different warring states of japan

Chapter 345 Big Competition
Maeda Toshiie came out of the castle tower with a heavy heart.

Although Oda Nobunaga was tolerant on the surface, he must have had a calculation in his heart, and he would never let Owari Shiba collar continue to expand.

Tolerating the existence of Owari Shiba collar is Oda Nobunaga's expression of goodwill to Shiba Yoshiyin out of political considerations.

But this does not mean that she will let the Owari Shiba Territory expand wantonly, and use her Mino Raiders to gain more territories.

If she really did that, she wasn't trying to win the favor of the Shiba family, but to fight for the Shiba family.

Oda Nobunaga is not that stupid.

If there is no new opportunity, Maeda Toshiie will be trapped in the mountainous area south of Owari, and there will be no chance to display his talents.

This was Oda Nobunaga's revenge on her when she joined Shiba Yoshigin back then, and there was nowhere to display her bravery and resourcefulness.

In fact, she doesn't care how Oda Nobunaga makes things difficult for her. She has long been able to see his style of behavior after following her for many years.

The most important thing is to retaliate.

What makes her uncomfortable is how to increase her weight in Yi Yinjun's heart if she can't continue to expand her territory.

She, who is far away in Owari, has already suffered a disadvantage in this battle of marriage, if she can't use the big deal that the Shiba family can't ignore in recent days.

How could Shiba's retainers be willing to let her into his family, and how could the arrogant Yoshigin-kun think highly of her.

Still have to think of a way.

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In the past few days, Ashikaga Yoshiki has been very happy.

For the first half of her life, she followed the rules and regulations. Although she had enough food and clothing and a high status, she was also burdened with much more pressure and expectations than ordinary people.

Tired of living.

It is also something that has never happened before with the matter of Shiba Yoshiin and the big imperial platform. While hesitating, there is also a sense of rebellious pleasure.

Ignoring political affairs and indulging in the sword room is also taking advantage of the momentum to vent his emotions.

She is so depressed.

It is said that she is the master of the world, but who in the world really takes her seriously?

He talks about being loyal to the emperor and serving the country, and pretends to be self-interested in his heart. There is no good thing in the martial arts world.

Especially that Yoshihiro Shiba, who actually refused the marriage, so she didn't know what to do with him!
Today is the day of the swordsmanship competition again.

Ashikaga Yoshiki shook off those troubles, smiled and looked at the swordsmen who were concentrating on meditation and wanting to show their faces in front of her.

Only here can she let go of all her worries and enjoy a moment of peace.

At this time, the swordsman competition still focuses on real swords.

Although Nobuzuna Umizumi's Xinyinliu advocated using bamboo swords instead of real knives to reduce the danger of the competition, it was difficult for swordsmen to accept it for a while.

Although everyone on the surface thinks that a swordsman should put life and death aside, and a real sword is a warrior to prevaricate.

But are they really not afraid of death?Not necessarily.

Xinyinliu highly respects bamboo swords, and his own children often use bamboo swords in their duels.

The feel and weight of this bamboo sword is far from that of a real sword.

Swordsmen of other schools are not familiar with bamboo swords, so they must not be opponents of Xinyin Liu swordsmen when using it.

All exchanges in the world are driven by interests.Everyone counts on swordsmanship for a living, why are you willing to give up the real sword you are used to and use your new bamboo sword instead.

In the two generations of Xinyinliu, Nobuzuna Kamiizumi and Muneyan Yanagyu successively served as teachers of swordsmanship, and were highly valued by Ashikaga Yoshiki.

But it is also difficult to change the knives used by Dabi in the sword room.

This is human nature, mercenary, not afraid of life and death.

For today's competition, Yagyu Munegami always had some ominous premonition in her heart, she glanced at Takada Yukino who was sitting silently in the corner.

Under her deliberate indulgence, the words of the swordsmen these days have become much more presumptuous.

The sword room is headed by Xinyin style swordsmen, but there are also many other schools of swordsmen.There are a few people who are frivolous, and they don't know what to say.

She looked around the place.

The general sat on the seat with a smile on his face, surrounded by swordsmen sitting in a circle, all eager to try.

"The competition begins!"

Following Liu Shengzong's stern drink, a swordsman got up and walked to the field, bowing to the general.

At this time, there are not so many rules in the Dabi, it is nothing more than you do what you want.

It's just that the sword room of the imperial palace is the general's residence after all, so it's usually clicked to the end, and it doesn't have the blood-splattered viciousness of the local samurai family.

If a swordsman wants to gain a foothold in the local area, he must win the swordsmanship competition of the local lord in order to gain favor and open a dojo.

Therefore, all Dabi participants are competitors.

Taking vicious shots and grabbing a job is also the survival of the genre, the cruelest.

And the two sides in the competition in the sword room, both hold the general's salary, have food to eat if they win, and can't starve to death if they lose, without the determination to meet on a narrow road.

Liu Shengzong's pupils tightened because she saw Takata Yukino standing up and walking into the arena.

The general looked at her with great interest, and received her bow.

For her, Takada Yukino is also an interesting swordsman.

The swordsmen who can enter the shogunate are all outstanding swordsmen, but no matter how good the swordsmanship is, it is still a path.

The righteous way of the samurai family is the battlefield, and the swordsmen who operate the way of the sword are just swordsmanship instructors or spying agents supported by high-level samurai families.

In other words, it has no status, it's just a dog to please the director.

In the sword room, sword practice is second, the most important thing is to please the general, and gaining the general's favor is the foundation for swordsmen to gain a foothold.

And Takada Yukino is always cold, does not socialize with others, respects the general and keeps a distance.

Every day, he swung his sword.

This kind of pure swordsman, on the contrary, made the general pleasing to the eye, and he often took her to practice with the sword.

This aroused the resentment of many swordsmen.

Everyone is out to make a living, why are you pretending to be obsessed with swordsmanship, and find another way to attract the general's attention, you are really scheming.

And because she didn't participate in interpersonal communication, she was excluded from the circle of swordsmen, and there were many people who slandered her behind her back.

It's just that Sipo's family is so powerful that everyone can't afford to offend her, so they still don't provoke her on the surface.

Ji warrior with some background, who is willing to be a full-time swordsman.Isn't it better to reward people with a sword than to entertain people with a sword?

In this line of work, most of them are ronin from humble backgrounds, who can't afford to offend the nobles.

There was a bang.

The two faced each other and bowed to salute just now, when the swordsman on the opposite side pulled out his sword, Xue Nai's sword had already stabbed the back of his hand, and he abandoned the sword in pain.

The man was also calm, and saluted to end.

Xue Nai's sword was as fast as lightning, with only a flash of white light, the opponent was already defeated, the general couldn't help applauding.

The swordsmen joined in the fun and applauded.Yanagyu Zongyan clapped his hands, while secretly heaving a sigh of relief, Takada Yukino still knew how to measure.

Afterwards, the scene became a little colder, and no one dared to compete with swords.

The general frowned.

What do these swordsmen mean? It's a matter of ability whether they can fight well, and it's really embarrassing if they don't even have the courage to play.

Seeing the general's displeasure, Liu Shengzong wondered whether he could safely catch Xue Nai's sword just now.

At this time, Xue Nai bowed to the general, and everyone thought she was going to sit back.

Who knows, she said.

"Master Gongfang, none of the sword rooms are my opponents, why don't I order ten people to fight together, so that we can have a fair fight."

Ashikaga Yoshiki's face was stiff, the swordsmen here were all carefully selected by her to accompany her side.

Now that Xue Nai alluded to her as a trash, how could she lose face as a general?

The swordsmen around were even more angry, Gao Tianxue was going to smash their jobs, and couldn't bear it anymore.

The general also wanted to teach her a lesson, and sneered.

"Since you are so confident, then choose yourself."

Xue Nai bowed to the general, and pointed at the swordsmen to point out their opponents one by one.

Liu Shengzong's face sank.

Those ten people were the most unscrupulous swordsmen who insulted Qian Xingong these days.

She glanced at the general in horror, but she didn't dare to tell the truth, her palms were sweating tightly.

Takada Yukino, you have to stop when you are fit.

This is the palace!

(End of this chapter)