Chapter 985: Assassination, Abandonment
During the Ming Dynasty, the Wa Kingdom was in the midst of a chaotic and turbulent Warring States period, and the local daimyo fought each other in order to seize territory and population, and the flames of war burned all over the country, but there was one place that was relatively calm and stable, and that was the Kyoto area.
Because Kyoto was the place where the Emperor of Wakoku was located, it was also the sphere of influence of the Muromachi shogunate. Although the Muromachi shogunate was weak, the so-called emaciated camel was bigger than a horse, and in the Kyoto area, the strength of the Muromachi Shogunate was still very impressive. In addition, although the current Emperor of the Wakuni Kingdom is only a puppet, in the eyes of the Wakuni people, he is still a symbolic national leader, representing the orthodoxy of the imperial family.
Just like in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, at that time the Han family was obviously in decline, but in the minds of the people, the Han family still represents the orthodoxy of the world, who dares to blatantly replace it, that is, the rebellious ministers and thieves, everyone will be punished, so Cao Cao controlled the Han emperor very chickenly, and he hid behind as the "Emperor Taishang", commanding the heroes in the name of the emperor.
In fact, the shogunate of the Wa Kingdom was similar, the shogun controlled the emperor and ordered the local warlords in the name of the emperor, and although the local warlords did not take the emperor seriously, they still had to recognize the emperor's legitimacy and accept the emperor's official position.
Therefore, no matter how fierce the fighting between the local warlords is, they will not lead the war to Kyoto, and if any of them want to get their hands on Kyoto, the other warlords will attack them en masse and finally divide them.
Kyoto is peaceful and happy when there is no war, and Kyoto is especially beautiful in March, when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, and the city and outside the city are full of gorgeous cherry blossoms.
Cherry blossoms are the favorite of the Japanese people, just like the Tang Dynasty people love peonies, the Japanese have an ancient saying called "flowers are cherry blossoms, people are samurai", which means to make flowers to do cherry blossoms, to be a person to be a samurai, and the Japanese samurai often compare themselves with cherry blossoms.
Every year when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, Emperor Go-Kashiwahara would go out of the castle to the outskirts to enjoy the cherry blossoms and enjoy the ministers, and this year was no exception.
There was just a light rain last night, and the road was muddy and wet ~ slippery, and Emperor Go-Kashiwahara still rode out of the city in a carriage early in the morning, accompanied by Ashikaga Yoshiharu, the Muromachi shogun, and a group of courtiers and family members.
There is a cherry blossom forest on the eastern outskirts of Kyoto Castle, where tens of thousands of cherry blossoms are now in full bloom, and from a distance they look like fog and glow, smoke and fire, and the strong fragrance of flowers permeates every wisp of the morning breeze.
However, in the depths of this enchanting cherry blossom forest, there is a chilling murderous intention, about thirty masked people are lying in the hidden place, their clothes are very messy, but what they are holding is a shiny flintlock pistol, and the muzzle of the black hole ~ hole is aimed at the road outside the cherry blossom forest.
One of the masked men was looking into the distance with a telescope, and he was supposed to be the leader of the group. At this time, another masked man next to him asked in a low voice: "Old Fang, let's kill the king of the Japanese kingdom and the shogun, will Mao Haifeng keep his promise?" ”
The masked man at the head put down the monoculars and said in a deep voice: "Mao Haifeng is ruthless, his words are not credible!" ”
"Then why do we still listen to his assassination of the Wa King and the Shogun?" The masked man next to him asked puzzled.
The masked man at the head sneered: "People are under the roof, they have to bow their heads, if we don't agree, can we get out of the cell alive?" Can you get a flintlock pistol? ”
The masked man next to him nodded, and said hatefully: "Mao Haifeng, this birdman is really a ~~ chicken thief, although he gave us flintlock pistols, but each person was only given three rounds of ammunition, and he was not worthy of the three-edged army thorn, and the flintlock pistol without ammunition was a useless burning stick, grass grandma's!" ”
"Mao Haifeng is not an idiot~ idiot, how can he give us enough ammunition, he is also worried that we will take the opportunity to escape with guns...... Shhhhhh The masked man at the head suddenly raised his index finger and shuttered.
The masked men immediately held their breath and stared at the road outside the cherry blossom forest, and after a while, a group of people finally appeared in sight, and it was none other than Emperor Go-Kashiwahara and the shogun Yoshiharu Suori.
However, seeing about fifty samurai with swords in front of the way, the emperor's carriage in the middle, and fifty samurai behind him, the general of the twilight prefecture, Yoshiharu, rode along with the emperor's carriage.
More than 30 masked people hidden in the cherry blossom forest couldn't help but show contempt when they saw this, the people of the Japanese country are really not ordinary shabby, the king of a dignified country is only such a little person, he doesn't even fight the honor guard, and the pomp is not as good as the local government officials of our Ming Dynasty.
The masked man named Lao Fang at the head frowned deeply, there are more than 100 warriors in the Japanese Kingdom, and there are only thirty-two people on his side, each with three rounds of ammunition, that is, ninety-six rounds, even if every shot hits, it is impossible to kill everyone on the other side, not to mention that it is basically impossible to hit all of them, Ma's, Mao Haifeng, this bastard is really counted!
"Lao Li, we don't have much ammunition, we will fight when we get closer, it is best to kill Hou Baiyuan and Jili Yiqing at one time, and withdraw immediately after success!" The masked man said in a deep voice.
Lao Li, the masked man next to him, nodded, and said confidently: "Leave it to me to promote profit and Yiqing!" ”
At this time, Emperor Go-Kashiwahara and his entourage finally came to the outside of the cherry blossom forest, and a group of Japanese samurai quickly dispersed their vigilance, and Emperor Go-Kashiwahara walked to the cherry blossom forest surrounded by ministers such as the general of the prefecture, Yoshiharu, and others.
Bang bang......
Two gunshots broke the tranquility of the cherry blossom forest in the early morning, and I saw Emperor Go-Kashiwahara and the shogun Yoshiharu Suori rushing blood at the same time, and then they fell!
The ministers and the ladies screamed, and the samurai hula surrounded the fallen Emperor Go-Kashiwahara and Yoshiharu Yoshiharu, while the other roared and threw themselves into the depths of the cherry blossom forest.
Bang bang bang......
The gunshots rang out like beans, and the dozen or so Japanese warriors who rushed to the front fell in a pool of blood on the spot.
"Withdraw!" The masked man at the head let out a shout, and the masked men quickly turned and evacuated, fleeing east through the cherry blossom forest.
"Damn, they are from the Ming Kingdom, the Ming people assassinated the emperor and the general, and paid with blood, kill them, chase!" The warriors roared and chased after each other, like a pack of enraged beasts.
The group of masked men had apparently prepared their retreat routes, and they quickly left the pursuing Japanese warriors behind and quickly fled to a river.
However, when the masked men fled to the river, they were shocked to see that the boat they had hidden there was gone. Originally, after assassinating the emperor and shogun, they would flee to the beach by boat, and then switch to a sea boat to escape back to Osumi Island, but now the ship is gone.
"It's not good, eight ~ nine times out of ten, we were sold by Mao Haifeng's bastard!" The masked man at the head ripped off the face towel and scolded sharply.
"The grass is big~ Master's!" A group of black-clothed people took off their masked scarves and scolded one after another, looking at their physical features, they were clearly Han Chinese.
It turned out that this group of masked people were actually the soldiers of the original Guan Haiwei, and the person at the head was called Fang Boxing. Some time ago, Fang Boxing and others tried to steal the boat and escape back to Daming, but they were caught up and arrested by Mao Haifeng and others, and imprisoned in the prison to be executed.
However, a few days ago, Mao Haifeng released them, and gave each of them a flintlock pistol and three rounds of ammunition, and asked them to assassinate the Emperor of the Wa Kingdom and the shogun, and promised that as long as they killed these two people, they would spare all of them, and even give them a big ship back to Daming.
As the saying goes, it is better to die than to live, Fang Boxing and other soldiers accepted Mao Haifeng's conditions and sneaked to the Kyoto area to assassinate Emperor Kashiwahara and the shogun, however, at this time, the ship that was ready as a retreat was gone, and it was obvious that Mao Haifeng was the ghost, and they had become abandoned pawns.
At this time, there was another shouting sound behind him, and those Japanese warriors chased and killed, Fang Boxing gritted his teeth, and fled downstream with his brothers, hoping to find a boat to escape from the sea.
In this way, while fleeing and fighting, although Fang Boxing and others killed some of the Japanese warriors who were chasing, they also ran out of ammunition, and the flintlock pistol without ammunition could only be used as a stick to smash people.
At this time, there were more and more Japanese warriors chasing after them, and they were obviously chased from the city after hearing the news.
Just when Fang Boxing and the others were cornered, a single-plank bridge appeared on the river in front, and everyone was overjoyed and rushed to the single-plank bridge.
However, just as Fang Boxing and others crossed the river from the single-plank bridge, a group of Japanese warriors wearing kimonos rushed out on the opposite bank, and several of them were holding bows, and swishing arrows were fired head-on, and several brothers and brothers were killed and fell into the river in an instant.
Fang Boxing was not shocked and hated, and waved his sword to block a sharp arrow that was shooting at him, and successfully killed the other bank, and one of the Japanese warriors on the other bank rushed out. This person is also dressed in a samurai uniform, but he is tall, with fair skin ~ skin, beautiful appearance, chest ~ bulging front, and is clearly a woman.
Fang Boxing was stunned for a moment, and blurted out: "Weaving Shin Miko!" ”
Weaving Xinmiko screamed, and the sword in his hand turned into a slash diagonally, and Fang Boxing hurriedly waved his hand to block the frame.
Dangdangdang......
Weaving Shin Miko even beat with a belt, and slashed out seven knives in one breath, the end was as fast as lightning, Fang Boxing's wrists were numb, and if he was careless, half of his shoulder was cut off, and the blood was like a spring~ gushing, and he fell in a pool of blood with a scream.
Ori Shin Miko held the knife in both hands, the tip of the knife was against Fang Boxing's throat, and said coldly in Chinese: "Miss Ben's name is Oda Hideyoshi now, but remember!" ”
Fang Boxing gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "I, stinky~, let's see, sooner or later, the marshal will lead the army to quell the rebellion, and you and Wang Zhi's father and son will not die well!" ”
Orishin Miko's face suddenly sank, and with a slight slash of the sword, Fang Boxing's head rolled out.
Soon, all the remaining Guanhaiwei soldiers were also killed!
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