The fifth set won three games out of five

  Several people mentioned martial arts when Secretary Jiao cleared his throat and asked Zhan Biao, "Zhan the old hero, what you said about competing with the Japanese army in martial arts is unbelievable. On the battlefield of life and death, you actually followed the rules of the martial arts world to exchange moves. At that time, didn't you think of using guns?"

  Zhan Biao nodded and said, "You're right, every time we had a martial arts competition with the special forces, they outnumbered us. If it came to using guns, we would definitely be at a disadvantage. There were also people in the Japanese army who wanted to open fire several times, but they were all suppressed by Wu Nan. We were on high alert, and as soon as the other side fired, we would retaliate. Fortunately, that Wu Nan was a true martial artist, and now I can say he's a man of martial virtue."

  Dai Wei added on the side: "Don't mention Japanese people wanting to shoot, even I wanted to shoot, and was stopped several times."

  Zhang Fei also said: "At that time, we were all practicing martial arts at home and rarely had the opportunity to interact with others. When we encountered opportunities to verify our own martial arts, we were very eager to win, and being able to defeat them with martial arts was also a blow to them, letting them know that Chinese people are not easy to bully."

  County Annals Office Director Liu asked: "This matter is indeed not reflected in our county annals, have we ever lost to Japanese warriors in martial arts competitions?"

  Zhan Biao looked at Da Yuan, and the two burst out laughing. Da Yuan coughed and said, "Don't mention how embarrassing Grandpa was back then. I only had brute strength and knew how to use my arms to block... But Qiangzi also lost a fight once and was depressed for many days."

  Ten more figures appeared in front of and behind him. Zhang Biao blamed himself for not discovering them earlier. It seemed that these ten people were not ordinary either.

  This time, the Japanese special forces were ordered by Songshan to search for the Communists in two groups at night. Sugimoto led one group in front and Takeo led another group behind. Sugimoto's group was mainly composed of karate experts, while Takeo's group was mainly composed of aikido masters.

  Sugimoto and Zhang Biao's two groups clashed, and Wu Nan immediately discovered that he had ordered his subordinates to block Zhang Biao's way at the foot of the mountain, waiting for the prey to enter the net. As the battle group got closer and closer, Wu Nan and Sugimoto felt more and more excited, and this excitement was also reflected on the faces of the 10 Aikido masters. They whispered to each other: "We've met a Chinese martial arts master!"

  Watching the boxing skills of Zhān Biāo and others, Wǔ Nán's face became increasingly stern. Especially when he saw the three people who joined later, two of whom were wearing National Army uniforms, their boxing skills were not inferior to that of the leader. The one who specialized in leg techniques and throwing techniques was even more frightening, anyone who collided with him would fall down like a sack. Wǔ Nán sighed lightly: "Sugimoto lost due to underestimating his opponent, Chinese martial arts are indeed extraordinary."

  Just as the battle group was approaching, Wu Tien took out his gun and told his subordinates: "Put away your guns, let's teach them with our martial arts." Then he led the crowd to appear, shouting "Stop!" and then said in Chinese: "Halt!" The Chinese Wu Tien had learned from exchanging with Chinese students in recent years was useful.

  Sugimoto first stopped, and then Sugimoto's subordinates also stopped. Zhang Biao saw that the other side had stopped fighting and heard Wu Nan say "stop", originally Chinese martial arts emphasize later release and earlier arrival, when the opponent stops fighting, they also stop their fists and feet.

  At this time, looking at the ten people of Sugimoto, each with a blue nose and a swollen face, their clothes were disheveled, two people were knocked down several times and almost couldn't stand up, drunk-like staggering but stubbornly holding onto the tree standing upright, and the position they stood was still secretly surrounding the opponent's position.

  Before Takashi could speak, Sugimoto took a step forward and looked at Zhang Biao with a serious and fierce gaze, then bowed his head to Zhang Biao. But the next action was even more unexpected, he retreated a step and quickly drew his gun, aiming it at Zhang Biao. Everyone roughly understood that Sugimoto had first admitted defeat in the martial arts competition, but then entered a state of war, where enemies on the battlefield still needed to be eliminated. At this time, Takashi shouted loudly at Sugimoto: "Don't fire, wait for my Aikido to finish with them before shooting again!"

  Wu Nan's words had barely fallen when Zhan Biao, who had been motionless under the gun pointed at him by Sugimoto, suddenly sprang into action. He first fell backwards and then quickly rolled to Sugimoto's side, snatching the gun from his hand with a swift movement and throwing it to the ground. It was as if he was performing a magic trick, leaving everyone stunned.

  The younger disciples knew that their senior brother had used the "Nine Rolls and Eighteen Falls" technique of the Yue School, but none of them had ever seen Zhan Biao execute it so quickly before. They couldn't help but secretly admire him.

  Although they had often seen this move during practice, no one could have imagined its effectiveness in real combat. Only Xiaofeng and Qiangzi had witnessed it before, when they eliminated the machine gunner from the reinforced platoon in Kao Shan Town and rescued Xiao Bao and Xiao Yu.

  If Sugimoto had really fired his gun, Zhan Biao's "Nine Rolls and Eighteen Falls" would have made it impossible for him to hit his target even if he had fired several shots. Sugimoto and all the Japanese soldiers were stunned, with a few of them putting away their guns that they had drawn.

  At this time, Zhang Biao stood up and stepped on Sugimoto's gun with his foot, saying: "If it's a martial arts competition, we'll follow the rules of the martial arts world. If you want to fight with swords and guns, let's go somewhere else."

  The Japanese man looked at the Chinese man in front of him, who was not very tall, and still appreciated Zhang Biao's words. He raised his hand, made a slight bow with his head down, and politely said in unskilled Mandarin: "Your skills are profound, I couldn't measure their depth. Just now, you were demonstrating karate, please demonstrate my Aikido techniques? Let's have a match of five rounds, three wins."

  Zhan Biao turned his head to look at the crowd of junior brothers, although they had a big fight, under the moonlight, it was hard to see everyone's face clearly, but he still felt each person's confidence and heroic spirit. He turned back to Wu Nan and said: "We can fight, just if we win, please ask your people to leave the mountain."

  "Then what if we win?" Wu Nan asked, pausing for a moment. Zhang Biao smiled and drew an arc with his hand towards the Japanese army: "Then you can all come up together, 20 of you, and use guns." Wu Nan nodded: "Alright, let's start with five rounds first." He turned around and pointed to one of his subordinates: "Xiaoye, you're first."

  Ono is the captain of this special forces team and a third-dan black belt in Aikido, second only to Takeo. Because Takeo saw the skills of the Zhāng Biāos, he didn't dare underestimate them and sent out his main force from the start.

  Zhan Biao took a glance at Xiao Ye, who was walking sideways with his body tilted, and although he wasn't tall, he had a sturdy build. He then turned his head to look at Qiang Zi. Without saying another word, Qiang Zi walked out. The crowd parted, and the two groups automatically formed their respective semicircles facing each other, clearing out an open space in the relatively flat area between the trees.

  Kyōzi didn't pay much attention to what Takeo said about Karate or Aikido, nor did he respond to Ono's sideways bow. He was polite to the enemy, but still raised his hand and engaged with Ono in the same way as before with Karate. Unexpectedly, he suffered a great loss from the start.

  Aikido is a modern martial art that originated in Japan, derived from Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu. Its characteristics include entering the opponent's dead angle, breaking their center of gravity, and using joint techniques and throwing techniques to subdue the opponent at the moment of contact. It also incorporates grappling and striking techniques. The "Aiki" emphasized in Aikido is similar to China's internal boxing and Taiji's inner energy, emphasizing the use of softness to overcome hardness, borrowing power to make force, using cleverness to win, never using brute force to attack the opponent, but rather guiding the opponent's strength into a harmless direction, even absorbing it and converting it into one's own strength to counterattack.

  So in Kyoko's cheating body stretch and strike just touched Ono's body, only to see Ono turn sideways with a harmonious and symmetrical round shape, bringing Kyoko to the side and throwing him over his shoulder. The oni used the throw technique which Kyoko never thought of and didn't make any defensive preparations, so he was at a disadvantage, his full force strike was borrowed by the opponent into a full force throw. Jumbao raised his hand to stop Kyoko who still wanted to rush up and said to Takeo: "We lost the first round." Then he pointed to Liu Yang.

  Liu Yang has always been known for his meticulousness among these several junior brothers, and he and Cheng Yi, Zheng Wen have similar styles. Zhan Biao saw that the enemy's combined energy had Chinese internal strength, so he let Liu Yang, who was soft on the outside but hard on the inside, take the stage.

  The martial arts master Wu Nan signaled that he wouldn't change his player, and Xiao Ye would continue to fight. Liu Yang first bowed to Xiao Ye according to the rules of the martial arts world, then began to display his You Yun Quan (Swallow Fist) technique. Because Liu Yang had figured out the differences between this style and Aikido and Karate, Zhang Zuo was at a disadvantage in being countered by his opponent's borrowed force. This Swallow Fist didn't use any old moves, each move had a follow-up, making Xiao Ye unable to borrow force, and even Liu Yang used Xiao Ye's circular movements against him, making it difficult for Xiao Ye to use his joint-locking techniques and throwing techniques. Then, taking advantage of Xiao Ye's momentary distraction, Liu Yang unleashed a set of twelve consecutive punches, which would now be called a combination punch. These twelve consecutive punches suddenly broke through the Aikido defense field, with half of them being heavy punches that heavily struck Xiao Ye's vital areas. Just as Liu Yang was about to display his fierce Yue-style scattered hands, he was stopped by Zhang Biao.

  That man Naoki was also generous, immediately conceding defeat, letting Ono retreat and then pointing to a Japanese soldier with a small mustache to come on stage. Zhān Biāo didn't let Liu Yang continue fighting, instead gesturing to San De. Here there is contrast between respecting one's opponent and making the other side know that our side can fight too.

  Sān Dé is a clever and resourceful guy who knows why Qiáng Zǐ lost and why Liú Yáng won. He first exchanged a few moves of monkey fist with Little Húzi, then used a few moves of praying mantis fist, and finally pretended to lose control and let Little Húzi use his strength to throw him out. Although Sān Dé was thrown to the ground, Little Húzi's arm was dislocated and his jaw was broken by Sān Dé's "separating tendons and bones" technique during the throw. He stood there in pain, sweating profusely and unable to speak. At this time, a pale-looking Japanese soldier walked up to Little Húzi, who was enduring the pain without making a sound, and patted his arm and jaw back into place with several claps.

  Zhan Biao also said generously: "This game is a draw. Xiao Feng, you come this time." So far, they had played three games, with both sides winning one, losing one and drawing one. Zhan Biao wanted to win them in the fourth game, so he sent out his second-in-command with high martial arts skills.

  Wu Nan waved his hand to let Bai Jingzi enter the court, starting the fourth round of competition. Strangely, Bai Jingzi bowed to Xiao Feng and then sat down on the ground with a thud, waiting for Xiao Feng's attack.