The unremitting efforts of Kira Yoshitoki and Ah Ju, the cold war between the two sides seems to have a tendency to improve, and the attitude of the long-tailed tiger Ji towards him has improved slightly, at least he will not hide all the way without meeting, and it has become a practice to meet each other in the pavilion or something, according to Ah Ju's words, this is a good start, and in his opinion, this is really not a good start.

Of course, these can't affect the daily training of Kira Yoshitoki, and every day he persistently follows the German guy Hans to learn his Teutonic swordsmanship and spearmanship, and he was tossed by this physically perverted guy who didn't even have the strength to hold chopsticks, so he was allowed to go back to rest, in his words, Kira Yoshitoki's performance was so-so, of course, the best performance in his mouth was this evaluation, and more like Yamaoka Chang can only get a shit-like evaluation.

That afternoon, Kira Yoshitoki was tossed half-dead by the Germans before he was released, and just now he was walking in the courtyard when he heard someone say to him: "Hey! Come here! ”

"Huh?" Turning to look, the long-tailed tiger queen beckoned at him and said, "Call you, what to see!" Come here. ”

"Oh." Kira Yoshishi was a little dazed for a moment, shook his head and walked over as ordered, "What's the matter?" I mean there's something I need help with. ”

As soon as he wanted to lean over, he was covered by Long-tailed Tiger Ji with a little disgust: "Oh, what kind of smell does this smell on you!" Hurry up and wash up and come back again! ”

"Princess Tiger Princess!" It seemed that Ah Ju was reminding her behind her, and the long-tailed tiger Ji could only pout and say helplessly: "Come here, we talked about you just now." ”

Ji Liang Yishi suddenly came to the spirit, and secretly said that Ah Ju is powerful. Follow the long-tailed tiger queen all the way into the building. A group of maids were chatting in twos and threes. They are accustomed to the easy-going nature of Kira Yoshi, and Ah Ju is always very off-line to take responsibility for the little maids, so that their pressure becomes very light, and they can always get together to play every day.

The long-tailed tiger queen sat under the porch in a regular manner, like a demure lady, her long black hair was also combed into a long ponytail, and she looked like a heroic female knight, looking at Kira Yoshishi and sat down in turn. She asked, "Sister Aju has told a lot of stories about Kyoto, and some of your stories are true?" ”

Kira Yoshitoki didn't think about it and said casually: "Of course it's true!" What did she say? ”

"Sister Aju said that you are very good at fighting in Kyoto, and that Miyoshi Chikuzen Mamoru seems to be very powerful, but Sister Aju doesn't see it and always can't say clearly, so I want to ask you personally!"

"Sister Tiger Ji is a liar! Chiyonu clearly said it just now...... Whining! Before the stupid Lori's protest was finished, she was covered by the long-tailed tiger her, and the two of them got together and muttered a few words, Mochizuki Chiyo closed her mouth honestly, and Aju showed an encouraging smile at Kira Yoshishi. As if to say come on, Your Highness.

"Is this a test? Then I'll give it a try! Kira Yoshitoki thought secretly, but his mouth was not stunned: "Oh. You mean that! Then I'll tell you about it, I went to Kyoto in the eighteenth year of Astronomy, and in April of the nineteenth year, the Great Imperial Palace died of illness, and in that month I was ordered to go out to Takashima-gun, and then ......"

This statement roughly explained the Kira family's trip to Kyoto for more than three years, of course, some sensitive things were not said, and the narrative focused on the wars that the girl was most interested in, according to the oral account of him, the main participant, of course, it was not as one-sided as Mochizuki Chiyo saw, and Torhime was quickly attracted by the story he told.

Unconsciously, the sky had darkened, and after talking for nearly two hours, not only was his mouth dry, but even his stomach was thundering, and Ji Liangyi said with a bitter face: "Or, let's continue tomorrow?" ”

"Wait, I have one more question for you!" Long-tailed Tiger Ji raised her hand and asked curiously, "What happened to the last Miyoshi repair doctor?" Have you ever violated Kyoto again? ”

"I ended up in Echigo, so I don't know if Dr. Miyoshi invaded Kyoto again." Kira Yoshishi smiled bitterly: "I practiced spearmanship for a day, and now I'm very hungry, do you have any pastries or anything for me to pad my stomach." ”

"Oops! I forgot about listening to His Highness's story just now, so Ah Ju went to get the pastry! Ah Ju hurriedly stood up and ran back to get the pastry, and the little heel Mochizuki Chiyonu also ran over, needless to say, she must have something to eat.

Long-tailed Tiger Ji complimented: "I can't see that you are really powerful!" And your retainers are also very powerful! ”

"Thanks for the compliment!"

"But our Echigo samurai are not bad, and I can also use marksmanship, you saw it last time!" Speaking of this, she also realized that she had said something wrong, and a flush flashed on her white delicate face, and she was stunned by Kira Yoshitoki, and seeing that he looked like a soul grant, the long-tailed tiger Ji scolded with shame and disgust: "Look at what to see! If you look at me like this again, you're going to hit someone! ”

Kira Yoshitoki was taken aback and quickly apologized: "I was wrong!" I'll never dare to do that kind of thing again! You don't care about the villain, spare me once! ”

"Giggles! You're so funny! The long-tailed tiger Ji covered her mouth and snickered, a group of little maids had already avoided it at the first time, giving these two people a little time to communicate with each other.

The two of them chatted until the middle of the moon, and no one noticed where the others were hiding, and you started to communicate with each other word by word, and Kira Yoshitoki told her many interesting stories about her childhood in the country of Mikawa, such as fishing in the Yasaku River, archery bitterness, and the first time the eagle hunting picnic forgot to bring salt, and roasted a bunch of super unpalatable barbecue, and it didn't seem to be cooked yet, which made him have a stomach trouble for several days.

Nagao Toraki also told him that he had lived with his mother at his uncle's house since he was a child, and that he had been very fond of cherry blossoms since he was a child, and that the cherry blossoms in Kasuga Mountain Castle were planted by his father, and that his uncle's house and his brother's Tochio Castle were planted by her mother and herself, and that if she had the chance, she would take Yoshitoki Kira there to see them.

"I've heard that there is a cherry blossom forest along the Shinano River that blooms a kind of evening cherry blossom, but I've never been there! I don't know if it's withered now! ”

"Is there really such a late cherry blossom?"

"There should be! I really want to take a look! Do you want to come with me? ”

"That ......" Kira hesitated, feeling that it didn't seem appropriate now, so he persuaded him, "It's only been a few days since the earthquake." Why don't we wait and go? ”

"Forget it! I know you're not sincere. Long-tailed Tiger Ji pursed his lips and ignored him. Suddenly, there was a gurgling sound. The two of them were stunned at the same time, only to realize that it was completely dark, and the long-tailed tiger Ji found that the surrounding was brightly lit, and I don't know who turned on the lights, remembering the stiff relationship between the two people before, the long-tailed tiger Ji began to regret his recklessness again, and hurriedly stood up and ran away when he left Kirayoshi.

In the Kocha wheel, which is exclusive to the Kira family, a group of samurai from the Kira family gather for special training. Because the flashy stuff of the knight's spear was gradually phased out and the training was replaced by a large body gun unique to Japan, Hans's instruction in marksmanship mainly focused on the use of marksmanship in cavalry warfare.

This kind of training is destined to be carried out only among those samurai who have a foundation in horsemanship, in addition to the 700 professional cavalry in the Kira army, there are more than 300 semi-professional horseback samurai, all from Omi Beichu, who have a poor level of professionalism.

Among the more than 1,000 rides, the 700 riders belonging to Mikawa were of the highest quality, but even among these 700 rides, there were no more than 20 riders that could really make Hans feel "so-so". Most of them are at the "shit" level, in order to change this group of "shit"-like cavalry. He had to start with the basics, including how to standardize horse breeding, and of course, more importantly, how to be a true knight.

"You must know that knights are not as simple as you think, you are just a group of ordinary cavalry holding the reins and chopping indiscriminately, much worse than the real elite cavalry, and the knights are even more out of reach, your foundation is too poor, it's like a piece of shit!" The stern Teutonic knight's favorite phrase to spew was shit, and no matter how unacceptable they were, it had been with them for months, and perhaps for a long time to come.

"What cavalry needs most is basic training, and you don't know what basic training is, it's really ......" Hans wanted to continue to express his dissatisfaction, but when he saw Kira Yoshi, he kept glaring at him, so he continued in moderation: "In short, it is necessary to conduct comprehensive training through certain days like infantry, that is, basic training."

Such as wrestling, boxing and dodging, weight-bearing fast movement, the basic mastery of weapons used in foot combat, and the mastery of balance on horseback, these training programs have a long history, cavalry is to enhance physical strength, endurance, agility and proficiency in the use of weapons through these training, so I ask you to do basic training over and over again, the more solid the foundation, the higher your chances of surviving on the battlefield, if you want to practice equestrianism without a foundation, it will only be a piece of shit...... Sorry, I'm being rude again. ”

Hans picked up a handkerchief to wipe the spit from the corner of his mouth, and looked at the more than 1,000 people on the opposite side standing honestly to listen to the training, then nodded with satisfaction and continued: "If you want to use a horse, you must first train a horse. Although the horse is human, it is a beast after all, and in order to make it better accept the knight's intentions and make the horse's power a profitable consumption, it should be based on people, and try to communicate the relationship between people and horses, so as to make people and horses humanized.

Of course, this is not easy, it is quite necessary to teach the war horse carefully and patiently, so that it can establish after-effect behavior, the horse trainer must maintain a close and friendly relationship with the war horse, even if you meet a fierce horse, you must always comfort him, provide it with clean drinking water and clean forage, and often wash the body of the war horse, so as to relieve its fear and increase the dependence of the war horse on the cavalry.

During this period, you need to have enough patience to approach it a little bit, during the horse training period, you must not use the horse whip to intimidate and whip at will, the war horse is a very smart and grudgeful animal, I think you are doing very badly, this needs to be corrected in time, for the knight the war horse is the most precious partner and valuable wealth, if you can't master this wealth, then you will only be killed by the enemy on the battlefield! ”

Hans said very simply, including repeated patient training in the process of taming, and gradually increasing the difficulty of training the horse, such as pulling the slow rope on one side, transmitting it to the stirrup, the bit, the gums of the horse, and the corners of the mouth to produce an unbearable sense of oppression, forcing the horse to lie down, and after lying down, immediately ease the reins, relieve the pressure of the horn on the corners of the mouth and gums, and at the same time give praise or rewards to the horse, including food rewards.

In addition, the basic quality of the cavalry has made higher requirements, the warrior carries out the training of getting on and off the horse and riding firmly on the horseback of various action changes, the best knight on the horse does not step on the stirrup and jumps up, dismounts without stepping on the horse is also - jumping down, from one horse to another horse, only need to jump in the air to complete the mount transfer, which has higher requirements for riding.

You must know that once the war horse walks or gallops wildly, especially when climbing the hills uphill and downhill, wading across rivers and climbing over dangerous obstacles, and facing the chaos of the enemy against the battlefield, it is still the most outstanding knight who can still sit firmly on the mount and stand still.

For this reason, it is necessary to particularly strengthen the balance exercise, which has no shortcuts, all of which must be honed by hard sweat little by little, and the cavalry without a balanced training foundation is easy to fall off the horse in the middle of the assault because of the nervous and harmful factors before the battle, once the horse falls down, it is basically either dead or seriously injured, and the hard-trained cavalry is scrapped.

It is not uncommon for the cavalry to fall off their horses because they are not able to withstand the violent impact because the cavalry is unable to withstand the violent impact, and all kinds of phenomena are because the cavalry is not skilled in personal horsemanship, so they die because of mistakes in the battle.

"So don't underestimate wrestling, that's to exercise your balance mastery, boxing is to exercise your balance in high-speed dodge, and weight training, which is to improve your ability to continue fighting when carrying armor and weapons, and then you will do basic training every morning, train immediately in the afternoon, and after dinner, you should summarize your training experience and communicate with each other."

After Hans had finished his lesson, he ordered them to go through their basic training, turned to Kirayoshi's side, and said to him in stumbling English: "These horsemen are of good quality, except for those three hundred horsemen, everyone else can be good cavalrymen, but I hope that your Excellency will provide more refined food supplies, for both the knights and their mounts need the best provisions." ”

"I understand, beef, lamb or ham? There are also milk, fresh vegetables, bread, fish, chicken and duck, cheese, wine, and the best food for war horses is alfalfa and bean cakes, and a lot of refined salt is mixed with ......" Kira Yoshitoki shrugged helplessly, and asked Matsui Yuxian who came with him: "Okay, how much is the estimated monthly expenditure?" ”

"A thousand cavalry needs about two thousand Yongle money." Matsui added, "Every month." ”

"Every month? Two thousand? Oh my God, this is a gold-swallowing beast! How much can you do with 2,000 Yongle money? I can build a beautiful city for myself, I can build a lot of new towns to prosper the economy, I can ...... All right! Don't look at me like that, I'm willing to pay for it. In the end, Kira Yoshitoki decided to compromise.

After a little calculation, he instructed Matsui Yuxian: "The cost should be reduced as much as possible, pigs, cattle and sheep can be raised by themselves, but they must do a good job of confidentiality, in addition, vegetables can be grown by themselves, bread is not a problem, chickens and ducks can also be raised, fish is not worth a few dollars, cheese is a dairy product, wine is not difficult, alfalfa is also available, and I am making soybean cakes, isn't it?" ”

"Yes! Breeding livestock is in progress, pig breeds may have to wait a few months, must be purchased from the Ming people in Kyushu Hirado Port, the rest is no problem, it is expected that the cost can be reduced by half in three months at the earliest, and the cost can be reduced to 500 Kaneiraku money within a year. ”

"Very well, I'll leave it to you." He had to do basic training with the cavalry, because Hans told him that his marksmanship needed to be displayed on horseback, and that foot combat would never be at its best, and he chose to believe the Germans. (To be continued......)