The Rise of the European Emperor

Not every kind of milk is called... Ah bah, maybe every knight is good at fighting. Although Marin doesn't think being able to play is the most important thing, he can't say it's not important.

After all, ordinary knights started practicing martial arts since they were young. From the age of about 8, knight children began to brush horses, shovel horse manure, and began to practice basic martial arts. By the age of 18, I have basically ten years of training experience. After ten years of training, even a pig can become an elite wild boar, let alone a human?

However, not every knight boy will practice martial arts assiduously. The forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds. There are a small number of knights who have neglected to practice martial arts since childhood, and their combat effectiveness is very poor. Although they are definitely better at fighting than ordinary people, among the knights who have practiced martial arts for at least ten years, they cannot be on the stage.

And Marin held the first round of knockout rounds to eliminate the ignorant dudes from these knight families, so as not to waste time when the truly capable knights competed with them.

When Kohler's spies recorded the words and deeds of those wandering knights, they found that some knights were particularly thin. The plate armor I wear also seems to have shrunk. What is Shrunk Plate Armor? It's what it means. These plate armors are actually very similar to the pallet armors that Marin cut out of white iron sheets, and they are very thin.

Generally speaking, it is difficult for people with poor physique to adapt to wearing a full set of plate armor weighing at least 25 kilograms for a long time. Only knights who have practiced for more than ten years and have good physical fitness can adapt to this kind of weight.

However, some noble children took advantage of opportunities and asked blacksmiths to make them a very thin and light plate armor. In this way, those whose physiques are not up to standard can also pretend to wear plate armor to swagger through the market.

This is a kind of opportunism, and it is also the weakest group of knight children. And opportunists who are better than them can barely wear plate armor, but after wearing plate armor, they become weak chickens like lead.

Therefore, Marin thought of a way to test the basic martial arts of these wandering knights.

First of all, Marin will prepare standard plate armor for these wandering knights, that is, a full set of Gothic plate armor weighing 25 kilograms. In this way, those wandering knights who wear cut corners plate armor will show their original shape after wearing regular plate armor.

Then, Marin also prepared a group of opponents for these wandering knights - veterans of the North Sea Kingdom...

These veterans were all selected by Marin from the army. Their task was to also wear standard plate armor and fight on foot with those wandering knights. If those wandering knights can't even beat them, they can be eliminated directly.

Before, in order to ensure fairness, Malinte had singled out the weakest group of knights in the North Sea country, and fought with these veterans in plate armor. Veterans who can barely cope with these weakest knights are eligible to be test subjects for wandering knights,

It is also very good to check the level of those wandering knights.

If they can't even beat those veterans, it proves that they are worse than the weakest knight in Beihai, then there is no need to continue to compete. In order to ensure fairness, the veterans selected by Marin are all those who are good at martial arts in the army, but not outstanding.

If the perverts from the Spike Commando were selected to test those wandering knights, most of the wandering knights would probably be eliminated. Because, the gang of Spike Commandos are all perverts born with supernatural powers. They may not be able to fight on horseback, but wearing plate armor and carrying a mace, ordinary knights really can't beat them on foot.

Therefore, the veterans selected by Marin to guard the gate are all elite veterans with average martial arts skills, and they are used as gate guard testers. If they can't even beat these ordinary elite veterans, it proves that these knights' martial arts are too ordinary.

After all, although these veterans were considered elite, they had never practiced martial arts since they were young. They only started to practice some common combat skills after joining the Beihai Army. Compared with those wandering knights who have practiced martial arts for more than ten years, they must suffer.

If a knight boy who has practiced martial arts for ten years can't beat a veteran who has only been a soldier for a few years and has practiced some common martial arts, then this wandering knight's martial arts talent is too poor, and he is not suitable for charging...

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After the first round of competition began, more than 1,500 wandering knights were numbered and grouped, and they fought on foot with those ordinary elite veterans.

Then, some wandering knights who usually wore plate armor that cut corners were dumbfounded. Because, before the infantry battle, they had to wear the standard plate armor provided by Beihai. For this contest, Marin prepared a lot of plate armor, in various sizes.

In fact, arranging his men to weigh the plate armor worn by these wandering knights is the easiest way to identify whether it is opportunistic or not. However, Marin cannot do this.

Because it is a very insulting behavior to ask the knight to take off the plate armor and weigh the plate armor. Just like the supermarkets in later generations suspected that someone was stealing something, it was very insulting to ask the other party to take off their clothes and search.

The suspected customers of later generations are all ordinary people, even if they are insulted, they can't make waves. But these knights are all noble children, and Marin can't easily insult them.

Moreover, the financial resources of each knight family are different. Some poor knight families may also buy cheap plate armor that cut corners, not what they intended.

Therefore, Marin simply prepared standard plate armor for those wandering knights to wear. Then, if it's a mule or a horse, just pull it out for a stroll.

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In order to prevent these wandering knights from being unsuitable due to a sudden change of armor, and causing abnormal performance, Marin also specifically allowed these wandering knights to wear standard plate armor for a day after choosing a suitable standard plate armor. In this way, when the competition starts the next day, they will not perform abnormally.

Early the next morning, these wandering knights put on standard plate armor, came to the arena, and fought with the ordinary elite infantry who were in charge of the assessment.

Those ordinary elite infantry also put on standard plate armor to avoid being hurt in the contest. After all, after wearing plate armor, the whole person is like an iron can. As long as the head is not hit hard, it is still difficult to cause casualties. Moreover, Marin also prohibits intentionally hitting an opponent's head and crotch in a contest.

After both sides put on the standard plate armor, they began to choose weapons. The weapons are also provided by the government uniformly, and they are all oak weapons for training. For example, a two-handed sword made of oak, and a two-handed hammer made of oak.

And most wandering knights major in two-handed swords when they are at home. Therefore, most of them also choose to use oak two-handed swords to fight.

After putting on the standard plate armor and choosing their weapons, the wandering knights and the ordinary elite infantry who were in charge of testing all entered the arena, stood face to face, and waited for the referee's order...

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Western samurai don't have the idea of ​​striking late, so after the referee gave an order, those wandering knights shouted loudly, holding wooden training weapons, and rushed towards their opponents...

All of a sudden, the sound of "bang" and "snap" of wooden weapons colliding could be heard in the huge arena. At the same time, there was a dull sound from the wooden weapon hitting the plate armor, like the sound of an iron can being knocked...

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"Crack——" A strong wandering knight directly broke the wooden sword, and the Beihai infantry who was in charge of testing him was also almost knocked out of breath, and couldn't recover for a long time.

"Okay, you passed!" The referee hurriedly separated the two, and then announced that the wandering knight had advanced. After all, this thing is so fierce, if it breaks the test soldier, the loss outweighs the gain.

But even so, a small number of soldiers who tested were injured. Mainly fractures. After all, they were wearing plate armor and the weapons they used were also wooden weapons, so trauma was unlikely. However, when encountering a violent opponent, it is easy to break the arms and legs...

However, this is not a problem. Because Marin sent two Mongolian doctors, Mozhigen and Battelle. Together with the two, there are also their proud disciples.

Mongolian doctors may not be as comprehensive as Han TCM, but they can meet the level of orthopedics, which is definitely top-notch. Because the herdsmen on the prairie are very aggressive, and it is common for them to fight each other and get hurt by falling off their horses. This kind of bruises has been treated more, and Mongolian orthopedics has also achieved good development. Its status can be called a leader. At least, it is several eras stronger than European orthopedics.

Therefore, these wounded soldiers have all received good treatment without leaving any sequelae.

Moreover, those wandering knights who participated in the test were not stupid. They are here to beg for food, not to make trouble. In battle, even if the martial arts are particularly good, they will not kill. Therefore, the wounded Beihai soldiers were not seriously injured.

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Of course, there are powerful wandering knights, and there are also wandering knights who make up for it.

Some wandering knights with poor martial arts and poor physique are very inconvenient to move after wearing standard plate armor. Then, they were eliminated by veterans from the Beihai Kingdom...

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However, Marin also gave these eliminated wandering knights with poor physique a chance. what chance? Opportunities for Civil Service...

The knight family is also an aristocrat, and they also had the opportunity to read and write since they were young. Although it cannot be compared with those medieval college students, compared with the vast majority of civilians, they are already considered intellectuals.

Of course, reading a book is not necessarily a good level. Some bear children, even though they have the opportunity to read, may not be able to read. Maybe, after studying for several years, I still don't know anything.

Therefore, Marin organized a cultural test for these eliminated wandering knights to test their cultural level...

And the test papers issued by Marin are very simple. Its content is mainly German dictation and the most basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in elementary school mathematics.

German dictation is not the same as foreign language listening in later generations. Instead of listening to dialogues and doing multiple-choice questions, a priest is arranged to read the German version of the Bible, and then the knights are asked to write down all the words.

For these wandering knights, this is not foreign language listening, but mother tongue listening! It's as simple as the teachers of later generations who ask the children to write the relevant new words when they read books. After all, this is the mother tongue.

As for mathematics, it is the most basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division at the level below the third grade of elementary school, and the four mixed operations are not used...

Knight children will fight in the future, and generally serve as officers. Therefore, they generally learn a little mathematics from an early age. Because leading troops to fight, and overall planning and management of military supplies, requires the use of basic mathematical calculations.

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The reason why Marin selected people so hastily was because these people were management talents prepared for Adler's Earl of Wicklow.

Although Marin has many elementary school students in his hands, elementary school students were considered high-achieving students in ancient Europe, and the supply exceeded demand. Therefore, Marin does not plan to send elementary school students to Adler. However, the Earl of Wicklow always needs literate managers, so Marin simply selected among these failed wandering knights who were literate and could basically add, subtract, multiply, and divide, weak wandering knights, as the civil servants of the Earl of Adler.

Moreover, it's not that Marin's papers are sloppy. Rather, the cultural level of knight children in this era is so sloppy... If there is a difficult test paper, the entire army will definitely be wiped out...