Sailing from Guangzhou into the unfamiliar Changsha for thousands of miles, the sailing speed of the fleet has been reduced a lot, and the distance of sailing for one day and one night before will take two days after entering the unfamiliar waters.

Ten days after leaving Guangzhou to start again, the north wind at sea has gradually weakened, and the sails are all raised, and the speed is not faster than before.

In this regard, Yang Congyi is more anxious, once the winter monsoon ends in February, the summer monsoon begins to form, and the entire fleet is still in the South China Sea, then it will face a strong southwest wind, and the fleet will have to go against the wind in the South China Sea, which is too long to live.

If you want to go out of the South China Sea before the summer monsoon is formed, you can't follow the predetermined route, first to Annam, then to Champang, and then to Zhenla. It is necessary to change the route, at most after replenishing fresh water in Qiongzhou, and go directly south, without stopping anywhere and not delaying for a day, so that there is hope that it will cross the South China Sea and get out of the stone pond in about a month.

But this route is too risky, there are almost no sea ships do not transit in Zhancheng, it is unimaginable that more than a month does not replenish supplies, of course, the materials carried by the Huiyi fleet are enough, the fresh water loaded by each sea ship, save some, and it is not a problem to drink for a month, but this route is estimated that no one has walked, it is Ge Sanzai, and he did not risk going straight to the South China Sea from Guangzhou.

This route straight down to the South China Sea is one that no one has walked, I don't know if there is danger, and the other is Dai Cong's resistance, he is the envoy of the return to Yi, with the mission of envoys to various countries in the South Seas, from Annam, Zhancheng, Zhenla to the side, but not to go ashore and not enter the city, this is obviously not the dignity of the Great Song Dynasty, Dai Cong will never agree.

Yang Congyi stood on the deck and felt the north wind that was much weaker than half a month ago, looking at the endless, distant and vast sea, he could only be anxious, and could only hope that the summer monsoon would come later.

"Lord Yang, there is nothing on this sea, what do you see?"

Suddenly, a voice behind him interrupted his thoughts, and Yang Congyi turned around and smiled: "Daochang Zhang, don't rest for a while?" ”

Zhang Liu smiled: "Three hours is enough." ”

Looking at the sea, after stretching and moving his arms, he asked with a smile: "Lord Yang, have you ever been interested in a few tricks?" ”

Yang Congyi waved his hand again and again: "It's not the opponent of the Dao Chief, so don't let me be embarrassed." ”

Zhang Liu said with a smile: "Lord Yang's words are serious, but it is just a few tricks, and the points are up to the point, and the adult's marksmanship is also unique, quite sharp, and very desirable." ”

Yang Congyi shook his head again and again, laughing without saying a word.

Zhang Liu continued: "It's too boring on the boat these days, Lord Yang, don't you feel bored, just make a few strokes and pass the time." ”

Yang Congyi said with a smile: "I've only practiced this marksmanship for three or four years, and the fire is not enough, and the training with the Taoist is still too bad." Why don't I learn swords from the Dao Chief, what does the Dao Chief think? ”

Zhang Liu's swordsmanship, that day in the return to Taihu County on the official road has seen it, one person to six or seven people do not fall behind at all, yesterday saw him practice swords, can't help but itch, so he proposed to have a discussion with him, at that time there were a lot of sergeants out to see the lively onlookers. As a result, after several battles in a row, Yang Congyi was restrained within three moves every time, and there was no room for resistance at all, and his face was embarrassed.

But fortunately, there are also other sergeants who have some martial arts on their own, and they also come forward to learn, Zhang Liu is comer did not refuse, the result is that no one can take two moves, and they are all taken down within two moves, so that Yang Congyi's three moves are restrained, and it is not so ugly. But in the end, it was too miserable to lose, and it was a shame.

I remember that in martial arts before, Yang Congyi and Tang Xun also sparred, Tang Xun practiced swords constantly, the two of them exchanged swords, Yang Congyi's spear always had the upper hand, Tang Xun never bargained, the spear is more powerful than the sword, the gun can overcome the sword, this is common sense, the spear is the same as the sword, it is normal.

But when he sparred with Zhang Liu, it was not like that, it seemed that his sword was specially used to restrain the spear, every time he made a move, Yang Congyi felt that the spear in his hand was a burden, and he wanted to throw the gun away immediately, but as soon as he threw it away, there was no weapon in his hand, so he had to be caught.

In short, it feels very awkward to learn from Zhang Liu, and I always feel that the spear in my hand is very in the way, and it is redundant, once he moves, the spear has no room to play.

After the discussion, Yang Congyi was even more sure that Zhang Liu's swordsmanship was very clever, and he couldn't beat it with a spear, so he thought about simply learning a move and a half with him, and he had the idea of learning swords before, but now that he said so, it was not a temporary idea.

After hearing this, Zhang Liu smiled and said, "Lord Yang really wants to learn swords? ”

Yang Congyi said with a smile: "Is the Taoist swordsmanship spread, isn't it a monk who can learn it?" ”

Zhang Liu said with a smile: "Naturally, I can learn, practicing kung fu is to strengthen my body, if adults want to learn, I can teach." This sword technique is not a secret technique, everyone can learn it, as for whether it can be learned, it depends on understanding and creation. ”

Yang Congyi said with a smile: "In this way, it seems that the Dao Master's swordsmanship is not easy to practice, whether I want to learn it, I have to think about it again, lest I can't learn it in the end, and delay the Dao for a long time." ”

Zhang Liu said with a smile: "Lord Yang is too worried, with the understanding of adults, if you can't learn it, then few people can learn it." ”

Yang Congyi smiled: "Then I'll learn from the Taoist?" ”

Zhang Liu smiled, turned around and went into the cabin to get his sword.

The sun is in the west, and it will have to go down in less than half an hour, and it will be dark.

Zhang Liu drew his sword and gave the scabbard to Yang Congyi, worried that he was not familiar with this weapon, and he would hurt himself if he took the sword at the beginning.

There was not much time during the day, and the two of them immediately began to teach swordsmanship on the deck, one teaching seriously, and the other learning seriously.

Yang Congyi has practiced marksmanship for four years, his body coordination is okay, there is no big problem in learning swords, and he is not slow to learn one move and one style, Zhang Liu is very pleased.

Generally speaking, a person who has used long weapons and heavy weapons will be very uncomfortable and will resist if he wants to use light weapons, because the habits of use are very different for different types of weapons. For example, the spear attack method is to stab, poke, point, sweep, pick, and the sword attack method is too many, such as point, stab, split, teasing, wiping, piercing, sweeping, chopping, cutting, etc., swordsmanship is a kind of kung fu that must be matched with footwork and body method, very fine, varied, so that through the big open and close of the weapon, and then it is very difficult to learn the sword.

But Yang Congyi didn't seem to be in the way, he learned the sword like a beginner, and there were almost no traces of the gun in his technique, this discovery surprised Zhang Liu very much, and he said in his heart that it was rare, maybe he was a genius in practicing kung fu.

With this discovery, Zhang Liu taught more carefully and seriously, if Yang Congyi really succeeded in learning swords, it would also be a good fate, and it was also an opportunity for him to travel down the mountain.

Yang Congyi had no distracting thoughts, and he studied every move and style by heart, and slowly memorized them all in his mind. I don't know how many moves there are in a set of swordsmanship, but after learning twelve moves in half an hour, the sun will set.

When the sun completely set, Yang Congyi immediately stopped practicing his sword and ordered the sergeant on the deck in a loud voice: "Lower the main sail and the rear sail, and hang the lantern!" ”

The sergeant on the deck immediately went into action, and someone shouted: "Lower the mainsail!" ”

Others began to untie the ropes tied to the masts, and another shouted: "Lower the sails!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the mainsail began to slide slowly down from the top of the mast and descend to the bottom.

When the mainsail is lowered, the backsail is lowered to a height of more than one person and re-fixed.

As soon as the sails were lowered, the speed of the ship began to slow down, and when it was completely dark, the previous inertia of the ship disappeared and the speed stabilized.

At sea, the amount of activity of the people is very small, and the physical exertion is naturally small, three meals a day in Changguo, directly reduced to two meals a day, one meal after dawn, and another meal half an hour before dark. The first is to reduce the number of fires and reduce the probability of fires, and the second is to save materials and avoid excessive consumption.

At first, everyone was not adaptable, it was always three meals, and suddenly changed to two meals, the stomach was not adaptable, and the psychology could not be adapted, eating one less meal a day, always feeling that there was something less, and sleeping could not sleep steadily, but after five or six days, everyone got used to it in the stomach, and slowly began to get used to it psychologically, and now it is now accustomed to it.

Yang Congyi and Zhang Liu only cared about taking advantage of the darkness, one to teach swords, the other to learn swords, and they didn't even have time to eat dinner. When the sun went down and the sergeants were busy lowering their sails, they went back to the cabin for dinner.

Today's dinner was fish noodles, although it was already a little cold, the two of them still ate with relish, and they didn't leave a single bite of soup.

Zhang Liu likes to eat this kind of noodles very much, he has never eaten it before, he thinks it is very fragrant and tasteful. The sergeants couldn't eat, he thought it was very strange, at first he thought they might be indigestion, but in the morning, the sergeants had a lot of food and a good appetite, and later found out that the sergeants had no appetite when they came to eat fish noodles, he was too lazy to explore, and others had no appetite, so he could eat two more bowls, which was nothing bad, after all, he had to practice at night, and it took a lot of physical strength.

Yang Congyi can't resist this kind of pasta, but he can't say that he likes it, he didn't eat less fish when he was in Changguo, but in general it was much less than the sergeants, and he was not disgusted when he saw the fish, so this fish noodles were food for him to satisfy hunger.

After eating, it was getting late, and the deck was almost empty, except for the two sergeants on night duty, there was no one else.

The night watchman has to adjust the biological clock, they are a small group, there are only ten people, sleep during the day and move at night.

There is a moon tonight, the moonlight is very bright, the deep night sky is full of stars, and although the sea is a little dark, it is sparkling and seems to have infinite life.

The planks on the deck are clearly visible and well lit, making them suitable for sword practice.

Yang Congyi and Zhang Liu, one holding a scabbard and the other holding a sword, continued under the moon, one teaching swords and the other learning swords.

After teaching ten more moves, Zhang Liu looked up at the sky, and when it was time for him to practice by himself, he stopped teaching swords and began to practice boxing and swords on the deck.

Yang Congyi took the scabbard and began to practice the moves he had learned before over and over again, and every move and style was carefully studied in his heart in order to understand it thoroughly. But how can Taoist swordsmanship be so easy to understand?