What are the 18 kinds of cold weapons in ancient times?

In ancient China, China's cold weapons can be described as a variety of dazzling, although there are 18 kinds of weapons in China, but really count up, China's weapons are far more than 18 kinds, whether from conventional weapons, special weapons, concealed weapons, green weapons, which is more than the contemporaneous Europe, whether it is the Roman Legion or the Ten Soldiers, or the Knights of the Gothic, the Teutonic Knights, the Knights of St. Johan, etc., any Military groups are incomparable. Furthermore, the smelting technology and crossbow making technology of China at that time were far more advanced than that of Europe in the Middle Ages, and here I would like to describe to all the heroes and heroines here by virtue of a little knowledge about cold weapons that I usually accumulate. The so-called 18 general weapons said, should be limited to the ancient Chinese military system in the provisions of the 18 regular weapons.

1. knife: one side of the open edge, in order to cut the main weapon, through the ages, no matter whether it is the army or the green man are used, a large number of popular in the Han Dynasty ring head knife (this knife is the knife drove away the Xiongnu, constituting a sweep of Europe's "God's Whip"), and its divided into many kinds of, such as the waist knife, lancet knife, ring sword, plain knife, there are some generals love to ride on the horse to make the sword. The large sword that some military generals loved to ride on the horse to make.

2. Sword: both sides of the open edge for the sword, in Europe, the sword and knife is no difference, they are a word, China's sword has a long history, can be traced back to the Shang Dynasty before the large number of armed forces is in the Eastern Zhou period, especially like the sword of the Qin Dynasty, up to 1.5 meters long, in order to develop a greater kill in the chariot (at that time, only the State of Zhao is based on the cavalry, most of the countries are still based on chariot), and then later on, the sword is the first time in the Qin Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty. Later, due to the prevalence of the sword, in the troops away from gradually replaced the sword, so that the sword only became a general's weapon or decoration. There are exceptions in the Ming Dynasty, when Qi Xuguang in order to level the Japanese, thus creating a heavy sword to fight against the Japanese pig's sharp swords, but this heavy sword is still not as fierce as the German Teutonic Knight of the Ten Scouts 1.8 meters heavy sword.

3. spear: some books also say that the spear = gun, this point I still do not know, but from some novels and literature, the spear and the gun is completely attributed to the same I am afraid is not right. Spear is the longest is up to 4 meters long, is mainly used for car battle, riding in the horse's spear is usually called long spear, short spear and javelin (throwing spear) called fir. There are also some special such as, snake spear, stabbing spear and so on.

4. gun: can be so compared to the spear and gun, put aside the handle, just look at the edge, the edge of the long for the spear, the edge of the short for the gun. The head of the gun is undoubtedly lighter than the head of the spear, kill and injure but the same, are to stab, punch for the residence, moreover, due to the retirement of the chariot, the use of the spear is also less, kill people not as long as the vertical horse lance to the convenience of maneuvering is also a lot higher. There are many kinds of guns, green sunken gun, crow horn grab, tiger head gun, Tilu grab, and the Song Dynasty to resist the invasion of the northern nomads inverted horse gun, hook and sickle gun and so on.

5. Gao: The Chinese specialty weapon, it is a unique national weapon in the world, as well as the ancient Egyptian sickle-headed sword. But to be honest, Go is not a very strong weapon to kill, Go has a variety of types, from the Xia Dynasty to the Han Dynasty have been popular, to the Sui and Tang dynasties are basically extinct. Gao is an old Chinese weapon, because it is cross-bladed, so it is mainly hook, peck, swing, push.

6. halberd: halberd is a combination of spear and go or gun and knife, its killing power is very strong, can be like a spear like stabbing, but also like go and knife like hook, swing and chop. In Europe, halberd equipment and China is different, Europe in the Middle Ages to equip the infantry as a residence, while China as early as the ancient times in large quantities of equipment troops, to the Middle Ages has been from the infantry to the cavalry, the infantry to the lightweight lance instead. Chinese halberd is mainly divided into 3 kinds, one is the oldest go halberd, this kind of the most kinds of the most widely equipped, but also the first to be eliminated; the second is the door halberd appeared in the north and south dynasties; and is the favorite of military generals, the square sky painting halberd.

7. axe and battle-axe: the big one is a battle-axe, and the small one is an axe. The battle-axe is not used for a long time in actual combat, it is estimated that many friends do not know, it is in the Xia, Shang and Western Zhou is a chariot with a huge deterrent heavy weapons, but also the weapon of the son of heaven, and later because it is too bulky and heavy to become eliminated, and from then on the battle-axe can only be used as a ceremonial weapon. And the development of the axe than the big head of the battle-axe is much more fortunate, China through the ages have people use the axe, whether it is the founding father of the great Tang Dynasty Cheng Biajin with Xuanhua wheel axe, or the green forest in Liangshan good man Li Kui with the axe, can be a big axe on the horse, but also for the two-handed axe, there are many kinds of axe. The axe is very strong killing, belongs to the heavy weapon, to chop mainly.

8. crossbow: this does not need to say much, I just say one thing, that is, China's ancient long-distance killing weapon has been much more powerful than the foreign.

9. whip: we can not be mistaken, this whip is not a soft line like a rope like a whip, we say the whip is a kind of chopping, sweeping, stabbing and so on for the residence of the weapon like an iron bar. Whip is like steel made of bamboo, so also called bamboo steel whip. Historically, the whip was used by Wu Zixu, Marshal Yuchigong of the Tang Dynasty, and the Huyan family of the Song Dynasty. The whip is a weapon created to deal with armor stronger than lockjaw armor, and can break heart guards with a single blow, which is extremely powerful. It is a heavy weapon.

10. mace: and the whip is the same as the armor-breaking weapon, the difference is that the mace has 3~4 edges, so there are three-flute mace or four-flute mace, usually mace is lighter than the whip, but the killing is greater than the whip, armor-breaking force is smaller than the whip. Generations of military generals are to gun or halberd for the residence of the war weapon, and the back on the back of the 2 mace as a paving weapon, surprise to the enemy fatal killing, so there is a "killer mace" said.

11. Fork: This is not necessary for me to say it, is the trident, China also has a horse fork, nine fork, Totian fork and many other kinds. And the gun is the same as the main thrust, the difference is that the fork kills a large range, can have the effect of restricting the enemy's weapons.

12. Laos: To put it bluntly, it is a light weapon that mainly knocks, and then put on a little bit is, three-section whip, nunchaku, nine-section whip and other weapons. Is the assassin and green ranger's favorite weapon, convenient and flexible, but as a martial arts masterpiece sword net actually do not have this kind of weapon, can not say is a pity.

13. sticks: sticks, the most basic weapons, but also the most affordable defense weapons in ancient times. From the stick point of view, there are WuYou stick, QiMei stick, PanLong stick said, from the stick class point of view there are whistle stick, iron hoop stick, wolf tooth stick, etc. In short, stick can be mixed into a class.

14. Boring: heavy power weapons, ancient and modern use of people less, probably because it is more bulky. We have seen the "Sui and Tang Dynasty"? The world's second fierce general Yuwen Chengdu and the sixth fierce general Wu Tian Xie were used in the gold-plated boring and mixed gold boring, weighing more than 200 pounds, although the novel exaggerated a little, but really a boring smashed down, wearing a helmet can be smashed Tian Linggai. Boring is the fork of the strengthening of the same, heavier than the fork, more lethal, the general boring as many as five spines, the most side of the spines have a reverse edge, fierce ah ~ ~!

15. service: this weapon, I have not seen, but the book said it is a bamboo handle, metal blade weapon, may be a concealed weapon.

16. hammer: it is estimated that the most lethal single weapon in ancient times, not only from the appearance of the hammer can be seen as a deterrent, the main thing is that the hammer is able to deal with warriors wearing heavy armor. Whether in China or European knights, there are records of hammers being used. China's first fierce general Li Yuan Yuan Li Yuanba, the fourth son of Li Yuanba, holding a pair of each weighing 400 pounds of gold urn broken hammer to fight all over the world; Tang Xue will be Xue Kui with the eight-pronged golden hammer to beat the Turkic winds scattering fear; Yue Fei's eldest son of the Southern Song Dynasty general Yue Yun is also the use of the silver hammer swept away the Jin army. In Europe, in order to deal with knights wearing full body armor, many armies are equipped with giant hammers. Thus, there is a "royal hammer", "hammer Charles de" and other words. In fact, the hammer can not be considered a perfect weapon, because it is too heavy, not many people can hold, so in ancient China in the army is not prepared.

17. abduction: how to say? You should have someone to see more Saints it, the strongest gold Saints Horizon child tiger (also our Chinese, hehehe), his holy clothes by the six kinds of weapons, in order for the gun, sword, three section whip, nunchaku, shield, abduction. This kind of weapon can defense can attack is quite good self-defense weapons, the general regular forces are not equipped, only those who are green, jianghu heroes only use.

18. Meteor: This does not mean that the meteor hammer, but the rope weapons, such as rope gun, meteor hammer, chain hammer. In Europe there is a kind of weapon called yoke even, in fact, is equipped with a handle of the chain hammer, can bypass the enemy's shield, or defensive posture on its blow, in fact, and meteor hammer is a reason,. This kind of weapon is so offensive that it is hard for the opponent to defend, but since their weapon is soft, their own defense is not very good. This kind of weapon in the army in addition to certain character martial arts generals as store assistant weapon, is not for large-scale equipment. But some of the bandits are used

Long weapons: halberd knife

Brush knife

Phoenixui knife

Crescent moon knife

Eyebrow knife

Three-pointed two-bladed knife

Spring and Autumn sword

Hooks and sickles

Qiankun sun and moon knife

Long gun

Ancient spear spear gun

Flower spear

Single-toothed moon

Nine-curved halberd

Short weapons: Nine-ringed sword

Machete

Matador

Linking knife

Seven-star sword

Dragonquan sword

Fangjie whip

Dharma staff

Iron fan

Shaolin plate axe

Soft Weapons: Nine-section Whip

Da Sweeper

Three-section Stick

Soft Whip

Meteor Gun

Rope Dart

Long-Headed Pole Rod

Chained Sword

Sword Whip

Meteor Hammer

Double Weapons: Yuanyang Sword

Qiankun Sun-Moon Wheel Sword <

Double Sword of Dragon and Phoenix

Double Stick

Board Axe

Double Board Axe

Shaolin Double Halberd

Plum Blossom Dagger

Mother and Child Mandarin Ducks' Battle-axe

Odd Sect weapon: Judge's Pen

Gongtian Combs

Emei Thorn

Mother and Child Knives

Mayang ducks' battle-axe

Sun and Moon Wheel

Dragon and Phoenix Fan

Double Crutches

Crescent Knife

Iron Broom

Concealed Weapons: Wrestling Arrows

Money Dart

Plum Blossom Needle

Flying Locust Stone

Blood Drops

Iron Lotus Flowers

Flying Thallium

Iron Mandarin Ducks

Spouting Cylinder

Ruyi Beads

Flying Cymbals

Plum Blossom Sleeve Arrows

Sleeve Crossbow

Dart Knife

Sleeve Rings

Sleeve Eggs

Folding Stool

Mother Iron Guts

Long-range weapons: Arrows

Crossbow

Bow