In the following period, Xiao Mohe, Shangguan Wudi, and Cheng Ying competed with Xiao Yi in martial arts. The light of the knife flashed in the backyard, and shouts and shouts came and went. Xiao Yi thought that his sword skills were already very powerful, but in front of the three of them, it was like a trick, and he didn't even last more than thirty rounds. This was the result of the three of them deliberately letting go. My father's main weapon was a spear and he used a single sword to fight Xiao Yi, but he was able to defeat Xiao Yi. Shangguan Wudi's main weapon is the Zimu Mandarin Duck Hammer. The big hammer weighs three hundred and fifty kilograms and the small hammer weighs two hundred and twenty kilograms. Xiao Yi can't even get close to him in a fight. He has a bunch of sharp sword skills. He didn't even dare to touch it, but his sledgehammer flew away when he touched it, causing his hands to hurt for several days. This is because Shangguan Wudi only used 50% of his strength. I heard from my father that when he went to the battlefield, Shangguan Wudi's sledgehammer was said to be more courageous than any man's. The enemy was instantly killed when hit, and all sides were severely disabled. Only when fighting Cheng Ying did Xiao Yi barely show his strength. The opponent used a long sword, but he was very powerful and had far more fighting experience than Xiao Yi. After fighting with them, Xiao Yi understood one thing, that is, the so-called fierce generals who fight on the battlefield in this era must first pass the first level of strength. The first criterion for ranking the army's force value is based on the strength of the generals. With one force, In Jianghui, there is no need for fancy kung fu fighting like Jianghu on the battlefield, but fighting with strength. There are thousands of troops on the battlefield, and a powerful martial arts master can kill even a hundred people without mercy. But for a general, it is easy to kill hundreds of thousands of people. For a general, it is said that ten thousand men are brave enough. Damn it. It¡¯s the strength and endurance of the body. The second level is the weight of the weapon, which is somewhat similar to the first level. The reason why Shangguan Wudi was still regarded as the most powerful general by the Sui army at this time was because his two big hammers weighed nearly 600 kilograms together. No one's weapons dared to collide with his weapons, so his combat effectiveness would be reduced. If you suffer a big discount, you will only be beaten passively. The third level is martial arts, which can only be seen when the generals of both sides face off. Just like a boxing match, only opponents of the same weight class can be compared, and only then will the opponent's flexibility and subtlety of moves be considered. In Xiao Mohe¡¯s words, a general needs to be proficient in one to five of the eighteen types of weapons, including five fighting skills: on horseback, on foot, close range, medium distance, and long distance. You must also be proficient in using other weapons. Because fighting on the battlefield consumes the most weapons, they may collide with the opponent's weapons, cut human bones, or be damaged by hard objects around them. Even sophisticated weapons are useless after killing hundreds of people in one battle. The battlefield is changing rapidly, and your weapon is likely to break suddenly. At this time, any weapon on the battlefield can be used. If you don't know how to use it, then you can only wait to die. "Father, can that kid be considered a young general now?" "Young general?" Xiao Mohe immediately curled his lips and struck him mercilessly: "Now that you are on the battlefield, the other side only needs to send out four spearmen, Two axemen, two shield soldiers, and one archer can take care of you, so you are at a very good level!" "Shi Chang" is a typo used by ancient people. It means that you can lead ten soldiers. . Ancient soldiers believed in the saying, "Lead as many soldiers as you can deal with the enemy." This means that the person in charge can kill the opponent, so only by following him as his subordinate will you feel relieved, and only then will others dare to follow him and fight together. " Xiao Yi is quite miserable. He has been practicing martial arts hard for the past eight years, thinking that he could not be a little general. Only then did he realize that he was just a frog in the well. Of course, Xiao Mohe only judged Xiao Yi's ability based on force alone. If wisdom is added, Xiao Yi does have the talent of a general. Now he can be a chief of staff (chief of staff) for thousands of people. He will learn more from experience in the future. , it is not impossible to command hundreds of thousands of people to fight. "My child is quite a general. My father can teach me." Xiao Mohe and Shangguan Wuhui glanced at each other and laughed a few times. They seemed to be waiting for Xiao Yi's words. "This is not just talk! Go back to Bingzhou with dad, and I will naturally teach you how to become a general." Xiao Yi was immediately overjoyed and quickly agreed, but he didn't know that the hard days that followed had just begun. After staying at Xiao Jing's house for a while, Xiao Mohe planned to take Xiao Yi back to Bingzhou for rigorous training as soon as possible. After all, Xiao Yi was already twelve years old. Although he had some martial arts skills, he was far from good. He had to hurry up. Train him. Xiao Jing naturally hoped that her younger brother would become a talented person as soon as possible, so Xiao Yi followed Xiao Mohe, Shangguan Wudi and others to Bingzhou. But Cheng Ying still stayed in the capital and continued to guard Xiao Jing in obscurity. On the way from the capital to Bingzhou, with the help of his father and Shangguan Wudi, Xiao Yi's equestrian skills improved a lot. If the equestrian skills that Feng Fang taught him were the essence of the basics, then his father and his superior?The equestrian skills that Wuwei taught him were the lessons learned on the battlefield, which can be regarded as advanced equestrian skills. However, the master-level realm of truly integrating humans and horses on the battlefield can only be achieved by Xiao Yi himself through continuous enlightenment and understanding in practice. During this period, Xiao Yi also had a skill that impressed his father and Shangguan Wudi, and that was his archery skill. Xiao Yi can shoot a ten-stone bow at the age of twelve. This alone is enough to impress people. Shangguan Wudi is born with great strength, but he can only draw the ten-stone bow after he is eighteen years old. He must release the arrow within three breaths, otherwise he will lose his strength. He cannot draw the bow as fast as Xiao Yi does. Aim slowly for a while before releasing the arrow. How much strength does that require? Shangguan Wudi was really surprised, but Xiao Mohe, who knew the inside story, teased him and told him the secret. Xiao Yi didn¡¯t hide anything from Shangguan Wudi, so he told him the real secret of Cloud Chuan Gong. There is such a strange thing in the world? Shangguan Wudi really couldn't imagine that Xiao Yi's Cloud-Piercing Bow could actually save three-quarters of the effort. The ten-stone bow only needed two and a half stones to fully draw, and after it was fully drawn, it only needed half a stone to maintain. Shangguan Wudi didn't believe it, so Xiao Yi gave him the Cloud Chuan Bow to try. After trying it, Shangguan Wudi couldn't help but marvel at the wonder of the world. Xiao Yi even informed him of other structures of the Cloud-Piercing Bow, such as the shooting principle of adding a three-point line to the front sight, adding an arrow slot to stabilize the stability of the arrow at the moment it is shot, and changing the tail of the arrow to a cross tail to keep the arrow in position. It also has stability a hundred steps away, greatly improving hit accuracy and so on. These are unheard of and exquisite theories, which made Shangguan Wudi worship Xiao Yi even more. "The most important thing in archery is not to practice arrows but to practice the mind. If you care about winning or losing, you will lose your strength. Aiming at the target is aiming at your own way of self-cultivation. Mencius said: The archer is the way of benevolence. Shooting seeks to rectify others. , If one fails to hit the target, then one does not blame oneself, but seeks others. When one shoots, he must hit the mark while advancing and retreating. He must be straight internally and straight externally. Sure, then you can get it right. This can be used to observe virtue. "Every time at this time, Xiao Mohe would always pour cold water on Xiao Yi. As a father, he didn't want Xiao Yi to be too proud and complacent. It might be better for him to pour cold water on him to cool him down. Shangguan Wudi agreed very much with this and said: "Shooting must suppress the energy. If the energy is not suppressed, the will cannot be straight and the body cannot be straight. The second young master must remember this." Xiao Yi nodded immediately, understanding what his father and Shangguan Wudi said. meaning. It is the style of a gentleman to be upright internally and upright externally. Du Shiyun said, "Gu Shiqing is high and the energy is deep and hidden", which is the secret of this shooting. In order to study and do business, one must not be careless and impetuous, but must be calm, ambitious, and dedicated. This kind of spiritual state is continuously cultivated through archery practice.