Katsuzi was preoccupied with guarding against Li Xiao's shot.

The gun in Li Xiao's hand seemed ferocious, but it was indeed stabbed straight at his left shoulder.

Traces of Shengzi waved a knife, only to hear a pop, in the midst of everyone's exclamations, he blocked Li Xiao's shot.

Jibu Shengzi is worthy of being a martial artist, and he has been skilled in martial arts since he was a child, and there are many people present, and even this Li Xiao's 'reminder' can't stop a shot.

Rao is trace of Shengzi blocked Li Xiao's shot, but due to the impact of the gun's head, his footsteps moved back half a step, and the ten fingers holding the wooden knife were also slightly numb.

Jibu Shengzi secretly exclaimed in his heart, if Li Xiao is really famous, he does have his strength.

With this shot alone, he knew that he was far from being Li Xiao's opponent, but it was not enough for him to defeat himself within three shots.

Thinking of this, Jibu Shengzi raised his head and said provocatively to Li Xiao: "Li Xiao, there are still two shots, and the uncle is waiting here." ”

The first shot was blocked by the trace of Shengzi, Li Xiao didn't care, but laughed and said: "It's good, I have a surname, I like it." ”

After speaking, Li Xiao raised the gun in his hand and shouted: "The second shot, stab you in the right shoulder." ”

After Li Xiao finished speaking, he really stabbed the opponent's right shoulder, and between the raised hands of the trace, he once again blocked Li Xiao's shot, but after the fierce blow of this shot, he struggled to resist, his right knee was weak, and he almost knelt on the ground.

Under only two shots, the trace was already sweating and panting like a cow.

Li Xiao didn't stop, and shouted: "The third shot, stab you in the right rib." ”

In the end, I survived this shot, and Yuzhen Kohata was mine, which could also greatly humiliate Li Xiao.

Thinking of this, a trace of hideous color appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he shouted, "I'll wait." ”

Jibu Shengzi didn't expect that the third shot that Li Xiao stabbed, the head of the gun suddenly flicked randomly, and the tip of the gun drew an arc, and he couldn't see his gun path for a while.

"What kind of marksmanship is this?" Katsuzi was shocked.

Knowing this situation, he couldn't resist rashly, took a step back, and slashed downward diagonally, the purpose was to break the attack of Li Xiao's spearhead, and finally dodged to the left, preparing to avoid a shot that stabbed him in the right rib.

But at this time, Li Xiao's spear head turned an arc.

"Oh no, he's not attacking my right rib!"

When he reacted, he was already a step slower.

Li Xiao's wooden spear has been attacked.

In the midst of everyone's exclamations, I saw the whole person of Katsuzi flying into the air, drawing a parabola in the air, and flying directly out of the distance of three or four in one breath, smashing heavily into the pile of samurai.

There were three or four people under him, and his posture was embarrassed.

Traces of Shengzi was shocked and angry, he just wanted to shout out and scold Li Xiao for ignoring his faith and attacking his left rib.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, air entered his lungs, and he felt a sharp pain in his left rib.

"Oh no, the ribs are broken."

When Katsuzi finally thought of this, he was knocked to the ground by the sharp pain in his ribs in a blink of an eye, and immediately fainted.

The winner is decided.

Three shots are three shots.

Li Xiao drew the gun and put it away, and the head of his gun poked heavily at the left rib of the trace of Shengzi, although the head of the gun was wrapped with cotton cloth, but this was a blow he fought hard and did not spare his hand at all, so this shot was at least enough for the trace of Shengzi to lie on the bed for three months and not go to the ground.

This is enough to teach him a lesson about the revenge of forcibly kidnapping Yuzhen Kohata last time, and see if he dares to have evil thoughts after he says it.

Seeing that the traces of the Traces of Shengzi fainted, Takeda Yoshinobu looked at Li Xiao's gaze, revealing a trace of coldness, Li Xiao's shot is equivalent to half of the waste of the Traces of Victory, in this critical battle for the succession in the next few months, he is missing the assistance of the Traces of Victory, which is equivalent to losing part of the strength.

Takeda Yoshinobu said coldly to Li Xiao: "Very good, Li Xiao, you are ruthless enough." ”

Li Xiao shook his head and said, "Lord Jibu, I was too careless, I have already been relieved of my feelings." However, there are always mistakes in the competition, this is the will of God, not man, he can only blame his bad luck. In order to apologize, I have a few pairs of medicinal herbs purchased with a lot of money here, and I wonder if I can give them to Lord Jibu to heal one or two, so as to relieve the guilt in my heart. ”

Takeda Yoshinobu said with a smile: "That's fine." ”

After speaking, Takeda Yoshinobu strode into the main hall with his retainer samurai, and Katsushi Shibe was also carried to the doctor for treatment.

After Takeda Yoshinobu left, Takeda Katsuyori smiled and said to Li Xiaoyan: "Although this person has no talent, he has a lot of tricks, and in addition to him for the time being, he can also cut off the power of his brother's counterattack." Li Xiao thanks to you. ”

Li Xiao nodded and said: "Your Highness, Fang Cai is just a battle of will, to win over His Highness Yixin, it is not a few battle of will that can be resolved." ”

Takeda Katsuyori listened to Li Xiao's words, nodded and said, "I understand, let's go, let's go to the banquet together." ”

After speaking, the samurai of the Takeda Katsuyori side also walked to the main hall of the Honmaru of the Tsugasakikan.

In the main hall.

It has already been filled with many retainers of the Takeda family and their families.

This time, there were thousands of retainers who participated in the Takeda family's Chinese New Year's Eve banquet.

Not only are there not enough seats in the main hall, but even the side halls on both sides are full of people, and even the seats are spread out in the corridors.

Li Xiao, as a retainer of the old Ge of the Takeda family, is naturally qualified to enjoy a banquet in the main hall.

With Takeda Katsuyori, Li Xiao, and Sanada Masayuki walked into the main hall.

The retainers of the Takeda family arrived one after another to extend New Year's greetings to the lord Takeda Shingen.

Takeda Shingen gave a banquet in the main hall to thank the retainers and samurai for their efforts in fighting for the Takeda family's foundation over the past year.

According to the previous practice, during the New Year's banquet, Tusu wine should be drunk first.

The practice of Tusu wine comes from China and was originally a medicinal wine.

As early as the Northern and Southern Dynasties of China, there was a saying that the young drank Tusu, first the young and then the long, and the young celebrated the New Year, and the elderly celebrated their birthday.

Later, it was gradually introduced into the book, because the customs of Gyeonggi in the Kanto and Kansai regions were different, and there were gradually different ways to drink in different places.

At the Takeda family's New Year's feast, Tusu wine is first packed in a kapok bag with sansho, bellflower, mandarin peel, and adzuki bean, and then soaked in the wine overnight, and then the second is to take the wine and drink.

At the banquet, Takeda Shinxuan was also dressed in new clothes, his face was slightly red, and he smiled at the retainers and said: "Tu Su wine is longevity wine, Su Zhe's poem "Except for the Saying" once said: Drink Tu Su at the end of every year, and I don't realize that it has been more than 70 years. Therefore, I hope that you can also take care of your health, so that we can share the great cause. ”

The retainers of the Takeda family stood up and said in unison, "I am willing to do my best to be loyal to my family." ”

After the toast, Takeda Shingen chatted with the generals and went back to rest, and the retainers also knew that Takeda Shingen had not been in good health all along.

This is also the root of the tuberculosis that fell when he was young, because of the hard work of the wine, the health has been poor, until the past few years to pay attention to it, can no longer be the same as before.

After Takeda Shingen left, the Takeda family was written by a large number of people, Takeda Shingen's own brother, Takeda Shinryo to preside over the New Year's banquet.

In the past, this task was undertaken by Takeda Yoshinobu, the son-in-law of the Takeda family, but since the last battle of Iwakosejo, Takeda Yoshinobu colluded with Uesugi Kenshin to murder Takeda Katsuyori.

Shingen Takeda has revoked Yoshinobu Takeda's honor.

This change in the Takeda family is quite sensitive to the outside world, and in the eyes of the retainers, it is quite interesting.

During the banquet, Takeda Katsuyori, as the upstart of the Takeda family, naturally attracted the attention of all the retainers, and from time to time the retainers came up to talk with Takeda Katsuyori to congratulate the New Year.

Relatively speaking, although Takeda Yoshinobu has been going downhill recently, he is also the identity of the sister-in-law of the Takeda family, and he has made connections in the Takeda family before, so he is also very busy.

As for Li Xiao, it was the first time to participate in the New Year's banquet of the main family, and his own foundation was still there, and he probably didn't know most of the old retainers of the main family, so sitting on the side was not so eye-catching.

Sanada Yutaka and Li Xiao sat in the corner drinking Tusu wine, and he whispered to Li Xiao to guide the characters in his family.

"This person is the Cave Mountain Nobuyan of the Cave Mountain Family Governor of Hanoi."

Li Xiao looked over and saw an elegant man in his twenties standing beside Yoshinobu Takeda and talking to him.

Anayama Nobuyoshi looks very handsome, and there is a bit of the style of the ministers in Kyoto.

He and Yoshinobu Takeda had a detailed conversation.

Li Xiao said to Sanada Yutaka: "Cave Mountain Xuanfan, I know you in Xia, I have seen it when I went to Matsuyama Castle with His Royal Highness Katsuyori before, but I feel that he is not like a samurai, but like His Royal Highness Yoshinobu, he is more like the minister in Kyoto. ”

Sanada Yutaka smiled slightly, and said: "Lord Li Xiao, I don't know, Lord Cave Mountain can be both literate and martial, and he is a well-known cultural person in his family, and he is very good friends with Xinliangong. ”

After a pause, Sanada Yutaka said: "As for the Kawachi Domain in the south of Kai, the Anayama family is the third largest force in the Kai Kingdom, and although the Hanoi Domain is mountainous, it is very good at forestry and logging, and the main industries in the territory are mountain-building, eagle breeding, mountain work, and hunting, because the Kawachi Domain borders the Imagawa family's territory, so the Anayama family has always been responsible for the diplomacy of the Imagawa family.

"During the Yagawa Rebellion, the Anayama family was attached to the Imagawa clan and opposed the main family, and later Shintora Gongce turned against the Anayama family, and Kiyogoro, the second son of the main Anayama Nobukake, assassinated his father, causing internal strife among the Anayama family, and then subdued the Anayama family."

"After that, the main family has been in-laws for several generations in order to strengthen the relationship with the Anayama family, and the mother of the Anayama Nobujun is the second daughter of the Shinhu Gong, and the main room of the Nobuyan is the daughter of the Lord of the Imperial Palace, and its relationship with the family can be described as one of the many people."

Li Xiao listened to Sanada Yutaka's introduction and nodded, the Hanoi Cave Mountain family has a close relationship with the Imagawa family, so he is attached to the position of Takeda Yoshinobu, which can be seen.

Then Sanada Yutaka added: "But the Anayama family is really loyal to the lord, although it is inclined to His Highness Yoshishin, but when we fight with His Highness Yoshishin, Anayama will not act rashly, but it is also worth our beware." ”

After Sanada Yutaka finished his introduction, Li Xiao nodded and had a deeper understanding of Anayama Nobukun.

At this time, Nobukun Anayama turned his head and saw me and Sanada Yutaka looking at him, smiled slightly, and then walked up to me and Sanada Yutaka, and said, "Sanada Danmasa-sama, but Mamori-sama, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Li Xiao said with a smile: "His Royal Highness Xueshan has been separated for two years, and his demeanor is still the same. ”

Anayama Nobuyuki nodded, and after a few words of conversation between the two sides, Anayama Nobuyuki said goodbye and moved to another place.

After Nobukun Anayama left, Sanada Yutaka then pointed to a rugged-looking military commander who was drinking alone on the other side.

"This person is the county leader of the Koyamada family, the governor of the Koyamada family, and he is a tiger general of the family, and he often leads troops who are good at throwing stones to fight for his family."

Li Xiao nodded when he heard this, and said: "The name of the Xiaoyamada family, I have heard a lot in the Xia, and the power of the Xiaoyamada family in the Kai country should be only in the main family." ”

Sanada Yutaka smiled slightly: "What you said is right, in Kai China, the power of the Koyamada family is only in this family, and it really cannot be ignored." However, the Koyamada family is not from the same clan as the main family, but from the Hengwu Taira clan, but because it has been married to the main family for several generations, it is also regarded as one of the main families. ”

"The main family has always been generous to the Oyamada family, retaining its right to self-government, and among the main family, the Oyamada family retains the privileges of the lord, the mountain material, the collection, the donation, the assignment of taxes, the seizure of land, the lawsuit, the ruling, etc., and is almost regarded as the master of the family along with the Kiso family."

Sanada Yutaka and Li Xiao saw that Nobushige Koyamada was turning his head to look at this side.

Li Xiao smiled slightly to express kindness.

Nobushige Oyamada just nodded slightly and continued to drink.

Sanada Yutaka said to Li Xiaoyan: "His surname has always been like this, and no one in the family buys it except for the lord." ”

Li Xiao smiled and said, "Interesting." I think it's because Nobushige Oyamada is too proud, as the lord has conquered Shinano in recent years, such as Naito, Baba, Takasaka and other rising stars who have been promoted from the side of the lord, but he has become the lord of a castle and is in charge of one side on behalf of the lord, and has become a figure on an equal footing with him. However, the Koyamada family is still guarding the county, and nothing has grown, which must be the source of distress. ”

Sanada Yutaka said, "It is not easy for the Oyamada family to expand their territory, and the county that the Oyamada family has been in for generations borders the Hojo family, and is responsible for the defense and diplomacy of the main family against the Hojo family. Unless he wants to transfer his territory, the only way to expand his territory is if his family is at war with Hojo. ”

After a pause, Sanada Yutaka continued: "However, it is unlikely that the Koyamada family and the Hojo family have a bad relationship, but they have a very good relationship, and the former head of the family, Koyamada Yazaburo, once served as the second of the Hojo family. ”

"Takeda Hojo two?" Li Xiao was suddenly surprised, thinking that this little Yamada family was too good.

ps: In the Hojo clan's sub-account Odawara public service account, the name of Yazaburo Oyamada is on the list of other people.

Sanada nodded and confirmed, "Not bad." The Koshojun Alliance, which was originally taken over at Zentokuji Temple, was also reached by the Oyamada family running between the main family and the Hojo family. Afterwards, in order to reward the Koyamada family, the lord specially ordered him to escort the team of the lord's eldest daughter to the Hojo clan of the Hojo family. ”

Li Xiao listened to Sanada Yutaka's analysis, and couldn't help but shake his head, the cave mountain in Hanoi and the small mountain field in the county, these two 'mountains' were the right-hand men left by the Xinhu Gong for Takeda Shingen.

If the Mori family has two 'rivers', then Anayama and Oyamada are the two 'mountains' of the Takeda family.

(To be continued)