There are many benefits of horse lances. In addition to being able to bend on its own during violent collisions, the lance rod is also an important feature of its special treatment and continuous knife cutting.
Ma Lin watched a movie "Tang Bohu's Flavor of Autumn" in his previous life, which included the plot of Tang Bohu's father and Tang Bohu's own red tassel spear being cut off from the wooden pole by his opponent with a sword. If the horse spear is cut off by a knife when fighting against the enemy, the remaining spear rod will become a longer fire stick and have no combat purpose.
Unlike horse lances, the lances use a lot of complex processes and materials in the process of making the lances. Moreover, when the lances are not made, "slashing the knife" is the qualified standard. Therefore, the lances of the lances are not afraid of being cut by a knife. A well-made horse lance cannot be used by itself. As long as they are well-maintained, they can even be passed on to their children and grandchildren to continue to use. The service life is very long. Unlike a lance, a few are needed to be replaced after a battle. The trouble of changing to a lance is secondary. The most terrifying thing is that during the period when there is no lance, the knight's self-protection ability will be greatly reduced. If a knight breaks the lance, encounters an enemy knight who has not broken the lances, they may be knocked off the horse at once, injured or even captured.
The horse lance is different. He can be used repeatedly without worrying about breaking. Moreover, the length of the horse lance should be more than 2 meters long. The cavalry lance is generally more than 2 meters long. The back is a solid or hollow thick wooden stick, and a metal spear tip is added in front. When raiding, the length of the horse lance is generally two meters long, that is, three or four meters long, which is longer than the cavalry lance. If it is a hedge, the horse lance must first stab the knight who uses a cavalry lance more than 2 meters long. Although the spear tip may not be able to poke the plate armor, it is still possible to knock the knight off the horse. Relying on the advantage of one or two meters longer than the cavalry lance, it is necessary to hit the opponent first. Moreover, the knight wears all the armor and is not convenient to bend down to avoid it. Because of this, the later breastplate cavalry used three-quarters of the breastplate to facilitate the cavalry to bend down and chop the infantry with a sabre to make the cavalry's waist more flexible.
In fact, it is not that the knights don’t want to use longer riding rifles, but that the riding rifles are very heavy! The second half of the riding rifles are thick wooden sticks. Even if they are hollow, they are very heavy. Therefore, if they can be 2 meters long, it is almost the same. If they are longer, the knight will not be able to hold it with one hand.
Because of the excellent manufacturing process, although it is as long as three or four meters long, its weight is almost the same as an ordinary spear, much lighter than a cavalry rifle. Therefore, it can be made three or four meters long. Holding a cavalry rifle with one hand is a very different experience. Holding a cavalry rifle with one hand is equivalent to holding a thick wooden stake, which is very difficult. Holding a cavalry rifle with one hand is like holding a long bamboo pole with ease, which is completely unimaginable.
The only troublesome thing about horse lances is its matching horse martial arts. Because the spear tip is not just a spear tip, but a short sword, with blades on both sides. Therefore, horse lances can not only stab, but also chop and sweep with spear tips. However, it is not so easy to use a three or four-meter-long horse lance to perform related martial arts on horseback, and it is impossible to do without years of practice.
Like famous generals in the early Tang Dynasty, such as Qin Qiong, Yuchi Gong and Cheng Yaojin, they wrote nonsense in the Romance, saying that using double maces, iron whips and axes was nonsense. In real history, all of these three powerful generals were good at using horse lances. Moreover, all three were from official families, and horse lances were probably passed down from ancestors. Moreover, all three were the commanders of the most elite Xuan armored cavalry under Li Shimin. They personally held horse lances and charged with Xuan armored cavalry. However, there were many techniques of horse lances and required years of training.
Of course, for European knights, it is nothing even if they don’t know the other types of horse lances. As long as they know to charge and stab with horse lances, it is enough. Anyway, horse lances are equivalent to cavalry lances that can be used for a long time, and it is not easy to hurt the arm by the recoil force.
Marin has formed a lancer. Although the charge speed is limited in order to avoid injury, it is not small. If it is replaced with a horse lance, it can be released and charged. Bird cavalry like the Polish Winged Cavalry, charging with a horse lance. Marin feels so good about the scene. It is much stronger than the breastplate cavalry that uses a sabre.
After all, cavalry hedges are one inch long and one inch strong. The horse lance is 4 meters long and is light and flexible. Facing the chest plaque cavalry holding a sabre or a cavalry sword, the cavalry holding a horse lance can be stabbed off the chest plaque cavalry two or three meters away, or even stabbed to death on the spot. Even the plate armor knight using a cavalry, holding a 2-meter-long thick bar and rifle, and in front of the user of the horse lance, he must be attacked one step ahead of time. Even if the horse lance cannot stab the plate armor, it is still possible to stab the knight off the horse.
In fact, many knights are not killed or killed by horses, but are injured or even killed after being knocked off the horse. It is rare for people who are actually killed on horseback. Unless they encounter violent men like Kahn and directly smash them with maces, they will be severely injured before being dismissed.
For example, if a Swiss mercenary kills a knight, he will stab the war horse by stabbing the horse by a spearman, causing the war horse to be injured or killed, and then the Swiss mercenary will use a hammer or battle axe to kill or injure the knight who fell off the horse.
Ma Lin couldn't wait to go to the Ming Dynasty to find materials for making horse lances. After all, he knew the materials and general procedures for making horse lances. It would be great if he could find craftsmen who were proficient in making horse lances. The reason for finding craftsmen who were proficient in making horse lances was not only for making horse lances, but more importantly, it was actually to find the martial arts of using horse lances. In this way, the power of horse lances can be fully exerted. Because the skills of horse lances are generally mastered in the hands of the generals and families passed down from the Tang Dynasty, and will not be known by ordinary craftsmen. If someone who could make horse lances could find the use technique booklets of horse lances.
Before leaving the hamlet where the bandits occupied, Malin killed the eight wandering knights who had been evil for many years, but let most ordinary bandits go away. Because many bandits mostly had no food to eat and had to be bandits. The 8 wandering knights were different. They obviously had a lot of skills, and even if they could not find a great noble to serve, they would have no problem finding a wealthy businessman to serve as a guard who would not have to worry about food and clothing. But they chose to become bandits, which was obviously morally corrupt. So Malin killed and buried the eight people. Then, disbanded all the bandits. Those injured, Malin also took out some of the money and grain seized by the hamlet to give them to them, and let them go home to recuperate.
After dealing with these bandits, Marin continued to go south with his men. In fact, Marin didn't want to let those bandits go so easily. However, he was in a hurry to go to Rome and had no time to carefully identify the good or bad of those bandits. Without knowing the good or bad, Marin chose to kill eight evil people and let go of other ordinary bandits to make it easier for him to escape smoothly.
Moreover, Marin did not choose to hand over the bandits to the official official of the Duchy of Württemberg, because the Duke of Württemberg was a member of the Swabian Alliance and belonged to the emperor's faction.
Chapter completed!