Lin Yi had actually known this for a while.
For instance, in the army Leng Yu belonged to, apart from her wearing a suit of Silver Armor, the other officers only wore Iron Armor, while most of them wore Leather Armor.
Of course, soldiers in Cloth Armor like the ones standing under the city gate were something Lin Yi was seeing for the first time.
This might be because the area where Leng Yu was stationed was relatively dangerous, being on the border, so their soldiers were uniformly equipped with Leather Armor for better defense.
In inland cities like the Capital City, Cloth Armor was the norm.
This approach both provided better protection and saved substantial costs.
Such a win-win situation was the best solution the current court could come up with.
This was within the Capital City; if it were in more remote defenses, even mid-level Generals would only be wearing Leather Armor.
