dhibooks Chapter 483
Chapter 483
Katsuie Shibata and Kenhide Gamo were about to kneel on the spot, ah no, they already knelt down... In short, I beg Saburo to wake up! !
I'm going to Honnoji Temple without gathering some people first. Do you want to deliver food?Did you treat yourself as a dish?
However, their earnest persuasion could not stop Sanlang's determination to go to the Honnoji Temple as soon as possible. Seeing that Sanlang was about to get on his horse and run away without moving, Guidie finally stopped Sanlang in an emergency——
That's right, it's a butterfly.
The woman whose appearance is still beautiful and moving has a charm between a girl and a mature woman, with an innocent and sad expression, her long eyelashes wet with tears flutter like butterfly wings, and her face without makeup is still covered with tears, but this haggard Her posture didn't compromise half of her beauty, and the coquettish posture that seemed to be unbroken like a flower made it impossible not to feel pity for it.
——However, what she holds in her arms is not a snow cave fan, but a short knife that can be used to cut throat and abdomen at any time.People in Antu City were panicked and crying, but no one dared to take advantage of the chaos to fight and rob property. This is half the credit of the mistress of the Oda family.
From the moment she saw Saburo, she abandoned her restraint and etiquette, and ran towards him quickly, until she truly embraced Saburo, her eyes became brighter after being soaked in water, and she shed tears again.The woman's white and slender fingers tightly grasped San Lang's clothes, her knuckles turned blue and white, and she choked up in the latter's arms: "You are safe and sound... that's great, I knew that Mr. Nothing will happen to you..."
She seemed to be trying to restrain herself from sobbing.Shibata Katsuie or Fudo Yukimitsu who were present couldn't help being moved, thinking that she would just cry for a while, but she quickly recovered her composure.Even though the tears were still falling, the beauty who was famous in history raised her head and showed a gentle smile to Saburo, and said the same thing when she opened her mouth again:
"Most of the ninjas in the city went to the Honnoji Temple with Mr. Akechi a few days ago, and there are only five remaining in the city. Among them, Mr. Mikazuki is probing the cause of His Highness Zhongxinchu's death in a letter. Kasen, Taro and Jiro are under my order Leading the wild samurai to investigate and kill the spies who spread rumors in the city, and Jinjian is investigating the movement of the marching army outside the city."
Her courage and strategy as the daughter of "Mino's Viper" was first revealed at this moment, but when she raised her head, her delicacy and pure trust in Saburo diluted the edge brought by this courage .Even Shibata Katsuie and Gamo Kenhide were ecstatic about Saburo's safe return, unable to recover for a long time, but she only lost her composure for a short time, and then just attached to confirm the human's question on Saburo, facing Saburo whispered and told about the status quo of the men with swords.
"Although there is no news about other ninjas at present, according to the surname who fled back to Azuchi from Honnoji Temple and Kyoto, they all have the strength to wear strange armor to intimidate the enemy, and the number of them seems to be different from when they set off, but it should not be damaged much. .As for Mr. Wise..."
Her expression was stained with unspeakable grief.
"Mr. Zhizhi once asked me before departure, if you are lucky enough to see you again, please don't worry about his passing. He has already discovered a few months ago that he is... his time is approaching!"
Saburo's eyes widened, and he felt at a loss for not being able to react in an instant.He said incredulously: "No! Before I left, Xiao Guangming was still in good health. How long has he been gone? Has his condition deteriorated during this period? Didn't he see a doctor?"
"No, did Xiaoguang tell you what he is going to do? He is also in Kyoto now"
But Gui Die just held his hand, shook her head with tears, and smiled.
She said: "Please don't rush to the Honnoji Temple. At least tonight, please have a good rest. After all, you are not the body that can ride on the horse Luo at any time with your heart more than ten years ago. I will also arrange for you to accompany you personnel, dry rations and replacement horses, so that you can concentrate on your journey...Everything I know, I will tell you without reservation. So your words, you..."
"Your Highness, will you come back from there? Will you return to Gui Die?"
Saburo looked down at her face, just like before, replied firmly and without hesitation: "Well! I said before that I will live to win the world for you to see, there is no reason to fall down now. "
"Even if you don't get it...as long as it's still like this." Gui Die lowered her eyes and responded softly, "I will wait for you to come back."
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Because Saburo is still alive, Kamo Kenhide has not been able to publicize it for the time being. He is worried that Azuchi will be the target of being attacked. He first prepares a place in Hino Castle where Saburo, Guicho and others can be placed, and gathers his own troops; Shibata Katsuie Then he thinks that his power in the Oda family should not be underestimated, and compared to other people who don't know if they are traitors, he certainly trusts his men and horses more, so he immediately decided to return to his own territory first, even if it is to Give up Yujin City, which is being attacked (actually it has already been captured), and send troops back to assist Saburo as soon as possible.
Gui Die also arranged everything properly for Saburo as she said before.She called all the sword men who were still in Azuchi back, and set off with Saburo.As for Akechi Mitsuhide and the Touken Man, what Saburo finally knew was that the other party had made a plan to lure the enemy to go to Honnoji Temple wholeheartedly, and that he was still in good health until he left Azuchi, and that the other Touken Men were most likely in the Nijo Imperial Palace.
Although Saburo wanted to pack lightly, but after resting for one night and Guidie's persuasion, although he still arranged most of Antu City's existing troops to protect the city, he also brought thousands of troops with him. People and horses quickly set off from Antu together and went to Honnoji Temple to find out.
Therefore, he never expected that after concealing the news that "Oda Nobunaga is still alive", Gamo Kenhide's gesture of going to Hino Castle ahead of time seemed to be forced out of Azuchi, and Shibata Katsuie was perfectly executed when he came and went. Conceal it, as if it never appeared from the beginning to the end.In addition, the small surnames, maids and even ashigaru who were like headless flies became ready to defend Antu in a short period of time. Rather than recovering from the death of the lord in a short period of time, it was clearly more like someone else He took over the chaotic city and used his own staff to manage the affairs of the city! !Right now, most of the generals of the Oda family are either still fighting or in a stalemate, or they are rushing back but have not arrived so soon. Therefore, the only ones who occupy Anzu are the enemies of Oda who are recognized by everyone and who perfidiously killed the lord. Apart from "Akechi Mitsuhide", there will be no one else!
The imperial court was also misled, and hastily dispatched Yoshida Kenmi as an imperial envoy to visit "Akechi Mitsuhide", only asking that the changes in the Oda family not affect the imperial court, and also intending to make "Akechi Mitsuhide maintain the law and order in Kyoto" and give "Akechi Mitsuhide" a fair and honest visit to Luo In the name of... However, Saburo set off too fast!It's just that I've missed it without seeing it!
Unaware that he had assumed another identity, Saburo, who had exerted super high mobility, finally saw Honnoji on the premise of advancing with all his strength——
Or rather, the ruins of Honno-ji Temple.
There are no intact buildings in the entire temple, and collapsed bricks and tiles are everywhere.Because the fire happened just a few days ago, the place is still desolate and dead, with almost no vegetation surviving, and the scorched marks and bullet holes on the remaining walls are also clearly visible.Saburo hastily got off his horse and stepped in from what should be the main entrance, but all he saw were charred beams and pillars that had collapsed together. With his carelessness when he stayed at the Honnoji Temple in the past, he couldn't tell which pile of pillars was the guest house. , side hall or main hall.
All the smoke and dust that day had been blown away by the wind and rain of the past few days, but what was left was shocking enough.Saburo only paused for a moment, and then stepped decisively into the dry and skinny charcoal that had been burned.Some coke couldn't even wait to be trampled on, and shattered as soon as it was touched. Instead, the debris adhered to Saburo's cloak, cutting off the smooth lines woven by the golden threads on it.The blue bricks all over the floor are probably the only ones that have not been damaged, but even they have been smoky black, as if they were originally the same color.
If such a big fire was at its peak, probably no one would be able to get out of it alive.
It was rare for Saburo to patiently walk all those places with scorched wood.He didn't seem to be looking for anything, and in fact, there was not even a piece of clothing left here, not to mention that when the heavy wooden pillars and beams collapsed, they were enough to crush the bones. , Blue bricks and broken walls are all things here.But he still went around earnestly before getting on his horse. Wearing the hakama trousers and cloak that were also dyed black, he ordered directly to continue to Kyoto!
Although there was only news of Oda Nobutada's death from the Kyoto side, and since the Honno-ji Temple incident, neither the swordsmen who set out together nor Akechi Mitsuhide had heard from him, but Kaicho's guess was proved to be correct , the remaining swordsmen were indeed stationed in the Nijo Imperial Palace, and commanded the only remaining field warriors, part of the troops left by Shigeru Mizoo, and the remaining troops of Oda Nobutada.
Saburo's red cloak was so conspicuous that the guards on it almost saw it at a glance, and soon someone came to open the door.The surface of the Nijo Imperial Palace also looks like it has experienced fierce battles, but the inside is intact, except for these guards, there is no enemy at all——
Therefore, instead, it was the one or two men with swords who came out from inside that made the people led by San Lang dumbfounded and extremely vigilant.
The man with the sword who has gone through the accident at the Honnoji Temple still retains a human figure, but his face has been eroded so thin that it is passed into Gui Die's ears, and the "wearing strange armor" that the lady said is clothed with The bony spurs protruded from the clothes or directly through the clothes, so creepy that they seemed to grow out of the flesh.They also maintained normal consciousness, and their eyes lit up unconsciously after seeing Saburo, but after seeing the number of people brought by Saburo, that faint light turned into depression that was about to storm again.
They silently welcomed Saburo into the Erjo Imperial Palace, and Saburo was not polite, and directly signaled Mikazuki Zongjin and the others to arrange for the Xiaoxing, Ma Huizhong and other people who came with them, and they couldn't wait to follow them into the Erjo Imperial Palace and asked questions Said: "Where is Xiaoguang, are you okay now, are there any losses in personnel?"
Xiaohumaru, who led him in, said slowly, with a voice that was inevitably hoarse because of the intrusion of filth: "I have never seen His Highness Akechi come out of Honnoji Temple. The last people who saw him were Yaken and Mizoo Motomo. The whereabouts of these two may be related to these two. But Mr. Mizoo is not here at present, and Yaoken seems to have been ordered by His Royal Highness, and is not with us. As for the loss of personnel—"
During the walk, they had already walked across the yard and onto the veranda.Xiaohumaru turned sideways, gently opened the sliding door of the room facing the front door, which was full of sunlight, and said softly helplessly: "...There is no loss."
"It's just that some of them are probably temporarily unable to fight."
Inside, there are "Ishikirimaru" full of cracks, "Tsurumaru Kuninaga" with pits and pits, and "Shuzumaru Koji" whose blade tip is almost broken... etc., the sword still maintains a complete shape. Lying quietly on the knife rest.
Under the sunlight, the light reflected by the blade body was the same as every time Saburo used to reward the knife without any rules, it was so dazzling that it was almost dazzling.
Xiaohumaru reported in a low voice: "Also, His Royal Highness Nobutada's bones have also been buried. The person who attacked here on June [-] was Hashiba Hideyoshi."