Chapter 633: Charging into Battle on Horseback

The protest demonstration even prepared weapons, clearly demonstrating a premeditated and organized criminal activity.

Although bamboo spears are simple, bamboo as a tough plant has been a good material for making weapons since ancient times. Cut and sharpened directly, it was extremely popular in the Warring States Period of Japan, and even killed many famous samurai.

In the early Warring States Period, before the separation of farmer soldiers from the warrior class, Daimyo lords enlisting farmer soldiers from their lands wouldn't provide each peasant with metal weapons, as that would have been far too wasteful. Bamboo spears, being abundant, easy to produce, and readily available, naturally became the Daimyo lords' weapon of choice for arming farmer soldiers.

Even though it's just a bamboo shaft, bamboo of the thickness of a goose egg is still very tough. Once sharpened at one end, it can easily be lethal if it pierces the body of someone without armor.