A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

"Your Highness! Your Highness! The reinforcements from the Ministry of War have arrived a hundred steps ahead!" A man who was observing the enemy's situation on the roof happily entered the hall to report.

"Did the Ministry of War break through the enemy's blockade?" After hearing such good news, Ashikaga Yoshiki quickly stood up and prepared to climb up to the roof to take a closer look.

"Yes, the Ministry of War demolished the houses along the way and forcibly opened the passage, escaping the obstruction of the bandit soldiers." Feng Gonggong immediately followed the excited Ashikaga Yoshiki.

"Habayashi, where is the military department?" Yamauchi Yoshikatsu climbed onto the roof immediately, while his eldest brother-in-law Hosokawa Fujitaka was struggling to come to the rescue.

"My sworn brother is less than a hundred steps away from the Imperial Palace!" The brothers didn't care where the townsfolk whose homes had been demolished would live in the future. As long as Hosokawa Fujitaka and more than a thousand people arrived at the Imperial Palace, they would be safe.

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"What? The Hosokawa Military Headquarters broke through the street and couldn't predict the direction to block it?" Miyoshi Changyi knocked the horse's sword hard, and his eyes turned red.

"Why can't the main military force and the Hosokawa army stop them?" Matsunaga couldn't understand.

"It seems that there are a lot of fires in the Hosokawa Army. Houses are being demolished everywhere, and there are sounds everywhere. It is impossible to judge which part is the actual march route." The envoy sent by Iwanari Tomomichi made it clear.

Matsunaga Michi and Miyoshi Choitsu were pacing back and forth. Even though they were five thousand in number, they were all in the open. If they rowed a thousand more people to stop Hosokawa's army, they might be overshadowed by the two hundred elite Feng Gongmen in the imperial palace.

No matter where Ashikaga Yoshiki hides, their goal will not be achieved. In such a large Kyoto, with a population of hundreds of thousands, finding someone who deliberately hides is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"No! We must prevent Hosokawa's army from joining Daiki, otherwise all our efforts tonight will be wasted." Miyoshi Choitsu made up his mind.

"Arson?" Matsunaga was a little unsure. After all, smart people think a lot. The political impact of arson in Kyoto is too bad, not much worse than when they forced the general to go into exile.

"It's time, I can't control so much anymore!" Sanhao Changyi made up his mind immediately.

"Shimono (Miyoshi Masayasu calls himself Shimomomo), bring some men, gather the chief taxmen, and set fire to the houses along the main road (that is, the main road from Rakukyo 1st to Jiujo) to prevent the Hosokawa army from approaching."

"Won't the fire burn into the Imperial Palace?" Although Masayasu Miyoshi was not a resourceful person, he still had basic common sense. Fire is something that people cannot control at all, and it might burn down the Imperial Palace.

"Don't be afraid. Look at the stone walls of the imperial palace. If you burn a few private houses, you won't be able to touch the imperial palace."

The three of them looked at the two-meter-high stone wall that Ashikaga Yoshiteru had carefully built. While secretly cursing Ashikaga Yoshiteru for his shamelessness, they also felt that his fire protection performance was definitely not bad.

Miyoshi Masayasu had a strong execution ability and did what he said. He collected some kerosene and gunpowder, and immediately went around the imperial palace and started burning houses.

The two armies, which were originally just fighting around the streets and the imperial palace, finally inevitably spread the flames of war to civilians. Hosokawa Fujitaka at least kicked out the owners before demolishing the house. Miyoshi Masayasu was even more ruthless and did not notify the common people to evacuate at all. .

Unsurprisingly, the soldiers involved in the arson immediately became wanton. Robbery, arson, murder, rape, humiliation, beatings, the nearby streets and towns turned into Shura hell in an instant.

Hosokawa Fujitaka jumped to his feet when he saw the fire. Just a little bit closer! Just a little bit closer!

However, Ashikaga Yoshiteru and Yamauchi Yoshikatsu in the imperial palace could not believe that the three good thieves actually set fire to Luo Jing.

This is the center of the country! The capital of the country!

Luoyang, the official residence of the Holy Emperor!

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu watched as the outside of the imperial palace turned into a hell on earth. What worried him was that the reinforcements were blocked and surrounded by fire and bandits. The situation fell into a worse situation, but Ashikaga Yoshiteru was stunned.

"With the fire going on, and my sworn brother's reinforcements not coming, I'm afraid the thieves will attack by force. Your Highness, please enter the palace quickly."

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu's urgency was palpable, but Ashikaga Yoshiteru didn't react at all. The whole person was stunned at first, but after a while, the whole person started to shake. Yamauchi Yoshikatsu saw that something was wrong with Ashikaga Yoshiteru and immediately supported him.

Before the word "Your Highness" came out of his mouth, Ashikaga Yoshiki had tears rolling down his eyes.

"My ancestors cut thorns, exposed frost and dew, and founded Luoyang for no less than two hundred years.

The Tojiin Hall was named Takashi by Emperor Shoichi (Emperor Go-Daigo named him Takashi), and he was given the name Takashi and established the shogunate.

The Luyuan Courtyard sweeps the inner space, unifies the north and the south, and spans the world, and all the great heroes bow their heads.

To this day, unworthy descendants, power and fame are lost every day, disloyal people have repeatedly invaded the shogunate, and there are not even ten loyal ministers left.

The three evil villains, who disregarded human relations and set fire to the city, had no honour, why would they go to see their ancestors! "

At this moment, Ashikaga Yoshiki's body seemed to be weighing a great deal. Yamauchi Yoshikatsu couldn't hold him up, so he slumped on the roof without any dignity. The fire burned even more fiercely, and Ashikaga Yoshiki's tears flowed like rain.

This great general of the Muromachi Shogunate who conquered the barbarians, praised by the world as a strong and determined man, with great ambition and a master of men, actually burst into tears like this. The cries were pitiful and pitiful, making Yamauchi Yisheng and others also feel sad and angry.

"This Luoyang! The two hundred years of glory of this shogunate have been burned by this fire! I no longer have the face to see my deceased ancestors!"

Ashikaga Yoshiki looked at the increasingly fierce fire and went down to the palace.

"Habayashi, I leave it to you, Teruwamaru! Under the waterside pavilion in the north is the water gate, you can swim across it."

After saying this, Ashikaga Yoshiteru brought the twelve-year-old Ashikaga Teruwakamaru to Yamauchi Yoshikatsu, and asked Yoshikatsu Yamauchi to call Yoshikatsu Yamauchi his uncle and kneel down to salute.

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu refused to accept Karuwakamaru's bow and hurriedly suggested Ashikaga Yoshiteru.

I heard the Sanhao army outside no longer caring about launching a strong attack, shouting to kill, the sound of iron cannons, arrows flying, and the sounds of swords and guns.

"Your Highness, the matter has come to this. I will lead people to attack the bandit soldiers, which will definitely open up a way for Your Highness to survive."

"No need. As a general, I saw that Luoyang was burned to the ground and my grandfather's temple (Ashikaga Bodhi Temple Shokuni Temple in Kyoto) was not saved. I no longer have a face to face the world."

"What's the point of living an ignoble life today? The last power of the shogunate also disappeared with this fire."

Ashikaga Yoshiki changed his previous sad look, his expression was firm and decisive, and his tone was calm and measured.

"Your Highness!~~"

"No need to say more, I am attracting bandits for you and Kaoru Wakamaru in the open. You can take them and leave quickly."

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu saw that Ashikaga Yoshiteru was already determined to die, so he pulled Karuwakamaru over with tears. He knelt down and carried Karuwakamaru on his back, who had understood what had happened and his face was stained with tears and could not speak. Teru Wakamaru tied himself tightly.

After performing the last salute, he took more than 20 attendants and swam out from the water gate.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru, holding his beloved boy Kiriyasu Tsuna, turned back to face the enemy.

The three good thieves finally broke through a courtyard wall and swarmed in.

"I am Lieutenant General Ashikaga Zuso!"