Chapter 28: The Great Gun of Heshuo
Ximenqing and his entourage stayed in Chaijiazhuang for two days, in addition to seeing the pomp and circumstance of the royal descendants of the former dynasty, what made Ximenqing even more amazed was Lu Junyi's martial arts.
In the later "Water Margin", this Hebei "Jade Qilin" is known as the unparalleled gun in the world. As the saying goes, there is no first in literature, and there is no second in martial arts. The style of the article is different due to different preferences, and everyone's evaluation is different, and it is basically impossible to choose the first. In terms of martial arts, it is a battle between victory and defeat, and it can always be divided into high and low, and the so-called second is also a loser, which is naturally meaningless. Therefore, all those who are skilled in martial arts are a little arrogant, and if they are on the right, they will not stop regardless of whether they win or lose.
At this time, the practice of martial arts in the north is far better than that in the south, especially in Gansu, Shaanxi and Shandong, and the martial arts are prevalent. In the land of Gansu and Shaanxi, the hundred-year dispute between the Western Xia and Northern Song Dynasty not only trained a good fighting Western army, but also gave birth to a group of military masters with superb martial arts, Lu Zhishen and Han Shizhong Mo did not come out of the Western Army.
As for Hebei, because of its border with Northern Liao, the Liao army originally had the wind of fighting grass valleys, and although the two countries have maintained a general state of peace in the past 100 years, there have always been skirmishes on the border. In order to resist the Liao's grass-and-grain army, the peasants on the border formed their own militia to compete with them. I think that most of the so-called "dare warriors" recruited by the imperial court later were like this, and Yue Fei, who was famous in later generations and killed the golden man and wolf, was the first to recruit "dare warriors". In terms of combat effectiveness, these border militias are much stronger than the current rotten forbidden troops stationed in various places, not to mention those van troops.
If it is said that the prevalence of martial arts in Gansu, Shaanxi and Hebei is because of the border, then Shandong is a place of four wars in ancient times. It is connected to Heshuo in the north, the Central Plains in the west, and the land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the south. Therefore, since ancient times, the people of Shandong have been fierce, everyone is good at martial arts, and the one hundred and eight generals in "Water Margin" account for almost half of Shandong.
Since Ximen Qing from later generations saw the martial arts of Bian Xiang and the Ma brothers, he always thought that even though this Lu Yuanwai had a good reputation, he wanted to be slightly stronger than Bian Xiang in martial arts, and it was by no means as terrifying as a novelist said. But in the early morning of the second day when he didn't want to live in Chaijiazhuang, on the martial arts school field in Nachaifu, Bian Xiang and Na Lu Junyi really fought right away.
For a full two hundred rounds, during which the mounts of the two of them were changed, although it was a tie on the surface, but when Bian Xiang dismounted, he was covered in sweat like rain, and his arms trembled slightly because of the excessive force, obviously reaching the limit. On the other hand, Lu Junyi only has a slight sweat stain on his sideburns, and he is calm and relaxed, not at all like the appearance of just fighting with the same people for 200 rounds.
If Lu Junyi is better than Bian Xiang, Ximen Qing is not surprised, but the appearance of the two of them makes him feel quite strange. This Bian Xiang is born with divine power, and he will never be easy to fight with such a character, is this Lu Yuanwai's strength stronger than that of Lu Zhishen, who upside down the weeping willows?
Ximenqing's question was not answered from Ma Xian's mouth until the evening. It turned out that this Lu Junyi and that Lin Chong were brothers, and they were both disciples of Zhou Dong, a martial arts master. That Zhou Dong summed up the experience of his predecessors, and created a set of Heshuo big guns, using the white wax gun shaft of the second zhang, accustomed to borrowing strength, its marksmanship is tricky and weird, often killing in impossible places, attacking and defending as a whole, it can be said that it is a set of internal gunnery.
This kind of spearmanship, if it is among the ten thousand armies, can give full play to its strengths, borrow strength everywhere, take advantage of the trend, and the gun speed is getting faster and faster, which is impossible to prevent. It's just that this spearmanship has very high requirements for talent, and Zhou Dong also served as the head of the forbidden army, passing on this marksmanship, and he may enter the house, but Lu Junyi is the only one, even if it is the leopard head Lin Chong, now it is only the first glimpse of the door.
In "Water Margin", Lin Chong fought with others, except for those whose martial arts were not first-class, the rest of Hu Yanzhuo, Guan Sheng, etc., were mostly draws, and this was the reason. did not really integrate this technique, which made Lin Jiaotou's spear killing method not sharp enough, and he had more than enough defense and insufficient attack.
There is no doubt that this kind of spear skills can be described as a nemesis against a fierce general like Bian Xiang, even if he drops ten times with one force, he can't stand the opponent's four or two thousand pounds, not to mention that Lu Junyi has more than "four taels" in his hands.
This competition is very beneficial to Bian Xiang's martial arts, he has almost never really fought with anyone since he left the school, and his lack of experience is one of his major weaknesses. In recent days, fortunately, the Ma brothers have often learned some tricks. This fight with Lu Junyi has made him see a different world, and over time, he will thoroughly understand the essence of this competition, and I believe that Bian Xiang will be more sophisticated in martial arts.
As for the brothers Ma Wei and Ma Jin, there was Bian Xiang first, and then Lu Junyi, and they also knew the truth that there is a sky outside the sky and there are people outside the world, plus the two of them have good qualifications, and they can really calm down to hone their martial arts, which will naturally have some benefits for the future battlefield battle.
It can be said that this trip to Chaijiazhuang, in addition to the time change, the rest of the people have gained, even our Ximen officials, also received a pair of delicate and lovely sister flowers, it is also worth the trip.
On the return trip from Cangzhou, there was nothing to do all the way, but after more than ten days, the group returned to Yanggu County again. After staying at home for only three or two days, this Ximen Qing went out again, but this time he didn't bring his daughters, only Shi Qian and the Ma brothers accompanied him, all the way south, and went to Shuibo Liangshan Road.
In the more than half a month that Ximen Qing was absent from Yanggu, due to the urgency of Chao Gai and others, two trips of grain and grass had been transported up the mountain, and the number of 20,000 or 30,000 stones was added up before and after.
This time, Ximenqing went up the mountain in person, not for reconciliation, and he didn't need to go out in person, but because of the smuggling of white salt, Ximenqing woke up one thing.
I think that this Liangshan water is full of 800 miles, and there are branches extending in all directions, and seven or eight surrounding states and counties can be communicated along the waterway. If these conveniences can be taken advantage of, whether it is the private salt from the Yandi or other commodities, they can be sold to the counties as quickly as possible through these large and small waterways.
What is even more rare is that on the one side of this water pool is the twists and turns of the waterway, which is not customary here, and it is difficult to understand the hydrology in it; On the other hand, because this is a nest of thieves for many years, with the "prestige" of Liangshan and his gang outside, it can avoid many government entanglements, and the money saved during this period is a huge number.
Thinking about the extremely developed logistics and express industry in the future, isn't it a good opportunity in front of you!
Yangsan Express!
When the group saw Zhu Gui's wild shop by Shuibo, such a term popped up in Ximenqing's mind.