The sun gradually sank in the west and dropped the horizon. A crescent moon climbs the branches. The wind swept the clouds and obscured the moonlight. There was not a single star in the dark sky. Outside Tsutsui City, after Yue Zhi Jiaguang lost thousands of lives, he still couldn't move forward half an inch.

In the western camp, Iwacheng Youtong sat in his tent, drinking stuffy wine, and shouted in a low voice: "Yue Zhi Jiaguang, this idiot has been defeated again, do you think he will go to his master to wail for help?!" "Matsunaga Shu seized the power of the Miyoshi Remnant Party, he fell behind, and the resentment that had accumulated in his heart could not be vented, so he had to point to Sang and scold Huai, you must know that Tsutsui Castle was attacked by the Yue Chi family, which was the result of the compromise between Matsunaga Shu and Hatakeyama Takamasa.

The Miyoshi Sanren does not specifically refer to these three people, but the name of a regiment under Miyoshi Changqing in addition to Miyoshi Shixiu, Shihe Yicun, Anzhai Dongkang, etc. Like the Shingu Party of Niko Haruma, it is an important legion of the Miyoshi family. After the death of the original leader, Miyoshi Nagayi, at that time, Matsunaga Shu supported Iwanari Yutong, and Iwasari Yutsu naturally became the leader, Miyoshi Masaysu was the first to be the bottom, and the other person was Miyoshi Nagayi's grandson Sun Shiro.

There is also one person in the tent, it is Miyoshi Masakatsu, the younger brother of Miyoshi Masatsu, both of them are fierce generals, and they are slightly inferior in wisdom, so naturally they can't hear the meaning of Iwanari Yutong's words.

However, the young and quite tender Miyoshi turned his eyes around, but he was thinking about whether to tell Matsunaga about Iwanari Yutong's complaints, but he quickly dispelled this idea, and he can now sit in the position of the three of Miyoshi, one is relying on his father's Yu Yin, and the other is the support of Iwanari Yutong, and his position in the three of Miyoshi is to sit in the three. But if you go to Matsunaga Xiu, I'm afraid I won't even have a place to sit.

The Miyoshi chief was just about to speak. The tabernacle was forcibly opened. A giant walked in menacingly, saw the four of them, hugged his fists and said: "Uncle, Matsunaga six deceived people too much, he relied on being the eldest son of Matsunaga Yimasa, managing grain and grass, and even gave us three good and three people a shortage of catties and two, which is really hateful." ”

This giant man is Iwashi's nephew, Iwashi. Today, I was ordered by Iwasei Youtong to go to ask for food, and the permanent pass was sent back on the grounds of lack of food, which made him resentful, and if he hadn't remembered Iwasei Tomo's warning, I was afraid that he would have been sent over immediately.

With a "bang", Iwasei Youtong threw the wine glass in his hand on the ground, stood up, and shouted: "Deceive people too much, deceive people too much, he is a minister, and he is lawless to such a point." Treating the three good families as nothing, do you really want to steal the authority of the three good families? ”

The two brothers, Miyoshi Zhengkang and Zhengsheng, have a feud with Miyoshi Changqing. However, Sanhao Changqing treated the two brothers quite well, not to mention that the two of them have been deeply branded with the brand of the Sanhao family, and the Sanhao family is prosperous and prosperous, hearing that Yan Chengyoutong was furious, glanced at each other, and then stood up and condemned.

However, the young Sanhao Chang smiled slightly, picked up the wine glass and sniffed it on the tip of his nose, then drank it suddenly, looked up at the people who were looking at each other angrily, and said in a deep voice: "The three uncles, Tibetan brothers, sit down, the father and son of Bizheng are too deceitful for all to see, and now the three of them are still under his nose, and now I am afraid that the father and son of Bizheng are waiting for a few uncles?" In one fell swoop, he seized the power of the three good people, beheaded several uncles, and completely controlled tens of thousands of horses. ”

After the words of the Miyoshi chief, Iwanari Youtong, Miyoshi Masatsu, Miyoshi Masakatsu and others fell into deep thought. However, the young and vigorous Yan Changchen was quite dissatisfied that this clan brother could sit in the third position of the three good people, and said angrily without thinking: "He dares!" ”

General Miyoshi shook his head and explained slightly: "What does he not dare, once the trouble starts, although it is not clear what conspiracy and tricks Matsunaga Shu will use to calculate us, if he gets into his tent, he will not be able to help us." ”

Iwasei Youtong hesitated for a long time, and finally scolded a few words angrily, then sat down in his position in frustration, looking directly at the general of the three good times, he never thought that the young general of the three good would be able to see the danger at a glance, but it is worth paying attention to.

Miyoshi Zhengyasu and Zhengsheng brothers saw that Yan Chengyou was discouraged, so they sat down on the left and right, and Miyoshi Zhengkang asked: "Sun Shilang, Matsunaga Xiu is pressing step by step, if you don't make a fuss today, I'm afraid he will bully me and other weaknesses, and he will inevitably find his way out one day." ”

Yan Changchen saw that everyone was listening to the advice of the three good generals, but he didn't leave, standing aside, glaring at the three good generals.

Miyoshi Chang kept calling his uncle, but he put his position in the same position as them, so naturally he would not feel the slightest influence on Iwa Changchen's angry gaze, and said in a deep voice: "Matsunaga Xiu deducted food today, and if a few uncles go to make trouble, what if Matsunaga Xiu came to ask his uncle and others to divide a team to raise food?" Raise food today, dig a ditch tomorrow, and assign any task the day after tomorrow, Matsunaga Show will use food to invite people to buy people's hearts, and the hearts of the three people will have to be bought for him. People are iron and rice are steel, and if you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry and panic. ”

Iwanari was not thinking of raising grain, digging ditches, and inviting people to buy people's hearts as described by General Miyoshi, but if Matsunaga Shu sent a team of four or five hundred people to let them go to raise food, and then ambushed them in the middle of the road, there was no proof of death, and the three of Miyoshi were not allowed to be kneaded and frustrated by Matsunaga Hide. This kind of thing, I'm afraid that Matsu Nagaxiu's festival can really do it, and after a shudder, Iwanari Yutong asked, "Sun Shiro, Ji will be released?!" ”

General Miyoshi hesitated for a moment, as if he had made up his mind, took a deep breath and said: "Jump out of the western camp, take the three of Miyoshi to attack Xingfu Temple, and open the way for the army to be a leader." The rhetoric is all ready-made, and with Honganji's order, Matsunaga Shu has no reason to stop us. ”

After the general finished speaking, Iwanari Youtong was silent and asked in a solemn voice, "Are you sure?" ”

The general sighed and said: "The camp out of the west is sure, attacking Xingfu Temple is looking for death, and now there are twenty or thirty thousand people gathered in the direction of Da'an Temple, and a large number of believers are pouring in from the mountain city and Omi, Da'an Temple, Xingfu Temple, Yuanxing Temple, and Todaiji Temple area will be the main battlefield." However, as long as you get out of the western camp, Horyuji can find food. As long as there is food. You can use this to recruit enough cannon fodder. At that time, the three of Miyoshi will be able to become a third-party force in Yamato. Whether to unite Hatakeyama Takamasa or Matsunaga Hide, it all depends on the decision of my uncle. ”

Iwanari Yutsu asked, "Horyuji?" Are you sure? ”

Miyoshi Changjiang sneered and said: "Horyu Temple is a place where Buddhism is taught, and it belongs to Xingfu Temple, and the monks and soldiers who originally belonged to Xingfu Temple have already retreated to Xingfu Temple, that is to say, even if there is too much strength left in Horyu Temple." This is the emptiest time for Horyuji Temple, and we must seize this opportunity. ”

Miyoshi Masakatsu, whose face changed several times, suddenly said: "But that's Horyuji Temple!" It is a place of pilgrimage for Buddhists, and if it is set on fire by us, I am afraid that we will go to hell, and the soldiers under our command will also feel fear and fear, which will be very bad for morale. ”

Iwanari Tomoto's warning glanced at Miyoshi Masayasu.

Miyoshi Masakayasu understood that his younger brother had said a lot, and Miyoshi Masayasu said: "Lord tax chief, although my brother's words are suspected of demoralizing, but they are also good. I think it's better to leave the matter of arson and burning of Horyuji Temple to those people from the Sect. ”

Miyoshi Masayasu's words greatly made Iwanari Tomochi agree, and he would never be able to do it himself when he burned down the Buddhist holy land. It's better to let the mob who has always been a gang do it, but the general of Miyoshi suddenly said: "Uncle, then you can still play the banner of Matsunaga Show." ”

When Iwanari Youtong heard the bad taste of the three good generals, his mood suddenly improved a lot, and he kowtowed again and again.

Early the next morning, that is, on May 25 of the second year of Yongroku, this day was called the Buddha martyrdom day by later generations, and the thousand-year-old temple Horyuji Temple was set on fire by a group of extremely vicious people.

Matsunaga Hide, who was called "the world's greatest villain" by Date Masahiro, stood on the slope of the western camp and watched the team of the Miyoshi trio out of the camp, his eyes were full of anger and resentment, and Naito Nagayoshi and Matsunaga who were following behind him were also shocked and suspicious by the sudden appearance of the Miyoshi trio early this morning.

Matsunaga sneered and said lightly: "I never thought that Iwasari Youtong would be smart. ”

Naito Nagayori and Matsunaga didn't know what Matsunaga Hide's brainless sentence meant, and seeing the anger in Matsunaga Hide's eyes, neither of them dared to answer immediately, and keeping silent was the best choice. Sometimes a lot of mouths kills people.

Matsunaga Hide's intention was to deal with the internal hazards before going to Ise and control everyone in the Nishidai Camp, otherwise he would not have stopped outside Tsutsui Castle. Originally, he thought that he would wait for Iwanari Tomoto to get up and find a reason to dispose of them, but he never thought that it would be burned too much, so that Iwanari Tomoto jumped out of the palm of his hand for the benefit of Honganji, and became a variable in his strategy.

Matsunaga Shu changed the topic and said, "Inform Hatakeyama Takamasa that if Yue Chi Jiahiro doesn't have an inch to enter, then leave it to us to do it?!" ”

The Miyoshi trio who jumped out of the western camp killed the prison army sent by Matsunaga Shu, and suddenly turned around and rushed in the direction of Horyuji Temple.

This place is a plain area, and the transfer of the Miyoshi Sanju naturally cannot escape the eyes and ears of Matsunaga Shu and Hatakeyama Takamasa and others. Matsunaga Hide's anger shouted that the three of them were bold, and Hatakeyama Takamasa was shocked, thinking that Matsunaga Hide's conspiracy and calculations had some kind of calculation, and he turned a blind eye to Matsunaga Hide's urging, and what he wanted to know most now was what happened to the more than 3,000 soldiers and horses who came out of the West Battalion.

No matter how resentful Matsunaga Shu was, and no matter how suspicious Hatakeyama Takamasa was, Yamato Province was the area where the ancient capital was located, and the Kitato Yamato area was the terrain of the One Horse Flat River, plus the long operation and the smooth road, the Miyoshi trio soon came to the foot of Matsuo Mountain.

Horyu-ji Temple is located at the foot of Mt. Matsuo. When three or four thousand people arrived, the monks and believers in Horyu Temple of course found out tightly, but no one dared to come out to answer, so they had to close the mountain gate and wait for the other party to leave, but they didn't know that the people who came came straight to Horyu Temple.

No one thought that these people came to attack Horyuji Temple, which has been in Yamato for more than 950 years, was founded by Prince Shotoku, and is one of the earliest temples built by Buddhism in the Wa Kingdom.

The monks and believers of Horyuji Temple are accustomed to seeing the samurai attack, but whether they are strong or weak, they will respectfully take a detour, and even the monks who are sincere to the Buddha know that no one dares to trouble Horyuji Temple, who would have thought that someone would come directly and think about rushing in.

It wasn't until the south gate of Horyuji Temple was breached, and a group of fierce and vicious samurai armed with cold and shining weapons, that the monks felt that something was wrong, but they just dodged to both sides, hiding away to see what was going on, and the three of them never thought that they would attack Horyuji Temple so easily.

The monks and soldiers finally reflected, and four or five hundred monks and soldiers armed with swords poured out from various Buddhist halls, and took advantage of the terrain to fight with the people of the three good people, but the leaders of the three good people stood at the door of Horyu Temple and did not enter.

General Miyoshi suddenly pointed to the Ikoma Mountain Range in the distance and said, "Uncle, if you cross that mountain, you will arrive in Kawachi Country, and it is rumored that Kisawa Zuo Jingliang once built a fortress on Shingui Mountain, if this Shingui Mountain Castle is still there, it is a good place to go?" ”

Iwanari Yutong kowtowed slightly, he also knew that once he used the sword soldiers on Horyu Temple, although he robbed the wealth and food, he also offended the Buddhists who died in the world, so he had to hold on to Honganji Temple, and then go to mix with Matsunaga Xiu, I heard what the three good generals said Xinguishan Castle, if it is still there, it is a good place to go, and it can be attacked and defended if it is still held.

Horyuji Temple moved the sword soldiers, of course there will be a fire, this Horyuji Temple has an accident, the lord of Tsubakii Castle on Matsuo Mountain is old and frail, and he saw that the thieves entered Horyuji Temple and set it on fire, but he was furious but he was powerless to close the mountain gate, but it annoyed the young master.

This young man is thirteen years old, but he is already five feet tall, like a twenty-year-old, good at sticks, for the close Horyuji Temple has always been respectful, often go down the mountain to the temple monks to seek advice, seeing the Horyuji Temple in distress, angry, shouting: "I want to fight!" As he spoke, he mounted his war horse and rushed down the mountain road with a dozen servants.

The old city lord gasped and said, "Sun Jiro is resting." ”

When the old castle lord was hesitating whether to rescue, a team of about 500 cavalry with seventy or eighty cavalry appeared outside the east gate of Horyuji Temple, led by Matsukura Shigenobu and Treasure Courtyard Yinei, who were attacking and harassing everywhere. Yin Rong of the Treasure Courtyard suddenly saw a cavalry rushing down from the mountain, with the banner of "Sanzhibai" on his back, and said, "What a warrior." ”

Matsukura Shigenobu replied: "It is rumored that the young lord of Tsubaki Castle, Shima Sun Jiro, is a brave man, and he is really better than ordinary warriors. (To be continued.) )