Chapter 38: Panic
As soon as the order to slaughter the city came out, even the soldiers in the city were in a panic.
Some people are full of shadows of yesterday's battle, and they are extremely afraid of the Yuan army, and demand immediate surrender.
Some people swore to the death, demanding that all resources be integrated, and with the help of the city, it would be strengthened and defended to the end.
Unwilling to surrender or stay behind, some suggested abandoning the people of the city and fleeing from behind the city.
The defenders had different opinions, and those who intended to surrender were stopped and killed by those who swore not to surrender before they left the city.
Those who wanted to flee found that the people in the city also wanted to escape, blocked the way, and launched a massacre before the Yuan army.
The righteous people couldn't stand it, and wanted to save the people, and they got into a scuffle with this group of people who tried to escape.
Before the war began, Himeji Prefecture had already made a pot of porridge with itself.
Finally, half an hour later, someone opened the city gate, and a group of people who looked like the heads of wealthy families followed suit and pleaded with thorns, naked, with their arms tied behind their backs, and kneeling on both sides of the city gate with thorns tied.
The rest of the soldiers also laid down their arms and waited for acceptance of surrender.
There are also some people who finally agreed on the same opinion, no longer fighting among themselves, opened the north gate, and fled in a hurry.
Fan Zhuoyuan rode in front, striding proudly, leading the army into the city!
The end of this war also heralded the complete destruction of the Kamakura shogunate in all of Japan!
After this news spread to the Kanto, the army of the Kamakura headquarters was in turmoil, and the merchants in the Kamakura Domain should cooperate with the outside to help Fan Zhuoyuan's 10,000 partial divisions easily break the city.
The entire clan of Hojo Tokimune, the shogunate, was captured!
The only remaining organized resistance in Japan was the Kyoto Emperor.
After entering the castle tower, Fan Zhuoyuan looked at the system panel......
"Mission: Destroy Japan in four months!
Requirements: 1. Capture the Emperor's entire family (unfinished);
2. Destroy the Kamakura Shogunate army (completed);
3. Kill the shogunate ruling Hojo Tokimune (completed).
Rewards: Completing tasks 2 and 3 will reward 110,000 proficiency points, and completing the last item will reward 50,000 proficiency points.
Proficiency Points Remaining: 128362. ”
If the last item is completed, there will be nearly 180,000 proficiency points, and 200,000 proficiency points will be required to reach the next level of marrow formation stage of Tongzigong.
In the end, more than 20,000, it will take four months to cultivate normally.
Yes, at this time, it is only a month and a half since the deadline required by the task, and the task was completed half of the time ahead of schedule, and according to the system style, there will definitely be additional rewards.
After Fan Zhuoyuan completely controlled Himeji Prefecture, the Emperor's headquarters once again gathered a large number of defeated troops and gathered 100,000 troops.
Although there were many soldiers and horses, most of them were defeated troops who were killed by the Yuan army, and they had no morale.
During this period, the Sawara family company organized cavalry to fight with Fan Zhuoyuan's 5,000 cavalry, but was killed and defeated, and even the infantry that supported it was crushed by the cavalry.
The whole army retreated for fifteen miles before reluctantly reorganizing the formation, and then did not dare to fight with the Yuan army in the field, so they could only quickly retreat east to Kyoto.
The news of the defeat of the Kamakura shogunate quickly spread throughout the region as they turned around, causing an earthquake in public opinion.
When the news reached Nami Jiyin, Hitoshi Kagawai, Hojo Nagahide and others, their hearts felt as if they had experienced an earthquake like a Japanese land sinking.
In Kyoto, a large number of samurai swordsmen got drunk in wine shops, and the fiasco of the shogunate basically announced the countdown to the end of Japan, and it only depended on when the Yuan army would attack.
Although there were still 100,000 soldiers and horses in Kyoto, no one believed that these 100,000 defeated troops could resist the attack of the Yuan army by virtue of their geographical advantages.
As a result, there was chaos in the streets, and the samurai who used alcohol to go crazy acted recklessly, using the privilege of beheading the emperor indiscriminately, and not only that, but also the samurai ronin abused women from time to time.
At this time, the imperial court was too busy to take care of itself, where was there anyone to care about the actions of these samurai ronin swordsmen.
The people of Kyoto who had no way to ask for help were humiliated, but at this time, they hoped that the Motoko could occupy Kyoto as soon as possible and drive away all these samurai masters who killed people indiscriminately.
At this time, Hitoshi Kagawai's master, Nin Ami Tzuyin, was sitting in the Buddhist hall of a small temple in Kyoto, with his back to the wall, chanting sutras and moving the beads in his hand.
Everyone didn't notice that there were a few beads stained with blood on his string of Buddha beads.
And Ciyin, who closed his eyes, sometimes his face was as hideous as a ghost, sometimes as charitable as a Buddha, and he was unpredictable.
After Ren Kagai settled down Hatsuhime, he and his senior brother Hojo Nagahide stopped the nonsense of the samurai ronin on the streets of Kyoto, and finally they couldn't manage it anymore and went directly to the temple where the master was.
As soon as I entered the temple, I smelled a smell of blood.
The two of them shook their whole bodies, grabbed the hilt of their swords and rushed inward, but no one stopped them on the way, because as far as the eye could see, there were the corpses of the monks in the temple and the corpses of several samurai.
The two of them didn't have time to investigate carefully, thinking that these monks were killed by mad samurai.
If they look closely, they will be able to see that whether it is a samurai or a monk, the sword marks on their bodies are all clean and neat one-hit kills, just like that, and they must not be the best masters.
They rushed directly into the Buddhist hall where the master was, and when they saw that the master was okay, they let out a long breath and knelt side by side at the door.
Hojo Nagahide said in a trembling voice, "Master, the samurai...... It's all crazy......"
When Ciyin heard this, his face suddenly became hideous, and his eyes were scarlet and full of anger, but his tone could still remain kind.
"Got it...... Ah Ren, in this situation, it's time to teach you that sword. ”
Kagami raised his eyebrows, "Master! I am willing to bear the cause and effect of practicing this sword, as long as I can successfully kill the commander of the Yuan Kou, even if I die together, I am willing! ”
Ciyin still had his back to the two of them, and his hideous face like a Shura demon must not be seen by his disciples.
"Ah Ren, you already have the foundation to practice this sword, but you may not have the cultivation to practice this sword."
Hitoshi Kagami and Hojo Nagahide were both puzzled, and Hojo Nagahide asked on his behalf, "Is cultivation a lack of internal strength?" ”
Ciyin shook his head, "Our Japanese swordsmanship is not similar to Middle-earth martial arts, and the requirements for internal strength are not very deep.
This sword pays more attention to the unity of spirit, qi and spirit, and to integrate the three, you need to be in a state of mind.
The realm of thoughtlessness is a kind of cultivation, which can be encountered but not sought. ”
Jingjing Ren bowed down and said, "Please teach Master, what is the realm of thoughtlessness?" ”
Ciyin sighed: "Wu Nian means no distractions. ”
The two were even more puzzled, and Hojo Nagahide couldn't help asking, "Master, when we meditate, don't we just have no distractions?" ”
Ciyin said with a smile: "That's looking at me from within, and the spirit is concentrated in the operation of the true qi in the body, which is not so much called non-thought, but rather as a collection of thoughts." ”
Jingjing Ren said: "Master, how can we achieve thoughtlessness? ”
"Abandon all thoughts, including yourself. But in life, there is affection, love, desire and hate, how can we get rid of all thoughts.
Then you have to cut off your desires, abandon all hope and despair, be completely carefree, and be absolutely free in body and mind, so that you can have no thoughts. ”
The senior brothers looked at each other, and in their opinion, such thoughtlessness was still incomprehensible.
Ciyin turned around, his face had regained his Buddha appearance, but his smile looked eerie and terrifying.
"Do you know how to learn to be a teacher?"
The two of them inexplicably felt their hair standing upside down, and shook their heads at the same time.
"Hehehehehe, huhu......huhu
This burst of laughter immediately made the two of them sweat coldly.
I only heard Ciyin say quietly: "First behead your parents, then slaughter your brothers, then kill your wives and children, and the swordsmanship is self-contained!" ”