Why can't ancient people take off their armor even if it is hot after the war? Is that why Chang Yuchun died?

In the cold weapon era, if you take off your armor immediately after a battle, you will really die.

In ancient wars, soldiers often wore heavy armor to defend themselves against cold weapons, while officers' armor was even heavier.

according to historical statistics, the ancient iron armor was as light as 3 Jin and as heavy as 5 Jin. Most of it was woven with iron sheets, which could wrap the whole body tightly, in order to defend against the attack of cold weapons.

After wearing such heavy iron armor, it will have a remarkable effect, that is, it is cool in winter and warm in summer. The characteristic of metal is that it is very easy to conduct heat, and it is airtight, so it is extremely uncomfortable to wear armor.

It's better in winter. In summer, iron armor becomes an oven. If you go through strenuous exercise, it's like being in a sauna.

It's hot to wear armor, but ancient generals or accompanying military doctors will solemnly warn soldiers and soldiers: "Never take off your armor immediately after fighting!"

why is there such an order? From a modern point of view, there are roughly two reasons why we can't take off our armor:

1. The reason why the general gave this order is to consider it from the combat level.

In the era of cold weapons, going to the battlefield without armor is like seeking death. After all, those martial arts people with stunts only exist in novels, and most of them are still flesh and blood.

A battle is over, but it doesn't mean there is no danger. The enemy may surprise, counterattack and make a comeback. If the armor is taken off hastily and the enemy suddenly appears, the first person to die is definitely Nan Ge who is not wearing armor.

2. The reason why the military doctors demanded this is because there was a terrible disease in the military camp.

It is said that Chang Yuchun, the king of Kaiping, was originally as strong as an ox, and was one of the rare valiant soldiers in the early Ming Dynasty. He had been with Zhu Yuanzhang for many battles, but he suddenly died suddenly in his forties.

Chang Yuchun died of this terrible disease: armor-shedding!

The so-called "armor-unloading wind" refers to the fact that soldiers and officers, after a long period of fierce fighting, can't get rid of the heat and sweat emitted by their bodies in time due to heavy and airtight armor, and their bodies are in a high temperature state. At the same time, fierce fighting will cause adrenaline to soar rapidly, their heartbeat will also accelerate, and blood vessels will also increase. In the battle, a lot of oxygen will be consumed, and people will be prone to lack of oxygen.

If you take off your armor at this time, when your sweaty body meets cold air, a lot of sweat will evaporate, which will lead to a sharp drop in questions. Suddenly, your cold hands will immediately contract blood vessels, which will probably lead to insufficient blood supply to your heart.

what will happen if the heart is short of blood supply? Stroke followed! Even in modern society, stroke is a thorny disease, not to mention the battlefield with backward medical conditions in ancient times.

It was after the Great War that Chang Yuchun couldn't wait to take off his sultry armor, trying to cool off. When the cold wind blew on the grassland, problems immediately appeared, and medical technology was not allowed to rescue him. Therefore, this ever-victorious general who swept the world and greatly defeated Mongolia died in the wind of armor removal. Theory of TCM

I remember when I was a child, when children were playing wildly outside, they would always get full head and sweat. Before going home, their families would always refuse to come in at once and let them stay for a while to "drop the sweat".

including now, if we come back outside in hot summer weather and are covered with sweat, we will also cool down our bodies in the shade before entering the air-conditioned room, otherwise, we will soon feel uncomfortable when we are warmed up by the cool air of the air conditioner.

This kind of precautions is consistent with the principle of "disarming the armor" in ancient battlefields. They are all afraid of cool wind entering the body. Chinese medicine has a saying: "After work, you are sweating all over, avoiding the wind like an arrow." The same thing.

It was precisely because they understood the stakes that the ancient military doctors asked the soldiers and generals not to take off their armor to cool off after the battle. As Chinese medicine said thousands of years ago, if they were caught in the armor-removing wind, their muscles would be sore and cold all over, or they would have a stroke on the spot and die without treatment.

Nowadays, people who like sports will catch a cold shoulder if they don't pay attention. Therefore, we should never blow the electric fan and air conditioner immediately after exercising. We should scrub our bodies with warm water, gradually cool down and keep away from stroke.