The Rise of the European Emperor

With the return of Marin, the news from the British side gradually spread to the mainland. Many monarchs on the road of Europe have learned a shocking news-the once mighty and exclusive King Henry VII in England was defeated and killed by Edward of the York family who escaped.

Of course, the monarchs and princes on the European continent are not very concerned about whether Henry VII and Edward live or die. At most, Edward killed thousands of nobles and noble families at one time, which seemed too brutal. However, Edward's reason is also very good - these people participated in the monarchy battle of Bosworth. In order to give the greatest punishment to all the kingslayers, they killed the entire family of those people...

Regarding Edward's statement, the European nobles agreed with Edward's rhetoric very much while feeling that Edward was cruel. After all, they are also monarchs, and they are most afraid of their subordinates killing the monarch. Therefore, while they accused Edward of being cruel, they brought up the case of Edward killing the entire family of the Kingslayer. The Ministry of Education—Look, this is what happened to the Kingslayer!

However, for the nobles on the European continent, it was the army in this war that caught their attention the most. Because the protagonist of this battle for the throne is not Edward, but Marin...

Before, Marin led an army of 40,000 to defeat the 50,000-strong Bossa coalition with 20,000 Swiss mercenaries, which shocked the whole of Europe. Now, it is said that this cargo took 20,000 troops and ran to England, and directly cleaned up Henry VII. The results are really amazing...

You know, Henry VII is not a good stubble. He has ruled England for 30 years, and his rule is quite stable. He belongs to one of the most powerful monarchs in Europe. Moreover, the English longbowmen are famous all over the world. Back then, it took the French hundreds of years to slowly turn the tide of the war and win.

You know, the French had a lot of plate armor knights and dispatched hundreds of cannons on the battlefield to defeat the English longbowmen with difficulty. But Marin was better. He only took 20,000 people across the sea, and after packing up Henry VII's English army, the losses were very light. Although Edward had a French army to help him in the early days, many people knew about the recall of 7,000 French troops after the French were beaten badly by Henry VII in the English Channel. Therefore, the defeat of Henry VII was done independently by Marin's army.

As a result, Marin's fame has once again entered the "hot search list" in the European aristocratic circle, and has become an important discussion point for the aristocrats after dinner.

Now, many monarchs and princes in Europe are discussing one thing - what made Marin's army so powerful?

Everyone has different opinions, and even many nobles will quarrel on the spot. However, the European aristocracy of this era has not yet accepted science, and their thinking is still relatively old-fashioned. After all, the influence of the Holy See is still so great...

In addition, the nobles have a kind of arrogance, which caused those big nobles to be unwilling to admit that Marin, who was born in a small knight family, is more capable than them.

So, after a heated debate, everyone finally reached a point that everyone agrees with - Marin's army is well equipped... As for Marin's commanding ability, it was deliberately ignored by these big nobles...

Where is Marin's army equipped? Everyone still knows this. Everyone knows about the previous battle with the Bossa coalition—the first three platoons of the Marin army all wore chest plate armor, and their defensive capabilities were very high...

You must know that the first three rows of infantry can wear chest plate armor, it seems that only Swiss mercenaries who are paid three times as much as other mercenaries can do it...

In the traditional army, only noble knights were qualified to wear them, and they also had the financial resources to afford the cost of buying plate armor. And those infantry, in the eyes of the great nobles, are basically cannon fodder characters, there is no need to equip them with plate armor, even a breastplate.

Marin did the opposite, heavily equipping the infantry with breastplates and helmets. This made the big nobles a little puzzled. Of course, there are not many knights under Marin.

Can only rely on infantry. Therefore, it is reasonable for Marin to pay attention to the promotion of infantry.

Therefore, the high rate of plate armor equipment is an important conclusion drawn by the great nobles, and believes that this is an important reason for Marin's repeated victories...

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This is just one of them. In addition, the monarchs and nobles of various European countries believe that the strength of the Marin army is inseparable from the massive equipment of muskets...

Because, many battles over the years, especially the several wars fought by Marin, as well as the hegemony war between Spain, France and Italy, fully proved one point - the musket is very restrained by the knight...

Before Marin used the Mushkert musket from Spain on a large scale and "created" the world-famous "Marin phalanx", the plate knight was a decisive strategic arm on the European battlefield. Although the Swiss strategy also defeated the Burgundian knights, it was because the Burgundian knights were not familiar with the Swiss battle formation and were defeated. European monarchs and nobles had always believed that plate knights were extremely important armed forces.

However, the appearance of Marin, and his first mass-equipment of the army with Mushkert muskets, shattered the myth of the knight's invincibility. Marin's "Marin phalanx" can not only resist the charge of the knights, but also kill a large number of plate armored knights, which is simply a nightmare for plate armored knights.

If Marin's previous battles can't prove it (after all, Marin likes sneak attacks, especially night attacks), then the Spaniards used the Mushkert musket and the "Marin phalanx" to defeat tens of thousands of French knights head-on , which fully proves one point - the large-scale use of muskets has made the strategic position of knights extremely seriously challenged...

Even the monarchs and the great nobles of all countries know one thing, that is - after the fiasco in Italy, France began to consider equipping its troops with muskets. After the Battle of Lübeck, because of the failure of the Swiss mercenaries, King Louis XII of France made up his mind and finally formed the first French musket troops...

As a result, most of the monarchs and princes in Europe believe that the musket is indeed a big killer, probably... It is also the biggest secret that this humble boy from a humble background can win many battles...

In particular, when the 20,000-strong army of Marin that came from England effortlessly wiped out the English army with several thousand longbowmen, and there was not much news of casualties, the monarchs and princes on the European continent, Interested in firearms even more...

As kings and princes whose origins were much higher than Marin, they would never admit that their abilities were lower than Marin. After all, his bloodline is so noble, and Marin's bloodline is so low...

It is absolutely unwilling for these monarchs and great nobles in Europe to admit that they are not capable. However, they couldn't help but formalize Marin's success on the battlefield... So, it eventually led to the emergence of a phenomenon - the musket was on fire in Europe...

"Hmph, even the humble boy Marin Hoffman can rely on large-scale equipment with muskets and win many battles. I don't believe that my army is also equipped with muskets and will lose to others..." This is Europe The thoughts of many monarchs and great nobles...

So, for a while, the craftsmen who can make muskets in Europe suddenly changed from an inconspicuous role to a hot one...

The monarchs and princes of many European countries, who had their own armies, began to recruit artisans who could make muskets and treat them as distinguished guests. Although they cannot be treated as nobles, they can also be treated with the highest treatment and courtesy of commoners.

As a result, musket craftsmen have suddenly become the most popular profession in Europe, and are highly praised by monarchs and princes of various countries. The consequence of this is that the musketeers have been introduced in various European teams, and they have been introduced in an organic manner. At least, when fighting, three rows of musketeers can still get together, just three shots...

When Marin heard the news, he had a headache - Nima, the future battles will be cruel...

Obviously, in the face of platoons, it is unrealistic to expect no casualties or low casualties. Dozens of grams of lead bullets hit him, killing or injuring him. Also, gunshot wounds are very difficult to heal. You know, even in the old American Civil War in the 19th century, soldiers who were shot in their limbs often faced the tragic fate of being amputated by doctors. In the past life, Marin often saw such movies - a soldier was injured by a lead bullet, and then the doctor pushed him on the operating table... Not an operation, but a sawed leg... Very bloody, very cruel, Often things get blood everywhere...

And the gunshot wounds caused by lead bullets, even the alcohol and gauze that Marin promoted, couldn't fully resolve them. Alcohol and gauze can only maximize the recovery of soldiers injured by cold weapons. But in the face of gunshot wounds caused by dozens of grams of lead bullets... It seems that only a magic medicine like penicillin can deal with it... Because, lead bullets weighing dozens of grams can not only cause huge trauma to the human body, but also have toxicity. . In addition, dozens of grams of lead projectiles have a lot of bacteria on them. After the lead bullet is hit, it rolls in the human body a few times, and it is difficult to clean the wound with alcohol unless the part of the flesh is completely cut off. However, the damage of lead bullets is generally greater, and if all the flesh is cut, people will not survive. Therefore, people who are injured by lead bullets will inevitably be infected, and the phenomenon of lead poisoning is extremely difficult. Just like the army that fought Marin before, most of the people who were shot by Marin's musketeers did not survive. It's not that they were killed on the spot, but the people who were shot, most of them died of wound inflammation and lead poisoning later, and many people saw their legs and failed to survive, which was quite miserable...

"Looks like it's time to develop the magic drug penicillin. Otherwise, the soldiers will have to have their legs cut if they get shot..." Marin sighed, he knew that the era of queuing up to be shot in Europe is coming... 8 )