Water Margin: The opening scene involves assassinating Emperor Huizong of Song and forcibly taking L

There were no other walls to defend the entire city of Osaka.

Calling it a city wall would be an exaggeration.

Only the walls at the city gates were relatively intact.

The rest of the walls were similar to those of the landlord's house.

Moreover, many of the foundation stones were removed.

The money was stolen by the monks to build a temple.

There are two leaders of the defending forces.

One was named Fujiwara no Tamefusa.

He was the ancestor of the Uesugi clan.

A monk named Zhennian was the abbot of Da Nianfo Temple.

Accompanied by political corruption and social darkness,

The original schools of Buddhism in Japan gradually declined.

Over the past two centuries, the "Buddhist Recitation School" has become increasingly prosperous and rising.

The Pure Land school of Buddhism is a precursor to the Japanese Pure Land school.

From the beginning, we have focused on the lower-tier market.

It has gained the support of the general public.

Gradually, not only the powerful clans and merchants began to believe in this stuff,

Even lower-ranking nobles, and even middle and upper-ranking nobles, began to believe in it.

At this very moment, more than two thousand people are guarding the ruined imperial city.

A large majority of them were monk soldiers.

The rest are the warriors of various ranks.

As for the peasant soldiers, there is no time to summon them for the time being.

As the Ming army drew ever closer, the monk Zhennian said:

"In the Dharma-ending Age, celestial demons descend upon the world,"

"This is a test for us."

Chapter 3243 Tiantai Sect

Later Japanese Tendai sect,

It was still called the Lotus School at this time.

The abbots of the Osaka Hoke sect,

Hearing this made him unhappy.

But they weren't in the mood to argue.

Who made Buddhism in Osaka so popular?

Is the Buddhist chanting sect, which constantly claims that the end of the world is coming, the strongest?

The Great Amitabha Temple was completed.

Only three years.

But before the temple was built,

The Buddhist chanting sect has followers all over Osaka.

The surrounding big and small famous people,

Merchants, large and small, within the city

There are also many middle and lower-ranking nobles.

Everyone fears the end times.

As long as you recite the Buddha's name, you can avoid calamities.

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After entering the city,

Zhao Xiaozhong felt as if he had returned to the Central Plains.

This place is completely different from Iwami Kuni Castle.

The city layout is similar to that of Chang'an and Luoyang.

The streets and houses were neatly arranged like a chessboard.

The shop signs are all in Chinese characters.

Furthermore, it was divided into side rooms.

The name of the side room is also the same as that in China (it was directly copied).

There are wooden fences separating the various neighborhoods.

There was even a gatehouse.

Those civilians in the city who did not escape,

They've all hidden themselves by now.

Peeking at the intruder through the cracks in the door and the window.

Zhao Xiaozhong from Yingxuan,

Several naval cannons were borrowed.

They were pushed by boatmen and gunners to Naniwa Palace.

Zhao Shouyi led his cavalry on a gallop around the abandoned imperial city.

Arrows were occasionally shot from inside the wall.

He rushed back to report:

"The city walls are very low,"

"Multiple sections have collapsed,"

"The gap has been temporarily plugged."

Even without a gap,

"Such a low wall,"

"You can also just rush straight in."

"Fire with artillery first," Zhao Xiaozhong said.

The cavalry led the naval artillery,

They proceeded to the four breaches in the city wall.

The infantry was also divided into four teams for protection.

The Japanese garrison is on high alert, maintaining a tense defensive posture.

But then the Ming soldiers pushed out a strange object.

"Boom boom boom!"

Several cannon shots rang out.

Like a bolt from the blue.

The samurai and the monks were startled.

They all looked up at the sky.

They were more convinced that it was real thunder.

Unfortunately, there was no thunder.

On the contrary, outside the city walls,

The cannons are smoking.

Reload and fire again.

This time I can finally be sure.

Those Tang people can summon lightning!

"The Tang people are controlling the thunder again!"

A great armored warrior shouted,

This guy has clearly been to the battlefield in Iwami Province.

At this moment, those terrifying memories have been stirred up.

Fujiwara no Tamefusa was the first to lead the samurai in a retreat.

He was better informed.

I know how Taira no Tadamori suffered such a crushing defeat.

The Fujiwara clan nobles fled.

The samurai also fled.

In the blink of an eye, only the monk soldiers remained to guard the city.

The abbots looked at each other in bewilderment.

Then he looked at the fleeing samurai.

Before the third round of shelling arrived,

The senior monks also fled with their monk soldiers.

They were invited by Fujiwara no Tamefusa.

The real deal has run away.

What's the point of having monk soldiers guarding the place?

Go home and guard your temples.

"Arrests!"

At Zhao Xiaozhong's command,

The cavalry had already pursued along the ruined city walls.

Fujiwara no Tamefusa was wearing great armor.

You really can't run fast on a horse.

The horse reined in and stopped.

Let Lang's faction remove their armor for them.

He simply discarded a magnificent ancestral suit of armor.

Then, lightly equipped, they mounted their horses and galloped incredibly fast.

He followed the river,

They fled straight towards Heian-kyo.

Looking back from time to time,

He discovered that his pursuers were capturing his accomplices.

Chapter 3244 Fujiwara's Arrest