On the 15th of May, a large army of soldiers approached Tsutsui Castle. Tsutsui Castle is located near the ancient capital of Nara, it is a flat castle, it does not seem to be a castle that can cage the castle, the cage castle is better than a mountain castle, which is also the reason why Tsutsui Castle fell several times in history.

The lord of Tsutsui Castle was a ten-year-old boy named Tsutsui Fujimasa, who was later renamed Tsutsui Shunkei. After working hard all his life to preserve the family business of the Tsutsui family, he finally survived his old enemy Matsunaga Hide, and took the Tsutsui family out of danger with an unchanged attitude at the time of the change of Honnoji.

However, in the future, how can Shunkei Tsutsui endure humiliation in order to protect the family business, and now he is still a ten-year-old boy, his face is pale, and he looks very scared. His uncle, Tsutsui Shunmasa, who was also a member of the auxiliary country, stood beside him and comforted him softly.

Don't look at Tsutsui Fujimasa's age, but he has also experienced a lot of ups and downs.

When he was two years old, he suddenly heard that his father Tsutsui Shunaki had passed away, and Tsutsui Shunaki's greatest achievement was to unify the chaotic Yamato country in a very short period of time, and quickly expand outward. At a time when Oda Nobunaga and others did not yet have a motofu, his rapid development was unparalleled. Therefore, the people of later generations sighed: "If you can live to be thirty years old, you will be able to take over the world!" ”

Fortunately, Tsutsui Shunaki left him a cohesive retainer group, allowing him to spend eight years safely, it is often said that single-parent families are in charge early, and Tsutsui Fujimasa has a maturity beyond his peers. He knows very well that as far as the current situation is concerned, only by resisting the war to the end can there be a glimmer of life.

The purpose of the Yamato Rebellion was to destroy the domestic political structure of the Yamato Kingdom and bring the Yamato Kingdom under the rule of the Ichisuke sect, and the sectarian disputes were always much more fierce than the secular disputes. More than ten years ago, the Astronomical Lotus Rebellion. He's heard about it, too. It was really a bloody battle.

But he was still very scared, afraid of being killed inexplicably.

Fortunately, Tsutsui Shunmasa was by his side and had been comforting. In fact, Tsutsui Shunmasa's face was also very ugly, and he suddenly heard that a large number of Ichi-ichi army had poured into Yamato Province, and in a hurry, 100,000 people urgently asked for help from various temples located in Yamato, and asked for help from Ashikaga Yoshiteru, the shogun of Seiyi who was sitting in Sakamotokan, trying to use the reason that the situation in Yamato Province had seriously endangered the safety of Yamashiro Province and Mt. Hiei. Persuade Tendai and Ashikaga Yoshiki to send troops to support Yamato.

Shunmasa Tsutsui recruited disciples from the Budokan in Nara, especially the swordsman Yagyuso, who had given Shunaki Tsutsui a head-on blow. Since the death of Shunaki Tsutsui, most of the wealthy clans such as Yagyuso have escaped from the control of the Tsutsui clan, but they are still nominally subordinate to the Tsutsui family.

The city is calm.

The news of the influx had reached Tsutsui Castle a few days ago, and Tsutsui Fujimasa gave an order to fortify the walls of Kiyono under the auxiliary government of Tsutsui Shunmasa, and the castles belonging to the Tsutsui clan were evacuated one after another, and those who were unwilling to evacuate could not take care of it, so they could only be left to fend for themselves.

Above the castle, Tsutsui Fujimasa, who was hiding behind a bunker, secretly looked at the enemy troops moving back and forth down the castle, and his face turned pale. I couldn't help but ask, "Uncle, in your opinion." How long can our Tsutsui Castle support the enemy's attack? ”

Tsutsui Shunmasa smiled bitterly, his expression was solemn, and he replied: "Young master, although the task of clearing the field has been issued, there are still many castles that are reluctant to give up their homes and fall into the enemy's territory, and now there are 3,000 defenders in Tsutsui Castle, but Tsutsui Castle is a flat city, and it is only a matter of time before the enemy breaks the city." If they are not afraid of death, we are afraid that we will not be able to survive for three or four days. ”

Tsutsui Fujimasa is not very old, precocious very, Tsutsui Castle does not rely on a strong city defense, but the hearts of the people, to be exact, the support of Kofukuji Temple, in history, Matsunaga Xiu, the world's largest villain who even dared to burn Todaiji Temple, naturally will not be afraid of Kofukuji Temple several times to break through Tsutsui Castle.

Tsutsui City is actually a dead land, and the Tsutsui family is trapped in a cage, and it is only a matter of time before it is broken by the army that has always been one, not to mention the extravagant expulsion of one by one. The upper echelons of Tsutsui Castle all knew, but they knew that they could order the front to abandon the castle, the reason was that if they gave up Tsutsui Castle, I am afraid that the foundation of the Tsutsui family based on the Yamato Kingdom would collapse, and the basis of the Tsutsui family's rule was the endorsement of the seven major temples of the southern capital such as Kofukuji Temple.

Tsutsui Shunzheng's thick eyebrows tightened, he stroked his beard and groaned, and after a while, he whispered and comforted: "Young master, don't worry too much, the messenger for help has been sent to various places, and it won't be long before the monks and disciples of the Seven Great Temples will arrive." As long as Tsutsui City survives these few days, the three thousand defenders can still withstand it for three or four days, as long as they are attentive, they will not be able to fight for a while and a half. ”

Although he had heard this statement more than once, Tsutsui Fujimasa was still a little more steady. It is not easy to feed hundreds of thousands of rebellious people, not to mention that although the work of clearing the fields is not very smooth, there is not much food in the cities, and it is never enough to feed hundreds of thousands. As long as you hold on for three or four days, you may be able to delay until reinforcements arrive. At that time, if the reinforcements do not arrive, then the castle of Tsutsui will be abandoned, and the monks of Kofukuji Temple will have nothing to say.

When Tsutsui Fujimasa and Tsutsui Shunmasa were watching the movement under the castle at the head of the castle, there was a sudden commotion in the city, and a giant with a height of five feet and eight inches pushed away the two guards. ”

Matsukura Shigenobu, whose father was a retainer of Shunaki Tsutsui, died in the final battle against the Kochichi clan. Because he was the second son, he became a ronin and lived in Nara Town, and was called into the castle to defend the castle, and he himself was strong and brave in battle, and was appointed as the leader of a small team.

Matsukura Shigenobu's request for battle caused a commotion in the city, and there were many people in the city who were called into the city, these people were either devout believers or ronins who were fighting for their future, and the monk with a spear shouted loudly: "Treasure Courtyard Yinei please fight." ”

Treasure Courtyard Yinrong,It is the owner of the treasure temple in the tower of Xingfu Temple.,He came to help the war is not the order of Xingfu Temple.,When practicing guns, I heard that I've always poured into Yamato.,I didn't have time to report and hurried to Tsutsui City to help in the war.,It's a person who is anxious for justice and righteousness.。

If it is said that Matsukura Shigenobu is a small fame among the ronins in Nara Town. Then the reputation of Yinrong of the Treasure Courtyard is much bigger than him. He was not a monk who ignored his job. He has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and has followed dozens of famous masters, and he can be said to be first-class in Yamato, and there are not a few people who have learned marksmanship with him.

As soon as Yin Rong of the Treasure Courtyard said, hundreds of people shouted: "Go together!" Let's go! ”

Tsutsui Fujimasa looked at his uncle, and Tsutsui Shunmasa knew the truth that morale was boosted, and the second was declining, and the third was exhausted. He knew that he couldn't dampen their morale, so going out of the city to meet them and fighting a blow to the arrogance that he had always been fighting would be of great benefit to the garrison of Tsutsui City.

Thinking of this, Tsutsui Shunmasa ordered: "Matsukura Shigenobu received the order, formed a commando team, rushed out of the city, and disrupted the enemy camp, bought time for our army arrangement, and if we can kill one or two generals, we can deal with it." Hundreds of gold prizes. At the same time, he also asked the treasure courtyard Yinrong to help in the battle. "Treasure Temple, Yinei is a monk of Kofukuji Temple. The Tsutsui family, as a family of disciples of Kofukuji Temple, belonged to Kofukuji Temple, but there was no master-slave relationship, and it belonged to an equal relationship, so he used the phrase asking for help in the war.

After a while, Matsukura Shigenobu and Treasure House Yinei gathered one hundred and twenty commando members, and before leaving the city, Tsutsui Shunmasa suddenly grabbed Matsukura Shigenobu and whispered: "Matsukura Shigenobu, wait a while, after you get out of the city, you don't need to return to Tsutsui City, you can always fight outside the guerrillas." ”

Matsukura Shigenobu simply replied, "Understood! He understood Tsutsui Shunmasa's thoughts, and if he wanted to return to Tsutsui Castle after leaving the city, it would be three points more difficult than breaking out, and for Tsutsui Castle, having a guerrilla army that was free from the outside would be much more effective than having one or two hundred more defenders.

Nara Town is an ancient capital, commerce is developed, there is no shortage of horses, Tsutsui Castle has more than 400 war horses, Tsutsui Shunmasa is also considered to have made a bloody investment, and one hundred and twenty-two war horses were divided out at once and distributed to the commando members, these brave and ruthless people are all guys who know how to fight horses.

Outside the moat, there are always a number of legions, hanging various flags of Buddhist scriptures to cover the field, and the smoke and dust are filled. In the distance, there are two huge military formations slowly forming, and the flags hanging on them explain the origin of the two, the west is the Miyoshi remnant party led by Matsunaga Hide, and the south is the coalition army of Hatakeyama Takamasa and Koshichi Iehiro, the number of both legions is about 10,000 people, and each has a group of men and horses gathering to gather and always have a group, and they all regard these displaced people as cannon fodder.

"Put the drawbridge!"

On the other side, a small group of samurai holding the banner of the Yue Chi clan beckoned five or six hundred homeless people to rush towards the drawbridge, and behind them there were several teams gathering the homeless people who had always been together, and they were rushing behind them.

Matsukura Shigenobu noticed this situation, and went to Yinrong's side of the treasure courtyard and shouted loudly: "Damn, they actually use homeless people as cannon fodder, they must want to fight hard!" "Although he is young, he has a lot of knowledge, and he has participated in several joint battles as a mercenary, and his experience is also sophisticated.

Yin Rong of the Treasure Courtyard clenched his spear and whispered, "Nan no Amitabha!" He spat fiercely as he spoke, and said, "That's called to see whose life is great, and who will go to hell if I don't go to hell!" Kill, kill! Let them know that the Buddha would be angry too. ”

Matsukura Shigenobu grabbed the reins and shouted, "If the Buddha wants to be angry, then kill him, brothers, kill!" As he spoke, more than one hundred and twenty horsemen rushed out of the city gate, waving all kinds of blades and killing the generals who rushed over.

The number of more than 120 cavalry is not very large, but when they rush to kill, they have a bit of the demeanor of thousands of troops and horses. Of course, these are all nonsense, and the distance between the two sides is only about 200 steps, so naturally they can't raise billowing smoke and dust.

Matsukura Shigenobu and Treasure Courtyard Yinrong led the way into the enemy army of five or six hundred people, and immediately knocked dozens of people away, suddenly disrupting the originally not very neat queue, and the infantry formation would soon fall into the slaughter of the cavalry.

Whether it is Matsukura Shigenobu and Treasure Courtyard Yinei, or the members of the commando team, they all know that there is no time to delay, their mission is to break up the enemy array, disrupt the siege sequence of the army, and once entangled, they will be overwhelmed by the crowd that is surging like waves.

Swords and guns are raised, and flesh and blood fly. Yinrong of the Treasure Courtyard usually says the mantra of compassion, King Kong is also afraid of people and gods when he is angry, spears and spears dance, bloody everywhere, a few blinks of an eye, there are more than 30 souls who died under his gun, breaking through four or five formations.

Matsukura Shigenobu was busy, looking around, more and more crowds were rushing here, and the two military formations in the distance began to assemble, quietly waiting for them to be exhausted, and he saw that more than ten of his men and horses had been dragged off their horses and beaten to death.

Matsukura Shigenobu turned the dock, killed and collided, and decisively ordered: "Raise the flag, go south, and rush through the middle of the enemy formation!" Despite the blood splattered on his face, he shouted, "Rush through the middle of the enemy line!" Rush! As he spoke, he brandished his sword.

Treasure Courtyard Yinrong heard Matsukura Shigenobu turn around, and shouted behind him at the same time: "Kill out!" The blood-colored banner unfurled, Matsukura Shigenobu and Treasure Courtyard Yinei rushed out, suddenly enlightened, and there were about a hundred horsemen behind them, all exhausted.

It is impossible to kill back, tens of thousands of people have gathered behind them, all of them are rushing towards them, only to rush forward and kill, fortunately they are all cavalry, although they are not very good at horse skills, but they only care about fleeing, and have no intention of fighting, plus the two major army formations are obviously suspicious of each other, and there are many gaps in the middle part, giving them a chance to escape.

Rao was like this, and when he arrived at a safe place, he gathered at a safe place, and the more than 120 horsemen who stood out were lost by one-third, and the rest were all wounded, and everyone saw blood. Looking back at the city of Tsuboi, it is densely packed with human heads, and I am afraid that there will be a big battle soon.

Treasure Academy Yinrong spear skills are unparalleled, but the wisdom is insufficient, for Matsukura Shigenobu's opinion is quite important, it is Matsukura Shigenobu who decisively decided to break out of the two 10,000-strong array, otherwise I am afraid that he would have already fallen into the crowd and died without a place to be buried, he asked: "Matsukura-kun, what should I do now?" ”

Matsukura Shigenobu pondered for a moment and said: "It is impossible to return to Tsutsui City, and now the only way to do this is to gather like-minded people and harass the teams sent to various places to raise food, but I want to see if they still have the strength to attack the city after 100,000 people have no rations." ”

Yin Rong of the Treasure Courtyard did not hesitate, and immediately said: "Okay, just do what Matsukura-kun said, I'm afraid that Heijo Jing will suffer a disaster." "Nara was called Heijokyo in ancient times. (To be continued.) )