There were too many things he couldn't figure out, and the bandit problem was getting worse. Xu Huai was upset, so he went back to the backyard, picked up a spear, and used the Fu Mang Spear techniques one by one.
Also affected by his mood, the spear felt heavier in his hand.
The fundamental purpose of practicing and developing strength diligently in daily life is to consciously control the breathing, body shape, muscles and bones to the point of becoming a natural reflex.
Although Xu Huai was unable to understand the complicated sword and gun techniques before he regained consciousness, due to his extremely stubborn character and his unwillingness to admit defeat, he was much stronger than Xu Xin'an and the others in terms of the most fundamental aspects of martial arts.
This was also the fundamental reason why his martial arts had made such amazing progress after he became enlightened and accepted Lu Xiong's guidance in a short period of time.
Recently, when Xu Huai practiced the Subduing Python Spear, he would consciously put aside all distracting thoughts and use the spear purely according to the almost instinctive muscle memory formed after hard training - at this time, affected by his state of mind, the spear's momentum was heavier, but also more powerful.
Even though Xu Huai knew that he was feeling an unexpressible frustration at the moment, he felt an unusual sense of satisfaction from using his spear. When he used the Five Flowers Flying Spear technique, the spear in Xu Huai's hand instantly turned into five afterimages that stabbed towards the wooden stake. The next moment, the wooden stake broke into six pieces from top to bottom.
Have you mastered the Five-Flower Flying Spear Style?
Xu Huai put away his gun and looked at the wooden stake that was still standing there, with only half of its height left. The wood was rough at the break, but he was able to exert force successfully. He found it a little unbelievable.
He could only unleash the explosive power of the first four stages of the Five-Color Flying Spear Movement before, and he always lacked the final burst of power. He didn't expect that he would be able to succeed at this moment?
Could it be that Lu Xiong had misunderstood the meaning of the Fumang Spear before?
When practicing the Fumang Spear to a certain level, one must pay attention to the coordination between mind and spear.
This actually means practicing all the techniques of exerting force until they become almost instinctive. When facing the enemy, you can wield the gun in your hand entirely through your mind and consciousness, like an intuitive reflex.
In this way, in addition to being able to use the physical properties of the body and the sword and gun to unleash the second, third or even more levels of strength in an extremely instant, during combat, you will also be able to meet and kill the enemy with the fastest speed and correct gun momentum, which is the combination of mind and gun.
When masters fight each other, they attack dozens of times in a flash. Without the super-fast intuitive reaction of "intention and gun coordination", how can they be invincible?
In addition to this, there is another realm called the unity of gun and mind.
This realm is divided into two levels. The first level, which has the greatest impact on understanding, is the influence of the state of mind on the power of the gun.
This is actually easy to understand. When people are driven by anger, they will be extremely sharp when slashing with a knife.
This level may not seem high, but in the face of an evenly matched opponent, a more calm state of mind, stronger and more domineering momentum and courage can give you the upper hand.
The second level is a little more subtle.
The real top-grade spear moves were all created by masters, who often incorporated their own state of mind into the new spear moves and power-generating techniques.
At this time, if you want to master the true essence of a spear style, you have to figure out the initial state of mind, which will affect the release of strength at a more subtle level, that is, the true unity of spear and mind.
Lu Xiong explained to him in detail these martial arts principles and how to integrate them into combat.
However, Xu Huai and Lu Xiong have always believed that the Fumang Spear is a fierce and killing spear on the battlefield.
Therefore, when using a spear, Xu Huai often had the idea of ​​being as fierce and murderous as a tiger, and the power of the spear became more and more fierce. However, there were some spear powers that he thought he should be able to master thoroughly, but he just lacked that breath.
He thought that he was not yet ready and needed more tempering and polishing, but he did not expect that the shortcoming was that he had misunderstood Wang Xiaocheng's state of mind when he created the Fu Mang Spear.
I dare not imagine that Wang Xiaocheng created this set of gun moves when he was extremely bored. It would be more accurate to say that he was feeling resentful, indignant, unwilling and confused?
The Fumang Spear is actually a spear of hidden anger!
Xu Huai sat cross-legged in the corridor with the spear across his knees. It was hard to imagine that Wang Xiaocheng was in such a state of mind when he created this spear technique.
Wang Xiaocheng was born into a family of military commanders in Jingyuan. His father, grandfather, and two elder brothers all died in battle. By the time of Wang Xiaocheng, the entire family was sparsely populated. However, judging from Wang Xiaocheng's life trajectory, he was successful in his youth, youth, and middle age...
When he was sixteen years old, a giant tiger broke into the village. Wang Xiaocheng killed it and gained a reputation for bravery. Later, he was appointed as a military official in the border counties through a military examination. At the age of twenty-five, he was promoted to the inspector of the border due to his meritorious service.
The Inspector General of the Border Areas may seem to be only a seventh-rank military position, but in Dai Viet, which values ​​culture over military power, this is an achievement that most military commanders could only dream of in their lifetime. Usually, generals of the imperial guards at the level of commander-in-chief or inspector-in-chief hold the position concurrently. After Wang Xiaocheng, he served as commander-in-chief of the Jingsheng Army, and was only the Inspector General of the Border Areas concurrently.
Wang Xiaocheng was a man of both civil and military talents. When he was young, he wrote essays on military affairs in his military examinations. His literary talent was outstanding, and many officials and ministers could not match him. He also served as a magistrate in Yuanzhou, and was transferred to Tangzhou as the governor to lead the suppression of bandits when he was only 32 years old.
After the bandits in Tongbai Mountain were pacified, Wang Xiaocheng was transferred to be the commander-in-chief , and concurrently the governor of Jingzhou and the inspector-general of the border of Jingzhou. At this time, he was already a border commander-level figure.
The Fu Mang Sword, Fu Mang Spear, Fu Mang Fist, etc. were created by him during the period when he was in charge of the Jingsheng Army, summarizing the martial arts of his first half of life, and he taught his officers and soldiers to practice.
At that time, Wang Xiaocheng should have been in high spirits and enjoying great fame. How could he have put such a state of mind into the newly created Fu Mang Spear?
Xu Huai found that he still knew very little about Wang Xiaocheng. Even though he knew that Wang Xiaocheng disobeyed the imperial order and refused to withdraw his troops, and that he and his only son Wang Fan were executed by Cai Ying's forged imperial edict, even though he felt sorry for Wang Xiaocheng, he was not deeply moved.
Although the discovery just now made him have a deeper understanding of the Fumang Spear, and finally saw the subtlety of the combination of spear and mind, and made a further improvement in martial arts, but why Wang Xiaocheng had such a state of mind at that time still bothered him.
There were too many things he couldn't figure out, so Xu Huai stopped thinking about them.
He is still sixteen years old.
Even if the country will be destroyed in the near future, there is no need for him to bear all the consequences.
After taking a rest, Xu Huai continued practicing shooting.
The enemy troops were very quiet today, and nothing came to disturb him until dusk.
Deng Gui summoned everyone to discuss the matter, considering that the situation might take longer than expected before a turnaround could be seen. The arrangement of personnel and materials required more careful planning, and these matters would be handled by Jin Longquan, Tang Pan and others in the township camp.
Being trapped in Huaiyuan, it was rare for Xu Huai to have nothing to do. After eating dinner, he went to bed early. In the early morning, Zheng the butcher knocked on the door outside: "Are you all asleep?"
"What's the matter? I'm not playing with any woman. Why are you not sleeping in the dark?" Xu Huai asked in a muffled voice.
"Mr. Kun, the Golden-tailed Rat, has just arrived at the military camp. Mr. Deng, please come over!" said Zheng the butcher.
Hearing that it was Xu Wukun who sneaked into the military camp in the dark, Xu Huai jumped up from the bed, put on his coat, took his sword, and pushed the door open to go out...
Xu Huai, the strongest man of the Xu family, was fighting in Huaiyuan, and the Xu family built a fort on the north bank of Qingliu Creek, showing its edge to the north. Anyone would believe that Yuhuangling and Huaiyuan Town were supporting each other.
The bandit army built strongholds on both sides of Tiaohutan and stationed more troops there, separating Yuhuangling and Huaiyuan Town. It was now very difficult for Xu Huai to obtain accurate information from the Xu family.
At this time, when he heard that Xu Wukun broke through the enemy's blockade at night and came to the military camp, how could he not be happy?
Xu Huai is now the commander of the township camp and the main target of the bandit army.
Zheng Tu woke up Yin Peng again and sent people to the banks of Baijian River to check that there were indeed no enemy ships hiding around. Then they, together with the messenger sent by Deng Gui, accompanied Xu Huai and went directly to the military camp to Wang Bing's residence.
Seeing that Tang Tiande, Jin Longquan and Cheng Yi were all there, they and Deng Gui were surrounding Xu Wukun and asking about the detailed situation outside Huaiyuan.
Although every now and then, documents from prefectures and counties would be sent to Huaiyuan via Xinyang and the Huai River, there were too many redactions in the documents from prefectures and counties, and many things could not be taken seriously.
The only ones who could truly grasp the subtle changes in the situation in Tongbai Mountain in a more in-depth and comprehensive manner were the major clans, but these information sources were blocked outside Huaiyuan by the rebel army.
Xu Wukun sneaked into the military camp on behalf of the Xu family, so how could Deng Gui not inquire about the matter in detail?
Xu Huai yawned, dragged a stool and sat down in the corner.
Seeing that Han Qi had a wound on his left shoulder, he asked, "How many times have you fought with the bandits these days? Did you get any prey? Mr. Deng, a bandit's head can be exchanged for 17 strings of cash. I have saved up nearly 500 strings of cash these days."
"Then I'm not as good as you. We only killed seventeen thieves in total, and I killed two of them." Han Qi said shyly.
Xu Wujiang and Xu Xin'an were still charged with desertion, and Han Qi also had a record of surrendering to bandits in Shangliuzhai. Now, in front of Deng Gui, Jin Longquan, Tang Tiande and others, he didn't know what to say and what not to say at all.
He was also a little nervous when answering Xu Huai's questions.
"That's good, you can't compete with me in everything ; remember to pickle these heads with lime, otherwise they will become smelly and unrecognizable, and Mr. Deng might deny his responsibility." Xu Huai laughed heartlessly.
"The Xu family has made great contributions in defeating the bandits. If I dare to deny my debt, Xu Wufu will complain to the prefect Chen. How can I resist?" Deng Gui said with a smile.
The sacrifice of Xu Wujiang's Wuzu troops could be said to be a move jointly initiated by Deng Gui and Xu Wufu. Now Deng Gui was unwilling to become a complete victim and decided to defend the military camp first before doing anything else. But even though Xu Huai had been helping to defend Huaiyuan during this period and played a vital role, he was still worried that Xu Wufu might make a different choice.
Xu Wukun led his men to sneak into the military camp. People around him said that the Xu family had been secretly fighting with a small group of bandits for a long time. How could Deng Gui not be happy?