The information provided by Soga Heibei was very important and inspired Kira Yoshitoki a lot. The next day, he ordered Hattori Baochang to send people to Sakai Town to collect information about Wang Dan, a Ming Dynasty businessman from Kyushu.
In February, Kyoto was peaceful. The shogunate and the imperial court received a large amount of donations and taxes, and began to work on the plan to renovate Kyoto. The major temples were also busy competing for the rewards. Kira Yoshitoki was also busy practicing archery and archery practice. It is better to practice later rather than earlier, as practicing too early will cause deformity of the spine. At this age, he can only practice basic archery from a standing position. He can shoot twenty arrows at a standard distance of fifteen. He is not allowed to continue with two pots of arrows a day.
After a winter of fermentation, the news about Tsukahara Buden Kamiro has reached its climax recently. The Kashima swordsman seems to be leading a tour group, leading a team of hundreds of people to cross the tense national border, even if The astronomical chaos in Kantō will not affect the footsteps of this sword master. He left Hitachi and headed west via Tokaido, crossed Mikawa and Owari, went north to Mino, entered Kinki via Higashiyama Road, and arrived at Omi Kannon Temple in early March. City, and was solemnly received by Rokkaku Yoshixian.
After spending one day as a guest at Rokkaku's house, he set off to continue eastward. When everyone thought that the old sword master would go straight to Kyoto, he suddenly went north to Sakamoto Castle via Lake Biwa. At that time, Kira Yoshitoki was holding a wooden sword and Yamaoka Tokichō. During the sparring session, I saw an old man with white beard and hair and a strong body rushing in silently. I was shocked when I saw a group of hundreds of people, all with swords on their waists and hips.
"Who is that?" Yamaoka Shichang pointed at the old man with his wooden sword.
The old man ignored Yamamoto Tokiko at all and shouted to Yamamoto Tokiyuki in the distance: "Kansuke!"
"Shihan!" Yamamoto Tokiyuki dropped his wooden sword and walked over quickly, saluting respectfully: "Twenty years later, Shihan's body is still strong!"
The old man's white beard curled up and down, and Yamamoto Tokiyuki suddenly groaned: "How did you become like this? I remember that your legs were not lame before, and your fingers were not broken... You have been missing a lot in the past few years. Going into battle?"
"It's a long story and I don't want to mention it..." Yamamoto Tokiyuki smiled bitterly and added: "A few years ago, my Kansuke finally succeeded in becoming an official, and now I am a retainer of the Kira family."
"Well, I have also heard about it, and you have become a master of the art of war. With your current appearance, are you still good at wielding the sword?" The old man seemed to doubt Yamamoto Tokiyuki's swordsmanship, and the latter was not angry, and said with a faint smile: "No. He is not a teacher in the art of war, but a gentleman who teaches military strategy."
The old man sighed: "Huh? Have you achieved great success in military strategy? This is good news, but it's a pity that you have such talent. If you had followed me and devoted yourself to practicing swordsmanship, I would have passed on the name of Sword Master to you by now. What a pity!"
Kira Yoshitsune once heard him say that he was only in his twenties when he left home and went wild. After failing to seek employment as an official in Kyoto, he happened to meet Tsukahara Fuden who was on his second training trip. The sword master at that time was in his prime. His reputation was not as great as it is today. He was extremely skilled in killing swordsmanship with one hand, and Yamamoto Kansuke was also a master of Kyo-ryu swordsmanship. After the two met, they formed a half-teacher, half-friend friendship. Yamamoto Kansuke followed Tsukahara Fuden around After more than three years in the Western Kingdom and Kyushu, I finally broke up with Tsukahara Buden when he returned.
"Stop talking about this, I would like to introduce you to the governor of the Kira family. This is the governor of the Kira family, His Highness Mr. Kira."
"Takahara Tsukahara!" The old man nodded in greeting.
"Kirara Yoshitoki!" The old man and the young child simply introduced each other.
Kira Yoshitoki organized his speech and said: "I, Yoshitoki, have heard about the reputation of Kashima Sword Master for a long time, and I am lucky enough to meet him today..."
"Your Highness Sakamoto! Is it right to call you that? It seems that you are also practicing swordsmanship?" Tsukahara Buden walked to him and patted his body. He silently moved his arms for a while, then pressed his cervical spine and body. He opened his joints, walked around in a circle and finally shook his head and said: "Your Highness Sakamoto's swordsmanship talent is average. If you continue to practice like this, you can only practice some self-defense swordsmanship. However, for a famous martial artist like His Highness Sakamoto, it is also a good thing."
"Uh...Is there no hope for my swordsmanship?" Unexpectedly, after waiting for a long time, he got this answer. Kira Yoshi was not only disappointed, but also disappointed.
Tsukahara Buden seemed not to notice everyone's disappointed expressions, and continued: "With His Highness Sakamoto's talent, it is not necessarily necessary to seek the pinnacle in the art of war. For example, the art of arching and horsemanship, and the art of spearmanship are more suitable for His Highness Sakamoto than the Art of War." , From what I can see, His Highness Sakamoto is physically stronger than his peers, and his height, long arms, and solid feet are a good talent for practicing spear skills!"
"The way of spearmanship? It's definitely a good choice."
"Just now, I took several shots without causing His Highness Sakamoto to sway. It is suitable for practicing excellent spear skills. My new first class is drawn from the two main sources of the Tenjin Shinkaori Shinto-ryu and the Kashima Shinto-ryu. Among them, the ancient method is If you have first-rate spear skills, my disciple Mitsuhide will stay in Sakamoto and teach me spear skills." Tsukahara Fuden nodded to him and summoned a twenty-seven or eight-year-old samurai.
"Unrinin Mitsuhide pays homage to His Highness Sakamoto!"
"Hmm! There are no gifts in the Yunlin Academy." This person's name is also called Mitsuhide, and I don't know what the difference is with a certain gold orange head. Tsukawara Buden talked about some old things in Yamamoto again, and the old sword master and his old friends spent a lot of time reminiscing. The hundreds of disciples remained silent and silent. This self-restraint and courage also aroused the respect of all the warriors in Mikawa.
Just when Tsukahara Buden was about to stand up and leave, Nakajo Tokihide hurriedly barged in: "Tsubakahara-don! Please wait a moment!"
Yamamoto Tokiyuki patted his head and said with some embarrassment: "Oh! Hahaha... I almost forgot to mention it to Shihan. This is an important minister of the Kira family and a direct descendant of the Nakajo-ryu. The Chujo-ryu swordsmanship is extremely exquisite, and based on what I have observed for many days, his swordsmanship talent is even better than what I was back then. I had promised Dehaden to introduce him to Shihan on his behalf, but who would have thought that he had forgotten about it as soon as he saw Shihan!"
"Huh? The highest rank of Chujo-ryu?" Tsukahara Fuden squinted his eyes and looked at Chujo Tokihide up and down, then walked up to Kira Yoshitoki and snatched the wooden sword with his hand and threw it to Chujo Tokihide, only to hear him say to his disciples : "The person opposite is the successor of Chujo-ryu. Which one of you is going to try it?"
"I want to go!"
"I'll do it!"
"It should be me!"
A group of disciples clamored and stretched their hands high. At this time, a young warrior about twenty years old came out of the crowd and shouted: "Don't fight, I'll do it!"
Seeing the people coming out, Tsukahara Fuden also smiled, "Haha... This is the apprentice I took in ten years ago, named Shioka Kazuha. He is also a genius with top-notch talents. Let the two geniuses try to work together." Just one moment is fine!”
Taking the wooden sword handed over by Yamaoka Shouchang, Shioka Kazuha waved it casually a few times before announcing his name, "Shioka Kazuha, please give me your advice!"
"Nakajo Tokihide, please give me some advice!"
The main schools of military art in medieval Japan are Nen-ryu, Katori Shinto-ryu, and Yin-ryu. These three major schools all started in the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the Muromachi middle period. They have a history of hundreds of years. These three major schools are limited to different areas of activity. Very few close contacts.
At the same time, Nakajo-ryu is a major school with its own unique style. This school was later called Itto-ryu. The source of its name is Tomita-ryu, Toda-ryu of Toda Ittosai and other famous Itto-ryu styles. Named after weighing.
The two sides faced off for a moment, Shioka Kazuha made a slight mistake and suddenly drew his sword and stabbed, crossing the distance of several meters almost in the blink of an eye. The wooden sword that looked like a toy in Zenjiro's hand made a "wuwu" sound as it was being danced. Just as he was about to cut Nakajo Tokihide's neck, Nakajo Tokihide calmly stepped forward and raised the sword to his head. This direction was exactly blocking the path of the opponent's menacing attack.
There was a soft sound of "Pa!" and the carpenters from both sides collided. It was obvious that Shioka Kazuha's fatal blow was blocked.
Kira Yoshi was a little frightened and said: "Hiss! If you hit the person on the neck with that full-force blow just now, right? It's over. There is no deep hatred. Is it necessary to hit him so violently?"
Yamaoka Tokicho's mouth was wide open, and he was stunned for a long time before he said: "How did His Highness Tokihide block that blow? I really don't understand!"
"Who knows, there must be some unknown skills that Zenjiro should try out?"
"No, no, I'd better forget it!" Mr. Yamaoka shook his head quickly.
"Pah, pah, pah!" The sound of the wooden swords hitting each other kept coming, and with each impact, you could see the specially weighted hardwood swords trembling from the impact. However, the postures of the swords on both sides did not change at all. Nakajo-ryu was known for his ferocious attacks. As for its reputation, Shinto-ryu is even more famous for its Ichi no Tai Sword, which emphasizes killing with one strike. The trial between the two sides is completely a tough battle with real swords and guns. No one can give in or voluntarily admit defeat.
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PS: The old swordsman Kashima and his disciples said that you must hand over the tickets, otherwise they will stop you from doing a hundred real-life trials. New students who read this book, please be sure to collect it. Updates are very stable.