After defeating the Nagano family's cavalry, the Takeda Katsuyori team, who was in charge of the palace, was never pursued again, and there was no incident that night.

The next time, Kohata Akabei, who was replaced by Kohata Kenshige, was in charge of the palace, but at this time, the vanguard of the Nagano family had arrived, and united with some local wealthy clans to engage in several fierce battles with the Kohata team, and both sides had their own victories and defeats.

However, in the evening of the same day, the Takeda army finally reached the pass of Mt. Shirane, and it was said that they could reach the Shinano territory by crossing the pass, which relieved the officers and men of the Takeda army, who were worried about being pursued by the combined forces of Nagano and Uesugi.

Takeda Katsuyori's team camped by the stream in the mountains, and Li Xiao ordered the horse servants to lead the war horse to feed, and he came to the stream to drink water and wash his face.

Holding the clear and cold mountain spring in both hands and sticking it to his face, Li Xiao felt that his whole body was refreshed. Yumi Kohata and her sister Yusada Kohata are also rinsing on the side, soaking their feet in water and carefully washing their hair.

In this era, women are very cherished of their hair. At that time, the beauty of the female surname was first seen on the back, in which the amount of hair must be large and straight, which is a prerequisite for beauty. According to the rules of the time, aristocratic women had to cover their faces with fans even in front of their husbands, so everyone could only compete with their backs. When walking, use your knees, so as to be graceful, called "knee walking".

However, whether from an ancient or modern point of view, the two Kohata sisters can be called standard beauties.

Li Xiao chatted with them, Xiaohata Yuzhen was much more innocent and romantic because of her young age, she didn't know much about the world, and she didn't have too deep resentment towards the tragedy of the destruction of the family, so when chatting about fun places, she often made a very crisp laugh.

And Yumi Kohata because of the relationship between master and servant, so her answers to Li Xiao are more formal and serious, and she doesn't have a smile at her glance. Li Xiao is the kind of person who can make girls happy in college, but when she encounters Yumi Kohata, who is as cold as ice, it is difficult to have a chance to make her laugh.

Li Xiao is not in a hurry anyway, everyone is together, and slowly there are opportunities, and the more challenging he is, the more he likes it.

Li Xiao also often tells some touching love stories that seemed to be on the previous **, and Yuzhen Kohata will be moved by a handful of snot and tears, and at this time, Yumi Kohata will also show a very serious listening look.

As for the boy Kowamaru among the sisters and siblings of the Kohata family, whenever Li Xiao was free, he would carry the iron cannon brought out of the house on his shoulder, pestering Li Xiao and asking to be his samurai.

However, Li Xiao refused his request on the grounds that he was still young (thirteen years old was actually not too young at the time), but then again, Yuwakamaru's iron cannon was used quite well. Li Xiao had seen him hit targets with iron cannons, and his hit rate was relatively light compared to the pile of rice bucket-like iron cannons under Takeda Katsuyori, which was still a lot stronger, and it was estimated that he would be an iron cannon master in the future.

Therefore, Li Xiao did not completely cool his heart, and promised to wait for another half a year to let him serve as his own samurai, and he would also be his black hat pro at the Yuanfu ceremony.

At that time, an elder who was a samurai would put on a black hat and tie a hat belt for him, and draw up a name after the yuanfu, and this person would often give a word in the name to Fang Yuanfu. And this person who performs the ritual is called "Ebony Hat Pro".

At that time, the children of famous martial artists would find people who were highly respected or held power as black hat relatives. For example, Takeda Shingen's black hat pro is the former shogunate general Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Takeda Shingen's real name is Harunobu, and the word Harushi worships Ashikaga Yoshiharu's Haru.

However, as the shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiharu himself will certainly not attend Takeda Shingen's Yuan Costume Ceremony, and the word is only a reward for the Takeda family who supported his ascendancy.

Just as it was popular in this Warring States Period, it involves the struggle for power, the love of father and son, and the righteousness of brothers, not to mention the black hat family. But some people don't value it, but some people regard it as life, just as there are ministers in this world who are in calamity and there must be loyal ministers who are loyal to the festival.

Therefore, with this 'black hat pro' relationship in form, Li Xiao will have the responsibility to protect Xingruomaru in the future, and Xingruomaru also needs to serve Li Xiao wholeheartedly, which can be regarded as establishing the future master-slave relationship between the two.

Since having Li Xiao's promise, Xingruomaru entered the identity in advance, and served Li Xiao as the lord, and usually actively packed up weapons, military tents, etc., for Li Xiao, and did what he could.

And the two sisters look at Li Xiao differently, after all, two of the three sisters and brothers are working under Li Xiao, so in the future, to revive the Xiaoman family and make a name for everyone, it all depends on Li Xiao's ability, and the greater Li Xiao's achievements, the closer they are to hope.

Therefore, compared to Shima Shengmeng, Shigang Yiyu, and Xiaohata sisters and brothers, although the two of them entered Li Xiao's field of vision for a short time, they had the momentum of catching up.

After returning to the military tent, Li Xiao's tent suddenly came to visit a rare guest, who was actually the son of the Takeda family genealogy generation old trace department Nobuaki Katsuzi.

Li Xiao muttered secretly in his heart, what does this person have to teach him.

Katsuzi and Li Xiao first talked a lot of nonsense without nutrition, and then slowly got to the point, first boasting about Li Xiao's achievements in Kawanakajima, his performance in attacking Kunimine Castle, and his efforts to fight Hojo Tsusunari and save the face of the Takeda family, and recently he personally led his men and horses to repel the attack of the Ueno cavalry.

The trace department Shengzi first laid the groundwork, specially picked up what Li Xiaoai listened to, and then slowly said his meaning. It turned out that Katsuzi was trying to win over Li Xiao for Takeda Yoshinobu.

"Your Highness admires Your Excellency's bravery very much, and if Lord Li Xiao is you, you are willing to promise to serve Your Highness. Your Highness has promised to promote you to the rank of general in the near future. ”

The Waiter? Li Xiao was still very moved when he heard this, if he was loyal to Takeda Yoshinobu, he would be able to get the rank of general, which was a very good future. However, ......, Li Xiao secretly sneered in his heart.

"Lord Jibe, where do you say, I was originally working for the Takeda family, and if I worked for the Takeda family, wouldn't it be for His Highness." Li Xiao gave the other party an ambiguous answer, but he didn't say anything to death.

The two talked for a while.

The meaning of Li Xiao's words is very clear, I am not interested in serving Your Highness, but it will not hinder your major affairs, don't come to trouble me.

Seeing that Li Xiao had been prevaricating himself, he said in a threatening tone: "Lord Li Xiao, you also know that His Royal Highness will definitely be the best candidate for the governor of the Takeda family in the future, if you have any other thoughts, it is best to put it away." If you don't serve Your Highness today, that is, your Highness's enemy, you can think clearly about this path. ”

This is completely a top-to-bottom tone, and he simply treats Li Xiao as a retainer.

As soon as these words came out, Shengzi immediately walked out of Li Xiao's tent with a disgraced face, his face full of hatred.

Watching the trace of Katsuzi leaving, Li Xiao shook his head again and again, thinking that Takeda Yoshinobu was really incompetent, and actually sent such a person as a lobbyist. Doesn't he know that most people in politics follow the line of the wall-riding faction, and if they force people to make decisions, they can only push more people to their hostile side.

Thinking of this, Li Xiao suddenly saw a figure outside the tent. Li Xiao chased after him, looking at the back of the other party, he recognized that it was the person close to Takeda Katsuyori, it seemed that Katsuji Takebe suddenly came to visit him, and even Takeda Katsuyori was curious and sent someone to check. However, in this way, Li Xiao is of course not afraid, and he is convinced that after this incident, Takeda Katsuyori's trust in him will be further increased.

Anyway, he and Takeda Yoshinobu didn't have the right number of paths, and there was a gap between them, so they didn't have to worry about anything. Thinking of this, Li Xiao's heart relaxed a lot, and he went back to sleep in the camp.

The next day, before dawn, Li Xiao was suddenly woken up by the ashigaru soldiers.

I saw Ashigaru with a panicked look on his face, and said in a panic: "My lord, it's not good, the coalition of Uesugi and the Nagano family is coming towards our army." ”