After a long time, Zhengde raised his head and said:
"I understand. What Ma Aiqing means is that since the heavy armored cavalry is small, it is better to use it as a trump card and use it at critical moments!"
Marin nodded, but added:
"It is true, but there is one condition. That is, the method I just said is only effective for Mongolian cavalry, which is mainly light cavalry. The opponent has no heavy crossbows and no muskets, so there is no way to deal with heavy armored cavalry. If you change to someone with heavy crossbows and muskets, it is useless to wear plate armor! Also, no matter what kind of cavalry, it is helpless to face a tripping rope and a trap. Fortunately, Mongolian cavalry itself is a cavalry and will not make any tripping rope and a trap, because this will pit them first."
"I understand that on the battlefield, it's changing rapidly!"
"In fact, if you deal with Mongolian cavalry, the best way to use heavy armored cavalry is to be unexpected." Marin thought for a while and gave another suggestion.
"How could it be unexpected?"
"Aren't Mongolian cavalry good at running away? We can first pretend to be defeated and lead the opponent to chase him. When they enter the ambush circle, they will send the ambushed heavy armored cavalry to rush out from the side and divide and surround the opponent. In this way, they can't escape even if they want to..."
After saying that, Marin drew a schematic diagram on the ground to explain...
The core of this tactic is that the opponent cannot know the existence of heavy armored cavalry. When facing light cavalry, if it is in close combat, heavy armored cavalry wearing a full set of plate armor will basically be invincible.
But the problem is that if the opponent knows the existence of the heavy armored cavalry, he will definitely not rush up to fight with the hands and feet. Therefore, the opponent cannot know the existence of the heavy armored cavalry in advance.
The opponent does not know the existence of heavy armored cavalry. When the Ming army pretends to be defeated, they will rush up to chase and kill the "defeated" Ming army. At this time, the heavy armored cavalry suddenly emerges from the flank and can cut off the opponent's retreat.
If it is divided into several strands and attacked from the side and surrounded the enemy into several parts, it will be even easier. Without room for sprinting, the light cavalry faced with heavy armored cavalry, basically the meat on the chopping board.
Of course, there are not many heavy cavalry, so they still need other troops to cooperate. But as long as the opponent's retreat is blocked and the opponent cannot rush up, the infantry can cut the light cavalry's melons and vegetables when they come up...
After the talk, Malin emphasized that if there were only a few hundred or thousands of Mongolian cavalry, don’t use this kind of killer weapon. Because it’s too wasteful.
Only when facing tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry can this be cost-effective. Destroying tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry in one go will definitely make the northern border of the Ming Dynasty peaceful for decades...
Marin remembers that Zhengde seemed to have encountered 30,000 to 50,000 Mongolian cavalry of the little Mongolian prince in 1517, and then fought for a few days. This battle was called the "Winningzhou Victory".
However, although the Ming army won that battle, the little Mongolian prince also escaped safely with his main force. Although the number of casualties in the Mongolian army may be far more than the "16 people killed in battle" mentioned in Hei Zhengde's history books, it will definitely not be too many. After all, the biggest feature of the Mongolian light cavalry is that they are very powerful in escaping. This also led to the fact that the Ming Dynasty could not destroy the Mongolian troops, and it was difficult to even severely damage the opponent.
If you follow Marin's tactics, deliberately put your opponent in, and then use heavy armored cavalry to close the door and drill out the opponent's formation. With the cooperation of infantry and light cavalry, at least most of the opponent can be left behind. At that time, it will be easy to eliminate 10,000 or 20,000 people.
But the premise is that the opponent cannot know the existence of the plate-armored cavalry. This kind of thing cannot catch up with the light cavalry, but if it is a frontal fight, it will definitely crush the light cavalry. If the light cavalry is cut off and surrounded by the plate-armored cavalry, it is no different from giving away a head.
If the Mongolian army knew about the existence of melee bugs such as plate-armored cavalry, they would definitely not jump into the ambush circle stupidly. If they did not jump into the ambush circle, then the unfast plate-armored cavalry would lose their function. At most, the Mongolian cavalry would not dare to rush forward, and the plate-armored cavalry could not catch up with the opponent... The final result was a draw...
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Marin's insidious tactic made the young Zhengde's eyes shine when he heard this, and he wanted to lead his troops to destroy the Mongolian troops immediately. However, he first needed to solve a problem - you need to have existing plate armored cavalry...
A European knight had to go through more than ten years of hard training. The Ming Dynasty did not have professional plate-armored knights. Even if Marin sent plate-armored and tall horses, he had to train plate-armored cavalry from scratch.
Of course, there were so many people in the Ming Dynasty army, so there was no need to slowly train knights from children. In fact, you can also choose soldiers with good physical fitness (sustaining to lasting battles with plate armor) and high-quality martial arts to train knights.
There were many ancient Chinese martial arts masters. If it were a school battle, European knights were not superior. However, these ancient Chinese martial arts masters were definitely not as skilled as European knights in horse battles wearing plate armor.
Therefore, if the Ming Dynasty wanted to form a plate-armored cavalry, it would first be necessary to select a group of young soldiers with good physical fitness and high martial arts skills (older people have no training value) and conduct European cavalry training. In this way, it would be impossible to cultivate a powerful heavy-armored cavalry in less than a few years.
Due to the harsh conditions, it is estimated that at most thousands of people in the Ming army can meet the standards. Of course, if thousands of heavily armored cavalry really enter the battlefield, their power will be extremely powerful.
However, the expense required to form thousands of heavy armored cavalry is also extremely scary.
But this is not a problem, because the unlucky Liu Jin was about to be confiscated. Old Liu was very rich. When the house was confiscated, he had 2.5 million taels of gold and more than 50 million taels of silver in cash. This money was definitely more than enough to build thousands of plate-armored cavalry...
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Thinking of Liu Jin, Ma Lin suddenly remembered that it seemed that this guy was about to be in trouble. But after Liu Jin was in trouble, Zhengde could not suppress the ministers. He said he was the "Eight Tigers of Zhengde", but except for Liu Jin, the other tigers were all waste and could not compete with the civil service group at all.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Even Zhengde died of illness after falling into the water. Marin guessed that it might be the evildoer under the civil servant group. Because the civil servant group could not bear Zhengde's uncontrollability. Moreover, this guy seems to be too good at martial arts, which makes the military officer group show signs of rising...
Otherwise, if you fall into the water, you won’t die at all. Even if you choke in your lungs, it won’t be a big problem. At most, you will get sick and stay in bed for a while, and then you will be fine. You should know that Zhengde was only 31 years old at that time, and it was a time when he was young and strong. There was no reason to die if he fell into the water.
Moreover, before Zhengde died, he vomited blood. According to Marin's memory, even if the lungs were choked with inflammation, he would not vomit blood. Therefore, Marin believed that the imperial physician should have been bribed and tampered with the medicine, deliberately worsening Zhengde's condition. Otherwise, a 31-year-old man would not have disappeared easily.
Similarly, Zhu Youxiao, the carpenter emperor in the late Ming Dynasty, died strangely. He fell into the water and died, which is very similar to Zhengde's method of death.
Of course, before the two died, they had one thing in common - they were very unfriendly to civil servants...
Zhengde attached importance to military affairs and showed signs of military officers rising. Emperor Zhu Youxiao of Tianqi allowed Wei Zhongxian to rectify the civil servant class...
Therefore, some people later analyzed that the two Ming emperors were not friendly to civil servants, may have been killed by civil servants using similar methods...
"It seems that Liu Jin's knife is still useful..." Ma Lin narrowed his eyes...
Although he is now a European, Marin still has feelings for China. After all, his soul comes from China and completely retains the memories and emotions of his previous life. It is impossible to change his body, so he suddenly changed his position.
When I was reading history in my previous life, Malin despised the Ming Dynasty civil servant group who was good at forming cliques and making personal gains. If the Ming Dynasty fell, these civil servants could be as willing to sacrifice their lives for their country like the literati of Yashan in the Song Dynasty, Malin would respect them.
However, the group of civil servants in the late Ming Dynasty were too unconventional. Li Zicheng surrendered to Li Zicheng when he came, and when the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty...
Chapter completed!