"Okay! Immediately inform the followers of our sect in Mori Katsura's army and ask them to find ways to create chaos. This battle is guaranteed to be defeated but not won. It is best to let Mori Katsura die at the entrance of Sakamoto.
Remember, you must establish the cause and effect of the Hieizan nuns’ participation in the battle, which led to the defeat of the Oda army.”
The man nodded firmly and left. Honnoji Higen sat still, staring blankly ahead for a long time, and then let out a long breath.
The blood feud of the Nichiren Sect has finally been repaid.
During the middle period of the Kamakura shogunate, Nichiren Shonin put forward a new interpretation of the Lotus Sutra, which was highly regarded by the Tendai Sect, and founded Nichiren Hokke Sect.
In the following two hundred years, the two sects debated Buddhist principles at Buddhist meetings many times. The Tendai sect gradually lost ground to the Nichiren sect, and the Lotus Sutra sect was about to change its owner.
At that time, the power of the Nichiren sect was at its peak. It had just defeated the Ichiko sect and burned down the Yamashina Honganji Temple. This caused the Honganji Temple to move its main mountain to Ishiyama, and it has since separated from the Buddhist disputes in Kyoto.
The Tendai sect took advantage of the civil strife in the shogunate and requested that the twenty-one main temples of the Nichiren sect become the last temple of the Tendai sect and paid a fee, but the Nichiren sect refused.
Then the Hieizan nun regiment went down to the capital, destroyed the 21 main mountains of the Nichiren sect, massacred countless nuns and followers, and severely damaged their vitality.
Unable to be persuaded by Buddhism, the Tendai Sect used physical destruction to directly cut off the foundation of the Nichiren Sect while the shogunate had no time to care. From then on, the Tendai Sect could no longer call itself the Lotus Sect.
In order to avoid the sectarian vendetta, the Nichiren sect had no choice but to hide in Shouchangko Town to preach. Later, when Master Xianru came to the throne, the Nichiren sect fiercely took revenge on the Nichiren sect believers.
Seeing the suffering of Nichiren sect believers, Honnōji Nichigen went to Owari Kingdom and reached an agreement with Oda Nobunaga.
The Nichiren sect used its influence among craftsmen and merchants to assist the Oda family in developing Rakuza's economic policy and help the Oda family establish their own iron cannon workshop.
Oda Nobunaga promised to help the Nichiren Sect recover the blood debts of the Tendai Sect and the Ichiko Sect.
When the Oda family successfully entered Luo and entered the capital, Honnōji Nichigen was so anxious that he raised the Buddhist flag of the Nichiren sect and provoked the Tendai religious group.
But she didn't expect that Oda Nobunaga would actually burn bridges by crossing the river. He used the excuse of Honnoji Nichigen to cause trouble and refused to help the Nichiren Sect to avenge him. From then on, he ignored Honnoji Nichigen.
The Oda family took advantage of the Nichiren sect believers and got so many benefits, but in the end they used Honnōji Nichigen as a chamber pot and threw it away after use. How can anything in the world be so cheap!
Mori Katsunari is a veteran of the Oda family and deeply trusted by Oda Nobunaga.
If Enryaku Temple on Mount Hiei lends troops to Asai Asakura's coalition forces, Mori Katsunari's troops are attacked and destroyed, and Sakamoto Castle is in danger, can Oda Nobunaga still maintain peace with the Tendai Sect?
The Nichiren Sect helped the Oda family establish a iron cannon workshop, and among the army craftsmen and iron cannon ashigaru, there were many Nichiren sect believers.
If these people had created chaos, shaken the morale of the army, and escaped first when Sen Kecheng was flanked, it would have been difficult for Sen Kecheng to be defeated.
Enryakuji Kakushu, as the master of the Tendai sect of this generation, is a sensible person. Of course she would not do such a stupid thing as lending troops to the Asai Asakura coalition to form a blood feud with the Oda family.
It's a pity that the Tiantai Sect has a great cause and many things are beyond the control of the Master Chueshu himself.
The Hiei Sanni Corps is suppressing the Hiira Mountains northeast of Kyoto and is eyeing Kyoto. The famous families in Kyoto hope to protect their own interests in Kyoto by infiltrating the Tendai Sect.
They often send other children other than their own heirs to Buddhism, and Mount Hiei is often their first choice.
Japanese Buddhism is deeply influenced by the culture of the island country. They say that Buddha saves all sentient beings, but in fact, it is divided into three, six or nine levels. Only descendants of famous families can inherit the legacy of the Buddhist family and assume the important responsibilities of the sect.
The martial arts family has its own family status, and Buddhism has its roots. The society of the island country is strict in distinguishing between superior and inferior. Even the highest and lowest are not exempt from the custom, and it depends on blood.
Over time, the religious groups on Mount Hiei became a mixed bag, and the nuns who managed the temple all had their own demands.
The Asai family was an old samurai family in Kitaomi, so they naturally had their own connections on Mount Hiei. As long as they had enough benefits, they would naturally have high-ranking nuns to help.
When the Oda family came to Luo, the Buddhist flag of the Nichiren sect was erected in the army. When the Tendai sect nuns saw it, they were furious and walked away on the spot.
This time the Asai family came to borrow troops to attack the Oda family, and the Tendai Sect followed suit to give the Oda family some color. This was quickly recognized by most of the senior nuns in the nun corps.
These pampered Buddhist nobles had no idea how terrible Oda Nobunaga was, so they dared to hide it from Master Kakushu, who was attending a Buddhist meeting in Beijing, and made the stupid decision to borrow troops.
And Honnōji Nichigen, who had been staring at Mount Hiei, finally found a good opportunity and secretly planned to make a blood feud between Mount Hiei and the Oda family on the battlefield.
Honnoji Nichigen was very much looking forward to being eaten up and wiped clean by Oda Nobunaga and crossing the river and demolishing the bridge.
After the backstabbing of the Tendai Sect, will Oda Nobunaga change his attitude of neglecting the Nichiren Sect and become a devout believer again?
Yes, Oda Nobunaga originally wanted to win over the Nichiren Sect and gain the trust of Honnoji Nichigen, and she even chose to believe in the Nichiren Sect.
At this time, the Nichiren Sect needed this powerful believer to wake up and repay the Nichiren Sect for the sins that the Tendai Sect and the Ichiko Sect had committed.
As the saying goes, the way of heaven is reincarnation, no one will be spared by heaven.
The Nanman Sect and the Nichiren Sect did not know each other, but they would unintentionally join forces to push the fragile harmonious relationship between the Oda family and the Ichigo Sect Tendai Sect into the abyss.
Chapter completed!