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Eighteen kinds of weapons in the king of cold weapons

The king of the eighteen general weapons of cold weapons

Painted halberd is one of the traditional eighteen general weapons, it is a combination of spear and go evolved, can be stabbed or hooked, can be cut or chopped, changeable, mighty without casting, can be called the king of the cold weapons. Painted halberd itself is a kind of ceremonial decoration, seldom used in actual combat, for no other reason, is too difficult to practice. Painted halberd on the user's high requirements, not only to brawn over people, but also to adapt to the sensitive, when the enemy, in order to apply freely.

The biggest secret of the halberd method is in a "change" word. The halberd is different from the sword, axe, boring, hammer such heavy weapons, it is a combination of light weapons and heavy weapons, the key lies in the power of control and change. The real halberd masters can switch between light and heavy at will, such as antelope hanging horns, without traces, in the wind and rain contains killing opportunities. According to legend, Xiang Yu, the king of Western Chu, was good at using the halberd. When he was young, he was able to carry the halberd, and when he grew up, he learned to be "the enemy of ten thousand people", and he was especially good at running and attacking. In the Battle of Pengcheng, Xiang Yu led 30,000 cavalry to attack Pengcheng and defeated 600,000 Han troops, which is called a master of mobile warfare. Xiang Yu was born a fierce general, and the halberd in the palm of his hand is indispensable.

In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Lu Bu is recognized as the strongest general, who fought Liu, Guan and Zhang in front of the Tiger Prison Pass, and the weapon he used was the painted halberd. Lu Bu was born in Jiuhuan, Bingzhou, which is today's Baotou City in Inner Mongolia. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Bingzhou was an area inhabited by Hu and Han people, who were often at war, and the people were very tough. Lu Bu organized a cavalry force of countrymen and killed the Xiong Nu cavalry, who called him "Roaring Tiger of Jiuhuan".

Tang Xue Rengui, whose ancestor was Xue Andu, a famous general of the Southern Dynasties, had a family tradition of martial arts, and was good at using a silver shear halberd. Tang Taizong's conquest of Goryeo, Xue Rengui emerged as a result of bravery, to guard the Xuanwumen, and later conquered the Western Turkestan, Goryeo, Tubo, Tiele nine surnames, a lifetime of East and West, the success of the war. When he was nearly seventy years old, he conquered the Turkestan, and the enemy fled in distress before the battle. Xue Rengui became a fierce god in the eyes of the enemies of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang army sang, "General three arrows to determine the Heavenly Mountain, the strongest man singing into the Han Pass".