Snow foam and milk flowers float on the afternoon cup, Polygonum velvet and artemisia bamboo shoots are served on the spring plate. Taste in the world is pure joy.
——"Huanxisha·Dry rain and slanting wind make the morning cold" Su Shi
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Compared to the training of the Assassin Camp and the Martial Arts Camp, Bai Fu had more experience.
During hundreds of battles in Suiyang, Bai Fu deeply understood the difference between killing enemies on the battlefield and fighting in rivers and lakes.
The core essence of a bloody battle is to use the minimum cost, the least physical energy, and the shortest time to seriously injure or even kill the enemy.
Charge into the battle, surrounded by many people, there is no room to move and dodge, and it is impossible not to get injured. The key is to learn how to get injured reasonably. The injury should not be too serious, and you should try your best to exchange injuries for your life, and exchange minor injuries for your opponent's life.
Serious injury, even life.
Secondly, the larger the battle, the longer it will take. Therefore, when killing enemies on the battlefield, you must save your energy as much as possible and reduce the energy consumption of each move.
In a stalemate, whoever has more endurance will have a greater chance of winning.
Therefore, Bai Fu asked the disciples of the Sichuan Gang to simplify their moves as much as possible, reduce the complex to the simplest, and reduce it to the extreme. Pursuing speed, pursuing to kill the opponent before the enemy's weapon breaks through the armor, killing the opponent with one blow.
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All the Sichuan disciples were highly skilled in martial arts, so Bai Fu did not arrange too many courses on martial arts, but focused his training on riding, archery and battle formation command.
Bai Fu fought against the rebel Hu Qi for many days and knew the importance of cavalry shooting.
The reason why the Hu cavalry is invincible is not because of the physical strength of the Hu cavalry, but because of the powerful mobility of the Hu cavalry. When attacking, the armor and horses attack, and the invasion is like fire, unstoppable; when retreating, the Hu cavalry is flexible, coming and going like the wind, and elusive without a trace.
, which cannot be compared with the infantry soldiers of the Central Plains.
Especially for long-distance cavalry and shooting, the barbarian cavalry can both harass and attack by force, while infantry soldiers can only passively defend, which is a headache.
With its powerful impact, a force of 1,000 barbarian cavalry can kill 10,000 infantry and defeat them.
The reason why the Tang army paid a lot of money to invite the Huihe cavalry to help suppress the rebellion was that it was difficult for the Tang army's infantry alone to encircle and suppress the Hu cavalry. They could only use cavalry against cavalry and use the skills of the Hu cavalry to control the barbarians.
In order to strengthen the Bashu warriors' riding and archery skills, Bai Fu invited the Persian general Alberts to come here secretly to teach them riding skills.
Dashi's horses are known as desert elves, and the Persian and Dashi cavalry are also very brave. Unlike the Tang army's cavalry, Persian cavalry and horses rarely wear heavy armor, and are good at circuitous and fast battles.
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On this day's riding and shooting class, the first person to take part was Dou Yu from the Dou family in Mianzhou. The Dou family is a descendant of the famous Eastern Han Dynasty general Dou Xian.
Dou Yu's weapon is the ring-headed sword, which has a ring-shaped head, a narrow body, and a straight back. The Dou family's unique skill is the Dou's cloak sword technique. This sword technique evolved from the cavalry charge of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is wide open and wide closed, powerful and powerful.
Especially the forty-five-way Breaking Wind Slash, which is so powerful that it is unstoppable.
During the riding and shooting competition, three targets are placed on the left side of the horse track, each target is thirty-five steps apart. Each person carries a total of nine arrows and can run the field three times.
As soon as the command flag was waved, Dou Yu galloped out from a straight road. When he was approaching the target, he drew his bow and set an arrow. With a "whoosh" sound, the arrow hit the target.
The audience burst into warm applause.
Dou Yu hit three hits with three arrows and was quite proud of himself.
The Persian general Alberts whispered a few words to the messenger, waved the flag, and the target was no longer fixed, but began to move quickly.
Dou Yu frowned, then rode out for the second time, drew his bow and arrows, and hit all three arrows, but missed the red heart on the target.
The flag was waved for the third time, and the target moved quickly and irregularly. Dou Yu galloped out, but all three arrows were empty. Dou Yu was dejected and rode back to the queue.
The second drum sounded, Dian Meng from Hanzhong Dian Family came on stage.
In the Shushan sword competition that year, Dianmeng lost to Zhong Yaya of the Zhong family in Yuzhou, and missed the opportunity to go to Chang'an to participate in the martial arts competition. After the Shushan sword competition, Dianmeng was unwilling to leave his hometown and visited famous teachers. Over the past few years,
, great advancement in martial arts. After the An Lushan rebellion, Dian Meng joined the Sichuan Gang and assisted the rebels in Luoyang to fight against the rebels. This time the Sichuan Gang selected elites, and Dian Meng was chosen without hesitation.
When Bai Fu saw Dian Meng, he lamented that Dou Yu and Dian Meng were not among the top thirty swordsmen in Shushan, did not come to Chang'an, and failed to join the Huben Army.
If we look at it from the perspective of the time, it would have been a huge opportunity missed if it did not become a martial arts test approved by Xuanzong.
I was also depressed about not being selected into the Tiger Army. I even thought that the reason why Yang Yichan left was because I failed to enter the Tiger Army. Now that I think about it, I don't understand human nature very well, which is really ridiculous.
Nowadays, due to the rebellion of King Yong Li Lin, the Huben Army led by Ji Guangchen has become an army that the court does not trust. This former proud army is stationed in a corner of Pian'an and has long lost its former glory.
Misfortunes come and blessings come, God arranges it, mortals can't see it clearly.
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Dian Meng was indeed experienced in the rebel army. No matter it was a fixed target or a moving target, all nine arrows hit the red heart.
The Persian general Alberts smiled and ordered Dian Meng to be given three more arrows and asked him to shoot again.
Dianmeng didn't know what the Persian general Alberts meant, but he still obeyed. Dianmeng clamped the horse's belly, and the horse galloped out, and the first archery target was about to enter the shooting range.
Dian Meng held his breath, drew his bow and drew an arrow...
Suddenly, there was just a whistle, and dozens of gongs and drums suddenly played. The eyes of the horse under Dian Meng's crotch showed a look of fear, and with a neighing sound, it quickly dodged and ran away from the horse road.
The horse's stress reaction of flashing and stopping produced a huge force, which knocked Dian Meng out of the horse's bow and arrow, causing him to fall off the horse. Dian Meng, quick to his wits, dropped his bow and arrow, and flipped three consecutive somersaults in the air, steadily.
fell to the ground.
Dian Meng put away his pride and felt ashamed. If he were charging into battle, he would be trapped in a tight siege and even risk being trampled by thousands of troops.
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After a round of riding and shooting competition, Dou Yu and Dian Meng were already the disciples with the best results. There were many others who were better than these two in martial arts, but their riding and shooting skills were not satisfactory.
Persian General Alberts said: "The art of riding and archery tests the horse, riding skills and archery skills at the same time.
First, let’s talk about horses. Untrained horses are very easily frightened. Weeds on the roadside swaying in the wind, or debris blown by the wind, may cause the running horses to flash suddenly, stop suddenly, etc.
Excited reaction, the rider will be thrown off the horse, endangering the rider's safety.
Therefore, not all horses can be used for riding, and not all horses that can be ridden can be used for riding and shooting.
A qualified war horse, in addition to being physically strong, must also be bold and alert, and be able to overcome its natural weakness of timidity. Therefore, a qualified war horse must turn a blind eye to any weapon wielded by the cavalry, the noisy environment of the battlefield, and many other external factors.
, even if you are injured, you can continue to fight.
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Let’s talk about riding.
When riding a horse, the rider should sit deep in the saddle and step on the stirrups with the soles of his front feet. When stepping, the toes should be pointed upward and the heels should be pressed downward. This will prevent the rider's feet from going deep into the stirrups. Once the horse falls, it will not be easy.
Caught in a stirrup.
When the cavalry fights, their hands must hold the weapons tightly, so they cannot hold the reins. At this time, the cavalry can only control the horse through a combination of legs, waist movements, passwords, etc. This all depends on daily training.
Without reins, the cavalry can command the horse to control the direction through commands and changes in the body's center of gravity. The rider can make the horse turn by squeezing the horse's abdomen with the outside leg. Only a horse that can perfectly cooperate with the cavalry is a qualified war horse.
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During battle, in addition to the above actions, excellent cavalry are also good at mobilizing the power of the waist and abdomen, and transmit the force to the horse's back through the saddle, allowing the war horse to make various tactical actions such as accelerating, advancing, turning, decelerating, etc.
When the horse is trotting, cantering and galloping, its body also has an ups and downs, like a wave, which is called a "wave".
The rider must make waves according to the horse's different paces, also called sitting up, pressing the waves, or pushing the waves. The rider needs to feel the horse's waves. When the waves rise, the body rises with it, and when the waves fall, the rider follows the waves.
sit.
When the waves are big, you can hit them; when the waves are small, you can rely on the strength of your waist and butt to directly press the waves, so that your butt is pressed against the saddle and moves together with the horse. When the horse runs fast, the hind legs will continue to exert force, and the rider needs to cooperate with the horse's movements.
Use force to push your waist forward, and then pull it back. This is called pushing waves.
In short, whether hitting the waves, pressing the waves or pushing the waves, the rider's movements must always follow the rhythm of the horse. Only in this way can man and horse become one."
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Although the Sichuan disciples knew how to ride horses, after the Persian general Alberts’ explanation, they realized that there was so much knowledge about how to control a war horse. (To be continued)