What was the most powerful weapon in ancient times? Tang knife is not the most powerful?

Ancient cold weapons era, people use weapons are nothing more than swords, guns, swords and halberds these forged weapons, however, there is a saying called "no first martial arts no second", will be the strongest among the martial arts, weapons are the same. Throughout the ages, many kinds of weapons have been invented, then, in this variety of weapons, the most powerful weapon is which one? Some people think that the Tang sword is actually the most powerful one, is it so?

The term "Tang sword" is a general term for four types of military knives in China during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, generally referring to the Tang horizontal sword.

The Tang sword for the Sui and Tang armies, the biggest role is combat, its production process is strict, and also take into account another use in combat, that is, to break the armor and durability. Armor requires hardness and narrow edge, durability requires toughness, so the Tang sword uses the most advanced steel cladding process.

The fighting power of the Tang sword is well documented in history, as evidenced by the Battle of Shirakou between the Tang Empire and Japan.

In 663 A.D., the Japanese army (42,000, with more than 1,000 warships), and the Tang army (13,000, with 170 warships) engaged in a fierce naval battle at Baekgangkou in Baekje. Tang admiral Liu Renrai commanded the fleet to change its formation into two groups on the left and right to surround the Japanese army, whose ships collided with each other and could not maneuver back, and the soldiers were in great disorder. In the end, all Japanese warships were burned and tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers were killed or drowned. In this battle, the Tang Dynasty naval forces give full play to their advantages, the troops, ships are several times more than their own Japanese naval forces to defeat, can be called a less than the classic water war.

And in this battle, the Tang sword showed great power, the Japanese sword to face the Tang sword is either rolled edge or cut off, and then Japan to learn the Chinese Tang sword forging technology, only later the world-famous samurai sword

The term "Tang sword" is a general term for the four types of military sword system in China's Tang Dynasty, is not a specific reference to a certain kind of knife. Especially in the mouth of sword dealers Tang sword, it is said that the Tang Empire through enlightened politics and strong military power, became the center of the world at that time, from the unification of the early Tang Dynasty to the Shengtang period of all the internal and external wars, the emergence of cold weapons history of the great influence on later generations of weapons - Tang Dynasty swords and knives.

According to legend - the Tang Dynasty sword both technically and artistically have reached a very high level of achievement (of course, this point is yet to be proved, the physical object has not yet been unearthed can not study the forging technology), if there are physical objects can be unearthed, then it may be proved that the Tang Dynasty sword is the pinnacle of the history of weapons in our country. Zhengcang courtyard is not the Tang knife, that is the Sui knife, Sui Dynasty Tang Dynasty is just neighboring, Tang's successor, Song Dynasty, the sword shape is completely different from the Tang knife.

It is not an exaggeration to describe the killing power of the Tang sword as "cutting iron like mud" once. So why does the Tang sword have such a strong killing power? First of all, in its material, the Tang sword is made of "Hundred Refined Steel", the Tang sword in the highest solubility in the combination, it can easily cut through the steel, but also can easily split the armor. Secondly, in the process, before casting the Tang Dynasty sword, it is known that the Tang Dynasty sword casting out is to be used in the war, so the casting knife master in the casting of the Tang Dynasty sword in the process of paying great attention to the killing power of the Tang Dynasty sword.

If someone says he has a Tang sword in his hand, then you can call the police, because he is a liar, today's Tang sword are in the Museum of Cultural Relics, or museums, there is no outside.

The Tang sword is a weapon that has been frequently discussed by ancient military enthusiasts on the Internet in the last decade. In many people's concept, the Tang sword is not only the ancestor of the Japanese sword, but also an excellent weapon unique to the Tang Dynasty. The term "Tang sword" is an umbrella term for the four types of military swords of the Tang Dynasty in China, and does not refer to a specific type of sword. Especially in the mouth of sword dealers, the Tang sword. It is not a straight knife is the Tang knife, Tang knife without blood groove tip is angular, with blood groove tip is round is the day straight knife.

From the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the unification of the war to the Sheng Tang Dynasty, all the internal and external wars, have appeared in the history of cold weapons on the later generations of the great influence of weapons - Tang knife. In the world at that time was with the Arab Damascus knife known in the world of the two famous knife, both technically and artistically have reached a very high level of achievement, can be said to be the pinnacle of the history of China's swords and knives. General simple identification and Tang knife similar straight knife method is: knife tip angular for Tang knife. There are blood grooves blade tip semicircular, blade edge area more than one-half to one-third for the day straight knife.

In 1991, Doujiao tomb unearthed Tang ring head knife, is the most complete preservation of the Tang knife, but the essence is still the early Tang forged Sui style knife.

The Tang sword, which inherited the fine tradition of the Chinese sword, after absorbing the technology of the hundred refined steel and local quenching, and then add the technology of clay burning edge and wrapping steel clamped steel, forming a new style of Chinese war knife. Of course, when it came to materials, the Chinese of the Tang Dynasty still put a lot of thought into them. The best steel in the world at that time, Indian Uzi steel, which we know as Damascus steel (then called political steel), was favored by Chinese knifemakers as a necessary ingredient for high-grade steel knives, which on average cost more than three times as much as the average top-quality steel knife.

The Tang sword can be used for both foot and horseback, and is divided into two-handed grip and one-handed grip in the shape, the shape is still inherited from the straight edge of the Han Dynasty ring head knife, but removed the ring head shape of the Han Dynasty. In practice, it is basically a one-handed sword, and two-handed swords are generally used for ceremonial purposes.

The prosperity of the Tang Dynasty is inextricably linked to the Tang sword, is the strength of the weapons created the Tang Dynasty, only the military might, the country is really strong.

The Tang sword is inextricably linked to the prosperity of Tang.