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"Amen—"

The festival began with Bishop Philip leading the faithful in prayer.

This is very easy to understand, today is the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, according to the rules of Christianity, all believers should pray sincerely today to bring the Savior's mother to mankind, not to mention, the excuse for the little Tang Grand Duke to hold this grand event is to celebrate the ascension of the Virgin, which needs to be paid more attention.

The meaning of paying more attention is that even a person of such a noble status as the Grand Duke of Xiao Tang cannot sit comfortably in the stands and wait for the bishop's boring sermon to end, but must kneel in front of the bishop, from the beginning to the end, without even moving.

Moreover, it is precisely because of the most noble status of the Grand Duke of Xiao Tang that he has to kneel in the front and be watched by everyone, and on such an occasion, the slightest mistake will undoubtedly reduce his prestige.

However, although the kneeling legs of the little Tang Duke are numb, and the teary-eyed appearance of the little Lily next to him is also very pitiful (Lily's official identity is the Earl of Ulster, such an important occasion must be attended), I want to call this time-wasting sermon to end quickly, but to be honest, the little Tang Dagong is still a little excited in his heart.

For behind him, there were three hundred and fifty-one knights.

Three hundred and fifty-one knights, that means 1,400 heavy cavalry (one knight plus three knight squires) who are skilled in archers and horses and have received at least ten years of professional knightly training, such a force is enough to defeat more than three times the elite army of their own side head-on, even if they pull the super long pikemen of the little Tang Grand Duke over.

It's a pity that half of the knights here are not the strength of the little Tang Grand Duke.

The Earl of Kildel, the Earl of Osoruny, the Earl of Leinster, and the three Counts of the Northern Earls' Alliance, except for the Duke of Eddard, almost all of the people on the island of Ireland who have some status came. Since these nobles are here, they must fight for who is the bravest, the first is definitely not to fight, whoever grabs the first is not to give face to the little Tang Dagong, and wants to be put in small shoes, but the second and third can still be robbed.

After the sermon was over, it was finally the turn of the little Tang Grand Duke to speak.

In fact, the little Tang Grand Duke did not have anything to say, as soon as Bishop Philip said that it was three hours, he knelt for three hours, his feet were numb, his legs were numb, his legs cramped, and he almost stumbled when he stood up, but fortunately, his body has always been strong and can be adjusted immediately, so he did not make a fool of himself.

This is the little Tang Grand Duke has no experience, those old or aging kings and grand dukes get up, they are 'slowly', 'little by little', and there are loyal servants around to support them, it took more than ten minutes to get up, both forced and able to take the opportunity to recover their bodies, how can there be such a sudden jump like the little Tang Grand Duke.

But these don't matter, it doesn't matter what the little Tang Grand Duke is, in addition to his own vassals, those knights who come from foreign countries and cross the strait, everyone comes all the way to pursue glory and rewards, you don't waste any more time, okay?

The answer is decisively good.

Grand Duke Tang didn't want to continue wasting time, so let's start decisively, but before we start, we still have to make the reward clear.

The reward is Iron Tree Silver Flower Gold Leaf.

It's literal, a tree made of iron, a flower made of silver, and a leaf made of gold.

It is said that in the 13th century, Henry III, Duke of Meissen, held a grand party in Noordhausen, where he invited almost all the nobles of Germany and showed them the magnificence of his domain. For this purpose, he built an artificial forest outside the city, among which was a beautiful tree, made entirely of gold and silver. If any of the counts and barons broke their spears during the competition, they would immediately be compensated by a silver flower from the tree. And the winner of the contest will be rewarded with a piece of gold leaf.

Now the little Tang Duke is learning from the practice of this Meissen Duke, of course, the little Tang Duke is not to show his wealth, but to show his thirst for talent.

To put it simply, it's the same as buying horse bones.

I don't know if I can buy horse bones Xiao Tang Dagong, but I bought the loyalty of a group of knights, and Xiao Tang Dagong did see such an effect.

At the moment when the golden leaves of the iron tree were unveiled, the only sound of heartbeat was left in the audience, and almost all eyes were focused on this incomparably beautiful tree, especially the golden leaves on the tree, even the incomparably wealthy Veneto Dandolo was no exception.

In terms of assets alone, he does have assets far beyond this tree, which is not even a fraction of his own. But his assets are scattered in shops in various places, and there are one billion deposits in his bank card, and there are 100 million in cash in front of him, which is completely different!

"How come I never thought of such a way?"

Covering his head, Veneto thought that such a perfect way of propaganda would not have to wait for the event to be over, and those eventful bards would spread the word about it in all directions. Not only will the prestige of the Grand Duke of Xiao Tang be further enhanced, but the wandering knights roaming around this continent will frantically gather here like wild dogs smelling meat, and then defect to the Grand Duke's men.

"Damn, I want to have a good talk with the Grand Duke—this time it's sincere."

While Veneto was still remorseful, the tournament had officially begun.

Bishop Philip's prayer and the announcement of the reward by the Grand Duke of Tang took a lot of time, and the sun was on the sun, and at noon, the time for large-scale knightly martial arts exercises was not enough, so in the afternoon, the first thing that began was the knight's one-man confrontation.

The knight's individual contest is generally composed of strict rituals and procedures, and the complete contest is divided into three links: 1. Immediately spear contest. 2 dismount than sword. 3. Empty-handed wrestling (fighting). Of course, most competitions tend to be won or lost in one or two rounds, and naturally they can't enter the second and third stages.

Among them, the spear contest on the horse is the most likely place to die.

The spears used by knights in jousting were made of applewood, which was fragile and would shatter at the slightest touch, but even the brittle wood, once combined with the horse's charging power, could kill a man if it was aimed at the vital point. And the two main points of the spear contest right away, the spear should pierce the four nails on the shield or the place where the helmet strap is fastened, these are determined according to the rules of battlefield fighting, that is, stabbing these two places is the easiest to kill.

There is nothing that the Duke of Xiao Tang can do about this, the knight tournament is originally a place to show the knights' own bravery, and the knights have studied all their lives just to kill, and if they have to restrict, they are asking for their own hardships. What the little Duke Tang can do is to let Doctor Ina prepare in advance and be ready to treat the seriously injured at any time.

- If you can't save it, forget it, anyway, since the knights participated in this competition, they naturally have the consciousness of being killed in their hearts.

However, there is one thing that must be mentioned, that is, the Count of Alcoba, the old knight wanted to participate in the knight's competition, but was stopped by the little Tang Grand Duke.

Joke! You're in your fifties, and you've got half a foot in the grave, and now it's enough to sit obediently in the stands and watch the boys perform with a bunch of young men.

Of course, just saying this, Count Olcoba, the old knight who was old and strong, would definitely not agree, but after the little Grand Duke Tang introduced him to another person, and said his own intentions, even the old knight had to succumb to the lord's coercion and his loyalty......