Chapter 367, Master Engineer Wagner

As the last line of defense around Emperor Karl Franz, the Rick Guards have always been the most elite guards in the empire, none of them. Although they do not have the prestige and scale of the three major knight orders in the old world, their The fighting power is also not to be underestimated. Since its establishment, this knight order has served as the emperor's guards, and has always fought side by side with the emperor. It has used its performance time and time again to bring countless great victories to the empire.

Unlike many knight orders, the recruits of the Rick Guards all come from the children of the great aristocrats of the empire and even the children of the electors, as well as the fellow villagers and relatives of the current Rick Guards, and even allow Brittany, Recruits from Lil, Estalia, and Border Princes join.

The only requirement for recruiting recruits is that the recruits must come from military nobles (that is, sons of good families join the army).

Wagner Schmidt is such a recruit. This guy, who is only 24 years old, is from Nur. He has served the Bernardino family, the owner of Brescia's electoral power, for generations. His father, Baron Alberto Schmidt, is The master engineer of the Nuer Gun Academy, he relied on his ancestors to seal the shade, so he got a chance to study as a recruit of the Rick Guard.

Wagner is young, with brown hair and a tough face. It seems that he is afraid that he will be underestimated because he is too young. Wagner deliberately grew a little beard to make people feel more mature.

Young Wagner looks around at the recruits.

Rudolf Lichtenstein, the eldest son of the ducal family of Lichtenstein, from Reikland.

Lehman-Bachmann, the direct son of Earl Bachmann's family, is from Reikland.

Baron Theodrickson, the grandson of King Nord, is from Nordland.

Stefan Elkann, from Aveland, is the son of Count Leitdorf, the general trusted by the Grand Duke of Aveland and Elector Umberto Corleone of Tuscany.

These people are the most conspicuous, because their clothes and armor are so gorgeous. These people are all dressed in satin clothes made of the highest grade silk and linen. The mithril plate armor enchanted by the dwarves is inlaid with gold and jewels. They are colorful and full of flowers, and there are several beautiful multicolored helmet feathers stuck to the helmets. Just looking at this outfit, you can know their status and identity.

The young Wagner felt a lot of pressure. His family was well-known in Nuer and had a certain influence in Nuer's court. However, when he came to Brunswick as a recruit of the Rick Guard, his Only then did I realize how noble the Rick Guard's background was.

"Hey, Wagner, what are you in a daze for?" At this moment, a young recruit next to him said, "Come in, I don't want to leave a bad impression on His Excellency Helberg on the first day."

His name is Laurenz, and he comes from Talabheim, one of the four major cities in the empire, Talabek. Wagner had the most conversations with him along the way.

The recruits quickly formed a small circle, and Rickland had the most recruits. They formed a group first, and the wealthy southerners of the empire formed a group, and the northerners of the empire formed a group. Wagner naturally joined the small group in the southern part of the empire. middle.

"Here we come." Wagner murmured in a low voice: "It is said that Earl Lane is from Nord, but he has become the champion of the Lady of the Lake?"

"Hey, keep your voice down, brother." Lorenz whispered, pointing to Baron Theodrickson who was not far in front of the two of them. "He doesn't like to hear Lord Lane's name."

"That's it~" Wagner expressed his understanding. No one likes to be robbed of the limelight. Baron Theodrickson was young and famous, and he had a lot of military exploits in the war with the barbarians, but he was always shrouded in the shadow of Ryan.

The headquarters castle of the Rick Guard is located in the southeast corner of Brunswick. The fortress has two floors, the outer castle wall is 30 meters high, and the inner castle wall is 50 meters high. Patterns of iron crosses, skulls, and laurel wreaths hang on the On the city wall, seeing Marshal Rick Helberg return with the Rick guards, the city gate was wide open to let everyone in.

Wagner observed the castle for a while, and spit out a series of numbers: "One hundred."

"What?" Lorenz didn't understand.

"One hundred people, one hundred well-trained soldiers can hold this castle for a long time." Wagner said with narrowed eyes.

"Probably." Lorenz was noncommittal, he just reminded: "Stand up straight, Wagner."

In the Great Hall of the Reiksguard HQ Castle,

"Quiet, recruits!" Marshal Rick Helberg yelled at the recruits, "Listen to me!"

"Yes! Your Excellency Heilberg!" All the recruits stood still and listened to Heilberg's lecture.

"Everyone, I know that you come from many places in the old world, and I also know that each of you has a long family tree. The family tree of many people can be traced back to the time when Charlemagne established the empire." Helberg said roughly.

Both Rudolph and Lehman shrunk their necks subconsciously.

"Perhaps there are quite a few people whose parents or grandparents fought side by side with His Excellency Ludwig the Savior during the Great Jihad."

Theodrickson and Stefan shook their heads uneasily.

"Or, some people just come to receive training and guidance, and don't really want to be a Rick Guard."

Now it was Wagner's turn to smile wryly.

"Well, anyway, you all have a glorious family history, you all have great grandparents, or you have a lot of wealth and a lot of land and manors. Maybe five years ago, none of you knew what Helberg was... It sounds like Mu A fruit pie newly researched by a special halfling chef?" Helberg continued to speak seriously.

There was a burst of laughter from more than 30 recruits, and Helberg didn't take it seriously. He just continued to say with his eyes widened: "But now, I am Marshal Rick. I don't care if your family is in the imperial court. How much influence, how many gold marks you have in your treasury, how many military achievements your ancestors made in the past, don't count for me!"

"Your family sent you to me, and I have the responsibility to teach you well, although in my opinion some of you are too weak, some of you are too stupid, and some of you... are too flamboyant, what I'm saying is You, Steiner, I can smell the perfume on your body from dozens of people!" Marshal Rick glared at a recruit standing in the corner.

Steiner von Bekafen, from the Ostermark League, heard Helberg's scolding, he lowered his head in shame, the young man was a little unconvinced, but he knew that if he was expelled by Marshal Rick , then his family will regard him as a great disgrace.

Fortunately, Helberg didn't delve into it: "Okay, recruits, let's get started!"

"Today's first lesson is the history of the Rick Guard."

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"Rick Guard, founded by the emperor after His Majesty Ludwig, the savior, Leopold Franz Friedrich."

In the evening, in the restaurant of the Imperial Royal Hotel, Ryan sat behind a long table and said to Suria, Silvia, and Veronica and Teresa who were sitting opposite him: "Leo After His Majesty Pod took office, he was troubled by the fact that the Griffon Knights did not listen to the orders. Due to the privileges granted by His Majesty Ludwig, it was difficult for His Majesty Leopold to easily mobilize the Griffin Knights, so he established the Rick Forbidden Order. guard."

"This trick is considered to be very effective. As the private army of the Franz family, the Rick Guards have always been the most trusted guards of the emperor and the most elite force in their hands. The noble children provide excellent quality of soldiers, and the royal ordnance Ku provides the best equipment, and after serving as the Rick Guards, these noble children have a greater career prospect. The emperor is obviously more willing to promote those nobles who have served in the Rick Guards to important positions. "

"It's a bit like selection. It's a bit like the nobles in the kingdom will send their children to the capital to serve as ranger knights for the King of Knights, and fight for the chance to become a knight of the kingdom." Su Liya said.

A few people were still waiting to talk, and a strange voice came from the side: "Oh, I said who is this? Become the emperor's honored guest in a dignified manner?"

Ryan didn't get angry after hearing the voice. On the contrary, he stood up and expressed his respect: "Hello, Your Excellency the Elector of Beccafin."

"Hmph!" The tall man with a long goatee was wearing expensive silk clothes. He looked less than thirty years old, with many scars on his face, and his tall and big hooked nose was a bit scary. People, he looked at Ryan with contempt, and several women on the table, and finally stretched out his hand: "You have to learn to be thankful and grateful, Ryan Malcador, I am very grateful for the chaos creatures and green skins. Orcs hate you far more than you."

"Ha, actually, you don't have to do this, Your Excellency Hertwig." Ryan sneered and stretched out his hand: "You can send your champion to have a duel with me, in this dark age, we can speak with our fists. "

The person who came was Wolfram Hertwig, Speaker of the Ostermark League Council and Elector of Beccafin.

He was the first elector to arrive.

The politics of Ostermark is composed of parliament. Five hundred years ago, a twin-tailed comet fell from the sky and completely destroyed Mordheim, the capital of Ostermark, and all the nobles and electors of Mordheim The family was killed in the impact of the comet, and the remaining nobles united to form the Ostermark Alliance, and set the capital at Bekafen. After that, the position of the elector of the Ostermark Province became Elected by nobles.

The Elector's most famous story is called "The Folly of Hertwig".

The noble-born Elector Hertwig of Bekafen was only a teenager when he became the elector. During the Battle of the Black Road, the Ostermark provincial army faced the attack of the Beastmen, and Hertwig, who relied on the elite army, Young and energetic, he refused to let the Grand Master of the Knights of Eternal Light provide tactical guidance. The knights chose to retreat to the castle in a fit of anger, leaving Hertwig and his army to fight the Beastmen without the support of the knights.

The final outcome was that Hertwig and his army still won the victory, but they suffered heavy casualties of more than 10,000 people. This incident made the elector the laughing stock of the empire, and the province of Ostermark for many years For a long time, he had to put down his face and seek support from other imperial provinces to send troops.

However, Hertwig also learned the lesson and grew up, and gradually became an excellent general. More importantly, the elector believed that "the justice of the nobles is not the justice of the common people". He is more inclined to protect the interests of civilians, which makes him gain the love of farmers and free people in the province. The life of civilians in Ostermark has been good in recent years. People here love life, raise horses and vodka, and firmly believe that a united human alliance and empire are stronger than a divided empire.

"None of my champions can be beaten by you, otherwise I would have sent my champion to let you know!" Wolfram Hertwig said unceremoniously blowing his beard.

The Elector and Ryan shook hands, and Hertwig added a little force on purpose.

Ryan quickly turned around and squeezed the bones of the elector.

"Hmph!" The elector was in pain, he tried his best to break free, and then left angrily with his entourage.

"Your Excellency the Elector doesn't seem to like you." When Ryan sat down, Teresa whispered: "He seems to be very disgusted with you, but because you are a human being and a hero of mankind, that's why he came up unwillingly. Say hello."

"It's impossible for me to be liked by everyone. There will always be some people who like you and others who hate you." Ryan shook his head with a wry smile: "No one can be liked by everyone except Kim Mark."

Suria and Veronica couldn't help laughing when they heard the words, Teresa's original worries were also swept away, the female sorceress couldn't help laughing and said: "Then you should try to get the support of most people .”

"I can only do my best on this matter. Even if I kill the red-eyed Egil, it is still impossible to make all the provinces of the empire like me." Seeing Hertwig leading the servants Sitting down from a distance, and beckoning to the waiter to bring food, Ryan frowned and said: "Not all provinces of the empire have to face the threat of barbarians in the north, such as the provinces in the east. Greenskins of the badlands, Teclis's proposal cannot move their hearts...unless the high elves are willing to help them deal with threats from within the realm."

"Your Excellency Teclis only brought five hundred troops..." Surya was about to say something, and another group of people came in from the restaurant's gate.

This group of people was the Rick Guard recruits they had seen today. Naturally, many of these noble children entered the capital and stayed in the Royal Hotel.

At this time, Ryan and the others had also finished eating. He nodded to the recruits in a friendly manner and led them away.

"It's Ryan Malcador, the human hero who killed the red-eyed Egil." Laurenz and Wagner said: "He came to the capital of the empire with the high elves this time, and it is said that he intends to fight against chaos with the imperial alliance."

"Lian Malcador...that's not my concern." Wagner shook his head: "Let's have something to eat first. The Imperial Council will be held in a few days. Whether to agree to the alliance is a matter for the emperor."

"By the way, Grand Duke Wiesen, Your Excellency the Elector Jani will also come here to participate in the Imperial Council." Lorenz saw that Wagner was not interested, so he changed the subject: "Look, Elector Hedwig Where is Your Excellency?"

"No! I will never admit that Jani is the elector!" Wagner said angrily.

"My family and I are only loyal to Emmanuel!"