The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 846 Yang Tong's heart beat

"Report to Your Majesty, the new knife has been made, please have a look at it." In the backyard of the Shaofu Prison, Ouye, who was a little disappointed seeing the Flying Shenzhou gaining popularity, came out to ask for instructions.

Seven days ago, Ou Yeqian drew ten copies each of the Gurkha machete, seven-eyed dog-leg machete, and Damascus knife that Yang Tong carved on the ground, and then ten top craftsmen each made three of their own best according to their own understanding. An ideal sword, but they know whether the sword is good or not, and only those who have experienced many battles have the final say, so on the day when the sword is made, Jiang Xingben, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, came forward and invited Li Jing, Wang Wei, Yang Gongren, Yang Shanhui, Pei Renji, Yuchi Gong, Luo Shixin, Xue Wanjun, Xie Yingdeng, Dou Jiande, Xiao Xian and other experienced veterans came to test their knives.These people know that Yang Tong intends to use new knives to replace the horizontal knives and daggers in the army, and they all try their best to experience the knives.

They tried one by one, and each expressed their own opinions. Which one is good, where is it good, which one is not good, and where are its shortcomings, they all pointed out one by one, and said their own opinions. suggestions and opinions.

Afterwards, the veteran Li Jing put forward another point of view that everyone agrees with: he believed that the users of the new sword were ordinary soldiers. As for the appeal of armed forces, at his suggestion, another group of veterans of the Xuanjia Army were invited to test. As expected by Li Jingzhi, the soldiers gave many different opinions and opinions from them.

Ou Yeqian and other master craftsmen combined the opinions of soldiers and generals, modified the overall design and each part one by one, obtained the most satisfactory data, created the best enemy-killing weapon, and derived another short blade.

Famous swordsmiths such as Ou Yeqian put great effort into these four new types of knives. Now that the knives are finished, they all hope that their hard work will be recognized by Yang Tong.

"I can't wait, so hurry up and submit it!" Yang Tong said happily.

The next attack direction is Yizhou, where the puppet Tang Dynasty is located. Therefore, Yang Tong not only needs an elite infantry proficient in mountain warfare, but also a matching sword. , the short-bladed Gurkha scimitar are obviously more suitable for mountain jungle warfare than the horizontal sword and barrier knife dagger.

"I obey you." Ou Yeqian saw that Yang Tong was paying attention, and the disappointment in his heart was swept away, and he quickly asked for four long and short knives to be brought up.

When these four distinctive swords appeared, those civil and military officials who did not participate in the trial looked at each other in blank dismay. They thought that Yang Tong's Chaolu Baodao and Shengwu 36 were weird enough, but who would have thought that these four knives were even weirder.

Yang Tong was also stunned, but it wasn't because of the seven-eyed dog-legged scimitar, the Damascus knife, and the Gurkha scimitar. Although these three knives have changed, the patterns he depicted are always obvious, while the other short blade is not. To his shock, this guy looks like Huaguo's famous 99-style paratrooper knife.

Because of the plot, Yang Tong waved this national quintessence in his hand a few times, "The dagger is portable and light. It is a short blade for body protection and a warrior's last weapon. It pays more attention to killing with one blow, in case others After being severely wounded, there is still power to die together. Only stabbing can make the enemy lose combat power in a short time. Other gestures are difficult to cause serious damage to the enemy at once. In addition to stabbing and cutting functions, this knife also has the functions of chopping, cutting, and cutting. The characteristics of chopping, sawing, and prying..." He felt the serrations on the back of the knife with his fingers, and continued: "A weapon also has its lifespan. When it chops a certain number of times, it will crack, roll, and break. When our soldiers set up camp, they often cut down trees with their weapons, and the existence of these serrated teeth can largely replace the blade, thus achieving the function of protecting weapons."

"The Holy One is wise." Ou Yeqian devoted all his energy to swords and swords, and cherished weapons like a child. Hearing Yang Yu's words, he immediately felt like meeting a friend. , and the characteristics of the other three new knives are designed with a short blade. In addition to the function mentioned by the Holy One, it can also saw the enemy's barracks and door bolts without making too much noise during night raids. Another point is The color of the blade..."

Yang Tong heard the words and took a closer look, and found that the blade was covered with various patterns, like flowing clouds and flowing water, which were extremely wonderful. The magical patterns were simply the natural beauty of man-made carvings, but the deep texture also prevented the blade from reflecting light at night, making it look like a more stealthy.He moved and asked, "Is this Persian patterned steel?"

"Not bad!"

"As far as I know, the unique smelting technology and forging method of Persian patterned steel has always been a technical secret of the Persians. Occasionally, steel ingots are introduced into our dynasty, and they are also quite expensive. The cost of this knife may not exceed a hundred gold."

"Your Majesty does not know something. When the late emperor was alive, he established friendly relations with the Persian Sasanian Dynasty. His king, Kuslao II, also visited the Sui Dynasty to pay tribute to treasures. I don’t know what method he used to obtain these technologies from the entourage of King Kuslao II.” Ou Yeqian introduced in detail.

Yang Tong was overjoyed and said, "It means that we can also make patterned steel?"

"That's right, we can also smelt patterned steel now, and the method is not complicated." Ou Yeqian said.

Yang Tong was extremely curious: "How do you know such details?"

Ou Yeqian replied: "This chronicle, as well as the technology, was accidentally found by the humble official in front of the Daxing Palace in the Great Library Hall."

"The original or the copy?" Yang Tong asked again.When Yang Guang was emperor, he had a collection of more than 37 volumes and 7.7 categories of books. After collecting them, he even asked someone to carefully copy a copy, which was originally left in Luoyang Guanwen Temple, and then he was taken to Yecheng by himself. Now it is back to Guanwen Hall in Luoyang. As for the Daxing Palace Dazangshu Hall, it is a duplicate copy.With my emphasis on smelting and the multiple classifications of many personnel, this patterned steel should not be able to escape, right?
Ou Yeqian said, "It's Pei Ju's handwritten copy. The handwriting is very scribbled. It should have been written in a hurry."

Yang Tong nodded, "Or the books that Pei Ju volunteered to offer to Li Yuan, but they were not taken seriously."

"It should be like this." Ou Yeqian reminded: "By the way, my lord, this book is still in the Great Library Hall, classified in the category of illustrations and records, next to "Zhujun's Products and Local Customs", "District Yutuzhi", "Zhuzhou Maps "Jingji" and "Illustrations of the Western Regions" compiled by Pei Ju are put together, the name, the name is "Shiji Handbook."

Ou Yeqian attaches great importance to the pattern outline and knows it in detail.

"This name, no wonder people don't pay attention to it..." Yang Tong felt that there might be other treasures in this "Historical Notes", so he immediately paid attention to it, and told Yin Mingyue: "Mingyue, find this book and take it to the Palace of Manna."

"Here." Yin Mingyue bowed and left.

Yang Tong kept Pei Ju's contribution in mind, and carefully looked at the 99 paratrooper knife in his hand, and said fondly, "I have kept this knife."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your attention. It's just that this sword has not yet been named, so please give me a name." Ou Yeqian was overjoyed. Yang Tong's arsenal is not one of ordinary swords. There are many legendary swords and swords that have long since disappeared, except for Yang Tong who wears it from time to time. The Zhanlu sword, the seven-star Longyuan sword, the Chunjun sword that 'temporarily' belongs to the empress, and Yang Qinfang's Chengying sword. It is said that there are also the Chiyou sword and the Daxia dragon bird... Although he has never seen the latter two, the weight is estimated Yes... It is the highest honor in his life to keep his own knives together with these divine blades.

"Dragon Yin!"

"Thank you Holy One for the name."

Yang Tong looked at the other three knives that were also made of patterned steel, and asked, "Are there any that are not made of patterned steel?"

"Yes!" Ou Yeqian sent another four knives made of Zhongyuan Iron and Steel, and introduced: "The steel and forging methods used in these four are not much different from horizontal knives."

Yang Tong put down his dragon teeth, picked up a Damascus knife suitable for cavalry, and said to Luo Shixin, "Take a horizontal knife and strike each other."

"Here." Luo Shixin took a horizontal knife from Yidao's guard, and when he was ready, the two of them slashed at each other, only to hear a crisp sound, and the horizontal knife broke in two on the spot.

Seeing the effect here, everyone was dumbfounded, even those who had tried knives, because they had never cut each other before, so they were also stunned by the effect.

The Hengdao is not a product of the era that came out of nowhere. It was inherited from the Huanshou Dao of the Han Dynasty. After hundreds of years of improvement, it has what it is today. If it is not for its own strong strength, it will not become the Jin Dynasty, the Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Great Sui Dynasty. The standard equipment of the army.

However, it is really unbelievable that it is cut in half by a new knife of the same steel and the same forging process.

"It's actually easy to understand!" Seeing everyone's expressions, Yang Tong pointed to the knife and explained to everyone: "This knife has a curved blade, the protruding front section of the blade has the effect of gathering strength, and the concave section of the back section has a miraculous effect. , when I slashed out with one knife, all the power was concentrated in the middle and front, and with the help of the middle and back, the power was extraordinarily powerful; while the blade of the horizontal knife was straight, when Xiao Luo slashed out, the power was dispersed throughout the blade, resulting in The strength and speed are not as fast as my knife, just like a kitchen knife chopping bones. When the whole blade cuts, not only will it cut continuously, but it may even crack. One knife cuts two halves, and the blade doesn't hurt."

Those who have cooked before flicked their wrists and immediately understood, while others half-understood.

Yang Tong continued: "As the saying goes, no one is perfect. Instead of pursuing the impossible perfection, it is better to focus on one field. For example, those who are not suitable for learning martial arts can focus on literature, and those who are not suitable for civil and martial arts can also follow the Focus on a certain line of your own interest, as long as you work hard, you will achieve certain achievements. People are like this, so are weapons. This knife is to give up most of the stabbing and armor-piercing abilities, and focus on the most commonly used way of chopping cavalry. When used on the back, it can achieve a miraculous effect similar to that just now. And even in foot combat, it can increase the strength of the soldiers holding this new knife when they are slashing. If it is twisted or slipped a little, the front half will be injured immediately. To the opponent's wrist, causing the enemy to injure and abandon the sword."

"As for my great Sui cavalry with bows and crossbows to attack from a distance, long weapons are the first choice for melee combat, followed by war knives. This fierce new sword makes my great Sui cavalry as fierce as a tiger on the plain, so it is named Tiger Roar."

After Yang Tong finished speaking, he handed over the new knife to the generals present to experience it.After listening to Yang Yu's detailed introduction, everyone waved it according to the characteristics of chopping, their eyes were full of admiration.

Yang Tong took the seven-eyed big dog-legged scimitar in his hand again: "This knife is a kind of curved knife with a wide belly and a curved blade forward. Its curved blade makes up for its lack of stabbing and replaces it The most important thing is its powerful lethality. It can not only slash in charge combat, but also pick, stab, chop, and point in melee combat. Moreover, slashing can be fatal, and stabbing can pierce armor! Compared with horizontal knives, it is much better... This is the sword of the infantry. Equipped with this kind of sword, the sword shield soldiers and heavy crossbowmen can also strengthen their melee combat ability. Its function is closer to a knife plus an axe, so it is also a sharp weapon in mountain jungle warfare , can cut down trees in the dense forest and open up a road, so that our army can walk on flat ground and walk like flying, let's call it..." For a while, Yang Tong couldn't think of a suitable name.

Seeing this, Yang Gongren said: "The soldiers of our army are tigers. In this jungle, the sword is like a tiger with wings. It's better to call them tiger wings."

Yang Tong also had no objection.This is a weapon exclusively cast by the Sui Dynasty. Naturally, it cannot be called a Damascus knife or a dogleg scimitar, and it looks similar on the surface, but in fact there is an essential difference.

Ou Yegan asked: "My lord, what about this little tiger wing?"

"After shrinking the short blade, it has actually lost its value. Seal it together with the data, and maybe it can be used for reference someday."

Yang Tong knows that this nation has always paid attention to inheritance. This is true of people, and it is also the same in the research and development of weapons and equipment. Otherwise, there would be no Hengdao and Modao inherited from the Huan Shou Dao and Zhan Dao Jian of the Han Dynasty.Just paying too much attention to the inherited national style also means that the mind is constrained and the sense of innovation is lost. It will only be knocked on the basis of existing things, and it is difficult to create an epoch-making weapon to kill the enemy.

And these knives with eccentric styles, infinite power, and ergonomics are a reform, an innovation, a step in the progress of swords, and play a positive role in the development and innovation of craftsmen.

"Here." In fact, Ou Yeqian also felt inferior to Long Yin, and he would not even create it if he hadn't got Yang Tong's permission.

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Now that the weapons for mountain warfare and jungle warfare are available, and because he will fight against the puppet Tang Dynasty, Yang Tong asked the Shaofu supervisor to make a large number of tiger wing and dragon chant molds first, and mass-produce them as soon as possible.

The next step is naturally to train the troops of mountain jungle warfare, and the fifth army brought by Xie Yingdeng has only compressed [-] troops, and has not been scattered and disrupted, so it can be put into training immediately.These soldiers themselves are the elite of the elite, and everyone has enough foundation, so there is no need to start from scratch.

Just when Yang Tong was stepping up his military training, a letter of request from Zhou Shaozu, the admiral of the Changshan Islands Navy, moved Yang Tong.

Zhou Shaozu asked for sailing, and wanted to see the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

This shocked and excited Yang Tong.

For thousands of years, West Asia has longed for a powerful and wealthy country in the East. Their merchants, with lofty desires for wealth, came from thousands of mountains and rivers and the Gobi desert to the mysterious and rich ancient country in the East. Brought back to the West, it has become a luxury that the West Asian nobles regard as their status.

But with the development of the times, they realized the risks of the long Silk Road, and slowly opened up sea routes.However, shipbuilding technology has always been ahead of the east of the world, but lags behind the west in ocean navigation technology.

Perhaps, he should take the lead.

However, the Pacific Ocean is vast and vast, with a diameter of more than [-] miles. The sea from here to there is full of wind and waves, typhoons, and tsunamis. Almost any accident can easily destroy this fleet. Not even a single wave can rise.

The reason why later generations of Europeans were able to complete global voyages and explore new continents was not only because they had advanced technology, but also because they had in their hands the sailing experience that generations passed on and exchanged their lives for.

But if he just gave up like this, Yang Tong was really unwilling.

This is not only because there are countless high-yielding food crops in the American continent on the other side of the ocean; but also if I don’t support this spirit of exploration, I’m afraid no one will support it in the future, and no one will go away.

As far as he knows, the famous navigator Magellan’s expedition team consisting of more than 270 sailors and 5 ships crossed the southern tip of South America and entered the Pacific Ocean when more than half of the crew and ships were lost.After more than three months of arduous sailing, they crossed Guam and came to the Philippine Islands.

Judging from the number of them and the number of ships, this seems to be an act of amateurs. If the Sui Dynasty officially supported Zhou Shaozu's voyage, then his conditions must be much better, and in terms of warships with keels and pulleys, It may not be able to withstand the wind and waves in the sea. As for food, it is better to bring more boats there.Starting from the island of Bonu, the sea area that the fleet passed was much smaller than that of Magellan.

Thinking about it carefully, Yang Tong's heart moved.

(End of this chapter)