(a) four fierce eight sledgehammers
If you often read romance novels such as "Said Tang" and "Said Yue Quanzhuan", it is not difficult to find that in these novels, the so-called: Four fierce eight sledgehammers? Such a title, and this title is generally given to four military commanders who use gold, silver, copper and iron as weapons. The so-called gold, silver and copper hammers are drum-beating urn gold hammers, octagonal plum blossom bright silver hammers, brass dimple hammers and wrought iron oil hammers. ?
In different novels, the military commanders who use hammers are different. For example, according to the legend of heroes in Sui and Tang Dynasties, the first golden hammer will be Li Yuanba (drumming golden hammer), the second silver hammer will be Pei Yuanqing (bright silver hammer with octagonal plum blossom), the third copper hammer will be Qin Yong (bronze hammer with a human face) and the fourth hammer will be Liang Shitai (wrought iron oil hammer). In Xue Gang's anti-Tang Dynasty, the protagonists of the four fierce and eight hammers have become the first golden hammer, Xue Kui (drumming the golden hammer), the second silver hammer, Bai Wenbao (eight-edged plum blossom bright silver hammer), and the third bronze hammer, Qin Wen (Guangwu) (gossip bronze chain hammer). The fourth hammer will be Xiong Tianqing.
In addition, these romance novels have another feature, that is, the military commanders who make hammers are generally very powerful. Take Li Yuanba as an example. His two hammers weigh * * * 800 Jin, which is the first of the four fierce hammers. What is the concept that 800 Jin is almost equivalent to the weight of a strong cow? How do ordinary people use and kill for a long time on the battlefield?
(2) A real hammer
Among the heroes of Sui and Tang Dynasties, the weapons used by military commanders are amazing in weight. For example, Li Yuanba ranked first with 800 Jin, and Yuwen Chengdou Phoenix Wing ranked second, weighing 400 Jin. Even the dragon rod in Yanglin prison, ranked eighth, weighs 300 Jin. Such a weight is almost unimaginable today. Of course, we know that it is an exaggeration used in romance novels, so how heavy is the hammer used by military commanders in history?
Fortunately, archaeological data can give us a clear answer. For example, the hammer used in the Eighteen Martial Arts is not a big head and a short handle, but a small head and a long handle, which generally weighs two or three pounds, just like the small hammer that Cui Qi took in The Longest Day in Chang 'an. In fact, everyone who knows cold weapons knows that the hammer, as a blunt instrument, has a very strong attack power. Even if it weighs only a catty, it can easily break a person's head. Even if it hits the body, it can easily penetrate the heavy armor and cause terrible internal injuries.
In addition, let's look at it another way. The weapons of ancient military commanders are too heavy to wield for a long time if they are used on the battlefield. Only light clothing is conducive to long-term combat.