The ronin samurai who lived on the sidelines all stood aside, watching the fight from afar, but the boss looked distressed at the broken wine bottles all over the floor.

Li Xiao had been on the defensive at the beginning, wanting to find out the opponent's swordsmanship routines, but the three wild warriors, taking into account Li Xiao's advantage of height and long arms, did not dare to advance too lightly for a while. Both sides are cautiously probing.

Seeing that Li Xiao was unfavorable with one against three, Takeda Shenglai resolutely decided to draw his sword and went into battle and divided an opponent for Li Xiao. Li Xiao's pressure was light, and then he looked at the gap, and after forcing back the samurai on the right hand side with his sword, he turned around and attacked the wild samurai on the left hand.

Drink! Drink! Drink!

Li Xiao slashed three times in a row, and the other party struggled to parry Li Xiao's attack. Li Xiao's fourth knife suddenly changed force, and he held the knife and twisted it. The katana in the opponent's hand flew away, and Li Xiao unceremoniously flew up, and with the advantage of his height, he effortlessly kicked on the opponent's chin.

After inflicting a heavy blow on his opponent, Li Xiao turned around and parried another blow from behind with his knife. After holding this knife, Li Xiao suddenly dodged and rushed forward, approaching the front of the opponent's body.

Li Xiao leaned sideways and slammed his shoulders into the shoulder. This hand was also taught by the old cadre in the past, and it was regarded as a shoulder collision in Taijiquan, which was dedicated to hand-to-hand combat. And the other party received Li Xiao's blow, and the whole person collapsed to the ground as if he was falling apart.

The wild warrior who was kicked in the jaw by Li Xiao earlier threw himself on the ground with a mouthful of blood, and also broke several big teeth, looking miserable. Of the four wild warriors on the other side, three were seriously injured by Li Xiao in one breath. Now there was only one person left, with a look of complete momentum, facing the step-by-step advance of Li Xiao, Takeda Katsuyori, and Yamamoto Kansuke, and retreated in a hurry until he pressed his back against the wooden partition wall of the sojourn.

At this moment, the frightened look on his face had overwhelmed the pride of all samurai, and he shouted, "Ya Butterfly." ”

(Some book friends pointed out that the male surname should be called 'Amurus', so don't worry about him.) ）

"Stop."

At this time, the gate of the sojourn rushed in, and a long team of ashigaru with spears was in charge. The ashigaru soldiers pointed their guns at Li Xiao and them, making a circle from the periphery. Then a man in armor, who was supposed to be a leader, walked in and shouted, "Are you making trouble here?" Give me the katana to put down, or you will be punished. ”

The other party's shout was quite powerful, and the few wild warriors who were beaten with blue noses and swollen faces crawled to the side, hurriedly threw the katana aside, and put on a posture of a good citizen, and then the wicked people sued first, and unanimously pointed to Li Xiao and the three of them, and said, "My lord, they were the ones who made trouble first." ”

"Bastard, did you let you speak?" The leading samurai scolded, and then saw that Takeda Katsuyori and the others not only did not put down their swords, but also ignored them, and the tall samurai in the center also showed a smile on his face, isn't this obviously mocking himself.

"Don't you hear me?" The samurai cursed and pulled out his katana from his waist.

At this time, Yamamoto Kansuke turned around, faced the other party, and said in a deep voice: "Presumptuous, are you the samurai who maintains the law and order of the castle town?" ”

The samurai's face suddenly changed when he saw Yamamoto Kansuke's arrogant expression, coupled with the distinctive Takeda family crest on their clothes.

"It's Kansuke-sama." One of the Ashigaru soldiers suddenly looked very excited, obviously recognizing Yamamoto Kansuke, who should have known Kansuke himself when he had personally come to Takato Castle to build the castle.

Where did this samurai dare to suspect that the other party was the chief military advisor of Lord Shingen, so after bowing and saluting, he said respectfully: "It turned out to be Lord Yamamoto Kansuke, and his subordinate Nishimura Heizo is the samurai who maintains the law and order of the castle town, and I have offended a lot, please forgive me." After speaking, he pressed his hand, and the dozen or so ashigaru soldiers put away the bamboo spear together.

Kansuke Yamamoto waved his hand, then turned sideways and introduced to Takeda Katsuyori: "No need to salute, this is Lord Suwa Katsuyori, the new lord of this city." ”

"Oh, yes, Katsuyori-sama."

After hearing this, this group of ashigaru soldiers hurriedly knelt down to greet them. They already knew about Takeda Katsuyorilai coming to take over Takato Castle. For them, Takeda Katsuyori will be the lord they will serve for the rest of their lives, so they dare not slack off at all.

The difference between the superiority and the inferiority of the superior and the inferior is very huge, so the obedience of the superior person, or blind obedience, is very obvious and thorough. As a sentence from the superior Takeda Katsuyori, it can often make these soldiers with few brains go to the soup.

And in the sojourn, many wild warriors who were just watching from the sidelines were all excited for a moment when they knew that the young man in front of them was actually the city lord of Gaoyuan City.

Suddenly, five or six wild samurai rushed to Takeda Katsuyori's face, knelt down with a puff, and then buried their heads in the ground, and talked nonsense, but they just reported their names and what their specialties were, and then asked Takeda Katsuyori City Lord to accept them as samurai, even if they can't be samurai, they can be miscellaneous servants.

"Katsuyori-sama, please take me in."

It is said that this Warring States period is an era of lower restraints, and how many famous artists who were once prosperous are like cherry blossoms withering in the blink of an eye. The demise of the lord's family meant that the samurai retainers who ate and received a fixed salary were laid off one by one and lost their source of livelihood. The samurai who lost their master's family wandered around as a ronin, looking for a good master's home, and refused to find other jobs.

This is the same as the modern white-collar unemployed, who would rather squat at home than go to the street to set up a stall to sell vegetables.

The chance of the ronin is either to find a good master's house, or to wait for a certain daimyo to start a war that day, at this time, some samurai will usually be recruited at zero time to expand the number of people, this is their chance. If you perform well on the battlefield and cut off a few more heads, you have a good chance of being included as an official samurai of your own family by the daimyo, which can be regarded as an opportunity.

If these two opportunities are not met, then some people will not be able to adhere to the spirit of the samurai, and do some things to steal chickens and dogs, so many wild samurai are very unhappy, so poor that they jingle bells, and there is no difference between a katana and a katana on their bodies.

Li Xiao looked at all this and couldn't help but deeply feel the pressure of the current employment situation. It is conceivable that many ronin wild samurai are looking at the towering Takato Castle from the window of the inn, hoping to seek a position there and get rid of the fate of wandering around.

Takeda Katsuyori listened to the praise of these ronins, and his heart suddenly burst into joy, he was the first city lord, of course, he was ready to come and not refuse, and used talents in an eclectic manner. But fortunately, there was also a Yamamoto Kansuke who was familiar with the situation beside him, and he said, "Ladies and gentlemen, Lord Katsuyori was the first lord of the castle, and he has not yet decided to hire samurai, so if you are kind, if the family decides to include samurai, I will definitely give priority to you." ”

"Thank you, Kansuke-sama." These samurai were somewhat disappointed when they heard each other say this, but no one complained about the fact that there was still a chance to do so.

Yamamoto Kansuke nodded, and said to the Takeda family samurai who was in charge of the castle town, "Okay, you lead the way in front, please take us to meet Akiyama-sama." ”

"Wait."

Just as the three of them were about to leave, a man suddenly came out of a corner of the sojourn and stopped them. The light of the sojourn was very good from time to time, Li Xiao couldn't see this person's face clearly, only to see the other party's hands crossed on his chest, two katana swords one long and one short at his waist, wearing straw sandals and white split-toe socks under his feet,

The other party suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed at Li Xiao himself, and then said: "This warrior, I appreciate Your Excellency's swordsmanship very much, how about I want to compete with you?" ”