Why did the young master of Qingzhi City Lord's Mansion jump out to challenge? Although the reason was nothing more than the old tune of young people being competitive, it seemed to be more than that.
Judging from the fact that he repeatedly mentioned the term "tall southern barbarian", it is obvious that this is more than a personal conflict, but a microcosm of the ideological competition between Rigar and the Moon Country cultural circle, which has been experiencing frequent conflicts and frictions recently.
Kazuto is proud, but at the same time they are repressed.
Four thousand years of peace have left the warrior class with no time for daily martial arts training. At most, there are some sparring competitions, but there is a lack of opportunities for actual combat.
Almost all Kazuto samurai are eager for an opportunity to prove themselves. Mature elders can still control this impulse and not show it all the time, but when it comes to young and frivolous young people, it will naturally be less. Be sensible.
Even if they are only using wooden swords for practice, being able to fight and win against Nanman who are much taller than themselves is a way to greatly boost their self-esteem for the Kazuto warrior class who have been suppressed for a long time and lacked opportunities to prove themselves. An act of satisfaction.
So to say that none of the samurai standing around Mira and Sakura were happy to see the conflict happen would be a huge lie.
Among this group of warriors, most of them secretly hope that the young master will teach this tall southern barbarian warrior a lesson. The rest of them were at most just worried about overdoing it and getting injured, so they wouldn't be able to explain it to the master.
That's what men are like, that's how warriors are.
Even if you are bound by rules, even if you are restricted by class, you still have a desire to prove yourself in your heart, and you want to prove the truth with the sword.
"Ha——" The young master of the Qing Zhifu family lowered his waist, holding the wooden handle of the wooden knife near the blade with his right hand, and holding the end of the handle with his left hand, but he did not hold it tightly, but retained the flexibility of his wrist.
"Huh-" He breathed out.
Controlling breathing is an extremely important part of all martial arts.
This subtle skill comes from fighting on the battlefield.
After wearing heavy armor, and even the face is covered by the steel armor, if you don't pay attention to controlling your breathing, once you start fighting, your physical strength will be greatly exhausted and the mask will hinder your breathing and lead to hypoxia. He became dizzy and eventually died.
Being aware of one's own situation at all times is an essential part of a well-trained warrior. Even if you don't wear armor, you should develop this habit of controlling your breathing and conserving your physical strength from an early age.
His breathing is evenly controlled, his eyes are locked on his opponent, his feet are spread apart, his back is straight and his center of gravity is slightly pressed forward, and his hands hold the sword without any trembling caused by weakness - the posture he assumes is called "Plough" in Rigal swordsmanship. Posture - that is, holding the weapon with both hands in the front and center position, with the tip of the knife or sword pointed at the enemy. It is a starting posture for offense and defense.
"As expected of you, young master." Many of Kazuto's warriors exclaimed in admiration, and even Mira felt her eyes light up.
She hadn't seen someone with such solid basic skills for a long time. Even she herself may not be able to perform this starting position more correctly than this young master. Obviously, he is not a showman, but has practiced hard and hard, and the length of time is much longer than Luo An, who only started to learn sword skills when he was 11 years old. Above girls.
Although the martial arts in the Moon Kingdom are not from the same school as Rigar, we are all two-handed human beings. When using weapons held by both hands, as long as it is a practical theory, the basic usage will naturally not deviate.
This young master's arrogance does not come from empty arrogance. He does have a pretty solid foundation——
But he lost.
When she saw Henry's posture on the opposite side and the confusion the young master showed when facing the sage's hand gesture, the Luoan girl knew that the other party would definitely not be able to beat her teacher.
This is not blind confidence in the sage - although sometimes Mira does do this - but a judgment based on facts.
The wooden sword of the Moon Country is about a meter or so, which is called "three feet" in local units. This obviously does not match the long swords held by the samurai who had fought before. The size of the swords they carried was even larger than that of Claymer, with a length of about 1.61.7 meters, and even the spare one hanging on the waist The secondary weapon, the long-handed waist knife, is also about one and a half meters long.
Maybe it's because of the geographical difference, maybe it's because it's a training weapon, Mira still doesn't know. All she could notice was that her teacher did not hold the sword with both hands like the young master, but instead held the wooden sword with one hand. Henry has one left hand on his back, holding the knife in his right hand, his right foot forward, the toes of his left foot pointing in the other direction at a 90-degree angle, and the heels together. The posture is completely more suitable for one-handed weapons. Starting hand pose.
The young master was obviously stunned by the sage's actions, so much so that he didn't even take a step for a long time after Henry took a stance and obviously waited for him to attack first.
"What's going on? Doesn't this Nanman understand how to use our country's weapons?" Even the other warriors in the Qingzhifu did the same. Mira heard someone talking in a low voice, but the warrior leader observed silently. Yes, maybe he has some foundation than others.
The young master was stunned by the unfamiliar situation and the situation that was out of his comfort zone.
He fully waited for the opponent to hold the wooden sword with both hands exactly the same way as him, and then he could fight according to the method he was always familiar with.
But Henry just didn't do that.
'How to do this? what do I do? 'The flash of panic in his expression even affected his breathing and made it rapid, and this was just because Henry showed a starting position that he had never seen before. 'No, how can the foreign South Barbarians be more skilled in martial arts than I am in the Kingdom of the Moon -' The moment the young master brewed anger in order to deny this inner wavering, Henry -
Take action.
"Phew!" The tall and long-legged sage closed the distance between the two sides with a kick of his back foot. Then he made a diagonal chop with his wrist, taking advantage of his height advantage, and hit the young master directly on the head.
"Ah!" The young master's hesitation due to his inner turmoil in the face of unfamiliar martial arts made the young master slow down for a moment. He shouted something to encourage or encourage him, and then he held the knife in both hands to block Henry's diagonal slash.
"Crack!!" Although the sage was holding the sword with one hand, the force of the blow almost made the young master, who was holding the sword with both hands to defend himself, almost lose his hand with the wooden sword.
'Don't fall into the opponent's rhythm, you have to reverse the offensive! 'He immediately reacted and noticed the fact that he had been robbed of the upper hand. Although the sword skills used by the opponent were not in the category he was familiar with, it only disturbed his heartstrings at first. After the fight started, he had no time to think about all this. .
'Stay unchanged to cope with all changes' - If there is no specific way to deal with this kind of Southern Barbarian sword technique, then just use your own way of dealing with long swords in the past.
"Ka!!" The advantage of height may not always be an advantage. The sage can attack from above, but because he is taller, the lower part becomes a defensive loophole in the eyes of the shorter young master——
"Crack!!" He knocked the wooden knife away from Henry's hand with the back of the knife, then retracted the handle of the knife to his waist, shrank down, and attacked Henry down the road.
"Wha--" He swung the sword in a small way. Looking at the movement of his wrist, Mira felt her eyes light up again. It was obvious that this young master practiced not only the battlefield swordsmanship in the wild, but also the emergency swordsmanship that could only be used in small indoor spaces. He is also very good at——
And the reason why he still chose the small-scale indoor sword skill in an open space like the yard was to make the swing trajectory smaller and prevent Henry from intercepting it again.
In the blink of an eye, he accurately chose the situation that was most advantageous to him.
Quickness, accuracy, and ruthlessness are the key points of swordsmanship in the Moon Country. As long as he regains the rhythm of the battle through this attack, he can force Henry to be overwhelmed with continuous swings - at least, the young master and the samurai watching next to him are Think so.
"He's finished." Mira said subconsciously in Avenela.
"嚓——" The sage took a step back, then turned his wrist so that the blade of the wooden knife held in one hand was on top, with the tip of the knife hanging low. He used the tip of the knife to block the attack and at the same time pushed the knife to one side. That's it. He easily deflected the young master's attack, then straightened his legs and stepped forward. While maintaining the wooden sword to block, he hit the young master hard in the armpit with the blunt tip of the wooden sword.
"Puff!" The young master in Qingzhi's mansion groaned.
"Wow, Master!" The surrounding warriors burst out with surprised sounds.
No one had time to see clearly what happened, and even if they did, they probably wouldn't know what happened.
The only people present who understand are our Luoan girl and perhaps the silent warrior captain.
There may be similarities in how to hold two-handed weapons, but that's where the similarities between Rigar and Moon Country's martial arts end.
The swordsmanship of the Moon Kingdom emphasizes speed and sharpness, and their gauntlet is usually just a disc; while Rigar does not distinguish between one hand and both hands, and often has a more complete protection style, because of the difference in advanced swordsmanship.
Kazuto's sword takes the word "fast" to the extreme. The Rigar people's swords, on the other hand, pay more attention to preciseness, one move after another, and attack "at the same time" while completing self-defense.
This is a difference in perception. The young master fully thought that Henry had to block "and then" draw his sword to counterattack - just like the Moon Country warriors he had fought before - and this gap would be an opportunity for him to pursue. .
But as one of the few people in the world who is at the top of Rigal's swordsmanship, our Mr. Sage just changed the angle of the blade so that the young master's attack could not hit him. At the same time, he pushed the knife forward and stabbed forward, thus "simultaneously" completing the pattern. Block and counterattack.
"Ugh——" The young master who was stabbed in the armpit of his right arm was livid and couldn't hold the knife for a while, but he still wanted to distance himself and change his hand to fight back. Henry rushed forward mercilessly at this time and turned the tip of the wooden knife in his hand to point in his direction. At the same time, he took a step to the right to avoid the pointing of the two knives. After the two wooden knives were brought together, he used his free hand. With his left hand, he grasped the backs of the two wooden knives and at the same time, mercilessly smashed the handles of the knives into the young master's left forearm.
"Ah!" One hit, one punch, one pull.
"Pa--" The young master of the Qingzhi City Lord's family stumbled and fell to the ground. The muscles under his right arm and left forearm were aching. However, Henry held two wooden knives in his hands and could not even breathe. one.
The confrontation lasted for less than 10 seconds. This young master, who was arrogant and rebellious, but was indeed one of the best players in the city lord's palace, was let go by the sage without even fully understanding the situation. fell to the ground.
Didn't he train hard enough? Are the basic skills not solid enough? Are the training levels of the masters insufficient?
The answers to these questions were obviously no, but he still lost.
What's the difference? Practical experience? This question is correct, but not entirely correct.
If you only have actual combat experience, for example, replace your opponent's Henry with another lower-level warrior from the Moon Country who has seen some battlefields. Then the young master can completely use his solid basic skills to completely abuse the opponent within the scope of "the same martial arts and the same weapon".
What our Mr. Sage possesses is a master-level proficiency in almost all weapons, and a wealth of experience in use that no one can match.
So yes, this is a difference in actual combat experience, but Henry is not from a wild background with only earthly methods. He has received the finest weapons training and is a walking swordsman himself.
Among the countless years of accumulated experience in using weapons, he can easily pick out the situation that is most suitable for a certain situation, combine it with abundant practical experience, and use it flexibly and efficiently.
Why choose one-handed stance?
Because one hand is more flexible than both hands, and holding the knife with one hand, extending one arm forward can increase your attack distance.
The sage who is 195 cm tall faces the young master who is 170 cm tall. His arm length already has an overwhelming advantage. But if the sage uses the orthodox two-hand grip of the Moon Country to use this wooden sword that is only 100 cm tall, , then he would limit his own advantages.
The young master couldn't understand this, and neither could the other Qingzhifu warriors. They just felt that the confrontation between the two people flashed by. After the wooden knife hit a few times, the young master fell to the ground, covering his hands and sweating profusely.
"Is this our limitation?" Mira and Sakura heard the samurai captain next to them sigh softly.
The single environment created by the long-term peace made it possible for Kazuto's warriors to hone their skills to perfection.
Lack of flexibility and methods to deal with unfamiliar fighting methods after jumping out of the comfort zone
Henry used a duel that ended in 10 seconds to personally address their key point. Sitting on the ground, the young master of Qing Zhifu was thinking blankly, and even the pain in his body was forgotten for a short time.
The sage casually dropped the wooden sword on the ground and turned to look at the warriors.
"Can you leave?"
Ask.
