Genghis Khan took another look at the straight knife held by Mu Huali in both hands, held it in his hand, weighed it, and waved it twice.
His wrist is extremely thick and powerful, so when he swings the sword, he does not move much, but the blade swings very quickly, causing a sharp sound of breaking wind.
After using one, he took the second and third swords and swung them continuously. Unlike the junk that was collected from the Jin Kingdom's arsenal, the spines of these three swords were extra widened and thickened.
, the power when slashing is obviously greater, but because of the center of gravity, it is not particularly tiring.
More importantly, the specifications and feel of the three knives are almost identical.
Genghis Khan noticed this keenly.
Before the establishment of the Great Mongol Kingdom, the level of craftsmanship on the grasslands had always lagged behind. Even the Liao Kingdom, whose ruling area spanned thousands of miles from the east to the west of the grasslands, mainly relied on the Bohai people in the northeast and the Han people in the Yanyun area for its smelting.
Judging from the resource endowment of the grassland itself, there is no shortage of iron. However, iron smelting requires a large amount of charcoal as fuel, and the forests on the grassland are extremely unevenly distributed. Most of them are in the mountains on the east and west sides, and the tribes nomadically follow the water and grass.
It is impossible to migrate and mine and smelt iron in one place. Therefore, almost no tribe has the ability to smelt metal.
Some nobles occasionally got a sharp iron tool, and some even regarded it as a family heirloom; while ordinary Mongolians used bone arrows and wooden sticks to fight with others. As a result, the status of blacksmiths on the grasslands was extremely high, and Genghis Khan's name
Temujin is taken from the tribal leader of the Tatar people, and its original meaning is "the man who forges iron".
After the rise of Genghis Khan, he gathered craftsmen from many tribes into one place for management, and through wars with the Xia Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom, he captured a large number of craftsmen. After the Year of the Dog, the Jin Kingdom set up mines along the Monan boundary trench.
All the weapons fell into the hands of the Mongols, which greatly increased the equipment level of the Mongolian army.
As trophies and rewards, metal weapons and armors began to be distributed in large quantities to ordinary Mongolian soldiers, especially Genghis Khan's most elite Qixue army. Their various equipment and equipment were complete and sophisticated, far beyond what they had ever seen before.
The hostile Jin Kingdom regular army.
But because captive craftsmen everywhere were producing familiar weapons, the equipment of the Mongolian army was not yet uniform. Whatever craftsmen made, the soldiers used.
When craftsmen from the Han region made straight knives, they used straight knives. When craftsmen from Xixia and Bahe made similar curved knives, they used curved knives. So when Genghis Khan convened a meeting of generals, the generals
The weapons he carries are also cross-shaped, long and short.
And this Dinghaijun regime, which is far to the south of the Jin Kingdom but has reached out to Liaodong, can send two random spies to carry such uniform specifications and self-made weapons?
Ordinary Mongolians have limited vision and knowledge and do not understand what this represents, but Genghis Khan knew very well that this represented huge war potential!
Genghis Khan held the knife and looked left and right. The Great Shaman Horchi immediately understood his intention and quickly walked out of the Jinsha Tent.
After a while, he turned back again.
The one who followed in was Zabalhuo, who was a head taller than an ordinary person and had gray beard and flowing hair.
Zhabal Huozi is a Saiyi from the Western Regions. According to his own words, he was already eighty years old when he drank the water of the Banjuni River with Genghis Khan, but he can still sit high on the back of a camel.
Heavily armored and dancing, trapped in formation and galloping as fast as flying.
He was also one of the few people who received special permission from Genghis Khan to hold unsheathed weapons in front of the Khan.
Genghis Khan raised the straight knife in his hand and said, "Come, try this knife."
Zha Balhuo didn't say much. He drew his sword in his hand and slashed it down suddenly.
The two knives collided and sparks flew everywhere.
The broadsword in the hands of Zhabal Fireman was a high-quality product specially selected from countless seizures last year. When chopping those inferior knives, there was even a record of two swings. The fixed knife of the Navy was naturally inferior.
But if you look carefully, where the two knives collide, there is only a slight gap in the blade of the straight knife. It is estimated that another five or six collisions will not necessarily affect the kill of the enemy.
Genghis Khan only felt numbness in his wrist, so he quickly changed his hand to hold the knife and flicked his wrist twice.
"What a knife!" He exclaimed in admiration and asked again: "A group of ordinary spies can carry such a knife. Is it possible that the Ding Navy can mass-produce such a knife?"
Mu Huali had an impromptu intention to kill, and the soldiers acted quickly. The two houses were all bloody and bloody, otherwise, they could have interrogated the prisoners and found out the news.
Fortunately, after he took control of Beijing Road, he used many Han generals to infiltrate Liaodong, so he immediately bowed his head and said:
"Around the month of Yang'er, Shi Mo and I also led our troops to the east to recruit the remaining troops of Brother Yelvliu. During this period, we fought with the Jurchen He Shi Liehuanduan's troops. There were also many close subordinates of He Shi Liehuanduan who used these knives.
.I specially sent people to inquire about it. Guo Ning, the navy of Nading, used the salt, medicinal materials, cloth and weapons produced in Shandong to continuously exchange war horses with the northeastern hinterland. However, one good horse can only be exchanged for three such swords. Liaodong
The Jin army did not necessarily hand over all the horses for their own use, so they did not have many knives and equipment."
"A good horse for three knives?"
Genghis Khan breathed a sigh of relief.
There are many horses on the grassland, so horses are very cheap. But horses are important livestock after all, and the exchange price is really not low.
In war, knives are inevitably subject to violent collisions and are consumables. No matter how well you protect your knives and how much you cherish them, when it comes to fighting, you just have to use as much force as you need. When life and death are at stake, who would consider protecting them?
Knife? You must protect your own life first.
Therefore, the more fiercely the fighting, the faster the swords will be damaged. Some warriors will break two or three swords in one battle. Some warriors even have empty hands in the middle of the fight, searching everywhere on the battlefield for the swords left by the enemy. Many soldiers
They like to carry maces, iron bones and other clumsy weapons with them to avoid such situations.
If one horse can only be exchanged for three, knives of this price cannot be widely equipped by ordinary soldiers. It seems that the navy's craftsmen are good at fine workmanship, but the output may not be large.
"This Guo Ning defeated Tuo Lei and Chiju Prince Consort last year, and defeated Chen Nayan's men this year. They can produce sophisticated weapons and exchange them for war horses. They must be strong enemies. After we attack Zhongdu, you
We need to send more manpower to stay here and closely observe the direction of Liaodong to prevent the navy from repeating its old tricks and crossing the sea to attack."
After a pause, he had a new idea: "No, we can't wait for the enemy to attack. Prince Consort Bitu and Zhebie will arrive soon. You divide some Han troops and Khitan troops for them. Let them go to Liaodong.
Find a way to contain the power of the navy!"
"As you command!"
Mu Huali received the order and then thought of another thing.
This matter was jointly raised by several Han ministers when he was discussing strategy with his subordinates a few days ago. Mu Huali thought it made sense.
So he asked: "Great Khan, why are we attacking Zhongdu this time?"
"What?"
"When the troops retreated at the beginning of the year, the Jurchens presented princesses, gold, silver, silk ribbons, boys and girls, and three thousand horses. Now, after a few months, the troops have sent out again. I'm afraid there will be some confusion in the local area. Should we have
A reason to declare to the Central Plains? In this way, the soldiers and civilians in the Central Plains can know that the responsibility lies with the Jin Kingdom, not us; our Mongol army is to punish the unjust, not to raise troops for no reason!"
The smile on Genghis Khan's face suddenly disappeared.
He stared at Muhuali for a long time, and the indifference and cruelty that ordinary Mongolian generals were used to seeing gradually appeared in his eyes.
It wasn't until Mu Huali fell to his knees covered in sweat that he said in a deep voice:
"You have been in the Central Plains for a few months, how come you have contracted the Central Plains people's pretentiousness? The entire land is the pasture of the Mongols. Do the herdsmen have to explain to the livestock what they want to do? We raise troops,
Or not raising troops, it has nothing to do with the Jurchens! No matter what happens to the Jurchens, we will always seize everything they have!"
