Augustus Road

There was a loud clang in the frame, and not a single branch of the alder tree fell off. Instead, it was shaken by Calabis's dog-leg knife, and fell to the ground with a bang.

Milu and Pope, who were supervising the work over there, heard the sound and looked over here, making Karabis who was standing there very embarrassed. He held the dog-leg knife and kept his posture, not knowing how to react.

At this time, Tagus did not laugh. He picked up the alder tree again and waved it with both hands. Karabis threw the dog-leg knife to him as if he had been granted amnesty. Tagus easily turned around. He lowered the blade, followed by a dull clicking sound. Following his blade, the branches on the alder tree fell one after another like iron blocks encountering a magnet. Then Tagus retracted his elbow and stretched it out again. , the blade stably penetrated the alder wood, and then quickly pulled out, but the wood still stood in place without shaking.

"With a knife, you can only chop people, and you can't defeat even one enemy; with a knife, you can stab people, and you can defeat one enemy; with a knife, you know how to stab people, and you know how to pull it out, and you can defeat three enemies at the same time." Tagus said Holding the dog-leg knife, he concluded.

"Please teach me the swordsmanship to defeat three enemies at the same time! I will give you twenty drachmas a day!" Karabis wished he could kneel down and serve tea (if there is tea) and learn from his master.

"Your breathing, strength and figure are all good, but you don't know how to use a sword." Tagus said modestly, "I just don't know if you want to learn the long sword of the cavalry, the dagger of the legionary infantry, or the dagger of our Iber." Leah’s blade?”

"What's the difference between the three?"

"Long swords are generally used by Roman cavalry and Celts. This kind of sword does not require any skills, but requires exquisite riding skills. On the back of a galloping horse, the sword blade is stretched out horizontally, relying on the power of the horse's sprint to stagger When cutting off the enemy's head; as for the dagger of the legion infantry, it must be used in conjunction with the legion's shield, but the most suitable method for it is stabbing, which is more suitable for novices to train; and the Iberian blade can be used It can also be used to stab and chop. I am not bragging. Most of the best Roman soldiers could not master this weapon well. "

"Then I'd better learn the sword-fighting skills of legionnaires." Karabis's course selection was very practical. He couldn't ride a horse, and he wasn't a talented swordsman like Biduita or Tagus, so he had to learn the classics first. The sword-fighting skills that can be followed are the most suitable.

As a result, Tagus handed him a short, thick and heavy wooden stick instead of a delicate, two-foot-long, four-inch-wide standard Roman fighting sword. Then he stretched out his hand and pointed at Bo. Pu shouted: "Have you brought the wicker shield?"

"It's in the package." Pop pointed to the luggage in the open space over there. "By the way, the chalk mud and lead ash are also in it."

Tagus lifted up another section of alder wood with branches like human limbs, peeled off the bark, and inserted it into the mud. Then he marked it with chalk mud and lead ash: "Use fighting swords. The most important thing to remember is that you should never shout and hold your fighting sword high, slashing and slashing. It is an insult to the sword and the god of war. Only slaves and barbarians will do this because you are slashing and slashing. , the whole body will be spread out, and your chest, neck, and armpits will be full of flaws, flaws that can kill you. Before your sword touches the enemy, the opponent's sword will penetrate into your body. In addition, even if your big slash hits the opponent, I'm sorry, no matter how powerful you are, it can't kill the opponent. I have rarely heard of someone being chopped or hacked to death by the opponent's sword during a duel on the battlefield. Yes, but stabbing is different. For example, in a sword fight, just two inches into the opponent's body is enough to kill the opponent! "

Then, Tagus pointed to the alder wood painted with white or black stripes, or a simple dummy, and said: "The ones painted with chalk mud mark the most lethal parts of a person, namely the throat, neck, and chest. , lower abdomen, so when you use a sword, no matter what, you must give priority to stabbing these parts of the opponent as soon as possible; but if the opponent also has a strong soldier, he will definitely give priority to using a helmet and The armor protects this fatal part, so you can't be impatient. Pay attention to these parts marked with black lead - wrists, calves, armpits, and ankles. You can use the sword blade to cut these parts of him in the gaps you can grasp in an instant. Remember, the parts are cuts, not stabs. Stabs are always used on fatal parts! As long as you cut the opponent's parts, no matter how powerful the soldier is, he will lose his ability to move and defend, and then stab with all his strength! !" After saying that, Tagus thrust out the dog-legged knife in his hand, making Karabis feel a gust of cold wind, and the short hair on his forehead also stirred.

"But why am I holding this stick instead of a fighting sword now?" Calabis waved the thick wooden stick twice, then raised his large wicker shield and said in confusion, "This is a simulation Training? To prevent yourself from using a real blade?”

Tagus shook his head and said no. Originally, when Roman legionnaires first practiced sword fighting, they would first use wooden sticks and wicker shields that were twice as heavy as real swords and shields. But I see that your strength is already very good. Now, I'm giving you a guy that's four times as heavy - once you get used to it, when you use the real sword, it will be light and fast, and it will feel like using a needle.

Calabis quickly stood next to a pile of broken wood, holding a wooden stick dipped in chalk mud and a heavy wicker shield, and slowly began to attack each other alternately with attack and defense. "Be calm, your steps are good, remember." Stop, you are now a lynx on the Iberian cliffs, shrink your body, clamp your arms and armpits, keep moving your legs, keep provoking the enemy with howls, so that the enemy cannot see it at all Your flaw will make him impatient, and you will have an opportunity to take advantage of him!" As he spoke, Tagus thrust out with his wooden stick, and Calabis quickly blocked it with his wicker shield, finally blocking the opponent's attack. The great strength still made him stagger back two steps, "Don't continue to step back. Once you stumble, either jump forward quickly and bounce back to entangle the opponent, or kneel on the ground with a shield and look for the enemy's calf." The flaw!”

As he said that, Calabis half-knelt on the ground, "It's coming from above your head!" Tagus deliberately slowed down, stepped forward with his left foot, and pointed the wooden stick from top to bottom, pointing at the upper part of Calabis' head. After stabbing it down, Calabis raised the wicker shield with all his strength to block the wooden stick, then shouted loudly and swept the wooden stick in his hand across the shin of Tagus's exposed left leg. The opponent yelled "Ouch" After a while, he was beaten until he was half-kneeling on the ground: "Not bad, not bad, this is the rhythm."

"Calabis, what percentage do you think shield defense should account for in sword fighting?" The two continued to circle, and Tagus raised his wicker shield and asked.

"Sixty percent? Seventy percent?" Karabis gasped and tapped the wooden stick against the opponent's shield. As a provocation, Tagus directly slammed the shield forward, and Karabis Si's wooden stick clattered to the ground, "No, Calabis, it's 99%. Defense always comes first. I would rather abandon the sword than the shield."

After saying that, Tagus shouted and stabbed Calabis several times. Calabis mechanically held the wicker shield in front of him. Although he retreated after being hit, he felt that if this was really the case, On the battlefield or the Colosseum, although he was in a panic, he saved his life after all. Tagus was right.

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