The Rise of the European Emperor

In order for this new lance to become practical, Marin conducted repeated deductions. However, he found a very important problem-that is, if the half-meter-long lance pierced the enemy, it would be impossible to pull it back during high-speed riding.

In addition, because the lance head is about half a meter long, it looks like a short sword, which makes the lance head very heavy. If you hold the rear half of the lance, it will be very difficult.

Of course, the problem of heavy lance is still very easy to solve. The lances can be made thinner, use good wood. For example, yew with high elasticity, which is the kind of high-quality wood that makes the English longbow. The spring and the lance have their own elasticity, which can fully avoid this section of the gun barrel. As for the heavy lance, it is also easy to solve, just hang a counterweight at the end of the gun barrel.

Anyway, according to the principle of leverage, the moment in the first half and the second half of the handshake is about the same. To do this, it is entirely possible to hang an iron ball at the end of the gun barrel. Moreover, the lance head can also be made smaller, not as long as half a meter. After all, his most important role is to stab, followed by sweep. Using a high carbon steel lance is absolutely sufficient.

As for the problem that the lance can't be pulled out after it is inserted into the human body, Marin thought about it and decided to use the stay complex. Of course, this is not the invention of Marin, the ancient Chinese horse lance does have a complex.

The so-called stay complex is not really showing mercy, but a little part behind the tip of the lance, making bulges on both sides. In this way, after the lance tip pierces the enemy's body in the horse battle, it will not pierce too deeply because of the blocking of the complex. If the poke is not deep, you can throw the horse lance and pull out the tip of the lance.

For cold weapon fighting, a spear pierced into the enemy's body 10 cm can pierce through the opponent, in fact, there is not much difference. Anyway, it will make the enemy lose their combat effectiveness. Moreover, after using the Come and Stay Complex, pull out the tip of the lance, the blood of the enemy will spurt violently, and the death will be accelerated.

The most classic stay complex is actually the three-pointed knife used by Erlang God. In fact, the function of the left and right tips of the three-pointed knife is to prevent the tip of the knife from being penetrated too deep, resulting in it being unable to be pulled out. One tip is easy to pierce, and three tips, two on the left and right, will limit the middle tip from going too deep. In fact, the left and right tips of many three-pointed knives are almost horizontal. Its role is to stay the role of complex. Moreover, the three tips of this three-pointed knife are to prevent the tip of the knife from being penetrated too deeply and it is not easy to pull out, which is very suitable for cavalry use. For infantry, it's better to have no complex, and it's okay to pierce it. Anyway, you can pull back and pull it out. While the cavalry charged on horseback, there was no possibility of retreating and pulling out. Therefore, many horse lances will set up a stay complex, which is convenient for the lance to stab the enemy and then pull it out and continue to use it.

Even pulling the lance tip out of the enemy with one hand requires a lot of skill and requires long-term training. The specific method is to move the enemy to the side, shake his hand, and throw the enemy's corpse (maybe not dead) to the side.

Because, in the process of charging, the cavalry has a forward momentum, and it is impossible to have the opportunity to pull out the lance tip backwards.

Therefore, the most correct posture is to throw the lance to the side after stabbing the enemy's chest.

That is to say, although Marin has designed a suitable spring lance, the knights also need to learn how to use it in high-speed horse battles. After stabbing the enemy, how to use one hand to shake and throw the lance quickly. Pull out from the enemy and continue to stab the next enemy. And just this kind of simple shaking and swaying may make a person learn for many years... Of course, if you learn this clever combat technique, you can also become Qin Qiong, Yuchigong, Cheng Yaojin who take the lead in rushing with horse lances. The fierce brother of the array...

Of course, there is another design option. Specifically, abandoning the lance head, which requires skills, and changing it to a conical metal bump head, also has a lingering complex. But the stay complex is very forward, almost close to the tip of the gun.

This kind of tapered blunt tip, its function is to hit the enemy. However, its lethality is not comparable to that of a lance with a lance. After all, if you have a lance, you can also sweep the enemy. This kind of lance that hits the head with metal has only one function left - to hit... knock the enemy off the horse, knock the enemy flying...

Moreover, because of the spring buffering force, the damage to the knight itself is also small. Even, its principle is the same as the combat principle of the hollow lance. European knights use such lances with ease and can achieve seamless docking. And, you can keep fighting.

For a knight in heavy plate armor with full body plate armor, even the warhorse is fully armored, maybe after a few rounds, the warhorse will not be able to bear it.

However, in the manner of the Polish winged cavalry, the horse armor was removed, and the plate armor was also removed from the trousers. In this way, the continuous combat capability of the warhorse will be greatly improved. Even, if the horses are good, the mobility is not much worse than the light cavalry.

This kind of cuirassiers, which is between heavy cavalry and light cavalry, is the most suitable for using spring lances. Their impact speed is no less than those of those machete light rides. However, the long lance can always hurt the opponent before the machete.

Perhaps, in the loose cavalry battle, this lance-like lance is not convenient for turning. And those scimitar cavalry can also dodge on horseback.

However, once the formation is very dense, the Scimitar Light Cavalry will have nowhere to avoid. If you hit it head on, you will lose.

Coincidentally, Marin is now promoting the wall charge in the cavalry. Before, because there was no such lance with a spring buffer, the cavalry charge was relatively slow. Of course, a head-to-head duel is enough to torture those melee light knights. But they are not stupid. If you don't meet the enemy head-on, you won't be able to catch up. If the speed is up, ordinary spears dare not use them indiscriminately, because they are afraid of breaking their arms.

But now with this new type of lance with a spring buffer, as long as the cavalry has good riding skills, they can charge quickly together...

Considering the wall charge, there is simply no room to flick the enemy's corpse left and right. Therefore, after thinking about it, Marin still adopted a blunt lance with a metal blunt collision to meet the needs of the large corps. As for the spring lance using the lance, it is more suitable for those knights with high martial arts. Because the lance's ability to sweep left and right allows a knight with high martial arts skills to use this lance to shoot more with less, and pick more with one pick...

Marlin's final plan was:

At the same time, a spring lance with a blunt tip and a lance spring with a horse's lance...

Among them, the blunt spring lances with blunt tips were mainly equipped with large-scale cuirassiers wearing cuirass and helmets, which were used for wall-type group charges in decisive battles.

The lance spring lance, which uses the lance as the tip, is mainly equipped with plate knights who are highly skilled in single-person martial arts. They still wore full plate armor, and they still wore horse armor on their war horses.

Of course, the number of such plate knights will not be too many. But because of their strong martial arts and strong protection, they will be used as surprise soldiers, attacking from the weak point of the enemy's flank. Its function is similar to Li Shimin's black armored cavalry, which is used to destroy the enemy's formation. Or, it can be said that they are special forces in the cavalry, mainly destroying the order and integrity of the enemy's battle formation, causing chaos in the enemy's army.

But what really played a decisive role was the group charge of the Cuirassiers...

Moreover, after using the wall charge, Marin does not necessarily need knights who have been trained since childhood to act as ordinary cuirassiers. With the spring lance, there is no need to practice martial arts since childhood, and there is a professional knight with a "unicorn arm" right hand. Ordinary herdsmen with good equestrian skills can also start a group charge with a blunt-headed lance with a spring buffer...