The ten hands of Night Mowgli are not the same as the ten hands of the future Smoker, only the top part of the ten hands of Smoker is ten hands, and the rest of the parts are made of steel.

Smoker is a Devil Fruit powerhouse, and if he chooses to use ten hands that are all made of Hailou Stone, his own ability will not be able to activate it in the first place.

"I can't wait. Ye Wuji took out the ten hands on Andrew's body, and looked at the nearly 100 hands holding various weapons surrounded near the port, and he was slightly surprised when he saw that he was not a good person.

He had only just arrived in the East China Sea, and these people couldn't wait to act, and they were so upright that they didn't pay any attention to the world government and navy.

While.

As he spoke, Ye Wuji suddenly moved his right hand, and the ten hands in his hand waved behind him, and with the spark of a weapon collision appeared in mid-air, a looming figure appeared behind him, this person held a black steel claw in his hand.

"Chameleon Gando. ”

Looking at Ganduo who disappeared without a trace, Ye Wuji didn't care too much, Gando could make himself invisible, but under what he saw and heard, Gando's figure was as conspicuous as a firefly in the dark.

Gando, who has an animal-based Devil Fruit Chameleon Fruit, is one of the top 10 killers in the world.

Among the Devil Fruits, many people think that the animal system is the weakest, but in fact, the animal system is not weaker than the natural system and the superhuman system, not to mention the animal type phantom beast species Devil Fruit, which is said to be rarer than the natural system, even those animals with unique abilities are not weaker than the natural superhuman system.

This is the case with Gando in front of him, the chameleon's invisibility ability is no worse than the transparent fruit in the superhuman system, in fact, there are many devil fruits that can be invisible in the pirate world, and there is also a color fruit that is said to be invisible.

It's just that once these stealth abilities encounter seeing and hearing, they have no effect at all, but ordinary people rarely see and hear when they are not fighting.

The previous filmmaker Andrew can be said to be very wronged, relying on the superhuman shadow fruit, he has assassinated many strong people, and there are even many masters who are good at seeing and hearing.

"Kill, we'll split all the bounties equally. With a loud roar, everyone immediately rushed towards Ye Wuji, pistols, rifles, broadswords, sickles, rope blades, and all kinds of strange weapons beckoned to Ye Wuji's body together.

The sword, the holy product of the ancients, is also the supreme and noble, and the people and gods are worshipped. It is the ancestor of short soldiers, the weapon of close combat, and with profound Taoist art, it has entered the legend of Xuan. In fact, because of its lightness, wear, and swiftness, the princes and emperors of the past dynasties, the scribes and knights, and the merchants and the common people are all proud of their perseverance. Sword and art, since ancient times, often across the battlefield, dominating the martial arts, standing up for the country, doing benevolence and righteousness, so it has been passed down to this day, still loved by the world, but also with its glorious history, deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, Si Ke has been passed down through the ages.

The sword was founded in the era of Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor. According to the Yellow Emperor Ben Jiyun: "The emperor picked the bronze sword of the first mountain, and inscribed it with astronomical ancient characters"; The above two words, like the Yellow Emperor and Chiyou, both made swords as soldiers.

According to the above, no matter who the founder of the sword is, there is no doubt that he was born in the era of the Yellow Emperor. The Yellow Emperor built a temple in 4615 BC (2704 BC), the country name is Xiong, and the fashion department has just entered the Bronze Age, but it can be deduced that the birth of the sword is extremely ancient and has a long history, so the descendants call it "the ancestor of short soldiers", which can indeed be deserved.

From the Yellow Emperor to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, most of the swords were cast in copper, and the sword quality was quite good, and the refining technology gradually improved. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the sword system was determined, and the method of sword making was described in detail. Zhou Li's examination of the Gong Ji Yun: "Zhou Guantao's is a sword, two and a half inches of Laguang, two and a half, and its Laguang is for it. The stem is round and twice as long. In its stem, after the service, the body is even five of its stems, weighing nine Qiang (according to: Zhou Li six two halves for a Qiang), said to be the upper system, on the soil to obey it. The body is four stems long, weighs seven gongs, and is called the middle system, and the sergeant obeys it. The body is three stems long, weighs five gongs, and the corporal wears it." Another archaeological record: "The sword, the name of the ancient weapon, has two edges and a ridge, from the back to the blade, which is called wax, or the sword (that is, the sword body). Below the back blade, it is separated from the handle, which is called the head (i.e., the sword plate), and the place below the head is called the stem (i.e., the sword handle), and the end of the stem is called Duo".

In the Shang Dynasty, there were historical records of sword-making in China, which were generally in the shape of willow leaves or acute triangles, and were originally made of copper. At that time, it was usually used as an auxiliary weapon under the long weapon, but in areas with many rivers, such as Wu and Yue, the sword was used as the main weapon due to the many water battles, and most of the famous swords of the Spring and Autumn period came from these areas. The "Ordos straight-handled dagger-style bronze short sword" unearthed from the Zhukaigou site of Yijin Huoluo Banner in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is the earliest known bronze sword in China, about the 15th century BC in the early Shang period. This sword is 4 cm long, the sword body is approximately willow leaf shaped, thick ridge, double-sided blade, straight handle, there are two grooves in the middle, the handle is slightly ring-shaped, there are convex teeth on both sides of the junction between the handle and the sword body, the sword body is obliquely convex into a front, and the handle is wound with hemp rope.

In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the sword was the main weapon for foot combat, and it was constantly lengthened. The sword of King Goujian of Yue unearthed from the No. 1 Chu tomb of Wangshan in Jiangling, Hubei Province has a total length of 7 centimeters. During the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there were more than 3 feet, with a sword blade

Yue Wang Goujian sword

Yue Wang Goujian sword (2 photos)

It is stretched by two degrees of arc and straight, and the angle of the blade is sharply increased. The Eastern Han Dynasty gradually withdrew from the stage of war, mainly for self-defense by wearing honor guards or practicing martial arts. After the Han Dynasty, the copper sword was gradually replaced by the steel sword, and tended to be stereotyped, that is, there is a ridge in the sword body, there are blades on both sides, there is a sword tip in front, there is a sword head, there is a stem in the back, and the end of the stem is called a ring, in addition to the sword scabbard, sword spike and other accessory ornaments. In the Sui and Tang dynasties, swords prevailed. "Book of Sui and Etiquette" contains: "A product, a jade sword, Peishan Xuanyu. Second grade, gold sword, water jade. The third grade and the founding son of the man, the fifth class of loose (scattered) products are named Hou although the fourth and fifth grades, and the silver sword, wearing water and jade, the service has been down, Tong Zhilang has been up, and the companion is like a sword. Those with straight swords, enter the temple and ascend to the temple, if they are in the battle, they will all untie the sword. A product and scattered (scattered) county duke, the founding prince Hou Bo, are both double-wearing. The second-grade, third-grade and founding sons of the country, and the fifth-class scattered (scattered) product Hou, are all only worn. The same goes for ribbons. "The Tang Dynasty was the most prosperous, and it was regarded as an ornament by literati and ink writers, expressing Lingyun's ambition or showing martial heroism. Houjian has formed an indissoluble bond with Taoism and has become one of the magic weapons in the hands of Taoist priests.

Western sword development

The long sword of the West has also been passed down for thousands of years, has been tested by countless wars, and has a very good effect on both large corps operations and small-scale infantry wars. During the Viking invasion after the decline of Rome, the longsword began to be used on a large scale in skirmishers and raids, and then with the rise of the Franks and Holy Rome and the confrontation between England and Scotland, the lordship wars between castles created and verified the superiority of the longsword, and in the subsequent Crusader period, due to the excellent smelting technology of Arabia, the European sword experienced a learning and perfection in the middle of the year, due to the gradual emergence of heavy armor, the longsword gradually lost its practical value. [1]

Controversy over origins

The famous historian Gu Jiegang once mentioned in his book "Miscellaneous Knowledge of History" that two scholars, Zhang Zheng and Li Pingxin, had their views on the origin of Chinese swords. Zhang Zheng believes that "the sword was not invented by the Wuyue people, and it came from outside the Saiwai", while Li Pingxin believes that "the sword came from the Western Regions".

The scholar Mr. Ma Mingda also mentioned the origin of the sword in his book "Manuscripts of the Sword Series". He pointed out: "First, according to archaeological discoveries, it can be basically confirmed that there was a sword in the early Western Zhou Dynasty, but it was a short sword with a length of only a dozen or twenty centimeters, which can also be called a "dagger", which is obviously different from the sword that arose in Wuyue in the late Spring and Autumn Period. Second, there are two opinions on the origin of the sword, one of which still emphasizes that the appearance of this dagger is related to the northern nomads, and that "the style of the sword in the Central Plains was clearly influenced by the nomads of the northwest". And he himself "agrees that there were already swords in the early Western Zhou Dynasty." In its origin, it is inclined to the view that the sword was not inherent to the Zhou people, but was influenced by the nomadic peoples of the north and northwest".

Li Xueqin, a famous archaeologist, believes that there were long swords in the Spring and Autumn Period in China, which cannot be said to have been transmitted by foreign countries or Hu people.

Did the Chinese sword really come from a foreign nation? Wang Zijin, a professor at Beijing Normal University, pointed out in his article "The 'Iron' and Zhang Qian's Motives for Traveling West": "Some scholars once believed that the 'sword' of the Central Plains came from the northern nomads. As Mr. Li Xueqin pointed out: "An important reason for this view is that no pre-Spring and Autumn swords have been found. Due to the excavations of swords from Zhangjiapo in Chang'an, Shaanxi Province and Shangcunling in Sanmenxia, Henan Province to the early Spring and Autumn Period in the 50s of the 20th century, the swords of the ancient cultures around China either have nothing to do with the Chinese sword shape system, or are later than the Chinese sword, and cannot be used as the origin of the Chinese bronze sword. ”

Li Xueqin believes: "The earliest source of the sword (referring to the long sword) is still being studied, and there was a short sword in the Western Zhou Dynasty, which was not so long. Earlier, the situation of the short sword in the Shang Dynasty is not very clear now, so to speak, it is being studied. In my opinion, the long sword of the Spring and Autumn period was developed from the short sword of the Western Zhou Dynasty. When mentioning that "some scholars believe that Chinese swords may have been transmitted from foreign tribes", Li Xueqin clearly denied this statement, saying: "I personally will not agree with this opinion. Obviously, there were already very long swords in China during the Spring and Autumn Period, so how can it be said that they were sent by foreign countries or the Hu people? In particular, they were not sent by the Hu people, but by the Hu people, they were a special kind of weapon, a kind of weapon such as a short sword. ”

Li Xueqin believes that the sword in the strict sense may have begun in the Wuyue region of southeast China.

In Li Xueqin's "The Origin of the Bronze Sword", there is also such an expression: "Lin Shayu and Baifu swords with beast heads, in fact, are a kind of short swords of the northern peoples, and the so-called Ordos-style bladed tools are one, and there will be no direct connection with the long sword represented by the Taoshi sword. ”

In the article, Li Xueqin also mentioned a winged sword with cloud and thunder patterns, believing that it was closely related to the long sword. This kind of sword is popular in the southeast region, "19 centimeters long, the head and stem are hollow, straight through the sword body, there are two hoops and a pair of wings on the stem, the sword body has a ridge, the base is rounded, from the stem to the body, it is decorated with cloud thunder pattern and oblique cloud pattern, it is indeed a rare product." The specific age of its production should be in the middle and late Western Zhou Dynasty, and its shape characteristics are close to the long swords of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, while the willow leaf-shaped swords and so on do not.

Later in the article, Li Xueqin said: "One of the cloud thunder pattern swords found in Changxing Pheasant City, Zhejiang, has reached a length of 8 centimeters, which is enough to wield a stab. In this way, the sword in the strict sense may have started in the southeast, that is, in the Wuyue region. ”[2]

Culture Editor

Differences between East and West

In both Eastern and Western civilizations, the sword is a weapon of relatively high status. In ancient China, the sword was known as the "King of a Hundred Soldiers" and was often used as a noble ornament. From emperors to literati, they loved to wear swords to show their status. In addition, the sword was also used as a ritual tool, such as in Chinese Taoist ceremonies, where it was often used as a weapon to subdue demons, and in Europe, it was used to canonize knights and knights, a practice that continues to this day.

Chinese sword culture

The swordsmanship of the Han Dynasty was very sophisticated, and the fighting swords showed the depth of martial arts. Cao Pi's "Classics and Self-Description": "Yu also learned fencing, read many teachers, and the methods of the Quartet are different, but only the Beijing master is good. Between Huan and Ling, there is the Tiger King Yue Shanshu, known as the Beijing Master. Henan Shi A Yan and Yue You, with its own method, Yu Cong A learned proficiently. Taste and drink with Pingyu General Liu Xun, Fenwei General Deng Zhan, etc., Su Wen Zhanshan has arms, Xiao Wubing, also known as he can enter the white blade empty-handed. Yu and the sword for a long time, said that the general is illegal, Yu Gu tastes good, and has good skills, because he asks for Yu to be right. When the wine is hot, Fang eats cane, and thinks that he is a cane, and he goes down to the hall to hand over several times, three in his arms, and laughs left and right. The exhibition is uneven, and it is even more so. Yu Yan Wu is in a hurry, and it is difficult to be in the middle, so he is arm and ear. Zhan Yan is willing to make a new hand, Yu knows that he wants to suddenly take the middle of the hand, because of the pseudo deep advance, Zhan Guo looks for the front, Yu but the foot?, is cutting off his chin, sitting in shock. Yu still sat down and said with a smile: "Xiyangqing made Chun Yuyi go to his hometown, and even gave him secret techniques. Sit down and have fun. ("Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Shu, Emperor Wen" Pei Song's note) This impressive record reflects the superb swordsmanship and the prosperity of sword fighting style at that time.

Yang Quan's "Theory of Things": "Ruan Shi's knife, by the spirit of the golden essence, July Gengxin, see the god in the gate of the smelter, worship to the west, the golden god to the water and fire, the chain of the five essences, with the yin and yang, take the sum of rigidity and softness, three years as a knife 1,770 mouths, the back of the knife clamping the blade, the square mouth of the head, cut off the slight and endless silk hair tie, cut the strength of the same as the difference. 」

Since the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, through the ethnic conflicts and ethnic integration of the Five Hu Chaohua and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the culture of the Western Regions was introduced to the middle of the way, and the weapons of the Western Regions also entered the Middle Earth army. At the same time, at that time, the psychology of scholars was full of Taoist gods and demons, and the sword became a weapon to suppress evil spirits. So the family hung a sword, that is, thought it was auspicious, did not learn swordsmanship, but thought that the sword could defeat the enemy. Therefore, since the Tang Dynasty, one of the sword short soldiers has been used by the Buddha and led astray.

Since the soldiers used more swords than swords, there were more and more swordsmen than swordsmen, which obviously had a considerable hindrance to the development of swordsmanship.

Sword dancing flourished in the Tang Dynasty, and Du Fu described the sword dancing skills of Gongsun Auntie: "In the past, there was a beautiful woman Gongsun clan, who moved all directions with a sword dance. The spectators are depressed like mountains, and the heavens and the earth are low for a long time. 爧 (líng) is like a nine sunsets, like a group of emperors and dragons, and like a river and sea condensing clear light. The sound and light of the sword seem to be heard and seen, and the exquisite skill is like presenting in front of you.

The "Martial Arts" of the Ming and Tang Dynasties said: Song Taizong "selected hundreds of warriors from all armies and taught them to dance with swords, all of whom could throw swords in the air and jump left and right to bear them, which was extremely wonderful."