Chapter 230: The Battle of Honnoji (Part I)

If the earth-shattering mutiny that occurred in the Honnoji in the original world led to the fall of a general, then the battle of the Honnoji in the new world directly led to the destruction of a country.

After learning about the position of Shinto in the hearts of the people of Shikoku Island and the importance of Honnoji Temple to this war, Sun Lin immediately sent the Shoyi team to carry a large number of can-throwing bows to Honnoji, the reason why the members of the Shoyi team were asked to bring can-throwing bows was because their mission was not only to occupy the eldest son of the Hyuga family before he arrived at Honnoji Temple, but their colleagues were also tasked with holding the Honnoji Temple before the arrival of reinforcements from the Sunset Empire. He will not go to extremes after seeing the Sunset army occupy the Honnoji Temple, and want to burn the Honnoji Temple to frame the Sunset Empire, and if the battle for the Honnoji Temple fails, Sun Lin can also use these slingshots to besiege the Honnoji Sect troops and wait for the Sunset's reinforcements to arrive and encircle and annihilate them, of course, this is a last resort.

The so-called reinforcements that the sun never sets all come from the Sunset Road Army that captured the three cities of Hizen, Higo and Gangpu before. Before the departure of the Shoyoshi team, when the head of the Hyuga family patriarch (the patriarch of the Hyuga family stayed in Gangpu Castle at the time, not Ueno Castle) was hung on Gangpu City, the turmoil in Gangpu Castle was suppressed because of fear, so the 10,000 Sunset Army that had previously captured Gangpu Tenshu was able to send troops to pursue the fleeing Hyuga's eldest son and the defeated retainers and Zunmu faction troops around him, and this force they sent was one of the three Sunset troops that supported the Shoyi team; As for the other two, since Xiao Pan, the occupant of Hizen and Higo Castle, and the patriarch of the Miyoshi family were both in Yamano Castle at the time, it is estimated that the two support forces will have to wait for the herald to send back the heads of the patriarchs of the two families before they can set off.

At the same time, under the discussion between Sun Lin and Mori Motoko, the ships that had not participated in the war before began to move towards Shikoku Island, and Sun Lin also secretly wrote some letters to the head of the Fishman Sea Area Reconnaissance Group, so that it could be passed to the rear................

And within a few days, Sun Lin got the news he wanted from the ninjas hidden in Kyoto Island by the Maori family: at this time, due to the defeat of the Zunmu faction again, the loyal emperor faction that had been suppressed before and couldn't even breathe immediately jumped out to fight back, looking for the stubbornness of the Zunmu faction everywhere in politics and speech, and even secretly sending ninjas to play murder was not useless.

However, it was a pity that it did not take long for these loyal royal families, who were confused by the desire for revenge and the situation of the authorities, to once again turn their backs on the members of the Shogunate faction and suppress them. Those who play politics and rhetoric are not long after being given the whole seppuku by the Tokugawa family, who are good at secretly playing tricks, and those who are in prison are imprisoned, as for the patriarchs of the families who play assassination, it didn't take long for them to be wiped out by the belly family who are good at cultivating ninjas and training battlefield ninjas.

Moreover, these families of the loyal emperor faction have always forgotten that the strength of their faction also suffered losses in the battle for Shikoku Island, and don't forget that the families who defected to the Supreme Shogunate faction before were also wiped out by the Sun Never Setting side on this battlefield.

The shogun, who had once again taken power, finally calmed down from the pain of losing his son and began to take the Sunset Empire seriously, and in just one day, the shogun of the United Nations of the Saiyi Islands used the intelligence network established by the ninja to learn from the Shikoku Island that although the Sunset Empire occupied four castle towers, it did not pacify Shikoku Island, including the Honnoji Temple, the birthplace of Shintoism, and its surrounding areas are still nominally the territory of the United Nations of the Saiyi Islands, and on this island, There is also the news that a force of nearly 10,000 people is desperately resisting the invasion of the Sun Never Setting Empire, although the shogun does not know that this news is a smoke bomb deliberately released by Sun Lin for the next plan.

The shogun, who learned the news, immediately decided to use all the warships of the loyal imperial faction family that he had forcibly expropriated with real power in his hands to make up for the losses of the shogunate navy in this war, and spread the news that the sun never set the empire was torturing Shinto monks and planned to burn down Honnoji.

Faith is arguably the most terrifying weapon of events, and they can instantly transform a group of helpless civilians into berserkers whose morale has reached the level of reporting, and it was not because of faith that the Crusades were triggered? With the combined efforts of the Shogunate faction and the spies on which the sun never sets, more and more people organized to defend the temple because of the rumors.

At the same time, the people of the Zunmu faction also jumped out, and in the name of defending the Honnoji Temple, they recruited nearly 50,000 miscellaneous soldiers without spending a trace of money and food, including the master of Gu Wuliu with superb sword skills, and the peasants who can only play with guns, but it is undeniable that the troops lost by the Zunmu faction before were all replenished in a short period of time, and there were even 10,000 more people, and the Zunmu faction also incidentally pressed all the mistakes that caused the current situation on the body of the Loyal Emperor faction, and the family of the Loyal Emperor faction was pushed to the bottom.

Subsequently, in early May, the Shogunate faction had reorganized the new counteroffensive navy. A total of 35,000 Ashigaru or Saiyi sailors, and 15,000 samurai troops, rode on those warships that flew the flag of the Shogunate family, but previously belonged to the loyal imperial family, and headed towards Shikoku Island again, but they didn't know what had happened in Kyoto Island in the past week or so, all under the watchful eye of a certain conqueror, and it was also carried out according to the plan of the conqueror, of course, they didn't know that as early as May 1, Honnoji Temple had been occupied by the Sunset side in the autumn without committing any crimes, and the belly ninja who had delivered the news of Shikoku Island had already been replaced by the spy force of the Sunset Empire.

Let's go back in time to the early morning of May 1st..................

At this time, the grass on both sides of the stone path was still covered with early morning dew, but the quiet atmosphere had been broken by the running members of the Changyi team. In the course of 2 days, these samurai who traveled day and night used their strong will, spent about 60 hours, and finally lived up to Sun Lin's expectations and came to the Honnoji Temple, when this group of exhausted Xiyi samurai came to the foot of the Honnoji Mountain, the bell of the Honnoji Temple had just rang 3 times, and its gate was slowly opened under the impetus of several monks. Seeing this, each member of the Shoyi team knew that they had successfully completed their mission - to enter the Honnoji Temple before the arrival of Hinata's eldest son's troops.

"Huh.......... Huh............ Let's go, let's go, the battle has just begun, don't move when you go in later, remember what Sun Linmian said when he stared at us before leaving? The samurai who appeared on the Royal Victory before, at this time, supported a member of the Changyi team beside him, and asked breathlessly to the nearly 1,000 members of the Changyi team behind him.

"Remember! Let every monk of Honnoji Temple become our soldiers on which the sun never sets! ”