In front of Takeda Hachiman Shrine, the Takeda family held a ceremony to celebrate the Battle of Mt. Shirane. Takeda Shingen led all the generals in his family, and after paying homage to the god Hachiman Daimeijin, the imperial flag and shield without armor, he sent a certificate of appreciation to Li Xiao, Hoshina Masatoshi, Hoshina Masanaka, Hoshina Masatsuki, Suwa Yoritada, Sanada Masayuki and other 17 samurai who followed Takeda Katsuyori in a bloody battle on Mt. Shirane.

After three days, he went to the Akizaki Pavilion.

Takeda Shingen summoned Takeda Katsuyori, Li Xiao, and Sanada Masayuki in Honmaru.

The Heshizaki Pavilion is a renguo-style flat castle layout, and it is not the castle that is usually seen with the main pill as the center, and then the second and third pills surrounded by curved wheels. The main maru, Ninomaru, and Sannomaru of Renguo Shiheijo are arranged in a straight line, and each pill is equal to a reading space, and there is a gap between the pills, and then they are connected by bridges.

The three of Takeda Katsuyori, wearing a pair of large armor and covering the warbane, rode a war horse into the Otemon Gate, all the way along the dusty road, passed through Sanmaru and Nimaru, and then dismounted in front of the Honmaru Gate. Then they passed through the Bishamon, the Hall of Fortune, the Hall of Hosen, and finally came to the main hall.

After handing over the ribs of the sword to the people in the corridor, he took off his shoes, took off his head pocket, and held it around his waist with his right hand, and then Li Xiao and the others walked all the way along the corridor of the main hall. And Takeda Katsuyori and they also deliberately smoothed out a trace of folds on the surface of Jinhaoori with their hands.

Coming through the corridor, you can see samurai with swords everywhere.

When I walked to the front of the main hall, I saw that in the center of a huge red background and gold border Takeda Ryoshi family pattern, Takeda Shingen was sitting cross-legged on a futon, and on the left side of the main hall were placed the 'Suwa Ho surname Sanskrit flag' and the 'grandson Siru Mangon flag', and on the right side was placed the full foot worn by Takeda Shingen in the battle.

There are three people sitting on the left side of Takeda Shingen, in order, they are Takeda Yoshinobu, Iitomi Torama, and Tracebe Katsushi. Behind Takeda Yoshinobu sat two rows of more than a dozen elders of the Takeda family, most of whom were local wealthy families in Kai and had served the two generations of daimyo Shinhu and Shingen.

"Meet your lordship."

After saluting, Takeda Shingen smiled and pointed with his right hand, signaling Takeda Katsuyori to sit down on the three futons that had been placed on the right side.

Before Li Xiao walked into the house, he smelled a smell of gunpowder in advance, and he didn't need to think about it to know that of course it came from the three people of Takeda Yoshinobu. But what does Takeda Shingen mean by this? Does he want to watch his two sons, as well as his subordinates, fight in front of him?

Takeda Katsuyori walked into the main hall first, he is still dressed in the battle of Shirane Mountain, two antlers left and right upturned antler pockets, red silk armor, coat with five-colored bird feathers as the decoration of the feather weaving, very heroic.

It can be seen that Takeda Shingen admires Takeda Katsuyori's dress very much, and Li Xiao also observed that Takeda Yoshinobu on the opposite side also showed a little jealousy, and at the same time felt that another gaze was staring at him, which was the trace of Katsushi who had always held a grudge against him.

Li Xiao smiled slightly, put his head pocket under his feet in front of his right knee, and sat at the bottom of Takeda Katsuyori with his knees together, while Sanada Masayuki sat at the end.

After four months of not seeing him, Takeda Shingen's body seemed to be a little thinner, and his health was not very good, his face was pale, and his breath was quite short, obviously the root of the old disease tuberculosis had not yet been cured. However, Takeda Shingen is in a good mood today, of course, because his son defeated his old enemy Uesugi Kenshin.

Takeda Shingen looked around, then picked up the folding fan in his hand, suddenly pointed at Li Xiao, and said to the dozen or so old ministers of the Takeda family sitting behind the left side: "This is Li Xiao, the Ming warrior of my Takeda family. ”

As soon as Takeda Shingen said this, the dozen or so old ministers of the Takeda family looked at Li Xiao one after another, looked at him, and then said words of praise such as the fierce generals of the Takeda family, majestic and mighty, etc., which were nothing new for Li Xiao.

"By the praise of the Lord."

At this time, as a native of the Ming Kingdom, Li Xiao showed the virtue of good humility. In a word, all the credit goes to the leader, if I Li Xiao has such a trivial achievement, it is also due to the wise command and foresight of the leader, this credit is really not worth mentioning.

Takeda Katsuyori listened to Li Xiao put all the credit on his head, and his spirit was so bright that his whole person began to be a little dazed, and he felt fluttering.

Sure enough, what was said in the movie was right, and the truth was only seen in the sycophancy.

Li Xiao happened to see Takeda Yoshinobu, and he still smiled quite urbanly, but he couldn't hide the jealousy in his eyes when he stared at Takeda Katsurai. Li Xiao secretly felt that in comparison, it was definitely the right decision to join Takeda Katsuyori, if it was Takeda Yoshinobu, how could this big-hearted lord be able to tolerate me in the future.

In contrast, although the process of helping Takeda Katsuyori to take the position was a little more difficult, under his hands, he could gain a lot of freedom and have more room for development.

"So what?"

Listening to everyone praising Takeda Katsuyori and Li Xiao, Katsuzi couldn't sit still, he first stared at Li Xiao viciously, and then said: "Don't forget, Lord Iitomi Bingbu, in the first battle of Kawanakajima, didn't he also repelled Murakami Yoshikiyo's 8,000 army with 800 troops in Uchiyama Castle. ”

Takeda Shingen turned his head sideways to look at Iitomi Huchang, nodded and said, "Yes, Huchang and his Red Reserve Team are the fangs of my Jiafei Tiger, this is beyond doubt. ”

"Thank you, Lord Lord, for the compliment." After Fan Fuhu Chang bowed down, he sat up straight with a reserved body, and his eyes looked at Li Xiao at this moment.

The two men looked at each other, and the others present noticed both of them at the same time. Although Murakami Yoshikiyo is not as famous as Uesugi Kenshin, the only two defeats in Takeda Shingen's life were under this man, so the other party is definitely a fierce general.

"Fan Fu Huchang, Li Xiao, these two people are the brightness of my Takeda family." Takeda Shingen said secretly in his heart that he happened to be watching the Romance of the Three Kingdoms from the Ming Dynasty recently, so he also knew the allusion of Yu Liang.

Yes, what about Li Xiao, I have the assistance of Master Iifu, and his Takeda family's strongest army, the Red Reserve Cavalry, which definitely surpasses them in terms of military strength. When Yoshinobu Takeda thought of this, he felt a lot of relief in his heart.

Fan Fu Huchang was also thinking about Li Xiao in his heart at the moment.

When the other party was in Haijin Castle on Kawanaka Island, he had met once, and during the military discussion at that time, Li Xiao did not dare to say a word when he was asked by the lord. At that time, I thought that this person was just a promise-only person, but I didn't expect that in the battle of Baigen Mountain, the other party actually became a famous general in the world, and I really underestimated this person. And I heard Yamamoto Kansuke say that this person's talent is ten times better than him, Kansuke's military strategy, resourcefulness and castle building skills, even the lord is deeply valued, I didn't expect Kansuke to sigh that he is not as good as the other party, this Li Xiao is really so powerful. However, those who don't have the ability are not enough to defeat Kenshin Uesugi at the foot of Mt. Shirane.

Seeing that Fan Fu Huchang was firmly staring at him, Li Xiao nodded calmly, and then showed a harmless smile.