Chapter 15: The Art of War and Sword Dance

"Hahaha!"

Just when Zhao Hao and Zhao Kuo's father and son were staring at each other because of a military art deduction, a hearty laughter sounded outside the grass pavilion, which made their argument have to stop. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhao Kuo looked back, but saw that it was his younger brother Zhao Mu who was standing outside with a young man in plain clothes, and the laughter was made by the young man.

Zhao Kuo, who had always been arrogant, was furious and immediately asked: "Presumptuous! Who is your junior? Laughing here? ”

He has an impulsive personality, and he is arguing with his father at the moment, and the most annoying thing is being interrupted, how can he bear it? Immediately he was going to roll up his sleeves and go to vent his anger on this extremely rude young man and drive him away.

Seeing Zhao Kuo approaching Mingyue step by step, Zhao Mu didn't have time to explain, but it was Zhao Hao behind him who shouted Zhao Kuo loudly.

"Kuo'er, don't be rude! This is Chang'anjun! ”

"Chang'an-kun?" Zhao Kuo was stunned.

Zhao Hao had a relationship with Mingyue, this young man who came to his private house to laugh was the Chang'anjun he had seen when King Huiwen was at his funeral!

Mingyue also suppressed her laughter, took a step forward, and solemnly saluted Zhao Hao: "Boy Zhao Guang, I have seen Ma Fujun." ”

He looked at Zhao Kuo, who clenched his fists again, and was still a little annoyed: "There are also clan brothers!" ”

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After a while, the small grass pavilion had been cleaned up, the wooden leaves that had been stirred all over the ground were swept away by the erectors, and on a pair of stone tables, some small dishes made by the concubines of the Mafu family in a hurry were served in lacquerware, and then they caught chickens and warm wine, and Zhang Luo entertained rare guests.

On both sides of the stone case in the grass pavilion, there are four soft and thick couches, Zhao Hao and Zhao Kuo father and son sit on one side, and Mingyue and Shu Qi sit on the other side.

From the moment he sat down, Zhao Kuo found that this Chang'an Jun had been staring at him intentionally or unintentionally, or shaking his head, or sighing lightly, which made a nameless fire rise in his heart again.

Because of his father's stopping, Zhao Kuo couldn't help but beat Chang'anjun, but he was still indignant about what happened just now, and always felt that this son's laughter and eyes were ill-intentioned, and he didn't care that his father hadn't asked Chang'anjun about his intentions, so he arched his hand and asked in a more substantiated manner:

"I don't know why Chang'an Jun Shicai is laughing?"

Mingyue said: "I'm happy. ”

Zhao Kuo was stunned: "Why are you happy?" ”

"Happy for Zhao Guo."

Mingyue raised a hand, refused to pour wine for herself, and looked at Zhao Kuo and said: "Brother Shicai talks about the art of war, such as a few family treasures, I know that what is said outside is true, the son of Ma Fujun is really proficient in military strategy." As the so-called dragon gives birth to a dragon, a tiger gives birth to a tiger, it seems that there is a successor to Ma Fujun, and my Zhao State is after Ni Liang, and I want to produce a soldier! Such a happy event, how can I not be happy, I couldn't help laughing out loud at the moment, disturbing Ma Fujun and my brothers, don't blame me. ”

"This ...... How dare you blame Childe. ”

Jiang is still old and spicy, Zhao Hao's face is as heavy as water, he naturally doesn't believe this, and still remains vigilant. But Zhao Kuo was different, he was favored by Mingyue, and he changed his way to boast, and his anger was suddenly like a hard fist hitting a layer of soft sponge, and his strength went to nine points.

Zhao Kuo is a young man of eighteen or nineteen years old, who likes to show off his skills, and he is always not recognized by his father.

"This soldier's learning, originated from the Zhou Dynasty Sima Zhiguan, specifically responsible for the royal family's armament, to the Spring and Autumn Period, the country's major affairs, Rong and rituals, Rong Wu matters are more important. Confucius once said that if you do not teach the people how to fight and recruit them into battle, you would abandon the people and kill the people, so the Sima of the princes taught the generals in the "Military Chronicles" that is said to be made by Taigongwang, and then asked them to train the people according to this method. It is the art of war, that is, the method and strategy of the commander to use the troops to fight......"

As soon as the art of war was mentioned, Zhao Kuo's eyebrows fluttered and he talked endlessly, but he didn't know that in the eyes of Mingyue, who couldn't stop bowing his head, the hat of "talking on paper" on his head was getting bigger and bigger.

"At the beginning, all countries fought in accordance with the etiquette in the "Sima Law", and did not form a column, and when it came to the late Spring and Autumn Period, they set up ambushes and deceitful soldiers, and then there was the "Art of War of Wu Sun Tzu" by soldiers."

Zhao Kuo said that in the two hundred years since the Spring and Autumn Period, due to the combination of the Seven Heroes, the expansion of the scale of warfare, and the change of the mode of warfare, the original set of aristocratic etiquette in competitive warfare is no longer applicable, so generals and soldiers who specialize in commanding operations have been produced. Many soldiers summed up the experience of war, engaged in the study of military theory, and wrote books on the art of war, and Sun Wu's "Wu Sun Tzu's Art of War" 13 articles and Wu Qi's "Wu Qi" 48 articles are their representatives, these two are also called "Sun Wu".

"In today's world, soldiers are divided into four categories, situation, strategy, yin and yang, and skills, each with its own representatives. If you want to divide it by country, Zhao Guo only published the book "Ni Liang's Art of War" and "Kendo" on military skills, and the rest is insignificant. On the prosperity of the art of war, it is still necessary to recommend the Qi country first. ”

Zhao Kuo's eyes showed a hint of envy: "Qi is really a place where military science gathers, not only "Sima Sui Tho's Art of War", but also "Qi Sun Tzu's Art of War" and "Taigong Liutao", which is the master of the art of war in the past hundred years, but unfortunately, Tian's two art of war are kept secret, and I didn't have a chance to read ......"

Speaking of this, Zhao Hao, who had been listening quietly for a long time, couldn't help but interrupt his son's envy and reprimanded: "My son is too much, and it is true that the art of war of Qi is prosperous, but in the battle of Jixi and the battle of Linzi in the Five Kingdoms of Qi, the Qi army was vulnerable and rushed around. At that time, the main general of the Qi State and the deputy general Dazi, were they not proficient in the art of war? But those dead tactics can't save the Qi country after all! From this, if this thing is used by a non-human, what is the difference between it and firewood? Why be superstitious! ”

Zhao Kuo was preached in front of outsiders, and his face suddenly turned red, but he couldn't refute it in front of his father's real examples.

Mingyue clapped her hands and said: "Ma Fujun, brother clan, today we came to disturb, I'm really sorry, I don't have any outstanding skills, so I won't be ugly, just let Shu Qi dance the sword and toast for the two of you?" ”

Zhao Hao and Zhao Kuo looked at each other, not knowing what medicine was sold in Chang'anjun's gourd, but they didn't refuse.

So Mingyue turned back to Shu Qi and said, "Shu Qi, are you willing to dance the sword?" ”

"Respectfully!"

Shu Qi agreed awe-inspiringly, now Chang'anjun is equivalent to the lord he wants to protect, besides, how can he not want to show his best skills in front of the hero idol Ma Fujun?

After that, he walked to the open space outside the pavilion, saluted the three people in the pavilion, and drew his sword out of its sheath!

Although the iron smelting technology was greatly improved during the Warring States period, and many iron weapons were already popular in the world, the sword was still in the parallel stage of bronze swords and iron swords because of the complex casting process and the use of more materials, and sometimes the iron sword was not as sharp as the bronze sword with mature technology.

Therefore, the sword on Shu Qi's side is still a bronze sword with a simple shape and a golden and cyan light.

The slender concentric circle sword stem (handle) is held in Shu Qi's hand, the sword body is two and a half feet long, and the surface of the blade has a delicate diamond-shaped dark grid pattern, which looks shining in the sunlight, which can be seen that it absorbed the sword-casting skills of Wu Yue when casting.

The moment the sword came out of its sheath, Mingyue clearly felt a chill from the sharp blade......

He knew that this was the unique temperature of the most beautiful weapon in the age of cold weapons!

It comes from the copper mine Tin Mountain, which is located all over the world.

It underwent terrible smelting in a scorching copper furnace.

But it will eventually return to coldness, and the tentacles will be cold, and it will not show its hideous fangs again until it sees blood.

Five years later, will its thousands of brothers from the Qin State still drink the salty blood of the 400,000 Zhao army in Changping and their commander Zhao Kuo?

And the Sword of the Son of Heaven forged by King Qin, Fan Sui, and Bai Qi together will also cut off the national fortunes of Zhao State, and at the same time cut off the waist of the world.

Turning his head and looking at Zhao Kuo, seeing the light of the sword blade reflected in his young eyes, Mingyue seemed to be able to see the future fate of him and Zhao Guo......

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Legend has it that the first to popularize the sword was the Zhou people from the Weishui Valley, after King Wu of Zhou broke through the Yin capital, he cut off the head of the king of Zhou with a sword called "Qinglu", and the Zhou people gave this weapon great significance from the beginning of the establishment of the dynasty, so that it slowly became a gentleman's weapon.

In the dance music work "Dawu", which praises the victory of King Wu of Zhou's war against Shang, the sword is also the weapon that appears the most. The dancers wore armor and stood by with swords in hand, and then slowly practiced fighting against each other in accordance with the military formation.

With the collapse of etiquette, the dance music of Cheng Zhou's "Dawu" has been silent for hundreds of years, but in other princes, with the increasing popularity of the style with swords, a new dance was born from "Dawu", which is the sword dance that was extremely popular in the Warring States.

Two hundred years ago, when Zilu first met Confucius, he once wore a rooster's hat and a dolphin's sword, drew his sword and danced in front of Confucius to intimidate him.

Nowadays, on the grass outside the pavilion, although Shu Qi, who is wearing a swordsman's suit, is not big, he is holding a three-foot sword with both hands, hanging crown and sideburns, wearing a short back coat, Peiman Hu Zhiying, this kind of dress is a common "sword suit" on the streets of Handan, that is, the swordsman's suit, which is a variant of Hufu.

Different from the sword dance of the performance nature of later generations, the sword dance of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period was murderous, and many postures were actually actual combat moves.

I saw that Shu Qi was as quiet as a virgin, moving like a tiger, and like a rabbit.

When he dances, his sword is like a thunderbolt, which is breathtaking. The sword move is not fancy, pay attention to a move and a style, unpretentious, rarely have redundant movements, just step like flying, go straight forward, the sword to the place must have a split, cut the neck, seal the throat, pierce the chest, cut the waist, sweep the foot, although there is no later generations of the sword dance elegant, but the rhythm is clear. It is conceivable that if it were on the battlefield, this sword would have killed several heads.

Shu Qi was also unremarkable when he closed the dance, the sword was like the blue light condensed when the river and sea ebbed and tide, and as the sword was accurately inserted into the sheath, there was a grinding sound, and the sword dance was over.

Shu Qi was not breathless, hugged his sword and saluted the three people in the pavilion, and ushered in a round of applause, not only Chang Anjun, but even Zhao Kuo was applauding him, but what Shu Qi cared about the most was Zhao Hao's opinion.

The well-informed Zhao Hao was silent for a moment, and then said: "Good swordsmanship!" Dare to ask the little gentleman, could it be that your two-handed swordsmanship was taught by Yu Sima 蒯聩 (kuǎikuì)? ”