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Chapter 471 Strong Enemy

Genghis Khan took another look at the straight knife held by Mu Huali in both hands, held it in his hand, weighed it, and swung it twice.

His wrist is extremely thick and powerful, so when he swings the knife, he doesn't move much, but the blade swings very quickly, causing a sharp sound of breaking the wind.

After using one, he took the second and third and swung it continuously.Different from the garbage collected from the arsenal of the Kingdom of Jin, the spines of these three blades are extra widened and thickened, and the power of slashing is obviously greater, but because of the effect of the center of gravity, they are not Very tiring.

More importantly, the specifications and feel of the three knives are almost exactly the same.

Genghis Khan noticed this keenly.

Before the establishment of the Great Mongolian State, the level of craftsmanship on the grasslands had always been backward.Even the Liao Kingdom, whose ruling area spans thousands of miles from east to west on the grassland, mainly relied on the Bohai people in the northeast and the Han people in the Yanyun area for its smelting.

From the perspective of the resource endowment of the grassland itself, there is no shortage of iron.But iron smelting requires a lot of charcoal as fuel, but the forests on the grasslands are extremely unevenly distributed, mostly in the deep mountains on the east and west sides, and it is impossible for tribes to migrate nomadicly with aquatic plants, so it is impossible to mine and smelt iron in one place.So almost no tribe has the ability to smelt metal.

Some nobles occasionally got a sharp iron weapon, and some even used it as a family heirloom; while ordinary Mongols used bone arrows and wooden sticks to fight with others.As a result, blacksmiths had a very high status on the grasslands. The name of Genghis Khan, Temujin, was taken from the tribal leader of the Tatars, and its original meaning was "the man who strikes iron".

After the rise of Genghis Khan, many craftsmen from the tribes were gathered together for management, and through wars against Xia and Jin, they captured a large number of craftsmen. All of them fell into the hands of Mongolia, which greatly increased the equipment level of the Mongolian army.

As trophies and rewards, metal weapons and armor began to be distributed in large quantities to ordinary Mongolian soldiers, especially Genghis Khan's most elite Qixue army. The hostile regular army of the Kingdom of Jin.

But because captive artisans everywhere are producing weapons they are familiar with, the equipment of the Mongolian army is not yet uniform.Soldiers use whatever craftsmen make.

Craftsmen from Han made straight knives, and they used straight knives, and craftsmen from Xixia and the Eight Rivers made back-to-back scimitars, and they used scimitars, so that when Genghis Khan convened a meeting of generals, the generals The weapons that are carried with them are also forked, long and short.

And the Dinghai regime, which is far south of the Kingdom of Jin, has extended its hands and feet to Liaodong, and sent two spies at random, can it carry such a uniform and self-made weapon?
Ordinary Mongols have limited vision and knowledge, and do not understand what this represents, but Genghis Khan is very clear that this represents a huge war potential!
Holding the knife, Genghis Khan looked to the left and right, and the Great Shaman of Korchi immediately understood his intention, and quickly walked out of the Jinsa Tent.

After a while, he turned back again.

The person who came in with him was Zabal Huo Zha, who was a head taller than ordinary people, with a white beard and fluttering hair.

Zabal Huo Zhe is a Saiyi from the Western Regions. According to himself, he was 80 years old when he drank the water of the Banjuni River with Genghis Khan, but he can still sit on the back of a camel and be reborn. Jiawu lance, falling into the formation and galloping like flying.

He was also one of the few people who had special permission from Genghis Khan to hold a drawn weapon in front of the Great Khan.

Genghis Khan raised the straight knife in his hand: "Come, try this knife."

Zaba'er Huo Zhe didn't say much, he drew his knife in his hand and slashed it down suddenly.

The two knives collided, and sparks flew everywhere.

The broadsword in the hands of Zabaer Huo Zhe was specially selected from countless seizures last year. When chopping those low-quality knives, he even had a record of one or two swings. Naturally, Dinghai's straight knife is not as good.

But if you take a closer look, where the two knives collide, there is only a tiny gap on the blade of the straight knife.It is estimated that five or six more hits may not affect the killing of the enemy.

Genghis Khan only felt numbness in his wrist, so he quickly switched to holding the knife and flicked his wrist twice.

"Good knife!" He exclaimed and asked again: "A group of ordinary spies can carry such a knife. Could it be that such a knife can be mass-produced by the Ding Navy?"

Mu Huali suddenly wanted to kill someone, but the soldiers moved very quickly.The insides of the two rifangs were all bloody, otherwise, they could interrogate the captives right now and find out the news.

Fortunately, after he took control of Beijing Road, he used many generals of the Han Dynasty, and also penetrated into Liaodong in the opposite direction, so he immediately bowed his head and said:

"Around the month of Yang'er, Shimo and I also led our troops to the east to recruit the remaining troops of Brother Yeluliu. During this period, we fought against the Jurchen Heshi Liehuanduan's troops. Many of Heshi Liehuanduan's cronies also used these knives I have sent people to inquire about it. Guo Ning, the navy, used salt, medicinal materials, cloth and weapons produced in Shandong to continuously exchange war horses with the interior of the Northeast. But such a knife can only be exchanged for three for a good horse. Liaodong The Jin Army may not always hand over all the horses for its own use, so there are not many knives and equipment."

"A good horse, for three knives?"

Genghis Khan breathed a sigh of relief.

There are many horses on the grassland, so horses are very cheap.But horses are important livestock after all, so the exchange price is really not low.

In war, knives will inevitably bump violently, but they are consumables.No matter how well you protect your knives and how much you cherish them, when it comes to fighting, you can use as much force as you want?Who would think about protecting a knife when life and death are at stake?You must protect your own life first.

Therefore, the more ferocious the fight, the faster the knives will be damaged. Some warriors will cut two or three knives after a battle, and some even go around the battlefield empty-handed in the middle of the fight to find the swords left by the enemy.Many soldiers like to carry clumsy weapons such as maces and iron bones with them, just to avoid such situations.

If a horse can only exchange three knives, the knives at this price are not widely equipped by ordinary soldiers anyway.It seems that the craftsmen of the Ding Navy are strong in meticulous work, but the output may not be very large.

"This Guo Ning defeated Tuolei and Chiju's son-in-law last year, and defeated Chen Nayan's subordinates this year. They can produce excellent weapons and exchange them for war horses. They must be powerful enemies. After we attack the central capital, you It is necessary to send more people to stay here, and closely observe the direction of Liaodong, so as to prevent the Ding Navy from repeating its old tricks and attacking across the sea."

After a pause, he had a new idea: "No, you can't wait for the enemy to attack. Botu Prince Consort and Jebe will arrive later, you give them some Han and Khitan troops. Let them go to Liaodong, Find a way to hold back the power of the navy!"

"As ordered!"

After receiving the order, Mu Huali immediately thought of another thing.

This matter was brought up by several Hanchens when he was discussing the strategy with his subordinates a few days ago.Mu Huali thought it made sense.

So he asked: "Khan, what reason are we attacking Zhongdu this time?"

"what?"

"When the soldiers retreated at the beginning of the year, the Jurchens offered princesses, gold and silver, silk, boys and girls, and [-] horses. Now, after a few months, the soldiers have sent out again. I'm afraid there will be some confusion in the place. Should we have A reason to declare the Central Plains? In this way, the soldiers and civilians in the Central Plains can all know that the responsibility lies with the Kingdom of Jin, not us; our Mongolian army is to punish the innocent, not to raise troops for no reason!"

The smile on Genghis Khan's face suddenly disappeared.

He stared at Mu Huali for a long time, and the indifference and cruelty that ordinary Mongolian generals were used to seeing gradually appeared in his eyes.

It wasn't until Mu Huali knelt down profusely that he said in a deep voice:
"You have been in the Central Plains for a few months, how did you get caught up in the Central Plains people's set of airs? The whole land is the Mongols' pastures. Do the shepherds want to explain to the livestock what they want to do? Let's raise troops, Or don't raise troops, it has nothing to do with the Jurchens! No matter what the Jurchens are, we will always take everything from them!"

(End of this chapter)