The Rise of the European Emperor

The Hungarian hussars are the originator of the hussars of European countries. During the war, the hussars were very important in the armies of various countries.

Hussars belong to light cavalry, mainly using sabers to charge and slash. During the war, the hussars, as light cavalry, mainly performed the tasks of guarding, patrolling and harassing. When the war broke out, their task was to follow the cuirassiers and launch a second charge.

What is a second charge? That is, after the duel of the heavy cavalry in front is over, let the hussars who follow behind take advantage of the chaos to pick up bargains. Although the heavy cavalry has a strong burst, it cannot last long because of the heavy load. Therefore, even if the opponent is rushed back, there is no power to chase and kill.

At this time, it is necessary for the lightly armed hussars to launch a second charge in time to reap the fruits of victory. To be clear, it is to kill the opponent...

Since the 18th century, the pattern of European warfare has undergone great changes. In the Middle Ages, European wars were mainly about winning and losing. As long as one party defeats the opponent, it will often not be wiped out. Moreover, even if the plate armor knight wanted to kill them all, he couldn't do it. Because, after a round of charging, the plate armor knight had to rest for a long time before launching a second round of charging. If the enemy had abandoned the heavy armor, he would have run far away and could not catch up.

Therefore, in the Middle Ages, because of weapons and equipment and the prevalence of chivalry at that time, wars would only fight retreat and defeat wars, not annihilation wars. In addition to the inability of the plate armor knights to expand the results of the battle, there are also reasons for the unspoken rule of "nobles do not kill nobles".

But by the 18th century, Europeans had abandoned demeanor and shame, no longer forgiving the enemy, but paying attention to annihilating the enemy's vital strength. Under such circumstances, hussars became popular in Europe.

Although the hussars cannot charge frontally, they are very, very suitable for chasing defeated enemies. Therefore, the hussars suddenly became popular in Europe since the 18th century. Everyone's purpose is very clear-to kill them all!

Obviously, the cavalry is the elite of a country's army. If you allow him to flee back, he will soon be able to reorganize the team and will come to beat you next time. Therefore, the best way to deal with it is to kill it in battle, and it will be over once and for all. Of course, if the opponent dismounts and surrenders, that's another story. However, most of the cavalry in the melee did not have time to dismount and surrender. The introduction of hussars can take advantage of the chaos to kill and injure the opponent's elite as much as possible to avoid future troubles.

Moreover, even the heavy cavalry, which could crush the hussars in a head-on confrontation, lost their impact after being overwhelmed by the formation. At this time the hussars rushed up suddenly, and they could also gain the upper hand. After all, the charge of heavy cavalry is a gust of wind. After a gust of wind, when they rest, there is no speed and impact. At this time, the hussars rushed forward, and they could also take advantage of it.

In addition, when the battle was fought, there were no knights in plate armor who were not afraid of sabers. Even the heavy cavalry were nothing more than cuirassiers wearing three-quarter breastplate armor. The hussars rushed up, as long as they were not facing each other, they were really not afraid of the cuirassiers at that time. Because the hussars are more flexible and maneuverable, as long as they cut the opponent's breastplate without foolishness, they can still cause a lot of damage to the opponent.

However, it seems that these days, the hussars can't take advantage of the knights. Even if the knight has no speed, he is not afraid of the hussar's saber... After all, he is wearing plate armor all over his body, and the horses have horse armor, so they are not afraid of you...

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However, after seeing the Hungarian hussars, Marin realized that he was ignorant...

It turns out that the Hungarian hussars of this era didn't know how to use swords at all, they also used warhammers...

A Hungarian cavalry officer named Ruzak demonstrated to Marin what warhammer cavalry was. I saw Ruzak wearing leather armor, riding on horseback, holding a shield in his left hand and a hammer in his right, charging towards a knight in plate armor who cooperated with his demonstration...

Of course, what the two sides demonstrated was the battle when the plate armor knights did not charge up. If you let the plate armor knight charge up, it will be a small tank, and the small shield in the hands of the Hungarian hussars will definitely not be able to stop it.

What Ruzak demonstrated was that after seeing the horses exhausted after the first charge of the armored knight on the opposite side, and unable to pick up the speed, the Hungarian hussars held a shield in their left hand and a hammer in their right, and came up to fight against the knight...

Because of the loss of speed, the bulky lance in the knight's hand was useless at this time. Seeing Ruzak rushing over, the knight in charge of coordinating the performance hurriedly stabbed Ruzak with a bulky lance, but because there was no impact speed, the lance was just a large fire stick, and Ruzak easily used the lance on his left hand. The small wooden shield blocked it, and took the opportunity to get close to the body. Then, the knight had no choice but to throw away the lance that was in the way, and drew out the knight sword to fight against Ruzak.

However, Ruzak had a shield in his left hand, which easily blocked the stabbing and slashing of the knight's one-handed straight sword. Then, he swung the one-handed hammer in his right hand and knocked the knight off his horse...

"Can you still fight like this?" Marin was dumbfounded.

In fact, Marin didn't know that in the 15th and 16th centuries, it was very popular for Hungarian hussars to use one-handed hammers and small shields to fight plate armor knights. Because, at that time, most European cavalry were heavy cavalry, wearing heavy plate armor. If you use a saber, you can't hurt your opponent at all, you can only be beaten passively.

Therefore, in desperation, the Hungarians invented the method of hitting plate armor knights with a one-handed hammer. After all, plate armor cannot withstand the slamming of a hammer.

However, even if the knight is close to the body, he can draw a one-handed sword to fight. The blunt weapon such as the one-handed hammer is less flexible than the smaller and lighter one-handed sword, and Hungarian cavalry generally do not wear heavy armor and cannot defend against one-handed swords. Therefore, they use the left hand to hold the shield to resist the slashing or piercing of the knight's one-handed sword. Of course, you can also block the knight from hitting with a big gun.

After a demonstration, Marin was also very convinced. Because, this tactic is indeed very restrained against plate armor knights. However, there is a prerequisite for this, which is to wait for the knight's charge to end, or to be unable to charge.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, the Hungarian hussars did not dare to resist the knight's charge head-on, but ran away first and let the knight chase them. When the knights' horses were exhausted, they turned around and fought against the knights, smashing the knights off their horses with their war hammers.

However, this style of play can generally only knock the opposite knight off the horse, but cannot kill the opponent. The death of the opponent is generally caused by being trampled to death by the horse after falling off the horse. There are relatively few people who are actually crushed to death, and many who are injured by the crushing.

Of course, those Hungarian light cavalry didn't care. In their eyes, injured knights were much more valuable than dead knights. Because capturing those wounded knights can be exchanged for a large ransom...

However, this method of fighting against light cavalry can't get much advantage. After all, hussars were nimble enough to dodge hammer blows, and even sabers could bypass the small shield in the left hand of Hungarian hussars.

Only knights in plate armor, because they were wearing full plate armor, could not bend down, and it was inconvenient to move and dodge, would be bullied by the Hungarian warhammer cavalry. As long as it is close to the body, it is easy to be smashed off the horse.

If facing an opponent dominated by light cavalry like Turkey, the Hungarian Warhammer Cavalry is actually not dominant. Of course, the Hungarian light cavalry not only carried a warhammer, but also drew a saber and slashed against the Turkish scimitar cavalry, and their fighting ability on horseback was no worse than that of the Turkish scimitar cavalry. However, there is no advantage. After all, both sides are light cavalry, and their routines are similar, so it depends on who has more.

However, France, the opponent Marin is about to face, happens to be a great country of knights, and the main force of the army is plate armor knights. This kind of Hungarian warhammer hussars can just deal with the French "iron can" knights. So, Marin was so happy that his mouth was crooked-this is a group of "can openers" specially sent to him to deal with knights...

Moreover, not only France, but also those German states that did not deal with Marin, the main force is also plate armor knights, and it happens that the Hungarian Warhammer Hussars can also be used to deal with it...