Yonglu five years, the New Year has passed for several days.

As he was immersed in the joy of the New Year, Gao Yuancheng had not yet recovered from the lazy atmosphere from top to bottom. Except for the normally garrisoned samurai and ashigaru, most of the rest of the samurai and ashigaru returned to their homes in Joshita Town to celebrate the festival with their wives and children.

Therefore, Gaoyuan City was much more deserted, and the fresh snow that had accumulated last night had not been cleaned up for a long time, and the soldiers on duty at night also looked listless.

Still in that small courtyard, Li Xiao, who had just finished practicing marksmanship, was now sweating profusely.

Li Xiao got up from the warm bed on time at five o'clock every morning, and after practicing the gun for an hour, he returned to the pill for breakfast, so as to start the day's life.

After breakfast, if there is no follow-up, training or the task of teaching Takeda Katsuyori marksmanship, Li Xiao will ride a horse to the castle town of Takato Castle to find Shima Katsuto. In fact, except for Li Xiao and Yamamoto Kansuke, there are also a few high-ranking samurai, and most of the samurai and Ashigaru's homes are in Joshita Town.

At the beginning, Takeda Katsuyori was very curious when he learned that Li Xiao had accepted a subordinate. After understanding the other party's bravery, Takeda Katsuyori became a lover of talents, and once asked Li Xiao to give up the side of Katsutoshi Izushima to him.

The people who are close to the side are the same as the small surname, and they are all the people who accompany the lord all day long. The task of the small surname is mainly to take care of the living life of the lord, and most of them also need to sell chrysanthemums. The people who are close to them are responsible for protecting the monarch, similar to personal bodyguards.

Because the small surname and the close people can often approach the lord, the chances of being promoted are the highest. Taking the Takeda family as an example, such as the famous Okujin Xi Six, Tsuchiya Masaji, Mieda Mamotomo, Ganli Masatada, Sone Masayo and Nagasaka Gengoro, were all from Takeda Shingen's side and later became the generals of the Takeda family.

Tsuchiya Shoji and Mieda Mamoru are among the twenty-four generals of Takeda.

As for those with a small surname, it is none other than the famous Takasaka Masanobu among the four ministers of Takeda. The friendship between Takeda Shingen and Takasaka Masanobu is still talked about by the majority of friends today because of the circulation of love letters between the two, and it is passed down as a good story.

However, when Takeda Katsuyori recruited Shima Shengmeng, before Li Xiao could speak, Shima Shengmeng had already refused. In the eyes of Shima Katsutoshi, the object of his service is Li Xiao, not Takeda Katsuyori himself, or the Takeda family. It is not surprising that Shimakatsu's ideas were also those of most samurai of this era.

Despite this, Li Xiao is so loyal to Dao Shengmeng, and he likes it very much. When Li Xiao was looking for Dao Shengmeng, the two often chatted and talked together and exchanged martial arts.

Shimakatsu Takeshi has traveled north and south before, and has also served as an ashigaru or samurai under the daimyo, and has participated in several joint battles. However, after the destruction of the main family, he once again became a ronin and traveled around the world, and he was often uneven, and it was even more common for him to fight.

Therefore, Shima Katsutoshi's martial arts experience is still quite rich. Li Xiao also benefited a lot from him, and of course, Dao Shengmeng also admired Li Xiao's marksmanship.

The two often chatted halfway, and when they were interested, they each picked up a wooden gun and a wooden sword, and competed with each other. In this way, in the past month, the martial arts of Dao Shengmeng and Li Xiao have improved and improved to a certain extent. In fact, Shima Shengmeng was not taught by a famous teacher, and most of his martial arts were self-taught, as well as experience in battle formations.

A good swordsman can also accumulate experience in life-and-death struggles with people, and if he can survive dozens of life-and-death fights, he will naturally become a swordsman.

For example, the later Miyamoto Musashi himself, who had never studied under a teacher in his life, learned any school of swordsmanship, and then began at the age of thirteen, and until the age of twenty-nine, he competed with other schools more than 60 times, and was never defeated once, creating his own two-sword kendo, and later defeated the world-famous swordsman Kojiro Sasaki.

And in this way, after such a half-day competition, the two often feel unsatisfied, and often go to the izakaya to buy some side dishes and meals, and then drink a little wine while listening to the pipa monk in the izakaya playing and singing the Tale of the Heike family.

Call!

Li Xiao squirted a long breath between his mouth and nose, and after his breathing calmed down, he held the gun with one hand and bent his legs, and sat cross-legged in the snow with his eyes closed. Thinking about the gains and shortcomings of one's marksmanship over the past day, the reason why I sit and lie in the snow is also a way to hone my patience and perseverance.

And three days later, it was Li Xiao and Shigang Yiyu who duel!

Li Xiao didn't know how long he had been sitting, and suddenly heard a light and heavy rustling sound of snow behind him, and without thinking about it, he could guess who else could make such a strange footstep sound except for Yamamoto Kansuke himself.

"What is the snow like in the Shinano Mountains? Master Li Xiao. Kansuke Yamamoto's exclamation came from behind Li Xiao.

Li Xiao's eyes widened, and he stood up with his gun in his hand, because Kansuke Yamamoto disturbed his quiet thoughts, and his face was slightly unhappy. However, such a frustrated mood only flashed in Li Xiao's heart.

He stood up and patted the snow on his pants, looked up into the distance, and in the distance, the snow on the top of the mountain and the mountainside were gray and white, and the sea of clouds like white mist was slowly steaming up, as if people were climbing the mountain, it was really a rare beauty.

Li Xiao suddenly felt relaxed and happy, and turned to look at Yamamoto Kansuke. Li Xiao secretly wondered why the other party suddenly came to him to ask how the snow scene was. Li Xiao remembered that in addition to official matters, Yamamoto Kansuke had never taken the initiative to talk to him once.

Li Xiao also guessed Yamamoto Kansuke's intention in his heart, and then smiled and said, "It's a beautiful scenery." ”

Kansuke Yamamoto nodded and said, "The snow scene in the Shinano Mountains is very beautiful, but it is even worse than the snow scene of the Immortal Mountain, has Lord Li Xiao heard of the Immortal Mountain?" ”

Mt. Fuji, the symbol of the Mt. Fuji, was renamed Mt. Fuji in the post-Meiji era because the name of "Mt. Immortal" was indecent. Mt. Fuji is also the only mountain in the territory with snow on the top of the mountain in all four seasons. Because its mountains are covered with snow, like a jade fan hanging upside down in the air, it is also known as the 'jade fan'. ’

Just as the Chinese often say that if you don't see the Great Wall, you are not a good man, and it is a pity that you can't see Mount Fuji once in your life. Therefore, there are a lot of nouns between Fujimi and Fujimi in local names. It's not because you can see Mt. Fuji, it's just that there is a mountain nearby that resembles Mt. Fuji.

Li Xiaoyan said: "I have heard of it but I have no chance to see it, I only know that it is an extremely high mountain, and there is snow on the top of the mountain all year round. ”

Yamamoto Kansuke nodded, took two steps closer, then stood still and held the scabbard in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "The essence of my Takeda family's art of war lies in the four words of Fenglin Volcano, and my Yamamoto Kansuke's kendo is also about being immovable as a mountain, Lord Li Xiao, do you know what is the Iaichi in the way of the sword?" ”