Unparalleled Double Harmony

Chapter 566 Easily Defeated Kunduli

Chapter 566 Easily Defeated Kunduli

Mongolian wrestling in this era was quite sophisticated, if you were to say it was.

If the formal procedure is followed, both sides must first put on full sets of traditional costumes, and before and after entering the arena, they must sing war songs, dance war dances, and perform post-match salutes.

But if you want to keep it simple, the two of you can just find any open space and start working.

Yes, as some of you may have noticed, Japanese sumo wrestling is similar. In formal matches, there are a whole host of miscellaneous etiquette and rules, but in informal settings where two people are just sparring, they just start fighting without any elaborate rituals like scrubbing, salting, or shamanistic rituals before each match.

Of course, "rules" can be simplified, but "standards" still need to be followed.

Mongolian wrestling during the Northern Yuan period had undergone a long period of development and had long abandoned the ancient rules of "killing someone" or "both shoulders touching the ground" for a loss. Instead, it was changed to "any part above the knee touching the ground results in a loss." This not only made it easier to determine the winner, but more importantly, it was less "laborious"... which was conducive to completing military selection more efficiently and energy-savingly.

Then there are attack methods: kicking, tripping, grabbing, throwing, grappling... these basic operations are definitely allowed, but things like grabbing legs, pulling down someone's pants, attacking vital points, joint locks, etc... are all prohibited.

At this point, everyone will surely say, "Does that mean that 70% of Brother Sun's methods have been banned?"

That's right, but that's not really important.

With Sun Yixie's current martial arts skills, he could easily take on a polar bear single-handedly. Even if you restrict him a little more, he could still easily defeat a Kunduli.

"Hahahaha..." Kunduli, upon seeing that the speaker was Sun Yixie, burst into laughter and sarcastically remarked, "Who do we have here? It turns out to be that Japanese rat we caught the night before last."

His sneer immediately livened up the atmosphere. The crowd, who had just been silenced by Sun Yixie's voice, came to their senses and joined Kunduli in laughing.

However, this small scene did not break Sun Yixie's thick skin at all. He pushed through the crowd and continued forward, saying as he went, "Since the general has heard about what happened the night before last, he should also know that I am not 'easy to catch' either, right?"

"Huh?" Kunduli's smile faltered as he saw that Kunduli wasn't intimidated at all and even retorted. "What do you mean? With your pathetic skills that only allow you to dodge and run away, you're actually proud of yourself?"

His statement was somewhat presumptuous.

Kunduli had indeed heard that two people had mistakenly entered the military camp the night before last, and that one had escaped while the other had been captured. He had also heard that the two were "not easy to catch," but he was not clear about the other details.

Based solely on general experience and the casualty figures that night (only a few were injured, and no one was killed, which was also an important reason why Sun Yixie was able to survive in this military camp), he deduced that the two men were difficult to capture because they were skilled at dodging and escaping.

He didn't know that the casualty figures were low that night because it was dark and Sun and Huang had never seen the armor of the Yuan army or the Da Ming border army before, so they didn't know who they were and thus held back as much as possible.

Secondly, the two were actually a bit flustered that night because they had been tricked by Miaoyinzi; one second they were chatting in the formation, and the next second they were in the Yuan army camp and were immediately surrounded and captured by the army... This led to the two being separated in the chaos, resulting in one escaping and the other being captured.

If Sun and Huang had initially thought that they could "go on a killing spree at will" and "swear to fight their way out side by side," they would most likely have been able to escape together.

"Whether it's a shoddy skill or not, General, you'll know once you try it!" Sun Yixie said, his smug and provocative tone surfacing.

As soon as he finished speaking, he walked into the earthen circle.

Kunduli sized him up, finally fixing his gaze on his extremely irritating face: "Hey, you're new here, so I'm not going to bother with you. I suggest you leave now and don't come here looking for a beating."

"Of course, of course." Sun Yixie still smiled. "To receive your guidance, General, I would not dare to utter a single complaint even if I were beaten half to death..." He paused, "However... I am worried that you have already fought several battles and drunk a lot of wine. What if you are drunk or exhausted and make a small mistake, allowing me to win by a move or two? What would that be like then?"

His words seemed to be an attempt to find excuses for the opponent's defeat before the fight even started, but in reality, it was a strategic retreat. He first made his own defeat seem justifiable, and then blocked all the ways the opponent could save face after their defeat. Once the opponent really lost, they wouldn't even have an excuse to make.

Of course, if Kunduli is truly magnanimous and can forgive and forget after losing, showing that he is convinced of Sun Yixie's sincerity, or at least he has the intelligence and composure to pretend to be like that... then he can still save face.

Unfortunately, this guy has neither the magnanimity nor the shrewdness to back it up.

"Hmph!" Kunduli snorted angrily and shouted, "You lowly servant, you're utterly courting death!" He then patted his strong chest. "Looking across the entire army camp… no! The entire grassland! There are only a handful of warriors who can rival me, Kunduli, in wrestling; those few matches were nothing more than a warm-up for me… As for my drinking capacity, I can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk!" He pointed at Sun Yixie. "Normally, someone like you isn't worthy of participating in the wrestling matches of us grassland warriors, but since you've uttered such arrogant words today, I have no choice but to teach you a lesson!"

"Alright." Seeing that the other party had fallen into the trap, Sun Yixie could no longer suppress the smile on his lips. He immediately took two steps forward, first bowing with clasped hands in the manner of martial arts competition in the Central Plains, and then said, "Then... please."

His actions, seemingly polite, were actually akin to arranging ring girls during a sumo match... which was a huge offense and provocation to Kunduri.

Kunduli, who was already so angry that he was about to spew blood from his throat, saw this scene and his blood rushed to his head. The smell of alcohol and his anger went straight to the top of his head. The next second, he roared and pounced on Sun Yixie.

This was exactly what Sun Yixie wanted.

As the saying goes, the game has already started before it even begins.

Sun Yixie, who was well aware of this principle, had just said and done everything in this regard.

At this moment, Kunduli was consumed by rage and lost his reason as soon as the battle began. This caused him to completely abandon the probing and launch a full-scale attack from the very beginning. Moreover, his attack style was very simple and reckless.

In other words, he should have had an absolute technical advantage in wrestling, but he deliberately gave up this advantage as soon as the competition started.

Faced with such a simple straight-line attack, Sun Yixie handled it with ease. He simply jumped to the side and quickly blocked the outside of Kunduli's arm, thus completing a flanking maneuver.

But just as Sun Yixie was about to give his opponent another push, sending him sprawling face-first into the mud and quickly ending the fight...

"Fuck you!"

An accident happened.

The first one to be pushed was Sun Yixie.

The people who pushed him were not Kunduli, but the soldiers who were watching around the earthen circle.

These were all soldiers under Kunduli's command, so of course they had to help their superior. At this moment, Sun Yixie's position after dodging was very close to the edge of the earthen circle, so the soldiers standing there pushed without thinking.

Fortunately, Sun Yixie reacted quickly to the sneak attack. He staggered forward a few steps but managed to regain his balance and didn't fall.

But in that moment of stumbling, Kunduli, having missed his target, was able to turn around, regroup, and launch another attack.

This time, Sun Yixie, whose footing was not yet secure, had no time to hide...

"Hoh—" A second later, Kunduli shouted again and stomped his foot.

This guy truly lived up to his innate superhuman strength; his kick was as heavy as a giant wave crashing against the shore, causing the sand to tremble and dust to fly everywhere.

This was just his "initiation"; the follow-up move was to shift his weight after stepping on the ground and then extend his arms to grab the opponent.

You all know about Zangief's Three-Breath Kill Technique, right? ...That's roughly the idea.

Kunduli's arms, with their trapezius muscles fully extended, resemble a roc spreading its wings, exuding a "beauty of strength." But if someone is caught in the grip of these arms, all that remains is a "gruesome death."

call--

Two arms came crashing down, accompanied by the sound of whistling wind.

Kunduli is incredibly strong. If Sun Yixie were to be captured and forced into close combat, he would be in danger, even though he cannot use joint locks.

Sun Yixie understood this as well, but it was too late for him to retreat and dodge. In desperation, he simply lowered his waist and crawled forward, sliding down Kundu Li's ribs towards the back of his opponent.

But even that was too late. Kunduli changed his grab to a downward clamp, trapping Sun Yixie under one side of his ribs.

"Hahaha..." When Kunduli achieved this stance, he was convinced that he had won. He had won countless wrestling matches in this way before. He knew that all he had to do next was to pick up Sun Yixie and slam him to the ground.

unexpectedly……

"Hahaha...ha! Ah? Hahaha..." Kunduli laughed, but then his laughter changed, and he quickly released Sun Yixie.

Before anyone around could figure out what was going on, Kunduli yelled at Sun Yixie, "You...you're using these childish tricks in a fight, have you no shame?"

It turned out that after Sun Yixie was restrained, he immediately started tickling Kunduli's armpits, causing a sudden tingling sensation under the other's armpit, which he could no longer resist and had to let go.

For Sun Yixie, this move wasn't even a quick-thinking tactic; it was simply one of the ready-made strategies directly taught to him by those two cunning old bastards on Erxian Island.

"What are you talking about? I don't understand." Faced with the questioning, Sun Yixie simply pretended to be stupid.

His expression seemed to say: I'm tickling you! What rule says you can't tickle? Go ahead and try!

Seeing this, Kunduli became even angrier.

But Sun Yixie wasn't finished: "General, are you just making excuses because you're afraid of losing? Don't be so hasty, the battle isn't over yet."

Here, he used the same words he had said before the match to put further pressure on Kunduli; everyone knew that the more he said this, the more anxious his opponent would become.

For Kunduli at this moment, not only could he not make any excuses, but every second the other party stood there felt like a slap in the face.

"Ah—" Helpless, Kunduli could only curse the other party as a despicable villain in his heart, and charged forward again while howling.

This time, however, Sun Yixie was smarter. To prevent Kunduli's "home advantage" from taking effect again, Sun Yixie no longer approached the edge of the dirt circle. Instead, he chose to move and dodge inside the circle, and then, with a smooth move and a trip, he took down Kunduli, ending the match without any serious trouble.

"General, you are too kind." Then, in complete silence, Sun Yixie clasped his hands in salute, once again announcing his victory with the etiquette of the Central Plains martial arts competition.

"You...you..." Kunduli lay on the ground for a few seconds. When he stood up, his face was already red and purple, but apart from gritting his teeth and squeezing out a few "you"s, he couldn't say anything else.

This defeat, while merely a physical fall for Kunduli, dealt him an unprecedented blow to his spirit and reputation.

A few seconds later, enraged, he turned around and drew a knife from the waist of one of his subordinates...