Luo Tongzhi shouted sharply: "Everything, wait until I wait for the righteousness!" This is a big event for the Song family! ”

When the generals heard the words of Luo Tong, no, he is now the "Luo Du Commander", and his heart is bitter, it seems that today Luo Du Commander is determined to take the position.

Zheng Senjun hurriedly said to the soldiers: "Quickly set up an incense case." ”

Luo Du's commander waved his hand: "Didn't you hear that there was an emergency military situation, everything is simple." ”

Zheng joined the army for a moment, so he said to his soldiers: "Cut off the chicken's head!" ”

I saw a personal soldier who took the lead, grabbed the red feather rooster, walked up to the Luo Du commander, and knelt down on one knee: "Lord Qiyu, the rooster brings..."

Luo Du commanded the envoy to take out a dagger from his waist, this dagger is beautiful, a crescent dagger, obviously not the style of the Central Plains, but a single-edged crescent bend, the blade is sharp, the back of the knife is half a finger thick, I see that it is made of special steel, with some unclear patterns and sand spots, the tip of the knife is an inch, there is a soybean-sized hole, the hole is towards the position of the grip, along the spine of the knife, there are three yin lines under it, the yin line is inlaid with gold, more and more hideous and terrifying, the dagger's gauntlet is made of iron and wood, and the grip is made of ivory luodian, The tail is inlaid with a ruby, and under the light, as soon as the dagger is pulled out, everyone feels that the wind is gusting and weird.

Commander Luo Du was very satisfied with this effect, and pretended not to be impressed, and said: "This dagger was given by my father by the official family, and it is made of great food and meteoric iron, and it is a trophy of war. ”

Everyone made a sound, and Luo Du commanded the envoy to wait for a few breaths to let this emotion fully ferment and brew, and when the voice was lowered, he spoke again: "Today, I will behead the chicken with this thing and make an alliance with the blood of the kings." ”

[Note: Great food is a transliteration of the Persian word (Tay.)] It was originally the name of an Iranian tribe, and later a special name for the Arabs and the Arab Empire in the Tang and Song dynasties of China and a general name for the Iranian-speaking people. In the "History of Liao", the old princess married the big food (i.e., the Qarakhanid Dynasty), and the prince who asked for marriage was Chagre Special, the son of Qadir Khan. The background of the peace between the Liao and the Qarakhanid Dynasty was the need for political and economic exchanges between the two sides, and the peace and kinship strengthened this tie. Five generations later, the Song Dynasty was prosperous, and the "Great Eclipse" mentioned in the Song Dynasty history books mostly refers to the Qarakhanid Dynasty (established by the Uyghurs), which was due to the fact that the Qarakhanid Dynasty was attached to the Great Food Empire (Arab Empire) at that time. 】

[Note: The special pattern on the steel, the dagger here has a special pattern, and the steel used is later called Damascus steel, or even Uzi steel. The production of this steel was very low, but it was significantly higher than that of artifacts made from meteoric iron.

Here, the commander of Luo Du deliberately raised the preciousness of the dagger.

In ancient times, the steelmaking technology was relatively backward, and the performance of the monomer steel produced was relatively poor. Because it is impossible to remove harmful magazines such as phosphorus and sulfur, and the heat treatment process is not mature enough, once the carbon content of the monomer steel is low, the hardness is not enough, and the carbon content is high, and it is relatively brittle and easy to break. In order to make the sword not only have high hardness, but also have good toughness, the ancients invented the method of combining two pieces of steel with different carbon content by repeatedly folding and forging together. This method was used by both Asians and Europeans in ancient times, but Damascus is the most famous.

The color of steel with different carbon content is different, so there will be patterns on the knife body made by repeated folding and forging, and the initial pattern is completely random and there is no law, and later, the craftsmen tried to control the pattern of the pattern, and gradually mastered the skills of forging with different folding methods, so that the knife presented different patterns. The ancients found that swords made in this way, such as steel, were soaked in a special solution, such as acid, for a while, and the patterns would be clearer.

The ancient Indians invented another method of casting steel with a pattern, which was formed by natural crystallization during the casting process. This type of steel is known as Uzi steel in India. The performance of Uzi steel is very good, and it is not an exaggeration to sharpen iron like mud. Some people analyze that the "iron" referred to by the ancient Chinese is actually the Uzi steel from India. Many craftsmen in ancient Damascus bought this type of steel to make weapons. Later, it spread from Damascus to Europe, and Europeans called it Damascus steel.

This steel was very popular at the time, but due to the limited production of it, some people passed it off with patterned steel forged by the folding method.

In fact, the pattern formed by crystallization in the casting process is different from the pattern formed by folding and forging, the former is a discontinuous fine sand grain or tadpole-like point, and the latter is a curved line.

In order to distinguish them, at that time, the patterned steel formed by casting crystallization was called "real Damascus steel", and the patterned steel formed by folding and forging was called "fake Damascus steel".

In fact, folding forged steel has a much longer history than casting crystalline steel.

Later, some scholars simply used the ancient Indian name of "Uzi steel" for casting and crystallizing patterned steel, and the name "Damascus steel" specifically referred to folded and forged patterned steel.

But there are also those who refer to Damascus steel as a collective term for all patterned steels.

The steel made of meteorite iron does not have this characteristic, and the dagger in the text not only has patterns but also sand spots, and it is Damascus steel.

Traditionally, Damascus steel has a specific origin, and the raw ore itself is relatively special.

So, in summary, the commander of Luo Du hoped to use this very rare – and imperial gift – dagger to convey his powerful background to the Song army officers present. 】

After speaking, Luo Du commanded the envoy to hand the dagger to the tall guard, the guard bent down and took the knife with his right hand, grabbed the chicken head back with the thumb of his left hand, and grabbed two handfuls of chicken feathers on the neck of the chicken with his back hand, revealing the neck of the chicken, and motioned to the soldiers to take a bone china white bowl, and the knife went down, and the bright red chicken blood flew out, all of which fell into the bone china white bowl.

Then the captain of the personal guard returned the dagger to the Luo Du commander, and then showed the bowl to the officers present, and held it to the Luo Du commander, who dipped the thumb of his right hand into the blood bowl, wiped it to his mouth, and a wisp of bright red appeared on the face of the Luo Du commander.

At this moment, the horn of the camp sounded, and then the sound of the feathered arrows landing and piercing the utensils sounded.

The herald outside shouted loudly: "My lord, my lord, the Mongol soldiers, the Mongol soldiers, tens of thousands of Mongol soldiers, the camp is coming." ”

At this moment, Luo Du couldn't pretend not to know.

A general said, "Lord Luo, hurry up and give the order to meet the battle." ”

Luo Du's commander glanced at Zheng Shenjun, Zheng Shenjun understood, and shouted loudly: "Everyone, hurry up and make an alliance with blood, so that we can meet the puppet Yuan together and save the Great Song Dynasty." ”

Everyone was helpless, so they had to hastily follow the example of Luo Du's commander, dipped blood with their fingers, and drew bloody tracts on their lips and faces.