Ming Dynasty army was equipped with various weapons, not only cold weapons such as knife, gun, boring and axe, but also hot weapons such as three-eyed gun and Fran machine cannons.
However, the biggest cold weapon that shines in the late Ming Dynasty was the sabre equipped by Zheng Chenggong's troops, a long-handled battle knife that was more powerful to deal with the Qing cavalry.
The horse-killing sabre equipped by Zheng's army is a powerful tool. It not only can defeat the Eight Banners of the Qing army in field battles, but also can kill Dutch musketeers in a formation while attacking Taiwan.
The bright and bright long-handled saber saber left a thrilling shadow on Dutch several times, so that the Dutch trembled when they saw the saber saber.
Why is the saberatta so powerful?
1. What does the saber look like?
The weapon of the horse-knife is not widely circulated, or it is not widely configured in the Ming army because it is too difficult to wield.
However, this kind of combat knife is more common in Zheng Jun's equipment.
It is known that in the tenth year of the Yongli period of Nanming (1656), Zheng Chenggong began to promote equipment and kill sabers in the army.
" hang (adjustment) The village heroes in various places train guns, equipped with copper hundred-sci-sci-flowered guns, and set up a saber to kill the horse and a wooden stick without empty space. ." ("Record of the Conquest")
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Why did Zheng Chenggong promote the killing of horses in the army?
Because The Eight Banners Cavalry of the Qing Dynasty was really a bit powerful. When the Zheng army lacked war horses to face the enemy head-on, they used infantry equipment to kill sabers against the cavalry.
can reduce losses to a certain extent and cause huge damage to the enemy, otherwise there would be no title of "killing horses".
According to Zheng Dayu, a member of Zheng Chenggong's family at the same time,
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" knife is called "slashing horse". It is used to be used to cut (slashing) and cut. It is quite similar to half a month, but it crosses the horse's feet, like wind sweeping and breaking branches. " ("Jingguo Xiongluo·Martial Preparation Examination")
The most important purpose of cutting the horse's sword is that it is extremely easy and convenient to chop. Because the blade looks like a crescent moon, cutting the horse's feet is like autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves, which can achieve twice the result with half the effort.
Especially when facing the enemy with cavalry:
" is suitable for attacking (cavalry). " ("Jingguo Xiongluo·Martial Preparation")
is the so-called horse not enough, and it is time to cut the saber to get it together. After all, infantry is naturally at a disadvantage to cavalry, so choosing a good weapon is very important.
It seems quite controversial about the shape of the saber, and most of the time the description is a bit like Qinglong Yanyue Saber , or similar to Park Dao in Water Margin.
However, according to Zheng Dayu's records, the sabre of the horse-cutting sabre equipped by Zheng Jun is as follows:
" sabre, a machete, seven feet long, three feet long, four feet long, and an iron drill underneath. ." ("Jingguo Xiongluo·Martial Preparation Examination")
sabre can also be called a machete. The total length of this knife is seven feet. Ming Dynasty construction ruler is about 32 cm, and seven feet is just over two meters.
The blade is three feet long, about one meter; the hilt is four feet long, about one meter twenty to thirty centimeters, and the hilt is slightly longer than the blade.
has an iron diamond under the handle of the knife. At first glance, it does look similar to Yanyue Knife , but it is indeed not Yanyue Knife.
Because Zheng Dayu also has other records about the Yanyue Sword. The Yanyue Sword is seven feet and five inches long, but the hilt of the bar is five feet long, which is obviously different from the ratio of the slashing sabre.
slashing the saber body should be the longest among Zheng Jun’s equipment swords. After all, the length of the slashing cavalry is indeed the advantage.
Key Zheng Dayu also drew pictures of killing the horse sabre, but judging from his accompanying pictures, it is not very appropriate to the text description.
From left to left is the third slashing saber
Because the handle he drew was much smaller than the body of the blade, either his drawing level was not very good, or the pictures were for reference only.
Ming Dynasty army was equipped with various weapons, not only cold weapons such as knife, gun, boring and axe, but also hot weapons such as three-eyed gun and Fran machine cannons.
However, the biggest cold weapon that shines in the late Ming Dynasty was the sabre equipped by Zheng Chenggong's troops, a long-handled battle knife that was more powerful to deal with the Qing cavalry.
The horse-killing sabre equipped by Zheng's army is a powerful tool. It not only can defeat the Eight Banners of the Qing army in field battles, but also can kill Dutch musketeers in a formation while attacking Taiwan.
The bright and bright long-handled saber saber left a thrilling shadow on Dutch several times, so that the Dutch trembled when they saw the saber saber.
Why is the saberatta so powerful?
1. What does the saber look like?
The weapon of the horse-knife is not widely circulated, or it is not widely configured in the Ming army because it is too difficult to wield.
However, this kind of combat knife is more common in Zheng Jun's equipment.
It is known that in the tenth year of the Yongli period of Nanming (1656), Zheng Chenggong began to promote equipment and kill sabers in the army.
" hang (adjustment) The village heroes in various places train guns, equipped with copper hundred-sci-sci-flowered guns, and set up a saber to kill the horse and a wooden stick without empty space. ." ("Record of the Conquest")
Zheng Jun was equipped with hot weapons musket , and the cold weapons that were mainly equipped were saber to kill the horse and a "bent-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci-sci
Why did Zheng Chenggong promote the killing of horses in the army?
Because The Eight Banners Cavalry of the Qing Dynasty was really a bit powerful. When the Zheng army lacked war horses to face the enemy head-on, they used infantry equipment to kill sabers against the cavalry.
can reduce losses to a certain extent and cause huge damage to the enemy, otherwise there would be no title of "killing horses".
According to Zheng Dayu, a member of Zheng Chenggong's family at the same time,
"
" knife is called "slashing horse". It is used to be used to cut (slashing) and cut. It is quite similar to half a month, but it crosses the horse's feet, like wind sweeping and breaking branches. " ("Jingguo Xiongluo·Martial Preparation Examination")
The most important purpose of cutting the horse's sword is that it is extremely easy and convenient to chop. Because the blade looks like a crescent moon, cutting the horse's feet is like autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves, which can achieve twice the result with half the effort.
Especially when facing the enemy with cavalry:
" is suitable for attacking (cavalry). " ("Jingguo Xiongluo·Martial Preparation")
is the so-called horse not enough, and it is time to cut the saber to get it together. After all, infantry is naturally at a disadvantage to cavalry, so choosing a good weapon is very important.
It seems quite controversial about the shape of the saber, and most of the time the description is a bit like Qinglong Yanyue Saber , or similar to Park Dao in Water Margin.
However, according to Zheng Dayu's records, the sabre of the horse-cutting sabre equipped by Zheng Jun is as follows:
" sabre, a machete, seven feet long, three feet long, four feet long, and an iron drill underneath. ." ("Jingguo Xiongluo·Martial Preparation Examination")
sabre can also be called a machete. The total length of this knife is seven feet. Ming Dynasty construction ruler is about 32 cm, and seven feet is just over two meters.
The blade is three feet long, about one meter; the hilt is four feet long, about one meter twenty to thirty centimeters, and the hilt is slightly longer than the blade.
has an iron diamond under the handle of the knife. At first glance, it does look similar to Yanyue Knife , but it is indeed not Yanyue Knife.
Because Zheng Dayu also has other records about the Yanyue Sword. The Yanyue Sword is seven feet and five inches long, but the hilt of the bar is five feet long, which is obviously different from the ratio of the slashing sabre.
slashing the saber body should be the longest among Zheng Jun’s equipment swords. After all, the length of the slashing cavalry is indeed the advantage.
Key Zheng Dayu also drew pictures of killing the horse sabre, but judging from his accompanying pictures, it is not very appropriate to the text description.
From left to left is the third slashing saber
Because the handle he drew was much smaller than the body of the blade, either his drawing level was not very good, or the pictures were for reference only.
2. Killing the horse sabre caused great losses to the Qing cavalry
Although Zheng Junzhong had equipped the horse sabre very early, the one who really made the horse sabre powerful in the world was the Iron Army under Zheng Chenggong.
Iron Man Army is a heavily armored infantry unit formed by Guoxianye. Its purpose is also used to deal with Qing cavalry, and the heavy armor is also imitated by the Qing army heavy cavalry.
The Qing cavalry seized by Zheng's army was more than 30 kilograms of armor, which could wrap all over the body well and avoid being injured in battle. Zheng's Ironman Army armor should be heavier.
In addition to the armor, the Iron Man Army is also equipped with other equipment, such as wearing a heavy iron mask on its face, and carrying other combat equipment.
The total weight load may be around fifty kilograms.
Therefore, the selection of the Iron Man Army is extremely strict. The most important thing is that you must have great strength, and the level of martial arts is second.
" set a large stone weighing 300 kilograms before Yanwuting. The person who is selected will be personally read and asked them to lift the stone and walk around three times ." ("Records of the Conquest")
For those soldiers recruited to the Iron Man Army, the most basic method of selection is to lift the stone. The 300 kilograms of stone is not counted. They have to circle the Yanwuting for three rounds to pass.
After the Iron Man Army formed the army, the unified weapon that Zheng Chenggong carefully selected for them was the sabre that Zheng army had already equipped.
" each squad leads six members, each with two horses and two cards in Yunnan, and the whole class will hold bows and arrows. " ("Records of the Conquest")
The grassroots organization of the Iron Man Army is a squad, with six soldiers in each squad, and two of them are carrying out the external output with the sabers.
When Zheng Chenggong led his army to the north to attack Nanjing, the Iron Man Army's sabre played a major role, and severely damaged the Qing cavalry in the Battle of Silver Mountain.
At that time, Zheng Chenggong took the vanguard of 200 Iron Man Army and took the initiative to fight against the 800 cavalry of the Qing army:
"
" The left tiger guard was particularly attacking the attack, and storming more than 800 cavalry of Manchu and Han 200 people. " ("Records of the Conquest")
The left tiger guard town is actually the official name of the Iron Man Army. The Iron Man Army is just a common name for this army, but it is indeed very vivid.
These two hundred iron men held the sabre in their hands. With their heavy iron armor, they not only blocked the Qing army's cavalry and shooting, but also formed a formation to block the impact of the cavalry.
At that time, the Iron Man formed a trisized formation, and the Iron Man Army acted as a human wall to block the cavalry. The Iron Man Army in Permian saw the opportunity and slashed the Qing cavalry with a sabre.
" My head-stacked soldiers let them conflict and remained safe. They were killed by my Permian soldiers and their men and horses. " ("Records of the Conquest")
not only cut the Qing army's horses and lay down, but also eliminated the Qing army. As a result, the Qing army was cut to a point of collapse.
Then the Iron Man Army chased and killed the retreating Qing army:
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" Our army fought bravely and fought to the death, all of which were worthy of hundreds. The enemy was invincible and rushed down the hillside, with people and horses, falling countless times. " ("Records of the Conquest")
In the end, the Qing cavalry was cut by a sabre and wiped out the entire army.
The most awesome thing is that when Zheng Jun was approaching Wuhu , eight Iron Man Army fought against the 200 Qing Army, and then the operation was quite amazing. As soon as the iron man army showed the saberata of 200 superior forces, the Qing army, which had an advantageous force, collapsed instantly and was chased by eight iron man troops.
" The enemy then fled in shock, and eight people took the opportunity to chase the south gate, and the county defended the enemy soldiers to escape from the north gate. " ("Records of the Conquest")
Eight people recovered a city, which shows that the Qing army was cut out from the shadows by the Iron Man Army and the sabre, and they had no courage to fight the enemy at all.
But it is a pity that the Iron Man Army (Zuohuwei Town) was wiped out due to Zheng Chenggong's command error and was buried at the foot of Zhada Mountain in Nanjing.
3. The shadow left by the saberata on the Dutch
Although the Iron Man Army was wiped out, there were many troops equipped with saberata in the Zheng army. Later, these troops crossed the sea and conquered Taiwan.
Although the Zheng army attacked Taiwan still mainly used cold weapons, and the cold weapons equipped were also various, the Dutch had the most records and the deepest impression on killing sabers.
Because they were also cut off the shadows.
First, let's see how they described Zheng Jun's sabre:
" The enemy (referring to Zheng Jun) uses various weapons... Many soldiers hold the big sword mounted on the long handle in both hands ." ("Forgotten Formosa")
From this description, although Zheng Jun has many cold weapons, the main equipment is still the sabre, and the form is also in line with Zheng Dayu's records.
long-handled saber, you need to hold it in both hands, and when you wave it, the cold light flashes, and the tiger will turn into wind, and the people will be broken if you cut it down.
Zheng Jun and his sabre in the Dutch's writing
In addition, the Dutch also recorded that these Zheng Jun soldiers holding sabres had their own combat mission and methods.
" The soldiers who used long-handled knife (original note: the Dutch also called the 'soap knife'), that is, like our Lancer , are used to block the enemy's charge and keep their team neatly; when the enemy is in chaos, they chase after him desperately. " ("Forgotten Formosa")
In addition, similar descriptions about sabre cutting are:
" used by the Chinese (Zheng Jun) The weapon is a big sword, which is fixed on a wooden handle, a big sword like a Yue, held with both hands. " ("Travels from India and Ceylon before Java, Formosa")
" Their big swords are as bright as silver, and look quite classic, like the ancient Romans ." ("Diary of Mei Family")
However, some Dutch people also called the saberk " saberk ". After all, the saberk is indeed a bit like the saberk or the saberk, but what they describe is the saberk.
"The weapons held by the Chinese soldiers (Zheng Jun) have large and heavy 'Guan'. " (" Relan Chacheng Log ")
The reason why the Dutch were impressed by the sabre, for nothing else, they were killed and wiped out by the sabre.
That is, when the Guoxian master attacked Taiwan, the most beautiful one was Zheng Jun's first battle on stage - the Annihilation Battle at the end of the North Line .
is responsible for fighting against the general under Guo's surname, Chen Ze . He led more than 700 soldiers from Xuanyi Qian Town in his headquarters to use the tactics of combining frontal attack and sneak attack around the back.
successfully defeated the 240-person Dutch musketeer quadron.
Then the Zheng army soldier rushed forward, holding the sabre and outputting it wildly, directly annihilated the more than 200 Dutch army .
" Chinese (Zheng Army) took advantage of the situation and slashed people when they saw them, without mercy ." ("Forgotten Formosa")
or this record:
" enemy soldiers slashed at us with big swords, regardless of artillery bombardment. " ("Travels from Java, Formosa" before India and Ceylon")
Even the commander of the Dutch army, Captain Bedel, was mercilessly killed by Zheng's sabre, and paid the retribution he deserved for suppressing Guo Huai and Yi.
" Although he himself (Bedel) fell to the ground with injuries and stood up to encourage his soldiers, he was finally chopped down by a "sword of the sabre". " ("Jeranzha Log")
These musketeers , which made the Dutch proud, were actually wiped out by Zheng's sabre. This battle was enough to make the Dutch's sabre the best memory.
So any war recorded by the Dutch will definitely not lack a description of Zheng's army's sabre, so that some Dutch people are frightened when they see the sabre.
The battle at the end of the north line is true and it also cuts them out of shadow.
After the war, Zheng Chenggong released several captured Dutch soldiers and asked them to send a letter of persuasion to the Governor Kuiyi. In his heart, Zheng Chenggong used the battle of the North Line to intimidate and said:
" You sent troops to the North Line to log in, but as soon as their feet stepped on the land, our soldiers immediately cut them down to nothing left.” ("Jerlandzha Log")
Do the Dutch have any reasons for not being afraid of killing a sabre?
(One of my own words, please seek common ground while reserving differences, thank you for your reading)
Because they were also cut off the shadows.
First, let's see how they described Zheng Jun's sabre:
" The enemy (referring to Zheng Jun) uses various weapons... Many soldiers hold the big sword mounted on the long handle in both hands ." ("Forgotten Formosa")
From this description, although Zheng Jun has many cold weapons, the main equipment is still the sabre, and the form is also in line with Zheng Dayu's records.
long-handled saber, you need to hold it in both hands, and when you wave it, the cold light flashes, and the tiger will turn into wind, and the people will be broken if you cut it down.
Zheng Jun and his sabre in the Dutch's writing
In addition, the Dutch also recorded that these Zheng Jun soldiers holding sabres had their own combat mission and methods.
" The soldiers who used long-handled knife (original note: the Dutch also called the 'soap knife'), that is, like our Lancer , are used to block the enemy's charge and keep their team neatly; when the enemy is in chaos, they chase after him desperately. " ("Forgotten Formosa")
In addition, similar descriptions about sabre cutting are:
" used by the Chinese (Zheng Jun) The weapon is a big sword, which is fixed on a wooden handle, a big sword like a Yue, held with both hands. " ("Travels from India and Ceylon before Java, Formosa")
" Their big swords are as bright as silver, and look quite classic, like the ancient Romans ." ("Diary of Mei Family")
However, some Dutch people also called the saberk " saberk ". After all, the saberk is indeed a bit like the saberk or the saberk, but what they describe is the saberk.
"The weapons held by the Chinese soldiers (Zheng Jun) have large and heavy 'Guan'. " (" Relan Chacheng Log ")
The reason why the Dutch were impressed by the sabre, for nothing else, they were killed and wiped out by the sabre.
That is, when the Guoxian master attacked Taiwan, the most beautiful one was Zheng Jun's first battle on stage - the Annihilation Battle at the end of the North Line .
is responsible for fighting against the general under Guo's surname, Chen Ze . He led more than 700 soldiers from Xuanyi Qian Town in his headquarters to use the tactics of combining frontal attack and sneak attack around the back.
successfully defeated the 240-person Dutch musketeer quadron.
Then the Zheng army soldier rushed forward, holding the sabre and outputting it wildly, directly annihilated the more than 200 Dutch army .
" Chinese (Zheng Army) took advantage of the situation and slashed people when they saw them, without mercy ." ("Forgotten Formosa")
or this record:
" enemy soldiers slashed at us with big swords, regardless of artillery bombardment. " ("Travels from Java, Formosa" before India and Ceylon")
Even the commander of the Dutch army, Captain Bedel, was mercilessly killed by Zheng's sabre, and paid the retribution he deserved for suppressing Guo Huai and Yi.
" Although he himself (Bedel) fell to the ground with injuries and stood up to encourage his soldiers, he was finally chopped down by a "sword of the sabre". " ("Jeranzha Log")
These musketeers , which made the Dutch proud, were actually wiped out by Zheng's sabre. This battle was enough to make the Dutch's sabre the best memory.
So any war recorded by the Dutch will definitely not lack a description of Zheng's army's sabre, so that some Dutch people are frightened when they see the sabre.
The battle at the end of the north line is true and it also cuts them out of shadow.
After the war, Zheng Chenggong released several captured Dutch soldiers and asked them to send a letter of persuasion to the Governor Kuiyi. In his heart, Zheng Chenggong used the battle of the North Line to intimidate and said:
" You sent troops to the North Line to log in, but as soon as their feet stepped on the land, our soldiers immediately cut them down to nothing left.” ("Jerlandzha Log")
Do the Dutch have any reasons for not being afraid of killing a sabre?
(One of my own words, please seek common ground while reserving differences, thank you for your reading)
