Dajin picked up a god of war

Chapter 60 The halberd turns into a spear

In the Beifu Barracks, Jingzhou soldiers and Beifu soldiers work together, some are responsible for tying up the bamboo rafts, and some are responsible for assembling.

The tinkling sound was incessant.

The new team leader Liu Yu and Tan Pingzhi walked among the soldiers. Although the two were recruits, they already enjoyed a high reputation in the Beifu.

These laborious and laborious work, they must intervene, everyone is looking forward to their first battle in Jingling, what kind of wonderful performance they will have.

Wei Yongzhi's departure made the hardcore three-person team look a lot lonely. Fortunately, He Wuji joined in at this time.

He Wuji, who is familiar with the situation on the battlefield, concluded that the two sides must go to war today.

This view was questioned by Tan Pingzhi.

"Why is Dr. He so sure that there must be a battle today?"

The meteor hammer in his hand was polished by Tan Pingzhi, especially the nipple nails protruding from the hammer, which were even more gleaming.

He Wuji smiled, put his hands together and said, "It's been three or four days since the two armies faced off. Look at the atmosphere in this barracks, it's already extremely tense. If it collapses like this, the string will be broken."

"It's not just our army, but also the Qin army. Moreover, you can see from their continuous provocation today that they are more anxious."

"Now, let's see which side can calm down."

"Dr. He is right!"

"At critical moments, the comparison is patience."

Wuji turned around and saw Wang Mi wearing a suit of armor, holding a halberd in his hand and a green leather package, and walked over happily.

"Secretary Wang, are you going to the battlefield too?"

Seeing the guy Wang Mi was holding in his hand, he had to guess.But Wang Mi was not proficient in martial arts. In this regard, they came all the way from Jingkou, and everyone was like a mirror in their hearts.

Not to mention martial arts, even wearing this two-level armor on Wang Mi felt awkward.

Wang Mi didn't care about He Wuji's suspicion.

Walking straight towards his goal, he handed the burden to Liu Yu: "Ji slave, this is for you, and this spear is also prepared for you."

Liu Yu ignorantly took the thing in his hand, then he turned his head and said to He Wuji, "These weapons are not for me, they are for Liu Yu."

"Secretary Wang is too polite, what kind of weapons are not available in the military camp, and special preparations are needed." Tan Jingzhi has a forthright temperament, and he is not at all dissatisfied that he has not prepared one for him.He Wuji has always been a conscientious person, and soon, he discovered that the weapon that Wang Mi handed over to Liu Yu was different from ordinary weapons.

"Why doesn't this halberd, Secretary Wang, have a horizontal thorn?"

Wang Mi immediately cast an admiring look at him, and He Wuji's eyes were as bright as a torch.

"Dr. He has good eyesight. This weapon is indeed specially made by me. The slave is highly skilled in martial arts. Let him use it first. If it can kill the Quartet on the battlefield, I will suggest to General Xie to build a large number of this weapon. ."

"You said just now that this weapon is called a spear?"

Wang Mi nodded: "Indeed, this weapon was transformed from a halberd. I named him a spear."

"This kind of weapon has no horizontal thorns, only vertical thorns."

Wang Mi stroked the tip of the spear, looking very affectionate.

Coming from across the country, someone Wang has something to do!The Eastern Jin court was so weak, living in the south of the Yangtze River for decades, not to mention the strategy of combat, that is, even the weapons and horses have not been able to make any progress, and there is no rank in history.

Traveling to such a tragic dynasty, half of the country in the north was occupied by aliens, and they all rode high-headed horses and showed off their might.

On the Jin Dynasty side, although they can protect themselves, recovering lost territory is basically a dream.

As a member of the Great Jin Dynasty, Wang Mi is determined to restore the Central Plains, and this first step starts with the transformation of weapons.

Directed by Wang Mi himself, the blacksmith in the workshop made this spear with a hammer, and it was made according to the style that became popular after the Tang Dynasty.

During the Jin Dynasty, the halberd was the most popular weapon from infantry to cavalry.

The difference between a halberd and a spear is mainly on the pointed end.The pointed end of the halberd is in the shape of an inverted "bu", while the pointed end of the spear has no point of the word "bu", only vertical spikes.

In general, spears are lighter than halberds, and are easier to handle.And because there is no horizontal thorn to block, the spearhead can penetrate deeper into the enemy's flesh, causing more damage to the enemy, or even a fatal blow.

People can't help but ask, since the spear is more lethal, why did people in the Eastern Jin Dynasty make more expensive halberds.

There is no reason for him, it is all forced by circumstances!

In this era, the inability of weapons to progress is directly related to the backwardness of horse gear.

Let’s talk about the saddle first. Historically, the evolution of saddles has gone through three processes: a simple low saddle, a super high saddle, and a medium-sized saddle with a reasonable position and a suitable height.

During this period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the super-high saddle was popular. This kind of saddle was designed to make the cavalry more stable on the horse.

Because in the Jin Dynasty, people did not realize that the stirrup had the effect of improving the stability of the cavalry on the horseback, so the super-high saddle that could firmly fix the human body on the horseback came into being.

But such a saddle has obvious disadvantages.

The ultra-high saddle made it more difficult for the cavalry to mount, not to mention that the young master of Wang Mi, who had no martial arts skills, had to use all his strength every time he mounted a horse.

Furthermore, the rigid high saddle further limited the range of movement of the cavalry on the horse, making it very difficult for them to move around.

Therefore, on the basis of the difficulty of turning sideways, the horizontal thorn of the halberd becomes very important.

Using the halberd, you can not only stab the enemy in front of you, but also use the sweeping tactics to stab the enemies on the left and right sides.

This is a good supplementary combat method in the context of the limited range of cavalry on horseback.

In the Tang Dynasty, whether it was the appearance of double stirrups or the change in the way of using stirrups, the saddle, a traditional harness, could get rid of the fate of being higher and higher.

The cavalry placed their feet in the stirrups, which was a leap forward, which allowed the cavalry to ride firmly on the horse's back even if they were running fast and would not fall.

Correspondingly, since the stirrups can withstand the high-speed impact of the cavalry and provide them with balance, the saddle can be lowered accordingly to return to a more reasonable height.

Mounting is easier, the cavalry has a wider range of activities, it is extremely convenient to turn around, and it is quite convenient to stab left and right, which makes the relatively cumbersome halberd horizontal thorn lose its meaning.

So from the Tang Dynasty, the horizontal thorns of the halberd gradually shrank until they finally disappeared.At this time, only the vertical thorn spear was finalized.

(End of this chapter)