In March 1501, Marin's army of 10,000 recruits had begun a vigorous military training in the remote countryside of eastern Teutonic State. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info has Schwartz, a general with rich experience in military training, and there will obviously not be any big problems in training over there. The only problem is probably that the "wall charge" "invented" by Marin needs to be explored a little more. After all, this is the first time this thing has appeared. Even Marin himself had only heard about relevant theories on the Internet in his previous life, but he had not seen it.

According to online posts in previous lives, the cavalry were leg to leg and shoulder to shoulder, using a neat and slow formation, raising the knight's straight sword and attacking the enemy.

Because there is no gap between the cavalry at all, the enemy cavalry that is hedged against it has no space at all to take advantage of the opportunity to pass by, use the skillful horse martial arts, and slash the cavalry of their own side, and there is no possibility of resisting the attack of their own cavalry. Because, the cavalry of this side is too dense. You can block a cavalryman's bayonet attack, and you will never be able to block the bayonets of other cavalrymen next to you.

Moreover, the wall charge, because the cavalry is next to each other, there is no need to worry about falling off the horse. Therefore, this formation is very suitable for those fast-forming cavalry selected and cultivated from the peasants. They don't need to learn the art of horse martial arts for many years, they just need to know how to ride on horseback and stab the enemy cavalry in front of them with a knight's straight sword.

Of course, this was the choice when the cavalry was mostly peasants. If these cavalrymen were skilled in equestrian skills from a young age, and were proficient in horse martial arts, they would not have had to advance slowly. Horsemen who are skilled in equestrianism can maintain a neat and dense formation and launch a fast wall charge. For example, Frederick the Great's elite Prussian cavalry could line up in a wall-like formation and launch a fast and orderly charge against the enemy cavalry......

Not only that, because when launching a wall charge, the cavalry is next to each other, so you don't have to worry about falling off your horse. Therefore, at this time, knights with high martial arts did not need to charge with knights' straight swords at all, but could use spears to charge, like Polish lancers. In this way, in the case of the use of spears, horse warfare was more advantageous. After all, "an inch is long, an inch is strong"......

However, not every cavalryman was suitable for using spears. The spear requires both hands, and it is not a skilled person to adapt to it. Therefore, those peasant cavalry in modern Europe had to pull the reins with their left hand and charge with their right hand holding the knight's straight sword.

Only Polish lancers, because they came from a knightly family and had a tradition of martial arts, could flexibly fight on horseback with a lance/spear. In addition, if the spear/spear breaks or comes out of the hand due to a huge reaction force, the lancer needs to draw his saber or knight's straight sword and continue the fight.

So, the requirements for the lancers are very high. It is recorded that the Polish lancers who served in Napoleon's army underwent 55 different training programs, 22 against cavalry, 18 against infantry, and 15 basic training.

Such a level of complexity is by no means capable of the quick-forming peasant cavalry. Therefore, at the time of the war, large cavalry countries such as France and Austria had only a few regiments of lancers.

However, these projects may be difficult for a farmer from a civilian background, but they are instinctive for a wandering knight from a knightly family......

The reason why European countries could only equip a few regiments of lancers during the war was because the knightly class completely declined as early as the 16th century. By the end of the 18th century, it was difficult to find knights who were skilled in martial arts. So, even such a cavalry power, France and Austria, could only equip five or six regiments of lancers. Even, the main source of the French lancers came from Poland, where hussars were prevalent.

However, at this time, just at the beginning of the 16th century, Europe was still full of plate knights. The German region is full of wandering knights with strong martial arts. In this era, if you want to form a modern lancer, don't be too simple. Not to mention 6 regiments, 100 regiments are not a problem, as long as you can afford to raise ......

This time, Marin plans to recruit 1,000 men to form two cavalry regiments and try to launch a quick wall charge with lancers......

Lancers who launch a rapid charge in a wall-like formation are extremely lethal. Such an offensive was difficult to resist by either cavalry or infantry armed with spears.

And if you use a one-handed knight's straight sword to launch a wall charge, you can only defeat the opponent's cavalry, and there is no way to use the cavalry with a knight's straight sword for the infantry phalanx with spears like a forest. Because, before your knight's straight sword stabs the opposing infantry spearman, the opponent's spear will stab your horse to death.

Although Marin did not go to a military school, as a military enthusiast, he also knew the theory of mutual restraint of the arms. Generally speaking, heavy knights are more restrained melee light cavalry. However, it can defeat melee light cavalry, but it cannot destroy it. Because, can't catch up......

The melee light cavalry, on the other hand, was more restrained by cavalry archers or musketeers. Because, under the high-speed pursuit of the melee light cavalry, the archers or musketeers did not have time to reload ammunition or arrows. If they face each other, they will quickly be caught up by melee hussars and slashed to death. If you are running away, it is too difficult to shoot while running. Approximately, only the fierce Mongol cavalry during the period of Genghis Khan could calmly run while turning around and shooting (Manguya). The rest of the cavalry archers or musketeers could only be chased around like dogs by the melee cavalry......

However, the archers and musketeers, in turn, were able to restrain the heavy knights, the natural enemies of the melee cavalry. Because, due to the heavy load, the heavy knight could not run fast. Although the defense and attack power are amazing, it is difficult to catch up with the fleeing light cavalry. If it is a melee type of light cavalry, the heavy knight will not be able to catch up at most. But if you encounter archers or musketeers, it's over. Especially when encountering musketeers (i.e., black-shirted knights), the heavily armored knights will definitely be abused like dogs. I can't catch up, and I can't run away. There is no choice but to wait for death. Unless, an ally comes to the rescue......

The same modern cavalry that uses wall charges, with different weapons, is not the same as being restrained and restrained. The fast-forming peasant cavalry with the knight's straight sword is only suitable for abusive melee light cavalry, such as the Hungarian hussars, the Arab scimitar cavalry, and the Italian pickle cavalry (the Tsarist Cossacks, which have not yet appeared, are also melee light cavalry, also called hussars)...... If you face a Swiss mercenary with a forest of spears, the modern cavalry who uses the knight's straight sword will definitely be skewered by the opponent's spearmen (mainly horses, because modern cavalry horses do not wear horse armor)......

However, if the modern cavalry that launched the wall charge was a lancer, it would be different. In the same way, when you use a spear and encounter a spear formation, it becomes a mutual injury, not a one-sided slaughter.

It's just that Marin is not brain-dead, and he will never let his cavalry captain launch a charge. In fact, Marin formed the modern lancers in order to professionally combat the enemy's light cavalry.

However, if the lancers who use mounted spears and spears form a wall charge formation, they will not be inferior to the plate knights. However, the result was too tragic, and the casualties were bound to be huge. Basically, it's about hurting each other, trading lives for lives.

As a traverser from later generations who has read too many military posts, Ma Lin would not do such a stupid thing. You must know that every soldier who is suitable for being a lancer is a master who has practiced riding and martial arts for more than ten years. If you are stupid and fight hard, I don't know how much it will be thanks to.

Therefore, Marin's arrangement for cavalry is - the black-shirted knight specializes in fighting the plate knights, and uses the tactics of "flying kites" to torture and kill the opponent's plate knights. However, the black-shirted knights were more afraid of the opposing side's melee light cavalry. When encountering a large force of melee hussars of the opponent, you can only flee for your life like a lost dog.

However, the modern cavalry that uses the "wall charge" is intended for the melee light cavalry (hussars). Once the black-shirted knight is targeted by the enemy's hussars, the modern cavalry will form a wall-like formation to crush the opponent's hussars pursuing the black-shirted knight with a devastating momentum. Modern cavalry with a knight's straight sword has an overwhelming advantage when charging against hussars. And the modern cavalry that uses a lance or spear to launch a wall charge against the scattered formation of hussars is a one-sided slaughter......

Therefore, Marin plans to organize these 1,000 cavalry from wandering knights into modern lancers, which will be used to cover the black-shirted knights.

Because, in this era, the main force of European cavalry was still plate knights, of course, there were also a large number of hussars to assist. The Black-Shirted Knight is mainly responsible for striking the opponent's Plate Knights, because the Plate Knights are the main charge of the armies of various countries. Defeating their plate knights is equivalent to wasting half of the opponent's martial arts. If the opponent is not satisfied, send hussars to retaliate, and the modern lancers, who are ready to fight, will send all their hussars to God......

At this point, after having a modern type of lancers, Marin's army formation was complete enough.

By design, artillery was mainly used for fortified positions; The Spanish phalanx can be used both offensively and defensively; The Blackshirt Knight is mainly used against the Plate Knight of the enemy army; The modern lancers, on the other hand, are mainly used to cover the black-shirted knights and destroy the opponent's auxiliary light cavalry.

Of course, when the opponent's battle formation is defeated by Marin's phalanx, whether it is a black-shirted knight or a modern lancer, they will launch a pursuit of the fleeing enemy in the form of a skirmish, turning into a "head harvester" to fully destroy the enemy's living force......

This design is mainly made in response to the "short legs" of the Spanish phalanx. Before the decisive battle with the army of the Duchy of Saxony outside the county town of Lyer, Marin's army, because it was basically infantry, "short legs", could not catch up with the enemy army. If the battlefield hadn't been designed in advance, with rivers on all sides, making it impossible for the main force of the Saxon army to escape, Marin might not have been able to capture many prisoners at all. Just like the 15,000 Saxon folks on the south bank of the Leda River, because Marin lacked enough light cavalry to chase after him, the 5,000 fast minmen ran away directly, which made Marin depressed for a long time......

With enough lancers, it can not only be used to intercept the opposing hussars and protect the black-shirted knights, but also to hunt down the enemy's living forces or capture prisoners when defeated......