A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

The cheers of the three good soldiers shook the roof tiles, while the public in the imperial palace felt as if they were facing a powerful enemy.

In the explosion just now, a corner of the double-eaves porch was ripped off. A piece of tile worth dozens of dollars crackled and shattered, sending sawdust and dust flying everywhere.

The soldiers of the Matsunaga Army began to cheer up, carrying the beams and preparing to open the imperial palace gate for the last time.

But when the smoke cleared, the gate was still the same gate. Except for part of the gorgeous double eaves that had been torn off, it still stood as before. Not only did it not collapse, there wasn't even a hole.

If Xiaoheita had been there at the scene, he would have scolded Matsunaga for being stupid, so a large barrel of gunpowder was randomly thrown at the door and let him explode, and the impact was scattered in all directions, which was completely useless.

What's more, black powder is more of a deflagration than an explosion, and its power is not too exaggerated. Nowadays, a barrel of gunpowder worth hundreds of taels of gold has no use except for making a sound.

At least while ensuring sufficient deflagration air, block three sides so that the impact of the gunpowder faces the door. Only in this way can two doors weighing hundreds of kilograms be overturned, and the heavy door can be destroyed.

Anyway, Miyoshi Changyi, No. 3 Zhengyasu, and Matsunagatong don't understand this principle. Now they are looking at each other, you look at me, I look at you.

"Kingo, what's going on?" Miyoshi Changyi was very happy when he saw the gunpowder barrel thrown in front of the door, thinking it would be effective immediately.

"Is it because the gunpowder content is not enough? It shouldn't be?" Monk Matsunaga Tongjoji was confused. He had never studied physics and could not understand the principle for a while.

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After several people gathered together for a while, they were still a little constrained. After all, in Luo Jing, the emperor's feelings had to be taken into consideration.

Not long after, the Miyoshi Army sent people to shout in front of the Imperial Palace. The central idea was still the same sentence: "Ashikaga Yoshiteru, get out of here, or we will attack by force!"

Ashikaga Yoshiki was a little shaken after experiencing the gunpowder explosion. He didn't know how many times the wooden door he spent a lot of money could explode. After all, the earth-shattering explosion just now tore off half of the eaves, and quite a few people were injured and bleeding by the flying debris.

At this time, Ashikaga Yoshiteru's indecision was clearly revealed. He did not dare to reject the Miyoshi Army's request outright, but he also hoped to send the female family members and Teruwakamaru away.

"Your Highness, the reinforcements from the Ministry of War are right in front of us. The Imperial Palace is well-defended and must not be shaken!" Yamauchi Yoshikatsu has been in Kyoto since he was a teenager and has served two generations of generals. He knows exactly what Ashikaga Yoshiki is.

"But Ashi and Teru Wakamaru are still young and have no eyesight for weapons." At this time, he showed his love as an elder brother and father again.

"But the Shiji who is betrothed to Miyoshi Wakae Palace?" Yamauchi Yoshikatsu heard this name and thought about it.

"Yes! This was Jueqing and Zixiaoji Danzheng's idea." Ashikaga Yoshiki nodded.

"In that case, we can try to delay it for a while. Have someone send the princess to Wakae City, and let Miyoshi Sanshu Shou immediately send troops to rescue her." Yamauchi Yoshikatsu did not hesitate to sell his cousin.

A member of the public hurriedly responded and sent the female family members out of the imperial palace first. After all the female family members left, Ashikaga Yoshiteru left the imperial palace again.

This request is understandable, and Sanhaofang immediately agreed. They hoped that the general would get out quickly, and they would succeed if the general ran away.

Two ladders were brought out from the shogunate. The first one to be pulled out was an elderly maid. She was a little panicked and held on to the long ladder under the watchful eyes of the three thousand soldiers. Soon a teenage maid also came out. Finally, there was the fourteen-year-old Ashikaga Shi, with a pale face under the firelight.

After confirming that it was a girl, Miyoshi got out of the way and allowed the three maids to leave with Ashikaga Shi. However, the two Feng Gongkong who tried to protect Ashikaga Shi from leaving were forced back with swords and guns.

Immediately afterwards, Ashikaga Yoshiki's other sister was also turned out on the back of the maid, and she was also able to leave.

The two sisters should first go to Ashikaga Yoshiteru's grandfather Konoe's family, his mother's natal family in Kejuin. As for whether Ashikaga Shi can smoothly enter Wakae in exchange for Miyoshi Yoshitsugu and the support of the 50,000 troops behind him, I don't know.

Originally, Ashikaga Yoshiteru also advised his mother to leave quickly. Since the Konoe family has done a good job, no matter who comes, they will sell some thin noodles, so it is not difficult to escape with a life.

Qingshouin is a resolute woman and will not leave even if she says nothing. As the wife of an earlier general, the biological mother of the current general, and a second-ranking female officer, she could not accept the humiliation of jumping over the wall and running away.

Moreover, the old mother angrily rebuked Ashikaga Yoshiteru, as a general, and he should stay in Kyoto forever and accept the worship of the four great names in the center of the world. How could he want to retreat just because of a temporary setback and scold Ashikaga Yoshiki so much? On the contrary, Yamauchi Yoshikatsu looked at him with admiration and asked Qingjuin to scold him early, maybe the Imperial Palace would be better defended.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru, who quit angrily, sent his youngest daughter away, but Ashikaga Teruwakamaru was not allowed to leave.

Matsunagamichi was afraid that after the heir of the Ashikaga family was sent away, Ashikaga Yoshiteru would change his mind and continue to stick to it. The female relatives are insignificant, but not the male ones.

After working for twenty or thirty minutes, the second sister, one daughter, and most of the maids were sent away. Ashikaga Yoshiteru heard the news about the person who refused to leave Teruwaka Maru, and knew that he could not delay it. My heart skipped a beat and I continued to hold on.

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"No one is good! Fortunately, only a few women were let go." After the soldier who shouted "Respectfully invite" Ashikaga Yoshiki to move was shot to death, Miyoshi Changyi was full of anger.

"The big tree is really a good plan, it delayed another quarter of an hour." Matsunagamichi didn't care how many female relatives ran away, as long as Ashikaga Teruwakamaru didn't run away.

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"Master Fengxing, we really can't move forward!" A fire department leader was hit by an arrow in his arm and was in great pain.

"No, we must enter the imperial palace!" As a minister, Hosokawa Fujitaka must of course die to serve the savior.

"But there are thieves and soldiers on the streets, so it's hard to get through." "There are thieves and soldiers on the streets, so we won't go through the streets."

"Demolish the house! Demolish a road!" Hosokawa Fujitaka no longer cares about so much. The explosion at the Imperial Palace just now can't make him feel at ease.

Breaking down the street, the houses are all made of wood anyway, so it is very easy to dismantle them. Hosokawa Fujitaka had no better way to drive his men forward. As for the losses to the town people? If you win, I'll pay you, if you lose, we'll see you again!

Firefighters are not good at fighting, so it would be much easier to demolish the house. After identifying the route for a while, he rushed into a townhouse, pulled out a trembling family of people who were huddled together.

After shouting, dozens of people started working together, tying ropes to the wooden pillars, tearing off the supporting leaners, and pulling down a machiya with a squeaking sound.

There is a door!

"Quick! Keep demolishing!" Hosokawa Fujitaka saw that there were no killing calls from the imperial palace.

"Your Highness must guard it!"