The ancestor of Tang knives is the Han knives (also known as Huanshou knives). Han knives are mostly single-handed knives with short handles ranging from 58 to 114 cm in length, and without exception, an oblate ring is made on the outside of the handle.
Shape, Huanshou knife also got its name.
Tang knives were developed on the basis of Han knives. They adopted the "hundred-smelting" forging process of Han knives, improved the treatment of impurities in the steel during forging, and created the "steel-clad" technology, which made Tang knives
The knife is hard on the outside and soft on the inside, and has extremely strong toughness.
While improving the forging process, the appearance of the Tang Dao has also been greatly improved. The Tang Dao has removed the flat ring at the head of the Han Dao, widened the blade, and extended the handle, so that the Tang Dao can be held with both hands.
The above improvements have made the Tang Dao a qualitative leap compared to the Han Dao. It is not only more ornamental in appearance, but also truly improves the actual combat performance and durability, allowing the Tang Dao to split any armor and equipment. The Tang Dynasty in History
During that period, there were only knives but no swords. What was called a sword at that time was actually a Tang sword.
The real Tang Dao craftsmanship made the Tang Dao too expensive, so in Chinese history, only the Tang Dynasty could use such sophisticated weapons. There were many celebrities at that time who only wanted to get a high-quality and sophisticated Tang Dao.
Use up your family wealth.
During the Tang Dynasty, Tang Dao was introduced to Japan. At that time, Japan had already obtained the smelting skills of Han Dao. However, when the Japanese Emperor saw Tang Dao, he also marveled and said: Only the Central Plains can forge such exquisite swords. Japan immediately learned from Tang Dao.
After the Tang Dynasty, China's Tang sword forging skills were gradually lost. Even with today's modern technology, it has become one of the three most famous swords in the world.
It is impossible to copy a real Tang Dao.
Edit this paragraph The difference between Tang Dao and Japanese Dao
Generally speaking, the blades of Japanese katana swords have a certain curvature, while Tang swords mostly adopt a straight shape. However, in fact, some ninja swords adopt a straight-edged shape, and there are also curved Tang swords. Depending on whether the blade is curved or not
Distinguishing katana swords and Tang swords is sometimes unreliable. Here is a simple way to tell the difference between Japanese swords and Tang swords.
The blade area of Japanese swords generally accounts for more than one-half of the blade area, while the blade area of Tang swords is generally about one-quarter and adopts the shape of an ax blade.
Why? This is determined by the battlefield environment. On the Japanese battlefield, metal armor is definitely a rarity. In this environment, the main job of the knife is to "cut meat", and naturally the sharper the better; in order to satisfy this
According to the requirements, the blade area should be expanded to half of the blade area, which is natural.
On the ancient battlefields of China, it was more common for the blade to come into contact with a breastplate, a bronze helmet and the like. Faced with this situation, the blade could not simply pursue sharpness, but also had to take into account its armor-piercing ability;
The ax blade embodies this requirement.
Edit this paragraph to recall the style of Tang Dao
Let us analyze and recall the style of Tang Dao from historical fragments:
Fragment 1
"Old Tang Book" Volume 5 Jiuqiu He Zixinggong's biography briefly states: At the beginning, when he was fighting against Wang Shichong, he fought on Mang Mountain. Taizong wanted to know his true strength and weakness, so he charged with dozens of cavalry, and when they came straight out behind, they were all invincible...
...After that, they limited themselves to the long embankment and fired arrows at all the cavalry, but (Qiu) Xinggong followed him alone. Looking for the strong cavalry, several people chased Taizong and hit the imperial horse with their arrows.
Then he dismounted, drew his arrows, and entered Taizong with the horse he was riding. He stood in front of his horse holding a long sword, made a huge leap and shouted, killed several people, rushed out of the formation, and entered the army.
Fragment 2
"New Book of Tang" Biography Sixty-three: Li Siye, courtesy name Siye, was from Gaoling, Jingzhao. He was seven feet long and had unparalleled physical strength. In the Kaiyuan Dynasty, he came from the Anxi Protectorate to attack the ten surnamed Sulu. He captured the prisoners first and was tired.
He was appointed as a lieutenant in the Zhaowu School of Military Affairs. Later he was drafted into the army in Anxi. He first used Mo Dao in the army, but his career was particularly good. He would be the vanguard in every battle and destroy the north wherever he went.
When Anlu Mountain rebelled, Emperor Suzong pursued him. When he arrived, he led the way. He cut his arms with the generals and made an alliance, saying: "The counties and counties we pass through will not be invaded in autumn." When he arrived at Fengxiang, he paid a visit. The emperor was delighted and said: "Today you are here.
, is wiser than tens of thousands of people. Whether things can be helped or not depends on the ministers." Naizhao and Guo Ziyi, serving as servants and showing kindness. He is often a vanguard, a thief, and the class collapses. Enter the fourth town, Yixi, and march troops in Beiting.
Horse envoy. King Guangping took over Chang'an, Si Ye unified the front army, and formed a formation in the north of Xiangji Temple. The bandit leader Li Guiren supported the fine cavalry and fought with thin troops. The king's army chased him with arrows. Before he could reach the camp, the bandits came out in large numbers to cover up the pursuit.
The cavalry also trampled the king's army, so the formation was in chaos. Siye said to Ziyi: "If you don't sacrifice ten thousand lives today, your army will be incompetent." He held a long sword and shouted out in front of the formation, killing dozens of people.
, the formation was reorganized. Two thousand infantrymen with Mo swords and long Ke axes blocked the advance, with no direction to go forward. Gui Nen hid the barracks on the left to see the army's strength. The king divided the Huihe troops to ambush them, and Siye came out and attacked from behind.
From the middle of the day to the end of the day, 60,000 people were beheaded, and half of them were killed by filling the gullies. The thieves moved eastward, and then pacified Chang'an. They advanced to capture the eastern capital, and there were many battles. Then they joined forces with Zhang Hao, Lu Jiong, Lai Qi, and Si.
Wu Wangzhi and Li Huan made a brief decision on the various states. They also served as Wei Qing, granted the title of Duke of Guo, and actually granted 200 households. They also served as the governor of Huaizhou and the governor of Beiting.
Fragment 3
"Old Tang Book" Volume 56 Fu Gong'e's biography says:
Gong'er had thousands of soldiers, all of whom were armed with long swords. He still ordered more than a thousand people to follow him, saying: "Anyone who fails will be killed." Gong'er led the rest of the people and returned to the rear. Er (Li) Zitong
As the square formation advanced, more than a thousand men sent by Gong'er fought to the death. Gong'er attacked them with his left and right wings. Zitong was defeated and thousands of his men were surrendered. Auxiliary Gong'er fought from Du Fuwei, and Fuwei's army
Mo Dao is often used, so in this battle with Li Zitong, the long sword held by the vanguard infantry may be Mo Dao. The Kan Leng Chuan attached to the same volume says: Make good use of a broad sword, one foot long, with two blades, called Pai Blade. Every move,
He killed several people at any time, and there were no one who could do anything before him. Fuwei occupied the land of the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers, Leng had many military exploits, and was appointed as the general of the left. Fuwei's infantry were all from a group of thieves, and many of them were indulgent. If there were any intruders, Leng would kill them.
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It is speculated that the two-edged long sword that Kan Leng was good at might be the Mo Dao, because according to its legend, Kan Leng commanded the Du Fuwei infantry, "Pai Blade", "New Book of Tang Dynasty" Volume 92 says "Pai Dao",
Du Fuwei's infantry were all good at using this kind of long sword, and Kan Leng was the best among them.
Fragment 4
In March of the sixth year of Tianbao (747), Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty issued a decree, appointing the Deputy Protector of Anxi and the Military Envoy of Duzhi, and Gao Xianzhi, the Deputy Envoy of the Fourth Town Jiedushi, as the Military Envoy of the Camp. He led an army of 10,000 people to conquer Xiaobolu.
When everything was ready, he led his troops from Anxi and headed west, passing by for fifteen days to Bohuan City (today's Aksu, Xinjiang), and then for more than ten days to Grised (today's Bachu, Xinjiang), and then for more than ten days.
Shule (today's Kashgar, Xinjiang), then sent his army south, set foot on Congling, and began an extremely arduous march. Congling is today's Pamir (Tajik, meaning roof of the world) plateau, consisting of Tianshan Mountains, Kunlun Mountains,
It is formed by the intersection of the Karakoram Mountains and the Hindu Kush Mountains. The plateau is 4,000-7,700 meters above sea level and has many peaks. The Pamir Plateau is divided into three parts: eastern, central and western parts. The eastern Pamir is dominated by the central mountains and is the Pamir Plateau.
The highest part has an average altitude of 6100 meters or more, the relative height of the peaks is 1100-1800 meters, the mountains are round, the valleys between the mountains are wide and flat, and the altitude is 3690-4200 meters. The marching route of the Tang army not only passed through the East Pamir, but also
Passing through Qingling Mountain (Muztage Mountain) with an altitude of 7564 meters, you can imagine how difficult it was. At that time, all the soldiers of the Tang Army had private horses accompanying them, so the logistics could be guaranteed within the specified time; in addition, the Tang Army chose to start from the flat
Marching through the wide mountain valleys minimized the difficulty of the march. After more than 20 days of arduous march, the Tang army arrived at Congling Shouchu (today's Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, Xinjiang). Then they headed west again, along the Hindu Ku
Shishan Beijuan traveled westward and took more than 20 days to reach the Bomi River (near today's Wakhan, Afghanistan). The Tang army continued to move forward, and took more than 20 days to reach Telemanchuan (today's Wakhan River). At this point, the Tang army passed by
After more than a hundred days of trekking through mountains and rivers, the first stage of the march was completed in June of the same year.
Later, Gao Xianzhi's troops were divided into three groups to attack Tubo's Lianyun Fort (now Langar, the source of Penchi River in northeastern Afghanistan): one group led by Shule guarding envoy Zhao Chongxun commanded 3,000 cavalry from Beigu to Tubo Lianyun Fort;
They were led by the guarding envoy Jia Chongguan and headed south from Chifotang Road. The main force led by Gao Xianzhi and Bian Lingcheng, the envoy of the Central Military Commission, headed south from the Secret Protecting Kingdom. The three armies agreed to meet at the foot of Lianyun Fort at midnight on July 13th.
The three soldiers set out on time and arrived as scheduled. Lianyun Fort is surrounded by mountains to the south and Bolechuan River to the north. There are only a thousand Tibetan defenders in the fort, and there are thousands of soldiers 15 miles south of the city due to the mountain as a fence.
Support from afar. When the Tang army entered the Bolechuan River, the river surged and it was impossible to cross the river. Gao Xianzhi carefully analyzed the current situation and believed that the Tang army must cross the Bolechuan River as soon as possible, otherwise the Tibetan defenders would be prepared once they discovered the Tang army.
, which would greatly increase the difficulty for the Tang army to capture Lianyun Fort. So he ordered the soldiers to prepare three days of dry food each to prepare for the crossing the next morning. The soldiers could not believe that Gao Xianzhi would give such an order, "They all thought it was crazy."
". Early the next morning, the water in the Bolechuan River was low, and the Tang army quickly crossed the Bolechuan River, so that "the men did not wet the flags, the horses did not wet the saddles, and the troops were ready." Seeing this scene, Gao Xianzhi was very excited and expressed his gratitude to
Bian Lingcheng said: "The thieves came to me halfway, and my subordinates were defeated. Now that we are in line, God has given me this thief." Then Gao Xianzhi commanded the Tang army to attack the city. The Tubo defenders did not expect that the Tang army could suddenly
At this point, he was greatly frightened. In the panic, he could only resist the battle by clinging to the mountain. Rolling logs and rocks rained down, making it impossible to climb. Gao Xianzhi appointed General Li Siye as the Mo Dao General and ordered: "If we don't reach the middle of the day, we must defeat the prisoners!"
Li Siye held a flag and led the Mo swordsmen to ascend from the dangerous position first, and fought hard. From Chen time to Si time, they defeated Tubo, beheaded 5,000 people, and captured more than a thousand people. The rest fled into the valley. The Tang army captured more than a thousand war horses.
There are tens of thousands of clothing and equipment.