After letting the clerk deal with these ronins who were eager to sign up, Li Xiao walked to the two ronin tables alone.

"May I ask you two, don't you have any plans to serve my Takeda family?"

The slightly emaciated ronin said, "I'm sorry, we're just passing through, and we don't plan to stay here for long. ”

"I see," Li Xiao nodded, turned his gaze to his companion, and suddenly said, "In that case, then why does this general's hand keep pressing on the scabbard of the katana, is he wary of me?" ”

Li Xiao pointed to the ronin with a thick katana.

The other party looked at Li Xiao and said in a deep voice: "I feel that Your Excellency's martial arts are very high, so I pressed my hand on the scabbard purely unconsciously, and I didn't mean anything unfavorable to the adult. After a pause, the other party asked again: "It seems that Your Excellency looks like a native of the Ming Kingdom, right?" ”

"Oh?" Li Xiao became interested in this person, nodded and asked, "Exactly, the warrior Li Xiao hired by the Takeda family is from the Ming Kingdom, I don't know how you can tell?" ”

The other party smiled very haughtily and said, "There is nothing strange about this, I have been to the town of Sakai and Hakata, and I have seen merchants from the Ming Kingdom there, and their appearance is very similar to Your Excellency. And I've heard that the Takeda family recruited a samurai from the Ming Kingdom, and in the Battle of Kawanakajima, they repelled Uesugi Masatora and saved Shingenko, is that your Excellency? ”

Li Xiao was very happy when he heard that this person had heard of him, and immediately replied, "It's down." ”

After speaking, Li Xiao carefully observed this ronin, although he had a beard all over his face, he didn't seem to be very old, and he actually traveled to Hakata Town in Kyushu, at that time, Hakata Town was the end point of the trade between Ming and Yuben, so it was not surprising to see merchants from Ming Kingdom.

As for the other Sakai town mentioned by the other party, it was the most prosperous place in at that time, which was quite the center of Samoto trade at that time.

The other party has been to so many places at a young age, he must be an extraordinary person, so Li Xiao suddenly had a heart to recruit, anyway, he doesn't have direct subordinates now, this ronin talks extraordinary, and his knowledge is just what he wants.

Li Xiao said with the etiquette of a Ming countryman, clasped his hands into fists and asked, "Since Your Excellency has been to so many places, you must be a warrior, I don't know how to call it?" ”

The other party also stood up, replied with the same fist hug etiquette, and said: "Katsutsu in Shimoshima, Nara people, just wandering around, not a famous samurai." ”

Island Shengmeng, Li Xiao was taken aback, this is not the legendary Island Zuojin, also known as Island Qingyu, whether it is the game Warring States Wushuang or the Great Snake Wushuangli, this person appears as a brave general.

Historically, Shima Katsutakeshi was also unknown for the first half of his life, and only became a member of the Tsutsui family at the age of 30, and he was previously wandering in various countries, and it is said that he also served under the command of the famous general of the Takeda family, Yamaprefecture Masakai.

And the most famous deeds of Shima Katsutoshi are the story of 'the lord and the king' after Ishida Sansei. At that time, Ishida Mitsunari took out nearly half of his Zhixing, 15,000 stone to recruit him, and he was still a ronin at that time.

At this time, Ishida Mitsunari's knowledge and deeds were only 40,000 stones. Ishida Mitsunari values Shima Katsu Takeshi so much that he uses half of his knowledge to hire the other party as his pen retainer, which shows Shima Katsutoshi's status in his mind. In the final moments of the Battle of Sekigahara, Shimakatsu fiercely defeated Kuroda Nagamasa's four times his own forces, and once repelled the opponent.

Unfortunately, in the end, it was due to the betrayal of Kobayakawa Hideaki, the Western Army was defeated, and Shima Katsutoshi also died on the battlefield, and served Ishida Mitsunari with death. And this history of the monarch and the minister knowing each other has also been written into this history and passed on as a good story.

Li Xiao didn't expect that he would meet such a bull casually, but he hadn't yet found out the other party's tone, so he didn't take the liberty to solicit it. Li Xiao turned to look at his partner who had come with him and was about to ask, when Ashigaru next to him suddenly came over and handed him a small white cloth.

This white cloth was obviously torn off the clothes temporarily, and the handwriting on it was also written in charcoal grass, Li Xiao finished reading the note, glanced at the two of them again, nodded and said, "I still have something to do, so I won't bother the two of you." ”

After Li Xiao left, Dao Shengmeng's companion spoke: "Shengmeng, this Ming warrior of the Takeda family is probably suspicious of us, you shouldn't have said so much to him just now." ”

After hearing this, Dao Shengmeng shook his head and said, "I don't think so, this Ming Kingdom warrior is a frank character, and he is worth befriending." ”

"Okay, but we can't stay here any longer, we have to travel overnight."

After the two finished speaking, they immediately brought their own katana swords, and quietly walked out of the gate of the sojourn from the crowded ronin, and Li Xiao secretly saw everything.

The white cloth that Fang Ashigaru handed over said that these two people were the people to be captured by the Imagawa family, so let me not interfere in this matter. Thinking of this, Li Xiaowei smiled, since he knew about this, how could he stand by and watch, fierce general, fierce general, he must not miss it.

In the middle of the night, on a mountain path not far from Takato Town, Shimakatsu and his companions were standing back to back, surrounded by nine ninjas dressed in dark blue or purple costumes. In fact, the ninjas of the Warring States period did not have the mystery of the legend, and they were simply mercenaries. But to complicate matters further, they also have unique special skills.

"It's a subordinate of Iga Shinobu Shirachi's third wife." Shimakatsu Takeshi has just fought with them, judging from the weapons used by the other party, as well as his skills, it must be a subordinate of Iga Shinobu Hakuchi Santaifu.

Not only were the other party numerous, but they also attacked them as soon as they came up, and his companion was stabbed in the waist by a ninja knife, and now he is barely holding on. And Shima Katsu wanted to cover his companions, so he didn't dare

Get out of place and attack.

"Be careful, it's a shuriken." Shimakatsu let out a low sigh and raised his heavy katana to block the five or six shurikens and kunai that flew in. And his companion behind him was not so lucky, he was shot in the stomach by a shuriken and was wounded again.

"Damn."

Shimakatsu roared violently, and swung his sword to block the attack of the two ninjas thrown from a distance. This ninja scythe is a type of lock scythe, with the front half like a scythe, and the back half connected with a chain. When attacking, hold one end of the chain, let the ninja scythe hover over your head, and when the time is ripe, throw it with the scythe, and if you miss the enemy, use the chain to retract.

"Leave me alone, Katsumeng, the Imagawa family wants my life, and this matter has nothing to do with you."

Shima Katsu held a knife in both hands, looked ahead and said in a deep voice: "Still, I will never abandon my comrades, and today I will either die here together or flee from this place together." ”

The companion named Dingstill nodded and said, "Okay." After speaking, he shouted, "I'm Suganuma of the Suganuma family, and I'm the one you want to arrest." With that, he frantically swung the katana in his hand and pounced.

"Still." Shimakatsu saw at a glance that his companion wanted to sacrifice himself in this way, and then let himself break through and escape without any worries. Shima Katsu was still a step too late to stop it.

Kannuma was still not close to him, but he was shot in the knee by the opposing ninja with kunai, his body lost his center of gravity, fell to the ground, and was then grabbed and dragged away by two ninjas. However, it seems that the other party did not ask for his surname on the spot, but just wanted to be captured alive.

At this time, nine ninjas stepped forward together and surrounded Shimakatsu in the center.

At this moment, footsteps sounded on the other side of the mountain road. As soon as these ninjas heard this, a ninja who looked like a leader made a gesture, and immediately the three ninjas separated and intercepted the side that came from it.

The footsteps approached, and Shima Katsutoshi could tell that the other party was a samurai with a spear, a burly and tall body, and a grass root in the corner of his mouth.

When Shima Katsu saw the other party's appearance clearly, a look of disbelief appeared on his face, and he said, "Isn't this Lord Li Xiao of the Takeda family, why is he here." ”