Fifty-eight, visit of Duke Degong
The next morning, Li Ye got up early to practice morning, ran as usual, greeted Chen Yu next door, and then stood in a stance.
Li Ye could already feel that he could almost start practicing. In fact, the way of exerting force and attack defense moves of Bajiquan were already in his mind, and he remembered them very deeply, so logically, there was no need to practice.
In fact, this is far from enough, because when there is a physical conflict, many things are happening in a moment. The brain doesn’t have time to think, relying on experience and instinct muscle memory, which requires countless repetitive training.
The Bajimen erecting equipment is a large gun, and the previous horse fighting gun was used. The Bajiquan attack method itself developed from the horse fighting gun technique, focusing on using one as a shield, moving forward, fighting one but not two.
The history of the development of weapons is traceable, and many things are inevitable choices of history and follow objective laws.
For example, swords replace swords, and the number of long-range weapons gradually increases, eventually becoming the overlord of the battlefield.
In the past, during the heyday of the Han Dynasty, it was gradually discovered that swords were not suitable for immediate combat during large-scale battles against foreigners, so the ring-headed sword gradually replaced the sword and became a military equipment.
In the Sui and Tang dynasties after the Han Dynasty, swords had completely replaced swords and became the preparation for the army. By the Song Dynasty, the proportion of crossbows and equipment in the army exceeded 60%. By the Ming Dynasty, 70% of the army's equipment had become firearms.
So no one is a fool, and the ancients were not. Everything is constantly improving and innovating with the needs of war.
Among them, only one type of cold weapons has occupied an important position in the era of cold weapons since ancient times, that is, long weapons such as guns and spears.
In the official history, Lu Bu never used a square sky painting halberd, but used a spear; Cheng Yaojin did not use three axes, but used a Tang Dynasty spear-like spear; destroyed the Three Kingdoms in the front and back, and captured his master alive, and unprecedentedly expanded the Tang Dynasty's territory to the west to the Aral Sea in Central Asia, conquered Afghanistan, went straight to Persia, and extended east to the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. Su Dingfang, a famous Tang Dynasty general who was invincible across the north and south, also used a spear.
When the art of war is brought to its extreme, it often turns into simplification and returns to nature.
When the killing on horseback reaches its peak, the results are almost the same in both the East and the West.
One inch long and one inch strong, with a length of more than three meters, and even five meters long, with a large gun that is as long as five meters long, is useless in conjunction with the high-speed sprint of horses. Even large guns of that length cannot dance even if they want to dance. So killing and life and death gather together to return to the most primitive and simplest - the sting in the moment of horse handover! Either you die or I die.
This is the boxing intention of Bajiquan. The will inherited from the horse war big gun. There is no retreat and no room for space. One blow will kill you, either you die or I die!
If you have learned Bajiquan and other traditional boxing techniques, or modern martial arts such as boxing, you can easily see the essential difference between Bajiquan and them.
Taking Wing Chun short blow and boxing as an example, Wing Chun’s purpose is to protect its center of gravity and disrupt the enemy’s center of gravity. When boxing launches an attack, the center of gravity is always after the strike point and remains stable. This means that both boxing and Wing Chun’s boxing can retreat immediately without a single blow, and maintain their center of gravity.
The center of gravity of the human body is in the lower abdomen, which is also called Dantian in traditional martial arts.
But Bajiquan is different. The end point of the last attack is the starting point of the next attack. Using the body as a shield means that the center of gravity moves with the attack, and treating the entire body as a weapon to be shot and removed. In other words, the attack will never be retracted together. This is not a self-defense fist, but a killing fist.
This kind of boxing is very suitable for Li Ye's previous identity, a life-threatening person. But now it is not suitable. What he needs more is the self-defense style. Unfortunately, he doesn't know how to do it. He only knows this style of playing that either you die or I live.
It seems that we will not be able to fight with others in the future.
Thinking of this, Li Ye finished his morning exercises, Zhao Si came soon after. Yesterday, he gave him money and changed his sadness when he came. He went home happily. He came early today and continued to work. Li Ye went to see him do carpentry while he was idle, and supervised not to make any distortions.
According to this progress, you should be able to drink steamed wine on a small stove before the New Year, but it is estimated that it will cost a lot of charcoal to maintain the temperature, otherwise the frozen grains in the cold weather will probably not ferment.
Thinking of Li Ye asking Yue'er to find him pen and paper, he started drawing the drawings again. Anyway, it takes two pots to make wine, so why not make another copper pot for mutton.
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Before noon arrived, the palace welcomed two special guests.
Recently, a song "The Storm and Rain Work on November 4th" spread throughout Kyoto made people remember Wang Ende. Many people gave gifts to their homes and some visited them, but Yan Bian helped Li Ye receive them. Among them are officials near the royal palace and some irrelevant relatives and friends. Li Ye did not come forward to continue to leave the world with the impression of his playboy and incompetence.
But today these two people are different. After the famous sect who visited was sent to him, Yan Bian sent him directly, and it clearly stated in gilded font: Mingde Gong, Wang Yue.
Li Ye was stunned. He had indeed not been to Wangjianglou for several days, nor had he seen Old Duke De, but why did he come by himself? Isn't he afraid of the bad influence? After all, as a subordinate of the Secretariat, his every move is eye-catching. He is not afraid of others being too careful when he comes to the palace so casually.
After thinking about it, since it was Mingde Gong who came, Yan Bi could not handle it naturally. Li Ye patted Zhao Si's shoulder and told him to do it well before going out to greet him, leaving only the carpenter with a touching look on his face.
There were two carriages parked outside the palace, decorated in luxurious style. The first one was purple-black, the second one was light blue and the curtains were pink. It was obvious that it was my daughter's car.
Degong and Gillian, who was half behind, had already got off the car and waited outside the palace gate. Apart from the coachman, he didn't bring any servants, so he was really a simple dress.
Li Ye didn't politely when he came out and hugged his hands. He shook his head and said, "Are you not afraid of others gossiping when you go to the mansion like this?"
De Gong waved his sleeves: "I will talk about visiting my friend's former residence. Do you want me to talk here?"
"Haha, okay, okay, come in quickly, I have always respected the elderly and loved the young." Li Ye said as he made a gesture of invitation.
Degong was very rude and stepped into the palace. Gillian followed him, saying that he was dressed in exquisite clothes and dressed in fur, and saluted him. Li Ye nodded casually and then followed his grandfather. I have to say that the etiquette of the ancients was still very thoughtful, and they were dressed so beautifully when they visited him.
The two coachmen took off two big boxes from the back of the car and followed them in.
Degong walked while leading the way, saying, "I came here to thank you for your kindness. You don't know some kindness, so don't ask me, and it's not appropriate to ask me if I ask. In short, you may just be unintentional, but I always help me, so I'm thanking you."
Li Ye was confused when he was said. Although he didn't know where to help him, isn't it always good for others to owe kindness?
"Second... I want to invite you to the Meiyuan meeting. I know that if I don't come, you will never go."
Chapter completed!