Samurai of the Takeda Family

Tonami Mountain, the border between Etsu and Kaga.

Mount Kirikara, not far from Mount Tonami, was the battlefield of the battle of Kirikara, the winner of the battle of Genpei nearly four hundred years ago.

At that time, Yoshinaka Kiso defeated the 6th Crusade Army of the Hundred Thousand Pei Clan General Heiweisheng North, which was decided by the First World War.

At the moment, a group of monks with cloth on their heads, naginata in their hands, and their feet pierced high and low, are slowly marching through the valley.

Lai Zhao, the official of the Hongan Temple Fang, dressed like a monk and soldier, covered with clothes made of plain silk, lined with belly rolls, and walked in the valley on foot.

At this moment, Xia Jian Laizhao, under the command of the Master of Hongan Temple, led the Kaga monks and soldiers to go to Vietnam to reinforce Shengxing Temple. Ruiquan Temple is moving forward in Vietnam.

As the hereditary official of Hongan Temple, the Xiajian family holds great power. At present, one of the followers of Xiangzong in Kaga is mainly guided by Xia Ma Laizhao and the other official Qili Laitue.

Therefore, Shimona's position in Kaga at this moment is equivalent to the guardian generation of the samurai.

"Fangzhu, I still don’t understand why we have to support Yue’s work from Kaga this time. In my opinion, we should follow the instructions of the Lord and join all the believers to continue to destroy the Asakura family and break this evil demon that hinders Buddhism. ."

Shimona Raizhao turned his head to face his eldest son Shimo Nakataka who was walking side by side.

Lai Zhao smiled slightly and said: "Zhong Xiao, whether it is going to Kaga or Vietnam, we are all acting by the order of the Master of the Fa, and we must not have a view of the door."

After a pause, Lai Zhao said: "The Master of the Dharma has made a great aspiration to educate the people, so that the world can recite the Amitabha Buddha in the south with sincerity, so that they can go to the Pure Land of Paradise with peace of mind. Our next family is a generational official, Therefore, we should help the Master of Dharma to fulfill this ambition and this is."

"And our mission to Vietnam this time is to get rid of the bad habits of the martial arts, save the people of Vietnam from the war, and bathe in Buddhism. Therefore, whether it is Kaga or Yue, we must do our best."

Xia Jian Zhongxiao held a naginata in one hand, and said with one hand: "I have written down the teachings of the Master of the Fa."

After Xiajian Laizhao finished speaking, he took a monk's sword from his waist and held it respectfully between his hands. It’s the number of beads and Maru Tsuneji. For generations to be passed down to my next clan. And the more **** battles there will be, if I die for the law, you must save this knife for me."

Hearing what his father said, Shimonaka, handed the naginata to the others, and respectfully took the Shuzhuwan from his father with both hands.

He has long heard about this sword. It is a famous item passed down by the next generation. It is one of the five swords in the world. It is as famous as Tongziqi, Sanriyuezongjin and other famous swords. Because it was worn by Lianru Master, it is a person in the Buddhist family. It is believed that it is powerful.

Shimonaka Zhongxiao slowly pulled out the blade, and saw that the four characters "Break evil and show righteousness" were engraved on the inscription of the sword.

Shimona Zhongxiao reverently said: "Please rest assured, the owner, I must hold this knife to break the evil and show the righteousness, and promote the Dharma."

Zengshan Castle is not far from Chengsheng Castle. It is located on the right bank of the Hotan River, with Moriyama Castle, and Shiina's Honjo Matsukura Castle, and is one of the three major mountain castles in Vietnam.

In the three years of Yonglu, Kenshin Uesugi made his first battle. Toyama Castle, the main castle of Jinbao's family, was captured and the head of Jinbao was transferred to the strong Zengshan Castle.

In the letter Uesugi Kenshin wrote to the chief minister of the gods, he once said that the matter of increasing the mountain is a difficult place, and people can resist the crowd.

To describe the sturdiness and difficulty of Zengshan.

The sight of Yueshengxing Temple and Ruiquan Temple has always been a big move.

As the head of the priest wrote a letter to Shiina, the Uesugi family asked for reinforcements, and he entered the Zengshan castle cage to defend. To the Jinbao family, Toyama castle can be lost, but Zoushan castle is an important stronghold for keeping the Hongan Temple in the east. Can't lose.

After entering the city of Zengshan, the chief guard of the gods ordered a group of guards, the lord of the mountain city, Shen Bao Shi Zhang, and the lord of the ancient government, the lord of the ancient kingdom, Shen Bao Zhiguang, each led the Lang Dang, and returned to the city to defend.

Masan Castle, Moriyama Castle, and Tonami County where Benganji is located, is an important passage into the Jinbo family's territory, so as long as these two cities are guarded, the Yixiangzong forces can be resisted outside the Jinbo family's territory and wait for reinforcements. 's arrival

Li Xiao gathered 1,500 troops from Chengsheng City and rushed to Zengshan City. You can see Yixiangzong disciples holding the banner of'Nanmu Amitabha' everywhere. Ten people, dozens of people, hundreds of people. Hundreds of people, in groups, swept towards Zengshan City like yellow sand.

These disciples were holding a variety of weapons, mostly farming tools, and many men took their wives and children to the house and walked with them.

Stacks of pack carts were pushed by. These believers used their own food for the expedition. The poor people even took up the food for the spring ploughing at home as military rations.

Indeed, this sacrifice is nothing compared to following the will of the law.

In fact, when he attacked Zengshan City, the official of Hongan Temple gave amulets to the disciples who helped out this time, claiming that ‘those who hold this amulet, go further, you can go to the Paradise of Bliss, take a step back, and you will fall into the **** of infinite hell. ’

Therefore, the disciples of Yixiangzong who received this amulet did not dare to fail, and rushed from all directions to gather under the city of Zengshan.

After Li Xiao rushed to the periphery of Zengshan City, the generals were all speechless.

The flat land, valleys, and hills are full of people like seas.

The sound of people whizzes, the clamor is loud, and it is endless.

All kinds of camping tents, wooden sheds were rebuilt under the castle, and the castle town under Zengshan castle seemed to have been expanded dozens of times overnight.

The flow of people, the camp is endless and endless.

This large-scale army is not only Li Xiao's tribe, but also Li Xiao himself.

People of this density, where is fighting, it is simply tribal migration, and the crusades in history are just like this.

It was just that the crusaders holding the cross were replaced by one of the disciples of Xiangzong who held the'Namo Amitabha'.

Seeing this scene, Li Xiao thought to himself that if he traveled back and returned to the forum, if it was said that the Warring States Period in Japan was just a few children's shoes of a few township chiefs, he would have to drag it out and slap his face fiercely.

Li Xiao couldn't help sighing from the bottom of his heart, 80,000 army, saying that 80,000 is 80,000. It really is that the monks don't stop talking.

The monks of Hongan Temple are really awesome.

In fact, the number of disciples mobilized in Hongan Temple's battle this time exceeded 80,000. In addition to besieging the 80,000 people under the city of Zengshan, the abbot of Shengxing Temple, Hongan Temple Xuanzong, as the one who has been stunned this time, also dispatched some disciples to guard the mountain city and the ancient government city group of the guarding mountain city branch.

Shiina's Patriarch Yasushi Shiina's two thousand troops arrived yesterday. Seeing the huge battlefield of Hongan Temple, he immediately retreated five miles and stepped down.

And come together to support the military forces of the powerful tribes of Zengshan Castle, such as Fusaki Castle’s lord Terashima Moritoku, Muzhou Castle lord Ishiguro Chengzuna, and Ao Castle lord Kikuchi Takesachi. Seeing Yixiangzong’s army, they stood far away. Wait and see, not daring to come forward, for fear of being swallowed by this behemoth.

Li Xiao immediately dispatched a warrior to inform his army's intentions. Although he came to help out, Li Xiao was afraid of a misunderstanding and was attacked by the disciples of the Yixiangzong as someone who didn't know the truth.

"Weird, why is it that the Kaga Hongan Temple has not provided support in the past." Li Xiao suddenly asked Masanobu Honda.

According to Yokotani's information, this time, Kaga, as the 6th base camp of Hongan Temple in the north, only sent a small number of monks and soldiers to support it, and did not send out disciples to fight.

As a result, the more you insist, there has never been a strong crowd of nearly 300,000 disciples in the Kaga Hassan Sect when the Ryutogawa battled together, and directly poured into Echizen.

Bendo Zhengxin shook his head when asked about Li Xiao. If he said that he knew a little bit about the Sanhe Yixiang Sect, he knew nothing about the Bei 6 Yixiang Sect.

"Return to the lord, it was because of the fact that Kaga Honganji and Etsu Honganji were different from each other."

Just as Li Xiao was surprised, another voice came from behind him.

Li Xiao turned his head to look, and answered that it was his new income Haben, Usami Masayo from Usami's family.

After Usami Katsuyuki became Li Xiaoqi's head, although his performance of martial arts was far worse than that of a real samurai, he wrote a good hand.

And regardless of Echigogo, the intelligence of the entire North 6 is well understood.

Such talents are really necessary for Li Xiao to attack North 6 at present.

So even though he did not investigate the origin of this person, Li Xiao still promoted him to Youbi for immediate consultation.

Li Xiao asked immediately: "What do you say?"

Usami Katsuyuki glanced at the Honganji army at the foot of the mountain, and replied: "This should start from the fourth year of Kyoroku. At that time, the power of Kaga country was held by the abbot of Sanriji Temple, Matsuoka Temple, Kokyo Temple, and Honsen Temple. The abbots of these three temples are all determined by one person, and the priest of Ishiyama Honganji cannot intervene in the affairs of Kaga country."

"So under the instruction of the Master of the Master Benshan~www.wuxiamtl.com~ the Honkaku-ji Temple, which is located under Sanliji Temple, was moved. With the help of the Kagabo official Shima Clan, he attacked the three. Li Temple. The abbot of Sanli Temple was either imprisoned or killed. Therefore, since the Henglu disorder, the Master of Ishiyama Hongan Temple has actually controlled the Kaga country."

"I understand," Li Xiao cut off Usami Katsuyuki's words and said: "If the relationship between Otsukatsukoji and Honganji's main mountain is likened to the relationship between the head of the samurai family and the foreign vassals, Kaga Honganji and Chief Benshan is equivalent to the Patriarch and his direct ministers, right?"

"Yes, the Lord will see you clearly." Usami Masayo replied.

Li Xiao finally figured out that the current abbots of Shengxing Temple and Ruiquan Temple are all descendants of Lian Rushen, who inherited the same line, and the next family of Kaga Yixiangzong, Qili family, is from the current Fang Guan personally appointed by the Lord.

At this moment, the Yixiangzongmen under Zengshan City sent envoys to indicate that Li Xiao and his party could enter.

The abbot of Shengxing Temple, Hongan Temple Xuanzong will personally meet them.

On New Year’s Eve, I wish you all a new year. ..