Hearing Malin's arrogant words, the naughty boy Zhengde was also stunned. But soon, Emperor Zhengde reacted and persuaded:
"Ma Aiqing, calm down!"
In theory, if someone from the Ming Dynasty said this, Zhengde, as a naughty child, might have agreed and would still shout loudly. But Malin has a different identity, Malin is the king of the foreign vassal. If Malin had an accident in the Ming Dynasty, which foreign vassal would dare to come to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute? It is in danger of life... Although it seems that Malin was committing his own death, others don't know...
Therefore, even if he has the attributes of a naughty child, Zhengde is not a fool and knows that this is not a joke. Therefore, he tried his best to persuade Marin to give up this idea that seemed very promiscuous.
But how could Marin listen to the advice? He originally wanted to show off the super protective ability of European plate armor, so he naturally would not give up this opportunity to wear a match.
Finally, the two sides reached a compromise - Zhengde found a tall sergeant of similar figure from the Imperial Guards, put on Marin's plate armor, and stood in the distance for the Imperial Guards to shoot... In this way, Marin did not have to "take risks", and could also test the protective ability of Marin's bragging plate armor...
"Let it go--" With the order of the archer captain, several imperial guards archers let go, and several feather arrows flew towards the trembling guards wearing Marin plate armor...
"Ah--" When the feather arrow shot onto the body, the guy in plate armor actually felt that his life had ended. He fell to the ground in fear, screaming, and fainted gloriously...
Marlin suddenly had a black line - this is a damn, this ordinary light feather arrow shot on the plate armor and was itchy... It's really useless...
But Marin didn't know that because the Ming Dynasty's armor could not defend against bows and arrows at all, it could reduce the mortality rate at most. The guy who was selected to wear plate armor was also an ignorant second-generation military. He was thanks to the Ming Dynasty's hereditary military household system and his good appearance that he had mixed into the imperial guards Jinwu Guard. How could he withstand such stimulation? Therefore, he was gloriously scared to death...
But after the imperial doctor's examination, this guy has nothing to do with it...
Zhengde's face turned pale - Damn, this is too shameful for the Ming Dynasty...
"Send this guy to Xuanfu Town to be a border army. If you don't practice your courage, you are not allowed to return to the capital! Made, it's really embarrassing me!" Emperor Zhengde, who was very proud, couldn't help but swear.
If this guy was like this in front of ordinary ministers, Zhengde would not get angry. But Malin was a stranger. He fainted in front of him, wouldn’t he lose the face of the court? So, this guy who was doing well in the Jinwu Guard was directly sent to Xuanfu Town, the leader of the nine-sided town in the late Ming Dynasty to be a border soldier. If this guy was traveling through time again, he might be able to write a new novel called "A Little Soldier of the Ming Border Army"...
After testing, ordinary step bows cannot hurt people wearing full-body plate armor. Even this kind of full-body plate armor has protection even the third leg. The only flaw is probably that there is a gap in the eyes of the helmet. But as long as people wearing plate armor are not statues, pay attention to avoid arrows in the gaps in their eyes, there is no problem.
Zhengde was unwilling to give up and wanted to replace it with a strong bow and a strong crossbow, but Ma Lin immediately stopped it.
Just kidding, strong bows and strong crossbows have great kinetic energy. Even if you don’t shoot with plate armor, you can still hurt or faint the person wearing plate armor. Now the person wearing plate armor is Jinwu Guard, and he is not a criminal, so there is no need to mess with others like this.
Moreover, Marin also explained to Zhengde that this plate armor is used to deal with the cavalry of Mongolian cavalry, and does not require a strong crossbow to test. You must know that the cavalry of Mongolian cavalry is not as powerful as the cavalry of the arch.
Emperor Zhengde Zhu Houzhao was not a fool either. On the contrary, he was very smart. At least, he had read many military books, but was not a novice in military affairs. Originally, in history, he had personally commanded the army to fight and won. He also reacted after hearing Malin's explanation:
"What Ma Aiqing means is that this is prepared to fight against the Mongolian cavalry?"
Marin nodded and said:
"Of course, this is used to help the Ming Dynasty fight against the Mongolian cavalry."
At present, the biggest hidden danger of the Ming Dynasty was the Mongolian tribes on the grasslands in the northern border.
Mongolian cavalry came and went like the wind, with a huge scale. The Ming Dynasty had few cavalry and was not good at cavalry and shooting. Even if the Mongolian cavalry could not defeat them, they could still escape calmly. Moreover, if the Ming Dynasty cavalry dared to chase them, they would easily be shot by Mongolian cavalry who were proficient in cavalry...
The protective power of the Ming army's armor is not as perverted as the plate armor. Even when facing the cavalry, the protective power is not very good. Therefore, when facing the invading Mongolian cavalry, they can only passively defend. Even if they repel the Mongolian cavalry, they dare not chase them out. Because they are afraid of being shot by the other party...
And if you are not afraid of the cavalry and shooting tactics of the Mongolian cavalry rogues, then the Ming Dynasty cavalry can be confident in chasing the repelled Mongolian cavalry.
Of course, things are not that simple. First of all, Zhengde, who understands military, raised a question:
"Ma Aiqing, your whole body armor is probably weighing dozens of kilograms. Ordinary war horses cannot carry them at all. Even if they can carry them, they cannot run fast and cannot catch up with the Mongolian light cavalry!"
"Also, even if people are not afraid of bows and arrows, what about war horses?"
Marlin had already responded in her heart and said calmly:
"Your Majesty, didn't you bring 100 war horses? The tall horses produced in Europe are specially used to carry knights wearing full-body armor."
"As for the problem of war horses being afraid of bows and arrows, we also have a countermeasure, that is, put on armor on horses!"
Then, Malin brought a war horse wearing horse armor...
Zhengde saw it and suddenly realized:
"So that's it...but if you wear it so heavily, you can't catch up with the opponent's cavalry!"
"Why should I catch up with the opponent's cavalry?" Marin suddenly asked back.
"How can I annihilate the enemy if I don't catch up?" Emperor Zhengde asked in confusion.
"Your Majesty, relying solely on heavy armored cavalry, of course, will not defeat the Mongolian cavalry. Moreover, this heavy armored cavalry itself is not intended to annihilate the Mongolian light cavalry with its own strength." Marin explained.
"What does it mean?" Emperor Zhengde was only 18 years old and still has little understanding of military affairs.
"Heavy armored cavalry has high requirements for knights and war horses. Because, wearing such heavy plate armor or charging with such heavy objects has high requirements for knights and war horses. Such people are also one of the many people in the army. Do your Majesty agree?"
"Of course! There are very few war horses that can carry heavy armored cavalry and horse armor in the Ming Dynasty. I'm afraid I can only count on you to provide them!"
"So, the scale of heavy armored cavalry cannot be very large. Since it is not large, it is difficult to use it to fight alone. It must cooperate with other troops. For example, they must need a lot of light cavalry to cover!"
"Then how should this heavy cavalry be used?" Emperor Zhengde humbly asked.
"Retreat the enemy head-on and attack the morale of the other party!" Marin cut off the railway.
"Strike the other party's morale?"
"Yes, ancient wars... Ah, it's a battlefield duel, morale is very important. Heavy armored cavalry is not afraid of the cavalry of Mongolian cavalry, so at the beginning, the heavy armored cavalry can take the lead in rushing and defeating the Mongolian cavalry..."
"Then what?"
"The opponent was repelled as soon as he came up, and his morale must be affected. Taking advantage of the sharp drop in morale, we can send light cavalry from the left and right wings to encircle the enemy, while the heavy armored cavalry took the opportunity to rest on the spot..." As he said that, Marin also gestured on the ground with branches.
"What if it fails to work?" Zhengde said thoughtfully.
"Then come back!" Marin said relaxedly.
"But once you retreat, the enemy cavalry will take advantage of the situation and cover it up!"
"It doesn't matter. At that time, the heavy armored cavalry who had stopped to rest had almost recovered. At this time, let the heavy armored cavalry come forward and fight the opponent back... In short, as long as the heavy armored cavalry is ready, the opponent will not be able to annihilate our army..."
"Also, we can divide the heavy armored cavalry into two parts. One part is used for the charge at the beginning, and the other part is used as a reserve force to prevent the enemy cavalry from taking advantage of the situation after the front army is defeated. As long as the opponent dares to chase, they will hit them back hard! In this way, the two heavy armored cavalry will rest and fight alternately, which will make our army invincible!"
Chapter completed!