The eighteen weapons of ancient China in the Yuan Qu refer to: "knives, guns, swords, halberds, axes, cymbals, hooks, forks, whips, hammers, goats, hammers, hammers, mallets, rods, spears, rakes" weapons, of which the hammer, also known as the horse mallet, is a heavy cavalry weapon belonging to Chinese weapons, mostly used for horse combat. The weight of the mallet is difficult for the average person to lift, so the requirements for the user are extremely high.
The shape of the mallet and the spear have the same magic, but its function is separated by 108,000 miles, the shortest mallet is also six feet long, which translates to two meters, and the gun head is tens of centimeters longer than the long gun. Its use is even more varied, the horse mallet can sweep, can cover the split, can cut, can provoke, can charge and block is the king weapon of the ancient cavalry, but also the infantry defense weapon, and the spear share the reputation of "the king of a hundred soldiers".
In the late Han Dynasty, the cavalry occupied a pivotal role, its mode of combat is to charge, the requirements for its armor and weapons are very high, the horse mallet was born, the spear head of the horse mallet is modified after the thorn edge, and there are many ridges, born to break the armor, a person who will use the horse mallet, charge on the battlefield, with one enemy ten, like probing the bag, and the horse mallet has become the best choice in the hands of the cavalry in the army.
Its production process is more complicated, especially the barrel of the horse mallet, its gun can not be iron, too heavy on the battlefield physical consumption too fast will lead to their own difficulties, can not be made of wood, fragile wood its defense ability serious decline will also lead to too soft and difficult to play the strength of the gun.
So what material gun can exert the full strength of the horse mallet? In fact, the barrel of the horse mallet is modeled on a wood pole, with a very flexible rattan skin, crisp and tender bamboo pieces, and threads integrated together, and then soaked in oil, and then wrapped with a layer of kudzu cloth, coated with a layer of glue fixed, to dry after another layer of kudzu cloth, continue to use glue to fix it, repeated cycle. Until the sound of swinging the knife is similar to the sound of cutting iron, and you are done.
The barrel part of the gun has become the essence of a horse mallet, the quality of a horse mallet, three points to see the gun head, seven points to see the gun barrel. The whole production process lasts for several years, and it is not necessary to create a good horse mallet, but you can imagine how precious the horse mallet is. Ordinary soldiers have no opportunity to use it, only generals or heavy cavalry who can use it will exert the great power of this weapon.
Around 1965, in a mausoleum from the Tang Dynasty in Liquan County, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province, the archaeological team found a well-made horse mallet, although the whole mallet has undergone the baptism of the long river of history, rusty, but when unearthed, it still emits a cold and hairy atmosphere. But I don't know what material is used.
The weight of the unearthed horse mallet was so strong that five strong men could not lift it! In the Tang Dynasty at that time, who could use such a horse mallet? Because the excavated horse mallet does not have any inscription on the tip of the gun, it is difficult to judge who used it in a short period of time, but according to the year of the tomb, this horse mallet should have been used by a fierce general shortly after 618.
In 618, the early years of the Tang Dynasty, there were only two people who could use the horse mallet, the first was the famous tang dynasty general Wei Chigong, and the second was Qin Qiong, a famous general in the early years of the Tang Dynasty. They were all fierce generals under Li Shiming, the King of Tang, and according to many historical records, Wei Chigong used a double weapon more often.
According to the Old Book of Tang, "Shu Bao made good use of the horse mallet, and the thief was outnumbered, which can be described as brave." Every time Qin Qiong used a horse mallet, he would achieve brilliant results, and whenever there were generals in the enemy army who showed off their weapons and horses, Li Shiming would send Qin Qiong forward, and with just one shot, General Qin Qiong would pick the enemy out of the horse and execute him, and the horse mallet used by Qin Qiong was even more invincible and unstoppable.
Qin Qiong, who had a good reputation in his life, participated in more than two hundred battles, large and small, and although he was seriously injured many times, as long as the war ended, he tirelessly fought on the next battlefield, and Qin Qiong's physical strength was even more remarkable.
And around Liquan County are more Tang Dynasty mausoleums, the weapons unearthed here are all weapons that Li Shiming trusted in the generals used to fight, so if you look at it, the possibility of this horse mallet Qin Qiong using is extremely great. The silver saddle shines on the white horse, fluttering like a shooting star. Ten steps to kill a person, a thousand miles do not stay. The thing whisked away, hiding deep with the name.