Chapter 135 Spear and Sword
Moreover, Du Ruo also wanted to see how much fighting skills modern martial artists still had.
"Ding ~"
The three of them walked out. At this time, Du Ruo received a message on her mobile phone. Du Ruo took a look and found that it was sent by Yang Chenguang.
"Two foreigners came to the B&B two days ago, one was a Japanese, and the other was blonde."
"receive"
Du Ruo simply replied, and he roughly understood what was going on. He didn't take it too seriously. The other party should know that Du Ruo had discovered them, and would come to him soon.
"Master Du, you have quite a complete arsenal of weapons."
Yang Huaming picked up a long sword from the weapon rack, tested it with his fingers to confirm that it was unopened, and then said something to Du Ruo.
"Well, I have a wide range of knowledge, covering most types of weapons."
Du Ruo nodded, but he was not modest.
"Then you have to show off your skills later. The last time you used your fist instead of a gun, it amazed me for a long time."
Shi Dong also picked up a spear and shook it, then said something to Du Ruo.
"Okay, is there enough space here? Do you want me to move these things?"
Du Ruo took a look and found that his martial arts training ground was quite messy. Various weapons were either placed or standing on the weapon racks. There were also human-shaped targets, bronze men, sandbags, plum blossom stakes, etc., which took up a lot of space.
"No, it's enough to show off. Lao Yang, are you ready?"
Shi Dong smiled, came to the path in the middle of the yard, stood in horse stance, held his gun and looked at Yang Huaming.
"Come on, let's make a deal first. Whoever loses today will treat everyone to a meal."
Yang Huaming stood opposite Shi Dong, standing in a bow stance, holding the sword in one hand and pinching the sword finger with the other hand.
"no problem."
Shi Dong nodded, then became serious.
Du Ruo stood between the two of them, flicked his wrist imperceptibly, and caught the dragon's tail in his hand.
The atmosphere immediately became quiet. Shi Dong and Yang Huaming were about five meters apart. Neither of them took action first. They just stood there quietly, staring at each other.
"Crack~ Du..."
Just when the two were in a stalemate, the window on the second floor of the tavern next door opened, and Xiang Yuanyuan poked his head out. He was about to open his mouth to call out "Du Ruo", but as soon as he opened the word "Du", he stopped immediately. He was attracted by the two people in the field, because almost at the same time, when Xiang Yuanyuan opened his mouth, the two people in the field started to attack at the same time.
"Whoosh~"
The two men acted at the same time. Shi Dong's action was simple. He just took a step forward and thrust the spear in his hand forward, stabbing straight at Yang Huaming's shoulder.
It was obvious that Shi Dong was holding back. According to classical military spearmanship, this spear would have been aimed at the face, throat, or heart. However, because it was a sparring match, Shi Dong avoided the vital parts. But don't think that there will be no harm if there are no unopened weapons. Military spearmanship was created to kill people. Even a wooden stick can kill people if it hits the vital parts.
Yang Huaming also took the same action. He leaned his body to the side, took a step forward, and thrust the sword in his hand forward fiercely.
The movements and attacking postures of the bow stance and sword thrust actually look the same as those of fencing, except that Yang Huaming is holding a traditional long sword.
Shi Dong's spear had a longer attack range, and Yang Huaming was obviously very familiar with Shi Dong and was on guard. It was even possible that he had practiced how to counter Shi Dong countless times in his mind.
So Yang Huaming had the advantage in the first attack. He dodged Shi Dong's spear by leaning sideways, but because he was holding a sword in his hand, he couldn't stab Shi Dong even if he stretched his arm forward. So after Yang Huaming dodged, he continued to stab forward with the sword without stopping.
This is the way to bully Shi Dong who only practices the stabbing move.
However, this kind of bow stance stabbing has a weakness. Generally, you need to start retreating after a bow stance stabbing, because the bow stance is an offensive step. This means that you can only stab once, and the next stabbing will lack speed and strength. Only by retreating to accumulate strength and then stabbing forward again can you maintain the sense of power of the stabbing.
So Yang Huaming obviously underestimated Shi Dong. Shi Dong's nearly thirty years of spear skills were not practiced in vain. After Shi Dong's spear was dodged halfway through his thrust, he immediately retracted his spear, then seized the weakness of Yang Huaming's slowed down stabbing speed, and stepped back at the same time, continuing to maintain the distance advantage, while thrusting out again with the spear in his hand.
Moreover, Shi Dong's spear was even faster, and each time he thrust it, he thrust it towards Yang Huaming. The point was that Shi Dong didn't thrust it with all his strength, and he would withdraw his spear and retreat again after halfway through thrusting Yang Huaming back or forcing Yang Huaming to dodge. Yang Huaming was obviously in a state of panic, and originally thought that he only needed to dodge the opponent's first shot, and then charge forward to make the opponent's spear useless, and that way he would definitely win.
But in fact, he underestimated the horror of practicing only one move for thirty years. Shi Dong could move forward and backward freely, and he was extremely fast in drawing and retrieving his gun. Except for the first move that Yang Huaming almost succeeded in getting close to him, he was unable to break through Shi Dong's rain of bullets and could not get within three meters.
The more Yang Huaming was hit, the harder it became to defend himself. He even couldn't use his sword to block the spear.
Shi Dong's spear was like a poisonous snake, and he controlled the distance very accurately. He never sought credit for himself, and every shot he fired was aimed in the direction of Shi Dong's advance, forcing Yang Huaming to make a choice: either be stabbed and then advance, or dodge.
Du Ruo who was standing aside saw it very clearly. In fact, Yang Huaming was destined to lose since he failed to get within three meters of Shi Dong in the first attempt. Sure enough, after Shi Dong stabbed with his spear several times in a row, he suddenly stabbed out with his spear and pierced Yang Huaming's shoulder. However, Shi Dong controlled the strength very well and put away the spear after stabbing. The victory or defeat was decided.
"Pa bang bang~~~"
Du Ruo was still standing aside without saying anything when the sound of clapping came from outside the yard. Immediately, the three of them turned their heads at the same time and looked outside the yard.
"Excellent marksmanship. Your country is indeed home to many talented and capable people. I wanted to come here to see Boss Du, but I didn't expect to see such an exciting duel."
Outside the yard, two men were standing. The one who was talking was a middle-aged man, who was clapping as he spoke. The middle-aged man looked no different from an ordinary person, except that he had a bamboo sword on his waist. But standing behind him was an acquaintance of Du Ruo, the blond man who had fought against Mantis Boxing Champion Lang.
It was obvious that the middle-aged man should be the Japanese that Yang Chenguang mentioned, but the other party's Mandarin was surprisingly standard. If Yang Chenguang hadn't said that he was a Japanese, Du Ruo might have mistaken him for a Chinese.
"It seems that Director Shi is still more skilled. It seems that Brother Yang, you have to treat me to dinner today."
Du Ruo ignored the two people outside and turned to look at Yang Huaming and Shi Dong.
"Hey, I spent a long time imagining how to break the spear, but I still underestimated Lao Shi. Only when I faced him did I realize how fast his spear was. I really lost. It seems that I have to learn from Lao Shi and simplify things. I have learned so many sword techniques, but in the end I can't make any moves at all."
Yang Huaming admitted defeat with a smile, but at the same time he also saw his own shortcomings.
In fact, many people think that with a spear, they can win by dodging it and then getting close to the opponent with a sword, or they can just use the sword to separate the spear and then get close.
It may seem easy to think or watch, but actually only when you face a spear do you know what it feels like to have a spear from two meters away hit your face in the blink of an eye. Ordinary people really cannot react to it.
So the confrontation between the two just now actually only lasted a few seconds, and it was over without their weapons even colliding.
"Master Du, Lao Yang and I just got here. This person looks like he's looking for you. Should we avoid him?"
Shi Dong didn't have much feeling of victory. He just smiled, looked at the two people outside the yard, and said something to Du Ruo.
"No need to avoid it. Sorry, wait a moment, we can continue chatting later."
Du Ruo nodded at the two of them, then took two steps outside the yard before speaking:
"Is there anything I can do for you two?"
Du Ruo knew that there were two people who were spying on her just now, so she didn't speak in a good tone.
"Boss Du, last time Boss Du was one step ahead, I went back and told my friend about it. He is somewhat interested in you, so we came here specially, mainly because my friend wants to have a competition with Boss Du."
The blond man was quite polite. He suffered a loss at the hands of Du Ruo last time, and he talked about it with his Japanese coach after returning. Unexpectedly, the other party was quite interested and insisted on going with him to find Du Ruo, saying that he wanted to help him get back at him.
"Boss Du, I am Sanzo Inoue. I have come all the way from the United States to discuss weapons with you."
Inoue Sanjiro bowed fiercely to Du Ruo across the yard. He asked for advice but his eyes were looking at Du Ruo with burning gaze.
Actually, they came yesterday and originally wanted to observe Du Ruo for a few more days. He found a video of Du Ruo practicing martial arts online and wanted to observe Du Ruo practicing martial arts at close range so as to make a plan. Unexpectedly, he was just a little more focused when watching Du Ruo today and was discovered by Du Ruo. He had no choice but to come down to ask Du Ruo for advice.
At the same time, he was also full of excitement. Du Ruo seemed to be much more powerful than the blond man said. At least he could be spotted from such a distance. This was something he had never heard of even when he was studying in the dojo in Xiao Rizi Country. So he hoped to fight with Du Ruo to see if he could gain something. Of course, it would be even better if he could learn something. This was also the reason why he was so polite.
In the United States, he is regarded as the coach of the blond man. The blond man has a strong physique. He is powerful when he is bare-handed, but when he is armed, he can completely defeat the blond man. This is also the source of his confidence.
I just didn’t expect that I would be able to see the exciting duel between Shi Dong and Yang Huaming as soon as I came down.
"I hate people from Little Japan."
After Du Ruo heard what the other party said, he looked at Inoue Sanzo calmly, but his words were very straightforward, even a little harsh. However, when Inoue Sanzo frowned and thought Du Ruo was going to refuse, Du Ruo spoke again:
"So there's no problem with sparring, but if you don't have any skills, don't blame me if you get hurt."
(End of this chapter)
