The so-called Ruthenians are the collective name of Ukrainians and Belarusians from Lithuanians in this era. In this year, the total number of Ukrainians and Belarusians was about 3.8 million. And the Ukrainians, close to 2 million.

Because the Ukrainian region belongs to the southern frontier region of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Lithuania has very poor control over the local area, and many Ukrainians run to the southern steppes to wave and disobey the rule of the Lithuanians.

You must know that although the Grand Duchy of Lithuania is named after Lithuania, in fact, there are only 500,000 Lithuanians in the country, which is a minority. It is only by strong force that the Ukrainians and Belarusians are ruled. It was also because of the insufficient population of the ruling nation that the Grand Duchy of Lithuania had a serious lack of control over the Ukrainian regions. Later, when the Grand Duchy of Lithuania merged with Poland, it simply gave the uncontrollable regions of Ukraine to the Kingdom of Poland. After all, there are many Poles, and it is easier to control Ukraine.

Therefore, in the Ukrainian steppes of this era, there are still many Ruthenian barbarians who yearn for freedom. If Simon wants, he can send troops to the prairie to capture the barbarians and act as a death squad.

And these Ruthenian barbarians who lived in the steppes were not only tall and brave, but also many of them could ride horses. If you are caught as a death squad, you can not only be a death squad, but also a cavalry death squad, which is more authentic than Nurhachi's cavalry death squad! Because, the cavalry death squad of wild boar skin, many savages captured from the forest could not ride horses, and could only be tied to horses to charge.

And those Slavic barbarians who lived in the steppes of Eastern Europe tended to be able to ride horses. As long as it is tamed by the Manchu Qing Dynasty's means of boiling eagles, it is a barbaric death cavalry with excellent combat effectiveness!

In fact, Marin didn't need to boil the eagle to tame the Ruthenian barbarians, as long as he was willing to give the second pot head, these naturally drinking Slavs, guaranteed to be willing to serve themselves......

Marin patted Karn on the shoulder and complimented:

"Very well, I didn't expect Karn to use your brains too. As a bonus, I'll give you a chicken leg at noon today! ”

Karn dismissively replied:

"Boss, you're too stingy, aren't you? Moreover, I underestimated the amount of food I ate. Well, add me a leg of lamb! ”

Marin was stunned for a moment, and then said:

"What a rice bucket ......"

Subsequently, Marin ignored Kahn's rice bucket and asked Kohler to send someone to inform the commander of the Cossack cavalry corps stationed in the Lüneburg steppe, Jurgen, to send two thousand Cossack cavalry to be on standby, ready to be sent to the Ukrainian region, responsible for capturing the Ruthenian barbarians.

In fact, Marin could have recruited the Ruthenian barbarians. Because, as long as he takes out the second pot head, the other party will kneel.

But the problem is, Marin needs to observe. Because, he did not know which Ruthenian was brave and savage. Therefore, he intended to send two thousand Cossacks to the steppes of Eastern Europe to attack the Ruthenian villages that were not under the jurisdiction of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

During the siege of the Ruthenian villages, Marin planned to have his men bring large nets and ropes that could be thrown to capture the Ruthenian barbarians alive.

Moreover, in the process of capturing, Marin asked them to observe carefully, and selected the barbarians who resisted the most fiercely to form a death squad.

Those who can ride horses are incorporated into cavalry death squads. Those who can't ride horses are included in infantry death squads......

At this time, the Ruthenians were estimated to be more than the official 3.8 million, and the total should be more than 4 million. Because, many Ukrainians are unwilling to accept the rule of the Lithuanians, wandering in the steppes of Eastern Europe, becoming Cossacks, or even wandering barbarians.

Marin's main goal is to capture the lone Ruthenian barbarians. Then, according to their degree of brutality, they were incorporated into death squads to fight.

Unlike the savage death squads in the Houjin army, which were purely used to block bullets, Marin did not completely treat them as cannon fodder, but as brave brute vanguards.

When the time comes, Marin will equip them with armor with sufficient protection to lead the charge against the enemy.

As for what kind of armor to use, Marin originally wanted to use plate armor. However, the plate armor is too heavy to be conducive to fighting and charging, and it is difficult to bend down to dodge.

So, Marlin didn't plan to equip them with plate armor. And rhinoceros leather armor, although very effective, can equip a group of cannon fodder with rhinoceros leather armor...... What a waste......

After thinking about it, Ma Lin finally planned to learn the Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and wear cotton armor for the daredevils!

The protective effect of cotton armor against cold weapons is not good, but the protective effect against muskets is very good in all kinds of armor. Because, cotton already has the effect of delaying bullets. In addition, it is lined with iron sheets, which has a good protective effect on muskets.

Seeing that muskets have now been popularized in European countries, in the future, when cavalry charges, they will definitely encounter enemy platoon guns. Therefore, cotton armor with a good protective effect on muskets has become a very good choice.

Moreover, the protective effect of cotton armor against arrows is also good. For charging, that's the most suitable.

As long as the iron sheet pad inside is sufficient, its protective power is still very strong. What's more, what Marin intends to line the cotton armor with is not an ordinary iron sheet, but a high-carbon steel sheet with high strength, which can greatly enhance the protective ability of the cotton armor without increasing the weight and protect the safety of the death squad as much as possible.

In addition, to be honest, the Eight Banners armor is probably the only one that can be used in Manchu clothing, and it is still relatively handsome. Of course, the Eight Banners cotton armor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was originally learned from the Ming Dynasty. And their own outfits and hairstyles, it's ugly.

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Marin plans to send 2,000 Cossacks to the Ukrainian steppes, capture tens of thousands of barbarians, and rush into the army. Then, send people to the Ming Dynasty to learn the means of cotton armor building, equip each of them with cotton armor with sufficient protection, and let them take the lead in charging the enemy formation......

As for the style of cotton armor, of course, it is the style of the Ming army, that is, it is close to the style of the armor of the Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. However, the color is not the color of the Eight Banners armor, but pure black......

Black is the representative color of the German region, and most of the German region is not hot, but the winters are cold. The black cotton armor on the ship is not only handsome, but also very oppressive.

When an army of tens of thousands of Ukrainian barbarians launches a charge, it will bring great psychological pressure to the enemy......

What's more, they are dressed in black cotton armor and charge like an army of death from hell......

Of course, if you encounter a hot summer, you still have to temporarily replace the cotton armor and wear other types of armor. Because, wearing cotton armor in summer is easy to cover people with heat stroke......