Chapter 716: Conspiracy to seize power

Seeing that the atmosphere became tense, Zhongchen Kazuzu hurriedly stood up and played a round: "Okay, okay, you don't have to be so nervous, in fact, Mr. Zhuge may not be what you think, Mr. Zhuge is here to help us, you don't have to be so nervous." ”

Kato Kiyomasa disagreed with Nakato's words, and snorted disdainfully: "Hmph, help us?" I think he is clearly deliberately trying to count us down, wanting to make us lose the confidence to continue fighting, so he can take advantage of the fisherman and incorporate the army under our command. ”

"Hahahaha......" Zhuge Mo suddenly raised his back and laughed when he heard this, "It's funny, it's so funny, it's the most ridiculous joke I've ever heard." ”

Immediately afterwards, Zhuge Mo unabashedly despised everyone: "As for the ineffective army under your command, even if you give it to me, I will not be rare, you actually think that I want to take away your military power? ”

Everyone didn't expect that Zhuge Mo was unceremonious, and directly said that the army under their command had no combat effectiveness, and it was not worth him to covet and co-opt at all.

This made everyone feel even more ashamed, Kato Kiyomasa finally couldn't bear it anymore, pulled out the katana at his waist and shouted: "Damn Tang people, who do you think you are? Hmph, I'm going to cut you off with one sword, see how you show off your power here." ”

Seeing Kato Kiyomasa raising his sword and rushing towards Zhuge Mo, Zhongchen Kazuzu hurriedly opened his mouth to dissuade: "No, no, Kato-kun, you have to calm down." ”

Although Nakatomi Kamazu was persuading, in fact he did not have any intention of dissuasion, as if he deliberately stood by and allowed Kato Kiyomasa to attack Zhuge Mo with a knife.

In fact, for the middle minister Kamazu, he also didn't want Zhuge Mo's arrogant face, and the other party's storage zĂ i was also a threat to himself, and he was happy to see Zhuge Mo and Kinoshita Hideyoshi's old ministers fight, so that he would have the opportunity to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

Zhuge Mo glanced at Zhongchen Kazuzu meaningfully, he actually understood Zhongchen's thoughts. I couldn't help but sneer in my heart.

At this moment, Kato Kiyomasa had already rushed in front of him, Zhuge Mo was still slashed by the other party's blade, and the wooden arm directly clamped the blade, and then choked Kato Kiyomasa's throat with his other hand, and directly lifted Kato Kiyomasa into the air.

As the arm continued to rise, Kato Kiyomasa kicked his legs hard, but he could not get rid of the clamp, and gradually was lifted high, Kato Kiyomasa felt that it was becoming more and more difficult to breathe.

Seeing that Kato Kiyomasa was about to be completely suffocated. The other Kinoshita Hideyoshi ministers were a little impatient, and several other people stood up and pleaded: "Mr. Zhuge still hopes that Mr. Kato-kun can be spared, he doesn't mean to offend Mr. You, Lord Zhongchen, you also help to intercede with Mr. Zhuge ." ”

Seeing that those old ministers of Kinoshita Hideyoshi were honest, Nakazen Kamazu smiled casually and said to Zhuge Mo: "Mr. Zhuge , since they have already known their mistakes, and you have also punished Kato-kun. Let's put him down first, after all, they are needed for the siege. ”

Originally, he wanted to come to Zhongchen and plead in person, so Zhuge Mo had to give himself a little thin noodles. Kato Kiyomasa will not be killed directly.

But who knew that Zhuge Mo was not polite at all, and the arm suddenly exerted force, and directly raised Kato Kiyomasa to the highest part of the knife, and Kato Kiyomasa died of anger in the blink of an eye.

"What?" saw Kiyomasa Kato being killed like this. Everyone present was stunned, even Zhongchen Kazu, who thought that he was under his control, did not expect Zhuge Mo to directly kill him. And there is no mercy at all.

Leaving Kato Kiyomasa's body behind, Zhuge Mo withdrew his outstretched arm, glanced at the people present, and said coldly: "Give you a stick of incense time, I will wait for you in front of the gate of Kyoto, after a stick of incense, I will start to attack the city, if you don't arrive, then I will leave immediately, and I will not stay." ”

With that, Zhuge Mo turned around and walked out of the camp tent, leaving a group of stunned people in the camp tent, as well as the corpse of Kato Kiyomasa on the ground.

After a long time, everyone finally came to their senses, and when they saw the corpse on the ground, several of Kinoshita Hideyoshi's close ministers were furious and wanted to rush out together to find Zhuge Mo desperately.

But he was stopped by Zhongchen Kazu: "Everyone, everyone, you have to calm down, do you think that now you can take revenge by going out to find Zhuge Mo? Don't forget JĂŹ, Kato-kun is the strongest among you, but what is the result, you have all seen it?"

As soon as Zhongchen Kazu's words fell, everyone present was speechless, and the guys who were clamoring to go to Zhuge Mo for revenge before also calmed down instantly.

Indeed, as Nakatomi Kamazu said, Kato Kiyoshi is the first fierce general next to Kinoshita Hideyoshi, and it can be said that among Kinoshita Hideyoshi's close ministers, I am afraid that few people will be Kato Kiyoshi's opponents.

Now Kato Kiyomasa has no power to fight back and is killed, even if the rest of the people rush out now, I am afraid that they may not be able to defeat Zhuge Mo, not only can they not avenge Kato Kiyomasa at that time, I am afraid that even their own lives will be put into it, and everyone is equal in the face of death.

Seeing that everyone had calmed down, Nakatomi Kamazu said with a sad face: "Kato Kiyomasa is dead, and now that Kinoshita-kun's old ministers are the only ones left, do you want to sacrifice all of them in this senseless infighting? Shouldn't we fulfill the general's ideal?"

After listening to Nakatoshi's words, everyone present immediately calmed down and understood that what Nakazu said was right, and they had more important things to do.

Thinking of this, one of Kinoshita's Hideyoshi ministers whispered, "Then what are we going to do now? Do we really want to continue to attack the city with him as that guy said?"

"Hmph, go with him? He clearly just wants us to be cannon fodder, now that Kyoto City is heavily guarded, how can it be easily attacked by us? Even if he is from the Tang Empire? Will the emperor still compromise with him?"

Everyone was very angry when they heard this, obviously they all thought that they would be used as cannon fodder, if they wanted Zhuge Mo to compromise, I am afraid they would only have a dead end.

Seeing that everyone was hesitating, Zhongchen Kazuzu said with a solemn expression: "I don't think things will be as bad as we think, as far as I know, that Mr. Zhuge just now, he is a Middle-earth mechanic, and he has a very terrifying mechanism beast in his hands. ”

"So, we should take advantage of his advantage and use his Trap Beast to forcibly attack the city, as long as we can conquer Kyoto, Kyoto will not be our final say at that time? ”

Hearing this, everyone fell silent again, and they all hesitated a little, as if they felt that they could use Zhuge Mo's mechanism beast to attack the city, but they were worried, worried that they would not be able to consume Zhuge Mo in the end, but instead put the troops in their hands into it.

You must know that after attacking the city repeatedly, although there are still a lot of troops in their hands, they have also consumed a lot of troops, if they continue to be used as cannon fodder, I am afraid that the troops in their hands will be exhausted, which is the outcome that everyone present does not want to see.

After all, they don't think they can become generals, but they still want to be the daimyo of the army commander, and if the forces at hand are consumed, they can't become daimyos.

People are selfish, the more at this time, everyone's selfishness will begin to trouble, it seems that everyone present is united, but in fact, each has their own little ninety-nine.

The current conquest of Kyoto can be said to be very difficult for everyone, and it is simply a task that they cannot complete, but because their retainers of Kinoshita Hideyoshi are the most trusted people of Kinoshita Hideyoshi, they must complete Kinoshita Hideyoshi's orders.

Nakatomi Kamadashi spoke again: "Ladies and gentlemen, I believe that everyone thinks the same as me, since General Kinoshita trusts us and entrusts us with the task of attacking Kyoto, then we should spare no effort to complete it for him, shouldn't we do our best to conquer Kyoto?"

When a close minister of Kinoshita Hideyoshi heard this, he stood up and said, "Lord Nakatomi, having said that, the shogun also said before he left that if we cannot conquer Kyoto in a short time, we must wait for him to return, and we must not rush to attack Kyoto. ”

Another Kinoshita Hideyoshi also stepped forward: "Yes, the general once said such things, so we should rest now, instead of storming Kyoto." ”

At this time, Nakatomi Kamazu understood that he might not be able to convince everyone by himself, so he gave a look to those retainers who had already taken refuge in him.

Then someone stood up and said: "Although the general said this, it is not that we cannot conquer Kyoto at the moment, think that we have the help of the Organ Division, I am afraid that even if the General is here now, he will not hesitate to use the Organ Division to attack Kyoto, right?"

Those retainers who had joined the courtiers stood up one after another and explained their thoughts, but in general, everyone also felt that they should join forces with Zhuge Mo to attack.

Seeing that the two sides were arguing, Zhongchen Kazuzu stood up at the right time and said: "Okay, let's stop arguing, in fact, the right to choose at the moment is no longer in our hands, don't forget Mr. Zhuge before leaving, if we don't participate in the siege, he will leave immediately." ”

Nakatomi paused for a moment, swept everyone present, and finally looked at the few Kinoshita Hideyoshi ministers who opposed the attack and said, "Do you want Zhuge Mo to leave? Or do you think that after Zhuge Mo leaves, you have the ability to capture Kyoto?"

Without waiting for those people to speak, Zhongchen Kamazu continued: "I must remind you, don't forget that we don't have much food and grass now. ”

In the end, with the help of both soft and hard in the middle ministers, coupled with the help of some people in the secret, they still reached an agreement and led the army to join Zhuge Mo and join forces to attack Kyoto.

Seeing the formation of the army, Nakatomi Kamazu felt that his conspiracy had succeeded, and he only needed to deal with those close ministers of Kinoshita Hideyoshi in the next battle, and he could take advantage of the chaos to control Kinoshita Hideyoshi's army, then this large-scale army in front of him would become the army under his command.

Thinking of this, Nakatomi Kamazu couldn't help but feel a dark feeling in his heart, and he even saw the sight of himself holding a heavy army and regaining the trust of the emperor. (To be continued......)