The Rise of the European Emperor

After the start of the group game, according to the usual practice, the first game is still the foot battle. Because it is easy to distinguish winners and losers in foot-battle competitions, and the probability of major problems is small.

If you put the horse fighting in the front, once you fall off the horse, you may fall half paralyzed, and you will not be able to fight on foot. So, it's better to put foot combat in the front.

There are 4 participating knights in each group, and each person needs to fight with 3 teammates on foot. But the foot-battle is not too difficult. Even though there are more than 300 groups, the foot-battle was finished in one day. After all, everyone only needs to play three games.

However, despite the relative safety of the infantry, dozens of people were wounded. Although it is not heavy, most of the injuries are broken bones. Therefore, these people could not participate in the horse battle that started the next day, and were naturally eliminated.

Fortunately, the damage from the foot-battle was not that great. Marin also provided a group of Mongolian doctors with world-class bone-setting skills, and also provided various medicines for free. So, their recovery is not a problem. Even if they didn't get anything, at least they could leave in good health after the Knight Tournament.

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But after the horse war started, it was very different...

According to the competition rules, after the horse battle begins, the contestants will wear the standard plate armor provided by Beihai Kingdom, ride on the ordinary war horse provided by Beihai Kingdom, hold a small wooden shield in the left and a hollow lance in the right, and stab each other.

Because there was an acceleration process before, the speed of the two knights was very high when they were in contact with each other. The process of colliding with each other is no less than the scene of a car accident...

According to the custom of knights in this era, experienced knights will give priority to attacking the neck guard on the opponent's helmet, the gap of the helmet (that is, the eye gap of the helmet that killed Henry II), or the shield handle. Once successful, the opponent can easily be knocked off the horse. And some wretched knights will also attack the opponent's warhorse and stab the warhorse's glasses. However, the act of attacking a warhorse generally occurs during a life-and-death struggle on the battlefield. But in the competition arena, no one does this. Because, after defeating the opponent, you can get the opponent's horses and equipment. If the opponent's warhorse is stabbed, even if it wins, it is a loss.

Also, Marin forbade attacking horses in tournaments. After all, these are the horses he provided, and if they are damaged, it will be him who will lose.

The ban on not attacking the head also made the wandering knights very dissatisfied. Because, in the horse battle, they will be somewhat tied up and unable to perform.

But even if they are dissatisfied, they still have to abide by the rules. After all, if you don't follow the rules, you will be kicked out...

Therefore, when knights compete, knights can only try to attack the opponent's shield handle and other parts.

But these wandering knights who have practiced martial arts since childhood are not stupid. Seeing that their opponents are mainly attacking their shield handles, they have grabbed their shields and tried not to expose their weaknesses. At the same time, the lance also stabbed the enemy's weak point fiercely...

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"Ride it, ride it!" On the competition arena, the wandering knights who were their turn to compete in horse battles drove their horses forward one after another.

Because one hand held a lance and the other held a shield, the knights could not use the whip to urge the horses to speed up. So, they all clamped the horse's belly with their feet, and then stimulated the horse with spurs in the heel of their boots. The warhorse's stomach was sore, and it naturally dashed forward. And the knight took the opportunity to clean and raise the lance and attack the enemy...

After a round of charging, there were bursts of "pop-pop-pop-pop--" the sound of the lance breaking.

When the knights who had accelerated to the extreme met each other, the hollow lances stabbed at the opponent at a tricky angle. Then, there were cracking sounds.

And the two sides of the competition, the contact with each other is just that moment. Then, after the two sides broke their guns, they continued to move forward at high speed. Because they can't stop at all...

After running for a long distance, they came to the finish line. And their attendants will hand them a new hollow lance to replace the broken hollow lance. And even if the lance is not broken, it must be replaced according to the rules.

Then, the two sides accelerated again and rushed forward at high speed. When they were facing each other, they attacked the opponent again—there was another sound of “snack—snack—snack—snack—” the lance broke…

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Next, the contestant who broke the lance would drive back to the starting point, replace the hollow lance again, and turn around and fight again.

Of course, not all contestants will come back. For example, some people who were just average in martial arts were knocked off the horse by opponents who were much more powerful than themselves...

"Boom—" How fast are the two horses when they cross? Even plate cavalrymen can increase their speed to twenty or thirty kilometers per hour when they are on a hedge. That speed is like the speed of a walk-behind tractor... The two walk-behind tractors collided head-on, it was sour...

Therefore, when they were knocked off their horses, these failed wandering knights all flew up. At the same time, the warhorses under their crotch were still rushing forward. Then, of course, they fell to the ground...

"Tsk tsk, how miserable, such a violent car accident scene..." Marin shook his head. He himself didn't like this very dangerous knight competition, because it was too dangerous. However, these days, European aristocrats like this tune, and Adler, a muscular stick, likes it very much. So, he can't...

Fortunately, Marin had a thick grass on the ground. Falling down these failed wandering knights is better than falling on a stone pavement.

Marin's rescue medical team quickly came to rescue, but fortunately, no one fell seriously because of the grass buffer when hanging on the ground. Some of the stray knights who were brushed down were not injured, but they fell apart and recovered quickly. But there are also some unlucky ones who fell directly and need orthopaedic treatment from Mongolian doctors...

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Immediately, the competition was much more tragic than the foot-battle. After the group horse race was over, more than 100 wounded who had been dismounted were carried to the Mongolian doctors such as Mozhigen and Batel for treatment. Fortunately, no one was killed or seriously injured because Marin prohibited attacks on the head and the ground was protected by a thick layer of grass. As long as they receive treatment, they can still recover. After all, they wore thick plate armor when they fought, and thick grass as a buffer when they landed. As long as the head is not attacked, it is still difficult to be fatally injured.

However, in the competition, there was also a discordant situation. That is, someone illegally attacked the opponent's head...

For such unruly people, Marin immediately disqualified the opponent. After all, such unruly people are prone to disobedience on the battlefield. The harm of disobedience on the battlefield is great, and the result of disobedience on the battlefield is often death. So it's okay for Marin to deal with them for unruly reasons...

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Then, the competition entered the knockout stage...

However, the knights immediately hedged the competition, just like the scene of a car accident. At the end of each knockout round, people are carried down one after another... The injuries suffered by these injured people are often not caused by weapons, but, like car accident victims, are caused by high-speed collisions and falling to the ground... …

Several knights were directly thrown into concussions. But fortunately, there is helmet protection, and no brains are thrown. Moreover, for these knights who are used to fighting right away, a concussion is a common occurrence. As long as they don't fall and become disabled, as long as they are in good health, they will still get on their horses and have a car accident-like duel again. This is the fate of the knights...