Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 205 The Battle Begins
"Pull up the canopy! Don't let the gun barrel get water, fix the gun!"

"Hurry up, hurry up! If you don't want to get caught in the rain, be quick with your hands and feet!"

At the top of the Shenyang city, when He Shixian was urging the soldiers in a coir raincoat and a bamboo hat, the storm enveloped the entire land of Liaodong.

At this time, in Shenyang City, Zhu Youjian's military order has not yet been received.

However, because Xiong Tingbi had a premonition when the heavy rain came, he ordered all the civilians to enter the city from the very beginning.

Outside the city and opposite the stone arch bridges of the four city gates of Shenyang City, there are large camps with complete fortifications.

Qi Jin, Yang Wenyue, Wu Aheng, Qi Yuanbi, etc. were stationed in the four battalions, totaling [-] soldiers and horses, while [-] soldiers and horses were stationed in the city.

The sudden storm caught everyone off guard. Qin Tianjian, who accompanied the army, was not omnipotent after all. He could see the sky through the clouds.

Therefore, no one doubted that the officials of Qin Tianjian were just doing their best to do their own duties.

Such a storm, even the stretches of the Changbai Mountains, could not stop it, and the heavy rain even wiped away the dense horseshoes on the mountain road, leaving only horseshoe-shaped puddles...

Rainy nights are often the scariest, accompanied by muffled thunder, occasional lightning, and the sound of "swish" rain.

It seems that throughout the ages, most of the treasonous things have been carried out on rainy nights. Probably, the rain on rainy nights can wash away the blood...

Weining Camp, the stone fortress that served as the eastern gateway of Liaoyang City in the Ming Dynasty, seemed extremely quiet under the heavy rain at this moment.

A famous soldier in a coir raincoat and a bamboo hat stands on a turret standing dedicated to his duties. Before Qi Jin was transferred away, three battalions of Shanxi soldiers were specially transferred to garrison this place, and seventy-two Francois artillery pieces were also deployed. .

In addition, this place is adjacent to the Taizi River in the south and Changbai Mountain in the back. There is only a long road less than [-] meters wide from east to west, so the terrain is dangerous and easy to defend but difficult to attack.

The sudden heavy rain made the artillery and firecrackers of the Ming army unusable, but as the soldiers at the top of the city built a rainproof shelter, wiped the barrel of the gun, and prepared the matchlock and gunpowder fixed on oiled paper, the city became impregnable again. up.

It's just that inside the dark castle, it seems calm, but in fact, there are undercurrents surging...

"Really want to plot rebellion?"

"Then Zhu Youjian won't let us live, so find another way to live!"

In a courtyard in the fort, more than ten Liao merchants gathered in the house with gloomy faces.

Zhu Youjian ordered the people of Liaodong not to leave the city at will. After walking, all Liao merchants' livelihoods were cut off.

They don't think that they were targeted because they sold supplies to Houjin, but that Zhu Youjian didn't give them a way out.

Since there is no way to survive, then find a way to survive!
"In this Weining camp, there are three battalions in shifts every day. There are only [-] people stationed in the north and south gates, while there are [-] people in the east and west. With our strength..."

A five-year-old Liao merchant with an ugly complexion kept rolling his eyes, as if he wanted to say that it is not so easy to attack inside and outside.

But when he said this, a [-]-year-old businessman opposite him suddenly raised his hand and took off the hat on his head, revealing two small braids on the top of his head and one behind his head, which looked extremely ugly... …

"The Great Khan ordered someone to secretly send in the armor before Zhu Youjian arrived in Liaodong. Right now, there are [-] sets of armor in my mansion, and there are [-] northern captives in the city, all of which have been bought by the Great Khan."

"The main action is fast enough, take down the east gate, and the Great Khan will personally lead the army to attack the city."

"On the way from Weining Camp to Liaoyang, an ambush has already been set up. As long as we keep our mouths tight, no one will know that we opened the east gate."

The merchant raised his chin, and the way he was holding the winning ticket gave everyone a sense of confidence.

"I can become a monk with thirty people..."

"I send out thirty-six people..."

"I have fifty-two people..."

"I am out..."

All of a sudden, many merchants announced the number of servants they could pay, and the merchant with the money rattail immediately laughed and said:
"Okay, two hours later, when the defense-changing army falls asleep, we will attack the east gate!"

"In this rainy night, the sound is noisy, the arrows can't go out, and the fireworks can't be set off. As long as you kill the officers and soldiers who hit the bell, you can easily get the east gate."

"Having said that, the Shanxi barbarians who are stationed in the Weining camp are not easy to provoke..." A merchant who was worried about talking but didn't want to shave his hair scoffed:

"It's okay if the Zhejiang soldiers and Sichuan soldiers are stationed. Although the Shanxi soldiers and horses have been practicing for a year, they are not so vigilant after all, so there is no need to worry."

As soon as the hair-shaved merchant said this, other merchants followed suit one after another.

Taking advantage of the rainy night, everyone ran towards their own house while carefully avoiding the guards.

These Liao merchants all joined the army in Liao Town in the early years, and they are the best at how to avoid the official army.

Of course, because of their early experiences, after seeing Gaohuai chaos in Liao Dynasty and Ming court's attitude towards Liaozhen, they would sneak away to start business.

It's just that when the interests blinded their eyes, the profits of some contraband made them take risks one after another and became members of the capital thieves...

They were moving, and in the mountains to the north of Weining Camp Fort, in the dark forest, elite Jianlu soldiers were wandering.

In the dark mountain forest, they didn't need any firelight at all, just relying on their eyes, they walked in the almost primitive mountains.

The rain and thunder covered their tracks and sounds, and in just two quarters of an hour, they walked around the green hill with their armor on their backs, and crawled on the hill where the only road to the west of Weining Camp Fortress was.

In the east, in the rain, the war horses were cold and made the sound of "xilulu", restless kicking...

"Boom—"

Lightning appeared, illuminating the entire mountain path. Bai Jiajianlu, who could not be seen at a glance, was riding on horseback, wearing a coir raincoat on his body, like a sculpture, motionless, and at the same time frightening, the muffled thunder in his ears was like a blow to the head .

What they were waiting for on the mountain path six miles away from Weining Camp Fort was a message from Tangqi ahead...

"Strengthen patrols tonight. On rainy days, Jianlu's stone fortress is only more than seventy miles away from us. Be careful..."

While the Jianlu was waiting and the Liao merchants were in action, Lu Qin, the Taiyuan general who was stationed in the Weining Camp, also rubbed his tense brows.

"General Soldier, there were examples of rainy nights and foggy days during the First Battle of Jianlu Sarhu. Shouldn't the soldiers and horses on duty tonight be replaced by two shifts?"

The officer at the door asked cautiously, but Lu Qin breathed out and said:

"You can figure it out..."

"Yes..." General Shen stepped back after hearing the words, while Lu Qin leaned back on the chair and fell asleep.

After fifty years of age, his energy and physical strength have greatly declined. Since being transferred to Liaodong, the soldiers and horses of Lu Qin, Yang Zhaoji, and Zhang Jixian have been rectified, but this rectification is not bad.

First of all, the soldier's salary has been increased from twelve taels to fifteen taels. In addition, every soldier has put on double armor of cotton armor and cloth face armor, which greatly improves the defense.

Secondly, food has also been improved.

According to the past practice, the battalion soldiers have at most three catties of meat, fifty catties of rice, one tael of oil and salt, one piece of vinegar cloth, and ten catties of dried vegetables a month.

But since they were transferred to Liaodong, after the rectification, the food for the battalion soldiers was completely taken care of by the more than [-] official establishments set up by the Yumajian in Liaodong.

Not only that, the ships of Yumajianhuangdian also fished in the sea and transported them to places where they could pass by water, so there was also a large amount of dried salted fish.

Not to mention vegetables, cabbage and leeks can be said to be enough for each person, and rice is distributed to each team at four catties per person.

The food, weapons and military pay have kept up, so Lu Qin and the others naturally have a reason to follow Zhu Youjian's request, and the army practiced every day.

After practicing like this for two years, the combat power of the army is almost as high as the sky and below the ground compared to two years ago.

Weining Camp, as the east gate of Liaoyang, naturally needs capable veterans and soldiers to station there, and what Lu Qin brought with him were veterans from the third battalion in Taiyuan.

With three battalions of veterans, good location and artillery, plus the imminent crusade against the Jianlu, and the appearance of the Jianlu wanting to build a stone fortress to defend it, Lu Qin was not very worried about the safety of the Weining Fort.

Also following his order, apart from the soldiers and horses of the battalion who had just changed their defenses and fell asleep, the soldiers and horses of the other battalion who had rested for four hours began to get up and put on their armor.

The movement of the barracks was naturally noticed by interested people, so they hurriedly sent news back to each family.

In this situation, it is reasonable to pretend that nothing happened, but the current Liao merchants are already on the verge of death and have no choice but to act.

"First strike is stronger!"

With the hair-shaved merchant showing a vicious face, he immediately brought the family servants who had changed their armors to meet, and such a movement cannot be covered up by the sound of rain...

"Beep-"

"Boom—"

The soldiers on patrol found signs of their rebellion and immediately blew their wooden whistles.

It's just that at this time, the sky was not beautiful and there was a muffled thunder, and the hair-shaved merchants heard the whistle, and immediately led more than [-] households and more than [-] Mongols to kill towards the east gate!

"There seems to be some sound?" At the top of the city, someone seemed to have heard the whistle in the rain, and asked Pao Ze beside him, and they also listened carefully.

"Beep--"

The street patrol team who were hunted down kept blowing their wooden whistles, and as they approached the city wall, the defenders at the city gate also found them who were hunted down.

"There is a mutiny! Strike the bell!"

The guards of the Ming army yelled at the top of the city, and then drew their swords and led the three hundred people at the gate of the city back to the two city roads on the upper city wall, facing the enemy in a condescending posture.

At the same time, the soldiers at the top of the city also started to ring the bell and ring the gold, in short, they used various methods.

The soldiers picked up the lighter tiger squatting cannon at the head of the city, turned the direction, stuffed the fixed gunpowder and bulk stone bullets from the Yumajian Ordnance Station, and then inserted the matchlock, waiting for the order of the city gate guard.

"Beep! Liao merchants in the city rebelled!"

Immediately, they discovered that the street patrol team of the Liao merchant rebellion was blowing their whistles, leading people to flee to the city gate and shouting, their voices changed from vague to clear, and the distance was getting closer.

"Go up the city wall!"

The garrison who went up to the top of the city shouted when he saw this, and then swung his knife and said:
"Fire the gun!"

Fifty tiger squatting cannons ignited under the awning according to the instructions, and then there was a flash of fire:
"boom--"

Shotguns were fired and fell like a shower, killing and wounding the servants of the Liao merchants all over the place.

However, the downside of the rain was too great, and the five hundred captives among the servants ran under the city wall, drawing their bows and arrows at a distance of more than ten steps.

Since they had made a plan before setting off, they aimed at the bamboo poles of the canopy and shot armor-piercing arrows instantly!
"Snapped!"

The heavy rain interfered with the accuracy of the bow and arrow and the power of the bowstring, but some bamboo poles still exploded in the middle, and began to tilt limply, and the rain also drenched several tiger squatting cannons and Franji cannons.

"A quarter of an hour is enough!"

The defense remained unmoved, and calmly directed the army to continue to counterattack, and asked someone to bring bamboo poles to support the awning.

"Keep shooting the canopy poles, and their firearms won't work (Mongolian)"

Among the beilu, a beilu who seemed to be the leader shouted, and immediately all the beilu controlled the strings and shot towards the awning.

There was an endless stream of crackling sounds, but the bowstring that was drenched in the rain lost its tension all the time, and only a small part of the awning was shot through and collapsed.

However, before the northern captives were happy, dense flames burst out from the top of the city.

"Clap clap-"

The blunderbuss rang, and suddenly dozens of northern captives were shot and killed, and the servants also fought against the Ming army, making a mess.

On the sloped city road, seven hundred warriors were divided into two parts, guarding the upper city slope on the left and right, and on the slope, the gunners holding bird guns and the gunners clearing the tiger's cannon were loading in an orderly manner. Custom gunpowder.

They split up men to mend the canopy, and that was enough time to keep the battle going.

"Hurry up!"

In the city, when the sound of tiger crouching and guns sounded, Lu Qin immediately put down the military book in his hand, ordered someone to put on his armor, and at the same time, hurriedly took the three thousand soldiers who had just left the camp with armor to kill towards the east of the city.

More than [-] people walked in the city, all the people turned off the lights, hid in the house, and carefully peeped behind the window, wanting to know what happened.

Braving the heavy rain, [-] people set off from the barracks in the north of the city, and arrived not far from the east gate after a quarter of an hour.

Looking at the two troops fighting at the horse road at the head of the city in the dark, Lu Qin took the lead and led the army towards the east of the city.

It's just that amidst the noisy shouts of killing, there was a dull sound of horseshoes suddenly.

"Jianlu came from outside the city!"

Some unarmored civilian men who were repairing the awning turned their heads and shouted. The next moment, an armor-piercing cone was shot from the back of his head and passed through his face.

"Go up the city wall!"

Tens of thousands of Jian captives came from outside the city, just because Huang Taiji sensed that something was wrong when he heard the sound of artillery, and immediately urged his troops to come.

There was a fight in the city. Although the servants of the Liao merchants and the northern captives did not capture the gate tower, they did restrain the [-] Ming troops.

"Go up the city wall!"

The walls of Weining Camp Fortress were only two feet wide, and most of the Chinese-style walls were wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, so Huang Taiji commanded the army to fill the prepared sandbags into the three-foot-wide moat.

The Ming army at the head of the city was in a hurry, so they could only give up dealing with the rebels in the city, and instead used the awning to protect the Franco cannon. Put the child gun into the mother gun, and then ignite...

Accompanied by the sound of "chi chi", the fire rope burned out, and then a "boom" erupted, two kilograms of small stone bullets were shot out, and the Jianlu under the city also uttered the sound of pain.

"Hu Erhan! You take Baijia Balaya to the north gate, where the Ming army's defense is weak!"

"Yes!"

Huang Taiji gave the order calmly, and Hu Erhan, one of the five ministers, immediately commanded more than a thousand Baijiabalaya, and under the cover of night, he made a detour to climb up from the weak point of the city wall.

Taking advantage of the Ming army fighting in the city, they found a weakly defended place in the northeast corner, and then hooked the parapet with hooks and ropes, so that more than [-] Baijia Balaya took off their coir raincoats and armors, and held steel knives in their mouths. Climb to the top of the city with a bow on your back!

"Send the armor up to them first!"

Seeing that some people wanted to go up the city wall first, Hu Erhan yelled at them softly, and at the same time had his armor sent up first.

After more than thirty sets of armor were sent up, the Baijia Balayas were divided into three teams, a dozen people helped pull people up, and a dozen people helped others put on the armor.

"Beep - Jianlu has ascended the city!"

It is true that the dark night has become a protective color, and it is true that the Ming army has a small number of people at night, but this does not mean that the Ming army is blind.

When there were less than fifty Baijiabalaya climbed up the city wall, the Ming army on the corner tower discovered them and blew the wooden whistle.

But in the next second, Jianlu untied the bow bag, grabbed the bow and arrow, and shot the bow and arrow.

The three arrows protruded, and only one arrow hit his face due to the heavy rain, but it still pierced his face, and he couldn't die anymore.

"Formation, wait for the army to go to the city!"

Hu Erhan was pulled up by someone tying a hanging basket with a rope, and heard the shouts of the Ming army.

The Ming army at the east gate was powerless to take care of their time, but the Ming army at the north gate left behind [-] people and after notifying the army in the city, they immediately attacked them.

Three hundred Ming troops came, and at this moment there were already seventy or eighty Baijia Balaya on the top of the city, half of them were wearing armor.

"kill!"

When Hu Erhan saw that there were only so few Ming soldiers, his eyes lit up, and he immediately charged towards the Ming soldiers with his white armor and bara teeth.

In terms of coordination, even a thousand Baijiabalayas would not be able to defeat the same number of Zhejiang and Sichuan soldiers.

But when it comes to hand-to-hand combat, even Zhejiang soldiers and Sichuan soldiers are not opponents of Baijiabalaya.

More than forty white-armored Ba Laya in triple armor took out their iron bones, and charged into the Ming army like wolves and tigers.

"It's Baijia Balaya! Form an formation!"

Seeing the Beicheng defenders equipped with Baijia Balaya at a close distance, they were terrified. While shouting loudly, they stopped their footsteps and ordered the whole army to form a formation.

It's just this distance, it's too late to form an formation.

The heavily armored Baijia Balaya used the armor-piercing cone to shoot down a group of Ming troops from a long distance, and then the Baijia Balaya who was charging in front of the army brandished iron bones and entered the Ming army formation.

But even so, the Shanxi soldiers who had been sharpening their knives for two years still did not retreat, and even successfully suppressed these dozens of Baijia Balaya in a short moment.

However, the number of Baijiabalayas was more than that. As the Baijiabalayas on the top of the city continued to join the battlefield, the [-] Ming troops fought and retreated.

When they were about to retreat to the Dongcheng Gate, the two hundred Ming soldiers guarding the Dongcheng Gate also saw the embarrassment of their comrades, and immediately grabbed the pumpkin hammer, ax and axe, and killed Jianlu on the horse path.

The rain became heavier and heavier, blurring people's eyes, and the power of Baijiabalaya's arrows also dropped sharply. For those who used bows and arrows in advance, the bowstring even lost its tension due to the heavy rain.

The five hundred Ming army faced more and more Baijiabalayas, from hundreds at the beginning, to four or five hundred, and then to thousands.

Gradually, they were unable to support themselves, and fell to the top of the city one after another. The scarlet blood mixed with rainwater flowed down from the city wall and into the drainage channel in the city, and flowed into the Taizi River along the channel.

"Those who used the bow just now will change the bow string for me. The others will pull the gate and guard the gate. The reinforcements from the Ming army will arrive soon. Send someone to inform Huangtai Jibel!"

Hu Erhan walked into the city gate tower, he was in a very bad condition, just now he was short of breath after taking a pumpkin hammer from the Ming army.

Hearing his order, the soldiers immediately turned the winch of the jack gate, pulled up the jack gate and lowered the mechanism to block it.

At the same time, the suspension bridge was lowered, the city gate was opened, and the Ming army in the city also arrived at the north gate.

There were as many as [-] Ming soldiers who came one after another, and more than [-] Baijiabalayas were waiting in formation. They used the Ming army's artillery and baggage carts to form a vehicle formation, and took advantage of the rainy weather. Using the disadvantages of firearms, use their armor-piercing arrows to hide behind the fortifications and continue to harvest the Ming army.

It's just that no matter how strong Baijiabalaya is, he is still a human being, and after two years of eating, drinking and training, the Shanxi soldiers are more courageous than them while outnumbering them.

The simple offensive was captured by three thousand Shanxi soldiers who were like wolves and tigers. Baijiabalaya retreated to the bridle path above the city wall, trying to take advantage of the narrow bridle path so that the Ming army could not take advantage of its numbers.

"Kill them all! Don't let down His Royal Highness King Qi's kindness to us over the past two years!"

Shanxi General Wang Chong of the Weining Camp yelled loudly, while boosting the morale of the army, he took the lead in charging.

Under such an onslaught, Baijia Balaya's defensive position unexpectedly retreated a dozen or so steps, unable to defend for a while.

The bravery of the Ming army was even inconceivable to Hu Erhan.

"I haven't seen you for two years, why are the Shanxi barbarians so brave?!"

Hu Erhan's heart sank, and he finally understood why his own Khan prepared so many soldiers to attack Liaodong.

The speed at which the Ming army recovered its combat power was too fast. If they were given a few more years, Da Jin might really be encircled and suppressed in the white mountains and black waters.

It's just a pity that they are not the ones with the most people at the moment...

Hu Erhan's face darkened suddenly, and at this moment, the Ming army who was trying to seize control of the city gate also heard the sound of rumbling horseshoes.

Wang Chong on the horse path could hear it even more clearly, and the sound of the horse's hooves made his heart sink, and he couldn't help but look at the city gate tower dozens of steps away.

"Falling short! I'm sorry King Qi!"

When he thought of receiving military pay for two years, eating and drinking for two years, and finally being unable to hold down even a small Weining camp, many complicated emotions arose in Wang Chong's heart.

"Can't keep the north gate! How can I have the face to go back to see the elders in Shanxi?!"

Wang Chong's eyes were red, and regardless of being hit several times, he led the battalion soldiers towards Baijiabalaya, and Hu Erhan, who was hiding behind Baijiabalaya, also noticed the brave Wang Chong. Immediately said to the left and right:
"Shoot him!"

More than a dozen Baijia Balaya Deling stood under the eaves of the tower, and aimed at Wang Chong, who was leading the sudden rush. The bowstring was released in the next second, and more than ten armor-piercing arrows shot at Wang Chong's exposed skin. and facial.

A feeling of scalp numbness appeared, Wang Chong only felt that something was flying towards him, and subconsciously stretched out his hand to protect his face, but in an instant an arrow pierced through his palm, and an arrow hit his cheek.

"Admiral—"

The guerrilla and defensive minds on the left and right were in the throat, and in the next moment, more than a dozen arrows flew in, hitting Wang Chong's chest and arm respectively.

"Okay!" Hu Erhan couldn't help applauding. Although the arrow's power dropped due to the heavy rain and the aim was a bit off, it seemed to him that Wang Chong was dead.

However, in the next second, Wang Chong's pierced palm suddenly exerted force, pulled the arrow shaft along the shaft, and pulled the arrow out from his cheek, taking away a large piece of flesh from his face!
"Ahhh-"

Wang Chong yelled at the pain of the flesh being taken away from his face, but the pain turned into anger, which drove him to swing the pumpkin hammer continuously, killing several Baijia Balaya.

Lightning flashed, illuminating the terrifying Wang Chong, making the white armor Balaya in front of him fearful, followed by rumbling thunder.

Jianlu lost his courage, but the sound of horseshoes in their ears became louder and louder.

Finally, when Wang Chong led people to fight and was within easy reach of the city tower, the iron cavalry stepped on the suspension bridge, rushed into the city, and began to massacre the Ming army who tried to close the city gate.

"Participant! Jianlu is here to help, retreat to the city and fight in the streets!"

The left and right lieutenants tried to persuade Wang Chong to retreat, but Wang Chong turned his head and looked at the two of them with his crippled cheeks, and angrily said:
"I can't afford to lose Shanxi's face!"

"If you are afraid of death, go away! Even if I am the only one left, I will repay this kindness!"

"Participant! Why bother?" A lieutenant was about to cry anxiously:
"For the hundreds of taels of silver issued by King Qi and the court, it's not worth your life! King Qi is just buying..."

"Get out!" Wang Chong kicked the general in the abdomen, kicked him, and cursed:
"I know that Your Highness is sending money to buy the morale of the army! But His Highness is also the first dignitary to treat me as a human being!"

"If I die here today, I will repay His Highness's gift of tea that day!"

After all, Wang Chong turned around and continued to kill Baijia Balaya on the road, and the lieutenant who was kicked was also lifted up, and the two guerrillas who helped him couldn't help asking:
"Lieutenant General, this... what should we do now?"

"What should I do?" The deputy general's face was ugly, but he clenched his fists and shouted:

"The general is a hero? Are we not? Damn! Don't be a ghost if you are afraid of death!"

After shouting, he began to lead troops on the horse road to stop the reinforcements from pouring into the city, trying to pinch up and down, and the rain became heavier...

　The tendons of traditional bows will become soft in rainy days, and the elasticity will decrease, but it takes time. It does not mean that once it is put in the rain, it will become soft immediately and cannot be pulled.

　　When the Mongols attacked Sichuan and Xiangyang, they encountered heavy rain, and they actually shot arrows in the rain.

　　Modern composite bows can be waterproofed, and ancient times also had waterproofing methods. People in the past were not stupid and knew how to waterproof them. Ordinary soldiers could not afford silk strings, but rawhide strings have also been treated with waterproofing to make their skin less brittle and melt when exposed to water.

　　It is believed that ancient bows cannot be used in the rain because bows and arrows before the Song Dynasty used swim bladder glue or leather glue to glue the ribs and horns, but this animal protein glue would become unstable or even open when exposed to water and heat, so there was This argument.

　　However, the bows from the Southern Song Dynasty have been operated to isolate water and water vapor from the surviving real objects. When the bow is not taken, there is a special waterproof bow bag.

　　In addition, an occasional heavy rain will not determine the performance of bows and arrows. For example, in the Battle of Agincourt in the Hundred Years War between Britain and France, the British archers suffered heavy rains before. The French army lost over ten thousand in this battle, while the British army only lost ten. Several knights and more than a hundred archers.

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　　As for the joke that the cloth face armor weighs a hundred catties when exposed to water, just listen to it. The cloth face armor is first made of cloth, then cotton, and then iron armor, which is basically more than [-] catties.

　　Cloth is a coarse cloth with poor air permeability, and little water can enter, while cotton is fixed by cloth and iron nails, so there is no room for swelling and absorbing water, and the weight that becomes heavy after absorbing water is very limited.

　　If the cloth face armor was useless when it rained, wouldn't it be shirtless to fight so many rainy season battles in the Ming Dynasty?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)