He even had a serious discussion with Chai Shao about Japanese swords. Chai Shao felt that if he told the truth, the quality of the Japanese swords was really not low... many of them could rival the swords of China.
certainly!
It was a sword before the emergence of Li Shenghe Blast Furnace Steel Works and its product standard steel.
But this level is also amazing, because after these hundreds of people were severely beaten in their own hands, the quality of the swords thrown away was definitely not as good as the steel swords produced by the blast furnace, but compared to the common swords in China, the quality was
But it is obviously a bit taller——
In other words, the swords used by these Japanese were almost of the same level as the swords collected by His Majesty Li Er.
Maybe the craftsmanship is still a bit inferior, but overall, it is definitely stronger than ordinary swords!
This is...
This gave Chai Shao some guesses.
Generally speaking... the military components of big countries are made by those who specialize in making steel, those who make weapons specialize in making weapons, and those who manage food and grass specialize in food and grass. The sources of troops are all young men from good families with no criminal records.
And a situation similar to that of Japan...
Although Li Sheng's words were unclear at the time, and he was so funny and silent that he was confused, but now combined with the Japanese people he met and the weapons they left behind...
This Japanese person feels a bit like a mountain bandit.
That's right, it's like a mountain bandit.
When you go out to hang out, you don't rely on anything else, just rely on your ability to cut with a sword - not a bow and horse, riding and shooting, but your ability to cut.
Although China has had legends of various famous swords and swords since ancient times, especially swords... because this thing metaphors a thing called "ideology", its status in China is even higher; there are also many legends of famous swords and famous swords among the people.
Chai Shao does know these legends... most of them are nonsense. He has tried countless times over the years, but he has only seen jade break into pieces. He has never seen any sword that can really cut through jade.
——even today’s standard steel cannot do it.
In actual military practice, the value of swords is actually not high. After all...
A powerful military entity must have a description called "strong soldiers and strong horses", and the weapons that must be combined with horses include not only Guan Erye's broadsword, but also various blunt weapons that are relatively popular in the Tang Dynasty. The most mainstream ones are bows and arrows.
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If it is a melee weapon used to defend against cavalry, spears and large shields are much easier to use than swords.
But bandits are different, because their battles can take place anywhere, whether they are going down the mountain to plunder a village, or fighting in a den on the mountain. Swords are more useful than spears, spears, shields or crossbows.
In other words, for bandits' application scenarios, swords are more useful. Therefore, although the imperial army cannot afford high-end swords due to economic considerations, bandits will get high-quality swords.
Something similar to Zhang Liang's forging a hammer for the strongman he recruited to assassinate the First Emperor in the late Qin and early Han Dynasty happened countless times later. The sword culture of the Han Dynasty also developed significantly after the full rise of the knight-errant power in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
, many of the rangers who have taken the bandit route will forge high-end swords.
Of course, a high-end sword cannot really cut through gold and jade, but if it has a certain thickness and a very high-quality steel mouth, it can indeed cut off the opponent's sword in battle.
Of course, the function of swords is similar to the pistols issued by soldiers in later generations. They are emergency supplies. Therefore, in addition to pursuing strength, people also attach great importance to lightness, so...
As time went by, after hundreds of years of chaos in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there were now famous swords all over the Tang Dynasty——
Yes, it is true that Li Sheng's standard steel dagger smashed into pieces the famous swords collected by His Majesty. This legend is also widely circulated, but... it is the famous swords and swords of the past that have been disenchanted, but the sword culture itself has not disappeared.
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Today's Tang Dynasty has a developed military and a booming economy. It is easy for a half-grown man to have enough to eat, so of course he will pursue... In many cases, the mentality of young people in later generations who pursue new mobile phones and watch sports cars online is no different. They are just looking for something.
Handsome.
With the booming economy of the Tang Dynasty, the sword culture became more and more developed. Of course, after the standard steel and blast furnace steelmaking plants became more and more popular... more sword culture was derived.
At present, the most popular type of slightly curved long knife is not only extremely popular among young people in China, but is even sold to barbarian tribes overseas... Many barbarian tribes are so far away that they don't even know that the country of Tang Dynasty exists.
However, they know "Tang Dao"!
Of course, sword culture is just culture.
The sword culture of the Tang Dynasty was completely different from that of the Japanese.
The economic level of the Japanese country... Look at the ragged appearance of the Japanese people. They don't even have leather armor. They only use bamboo strips to make things that "seem to be armor" as defense. Many Japanese people don't even have bamboo strips armor.
Instead, use straw to make up the appearance...
Even the leader of the Japanese is like this. His armor is extremely crude and his clothes are ragged. Although there are some patterns that can tell that this person may have some background, the degree of shabbyness should not be mentioned.
However, just such a beggar-like "army" possesses several high-quality swords...
It looked quite antique in nature, and Chai Shao always felt that it looked like the sword from the Warring States Period that he had seen when he was reading military books.
(The Japanese swords of this period had not yet received the input of "Tang swords", so they were all made in Qin and Han styles, and are called "ancient swords" in archaeology.)
Of course, this is not important to Chai Shao either.
The important thing is that the high quality of the swords contrasts sharply with the ragged clothes of this group of people, which really makes them look like bandits.
And the bandits...
Chai Shao recalled that during his military career when he was conquering the world with His Majesty and wiping out all the heroes, he had indeed fought against many bandits, and even many local warlord forces were developed by bandits who came out to seize control in troubled times.
And this kind of power...
Chai Shao thought carefully... none of the bandits he had seen had such strange temperaments and behaviors.
After thinking about it, this matter was still too mysterious, so in the end I had to shake my head and prepare for the war first.
…
While Chai Shao was working hard to analyze battlefield observation information and deduce various information.
the other side……
Although the speed of light was reduced after a sudden charge, several Japanese people still escaped quickly.
There is no doubt that this is a part that responds quickly and has a flexible brain. In the agricultural era when famine often occurred, this situation generally meant that the nutrition was good when one was young. In other words...
Among those who escaped, there was a serious serving samurai!
And when I returned to the Emperor, of course it was to report the situation...