Chapter Fourteen: The General
In the next period of time, Xiao Mohe, Shangguan Wudi, and Cheng Ying successively competed with Xiao Yi for martial arts.
The knife light flashed in the backyard, and shouts came one after another.
Xiao Yi thought his sword skills were already very powerful, but in front of the three of them, he was like a flirting move, and it was not even more than thirty rounds.
This was the result of the three of them deliberately letting go of water. His father's main weapon was a spear and Xiao Yi, and he used a single sword to fight, but he could defeat Xiao Yi. Shangguan Wudi's main weapon was the mother-in-law hammer. The sledgehammer weighed 350 kilograms and the small hammer was 220 kilograms. Xiao Yi could not even get close to him. His sharp sword techniques didn't even dare to touch him. When he touched it, he flew away, which shocked his hands for several days.
This is because Shangguan Wudi only used 50% of his strength. After hearing from his father, Shangguan Wudi's sledgehammer was considered to be inappropriate. The enemy was killed immediately when he was hit. He was seriously disabled.
Only by fighting Cheng Ying and Xiao Yi can he barely exert his strength. The opponent is a long sword, but his skills are profound and his fighting experience is far stronger than Xiao Yi.
After fighting them, Xiao Yi knew one thing, that is, the so-called powerful generals who fought on the battlefield in this era must first pass the first level of strength. The first military force ranks first is to look at the strength of the generals. One force is to reduce ten times. On the battlefield, there is no need for various kung fu fighting like the martial arts world, but rely on strength to fight. On the battlefield, thousands of troops on the battlefield, and even awesome martial arts masters will be ruthless even if they cut a hundred people. It is no problem for the general to kill hundreds of people. It is said that the general is unfair to be brave, relying on the strength of the body and endurance.
The second level is the weight of the weapon, which is somewhat similar to the first level. The reason why Shangguan Wudi was still regarded as the number one general by the Sui army at this time was because his two big hammers weighed nearly 600 kilograms, and no one's weapons dared to meet his weapons, so their combat effectiveness would be greatly reduced, and they could only be beaten passively.
The third level is martial arts, which can only be seen when the generals of both sides face off. Just like a boxing match, opponents of the same magnitude are comparable, they will look at their opponent's flexibility and exquisite tricks.
In Xiao Maha's words, the general needs to be proficient in one to five of the eighteen weapons, immediately, step down, close, medium and long distance five fighting skills. At the same time, you must be proficient in using other weapons. Because the most depleted weapons on the battlefield are the most depleted, they will hit the opponent's weapons and cut the bones. The surrounding hard objects can be curled at the light, and the worst will be damaged. Even if it is an excellent weapon, even after cutting hundreds of people in a battle, it will be scrapped iron. The battlefield changes rapidly, and your weapon is likely to suddenly break. At this time, any weapon on the battlefield can be used. If you don't know how to use it, you can only wait to die.
"Father, can that kid be considered a young general now?"
"Young player?"
Xiao Mohe immediately curled his lips and attacked him mercilessly: "You are on the battlefield now. The other party only needs to dispatch four spearmen, two swords and axes, two shield soldiers, and one archer to get rid of you, so you are only at the level of your life!"
The typo of ancient people, which is usually fake ten, means that you can lead ten soldiers. Ancient soldiers believed in the saying "Take as many enemies as you can deal with", which means that one person in charge can kill the other party, so you will feel at ease when you follow him and someone dares to fight with him.
Xiao Yi was quite sad. He had been practicing martial arts hard for the past eight years, thinking that he could not be a young general. Only then did he realize that he was just a frog in the well.
Of course, Xiao Mohe only judged Xiao Yi's ability from the perspective of force alone. If wisdom is added, Xiao Yi does have the talent of a general. It is OK to be a chief officer (Chief of Staff) now. In the future, it is not impossible to summarize experience and command hundreds of thousands of people to fight.
"The child is quite a general, and my father has taught me."
Xiao Mohe and Shangguan Wudi looked at each other and burst into laughter. They seemed to be waiting for Xiao Yi's words.
"This is not enough to just say it! Go back to Bingzhou with your father and naturally teach you how to become a general."
Xiao Yi was immediately overjoyed and quickly responded, but he didn't know that the hard days that followed had just begun.
After staying at Xiao Jing's house for a while, Xiao Mohe planned to take Xiao Yi back to Bingzhou for strict training as soon as possible. After all, Xiao Yi was already twelve years old. Although he had some martial arts skills, he was far from the bottom of the world, so he had to hurry up and train him.
Xiao Jing naturally hoped that his younger brother would become successful as soon as possible, so Xiao Yi followed Xiao Moha, Shangguan Wudi and others to Bingzhou. Cheng Ying was still staying in the capital and continued to protect Xiao Jing silently.
On the way from the capital to Bingzhou, with the help of his father and Shangguan Wudi, Xiao Yi's equestrian improved a lot. If Feng Fang taught him equestrian was the essence of the foundation, then the equestrian taught by his father and Shangguan Wudi were the lessons summarized on the battlefield, which can be regarded as an advanced equestrian.
However, the master level of truly achieving the unity of people and horses can only rely on Xiao Yi to constantly realize and understand it in reality.
During this period, Xiao Yi also had the ability to make his father and Shangguan Wudi look at each other with admiration, which was his archery skills.
Xiao Yi can draw a ten-stone strong bow at the age of twelve, and this alone is enough to make people admire him. Shangguan Wudi was born with Kong Wu's strength, but he could only draw a ten-stone strong bow after the age of 18. He had to shoot arrows within three breaths, otherwise the strength would be lost, and he could not do so as to pull the bow full, aiming slowly for a period of time before shooting the arrow.
How much strength does that take?
Shangguan Wudi felt incredible, but Xiao Mohe, who knew the inside story, joked about him and told him the secret.
Xiao Yi did not hide it from Shangguan Wudi, so he told him the real secret of the Cloud Bow.
Is there such a strange thing in the world?
Shangguan Wudi really couldn't imagine that Xiao Yi's Cloud-Punched Bow could save three-quarters of his effort. The Ten Stone Bow only needs two and a half stones to be fully pulled. After pulling, it only needs half a stone to maintain it.
Shangguan Wudi didn't believe it, so Xiao Yi gave him the Yun Chuan Yun Bow to try it.
After trying it, Shangguan Wudi couldn't help but sigh at the wonders of the world.
Xiao Yi even told him other structures of the Cloud Bow, such as adding the shooting principle of three points and one line of sight, and adding the arrow groove can stabilize the stability of the arrow's moment of shooting. The tail of the arrow is changed to a cross tail, so that the arrow also has stability beyond a hundred steps, greatly improving the hit accuracy, etc. These are unheard of exquisite theories, which make Shangguan Wudi even worship Xiao Yi even more.
"The most important thing in archery is not to practice arrows but to practice mind. If you care about winning or losing, you lose your strength. Aiming at the target is to aim at your own way of self-cultivation. Mencius said: Shooting is the way of benevolence. Shooting seeks to be corrected by oneself, and then you can then fire. If you don't hit it, you will not blame yourself for defeating yourself, but you will just look for yourself. If you shoot, you must advance and retreat and return, be upright inside and straight outside, and then hold the bow and arrow to judge the solid; hold the bow and arrow to judge the solid, and then you can speak in the right way. This can be used to observe virtue."
At this time, Xiao Moha would always pour cold water on Xiao Yi. As a father, he didn't want Xiao Yi to be too proud and complacent. It might be better for him to pour cold water on him to cool him down.
Shangguan Wudi agreed with this very much and said: "The qi must be sunk, the qi must not sink, the ambition cannot be straight, and the body cannot be straight. The second young master must remember this point."
Xiao Yi nodded immediately, understanding the meaning of his father and Shangguan Wudi's words.
The inner ambition is upright and the outer body is the style of a gentleman. Du’s poem says, “Looking at the clear and noble spirit is deep and hidden”, this is the secret of shooting. In order to learn and do career, you must not be careless and overbearing. You must be calm, have lofty ambitions, and be dedicated. This spiritual state is constantly cultivated by practicing archery.
Chapter completed!