If you were fighting a war in ancient times, which weapon would you choose to go to war with? Why?

War in ancient times certainly will not only bring a weapon, if it were me, I would choose the following kinds of weapons.

One, the gun

The gun is the king of all weapons, the "four famous weapons" of the first. Ancient Chinese generals such as Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Yue Fei, etc. are using it, is really charging into battle, kill the enemy and make a success of the necessary artifacts.

The gun is long and sharp, easy to use, the head of the blade can be stabbed can be chopped, can pierce the armor; the gun rod to grab, can block weapons, can also be hit or thrown to kill the enemy, the power is stronger than the stick class of blunt weapons. A general can ride a war horse to charge and stab the enemy, or dismount and fight on foot.

The gun in the eighteen martial arts is more difficult to learn, not easy to master, as the saying goes: "the year stick, the month knife, a long time to practice the gun". To use a good use of fine still have to practice more.

Two, whip, mace

Mace more than double mace together, belong to the short weapon, on the horse battle is favorable. The weight of the mace is heavy, non-powerful people can not use freely, the lethality is very considerable, even through the armor can also be smashed alive. The mace is a weapon used by cavalry to break the iron armor, and it is used to control the enemy by force. In terms of strength and power, the mace is not as strong as a sharp blade. In the Tang and Song dynasties are full of mounted cavalry and heavily armored infantry on the battlefield, the whip, mace, such as used against the heavy armor of the striking weapon must not be prepared.

Additionally, the mace is considered to be a good weapon. A pair of mace of the same weight, just like the two ends of the scales; the mace without a sharp edge is more like a prop for scolding and punishing, rather than a vicious weapon for taking lives and mutilating limbs. Only those who are impartial and selfless can realize the highest state of the mace. The horse treads on both sides of the Yellow River, the mace strikes three states and six provinces, and shakes half the sky of Shandong. The man who uses the mace will become the embodiment of justice and prestige.

People often say that Qin Shubao's mace does not aim at killing the enemy with a sharp blade, but with a blow and warning of a blow to the head, so as to collect his heart and control his body, which is a well-deserved good weapon among the weapons.

Three, the bow and crossbow

Bow and arrow as the ancient battlefield of the long-range blow weapon essential. Bow is the ancient war in the long-distance striking about favorable weapons, since the emergence of human war to the modern guns and cannons used in large quantities so far, the role of the bow is any weapon can not be replaced.

For example, the range of the English longbow is twice as long as the crossbow (up to 400 yards, the effective range of nearly 250 yards), and the rate of archery is much higher (10 to 12 arrows per minute). It could be considered a sniper rifle on the battlefield. But it takes a long time to train a qualified archer. But with a crossbow it was much easier, and a peasant could kill a knight in heavy armor with only a few hours of practice.

The crossbow was also a necessary artifact for killing enemies on the battlefield.

Four, waist knife

The role of the waist knife is mainly close combat plus self-defense, but also an essential weapon.