The entire "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" depicts the history of nearly a hundred years from the Yellow Turban Rebellion at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the return of the Three Kingdoms to the Jin Dynasty. In the whole novel, there are thousands of characters, and there are more than 200 military generals with names and surnames alone.
The power schemes in the novel are certainly fascinating, but what makes the public most happy is the bloody fight of those military generals on the battlefield.
And to fight a war, it is inseparable from weapons. The weapons of some of the major warlords have always been talked about. Such as Guan Gong's Qinglong Yanyue Sword, Zhang Fei's Zhangba Snake Spear, Liu Bei's Double-Stranded Sword, Lü Bu's Fang Tian Painting Sword, and so on.
So, in the whole "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which 3 kinds of weapons are the most favored by the military generals?
In this regard, someone once specially counted and arranged the weapons of the 224 military generals who appeared in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and no one was left behind whose blades were clearly explained by the author Luo Guanzhong.
It turned out that
The weapon used the most by the warriors was the sword, reaching 89,
Almost half of the total.
In second place is the gun, which reaches 63,
It also accounts for more than a third.
In third place is the sword, with a total of 34,
Although it is a short blade, many people use it as a main battle weapon. Ranked further behind, there are weapons such as halberds, axes, and hammers, while long hammers, iron janes, iron forks, and iron whips are relatively unpopular blades, and only 1-2 people are using them.
The choice of weapons often has a lot to do with the physique and personality characteristics of the military generals. For example, the warriors who use large knives are often fierce and brave, and the warriors who use long guns are often slender and calm. Some people who use "strange weapons" are a different story.
For example, He Man, who was born from the Yellow Turban Thief, used an iron rod and was an "infantryman", and as a result, he was hacked to death by Cao Hong as soon as he appeared on the scene; Pan Feng and Xing Daorong, who used the Kaishan Axe, seemed to be mighty, but in fact they were vain, and they were all beheaded by several rounds (except, of course, Xu Huang).
Why has the sword become a favorite of warriors?
This is because, in the Three Kingdoms, there are more scenes of warlords fighting immediately. The big knife is known as the "Marshal of a Hundred Soldiers", which can be cut, split, and even stabbed, and its power is more powerful than swords and guns.
With the help of the impact of the warhorse, the military general uses a large knife to slash immediately, which is undoubtedly more lethal and has more advantages when fighting with other military generals at once. Therefore, "front-line" military generals like Guan Yu, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Xu Chu, and Pound De used weapons that were all large knives.
In addition, there are more classifications of knives, not only the green dragon crescent knife, three-pointed two-edged knife, large knife, three-pointed knife and other long blades, but also short blades such as the iron ring first knife, double knife, and ancient ingot knife, which are suitable for horse infantry combat, or daily self-defense. Moreover, in real history, most of the weapons used by cavalry are still this short knife of about 1 meter, which is suitable for cutting on horseback, powerful, and light in weight, suitable for long-term combat.
Secondly, why is the gun also the main weapon of the warriors?
In ancient times, guns were known as the "King of a Hundred Soldiers" and were used by soldiers. The gun is a long weapon that is suitable not only for infantry formations, but also for cavalry and warriors to charge on horseback. The use of guns is infinitely variable, and many weapons can be defeated, so some "technical flow" warriors especially love to kill the enemy with guns.
Of the five tiger generals of the Shu Han Dynasty, as many as three of them used guns: Zhao Yun and Ma Chao were invincible in marksmanship, and Zhang Fei's Zhangba Snake Spear could also be counted as a kind of gun. Among cao wei's fierce generals, Zhang Gao and Xiahou Huan were also masters of using guns. On the side of Sun Wu, there are fierce men such as Sun Ce and Tai Shi Ci who are good at making long guns.
Finally, let's talk about the third-ranked sword.
In ancient times, the sword was known as the "king of a hundred soldiers", because the sword itself had a noble temperament. Therefore, when we watch the Romance of the Three Kingdoms TV series, many literati and scholars in it may not have the strength to bind the chicken, but they also carry swords with them. However, this also shows that with the development of the times, the sword gradually withdrew from the stage of actual combat and became an ornament.
However, in Luo Guanzhong's pen, there are still many people who use swords, but most of them are monarchs or commanders and Confucian generals, which also shows the kingly spirit of the sword.
In Cao Wei, Cao Cao's sword is the most famous. He had two swords, one heavenly sword and one green sword. The Yitian Sword was worn by himself, while the Qingyi Sword was given to xiahou En, the family's child. Knowing that Xiahou En's martial arts were not good, he carried his sword everywhere, and was looked at by Zhao Yun, who went up and stabbed him to death with a shot, taking away the Qingyi sword.
In the Shu Han Dynasty, the monarch used a double-stranded sword, also known as a male and female double sword. Many people think that Liu Bei's martial arts are sparse. In fact, in my opinion, he is burdened by weapons. Horse warfare pays attention to "one inch long and one inch strong", so most military generals use long weapons, while What is used is a short weapon, which itself suffers a big loss.
In the book, Liu Bei dared to use short soldiers to fight Lü Bu's Fang Tian Painting Sword, which not only required courage, but also a symbol of his martial arts.