The use of vines for protection has been around for a long time. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Meng Huo was captured seven times, and there is a section where the soldiers were burned with vine armor:
"The soldiers under his command all wear vine armor. , immersed in oil, and then took out and dried for half a year; dried and dipped more than ten times, but the armor was formed... Therefore, it was called the 'vine armor army'." This artifact is so strong that arrows cannot penetrate it. Swords cannot be worn. However, Zhuge Liang seized the most fatal weakness of the vine shell oil dip and attacked it with fire, and as a result, all the borrowed soldiers stopped.
There is still a unique weapon in Fujian folk martial arts, which is the rattan hat, which is mainly used for defense. It is lighter and easier to use than the steel shield. It must be the blueprint for the martial arts design of the iron chicken and the centipede. The practice of rattan shields follows rattan armors. In Lu Dingji, it is mentioned that Zheng Chenggong used rattan armors to defeat red-haired ghosts. According to historical records, rattan shields had been used in the war against the Qing long before the Dutch were dealt with, and they were used as a separate unit. . After checking the relevant information, it turns out that in addition to defense, there is another very interesting and very suitable use for naval warfare: swimming.
"...Zheng Chenggong's armed forces include advanced ships, cannons, weapons, etc. Among them, the rattan shield troops made the Manchu soldiers with iron cavalry suffer a lot. The rattan is produced in Fujian, and using rattan as a shield is light in material and can be carried and used... Another The advantage is that it is good for water wading, and the oil-impregnated rattan token, in addition to being able to resist arrows, stones and bullets, has a large buoyancy, so that there is no need to swim when crossing the water."
Zheng Chenggong's ancestral home is Quanzhou, Fujian, and he was born in Nagasaki, Japan. Chinese-Japanese mixed blood. In the late Ming Dynasty officialdom, the emphasis was on literature over martial arts, the north over the south, and there were many weak literati. There are only a few tough guys: Zheng Chenggong from Fujian and Yuan Chonghuan from Cantonese. Therefore, the southerners are weak, in fact, do not understand history. ——Can be called "manly", how can it be weak?
The failure of the Iron Chicken and Centipede to be released in China should be a political issue. Huang Feihong's series, demeaning and beautifying the Eight-Power Allied Forces, is far from the orthodox view of history. Let’s not delve into this issue. Public sentiment is the most convenient weapon to use, and of course it is also the easiest object to blame after the situation changes.
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