After Maximilian I was ready, he also notified Marin early. At the beginning of May, when Maximilian I sent troops from Innsbruck, Marin also went south with 300 cavalry, ready to "rescue him".
Of course, on the surface, Marin did not go to "rescue him", but in response to the emperor's call, he defected to the emperor and "entered Rome" with the emperor.
If you really want to fight with the emperor, Marin sent an infantry phalanx, which is worthy of the emperor. Because he is only the earl of the small country, and he has to guard against neighboring countries, so naturally he can't send out the main force.
However, the infantry phalanx was too slow to travel, and this time Marin knew that he was not going to fight. Therefore, he simply took 300 cavalry to the south. 300 cavalry, in terms of function, are no smaller than an infantry phalanx.
Moreover, among the 300 cavalry, 200 are the "Black Shirt Knights" newly formed by Marin. The reason why Marin took them this time was to train soldiers by the way.
Because, the Black Shirt Knight has just been established and lacks training. It's not that this group of people has no fighting literacy, after all, these people are also selected from the army, and most of them were also musketeers in the past. However, it takes a lot of practice to shoot while running on the horse, and to maintain the formation and run out of a half-turn.
Therefore, along the way, while marching, Marin supervised the knights in black shirts to practice shooting immediately and running half rounds. However, because the number of wind-up guns provided by Da Vinci is really limited, only 30 of them were shipped in the second batch. Therefore, the black shirt knights now only have 50 carbines in total, which are only enough to equip 10 people.
This is also impossible. It is very labor-intensive to create a stainless steel spring. Therefore, Leonardo Da Vinci and several master craftsmen were able to produce 50 spring-up pistol carbines in a hurry, which is considered pretty good.
There is no way to expand production. And Leonardo Da Vinci once proposed to hire more craftsmen who are good at making clockwork to participate in the manufacture of clockwork guns. But Marin disagreed at first, because the hired craftsmen could easily reveal the secrets.
The few Italian master watchmakers hired by Marin made Marin very worried, and sent spies to follow them every day, fearing that they would leak the secret. If you hire more craftsmen, it will be too late to stare at people.
If you want to be safe, it is better to use craftsmen who were born as serfs. They were serfs in identity, they were not allowed to leave casually, and they were easier to control. Unlike those original craftsmen, they are all middle-class in the city, even have the right to vote, and they are all hard-to-serve uncles.
However, it would take too long to train some talented young serfs into master craftsmen who were good at making clockwork.
In the end, Marin chose a compromise plan-that is, to go to Nuremberg, Milan and other cities to hire some craftsmen who are good at making clockwork.
However, these craftsmen are only responsible for making fine steel springs according to the requirements given by Da Vinci. As for the other parts of the clockwork gun, they are not involved. After these craftsmen built the clockwork, Da Vinci led a group of trainee craftsmen to assemble the clockwork, steel columns, flints, triggers and safety systems, as well as gun barrels and wooden supports with rivets and screws.
In fact, in the whole clockwork flintlock, the other parts are very easy to build, and ordinary craftsmen can do it. Only the fine steel spring is more difficult to forge.
Da Vinci had discussed with Marin, and Marin also proposed the concepts of "modularization" and "standardization". As long as the various parts of the clockwork gun are subcontracted to each craftsman who is good at making a certain part, not only can the quality be improved, but also more efficient. Of course, strict workmanship standards must be established. For this reason, Da Vinci led people to make a batch of vernier calipers, intending to use them for everyone. Especially for the barrel, Marin requires that the caliber must be uniform.
When all the craftsmen hired to make fine steel springs are in place, as long as you get enough fine steel springs, as many springs as you have, you can assemble as many springs as you want.
However, that is for the future. For now, the black-shirted knights under Marin can only make do with the mushket firearms.
However, the Mushiqat musket is too heavy and unsuitable for immediate shooting. Therefore, Marin had to train them in the way of the later "Dragon Cavalry".
The so-called "Dragon Cavalry" are not the cavalry riding dragons in the novel, but just a group of musketeers on horseback. These musketeers, in order to enhance their mobility, all traveled on horseback. However, after arriving at the battlefield, the horses were put under unified care, and the musketeers dismounted one after another, fighting in the same way as the infantry musketeers.
However, during the journey, Marin arranged for some black-shirted knights to use the only 50 carbines every day to practice shooting while the horses were running. In order to let everyone experience the riding and shooting of muskets, Marin simply asked the black shirt knights to carry a carbine each to practice the musket version of riding and shooting. 200 black-shirted knights, in a group of 50 people, change every day, take turns to practice and feel the musket riding and shooting. Others practiced the tactics of the dragoons from time to time, confirming the tactics Marin learned from the Internet in his previous life, so that he could actually form the dragoons in the future.
Because Marin intends to completely replace the draft horse with the Polish cattle he bought. Therefore, in winter, thousands of draft horses may be freed up. Except for some who were taken to breed with donkeys to give birth to mules, Marin really planned to select some horses to form "Dragon Cavalry".
Anyway, the horses of the dragoons have no requirements at all, they only need to be able to carry people on the road. When they arrived on the battlefield, the dragoons dismounted and fought directly, leaving the horses behind.
Therefore, Marin is fully qualified to train musketeers into dragoons. No, during the rush, Marin asked the black-shirted knights to practice musket riding and shooting tactics, and also let the black-shirted knights who could not be assigned carbines practice dragoon tactics, providing an example for Marin to form a dragoon. Find and solve problems.
As for the 200 black shirt knights, there are 100 scouts led by Sauer. This force is not considered a front-line combat force, but it is very important. Of course, in terms of immediate combat skills, they are much better than the group of musketeers selected by Marin. Because they were formed relatively early, and they were Marin's accompanying guards very early. In addition to learning half-baked scouting skills from Sauer, he also learned to use a knight's light sword to fight and charge on horseback.
This time Marin took them to let them experience the mountainous terrain of Switzerland and exercise their vision and reconnaissance ability. After all, it is not certain that one day Marin will bring an army to Switzerland to help the emperor fight. Marin has a strong feeling - one day, he will lead the army to compete with the Swiss mercenaries...
Not only that, but bringing 100 scouts along with them can greatly improve security. Because, these 100 scouts were also sent out at night, and there were a lot of them. When marching during the day, there were scout cavalry guarding around the front, back, left, and right sides of Marin's main team, and each of them carried a few Chinese-style double-sounding firecrackers "designed and manufactured" by Marin. As long as the enemy's situation is discovered, a double-bang cannon blasts into the sky, which can produce a very good early warning effect. In addition, these scouts already have a certain fighting ability, which is perfect for accompanying protection.
In addition, in addition to the 300 cavalry, Marin also brought two Mongolian genius doctors, Mozhigen and Battelle, as well as a large amount of alcohol, gauze, and gold sore medicine prepared by two Mongolian doctors.
Although I know that the emperor is cheating, but I have to do a full set of acting, so that I can look more professional. Therefore, Marin took all the medicines that should be brought.
However, Marin did not expect that the medicine he brought would indeed come in handy. Because, Maximilian I was really hurt...