Chapter Eighty-Six: Setting Fire to the Temple
In the blink of an eye, another hour passed, and by this time the sky had gradually darkened, and just when the clan was worried about whether the two banners he had inquired about had died, the two of them were finally late.
Seeing that these two banners were sweating profusely and panting and ran to the front, the clan did not directly ask about the situation of the temple, but took off the water bag hanging on the side of the horse's back, handed it to the two, and asked them to drink saliva first, and then pant evenly.
In the eyes of the clan, this is not a big deal, but in front of the Maeda Toshiya and many ashigaru, he is very excited about the clan's move.
The two ashigaru were even more in tears the moment they took the water bag, they couldn't have imagined that the high-ranking lord would treat them as little people with such courtesy.
"Genus... There are many subordinates... Thank you, Lord. The two gasped.
Clan Zong waved his hand and said, "Drink saliva first, and then speak slowly." "Anyway, everyone is already here, and they don't care about this moment.
After the two ashigaru had calmed down, the clan asked, "How is the situation at the temple?" ”
"Back to the lord, the subordinates and other two have already found out clearly, at present, there are less than a hundred monks and soldiers in the temple to defend, most of them are concentrated in the main hall, and the subordinates also heard that the presiding officer of the temple empty oath, and the eldest disciple Kuhai, is not currently in the temple, and is stationed in the West Tail Castle of Hata County. Let the Lord decide. ”
"Ha Luha, if that's the case, God really help me." Clan Zong Da Lu said with a smile, he is very excited now, the situation of this temple is really the same as he thought, the other party is only a few dozen monks, how can they be the opponents of the elite iron spur cavalry under his command, since there is no heavy defense in this temple, then the East China Sea will start here.
I only heard the clan sect shouting: "Order, target Benzheng Temple, go!" After saying that, the clan jumped on horseback and led the army to gallop towards the temple.
And in this temple, the monks and soldiers who are responsible for staying here are basically the old, weak, sick and disabled, and now everyone who can fight has gone to the front battlefield to get credit, who will stay here. Otherwise, the responsibility of guarding the monastery would not have fallen to them in any case. Rather than being monks, it would be more appropriate to call them monks.
Now the situation has always been very good, the Matsudaira family was beaten and cowered in Okazaki Castle and did not dare to go out of the city to fight, and Shangxiang City, which was still struggling at the last time, has been completely surrounded by a large army, and the destruction of the city is just around the corner.
In that case, what else is there to be afraid of, so the monks in the temple are unaware of the impending danger. At this moment they were converging in the main hall, having the last dinner. There was no one in the entire monastery to guard it.
But just as they were eating the incense, they suddenly felt the floor begin to tremble slightly, followed by the roar of horses' hooves, and the monks in the main hall knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly grabbed their swords and ran out of the main hall, but even if they had already discovered that the enemy was coming to attack, but it was too late, and the iron thorn rider under the leadership of Maeda Toshiya had already rushed into the temple and was rushing towards them.
All the monks and soldiers saw the enemy's elite, none of them dared to come forward to resist, and they all ran towards the back door of the temple with their heads in their hands, although they were old and small, and the speed of running was not fast, but in this kind of dense building place, it was not suitable for cavalry combat, so there were still more than a dozen monks and soldiers who escaped from the temple.
Maeda was about to chase him out of the temple gate when he left home, but the clan immediately stopped him and said, "No need to chase, no one has reported to the enemy yet, so let them go." ”
Subsequently, the clan used a stick of incense to sweep the entire temple, which has been a tradition of the family for many years, so without his instructions, the subordinates have already begun to move, and even the gold leaf on the Buddha statue was scraped off by them with the bayonet in their hands, and the clan felt that it was a bit excessive.
"Lord... Lord... The subordinates found a hidden warehouse in the main hall, and asked the lord to check it out. A foot light quickly ran out of the main hall and said excitedly in front of the clan.
Seeing his panicked expression, the clan was a little unhappy in his heart, and said in his heart, isn't it just a warehouse, what's the big deal, as for being excited like this. I only heard him say flatly: "Oh, Zhilu said, take me to see." ”
The clan followed behind the ashigaru and entered the main hall, seeing that the floor behind the Buddha statue in the main hall had been lifted by the flag ashigaru, revealing a big hole, and the clan walked closer to take a look, and couldn't help but gasp, which is really not to blame that the flag ashigaru was surprised, and now even he can't help but be surprised. ,
I saw that this cave is not very big, the length, width and height are about two meters, but there are three large boxes in it, the boxes have been opened, and there are all golden golden judgments inside, looking at this number, there must be more than 10,000 pieces.
Seeing these golden judgments, the clan couldn't help but scold: "This gang of thieves is bald, they have scavenged so many people's fat and people's ointment, and all the people who came have come have been brought out for me." "More than 10,000 gold judgments, that's more than 40,000 yuan, even if the clan can make so much money, it is only about 20,000 yuan a year, it seems that this income alone is enough to spend it for a long time.
These three large boxes are very heavy, and the place is small, five or six ashigari have spent a long time trying to pull and drag them to the ground, and now all the cavalry under their command are inconvenient, if they carry these three large boxes, it is really not convenient.
However, this little thing was not difficult for the clan, and he immediately ordered to go down, let all the flags stop sweeping in the temple, and gather in the main hall, each of them divided a handful, put it in a bag, in addition to the money, all the property looted in the temple was also divided, and after returning to Owari, it was collected.
Seeing that the temple had been basically swept away, the clan immediately ordered, "Maeda Toshika! ”
"The subordinates are here!" Maeda Toshiya hurriedly stepped forward and replied that he had already guessed that the lord was afraid that he was going to set fire to the temple, but his heart knot had been untied, so he seemed very calm.
"Set fire to the temple!"
The ancient temple has been passed down for more than 450 years, but in the end it has not escaped the fate of being burned.
With the raging fire, the clan had already led a hundred iron thorn horsemen to leave the fire with a full load and run straight to the countryside.
"My lord, now that the temple has been burned down, my subordinates suggest that we go to the temple immediately, and at the speed of the iron thorn horse, we should be able to arrive before the enemy receives the news, and when the enemy is not prepared, set fire to the temple, so that the danger of Okazaki Castle can be alleviated, and I ask the lord to decide."
The clan thought to himself, Shanggong Temple and Katsuji Temple are both within the territory of Matsudaira Motoyasu, Lao Tzu wishes that he would be destroyed by the Yizong sooner, although this is indeed a little difficult, but it can see that the strength of the Matsudaira family has been greatly damaged, which can also make the clan happy for a while.
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