Shimoma Lai Zhao was ordered to surrender but it was an unexpected joy, although Zhengheng was confident that Shimoma Lai Zhao and others would not cheat the city, but he was not confident enough to go alone, that was not self-confidence, but arrogance, death was not far away, he still came step by step.

Advancing by land and water, they laid wooden planks on the river with boats, and then transported bronze cannons to the bottom of the Ishiyama Mido, making them invincible. The army was arrayed in the surrounding key places, so as not to give the villains in the Ishiyama Imperial Hall a chance to attack, so they moved the main formation to Noda Fukushima.

Noda Fukushima Castle has become an empty city, this Noda Fukushima Castle history Oda Nobunaga and Suzuki Shigehide broke out the first war in history with thousands of iron cannons, and now Suzuki Shigehide has already gone to Huangquan with Shimoma Yorilian, Oda Nobunaga is still in Owari Province to prepare for Imagawa Yoshimoto's strategy.

The army did not stop, and kept slowly advancing towards the Ishiyama Mido, which was not far from the Ishiyama Mido, but before noon they had already arrived in front of the main gate of the Ishiyama Mido, twelve bronze cannons and thirty catapults were already pointing at the Ishiyama Mido in Noda across the Yodo River.

Sure enough, no one resisted, but the city gate was open, and the monks in the city were standing outside with their hands tied and surrendering.

Zheng Heng raised his hand, and the generals on the side ordered the army to stop in place.

He ordered Masuda Fujikane and Hashimoto Masamitsu to go and contact, Hashimoto Masamitsu used to be a diplomatic officer who was in contact with Honganji, and most of the people of Honganji were familiar with each other, and he was the most suitable person in the Date family, and Masuda Fujikanno went to take over the defense in case of accidents.

Masuda Fujikane took over the defense, while Hashimoto Masamitsu was more reassuring, but both were cautious people. Masuda Fujikan has been able to turn left and right in history. It has achieved achievements that are difficult for ordinary people to do. It relies on the word prudence.

Obviously, the worries of political balance are unnecessary. With the arrival of Masuda Fujikane and Hashimoto Masamitsu, it is clear that people inside and outside the Imperial Hall have accepted the reality, and Honganji Temple has already become a big fan of the fact that it is perverse, burning Mt. Hiei and burning the emperor and shogun to death.

Originally, they were resentful of Honganji, but they were pressed by his power and did not dare to object, but now it is different. The grandmother and mother of Honganji Xianru came out and brought out Honganji as the new Dharma Master, but he could only lie on the ground and weep.

Masuda Fujikan returned to report that everything was safe. Zheng Heng breathed a long sigh of relief, looked at the people in front of him, chatted at this country within a country built by the Venerable Lotus Ru, sighed, and said, "Although I don't understand the ambition of Lianru, I also admire his compassion and courage. However, after the lotus entered, when the world was more in need of great compassion and great kindness, the monks indulged in extravagance and indulgence in their hearts. Giving orders to the outside world and enslaving the living. It is not for their selfish desires that they have waged one absurd war after another that has mutilated lives. ”

His retainers didn't know how to respond to Zhengheng's sudden words of mercy. Silent.

Zheng Heng sighed, pointed to the stone mountain palace, and said: "Since there is no one to inherit the will of Lianru, then let me, a son of a martial arts family, inherit his will and create a happy land for the people, I will tear down this castle that has long been devoid of Buddha, build a new castle, and transform this place into the most prosperous and peaceful city." ”

As he spoke, Masahiro thought of Osaka Castle, and he intended to build a large castle in the traditional center of the Wa Kingdom, as the center of his future rule, echoing Okayama Castle as the political, economic, and cultural center of his rule.

Zheng Heng smiled and shouted loudly: "Enter the city, and immediately organize personnel to relocate the disciples of the Yixiang Sect in the city. As soon as I shouted it, I felt a little embarrassed, knowing that the Ichijo sect was only popular in the Edo period, and now it can only be wrong if it is wrong.

Later, the Pure Land True Sect was forcibly renamed the Ichixiang Sect, and Zhengheng did not explain why it was called the Ichijo Sect, but there are always many people who will jump out to explain that the founder of the sect has always been a Junsheng monk, and because of the sins of the Pure Land True Sect, he wanted to change his former non-transformation and deliberately changed the Pure Land True Sect to the Ichijo Sect. Because the Pure Land Shinshu squandered a lot of capital during the Warring States period, this sect of religion declined all the way to the next few hundred years, and never regained the glory of the Warring States period.

Zheng Heng led the pro-army to continue to advance, and when he approached the gate, two nuns, old and young, appeared in front of him, and the younger nun had a baby in his arms, and he was sleeping soundly. This old nun should be Honganji's grandmother Keishouin Zhenyongni, although she is more than fifty, but the charm still exists. However, the young nun who followed her had an ordinary face and a distorted figure, showing that he was the most noble.

The two nuns knelt on the ground, bowed their heads, and offered the key and gold seal that symbolized Ishiyama Honganji.

Zheng Heng didn't care about this on the horse, with his current power, he didn't have any embarrassment, looked down at the two nuns, and said: "Let me reiterate my conditions, in the future, you will only have monks and no monks, no matter what way, do you hear clearly?" ”

Keishouin called the Buddha and replied, "It should be so!" ”

Zhengheng continued, "I will temporarily place you in Daikakuji Temple, and when the war in Kyoto is over, you will rebuild Daihonzan in Kyoto Otani. ”

Keijuin didn't expect that Masahiro would be so magnanimous to Honganji, you must know that this Kyoto Otani is the place where the founder of the Pure Land Shinshu opened the foundation of the Pure Land Shinshu Ancestor Qinluan Sage, and returning to her hometown also has the meaning of coming again, she bowed to the ground and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, for your leniency." ”

Keisuin and Jinyongni embarked on a journey to Daikakuji Temple with their hopes in mind, followed by thousands of monks, and the essence of Honganji Temple can be seen, as long as they are given time, they will definitely be able to come out of the ruins, and whether they can regain their glory is only the opinion of the wise and the wise.

The empty Ishiyama Imperial Hall has been occupied by the Date Kamiraku Army, standing in the Imperial Hall, Zhengheng looked at the gold-leaf-covered Buddha, shook his head, and did not say a word, it can be said that Ishiyama Honganji Temple except for the bombardment of Daikakuji Castle, the rest of the cities fell into his hands, and most of the wealth also fell into his hands, so that he was suddenly relieved, at least he did not have to worry about the rewards of the army and the cost of rebuilding Osaka Castle.

Honganji Temple mostly spreads the faith among the poor people, and their followers are mostly poor ghosts, but the monks are not poor when it is their turn. On the contrary, it is quite rich. In addition, devout believers of Honganji Temple. All the money they plucked out of their mouths was donated to Honganji. Coupled with the fact that Honganji also lent usury, commerce, and a large number of land estates, the wealth of Honganji was much richer than that of the wealthy families. I don't know the Buddha statue in the Ishiyama Imperial Hall, but I don't know that this Buddha statue is not just a layer of gold leaf on the outside, but the whole body is melted with silver, and the outside is coated with a thick layer of gold paint, which can be said to be extremely extravagant.

The gold, silver, and copper coins stored in the warehouse crushed the wooden box, and the grain in the granary was enough for 300,000 people to eat for a year, but not a penny of so much food was given to the hungry people outside Ishiyama Honganji. All this fell into the hands of Zheng Heng and became his wealth to win the hearts of the people in the world.

In this way, all the wealth of Ishiyama Honganji fell into the hands of Masahiro, and at the same time, a small part of this wealth was quickly squandered by Masahiro, and he rewarded the gold, silver and copper coins to his retainers and soldiers, and the food was carried out to relieve the hungry.

With the battle-free opening of the castle of Ishiyama Mido, the entire Settsu Province suddenly fell into an uproar, and no one dared to resist anymore, so they followed suit and surrendered to Kaejo. The advance of Date's Kamiraku army reached Takatsuki Castle and led the war to the borders of Yamashiro Province.

Ishiyama Honganji Temple fell without a fight. More thrilling and shocking than the news of Date Masaki Kamiraku, Honda Masanobu was shocked to hear the news of Date Masaki Kamiraku, and immediately ordered his army to quickly withdraw to the territory of Yamashiro Province and stand by in the area of Katsuryuji Castle.

He had expected that Date Masaki would not let go of such a good opportunity after hearing the news of the burning of Mt. Hiei and the death of the emperor and the shogun, but he did not expect Date Masaki to enter Settsu Province so quickly and break the castle of Koshisui in one day.

Shimoma Ryūlong's incompetence, Honda Masanobu was very angry, from his thinking, Yueshui City could at least resist Date Masatoshi for ten days and half a month, waiting for his army to arrive, and Date Masatoshi fought a hearty cage battle around Yueshui City.

This is the best result that Honda Masanobu can think of, and the only thing that can be expected now is that Ishiyama Honganji can make Date Masaki hold back, and then Honda Masanobu is on standby on the front line of Katryuji Castle, passively waiting for Date Masatoshi to come to attack, using the foothills of Tenwang Mountain, to fight a beautiful battle of Yamazaki, this is his true idea. However, when Honganji heard the bad news of the fall of Koshisui Castle, he wanted to return to Ishiyama Honganji immediately, which was at odds with Honda Masanobu's strategy.

However, from the standpoint of Honganji Xianru, Ishiyama Honganji is a matter of his life, his sacredness, and he does not want to entrust his orders and future to the hands of Honda Masanshin, so of course he must return to Ishiyama Honganji as soon as possible to firmly control the development of the situation.

Honganji Xianru wanted to return to Ishiyama Honganji, but Honda Masanshin was unwilling, and when the two were having a very unpleasant quarrel over this matter, the resistance faction in Ishiyama Honganji escaped and gave Honganji Xianru and Honda Masanshin a bolt from the blue.

Ishiyama Honganji Temple surrendered in Kaejo. The news that Date Shangluo's army was rapidly advancing in the direction of Yamashiro Province and would soon arrive at the border did not hide it, and soon spread panic, and the rumors were loud and clear, and there was a large-scale exodus.

Honganji was angry, he didn't expect that the two cousins of Shimoma Yorizhao and Lai Long would be so vulnerable, and it was not easy to scold and scold Shimoma Yoriru when he was martyred in the city, but it was Shimoma Yorizhao who had always been loyal and brave that betrayed him.

Honda Masanobu was also confused, from the fall of Koshisui Castle to the opening of Ishiyama Honganji Temple, the time span was only three days, which would give people a feeling of complete completion and hopelessness, a hopeless regime, and the need to fight?!

Honganji Temple is like gritting his teeth, wanting to take revenge, sending troops to Ishiyama Honganji, and asking Honda Masanobu to lead a large army to attack Date Kamiraku's army. But Honda Masanobu seemed to have lost his faith, and even he had lost his courage, let alone the generals under his command.

Wasuka Masakatsu learned the bad news and hurried over, but he saw Honda Masanobu looking depressed, he knew that Honda Masanobu was afraid that he was in a panic, he stepped forward and grabbed Honda Masanobu by the collar and shouted: "Yahachiro, wake up, where is your self-confidence?" What about your intelligence? Now is the most critical time for everyone, you should stand up and find a way out for everyone, otherwise everyone will have to finish the game. He didn't say Honganji, but everyone, which is enough to show that he also lost faith in Honganji.

Honda Masanshin seemed to have been scolded awake, and after weighing the pros and cons, he shook his head and said: "The impact of the surrender of Ishiyama Honganji without a fight is too bad, you must know that the status of Ishiyama Honganji among believers is so lofty, and the solid Ishiyama Honganji Temple is a source of confidence for believers, and now they surrender without even fighting their spiritual homeland, which will make their self-confidence collapse." To lead an army with a crumbling spirit and self-confidence to go to war against an army with high morale is suicide. ”

Wasuka Masakatsu has been leading the army all along, and he knows that the army has long been panicked, and now that the news of Ishiyama Honganji Temple has arrived, it is the first time that the phenomenon of desertion has appeared, which is a very bad phenomenon and indicates that it is a sign of imminent collapse.

Wasuka Masakatsu didn't go to see Honganji Xianru, and he didn't question Honda Masanobu why he didn't stop Honganji Xianru, but just asked, "What should I do now?" He was furious at Honganji's unpopular behavior, whether he had lost his mind or was deceived by others, and he would have committed the act of burning Mt. Hiei and burning the emperor and the shogun to death.

Honda Masanbu could hear the dissatisfaction in Wasuka Masakatsu's words, Wasuka Masakatsu used to trust Honda Masatin so much, but now he helped to do such a terrible thing for the abuse, in fact, the matter of Hiei Mountain was an accident, an accident that a general was bent on dying with Honganji.

Honda Masanobu said directly: "Go to Hokuriku!" ”

Wasuka Masakatsu's expression suddenly became solemn, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he said, "Kaga? ”

Honda Masanobu nodded slightly.

Wasuka Masakatsu asked in surprise, "If you want to go to Kaga Province, you have to pass through Asai in Kita-Omi, Takeda in Wakasa, and Asakura in Echizen, and they will be willing to let them pass, and Date Masaki will watch us leave?" ”

Honda Masanobu smiled bitterly, "Does it seem to you that we have a better place to survive?" Asai in Kita-Omi and Takeda in Wakasa don't have the strength to stand in our way, and we will fight a battle in Echizen, and if we win, we will steal peace, and we will lose a hundred. As for the Date family, they want us to go and plague Hokuriku? ”

Wasuka Masakatsu said: "There is no way out, there is death left and right, only the cauldron is wrecked?" With that, he glanced at Honganji Xianru and made a throat-slitting motion.

Honda Masanobu shook his head. (To be continued.) )