Chapter 232: Burning the Mountain
At this time, the Spoo cavalry had reached its limit. The war horse was sweating profusely, and it looked like it was about to die.
There were still thirteen people left in the Tongxin group, including Yiyin and Yamanaka Yuimori, a total of fifteen, and sixteen were killed in the battle.
Twice charged into battle, once the cavalry slashed, the morale and manpower were exhausted, and there was no strength to fight again.
Yamanaka Yumori leaned closer to Yoshiin and said anxiously.
"Your Highness, the enemy is surrounding!"
The sounds of the conch around him sounded one after another, getting closer and closer.
Yiyin looked intently, and the reserves in the distance slowly walked by, and the small boundary was oppressed on all sides, making it appear even smaller.
Sighing, Yiyin knew that he couldn't rush out. Pointing to the Xingjiao Temple on the hill, he said.
"Abandon the horse and go to the temple to wait for help."
The war horses were powerless, so they had to give up, and a group of people walked towards the monastery on the mountain.
The nameless hill was short, and it ran down the steps into the front gate, and Yiyin commanded the people to prepare to defend it.
"Block the mountain gate with something! The back too!
We only guard the vestibule and the main hall, and be careful of the bread and the back! ”
He never gave up, and Akechi Mitsuhide would definitely sense that something was wrong.
Reinforcements will definitely come, but I don't know if he will be able to hold on to that time.
The morale of the congruent began to slump. Even if you have the will to die, as long as you are human, you will have the desire to survive.
Now surrounded on all sides, trapped in the temple, it seems that it is about to end.
This kind of pressing step by step overwhelms people, and the mental breakdown is unknown.
Yiyin, who was directing the concentric people to fiddle with the obstacles, suddenly heard a plop, and looked back to see that Yamanaka Yukimori had already knelt down and sat down.
"I'm sorry! I'm really sorry!
If I hadn't been able to assert myself and be brave with His Highness, how would I be trapped here!
It's all my fault! ”
Yamanaka Yukimori had tears in his eyes and bowed his head and sobbed.
It was she who took it upon herself to lead the team to break off, and forced Yiyin to turn back to the rescue.
No one expected Yiyin to be so able to fight, and led thirty horsemen to break down the reserve twice before and after, and killed the reserve general.
If at that time, everyone had worked together to rush outward, and the encirclement that had just been unfolded had not yet been firmly established, perhaps it would have broken through all of a sudden.
Yamanaka Yumori's heart erupted with new guilt and old guilt, and he couldn't control his emotions anymore, and cried on his knees.
Her cry affected the people around her, and the atmosphere became more and more sad.
Yiyin pulled her up, held her chin with his hand and said.
"What a stupid thing! We will go back alive!
The Spo family has not yet been restored, and my vow is not just words!
Don't you like me? Stay alive! Live well, and then love me for the rest of your life! ”
He looked up and yelled at the concentrics around him.
"Hey! This Nizi said she likes me! Get on me!
You say, "When I get back, do I want to satisfy her?" Let's not let her go! ”
Everyone was stunned, and no one expected that Yiyin would still have the heart to laugh at this time.
Most of the Ji samurai in the army are rude, and there are constant meat jokes on weekdays.
Now that the lord himself came out to say meat, no one took it seriously, just laughed.
"Let her go! Get her on! Get her on! ”
Yiyin cupped Yamanaka's Yukimori's cheeks with both hands, pressed his forehead against hers, and whispered.
"Hear no, live! I like you too, Xingshengji, I want to be by you in the future!
Please, don't give up, let's live together! ”
Yamanaka Yukimori looked at this man who had obsessed him, and his face turned red.
He shook his head away from Yiyin's hands and bowed his head coquettishly.
"Your Highness is so improper!
Even if you boost morale, you can't be so self-degrading and don't have a reserved appearance. ”
When she looked up again, her eyes were already sharp and unwavering.
"I will definitely protect Your Highness, live, down, go."
With her fists clenched, she stood up, her waist straight, and scolded the concentric crowd.
"What a coax!
The morale is low, and you still need His Highness to encourage you!
People are not dead yet! Tell these bastards of the Miyoshi family to taste the power of my Spo family!
A group of soft-footed shrimp knows how to bully less! ”
"Hey!"
The concentric crowd responded violently, and their morale was like a rainbow.
———
"Report! The Spo cavalry abandoned their horses and joined the church to defend the temple! ”
Miyoshi Changyi frowned and said.
"The whole army is besieging the Jiaoxing Temple and preparing to attack the mountain."
Matsunaga shook his head.
"Lord Miyoshi, I'm afraid that the morale of the army is insufficient and time will be delayed."
It has taken too much time to besiege Sipo Yiyin, and I don't know how the northern block is going.
The man was so fierce that he broke down two reserves in a row, and the rest of the army was concerned.
If you forcibly attack the mountain, the mountain road is narrow, and the mountain gate is only enough for two people to pass.
Even if it is on all sides, there is a temple wall to block it. With the current morale of the Miyoshi Army, I am afraid that it will be too much of a waste of time.
Miyoshi Changyi nodded, and at this time, she was also afraid of Sibo Yiyin.
"Do you have a way?"
Matsunaga replied coldly.
"Set fires and burn the mountains and temples.
Prepare a bow and a cannon, force him out, and then gather fire. ”
Miyoshi Changyi pondered for a long time and nodded.
Matsunaga shows this plan viciously, but it is the safest way to deal with such a peerless general.
———
In the temple, the Tongxin people rested while being vigilant against the enemy attacking the mountain.
They had been fighting for most of the afternoon, and by this time they were tired and hungry.
Yamanaka Yumori found some clear water and tribute fruit in the temple, and offered righteous silver.
"Your Highness, please use it."
"There are nuns in this temple?"
"All of them were slaughtered, and the corpses were piled up in the back."
Yiyin shook his head, helpless.
Duckweed in troubled times, no one can pity anyone, he is not dying.
Reluctantly took a few sips of water and said.
"Put the water and the tribute fruit in one place, let the concentric people come and eat a little in turn, and the rest of the people stay vigilant."
"Hey!"
As he was talking, there was a sudden movement at the bottom of the mountain, and Yiyin and Yamanaka Yumori hurriedly took the cover of the mountain gate and looked down the mountain.
I saw that the Miyoshi family army was besieging but not attacking, and was piling up dead wood and branches.
Yamanaka Yumori's complexion changed drastically.
"They're going to set fire to the mountain! These cowards!
They don't dare to fight with real swords and guns, but they use such despicable means to force us down.
Your Highness, I am willing to be the vanguard and protect you to kill you! ”
Yiyin took a closer look and shook his head.
"No, I can't.
You see, there are many bow warriors and iron cannons waiting for us to rush out at the bottom of the mountain. ”
Yamanaka Yukimori said in a hurry.
"Then you have to rush! Do you sit back and be burned alive here? ”
Yiyin shook his head.
"Not necessarily."
He turned back and walked towards the monastery, where in addition to the vestibule, the main hall, and the side room of the apse where the nuns lived.
"Together, bring all the firewood and hay from the kitchen and pile it here."
Yiyin chose the thatched hut where the nuns lived, so that the congruent people could take a lot of combustibles.
Yamanaka Yumori and Tongxin couldn't understand it, but they still did things obediently.
Time was pressing, and Yiyin didn't bother to explain to these people what the ignition method was.
In a previous life, when encountering a forest fire, there was a way to escape, which was to burn a safe area downwind.
Because there are no combustibles in the burned area, the fire cannot be burned again.
Since the Miyoshi army wanted to burn the mountain, Yiyin decided to burn the place where the temple was easy to burn first, so as to get a safe area.
Yamanaka Yumori didn't understand this, but he just saw that Yiyin was going to throw torches at the pile of firewood, and he couldn't stand on his knees by holding Yiyin.
"Your Highness think twice! Your Highness think twice! There must be a way out.
I beg Your Highness not to self-immolate and avoid humiliation, I am willing to take the lead in opening the way down the mountain for Your Highness! ”
Yiyin couldn't move when she grabbed her thigh, and couldn't help but be annoyed.
Who is going to set himself on fire! You Ji samurai know a fart!
It's terrible to be uneducated!