Chapter 18: The Dignity of the Samurai
"Besides, after the military advisor Kansuke Yamamoto presented the woodpecker tactics to Shingenko, Shingenko decided to take his advice and divided the military force into two divisions, one for the night attack on Uesugi Kenshin Honjin by the Einsatzgruppen, and the other for the Hachimangahara formation as the main formation. However, this strategy was discovered by Uesugi Kenshin himself, who is said to have discovered the changes in the smoke of the Takeda army......"
Just as the traveler was talking with relish, a ronin samurai on the side interrupted and said, "Exactly, Kenshin Gong is the incarnation of the god of war, Bishamonten, who knows everything and knows everything, how can Yamamoto Kansuke's strategy be hidden from him." ”
The traveler was interrupted by the samurai's words, and smiled, but he didn't dare to refute, and said with a smile: "It should be as this samurai lord said, in short, the strategy of the Takeda army was seen through from the beginning. ”
Li Xiao swallowed a sip of sake, peeked at Yamamoto Kansuke's expression, and saw his hands pressed tightly on the knees of the sitting cross-legged, and a terrifying look was forced in his single eye, then he raised the wine glass and drank it all in a big gulp, and then threw it heavily on the wine table.
Historically, Kansuke Yamamoto was recognized because of his woodpecker tactics and died in battle. Now because of Li Xiao's appearance, history has changed, in fact, because of Li Xiao's intervention, the casualties of the Takeda Army in the Battle of Kawanakajima are smaller than in history.
But now it seems that Kansuke Yamamoto has not let go of this matter, and I am afraid that it will always be a knot in his heart.
"And then?"
All the ronin warriors in the sojourn wanted to continue listening, and they asked questions one after another. The traveler continued to pull the topic down, and inevitably added a few points of oil and vinegar in the middle, and there was no exaggeration in the words. These made Takeda Katsuyori, who had participated in the battle of Kawanakajima, and Li Xiao and the three of them couldn't help but shake their heads when they heard it.
"When the Takeda army and the Uesugi army were inseparable, Kenshin Gong rode the war horse 'Mao Sheng Fangyue' and brandished the famous sword 'Shunqing Changguang', and killed the Takeda family's main battle. At that time, there was no one to guard Xin Xuangong, and he didn't even have time to pull out the sword, and he saw Qian Xingong killing him. ”
Hearing this scene, Li Xiao suddenly pricked up his ears, and couldn't help but follow the other ronins and ask, "Then what?" ”
As soon as Li Xiao spoke, he immediately felt several eyes on him, but the other party saw that he was dressed as a samurai, and his clothes were printed with Takeda Ling's family crest, so he no longer looked at him.
The traveler smiled at Li Xiao flatteringly, and then said: "Back to Lord Samurai's words, of course, Xin Xuan Gong was extremely calm at that time, he raised the military equipment in his hand and blocked the three swords from Qian Xin Gong. Just as the samurai of the Takeda Army came to the rescue. At this time, the two famous generals sympathized with each other, looked at each other and smiled, and Qianxin Gong beat the horse away, and did not cut the fourth knife. ”
Li Xiao was dumbfounded when he heard it, and scolded from the bottom of his heart, Nima, was my appearance scene cut out by the director? Li Xiao was depressed, but fortunately, Takeda Katsuyori understood Li Xiao's mood and personally poured him a glass of wine to comfort him.
After the death of Imasakikawa Yoshimoto, Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin were considered the two powerful daimyo who were the most qualified to go to Shoro and replace the shogun and end this troubled era.
The four joint battles of Kawanakajima between the two were once considered to be the decisive battles that would determine the future direction of the Sengoku period. It's a pity that the two chess opponents will meet good materials, and they have always ended up winning or losing. Even in the fiercest Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima, in which the soldiers suffered numerous casualties, the two generals personally went into battle and drew their swords to cut each other, but the two sides still did not distinguish the winner or loser.
As soon as the traveler's voice fell, the samurai in the sojourn praised one after another, and this scene left them with countless imaginations. They focus more on the process than the result, and what they talk about is the one-horse negotiation between Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin, and the two have been rivals for a lifetime, and they cherish each other's heroic pride.
In this way, they seem to be more in line with the spirit of the samurai.
However, Li Xiao can't understand this kind of mood, who calls himself small, the battle of Kawanakajima, people will remember Takeda Shingen, Uesugi Kenshin, Takeda Shinshi, Yamamoto Kansuke, Baba Shinbo This series of names, but no one will remember himself as a low-level samurai with no reputation.
TMD, one day I will get ahead and seal him with a million stones. Li Xiao scolded in Chinese.
In the surprised eyes of everyone, Takeda Katsuyori and Li Xiao walked out of the door. Takeda Katsuyori was obviously in a good mood, drank a few more glasses of wine, walked a little dizzy, and for a moment did not notice it, just as he stepped over the katana of a ronin samurai who was resting near the firepit.
Katana has the soul of a samurai, and civilians are not allowed to wear a katana (Taidao), but they can wear ribs. However, all samurai cherished their katana sword very much, and it was extremely impolite to touch the samurai's scabbard as their own glory.
This is also why I walk on the left side, and I wear a knife on the left side. This way, even if two samurai meet in a narrow alley, their scabbards will not touch each other. When a samurai visited a home, he would untie his sword at the entrance and carry it in his right hand before entering the house. Entering a house with a knife in his left hand indicates that he can draw a knife with his right hand at any time, which is a sign of distrust.
And Takeda Katsuyori stepped over the opponent's katana, and in the eyes of the samurai, who regarded the sword as part of the master's body, stepping over the sword in his hand was stepping over his own body, which was a great disrespect and insult to the master himself.
So the ronin warrior was furious, and the other party was not alone, but also three accomplices. The four of them pulled out half of their katanas, blocked the door of the inn, and surrounded Takeda Katsuyori and Li Xiao to ask for an explanation.
The two sides argued for a while, and these ronin samurai kept saying that Takeda Katsuyori had insulted the integrity of the other samurai and demanded that the other party pay compensation in money. And Takeda Katsuyori was arrogant, sarcastically saying that the integrity of the samurai could be measured by money.
The more they talked, the more they couldn't get closer, and each pulled out their katanas, and Li Xiao and Yamamoto Kansuke protected Takeda Katsuyori behind them, one left and one right. In fact, Li Xiao didn't have any hope for the combat power that Yamamoto Kansuke, a one-eyed disabled person with crutches, could provide, and now that everything was said, he could only bite the bullet himself.
Thinking of this, Li Xiao couldn't help but scold in his heart, why is this Takeda Katsuyori so restless, if you don't cause me any trouble, you will die.
Seeing that they were about to make a move, at this time, these people whispered, it turned out that they were worried that in the territory of the Takeda family, it would be difficult to clean up the people of the Takeda family, and they wanted to fight quickly.
Li Xiaona will give them the opportunity to strike first, draw the knife out of the sheath, hold the handle of the knife with both hands crossed, and then rise up with both feet and swing the knife heavily at the person in front of him. The ronin warrior in front of him hurriedly raised his sword to block, but was hit by Li Xiao's full strength, and flew out with a knife.
The man threw three or four meters away with a katana, slammed into the wine table with a thud, and then his wrists, legs, and feet were cut bloody from the shattered fragments of the wine bottle.
Li Xiao's shot made everyone in the sojourn stunned. Although Li Xiao was burly in their eyes, far exceeding the average height of this era, he cut down a ronin warrior in the middle of a hand, and this kind of wrist strength and arm strength were also terrifying.
In fact, the knife in Li Xiao's hand is specially made, compared with the katana of the same era, the knife in Li Xiao's hand has greatly thickened the thickness of the blade, although the sharpness is reduced, which makes the blade heavier, which is more in line with his advantage of relying on height and arm length and strength to carry out a wide opening and closing style.
After all, he is only proficient in spearmanship, and Yu is not good at swordsmanship, if he competes with the samurai of this era in terms of swordsmanship, it is undoubtedly looking for death. This kind of play that looks quite brute force is actually more in line with his style.
After knocking over one person, the other three accomplices saw that their partners were injured, so they rushed up, planning to rely on the advantage of being large in numbers to solve Li Xiao in one go.