In order to downplay the differences between the Germans and the English, Marin claims in his book that the Germans were a people. The Germans belonged to the main line of Germanic peoples, also occupied a central position in Europe, and inherited the Roman Empire.

The English belonged to the West Germanic peoples, the maritime branch of the Germanic peoples. The Norsemen, who had once produced strong Vikings, belonged to the northern branch of the Germanic peoples. But in any case, all three belonged to the great Germanic peoples.

In order to emphasize the bravery of the Germanic people, Marin decided to introduce a later Internet term, "fighting people", to describe the Germanic people.

In later generations advocating peace, the term "fighting nation" was full of ridicule, and it also had the meaning of satirizing Maozi's courage and ruthlessness. The battle for his fame was Mao Zi's fight in the European Championship in France, with 200 Russian football hooligans chasing 1,000 notorious English football hooligans. After this battle, Maozi was worshiped by netizens, believing that they were Super Saiyans and worthy of being a "fighting nation......

Of course, in later generations, this is only a neutral, even derogatory, title. Because, in later generations, peace is admired and violence is despised by others.

But at the beginning of the 16th century, in this war-torn era, the term "fighting nation" was not a derogatory meaning, but a compliment. Because, the ancient people, whether in the East or the West, admired martial arts (except for the Song and Ming dynasties, where Confucianism was overwhelmingly dominant). To say which nation is a fighting nation is definitely a compliment.

In fact, the reason why the wild boar Pinurhachi was founded as Houjin is to borrow the prestige of the authentic Jurchen people "Jurchen is not more than 10,000, and more than 10,000 are invincible". But in fact, the Jianzhou Jurchens have little to do with the Jurchens of the Jin Dynasty. The authentic Jin Dynasty Jurchens had already entered North China, and were either killed by the Yuan Dynasty or integrated into the local Han people. The reason why the Jianzhou Jurchens are called Jurchens is because they are located in the homeland of the old Jurchens, and the Yuan and Ming dynasties still refer to them by the name of the Jurchens. But Nuer Hachi borrowed the titles of Jurchen and Houjin, which was indeed very bluffing, and the Ming Dynasty, which advocated cultural rule, was frightened. In fact, when the Manchus entered the customs, they mainly relied on the Mongol cavalry and the Han people in Liaodong. There is also the need to rely on the wild Jurchens captured from the deep mountains and old forests in the northeast (in fact, they have little to do with the Jurchens) to act as cannon fodder death squads to attract the blows of the Ming army's muskets. And the real Manchurian people, there are not many at all.

The reason why the Manchu Qing Dynasty was able to become strong had a lot to do with the fact that Huang Taiji contained the Mongols and Han Chinese, and established the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Han Eight Banners. It was precisely because of the establishment of the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty that the Manchu army reached more than 100,000 people, and it had the capital to enter the customs.

But the strange thing is that after the establishment of the Republic of China, the authorities directly classified those Han Eight Banners into the Manchus. The Mongolian Eight Banners still belong to Mongolia. In fact, most of the Manchus in later generations were descendants of the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty. Otherwise, how could there be tens of millions of people in the future? It was the officials in the early years of the Republic of China who were confused and divided the Han Eight Banners into the Manchus.

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Ma Lin knows very well that people in this era are very advocating bravery. What are those knights for, trying their best to compete with people, and even die in the competition? Isn't it for a reputation for bravery?

In fact, Marin is not exaggerating. If the fighting nations are selected, the Germans can really be ranked in the top three. Of course, after two consecutive failures in the world, Germany was manipulated by the United States, Britain, France and other countries behind the scenes to preach peace, and the bloody nature of this nation gradually disappeared. But this process also lasted for decades. The United States, in particular, has vigorously exported Hollywood movies and used decadent Hollywood culture to decadent this fighting nation. On the contrary, Russia, because of its long-term hostility with the United States, has not been affected by the cultural export of the United States, and still maintains its bloody nature, so it is called a fighting nation.

However, before the defeat in World War II, there was no doubt that the Germans were called a fighting nation. Germany is a single country that singles out the world. If it was one-on-one, no country in the world was an opponent at that time. Don't look at Maozi withstood the German attack, but in fact, it largely relied on the cold weather. Of course, Maozi is not bad, and with the bonus of weather influence, it withstood the onslaught of Germany.

At the beginning of the 16th century, Maozi was only a newly separated country from the Mongol Golden Horde, and a unified nation had not yet been formed. Therefore, at this time, there was really no fighting nation in the world that could be compared with the Germans.

At the same time, the French were not brave enough, but relied on centralized power, and the national capital was relatively strong. Didn't see the French fighting, but with the help of Swiss mercenaries? Who are the Swiss? In fact, it is also a branch of the Germans, belonging to the Germanic people.

The Spaniards, Italians, or English, for example, were incomparable to the Germans in terms of prowess. As for Ottoman Turkey? People rely on the large number of troops to pile up their opponents......

As for the East? That's not to mention. The Han people were actually very brave, otherwise there would not have been a strong man and a prosperous Tang Dynasty. It's just that after the castration of Cheng Zhu Lixue in the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, it would be strange to return the bravery. What's more, Cheng Zhu Lixue is not alone, and there is a Buddhism that persuades people to endure and die early and transcend life...... The two went hand in hand, and the Han people were immediately spiritually castrated......

And Mongolia, a nation that was once open, began to fall apart after being beaten several times by Ming Chengzu in the early Ming Dynasty, attacking and killing each other internally, and there was no strong strength anymore. In the end, because of the fragmentation, he was actually conquered by the mere Houjin and became cannon fodder and thugs.

So, on the whole, there is really no brave nation in the world that can be compared with the Germans. Don't look at the Germans as poor, but they are so martial and warlike. Otherwise, German mercenaries would not have swept Europe. Although the Italian mercenaries developed earlier, their reputation could not be compared with the German mercenaries at all. Even the famous Swiss mercenaries were a branch of the Germans.

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Of course, when Marin compiled the book, he did not mention only the Germans, but also the entire Germanic people, and even the English and the Norwegians and Swedes of Northern Europe.

In order to praise the English, Marin also specially used the Hundred Years' War between Britain and France to illustrate the bravery of the English. In the end, Marin concludes - the reason why the English ended up losing the war was because the population was too small, unlike France, which had such a large population, and died one stubble after another. So, the French defeated England with their lives. However, in terms of prowess alone, England, as a Germanic people, was superior......

Moreover, in order to further prove the bravery of the Germanic people, Marin also used Vikings to further prove the bravery of the Germanic people. At that time, the Vikings were all over Europe, and the degree of bravery naturally did not need to be said. Even, the Norman Duchy of France was forcibly established by the Normans belonging to the Vikings on the conquered French lands......

Through the brilliant exploits of German mercenaries, including Swiss mercenaries, the victory of the British army in the Anglo-French War, and the ferocity and strength of the Vikings, Marin finally came to the conclusion at the end of the book "An Examination of the Origins of European Peoples" that the Germanic peoples were fighting peoples......