Six Secret Teachings, Tiger Teaching — The Army's Gear六韜 軍用
1The count of the weapons used by ten thousand armored soldiers
武王問太公曰：「王者舉兵，三軍器用，攻守之具，科品眾寡，豈有法乎？」太公曰：「大哉王之問也。夫攻守之具，各有科品，此兵之大威也。」武王曰：「願聞之。」太公曰：「凡用兵之大數，將甲士萬人，法用：武衝大扶胥三十六乘，材士、強弩、矛戟爲翼，一車二十四人，推之以八尺車輪，車上立旗鼓，兵法謂之震駭，陷堅陳，敗強敵。武翼大櫓、矛戟扶胥七十二具，材士、強弩、矛戟爲翼，以五尺車輪，絞車連弩自副。陷堅陳，敗強敵。提翼小櫓扶胥一百四十四具，絞車連弩自副。以鹿車輪，陷堅陳，敗強敵。大黃參連弩大扶胥三十六乘。材士強弩矛戟爲翼，飛鳧電影自副。飛鳧赤莖白羽，以銅爲首；電影青莖赤羽，以鐵爲首，晝則以絳縞，長六尺，廣六寸，爲光耀；夜則以白縞，長六尺，廣六寸，爲流星。陷堅陳，敗步騎。大扶胥衝車三十六乘，螳蜋武士共載，可以縱擊橫、可以敗敵。輜車騎寇，一名電車，兵法謂之電擊。陷堅陳，敗步騎。寇夜來前。矛戟扶胥輕車一百六十乘，螳蜋武士三人共載，兵法謂之霆擊。陷堅陳，敗步騎。方首鐵棓維朌，重十二斤，柄長五尺以上，千二百枚，一名天棓。大柯斧，刃長八寸，重八斤，柄長五尺以上，千二百枚，一名天鉞。方首鐵鎚，重八斤，柄長五尺以上，千二百枚，一名天鎚。敗步騎群寇。飛鉤，長八寸，鉤芒長四寸，柄長六尺以上，千二百枚。以投其眾。三軍拒守，木螳蜋劍刃扶胥，廣二丈，百二十具，一名行馬。平易地，以步兵敗車騎。木蒺藜，去地二尺五寸，百二十具。敗步騎，要窮寇；遮走北。軸旋短衝矛戟扶胥，百二十具，黃帝所以敗蚩尤氏。敗步騎，要窮寇，遮走北。狹路微徑，張鐵蒺藜，芒高四寸，廣八寸，長六尺以上，千二百具。敗步騎。突暝來前促戰，白刃接，張地羅，鋪兩鏃蒺藜，參連織女，芒間相去二寸，萬二千具。曠野草中，方胸鋋矛，千二百具；張鋋矛法，高一尺五寸。敗步騎，要窮寇，遮走北。狹路微徑，地陷，鐵械鎖參連，百二十具。敗步騎，要窮寇，遮走北。壘門拒守，矛戟小櫓十二具，絞車連弩自副。三軍拒守，天羅、虎落鎖連，一部廣一丈五尺，高八尺，百二十具；虎落劍刃扶胥，廣一丈五尺，高八尺，五百二十具。渡溝塹，飛橋一間，廣一丈五尺，長二丈以上，著轉關轆轤八具，以環利通索張之。渡大水，飛江廣一丈五尺，長二丈以上，八具，以環利通索張之。天浮鐵螳蜋，矩內圓外，徑四尺以上，環絡自副，三十二具。以天浮張飛江，濟大海，謂之天潢，一名天舡。山林野居，結虎落柴營，環利鐵鎖，長二丈以上，千二百枚，環利大通索，大四寸，長四丈以上，六百枚。環利中通索，大二寸，長四丈以上，二百枚。環利小徽縲，長二丈以上，萬二千枚。天雨，蓋重車上板，結枲鉏鋙，廣四尺，長四丈以上。車一具，以鐵杙張之。伐木大斧，重八斤，柄長三尺以上，三百枚。棨钁，刃廣六寸，柄長五尺以上，三百枚。銅築固爲垂，長五尺以上，三百枚。鷹爪，方胸鐵杷，柄長七尺以上，三百枚。方胸鐵叉，柄長七尺以上，三百枚。方胸兩枝鐵叉，柄長七尺以上，三百枚。芟草木大鎌，柄長七尺以上，三百枚。大櫓，刀重八斤，柄長六尺，三百枚。委環鐵杙，長三尺以上，三百枚。椓杙大鎚，重五斤，柄長二尺以上，百二十具。甲士萬人，強弩六千，戟楯二千，矛楯二千，修治攻具，砥礪兵器，巧手三百人。此舉兵、軍用之大數也。」武王曰：「允哉。」
King Wu asked Taigong, "When a king raises troops, is there a rule for the kinds and the numbers of the three armies' gear and of the tools for attack and defense?" Taigong said, "Great is my lord's question. The tools for attack and defense each have their kinds, and this is the great awe of an army." King Wu said, "I should like to hear it." Taigong said, "The great numbers for using troops, when ten thousand armored soldiers are led, are these by the rule. Of the great assault carriage (武衝大扶胥), thirty-six chariots. Able men, strong crossbows, and spears and halberds make its wings. Twenty-four men to a chariot, and they push it on wheels eight feet across. On the chariot stand a banner and a drum. The art of war calls it the Thunderclap (震駭). It breaks a firm formation and beats a strong enemy. Of the great shield carriage with spears and halberds (武翼大櫓), seventy-two. Able men, strong crossbows, and spears and halberds make its wings, on wheels five feet across, with a windlass and a repeating crossbow set beside. It breaks a firm formation and beats a strong enemy. Of the small shield carriage (提翼小櫓), one hundred and forty-four, with a windlass and a repeating crossbow set beside, on deer-cart wheels. It breaks a firm formation and beats a strong enemy. Of the great carriage with the Great Yellow triple-linked crossbow (大黃參連弩), thirty-six chariots. Able men, strong crossbows, and spears and halberds make its wings, with the Flying Duck (飛鳧) and the Lightning Shadow (電影) set beside. The Flying Duck has a red shaft and white feathers, and its head is of bronze. The Lightning Shadow has a green shaft and red feathers, and its head is of iron. By day crimson silk six feet long and six inches wide is used for a flash of light, and by night white silk six feet long and six inches wide is used for a shooting star. It breaks a firm formation and beats foot soldiers and horsemen. Of the great assault chariot (大扶胥衝車), thirty-six. Mantis warriors ride on it together. It can strike lengthwise and strike crosswise, and it can beat the enemy. The baggage chariot against raiding horsemen (輜車騎寇) is also called the Lightning Chariot (電車). The art of war calls it the lightning strike. It breaks a firm formation, beats foot soldiers and horsemen, and stops the enemy from coming by night. Of the light chariot with spears and halberds, one hundred and sixty. Three mantis warriors ride on it together. The art of war calls it the thunderbolt strike (霆擊). It breaks a firm formation and beats foot soldiers and horsemen. Square-headed iron cudgels, twelve catties in weight, with handles five feet and more, twelve hundred of them. They are also called the Heavenly Cudgel (天棓). Great hafted axes, the blade eight inches long, eight catties in weight, with handles five feet and more, twelve hundred of them. They are also called the Heavenly Battle-axe (天鉞). Square-headed iron hammers, eight catties in weight, with handles five feet and more, twelve hundred of them. They are also called the Heavenly Hammer (天鎚). They beat foot soldiers and horsemen and bands of raiders. Flying hooks (飛鉤), eight inches long, the hook point four inches long, with handles six feet and more, twelve hundred of them. They are thrown into the enemy's crowd. For the three armies holding a defense, the wooden mantis carriage with sword blades (木螳蜋劍刃扶胥), twenty feet wide, one hundred and twenty of them. It is also called the horse-barrier (行馬). On level ground foot soldiers beat chariots and horsemen with it. Wooden caltrops (木蒺藜), two feet five inches above the ground, one hundred and twenty of them. They beat foot soldiers and horsemen, hold back a cornered enemy, and bar a rout. The short assault carriage with turning axle and with spears and halberds (軸旋短衝矛戟扶胥), one hundred and twenty of them. With this the Yellow Emperor beat Chi You. It beats foot soldiers and horsemen, holds back a cornered enemy, and bars a rout. On narrow roads and small paths, iron caltrops are laid out, the points four inches high and eight inches wide, six feet and more in length, twelve hundred of them. They beat foot soldiers and horsemen. When the enemy comes up suddenly in the dark and presses the fight, and the bare blades meet, spread the earth net (地羅) and lay down the two-pointed caltrops and the triple-linked weaver girl (參連織女), the points two inches apart, twelve thousand of them. In the grass of the open wilds, square-breasted short spears (鋋矛), twelve hundred of them. The rule for setting the short spear is a foot and five inches high. They beat foot soldiers and horsemen, hold back a cornered enemy, and bar a rout. On narrow roads and small paths and where the ground is sunken, triple-linked iron chains, one hundred and twenty of them. They beat foot soldiers and horsemen, hold back a cornered enemy, and bar a rout. For holding the rampart gate, twelve small shield carriages with spears and halberds, with a windlass and a repeating crossbow set beside. For the three armies holding a defense, the heaven net (天羅) and the tiger fence (虎落) joined with iron chains, each part fifteen feet wide and eight feet high, one hundred and twenty of them; and the tiger fence carriage with sword blades, fifteen feet wide and eight feet high, five hundred and twenty of them. For crossing ditches and trenches, one span of the flying bridge (飛橋), fifteen feet wide and twenty feet and more long, fitted with eight swivel joints and pulleys, and drawn out with ringed cable. For crossing great water, the flying river bridge (飛江), fifteen feet wide and twenty feet and more long, eight of them, drawn out with ringed cable. The floating iron mantis (天浮鐵螳蜋), square within and round without, four feet and more across, with a ring net set beside, thirty-two of them. To spread the flying river bridge with the floaters and cross the great sea is called the heavenly pool (天潢), also called the heavenly boat (天舡). When staying in mountain forest or open field, a tiger fence of brushwood is woven for the camp: ringed iron chains twenty feet and more long, twelve hundred of them; great ringed cables four inches thick and forty feet and more long, six hundred of them; middling ringed cables two inches thick and forty feet and more long, two hundred of them; small ringed cords twenty feet and more long, twelve thousand of them. When it rains, the boards on top of the carts are covered, and hemp is woven so that the pieces lock together, four feet wide and forty feet and more long, one set to a cart, drawn out with iron pegs. Great axes for felling trees, eight catties in weight, with handles three feet and more, three hundred of them. Pickaxes (棨钁), the blade six inches wide, with handles five feet and more, three hundred of them. Bronze tampers, five feet and more long, three hundred of them. Eagle-claw iron rakes with square breasts, with handles seven feet and more, three hundred of them. Iron forks with square breasts, with handles seven feet and more, three hundred of them. Two-pronged iron forks with square breasts, with handles seven feet and more, three hundred of them. Great sickles for cutting grass and trees, with handles seven feet and more, three hundred of them. Great shield knives, eight catties in weight, with handles six feet, three hundred of them. Iron pegs with rings, three feet and more long, three hundred of them. Great mallets for driving pegs, five catties in weight, with handles two feet and more, one hundred and twenty of them. For ten thousand armored soldiers there are six thousand strong crossbows, two thousand halberds and shields, two thousand spears and shields, and three hundred skilled hands to mend the attacking gear and sharpen the weapons. These are the great numbers for raising troops and for the army's use." King Wu said, "It is right."