Since some time ago on the Internet, after the musical instrument performance of "Lanling King's Entry Song" became popular, various cultural materials with Chinese elements began to emerge, and many people shouted directly, from now on we will regain our own cultural self-confidence.
It was also after this song that we learned that we had lost too many things in the past thousand years, and in addition to this classic song, there were three famous weapons on the mainland, one of which could be defeated by one against ten, and it was said that it had spread to Japan.
One of them is a unique masterpiece in the world, do you know which three weapons are these?
Zhuge Lian crossbow
Since entering the era of hot weapons, our collective name for weapons has always been signed by guns, and in the feudal period, the types of weapons on the mainland range from swords, guns, swords to axes and forks, each has its own different, but it has its own sharp beauty.
Such as Guan Yu's Green Dragon Crescent Sword, or Xuanyuan Sword, etc., all have their own long history, when it comes to famous weapons, there is a special weapon that must be mentioned, that is, Zhuge Lian Crossbow.
Many people come into contact with the four words of Zhuge Lian's crossbow, which basically originate from the Three Kingdoms Killing, almost at the first sight of this weapon, they are deeply fascinated by this weapon that gives people handsome and solemn killing.
The earliest record of Zhuge Lian's crossbow did appear in the Three Kingdoms period, and there is such a record in the "Spring and Autumn of the Wei Dynasty": Liang Zuo Eight Affairs, Seven Precepts, Six Fears, and Five Fears, all have rules... With iron as the arrow, the arrow is eight inches long, and the crossbow is ten arrows. This is also the original record of Zhuge Lian's crossbow.
It is said that the crossbow can fire ten crossbow arrows at a time, there are two forms of size, small crossbow is easy to carry, the crossbow itself is very light, more suitable for infantry or individual combat, can achieve its unexpected effect on the battlefield.
The size of the Dalian crossbow is much larger, not very convenient to carry, most of the time, it is mounted on the city wall, similar to the position of a sniper in our modern day, the crossbow has strong penetration, great power, and can be used as a defense or a long-range attack.
Later, in the late Han Dynasty, Ma Jun improved on the basis of the production, first of all, the transformation of volume and weight, and because Ma Jun did not want to destroy the original lethality and penetration, after the material of the bow and crossbow was reduced, it was necessary to do kung fu in the process and arrows.
Later, this improvement did have certain results, but because of the particularity of the arrow and the complexity of the process, this crossbow was not popularized, so that later, it was gradually lost.
Tang Dynasty strange knife
In 1964, Chengdu Pi County once unearthed an ordinary crossbow machine from 261 AD, and many netizens who were keen on reproducing cold weapons also used this as a reference to carry out a lot of experience in making "Zhuge Lian Crossbow", thus sharing it on the Network. Although some of them are exquisite in their senses and look imposing, they are only a work of art in the end, and they do not represent the real Zhuge Lian crossbow.
This other weapon is the Mo Dao, the name is relatively unfamiliar, compared to the Mo Dao, perhaps more familiar to everyone is the Japanese samurai sword. The katana is basically the standard for every Japanese soldier, but what we don't know is that the source of the katana is actually the moko.
Mo dao is known as the cavalry nemesis, the Network has more "strange knife out, people and horses broken" said, the so-called mo knife, in fact, is a long knife, which is a weapon that began to be popular from around 679 AD, at the beginning, it was mainly developed to fight against the Turkic heavy cavalry.
In the Tang Dynasty, it was basically the main battlefield of the cavalry, in the face of this situation, people also began to use the strange knife frequently, after all, if it is a cavalry against the cavalry, it is also necessary to buy horses, the cost is too high, but if it is equipped with a strange knife to cut horses, there is no such trouble.
But unfortunately, because the Tang Dynasty did not allow weapons to be buried with people, and even the casting method was once regarded as an official secret, we have not unearthed any real shape records about the strange knife so far, and can only peek at a star and a half from ancient books.
Therefore, although we know the approximate appearance of the strange knife, any picture of the strange knife is actually a conjecture, which may not be the real strange knife in history. It is worth mentioning that from the ancient books we also find a little trace of the later mo dao, it is said that a long time ago, there were Japanese emissaries visiting the Tang Dynasty.
Before leaving, I got a strange knife as an important relic, and finally brought it back to Japan, and the samurai sword we saw later may have hidden the shadow of the strange sword. There are not many records of the strange knife in history, and after synthesizing several aspects of the material, many people believe that the weapon closest to the strange knife today should be the Japanese Daitai knife.
spear
This last weapon, which is also a weapon that can be called one enemy against ten in history, is called a heavy weapon, with a handle of six feet long, an oval head, a blade that can reach more than 60 centimeters, and much longer than ordinary long guns, which is very suitable for cavalry to fight on horseback.
Wei Chigong of the Tang Dynasty is the one who uses the hammer, and it is also the best of all the classic characters who use the hammer, "The public executioner follows each other, although millions of people like me!" "The praise is Wei Chigong.
Whether in the novel or the TV series, we see the heroes dancing with the tiger and tiger, one person riding on a horse, with a hammer can single out many generals.
But if there is a similar weapon, if you simulate it in reality, you can know that this is not the case. First of all, when the horse runs, because of the resistance in the air and the impact, it is not easy to swing such a long weapon, the human physical strength is limited, and the hammer itself has a certain weight, and the movement will inevitably be a little slow.
And according to historical records, the hammer and spear are actually very similar, so the drawbacks of the two are also surprisingly similar, after the weapon pierces into the human body, because of the armor worn by the other party, as well as its own momentum, even if it can penetrate the enemy's body, but the same, the reaction force will also shock the soldier's wrist and even the arm.
Therefore, in real combat, soldiers basically fight with the inertia of throwing, and while stabbing the enemy, they will let go and let the weapon stay in the enemy's body.
epilogue
However, in this way, the use of the hammer became a disposable weapon, the loss was too great, and after the Song Dynasty, it began to gradually withdraw from the historical stage, and after the loss of Yanyun Sixteen Continents, the powerful cavalry regiment was consumed, and the hammer also lost his place of use. Coupled with the high cost of the mallet, gradually, it was also eliminated by the dynasty.
These three weapons, if they are put into modern times, may not be practical, but these are the testimony of our history and culture, but also the crystallization of the wisdom of our ancients, if completely lost, it is inevitable that there will be some pity.
Resources
Baidu Encyclopedia - Zhuge Lian crossbow