Kai on the mountain road.

Yoshinobu Takeda approached with a dozen people, riding lightly, riding a horse and whipping, and was galloping quickly on the mountain road in the direction of the Tsugasakikan.

Yoshinobu Takeda was on horseback, looking at the white mountains that swept past him, piling up the snow, and his eyes showed a slightly thoughtful expression.

No one would have thought that my righteous faith would make trouble at this time.

Takeda Yoshinobu snorted coldly, and said from the bottom of his heart, Father, if you treat me a little kindly, I will repay you a little, and now you have ignored the relationship between father and son, and want to abandon the alliance with the Imagawa family, and turn to an alliance with Oda, and want to weaken my power step by step, and then pass on the throne to Shiro, then don't ignore my decision.

Father, Shiro, none of you expected that I had already put a dark chess piece next to you.

While Yoshinobu Takeda was pondering, on the white hills on the side, a figure was rapidly flying among the rocky and dry branches.

This person is the Sanada family ninja Deura Morikiyo.

Deura Morikiyo wears a white ninja suit lined with the color of the snow, and his movements are extremely agile.

When he crossed another mountain pass, Deura Shengqing finally stopped, and after sweating profusely, his physical strength was still surplus.

In the middle of this mountain pass, he met the ninja of the joint, and after silently gesturing to the other party, the other party groaned, and then the figure flew and disappeared between the mountains.

Deura Morikiyoshi knew that the other party was continuing to follow Takeda Yoshinobu's line.

Deura Mori pondered for a moment, took out a small note from the deerskin bag next to his waist, sprinkled charcoal ash on it, and hurriedly scribbled a few words that no one could understand.

This is a secret word between Togakure ninjas, and if you can see it, you will know that it has the words 'Yoshinobu, Tsukizakikan' written on it.

After that, Deura Morikiyo put a small note from a bamboo knot, threw it on a small wooden stake, and carved a few identification marks on the tree.

After all this was done, the figure of Deura Shengqing disappeared into the mountains and forests again.

A moment later, a man who looked to be a cultivator walked up to the stake, checked the movement left and right, and took the bamboo knot.

Although Yoshinobu Takeda is gone, this dog chase ceremony is still going on.

The retainers of the Takeda family in the stands were all engrossed, but Li Xiao's mind was not on it.

Li Xiao and Sanada Yutaka said: "Although Takeda Yoshinobu is gone, if there is no Iitomi Huchang and Nobuaki of the trace department to help, he has one person and he can't mobilize the Lang party to revolt, so we continue to keep an eye on the movements of Itomi Huchang and Nobuaki of the trace, and it will be enough." ”

Sanada Yutaka hesitated for a moment and said, "Maybe there is no need for Iitomi Huchang, and Nobuaki of the Trace Department can make a move, and they can also send their cronies to transfer back the samurai under their command, and maybe they will participate in the chaos." ”

After Sanada Yutaka finished speaking, there were shouts and cheers in the stands, it turned out that the dog chasing competition was going on, and it was coming to an end, and more than 30 samurai were now chasing the last dozen fighting dogs, chasing and intercepting in the center of the field.

Li Xiao glanced at the field, replied to Sanada Yutaka's words, and said: "Sanada-sama's worries are indeed justified, but I think that the fewer people who hear about such a rebellion, the better. Therefore, these two people must give orders to their subordinate samurai on the spot, so that they can drive their subordinates to act. ”

Sanada Yutaka snorted and said, "It's a pity that my ninjas are still insufficient, otherwise I can monitor the movements of Iitomi, the two of them, and the samurai under their command at the same time." ”

Li Xiao smiled slightly, and said: "It's not necessary, keep an eye on Fanfu, and the two of them will be enough." ”

At this time, there were only the last two or three fighting dogs left, and I saw that Takeda Katsuyori's side was close to Akiyama kinhisa, and he was unstoppable, and he fired a bow and arrow on horseback, and shot three arrows in an instant, killing two fighting dogs.

With the shooting of the last arrow of Akiyama kinhisa, the dog chasing competition is also over.

"Let's go, let's go and consult with His Highness."

Li Xiao and Sanada Yutaka stood up together.

Takeda Katsuyori, the place that Li Xiao brought here, there are only more than 20 people close to the samurai, and now that it is such a special moment, there are few people, so they must gather together to take care of each other.

After the dog chasing competition, Takeda Shingen went to Takeda Hachiman Palace to worship the god of Hachiman, but the retainers did not follow and went to the nearby hunting ground for eagle hunting and shooting.

Eagle hunting and hunting were both popular activities for samurai.

Although Buddhism does not advocate killing, it abstains from eating any meat except birds and fish, and preaches what to eat in the afterlife.

However, the samurai killed people on the battlefield like hemp, and they killed a lot of people, so they didn't pay attention to so much when they killed and ate meat, and shooting and hunting meat was also common in the eyes of many samurai, and during the Warring States period, food was seriously insufficient, and a small number of poor people began to eat meat.

Although Li Xiao has been here for many years, he still doesn't know anything about the art of arching horses, so he holds a big gun and goes into battle to kill the enemy is unstoppable.

So Li Xiao took the bow, although he was shot repeatedly, he found nothing.

However, his purpose was not here, on the contrary, he consciously tracked the vicinity of Iitomi Huchang, trying not to let the other party out of his sight.

This year's Kai winter passed relatively early, so it was quite warm, and there were also small animals and wild boars in the hunting grounds.

The main target of the samurai was the wild boar.

Li Xiao has been in Yueben for many years, and once almost made a fuss, because a samurai of the Takeda family admired his bravery very much, so he called him the fierce general of the pig's sudden advance.

Li Xiao was angry when he heard it, but fortunately, he was very deep in the city and did not have a seizure on the spot, and only after asking others afterwards did he know that he had misunderstood.

It turns out that when I say that someone is like a pig, there is no derogatory meaning, but a compliment.

This is because there is no tiger in this book, so the wild boar is a very powerful animal in the eyes of Yue himself.

He often uses the adjective to describe the fierce general, that is, he uses the adjective of the pig rushing forward, which means that he is as resolute and brave as a wild boar.

However, Li Xiao is still insensitive to adjectives like pigs sudden.

"Master Li Xiao, it seems that you don't know how to bow horses?"

Fan Fu Huchang on the side seemed to find Li Xiao on the side, so he took the initiative to ride a horse to Li Xiao to say hello.

Li Xiao and Fan Fu Huchang pulled their horses against each other, Li Xiao saw a trace of ridicule in the other party's eyes, and said: "It's ashamed to say, it's really not very good." ”

Fan Fu Huchang nodded and said: "How can a warrior not know how to bow a horse, if you don't mind, let me come down and teach Your Excellency." ”

Fan Fu Huchang's words were not polite at all, but Li Xiao knew that this person had always been arrogant and had such an attitude towards anyone, so he didn't mind too much, and it happened that the other party's invitation also gave Li Xiao a chance to spy on the other party.

Immediately, Li Xiao took his entourage and Fan Fu Huchang and his party to talk about stopping and stopping along the way, and there were also a few people around him who were born in a rich family.

These people are so skillful in bowing and riding that Li Xiao is embarrassed.

At this time, there was a wild boar in the mountains, and a wild boar was driven out for the samurai, and many samurai saw the prey and shouted together to hunt and kill.

However, I don't know if it is the truth that the boar runs very fast, just in response to the sentence that the pig is advancing suddenly, this dark boar, although it is not big, but the speed is extremely fast, and the action is extremely agile in the mountains and forests.

The samurai on the side stepped forward to shoot the boar, but because of the boar's speed, all the slower horses could not keep up, and the faster ones could not shoot the horses.

Moreover, the boar was still very cunning, and led several samurai on horseback to circle in the mountains, and one of the samurai on horseback accidentally rode his horse into a pile of rocks, and as a result, he broke the horse's hooves and fell off his horse.

Seeing this scene, Fan Fu Huchang sneered slightly, and said to Li Xiaoyan: "You look at it, see how I shoot and hunt." ”

After saying that, Fan Fu Huchang pulled the reins and rushed forward.

When all the samurai saw Iifu Huchang make a move, they all immediately retreated to the side, obviously having great confidence in him.

The war horse of Rice Fu Huchang instantly exerted his strength, and in a short period of time, he bit the butt of the wild boar,

In the meantime he sat on horseback, armed with a bow and arrow, aimed at the wild boar in front of him, and with a smack of arrows.

Shot.

The boar was hit by an arrow in his back, screamed, and ran faster.

However, Iifu Huchang didn't have time to shoot the second arrow, because the wild boar had scurried into the pile of rocks again.

At this time, Fan Fuhuchang pulled back his horse and said to Li Xiaoyan lightly: "Lord Li Xiao, have you seen it?" The secret of hunting is very simple, it is to ride a horse fast, shoot a bow accurately, but both are indispensable, just like the people who seized the world, both righteousness and strength are indispensable. ”

Li Xiao listened to Fan Fuhuchang and actually said his words without concealing it, this tone seemed to be provocative, and it seemed to be warning himself, this condescending attitude really made him unhappy.

A trace of unhappiness flashed on Li Xiao's face, and he shot back: "Lord Iifu's words make sense, but I think that Lord Iifu, although his shooting skills are unparalleled, the horse runs fast, and the arrows shoot accurately, isn't this pig still running right now?" ”

As soon as Li Xiao's words came out, several Lang Dang beside Fan Fu Huchang changed color, and one of them shouted directly at Li Xiao: "Rude." ”

Li Xiao's entourage saw that the lord was humiliated, and also said loudly: "It is Your Excellency who is rude." ”

Fan Fu Huchang shook his hand, turned around and said to the subordinate: "Lord Li Xiao, you are the elder of the family, you must not be rude, give me a retreat." ”

This person was reprimanded by Fan Fu Huchang, and immediately apologized to Li Xiao and stepped aside.

Li Xiao also said to Fan Fuhu: "My subordinates are also rude. ”

Hearing what Li Xiao said, Fan Fu Huchang looked at the other party, his eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a look of forest, and said: "Lord Li Xiao, Fang Cai's words are not rude, but I would like to see if Your Excellency's bow horse can kill this wild boar with one blow?" ”

Li Xiao had expected that Fan Fu Huchang would say this, and said: "Lord Fan Fu, knowing that I can't bow a horse, is it difficult for a strong man?" ”

Fan Fu Huchang sneered and said, "Lord Li Xiao, are you afraid?" I don't know how to bow a horse, and I dare to laugh at me. ”

Li Xiao's eyes narrowed, he was noncommittal, and rode away instead.

After Li Xiao rode away, an entourage followed him and said, the lord obviously has other means to shoot the wild boar, why did he show weakness in front of Fan Fu Huchang just now.

Li Xiao waved his hand, and the momentary verbal dispute was not necessary for him at all, and he just left the impression of being impetuous, so that he could deviate from his judgment.

As for the method of hunting wild boars, Li Xiao does have them, but it is inconvenient to expose the means.

This method may be able to save his life at a critical moment.

At this moment, near Takeda Shingen's Takeda Hachiman Palace, a group of people of unknown origin is quietly approaching that vicinity.

(To be continued)