King of German Mercenaries - Chapter 292

After World War I in Lyle County, Marin’s name was completely resounding. Although Marin had defeated Charles VIII before, it was an ambush in the middle of the night. Therefore, not many people are willing to acknowledge Marin’s military talent. Mainly, this kind of shame means was looked down upon in the medieval Middle Ages in Europe where knight spirits prevailed.

Even the Duke of Saxony thought that Marin could only conspiracy and deceit, and had no real strength, so he began to fight against it. Marin also knew that his results would not be acknowledged, so he thought of defeating the Saxons in a head-to-head way to make his reputation known.

Sure enough, Marin used 10,000 infantry outside the city of Lyle to defeat the 20,000-strong Saxony army with 5,000 plate armor in a day, and his fame went up.

Now, no one doubts Marin’s military talent anymore. In addition, Philip, the head of the Teutonic Grand Army, sent 20 cronies to East Frisian to ask for military command.

王子 Prince Philip is also an ambitious person. Over the years, the Teutonic Order has been bullied by Poland and Lithuania. As head of the Teutonic Grand Prix, where is Philip willing to remain passive?

In fact, Poland and Lithuania are countries with heavy cavalry as their main force. In particular, Poland can gather 20,000 or 30,000 cavalry. Later, during the war between Poland and Sweden, Poland sent out two to three thousand wing cavalry. Of course, the wing cavalry has not yet risen. The wing cavalry is actually a plate armor heavy rider without wearing plate armor pants, decorated with some bird feathers on the back.

Because the land and population have been reduced repeatedly, the Teutonic Order has not enough knights to play against Poland. Therefore, the chief of Philip was very interested that Marin could use the infantry to complete the saxon plate armor heavy riding. Therefore, he sent 20 young officers to study in the Marin Army.

Even, even Ferdinand II of Spain sent 10 officers to study. The lead is the famous Spanish star Gonzalo de Cordoba …

Marin felt very embarrassed at the moment-because the founder of the “Spanish Square” that the Spanish want to learn should actually be Gonzalo de Cordoba …

This makes Marin have a kind of bad feeling that Li Gui met Li Yan, and what makes Marin embarrassed is that those military officers who came to study even named the famous “Spanish Square” as “Marin Square” “Here …

Well, it’s “Marin Square”-who called the Spaniard hasn’t “invented” it yet … Marin shamelessly recognized the name of “Marin Square” …

Being embarrassed in the face of the Lord, Marin was very attentive and explained very carefully when explaining “Marin Square” to Gonzalo de Cordova. To this end, the Spanish and Teutonic officers who came to study have benefited a lot.

In fact, Spain and Teutonic countries are both countries that have an urgent need for tactics capable of heavy riding with infantry.

It goes without saying that the Teutonic state of Poland, their number one enemy, Poland, is a plate-riding country. And Spain ’s demand is equally huge, because Spain ’s hegemonic rival, France, is Europe ’s first plate-riding heavy country and is stronger than Poland. Therefore, there is a very real and urgent need to learn the “Marin Square” and to ride the heavy plate to restrain the opponent.

Marin did not hide it because he knew that Gonzalo de Cordoba had originally had similar ideas, but he was still exploring and had not yet put it into practice. Anyway, the other party is trying to figure it out, it is better to teach him by himself. In this way, he can also be mixed with the name of “the famous teacher”.

As for the Teutonic Knights, Marin is the most important partner. Although, Marin made good relations with the Teutonic State and the Principality of Clifford at the same time. However, John the Duke of Rivers, as an old noble, is actually more cunning and not sincere enough to treat others.

The head of Philip is different. He never thought of being a nobleman since he was a child, so his mind is not so complicated, and he should be more sincere in treating others. In addition, he was Marin’s one-hand support and became the head of the group, and his relationship with Marin was the best.

This time, Marin promised to help Philip train 20 officers, and Philip was not bad either. Philip said that he was helping Marin find a group of young wandering knights who had arrived in Teutonic country and brought him to Marin for a while to alleviate Marin’s lack of middle-level officers. Every year, some Teutonic knights come to join the Teutonic kingdom with their dreams. This is a knight’s sanctuary in the minds of many German knights. Therefore, Philip chose a group of wandering knights to give Marin, there are conditions.

Uh …

“Earl Marin, after your explanation, I found a big problem-this formation of you, it seems that the general attack power is more suitable for defense …” After studying, the old-fashioned Gonzalo Deco Cordoba, put forward his views …

“You’re right, General Gonzalo. Spain … oh no … The strongest part of the ‘Marin Square’ is the defense. As long as the tunnel is dug well, you can charge against the Knight’s charge …”

“In addition, it is not necessary to just dig a pit. You can also build a wall and temporarily build some rough walls to prevent the charge of the cavalry. At the same time, the temporary stone wall can also resist the opponent’s shells and bullets to a certain extent … … However, this requires that there be enough stones locally. If it is in the plains, there is no condition to build stone walls, even the simplest ones-because there are no stones … “

“As for attack power, ‘Marin Square’ is indeed lacking. In the future, I plan to recruit more light cavalry to supplement the lack of attack power …”

“However, the light cavalry and heavy cavalry face each other, they must lose …”

“General, who made you stunned with the light cavalry and the heavy cavalry of the opponent? Remember, my war thought is to first defeat the enemy’s plate armored heavy horse attack with the” Marin square “. As for the light cavalry, he mainly Its mission is to deal with enemy infantry … “

“For example, during the Battle of Lyle County, the Saxons used infantry to carry wooden boards and dirt to fill the pit ~ www.mtlnovel.com ~ At this time, you can use the light cavalry to attack the enemy infantry from the flanks. The light cavalry cannot beat Can you bully a cannon fodder with a plate armour? “

Uh …

“Teached! Count Marin, you are a wise commander!” Gonzalo de Cordova said with admiration.

He felt that Marin’s tactics were tailor-made for Spain. Because although Spain does not have a lot of plate armour, there are still many light cavalry. Southern European countries, influenced by the Arabs, are more light cavalry. And the Spanish famous horse-Andalusian horse is not a heavy horse, not suitable for heavy plate riding, but very suitable for light cavalry.

In the 16th century, in order to strengthen the cavalry’s protection, the Spaniards came up with the method of removing the second half of the plate and keeping only the front part, in order to “burden the Andalusian horses”.

Of course, the Spaniards lacked plate armor and heavy riding, and the Teutonic Knights were no shortage. Every year, homeless knights ran to Teutonic as a dream. The Teutonic officers who followed Marin’s tactics were excited. For the Teutonic state, as long as the “Marlin Array” is used to repel the Polish plate armoured group charge, the Teutonic state plate armour can fully counterattack while the enemy’s popularity is low. Therefore, the tactics designed by Marin are not only suitable for Spain, but also more suitable for Teutonic countries.

After one month of study, 10 Spanish generals and 20 Teutonic military officers brought the Marin Array back to their respective countries.

的 The “Marin Square” they learned later became a nightmare for the French and the Polish … The European pattern was greatly changed by the emergence of the “Marin Square” …

It’s just that whenever people talk about the great Marin Square, Marin always feels blushing …