preface
Xu Shiyou, who entered the Shaolin Temple at the age of 8 and left at the age of 16, once described his life in the Shaolin Temple like this:
"When I was in the Shaolin Temple, I learned eighteen martial arts, learned to walk on the wall, and I worked hard to learn. Although I became a monk in the Shaolin Temple, and I had the Dharma name 'Yongxiang', I have always been a low-level monk, doing chores such as carrying water, chopping firewood, cleaning, or serving the masters, when the martial monks are practicing martial arts, I secretly hide aside, while watching and learning, the rules in the temple are very strict, without the permission of the abbot, ordinary monks cannot practice martial arts, so I was punished, but Master Zhenxu saw that I was learning martial arts and began to teach me martial arts. ”
Picture 丨 Xu Shiyou
A martial art
In the Shaolin Temple, if you want to learn some real kung fu, you have to suffer hardships, three years of "sticking to the wall", three years of "hanging arms". The meaning of sticking to the wall is to nail a few half-cut wooden stakes on the wall, sleep on it at night, and the body must be tightly attached to the wall, but if it is soft, it will fall down.
During the day, you have to tie sandbags on your legs, whether it is martial arts training, or work, you can't take them off, if you can practice these basic skills well, you can fly over the wall, which is often called "light work".
The hanging arm is to hang the arms up overnight, whether it is the eaves or the door frame, during the day, you need to practice sandbags, as well as the famous iron sand palm, how the iron sand palm is trained, the first year, is to insert soybeans, the second year is to insert millet, the third year to insert sand.
Xu Shiyou once had a contest with his sister, and that time really made him unforgettable.
"Shaolin Temple martial arts masters are very many, there are men and women, at that time I learned eighteen martial arts, I always want to compete with people, there is a sister, wrapped in three inches of golden lotus, I looked down on her at first, handed over to know, her martial arts are much higher than me, not two moves, she kicked me out of a few inches away." That time really made me remember 'there are people outside the people, there is a sky outside the sky', Chinese martial arts is a cornucopia, the treasures inside can never be exhausted, people who know martial arts should pay attention to martial virtue, they can't be proud and arrogant in ordinary days, no one in sight, and they can't bully others, only when they compete, they need to be solipsistic, so as to enhance confidence and defeat opponents..."
Tu 丨 Fire Shaolin Temple
At the age of 16, Xu Shiyou walked out of the Shaolin Temple, he had a desire to become a hero and a good man at that time, and because he had lived in the Shaolin Temple for 8 years, Xu Shiyou knew nothing about society, so he just came out of the Shaolin Temple, he got into trouble.
After Xu Shiyou returned home, he helped people herd cattle, once, Xu Shiyou's brother did not look after the cattle when he was herding cattle, let the cattle trample on the crops of the local landlord's family, the landlord's son came over and punched and kicked his brother, Xu Shiyou could not see it, and he beat the other party to death with one punch.
Xu Shiyou was wanted, he did not dare to go home, he could only wander around, he went to a friend who opened a casino to take shelter, Xu Shiyou had no interest in gambling money, usually just practice martial arts to sleep.
One night, Xu Shiyou heard the cry of "help", got up to see, it turned out that someone was holding a knife in a gamble, usually the most hated xu Shiyou who took the plunder, was furious, grabbed a wooden stick and rushed in, the other party took the knife to Xu Shiyou, Xu Shiyou flew up a foot, kicked his stamina, the other party spat white foam, fell to the ground.
People saw that people had been killed and fled, and Xu Shiyou did not want to burden his friends and left.
Less than half a year after leaving the temple, Xu Shiyou committed two major murders
In order to survive, Xu Shiyou decided to become a soldier.
"Being a soldier was the best policy at that time, and since I had food to eat, if I became an official and a half-post in the future, I would also be angry."
Picture 丨 Wu Peifu
In this way, he went to Wu Peifu's team and became a boy scout, not only was his life guaranteed, but his usual training also made Xu Shiyou, who had been out of the temple for a long time, feel happy and happy.
Just when Xu Shiyou was planning to do a good job in the army, he made another life, because he saw that a platoon leader was actually a bandit who had burned and plundered in his hometown, and he was emotionally uncontrollable for a while, so he beat the other party to death.
After Xu Shiyou escaped from the army this time, he went home directly, and under the introduction of his mother and brother, Xu Shiyou knew that the Communist Party had come to Dabie Mountain to revolutionize, and thinking about it, Xu Shiyou joined the Communist Party.
Revolutionary career
In October 1933, the Sichuan warlords led by Liu Xiang mobilized 140 regiments of troops to launch a siege against the Red Fourth Front, and Xu Shiyou was then the deputy commander of the Red Ninth Army and the commander of the 25th Division of the Red Fourth Front.
Figure 丨 Liu Xiang
Liu Xiang's adviser Liu Congyun was a jianghu warlock, he had no tactics, only pretended to be a ghost and said, "I have thirty-six days of Gang Formation, and it only takes thirty-six days to wipe out all the Red Fourth Front." ”
Under his command, the Sichuan warlords adopted the tactic of the sea of people, relying on the large number of people and weapons, and took turns to attack the positions of our army.
Xu Shiyou recalled,
"On the hillside and in the valley, all the enemy, when they were about to rush in front of us, we launched firepower, this wave fell, and the rear rushed up again, at this time, our soldiers all jumped out of the fortifications, and mixed with the enemy, watching the soldiers and cadres fall one by one, the enemy rushed up and blocked our troops in the ditch, my anxious eyes were red, I was eager to kill myself, it was easy to shout a word, but I needed to be responsible for all the officers and men, so I repeatedly warned myself: Be calm, Be persistent, be patient! First of all, we must fight with the enemy, and sometimes we really endure it until we break my teeth..."
Xu Shiyou was not a military cadet, and before he became a soldier, he didn't even know a few words, and he thought about and learned military combat skills in one battle after another.
Considering that our army's firepower weapons were too small, he equipped each of the soldiers of the division with a large knife
And popularized martial arts in his unit, handing over to the officers and soldiers the most direct and effective killing moves in Shaolin martial arts.
Figure 丨 Death Squad
In order to save bullets, Xu Shiyou's troops mainly fought with the enemy with large knives and fought with the enemy in the rain of bullets and bullets, and Xu Shiyou's death squad has always been brave and fearless.
Liu Xiang also studied the Red Army, selected people with martial arts backgrounds to organize a death squad, this death squad took advantage of a lot at first, directly provoked Xu Shiyou, he rushed into the enemy camp with a large knife and waved it, an enemy officer rushed up, Xu Shiyou immediately greeted him, and cut off the other party's head with a knife.
Xu Shiyou's deeds of "quickly slashing the enemy chief" made him famous in the Red Army, and his death squad was also famous throughout the army.
In 1936, during the Long March, Xu Shiyou led his troops through a cottage of an ethnic minority, which was a necessary place for the Red Army to go north.
The owner of the village sent a letter to the Red Army,
"I will set up the ring, if the Red Army breaks my ring, I will send the Red Army over the mountain with courtesy, if the Red Army can't break it, don't think about it."
Figure 丨 Xu Forward
Xu Shiyou told the news to the commander-in-chief Xu Xiangqian, and Xu Xiangqian instructed,
"We must do a good job in national unity and let the minority nationalities understand the Red Army through fighting and fighting."
Xu Shiyou selected twelve people with good kung fu overnight and formed the "Red Army Breaking Death Squad" and served as the captain himself. The next day, Xu Shiyou took his team into the village.
The owner of the village has set up the ring, as soon as the fight is announced, a man with a tiger's back and a bear's waist walks into the ring, this person is the owner of the village, he ordered someone to carry a stone slab, cut the stone slab into several pieces with his hands, and the audience cheered, and the owner of the village danced a provocative dance, and his expression was full of arrogance.
A young soldier jumped into the ring and fought against the owner of the village, the owner of the village was really strong, and the little soldier did not last long before he was knocked out of the ring.
Several fighters went up one after another, and finally they were all defeated, no one was the opponent of the village owner, the village owner became more and more proud, and even began to speak provocatively, "The Red Army is ok with guns and cannons, on kung fu is not their opponent, I can knock down a battalion of the Red Army with one punch." ”
In the evening, the messenger sent an urgent telegram from the headquarters, Liu Xiang's troops were pursuing the Red Army day and night, and if they could not cross the mountain tomorrow, there was a danger that the entire army would be destroyed.
Xu Shiyou turned over and jumped into the ring, the two of them performed all their martial arts, and fought for seven hundred and forty-nine rounds in one breath, at this time, Xu Shiyou recruited the style, so that the owner of the village thought that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, the owner of the village directly raised his fist and waved at Xu Shiyou's face, Xu Shiyou bent down to hide, raised the owner of the village above his head, and spun around in a dozen circles.
The owner of the village is afraid that Xu Shiyou will throw himself off the stage, so that he will not only lose his eyes in front of the whole village, but also may not be able to become the owner of the village
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Unexpectedly, Xu Shiyou did not throw him off the stage, but gently put him down, and then held his fist to apologize.
This made the owner of the village feel weak and ashamed, he admired Xu Shiyou's martial arts, but also admired his martial arts, the owner of the village held a fist, "Today I lost, at night I invited guests, feast on the Red Army to break the hero." ”
The banquet hosted by the owner of the village is very lively,
The competitive owner of the village lost to Xu Shiyou in martial arts, and wanted to earn himself back face in drinking, so he offered to compete with Xu Shiyou
Unexpectedly, I just bumped into Xu Shiyou's strengths.
The two people directly replaced the small bowl with a sea bowl, bowl after bowl into their mouths, watching Xu Shiyou dry three bowls in a row, the owner of the village was completely satisfied, "General Xu is really a hero, ah, I am willing to bow to the wind." ”
The next day, the owner of the village opened the gate of the village and personally escorted the Red Army across the mountain.
Bonus
In late March 1970, Yu Xiaotian, the director of a certain military factory in Nanjing, called the worker Lu Sanxing to the office, "Commander, this is what I often mention to you, the Lu Sanxing who can punch." ”
Lu Sanxing looked at the chief in military uniform and grass shoes in front of him, and it turned out that this was the legendary commander Xu Shiyou. Just when Lu Sanxing was stunned, Xu Shiyou had already walked over and put his hand out, and Lu Sanxing shook Xu Shiyou's hand, "Commander! ”
Suddenly, Xu Shiyou's hand began to work hard, like an iron tong, Lu Sanxing was also a person who practiced martial arts, and he immediately understood that Xu Shiyou was testing his own skill.
Xu Shiyou smiled and squinted at Lu Sanxing, his hand continued to work hard, Lu Sanxing slowly felt some pain in his hand, and sweat oozed from his forehead, Xu Shiyou smiled, "Good! I'll do something first, and you'll wait for me in the little garden. ”
After saying that, he turned around and left, Yu Xiaotian quickly followed, and waved his hand at Lu Sanxing, asking him to go to the small garden and wait first.
Figure 丨 Lv Samsung
Lu Sanxing walked to the small garden full of doubts, guessing what happened to Xu Shiyou, did not wait too much, came Xu Shiyou's voice full of anger, Lu Sanxing stood up and saluted, Xu Shiyou smiled and patted his shoulder, "Xiao Lu, you tell me, what have you practiced?" ”
"Report Commander, when I was a child, in my hometown of Licheng County, Jinan, Shandong, my grandfather taught me to practice, when I was 12 years old, my father was a coach in the Jinan GuoshuGuan, and my uncle sent me to practice for a while, and then my father was busy, so he sent me to Jinan Jingju Temple and worshiped Elder Rufu as a teacher."
"Well, you also came out of the temple, specifically, what will you order?"
"Practiced Shaolin Six Roads, LuoHan Quan, Cha Quan Ten Roads..."
"Have you practiced your palms?" Xu Shiyou interrupted him.
"Practiced."
Xu Shiyou is also not polite, directly called the guards to move the bricks, Lu Sanxing took a look, Xu Shiyou is testing himself, but opening bricks is his strength, the hand in one move, two pieces in a row.
Xu Shiyou looked at it appreciatively, and Yu Xiaotian came over, "Come, come and ask Commander Xu for guidance." Lu Sanxing held his fist in salute and came a set of Shaolin watchman fists.
Xu Shiyou nodded, "Have you practiced pairs?" ”
"Well, we've done two tricks."
Lü Sanxing was shocked, at this time, Xu Shiyou was already more than sixty years old, still the commander of the Nanjing Military Region, such a big official, if there was any mistake, Lu Sanxing could not afford to wait.
"Don't dare, don't dare..."
"Are you afraid of hurting my old man?" Xu Shiyoucai didn't care if Lu Sanxing refused, "You don't dare, I dare." Directly came a move Black Tiger pulled out his heart, and his right fist went to Lu Sanxing's heart socket.
Lu Sanxing quickly raised his hand to block, and found that Xu Shiyou's fist strength was so great that he could not face it head-on, and just after sliding a step to the right, Xu Shiyou's right fist became his right palm and split into Lu Sanxing's neck.
Fortunately, Lu Sanxing avoided it, otherwise this palm would definitely not be comfortable. Yu Xiaotian laughed at the side, "What? ”
Xu Shiyou was very happy, "Go on, come and come, good!" Therefore, Lu Sanxing saw the tricks and went through ten moves with Xu Shiyou, and Yu Xiaotian was worried that Xu Shiyou was getting more and more on the head, so he walked over to the round field, "Commander, take a break." ”
Xu Shiyou was still on his head, "Hey, there are two sons, ordinary people can't pick up my two moves." "Tell me, what is the most important thing about Shaolin Boxing?"
"Fast, accurate, fierce."
"Yes! Punching is very good for improving the combat level of soldiers, especially in close combat, it is more powerful, and there can be no flower frames in actual combat, flower racks are good-looking, but on the battlefield will kill people. ”
Xu Shiyou was excited as soon as he competed, and he was still gushing, "Hahahahaha, enjoy it, and Xiao Lu came so many times, loosen my muscles and bones, my hands and feet are OK, right?" ”
Lu Sanxing didn't know how to answer, looking at Xu Shiyou's spirited look, he didn't look like a sixty person. It was dark, Xu Shiyou was ready to leave, and before leaving, he instructed Lu Sanxing to "practice boxing well."
After a month, Yu Xiaotian called Lu Sanxing to the office, only to see Xu Shiyou and Yu Xiaotian sitting on the sofa, Xu Shiyou saw Lu Sanxing, and said, "Xiao Lu, your factory director can't do it." Lu Sanxing was confused, and only later did he understand,
Xu Shiyou came this time to transfer Lü Sanxing to their military region to teach the soldiers to practice martial arts, but Yu Xiaotian said that the tasks in the factory were heavy, and he did not agree to transfer, only agreed to secondment, and could only borrow three days a week.
Yu Xiaotian had been complaining, and Xu Shiyou, who had made the straight man, was upset and did not want to continue to ink, so he agreed to second for three days, which was set as Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
In the blink of an eye, Tuesday arrived, And Lu Sanxing arrived at the Nanjing Military Region on a bicycle, and after the staff officer at the door asked for his identity, he took Lü Sanxing to the playground, and the soldiers of the guard battalion were already standing in line.
Xu Shiyou sat under a big tree, Lu Sanxing walked over to say hello to Xu Shiyou, and Xu Shiyou led him to the front of the line.
"Comrades, this is your teacher Comrade Lu Sanxing, Comrade Lü Sanxing is a real kung fu, don't be lazy, I will come to check regularly to see how well you are practicing."
In the applause of the soldiers, Lu Sanxing demonstrated some tricks, the atmosphere was even more enthusiastic, the soldiers cheered continuously, and the courageous soldiers shouted, "Ask the commander to show us too!" ”
Xu Shiyou looked around and casually picked up a large broom,
"On the battlefield, whatever guys use!"
Then, it began to wave vigorously, and the cheers were incessant.
Since then, Lü Sanxing has come to the military region to teach boxing every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, starting from the basic skills, after everyone has a certain foundation, Lü Sanxing has taught the twelve road tan legs, Shaolin Guanjia fist and other fist and leg methods, as well as the use of weapons such as knives and sticks, Xu Shiyou came to see every three to five years, worried that the soldiers' physical consumption is relatively large, specially instructed the cooking class to make more delicious food, and the soldiers also worked harder to return Lü Sanxing's teachings and Xu Shiyou's concern.
Once, Xu Shiyou came to see the warriors practicing, and saw a warrior subduing his opponent as soon as he took a hand, Xu Shiyou said to Lu Sanxing,
"Good tricks, Xiao Lu, you must remember that good boxing can only teach good people, and you must teach more good people."
Later, the students lu Sanxing taught were not tens of thousands but thousands, and he always remembered Xu Shiyou's words.
"Practice martial arts and fitness, practice martial arts and educate people, and teach good people."