Chapter 1824: Barbarian and cotton armor

The so-called Ruthenians are the collective name of Lithuanians to Ukrainians and Belarusians in this era. At this time, the total number of Ukrainians and Belarusians was about 3.8 million. The Ukrainians are close to 2 million.

Because the Ukrainian region belongs to the southern border region of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Lithuania ’s dominance over the local area is very poor, and many Ukrainians ran to the southern prairie and did not obey the Lithuanian rule.

You know, although the Grand Duchy of Lithuania is named after Lithuania, in fact, there are only 500,000 Lithuanians in the country, belonging to a minority. Ukrainians and Belarusians ruled only by strong force. It is also because of the insufficient population of the ruling people that the Grand Duchy of Lithuania has a serious lack of control over the Ukrainian region. 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 Polish people and it is easy to control Ukraine.

Therefore, in the Ukrainian prairie of this era, there are still many Ruthenian barbarians who yearn for freedom. If Simon is willing, he can send troops to the prairie to capture the barbarians and act as the death squad.

And these Ruthenian barbarians living on the prairie are not only tall and fierce, but many people also ride horses. If you are caught as a death squad, you can not only be a death squad, but also a cavalry death squad, more authentic than the Nurhachi cavalry death squad! Because the cavalry of wild boar skins is so dead, many wildmen caught in the forest ca n’t ride horses and can only be tied to charge on horseback.

Those Slavic barbarians living on the prairie of Eastern Europe often ride horses. As long as it is tamed by the Qing tactics, it is a barbarian cavalry with excellent combat effectiveness!

In fact, Marin doesn't need hawking tactics to tame those Ruthenian barbarians, as long as they are willing to give Erguotou, the gang of Slavs who are naturally drinkers, to ensure that Farting is willing to serve himself ...

Marin patted Kahn's shoulder and praised:

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

Kahn disdain:

"Boss, are you too stingy? And, I also underestimate the amount of my meal. So, let me add a leg of lamb!"

Marin was stunned, and then said:

"It's a rice bucket ..."

Subsequently, Marin ignored Kahn ’s rice barrel and asked Kohler to send someone to inform Jurgen, the head of the Cossack Cavalry Corps stationed on the prairie of Lüneburg, to send him two thousand Cossack cavalry to stand by, ready to be sent to Ukraine. Area, responsible for arresting the Ruthenian barbarian.

In fact, Marin can recruit those Ruthenian barbarians. Because, as long as he took out Erguotou, the other party would kneel.

The problem is, Marin needs to observe. Because, he doesn't know which Ruthenian is brave enough. Therefore, he planned to send two thousand cossacks to attack the Ruthenian villages not under the jurisdiction of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania on the prairie of Eastern Europe.

While besieging those Ruthenian villages, Marin planned to let his men bring large nets and slings that could be thrown away, specifically for catching those Ruthenian barbarians alive.

Moreover, during the capture process, Marin asked them to carefully observe and select those barbarians who resisted the most fiercely into the Death Squad.

Those who can ride horses are organized into cavalry squads. If you do n’t know how to ride a horse, you can join the infantry squad ...

The Ruthenians at this time estimate that there are more than 3.8 million official statistics, and the total should exceed 4 million. Because many Ukrainians are reluctant to accept the rule of Lithuanians, wandering on the prairie of Eastern Europe, becoming Cossacks, or even wandering barbarians.

The main goal of Marin is to capture the Ruthenian barbarians who have been left alone. Then, according to their barbarism, they were organized into the Death Squad.

Unlike the savage squads that were used purely to block bullets in the gold army, Marin did not completely treat them as cannon fodder, but regarded them as a brave barbarian vanguard.

At that time, Marin will equip them with armor with sufficient protection to let them take the lead to charge the enemy.

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

Therefore, Marin does not intend to equip them with plate armor. The rhinoceros armor, although very effective, can be equipped with a group of cannon fodders ... too wasteful ...

After thinking about it, Marin finally planned to learn the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty and wear cotton armor to the dead team members!

The protective effect of cotton armor on cold weapons is not good, but the protective effect on muskets is very good in various types of armor. Because cotton has the effect of retarding bullets. In addition, it is lined with iron pieces, which has a good protection effect on the musket.

Seeing that muskets have been promoted in various European countries now, the cavalry charge will definitely encounter enemy rifles. Therefore, cotton armor with good protection against muskets has become a very good choice.

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

As long as the iron pad inside is sufficient, its protective power is still very strong. What's more, Marin intends to line the cotton armor with not ordinary iron pieces, but high-strength high-carbon steel steel pieces, which can greatly enhance the protection ability of the cotton armor without increasing the weight Live the safety of the death squad.

In addition, to be honest, the eight-flag armor is probably the only one in the Manqing costume that can be used, and it is quite handsome. Of course, the Manchu Eight Banners' cotton armor was originally learned from the Ming Dynasty. And their own clothing and hairstyles ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ would be too ugly.

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Marin planned to send 2000 Cossacks on the Ukrainian prairie to arrest tens of thousands of barbarians and rush into the army. Then, send someone to the Ming Dynasty to learn how to build cotton armor, and equip each of them with enough protective armor to allow them to take the lead to charge the enemy ...

As for the style of cotton armor, of course it is the style of the Ming army, which is close to the style of the later Manchu Eight Banners armor. However, the color is not the color of the eight flag armor, but will choose pure black ...

Black is the representative color of the German region, and most of the German region is not hot, and the winter is cold. The black cotton armor on board is not only handsome but also 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 wear black cotton armor and charge, just like the Legion of Death from Hell ...

Of course, if you encounter a hot summer, you have to temporarily change the cotton armor and wear other types of armor. Because, wearing cotton armor in summer, it is easy to cover people with heat stroke ...