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

However, it was not until 9 o'clock in the morning that Zygmunt I arrived with a group of great Polish nobles......

Actually, Zygmunt I got up early. But he'll have to wait for the great Polish and Lithuanian nobles to get up. The reason why he pulled those big nobles together was because Zygmunt I knew that Marin would definitely have to perform cavalry tactics today. It just so happened that Marin had come to help him stand on the platform. Therefore, Zygmunt I simply called dozens of Polish and Lithuanian nobles to go to the scene to feel the strength of the cavalry of Marin, so as to deter these powerful local nobles.

When Zygmunt I sat in the audience with a group of great Polish and Lithuanian nobles, Marin nodded to Sherman, the commander of the spears, who quickly drew his command knife and began to command the lancers to start preparing loudly.

The lancers in this performance are naturally only the 1,000 regular lancers. And the two thousand black-shirted knights who were indiscriminately filled, Marin didn't let them perform. After all, those two thousand knights in black shirts are better at flying kites than at charging performances.

In the tradition of the East Frisian lancers, Sherman divided the 1,000 lancers into two large groups of 450 men each. Moreover, each batch is divided into three rows of 150 people each. There is a distance between the three rows. When it charged, it was like three Polands, moving forward undulating with the galloping of war horses...... As for the remaining 100 lancers, they mainly covered the flanks in case the enemy attacked their positions from the flanks. After all, the flank of the lancer formation is indeed a weak point, and it is safe to be protected by 100 cavalry.

However, unlike the Berber tribes who attacked Laayoune last time, this time Marin did not have the lancers line up in the densest wall formation, but instead spaced each lancer 1.5 meters apart from each other. Thus, taking into account the width of each lancer's hip of 1.414 meters and the sum of the width of the legs of less than 1.5 meters, the width occupied by each lancer is about 3 meters.

Although this formation is twice as sparse as the formation of the wall charge, it is more conducive to the lancers from these knight families to display their martial arts. After all, the display of martial arts right away also needs space. If it were like the original formation, with the knights shoulder to shoulder, leg to leg, they would not be able to use any other skills except for forward stabs.

And if the distance between the knights is 1.5 meters, this distance is enough for them to show a certain amount of martial arts. Moreover, the distance of 1.5 meters makes the enemy very uncomfortable. Because, according to reason, this distance is just enough for the enemy's horses to pass through the middle. However, that is not possible. Because, the cavalry of our knights will not agree.

The distance between the two horses was barely enough for a horse to cross through the middle, but that was only theoretical. As long as the horse twists accidentally, it will crash into the horse on the side. In addition, in such a small space, the lancer can seal the space with just a flick of the spear.

In order to seal off the small space once and for all, Marin ordered all the lancers' mounted guns to be deflected a little to the right. As a result, the 1.5-meter space on the right is sealed, and the enemy does not want to pass through it.

Another point - Marin was reluctant to teach the Poles about the wall charge. That's Marin's hole card, how can it be easily taught to the Poles?

The Polish cavalry is already powerful, if they learn to charge against the wall again, then 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, a large cavalry power, had also learned, wouldn't Turkey have asked for GG long ago? This is not in Marin's interest. Because, Marin's diplomatic goal is to balance the continent, not to let Poland beat Turkey. So, the wall charge could not be taught to the Poles.

And this formation, which is spaced 1.5 meters apart, has no problem teaching the Poles. After all, this requires the knight to be able to martial arts. doesn't know martial arts, and if there is such a big gap, it is looking for abuse. And the reason why people are close to each other in the wall charge is to prevent civilian cavalry who are not good at riding horses from falling off their horses. The essence of this is that civilian warriors who can fight violently, and who can 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 that it is neat and uniform, which is very pleasing to the eye. When 150 lancers formed a 450-meter-wide formation and charged forward neatly in a "triple wave" formation, the scene was very shocking. The second group of 450 cavalrymen, soon after the first charge, launched a uniform "three-fold wave" charge, which made the already surprised Polish and Lithuanian nobles unable to close their mouths for a long time.

However, soon a Polish nobleman discovered the problem:

"Why don't they apply oak lances? How to use a spear? Aren't you afraid to get rid of it? ”

The knight's charge has a lot of kinetic energy, and the reaction force is also great. As a result, knights often used hollow oak lances that were easily broken as their charging weapons. Crashing into the opponent's plate armor, the hollow cavalry gun snapped, just to counteract the powerful reaction force. Otherwise, the knight's arm would have been destroyed by the powerful reaction force.

However, when viewed from a distance, the great nobles of Poland and Lithuania clearly saw that the lancers under Marin had not changed their rifles. Moreover, there were very few knightly attendants, with an average of only one person per person, driving a light mule cart......

Marin did not speak, clapped his hands, and soon someone came over with a spring-loaded lance for the Polish nobles to feel. When the Polish nobles held the sleeve in their hands and felt the effect of the tip of the gun touching a hard object, causing the spring to tighten, they were amazed.

Marin is not worried that these people will imitate springs, because now he is the only one in the world who has spring steel. If you use pig iron or wrought iron to make springs, you can do it, but the effect is too poor, and it will be scrapped after a few uses.

So, even if the other side used a spring-loaded rifle, the spring had to be imported into East Friesland. Otherwise, the spring riding gun will not have the effect of buffering. Of course, the spring rifle also has its weaknesses, that is, when charging at low speeds, the tip of the gun lacks the strength to pierce the enemy, and it cannot kill anyone.

To this end, after adopting a sparse charge formation, Marin came up with a countermeasure - he asked the lancers to string their right hand backwards and hold the wooden pole behind the sleeve when they could not get up when they were charging. In this way, there is no need to worry about not being able to kill people at low speeds due to the unloading of the spring.

However, on the final stab of the enemy, the lancer's left hand releases the reins and holds the sleeve part. After the conical tip of the gun slammed into the enemy, the right hand let go, while the left hand continued to hold the sleeve, releasing the force with the spring contraction. In this way, the problem of insufficient impact of the spring rifle under the low-speed charge was solved. But this requires a certain amount of martial arts, and ordinary people may not be able to do it well. But for those wandering knights who came from a knightly family, it was not very difficult. If you change to an ordinary person to do it, you may not be able to do it. The grasp of the timing requires a certain foundation in martial arts......

After learning about the powerful function of the spring cavalry gun 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 also see the strong combat effectiveness of the lancers who used the "three stacked waves" charge. His Majesty the King can have such powerful allies, and these great nobles will naturally be more honest.

In addition, Marin also asked the lancers to put bird feather wings on their backs before charging, which were made of white goose feathers and looked like angel wings. When charging, the wings are whirring and making noises, which is extremely cool and intimidating......

Seeing this, Zygmunt I excitedly asked Marin to provide some instructors to help him train such a group of lancers. Zygmunt I was not stupid, he not only saw the strength of the lancers, 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, the monarchs and princes were poor in this era. It can save a large amount of grain and grass supplies, and can definitely pull out a large number of soldiers, which will greatly enhance the combat effectiveness of the army......

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