The god of war, Kenshin Uesugi, is undoubtedly the eyes of the Hojo family's generals, the biggest enemy at present, a formidable opponent who deserves respect and worship.

Uesugi Kenshin has been in the Kanto region for more than ten years, fighting dozens of battles and not tasting a single defeat, and last year he led 100,000 Kwantung coalition troops to besiege the Hojo family's Odawara Castle. With the Hojo clan's Yasunoo, Hojo Tsunari's bravery, and the combat power of the five colors, they all had to shrink Tahara Castle and did not dare to go out of the city to fight him.

It is said that at that time, the Kwantung Coalition had been attacking Odawara Castle for a long time and suffered heavy losses, and Uesugi Kenshin was furious and ran alone to a place not far from Odawara Castle to drink.

At that time, the Hojo Army saw the enemy's general Uesugi Kenshin sitting on the ground and close at hand, and immediately took iron cannons, bows and arrows, and slings to shoot Uesugi Kenshin in turn. But a miracle happened, and no matter how much the Hojo family shot, none of them hit.

At that moment, the Hojo army was shocked, and it was rumored that Uesugi Kenshin had a god protector, and it was indeed the incarnation of Bishamonten.

Therefore, the views of the soldiers of the Hojo family towards Uesugi Kenshin were born of fear because of hatred, and fear was born of awe.

And it is said that the Ming samurai of the Takeda family actually fought with the incarnation of Bishamen Heaven, Sugi Kenshin, and was evenly divided, and also saved the lord Takeda Shingen, and many people suddenly did not believe it. What's more, the other party has a special identity, and he is still from the Ming Kingdom on the other side of the ocean.

Everyone turned their eyes to the generals of the Takeda family, searching the past one by one, wanting to see what was so special about this legendary warrior of the Ming Kingdom.

Li Xiao put down his wine glass and stood up slowly, in this era, his height of 1.85 meters is definitely outstanding. Therefore, the generals of the Hojo family were dumbfounded when they saw Li Xiao's figure, even if the Hojo clan was counted, there was no such tall and mighty general in the Hojo family.

Kamiizumi Xiuyin was also slightly surprised by Li Xiao's figure, but he didn't pay much attention to his opponent because of this. His demeanor was contemptuous, and his eyes immediately looked Li Xiao up and down, and asked, "You are the warrior of the Ming Kingdom who fought against Huihu Gong on Kawanaka Island?" ”

Li Xiao clasped his fists and saluted, and replied: "It is Li Xiao from the Ming Kingdom below, I don't know what to see?" ”

In the face of Li Xiao's salute, Shangquan Xiuyin turned to snort, shook the wooden knife in his hand, and said: "I don't know what ability you have to withstand Huihu Gong, since you fight me like this, look at your depth, maybe the rumors are too exaggerated." ”

Well, this kid doesn't have the strength of the Sword Master, but he speaks in a tone that is bigger than the Sword Master.

In the face of the other party's provocation, in everyone's eyes, Li Xiao shook his head slowly, and replied unexpectedly: "I refuse to compete with you." ”

Suddenly, there was a scolding among the generals of the Hojo family, and many of the generals of the Takeda family were also embarrassed, and avoiding the battle in the face of challenges was even more humiliating than being defeated. Only a few people such as Kansuke Yamamoto and Masayuki Sanada who know Li Xiao better don't see it that way.

Shangquan Xiuyin also thought that Li Xiao was just retreating, sneered, and said: "What kind of warrior from the Ming Kingdom is just a coward." ”

Li Xiao snorted lightly, his face suddenly sank, and he said with great solemnity: "You guessed wrong, I refused to compete with you, not for other reasons." ”

Speaking of this, Li Xiao suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed at the crowd of the Hojo family, and said loudly: "Because the person I want to fight is Dihuang Hachiman, not you." ”

The field was quiet for a while, and suddenly there was an uproar on the side of the Hojo family, I didn't expect this Ming country samurai to be so angry, and he actually wanted to challenge the first brave general of the Hojo family, Hojo Tsunari.

Of course, Li Xiao also cut the face of Shangquan Xiuyin by doing this, and his action was obviously not to put Shangquan Xiuyin in his eyes, which means that you are not worthy of being my opponent. is the so-called face is to be given to each other, since the other party is so arrogant and does not give Li Xiao face, Li Xiao has no need to give face to others.

In the face of Li Xiao's challenge, Hojo Tsunashi laughed, and before he could answer.

But when he saw Shangquan Xiuyin, he was furious, stopped in front of Li Xiao, and said: "Presumptuous, just rely on you to challenge Hachimanden, if you want to fight, you must also defeat me first." ”

Li Xiao shook his finger, but Shangquan Xiuyin naturally didn't understand what this meant. Li Xiao opened his mouth and said: "Don't worry, I have already thought about the candidates for the competition with Your Excellency, and I will send my subordinates to fight on my behalf." ”

"What? Let me compete with your subordinates," Shangquan Xiuyin's hands holding the wooden knife burst out, and his eyes stared at Li Xiao with resentment, "Can your subordinates still beat me?" ”

"You'll know when the time comes."

Li Xiao dropped such a sentence, and ignored the anger of Shangquan Xiuyin, walked out of the array, found a Takeda family and gave a few words, and then walked back into the array, safely returned to his seat, and said lightly to Shangquan Xiuyin: "Your Excellency, don't be impatient, my subordinates are about to arrive." ”

Only Shangquan Xiuyin was left alone on the spot, staring at Li Xiao fiercely. Li Xiao couldn't help but shake his head when he looked at the other party, it seems that this son of the sword saint does not have the cultivation and bearing of a sword master at all, so he has a body of swordsmanship, and his achievements in the future are very limited. It is no wonder that in the original history, a year later, he died in the Second Battle of Kofutai between the Hojo family and the Satomi family.

Sword practitioners must have a good mentality, so in addition to integrating the art of war, it is also necessary to understand the Zen method, so there is a saying that the sword and Zen are one.

Just like one of the three dogs of Yanagi, Yanagi Zongyuan, the son of Yanagi Zongyan, after teaching the sword technique to his disciples, said: "This is all I can teach you, and if you want to make greater progress, you must understand from the Zen method." ”

In the way of the sword, the art of war is a strategy to deal with the enemy, and the way of Zen is the improvement of one's own realm, the art of war and swordsmanship can be learned from the master, and the way of Zen must rely on oneself to understand.

Miyamoto Musashi once summed up his life's kendo as the heart of kendo is like a treasure mirror in Bitan! Now that the treasure mirror of Shangquan Xiuyin has been covered with dust, how can you clearly see the world from Bitan.

And Li Xiaozhong was sitting in the seat again, facing Shangquan Xiuyin, who was staring at him, and just smiled faintly.

While everyone was waiting, soon a corner of the curtain was lifted, and Shigang Yiyu slowly walked in. Shioka Kazuha was woken up just after he fell asleep (the ancients went to bed early), so he didn't look very energetic.

But as a swordsman, the original cultivation and bearing are still there, Shigang Yiyu slowly walked in front of Li Xiao, saluted and asked, "What do you command?" ”

This is the subordinate designated by Li Xiao to compete with Shangquan Xiuyin? The Hojo family will look at each other curiously and talk a lot, as if they can't see any difference in this person. Could it be that this Ming samurai sent such a subordinate to compete with the famous swordsman of the Hojo family, Izumi Hideyin.

Li Xiao whispered a few words to Shigang Yiyu. After Shioka Yiyu nodded, he took off the two knives on his waist and replaced them with wooden knives, then walked to the center of the field, bowed to Akiyin Izumi, and said, "Please give me a lot of advice." ”

Shioka Kazuha and Kamiizumi Nobutsuna studied kendo under Tsukahara Butatsune, so the two are brothers. And both of them later became a generation of kendo masters, one created a plume, and the other was the originator of the new Yin stream.

However, at present, Shioka Kazuha is not yet thirty years old, and he has not yet reached the peak of his swordsmanship when he created a plume in the future, and in contrast, Kamiizumi Nobutsuna is already over fifty years old, and he has already been famous for a long time, and his name of 'Ueno One Gun' is very famous in Kanto.

Although Shigang Yiyu's swordsmanship is not as good as Shangquan Xinzuna, but in terms of seniority, don't look at Shigang Yiyu and Shangquan Xiuyin are about the same age, but no matter how Shangquan Xiuyin says, he must also be called Shigang Yiyu and uncle.

Thinking of this, Li Xiao looked at Shangquan Xiuyin on the field, sneered secretly, and thought to himself Since this stinky boy is so arrogant and stinky fart, I will let your uncle replace your father, educate you well, and let you know what it means to have a sky outside the sky and a person outside the world.