The Rise of the European Emperor

So, in the following days, Marin showed Zhengde how to use plate cavalry while thinking about how to remind Liu Jin.

Among the thousand guards brought by Marin, there are 100 plate armor guards, who usually wear breast plate armor, and they are all knights who have received knight education. These people have practiced martial arts since childhood, and they can all adapt to fighting in plate armor.

In order to show the effect, Marin directly put the 100 elite guards on a full set of plate armor, stepped on the 100 European war horses, and showed Zhengde the scene of 100 knights charging with guns on the school field of the Jinwu Guard camp.

However, Marin did not bring the most suitable spring lance for charging. After all, that is the trump card of the Beihai National Cavalry, and Marin will not be so stupid as to take out all the good things.

Moreover, because the opponents of the Ming army, the Mongolian cavalry, were basically light cavalry, the knights were not worried about colliding with the opponent's plate armor knights. Therefore, Marin directly let the door charge with an ordinary spear. Of course, it is not a really ordinary spear, but a spear with a very tough ash shaft. This thing is not available in Europe, but Daming can easily buy it. However, the ash pole spears of the Ming Dynasty were generally very short, and Marin specially made them to order, and only got three or four meters long ash pole spears. Moreover, hand guards were specially made to facilitate the knight's one-handed charge with a spear.

Hundreds of plate armor knights charge, the effect is very shocking. Because of the thickness of the plate armor and horse armor, and the European war horse itself is very tall. When hundreds of tall horses with a shoulder height of about 1.7 meters, wearing full-body horse armor, and plate armor knights wearing a full set of plate armor and holding ash spears charged together, the ground shook violently. That scene made the blood of Zhengde, who had little knowledge, boil with enthusiasm.

Then, this little bastard emperor actually wanted to get on his horse and charge himself...

Looking at his thin and frail body, Marin was suffocated, and directly asked the young Zhengde to try what it means to "wear a 50-jin heavy armor"...

As a result, Zhengde, who was usually neglected in training, became very difficult to move after wearing plate armor. Even trying to get on the horse several times before climbing on the horse's back. Moreover, it was difficult to get on the horse with the support of the eunuchs.

After rushing back and forth several times, Zhengde was out of breath and said weakly:

"Ma Aiqing, what kind of plate armor knight really needs physical strength. No wonder you said this knight is one in a hundred..."

In fact, Marin still gave the Ming Dynasty people face by saying so. why? Because people in the Ming Dynasty mainly ate grain and vegetables, their physical strength was not very good. But the Europeans, especially the knights, eat a lot of meat. Therefore, European knights have enough physical fitness to fight in heavy plate armor. However, ordinary military households in the Ming Dynasty had no conditions to eat meat at ordinary times. How could they have the physical fitness to wear plate armor for a long time to fight? Only a very small number of people with extraordinary talents have such abilities. And such a person, in the 900,000 Ming army, it is not bad to find a few thousand people.

Moreover, despite the fact that there were many martial arts masters in ancient China, many of them were just skilled, not physically strong. Therefore, even if they are skilled in martial arts, they may not be able to play the role of a knight. Especially the martial arts masters of the southern sect, who follow the light and agile route, are often very thin and thin, and are not suitable to be plate armor knights at all.

Of course, Marin also gave a solution - using rhinoceros leather armor...

For this reason, Marin also specially took out several sets of rhinoceros leather armor and full-body horse armor. After switching to rhinoceros leather armor, the weight was greatly reduced. Even Zhengde, a skinny young man, can adapt. As for the war horse, it is more suitable. After all, the weight has been reduced a lot. Then, the rhinoceros leather armor suitable for Zhengde naturally became a tribute. Moreover, he also accompanied Zhengde on the battlefield in the future...

However, although Marin's solution is good, the cost is too high...

After thousands of years of hunting, the Chinese rhinos that once spread all over the north and south of China, by the Ming Dynasty, only a small number of rhinos remained in the deep mountains and old forests of Yunnan and Guizhou.

Therefore, in Daming, rhinoceros hide is a rare thing that can't be found. It's no problem to get dozens of rhinoceros leather armors, but if you want hundreds or thousands of sets... what about dreaming?

but,

Marin also has a solution - let the small countries in Southeast Asia pay tribute...

The rhinos here in Daming were hunted down badly, but there are still some in the tropical rainforests in Southeast Asia!

The Sumatran rhinoceros in Southeast Asia continued until the 21st century. Right now, in the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia, there are basically barbarians, and there is basically nothing to do with rhinos. However, as long as the Ming Dynasty provided strong crossbows and armor-piercing arrows that could hunt rhinos, they could still hunt rhinos.

In the future, as long as the Ming Dynasty informs Siam, Malacca and other countries with rhinoceros, let them only pay tribute to rhinoceros hides in the future, and keep those people desperately chasing and killing rhinoceros. After all, paying tribute to the Ming Dynasty is a big fortune for them. The benefactor has spoken, and they have to do it if they don't...

But even so, I am afraid that the rhinoceros hides obtained are limited. Marin estimated that if the Ming Dynasty could make up two thousand sets of rhinoceros leather armor and rhinoceros leather horse armor, it would be the best. However, as the most elite killer-level heavy cavalry, this scale is enough.

Moreover, the wise Emperor Zhengde decided to walk on two legs together...

This means that on the one hand, Southeast Asian countries are required to donate rhinoceros hides, and on the other hand, normal plate armored knights are also displayed as usual. The price of iron in the Ming Dynasty was very cheap. For the cost of a set of rhinoceros leather armor and horse armor, it is estimated that dozens of sets of steel plate armor and horse armor can be made.

It's just that there are not many warriors who can wear steel plate armor and fight as usual, but there are quite a few who can wear rhinoceros leather armor. But the problem is that rhinoceros leather armor is so precious, so it must be given priority to the strongest person... Therefore, warriors who can often wear steel plate armor will give priority to wearing rhinoceros leather armor...

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After fighting Zhengde, who was dedicated to forming a plate cavalry unit, Marin finally took the time to visit Liu Jin...

At this time, it was already the beginning of August in the lunar calendar, and Yang Yiqing and Zhang Yong would soon return to Beijing from Gansu. As soon as they come back, Liu Jin must be impeached immediately. So, Ma Lin hurried to remind Lao Liu...

However, considering the consequences if things were revealed, Malin secretly contacted the little officer of the Jinyiwei who was sent by Liu Jin to meet him, and asked for the uniform of the Jinyiwei again. Taking advantage of the night, under the cover of the little officer of the Jinyiwei Next, go to Liu Jin's mansion...

Moreover, a few days before visiting Liu Jin, Marin ran around specially to eat and drink in those restaurants and inquire about news. Otherwise, he would not be able to explain the source of the news...

Liu Jin was very happy, thinking that Marin was going to give him benefits again. As a result, Marin came to the door empty-handed, which made Lao Liu very unhappy.

After Ma Lin asked Liu Jinping to step back and forth mysteriously, he cut to the chase and said:

"Eunuch Liu, you are in disaster!"

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