Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Dukes Who Come from Afar
Rudolph struggled to stand up with the help of Caroline, and it could be seen that Rudolph was indeed injured a lot, and Elise did not leave Rudolph with any affection in the final struggle. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ info Rudolph is too strong, in the final grappling, if it weren't for the fact that he relied on his knowledge of Rudolph and more refined swordsmanship to consume most of Rudolph's physical strength, then Elise would really be able to be successfully overturned under Rudolph's unexpected tactics.
"What's the deal with that last set of scoundrel tricks? It's not like you'd use it. When Rudolph sat up, Elise had already picked up the two weapons that had been abandoned by her master and walked to Rudolph's side. Then he asked curiously after handing the two-handed greatsword thrown by Rudolph to Carolan. Indeed, even Carolan, who knew the origin of this routine, still did not believe that the traditional samurai creed would use this trick at the last minute.
Before crossing over this world, Carolan had never believed in the existence of such a thing as the spirit of a king. But now he has to admit that some people are born to be the center of attention, and their voices may not be loud, but they can always silence everyone and listen to them at the moment of speaking.
"Carolan said that you always have to change your mind to adapt to life, and that victory is the most important thing." Rudolph doesn't seem to care about the fact that he is defeated, which is one of Rudolph's strengths, as long as you beat him head-on, he will be very happy to admit his defeat.
"The teacher's bloodline is really excellent." Elise looked at Carolan and didn't know why, her eyes showed a complicated and envious light.
"Thank you for the compliment." Carolan was a little shy at this time, because this kind of thing was not what he wanted to be praised by Elise.
"Wonderful competition, if you know your performance, Your Excellency Herman will definitely feel very pleased." Otto came out with applause at this time, and it has to be said that Otto is very good at talking, and after his words, the whole arena began to cheer Herman's name again.
"Your Highness Otto, are you looking for me?" When the cheers had subsided, Elise looked at Otto, who had been smiling and staring at her. Undoubtedly, Otto's performance showed that he had come for her.
"His Excellency the Duke of Lorraine has arrived at Memleben at noon today, and my father is going to hold a banquet in the palace today for you and His Excellency the Duke of Lorraine, so he has sent me over to invite you to this banquet." Otto seemed to be still immersed in the wonderful duel between Elise and Rudolph just now, so after hearing Elise speak, he actually saluted Elise with a sword before saying his intention.
"It's an honor, but you've also seen that my outfit is not suitable for such a solemn occasion. I might have to waste some of your time preparing. Naturally, Elise would not refuse this invitation, and establishing friendship with the magnates of East Francia was one of the purposes of her visit to East Francia.
"It's a man's job to wait for a woman to get dressed up." Otto smiled and said that he didn't care at all, too, he has always been a very patient man.
"Well, then, Rudolph and Caroline, apologize for me and Lady Canossa, and I regret not being able to have dinner with her to-night." Elise said goodbye to Carolan and Rudolph as she walked out of the arena with Otto.
"Bye~" Carolan rolled her eyes, you should leave someone to help me carry Rudolph back.
The crowd in the arena dispersed after Otto and Elise left, leaving Carolan and Rudolph chatting in the arena.
"Hey, Rudolph, you're embarrassed." When Caroline saw that the crowd had gone, she looked at Rudolph humming but didn't look like there was anything wrong with him, so she simply let Rudolph go and laughed at him.
"Hmph, even if I look like this, I can clean you up with one hand." Although Rudolph lost to Elise, he was not false in front of Carolan, but Caroland's level of force was honestly a bit blind to his physical fitness and Klose's prestige.
"Come on, you." Caroline smirked and patted Rudolph on the shoulder, causing Rudolph to frown in pain.
"Anyway, if you try hard, can you beat Elise?" Carolan actually had some realizations just now, that is, Rudolph seemed to be a little conservative in the face of Elise, and Elise completely suppressed Rudolph with a set of restrained Rudolph's play, which is not at all like Rudolph's usual style, and Rudolph is not like this at ordinary times. To put it simply, Rudolph usually goes to play empty-handed for the sake of victory, but today's Rudolph can't see this kind of strength at the expense of his life for victory.
"If it was on the battlefield, I could have killed her today." Rudolph smiled and didn't say anything more.
"Well, Rudolph, I'd like to see how the family's guards are training." Carolan saw that Rudolph didn't seem to want to mention too much about Elise's swordsmanship, and knew that this was Rudolph's knot, so she simply got down to business.
"What, do you want to build your own guard with reference to our family's guard?" Rudolph looked at Caroline with a smile, but he seemed to have misunderstood something.
"Well~ it's always good to go and see." Carolan was noncommittal about Rudolph's speculation, and it was good that the goal was achieved anyway.
"Let's go. They are probably fighting on training horses now, and they can still rush back with them in the past. Rudolph said, and got up from the ground with all his might. But to be honest, it seems that Elise was really ruthless before, and Rudolph obviously had some pain in his hand in the process of standing up.
"~~~ Let's go." Although Carolan was sure that Rudolph was not seriously injured, she still felt a little distressed when she saw Rudolph look like this, anyway, this was her brother.
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The training place of the Klose family's guards is not far from Memleben in a horse farm belonging to the Klose family, because of Herman's special status, so the Klose family's guard is in a sense the officer corps of the royal cavalry regiment, so with the support of Klose and the royal family, it has been insisting on a training intensity that is unimaginable in this era.
"Charge !!" The cavalry split into two separate columns and rushed to a group of stakes, then took turns to leave a notch on the stake with their weapons as they passed each of the stakes around them.
When Carolan and Rudolph came to this horse farm, they saw such a scene, and I have to say that once the number of cavalry reaches hundreds, the visual impact caused by it is very shocking. Caroline glanced at the smoke and dust raised by the cavalry from a distance, and was shocked by the ultimate force of this era of cold weapons.
"Well, this is the demeanor of a man! Hahahaha," Rudolph laughed at Caroline's stunned performance.
"I don't think Her Highness Elise's riding skills are worse than yours." Carolan, who reacted, simply hit back at Rudolph, but he had heard Mrs. Canossa break the news that Rudolph's riding skills were taught by Elise.
"Cut, why are you mentioning her... Let's go, Edbed sees us. Rudolph knew that if he continued to say more, his brother would surely drive himself into silence again, so he simply took advantage of Edbed, who had rushed over with the news of their arrival, to change the subject.
"Hi~~~Edbed~" As soon as Caroline saw Edbed, she immediately greeted happily, only since the last time she saw Edbed's face, Caroline liked this little guy more and more.
βγγγγγγγγγγγβ When Edbed saw the second young master in his family who was happily waving to him, he instantly had the urge to turn around and leave.
"Take my brother to see your training, and then get me a doctor, I guess I have some bruises on my body." Rudolph bared his teeth and commanded Edbed, it seemed that he couldn't bear the pain anymore.
"He was beaten up by Elise." Caroline must not save face for her brother at this time, and whispered in Edbed's ear.
"Go, go, go." Rudolph didn't bother to take care of his quirky brother, and urged Edbed to get a doctor for himself.
"Yes, Master Carolan, you and I are coming this way." Edbede hurriedly responded.
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Since the Franks defeated the Saracens from Spain with a sturdy infantry phalanx in Poitti, Charlemagne's grandfather Charlemagne Hammer has consciously learned the use of cavalry from his enemies, and then learned a lot of cavalry tricks from some mercenaries of the Byzantine Empire, so after the eighth century, cavalry in Western Europe developed rapidly. After arriving at Carolan, due to the perennial infestation of Magyars and Vikings, Henry the Bird Catcher not only built forts on the border, but also established a standing cavalry regiment and mounted infantry regiment that could quickly respond to invasions.
What is now on display in front of Carolan is the essence of Henry's twenty years of painstaking work, the cavalry is well-trained, skilled in combat, and well-equipped. Even from Carolan's critical eye, the three elements that best illustrate the level of cavalry: saddle, stirrups, and horseshoes are all available, and even the sharp-eyed Carolan can see a lot of Byzantine style from the harness, which deepens Carolan's speculation about the relationship between East Francia and Byzantium.
Caroline originally wanted to help the Klose family's guards, but after observing for a long time, Caroline found that she had nothing to say. Although he has cavalry tactics in his belly, such as charging on a wall, such as single-function cavalry, etc., no one will listen to him when he says those tactics at this time, so Carolan can only be a good student and silently listen to Edbede's introduction to this unit.
It can be heard that Edbede has a very good sense of belonging to this cavalry regiment, so when Carolan said that he had some opinions, Edbede was actually a little unhappy, but for the sake of Caroline's face, he had to listen.
"Huh? Why don't we put armor on our legs, you say? Edbed laughed at this, but it was a glaring smile for Carolan because it was a scornful smile of his own ignorance.
"The weight of the chain mail will mainly be borne by the shoulders of the warriors, and if we add leg armor, it will cause the shoulders of the warriors to be overburdened, which will affect the warriors' ability to fight immediately." Although he was a little disdainful of Caroline's ignorance, Edbed replied patiently because of his identity.
"That's easy, just put an iron piece on your pants. Then the pants were tied around the warrior's waist through the belt, so that the shoulder weight would not be affected. Carolan pretended to be naΓ―ve and said her opinion, telling you to look down on Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu has the entire history of European armor development in his memory!
"Master Carolan, wait a minute, I'll go to the blacksmith and askγγγγγγγγγγγ" Edbede was stunned when he heard Carolan's statement, and then hurried to the blacksmith to ask about the feasibility of this method, knowing that if it was feasible, it would be a big step forward in armor!
"Go ahead~" Carolan calmly pretended to force ~
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When Carolan finally left the racecourse, Edbede almost nodded and sent Carolan away, and this honest child was like that, and Caroline used this method to conquer him completely. Rudolph asks Carolan all the way if she used any magic on Edbed.
"Wow, what a big formation!" Caroline, who was casually dealing with Rudolph on the one hand, was suddenly attracted by a luxury convoy that was entering Memleben.
βγγ It's the Duke of Bavaria! Rudolph carefully identified the logo on the convoy and gave the identity of the convoy's owner.
"It looks like the Colosseum and the rest of the audience are almost there!" Carolan sneered, the Duke of Bavaria came at this time, and he knew with his ass that he was coming to see the judgment of God, but the Duke of Bavaria must have hoped that the entire Klose family would die in this duel.
"They're going to be disappointed." Rudolph also reflected Carolan's sneer, grabbed the reins of his war horse, and stood with Carolan in the distance silently watching the Duke of Bavaria's convoy enter the city.
The enthusiastic audience has arrived, and the Klose family will present the most gorgeous show with blood!