Samurai of the Takeda Family

Yonglu was five years old, and several days have passed since the New Year.

　　Because of being immersed in the joy of the New Year, Gaoyuan City has not come back from the lazy atmosphere from top to bottom. Except for the normally guarded samurai and Ashikaru, most of the other samurai and Ashikaru returned to their homes in the castle town to spend the festival with their wives and children.

　　 So Gaoyuan City was deserted a lot at once, the fresh snow accumulated last night has not been able to clean it up, and the soldiers on duty at night also looked listless.

　　 Still in that small courtyard, Li Xiao, who had just practiced marksmanship, is now sweating profusely.

Persevering in the practice of spear technique is already his daily compulsory homework. Li Xiao gets up from the warm bed on time at five o'clock every morning, and after practicing for an hour of spear, he returns to the pill for breakfast. Just started a day's life.

　　 After breakfast, if there is no further training or the task of teaching Takeda Katsurai spear skills, Li Xiao will ride his horse to the castle town of Gaoyuan city to look for Katsumou Shima. In fact, in addition to Li Xiao and Yamamoto Kansuke, there are a few high-ranking samurai, most of the samurai and Ashikaru's homes are in the castle town.

　　 When Katsurai Takeda learned that Li Xiao had taken a subordinate, he was very curious. After learning about the opponent's bravery, Takeda Kasuga relied on his love for talent, and once proposed to ask Li Xiao to let Dejima Kasuki give him a close attention.

　　 Side Jinzhong, like the little surname, are people close to the lord, and accompany the lord all day long. Xiao surname's task is mainly to take care of the daily life of the lord, and most of them also need to sell chrysanthemums. The nearby crowd is responsible for the task of protecting the lord, similar to guarding.

　　Because the small surname and the side close people can often get close to the lord, they have the highest chance of being promoted. Take the Takeda family as an example. For example, the famous Okini Nishi, Tsuchiya Masuji, Sane Morito, Amri Masatada, Sone Masayo, and Nagasaka Gengoro, all of whom were born near Takeda Shingen, and later became Takeda. General of the home.

　　 Tsuchiya Masaji, Mieda Morito is even among the twenty-four generals of Takeda.

　　 As for the surname, there is nothing more than the famous Takasaka Masanobu among the four officials of Takeda. The friendship between Takeda Shingen and Takasaka Masanobu, and because of the spread of love letters between the two, is still talked about by the majority of friends today, and it is passed down as a good story.

　　 However, when Takeda Katsuyori recruited Shima Katsumou, Shima Katsumou refused to speak before Li Xiao spoke. In the eyes of Shima Katsumi, his target is Li Xiao, not Takeda Katsura himself or the Takeda family. This is not surprising, Shima Katsutake's idea is also the idea of ​​most samurai in this era.

　　 Despite this, Li Xiao is so loyal to Shima Katsume, and he likes it very much. When Li Xiao was looking for Dao Shengmeng, the two often chatted together and exchanged martial arts.

Before 　　shima Katsumou traveled north and south, he also served as an Asuka or samurai under the Daimyo, and participated in several battles. However, after the death of the main family, he became a ronin and traveled all over the country again. In addition, he was often prone to fighting injustices, making fights even more commonplace.

　　 Therefore, Shima Katsumou's martial arts experience is quite rich. Li Xiao also benefited a lot from him. Of course, Shima Shengmeng also admired Li Xiao's marksmanship very much.

　　The two of them often talked halfway through, and when they got together, they picked up the wooden spear and the wooden sword, and compared each other with each other. So this month, Dao Shengmeng and Li Xiao's martial arts have improved and progressed to a certain extent. In fact, Dao Sheng Meng did not have a famous teacher to teach him, most of his martial arts were self-taught, and he also gained experience in battle battles.

　　A good swordsman can also accumulate experience in the life-and-death struggle with people. If he can survive dozens of life-and-death battles, he will naturally become a swordsman.

For example, the later Miyamoto Musashi himself had never visited a teacher in his life, and learned any genre of swordsmanship. Then he started at the age of thirteen and competed with other genres more than 60 times by the age of 29. He has never been defeated once. , Created a second sword style kendo, and later defeated the world-famous swordsman Kojiro Sasaki.

　　 And so, after such a half-day competition, the two often feel that they are still not satisfied. They often go to the izakaya to buy some side dishes and meals, and then drink a little wine while listening to the Pipa monk in the izakaya, playing the Heike Monogatari.

　　Hu!

　　 Li Xiao sprayed a long breath between his mouth and nose. After his breathing eased, he held the gun with one hand and bent his legs, sitting cross-legged in the snow with his eyes closed and meditating. After thinking about the gains and deficiencies of my marksmanship for a day, the reason why I sit and lie in the snow is also a way to hone my patience and perseverance.

　　 And three days later, it was the day when Li Xiao and Shioka Kazuha duel!

　　 Li Xiao did not know how long he had been sitting, and suddenly heard a light and heavy rustle of snow stepping behind him. Without thinking about it, he could guess that anyone besides Yamamoto Kansuke could make such strange footsteps.

　　 "How is the snow scene in the Shinano Mountains? Mr. Li Xiao." Yamamoto Kansuke's sigh came from behind Li Xiao.

　　 Li Xiao opened his eyes and stood up with a gun. Because Yamamoto Kansuke interrupted his meditation, his face was slightly unhappy. But such an annoyed mood just passed by in Li Xiao's heart.

　　 He stood up and patted the snow on his pants, UU reading www.uukanshu. Com looked up and looked far away. In the distant mountains, the snow on the top of the mountain and the mountainside are gray and white, and the sea of ​​clouds like a white mist slowly evaporates up, as if people are climbing over the mountain. It is a rare beauty.

　　 Li Xiao suddenly felt refreshed, and turned around to look at Kansuke Yamamoto. Li Xiao secretly wondered how the other party would suddenly come to him and ask Xuejing how. Li Xiao remembered that, apart from official matters, Yamamoto Kansuke had never come to talk to him on his own initiative.

　　 Li Xiao also wondered about Yamamoto Kansuke's intentions, and then smiled and said, "It's a beautiful view."

　　 Yamamoto Kansuke nodded and said: "The snow scene in the Shinano Mountains is beautiful, but it is worse than the snow scene of the Immortal Mountain. Has Li Xiao heard of the Immortal Mountain?"

　　Fujiyama, the symbol of Japan, is the symbol of Mount Fuji. In the post-Meiji era, the name "Fujiyama" was indecent, so it was renamed the similarly sound Mount Fuji. Mount Fuji is also the only mountain in Japan with snow on the top of the mountain in all seasons. Because the mountains are covered with white snow, like a jade fan hanging upside down in the air, it is also called'Jade Fan. ’

　　 As the Chinese people often say, if you don’t have the Great Wall, you are not a hero. It would be a pity if you can’t see Mount Fuji once in your life in Japan. Therefore, there are a lot of nouns between Fujimi in Japanese place names. It's not because you can see Mt. Fuji, but because there is a mountain similar to Mt. Fuji nearby.

Li Xiaoyan said: "I have heard of it but I have no chance to see it. I only know that it is a very high mountain, and there is snow on the top of the mountain all year round." Yamamoto Kansuke nodded, walked two steps closer, and then stood still and took the scabbard. Holding it in his hand, Shen Sheng said: "The essence of my Takeda family's art of war lies in the four words Fenglinshan Mountain, and the kendo of my Yamamoto Kansuke also lies in immovability as a mountain, Master Li Xiao, do you know what Ihe in kendo is? ?"