Chapter 24 Chapter 24 You Mansion Died

Due to the appearance of Mori Ranmaru, the enemy in front of Oda Nobunaga disappeared for a long time. Having said that, miracles will not happen again.The encirclement of ten or even twenty floors of the enemy is getting tighter and tighter, and the sound of swords and guns clashing has poured in from under the eaves of the inner hall. Mrs. Nong held a knife in her hand, guarding Nobunaga who was considering how to advance or retreat.Nobunaga frowned, looked at the direction where Mori Ranmaru disappeared, and then at the corpses of the enemy and us scattered around him, and adjusted his breathing.

In the past, when standing in front of ministers, tea masters, and foreign missionaries, Nobunaga always felt that he stood out from the crowd and felt out of place with them.But now, Oda Nobunaga, standing here with a scythe full of blood in his hand, has fully integrated into the battle of warriors, heroes have a place to use their talents, and heroes in troubled times finally stand where they should stand. Nobunaga is indeed a military commander... No, Madam shook her head and sighed: Nobunaga was born to be a genius in troubled times, and he would never admit defeat under any circumstances.Because of this, he continued to perform feats that amazed the world throughout his life.

However, Madam thought again, heroes in troubled times may not necessarily be heroes in peaceful times.Just like the lady herself, she can be the wife of a young and cruel Oda Nobunaga, but she cannot be the wife of the right minister.At this time, Madam really wanted to know what kind of emotions Nobunaga, who had experienced ups and downs, had in his heart. Oda Nobunaga, whose catchphrase is "fifty years of life", is only forty-nine years old, and he is facing the fate of being dead in the wilderness. "My lord!" Madam shouted, and she called Nobunaga in a friendly voice as before, "My lord! Ah Nong will not waste this life."

"What?" Nobunaga turned around, "You want to die with me?" "You are too careless, I never thought Mitsuhide Akechi would be like this..." This kind of meaningful words clearly mocked Nobunaga's life, "Nobunaga is such a person, and it is only now that he sees Mitsuhide's true face." "Killed my siblings, killed my son-in-law, endless suspicion of my retainers, and finally sent you to the end of the road." Madam seemed to laugh out loud. If he said so, perhaps Nobunaga would immediately stab his wife to the ground with a gun.However, the wife is also the daughter of the famous Viper, she is willing to be stabbed, and then die laughing. "My lord, why didn't you answer? Is your lord negligent?"

"Hmph!" Nobunaga spit out a word, held his breath again, and listened to the approaching swords and guns, "Life and death are the same. Don't say those useless words, just stand aside for me!" At this time, another sound of footsteps roared from the yard where the women had just left. Facing the intruders, Husong, Mori Ranmaru and Yogoro were forced back.Ochiai Kohachiro, who was with them just now, is nowhere to be seen, probably killed somewhere.The three of them also became blood men, with black blood dripping from Mori Ranmaru's gun and Husong's broadsword.

"My lord!" Mori Ranmaru shouted again, "Hurry up, retreat inside." The guards who hadn't died in the battle seemed to only want to fight for Nobunaga's time to commit suicide.The three of them saw Nobunaga standing there with a gun in his hands, and they went crazy to kill the enemy again. Mrs. Nong looked at everything in front of her with stern eyes.She watched the hard fighting of the guards and Nobunaga's reaction.Susukida and Goro, who were the most injured, were a step behind in the counterattack, and were immediately forced to the side of the steps by the enemy.The two enemies with guns who were forced to come over were tripped by a stone, and they were about to stagger and fall to the ground. In an instant, Nobunaga let out a strange cry and jumped out.As expected of the sons of troubled times who have been tempered since childhood, with two slaps, like lightning, the guns in the hands of the two chasing people were thrown into the sky, shook twice, and fell to the ground on their backs.

"Yu Goro!" Susukida, who had fallen to the ground, responded to Goro, and immediately stood up.Seeing Nobunaga's majestic posture, Mori Ranmaru and Husong shot out like arrows, and charged at the enemy who had forced out of the yard again. At this time, Yogoro was about to collapse.Madam instinctively ran to Nobunaga on the steps, and she seemed to see the cold shadow of death on Yogoro. Nobunaga stretched out one foot and let out another ferocious howl.It was not the voice of the right minister playing with the teapot or fascinated by watching cuju, but the howling of a ferocious beast that was immediately excited at the sight of blood.At some point, Yataro Yamada and Yasaburo Otsuka ran over with their hair loose and blood streaming from their cheeks, and they charged at the enemy again in a blink of an eye.

The enemy suddenly withdrew outside the courtyard. Nobunaga still stood there, staring at the enemy in front of him. The lanterns hanging under the eaves dimly reflected the figures of Nobunaga and his wife wearing jade belts, headscarves, and naginatas on the ground.Madam's heart warmed up, and the once weakened affection burned again: We are husband and wife... Nobunaga in battle is like a beast that has surpassed life and death, and only wants to attack. Such a man, I will never hand over to anyone human... "My lord, get ready!" Madam realized that her trembling voice was full of affection.Nobunaga didn't seem to hear his wife's cry, and he was still staring at the enemy sternly at the exit of the yard.Madam Nong was about to shout a second time, but she hesitated again and shook her head.

This battle-tested beast, even if no one reminds him, will never make a mistake. He will move forward when he should move forward, and he will retreat when he should retreat.If there is no room for retreating, he will definitely stand here and commit seppuku. The ferocious young lions trained by Nobunaga were also extremely tough. Although they were seriously injured and couldn't even stand up on the grass, they managed to drive dozens of times stronger enemies out of the yard. "My lord!" In the courtyard where there was no war for the time being, a figure came stumbling along, "Mori Ranmaru said... Hurry up, there is no time..." It turned out to be Takahashi Husong who was the most injured, "My lord! Hu Song staggered and took another step forward.In Madam's eyes, the big knife that was already curled up in her hand looked so tragic.

At this time, following Husong's figure, with a bang, a figure rushed in from the middle door again. "Gaoqiao Husong, let me see where you are going!" "who?" "Sanemon Sanemon, a well-known wise family, forgive me for being rude, Lord Youfu." As soon as the man in black armor finished speaking, he raised his gun and stabbed with a "snap".Hu Song raised the long-curled broadsword to block the tip of the spear, and the two began to fight.In the blink of an eye, they all fell to the ground. Nobunaga was about to rush over like a bird, but stopped again.Of the two people who fell on the ground, one stood up immediately, and the other couldn't stand up anymore.The figure standing up is Sanemon Yamamoto, and the figure lying on the ground is Takahashi Tormatsu.

Nobunaga calculated the distance between himself and Husong, and it was too late to save him, so he just stopped there without moving.When to advance and when to retreat, this ferocious beast has already grasped the scale, even to an astonishingly accurate degree. Madam has clearly predicted that the life of Nobunaga, who fought to the death, is about to come to an end.He is neither a right minister nor a man of the world.In this war-torn era, in order to open up his own road, he is digging mountains, cutting trees, and burning wasteland. He is a destroyer.In this land that has been exhausted and destroyed by the destroyers, those who have gained something must be elsewhere!And she is the wife of the saboteur. "My lord!" Madam blushed and looked at Nobunaga stubbornly, "I also want to spill blood on the battlefield." "Don't be capricious, you fool!" Madam stood up and slowly raised the naginata. At this time, the new enemy entered the middle gate again. "Where is General Right?" Among the turbulent enemies, one shouted loudly, "The wise retainer Sun Juro Miyake came to ask for the jade seal, where is General You?" "Look at the knife!" A guard who was injured and fell to the ground suddenly threw a knife, and then rushed up.The two of them were fighting together like mad dogs, howling fiercely.Immediately afterwards, four more figures stepped over the two people fighting on the ground and rushed towards the steps.They seemed to know that it was Nobunaga himself standing on the steps with a gun. In the front, a man with a pink silk sash on his armor ran towards Madam.There was a scream from below the steps.But immediately, it was drowned out by the loud shouts of the black-armored warriors who followed.The samurai's voice was like a roaring lion: "The right general, Nobunaga, listen, I am the well-known guard Yasuda in Mingzhi's army." Now is the time to die!This kind of emotion passed through Madam's heart like a gust of wind, she raised the naginata and jumped out like crazy.The person with the pink silk sash hurriedly took a step back.As soon as the lady's toes landed on the ground, she slashed to the right suddenly, and the opponent's gun and head flew up, raining blood all over the sky, and the man fell on his back.Madam attacked Zuobei again. "Woman? I really don't want my life!" Holding a gun, Sakubei took two steps back, gnashing his teeth angrily, "Useless woman, don't back down!" Madam laughed and took another step forward.During this time, Nobunaga can retreat inside. Sakubei realized that the woman had no intention of retreating, nor was she afraid of him, so he pushed back the armor on his shoulders and swung his spear.Madame took another step closer.Zuobei shook his gun and stabbed, just as his wife also swung the naginata round, and with a "kuang", the weapons collided. Then, there was a creak, as if the tip of the naginata touched the black leather of the armor.Madam swayed, she felt as if a piece of hot iron had been pierced from her lower abdomen to her back, it was so hot, the foot that was about to step out immediately softened, and she knelt down on the ground. Still, Madam wanted to stand up and wield a naginata.But she couldn't move, so she lay down on the grass.The smell of green grass came to the nostrils, and the lady raised her head, and saw a field of green grass like a green water surface, and the scattered corpses on both sides were like water lilies floating on the water. Nobunaga still stood proudly with one foot on the steps.His eyes full of bright blood were fixed on the lady.Seeing such gazes, Madam thought, this life is not so unfortunate.However, why didn't Sakubei, who stabbed himself to the ground, attack Nobunaga?Although she could see clearly, her hearing was already failing, and she could only vaguely hear a voice from a distance: "Zuobingwei, stop!" It looks like Senran Maru.Madam raised her head desperately, only to see a samurai standing on the railing on the right, about to push Sakubei down. Sakubei braced himself with his gun, and quickly jumped to Nobunaga's side. "I am Yasuda Zuobingwei, please hand over the jade seal!" Nobunaga is still standing proudly with a gun, wearing a white silk singlet and tied with a white ribbon, his majestic posture is proud and daunting. Suddenly, a figure jumped out from behind Nobunaga, who was as steady as Mount Tai, and shot Sakubei. "Sakubei, do you still know me, Mori Ranmaru?" What an amazing fighting spirit!Unkillable, unbeatable, never tireless, Mori Ranmaru's eighteen-year-old body has absorbed all of Nobunaga's courage, and has grown into a fearless iron man. "Hmph! Mori Ranmaru!" Zuobingwei raised his gun to block it with quick eyesight and quick hands.Mori Ranmaru shot again fiercely. Sakubei gently pushed left and right to block, and with a bang, the guns collided.Mori Ranmaru withdrew his gun and fell to the ground. At this time, Nobunaga, who had been staring at Mrs. Nong, turned his gaze away and walked inside.The light on the window paper shone white. "General You, come back!" Sakubei chased after Nobunaga. However, Nobunaga didn't look back, and kept walking inside.This is the last shadow of the unrivaled hero left to the world.Rao has the strength to pull the mountain and carry the tripod, and he has turned into an elbow and armpit. In the face of regiments and regiments of soldiers, he can only die bravely. Sakubei approached the window and stabbed it in.At this time, Mori Ranmaru with disheveled hair attacked Sakubei again.Sakubei was taken aback, and turned again to face Mori Ranmaru in front of him. "My lord!" Mori Ranmaru shouted inside, "The enemy won't be able to get closer, don't worry!" Sakubei was furious, and shot Mori Ranmaru.Mori Ranmaru fell on all fours, but still used the handle of the gun to stop Sakubei's advancing feet.Zuobei was in a hurry. He wanted to kill Mori Ranmaru, but also wanted to kill Nobunaga with one shot and take Nobunaga's head. Mitsuhide of Sanjo Castle had sent several orders to Akechi Saomasuke, who was in charge of the frontal attack on Honnoji Temple, asking for Nobunaga's head.Once the battle drags on until dawn, the outcome will be unpredictable.Before the commotion in the capital, no matter what, Nobunaga's head must be displayed on the banks of the three rivers.In this way, those weak princes and ministers had to obey Guangxiu and report to the palace, asking the emperor to make him the new leader of the generals.Without Nobunaga's head, Mitsuhide would have become a traitor and traitor who killed the lord.Of course he didn't want to be in broad daylight as a rebellious minister, so he urged him frequently. Therefore, Zuomasuke Mitsuharu strictly ordered Yamamoto Sanyouemon, Yasuda Sakubei, and Four Kings Tendan Mashou: "Before dawn, bring Nobunaga to see you!" Zuobei finally broke through the stubborn resistance and attacked here, and Nobunaga was already close at hand.Although Lanwan had fallen to the ground, he rolled to his feet and tried his best to block him, preventing him from taking half a step forward. Sakubei was about to go crazy, he roared and took a step back.At this moment, Mori Ranmaru suddenly jumped up and rushed forward.Zuobei was very surprised, he was suddenly thrown by him, so he had to dodge left and right, stepping back step by step.Seeing that Mori Ranmaru had the upper hand, he became more and more fierce.The situation was reversed in the blink of an eye, and Zuobei, who had been maintaining a strong offensive, was forced to the railing. Mori Ranmaru risked his life and rushed forward, and the retreating Sakubei suddenly jumped, jumped high, and arrived in the courtyard.Immediately afterwards, both sides yelled.One person was injured by too much force, and screamed in pain; the other fell into the ditch when he fell to the ground, facing the sky on his back, extremely embarrassed. Sakubei hurriedly tried to get up, but Mori Ranmaru, who was standing on the railing with one leg, had already been stabbed by the gun.His shot was not particularly fast, but just as Zuobei was about to stand up, the spear pierced through the seam of the armor, pierced Zuobei's left leg, and hit the stone.Almost at the same moment, Zuobei, who threw away his long spear, swung his waist knife with his right hand. "Woo..." Mori Ranmaru screamed.The guard's big sword chopped off the crossbar between the gun handle and the railing, and Mori Ranmaru's leg was chopped off at the knee. "No...no...didn't expect..." Mori Ranmaru shook violently and fell to the ground, still holding the handle of the gun in his hand.At the same time, as if giving a secret signal, the windows of the inner hall became extremely bright. There must be a fire inside.The flames rushed to the window again and again, spraying out long tongues of flame.Smoke billowed from the windows and the roof. At this time, the sky was already dark, and it was barely possible to see the surroundings clearly.There was a crackling sound, but Mrs. Nong had lost her hearing. When Mori Ranmaru was fighting with Sakubei, Nobunaga had already committed suicide. In order to prevent the enemy from getting his head, he set himself on fire. Sakubei, who had cut down Mori Ranmaru to the ground, hurriedly stood up, tied up his leg wound, and was about to rush into the flames.In the blink of an eye, the inner hall had turned into a sea of ​​flames.Even so, Sakubei still dodged the thick smoke several times and kept whipping the flames in an attempt to rush in. This scene seemed very funny to Madam, and it reminded her of the puppets she saw at the foot of Mount Inaba when she was a child.All the people in the world are just puppets that are manipulated by some kind of force and keep dancing meaningless dances.However, people want to live forever, why is this... The madam suddenly thought that she had no thoughts of dying so far, and she suddenly panicked.She seemed to hear Nobunaga crying bitterly in the flames. "I want to live, I still want to live!" "I just want to live for two more years. In this way, I will definitely calm down the world and show you. No, if two years is too much, just one year is fine. One year is not too much, just give me one month." .If there is one month, I will become a general to pacify China. If one month is too much, give me ten days, five days, three days..." It wasn't Nobunaga's voice, it was Madam's trembling heart, but Madam thought it was Nobunaga's voice. Yasuda Sakubei in the inner hall was finally driven out by the flames. He seemed to have given up the head of Oda Nobunaga, stopped his funny dance, and walked towards Mori Ranmaru who fell on the ground with an expression like a red ghost. "Sen Ranmaru!" He kicked Sen Ranmaru's body fiercely with his left foot, and frowned due to the pain, "You finally didn't let me serve as a soldier and get the head of the right general, so hateful! " After saying that, Sakubei put the bloody knife into the scabbard, and hugged Mori Ranmaru's body to the side of the pillar, trying to stand it up.Probably he wanted to vent all the anger of not getting Nobunaga's head on Mori Ranmaru. The movements in the silent world in front of Madam's eyes are cruel and bloody, more ruthless than rumbling slaughter.Mori Ranmaru was only eighteen years old, and he had finished dancing the tragic dance... Madam couldn't bear to see Mori Ranmaru, who died from gritting her teeth, be brutally beheaded.Only then did she realize that she didn't even have the strength to turn her head.The madam's injured body was lying on the ground slightly to the left, so the blood in her body had been completely absorbed by the earth.Despite this, her eyes are still alive, perhaps because she is persistent and wants to see through this present world where there will be no afterlife. Feeling nothing in the hands and feet, the lady turned her head reluctantly and let her body fall to the right.She also saw the burning hall, and the tragic dance in the world, but she didn't want to see Mori Ranmaru's headless corpse. The lady found that the light blue dawn had ushered in all around, the stars above her head had disappeared, and in the sky like transparent porcelain, black smoke billowed and drifted into the distance with the southwest wind. Madam felt that the garan karma fire devouring the Honno-ji Temple in front of her eyes seemed to have drifted to Anzu, continuously devouring the gorgeous castle tower.People, and all kinds of things made by people, all disappeared at some point.I don't know who made it all, and it's all in the hands of the puppeteer at the other end of the line... Mori Ranmaru had already handed over that handsome head to Sakubei.No, it wasn't taken by Sakubei, it must have been the fault of the puppeteer who had evil intentions. Not only that, this puppeteer will soon make the same tragedy happen to Akechi Mitsuhide and Yasuda Sakubei. Madam already knew this grim fact, and Nobunaga and Mori Ranmaru must have felt it the moment they died.However, Sakubei, Mitsuhide, and many "living people" around them probably don't know anything about it, and they are still twisting their waists and limbs according to their own will, dancing funny dances.Thinking of this, Madam suddenly felt a shock in her heart.Tokuhime who has lost Xinyasu and is living in mourning, Hideyoshi's wife Ningning, and Ichihime who has become the wife of Shibata Katsuie in Beizhuang, Echizen, the wife really wants to tell these people a heartfelt message: "Life is like this. .” Thinking of this, the scattered corpses in the yard came into her eyes clearly again.Probably the sky was gradually getting brighter, the green grass looked like duckweed floating on the water, and the corpses looked more and more like beautiful water lilies. Suddenly, the lady coughed lightly. The fire in the main hall spread everywhere, and thick smoke and flames were blown to this side.Madam moved her head slightly, as if she was cursing someone invisible in front of her eyes, her pale hands grabbed the green grass, and did not move.It seems that there are still people alive in the temple. In the raging fire, the sound of fighting can be heard from time to time... Above the head, the crows that were frightened by the raging fire formed a group of seventy or eighty, croaking and flying to the north.