Chapter 167: Discussing Martial Arts
Liu He was still immersed in the joy of picking up Zhao Yun, and did not continue to listen to Zhao Yi say anything else: "This is even more magical than meeting Yun Changchang! The martial arts are about seven in and seven out of Changban slope of Zhao Zilong, Changshan."
"Martial Arts? General, what did you say?" Zhao Yi interrupted Liu He and said to himself.
Liu He looked embarrassed and hurriedly made a comeback: "Your Zhao family is a general for hundreds of years, and you must have excellent martial arts skills. When Zilong arrives, maybe you will ask your brothers for some martial arts."
"General, you are polite! But my Zhao family's spear method is a bit strange, and it is not beautiful for ordinary people to learn it." Zhao Yi said.
When Liu He heard the spear technique passed down by the Zhao family, he was ecstatic. He has made great progress in his previous battles. He also gained some skills under the guidance of Huang Zhong. However, in this immediate kung fu, he learned the Yulin gun technique of the Luoyang Yulin Army. It was just the riding gun technique practiced by the elite imperial guards, not by the generals. If he could learn the spear technique of the Zhao family at this time, it would be of course better.
"Explain it in advance." Seeing Liu He's joyful look, Zhao Yi couldn't help but smile and quickly explained: "My spear method is actually not a pure spear method, but a halberd method. However, the halberd is now very different from the halberds before Qin, and there are many subtleties that may not be used. My family is a treasure of the broom and has never been willing to throw it away, so compared with the common spear method, some... how to say it is a bit difficult to learn."
"Didn't Zhao Yun use a gun?" Liu He thought for a while and said, "You just said this is the halberd method? Is there any difference between the halberd method and the spear method?"
Zhao Yi smiled proudly: "Of course there is a difference. Compared with the halberd method, the spear method is much simpler, with only a few types of thorns, picking, plucking, smashing, etc., while the halberd method also has various exquisite techniques of cutting, chopping, pecking, and hooking. However, the halberd is almost the same as the spear, and most of those techniques are useless."
Seeing that Liu He was still confused, Zhao Yi took a branch and drew a sketch of an ancient halberd on the ground and a common halberd now. After explaining it in detail, Liu He understood it a little. The ancient halberd that Zhao Yi mentioned was the kind of halberd with a side blade, but the halberd now only has one more thorn than the spear. In fact, the function is not much different from the spear. Not only is the structure simple, but the usage method is also much simpler. Many ancient halberds are really useless.
In ancient times, the halberd was divided into halberds, horse halberds, infantry battle halberds, and double halberds were used in different ways. The appearance was both the characteristics of a spear and a spear (the single halberd is similar to the Chinese character "Bian", and the painted halberds are similar to the Chinese character "王"). Their attack function is actually the combination of the spear. It can both stab directly and attack horizontally, and rise and fall, and have the advantage of the five soldiers. The emergence of the halberds was traced back to the origin of the halberds, after the spear. According to Guanzi, the ancestor of the halberds was Chiyou. He liked soldiers and chaos, and was good at using swords and weapons. He once collected the gold from Yonggushan to make halberds. The early halberds were bronze, and there was an iron halberd in the Warring States Period.
During the Western Han Dynasty, the material and shape of the halberds underwent fundamental changes. The halberds in the Qin Dynasty and before were all combined with bronze halberds. Since the Western Han Dynasty, the halberds used by the army were made of steel. The shape of this halberd was the shape of a Bu character, so it is also called the halberd. According to records, during the Western Han Dynasty, halberds were one of the main weapons of the army. The shapes of these halberds were roughly the same, and there was no obvious difference. Long halberds were generally used with both hands, and short halberds were usually used with shields when used, and some people would fight with two short halberds.
There are four types of halberds in the Eastern Han Dynasty: the first type is that the halberd branches and halberds are straight; the second type is that the halberd branches are straight, and the halberds are bent toward the branches; the third type is that the halberds are straight, and the halberds are rolling upward; the fourth type is that the halberds are straight, and the halberds are obviously rolling upward after the branches are stretched out.
The first halberd is the same as the iron halberd in the Western Han Dynasty, while the other three are new types of iron halberds that appeared in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Among them, the latter two halberds have a clear difference from the iron halberds in the past. This kind of halberd with upturned halberds is conducive to fork stabbing but not to hook. Current research believes that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, the usage of halberds began to change slowly, and the function of hooking halberds gradually weakened, and fork stabs became the main attack method. Many records at that time had records of using halberds and fork stabbing the enemy.
"Since the ancient halberd has so many exquisite techniques and its lethality is far greater than that of the spear, why has the ancient halberd been lost and become what it looks like now?" Liu He asked in confusion.
Zhao Yi smiled: "Although the ancient halberd is exquisite, it is also very difficult to practice. Firstly, the halberd head is much heavier, and it is difficult to achieve success without sufficient arm strength. Secondly, those unique techniques require quite high requirements. If you do not practice well, not only will the wonderful things be unable to be wielded, but it will delay the effect of the attack."
Liu He nodded as if he had some understanding.
"General, whether you learn or not depends on you, I won't force it. To be honest, there are really not many people who can really use this kind of halberd technique well now." Zhao Yi said frankly: "I suggest that you learn the halberd may be more practical. The Zhang family in Hejian only learned the halberd. The halberds in their family are now famous Hebei elite soldiers."
Liu He turned his head and laughed: "That's not true. I'm a halberd. I have to learn even a halberd, and I don't let go of any of them. If I don't use it, I can't use it. At least it's original. Don't worry, after I learn it well, I will go to fight an ancient halberd. When I go to the battlefield, I will pick it out, and it will be so special."
Zhao Yi couldn't help laughing and looked at each other and laughed at Liu He.
In the next few days, Zhao Yi taught Liu He the method of halberd passed down by his family. Liu He found that the usage of this ancient halberd is very complicated. It is difficult to master the essence without long-term hard practice. Moreover, the requirements for arm strength and eyesight are very high. It is not easy to just distinguish the direction of the halberd. The handle of the halberd is round, and there is no problem with direction, but the handle of the halberd is flat. It is really a great requirement to distinguish the direction of the halberd through the feel of the halberd in the movement.
In addition, the head of the halberd is about twice the heavier than the spearhead. The step halberd is a little better. Hold the halberd with both hands, and the halberd rod is about one meter. Although it is difficult to control, it is always far away. However, the halberd of the halberd is two meter long. The halberd is an elastic bamboo halberd, swaying. At this time, you can clearly feel that the halberd head is not easily controlled. The halberd support is only one meter long. If you want to use the aid blade to push or kill the enemy, it requires very precise distance control.
If we consider the complexity and cost of making this halberd head, we can understand that the demise of this ancient halberd is expected. However, Liu He did not want to promote the entire army. First, the cost is high, and second, it is the practice of military generals. Ordinary soldiers may not have such qualifications. So Liu He just wanted to satisfy his vanity. This ancient halberd technique is not only exquisite and ancient, but also has ancient etiquette, but also has ancient etiquette. It looks ancient and very school--you don’t have to worry about these differences.
The halberd method is very complicated. Even though Liu He has the eyes and arm strength of ordinary people, and has the perseverance to not be afraid of repetition and repetition, it still took him a long time to initially grasp the key points of Zhao Yi's explanation. However, Zhao Yi praised his progress and said that he was simply a god. It would be no problem to catch up with Zhao Yun in time. This made Liu He feel a little proud of this.
Then Liu He organized Zhao Yi into the guard camp. After a few days, when he returned to Guangning, it was already evening. When he walked into the general's mansion, he saw Ju Su, Tian Feng, Dou Qing and others gathered in the conference hall, waiting for him, and his eyes swept across everyone, especially on Dou Qing's face. He stayed for a long time until Dou Qing's face flushed and lowered his head, he threw the whip to Liu Xiu, strode in, and sat on the tiger-skin chair in the middle. He could compromise to a limit, but he would never surrender, especially from the pressure from his subordinates. He must withstand what should be withstand.
Ju Su's face was very exciting. One reason was that he could not have imagined that this incident, Liu He had such a fierce reaction. He actually left behind the mountains of affairs and went to Bai Tan to relax alone. This made him feel a little annoyed. He was still not sure about his lord's psychology. What was Liu He thinking? He always felt like he was watching the flowers in the fog. Maybe this was the reason why Liu He could make himself devote himself to him. He gave you enough power and enough trust, but he could also hit you at any time to let you know who is the real boss.
Chapter completed!