A Study On The Weapons And Defensive Weapons Of The Fengsui In The Han Bamboo Slips In The Northwest

Northwest China was an important military position to resist the Huns in the Han Dynasty.The bamboo slips of the Han Dynasty unearthed in this area involved a lot of military contents,which were records of weapons and defensive weapons.As a grass-roots defense organization in the frontier area,the Fengsui(烽隧)needs to be equipped with weapons and defensive weapons.Through the analysis of military books(兵簿)and defensive weapon books(守御器簿)of the Fengsui,it is found that the type and quantity of the defensive weapons of the Fengsui are far more than the weapons,which is determined by the defensive nature of the Fengsui.The Fengsui has strict management over a large number of weapons and defensive weapons.At ordinary times,the Fengsui shall count the weapons and defensive weapons,register them in a Book(簿)respectively,and regularly report the intactness or damage of the weapons and defensive weapons of the Fengsui to the superior organization.At the same time,the Fengsui also needs to be reviewed by the superior organizations at any time.If the actual weapons and defensive weapons of the Fengsui are inconsistent with the registration contents of military books and defensive weapon books,or there are improper management behaviors,they will be punished.Different types of military books and defensive weapon books reproduce the daily management and maintenance of weapons and defensive weapons of the Fengsui to a certain extent.With its weapons and defensive weapons,the Fengsui played an indispensable role in the defense of Xiongnu.Weapons are the conventional equipment of soldiers in the Fengsui,which are mainly used for daily defense.The defensive weapons is a necessary artifact of the Fengsui,which is mainly used to transmit beacon signals and detect the enemy situation.The transmission of the beacon signal benefits from the abundant and large number of beacon artifacts in the Fengsui,which enables the Fengsui to transmit the information of Hun invasions spread back to the rear at the first time,so as to win time for the strategic deployment of the army.The investigation of the enemy situation in the Fengsui mainly depends on the daily inspection of Tiantian(天田),the Fengsui can judge whether there are Xiongnu entering the frontier externally and track the fugitive garrison internally,which makes the Fengsui on the border line always maintain a sense of vigilance,actively defend the Xiongnu and maintain the peace of the border.