"You idiot, the Fumang Boxing Sutra mentions that 'the body's vertebrae are like a dragon'. If you practice to this point, you don't have to worry about the meaning of the word, and it doesn't prevent you from concentrating your energy - if you just focus on your body,
Vertebrae is like a dragon. If you think about exerting the momentum of a dragon or a leaping tiger, you have already had a few thoughts in your mind, and the strength between your fists and feet has dissipated. And you should not think about the strength and strength mentioned in the boxing sutra.
What's the difference? The fact that you can grab something from the ground or lift something heavy is the core and most basic strength of your body. In martial arts, it's not enough to have the strength to pull an ox.
You also have to react quickly enough and control your body accurately in a short enough time. This is the strength mentioned in the Boxing Sutra. This is where the Fu Mang Zhuang Shi is really practiced. Take the simplest one
For example, if I slash you with a knife, you have to catch up in time. This stage is about the use of strength, which tests your reaction speed and body control. That is to say, you have to be able to react and control the changes of your body and arms in a timely manner.
The power of the sword, and after achieving this step, it is a competition of strength!"
In the past two months, Xiao Linshi, Shi Hai, Sa Luhe and others will be stationed in Yingzhou, Jincheng and the northern part of Shuozhou, in the Cangtou Valley (Shenhekou or Shahukou) sandwiched between Dabao Mountain and Tangzi Mountain.
), and at the same time secretly sent people to lobby the Dangxiang people. Chen Zixiao and Wu Sanrong arranged for some tribesmen to move westward in the name of running the defense of Xishan. Almost everyone was extremely busy and had no time to do anything.
Xiao Yanhan took on the important task of secretly contacting Wuchi Village.
The scorching summer has passed by in a hurry, and the autumn weather has arrived in Xishan in mid-to-late August.
Xiao Yanhan boarded Wuchiyuan again and saw Xu Huaizheng teaching Boxing Sutra to Niu Er and others. She stood aside and listened for a while, seeming to have some understanding, but she always felt that it was a bit missing, so that the last layer of window paper failed.
Poke through.
Niu Er listened for a long time, then scratched his head and muttered: "Junhou, it sounds simple to you, but how can I say that I don't want to and then not think about it? My thoughts couldn't help but wander away, or I just breathed out.
, it’s really weird!”
"I know I have a stubborn mouth." Xu Huai closed his eyes and thought for a while, then opened his eyes and said, "I have a way to teach you. You can bring a smooth wooden stick over here!"
Niu Er took a knife and chopped a tree branch, cut it into a wooden stick, handed it to Xu Huai, and asked: "Is there anything the military lord can teach me?"
"This stick also has the body vertebrae like a dragon as mentioned in the Boxing Sutra. Do you believe it?" Xu Huai picked up the stick and asked Niu Er.
"Jun Hou, aren't you talking nonsense? No matter how stupid I, Niu Er, am, I am not stupid enough to believe your nonsense." Niu Er shook his head and said.
Xu Huai weighed the stick and used a bag knife to cut it as evenly and smoothly as possible. He also carved a small gap at the center of gravity and said, "Put your hands flat and stretch them out, and I will put the stick flat on yours."
On both hands, if you don't move your left hand and slowly move your right hand to the left, or if you don't move your right hand and slowly move your left hand to the right, this small gap will always fall between your hands, do you believe it?"
"How is that possible?" Niu Er shook his head in disbelief.
"You can give it a try." Xu Huai said with a smile.
As Xu Huai said, Niu Er stretched his hands flat to hold up the stick and moved it slowly. He stared at the gap in the stick and moved slowly relative to it, making sure that the gap fell between his hands. His eyes were wide open like bull's eyes.
Yuan asked Xu Huai: "What's going on?"
"You elm head, I tell you, you can't think it through - I'm telling you now that this place is the dragon of the stick. You can understand it yourself. Wait until one day you despair of your elm head and don't want to
Once you understand this bullshit boxing theory, you won't be blocked by those few thoughts when fighting, and your skills in boxing and kicking can be said to be like water piercing through stone! Sometimes you can't understand it, and you feel hopeless, but you can understand it!"
Xu Huai asked Niu Er and others to play with wooden sticks aside, looked at Xiao Yanhan who was disguised as a man, and asked,
"Prince Xiao went to Tangzi Mountain?"
"..." Xiao Yanhan nodded.
Xu Huai had no intention of asking any more questions.
Although Wang Xun was appointed to the ruling position after returning to Bianjing, among the Zhongshu Province, those with higher status than him were Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi and Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi, and there were two others with equal status to him.
Famous for participating in political affairs.
In addition, the privy envoys, Tongzhi privy council officers, three envoys and censor Zhongcheng also have the right to participate in the military affairs of the court, and their status is not lower than that of the king.
Under this court structure, Wang Cun alone strongly advocated giving up territorial ambitions in Yanyun and other places, and emphasized the necessity of a truce with the Party members so that more elite Western troops could be transferred to Hebei and Hedong.
In the towns in the north, how can we take precautions to avoid fundamental changes?
The court is still controlled by the main war faction headed by Cai Zheng, Wang Qiyong and others. It is even hard to imagine that they are still unprepared and secretly agreed with the Chihu people to attack Yunshuo again - this time not only Dai Viet once again attacked Yanmen
Assembling heavy troops, the Chihu people's cavalry also assembled on the platform east of Daqing Mountain (Yinshan) after late July.
The red cavalry assembled at this position. On the one hand, they could directly go south to attack Datong. On the other hand, they could go southwest from the southeast slope of Daqing Mountain (Yinshan Mountain) along the valley of the upper reaches of the Hun River to reach Shenhekou, the gateway to the north of Shuozhou.
Faced with this situation, Xiao Xinhan and Li Chulin led their direct clans to completely withdraw to Datong, while Xiao Linshi spent the past three months gradually evacuating the Tibetan soldiers, tribesmen and supplies from the south bank of Huihe River to Jincheng on the north bank and Xishan to the west of Shuozhou.
Among them, elite troops were stationed at Shenhekou.
Now that Xiao Linshi has personally rushed to Shenhekou to supervise the battle, he is ready to abandon Yingzhou at any time.
The imperial court's strategy for the northern expedition against Yan this time planned to send troops directly from Yanmen to attack Yingzhou and Datong with the red cavalry from the north and south.
The Tianxiong Army, which had only been reorganized for a few months, did not have high hopes this time. Apart from defending the west flank, it had no other combat missions. Of course, the Tongbai soldiers stationed in Shuozhou were abandoned in a corner and ignored.
In Lanzhou, Cao Shixiong and Cao Shili had the power to know the state, oversee the army and horses, control Tianxiong's army, and inspect Ningwu City. They could be said to have monopolized power. Lei Teng and Zhu Run also cooperated with Cao Shixiong for their own interests.
Cao Shili and Meng Pingping were very close to the Shuozhou clique generals, and Jie Zhong was also isolated within the Tianxiong Army.
Yin Chao and Wen Hengyue, as former generals of the Tianxiong Army, were more trusted by the Hedong Economic and Strategic Envoys than Cao Shixiong and Cao Shili. At this time, Yin Chao led his troops to garrison Xinzhou, and Wen Hengyue led his troops to garrison Taiyuan, so that Liu Shizhong could
Wu Bianyu led Xuanwu and Xiao defeated two powerful forces of the imperial army to attack Yingzhou from Yanmen north.
Xu Huai led the soldiers of Tongbai Mountain to guard Shuozhou, and was completely isolated. Letters sent by the Hedong Economic and Strategic Envoys were sometimes missed in Shuozhou - Xu Huai had sent three thousand soldiers to Shuozhou in the past three months.
Many women and children and some veterans of Tongbai Mountain arranged to go south in batches.
Although Xu Huai evacuated these people southward through Fuzhou, Yanzhou and other places in the name of side households (attached tenants), and bribed officials along the way, without encountering any obstacles, Xu Huai did not feel that he could hide it. Look past Tsai’s eyeliner.
The Cai clan must have deliberately indulged themselves, thinking that they would wait until Liu Shizhong led a decisive victory, Xuanwu's two strong armies captured Yingzhou as expected, and the Chihu people could fulfill their secret agreement and hand over Datong and Datong to the jurisdiction of Dai Viet, and then take action to deal with them. It's as easy as flipping a finger.
Xiao Linshi had already left Yingzhou. Liu Shizhong only had to lead his army out of Yanmen and march north to capture Yingzhou without any bloodshed. As for what happened after that, Xu Huai no longer dared to imagine it, and there was no need to imagine it.
Now that Jie Zhong was also isolated, Zhufengtang's caravan could only leave Xishan from the west. It was even more difficult to bribe the guards in Fuzhou from Piantou Village, and use the road to transport iron and salt to Yingzhou secretly.
Xiao Linshi and the others still accumulated some gold and silver in Yingzhou, but apart from using it to bribe party members, they rarely put it to use, but it could still be used in Xu Huai's hands.
In fact, when he was in Datong City, Xu Huai used the name of the Supervisory Military Envoy to improve military discipline and confiscated tens of thousands of gold, silver and jewelry from the looting soldiers.
After occupying Wuchi Village, in addition to seizing soldiers and horses and millions of kilograms of slaughtered livestock, they also seized more than 60,000 taels of silver from the secret cellar of Wuchi Hu's family.
However, in the past six months or so, these gold, silver and jewelry have either purchased grain from Fuzhou, Yanzhou and other places to supplement the needs here, and used it to secretly buy villas in Fuzhou, Yanzhou and other places to store grain and grass for use. Yu Zhufengtang operates in these areas, or buys fields and houses in Tongbai Mountain.
The soldiers of Tongbai Mountain fought hard and bloody battles several times and had to be rewarded, but Xu Huai could not directly distribute the gold and silver.
The fields and houses purchased by Xu Wujiang, Xu Wuliang and others in Tongbai Mountain were turned into land deeds and house deeds, and were placed in the names of meritorious generals. This can further boost morale and stabilize the morale of the army.
We have reached this point, and Xu Huai, like Xiao Linshi, is waiting for the last moment to arrive.
"The Red Guards Cavalry went south, and Cao Shixiong rebelled, will you lead the Tongbaishan soldiers southward?" Xiao Yanhan hesitated for a long time, and finally asked.
"Why, you don't want us to leave?" Xu Huai asked with a smile.
Xiao Yanhan looked over angrily.
"How can you leave so fast?" Xu Huai shook his head and said, "The red cavalry went south, Cao Shixiong rebelled against the enemy, and there were enemies all east of the river. And the defenders in Fu, Qian and other places were panic-stricken, and most of them would stick to the walled city. How could it be possible? Will they let us go south easily? And we left easily. Will we be able to explain all this clearly in the future? If we are treated as rebels and surrendered, and are trapped in the siege of the Western Army in Guanzhong, who should I cry to?"
"The Red Guards cavalry are going south and heading towards Bianjing. The Southern Dynasty will definitely send an order to the troops of King Qin. You can go south in the name of King Qin." Xiao Yanhan said.
"If I follow the imperial edict and serve the king, I will definitely go to the king. This is a big deal!" Xu Huai said, "Of course, others may not remember small characters like us. Let's wait until the matter comes. Don't think about it in a hurry. Monopolize Xishan..."
"Who is in a hurry to monopolize Xishan Mountain?" Xiao Yanhan said angrily, changing the subject and asking, "By the way, you just talked about Fumang Boxing Sutra and said that a wooden stick also has a body with vertebrae like a dragon. What's the truth in this? Han Lun Chuan said that my talent is one of the best in swords and bows, but I always feel that it is a bit inferior, but I can't figure out where the difference is. Do you think Han Lun deliberately hid it?"
"The only thing you are missing is that you are the princess." Xu Huai said.
"You said I can't bear the hardship?" Xiao Yanhan tilted her head and asked, "I don't work any less than Wu Sanrong and others, don't look down on others!"
"Sit on my palm." Xu Huai stretched out his palm like a cattail leaf fan and said.
"What do you mean?" Xiao Yanhan said angrily.
"I just said that the only thing you are missing is that you can't fit into the princess's figure," Xu Huai clapped his hands and said, "Your body is like a dragon, and you are often not sure where the dragon's tail is, which makes the control of your muscles, bones, flesh and membranes always so poor.
Just a little bit, you need a real expert to correct it for you, but you are a princess and no one can touch your spine and back, so how can you get to the next level?"
"Why do you need to take action?" Xiao Yanhan said angrily.
"If you don't get started, Princess, do you think I can see through your clothes and robes the subtle changes in your entire spine? Princess, you think too highly of me!" Xu Huai said, "I practiced python stakes, and I was also manipulated by an old man.
Touch the back of your neck all the way to the vertebrae of your buttocks, you think I want it! Just relax your posture, and I'll get started..."
Xu Huai first put his hand on the smooth jade-like back of Xiao Yanhan's neck, and tapped along the thin shirt, feeling the subtle changes in her vertebral rings and muscles. But when he touched her waist, he saw Xiao Yanhan's body suddenly tensed up, and she turned her palm into a fist.
, hit her tail vertebra hard, dispelling her subconscious defensive strength, and then held her there, only to see Xiao Yanhan sitting down softly again, and said: "In this position, you must be as close to my palm as you can sit.
What are you doing here, I don’t really want to touch this place..."
