The mace equipped by Xu Jin's army in those days was really powerful for Song Jun.

Gold has a kidnapper horse, and Song has a hemp knife; Jin has a martial art, and Marshal Song Youyue; Gold has mace, and Song has crown. This helpless joke shows the helplessness of Guo Xu mace in Song Dynasty. Many people think that mace is the weapon of northern minorities, which is completely wrong. In fact, there was a standard maces in the Song Dynasty. However, mace is mainly equipped with cavalry units. In this regard, it is difficult for a clever woman in the Song Dynasty to cook without rice.

First, mace appeared very early and was not originally created by the northern nationalities.

In many novels, I have always thought about the power of the Jin Tower after using mace. It seems that mace is a unique weapon of 8 Jin Army. In fact, history is far from it. As early as the Western Zhou Dynasty, weapons similar to mace appeared in the Central Plains. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, a weapon named Iron Bone Blossoming appeared. This weapon already has some characteristics of mace, but it is not fully equipped. Before the Song Dynasty, maces did not appear in large numbers, but at most some generals used weapons similar to maces. During many battles between Song and Jin Dynasties, maces were widely used in the towers of Jin Dynasty, which made Song Jun unable to resist. Other weapons, such as swords and axes, are sharp weapons. If you don't cut the key parts, there will generally be no fatal injury. In the face of elite soldiers in armor, traditional sharp weapons are difficult to play a role. In this case, Mace began to give play to his advantages. Even if the opponent is a heavily armored infantry, mace is also lethal.

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Many people think that mace was invented by Jin Guo, but it is not. In the Northern Song Dynasty, Ceng Gongliang recorded the mace in detail in the General Theory of Wu Jing: "Take hard and heavy wood, which is four or five feet long ... and nail it. If it is a spike, it is called a mace. " Visible, Song Jun also has the opportunity to equip a large number of hammer tools. Song Jun does not lack technology, but supporting facilities. Mace can only play its greatest role in cavalry hands. Although the Song Dynasty had a million troops, it lacked cavalry. Due to the serious shortage of cavalry, mace naturally doesn't have a lot of equipment. In the state of Jin, it's completely different. Jin itself was founded by nomadic people, and there was no shortage of war horses. There are two famous cavalry units in the state of Jin, namely the iron axe and the kidnapper horse. In the face of Xu Jin's powerful cavalry, Song Jun was really unable to resist at first. Those traditional weapons can't restrain Xu Jin Guo cavalry, and of course Xu Jin Guo cavalry is not invincible.

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Second, both Yue Fei and Temujin have the means to defeat Xu Jinguo cavalry.

Although Xu Jinguo cavalry is tough, it is not without weaknesses. Many people have discovered the weakness of the Golden Cavalry, first of all, the national hero Yue Fei. There were not enough cavalry in Song Dynasty, so we had to rely on infantry to fight. Because two legs can't run four legs, even if Xu Jinguo's cavalry is defeated, it's hard to panic. Yue Fei found a way to attack Xu Jinguo's cavalry in the battle with Xu Jinguo's army, but it was too expensive. Yue Fei found that the legs and joints of horses could not be wrapped in armor, whether it was a light cavalry horse or a heavy cavalry iron tower. Therefore, just cut down the horse, Xu Jinguo cavalry will naturally fall. This method is easy to say, but in fact it will cost a lot. First of all, in the face of the avalanche of Xu Jinguo cavalry, your own army should not panic, which requires psychological quality. When Xu Jin's cavalry approached, the soldiers of the Song Dynasty immediately squatted down and cut off the horse's legs with hemp knives. In this way, although the cavalry in Xu Jinguo will fall, the impact of the war horse will overwhelm the soldiers in the Song Dynasty.

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In fact, this is mutually assured destruction and a helpless choice. If Matthew is quick and the soldier fails to cut off the horse's leg, the soldier will be trampled to death by the horse behind him. It can be seen that an army without faith cannot accomplish such a task. The army led by Yue Fei was so strong at that time that Yue Jiajun was really fierce. In addition to this deadly tactic, there is another way to deal with Xu Jinguo cavalry, and that is to build a powerful cavalry regiment. Genghis Khan Temujin adopted this method, and the Mongolian cavalry did not lose to Xu Jin's cavalry in all aspects. When fighting against the state of Xu Jin, there are often scenes of cavalry units hedging. In addition, the Mongolian army is good at archery, and many Xu Jin cavalry are actually killed by bows and arrows. With the emergence of firearms such as ware, cavalry is no match for firearms no matter how tough it is. At that time, the Jishen camp of the Ming army was specially equipped with firearms, and rows of Mongolian cavalry were turned over by firearms.