prince of europe in quintiles

And this thing?

Full military service, an order that requires extremely high mobilization capabilities, has been recorded many times before when resisting Vikings and Magyar nomads.

There is a basic fact that there are castles everywhere in Western Europe, knights and nobles squat behind the fortresses to watch and help each other, and there are watchtowers between villages, mainly from the continuous harassment and invasion of Vikings and Magyars. Burning and looting.In this world, the constant harassment of beastmen, bandits and robbers is also added. (But the fortification of Italy, and the desertification of the coast are mainly due to the invasion of Muslim pirates)

When a country lacks the authority of the central government, when it is not good to resist invaders, it can only let the local government find a way to mobilize farmers to continuously build fortresses, forming a large number of castles along rivers and mountains.

Saxony’s southeast important town Magdeburg, Bernburg on its south side, and Merseburg on its south side to the Duchy of Thuringia, these three cities are basically on the same vertical line, and they resisted the Magyar nomadic cavalry During the invasion, a large number of farmers were mobilized to serve as a defensive fort built for military service.These fortresses are fortresses with purely military functions, without any additional economic functions.

As time goes by, Magdeburg and Merseburg have gradually developed into multi-functional cities, and Bernburg also has a tendency to transform in this direction.

The feudal aristocrats were fixed into a system following this fortification, forming a powerful class of warriors and nobles, which led to the general centralization of Western European countries.

But that was all decades ago.

Otto the Great was born as a hunk, beat the Magyars on the left, and expelled the Vikings on the right. In recent years, only Otto III took some troops to Italy to station similar military service orders.

Huo Teng felt that Brun was deceiving himself, and smiled: "Conrad doesn't feel ashamed to issue such an order at the beginning of the new millennium. I think all the dukes and bishops would hate it."

To put it simply, you are shameless, but others are shameless.

Some Slavic tribes harassed merely and wanted the emperor to drag the dukes and earls to open up wasteland on the border. You think this is a play.

"I just heard that there is such a thing. Whether it will be successful or not... we will talk about it at that time. Watch the game, watch the game." Bren himself felt that it was not feasible, and waved his hands to forget these troubles.

Huo Teng also turned around with a smile, watching the Countess of Bernburg show off her skills on the field.

The adult education of nobles is generally between 7 and 14 years old. There are several ways to live in small private classes organized by superior nobles, monastery schools of churches, or send them to the homes of famous neighbors next door.

Since there is no systematic mode of education other than the monastery, the education of the offspring depends entirely on the level of the teacher.

Generally speaking, emperors and dukes will organize a group of heirs of elite nobles to attend private education classes with their children, and invite famous bishops, scholars, and military strategists from all over the country to give private lectures. The textbooks are mainly from Rome centuries ago The language of writers, poets, or books on strategy is undoubtedly Latin.

The lesser ones are sent to monasteries and local celebrities to teach them how to tell their fates.

For example, the neighbor to the south of Horten's territory, the bishop of Fulda Abbey.The bishop was famous for commanding the army to fight fiercely. He participated in the emperor's southern expedition to Italy many times. The reason why he locked up the enemy Pope John was because he was a prisoner of war on his battlefield.

This famous military bishop is also a good place for many aristocratic families who are interested in fighting, and their children used to study.Moreover, in the Fulda Abbey, there is still a Latin printed copy of the Roman Empire's military classic "On Strategy", which is extremely rare.

You ask why he, as a bishop, is so good at fighting?

Because he was transferred to the church after serving in the army, and he was a talented person with both civil and military skills.

Jimmy Varabella's father was a well-known local Slavic butcher, famous for his daring to fight and rush. The daughter he taught did have a few brushes.

And Jimmy herself is riding a mare mare, wielding a battle sword to fight the enemy. Her shoulders and arms are strong, thicker than the weak Connorsa, which ensures that she can fight vigorously.

"She is brave enough to go to the battlefield." Brun was not stingy with his praise, "It's just that her family background is not high, and she is not as good as the one in Merseburg."

Jimmy's father, Eckard I of the Marquis of Meissen, and even the bishop of Fulda, were ordinary noble youths who joined the army when they were young, and fought with Magyars and Slavs on the border. .It's just that Eckard I and his father quickly made a fortune, while the lives of the others were not so smooth.

"Hey, so is my grandpa." Huo Teng's expression turned cold.

Old Schneider Bowenden was also a soldier who followed Otto the Great to defend the country on the border and fight against the Magyars.

In that era, it was common to mobilize civilians to participate in campaigns on a large scale.The records in multiple documents prove that under the circumstances at that time, such a hastily assembled civilian army only had the ability to wield weapons. Whether facing the Vikings or the Magyars, they were all slaughtered Lamb, it is true that he has lost face many times.

Because of this, it was more inclined to mobilize nobles and civilians to serve in the military, build castles everywhere on the border and by the river, and fight defensive battles.

"Um... so is my grandfather." Brun smiled a little awkwardly, skipping the topic, "We are all from a family that grew up in the era of Otto the Great, so I think we might as well open up the topic. I suggest that the two of us Let's make an oral gentleman's agreement, when the old man troubles me, you help me. When you are in trouble, I will help you."

Huo Teng hooked his tongue.

Isn't this here to find comfort, and to cheat Huo Teng by the way.

Helping each other with the leader of Brunswick, what good is Göttingen except being dragged into the Saxon Civil War?

Huo Teng glanced left and right, trying to find an excuse to change the subject.

At this moment, Miss Laura, who had been watching the knights' fight all afternoon, became upset. Why isn't it my turn yet?

She beat and urged the attendants to put on armor for her, then took a spear and broke through the fence, marching proudly into the arena.

When the two-ton platinum centaur swaggered into the battlefield, all the knights couldn't look away. All the horses retreated timidly, surrendering to the aura of the strong.

Laura, who was pacing proudly in the venue, came to the audience and waved a spear at Huo Teng, urging him to hurry down and fight together.

Countess Jimmy threw away her sword and muttered to herself, trying to get closer to Laura; Riehausen slapped himself, this is the luxurious mount he wanted.

"Sorry, my partner can't seem to wait, sorry."

Huo Teng stood with a smile, making Brun's expression stiff.

Presumably, this so-called secret agreement will soon be revealed by Brun to frighten old Bernard.

Author's Note: Although it is often said that there is a huge gap between nobles and commoners, in the era of Emperor Otto, in the war against invaders, there were still many self-cultivators, small landlords, and wealthy citizens who were between nobles and low-level peasants. Ascent to nobility.

Chapter 220 IX The Earl's Merry Joke

Huo Teng is a person who likes innovation.

Whether it's a tin trumpet, or find a storyteller with a sharp tongue as the master of ceremonies.

Now the master of ceremonies took on the task of explaining the battle situation to the people: "There is no doubt! Miss Laura is the most powerful combat partner in the world. No other comrade in arms can make people crazier, but when you see Miss Laura You must lose your wits when you see her. She is so favored that the Earl would rather give her his own broth, while he gnaws on black bread! Sometimes we all wonder if it is the Earl who rides, It's still Miss Laura riding the Earl."

The rural storyteller spoke Franconia's folk slang, which caused the people watching the battle to cheer.

In the eyes of all the people, Miss Laura, who is very cute and handsome, seems to have the potential to have an affair with the Earl.

When Huo Teng went into battle under the service of his attendants, and Laura was still holding his shoulders to let him land on his back smoothly, this kind of ambiguous booing was so loud that it made Conosha turn cold: "How can Let them humiliate the earl like this? Huo Teng is a man of sound mind, how could he go on a centaur? Ask the attendants to knock on the beams and stop them from booing."

"I think so too." Goldistein hurriedly followed up, clearly maintaining Huo Teng's reputation.

At this time, Earl Brunswick was still fat-hearted: "Don't do this, it's a good thing for the people to make fun of you. The merchants in Brunswick scold me ten words a day and make up a hundred stories about me. They often say 'Money is like running water, but when it goes to Brunswick, half of it will be lost' to insinuate my name is to cut off half of Brunswick City, and a pun on my taxation too hard, skin and bones. If I If these people are really punished, don’t I want to arrest the whole city? They also said that I was a pedophile and married a ten-year-old girl, and I didn’t respond.”

Joking about the earl is a traditional custom of the people of Göttingen, and even all German people.It's like custom jokes always make fun of local celebrities, but the people of a place often only know who the boss is.

The two ladies are not good at getting angry in front of the guests, but Conosha, who is wearing precious purple eye shadow today, still puts on the posture of the mistress, and said to the new knight Kirschhai Stein in Göttingen: "Sorry , I made you laugh, believe me, our Count Palatine doesn’t have those bad hobbies.”

As it turned out, Huo Teng, holding an apparently elongated lance, entered the main battlefield of the knight competition with Laura, while the rest of the knights who were still in the competition avoided to avoid being crushed into a ball of mud by a giant like Laura.

There seems to be no particularly intimate part between Huo Teng and Laura, who showed their heroic appearance.

Until the booers in the stands shouted about Horten's affair.

"Our Earl loves the stables as always, no matter what awaits him inside is Connorsa with his ass up, or Laura with his ass up!"

"There was always a strange noise in our stable at night. My wife came back and told me that it was just the Earl who had a shot in her ass! There was no thief in our house!"

"Although Göttingen does not have the largest territory in the country, Göttingen has the hottest stables in the country!"

"The stables are filled with war horses during the day, and the earl's 'love pony' at night!"

These Earl jokes that are widely circulated in Göttingen, of course, come from the time when Horten lived with Jones in the early days, and often rode to the stables outside the city in the middle of the night to meet the Countess Connorsa. .

Although at that time, they actually played in the lounge next to the stable, and except for the first time, the layout after that was very consistent with the normal room, but the affair gradually spread.Huo Teng and Conosha met at the stables in the middle of the night and became a famous meme that has been passed down for a long time.

Little Gedistiu was so nervous that he didn't even care about his hat. He hurriedly picked up his skirt and ran to the fence, calling the guards: "Ahem, stop them! Stop them!"

Earl Brunn looked at Conosha's peerless beauty, and then looked at Huo Teng's majestic appearance on the horse, and couldn't help talking to Ke Shihai in a low voice: "Do you think he loves that plump horse more, or this one? beautiful horse?"

Keshihai is a prudent and chaste man, he naturally shook his head to express that he should not get involved in such fishy jokes.

But after half a minute, Keshihai responded in a low voice: "I guess he and the horse riding under his crotch must be male superiors."

"Of course, it doesn't fit the missionaries' rules, male lower. Besides, Laura won't have to crush him to death if he's down there."

The famous rules of the Middle Ages, sex must also follow the Basic Law, the so-called missionary position is the classic man on top of woman.During this period, most of the clergy were married normally, and the oppression of the low-level church members was not as crazy as when everyone remained single.People like to ridicule, such as the same-sex love between nuns that they must stretch out their hands when they sleep and are not allowed to 'entertain themselves', which is relatively soothing.

The sullen men looked at each other and smiled.

Regardless of whether Huo Teng is the superior or the subordinate at night, whether he sleeps with Connorsa and Jones, or hangs out with the widowed wife, or even sleeps in the stable at night, he will fight the enemy in advance at this moment.

The Riehausen Dragon Knight from Lüneburg will challenge Horten.

In fact, Riehausen had already retreated.

For nothing else, the sea dragon under his crotch is not like the Laura opposite, who has extra hands to hold the spear.

That is to say, Lihausen was fighting with two fists against four hands, Laura on the opposite side was holding a spear, Huo Teng, a left-hander, also had an extended spear, how could Lihausen fight with both left and right bows?

This was a qualitative change. Even if Laura dragged Lihausen off the horse empty-handed, he would have nothing to say.

"I hope you can kill this money eater, please!"

Lihausen no longer expects himself to win, he only asks Huo Teng to help him get rid of this gold swallowing beast.

On the other side, Huo Teng hugged Laura's waist uncomfortably, and whispered in her ear: "Big baby, this is not a murder, it's just a martial arts competition. Do you understand the martial arts competition?"

Laura still didn't know how to speak, but she seemed to understand Huo Teng's concerns, and gave Huo Teng a clear and unmistakable big white eye.

Now, Huo Teng felt relieved.

The spear has no tip, so it shouldn't kill anyone.

At that time, the knight contest was still in the ignorant stage. Simply put, it was enough to not kill people.There is no such thing as a grapewood cavalry charge broken at once, and an orderly charge along the wooden fence.With the sound of a bell, Huo Teng and Lihausen each urged their mounts to charge forward bravely.

At this time, Laura's powerful body and her graceful body structure endowed her with unrivaled initial speed and acceleration, but the half-sea dragon on the opposite side, who should be good at fighting in the sea, still moved forward slowly. With the gentle momentum of the charge, Lihausen, the knight riding on it, skillfully bent over his shield, clearly preparing to fight back defensively.

The common problem of many monster knights is that their fighting speed may not be as fast as ordinary war horses.

Therefore, although Riehausen's choice was beyond reproach, it fell to the bottom in the duel.

Horten's extended lance and Laura's lance hit Lihausen's shield almost at the same time, which made the latter heave a sigh of relief.The top shield slanted away the enemy's lance, and then counterattacked to knock Huo Teng off the horse. This operation had already appeared in his mind countless times.

But he immediately discovered, why is he flying?

His left arm wasn't too uncomfortable, and his skillful parry saved him from breaking his own arm, but Huo Teng, a grandson who was left-handed, actually raised his spear high and stabbed him obliquely from the other side of Lihausen, taking advantage of it. As Laura wrestled with Lihausen's shield, Lihausen was knocked off his mount.

"You really have a fucking left arm..." Riehausen lay on the ground extremely depressed, criticizing Huo Teng and Laura for having an extra pair of arms.

And he was so looking forward to the death of the mount, that he still knew how to feel sorry for his master, so Mou Mou screamed and crawled over to Gonglihausen.

Lihausen was also wailing loudly, hugging his mount and crying:

"I... I really can't afford to support you..."

Michael felt the same way about this.

It is really expensive to raise Laura, and it is more difficult to serve than 20 retinue knights.

As if sensing Huo Teng's resentment, Laura whistled relaxedly and danced proudly around the arena, welcoming the cheers of the crowd one after another.

Many people shouted: "When is Miss Laura pregnant?"

[Main task: Complete the tiger without hurting anyone.Obtained: special trait Majestic and Eloquent (prestige +3, endow body with strong traits, increase body recovery speed). 】

Chapter 230

[Give the body a strong characteristic and increase the body recovery speed]

The external manifestation of a strong body is stronger muscles, more terrifying core strength, and tougher appearance and lines.

At this time, Huo Teng's body itched and then swelled, making his body surpass 1.8 meters in an instant, approaching the taller strong man.In his current state, he is already comparable to the pioneer of Normandy, Pacer Rollo.It is said that because of his strength, that guy once claimed that even a war horse could not bear it.Among the leaders of the Viking pirates at that time, there were many giants known as two meters one.

There is a direct link between height, strength and weight.

Outsiders, even Kang Nuosha, who has a bed relationship with Huo Teng, just think that Huo Teng looks more handsome and majestic after the victory.But Miss Laura, who was riding on Huo Teng's crotch, swayed several times uncomfortably.The change in the rider's weight on the back made her almost rely on instinct to throw it to the ground.

Fortunately, Huo Teng even coaxed and blown the air, relying on the familiar voice and smell to calm down the restless Miss Laura gradually.

But Laura's change still made Earl Bren, who was very excited about such a centaur, give up, and he whispered to Keshihai: "Now I understand why you all like war horses, not some other weird mounts. If Huo Teng can't control this monster, he will be crushed into meatloaf today."

However, Earl Brune obviously found the wrong person to complain about.

The warhorse of the guardian of the lily is a hybrid offspring of the legendary mythical beast unicorn. Keshihai refuted Brun from the commanding heights of morality: "That's because you have never abstained from sexual desire, and you have never had a heart-to-heart relationship with the mount. I swore chastity and spent ten days in the wild with the son of the unicorn, and when he learned of my innocence, he became a brother to me."

Keshihai's mount is a hybrid offspring of a unicorn that is believed to be only allowed to be ridden by chaste virgins.

The unicorn's quality of only allowing chaste people to accompany it is in sharp contrast to the abstinence, chastity, and serving God that Christianity has always advocated in traditional culture, so the church even appointed unicorns as the mounts that the Pope should use .People believe that by looking at the Pope's mount, one can tell whether the Pope is a whore, the son of a whore, or a true scholar with both political integrity and ability.

It's a pity that most popes marry wives and have children, and their moral integrity is not considered noble, so they have to hang long horns on the foreheads of ordinary good horses and make them fake and shoddy products to fool the people.

"Hmph. Wish he was a stallion and not a man."

The fat Brun felt sullen.

He is rich, rich enough to buy a lot of silk of Celis worth a thousand dollars regardless of his actual needs, but he doesn't have a smart mount.

It's like a top rich man going out to ride a bicycle, not enough cards.

Drain the family fortune to support a flashy waste like Riehausen?That won't work, Hai Long is so ugly, not considerate and cute enough.Even if it wasn't a rare breed like Miss Laura, why couldn't it be as handsome and unrestrained as Ke Shihai's beloved horse?

While struggling like this, Earl Brunn suddenly noticed that at the edge of the arena in the Hutten family, a group of short halflings, the all-too-familiar cook race, were leading two little monsters with the blood of griffins. There are several little chicks wandering around, as if they are adapting to the atmosphere of the battlefield.