The Rise of the European Emperor

The next morning, Marin got up early and waited at the military camp outside Krakow, waiting for the arrival of Sigismund I.

However, it was not until 9 a.m. that Sigismund I came lounging with a group of great Polish nobles...

In fact, Sigismund I got up early. But he had to wait for the great Polish and Lithuanian nobles to get up. The reason why he pulled those great nobles together was because Sigismund I knew that Marin would definitely perform cavalry tactics today. Coincidentally, Marin was here to help him on the platform. So, Sigismund I simply called dozens of great Polish and Lithuanian nobles to go to the scene to feel the power of Marin's cavalry, and to deter these powerful local nobles.

When Sigismund I took a group of great Polish and Lithuanian nobles to the audience, Marin nodded to Sherman, the commander of the Lancers. Sherman quickly drew out his command knife and loudly began to command the Lancers to prepare.

The Lancers in this performance are naturally only the 1000 regular Lancers. As for the 2,000 black-shirted knights, Marin did not let them perform. After all, the two thousand black-shirted knights were better at flying kites than charging.

Following the tradition of the East Frisian Lancers, Sherman divided the 1,000 Lancers into two large batches of 450 men each. Also, each batch is divided into three rows of 150 people. There is a distance between the three rows. When charging, it was like three Poland, moving up and down as the horses ran... As for the remaining 100 lancers, they mainly covered the flanks to prevent the enemy from attacking the formation from the flanks. After all, the flank of the lancer formation was indeed a weak point, and it was safe with 100 cavalry guards.

However, unlike the Berber tribes who attacked Laayoun last time, Marin did not let the lancers form the densest wall formation this time, but kept each lancer 5 meters apart from each other. In this way, each lancer occupies a width of about 3 meters, taking into account the 414-meter width of the hips of each lancer and the total width of the two legs of less than 5 meters.

Although this formation was twice as sparse as the wall charge formation, it was more conducive to the Lancers from these knight families to exert their martial arts. After all, the display of martial arts right away also requires space. If the knights were shoulder to shoulder and legs next to each other like the original formation, they would not be able to use their abilities other than thrusting forward.

And if the knights are separated by 5 meters, this distance is enough for them to perform certain martial arts. Moreover, the distance of 5 meters makes the enemy very uncomfortable. Because, logically, this distance is just enough for the enemy's horse to pass through the middle. However, that is not possible. Because, the lances of the knights on this side will not agree.

The distance between the two horses was barely enough for a horse to pass through, but that was only theoretical. As long as the horse twists accidentally, it will hit the horse next to it. In addition, in such a small space, the lancers only need to flick their lances,

Can seal the space.

In order to completely seal the small space, Marin ordered all the lancers to turn their lances a little to the right. In this way, the 5-meter space on the right is blocked, and the enemy cannot pass through it.

Another point - Marin was reluctant to teach the Poles the Wall Charge. That was Marin's trump card, how could he easily teach it to the Poles?

The Polish cavalry is already powerful. If they learn the wall charge again, will the Turkish cavalry still live? After the Austrians learned the wall charge in the 18th century, they relied on this trick to abuse the Turkish cavalry into dogs. If the Poles, the big cavalry country, can also learn it, wouldn't Turkey want GG a long time ago? This is not in Marin's interest. Because, Marin's diplomatic goal is to balance the European continent, not to allow Poland to beat Turkey. So Wall Charge cannot be taught to Poles.

And this formation with a distance of 5 meters is no problem to teach the Poles. After all, this requires knights to be martial arts. If you don't know martial arts, and you still have such a big gap, you are looking for abuse. And the reason why the wall charge is close together is to prevent civilian cavalry who are not good at riding from falling off their horses. The essence of it is that civilian soldiers who can riot and ride horses can join the wall charge. Unlike this sparse formation, it is only suitable for those knights with high martial arts...

The biggest feature of the Marin army is its uniformity, which is very pleasing to the eye. When the 150 Lancers formed a 450-meter-wide formation and charged forward neatly in a "three-tiered wave" formation, the scene was very shocking. The second batch of 450 cavalrymen launched a uniform "Triple Wave" charge not long after the first charge, which made the Polish and Lithuanian nobles, who were already very surprised, unable to close their mouths for a long time.

However, Polish nobles soon discovered the problem:

"Why don't they use oak lances? How do they use spears? Aren't they afraid of letting go?"

The knight's charge kinetic energy is very large, and the reaction force is also large. Therefore, knights often use fragile hollow oak lances as charging weapons. When it hit the opponent's plate armor, the hollow lance broke, just canceling the powerful reaction force. Otherwise, the knight's arm would definitely be destroyed by the powerful reaction force.

However, when looking at it from a distance, the great nobles of Poland and Lithuania clearly saw that the lancers under Marin did not change their lances. Moreover, there are very few knight attendants, only one person per person on average, driving a light mule cart...

Marin didn't speak, clapped his hands, and soon someone came over with a spring lance to let the Polish nobles feel. When the Polish nobles held the sleeve and felt the effect of the spring being tightened when the tip of the gun touched a hard object, they were amazed.

Marin is not worried that these people will imitate the spring, because now in the world only his family has spring steel. You could also use cast iron or wrought iron for the spring, but it's far less effective, and it wears out after a few uses.

Therefore, even if the other side used a spring lance, the spring had to be imported into East Friesland. Otherwise, the spring lance will have no buffering effect. Of course, the spring lance also has its weaknesses, that is - when charging at a low speed, the spear point lacks strength to pierce the enemy and can't kill people.

To this end, after adopting a sparse charge formation, Marin came up with a countermeasure - he asked the Lancers to charge, if they couldn't get up to speed, he would put his right hand back and hold the wooden pole behind the sleeve. part. In this way, there is no need to worry about not killing people when charging at low speed due to the unloading of the spring.

However, in the final stab at the enemy, the lancer's left hand released the reins and held the sleeve in his hand. After the conical point of the gun slammed into the enemy, the right hand let go, and the left hand continued to hold the sleeve, releasing the force with the contraction of the spring. In this way, the problem of insufficient impact force of the spring lance under low-speed charging is solved. But this requires a certain amount of martial arts, and most people may not be able to do it well. But for those wandering knights who came from knight families, it was not difficult. It may not be possible for an ordinary person to do it. The timing of this requires a certain foundation of martial arts...

After learning about the powerful functions of the spring lance and the advantages of not having to replace it, the great nobles of Poland and Lithuania were naturally full of admiration, and at the same time they could see the powerful combat effectiveness of the lancers using the "Triple Wave" charge. With His Majesty the King having such powerful allies, these great nobles are naturally more honest.

In addition, Marin also asked the Lancers to wear bird feather wings on their backs before charging, which were made of pure white goose feathers and looked like angel wings. When charging, the wings whirled and made a sound, which was extremely cool and deterrent...

Seeing this, Sigismund I excitedly asked Marin to provide some instructors to help him train such a group of lancers. Sigismund I was not stupid. He not only saw the strength of the lancers in combat, but also saw that the lancers were far superior to the plate knights in terms of supply consumption. And this is the key to forming a large-scale cavalry. After all, monarchs and princes were poor in this era. It can save a lot of food and grass supplies, and can definitely pull out a large number of soldiers, greatly enhancing the combat effectiveness of the army...

And Marin was originally to help Sigismund I form winged cavalry, so he naturally agreed. Moreover, because of the cooperation with Marin in the salt trade and spirits trade, Sigismund I was not short of money, and it was not difficult to form a winged cavalry team of several thousand people...