Chapter 367 26. Breaking Through the Streets and Advancing to the Imperial Palace

The cheers of the Miyoshi Army shook the roof tiles, and the public in the Imperial Palace were as if they were facing a great enemy.

The explosion just now directly blew off a corner of the double-eaved porch. A piece of tile worth dozens of coins crackled and flew, and wood chips and dust flew everywhere.

The soldiers of the Matsunaga Army began to cheer up, carrying the beams to prepare for the final blow to the Imperial Palace gate.

But when the smoke cleared, the gate was still the same gate, except that part of the gorgeous double eaves was blown off, it was still standing as before. Not only did it not collapse, but there was not even a hole.

If Xiao Pingtai was at the scene, he would definitely scold Matsunaga Yongmichi for being stupid. Such a large barrel of gunpowder was thrown at the door casually to let it explode, and the impact force generated was scattered everywhere, which was completely useless.

Moreover, black gunpowder is more like deflagration than explosion, and the power is not too exaggerated. Now a barrel of gunpowder worth hundreds of taels of gold has no use except for a noise.

At least, under the condition of ensuring sufficient deflagration air, three sides should be blocked to let the impact force generated by the gunpowder face the gate. Only in this way can the two heavy doors weighing hundreds of pounds be overturned and the heavy door be destroyed.

Anyway, Miyoshi Nagayoshi, No. 3 Masayasu, and Matsunaga Hisamichi did not understand this principle. Now they looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Kingwu, what's going on?" Miyoshi Nagayoshi was very happy to see the gunpowder barrel thrown in front of the door, thinking that it would work immediately.

"Is it because the gunpowder is not enough? It shouldn't be?" Matsunaga Hisamichi was confused. He had never studied physics and could not understand this principle for a while.

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After a while, the few people discussed it, but they were still a little restrained. After all, in Luojing, they had to take the emperor's feelings into consideration.

Not long after, Miyoshi's army sent people to the front of the Imperial Palace to shout, and the central idea was still the sentence "Ashikaga Yoshiteru, get out quickly, or we will attack!"

After experiencing the stage of gunpowder blowing up the door, Ashikaga Yoshiteru was a little shaken. He didn't know how many times the wooden door he spent a lot of money on could be blown up. After all, the earth-shattering explosion just now lifted off half of the eaves, and quite a few people were injured and bleeding by the flying debris.

At this time, Ashikaga Yoshiteru's indecision was clearly revealed. He did not dare to reject the request of the Miyoshi Army with righteous words, and he hoped to send his women and Teruwamaru out.

"Your Highness, the reinforcements of the Ministry of War are right in front of us, and the defense of the Imperial Palace is strict. Don't waver!" Yamauchi Yoshikatsu has been in Kyoto since he was a teenager and served two generations of generals. He knows exactly what kind of person Ashikaga Yoshiteru is.

"But Ashi and Teruwamaru are still young, and the sword has no eyes." At this time, he showed his kindness as a brother and father.

"But the Shiji who was betrothed to Miyoshi Wakae-dono?" Yamauchi Yoshikatsu heard this name and a plan came to his mind.

"Yes! This is still the idea of ​​Kakuei and Zixiaoji Danzheng." Ashikaga Yoshiteru nodded.

"In that case, we can try to delay for a while. Send the princess to Wakae Castle, and let Miyoshi Sanshu-no-kami send a strong army to rescue her immediately." Yamauchi Yoshikatsu was ready to sell his cousin without hesitation.

A public servant hurriedly replied to the outside, sending the female family members out of the palace first, and after all the female family members left, Ashikaga Yoshiteru would leave the palace.

This request was understandable, and the Miyoshi party agreed immediately. They were eager for the general to get out quickly, and if the general ran away, they would succeed.

Two ladders were brought out from the shogunate, and the first one to turn out was an elderly maid. She held the long ladder in a panic under the gaze of the three thousand Miyoshi soldiers. Soon a maid in her teens also turned out. Finally, it was Ashikaga Shi, who was already fourteen years old, with a pale face under the firelight.

After confirming that it was a girl, the Miyoshi party made way for the three maids to surround Ashikaga Shi and leave, while the two public servants who tried to protect Ashikaga Shi were forced back by swords and guns.

Then, another sister of Ashikaga Yoshiteru was also carried out by the maid and was also able to leave.

These two sisters should first go to the family of Ashikaga Yoshiteru's grandfather, the family of Konoe, and his mother Keijuin's family. As for whether Ashikaga Shi can successfully enter Wakae in exchange for Miyoshi Yoshitsugu and the support of the 50,000 troops behind him, it is unknown.

Originally, Ashikaga Yoshiteru also advised his mother to leave quickly. The Konoe family had served as the regent, and no matter who came, they would have to sell some face. It was not difficult to escape with a life.

Keijuin was a resolute woman and refused to leave no matter what. As the wife of the previous general, the mother of the current general, and a female official of the second rank, she could not accept the humiliation of jumping over the wall and running away.

Moreover, the old mother angrily accused Ashikaga Yoshiteru of being a general, and he should stay in Kyoto forever and accept the worship of the four daimyo in the center of the world. How could he retreat because of a temporary setback? He scolded Ashikaga Yoshiteru. This made Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu look at him with new eyes. If Keishuin had scolded him earlier, the palace might have been easier to defend.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru, who left in a huff, also sent his youngest daughter out, but Ashikaga Teruwakamaru was not allowed to leave.

Matsunaga Nagamichi was afraid that after the heir of the Ashikaga family was sent out, Ashikaga Yoshiteru would change his mind and continue to hold on. The female family members were insignificant, but not a single male would do.

After working for 20 to 30 minutes, the second sister, a daughter, and most of the maids were sent away. Ashikaga Yoshiteru heard the news that someone had refused Teruwakamaru to leave, and knew that he could not delay any longer. He made up his mind and continued to hold on.

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"None of them is good! Fortunately, only a few women were allowed to escape." After the soldier who shouted "respectfully invite" Ashikaga Yoshiteru to move was shot dead, Miyoshi Nagayoshi was full of anger.

"Daju is really a good plan, and it delayed another quarter of an hour." Matsunaga Nagamichi didn't care about a few female family members who ran away, as long as Ashikaga Teruwakamaru didn't run away.

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"Lord, we really can't move forward!" A firefighter was hit by an arrow on his arm and was in great pain.

"No, we must enter the palace!" As a shogun, Hosokawa Fujitaka would die to save his master.

"But the streets are full of bandits, we can't get through." "If there are bandits on the streets, then we won't go through the streets."

"Tear down the houses! Tear down a path!" Hosokawa Fujitaka couldn't care less. The explosion at the palace just now really made him feel uneasy.

Break through the streets, anyway, the houses are all made of wood, so it's easy to tear them down. Hosokawa Fujitaka didn't have a better way to drive his men forward. As for the loss of the townspeople? If you win, you'll pay, if you lose, we'll see you later!

Firefighters are not good at fighting, but it's much easier to tear down a house. After determining the route, they rushed into a townhouse and dragged and dragged a shivering family out.

After a shout, dozens of people worked together, tied ropes to wooden pillars, removed the supporting leanings, and pulled down a townhouse with a creak.

There is a door!

"Quick! Keep demolishing!" Hosokawa Fujitaka saw that there was no shouting and killing in the palace.

"Your Highness must defend it!"