasties of the shogunate, high-ranking ministers can not be killed has become a customary rule.

Genyoshitoki obviously won't break this rule for Ashikaga Yoshiaki, otherwise he wouldn't have easily exiled Ashikaga Fujimasa, not everyone is as mad as Akamatsu Mitsusuke and Ashikaga Yoshiaki, although personal morality has little to do with the people of the world, but considering the folk reputation, the winner must always maintain some tolerance.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki suddenly became less nervous, looked at Gen Yoshi's silent appearance, sneered and broke free from the two samurai who bound him, and was about to speak when he heard Gen Yoshishi say slowly: "You are right, Yu will not kill you, after all, you have also been a general for a few days, after all, your Miao character is Ashikaga...... It's just that Yu wants to tell you a truth, not everyone will follow your method of killing your brother and mother and usurping the throne, Yu is a noble character. A samurai with civilized manners. I wouldn't be more disdainful of learning that kind of indiscriminate means. ”

"Then you don't ...... yet"

"But. Capital sins can be forgiven, but living sins are unforgivable! Killing brothers and mothers, betraying the lord and killing the monarch should be scolded for all generations! Yu decides to depose your Miao character and continue to call yourself by your Dharma name, Jueqing! You will be claustrophobic here, and you will build a shrine on the ruins of the Nijo Imperial Palace, called Nijo Shrine, dedicated to the light source and Keijuin who died in the Nijo Imperial Palace, as well as the courtiers who died generously in the Nijo Imperial Palace. And you don't want to be a shrine, and pray for a vain death! ”

Genyoshitoki waved his hand to pull away the Ashikaga Yoshiaki who was like a mourner, thinking that he had also abolished the Miao character of Genyoshishi, and now he has also come to return the other way to give back to him, depose the Miao character of Ashikaga Yoshiaki, and beat him back to the monk to do the other thing at the Nijo Shrine, and every day he can only pray for his dead brother and mother in guilt and remorse, and he has to face the scolding of the samurai and townspeople who come and go in the shrine, and there will be samurai to protect his safety and monitor his behavior. He was forbidden to marry and have children until he died of old age.

With the end of the Battle of Nijo Gosho. The collapse of the Western Army was a foregone conclusion, the two general Ashikaga Yoshiaki and Oda Nobunaga ended up in one prisoner and one dead, and the rest scattered and fled in all directions.

Shortly after the collapse of the Western Army, Matsunaga Shu and Matsunaga were defeated and killed, and their heads were hung on Shijo Kawahara, the Eastern Army's naval forces captured Awaji Island and captured and killed the brothers Ataka Nobuyasu and Ataka Kiyoyasu, and marched westward to Utatsu Port to invade Shikoku.

With the collapse of the Western Army and the heavy losses of the people of Shikoku, in the face of the huge lineup of the Eastern Army, Awa Sanki was really busy tying up the relatives of the Miyoshi family and sending them to the front of the Eastern Army, Miyoshi Nagaji and Tokawa Shobo were sent over by the retainers, and the Miyoshi clan who were cowering in Shikoku were soon escorted to Kyoto.

On August 28th, the autumn breeze was blowing and the sun was shining, and it was a good season to start the knife and behead, and there were tens of thousands of people inside and outside the Liujo River Plain, and countless pairs of eyes were carefully staring at the people kneeling and trembling on the Dharma field, these people were the Miyoshi clan from Awa, and more than 1,300 descendants of the Miyoshi clan were all escorted to the Dharma field, led by Miyoshi Yoshitsugu and Miyoshi Sanren.

Sanada Yoshiyuki coughed and read aloud: "The Awa Miyoshi clan was originally from the descendants of the Ogasawara clan, and belonged to the Awa Hosokawa clan for many years. ”

The people of Kyoto were in an uproar, and they had not seen the felony of destroying the three clans for many years, and someone whispered: "It is said that the imperial court has issued an edict to refer to the Miyoshi clan as the enemy of the court." ”

"In my opinion! This is the retribution for killing the general.,When the Akamatsu family killed the evil imperial palace was also exterminated.,Not to mention that the light source temple is still a good general with a kind heart.,A few years ago, the year in the year was not good.,Many farmers survived by the light source temple tax exemption.,Such a good general was killed by the thief.,Bringing in a bad prince almost ruined the thousand-year-old foundation of Kyoto.。 ”

"Yes! Fortunately, the right general is back. Minamoto Yoshitoki's reputation in Kyoto is quite good, and he has worked hard for many years, even if it is not for nothing after 20 years, and there are few words against him from the opinions of the townspeople.

"However, God has the virtue of a good life, even if you commit a felony of rebellion, Yu will not do anything to your daughters, you can go with peace of mind." Yuan Yishi waved his hand, dozens of swords and axes raised their knives and cut off their heads one by one, and the Sanhao clan was slaughtered from the octogenarian Lao Suo to the three-foot Mengtong, and the scene was bloody but no one had mercy.

Killing the monarch is a heinous capital crime, regardless of whether the Miyoshi family has a motive to kill the general, as long as he takes action and causes the death of the general, it can be judged as the killing of the king, Ashikaga Yoshiteru has been operating in Kyoto for more than ten years and has won the hearts of the people, but the Miyoshi family is in Kyoto but has a bad reputation, and Genyoshitoki's reputation in Kyoto is also very good, and one of the banners of Kamilo this time is to avenge Ashikaga Yoshiteru.

Therefore, it is understandable that he fulfilled his promise to kill the Miyoshi clan, and the townspeople of Kyoto only need to weigh it to know who to support, and he can allow the female dependents of the Miyoshi clan to survive and marry arbitrarily It is the greatest forgiveness, and no one will blame him for being too murderous and understanding of his approach.

Kyoto was completely controlled by the Eastern Army, but the various soldiers and horses of the Eastern Army did not bring disturbance to the people in Kyoto, but were discharged by Genyoshi to continue to attack the Western Kingdom, on August 30, Genyoshi appointed Uesugi Kenshin as the general general, and appointed his eldest son Ashikaga Yoshitai as a deputy general, Sanada Yutaka as the army, Takeda Nobuyoshi, Hojo Tokimasa as the two wing generals, commanding 180,000 troops, 1,500 large and small boats, respectively to Sanin, Sanyo, Shikoku, Kyushu to launch a strategy.

It is said that it is a strategy, but it is better to say that it is a sweep, Tango, Tanba, Harima, Settsu, Izumi and other Western Army samurai of the countries died dead and crippled, as long as the army arrived to arrest the remnants of the Western Army, it was wiped out, Uesugi Kenshin led 80,000 main forces to Harima into Bizen, and the desperate Urakami Sokei had to hide in the city to fight the trapped beasts.

Urakami Zongjing wanted to surrender, but Yuan Yoshishi did not accept the sincerity of the Western Army's rebels, several generals of the Western Army were prisoners of the prisoners, and the remaining remnants of the party were lost dogs, and it was useless to stay as good as arresting and escorting them to Kyoto for judgment.

Bizen country collapsed, the largest force in China, Mimura Motokin, took the first step to die in the Ujigawa battle, Uesugi Kenshin swept the two countries almost effortlessly, all the way into the territory of the Bigo country Maori family, Sanyang all the way to only seven or eight days of effort, tens of thousands of troops completely penetrated, in the end it is the rich production area of the overlord of the western country, the bones of the western samurai are much softer than the eastern samurai, and the eastern army abounds as soon as the wind comes.

Takeda Nobushi's attack in San'in was also smooth, but Ma Guardian Yamana Yutoyo was captured, and the soy sauce of the Western Army saw that the situation was not good, and the soles of his feet were oiled early, and this time he could not escape the fate of being captured and sent to Kyoto, but Ma Yipo Inhata was also in danger, because the Banner guarding Yamana Toyokuni was rebelled by the powerful people Takeda Takanobu, and the cage city failed to fight to the death and was killed.

This Takeda Takanbu is the ethnic group of the Wakasa Takeda clan, seeing that the clan of the clan Takeda Nobu is very eager, climbing relatives to reminisce about the old and finally mixed into the Eastern Army sequence, and immediately suppressed the people of the Soil Turtle Country of Inaba Country, which indirectly affected the movements of the neighboring Boqi Kingdom, and the people of the Boqi Country Nanjo Munekatsu, Kogamo Motokiyo, and Yamada Shigenao saw that the situation was not good and hurriedly surrendered, so that in addition to the slightly obstructive Nizi Restoration Army, San'in was also swept in one breath.

Hojo Tokimasa was not very happy, he followed up a little slower and didn't even drink the soup, when he learned that the Niko Restoration Army was stubbornly resisting in Izumo Province, he worked together to strangle the Niko Army, just when Takeda Xinshi was a little moved, but found that the situation was not right, and the three brothers of Niko Shijiu, Niko Katsuhisa, and Niko Tongjiu opened the city and surrendered.

It turned out that the general of the Nizi family, Yamanosuke Kanosuke, secretly went to Kyoto, and surrendered to the right general with the blood letter of allegiance of the family governor Niko Zaixing, and the three brothers such as Niko Katsuhisa were willing to die in exchange for the forgiveness of the right general, and implored the right general to release the claustrophobic Niko Yoshihisa in the Yazume Temple to rebuild the Niko family, as long as the family governor of the clan can return, even if their brother committed seppuku there is no regret. (To be continued......)

PS: Nizi Yoshihisa has been claustrophobic until 1610, and it is also helpless to revive the Nizi family again and again in the mountains, and if you raise the banner of Nizi Yoshihisa, maybe the family will be killed.