A samurai who doesn't want to be a daimyo is not a good onmyoji

Chapter 54 Takenaka Hanbei

One night passed, and the few people did not encounter any unexpected situations. When the sun rose, despite being a little reluctant, Asai Nagamasa had to say goodbye to Takenaka Hanbei because their destinations were different.

Before leaving, Asai Nagamasa took out a white cloth with writing on it and handed it to the other party: "Hanbei, this is my gift. It may be helpful to you."

After last night's contact, the friendship between the two people quickly heated up, and they can now call each other's names intimately.

On the one hand, this is because he is not an ordinary samurai. Befriending a young master of the Asai family is obviously of great benefit to the Takenaka family. On the other hand, Hanbei also has a good impression of Asai Nagamasa himself.

Although Takenaka Hanbei is an out-and-out genius and has knowledge far beyond what he should have at his age, Asai Nagamasa is not completely at a disadvantage.

Many warriors believe that the older the knowledge, the more valuable it is, so they highly respect many ancient lost military arts. It is normal for the manuscripts of a well-known warrior hundreds of years ago to be worth more than the same weight of gold.

Even the military books passed down from the Cathay Empire across the sea, such as Sun Tzu's Art of War, were almost all regarded as family heirlooms.

Asai Nagamasa liked reading, and in his previous life he briefly read the ten major military books including Sun Tzu, Wu Zi, Liu Tao, Taibai Yin Jing and Ji Xiao Xinshu.

Maybe he was just watching the excitement at the beginning and completely forgot about it afterwards, but under the influence of Huanglong's power, those past memories have been gradually recovered and deeply engraved in his mind.

Moreover, in Abe Seimei's inheritance, there are also some experience of marching and fighting of ancient Nippeng warriors.

In addition, Asai Nagamasa was born in a martial arts family after all, and had also learned some related content. The three veterans who taught him, "Hai Chiyu", may only have average personal abilities in the entire Warring States Period, but after all, they all had decades of experience. Even with his combat experience, there are still many merits.

So now, maybe in actual combat, he is still very immature with almost no command experience, but at least when communicating with Takenaka Hanbei, he is still barely enough, because the two of them are just talking on paper now.

As the young master of the Asai family, Asai Nagamasa's first opportunity to command his men in combat was the time when he attacked wild boars. Unfortunately, he encountered a pig demon and almost wiped out his entire army.

The second time was with the monk soldiers and ashigaru of Miyabe Castle to defeat the pig demon again.

However, the opponent was a monster and not a regular force at all. Our own monk soldiers basically only listened to the command of Miyabe Tsurujun. Asai Nagamasa only grasped the general direction, so the battle was not a formal battle.

It would be inappropriate to say that he has zero command experience so far, but in fact, he does not have much experience.

As for Hanbei, the situation is similar.

The Takenaka family's Bodhiyama Castle is far inferior to the Asai family's Kotani Castle in terms of scale and the number of regular guards. It may not even be as good as Miyabe Tsurujun's Miyabe Castle. The only advantage there is It is a mountain city, which is good for defense.

However, the maximum mobilization does not exceed 1000 people, and the standing force is even pitifully small in Bodhi Mountain City. Even if he is the young master, there are not many people for him to command.

Therefore, two people with little actual combat experience, just relying on their words, there was no obvious difference for a while, but they both felt that the other was very powerful.

Asai Nagamasa was amazed at the other party's profound knowledge, but Hanbei was even more surprised than him.For some special reasons, the knowledge he possesses has almost surpassed that of the entire era. Although as the young master of the Takenaka family, there are usually many people around him, but those who can truly communicate with him on an equal footing , but not at all, and he often feels lonely.

But during the exchange with Asai Nagamasa, he had an unusual feeling for the first time.

Although the other party seemed a little weak in some details, his overall control was beyond his expectation. This showed that the other party was good at the overall situation. In addition, the other party was exceptionally strong in the ancient art of war of Cathay. This made He couldn't help but admire him a little. This was the first time he met such an outstanding peer.

Especially after learning that the other party's true identity was the young master of the Asai family, he respected him even more.

As young masters, the Asai family is much stronger than the Takenaka family. Befriending such an outstanding warrior will be of great benefit to him and the Takenaka family.

Especially, in this new era that may not have happened for hundreds of years
"Then I would be disrespectful."

Hanbei smiled and took it. He didn't pay much attention to it at first, thinking that it would be some poems or scriptures written by Asai Nagamasa himself, because while the warriors of Nippon were practicing martial arts diligently, they would also have some Some personal hobbies.

But after he really saw the words above, he couldn't help but stare.

"Brother Nagamasa, this is"

Although he looks young, Hanbei is actually half a year older than Asai Nagamasa. However, he humbly calls himself his younger brother. Anyway, it is just a title. The two belong to two different families. They say goodbye today. , I don’t know how many years it will be before we meet again.

Asai Nagamasa did not correct the other party, which saved him some trouble. Besides the fact that he did not know the other party's strength for the time being, Hanbei was indeed a younger brother than him in terms of height or family power.

"This is what I got by chance. It comes from the inheritance of Qingming Gong. I later copied some of it myself. I think it will be of some use to you."

Speaking of this, Asai Nagamasa couldn't help but smile.

My luck is really good.

Obviously, according to Abe Seimei, guardian spirits are very rare existences. Although it is not a rare occurrence in a hundred years, it is almost there. Usually only in the most intense war era, there will be three or five guardian spirits. Only then will a few influential figures become prominent in the world.

But from yesterday to now, in just one day, he has met three people with guardian spirits, right?
No, maybe four.

I wasn't sure at first, but after feeling Axiu's sword, Tokichiro's divine ape, and the wind energy of Hanbei in front of me that was almost out of his control, now that I think about it, the man I met on the road yesterday Muramasa Senko, a blacksmith from Ise, may also have the power of a guardian spirit.

No wonder he, an old man, dared to take his granddaughter from Ise to Mino. It was probably the guardian spirit that gave him strength and confidence.

However, in just two days, several guardian spirits have appeared one after another in Meinong. How many guardian spirits will there be in the entire Nibon now?
Coupled with the appearance of monsters, Asai Nagamasa couldn't help but have a glimmer of understanding. Perhaps, this will be an unprecedented and wonderful era.
(End of this chapter)