Chapter 2172 Knights

Since the new emperor knew that something happened to the old emperor, his ass felt like a thorn. He immediately ordered most of his imperial guards to go to support him, but he made a wrong calculation at this time. , these people can be regarded as having a good relationship with him, but what is even more terrible is how long have they been with you, how long have they been with your father? The relationship between you and your father is naturally not good. Your father has ruled them for a long time. They have seen how powerful your father is, and when they have seen your father succeed. Compared with your father, you are still far behind It's too far away. In fact, they all understand why his father abdicated. If the Supreme Emperor were here at this time, they would definitely stand by your side without hesitation. But now that the Supreme Emperor is not here, why should we still There is nothing wrong with our brains when we are by your side. We would not do such a thing. We have understood how to choose our own path since we were young. There should be nothing wrong with standing on the side of the emperor. Wrong, but you must also stand on the side with strength. How long did it take them to take down the Grand Palace? We don’t know how powerful they are, but we all understand one thing, that is We definitely don't have that kind of ability. If we were asked to go, there might still be ink stains at the door. We don't have that kind of ability to take down the Dazheng Palace. The city wall is so strong, and there are not many people there. He is a relatively powerful person, but now he is beaten down. You say they have no skills? Isn't this a problem in the head?

Although everyone agrees with this matter in their hearts, they all know that if they disobey orders at this time, their heads may fall off directly. These people don't care what you think. People who are loyal to the emperor, so let's just carry out the imperial decree that the teacher said. He also said that he asked us to go to the reinforcements, but you didn't say when to go there. It's always okay for us to run slower on the road. , You didn't specify a time to say when it will pass. We were not told what route to take. We can take the route that is farther away, don't say that we are being lazy, but we have received a message that there is a rebellious party coming in over there. As the imperial guard, if I know the news, I don't want to take a look. I'm always feeling sorry for myself. We went over there to have a look, who knows that nothing happened in the past, and we can't be blamed for such things. We are also doing our best, who knows that there is nothing wrong there, do you all hope that there is something in the palace, and ask how we got the news? This is easy to say, the little eunuchs in the palace come in ten to twenty thousand every year, just find a guy who has no foundation, pull out a stick and beat him to death, this guy told us, who knows this guy at the end It disappeared, and it will look like this when we find it. What is dead without telling, this is dead without telling.

Each of these people has their own reasons anyway, and His Majesty the new emperor also knows that they are unreliable, but this order can still be issued. If they don't know this order, they probably don't know. Where should I go to rest? I can say that I can't count on anyone except these imperial guards, and they are not my own. He knows this, and he suddenly finds that he has been the emperor for several years, but I didn't do a good job at all, especially the matter of employing people. I really failed. When I saw them all kneeling down and saying long live to me, I thought I had already mastered them. is it?

At this time, when I encountered something, I realized that I didn't grasp them at all. This matter is simply impossible. Everyone understands it very well, that is, just do it for yourself, and the **** of your own reform what? It's all those damned ministers, they are the ones who surrounded themselves to reform, in fact, this matter is not the fault of those people, it is all the fault of the Supreme Emperor, it is this guy who pushed himself out, he wants to reform , He entrusted all this to himself and let himself continue to do it, but now that something goes wrong, he has to bear it all by himself. At the time, the Supreme Emperor must have asked his father to talk about the reform, but it was a pity that he My father did not agree to this matter. My father is not a fool. I would definitely not do such a thing. It is like this now. I did it by myself, but I made people who are not human inside and out. These people are watching one by one. As for their own jokes, they must all be cheerful, feeling as if they were being played by that guy, the Supreme Emperor.

What the hell, everything is under control, and now the imperial city is not under his control, and suddenly he found that the few eunuchs around him didn't seem to be here, where did they go? Looking at where they were standing before, he suddenly felt a chill in his heart. That's right, those guys should also belong to his father. He has cleaned the whole palace twice, but the maids here There are hundreds of thousands of people together with the eunuchs. It is impossible for me to replace all of them, but I got some suspicious ones out. Unexpectedly, I still overlooked a lot, even the few people around me I haven't mastered each of them well, so why talk about mastering the entire empire? I also wrote down all of them, and after the tide ebbed, they would run to their father and tell them all about it, that is to say, his father knew what he was doing these days, the reason why he didn't come out to stop himself , just to make myself see clearly that everything is wrong, and even let the whole empire go astray. This kind of thinking is really terrible. Can you really forget the love between father and son for the sake of rights? At this time, he was thinking about his father again. In fact, didn't he also think about killing his own father sometimes? In fact, they are all the same. He himself is also an absolutely ruthless person, but he doesn't have the opportunity to do what he wants to do, as long as his father has this opportunity, and now he is king and loser, he should understand what's going on , but he still has a choice.

His other choice is that he himself is still the emperor. As long as he characterizes those who belonged to the former emperor as traitors, the ministers must listen to him, especially the knights left by the emperor. The people inside are all sixth-level fighters. There are tens of thousands of people. That troop was stationed in the imperial palace. In fact, Shuntian Fu Yin and the others mainly dealt with this troop. Without the things provided by Cao's House, they would definitely not dare to stab such a troop. It doesn't matter how many people you have. Even if there are 200,000 people, they are not their opponents. However, if the 200,000 people have the subordinates of Lianhuannu, it will be difficult to say. I really don't know who will win the battle. But the consequence of doing so may be to turn the entire palace into a waste area. At the beginning, the Southern Empire established a total of eight such knights, each with 40,000 people, and they were absolutely obedient. When the emperor speaks, it is the same as now. No matter whether you were the emperor or not, and whether what you did was beneficial to the empire, that has nothing to do with us. We know to listen to the emperor. In fact, the emperor did not tell us about this matter. The current emperor, he is just afraid that at this time, this kid may be unable to bear it and get out of this matter. By then, the entire capital of the Southern Empire may be destroyed. If this is the case, no It's just him, even the Supreme Emperor who pushed him to become emperor may become a sinner of the Southern Empire. Now His Majesty the Emperor has coaxed everyone out. He is considering whether he needs people from this knight order to come out to do things for him. , now he doesn't know what to do, if he really wants to use it, the whole capital will really disappear.

No, I must not fall into the hands of my father. Although his throne was taken away by the Supreme Emperor, the Supreme Emperor is like a god in the Southern Empire. Even if my father has been the emperor for thousands of years, he is not that The old guy's opponent, his father will definitely not make things difficult for the emperor because of such a thing, so he will still vent his anger on his own head. If he really goes to his father's side, I'm afraid he will die ugly Yes, a son can't kill his father, but a father can kill his son, especially for a rebellious son like himself, no one will say anything if he kills him, such a thing can't happen, even if it is Fighting once, I will never give up such an opportunity, I have to do this, if I don't do that, I really gave up the opportunity, thinking of this, he immediately picked up the token on the table Card, this is the token of the Royal Knights. There is still a big difference between the knight and the cavalry. The knight can be said to be a profession, and the cavalry is a kind of army. The gap between them is very large. Cavalry As long as you train, you can become a knight, but the knight is a profession just like the magician, just because the knight is not as powerful as the magician, and the knight union has become a vassal of the royal family. I am envious of the status of the Magician's Guild, it is an association that can sit on an equal footing with the highest level of the empire. I don't have the skills of others, but envy is envy. Knights are also a relatively declining industry at this time, and there are not many people. People who are willing to become knights but have buses want to become magicians. They are very clear about such things.

Knights were cavalrymen who received formal military training when the empire was first established, and later evolved into an honorary title used to denote a social class. The status of a knight is often not inherited, and the knight belongs to the bottom of the nobility. Tens of thousands of years ago, knights served in the armies of lords and obtained fiefdoms. In the chaotic situation tens of thousands of years ago, both His Majesty the Emperor and the nobles needed some arms that had an overwhelming advantage in warfare. For this reason, they would carefully train some young people to become knights. The status of a knight is often not inherited, and its essence is different from that of a noble. In addition to being able to obtain fiefdoms like the nobles, the knight must also serve in the lord's army and prepare weapons and horses in times of war. In knight literature, knights are often a symbol of bravery and loyalty. Every knight takes chivalry as a code and is the embodiment of a hero. Whenever a knight encounters an enemy that he cannot match, he will often lead his teammates. Shout out: "Loyalty - Faith - Glory - Courage". In the end, these knights will use their lives to protect their homeland. The knights will never abandon their homeland, even if the price is death. Fight for honor, even at the cost of sacrifice. The title of "knight" is an honor in itself, and it is not easy to obtain such a title. For an alternate knight to become an official knight, he needs to go through many rigorous tests, not just superb riding skills. It also requires outstanding leadership and rich combat experience. And a conspicuous landmark achievement. You need to pay a price to fulfill the interests of most people and dare to sacrifice, while cavalry does not need so many such things. This is the gap between knights and cavalry. One has spirit. And the other one is spiritless.

For the legend of knights in the early years of the empire. Often exaggerated all kinds of romantic reverie. Most of this comes from our dissatisfaction with the status quo and our imagination: living in an antique castle, living a wealthy life like an aristocrat; defeating evil magicians and giants, and protecting kind but ignorant farmers. Acting chivalrously in the name of a lady or a king. The knight-errant novels that fascinated the ancient knights of the empire, or the improvisations of ballad singers, fully explained the behavioral norms of ideal knights. However, even modern people cannot always follow their conscience; what's more, in the past that relied on force to speak, knights often deviated from the defined track. When the empire first appeared on the mainland, the organization methods of each military force were similar. Below the king were the general manager and the marshal, and their powers were sometimes independent and sometimes intersected. The following is the herald, who plays the role of adjutant, clerk and staff officer, and as the name suggests, is often sent to the opposing camp to declare war or request a truce. After the war, he is also responsible for counting the casualties of his own side. The following combat forces are divided into squadrons, led by nobles or knights.

Generally speaking, knights are divided into two levels, one is called knights, this name comes from their rectangular flags, which are the main force in combat. Apprentice knights are called apprentices, and they form smaller formations to follow behind the main force. They need to accumulate experience and master more combat skills. The banner of the apprentice knight is also rectangular, but the end is split into a swallowtail. After they have made considerable achievements, they can request an upgrade from the commander. So the herald cut off the swallowtail on the banner and upgraded him to a knight. Therefore, the code of conduct of many empires became the code of knights, and the knight became the warrior of the emperor's portrait. At that time, the knight's criteria were mainly the following: to be a devout believer. Piety has become the primary criterion, and faith is both a quality and a qualification, and there are regulations and constraints on knights. The knight's equipment also represents the doctrine, the sword is the symbol of the cross, the shield represents the duty to protect the empire, and the double-edged sword represents the righteous side and killing the enemy. And believe in His Majesty the Emperor, knights must also take practical actions to pray and repent of crimes. You must be the guardian to protect the empire. The secular state is the room where the portrait of the emperor is in the world, and the king is the representative of the room. Knights protect the king to protect the portrait of the emperor, which is transformed into the responsibility of protecting the empire.

Becoming a knight is the dream of every medieval boy. At the beginning of the ceremony, it is simply to pat the recipient's right shoulder with a sword and give the name, but as time goes by, this process gradually changes. hard. The following is the process of a medieval boy becoming a knight.

First of all, you must be born in aristocratic families of the great empires in the Middle Ages. At the age of seven, he will be sent to another knight's home as a page to learn various knight etiquette. At the age of fourteen, he will become a squire, receive various training and learn "knight spirit".

At twenty-one, he was ready to become a knight. Before becoming a knight, one must cleanse oneself first, and then put on white clothes and red robes: the white clothes represent one's cleanliness, and the red robe means that one is ready to fight and be injured at any time.

After getting dressed, fast for one day and pray to the portrait of the emperor with a sword in front of the shield. The content of the prayer includes asking God to forgive one's sins, sanctify one's body, promise to protect the empire and swear to "eliminate the strong and help the weak". At this time, any Anyone who disagrees with the squire who will be knighted can break the shield, and the squire must defend his shield with his sword.

Finally, it will be delivered to the recipient. The giver will flatten his sword and press it on his right shoulder. Sometimes there will be a sword of mercy without a sword tip to perform this ceremony and give blessings. In this way, the ordination ceremony was completed, and he officially became a knight.

In the early days of the empire, as long as the children of the nobles became adults (15 years old), they could be knighted, such as those in the palaces of the princes and dukes. But with the passage of time, the knight's ceremony and requirements became more and more complicated. Later, His Majesty the emperors of various empires felt that these knights were not even of much use. They were all of noble origin. (To be continued..)