Chapter 73: Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period (12) The Eighteen Martial Arts…
Wherever there are guards, there must be a training ground. Maintaining fighting strength at all times is the basic ethics of every guard.
The training ground of Yangcheng Military Mansion is on a small back hill. There is a small back gate on the west side of the backyard. Behind the back gate is a deep and secluded path that curves upward. Ordinary people who do not practice martial arts can climb up for about 30 minutes. In the middle of the small woods, there is a large training ground.
Knives, swords, crossbows, guns, spears, axes, hatchets, halberds, etc. Although the training ground is small, it has all the eighteen kinds of weapons.
In this quiet and secluded training ground, the guards practice without scaring the nobles of Yangcheng Mansion. Occasionally, the Lord of Yangcheng comes here to brush up on his martial arts before a banquet.
Mi Wenjing's brother would also come here with Yang Chengjun to learn sword, but Mi Wenjing rarely came. Her sword was just a show of elegance for a noble lady, and she only practiced in her own yard.
Ye Mo suspected that this was just a sword that the survivor APP brought into the dungeon for her, just a rationalization.
But this was just right, except for the maid who didn't know swordsmanship, no one knew about Mi Wenjing's martial arts training.
Ye Mo had just arrived at the martial arts arena, and the hundreds of guards who had gathered under the pretext of preparing for the spring recruitment knelt down in unison, shouting "young lady" in unison. The shouts of the soldiers and generals often carried a sense of bloodiness, which made people excited.
Hearing this bloody voice, the faces of the four maids turned pale at the same time, and they all hunched their necks and lowered their heads, which reflected the calmness, dignity and confidence of the crimson noble lady.
"Please stand up, all the warriors."
"Thank you, young lady!"
Ye Mo first used his mental power to secretly explore the circle, and then said: "Who among you has the highest martial arts value, step out."
In front of the left, a young guard with a long sword on his waist took a half step forward, knelt on his left leg, and bent his right leg. He was not tall and strong, with an ordinary appearance, but he had a pair of steady dark black eyes.
"What's your name?"
"My lady, my name is Ziyi, my clan name is Gong, and my surname is Jiang."
The emperor, dukes, ministers, officials, and scholars, among which scholars were the lowest nobles in the slave system of the Western Zhou Dynasty, with land and houses. After the death of King You of Zhou and the destruction of the country, scholars gradually changed from nobles to commoners, or merchants or farmers. Some old scholars survived by relying on other nobles.
Some of the guards in Chuyang City came from domestic slaves, some from commoners, and a small part from the old minor nobles of the scholar class. Gong Ziyi had both a clan name and a surname. The surname Jiang was a big surname, which originated from the ancient Shennong clan, so he should have come from the old minor nobles.
"Ziyi, you will demonstrate a set of swordsmanship three times."
"Yes, young lady."
Gong Ziyi said nothing, walked to the empty field, drew out the sharp sword, and began his wonderful performance with a long stab, swiping, picking, sweeping, and sideways. His swordsmanship was smooth and handsome.
Putting aside the internal strength, compared with the swordsmen in the Irish town, the basic training of the pre-Qin swordsmen not only includes strength and running, but also includes high requirements such as flexibility, flexibility, and a stable chassis.
Although the Irish town also fights with people, the swordsmanship experience is still mainly accumulated from killing monsters. The basic physical data is very important, while the pre-Qin swordsmen mainly fight with people.
Their swordsmanship is a combination of routines and experience, and even in combat, there are also instances of outsmarting, such as exhausting the opponent's strength.
As for the legendary internal force, Ye Mo, who has watched martial arts dramas, had previously made a very important mistake.
It is inaccurate to use the depth of internal force to evaluate the strength level of martial artists. To be more precise, they evaluate the strength level by the level of physical attributes improved by internal force.
Deep internal force = high physical quality√, but high physical quality ≠ strong internal force.
Ye Mo's five-element balanced physique and high-end bloodline lead to low root bone talent, which makes her unsuitable for martial arts practice, but her physical attributes are much higher than those of the guards, so she can completely practice only external skills.
She can completely do the opposite, using the external skills of this world to make the most efficient use of her strength, speed, physique, etc., and even disguise herself as a martial arts master in the future.
When Gong Ziyi practiced swordsmanship for the first time, Ye Mo memorized every stroke in his mind; when Gong Ziyi practiced swordsmanship for the first time, Ye Mo not only memorized it, but also followed his movements in his mind.
[Detected that the survivor Ye Mo had broken through the critical point of spiritual value, spiritual attribute +1.]
When Gong Ziyi finished his second swordsmanship, Ye Mo walked forward quickly, and when he was closest to the soldier in the empty field, he took out his waist sword before he could react, and jumped into the empty field.
Everyone present did not expect this development, even Gong Ziyi, who was dancing with the sword, lost his mind for a moment, and completed the swordsmanship only by relying on the inertia of his body, which was not comparable to the strength and accuracy just now.
Ye Mo said calmly, "Calm down and continue."
"Yes!"
Gong Ziyi practiced swordplay for the first time, while Ye Mo practiced swordplay on the other side of the empty field, either swiping, stabbing, sweeping, or flipping. The latter showed obvious traces of imitation, and the two people's movements looked quite similar.
The others were still in shock. Compared with the young lady's imitation of swordplay, they were still shocked that the young lady actually came on stage to practice swordplay. They thought that the young lady was just going through the motions and learning archery today?
"Look at me!"
After Gong Ziyi stopped dancing with the sword, Ye Mo danced with the sword again in front of him based on her memory. The last move was stabbing. She accelerated and stabbed the sword guard, and the sword was turned to the side in front of him.
Squeak!
The sword was sheathed.
At this time, the mouths of many guards were still slightly open, with waves of surprise making it impossible for them to collect their emotions.
Ye Mo looked at the young guard, "Ziyi, what's wrong with my swordsmanship? Just tell me, no need to be polite."
Gong Ziyi was so surprised that he was half a beat late to answer. His master had a question, so he didn't dare not answer.
From an outsider's perspective, Ye Mo's swordsmanship may be more than 75% similar to Gong Ziyi's, but an expert can tell at a glance that the form is greater than the attack, and the basic movements are particularly lacking.
"During the first sword stab, the young lady's two feet were not stable enough, the sword and the arm should be in a straight line, and the sword was retracted a beat late; the second sword..."
All problems!
Many of the children of the old noble families of Chu were born noble and could not endure hardships. They often encountered such problems when practicing swordsmanship, such as Mi Wenjing's father and brother.
Gong Ziyi felt that he might lose his head today if he continued to talk, but his personality did not allow him to lie. The guards who were on good terms with him were anxious and worried about him.
Two years ago, Yang Chengjun practiced archery at the East Suburb Horse Farm. He was in a good mood and felt good about himself. He happily asked a guard how he was at archery. Of course, he just wanted to hear some flattery.
Who knew that the guard was also an honest man. In front of more than a dozen retainers and two distinguished guests, he honestly pointed out the lack of strength of Lord Yang Cheng, making him lose face.
Lord Yang Cheng immediately lost face, pulled out a sword, drew the bow, aimed at the heart of the guard, and shot out. The guard died on the spot. He could have dodged, but he couldn't.
The dead guard only pointed out one shortcoming of Lord Yang Cheng, but Gong Ziyi pointed out several shortcomings of the young lady. Not to mention stabbing the heart and beheading, I'm afraid his bones would be crushed and scattered, and even innocent people would be harmed.
Gong Ziyi became the captain of the Yangcheng Mansion's guards because of his outstanding performance in the winter hunting competition last year. It's a pity that he died so young. I don't know how many people there are in his family and whether he has a wife.
Ye Mo didn't know that they were already considering Gong Ziyi's funeral, but their emotions were exposed in her eyes. She was definitely not a ruthless person who couldn't accept criticism.
This was also a good opportunity to win people's hearts.
After Gong Ziyi finished speaking, Ye Mo not only did not get angry, but even praised him a few words and rewarded him with a lot of things, including food, clothing, weapons, and verbal gratitude.
Gong Ziyi was really excited, and his voice rose twice: "Thank you, young master!"
Although the other guards did not dare to talk about Yang Chengjun, they all felt that the young master was sensible and generous. When they were with the young master, they would forget from time to time that this was a young master, not a male heir.
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After Gong Congyi pointed out the problems one by one, Ye Mo made a table in his mind, listing a series of common wrong movements, picked up the sword again, and started from simple to complex, asked Gong Ziyi to demonstrate, and then imitated one by one.
She had very high requirements for herself. Each movement must be standard and accurate before she would learn the next move. With her mental power highly running, she fully cooperated in learning swordsmanship.
The guards have been trained to be flexible for many years, but Mi Wenjing's body is still relatively stiff. Fortunately, she has the ability to do it. After the meridian joints are stretched, she has no problem with the difficult movements. It's just that the clothes of the noble lady are quite cumbersome.
"Next."
"Yes."
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[Detected that the survivor Ye Mo has broken through the critical point of the spirit value, the spirit attribute +1. ] × 2.
[Detected that the survivor Ye Mo has broken through the critical point of the agility value, the agility attribute +1. ] × 1.
The moves gradually became more complicated, and many of them were not just one or two moves, but several moves in a set. Among
these dynamic moves, the most difficult for Ye Mo to master was the light footwork, which was similar to Qinggong. There was no concept of Qinggong during the Warring States period, and this name was given by her herself.
The light footwork of the warriors is not to take off, but to borrow the force, such as the ground, walls, branches, railings and other inherent objects, or swords or knives or thrown stones, etc., to fly over the eaves and walls.
Ye Mo's high agility is no problem for doing all these, but there is a problem with strength. If the force is not borrowed well, he will often kick down a wall or a house or kick a person to death, killing people with light work.
This requires super strong control. Compared with daily life, control in fighting is many times more difficult.
Light work is indeed the best way for Ye Mo to balance agility and strength. When mastering more than 80%, there will be no out-of-control scenes in the previous fights, and it is still a little short of 100%.
Master the power, instead of being mastered by the power. Point to hit wherever you want, instead of pointing to hit wherever you want, without distinguishing between enemies and friends.
During the whole process, Ye Mo's most outrageous behavior was that he stepped on a whole floor tile and cracked it. In a sudden accident, he broke the handle of the sword in his hand, which scared the maids and guards who were watching next door.
"!!!"
"!!!"
The atmosphere was a bit weird.