Nobunaga is a witch

Just as Oda Nobunaga was leading his army to march at the fastest speed in the snowstorm, the battle at Honguoji Temple in Kyoto became more intense and even cruel as time went on. ---

All the troops left by Oda Nobunaga in Kyoto retreated to Honkokuji along with Akechi Mitsuhide, Kinoshita Hideyoshi and others.

Under the unconditional trust that Oda Nobunaga will definitely come, several Kyotos insisted that they all go into battle in armor, and at a near tragic price, they exchanged the short-term safety of the Honkokuji Temple.

Every time the trio, Miyoshi, and Saito Ryuko attacked, they would leave a lot of corpses on the outskirts of Honkokuji Temple, but even if they paid such a huge price, the people left behind by Oda Nobunaga did not let those besieged one step The wanderers stepped into the confines of the home temple.

Let that certain general who is still cursing Oda Nobunaga stay safely in Honkokuji.

It can only be said that fortunately all the Kyoto officials have gone out, otherwise, in such a battle with heavy casualties, Kinoshita Hideyoshi, who was already holding back his fire, would not backhanded Ashikaga Yoshiaki after hearing such curses.

No one dared to curse the lord in front of him, not now, and even less in the future.

"Brother, you can't go on like this." During the temporary truce, Koichiro (Toyotomi Hidecho, also known as Toyotomi Hideyoshi's half-brother in history) wiped the blood from his face with a gloomy expression, " Too many people died, and if this continues, all of our subordinates will die, and we won’t be able to hold this place." He is not a cowardly man, but he has been following Kinoshita Hideyoshi from the bottom floor, knowing that Kinoshita Hideyoshi came here One step is not easy, so at this moment, even he has the idea of ​​retreating.

Kinoshita Hideyoshi tightly held the knife in his hand, it was covered with blood, and the edge of the knife was a little blunt, he frowned and looked at it, wiped the knife under the hem of his clothes, put the knife back into the sheath, "If you can't hold it, you have to Shou."

"Brother!" With a hoarse voice, Koichiro grabbed Kinoshita Hideyoshi, "If all the people under him are dead, how can you still be a samurai general and how can you be reused?"

A warrior general, as the name suggests, naturally has soldiers to lead. If the soldiers are all dead, what will they do in the future?

Kinoshita Hideyoshi pulled his sleeve out of Koichiro's hand little by little, "Koichiro, this is the great cause of my lord, even if all of our subordinates are dead, we must guard this place."

"But..." Koichiro choked with sobs, "They are all people who follow life and death, and just watch them go to death..."

"Xiao Yilang!" Kinoshita Hideyoshi interrupted Xiao Yilang's words sharply, his eyes were so firm that he did not waver, "Now is not the time to care about anyone. We will do it ourselves after they die. As long as we have breath, we will never allow it." Anyone who steps into the confines of the Honkoku Temple!" As long as he is with Kinoshita Hideyoshi, he will definitely serve the Lord until the last moment.

Koichiro looked up at his brother in shock, Kinoshita Hideyoshi nodded to Koichiro.

After a while, Koichiro knew that his elder brother had given such an order with the determination to die.Gritting his teeth, he knelt down in front of Kinoshita Hideyoshi, "I obey." Then, he would follow his elder brother and fight to the last moment.

Kinoshita Hideyoshi stretched out his hand to pull up the brother who depended on each other, "Xiaoichiro, we will wait until the Lord Master comes, we will definitely!"

Standing up following Kinoshita Hideyoshi's strength, Koichiro looked up at his elder brother, "Brother, will my lord really come?"

"My lord will definitely come." Kinoshita Hideyoshi replied firmly.

"However," Koichiro looked into the distance, "The snow is getting heavier and heavier. To come from Meinong, we still have to climb over the mountains." If it hadn't snowed, he might still believe that the lord could come to rescue them on time, but Now that the mountains are covered by heavy snow, and the Lord is not a god, how could he come from Meinong in such a short time.

"Don't worry, Koichiro," Kinoshita Hideyoshi patted Koichiro on the back fiercely, "Don't say it's snowing, even if it's a knife, my lord will come in time."

Hearing Kinoshita Hideyoshi's rambling words, Koichiro couldn't help shaking his head in such an environment, "Brother, you're talking nonsense again, how could there be a knife in the sky." After a pause, he glanced at his home with some complaints Brother, he couldn't help but say what he thought just now, "Besides, my lord is not a god, and if he really uses a knife, he won't be able to catch up." At this time, he really hoped that the lord The adults are gods.

"Hey," Kinoshita Hideyoshi smiled indifferently, "Take it easy, Koichiro, my lord is indeed not a god," he thought of the many times he followed Oda Nobunaga before, and looked at that person from behind He is not a god, but in Kinoshita Hideyoshi's mind, he is an existence even higher than a god, "But I believe that my lord will definitely come to save us."

Even Akechi Mitsuhide can trust the lord so firmly, could it be that Kinoshita Hideyoshi will lose to Akechi Mitsuhide?

Absolutely not!

In fact, it was not only Hideyoshi Kinoshita and his group who suffered heavy casualties, but also Mitsuhide Akechi.

Although Akechi Mitsuhide's background is far better than that of the farmer Kinoshita Hideyoshi, the Akechi family has long since declined, and Akechi Mitsuhide's retainers were first recruited when he was serving in the Asakura family, and there were not many at that time.

After being transferred to Oda Nobunaga, because the official salary is bullish, Akechi Mitsuhide can also support more retainers, so the number of his retainers reached a peak during this period.

But Akechi Mitsuhide has been in office for a short time after all, Oda Nobuo has a relatively short period of time, and his men are also quite mixed. The people recruited at the Asakura family before were because they did not have money to equip a good iron cannon. Two or three of them can only be felt by his men. up.After entering the Oda family, because of his enthusiasm and good use of iron cannons, Oda Nobunaga also gave him some iron cannons, but even if he intends to exercise in a short period of time, he can't make his subordinates like the direct line of Oda Nobunaga's subordinates. The team forms the elite model like that.

These weaknesses may not be obvious at ordinary times, but once they fall into a tug-of-war on the battlefield, they will be fully exposed.

Fortunately, even if there is no iron cannon, these recruited retainers can at least use knives, but the power of defense is far inferior to that of using iron cannons, so they really fight with their lives.

Now that the opponent's offensive is suspended, Akechi Mitsuhide is also listening to the casualty reports of his subordinates, and adjusting the defensive situation according to the battle situation.

"My lord," the subordinate who came to report respectfully knelt beside Akechi Mitsuhide, and reported the battle situation in detail, "The bullets of the iron cannon are running out. If there is another attack like this, we, we will not Out of ammo."

At this time, after years of development, the technology of imitating iron cannons in Japan has become very mature, and the price is much lower than when it was introduced from Tanegashima.

In particular, after so many years of research by the craftsmen under Oda Nobunaga, the iron cannons produced can be said to be the sharpest in Japan.

However, although the cost of iron cannons has been reduced, the price of ammunition used in iron cannons has remained high because Japan does not have the technology to produce saltpeter.

Oda Nobunaga was also worried about this matter, but she couldn't conjure up the technology of producing saltpeter after all the worrying, so she could only leave it to the craftsmen under her hand to study and wait for the opportunity.

Because of this, Akechi Mitsuhide had a lot of iron cannons, but not much ammunition.

There are not many details on the battlefield, even the chief general Akechi Mitsuhide only has one seat, but even with such a simple seat, he can straighten his back and sit extremely upright.

It's just that under the current situation, Akechi Mitsuhide's usually elegant face is also stained with a lot of dust and blood. The long knife in his hand is stuck on the ground. people.

Akechi Mitsuhide at this time is really a warrior who kills people on the battlefield, not an elegant scholar in the palace.

After hearing the report, Akechi Mitsuhide raised his head slightly, pursed his thin lips tightly, "Are the bows and arrows ready?"

He bowed his head, "It's ready."

Akechi Mitsuhide nodded, the words he spoke were extremely plain, but there were surging waves below the water surface, "When the ammunition is exhausted, use the bow and arrow, and when the arrows are gone, use the sword, and you can't retreat even a step."

"But my lord, we don't have many people left." The subordinate's voice trembled slightly.

Akechi Mitsuhide raised his eyes, the sharp light in his eyes flashed and disappeared, "I am still here." As long as he is still here, he is not dead.

"Hi, hi!" The subordinate just answered loudly, when the attacking voice from outside came again, "My lord, the enemy has started to attack again."

Akechi Mitsuhide stood up abruptly from his horse, and shouted loudly, "Let's fight!" At such a time, the voice of the chief general is a boost to morale.

"Hi, hi." From various bunkers, the voices of soldiers came.

Someone answered, but Akechi Mitsuhide's heart sank when he heard it, and there were not many people who could answer him.He raised his head and looked at the falling snowflakes in the sky, my lord, please come quickly!

Compared with the heavy heart on Oda Nobunaga's side, the emotions on the side of Sanren Miyoshi and Saito Ryuko were high.

Of course, they can also see that the number of people fighting with the banner of the Oda family is gradually decreasing, and even the sound of iron cannons is gradually becoming thinner, which means it is self-evident, and those who hinder them on the opposite side are about to die up.

"Go ahead, go ahead, catch Ashikaga Yoshiaki alive!" Saito Ryuko raised the sword in his hand and shouted with all his strength, "Whoever captures Ashikaga Yoshiaki alive will be rewarded with a hundred shots!"

"Catch Ashikaga Yoshiaki alive! Capture Ashikaga Yoshiaki alive!" All kinds of voices answered his call. Holding an iron cannon and holding a sword, he rushed into it desperately.

For them, there is a golden treasure. As long as they can catch Ashikaga Yoshiaki, they don't have to worry about it for the rest of their lives!

Among the enemies coming in like a tide, Akechi Mitsuhide slashed a ronin's chest and abdomen fiercely with the samurai sword in his hand. Amidst the screams, blood splashed all over his body and face, but he didn't even wipe it off. There was no time, so he raised the knife again expressionlessly, and slashed at the next ronin.As a traditional samurai, Akechi Mitsuhide's skill with swords is of course excellent, but in fact he is most proud of his skill in firing iron cannons.

Within a hundred steps, every shot can hit a hundred shots, and no one in the Oda family's retainers can match him.

That is an ability that even Oda Nobunaga admires.

But now, it wasn't that Mitsuhide Akechi didn't want to use the iron cannon anymore, but that all the ammunition had been exhausted. In order to prevent the line of defense from being breached, Mitsuhide Akechi had no choice but to draw his sword and lead his people to stop the endlessly chattering enemies.

In such a dark fight, Akechi Mitsuhide didn't know how many people he killed, and he didn't know whether the blood on his body was his own or someone else's. The sound of iron cannons around him occasionally sounded, all of which came from the hostile side.

But as he himself said, the iron cannon was useless, and there was still a sword, and he held the sword tightly in his hand, not retreating half a step.

However, no matter how tough the spirit is, the human body has its limits. Akechi Mitsuhide's movement of swinging the knife has gradually become numb. From the previous vigorous and resolute movements to the present, he began to rely on the instinct of the body, and the hand holding the knife trembled slightly. Then, he himself didn't know how long he could support it.

The surrounding voices were gradually blurring, and the hands were too heavy to lift. In the vagueness, it seemed to hear the sound of someone cheering.

Could it be an illusion produced by too much desire?

Somewhere in a trance, the opponent's ronin raised his sword at Akechi Mitsuhide. He knew he should fight back and how to fight back, but it was too late after a moment of delay.

In the moment of life and death, there was the sound of a horse neighing, and the sound of a sword cutting through flesh and blood. The ronin who raised the knife towards him slowly slipped and fell to the ground.

Akechi Mitsuhide raised his head subconsciously, the snow reflected the light in the sky, which made him feel like he wanted to close his eyes for a moment.

But at this moment, Akechi Mitsuhide was reluctant to even blink, resisting the soreness in his eyes, staring intently at the person who tightened the reins and swung a knife with one hand to save his life.

As if aware of his sluggishness, the visitor put the knife back into its sheath, and took off the mask on his face with his backhand, revealing an extremely beautiful face. Due to the exhaustion of running around, his lips were pale and his eyes were bloodshot.However, he didn't care about it at all. The corner of his lips hooked into a somewhat playful smile. On the battlefield and in danger, that kind of smile was still so chic that he didn't even need to take off his armor to be able to fight in the spring. Stepping on the fallen flowers, "Yo, Guangxiu, seeing my expression, is it because I miss me so much?"

The color of snow and blood was just reflected in the other party's clear and clear eyes. Akechi Mitsuhide's mood was like a blend of hot and cold, and his eyes were full of only the existence of that person.

Almost unconsciously, he knelt down on one knee towards the man immediately, "Your Highness!"

The author has something to say: Little Theater:

Oda Nobunaga: I am here to save the beauty.

Akechi Mitsuhide: ...I always feel that something is wrong.