As the first snow of Shinano fell, it had been more than forty days since Li Xiao came to the Warring States in the blink of an eye.

The renovation work of Gao Yuan City had already begun a few days ago. Although they heard that they couldn't become samurai, the bandits complained for a while, but under the persuasion of Li Xiao's three-inch tongue, and the force of Yamamoto Kansuke. The bandits eventually agreed to participate in the restoration of Takato Castle, and Yamamoto Kansuke promised to pay them a certain amount and settle their families.

And since the surrender of the bandits, Yamamoto Kansuke's attitude towards Li Xiao has been slightly better, at least he didn't roll his eyes as soon as they met before, and he didn't even say hello. Well, I won't actually take the initiative to greet you now.

This made Li Xiao, who came from China, the country of etiquette, very unhappy.

As the former military advisor of Takeda Shingen, Li Xiao actually wanted to chat with him, of course, the purpose was to dig up some secrets that the Takeda family could not be passed on. Its content is nothing more than which woman Takeda Shingen loves the most in his life, whether Takeda Shingen really likes to engage in the base, and to what extent there was an ambiguity between Takeda Shingen and Takasaka Masanobu and so on.

Well, Li Xiao never denied that he was a very gossipy person.

However, Yamamoto Kansuke has been busy dealing with large and small affairs in the territory of Takato Castle, and he has no leisure to chat with people, which is true. In Li Xiao's eyes, this person is purely Zhuge Liang's life, he has done everything, and he is not afraid to turn Takeda Shenglai into the second Liu Chan.

But fortunately, Kansuke Yamamoto has not given any more tasks to Li Xiao these days.

Now that Li Xiao can finally have time, take time to study his spear skills, and see if there is a way to maximize the improvement to deal with the duel with Shigang Kazuyu in less than three months.

In fact, Li Xiao thought that according to the previous strategy of playing Taige, the first choice to learn spearmanship was to go to the Nara Dojo to find the treasure temple Yinrong.

Treasure temple Yinei got the guidance of Kamiizumi Nobutsuna.,It's the owner of the treasure temple of Kofukuji Temple in Nara.,As a monk.,But obsessed with martial arts.,In addition to Kamiizumi Nobutsuna.,When he was young, he also worshipped many people as teachers.,Finally, in middle age, he fused martial arts.,Create a ten-character spear technique that integrates offense and defense.。 His spear skills are the famous Takara-in in this history, and it has been passed down to this day.

In this era, if you talk about swordsmanship, Tsukahara Bu Ling can be called the first in this book, and in terms of spearmanship, the throne of the first in this book is none other than Yinrong of the Treasure Temple.

It's a pity that this plan is unrealistic, Nara is not a few days away from it, and Li Xiao, as a retainer of Takeda Katsuyori, can't easily leave Takato City for too long. Approve a long vacation, Yamamoto Kansuke will agree no matter what, so Li Xiao's plan to go to Nara died abruptly.

However, Li Xiao instantly thought of other ways, and he hit the idea on the gun bullet Masatoshi Masashi, who was also a retainer of Takeda Katsuyori.

As a local wealthy family in Shinano, the name of the family has existed for hundreds of years, and when Takato Castle was still owned by the Takato clan, Masatoshi Hoshina and his father Masanori Hoshina were the retainers of the head of the Takato clan.

Therefore, the Hokeshi clan is also a famous family in Shinano, and it is undoubtedly presumptuous to go to Li Xiao as an ordinary samurai to seek lessons in marksmanship.

Fortunately, Li Xiao opened up the joint, and the previous magistrate of Takato Town, Nishimura Heizo, happened to have a bit of an in-law relationship with the Baoke clan. Li Xiao met Masatoshi Hoshina through Heizo Nishimura, his eldest son Masanao Hoshina, and his third son Masatsuki Hoshina.

Baoke is only twenty years old, just after the Yuan service, Li Xiao knew that this person was also a fierce general in history, the Takeda family perished, and then fought for the Tokugawa family, and gave Tokugawa Ieyasu a total of 25,000 stone territory. His younger brother Masatsuki Hoshina later changed his name to Naito Masatsuki, and was adopted by Naito Masatsu, one of Takeda's four ministers, and inherited the Naito family governor after the death of Naito Masatoyo in the Battle of Nagashi.

Li Xiao and Bao Ke are upright, and the two brothers Bao Ke Changyue are about the same age, and after Li Xiao invited them to the izakaya to drink a few times, the three of them gradually became acquainted. After getting closer, Li Xiao mentioned that he had admired Baoke Zhengjun's marksmanship for a long time and had always been eager to meet him.

The two brothers heard that Li Xiao admired their father so much, and they were happy to introduce Li Xiao at the moment. Before coming to the door, Li Xiao also used the gold that Takeda Shingen had rewarded him with before, and bought three quite good swords as a meeting gift, ready to give them to Hoshina Masatoshi to improve his friendliness.

After receiving the gift, Masatoshi Hoshina was very happy, and was amazed to hear that Li Xiao had blocked Uesugi Kenshin in the Battle of Kawanakajima and saved Takeda Shingen. Therefore, he also glanced at Li Xiao and did not treat him as an ordinary warrior.

Li Xiao immediately asked Baoke Zhengjun for gunnery skills. Under the discussion between the two parties, Li Xiao found that although Baoke Zhengjun was over fifty years old, his spear skills were old and fierce, and he had been trained on the battlefield for many years, while his son Baoke was upright and Baoke Changyue, although their spear skills were not exquisite, but they were young and vigorous.

However, to Li Xiao's great disappointment, although the gunnery of the three of Baoshina and his son was famous in Shinano, they did not show their strength higher than themselves when fighting against him.

On the contrary, after Li Xiao gradually became familiar with the routine of the three of them's marksmanship, he could already suppress them well. This is also of course, Li Xiao's spear skills are transmitted from China, after a long period of polishing, to remove the chaff, and in terms of spear skills, it is by no means inferior to any school of spear in this era, and they are tall and army, young and strong, and have long strength, these two advantages are not available to them.

Baoke Zhengjun or twenty years younger can be as young as Li Xiaoyi, but at that time, his spear skills must not be as superb as they are now. seemed to realize this, and the three of Baoke Zhengjun, father and son, admired Li Xiao's marksmanship.

It is said that I especially worship the strong from the bottom of my bones, and not only worship, but also strive to learn from the strong. At the moment, Baoke Zhengjun let Baoke be upright, and Baoke Changyue's two sons worship Li Xiao as a teacher, Li Xiao will certainly not refuse, which is also a foundation for laying a good family connection in Takeda.

So since Takeda Shenglai, Li Xiao has accepted two more cheap apprentices after coming to this troubled world.

Warmly received by the Baoke family, Li Xiao stayed there for three days, talking about gunnery, and the three of Baoke's father and son all praised Li Xiao very much. Then Li Xiao also mentioned to them the decisive battle with Shigang Yiyu three months later.

As for the fame of Shigang Kazuha, these three people have all heard of it, and they are famous swordsmen in Kashima, and they have defeated many swordsmanship.

As for Kashima Shindangliu who mentioned Tsukahara Bu Ling, Masatoshi Hoshina's face was a lot heavier, and for Tsukahara Bu Ling, who was said to be the first in swordsmanship, his heart no longer needed to be described by the word worship, but to a deep level of fear.

Even though Tsukahara Bu Ling is now a seventy-three-year-old man, he is still recognized as the first in terms of swordsmanship. In his later years, he traveled around the world as a martial artist, following his disciples, and his retinue numbered hundreds, as if the daimyo were traveling.

Many local daimyos, wealthy clans, and military generals worship Tsukahara Bu Ling as their teacher, hoping to get his guidance. Takeda Shingen also hired Tsukahara Bu Ling to be the Takeda family's guide to the art of war for a period of time, and asked Tsukahara Bu Ling to instruct the generals in swordsmanship.

Masatoshi Hoshina also saw it once, and he still admires Tsukahara Butachi's swordsmanship.

Baoke Zhengjun also said that he was not unconfident in Li Xiao's marksmanship, but felt that his marksmanship was definitely a first-class level, but Li Xiao's shortcomings were also obvious, that is, what he lacked was actual combat experience, which was practiced in countless battlefield battles and personal duels in life-and-death battles.

So in the end, Baoke Zhengjun said bluntly to Li Xiao that he was not optimistic about the competition between Li Xiao and Shigang Yiyu.