A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

The three good soldiers who invaded the Imperial Palace heard shouting, their eyes were shining with golden light, and their noses were breathing heavily.

The great achievement of capturing the shogunate's general conquering the barbarians is right in front of them, and no one can remain calm.

"Capture them alive, no arrows allowed!" came the order from the envoy behind. A dead general has no effect, but a living puppet can command disobedience.

Hold the general hostage to gain his reputation!

While Ashikaga Yoshiki gathered the public and fought desperately, he fired guns and arrows one after another. Although he is a swordsman who was personally taught the secrets of the sword by Tsukahara Buden, the sword master, he is praised as a master of swordsmanship and is known as "Kongfang the Swordsman". But after all, the Japanese sword is brittle and may chip or even break if cut too much.

He cherishes his treasured sword. Since there are loyal followers to resist him in front of him, it is okay to use iron cannons and bows and arrows to deal with the enemy first.

"Nakagawa Gonbei has come to ask for advice from His Highness!" A short and stocky Miyoshi samurai holding a spear rushed forward, deflected the incoming tachi with one shot, and shouted. He wanted to take credit for defeating the public and spread his martial name.

But all he got in response was the roar of Ashikaga Yoshiteru pulling the trigger. Who would use a long gun if he had an iron cannon? One shot killed the highly skilled Miyoshi samurai, a meaningless death.

The Sanhao Army was somewhat constrained by the order to capture them alive, and at the same time, there were only a limited number of soldiers to attack in the gap. Feng Gong is also a real elite soldier, and his ability to fight waves alone is far better than that of ordinary soldiers. The current situation is that the Ashikaga Army is suppressing the Miyoshi thieves and fighting, which is eye-catching.

Seeing that the thieves who had invaded the Imperial Palace were defeated and defeated by Feng Gong, the Feng Gong people, driven by the will to survive, supported the general and attacked outside the Imperial Palace.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru saw that he had a way out. He was tired of his false reputation and was unwilling to leave Kyoto, but he did not say that he was unwilling to leave the Imperial Palace. Now maybe a surprise attack can reach the enemy's main formation, kill three good people and three others, or loosen the permanent pass. In that case, the bandits will definitely be defeated, and the worst he can do is live in a temple!

Anyway, as long as you stay in Luojing, you can maintain the prestige of the shogunate in Luojing! Maybe the reputation can be improved to a higher level.

At this time, Settsu Chiyomaru, the son of Ashikaga Yoshiteru, the son of Settsu Haruto, the chief minister of the shogunate, also ran out carrying several precious swords belonging to Ashikaga Yoshiteru.

The Imperial Palace was just a house, and it wasn't the first time it was burned down anyway, so it didn't matter. Ashikaga Yoshiteru's collection of swords doesn't carry much nostalgia with him.

As for his mother Keishuin, once her identity was revealed, she hid at her parents' home, Konoe, and nothing happened. Originally, the Miyoshi Army had no interest in talking nonsense with these female relatives. Their only target was Ashikaga Yoshiteru.

The crowd, armed with swords and guns, surrounded Yoshiki and rushed towards the gap. The Miyoshi Army was caught off guard and was defeated by the Ashikaga Army. As soon as he lost his momentum, he dropped his sword and gun and ran away.

Escape from the cage and become a tiger and leopard, a dragon emerges from the shallows and flies into the sky!

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Listening to the fierce shouts of killing in the shogunate, Yamauchi Yoshikatsu was extremely anxious. He didn't know how long Yu could hold on, maybe an hour, maybe a quarter of an hour.

After a short pause, he stood still and lifted Karuwamaru up. After confirming that the child is okay, he visits the child in a dark place on the street corner.

The climate of the Little Ice Age was really elusive. Originally, the weather in May of the lunar calendar was supposed to start with the rainy season. However, this year's plum rain has obviously been postponed. The weather that was supposed to be windless actually turned out to be a southerly wind.

The air around seemed to be hot because of the fire in Kyoto, and the air was filled with cries and whines. The ash and dust made it difficult to breathe, and the cotton cloth used to cover his mouth and nose had long been exhausted.

"Your Highness, are you breathing smoothly?" "I'm fine, uncle, don't worry about me!" Ashikaga Teruwakamaru also maintained restraint at this moment, staying quietly on Yamauchi Yoshikatsu's back.

"The fire has spread to Umekoji. It is no longer possible to escape to the north. There are bandits to the south, and there are reinforcements from the Hosokawa Military Department to the west, but there are bandits and the fire blocking them."

An attendant hurriedly ran from the darkness. The situation was not optimistic. Due to the lack of rain and no one to put out the fire, the fire spread very quickly in just one hour, and half of Kyoto was already in flames.

Today's Kyoto is not exactly the same as the Kyoto of tomorrow. In the beginning, it was a square, with Chang'an on the left and Luoyang on the right. But by this time Chang'an had been basically abandoned.

Later, the Yingren civilization was in chaos, and most of Luoyang was reduced to ashes. Except for the interior (the imperial palace) and some public residences that were preserved, Luoyang was actually completely burned by Hosokawa and Yamana.

The later Nijo Imperial Palace and the current imperial palace were actually not in the same place. The current imperial palace is actually located in the west-central area of ​​Luojing. Although the fire was distributed in a semicircle, due to the southerly wind that violated the climate, the Shangjing area in the north inevitably burned.

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu's run to the house of his father's good friend, Ichiichi Ichijo, was not only running along the fire, but he might also miss the mark, and even going to Kyoto might turn into nothing tonight.

The best way now is to run eastward, first to Shirakawa, where there are a large number of palaces and temples. The key point is that Kamikamo Shrine, Shimogamo Shrine, Inari Shrine and other shrines are all here. The last time there was turmoil in Kyoto, as soon as the bell rang for Ashikaga Yoshiteru, thousands of Sanmon Lords entered Luoyang to support Ashikaga Yoshiteru.

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu carried a giant Buddha like Karuwamaru, and as soon as he showed up, he could borrow an army of hundreds or even thousands of people to fight back to Luo Jing. As long as you ask your subordinates to deliver the Teruwaka Maru to Otsu, Ashikaga Yoshiteru, who is staying at Otsu, and Tian Kishu, who have hundreds of troops, can protect him thoroughly.

But going east means crossing half of Luojing, and the risk factor is also very high. If Yamauchi Yoshikatsu had been alone, he might have gone out rashly, but Ashikaga Yoshiteru's only son was on his back, so he had to be cautious.

"Your Highness (Shinshu), make your decision quickly and don't delay it in Kyoto." An attendant saw that Yamauchi Yoshikatsu had not yet made up his mind.

"Go east!" This is the only way to go, otherwise there will be no way to go, so take risks.

Since the reconstruction of Rakujing after the Onin Civilization Rebellion was not led by the Ashikaga Shogunate, there was neither a systematic plan nor enough funds to fully restore it. Everyone was walking and stopping, and they did not dare to light torches and lanterns because they were running for their lives, so they had to stop again and again to confirm their position.

After running like this for a quarter of an hour, I came to a ruins (either it was overdone, or the previous ruins had not been built), and I was about to continue looking for a way to escape.

"Hurry and find a few more people. The Da'an Temple is in front of us. Whether we can make a fortune this time depends on this trip."

"Boss, is there anything valuable in the temple?"

"Idiot, that's not a temple, it's a warehouse. It's full of silver and copper coins!"

Forty or fifty three good thieves came into view.

A group of people met unexpectedly, blocked the way of Yamauchi Yoshikatsu and his party, and discovered them.