Chapter 2: Lord Shingen
On the way to meet Xinxuan, Li Xiao was not too excited in his heart, although he had played countless Warring States games, his concept of Warring States characters was only purely data-based, remembering a series of game data such as commandery, force, wisdom, politics, etc.
In the past three years of idle college career, Li Xiao used the Warring States game, using a variety of challenging and difficult ways to abuse himself, to pass the time, and at the same time, because the game also has a certain understanding of the Warring States Period, but he never thought that he would return to the Warring States Period nearly four hundred years ago, maybe here he will meet many prominent Warring States generals, in the way of participants, to join this era of ups and downs, heroes.
But experiencing history is an idea, and how to survive in this hostile environment is a necessary plan. The Takeda family had the strongest legion in the book at that time, and if it weren't for the mistakes made by the successors after Shingen's death, they might not have had the opportunity to unify the company. This is also an opportunity for the ambitious Li Xiao.
Yuchai Hideyoshi, who was born in the market, can become the first person to get ahead in this Warring States, and his biggest capital Li Xiao is a good body.
I remember that Tokugawa Ieyasu's number one fierce general during the Warring States period, Honda Tadashi was only about 1.4 meters. So with Li Xiao's innate conditions, he is not inferior to Honda Zhongsheng, what he lacks is training and actual combat experience.
In addition, he is familiar with the history of the Warring States Period, and the whimsical ideas of countless modern people, so he can mix in it.
Just as Li Xiao was in his mind, he and the group of the racecourse letter room were already approaching their destination. The main camp of the Takeda family is located on the side of the stream in the valley, surrounded by a white curtain and painted with the Takeda family's 'Four Cutting Ryoshi' family crest, enclosing a flat land into a square drapery.
Around the curtain of the formation was erected four poles of six or seven meters high Takeda family military flag, and above the military flag was a waiting herald, unlike ordinary ashigaru soldiers, the flag behind the herald of the Takeda family was uniformly painted with the pattern of a hundred-legged centipede.
The banner of the hundred-legged centipede is a symbol of the messenger of the military god Mori Chiten, and most people in the Samurai clan worship Mori Chi Tian as the guardian god.
In the outer circle of the drapery, it is responsible for guarding the main formation, directly belonging to the daimyo of the flag team (similar to the military general's personal guard, the guard, etc.), except for the guards patrolling, the flag team all carry the spear on their shoulders and sit cross-legged, and according to a small phalanx queue, they can stand up at any time to meet the enemy.
None of the resting ashigaru people talked without authorization, and there were redundant movements, which shows the strictness of military discipline. During the Warring States period, the soldiers of the Daimyo Banner Headquarters, unlike the peasant soldiers recruited at zero hour, more than half of them were samurai, and the samurai were equivalent to professional soldiers and standing armies in this era.
Although he was generally still short at this time, Li Xiao still didn't dare to underestimate these professional warriors, at least they would never be like the six peasant soldiers who were scared when they drank them.
When the racecourse letter room, Li Xiao and his party came to the front of the valley, suddenly two soldiers of the Takeda family stepped forward to stop them, and the two long handles were crossed in front of them.
Baba Shinfang was originally born in the banner of the Takeda family, served two generations of daimyos, and his qualifications in the Takeda family were quite old, and Takeda Shingen treated him like a confidant, and entrusted him with important tasks every time he was in a big war.
Therefore, the samurai of the flag team were also a little afraid when they saw it.
When the group came to the front of the curtain, except for the horse farm letter room and Li Xiao, the rest of the people were waiting outside, and immediately a soldier opened a corner of the curtain on the edge of the curtain for them, and the two entered one after the other.
In the center of the curtain, a long blanket is spread, a man with a short beard on his lips is sitting cross-legged on the blanket, quite like a minister, and on the right there is a young surname with clear eyebrows, kneeling with a saber in both hands.
This is Takeda Shingen, the first warman of the Warring States, different from the domineering Takeda Shingen on the CG, the real Takeda Shingen, the temperament is a little elegant, with a beard on the side of his mouth, and a pair of eyes flashing with a bit of wisdom.
"Meet my lord."
The racecourse letter room knelt down and saluted first, but Li Xiao stood straight and straight, just rubbing his hands, which was full of etiquette for the Ming people at that time.
"Rude."
The little surname behind the man was about to get up and shout, but Takeda Shingen waved his hand generously and said, "It's okay." ”
Immediately, Takeda Shingen asked Xiangba Xinfang: "Xinchun, is this person the Ming country you met, Li Xiao?" ”
"It's the Lord."
Takeda Shingen nodded and said, "Please be seated." ”
The little surname immediately brought two Mazha and placed them a few meters in front of Takeda Shinxuan, and Li Xiao sat down unceremoniously. After the racecourse letter room sat down, he said to Li Xiao in Chinese: "Lord Takeda, who is also the lord of Kai and Shinano, has 100,000 elite soldiers under his command, and is a first-class hero in the world. ”
After listening to the racecourse letter, Li Xiao snickered in his heart, this racecourse letterroom is full of big words, I really haven't seen the world. It is said that the administrative unit at the national level is equivalent to a county in the Ming Dynasty at best.
On the forum, Chinese people often mention that the so-called Warring States is a fight between several village chiefs and township chiefs, although this is a bit biased, but this 100,000 elite soldiers is absolutely endless.
Li Xiao listened to the words of the horse farm letter room, just smiled faintly, and then responded with the polite words unique to the Chinese: "Long admiration of the great name, long admiration of the great name." ”
Unexpectedly, as soon as Li Xiao finished speaking, Takeda Shingen and Baba Shinfang were all smiling.
"You're right, in our book, we usually call the lord of a country, and we call him 'Daimyo'. And our lord, in the words of your Ming people, is the name of the great name. ”
"Nani?"
Li Xiao almost burst out of his mouth, but it seemed that the other party seemed to enjoy this statement, and he could hardly explain it. But the daimyo of the daimyos, did the Ming Dynasty have such a saying at that time? Fighter jets in mobile phones, I've heard of them before.
Then it was Li Xiao's turn to tell him about his origins, saying that he was originally from the Ming Dynasty, subordinate to Funingwei, the capital of Fujian, and a hereditary military general of a hundred households.
"Ming general?"
Hearing Li Xiao introduce himself like this, Takeda Shinxuan looked like a constant expression, but Baba Shinfang looked surprised and asked, "Li Jun, is it really a military general of the Ming Kingdom?" ”
Li Xiao saw that the other party was suspicious in his heart, so he stood up at the moment, posed as a military general, and said: "If Your Excellency doesn't believe it, Li is willing to give it a try." ”
Baba Xinfang hesitated slightly, but Takeda Shingen said directly: "So let me appreciate, the heroic posture of the Ming general." ”
At this time, the racecourse Shinfang glanced at Li Xiao, and suddenly whispered a string of words to Takeda Shinxuan. He probably still thought that Li Xiao didn't understand the language at all, but he didn't expect that Li Xiao could barely hear it from his words. The meaning of the racecourse letter is naturally that he is worried about Li Xiao's identity, for fear that he will be unfavorable to Takeda Shinxuan.
But Takeda Shinxuan looked disapproving, and also replied in words that judging from Li Xiao's appearance, he definitely didn't look like Yue himself, and it was even more impossible for a spy, he just wanted to confirm Li Xiao's martial arts to see if he was really a Ming general.
The two talked for a while, and finally decided to take a look at Li Xiao's martial arts outside the curtain. As for why he chose to be outside the formation, of course, it was because the warriors of the flag team were all outside, so there was no need to worry about Li Xiao suddenly making a move.
Li Xiao didn't care about it so much, and walked out of the formation at the moment, holding a long-handled bamboo gun in his hand, wearing the single clothes of the Ashigaru soldiers before, and standing majestically in the field.
The flag warriors of the Takeda family heard that there were military generals from the Ming Dynasty who wanted to show their martial arts, so they naturally became interested. And Takeda Shingen, Baba Shinbo, and a few other generals who rushed to hear the news all stood aside and watched.
Li Xiao saw that these soldiers of the Takeda family saw that they were burly, and they all uttered words of admiration such as 'Si Geyi'.
The long handle in Li Xiao's hand is the length of Sanjian, the authentic Sanjian gun, the length of the iron tip of the gun head is about fifteen centimeters, and the bamboo piece on the outside of the gun body is coated with a layer of red paint, waterproof and anti-corrosion, and the inside is solid and hard oak, which makes the gun not only have enough toughness, but also lack of hardness.
Li Xiaochao Takeda Shinxuan and the others hugged their fists, and immediately pressed the gun across their shoulders downward. I saw a vicious wind thrown up at the head of the gun, whirring, and then Li Xiao's body shook, opened the door, and the gun body was facing forward, like thunder in the middle of the sky, and shouted: "Kill!" ”
Li Xiao did his best to teach him the marksmanship taught by the old cadres and did his best.
After some effort, Li Xiao finished his marksmanship dance and slammed the handle of the gun on the ground. On the outside, although he was sweating profusely, in fact, he still kept his breathing and breathing chaotic, and he looked like he still had some physical strength.
At this time, Takeda Shingen and Racecourse Shinbo applauded one after another, and the soldiers of the Takeda family on the side also applauded.
"Father, I am willing to compete with this Ming general."
At this time, a young military general strode forward with a spear in his hand, this person looked young, obviously just served for a short time, but obviously the blood was strong, and he looked like a newborn calf was not afraid of tigers.
Takeda Shingen glanced at the other party, smiled slightly and said, "Shiro, do you want to try it?" The other party is a brave general of the Ming Kingdom, and if he loses, he will fall into the prestige of our Takeda family. ”
This young military general took another step forward and said: "He is a brave general of the Ming Kingdom, I am the son of your Xinxuan Gong, and I will never lose to him." ”
After getting his father's tacit approval, the other party challenged Li Xiao and said, "I am Katsuyori Takeda Ieshiro, challenging the warriors of the Ming Kingdom. ”
Shiro? Katsuyori Takeda?
Hearing the other party's self-reported name, Li Xiao carefully looked up and down at the future governor of the Takeda family. Li Xiao's memory of this person first came from Akira Kurosawa's "Shadow Warrior".
In Kurosawa's movie, this person best interprets what it is, the definition of a loser who is not distressed by selling Yetian, that is, burying the Takeda family business with his own hands.
In the last scene of the film, in the tragic battle of Changhua, Li Xiao's deepest memory is that the elite cavalry regiment and samurai regiment of the Takeda family were all killed in the impact and the iron artillery position of the Oda Tokugawa coalition army.
And Shenglai was like a gambler who lost a bet, with a blue face waving the military equipment in his hand, and ordered waves of troops to bury their heads in the attack.
However, at this moment, Takeda Katsuyori still looks stunned, and at the same time, he is not the first heir of the Takeda family at the moment, but his brother Yoshinobu, but he didn't expect that Takeda Shingen would also bring him this time.
Li Xiao immediately agreed to the other party's challenge, although the other party was still a few years younger than himself, Li Xiao would never take it lightly.
Takeda Katsuyori is a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, the spear under his hand is half a day shorter than Li Xiao, and his height and size are a big difference, but he doesn't care about this difference. Takeda Katsuyori didn't say a word and came up to attack, seeing that this posture was within three or four moves, he wanted to knock Li Xiao down and admit defeat.
On the other hand, Li Xiao seemed to be oppressed by the other party, and was defending with all his might, without the courage to dance the gun. Just when everyone thought that Li Xiaoxu had his appearance and was about to be defeated by Takeda Katsuyori, Li Xiao suddenly turned defense into offense, and stabbed Takeda Katsuyori in the chest with the tail of the gun cleanly.
With only one move, Takeda Katsuyori was knocked to the ground in the blink of an eye, and all the generals of the Takeda family were taken aback, and they knew that the strength of this Ming military general was really amazing.
Li Xiao had an indifferent smile on his face, and Takeda Katsuyori was defeated by himself in one fell swoop, because he knew the historical figures well and grasped his impatient and aggressive surname.
Li Xiao deliberately showed weakness, letting the opponent attack first, and then giving a sharp counterattack when the opponent's strength subsided. But in the eyes of the soldiers of the Takeda family, after the competition just now, Li Xiao was like a peerless swordsman, easily teasing a reckless challenger, only at the end of the lesson, a little opponent.
At this time, Takeda Shingen, who had been watching from the sidelines, suddenly laughed, then put his hands together and slowly patted his palms three times,
At this time, a samurai of the Takeda family held a bag of deerskin bags that seemed to be quite heavy with both hands, handed it to Takeda Shingen, bowed and saluted before leaving.
At this time, Li Xiao could feel that the eyes of the Takeda soldiers around him were all excited and envious.
Takeda Shingen smiled slightly, and untied the rope at the mouth of the deerskin bag, which turned out to be full of gold dust.
"Reward!"
As Takeda Shingen shouted, the surrounding Takeda soldiers shouted in unison, raising the tips of their spears one after another.
This bag of golden gold made Li Xiao a little dizzy, after all, it was the first time he had seen so much gold. Li Xiao looked at his face, and noticed that the few generals behind Takeda Shinxuan did not show unhappiness, obviously his strength has been recognized, and the bag of gold dust in front of him has almost caught up with the old level retainers of the Takeda family for a year, and the reward is not heavy.
Li Xiao immediately held his fist in the manner of a martial artist and said, "Thank you for the reward, but the Chinese often say 'no merit is not rewarded', and these gold pleas are unacceptable." ”
Most people didn't know what Li Xiao's Chinese meant, and at this time, a young general next to Takeda Shingen translated it in Chinese, so that most people understood what Li Xiao meant. Now Li Xiao could feel that the samurai of the Takeda family present looked at him with a look of respect.
Takeda Shingen laughed and said, "Your Excellency doesn't have to refuse, I'm about to hire you as a samurai of my Takeda family." ”