There was a loud bang in the frame, and not a single branch of the alder tree fell, but was swayed by Calabis's dogleg knife, and fell to the ground with a bang.

Milou and Pope, who were overseers over there, heard the sound and looked this way, which made Calabis, who was standing in place, very embarrassed, holding a dog-legged knife, maintaining his posture, not knowing how to react.

At this time, Tagus did not laugh, he picked up the alder again, beckoned his hands, Calabis threw the dogleg knife to him as if he had been amnestied, Tagus easily spun the blade, followed by a dull click, the branches of the alder fell with his blade, like the iron of a magnet, and then Tagus shrank back his elbow, and then stretched out, the blade of the blade penetrated the alder steadily, and then quickly pulled out, but the wood was still standing in place, and did not shake for a moment.

"With the sword, you only know how to chop people, and you can't even beat an enemy; If you know how to stab someone with a knife, you can defeat an enemy; With a knife, you know how to stab people, and you also know how to pull out, you can defeat three enemies at the same time. Tagus held up the dogleg knife and concluded.

"Please teach me how to defeat three enemies at once! I'll give you twenty drachmas a day! "Calabis was eager to get down on his knees and serve tea (if there was one) and learn from his teacher.

"Your breathing, strength, and body are good, but you don't know how to use a sword." Tagus humbly said, "I just don't know if you wish to learn the long sword of the cavalry, or the short sword of the legionary infantry, or the blade of our Iberians?" ”

"What's the difference between the three?"

"The sword was generally used by the Roman cavalry and the Celts, and it required no skill but exquisite horsemanship, and on the back of a galloping horse, the blade was stretched horizontally, and the liliang of the horse was relied on to stagger, cutting off the enemy's head when staggering; As for the short sword of the legionary infantry, it must be used in conjunction with the legion's shield, but the most suitable method for it is the stab, which is more suitable for novices to train; And the Iberian blade, which can be stabbed or chopped, is not what I boast of, and most of the best Roman soldiers could not master this weapon very well. ”

"Then I'd better learn the sword fighting skills of the legionnaires." Calabis's choice of course was very practical, he didn't know how to ride a horse, and he wasn't a gifted swordsman like Biduita or Tagus, so it was best to learn sword fighting with a code to follow.

Instead of the delicate two-foot-long and four-inch-wide standard Roman sword, Tagus handed him a short, thick, heavy stick, and then he stretched out his hand and shouted to Popper, "Have you brought the wicker shield?" ”

"In the package." Pope gestured to the luggage in the clearing, "By the way, chalk and lead ash are in there, too." ”

Tagus lifted another piece of alder wood, which had branches like human limbs, peeled off the skin, and stuck it in the dirt, then marked it with chalk and lead ash: "The most important thing to remember when using a sword is that you should never shout and raise your sword and slash it, that is an insult to the sword and the god of war, and only slaves and barbarians do it." Because when you slash and slash, your whole body spreads out, and your chest, neck, and armpits are full of flaws, flaws that can kill you, and before your sword touches the enemy, the opponent's sword pierces into your body. In addition, even if you slash and slash and touch the opponent, I'm sorry, no matter how strong you are, you can't kill the opponent, I rarely hear that in the battlefield duel, someone is chopped to death or hacked to death by the opponent's sword, but the stab is different, such as the swordfight, as long as you pierce the opponent's body two inches, it is enough to kill the opponent! ”

Tagus then pointed to the alder wood that had been painted with white or black bars, or a rudimentary dummy, and said, "The most lethal opponents of the person who are coated with chalk are the throat, neck, chest, and lower abdomen, so when you use the sword, no matter what, you must give priority to stabbing these parts of the opponent at the first time; But if the opponent also has a strong soldier, he will definitely give priority to protecting this fatal part with a helmet and armor, so you can't be impatient, pay attention to these parts marked with black lead gray - wrists, calves, armpits, ankles, you can cut these parts of him with the blade in the gap that you can grasp in an instant, remember, it's a cut, not a thorn, and a thorn is always used in a fatal part! As long as you cut these parts of the opponent, then no matter how strong the soldier is, he will lose the ability to step and defend, and then he will stab with all his strength! With that, Tagus stabbed the dog-legged knife in his hand with a snort, causing Calabis to feel a cold wind, and the short hair on his forehead also stirred.

"But what I'm holding now is not a sword, but a stick?" Calabis waved his stick twice, then raised his broad wicker shield and wondered, "Is this a simulation?" Prevent yourself from hurting yourself with a real blade? ”

Tagus shook his head and said no, originally the Roman legion recruits, when they first practiced sword fighting, they would first use wooden sticks and wicker shields that were twice as heavy as real fighting swords and shields, but I saw that your liliang was already very good, so I used four times as heavy a guy for you - once you get used to it, then when it comes to using a real sword, it will be light and fast, and it will feel like using a needle.

Calabis soon stood by a pile of broken wood, holding a wooden stick dipped in chalk mud and holding a heavy wicker shield, and slowly stabbed each other in attack and defense, "Be calm, your steps are good, remember, you are now a bobcat on the Iberian cliffs, shrink your body, clamp your arms and armpits, keep moving your legs, constantly provoking the enemy with a whistling sound, so that the enemy can't see your flaws at all, make him impatient, and you will have a chance!" As he spoke, Tagus stabbed it with a wooden stick, and Calabis hurriedly blocked it with a wicker shield, finally blocking the opponent's attack, but with great strength, he still staggered back two steps, "Don't continue to retreat, once you stumble, either quickly jump in and bounce back to entangle the opponent, or kneel on the ground with a shield and look for a flaw in the enemy's calf!" ”

So saying, Calabis fell to his knees, "From the top of your head!" Tagus deliberately slowed down, stepped forward with his left foot, stabbed the stick from top to bottom, and stabbed it at the upper part of Calabis's head, Calabis struggled to raise the wicker shield to block the stick, and then shouted loudly, and swept the stick in his hand on the shin of Tagus's exposed left leg, and the other party shouted and was beaten to the ground: "Yes, yes, this is the rhythm." ”

"Calabis, what do you think should be the proportion of shield defense in sword fighting?" The two continued to walk in circles, and Tagus raised the wicker shield and asked.

"Sixty percent? Seventy percent? Calabis gasped, slightly struck the wooden stick against the opponent's shield, as a provocation, who knew that Tagus directly slammed the shield forward, and Calabis's wooden stick fell to the ground, "No, Calabis, it's nine out of nine, defense always comes first, I'd rather discard the sword than the shield." ”

After speaking, Tagus shouted, stabbing Calabis several times in a row, Calabis mechanically protected the wicker shield in front of him, although he was hit and retreated, but he felt that if this was really on the battlefield or the Colosseum, although he was embarrassed, but after all, he saved his life, Tagus was right.