Chapter 36: The method of stabbing with heavy sword
After Li Mengxi saw the forging patterns on the sword body, he thought the sword was of excellent quality.
Thinking of ancient times, there was a saying that blowing one's hair would cut off one's hair when evaluating magical weapons.
Li Mengxi reached out and grabbed a broken piece of hair.
Hold the sword in your left hand, carefully raise the sword's edge with the blade facing upwards, hold your hair in your right hand and place it lightly on the sword's edge.
Taking a deep breath, "Huh-"
Li Mengxi blew into his hair in one breath.
The force of the air flow pushes the hair, and the hair hanging on the sword blade is broken into two pieces, and falls down lightly.
Li Mengxi's eyes widened with a look of surprise on his face, and then he smiled, "The ancients never deceived me! This sword can be called a magical weapon!"
"When Mr. Xuande goes into battle to kill the enemy, he still relies on this sword. A gentleman does not take away what others like, so he returns this sword to Mr. Xuande."
Li Mengxi took advantage of the situation and returned the sword to Liu Bei.
Li Mengxi knew that the reason why Liu Bei rewarded him with the sword was because the rebel army was a primitive army and had no seal or other things, so he had to take the sword as a token first.
Li Mengxi's clever mind was self-evident. Li Mengxi returned the sword, and Liu Bei took back the sword without any pretense.
Liu Bei felt sorry for having given the sword and then taking it back, so he could only say that when he met a good craftsman, he would definitely build a magic weapon for Li Mengxi.
Li Mengxi was overjoyed and thanked him profusely.
Holding the sword in his hand, Liu Bei turned over the hilt, looked at the sword twice, and then looked at Li Mengxi with thoughtful eyes.
In fact, when Li Mengxi was watching the sword, although Liu Bei had no words, he was observing Li Mengxi carefully.
Judging from the details alone, Li Mengxi looks at the sword seriously, and everything he does seems to be organized.
It seems that Li Mengxi knows how to sword.
You see, he looked at the scabbard again, pulled it back and forth twice, tried the spring, then looked at the hilt, and then looked at the pattern, and there was nothing like the glaring look in his eyes like someone who had never seen a sword before.
"By the way, Mr. Xuande, I noticed that the hilt of the sword is in the shape of eight edges, which is different from ordinary swords. Why is this?" Li Mengxi asked the doubt in his heart.
Liu Bei came back to his senses and looked down at the hilt of the sword in his hand. Why was the hilt ruffled? Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, "...The sword is made like this. I don't know why the craftsman made it like this."
Liu Bei answered honestly.
Not getting an answer, Li Mengxi could only keep his doubts in his heart and wait for time to explore on his own.
Li Mengxi was curious about the sword hilt, but Liu Bei also had questions.
"Xi'er, do you know Xiangjian? Or swordsmanship?" Liu Bei asked.
How to answer this question?
When it comes to Xiangjian, I don’t know how to do it, but I do know some scientific knowledge, such as steel, iron, strength, anti-corrosion, toughness, and center of gravity.
But if I really understand, I can’t explain why.
(Focus? Huh?) Li Mengxi was surprised in his heart.
“Mr.
After taking the long sword from Liu Bei, Li Mengxi carefully held the sword with both hands, using both hands as the fulcrum, and weighed it back and forth several times with his hands. Liu Bei was confused and didn't know what Li Mengxi was doing.
After Li Mengxi weighed it several times, he felt that he had measured the center of gravity.
The center of gravity of a female sword is approximately two-thirds of the entire length from the tip to the end of the hilt.
"Here," Li Mengxi held the center of gravity of the sword with only one hand. The sword was placed firmly in his hand. The blade was level, the tip of the sword did not rise, and the hilt did not drop.
“Mr.
As he spoke, Li Mengxi picked up the sword, made a palm with his left hand, raised the palm of his hand, held the sword in his right hand, and carefully placed the sword flat on the side of his palm.
Liu Bei could clearly see that the long sword, which was more than four feet long, was firmly resting on Li Mengxi's palm, as if it was grasped at the vital point. Although it kept swinging left and right, it finally stabilized.
Even though Liu Bei did not receive a systematic scientific education like Li Mengxi. Although he did not know what the center of gravity was, he would consciously control the center of gravity when using the sword on daily basis, but he was not as deliberate as Li Mengxi in searching for it.
Now that Li Mengxi said it, Liu Bei felt quite refreshing and new.
"...center of gravity?" Liu Bei pondered.
Liu Bei took the sword and followed Li Mengxi's example, using only the side of his hand to support the center of gravity of the sword.
Watching the long sword stop in his hand, Liu Bei pondered for a long time, "Is this where it is easiest to hold?" Liu Bei asked Li Mengxi again.
"That's it." Li Mengxi nodded firmly and held the sword towards Liu Bei, "Mr. Xuande can try it for himself."
Liu Bei naturally trusted Li Mengxi and had no doubts about him. He lightly held the sword at the center of the sword and weighed it with his hands a few times to feel the difference in the feel of the sword in different positions.
Sure enough, the "center of gravity" pointed out by Li Mengxi is light and not as heavy as other places.
"The sword has double edges. Although the center of gravity is here, how should you hold it?" Liu Bei frowned slightly.
"Just hold the sword in your hand." Li Mengxi replied.
Liu Bei was stunned for a moment and glanced down at the sword in his hand. If he held the blade rashly, wouldn't his hand be full of blood? After reacting, Liu Bei laughed, "Haha, Meng Xi is joking!"
Liu Bei thought Li Mengxi was being humorous on purpose.
In fact, this is not the case, Li Mengxi said it seriously.
Around the Renaissance, a super-heavy sword became popular among German mercenaries.
This sword shape is very special. It has a hilt at half the length of the sword body, which is the center of gravity, for holding. Together with the ordinary hilt, this sword has two hilts.
As a type of sword that is seriously overweight, it will be very bulky and difficult to fight if used in ordinary ways.
However, when the center of gravity was replaced by a hilt instead of a sword blade, and the center of gravity could be controlled, on the European battlefield, mercenaries holding super-heavy swords rushed in and slashed after a gap appeared in the enemy's formation, and the lethality was terrifying.
Turning the sword over and over, Liu Bei felt that the male and female swords were very familiar to him, but now looking at them again, Liu Bei felt a little strange.
Although he could tell whether the sword was heavier in front or behind just by the feel of the hand, he had not personally found out where the center of gravity was. Liu Bei discovered today that he did not fully understand his weapon.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "...could it be a steelyard?" Liu Bei suddenly exclaimed in surprise and looked up at Li Mengxi.
"It is indeed the same as a scale." Li Mengxi nodded with a smile.
It turned out to be a scale, so mysterious that Liu Bei couldn't help but shake his head.
Having learned how to find the center of gravity, the method was extremely simple. Liu Bei stood up, picked up the other male sword from the sword stand behind him, and personally found out the center of gravity of the other male sword.
The center of gravity of the female sword is at two-thirds of the position, and the center of gravity of the male sword is close to the middle.
"Xuan Degong, you can try it. The two swords are facing each other with the center of gravity, which can save a lot of effort." Li Mengxi suggested.
clang.
Liu Bei did as he was told. He stood with a sword in each hand and the swords were crossed together.
First, the female sword is placed underneath to hold the center of gravity of the male sword. She holds the sword in one hand and holds the sword with her hand, weighing it a few times. Now the sword is precisely focused on the center of gravity, and it is indeed different. Then, it is changed, and the male sword is placed underneath, trying to hold the female sword.
The center of gravity of the sword.
Liu Bei frowned slightly, with a thoughtful look on his face. After trying this back and forth a few times, his eyes suddenly widened and he had a clear understanding.
Crack!
The sound of swords rubbing against each other was heard. Because the center of gravity was supported by the female sword, the heavy male sword above could use the female sword as a fulcrum, turn its direction extremely quickly, and then stab it out with a bang - it could easily stab anyone who wanted to.
The direction of the sting.
The sword is light and agile. Compared with other heavy weapons, the weight of the sword is not an advantage. The sword is mainly used for stabbing, and the straight-line attack method is the fastest, and it is also the most lethal point of the sword.
Although it is said that a sword is better because of its lightness, it depends on what kind of sword it is.
Liu Xuande's male and female swords are not light at all. Even the female sword is slightly lighter and slightly shorter. It is longer and much heavier than the two-handed sword used by ordinary soldiers, not to mention that the blade is nearly six feet long and the sword is almost as tall as a man.
, that male sword that is too long.
For ordinary soldiers, the sword is a bit heavy for both hands, but Liu Bei holds it in one hand without any effort.
Liu Bei wields two-handed horse-cutting swords. In addition, his hands are longer than his knees, he is gifted, and his arm length is extremely advantageous. In this way, although the sword is a short weapon, the hand length plus the sword length, Liu Bei's male and female swords,
Compared with the shorter long soldiers, the length is not inferior.
The sword is heavy and long. The use of the epee is just like a hammer or an axe. Because it is heavy, it is easy to turn it out, but it is difficult to lift it straight and aim it.
But in this way, part of the advantages of the sword are discarded by giving up the thrust.
Now Li Mengxi suddenly thought of finding the center of gravity of the male and female swords, and unexpectedly inspired Liu Bei, who was good at swordsmanship, to suddenly realize the method of striking with the epee.
As Li Mengxi mentioned, if you want to thrust out the heavy sword as quickly as a light sword, hold the handle of the sword with one hand and the sword body with the other hand, and thrust the sword out like a gun. The difference is that Liu Bei
I don't plan to actually hold the sword with my hands, but use one sword to hold the sword of the other sword instead of holding it with my hands.
Chapter completed!