The Rise of the European Emperor

In addition to 50 Lancer instructors, Marin left a quartermaster to assist in the formation of the Polish Wings (Lancers).

The most distinctive feature of the new winged cavalry, in addition to its good combat effectiveness, is its logistical improvement. Because there is no need to help the knight to mount the horse, nor to help the knight to keep and transport multiple lances and horse armor, each winged cavalry only needs to be equipped with one attendant. Even when the staff is tense, a squire driving a mule cart can serve two winged cavalry. Anyway, the main task of these squires is to carry the essential materials needed by the war horses with them. In addition, they will also carry some spare lances to prevent the winged cavalry's spring lances from breaking or being cut by the enemy.

In this way, in addition to the 5,000 winged cavalry and the two horses they are equipped with (a war horse and a group of pack horses on the road), it is only necessary to equip each person with a squire who drives a mule cart. Before starting the charge, the winged cavalry can also hand over the changed packhorses to the winged cavalry to take care of.

In addition, the attendants of these winged cavalry also need to be trained. In Marin's army, those servants who served the Lancers often carried an ordinary military crossbow. If someone attacked a supply team composed of squires, these squires also used military crossbows to fight back against those attackers.

Even when they are parked, all the mule carts will form a large circular formation as needed. All mules face inside the circle, while the rear of the mule cart faces outward. Such a large circular formation can withstand the charge of the enemy cavalry. As for the servants of the winged cavalry, all they had to do was hide behind the car and fire crossbow arrows outside the formation. Alternatively, you can use a spare spring lance as a spear, and poke it outwards...  

This method was Marin's tactics when he learned to defend himself against the Qing Northern Expedition against the Huns. When Wei Qing was on the northern expedition against the Xiongnu, he encountered the main cavalry led by the Xiongnu Shanyu. In order to resist the Xiongnu cavalry, Wei Qing surrounded the chariots (Wugang chariots) into a ring camp, and sent 5000 elite cavalry to gallop on horses to resist the Xiongnu cavalry, and finally defeated the Xiongnu cavalry.

Of course, this tactic of Marin is not to destroy the enemy, but to let the supply team protect itself. After all, the logistics force has little combat power and can only form a formation to protect itself. Fortunately, the mule-carriage supply troops followed the winged cavalry. As long as they persisted for a while, they would wait for the winged cavalry's support, and they didn't have to fight the enemy to the death.

With Marin's explanation, Sigismund I's eyes lit up - he can already imagine the scene where the powerful Polish wing cavalry will completely abuse the opponent in the future... Even the logistics troops are so dangling, who can defeat the Polish wing cavalry?

After listening to Sigismund I's thoughts, Marin smiled and said nothing. He also didn't tell Sigismund I the weakness of this tactic - the fear of artillery...

This kind of mule car array can also resist the cold weapon troops. In the event of the bombardment of artillery, it will definitely be finished. After all, mule carts are also made of wood...

However, the main enemies of the Polish wing cavalry were Maozi and Ottoman Turkey.

Moreover, Poland itself also has infantry and artillery fighting together, not fighting alone, so this weakness is nothing. Moreover, if you encounter artillery, you can't stop it and won't run away? A mule cart is also a cart. Although it can't beat a horse-drawn carriage, it can still avoid the frontal bombardment of the artillery... After all, it takes a long time to build an artillery position. This time is neutral, enough for the mule carts to run away...

...

After arranging to help Sigismund I train the winged cavalry, Marin returned home with the army. Now, Marin needs to rush to do one thing - let his subordinates develop the technology to wedge the lance. This is not an easy task. It is just a matter of studying how thick an inverted triangle wedge should be, and how to dig a hole in a lance wood is also a matter of knowledge.

The lance is a whole, and if a hole is dug in the barrel of the gun, it is easy for the lance to break easily. Therefore, it is very knowledgeable how to dig the hole dug out for placing the inverted triangular wooden wedge. One bad, it is easy for the lancers to break the barrel after charging.

In the end, Marin came up with a way to put a double-layer iron sleeve on the gun barrel while he was on his way. Double layers inside and out, with a hole in the inner iron sleeve for inserting a wooden wedge. With the iron sleeve fixed and protected, the gun barrel is not easy to break. The outer iron sleeve is connected to the spring, and is responsible for breaking the falling triangular wooden wedge, releasing a certain recoil force...

When Marin left Krakow with the army, his parents, brothers and others, Anne, who had just become the Queen of Poland, was very sad. She took the hands of her parents and brothers, she refused to let go, and she was crying. Because Annie knew that it would be difficult to meet again after this parting.

This era is not the next generation, and you can easily go back to your parents' home by simply buying an air ticket or a train ticket. In this day and age, it was so far from Aurich to Krakow in Poland, and the road was not smooth. If the queen wants to go back to her mother's house, she must bring at least a guard of more than a thousand people before she can travel. Otherwise, it is very unsafe.

Therefore, in the future, if Annie wants to go home and have a look, it will be extremely difficult, and there may not be one chance in a year. Annie is very aware of this, so she is very sad about the family's departure.

But, this is the reality. Married daughters always have to face this problem, especially those women who marry abroad. After marrying too far, it has become a luxury to want to go back to her parents' home to visit relatives in the future. The only way to get in touch with my family is probably to write a letter...

Although they were extremely reluctant, Old Hoffman and Mrs. Mary still overcame their affection and reluctance and left Anne. After all, their home is not in Poland, but in the northwestern region of Germany…

"I regret marrying Annie to Poland now, so what if she becomes a queen? We will never see our precious daughter again in the future!" Old Hoffman suddenly sighed on the way back to China.

"Yeah, my poor Anne, I'm going to have a hard life in that distant country in Poland that I don't know well in the future... woo woo..." Mrs. Mary burst into tears.

Marin pouted, thinking--Isn't it the one when you heard that Sigismund I might become king, so you just joined him eagerly? In order to make Anne a queen, she gave Anne, a great cabbage white in her early 20s, to Sigismund I, a 39-year-old "pig" for the arch...

However, he did not dare to say it at this time. Mrs. Mary was all right, old Hoffman would definitely be furious if he heard Marlin say that. If he beat himself up, Marin wouldn't be able to beat him back...

With tens of thousands of troops guarding it, the journey was naturally smooth, and no idiot who could not open his eyes came to die. So, along the way, Marin was bored.

After returning to Aurich, Marin quickly called the group of craftsmen responsible for the manufacture of spring lances, ordered them to improve the spring lances according to their own ideas, and was responsible for verifying and confirming the thickness and size of the inverted triangle cork wedge...