Guns, like spears, are the most widely used spearmen in ancient battlefields, which have been recorded in the later Han Dynasty, but their blades are long and have not yet left the spearhead form. Because spears are inconvenient to use, guns gradually became popular in the Jin Dynasty. The bronze spear head used at that time was slightly smaller than before, and it was similar to the iron spear head of later generations. There were many people who were good at guns in the Tang Dynasty. "The Biography of the Five Dynasties Kings" said: "Brave and powerful, you can walk with a hundred steps, riding an iron gun like flying, and others can't afford it. In the army, he was named Wang Tie Gun. After the Song Dynasty, spears were basically replaced by guns. In Wu Jing Zong Yao, Ceng Gongliang listed eighteen kinds of long-rod iron guns in Song Dynasty, including: falling horse gun, double hook gun, ring gun, single hook gun, revolver gun, revolver gun, cone gun and so on. Yue Fei, a famous anti-gold star in the Southern Song Dynasty, was very good at using guns. Up to now, there are still Yue's marksmanship.

Li Quan's Biography of the History of the Song Dynasty: Li Quan "is agile with his bow and horse and can transport iron guns, which is called' Li Tie Gun'." Yang, the whole wife, "twenty years of pear blossom gun, invincible hand in the world."

Qi Jiguang's "Ji Xiaoxin's Book" said: "The method of pike began in Yang, named pear flower, and the world is salty; The beauty lies in familiarity. Cooked, the heart can forget the hand, and the hand can forget the gun. The use of the circle is not sluggish, nor is it more expensive than mute. Quiet and motionless, while the rich are unpredictable and infinite. "