Is the pike the king or the thief of a hundred soldiers?

Is the pike the king or the thief of a hundred soldiers?

Known as the "king of hundreds of soldiers", the pike has been one of the most popular weapons in cold weapons since ancient times. When it comes to pike, the users we have in mind usually have far more charm than other weapons users, as if pike was born with some mysterious charm bonus.

In China's famous Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the most famous pike user is Zhao Zilong, one of the five tigers in Shu. In the romance story, Zhao Yun rides a magnolia and white dragon pony, wears a silver helmet chain mail and holds a gentian bright silver gun. He rode alone into the enemy lines, and even saved the young master A Dou from entering seven times and leaving seven times, leaving him with the eternal reputation of "Zi Long Man Yong" and "Zhao Zilong Riding Alone Savior".

Although Luo Guanzhong's Zhao Yun is almost perfect, no matter the real history or romance novels, other heroes who use pike are not inferior to Zhao Yun.

Chen Qingzhi, a famous white-robed soldier in the history of Nanliang, has the reputation of "a famous teacher does not imprison, and a thousand troops avoid white robes"; In the Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties, the ever-victorious general Luo Cheng was nicknamed "cold-faced sniper Luo Qiaocheng"; In the legendary story, Yang's gun method not only appears in various works of art, but also has always been a symbol of "loyalty to the country".

Interestingly, although these characters all use long guns, the impression they give is not exactly the same. Yang Jiajiang took the road of war and war-"moving like a mountain, moving like Lei Zhen"; And Luo Cheng's most famous World War I was to stab the patron with a flexible carbine-"conditioned reflex, the gun came out like a dragon."

Stiffness and agility are two contradictory attributes, just like the poles of ice and fire in battlefield confrontation. However, the pike in the cold weapon takes into account two contradictory attributes, which has to mention another name of the gun besides the "king of hundreds of soldiers"-"thief of hundreds of soldiers".

The origin of the "King of Hundred Soldiers" is not difficult to understand. In terms of status, in China's traditional cold weapons, the gun has always been one of the standard weapons of the army. Except for the "special" industry like escort agency, it is difficult for ordinary people to get in touch with it, and it is blurred.

Practically speaking, Wu Xun, a martial artist in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, said that "the gun is the king of all weapons, and all weapons are defeated by the gun", which explains why the gun can become the "king of hundreds of battles"-the attack distance of the gun brings natural advantages, and people who use other weapons can often stab their opponents before they get close.

So, where does the "thief of a hundred soldiers" start? Stepping into the modern society, we have gradually drifted away from the traditional cold weapons. Let's take the new weapon pike introduced in the latest season of the high-fidelity cold weapons war game "War Meaning", Dynasty: Song of Prosperous Times as an example.

In the latest edition update, "spirit of war" has brought the long-awaited traditional weapon pike of China to the players, adding an ancient national charm to this battlefield where eastern and western civilizations converge and many elements blend. In order to highlight Parker's position in the hearts of Chinese people, Nie Yuan, an artist who once played the famous guns Zhao Yun and Luo Cheng, was invited to be the recommender of Parker in Fighting Spirit.

As a brand-new weapon, pike has a unique skill mechanism, which makes the battlefield dominated by skill combination combat mode add more vitality to the use of weapons and increase the upper limit of combat operation difficulty.

The new weapon pike has a unique skill * * * Enjoy the CD mechanism, and the basic skills such as "Youlong Riding the Wind", "Hidden Dragon Walking Water" and "Yunlong Exploring Claw" have multiple trigger mechanisms and massive effects respectively. On the battlefield, a military commander can really become a flying dragon, jumping freely and flexibly, giving play to the high mobility that other weapons can't match, such as attacking in advance and defending in retreat.

It is not difficult to see that the designer tried to define a brand-new skill design idea for the new weapon pike with a brand-new link mechanism "Water impermanence". Therefore, "impermanence of water" has brought an unprecedented skill mechanism and a game in which skills are arbitrarily connected.

For example, when a military commander can't move under the control of the enemy, "Youlong Riding the Wind" can directly help the player to retreat and prance flexibly with the gun tip as the fulcrum, thus easing the situation. If you connect the "hidden dragon running water", the military commander can not only dance an airtight gun circle, but also finish with a powerful "Yunlong claw" to complete a perfect counterattack.

This extremely flexible way of using skills makes the practical but rigid "optimal continuous strokes" of other weapons no longer widely used, and the upper limit of game operation difficulty increases, but the positive feedback generated with correct operation is also greatly strengthened.

At least, players who want to use pike well must learn how to use skills according to the battlefield situation. This is also the origin of the CD characteristic name "impermanence of water" of the skill * * * "The Art of War: Virtual and Real".

Two different stunts are the best embodiment of marksmanship.

The "cold dragon chasing after life" symbolizing agility is not only gorgeous, but also provides an almost invincible charge effect. In the long charge range, the pike in the hand of the military commander will dance out of the airtight gun circle, destroy all the arrows flying from the front, and output a flood of offensive to any enemy standing in front.

Obviously, the design idea of this stunt comes from various film and television dramas, where peerless celebrities dance out of the gun circle with long guns and flexibly resist the arrows.

The artistic image is integrated into the design concept of gameplay, and with the restoration of the characteristics of realistic pike, another stunt "Crossing the Sea in black dragon" has been achieved. When using the incomparable "black dragon Crossing the Sea", the military commander will enter a ready-made confrontation posture, always ready to hit the medium pike with all his strength and draw a straight line on the battlefield.

Obviously, this is a comment on marksmanship in an ancient book: "Don't move like a mountain, move like Lei Zhen".

The name of pike "the king of hundreds of soldiers" comes from its strong and brave attack style and "one inch long and one inch strong", which far exceeds the attack distance of other weapons; The name of "the thief of a hundred soldiers" comes from various ways of using pike, such as "ending, winding, collapsing, picking, tying and dancing flowers".

It is precisely because of the combination of rigidity and softness brought by this natural contradictory attribute that Parker is also called a thief while becoming a "king". At this point, the answer to the previous puzzle is ready to come out-the pike is both the "king of hundreds of battles" and the "thief of hundreds of battles".

The unique weapon characteristics of pike combining rigidity with softness are also recognized by Jin Yong and Mr. Gu Long, two martial arts novel masters. Although the appearance rate of pike is not high in Jin Yong's and Gu Long's works, both of them interpret pike with their own roles.

The overlord gun in Gu Long's novel Seven Weapons is a powerful weapon of the first class in Wulin. It is made of pure steel, with a length of 1 ft, 3 feet, 7 inches and 3 minutes, and weighs 73 pounds and 72 San Qian. The gun head and the gun shaft are both sharp weapons in the battle.

Both Wang Lao's escort and Miss Wang Da, who used the overlord gun, showed the combination of rigidity and softness in personality in a direct or indirect way, and Wang Xing undoubtedly coincided with the title of "King of Hundred Soldiers".

Hua Tie Guan is a unique gun-wielding character created in Jin Yong's novel Liancheng Tactics. "The South Four Absolutely Out of Water" Hua Tie is dry and good at using guns. He has always prided himself on being an upright and just man in the Wulin, but he chose an extreme way to die in times of crisis.

Obviously, Mr. Jin Lao also hopes to express the contradiction of pike through artistic treatment and metaphor the changeable characteristics of "a hundred soldiers and thieves"

As a cold weapon with changeable styles, pike has a high reputation in the long history of cold weapons.