Swallow Back

Murai Zhenkatsu frowned and hesitated, seeming to have no confidence, hesitatingly said: "The troops in the suburbs are in charge of Mr. Sakuma Nobumori. I have asked Mr. Naomasa to contact me, but I have not seen a response, and I have asked my subordinates later." The vassal Qing Saburo went to check again, but there was still no movement... Maybe they were stopped by monsters and failed to reach the barracks, or maybe even though they arrived at the barracks, the documents presented by me alone were not enough to mobilize the army."

"There may be something strange at this time, so don't worry for now. Leave it to the old man." Mrs. Gui Die was not surprised, and immediately said: "Many temples, businesses, and swordsmanship dojos in Kyoto should have set up their own guards. Can you send someone to invite friends who are close to my family to join us?"

It was only when Murai Zhensheng heard the words that he suddenly realized, and nodded again and again: "What the mistress said! Why didn't I think of it? This can be taken care of by Wujing Xi'an. He was slightly injured just now, but he can still walk. Brother Zongxin, Inuko Sadasei might be able to help, too."

"That's good." Mrs. Gui Die's expression was still stern and solemn, but she nodded and smiled calmly, and added: "I saw some samurai from the Oda family and brought their families to Kyoto for fun in advance, waiting to participate in the grand event after the new year. Maybe there are also some ronin swordsmen, sumo wrestlers, wandering monks, unemployed onmyojis, etc., as long as they can help, they can be summoned temporarily!"

Murai Sadakatsu himself had no idea at the moment, he felt reasonable after hearing what the mistress said, and accepted it without thinking.

At the end, Mrs. Gui Die was silent for a while, and then said: "Master Murai, you should gather as many helpers as possible, and after gathering enough force, continue to try to break into Da Nei Li. Even if you can't break in, you can restrain the monsters who are besieging Da Nei Li. Relieve the pressure of Lord Nobunaga's siege. But pay attention to reality, don't fight for too long, since the enemy can be resurrected continuously, don't let the soldiers die needlessly."

Murai Sadakatsu still nodded and said yes, keeping it firmly in his heart.

He is usually a very smart civil servant. He can be regarded as Oda Nobunaga's internal affairs chief steward and accountant. He is no stranger to military affairs, so he should be able to think of various countermeasures by himself.It's just that I suddenly saw an urgent change, but I had no experience, and I was flustered for a while.

Fortunately, there is a mistress sitting in town.

Mrs. Gui Die thought about it for a while, and felt that there was nothing to add, and finally talked about the most important topic: "The key to breaking the situation is probably to mobilize the army stationed in the southeast suburb. The two people sent in front People may be blocked and unable to reach the barracks, or reach the barracks but cannot mobilize soldiers. To avoid these two results, the only way to go there is to take the monster from the oil house with you! I'd like to ask Mr. Murai for the execution office. !"

Murai Zhensheng quickly and generously accepted the order.

Then he called his assistants, retainers, and nephews over, and ordered them to follow different directions in the southeast, north, and west, calling on temples, businesses, and swordsmanship dojos that had good friendships in the past to contribute, or inviting enthusiastic passers-by to help and gather strength as much as possible.

Mrs. Gui Die immediately rushed to the military camp in the southeast direction of the outskirts of Kyoto with six or seventy oil house monsters.

It is said that there are three to five thousand elite soldiers there, commanded by Oda family veteran Sakuma Nobumori, which now seems to be the key to solving the problem.

Chapter 167 New Friends and Old Enemies Halfway

From an ordinary daimyo with only half of the Owari country, with a military strength of about 20, and no official seats in the imperial court and the shogunate, to occupying several Onoshie prefectures, with a population of up to [-], the quasi master of the affairs of Kyoto People all over the world, this process was basically completed in the [-] years of Oda Nobunaga's life.

Therefore, like all other rapidly rising feudal powers in ancient and modern China and abroad, they are faced with the hidden danger of concentrating all their power on the lord.

The sons of Oda Nobunaga are still young and weak, and the eldest son is only at the age of the Yuanfu crown, not enough to take on the great cause.

And many of his adult brothers, most of them are not good enough, and gradually become a group of high-ranking and low-power people, lacking the right to speak in actual military and political affairs; a few of them are too good, which affects internal unity and unity. He was deliberately suppressed, and one was even executed in his early years.

Among the retainers, there is not a single person who has unquestionable deputy authority—obviously, with Oda Nobunaga's personality and habits, such a person will not be allowed to exist.Several important ministers can only be the masters of the country within their respective jurisdictions, and there is no mutual jurisdiction relationship between them.

Such a pattern seems to be beneficial. It ensures that there is only one strong protagonist who is both resourceful and courageous in the center.

Especially for times of war.

But the problem is-

When Oda Nobunaga went to "Ouchi-ri" (the imperial residence) to visit the court officials and officials, he was suddenly surrounded by monsters within the palace walls.

He only brought about a hundred guards with him. Although they were all masters, they might be enough to protect themselves, but it would definitely be difficult to rush out in a short while.

What's more, the six retainers with heavy troops all followed Oda Nobunaga to see him.

On the side of the Kyoto Magistrate's Office, the abbot was left behind by Murai Sadakatsu, who was in charge of internal affairs.

It is a bit difficult to expect an executive officer who usually only deals with finance, taxation, logistics, transportation, infrastructure and other affairs to lead the only [-] security forces under his command to turn the tide on such an occasion.

Theoretically, it should be the legal heir - Oda Nobutada, who just took over the first era, or Lin Xiuzhen, who is already over sixty years old, but the old and the young all stay in the United States, which is 150 kilometers away. What about Gifu Castle in Nongguo?

On the contrary, there is an army that is said to have a number of three to five thousand, under the leadership of veteran general Sakuma Nobumori, stationed in the southeastern outskirts of Kyoto.

However, there was no response. I don’t know if the call for help was not received, or if it was not accepted after receiving it?

All in all, although it is still unclear why the monsters who have always lived in seclusion are suddenly so active against the Oda family, but their timing is indeed good enough, and it seems that they have a good chance to kill the all-powerful "quasi-world people" in advance in the cradle.

At this time, the one who stepped forward with a knife was Madam Gui Die, the mistress who had always been recognized for her status, although she had not given birth to an heir and did not show up much.

She took the "Aburaya monsters" left behind by her father Saito Dozo, and appeared on the streets of Kyoto like a Valkyrie.

First, calmly and decisively issued orders to the remaining retainers to avoid blind sacrifice in panic, and then personally took on the most important task-inviting reinforcements.

……

With the assistance of his retainers and guards, Liu Yun killed twenty or thirty one-eyed monsters for the third time.

The difference is that the corpses of monsters killed with the treasured sword "Nagascapa Nagako"—that is, Iori's grandmother's body—do not dissipate immediately as they did twice before, and dissipate into mist, which rises and gathers in the over Kyoto.

Instead, it conformed to the normal situation in the past and turned into carrion piled up on the ground.

After waiting for a while, it can be confirmed that these monsters will not be resurrected again.

It's a pity that the one-eyed old man who took the lead, the so-called "one-eyed lord", escaped early when he found out that the wind was wrong.

If Liu Yun went to that guy alone regardless, he would be sure to capture him, but the retainers and guards around him would definitely be unable to stop twenty or thirty ferocious monsters.In view of the helpless family members behind him, as well as some maids and servants, they had to sit back and watch the culprit escape.

After all the monsters besieging Yicheng Temple's house had been given their heads and no longer continued to be resurrected, Liu Yun took a rest and saw that there were no enemies nearby before considering whether to take the initiative to attack.

Although the current situation is completely unclear and it is impossible to speculate on the cause and effect, the sudden appearance of so many monsters in Kyoto, accompanied by such a strange magic circle, obviously cannot be accidental, and there must be some conspiracy in it.

As a community of interests, Liuyun certainly has enough motivation to protect the Oda family.

Just don't know what to do.

And I was also worried, what would Iori and the others do if they were attacked again after I left Ichijo Temple?

Liuyun stood at the gate of the town of Ichijoji Temple, caressing the blade of "Nagafune Nagamitsu", hesitating for a while.

But he didn't think about it for too long.

Not for drawing confident conclusions.

Instead, he heard huge movements around him.

Two streets away, the riverside of Onogawa, about a hundred steps away.

There was a slightly familiar aura coming from that direction, all ghosts walking in the night, overflowing with evil aura.

Before he remembered which friend the other party was, suddenly the mountains shook, and a huge monster emerged from the river beach.

At this time, it should be late at night, but the evil spirit shrouded in the sky of Kyoto, shining like a miniature sun, and the vision is no different from daytime.

With Liu Yun's otherworldly eyes and ears, it was enough to see clearly what was happening a hundred steps away.

The monster was roughly in the shape of a human, but it was more than ten meters tall. Some parts of its body were shriveled like zombies, only a layer of dehydrated wrinkled skin remained, and some parts didn't even have the last layer of skin, and the white bones were directly exposed.

Skeleton-like and zombie-like monsters are not uncommon, but this kind of half-skeleton, half-zombie, can have a body size of more than ten meters, but I have never seen it.

A hundred or ten steps away, Liu Yun saw that huge skeleton monster vigorously waving its arm that seemed to be the size of a century-old giant tree, making a hoarse mechanical voice with a strange tone that seemed to have no emotion in it: "It's the monster from the oil house... I thought it was just to repay the favor of the Takeda family, so I reluctantly went to Kyoto to support the scene, but I didn't expect to meet my enemy for many years... That guy Saito Dozo is really cunning. I won't stay in Kyoto..."

Then there was a burst of screams and fighting.

When he heard the word "Oil House Monster", Liu Yun had already realized that the familiar aura he sensed just now was not Mrs. Guidie and her subordinates?

It looks like this new friend meets an old foe.

Since it is right in front of my eyes, how can I not come forward to help?

Without saying a word, Liu Yun briefly explained a few words with the retainers around him, and then galloped away with "Long Captain Changguang" to join the battle.

Chapter 168

Four to five feet long, like a towering giant tree, half bone and half carrion, the wind brings the smell of the tomb.

"The leader of the Hungry Ghost and Skeleton Clan has appeared in Kyoto again... everyone be careful!"

Mrs. Gui Die calmed down, holding the handle of the knife tightly, and slowly read the name of the other party, her face became extremely serious.

The monsters in the oil house behind her all set up their postures and waited for them, all of them showed a little bit of fear on their faces.

Sixty or seventy monsters are afraid of the other party, obviously not only because the other party is big.

"I didn't expect to have the opportunity to avenge the descendants of Saito Dosan..."

The giant hungry ghost made a hoarse and piercing sound.

Accompanied by this sound, the big guy with a height of four to five feet raised his legs and took two steps, stepped on the ground with a deafening sound, then waved his two haggard arms, and slapped him with a pair of palms wider than the house number, straight Take a picture of Mrs. Guidie.

A gust of wind from the fan can make people shiver on this winter night.

Such a big monster, with a body made of bones and rotting flesh, gave people the first impression of being unwieldy and clumsy.

The giant hungry ghost's movements were indeed not very fast.

But the range is too wide, two slaps directly cover the space with a radius of several feet, making it inevitable.

It's like living in a house, suddenly encountering a violent earthquake, the roof and walls collapsed directly, no matter how skilled you are, where can you hide?

I can only carry it hard!

Moreover, there seemed to be indescribable power contained in the gust of wind fanned by this giant hungry ghost.Wherever the evil wind affects, whether it is a human or a demon, there will be a feeling of slow reaction and power failure.

Now this slap has already been slapped towards Mrs. Gui Die, and by the way, it also enveloped a dozen monsters around it.

"Hungry ghosts, die!"

The oil house monster with thick hair on the front and back but no facial features rushed to the front, brandishing a four-foot long spear.

"Ahhh!"

The oil house monster in the shape of a brown bear raised its head to the sky and let out an angry roar, concentrated all its strength, and raised its bear paw to try to resist.

"Miss, be careful!"

The body is thin and extremely long, and the arms are like praying mantises, and the oil house monster grows two knives. It makes an old woman's voice and raises its head to meet the enemy.

"The turtle bomb is coming! Eat me!"

The oil house monster in the shape of a giant tortoise, but with a voice like that of an underage man, retracted into its shell and formed a ball, blocking it roundly.

The guys with the largest body and the most strength all jumped out on their own initiative.

Mrs. Gui Die also drew out the long knife in her hand without hesitation, jumped forward, instead of retreating, she slashed with all her might.

Only a loud bang of "Duang" was heard.

The four oil house monsters who stood up were knocked out, hit the ground and rolled a few times, fell to the ground, dizzy and couldn't get up for a long time.

"Brother Faceless!"

"Uncle Bear!"

"Sister Yi!"

"Little turtle!"

Dozens of other oil house monsters hurried over to help lift the injured.

Under the cover of the four loyal ministers, Mrs. Guidie escaped the attack and was unscathed.

She was silent, glaring and staring, and swung the sharp knife in her arms.