Armor is particularly strong, yes, ordinary iron bullets can't be penetrated. It's made of Korean iron wood. It's the hardest. As for rattan nails, put them aside and see the types of nails. The most common armor is scales, which is the most common in ancient China, and only when the national strength is strong, such as the financial and military strength of the country in the Tang and Song Dynasties. Everything in the TV series Water Margin is true. There is no money to make iron, so we can only use leather and cloth. So at that time, an armored soldier, such as Tang Qianjia of gold gunner Xu Ning, was really a treasure. The Ming dynasty was powerful and used armor. Later, the national strength was not good, so we had to make up for it with cloth.
Where is the power of real armor? Yuan Chonghuan was anti-Qing. According to historical records, Yuan Chonghuan's arrow was like a hedgehog, but he didn't do anything. The reason is that he is wearing heavy armor, and the Eight Banners Army is wearing cloth leather armor. Originally, Yuan Chonghuan's army was good at fighting, coupled with its superiority in armor, so the Eight Banners Army was very afraid.
Iron scales are very effective in defending against knife cutting. When the nail plates are stacked together, the impulse to add a knife can be slowed down. However, when defending a pike, it is easy to be stabbed by the tip of the gun. So in the west, in order to defend the knight spear, chain mail appeared, and China should have it in ancient times. When the chain is wound, the spear is barbed, and the lock ring just blocks the spear to protect it. Its disadvantage is that it will be easy if the gap is small and the chain is thin.
Where's Fujia? It is undeniable that some wild lianas in Yunnan are tough and strong, but you can find a detail. Since it is tough and firm, people with some biological knowledge should know that the phloem density of this plant is small and the xylem should be seamless. With this structure, the water in the plants will not be emitted, and it will not be ignited by fire. Friends in the countryside must have a deep understanding of this. The stronger the tree, the less it can light a fire to cook. Please note that this oil is not a liquid. If it seeps in, the remaining gap will be blocked and insects can't get in. Tung oil is poisonous and has been soaked in the main insect repellent, but it will not light up when it is isolated from the air.
So what is the fatal weakness of rattan nails? Three words: the bigger the gap, the thicker the tough vine. Is it useful that the rattan on TV is too thin? Not exactly. You think a bunch of old vines can wrap people up? Impossible, or like silk, you can wrap yourself in cloth, and rattan can only roughly wrap people, exposing a lot of space, so archers can take the opportunity to show off.
So there is no record of rattan armor. In Dali in the Song Dynasty, elephant skin was widely used to make armor, so it was invulnerable and never saw rattan armor. As for some people, the history books say that Zhuge Liang captured Meng Huo in seven times, so there should be cannons and automatic personnel carriers in history at that time. At that time, it was just three months after the Pingnan uprising, and there were so many places to run in the book. Without modern motorized infantry equipment, it is simply too late. It was only a small rebel that was quickly suppressed. As for Meng Huo's not being caught by Zhuge Liang and turning himself in, we usually study The Three Kingdoms according to The History of the Three Kingdoms, not The Romance of The Three Kingdoms.