When Egil heard Saladin say this, he almost thought he was crazy. Mocking the weapons of the Norman Empire? What kind of self-confidence made this guy say such a thing? Now the Norman Empire's metal forging technology and casting technology have reached the early stage of the Renaissance. Whether it is armor or weapons, all are excellent and durable. Norman weapons are now sought after among the nations of continental Europe.

Take the high-end equipment plate chain composite armor that is now common in Europe as an example. A complete, brand-new, undefective plate-chain composite armor made by an Italian armorer that cost eighty Norman gold to cover the cost. The Holy Roman Empire, or the Kingdom of France, required more than one hundred and ten Norman coins. The Norman Empire, however, benefited from a new casting process and steel-making techniques. Only sixty Norman gold is required. The price is a little more than half that of France or Holy Rome. That's two-thirds of Italy's. In terms of quality, it is also better than the first two. Although it was not a happy thing for the various royal governments. But for the rest of the wealthy class, the feudal lords, nobles, the grand knights, and the wealthy merchants, it was a good thing. Because they can arm themselves for less.

Today, Egil considers his empire to be the world's leader in metal smithing. No one can match it. He has always believed in this. At this time, however, Saladin said that it was nothing. Egil didn't feel like he was in anger at the moment. It's a little ridiculous, two sympathetic, and three mockery, so mixed together. Such a refusal made Egil look at Saladin as if he were looking at an idiot.

Seeing that Egil didn't believe it at all, Saladin didn't argue, and said directly: "You see!" Then he took out a silk scarf from his pocket and threw it into the sky. Then he drew his sword.

"What do you want to do?!" Seeing Saladin draw his sword, Egil immediately became more cautious and looked at Saladin warily. On the other side, a group of Norman knights, who were already very nervous, also beat their hearts to their throats. Staring at Saladin's knife. And Robin Hood, the archer, had already set his bow on his bow and aimed at Saladin, and when he made any moves, he let go and shot him.

However, Saladin didn't actually want to fight, and Saladin, as a "model of morality" and a "model of knights", naturally wouldn't let people grab his handle like this. He just turned the knife sideways, with the blade pointing upwards, and placed it underneath the silk scarf that was slowly falling.

Immediately after, the unimaginable happened—the silk scarf paused for less than a second after it landed on Saladin's blade. Immediately afterwards, it was cut into two pieces by the blade!

"How sharp!"

"What exactly is that made of?"

"The pattern...... Never seen before!"

"Is it the witchcraft of the infidels, the devil, or is it alchemy?"

The Norman knights in the front rows were stunned. Immediately afterward, looking at the exquisitely patterned steel knife in Saladin's hand, there was a lot of discussion. But no one can say why.

Egil was silent for a moment, dismounted, and then took two steps forward, picked up the two silk scarves on the ground under Saladin's gaze, and pulled a little harder, caressing the severed edges of the silk scarves......

Looks like no problem......

"Legendary ...... Damascus scimitar?" Egil couldn't help but think to himself as he looked at the scimitar in Saladin's hand. Then he fell backwards, keeping his eyes fixed on the scimitar in Saladin's hand, ready to draw his sword and strike back—and retreated to his own horse. ...,

"How, great Norman Emperor?" Saladin asked, with a hint of pride, "now, what do you think of the weapons you rely on? Do you think that your poor swords will be the opponents of the Islamic world?"

"Don't say it too soon. Egir snorted softly, then casually threw the two scarves to the ground, and then removed the plate armor he was now using, the steel bracer attachment in his left hand. Then Saladin threw the bracers high - at this moment, the Arabs, the Normans, thousands of eyes were fixed on the bracers that Egil had raised high—and the generals were in disbelief: "Could it be that the emperor wants to cut that bracer like that pagan?

On the other hand, those Arabs also talked a lot, and they did not dare to imagine that the other party would make such an unexpected move - the so-called "Damascus steel knife" in Saladin's hands Many Arab nobles knew what was going on - it was a special and miraculous steel cast from ancient India, called Uzi steel, and these ingots imported from India were made by the best sword smiths in Damascus with the strictest forging technology.

In the real world, this steel was excavated in the 17th century, and ancient China also traded this steel knife with Persia, which was pronounced "bannai" in Persian at the time. Later, it was changed to "iron" after it was transmitted to China. Liao is proud to be able to produce this kind of iron, and has taken it as its country name. Later, the Jin Dynasty could also forge alone. The Mongols conquered all the way and destroyed countless countries. Focus on the collection of craftsmen. And specially set up an iron bureau to create the so-called Damascus steel knife -- those novels that before the Tang and Song dynasties were often called "a few hundred catties of good iron", you can draw them with a big ear scraper the next time you see it.

Cao Zhao of the Ming Dynasty also recorded in detail the characteristics of iron products, "Iron is out of the West, there are spiral patterns on it, and there are sesame snowflakes." Where the sword is polished and clean, and the gold wire is used to make alum, its flowers are seen, and the value is more than silver. As the old saying goes, iron is as strong as gold, and the counterfeiter is a black flower, so it should be carefully identified...... There was once a pair of iron scissors, which were very ingeniously made, and the outside was gilded, and the inside was inlaid with back words."

These swords are both rigid and soft, unusually sharp, and at the same time do not rust. The surface is covered with special delicate patterns. Even among the Arab aristocracy, few were equipped with such delicate weapons - even those as noble as Saladin would have rejoiced for a long time in obtaining a fine Uzi steel sword - and the caliph did possess far more Uzi steel knives than ordinary people. But the number will never exceed a thousand. Even add to this the Uzi steel knives that other Muslim nobles had. Together, these pieces of equipment will not exceed five thousand.

In addition to this, although these steel knives are extremely sharp, they are very helpful for cutting through the human body, the cloth of the fibers, and the leather armor. But there is still nothing that can be done about the iron armor. The secondary weapon of the vast majority of heavily armored cavalry is still a heavy iron-headed mace with armor-piercing ability.

The Arab nobles sneered secretly - if Egil had followed Saladin's example and cut a silk scarf, they would have been more nervous. However, Egil threw a steel bracer two millimeters thick into the sky, and the edge was specially strengthened, with a steel ring a millimeter thick. Even if this mud horse is chopped in half with a two-handed axe, it may not be able to chop it in half.

It's too late, it's too soon. In fact, at that time, Muslims, Christians, had just one thought in their hearts -- twenty thoughts called one moment, twenty moments called one snap of the fingers...,

-- The next moment, everyone only heard the sound of "dang!" Looking at it again, thousands of troops and horses were all surprised and inexplicable!

-- Egil, Egil Skadragrimsson's saber was already in his hand, a thrust, leaning forward, his left leg bowed and his right leg straight, and the saber in his hand stabbed straight out, piercing the bracer of steel - and it was two! The tip of the knife pierced from one side and out from the other. This is equivalent to directly penetrating a steel plate four millimeters thick!

“！！！！！”

A kind of knight, noble, cavalry. They were all speechless. The shock of Saladin's slashing off of the silk scarf had long since vanished—Egil's bracer stabbed through the air with almost no resistance. Such tricks, such skills, such treasures. It has completely surpassed everyone's imagination! People still had the heart to whisper before. However, at this moment, there is only one word left in everyone's hearts: "Impossible!"

In a moment, Egil slowly retracted his arms and returned to his standing position. Then with a little difficulty, he took off the bracer that was stuck on the knife and said, "Take it to check the authenticity." Then he threw it at Saladin, who was also a dragon and a phoenix among men. Although he was extremely surprised in his heart, he still had the skills to take the bracer that Egil threw over. His eyes widened to see where Egil was cheating and to speak out in order to undo the damage. Yet he couldn't find it anyway—the quality of the steel armor was much stronger than the armor forged by the best smiths under his command.

"Long live! Long live Egil Skadergrímsson, long live the Emperor!!" saw Saladin silent. The Normans finally came to their senses, and shouted excitedly—and the Norman soldiers, who had not been able to see it with their own eyes, immediately eagerly asked their comrades in the front row what had happened. So the excited, blushing, stammering people repeated the story briefly. A moment later, in the Norman formation, the cheers suddenly became ten times louder than before!

Under the watchful eyes of the demoralized Muslims, Egil chuckled lightly, confidently and proudly, and turned his horse's head. Saladin, who was left stunned, waved his hand without looking back, and walked back in the direction of his own army......

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