A Journey Through the Worlds of Film and Television.

Chapter 110 Ding Baiying

The turmoil of the Battle of Sarhu had not yet subsided, and the civil officials in the court were still taking the opportunity to stir up trouble and fight for power.

During this period, Xu Guangqi proposed a key defense strategy, suggesting that the court concentrate superior forces to defend important cities such as Liaoyang, make full use of artillery and firearms, and cooperate with strong cities to keep the Jiannu out of the pass.

There is nothing wrong with such a strategy, but given the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, even if a good strategy is formulated, it is difficult to implement. Lack of soldiers and generals, lack of food and wages, serious corruption, local chaos, etc. are all problems.

The mere lack of money is a dead end.

However, the situation in the court at this time had little to do with Lu Cheng.

One day, Lu Cheng had just gone to the blacksmith shop to pick up the various weapons he had customized. When he returned to his temporary residence, he saw a woman in blue waiting in the yard.

This woman has an upright figure, a long sword on her waist, long black hair like a waterfall, and a heroic spirit all over her body. When you see her, it's as if you see the historical heroine Hua Mulan or Mu Guiying in opera.

"Are you the Lu Cheng that Senior Brother mentioned?"

"Yes, this must be Brother Wen Zhao's junior sister, Lady Ding Baiying."

"I don't deserve to be a heroine. You saved my brother, so you are my benefactor. My brother asked me to come and teach you the sword skills, so I came. But before I teach you the sword skills, let me see how your foundation is."

"no problem."

"What weapon do you use?"

"I'm best at short sword and bare-handed combat. I haven't practiced sword techniques much, I learned them all by myself on the battlefield."

Ding Baiying nodded: "Then let's try the sword technique first."

Lu Cheng put the flying claws, short swords, and flying knives he brought back into the house, and then drew out his waist knife, clasped his fists and saluted: "Miss Ding, Lu is naturally stronger, be careful."

"Oh? I want to see how strong you are."

Lu Cheng stopped talking and took a step forward, still using a simple vertical chop. Ding Baiying did not move, his eyes slightly narrowed, and when the blade was about to approach, he quickly turned around and drew his sword upwards to block Lu Cheng's blow. Then he chopped down with the long sword in his hand and chopped it onto Lu Cheng's waist sword.

This move is exactly the same as the scene in the movie.

When the two swords actually collided, Lu Cheng realized that just drawing the sword was not that simple.

Although Lu Cheng chopped down with great force, Ding Baiying used his slender Miao Dao to relieve the force at an angle, and then moved half a body away and chopped down with the momentum.

The moment the opponent's Miao Dao chopped down, Lu Cheng had no time to think. He instinctively wanted to learn from Shen Lian in the movie and press his waist knife down, switching it from behind to his left hand, and then attack the opponent's legs.

But Lu Cheng had only practiced with the sword for a few days after all, and when he thought of a way to break the spell, his movements were a bit stiff. When he was about to transfer the sword from his right hand to his left hand, Ding Baiying flipped the blade of the Miao sword that was chopped on the ground and swept towards Lu Cheng with the back of the sword.

Lu Cheng didn't care about the knife in his hand and quickly jumped back to avoid the attack.

Afterwards, Ding Baiying put away his slender Miao Dao and nodded: "You have indeed never practiced swordsmanship, but you are very strong and have quick reactions. You are a good material for learning martial arts. Didn't you say you are good at bare-handed fighting? Why don't we fight a few more moves bare-handed?"

"I can't ask for it."

Just now, Lu Cheng suffered a small loss in the swordsmanship contest, so naturally he wanted to regain some face at this moment.

Ding Baiying walked to the side, took off his Miao Dao, leaned against the wall, and then looked at Lu Cheng.

Lu Cheng also put his sword aside and moved his wrist: "Miss Ding, please."

Ding Baiying didn't waste any words, took a step forward, and swung his hand to punch.

Lu Cheng directly used the common moves in close combat. He instantly leaned to the left, blocked the opponent's fist with his right arm, and instantly grabbed the opponent's arm with his left hand. While his right hand formed an elbow to hit the upper arm, he stretched out his right palm and quickly slapped the opponent's head.

If it was a real life-and-death fight, Lu Cheng's elbow strike would directly injure one of the opponent's arms, and his right palm would also slap the opponent's ear hard, making the opponent dizzy and lose combat effectiveness, and then he would add another blow to break the opponent's throat.

Of course, this was not a life-and-death fight. Lu Cheng's palm only brought up a gust of wind and then stopped steadily beside Ding Baiying's ear.

Before Ding Baiying could react, Lu Cheng jumped aside and clasped his fists: "Thank you."

Ding Baiying's face did not look good. Although Lu Cheng's palm did not fall on her, the strong wind brought by the palm directly messed up her hair and almost touched her ears.

This made Ding Baiying, who was always confident in his martial arts, somewhat reluctant to believe it, but he had to admit that Lu Cheng's speed was indeed very fast, concise and clear.

"Where did you learn this move? Why have I never seen it before?"

"I learned it from a martial arts master from the same village when I was a child, but he didn't tell me where it came from."

"It was too fast just now, it doesn't count, let's try again."

This time, Ding Baiying had just finished speaking when he kicked towards Lu Cheng's ribs. Unexpectedly, Lu Cheng quickly raised his arms, blocked the kick steadily, and took a step back to relieve the force. He then took advantage of the situation to grab the opponent's ankle and pulled him towards himself, while at the same time punching the opponent in the face.

Ding Baiying lost her balance instantly and quickly stretched out her hands to block Lu Cheng's fist, but saw that Lu Cheng's fist stopped steadily three inches away from her. His other hand changed from a fist to a palm and pushed Ding Baiying's shoulder.

After all, Ding Baiying had practiced martial arts for many years, and with the help of Lu Cheng's push, he managed to stabilize his body.

After a moment of silence, Ding Baiying spoke up: "I will teach you swordsmanship, can you...can you give me this close combat method? I don't want to exchange with you, even if you don't teach me..."

"Of course, no problem." Lu Cheng interrupted the other party directly: "This is not a precious thing."

Ding Baiying nodded, turned around, but her face blushed slightly.

Although Ding Baiying was a martial artist, she was also a young woman. Living in such an extremely conservative feudal era, she still knew the strict rules for sex.

During the fight just now, Lu Cheng first grabbed her arm and then grabbed her ankle, which made her feel somewhat strange.

Of course, it was just a bit of shyness as a girl.

Picking up his Miao Dao, Ding Baiying drew the sword out of its sheath and spoke slowly: "The sword I use is a Miao Dao. It was specially made by General Qi to deal with the Japanese pirates. The sword technique I learned was also created by General Qi by combining the traditional Chinese sword and spear techniques with the Japanese pirates' sword techniques. It is called "Xinyou Sword Technique".

This knife is much longer than an ordinary waist knife. It can be held with both hands or one hand. Most of the front of the blade is edged, and the part near the handle is not edged. When necessary, you can hold the handle with one hand and the blade with the other hand, turning the long knife into a short knife for flexible attack..."

Ding Baiying was obviously a very straightforward woman. Without saying too much nonsense, she explained to Lu Cheng the essentials of the Miao Dao swordsmanship and continued to demonstrate one move after another.

Lu Cheng followed suit with his sword in hand. He had already made up his mind and would go to the blacksmith shop again later to customize a Miao Dao.

After explaining for a while, Ding Baiying said, "Actually, you don't have to use the Miao Dao like me. You can choose a single sword, double swords, or Miao Dao as your weapon according to your own preferences. You are very strong and fast, so you can choose more sword techniques.

I have four apprentices, and each of them uses a different weapon. Some use sword and shield combinations, some use maces, some use Miao Dao, and some use double swords..."

"Then I'll try them all first."

"Okay, that's all I'll teach you today. Now it's your turn to teach me."

"no problem."