Ahem,Clarify,This is a two-in-one long chapter oh and then,Today I said that I would update on time and broke my promise.,But what makes me speechless is that today is not a delayed update.,It's ahead of schedule.,I actually updated it in advance.
According to the normal plan, it should be a small chapter at noon and a small chapter at night.
But,Then I thought about it.,It's too late to update for two days in a row.,Today, I simply sent the two chapters together at noon.,Everyone can rest early tonight, I still have a headache in the cervical spine.,Still a fucking headache.,Still a damn headache.,Try to sleep without a pillow.,I also tried the medicine pillow that the book friend said had little effect.。
Thinking about it, it is best to do physiotherapy and hang the neck traction, but now I am busy with code words every day, and I really don't have time to do traction physiotherapy, and I long for a pair of gentle little hands to rub my shoulders and beat my back Winter was almost over, but the weather changed suddenly, and a sudden heavy snow fell on the northern borders of the Byzantine Empire, and the heavy snow lasted for three days, blocking the roads and crushing the bridges in many places.
The inability to circulate goods has caused prices to soar in some areas, and in this cold winter season, the soaring price of grain has greatly increased the pressure on many poor families.
But these problems seem to be too far away from the nobles.
When a heavy snow comes, the nobles are busy holding various open-air banquets, riding horses and hunting in the snow, and enjoying the beautiful snow scenes, while those noble ladies and noble ladies are happily taking the opportunity to display their latest rare fur clothes.
Char, along with the caravan of fellow Gallens Chamber of Commerce, was plagued by road blockages and was stranded in Merika, the capital of Armenian County.
The Armenian county was already close to the imperial capital, Osgilia, and administratively it was not under the central jurisdiction of the empire, but a Tema military district.
The military district consists of the county capital, Merika City, and six surrounding small cities, as well as dozens of villages and towns, with a population of more than half a million.
Moreover, geographically, the Armenian Military District is the closest to the imperial capital Osgiria, and the city of Merika is also the third largest city in the empire, and in terms of the strength ranking of the forty-six Tema military districts of the empire, the Armenian military district is also firmly in the top three.
The Armenian Military District is also the first military district since the establishment of the imperial Tema Military Region system, and the current Armenian Governor-General, General Hughes, is the real power of the imperial side, the Armenian Military District fell into the hands of his family more than 70 years ago, and has been handed down for three generations.
After seventy years of operation, Armenia, like most of the other military districts in the empire, obviously looked more like a state within a state, and the governor General Hughes not only had in his hands more than 50,000 peasant soldiers under the imperial tema system on the books, but more importantly, he had developed a standing army of his own under the jurisdiction of the district, a corps of 20,000 troops, of course, this corps did not exist in the roster sequence of the military headquarters of the empire, and still retained the name of "peasant soldiers of a certain military district", which was the same as most military districts.
It can be said that if you want to talk about the territory of the empire, among the many military districts, which one worries the emperor the most, then the Armenian military district can definitely be ranked first It is too close to the capital territory of the capital city of Osgiria The capital territory of the empire was centered on Yenjing Osgilia, plus the six Yanjing Acropolis and the surrounding area of about 1,000 square kilometers.
And from the city of Merica, with the speed of the army's rapid march, if all goes well, it will only take a maximum of three days to form an army under the city of Osgilia In addition, under the Tema Military Region system, these warlords and the central government of the empire are at odds with each other, so how can the emperors of the past dynasties feel at ease The Armenian Military District has an iron ore area with extremely high mineral quality, this iron ore was discovered sixty years ago, and as a result, this discovery directly led to the prosperity of Governor Hughes's family, owning land, population, and rich iron ore, so that the strength of the Armenian Military District almost tripled, and there is even a saying that the infantry of the Armenian Military District wore better armor than the standing corps of the Empire.
The best armor and weaponry in all of Byzantium are produced here, and the production is staggering.
Because of such an advantage, the family of the governor of the Armenian Military Region is considered to be the core figure of the military warlord party in the entire empire, and various armor weapons produced in Armenia are often sold to other military districts and become the core force of this warlord party.
The current governor Hughes, even if he is in the top ten in terms of strength, will naturally not come to meet a small person like Char.
Although Char arrived in Merika City the day after he arrived, the Hughes family's all-pervasive surveillance network of three generations of Merika City had already discovered the arrival of the empire's new and most influential figures.
When entering the city, Char's access document revealed his identity.
However, after the news was reported to the Governor's Palace, Governor Hughes did not have any intention of meeting this "imperial hero".
Only then did the agents of the Doge's Palace in Merika get an order: don't provoke that guy and let him cross the border smoothly.
It's a pity that because of the heavy snow blocking the road, Char and the others lived in Merika City for a few days.
The snow in the suburbs flocked to the aristocracy, but the city was a different story.
The snow on the road turned into black mud and looked dirty after being trampled by the carriages and horses, and everywhere the snow melted and turned into mud puddles, and occasionally the dirty water splashed by the wheels of the carriages would be sprinkled on the bodies of passers-by.
The price of grain had risen considerably, and although the Governor had ordered the release of the grain reserves and the prohibition of the hoarding of goods by the grain merchants, the price of bread had risen by forty percent, and the price of meat had doubled, and although Armenia was rich in iron ore, it was not the main grain producing area of the empire itself, and animal husbandry was not well developed.
In peacetime, some of the grain in the military region has to be trafficked from other places.
In general, the Governor's family has been successful for three generations of Merika City, at least there are not many beggars in the city who have frozen to death and starved to death.
However, due to the heavy snow blocking the road, Char and others were not the only people who were trapped in the Armenian city, and many other caravans from the north and south were trapped here.
After all, people who go out to do business are often quite peaceful.
But this time, in Merika City, there are also many mercenaries and samurai teams.
Because just after the beginning of spring, in Yanjing Osgilia, there will be an annual competitive competition, and in the entire Byzantine Empire, as long as you are from the Byzantine Empire and have an official samurai rank title, you can sign up for such a grand event.
This is an ancient tradition of the Byzantine Empire for thousands of years, legend has it that at the beginning of the empire, such a grand event was held, just to promote the martial style of the empire, the earliest competition event, just let the warriors sign up for the competition, and finally there will be a group of winners with outstanding records, you can get the reception of His Majesty the Emperor himself and get some honorary badges, as well as a rich reward, and there have even been examples of becoming famous for participating in such a grand event, becoming a court warrior hired by the imperial palace.
And after thousands of years of imperial history, the tradition of this grand event has been preserved, but the tricks have been renovated a hundred times.
In the arena, the original samurai individual competition was retained, and at the same time, group battles were developed, the two sides of the competition were no longer individual samurai, but group participation was allowed in the arena, tens of thousands of spectators watched, 10,000 cheers and shouts, the two groups faced each other, a variety of different professions of samurai appeared, melee samurai, swordsmen, axes, and even archers, assassins, etc., etc., such a competition is no longer a simple contest of individual martial arts, At the same time, it is necessary to test the cooperation of the group and the skills of collective combat.
Often, in a competition, the losing side will suffer heavy casualties and even be slaughtered on the spot, but the reward for the winning side is also extremely amazing And in addition to the confrontation between people, there is also a more bloody confrontation between man and beast Bulls, lions, tigers, leopards, hungry wolves, and later even went so far as to throw the captured monsters directly into the arena to fight against the samurai who signed up for the competition And the rules of the game are becoming more and more cruel and bloody Before the start of the game, all applicants must sign a life and death contract, and once they go to the arena, after the game starts, when the gate of the arena falls, it is a situation of endless death, and only the surviving victor can ask to open the gate and end the game In recent years, the bloodiness of the game has even reached a heinous level.
Some convicted prisoners can also be allowed to participate in such tournaments, and once they have won enough games, you can receive an amnesty signed by the Chief of the Empire to forgive you of any serious crimes And there are slaves who, if they can be victorious in such a grand contest, will also be freed By now, there have been many professional samurai teams in the empire who make a living from competitions, these teams recruit brave samurai, organize them in the city, train hard in peacetime, and flock to Yanjing every spring to participate in such competitions, once they win, they will gain fame and fortune, and once they fail, they will just become corpses in the arena and be dragged down by soldiers.
There were also some slave traders, who sold some able-bodied slaves from all over the world, hired samurai to train, and then signed up for the competition, and if they won, the slave trader could get a large prize money, and the slaves could get free.
At the same time, because of this ancient competition, the industry has also become a source of evil, at this time there is only less than a month before the annual Osgilia athletic competition, many of the transit samurai teams are trapped in the city of Merica because of the heavy snow, these usually surnamed strong samurai live in the city's various hotels, full of wine and food, watching the snow close the road, but the game is coming, can not vent the anxiety in their hearts, naturally if they can't stop provoking trouble.
There are also some famous samurai groups who participate in the competition all the year round, in previous years, they have formed a hatred of life and death in the competition, and they are getting thicker and thicker, and they are met here at this moment, and they are even more enemies when they meet, and there are some who have no hatred in the first place, but they have heard about the fame of the other party's samurai team, and it is inevitable that some people will be ruthless, and take the opportunity to kill potential competitors first, so in the past few days, the security situation in Merika City is almost chaotic, and the soldiers patrolling the city are busy running back and forth all day, fighting, and even picking for revenge and killings.
Although the patrolling soldiers have tried their best to suppress it, these samurai teams and mercenary groups that lick blood on the blades live by playing with their lives, and in the face of these soldiers, the deterrent power is inevitably very small, and there are even a few particularly strong samurai regiments, and they also fought hard with the soldiers who maintain order, and then left Merika City in chaos.
Anyway, the suburbs are cold and snowy, and the pursuers in the city will not chase too fiercely, so they will find a small village to hide and leave when the weather improves.
Char and Gu Luo had been living in this inn in the city for two days, and in the evening, they were eating and drinking in the hall downstairs of the hotel, and after eating for less than a moment, they heard a shouting and shouting from the side, followed by the sound of lifting the table and breaking the dishes, and after a few words of scolding at each other from the table, the two groups of people who were obviously samurai sitting in the distance shouted and cursed each other across the table, and soon stood up with a hula, and rushed to pull out their swords and weapons and pounced.
"Well, it's the third time today."
Char sighed, he picked up the bottle and poured two sips, and sat there watching the battle.
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
The boss and his fellows in the inn had already been so frightened that they got behind the counter, and the boss was lying under the table, his face was full of fat and trembling, and he heard the sound of the table and chairs smashing, and the sound of the dishes smashing, and his flesh hurt even more, but he could only lie behind the counter and pray in his heart.
The Landis had already quickly gathered together, surrounding Gu Luo and the others in the middle, and they didn't know how many times they had seen this kind of scene in the past few days, but everyone was not alarmed, but just kept a distance to watch.
The first time he encountered this kind of scene a few days ago, Char was still very curious to watch, but after watching it for three days, he lost his initial interest, but there was another reason to attract him to watch the battle: In these samurai teams, there are really hidden dragons and crouching tigers, and there are quite a few guys with strong martial arts and unique skills Char himself knows his own skills very well, his biggest ability now is the crimson murderous aura and the dragon thorn, the crimson murderous aura can also be used as a regular combat power, but the dragon thorn is used once, that is, it is basically exhausted at one time, and if you can't kill the other party, you will be finished.
As for the tricks, the only thing he knows is a set of martial arts handed down by the old man, "Breaking and Killing a Thousand Troops", which is naturally a very powerful skill, but Dora in the pendant told Char that although this set of Breaking and Killing Thousand Armies is powerful, it is obviously a group combat technique, that is to say, this set of martial arts is very suitable for group killing on the battlefield.
But if it is a one-on-one battle, it is enough to encounter ordinary enemies, but when encountering some strong enemies, this kind of group combat martial arts is inevitably a little insufficient.
In the Thousand Armies of Destruction, the most common move is the group kill technique, that is, a combo that is swung out and the attack area covers a piece, but if you encounter a one-on-one situation, such a move is lacking in speed, attack power and defense.
Originally, Char didn't care, but Dora's words convinced Char.
"If you have learned a powerful martial art seriously, then if you meet Hastings again, you can at least support him for a few rounds, otherwise with your current ability, even if you have a crimson murderous aura, you will only be killed by him in seconds.
Even if you cast a dragon thorn, it will only hurt him, and you yourself will definitely die. ” But where did I learn martial arts?
When he encountered enemies before, he relied on Char's physical fitness, and used his body's instinctive quick reaction, strength, and speed to contend with them, and when he encountered ordinary enemies, he naturally had the upper hand in this regard, Dora's evaluation was very mean: "You don't talk about routines at all, and you just have a lot of power and a small bullying force."
If you really meet a master, people will see your weaknesses, and a sword can make you lie down" But serious martial arts, there is no place to learn Dora Although Dora seems to be very knowledgeable and knows a lot, but she is a dragon after all, and she can't do human martial arts.
As for other people I know, Sharba and other friends, people whose martial arts skills are not as good as Char's Hastings are counted as one, but Hastings may come to accept him as an apprentice General Adric's martial arts skills should be quite good, but it may not be feasible for him to teach himself, after all, people have to lead troops to fight.
Seeing these samurai groups fighting indiscriminately, Char suddenly had a little bit of a desire to steal learning.
In the past, I have seen a lot of mercenaries fighting in Wildfire Town, but most of the mercenaries are also from wild roads, but these samurai groups in front of them are all serious samurai backgrounds, and they have been practicing martial arts all year round, and then the biggest goal is to participate in these people, most of them are skilled in martial arts, and after a few days, there are actually quite a few masters Putting aside the actual combat, if you simply look at the skills, I'm afraid that if you pull out any one, you will be much better than yourself.
At this moment, seeing the two groups of people fighting together, he suddenly heard an angry roar, and saw a samurai in black leather armor jumping up, flipped in his hand, and a sword light shot out, and immediately the enemy in front of him clutched his throat and blood gushed out from the gap between his fingers and fell.
The blade of this black-armored warrior shines with a fighting light, obviously reaching the level of a middle-level warrior, but the sword skills are ruthless and vicious, the sword shadow is repeated, as long as the wrist is lightly shaken, it can shake out a ball of sword flowers, making people unable to see the true and false, each sword stabbed out, can always illuminate the enemy's vital points and weaknesses, and the tip of the sword can always pierce through the gap in the opponent's armor, and in less than a moment, five or six opponents fell in front of him.
Such ingenious sword skills made Char look excited, he couldn't help but pick up a dinner fork in front of him and gesture back and forth, but obviously the ability to shake out the sword shadow is a wrist skill, where can he learn it for a while, just staring at the person with wide eyes.
Seeing an enemy with an axe swing his axe and slash down, the black-armored warrior used a sword blade to block the opponent's slash, and the blade slid down against the side of the axe blade, and after a bloody light, he cut off the opponent's three fingers, and then stabbed the axe-wielding man down with a sword Seeing this, Char couldn't help but blurt out: "Okay" This shout is broken.
Originally, the black-armored warrior group had already won a steady victory, and the more than ten people of the opponent had already been beaten down, as soon as he heard this applause, the black-armored warrior Huo Ran turned his head and stared at Char with a face full of hostility.
Char's behavior at the moment is really a little unusual.
Others were fighting to the death, but Char was surrounded by a group of Rantis warriors with bows and arrows on their backs, and his uncle was sitting there, all sides were stable, and he was still holding a wine bottle in his hand The black-armored warrior snorted heavily, and walked over slowly with a sword, and there was blood slowly dripping on the tip of the sword, and he came to Char's front about seven or eight steps before he stopped, and at this moment his companions also gathered over, glaring at Char angrily, and some of them were ready to continue the fight without saying a word.
"Your Excellency, it seems, is also a samurai."
The black-armored warrior sneered, and his eyes swept over those Lantis: "It's just that I haven't heard that samurai from other countries are allowed to participate in this year's competition, which samurai regiment are you, you look very raw." ” Char put down the wine bottle in his hand, sighed, and said with a smile: "I've been watching it for three days, and today's fight is the most exciting, your swordsmanship is really powerful."
The black-armored warrior's face sank, and he shouted with anger: "Wonderful, it turns out that we fought to the death, and in the eyes of Your Excellency, it was like watching a play."
Char scratched his head: "I'll eat well here, you have to fight by yourself, can't I see it from the side, can't you fight as soon as you fight, just let Lao Tzu blindfold it, it's not a woman's bare ass, what's so unseemly" As soon as he said this, the other party was immediately speechless, although the turtle's words were rude, but it made people unable to answer: In public, you are going to fight, don't you allow others to watch?
The black-armored warrior is obviously not a person who is good at words, so he simply slashed the sword in his hand and said coldly: "My name is Alfrecut, and the leader of the Wolf Tooth Warrior Regiment looks like you are also a warrior, and I think I also went to Yanjing to participate in the competition, if you haven't heard my name, then I don't mind letting you leave a deep impression today and report your name, the warrior let me understand whether you have matching skills under your arrogant face."
Before Char could speak, Dodora next to him had already jumped up At this moment, it was the time to show loyalty, how could Dotaro let go of this opportunity and although the other party was fierce, but the magician knew his master's ability without fear, the fox was fake and mighty, and there was no danger, at this moment, as a competent dogleg, it was really a godsend "Blind your dog's eyes" The magician stood up, but shrank beside Char and didn't dare to move forward, pointing at the black-armored warrior Alfrecat and shouting: "How can we adults have the same identity as you, jokes, our adults are fierce generals in the army, where are you warriors who can be qualified to challenge our family, I see that you are impatient, do you know who our family adults are, do you think you can fight with both hands, and you can see no one in your eyes, your swordsmanship is better than how Oodin Hasting, hum, Hastings are seriously injured in front of our family adults, and you are more powerful than Hasting, do you dare to challenge our family?"
To be continued 〗Hanyu Pinyin "" is simple and easy to remember: