ONE "sword fodder" wulin sect flunky vs. ONE imperial soldier

[pannonian]

What is an 'average' soldier? In ancient times, bulk of soldiers were pressed levies or militias who were basically farmers or peasants press-ganged into service. Frankly, author intention aside, if it was a professional soldier, they would be training near daily and probably have better experience and will to fight than scrub wulin members who might not be training full time - e.g. they have other work.

Special forces soldiers should have an advantage. Part of their training involves abseiling down cliffs. Some at least should fall whilst abseiling, and at the bottom of their fall they will encounter a cave. Once they train in the lost manual they find within the cave, their fighting ability will improve dramatically.

[Western Eccentric]

Well in Huashan YG once say to Jue Yuan that even 400 Wushi (trained soldier/guard) couldn't "harm" Yin Kexi/Xiao Xiangzi..

[CC]

Well in Huashan YG once say to Jue Yuan that even 400 Wushi (trained soldier/guard) couldn't "harm" Yin Kexi/Xiao Xiangzi..

And in DGSD, JY using the narrator voice said no martial artist can stand against 7-8 soldiers.

[CC]

Killing people is a psychologically stressful activity that civilians aren't prepared for. If, in a fight, one is prepared to do it and the other is not, the one who is prepared to kill should have a decisive advantage.

Its hard for us sitting in front of computers to comprehend this bit. I know a special forces commander who told me he saw 2 of his 'best in training supersoldiers' get killed in front of his eyes because they couldn't pull the trigger when a live human was the target. Given his background, I have no reason to doubt him.

[Western Eccentric]

And in DGSD, JY using the narrator voice said no martial artist can stand against 7-8 soldiers.

In the same novel he also say DYQ ~ 10000 soldiers..

[wkeej]

OT: i have heard that some special forces use very sick animals as live targets. After these animals are shot, they are passed to the medical doctors to operate on them to see whether these animals can be saved. Cruel?

[Ken Cheng]

If just ONE typical wulin sword fodder flunky (e.g. no-name, low level members of wulin sects who are a dime a dozen and are typically KO'd *by* the dozen at the hands of the main hero, even when the main hero is still very young and nowhere close to elite martial arts status yet) went up against just ONE typical imperial soldier (whichever dynasty you like), who would most likely win, and how long would the fight last?