After the battle in Lyle County, Marin's name was completely resounding. Although Marin defeated Charles VIII before, it was an ambush in the middle of the night. Therefore, not many people are willing to admit Marin's military talents. The main reason is that this kind of insidious method was looked down upon in the European Middle Ages when chivalry prevailed.
Even the Duke of Saxony thought that Marin could only conspire and have no real strength, so he sent troops to crusade. Marin also knew that his achievements would not be recognized, so he thought of defeating the Saxons in a head-to-head way, so as to build his reputation.
Sure enough, after Marin used 10,000 infantry outside the city of Lyle to defeat the 20,000 Saxon army with 5,000 plate armor and heavy cavalry in one day, his reputation rose steadily.
Now, no one doubts Marin's military talent anymore. Even Philip, the head of the Teutonic regiment, sent 20 trusted officers to East Frisia, asking to learn military command skills.
Prince Philip is also an ambitious person. In recent years, the Teutonic Knights have been bullied miserably by Poland and Lithuania. As the head of the Teutonic regiment, why is Philip willing to be passive all the time
In fact, Poland and Lithuania are both countries with heavy cavalry as their main combat force. Especially Poland, which can gather 20,000 to 30,000 cavalry. Later, during the war between Poland and Sweden, Poland frequently dispatched 20,000 to 30,000 hussars. Of course, the hussars have not risen yet. Winged cavalry is actually a plate armor heavy cavalry without plate armor pants, just decorated with bird feathers on the back.
Because the land and population continued to decrease, the Teutonic Knights did not have enough knights to compete head-to-head with Poland. Therefore, Captain Philip was very interested in Marin's ability to use infantry to abuse Saxon plate armor and heavy cavalry. Therefore, he sent 20 young officers to study in the Marin Army.
Even King Ferdinand II of Spain sent 10 officers to study. The leader turned out to be the famous Spanish general Gonzalo de Cordoba...
Marin felt very embarrassed at once—because, the founder of the "Spanish phalanx" that the Spaniards want to learn should actually be Gonzalo de Cordoba...
This made Marin feel bad for Li Gui meeting Li Kui, and what made Marin even more embarrassing was that those officers who came to study actually named the famous "Spanish phalanx" as "Marin phalanx". "It's...
Well, it's the "Marin phalanx"-who told the Spaniards that they haven't "invented" it... Marin shamelessly recognized the name "Marin phalanx"...
Because of the embarrassment facing the real master, when explaining the "Marin Square" to Gonzalo de Cordoba, Marin was very attentive and explained it very carefully. For this reason, the Spanish and Teutonic officers who came to study have benefited a lot.
In fact, both Spain and the Teutonic State are countries that urgently need tactics that can use infantry to overcome plate armor and heavy cavalry.
Needless to say, the Teutonic country, their number one enemy, Poland, is a heavy cavalry country with plate armor. And Spain's demand is also huge, because Spain's rival for hegemony, France, is the number one plate armor heavy cavalry country in Europe, and it is stronger than Poland. Therefore, there is a very realistic and urgent need to learn the "Marin Phalanx" to restrain the opponent's plate armor and heavy cavalry.
Marin didn't hide his secrets, because he knew that Gonzalo de Cordoba had a similar idea, but he was still groping and hadn't put it into practice. The other party is going to figure it out anyway, so it's better to teach him yourself. In this way, he can still get the title of "famous general and his teacher".
As for the Teutonic Knights, it is Marin's most important partner. Although, Marin had good relations with the Teutonic Kingdom and the Principality of Cliff at the same time. However, John, the Duke of Cleaver, as a veteran nobleman, is actually rather cunning and not sincere enough in his dealings with others.
But Grand Leader Philip was different. He had never thought of being a nobleman since he was a child, so his thoughts were not so complicated, and he was relatively more sincere in his dealings with others. Moreover, he was single-handedly supported by Marin to become the head of the group, and he has the best relationship with Marin.
This time, Marin agreed to help Philip train 20 officers, and Philip was not stingy. Philip said that he was helping Marin find a group of young wandering knights who had newly arrived in the Teutonic Kingdom, and sent them to Marin after a while, so as to alleviate Marin's lack of middle-level officers. Every year in the Teutonic Kingdom, some wandering knights come here with their dreams. This place is the holy land of knights in the minds of many German wandering knights. Therefore, there are still conditions for Philip to choose a group of wandering knights to give to Marin.
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"Count Marin, after your explanation, I found a big problem - your formation seems to have average attack power and is more suitable for defense..." After learning, the experienced Gonzalo de Cordo General Va, put forward your own opinion...
"You are right, General Gonzalo. Spain... oh no... The strongest part of the 'Marin Phalanx' is its defense. As long as the tunnel is dug well, it can charge to resist the knight's charge..."
"In addition, it doesn't have to be just digging holes, you can also build walls and temporarily build some simple walls to prevent the cavalry charge. At the same time, the temporary stone walls can also resist the enemy's shells and bullets to a certain extent... However, this requires that there are enough stones in the local area. If it is in a plain area, there is no condition to build a stone wall, even the simplest one-because there are no stones... "
"As for the attack power, the 'Marin Phalanx' is indeed lacking. In the future, I plan to recruit more light cavalry to make up for the lack of attack power..."
"However, if light cavalry and heavy cavalry meet, they must lose..."
"General, who told you to use the light cavalry and the opponent's heavy cavalry? Remember, my war idea is to use the 'Marin Phalanx' to defeat the attack of the enemy's heavy cavalry. As for the light cavalry, his main The task is to deal with the enemy's infantry..."
"For example, in the battle of Lyle County, the Saxons used infantry to fill the pit with wooden boards and soil. At this time, you can use light cavalry to attack the enemy's infantry from the flank. Light cavalry can't beat plate armor and heavy cavalry. Can't you bully infantry like cannon fodder?"
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"Taught! Earl Marin, you are such a wise commander!" Gonzalo de Cordova said with admiration.
He felt that the tactics designed by Marin were tailor-made for Spain. Because although Spain does not have many plate armored heavy cavalry, there are still many light cavalry. Southern European countries, influenced by the Arabs, have more light cavalry. And the famous Spanish horse, the Andalusian horse, is not a heavy horse. It is not suitable for riding heavy plate armor, but it is very suitable for riding light cavalry.
In the 16th century, in order to strengthen the protection of the cavalry, the Spaniards came up with the idea of removing the second half of the plate armor and only keeping the front part, in order to "reduce the burden" on the Andalusian horse.
Of course, the Spaniards lack plate armor and heavy cavalry, and the Teutonic Knights do not lack it. Every year, wandering knights go to the Teutonic country for their dreams. The Teutonic officers who followed Marin to learn tactics looked excited. As far as the Teutonic state is concerned, as long as the "Marin phalanx" is used to repel the group charge of the Polish plate armored heavy cavalry, the Teutonic plate armored heavy cavalry can completely launch a countercharge while the enemy's morale is low. Therefore, the tactics designed by Marin are not only suitable for Spain, but also suitable for the Teutonic country.
After a month of study, 10 Spanish generals and 20 Teutonic officers brought the "Marin Phalanx" back to their respective countries.
And the "Marin phalanx" they learned later became a nightmare for the French and Poles... The European pattern has been greatly changed because of the appearance of the "Marin phalanx"...
It's just that whenever people talk about the great "Marin Phalanx", Marin always blush...