Pillars of the Wu family

With the unremitting efforts of Yoshitoki Kira and Aju, the cold war between the two sides seems to be improving. The attitude of Nagao Torahime towards him has improved slightly. At least he will not avoid seeing each other all the way. He usually rolls his eyes when he meets in the building. What has become a practice, according to Aju's words, this is a good start, in his opinion, this start is really not that good.

Of course, these can not affect the daily training of Kira Yoshitoki. He persistently learns his Teutonic swordsmanship and spear skills from the German Hans every day. Going back to rest, in his words, Kira Yoshitoki's performance is just so-so. Of course, the best performance in his mouth is this evaluation, and more like Yamaoka Toki can only get shit-like evaluations.

This afternoon, Kira Yoshishi was released after being tossed half-dead by the Germans. Just now when he was walking in the courtyard, he heard someone say to him: "Hey! Come here!"

"Eh?" Turning around to look, Long Tail Hu Ji waved at him and said, "I'm calling you, what are you looking at! Come here."

"Oh." Kirayoshi was a little dazed for a moment, shook his head and walked over according to the order, "What's the matter? I mean, there is something that needs my help."

Just as she was about to lean over, Long Taihu Ji covered her mouth in distaste: "Oh, what is this smell on you! Hurry up and wash before coming back!"

"Princess Hu Ji!" It seemed that Aju was reminding her behind her, and Long Tail Hu Ji could only curl her lips and said helplessly, "Come here, we just talked about you."

Yoshiki Kira regained his energy all of a sudden, and secretly thought that Aju was very powerful.Follow the long-tailed tiger princess all the way into the building.A group of maids are chatting together in twos and threes.They have gotten used to Kira Yoshishi's easy-going temperament, and Aju always off-line takes responsibility for the little maids, making their pressure very light, and they can always get together to play every day.

Long-tailed Tiger Hime sat on the porch well-behaved, like a demure lady, her long black hair was also combed into a long ponytail, looking like a heroic female knight, she sat down one by one when looking at Kirayoshi.She then asked: "Sister Aju told a lot of stories about Kyoto, including some of yours, are they all true?"

Kira Yoshishi said without thinking, "Of course it's true! What did she say?"

"Sister Aju said that you are very good at fighting in the capital, and that Miyoshi Chikuzen Mamoru seems to be very good, but Sister Aju can't explain clearly without seeing it, so I want to ask you yourself!"

"Sister Hu Ji is lying! Just now, Chiyo Nv clearly said... woo woo!" Before the idiot Loli finished her protest, she was covered by Nagao Hu Ji, and the two of them got together and murmured a few words, Mochizuki Chiyo shut her mouth obediently, while Aju showed an encouraging smile at Kirayoshi.It seems to be saying, Your Highness, come on.

"Is this a test? Then I'll give it a try!" Ji Liangyi was thinking to himself, but he said in a daze: "Oh. You mean this! Then let me talk about it. I went to Kyoto in the 18th year of Tianwen. In April 19, the Great Imperial Palace died of illness, and I was ordered to go to Takashima County that month, and then..."

This is a general account of the Kira family’s itinerary in Kyoto for more than three years. Of course, some sensitive things have not been mentioned. The few wars that girls are most interested in will be described. According to his dictation as the main participant, it is certainly not Chiyo Mochizuki. Seeing such one-sidedness, Hu Ji was quickly attracted by the stories he told.

Before he knew it, the sky had already darkened. After talking for nearly two hours, not only was his mouth dry, but his stomach was also thundering. Yoshiki Kira said with a bitter face, "Why don't we continue tomorrow?"

"Wait, I still have a question to ask!" Nagao Huji raised her hand and asked curiously: "How about the last Miyoshi repair doctor? Did he invade Kyoto again?"

"In the end I came to Echigo, so I don't know if Dr. Miyoshi has invaded Kyoto again." Yoshitoki Kira smiled bitterly: "I practiced spear skills for a day, and now I am very hungry. Do you have any cakes or something? Let me pad my stomach."

"Oh! I forgot about listening to His Highness telling a story just now. Aju is going to get the cakes!" Aju hurriedly stood up and ran back to get the cakes. Grab something to eat.

Long Tail Hu Ji praised: "I can't see that you are really good! And your retainers are also very good!"

"Thank you for the compliment!"

"But our Echigo samurai are not bad, I can also spear, you have seen it last time!" At this time, she also realized that she had said something wrong, a blush flashed on her white delicate cheeks, and Kira Yishi was stunned, and seeing his look of lust giving soul, Long Tail Hu Ji scolded shyly and angrily: "What are you looking at! If you look at me like that again, you will beat someone!"

Yoshishi Kira was taken aback, and quickly apologized: "I was wrong! I will never dare to do that kind of thing again! You just ignore the fault of the villain and forgive me once!"

"Hehehe! You're so funny!" Long-tailed Tiger Ji covered her mouth and snickered. A group of little maids had already avoided all of them immediately, giving the two people some 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. You and I started communicating with each other. Kirayoshi told her a lot of things in Mikawa when he was a child. Interesting things about the country, such as fishing in the Yahagi River, hard work in archery, and forgetting to bring salt for the first falconry picnic, roasting a pile of super unpalatable barbecue, which seemed to be undercooked, which made him have a stomachache for several days.

Nagao Tiger Hime also told him that she lived with her mother at her uncle's house since she was a child, and she has loved cherry blossoms since she was a child. The cherry blossoms in Kasugayama Castle were planted by his father that year, and she lived in Tochio Castle where his uncle's house and his brother are located. The mother and she planted them separately. If there is a chance, I will take Kira Yoshitoki there to have a look.

"I heard that there is a cherry blossom forest along the Shinano River, and a kind of late cherry blossom is in full bloom. I have never been there! I don't know if it has withered now!"

"Is there really such a late cherry blossom?"

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

"That..." Kira Yoshishi hesitated for a while, feeling that it seemed inappropriate now, so he persuaded him, "It's been a few days since the earthquake. Why don't we go later?"

"Forget it! I know you're not sincere." Long-tailed Hu Ji curled her lips and ignored him.Suddenly there was a gurgling sound.The two of them were taken aback at the same time, only to realize that the sky was completely dark, and then the long-tailed tiger princess realized that the surroundings were brightly lit, and she didn't know who turned on the light. Thinking of the stiff relationship between the two of them before, the long-tailed tiger princess began to regret again His own recklessness, he stood up in a hurry and ran away when he left Kirayoshi.

In the curved wheel exclusive to the Kira family, a group of samurai from the Kira family gathered together to receive special training.Because flashy things such as knight guns were gradually eliminated, and the Japanese unique large-body guns were used for training, so Hans' guidance on spear skills mainly focused on the use of spear skills in cavalry warfare.

This kind of training is destined to be carried out only among those samurai who have a foundation in riding skills. In addition to the 300 professional cavalry in the Kira Army, there are more than [-] semi-professional cavalry warriors, all of whom come from Omi with a poor professional level. In Beizhong, the Mikawa samurai had already distinguished infantry and cavalry very clearly, and there would never be a scene where a mounted samurai led a dozen ashigaru charges.

Among the more than 1000 miles, the [-] riders belonging to Sanhebei are of the highest quality, but even within the [-] miles, there are no more than [-] riders who can really make Hans feel "so-so".Most of them are "shit" level, in order to change this group of "shit" cavalry.He will start teaching them the basics, including teaching them how to raise horses in a standardized way, and of course, more importantly, how to be a real knight.

"You have to know that knights are not as simple as you imagined. You are just a group of ordinary cavalry holding the reins and chopping wildly. You are far from the real elite cavalry. Knights are even more out of reach. Your foundation is too poor. It’s like a piece of shit!” The serious and rigid Teutonic knight’s favorite phrase is shit, no matter how unacceptable they are, this title has been with them for several months, and maybe it will continue for a long time to come for a long time.

"What the cavalry needs most is basic training, but you don't know what basic training is. Really..." Hans wanted to continue to express his dissatisfaction, but seeing Kirayoshi kept winking at him, this was enough He continued: "In short, it is necessary to conduct comprehensive training, that is, basic training, through certain items like infantry.

Such as wrestling wrestling, boxing and dodging, fast movement with weight, basic mastery of using weapons in foot combat, and mastery of balance on horseback. level and proficiency in using weapons, that’s why I ask you to do basic training repeatedly. The more solid your foundation, the higher your chances of surviving on the battlefield. Shit...sorry, I'm being rude again. "

Hans picked up the handkerchief and wiped the spitting off the corners of his mouth. Seeing the more than 1000 people standing obediently and listening to the training, he nodded in satisfaction and continued, "If you want to use a horse, you must first train it. It understands human nature, but it is a beast after all. If it wants to make it better accept the knight's intentions and make the horse's power become an effective consumption, it should focus on humans, and try to communicate the relationship between humans and horses, resulting in the integration of humans and horses.

Of course, this is not an easy task. It requires careful and patient teaching to the war horse to establish the aftereffect behavior. The horse trainer must maintain a close and friendly relationship with the war horse. Even if you encounter a fierce horse, you must always comfort him. It provides clean drinking water and clean fodder, and often washes 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 whip to intimidate and whip at will. War horses are very smart and vengeful animals. I think you are doing very badly. This requires Correct it in time. For knights, war horses are the most precious companions and treasures. If you cannot master this wealth, then you will only be killed by the enemy on the battlefield! "

What Hans said was very simple, including repeated and patient training in the process of horse training, gradually increasing the difficulty of training horses, such as pulling one side of the slow rope, which is transmitted to the horse's part, the horse's bit, and the gums and quarrels of the horse. Sense of oppression, forcing the horse to lie down. After lying down, immediately ease the reins to relieve the oppression of the mouth and gums by the bit. At the same time, give praise or rewards to the horse, including food rewards.

In addition, higher requirements are placed on the basic quality of cavalry. Soldiers carry out training on various movements such as getting on and off their horses and riding steadily on horseback. — Jumping down, changing from one horse to another, you only need to jump in the air to complete the mount transfer, which has higher requirements for riding skills.

You must know that once the horse is walking or galloping, especially when climbing up and down hills, wading across rivers and climbing over dangerous obstacles, when facing the enemy and the battlefield is chaotic, the most outstanding knight can still sit on the mount and stand still. Only when the knight's mentality is stable can the horse run with peace of mind. The two give each other confidence.

For this reason, it is necessary to especially strengthen the balance exercise immediately. There is no shortcut, and it all depends on hard work and sweat. Cavalry without the basis of balance training, it is easy to be nervous before the battle. However, if the horse falls off the horse in the middle of the assault, once the horse falls off the horse, it will basically be either dead or seriously injured, and the hard-trained cavalry will be scrapped.

It is not uncommon for the cavalry to fall off the horse due to hesitation while the horse is advancing rapidly. During the battle, only a few returned to the stage, because the cavalry could not withstand the violent impact and many were knocked off the horse. All these phenomena are due to the cavalry's personal riding skills. , was killed in battle because of a mistake.

"So don't underestimate wrestling, it is to exercise your balance control ability, boxing is to exercise your balance control in high-speed dodging, and weight training is to improve your continuous combat ability when carrying armor and weapons. Do basic training in the morning, do immediate training in the afternoon, and each sum up their training experience and communicate with each other after dinner."

After Hans finished his lecture, he ordered them to carry out basic training, turned around and walked to Kira Yoshitoki, and said to him in broken English: "The quality of these cavalry is good, except for the [-] cavalry, the others Both can be excellent cavalry, but I hope that your excellency will provide more refined food supplies, because knights and their mounts need the best supplies."

"I understand this. Is it beef, mutton or ham? There are also milk, fresh vegetables, bread, fish, chicken and duck, as well as cheese, and wine. The best food for war horses is alfalfa and bean cakes, and it also needs to be mixed with Put a lot of refined salt..." Kira Yoshihito shrugged helplessly, and asked Matsui Yumo who came with him: "Okay, how much is the estimated monthly expenditure?"

"One thousand cavalry requires about two thousand Yongle coins." Matsui Yukan added, "Every month."

"Every month? Two thousand guan? My God, this is a gold swallowing beast! How much can two thousand guanle money do? I can build a beautiful city for myself, I can build many new towns to prosper the economy, I can ...Okay! Don't look at me like that, I am willing to pay the money." Yoshitomo Kira finally decided to compromise.

After a little calculation, he told Matsui Yuxian: "The cost should be reduced as much as possible. Pigs, cattle and sheep can be raised by themselves, but they must be kept secret. In addition, vegetables can be grown by themselves. Bread is not a problem. Chickens and ducks can also be raised. Fish It’s not worth much, cheese is a dairy product, wine is not difficult, alfalfa is also available, and I’m making bean cakes, aren’t I?”

"Yes! The breeding of more than livestock is in progress. The pig breed may have to wait for a few months. It must be purchased from the Ming people in Hirado Port, Kyushu. Everything else is fine. It is expected to be available within three months at the earliest. If the cost is reduced by half, the cost can be reduced to five hundred guanyongle coins within a year."

"Very good, I'll leave it to you guys." Tomoka Matsui was sent away, and he had to do basic training with this group of cavalry, because Hans told him that spear skills need to be demonstrated on horseback, and infantry combat will never be able to perform well. The greatest power, he chose to believe the words of the Germans. (To be continued..)