After a long time, Zhengde raised his head and said:

"I understand, what Ma Aiqing means is that since the number of heavy armored cavalry is small, it is better to use it as a trump card and use it at a critical moment!"

Marin nodded, but added:

"That's true, but there is one condition. That is the method that the minister just said, and it is only effective against the Mongol cavalry, which is dominated by light cavalry. The opponent did not have a heavy crossbow or a musket, so he was helpless against the heavy cavalry. If you change to one with a heavy crossbow and a musket, it's useless to wear plate armor! Also, no matter what kind of cavalry, they are helpless in the face of stumbling ropes and traps. Fortunately, the Mongol cavalry itself was cavalry, and they would not make any trips and traps, because it would pit them first. ”

"I understand that on the battlefield, things are changing in an instant!"

"Actually, if you want to deal with the Mongol cavalry, the best way to use the heavy armored cavalry is to take it by surprise." Marin thought for a moment and gave another suggestion.

"What's the surprise?"

"Aren't the Mongol cavalry good at escaping? We can defeat first, and lead the other party to chase and kill. When they entered the ambush circle, they sent the heavily armored cavalry in ambush to rush out from the flank and divide and surround the opponent. In this way, they can't escape even if they want to......"

After speaking, Marin drew a schematic diagram on the ground to explain......

The core of this tactic is that the opponent must not be made aware of the presence of heavy cavalry. In the face of light cavalry, if it is a close combat, the heavy cavalry wearing a full set of plate armor is basically invincible.

But the problem is that if the other party knew about the existence of the heavy cavalry, he would definitely not rush up to hand-to-hand combat without a stupid chirp. Therefore, the opponent should not be made aware of the existence of heavy cavalry in advance.

The other party did not know the existence of the heavy armored cavalry, and when the Ming army was defeated, they would rush up to chase and kill the "defeated" Ming army. At this time, the heavy cavalry suddenly attacked from the flank, and they could cut off the opponent's rear route.

It's even easier to fight from the flanks in several groups and surround the enemy in several parts. Without room to sprint, the light cavalry is basically meat on the chopping block in the face of the heavy armored cavalry.

Of course, there are not many heavy cavalry, and they still need the cooperation of other arms. But as long as the opponent's retreat is blocked, so that the opponent can't rush up, the infantry can cut the light cavalry and chop vegetables......

After speaking, Marin emphasized that if the Mongol cavalry only came with a few hundred or thousands of people, this kind of killer weapon must not be used. Because, it's too wasteful.

Only when facing tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry, it is cost-effective to do so. Destroying tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry in one go will definitely make the northern border of the Ming Dynasty peaceful for decades......

Ma Lin remembered that Zhengde seemed to have encountered 3~50,000 Mongol cavalry of the little Mongolian prince in 1517, and then fought for several days. This battle is known as the "Yingzhou Victory".

However, in that battle, although the Ming army won, the little Mongolian prince also escaped safely with the main force. Although the number of casualties of the Mongol army may be far more than the "16 killed" mentioned in Hei Zhengde's history books, it is certainly not much. After all, the biggest characteristic of the Mongolian light cavalry is that it is very good at escaping. This also led to the fact that the Ming Dynasty could not eliminate the Mongol tribes, and it was difficult to even severely damage the opponent.

And if it is according to Marin's tactics, deliberately put the opponent in, and then use heavy cavalry to close the door and cut through the opponent's formation. Coupled with the cooperation of infantry and light cavalry, at least most of the opponent can be left. When the time comes, it will be easy to wipe out one or two thousand people.

But the premise is that the opponent cannot be made aware of the existence of plate cavalry. This kind of thing can't catch up with the light cavalry, but if it is a frontal hand-to-hand combat, it will definitely crush the light cavalry. If the light cavalry is surrounded by the plate cavalry to cut off the retreat and divide it, it is no different from giving away the head.

And if the Mongolian army knew about the existence of such a melee bug as the plate cavalry, it would definitely not stupidly jump into the ambush circle. If you don't jump into the ambush circle, then the plate cavalry that is not fast will be useless. At most, the Mongol cavalry did not dare to rush forward, and the plate cavalry could not catch up with each other...... The end result is a draw......

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Ma Lin's tactics made the young Zhengde's eyes light up when he heard it, and he wanted to immediately lead his troops to destroy the Mongolian tribes. However, there is one problem he needs to solve first - you need to have the existing plate cavalry......

A European knight, but after more than ten years of hard training. Daming did not have professional plate armor knights, even if Ma Lin sent plate armor and tall horses, he had to train plate armor cavalry from scratch.

Of course, there were so many people in the army of the Ming Dynasty, and there was no need to slowly train knights from children. In fact, it is also possible to select soldiers with good physical fitness (convenient for long-term combat in plate armor) and strong martial arts from the army for knightly training.

There are many masters of ancient Chinese martial arts, and if it is foot combat, European knights are not advantageous. But these ancient Chinese martial arts masters were definitely not as skilled as European knights in horse warfare wearing plate armor.

Therefore, if the Ming Dynasty wants to form a plate armor cavalry, it is first necessary to select a group of young soldiers with good physical fitness and high martial arts (older ones have no training value) for European-style cavalry training. In this way, without a few years of work, it is impossible to cultivate a powerful heavy armored cavalry.

Because of the harsh conditions, it is estimated that there are at most a few thousand people in the Ming army who can meet the standards. Of course, if thousands of heavily armored cavalry were really put into battle, the power would be great.

However, the cost of forming thousands of heavily armored cavalry is also extremely scary.

But this is not a problem, because the unlucky Liu Jin is about to be raided. Lao Liu Ke was very rich, and when his house was raided, he had 2.5 million taels of gold and more than 50 million taels of silver in cash alone. This money is definitely more than enough to prepare for the construction of thousands of plate armored cavalry......

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Thinking of Liu Jin, Ma Lin suddenly remembered, it seemed that this product was about to be unlucky. But after Liu Jin was unlucky, Zhengde couldn't suppress those ministers. It is said that it is the "Eight Tigers of Zhengde", but except for Liu Jin, the other tigers are all waste, and they can't compete with the civil official group at all.

Even, Zhengde later fell into the water and died of illness, and Marin guessed that it might be the black hand of the civilian clique. Because, the civilian clique can hardly bear the uncontrolled control of Zhengde. And, this product seems to be too good for martial arts, so that the military attache group has signs of raising its head......

Otherwise, it will not kill you at all. Even if you choke on your lungs, it's not a big deal. At most, I was sick and bedridden for a while, and then I was fine. You must know that Zhengde was only 31 years old at the time, and it was the moment of youth and strength, and there was no reason why he could die of illness if he fell into the water.

Moreover, before Zhengde died, he vomited blood. And according to Marin's memory, even if the lungs choke on water and get inflammation, they will not vomit blood. Therefore, Ma Lin believes that it should be that the imperial doctor was bribed, manipulated in the drug, and deliberately made Zhengde's condition worse. Otherwise, a 31-year-old man in the prime of life would not have lost so easily.

Similarly, Zhu Youxiao, the carpenter emperor in the late Ming Dynasty, died a strange death. also fell into the water, and then died, which is very similar to Zhengde's death.

Of course, before they died, there was one thing they had in common - they were very unfriendly to civilian officials......

Zhengde attaches great importance to the military, and there are signs of the rise of military attachés. And Zhu Youxiao, the Emperor of the Apocalypse, allowed Wei Zhongxian to rectify the civil class......

Therefore, some people in later generations analyzed that the two Ming emperors who were unfriendly to civil officials may have been killed by the civilian clique in similar ways......

"In this way, Liu Jin's knife is still useful......" Marin narrowed his eyes......

Although he is now a European, Marin still has feelings for Huaxia. After all, his soul came from Huaxia and completely retained the memories and emotions of his previous life. It is impossible to change the body and change the position all of a sudden.

When he was reading history in his previous life, Ma Lin despised the Ming Dynasty civil official group who were good at forming parties and running private interests. If these civil officials were willing to die like the literati of Yashan in the Song Dynasty when the Ming Dynasty fell, Ma Lin would still respect them.

However, the group of civil officials in the last years of the Ming Dynasty were too undisciplined. Li Zicheng surrendered Li Zicheng when he came, and surrendered to the Manchus when the Manchus entered the customs......

Therefore, Ma Lin decided to interfere with history and find a way to protect Liu Jin, so as to leave a knife for the young Zhengde......

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