Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 103

"I also have a knife!" After showing off the horizontal knife, Yang Menglong pulled out a dog-leg knife from the outside of his right leg.It has become a habit for him to carry a dog-leg knife with him. Everyone naturally knows that. They noticed that he also had a knife from the beginning, but they just didn't pay attention to it. After he pulled out the knife, Qi Hu and Han Peng discovered that this knife was related to him. The one I used in the past is different.First of all, the one Yang Menglong used had an ox bone handle, and this one had a wooden handle, with the fragrance of logs; secondly, the blade of this knife was wider and longer than the one Yang Menglong used, and the length was similar. One and a half feet (about forty centimeters) long, the blade was full of slight dents from the hammer, and it was not as smooth as Yang Menglong's.Yang Menglong's knife can be said to be a work of art, but this one is the purest knife. It is simple and unpretentious, has no dazzling edge, and is as ordinary as a farm tool. But based on Qi Hu's experience, this knife is by no means simple, even if It's an ordinary person, and he can easily chop off a human head with it!

"This is a dog-leg knife that I asked the blacksmiths to improve upon and make it look like my knife!" Yang Menglong proudly waved his scimitar, making a pattern of knife flowers. "Even though it looks inconspicuous, , in fact, it is very fierce. I tried it and cut off the head of a sheep without using much force! Look at the tip of this knife, how sharp it is. Aim for the heart and hit it, it will be like a giant bear. It has to be finished on the spot! The product produced by Yang Ji must be a high-quality product, hey!" He said so proudly that he let out a loud shout and slashed down with the sword. Only a sound of "Tuk!" was heard, and the scimitar slashed into the wooden pile nearly half a foot deep. Tell those two people with facts that the cutting ability of this knife is as good as that of an axe!
Qi Hu exclaimed: "A good knife, a good knife!"

Yang Menglong clapped his hands, he didn't even bother to get out the knife, because Han Peng was already drooling and pushed him aside, holding the handle of the knife with some difficulty to get out the knife.He said proudly: "It's okay, this knife is made of fine iron, it's very sharp, but the quality of this fine iron is not satisfactory, and the knife made out is just so-so." Having said this, he sighed distressedly. "I wish I had more manganese ore in my hand, so that I can smelt more manganese steel, and use manganese steel to make more weapons like cutting iron."

Han Peng brandished his scimitar and asked curiously, "Little General Yang, you've been talking about manganese steel all the time, what exactly is manganese steel?"

Wang Tiehammer said in a low voice: "This manganese steel is a kind of steel made by General Xiao Yang. Its quality is far superior to all steel products. The Mo knife in my hand is made of manganese steel!"

Han Peng stared at Yang Menglong with an incredulous look on his face: "You...you know how to make steel!?"

Yang Menglong shrugged his shoulders with a stinky face: "It's so-so, making steel is not a very difficult thing!"

Isn't it difficult to make steel?
Qi Hu and Han Peng looked at each other, both dumbfounded.Steelmaking is not difficult, what else is difficult?There are only a few methods of steelmaking: frying steel, pouring steel, hundred steelmaking, and crucible steel. No matter which technology is used, the output is very limited. Although the steel frying method is cheaper, the quality is not good enough. Only the most exquisite technology, Only the most experienced smelting masters can fry high-quality medium-carbon steel and high-carbon steel, while ordinary blacksmiths can only fry wrought iron.Not to mention the hundred-smelting steel, a blacksmith repeatedly forges a piece of iron day after day, and it takes almost a year to make one piece of the hundred-smelting steel!At this time, the total annual steel production of the entire Ming Dynasty was only tens of thousands of tons. Steelmaking is not difficult, so what else is difficult?However, Yang Menglong really has the capital to talk big, because he really made a steel that is better than any steel in the past, and used it to create the most lost Mo Dao!Seeing the powerful performance of the Mo Dao, the Mo Dao made of manganese steel seems to be much sharper than the Mo Dao of the Tang Dynasty. Such a magical weapon is in front of them, and they cannot tolerate their dissatisfaction.Qi Hu swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and decided not to care about Yang Menglong's big words anymore, and hugged that horizontal knife tightly --- it seemed that he had occupied this kind of knife: "Your Excellency forged three kinds of swords in one go, I don't know How are you going to arrange it?"

Yang Menglong said: "It's simple. Although the Modao is invincible, it is too heavy. Most people can't handle it at all, so I can only use less equipment. I decided to select warriors from the army, train them strictly, and equip the heavy armored Modao. Wait until the battle is over." Put them into the battlefield when they are in a stalemate, hehe, the effect must be good."

Qi Hu nodded slightly.Mo Dao is luxurious equipment, as rich and powerful as Tang Dynasty, and the number is not very large, otherwise it would not be strictly forbidden to use Mo Dao as a funeral object.Although Yang Menglong has mastered manganese steel resources and can equip his troops with this terrifying battlefield can opener at a cost price, he certainly cannot manufacture a large number of them because of his weak family, so he can only equip them in small quantities.

"The horizontal knife is much lighter and nimbler. Most people can play it well and can equip it in large quantities. I think that elite soldiers who are good at using the knife can be selected to equip the horizontal knife. Rush up and kill his mother, flesh and blood flying all over the place. If you are lucky, you can break through the enemy's position in one fell swoop and create an opportunity for the pikemen to make an assault. When you have strength, go out again until the enemy army collapses!"

Qi Hu nodded slightly: "Pikemen need to maintain a strict formation to exert their greatest power. There is more than enough rules, but not enough offense. If there are a group of swordsmen with outstanding martial arts skills to cooperate with them, they will indeed receive miraculous and complementary effects. "

Yang Menglong chuckled: "I think so too! How should I put it? These horizontal saber soldiers are equivalent to the soldiers of the Qin army, with strict discipline, extraordinary courage and martial arts, plus the iron-cutting horizontal Knives, they can definitely cause great casualties to the enemy in melee. As for the scimitar..." Looking at the scimitar in Han Peng's hand, "This thing is cheaper, my opinion is to win the hands of the whole army a handful!"

Han Peng was stunned: "The whole army has one hand!?"

Yang Menglong said: "Yes, the entire army has one! This knife is not only a sharp weapon for killing people, but also a very useful tool. It can chop wood, chop vegetables, watermelon, and chop heads. There is no reason why the entire army should not equip it. , carrying it is not troublesome. You must also know that if the pikemen let the enemy get close, or if the pike is cut off, they will only have a dead end, but if they equip them with a scimitar, they can give up the pike decisively and use The scimitars are fighting! When the two armies are fighting, the crossbowmen can't shoot arrows, they can only stare blankly, but if they are equipped with scimitars, they can use the scimitars to cover the pikemen and eliminate those dangerous elements who forcibly rushed into the spear formation Lah. Even the scouts can use the machete to touch the enemy, or dissect the prey, and make a wooden spear. Bringing an extra weapon will give you a better chance of survival!"

Han Peng flicked the blade lightly, and said: "Your Excellency is right, you have a better chance of surviving with one more weapon! Besides, this knife is very light, easy to carry, and so sharp, only a fool I don't want to take it!"

"Not only do we need equipment for the entire army," Yang Menglong said surprisingly, "If possible, I will also give one to each of the military households, and even one to each of the common people in the county!"

This time not only Qi Hu and Han Peng, but even Wang Tiechui's eyes widened: "Everyone in the county has a hand!?"

Yang Menglong nodded heavily: "That's right, the people in the county have one, and they can usually use it to cut firewood and harvest wheat. If there is a war, they can go to battle with a knife. Isn't that great?"

I bet this old man wants all the people to be soldiers!Han Peng didn't know how to complain about him. What a good knife, but he was so embarrassed that he was turned into a cabbage!

Qi Hu flipped his wrist, and the horizontal knife in his hand pulled out a flower, which was very beautiful: "If the whole army can be equipped with such a good knife, then the combat power will definitely double. It's just that we can't win with the knife alone. Long guns are equally important..."

Yang Menglong said generously: "I have asked people to find a way to make a bow and crossbow. As for a long gun, it is even easier. As long as there is enough steel, everything will be fine!" When he said this, he frowned, feeling a little distressed , "The most difficult thing is the crossbow. I asked the craftsmen to look at the blueprint and the strong crossbow I brought. They all said it was too complicated and difficult to imitate!"

Qi Hu curled his lips, the sound of your powerful crossbow is too complicated?It's obviously super complicated, okay?Not to mention anything else, the screws, bolts, and springs alone are enough to make the Ming Dynasty's skilled craftsmen have a headache. It is unimaginable to imitate the high-quality products of modern industry without a modern industrial foundation.How miserable would it be without a modern industrial foundation?It's hard to describe. To put it simply, even if you dismantle a bicycle into parts and teach them step by step, they can't make it. Just the tires and bearings are enough to drive all the skilled craftsmen to the point of jumping off the building!

Han Peng asked: "Then what should we do? Without a strong crossbow, we will only be beaten when we go to the battlefield!"

Yang Menglong was also helpless: "If only I knew how to do it... There is no way, I have to let the craftsmen slowly figure it out, and at the same time find a way to find good craftsmen who are good at making crossbows."

At this time, although the crossbows were replaced by firearms, they did not completely withdraw from the battlefield. They could be seen from time to time on the battlefield. He shot Gao Yingxiang thousands of heavy cavalry in iron armor, almost made Gao Yingxiang cry, and called Lu Xiangsheng "the king of hell".What's more, when the Manchus were besieging Jiangyin, a good craftsman in Jiangyin City made a large number of light and powerful crossbows. Anyone within a hundred steps would fall, which caused the Qing army to suffer a lot. It can be seen that, There are still many people who can make strong crossbows. As long as you are willing, you can still find good craftsmen who are good at making strong crossbows.Yang Menglong is not a mechanical major, and he doesn't know anything about crossbow making technology. Even if he knows a little bit, it has nothing to do with the current craftsmanship. disappointment.

(End of this chapter)