Video explanation of traditional cold weapon war

Because swords and spears are the most practical cold weapons. Speaking of the cold war in ancient China, what has always been called? Eighteen weapons? Come on, raise your sword and put down your hammer, Shuang Bian? Special weapons? , all in? Eighteen weapons? Within the coverage. But friends who are familiar with history may know, right? Eighteen weapons? But there are only three mainstream weapons on the battlefield: swords and spears. What kind of magic do swords and spears have, so that they can be used in? Eighteen weapons? Stand out and become the main choice for cold weapon operations?

The reason is simple, because? Practical value? . In the battlefield of cold weapons, everything is empty, and there is only one pursuit, and that is? Actual combat? . And the sword is worthy of the name among the so-called eighteen weapons? Sponsor? . So-called? Knife? , in fact? Single blade? Weapons; So-called? Sword? , in fact? Double-edged weapon? ; So-called? Spear? It's actually a long weapon. The remaining weapons are all extended outward on the basis of these three, even some? Fancy? . Only these three weapons are convenient for mass production, with great practical effect and the greatest effect. So they have stood firm during the cold war in China for thousands of years.

It is worth mentioning that, if it is really serious, the sword is not the mainstream weapon in China War. Friends who are familiar with history know that there is only one dynasty in China's history that really equipped swords as military weapons on a large scale: the Han Dynasty. Han soldiers are equipped with daggers and shields. Sword and shield soldiers? Mainly. But by the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the sword was gradually destroyed. Ring knife? Instead, he slowly left the battlefield of cold weapons. Because the armor rate of soldiers in the Central Plains is generally not high, and the armor rate of autocratic dynasty troops in the early and middle period is probably below 30%, so single-edged knives are more lethal than knives.

Due to the difference of iron smelting technology, the armor protection rate of western troops is much higher. In this case, the sword naturally never walked out of the battlefield stage, because? Straight stab? Than? Chop? It can break the protection of armor.