In the long history of more than 5,000 years in China, there have been numerous scenes of competing for hegemony. They have far-reaching influence, or with the passage of time, or with the development of the times, some of which have influenced so far, and some of which have been difficult to find answers from ancient books. So, what kind of country can survive? How not to be easily eliminated? Now we know very well that any country with advanced weapons has the initiative in the battlefield and can even change the war situation. In fact, the same is true in ancient times, except that the battlefield initiative in the era of cold weapons was mastered by people. In a sense, sharp swords and guns are equivalent to advanced weapons today.
In China's ancient society with farming as the main body, the development of productive forces was of decisive significance to the renewal of weapons. In the pre-Qin period, due to the limitation of productivity, bronze was widely used, and the military was no exception, so the materials of weapons were mostly bronze, but there were also materials such as stones. Many cultural relics made of bronze have been unearthed, which shows the prevalence of materials at that time. The use of iron in the Spring and Autumn Period is of historical significance. There are obvious differences between the two materials.
Bronze is a mixture of other substances on the basis of copper, but it is too brittle and hard compared with iron, which is more durable and sharp than bronze and more suitable for weapons. In this way, iron shines on the stage of history.
Mo Mo Dao Dao is one of the four sabers in Tang Dynasty. This is a long knife with two blades. The blade is super-grade spring steel, which is resistant to cutting and deformation. It is all made of medium carbon steel, with a blue surface and hemp rope. This knife weighs more than 22 kilograms. "New Tang Book Zhang Xing Biography": "The stranger's knife weighs 50 Jin and takes the city. Thieves will enter, and every knife will be used. " Mo Dao was invincible on the battlefield, which made the "Siyi" cavalry flinch. When Tang Jun fought the "Siyi" cavalry with a strange knife, he lined up in a soldier's wall with the blade forward. It is as powerful as today's tanks. With a wave of his sword, the horse's leg was beheaded, and the whole army was scattered, like cutting melons and vegetables, crushing the enemy with an avalanche.
Tang Jun used a knife as a weapon, and once set a record of destroying Bolu small country in one day. He was called "the world's knife tyrant"! In the Ming and Qing dynasties, with the development of society, skilled craftsmen kept learning the skills of knife-making, and with their own unique skills, they made new breakthroughs in the complex technological processes of knife-making, forging, quenching, inlaying and riveting. In this way, the broadsword was born.
Perhaps the most dazzling thing in this period is not the cold weapon, but the real "cannon". In the Ming Dynasty, the army was defeated in Nurhachi. Xu Guangqi, who knew western academic at that time, was highly valued in the imperial court. He actively learned about artillery from western missionaries at that time. At this time, the force of the latter Jin Dynasty was mainly soldiers and cavalry, but the Ming Dynasty already had its own new weapon, that is, "red cannon" (also known as red cannon).
The invincible general cannon of the Qing dynasty was born, and it is not easy to listen to the name. When Qing Sheng conquered Geldan, the invincible Shenwei General Gun became the key to winning. In a battle, Gedan used camel formation to resist the Qing army. If the Qing army directly fights with Gerdan's army on the endless grassland, the camel formation will cause great losses to the Qing army.
After analyzing the situation, Emperor Kangxi proposed that the camel array must be destroyed first, so that the passive can be turned into the active, so he dispatched the invincible generals to bombard Gerdan's camel array. Finally, the Grdan army suffered heavy losses and fled to the west, which laid the foundation for the Qing army to finally put down the rebellion. Since then, the "Shenwei Invincible General Gun" has become famous.