In the Beifu soldiers camp, Jingzhou soldiers and Beifu soldiers worked together, some were responsible for tying the bamboo rafts tightly, and some were responsible for assembling them.
The tinkling sound is endless.
The new captains Liu Yu and Tan Pingzhi walked among the soldiers. Although they were new recruits, they already enjoyed a high reputation in Beifu.
They must be involved in these hard-working jobs, and everyone is looking forward to their wonderful performance in this first battle in Jingling.
Wei Yongzhi's departure made the die-hard three-man team feel a lot lonely. Fortunately, He Wuji joined in at this time.
He Wuji, who was familiar with the battlefield situation, concluded that the two sides would definitely start a war today.
This view was questioned by Tan Pingzhi.
"Why is Dr. He so sure that there will be a battle today?"
The meteor hammer in his hand was polished by Tan Ping until it shined brightly, especially the protruding nipples on the hammer, which shone brightly.
He Wuji smiled, clasped his hands and said, "The two armies have been confronting each other for three or four days. Look at the atmosphere in this military camp. It's already extremely tense. If it continues like this, the string will be broken."
"Not only our army is like this, but the Qin army is also like this. Moreover, looking at their continuous provocations today, we can know that they are even more anxious."
"Now, it depends on which side can keep calm."
"Dr. He is right!"
"At critical moments, what matters is patience."
Wuji turned around and saw Wang Mi, wearing a suit of armor, holding a halberd and a green leather package in his hand, walking over happily.
"Secretary Wang, are you going to the battlefield too?"
Seeing the thing in Wang Mi's hand, everyone could not help but guess this. But Wang Mi was not good at martial arts. This fact, they came all the way from Jingkou, everyone was aware of it.
Let alone martial arts, even this two-level armor felt very awkward when worn on Wang Mi.
Wang Mi didn't care about He Wuji's suspicion.
Walking straight towards his target, he handed the baggage to Liu Yu: "Jinnu, this is for you, and this spear is also prepared for you."
Liu Yu took the things in his hands in a daze, then turned to He Wuji and said: "These weapons are not for me to use, they are prepared for Liu Yu."
"Secretary Wang is so polite. We don't have any kind of weapons in the military camp, so we need special preparations." Tan Pingzhi has a bold temperament, and he is not dissatisfied at all because he did not prepare one for him. He Wuji has always been thoughtful.
Soon, he discovered that the weapons Wang Mi gave to Liu Yu were different from ordinary weapons.
"Why does Secretary Wang's halberd have no horizontal thorns?"
Wang Mi immediately cast an admiring look at him, and He Wuji was indeed very discerning.
"Dr. He has good eyesight. This weapon was indeed specially made with my idea. Jinu is very skilled in martial arts. Let him use it first. If it can kill everyone on the battlefield, I will suggest to General Xie to build this weapon in large quantities."
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"You just said that this weapon is called a spear?"
Wang Mi nodded: "That's true. This weapon was modified from a halberd. I named it a spear."
"This kind of weapon has no horizontal thorns, only vertical thorns."
Wang Mi stroked the tip of the spear with a particularly affectionate look.
Coming back from time travel, Mr. Wang is going to do big things! The Eastern Jin Dynasty was so weak and had been living in the south of the Yangtze River for decades. Not to mention the battle strategies, even the weapons and horse equipment could not make any progress. It was not even ranked in the history.
nothing.
Traveling back to such a miserable dynasty, half of the country in the north was occupied by foreigners, and each one of them rode a tall horse and showed off his power.
Although the Jin Dynasty could protect itself, recovering the lost territory was basically a dream.
As a member of the Jin Dynasty, Wang Mi was determined to restore the Central Plains. The first step was to transform weapons.
Under the personal command of Wang Mi, the master blacksmith in the workshop used a hammer to forge this spear. It was made according to the style popular after the Tang Dynasty.
During the Jin Dynasty, the main popular weapon from infantry to cavalry was the halberd.
The main difference between a halberd and a spear is the tip. The tip of the halberd is in the shape of an inverted "div", while the tip of the spear has no "div" shape, only vertical spikes.
Generally speaking, spears are lighter than halberds and are easier to control than halberds. And because there are no horizontal stabs to block them, the spearhead can penetrate deeper into the enemy's flesh, causing greater damage to the enemy, and even a fatal blow.
People can't help but wonder, since spears are more lethal, why did people in the Eastern Jin Dynasty build more expensive halberds.
There is no other reason, it’s all forced by circumstances!
In this era, the failure of weapons to advance was directly related to the backwardness of horse equipment.
Let’s talk about the saddle first. Historically, the evolution of the saddle has gone through three processes: a simple low saddle, an ultra-high saddle, and a medium-sized saddle with a reasonable position and suitable height.
During this period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, ultra-high saddles were popular. Such saddles were designed to allow cavalry to stay more stable on horseback.
Because in the Jin Dynasty, people had not realized that stirrups could improve the stability of cavalry on horseback, so ultra-high saddles that could firmly fix the human body on the horse's back came into being.
But the disadvantages of such a saddle are also very obvious.
The ultra-high saddle makes it more difficult for cavalry to mount their horses, not to mention that for a nobleman like Wang Mi, who has no martial arts skills, he has to use all his strength every time he mounts his horse.
Furthermore, the stiff high saddle further restricted the cavalry's range of activities on horseback, making it very difficult for them to move forward, backward, left, and right.
Therefore, on the basis of the difficulty of turning sideways, the horizontal thrust of the halberd becomes very important.
Using a halberd, you can not only stab enemies directly in front, but you can also use sweeping tactics to stab enemies on the left and right.
This is a good supplementary combat method in the context of the limited range of movement of cavalry on horseback.
In the Tang Dynasty, whether it was the emergence of double stirrups or changes in the way of using stirrups, the saddle, a traditional horse equipment, could get rid of the fate of being higher and higher.
The cavalry placed their feet in the stirrups, which was a leap forward. This allowed the cavalry to ride firmly on the horse without falling off even if it was running fast.
Correspondingly, since the stirrups can withstand the high-speed impact of the cavalry and provide them with balance, the saddle can be lowered accordingly and returned to a more reasonable height.
It is easier to mount a horse, the range of movement of the cavalry is also larger, it is extremely convenient to turn around, and it is very convenient to thrust left and right, which makes the relatively bulky long halberd lose its meaning of existence.
So starting from the Tang Dynasty, the horizontal spines of the halberd gradually shrank until they finally disappeared. At this time, the spear with only vertical spines was finalized.