The fourth.

Li Xiao shouted, and the big gun broke through the defense line of a samurai directly opposite, hitting him on the right rib. However, Li Xiao's own circle of big guns was also broken, and he was slashed by a wooden knife on his right shoulder, although he was protected by protective gear, but it also made him gasp in pain.

My marksmanship is still not close to being a big deal. Li Xiao muttered silently, and then turned his eyes to stare at the remaining four warriors. The defeated samurai retreated to the cloister and continued to watch the contest like the other samurai.

Since Li Xiao came to Gaoyuan City to serve as a spear teacher, most of the warriors in the city have been friendly exchanges by Li Xiao in the name of learning.

Since that day, everyone in Gaoyuan City has long recognized that this warrior from the Ming Kingdom is the first in spear skills and martial arts in the city. However, this samurai from the Ming Kingdom does not seem to be satisfied, and even plays with one pick, which is very bad for the dignity of these Takeda family samurai.

But then, the dignity of the samurai of their Takeda family was really helplessly ruined by Li Xiao.

At this moment, Li Xiao stood sideways with a gun, remembering that when the old cadre taught him marksmanship, he once said that the most important thing in marksmanship is 'four flats', the top is flat, the shoulders are flat, the feet are flat, and the gun is flat, so that it is like water on the top of the head, and the head, shoulders, feet, and the gun are all flat and horizontal.

This posture is called the middle flat gun, and the middle flat gun is also said to be a thief of a hundred soldiers.

Li Xiao's eyes flashed, and he captured the first-line fighters, this time Li Xiao took the lead in the attack, which is the so-called gun piercing a line. When Li Xiao pierced the gun, the force penetrated the tip of the gun, and the whole bar of the gun was straight like a straight line, and the speed of the gun was extremely fast. The spear head even sent out a vicious wind, forcing the samurai in front of him to be frightened, and the movements of his hands and feet slowed down a beat.

This shot was so lightning that the samurai who was sitting and resting on the side couldn't help but stand up and look dumbfounded.

And behind the upper window of the castle tower, Takeda Katsuyori pouted, opened the folding fan, and said with a smile: "It seems that there is no suspense, Yamamoto-sama, this time I bet right." ”

Kansuke Yamamoto shook his head expressionlessly, then took out a pendant of Yongle Tongbao from his money bag and put it down, and said, "Lord of the city, you seem to have so much confidence in Li Xiao?" ”

Takeda Katsuyori put away the hanging money, and then said: "I don't know, before Xin Fangong entered the Tao, he told me to listen to Li Xiao more in everything, and there will be no mistake in looking at people with his strategy." ”

Yamamoto Kansuke nodded and said, "In this case, the lord has asked Li Xiao to serve as the city lord's master of your spearmanship, you need to ask for advice carefully." ”

Takeda Katsuyori smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "Why didn't you ask for advice, it's still a nightmare when I think about it, although it hurts the samurai's self-esteem, but my marksmanship has also improved a lot in the past month." ”

Kansuke Yamamoto heard Takeda Katsuyori say this, and there was a rare smile on his face.

"However, Lord Yamamoto, since Li Xiao's spear skills are so exquisite, do you think he still has a chance to win the duel with Shioka Kazuha?" Katsuyori Takeda asked.

Yamamoto Kansuke pondered for a while, and glanced out the window, at this moment, Li Xiao had fallen to the ground with the last samurai to fight, and the surrounding onlookers all erupted in exclamations like 'Si Enough One'.

"If you asked me this a month ago, I would have said that Li Xiao's chances of winning were less than one percent, but now it is really difficult to say, with his amazing speed of spear progress, maybe thirty percent, or even fifty percent."

Takeda Katsuyori looked at Yamamoto Kansuke with interest and said, "Could it be that Yamamoto Kansuke, who has always been known for his resourcefulness, can't make a judgment?" ”

Yamamoto Kansuke shook his head and said: "Lord of the city, for Li Xiao, I, Yamamoto Kansuke, admit that I can't see through him, maybe the other party is from the Ming Kingdom, his actions and expressions are often beyond ordinary people, and he often has incredible ideas." Sometimes I always feel that I see through him, but his next actions will overturn your previous thoughts, so I don't dare to judge lightly now, but one thing is undeniable, Xin Fangong's evaluation of Li Xiao is right, this person will be an indispensable minister of my Takeda family in the future, and his talent is incalculable. ”

Takeda Katsuyori gently shook the folding fan, this is a strange habit of himself, no matter how cold or hot, he likes to shake a folding fan there when he has nothing to do, I don't know if it is a habit passed down from those vassal and elegant ministers.

Takeda Katsuyori suddenly said, "I heard that Lord Yamamoto is a disciple of Kashima Shindangyu, right?" ”

Kansuke Yamamoto looked at Takeda Katsuyori and nodded: "Lord Tsukahara has personally taught me swordsmanship for a while. ”

"Lord Yamamoto, since you also say that Li Xiao is an indispensable minister of my Takeda family in the future, why don't you guide him, at least let him understand the advantages and disadvantages of Kashima Shindangliu's swordsmanship, so that he can have a better hope of winning the duel with Shioka Kazuha."

"Lord Castle, is this an order to Kansuke?"

"No, it's just a request, Lord Yamamoto naturally hopes that Li Xiao can survive and continue to work for our Takeda family." Takeda Katsuyori looked at Kansuke Yamamoto and said with a smile.

Kansuke Yamamoto smiled slightly, before he could answer.

At this time, a wooden ladder sounded on the ground below the stairs, and a samurai walked to the castle tower and bowed to Takeda Katsuyori and Yamamoto Kansuke.

"Lord of the castle, Lord Yamamoto, this is a letter from Tokika, from the Sanada family."

Flying feet are equivalent to the courier in the past, specializing in delivering letters or small objects for people. There are official and private flying feet, and because of the mountainous terrain of Bento, sometimes the official stagecoach is not as convenient as people walking on their feet. Therefore, flying feet still occupied a considerable market share in the competition at that time.

The samurai delivered the letter to Takeda Katsuyori and retired. After reading the letter, Takeda Katsuyori smiled and said, "Lord Ichitokusai has agreed to let Sanada Masashi be honored by me." ”

After Kansuke Yamamoto read the letter hastily, he said: "Congratulations to the lord of the castle like this, although Sanada Masashi is young, his wisdom is already extraordinary, and he has been carefully taught by Lord Ichitokusai, and his future is limitless." Adults have a long-term vision. ”

Seeing that Kansuke Yamamoto also praised Sanada Masayuki like this, Takeda Katsuyori was very happy, and said: "Lord Yamamoto, why do you say that, recruiting Sanada Masayuki, don't you write a letter to Lord Ichitokusai to persuade you to promote this matter." ”

After speaking, Takeda Katsuyori was very happy, and said loudly to the attendants downstairs: "Go quickly, please invite Lord Li Xiao to come to Honmaru." ”

Takeda Katsuyori walked down the stairs, and before leaving, he said to Yamamoto Kansuke: "I am very happy today, I will invite Yamamoto-sama and Li Xiao to drink at noon, and everyone will have a few drinks together." He left a long laugh in his wake.

And Yamamoto Kansuke is still in place, looking at the letter paper and contemplating, this Sanada family Saburo is resourceful and cannot be ignored, and he has the style of a general, maybe he will really be a famous general of my Takeda family in the future. Kansuke Yamamoto thought of the promising young combination of Li Xiao and Sanada Masayuki, and the strength of the Takeda Katsuyori retainers group could not be underestimated.

If it grows further, Katsuyori-sama's power may one day threaten the position of Prince Yoshinobu.

At this time, Kansuke Yamamoto suddenly had an idea, could it be that the lord of the year, in the future, I and Li Xiao will be sent together as Lord Katsuyori's parasiter, which not only has the intention of cultivating him, but maybe it is really planned to have such a day, if Prince Yoshinobu is not satisfactory, he will be replaced by Lord Katsuyori.

Thinking of this, Kansuke Yamamoto couldn't help but shake his head self-deprecatingly, thinking to himself how the lord's heart could be easily guessed, and as a retainer, he could do his best to do things for the lord's family.

Thinking of this, Yamamoto Kansuke let out a long breath, and then supported half of his body with the scabbard, and walked down the castle tower one by one.