The Rise of the European Emperor

The so-called Ruthenians are the collective name for Ukrainians and Belarusians in Lithuania in this era. In this era, the total number of Ukrainians and Belarusians is about 3.8 million. And Ukrainians, close to 2 million.

Because the Ukrainian region belongs to the southern border area of ​​the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Lithuania has very poor governance over the local area. Many Ukrainians ran to the southern prairie to surf the waves and did not obey the rule of the Lithuanians.

You must know that although the Grand Duchy of Lithuania is named after Lithuania, in fact, there are only 500,000 Lithuanians in the country, which belong to a minority. Ukrainians and Belarusians are ruled only by strong force. It is also because of the insufficient population of the ruling nation that the Grand Duchy of Lithuania's control over Ukraine is seriously insufficient. Later, when the Grand Duchy of Lithuania merged with Poland, it simply gave the uncontrollable Ukrainian region to the Kingdom of Poland. After all, there are many Poles, so it is easier to control Ukraine.

Therefore, on the Ukrainian prairie in this era, there are still many Ruthenian barbarians yearning for freedom. If Simon is willing, he can send troops to the prairie to capture the barbarians and serve as death squads.

And these Ruthenian barbarians living on the prairie are not only tall, brave and fierce, but also many of them can ride horses. If you are caught as a death squad, you can not only be a death squad, but also a cavalry death squad, which is more authentic than Nurhachi's cavalry death squad! Because, the cavalry death squad of wild boar skin, many wild men captured from the forest can't ride horses, so they can only be tied to horseback to charge.

And those Slavic barbarians living on the Eastern European prairie are often able to ride horses. As long as it is tamed with the method of boiling the eagle in the Qing Dynasty, it will be a barbaric death cavalry with excellent combat effectiveness!

In fact, Marin didn't need to boil the eagle to tame those Ruthenian barbarians, as long as he was willing to give Erguotou, these Slavs who were born to drink, guaranteed that they would be willing to work for themselves...

Marin patted Kahn on the shoulder and praised:

"Very good, I didn't expect Kahn to use your brain. As a reward, I'll give you a chicken leg at noon today!"

Kahn said with disdain:

"Boss, aren't you too stingy? Besides, you underestimate my appetite too much. How about this, add a leg of lamb to me!"

Marin froze for a moment, then said:

"It's really a rice bucket..."

Afterwards, Marin ignored Kahn, the idiot, and asked Kohler to send someone to notify Jurgen, the commander of the Cossack Cavalry Corps stationed on the Lüneburg Prairie, to send two thousand Cossack cavalry on standby to be sent to Ukraine region, responsible for arresting Ruthenian barbarians.

In fact,

Marin can definitely recruit those Ruthenian barbarians. Because, as long as he takes out Erguotou, the other party will kneel.

But the problem is that Marin needs to observe. Because, he didn't know any Ruthenians who were brave and savage enough. Therefore, he planned to send two thousand Cossacks to the Eastern European steppes to attack those Ruthenian villages that were not under the jurisdiction of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

When besieging those Ruthenian villages, Marin planned to ask his men to bring more large nets and nooses that could be thrown, specifically for capturing those Ruthenian barbarians alive.

Moreover, during the capture process, Marin asked them to observe carefully, and limitedly select those barbarians who resisted the most fiercely and organize them into death squads.

Those who can ride horses will be incorporated into the Cavalry Death Squadron. Those who can't ride a horse are incorporated into the infantry death squad...

At this time, it is estimated that there are more than 3.8 million Ruthenians in official statistics, and the total number should exceed 4 million. Because many Ukrainians are unwilling to accept the rule of the Lithuanians, wandering on the Eastern European prairie, becoming Cossacks, or even wandering barbarians.

And Marin's main goal is to capture those Ruthenian barbarians who are wandering alone. Then, according to their barbarity, they were organized into death squads to fight.

Unlike the savage death squads in the Jin army that were purely used to block bullets, Marin did not completely regard them as cannon fodder, but regarded them as brave vanguards of barbarians.

At that time, Marin will equip them with armor with sufficient protection, allowing them to take the lead in charging the enemy.

As for what armor to use, Marin originally wanted to use plate armor. However, the plate armor is too heavy, which is not conducive to fighting and charging, and it is difficult to bend down to dodge.

Therefore, Marin does not plan to equip them with plate armor. As for the rhinoceros leather armor, although the effect is very strong, it is too wasteful to equip a group of cannon fodder with rhinoceros leather armor...

After thinking about it, Marin finally planned to learn from the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty and wear cotton armor for the death squads!

The protective effect of cotton armor on cold weapons is not good, but the protective effect on muskets is very good among all kinds of armor. Because cotton already has the effect of retarding bullets. In addition, it is lined with iron sheets, which has a good protection effect on muskets.

Seeing that muskets have been popularized in European countries, in the future when cavalry charges, they will definitely encounter enemy volleys. Therefore, cotton armor, which has a good protective effect on muskets, has become a very good choice.

Moreover, the protective effect of cotton armor on arrows is also good. It is most suitable for charging.

As long as there are enough iron pads inside, its protection is still very strong. What's more, Marin plans to line the cotton armor not with ordinary iron sheets, but with high-strength high-carbon steel sheets, which can greatly enhance the protective ability of the cotton armor without increasing the weight, and protect the armor as much as possible. Stay safe of the daredevils.

In addition, to be honest, the Eight Banners armor is probably the only one that can be sold in the Manchu costumes, and it is quite handsome. Of course, the Eight Banners cotton armor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was originally learned from the Ming Dynasty. And their own outfits and hairstyles, that would be ugly.

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Marin planned to send 2,000 Cossacks on the Ukrainian prairie to arrest tens of thousands of barbarians and rush into the army. Then, send people to the Ming Dynasty to learn how to make cotton armor, equip each of them with cotton armor with sufficient protection, and let them take the lead in charging the enemy...

As for the style of the cotton armor, of course it is the style of the Ming army, which is close to the style of the Eight Banners armor of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties later. However, the color is not the color of the Eight Banners armor, but pure black...

Black is the representative color of the German region, and most parts of the German region are not hot, and the winter is cold. The black cotton armor on the boat is not only handsome, but also very oppressive.

When an army of tens of thousands of Ukrainian barbarians launches a charge, it will bring great psychological pressure to the enemy...

What's more, they were wearing black cotton armor and charging, like the death army from hell...

Of course, if it is hot summer, you still have to temporarily replace the cotton armor and wear other types of armor. Because wearing cotton armor in summer can easily cause heat stroke...