Chapter 623: Sword and Scabbard

Mo Yingniang did find a loophole in "Chen Li", and "Chen Li" can only be forced in the Chinese countries. Outside of China, "Chen Li" can be kept or not. Because "etiquette" binds not only people, but also the national government, if the national government does not observe etiquette, how can individuals observe etiquette?

Countries and governments other than China are not obliged to abide by the "Chen Li" at all, and may even adopt a national policy of opposing China and heaven. So how could the Heavenly Dao disciples who were active in those countries be completely observant?

Mo Ying Niang said lightly: "Sage, the purpose of your creation of the Heavenly Dao Sect is not all for edification. Heavenly Taoism is a horizontal knife in one hand and Chen Li in the other. It is not only the scripture for you to educate the barbarians into the summer, but also the sword for you to conquer the barbarians. Now that the Japanese lord is unwilling to enter China, it is precisely when he needs to use the sword to conquer, how can he put the sword of heaven into the sheath of "Chen Li"? ”

Chen Dexing's voice suddenly became sharp: "I'm afraid that it is easy to get out of the sword, but it is difficult to enter the sheath!" Today, if the Japanese Celestial Taoist Sect is allowed to establish a theocratic state in violation of the "Chen Li", I am afraid that it will be difficult to implement the "Chen Li" in Japan in the future! ”

Mo Yingniang's voice also rose, straightened up and said loudly: "The saint is the master of the Heavenly Dao Sect, the hilt of the sword is in the hands of the saint, if the saint wants it to be sheathed, it has to be sheathed, if it refuses, the saint can suppress it according to the "Chen Li"!" Now that the sword has not yet slain the enemy, let alone sheathed it, how can the saint doubt that the sword will be disloyal to you? ”

This ink shadow girl's eloquence is really good, if she is born in the next life, she will definitely be very successful as a lawyer. As soon as she said this, the Heavenly Dao envoys in the main hall all nodded. The Japanese Church has not yet taken power, so how can it be concluded that they will definitely violate the courtesy?

Isn't that the same as a presumption of guilt? If that's the case for the Heavenly Dao Sect. What will Taoism do in the future?

Mo Ying Niang's words make sense, but once the sword of divine power sees blood. It won't be tamed as it used to be. Chen Dexing knew very well in his heart that the Japanese great sect was now naturally obedient. But in the future, when they hold the power of Japan, will they obediently hand it over because of their own words?

His gaze looked coldly at Ai Ohtani.

Xiao Ai kowtowed heavily to the ground, and her tone was extremely deferential: "If the saint does not believe in the minister and his mother, please allow the minister to cut his stomach to make his heart clear." ”

Seppuku! It's enough to be Japanese.

As soon as this cruel word came out, even Mo Yingniang was slightly moved. She asked herself if she was no worse than anyone else in her loyalty to King Ming, but she was not willing to die because of Chen Dexing's words.

Chen Dexing's face still did not relax, and he said in a deep voice: "Xiao Ai, you haven't done anything wrong, the lonely king is just a little worried......"

Not a little worried. But for sure! Once Japan becomes a theocratic state of the Tendo Sect, the Tendo Sect in Japan will never return power to the monarch under any circumstances. These Japanese Heavenly Daoists are just samurai in the cloak of Heavenly Taoism!

As for Chen Dexing's anger, they will do everything possible to calm down, including perhaps letting Xiao Ai apologize?

"Sage," Mo Ying Niang, who had already turned into a barrister, spoke again, "The battle of the Japanese Heavenly Dao is already on the line, and now the Japanese Heavenly Dao Army is likely to have invaded Heiankyo, if we can't provide further assistance." There is a good chance that they will be exterminated by the Kamakura shogunate. When the time comes, where will your prestige be for the Heavenly Dao Sect and the saints?

Mo Yingniang's words also make sense, now the Japanese Heavenly Taoism is still a sword, and the scabbard cannot be replaced. Otherwise, the Kamakura shogunate and the Hojo Tokumune clan would easily eliminate the influence of the Tendo religion that had been established with great difficulty in Japan...... What will I do then? Tolerate Kamakura and Hojo Tokumu, won't the prestige of Taoism and the Ming Dynasty be swept away that day?

Sending troops to fight? It is easy to win and it is difficult to destroy the country, and Japan has more than 200,000 square kilometers. There were millions of people, and there were at least two or three hundred thousand samurai. There is no 100,000-strong army on a permanent basis. I am afraid that it will be difficult to completely suppress the resistance.

Now that there are Japanese Tendo warriors willing to do it for him, how can he refuse? Let's let them do it themselves! As for whether it will become a theocratic state after the fight...... Let's talk about it. There may be nothing wrong with a theocratic Japan.

Chen Dexing closed his eyes suddenly, and when he opened them again, he had already shouted: "Okay! ”

“…… Juexin and others preached in Japan with martial arts, the lone king should not have any doubts, in order to make the way of heaven spread in the four seas, in order to make China educate the Quartet, but Juexin but there is a request, how can the lone king not allow it? The Great Sect of the Japanese Heavenly Dao Sect can form the Heavenly Dao Army, and the Lone King will ask the General Staff Department to send personnel to Japan, and will also instruct the Military Affairs Department to sell stainless steel and H medicine to the Japanese Heavenly Dao Army, and will also let the Heavenly Dao Holy Palace (the main altar of the Heavenly Dao Sect) lend money. ”

At this time, the Japanese state owned Sado Island gold, and there were Koshu gold and Iwami silver in history, and Japan's brass production was not low for a time. Therefore, if the Heavenly Dao Sacred Palace lent money to the Japanese Heavenly Dao Army, he was not afraid that he would not be able to recover it.

Chen Dexing lowered his tone again and said: "If the Heavenly Dao Army is unwilling to perform "Chen Li" after subduing the entire territory of Japan, it is not Xiao Ai who should be seppuku, but Juexin himself!" ”

Xiao Ai kowtowed again: "The minister must convey the words of the saint to his mother." ”

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"Anything can be done, only Taiyi!"

At this time, Otani Juexin was taking the lead in shouting slogans, and he didn't think about when he was likely to hand over his life to Chen Dexing in the future, which was the price of the Japanese Heavenly Taoism violation.

In her mind, it was completely correct to use the support of the Heavenly Taoist Sect and the Ming Dynasty to take over the power of Japan and establish a joint rule of the divine right and the samurai. Not only her, but also her siblings and sons (who are now all gods of the Japanese Tendo Sect), as well as Hojo Kerakkuji Ryu and Hojo Nakoshiryu, as well as the other leaders of the Japanese samurai families who joined the Tendo Sect, all thought that the model of the Divine Martial Alliance was very good.

The Otani family (who believed that the position of head of the Tendo sect should be hereditary in Japan) and the Hojo samurai were closely united and held the supreme power in Japan. Then, according to their understanding of the "Chen Li", Japan was rectified, and a three-level feudal system was established in Japan, consisting of the Heavenly Dao Imperial Court (the Heavenly Daoist Sect and the king's co-governance), the Heavenly Dao vassals (including the Heavenly Daoist sect and the national division), and the Heavenly Dao samurai (including the Heavenly Daoist Taoist and the samurai who believed in the Heavenly Daoist Sect).

As a result, Japan was transformed from a feudal country with "bad manners" into an orderly theocratic feudal state......

"Anything can be done, only Taiyi!"

Ying He's slogan sounded like an earth-shattering sound, and it was the more than 3,000 Heavenly Dao warriors who had already launched a battle formation on the flat ground south of the Mizumuse Temple.

Their formation was also the same as that of the Ming army, with sword and shield bearers in the front row, all of whom knelt on one knee and held a square shield made of rattan. Behind are the archers, all holding Maruki longbows. Behind the archers were pikemen, among whom stood in the front rows, all dressed in shiny steel armor. And on both sides of the infantry phalanx, several three-bow bed crossbows were also placed. In addition, two or three hundred Heavenly Dao samurai, who had arrived from Yamato and Iga countries last night to converge, were scattered around the three-bow bed crossbow on the left side, which was considered to be covering the left flank of the army (the right flank of the army was Yodogawa).

The whole army was only three thousand five or six hundred men. The formation of the unfolded formation is not very tight, and at a glance you can see that it has not been rigorously trained. But at least fifteen hundred of them were clad in steel armor and helmets, shining blindingly in the early summer sun. Everyone on the other side of the battle formation who saw this scene had a chilling feeling.

Standing opposite the three thousand and hundreds of Heavenly Dao warriors was an army of nearly 10,000 people, and although they were numerous, they were also even more chaotic. did not form a unified battle formation, but scattered into dozens of teams, and there was no unified military uniform and armor, and the banners were varied. It's just that among the scattered dozens of samurai, there was a group of samurai with the largest number of people, apparently the core of the whole army, and they played the Genji White Flag and Hojo Scales.

"Hojo Tokisuke is under the Hojo Scales!"

Tokimo Hojo, dressed in steel armor, boarded a nest car at the back of the battle array, looked at it with a telescope, and spoke loudly to Tokimo Hojo, Kakunobu Ohtani, and Hong Junki, who were riding on horses.

"He was in front of the military formation, sitting under the military flag, just like when the two families of Yuanping were fighting!"

"Where's the Heavenly Thunder Arrow?" Hong Junqi hurriedly asked.

The phalanx tactics adopted by the Ming army now are most afraid of being bombarded by thunder arrows or artillery. This Japanese Heavenly Dao Army completely imitates the Illuminated Army, and naturally it cannot afford to bomb the opponent with concentrated firepower.

"I didn't see it." Hojo Tokimo replied, "The Heavenly Thunder Arrows that originally belonged to the Six Waves Army are all in my hands, and Hojo Tokisuke may not have the Heavenly Thunder Arrows in his hands." ”

Hong Junqi breathed a sigh of relief, obviously the thinking of the Kamakura Army was still stuck before the appearance of the Heavenly Thunder Arrow! It seems that the strategy of Hojo Mitsutoki and Hojo Tokimo is still correct. Take advantage of the opponent's unpreparedness and take Heiankyo in one fell swoop!

As long as Heiankyo is taken and the Japanese court is controlled, the name of righteousness will be in hand. At that time, the Tendo Sect will be established as the state religion, and then a shogunate controlled by the Tendo Sect of Japan will be organized. When the Heavenly Taoist princes in Kinai and Kyushu got the news, they would definitely raise troops in response. Even if you can't take Japan, you can at least take half of Japan.

"Then concentrate your firepower on the direction where the White Flag and Hojo Scale are located, and fire five rounds in a salvo! At the same time, let the sword and shield hand cover the archer to go up and shoot arrows, shoot twenty volleys in thirty steps, and then remove the sword and shield and bow and arrow, and launch a spear assault! ”

Hong Junqi's advice is nothing more than the simplest phalanx tactic in the textbook, use firepower to disperse the opponent, and then use the spear assault to settle the battle.

He took a breath, his body suddenly jumped upward, he stood firmly on the saddle, looking at the scattered enemy formations in the distance, he took a sharp breath, and said loudly: "Look at their scattered formation, a charge should be victorious...... Tonight, we will be able to go to Nagaokakyo.

Tomorrow, the sun and moon flag, which represents the way of heaven, will be able to fly in the sky over Heiankyo! (To be continued......)