Chapter 480: An Old Monk Who Knows Current Affairs
As a generation of eminent monks, the Venerable Master's status in the Dongying Buddhism is definitely high, like a god-like existence.
Even those daimyo who dominate one country or even several countries will maintain a certain amount of respect when facing the Venerable Master, not only because the Venerable Master's cultivation is unfathomable and fearful, but more importantly, the influence of the Honganji family is very great in Toei.
If it is proved that such a person as the Venerable Master is definitely high up and admired by all people.
Such a virtuous monk, in the eyes of many people, even death will be calmly faced, after all, as a monk, if you can't even understand life and death, then you can't be considered a monk.
The death of the Wind Demon Kotaro showed Chu Yi's strength, proving that the Venerable Master was not a fool, and at the moment of the death of the Wind Demon Kotaro, the Venerable Master knew in his heart that when facing Chu Yi, he actually had only one end.
The Venerable Master asked himself that he was not Chu Yi's opponent even if he was desperate, but in the eyes of everyone in disbelief, a generation of great virtuous monks suddenly fell down respectfully and respectfully to Chu Yi, and the pious look on his face was as if he was kneeling down to worship the Buddha and Bodhisattva.
"Prove your wish to bring the Honganji family to allegiance to His Royal Highness King Wu, and I beg His Highness to give the Honganji family a chance!"
The Venerable Master was so humble when he bowed down in front of Chu Yi, as if he were a hound wagging his tail and begging for mercy.
Fortunately, there are other people here besides the Venerable Master, and if the people of Dongying who regard the Venerable Master as gods see this scene, I don't know if they will all go crazy one by one.
It can be said that the Venerable Master's move really shocked a lot of people, not to mention Qi Jingtong, Yu Dayou and others, even Chu Yi was confused by the Venerable Venerable's actions for a while, obviously Chu Yi never thought that the Venerable Venerable Venerable would suddenly give him such a beat.
Proving that the Venerable Master is not playing cards according to common sense at all, and it is even more inconsistent with Chu Yi's understanding of the temperament of some Dongying people.
Of course, the people of Dongying are often extreme in temperament, either they are extremely arrogant, such as the wind demon Kotaro, who would rather drag Chu Yi to die together than consider surrendering or the like, or they have extreme inferiority complex in their hearts, once they are beaten into the dust, they will inevitably surrender incomparably, just like the above.
Condescendingly looking at the Venerable Master lying on the ground, Chu Yi's eyes flashed with a gleam, don't look at the Ming soldiers and horses stopped in front of the Setjin Kingdom, but for the information of the Dongying countries, Chu Yi has been arranging people to collect, among which the peasants have information about the Honganji family.
For the Honganji family, a religious family that spreads all over and has great influence, if it is said that it is subdued, to be honest, it will still be of great benefit to the Ming Dynasty to occupy Dongying.
All kinds of thoughts flashed in his heart, and he only heard Chu Yi say to the above: "Since this is the case, this king will be fulfilled by you." ”
While speaking, Chu Yi threw a crimson pill in front of the Venerable Master and said, "Take this pill!" ”
Looking at the red pill in front of him, the Venerable Master's eyes shrank suddenly, although Chu Yi didn't say what the effect of this pill was, but the Venerable Master was not a fool, even if Chu Yi didn't say it, he would make up the use of this pill.
Needless to say, this pill must be the poison that Chu Yi used to control him, once he took this poison, unless he could remove this poison by himself one day, otherwise, he would fall into Chu Yi's control for the rest of his life.
If this had been the past, if someone had thrown a poison at him, it would have been like the Venerable Master had slapped the other person to death, and then exterminated the family, connecting the nine tribes.
But at this moment, when he saw the pill that Chu Yi threw to him, the Venerable Master only hesitated slightly, then picked up the pill cleanly, and then swallowed it in one gulp.
Seeing the Venerable Master's every move in his eyes, Chu Yi nodded slightly and said, "Very good, since the master is so knowledgeable, if Chu doesn't give the master a chance, wouldn't it be too unkind?" ”
The Venerable Master said to Chu Yi with great piety: "I am willing to serve His Highness!" ”
Chu Yi took a step forward, walked to the front, and looked at the witness condescendingly: "This governor wants you to assist me in the Ming army and horses to attack Kyoto and destroy the ten kingdoms of, are you willing?" ”
The figure shook slightly, and the Venerable Master's expression was a little crazy and said, "The Hongan Temple family will live up to His Highness's expectations." ”
At this moment, Yu Dayou, Lu Dazhu and others also gathered, and everyone looked at the Venerable Master with a little disdain in their eyes.
A person who is like the Venerable Master, even in the disdainful gaze of the crowd, seems to be calm, as if he is not aware of the disdainful gaze of the crowd.
In Settsu Country, the two families of the Miyoshi clan and the Hosokawa clan gathered in one place, and at this moment, both the Miyoshi clan and the head of the Hosokawa clan looked at the ninja in front of them with a shocked face.
Just as these daimyos like to keep samurai, many daimyo also raise ninjas.
At this moment, a dusty ninja in front of the Miyoshi clan and the Hosokawa clan was kneeling on the ground and reporting the news to the two heads of the family, Hosokawa Sumimoto and Miyoshi Changqing.
Listening to the news reported by the ninja, Hosokawa Chengyuan and Miyoshi Changqing both had a shocked look on their faces, and Hosokawa Chengyuan stepped forward to grab the ninja, and his eyes faintly flashed with madness and roared: "Impossible, absolutely impossible, you are so bold, you dare to fake the news, disturb the heart of my army, come, drag him out and chop him up for me to feed the dogs." ”
"The Lord spares your life, the Lord spares your life!"
Obviously, the ninja who ran back to report the news with his life never thought that his truthful report on the military situation would provoke Hosokawa Sumimoto so angry.
On the city wall, in addition to Miyoshi Nagakei and Hosokawa Sumimoto, there are also two other samurai, retainers and others.
It can be said that after the ninja's words came out, except for Hosokawa Sumimoto and Miyoshi Changqing's expressions changed drastically, the reaction of the others was not much worse than that of Hosokawa Sumimoto.
Hosokawa Sumimoto reacted in a timely manner, reacting almost immediately, decisively ordering the news to be blocked and the ninja dragged down to be killed alive.
His eyes swept over the crowd, feeling Hosokawa Chengyuan's gaze, and the group of people suddenly looked shocked and subconsciously looked at Hosokawa Chengyuan.
Hearing this, Hosokawa Chengyuan was stunned, and he did not hide the murderous intent around him and said coldly: "What happened just now, everyone must rot in their hearts, and no one should say it." Otherwise, don't blame the head of the family for being unkind. ”
Suddenly, the earth shook, and on the city wall, whether it was Hosokawa Chengyuan or Miyoshi Changqing and others, they all looked into the distance, and at a glance, a group of people showed a little horror on their faces, and they couldn't help but sigh: "It's here!" ”
It was Chu Yi who dispatched Sun Li and Zhao Tong to join Chang Kui, and more than 20,000 soldiers and horses appeared under Xishan City.
Although the other cities are not as important as the core cities of the Settsu Kingdom, those cities can more or less play a role in delaying the great soldiers.
It is said that if those towns were all resisted, it would not be possible to delay the Great Tomorrow's soldiers for a day or two, rather than kill them so quickly.
I have to say that when the Venerable Master took the initiative to persuade those who were defending the city, the soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty really did not appear under Xishan City so quickly.
The high status of the Venerable Master is really unexpected, the cities but as long as the Venerable Master enters the city, all the defenders of the city surrender to the city, it can be said that along the way, the Ming soldiers and horses did not use a knife or a gun to take a few towns, and arrived at the Xishan City in more than two days as planned.
Looking at the elite soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty below, Miyoshi Changqing and Hosokawa Chengyuan glanced at each other, and their eyes were full of shock. Whether it is equipment or the spirit of the soldiers, there is almost no comparison between the two sides, and it can be said that Sanhao Changqing and they rely on this Xishan City as high as three or four zhang.
Once Nishiyama Castle is breached, it means that all the high-level leaders of the Setzu Kingdom will fall, and the Settsu Kingdom will not be attacked.
Just when the two sides confronted each other, a figure slowly walked out from the Ming army, and it was dressed as a Buddhist gate, and when this person slowly spoke, all the Dongying people on the city wall were stunned.
As if the Venerable Master had a compassionate look on his face, as if the Buddha had mercy on the common people, he slowly spoke: "Miyoshi-kun, Hosokawa-kun, the sword has no eyes, except to make a killing or to make a killing, stop it!" ”
Although it was said that the news had just been received, it was difficult for the Venerable Master to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, but at this moment, seeing that the other party had become the lackey of the Ming Dynasty, he dared to come forward and surrender them.
"It's not good, I can't let him continue to speak, shoot arrows, shoot him to death for me!"
Many of those soldiers were followers of the Venerable Master, and they were really dumbfounded when they suddenly saw the Venerable Master, and when they heard Hosokawa Sumimoto open his mouth and order to shoot the Venerable Master, these soldiers were motionless, and they did not have the slightest intention of stretching their bows and arrows towards the Venerable Master.
Seeing the reaction of these soldiers, whether it was Hosokawa Chengyuan or Miyoshi Changqing, they all felt a chill in their hearts, the two glanced at each other, and immediately shouted at the samurai raised by the family: "What are you all doing in a daze, don't you do it quickly, shoot this bald donkey for me on the spot." ”
Those warriors might not dare to do anything to them because of the prestige of the Venerable Master, but these warriors were different.
In the eyes of these samurai, the only object of their allegiance was their master, and as for the great monk who proved to be a great monk, to be honest, these samurai had no interest.
As these family warriors struck, dozens of arrows shot at the Venerable Master.
The Venerable Master stepped forward with his hands folded and stepped forward ten times, as if there was an invisible aura around his body, and the arrows that came from him fell to the ground one by one as they approached the Venerable Master.
"The demon monk should be killed!"
"Get a cannon and kill him for me!"
Sanhao Changqing couldn't help but shout angrily when he saw this situation.
Hand cannon is a name for the fire gun in the land of Dongying, but the fire gun itself is a great test of the skills of craftsmen, and the land of Dongying itself lacks iron ore, so refined iron is extremely scarce, even if there are craftsmen who can create fire guns, it is difficult to form it into a scale.
The Miyoshi family gathered dozens of elite samurai, one by one, holding a torch and rushed out, and then condescendingly, one by one, the guns were placed on the city wall, and the people below were pointed at the Venerable Master.
"Kill"
With the angry shout of Sanhao Changqing, suddenly between the roar of the fire guns, the fire guns burst loudly, and the scene under the city wall could not even be seen clearly in the smoke of gunpowder.
A seal blew through, the smoke cleared, and the scene under the city wall appeared in the sight of everyone.
When they saw the figure standing under the city wall, everyone couldn't help but be amazed, if it was just an arrow, it would be fine, but now in the face of the fire, the Venerable Master is still safe and sound.
As soon as he waved the robe on the Venerable Master's body, he heard a clattering sound of lead bullets falling from the ground.
Miyoshi Changqing's eyes shrank when he saw this half-sober man, and his face showed a little horror, obviously shocked by the methods of the Venerable Master.
Even though he knew that the Venerable Master was not bad, he did not expect that the Venerable Master would be able to take the lead bullet shot from the fire gun with his bare hands.
In the army, Sun Li, Zhao Tong and Chang Kui were riding on war horses at this time, looking at the Venerable Master from afar, but they did not expect that the Venerable Master would be attacked by the crowd on the city wall.
You must know that with the Venerable Master leading the way, almost every city was easily taken, and there was no resistance at all, and those people revered the Venerable Master as if they were gods.
Seeing that the Venerable Master was caught in the siege of the defenders, Chang Kui showed a sneer at the corner of his mouth, and said lightly: "The two of you will sweep the battle for me, and wait for me to lead the soldiers and horses to attack first." ”
While speaking, Chang Kui didn't wait for Sun Li and Zhao Tong to react, and immediately pulled out the war horse under him, and shouted in his mouth, "Soldiers, follow this general to attack the city!" ”
Suddenly, the passionate drum sounded, and under the encouragement of the drum, the Ming Dynasty, who was full of fighting spirit, pushed the siege vehicle one by one as if he had beaten chicken blood, and carried the ladder towards Xishan City.
"Nan no Amitabha!"
When the Venerable Master saw Chang Kui leading the army roaring over, his eyes narrowed, and his feet slammed, and the whole person actually rose from the ground, raised his feet on the city wall, and the whole person rose to the sky.
"It's not good, stop him, stop him!"
Sensing the actions of the Venerable Master, the high-level officials of Miyoshi Changqing, Hosokawa Chengyuan and other families immediately realized the intention of the Venerable Master, and their expressions changed drastically.
[Woo woo, the flea beast has failed to evolve, continue to evolve tomorrow!] 】