The Rise of the European Emperor

The cavalry school is different from ordinary schools. It is not trained from a very young age, but from 13 years old. The age of 13 is the age for graduating from elementary school. At the same time, the children can basically climb on horseback. It is meaningful to start training cavalry courses at this time.

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Just like an ordinary knight, he went to the house of a great nobleman as a servant, although he was sent there at the age of 7. However, from the age of 7 to 14, generally they can only be servants and do some chores. At the same time, learn some basic cultural knowledge, as well as various knight etiquette. It was not until the age of 14, when he was as tall as a horse, that he began to practice knight martial arts. Then, he practiced for 7 years until he was 21 years old. This is a bit similar to the apprenticeship system, which is also a 7-year apprenticeship. However, what is better than craftsmen's apprentices is that during the seven years from the age of 7 to 14, knights have the opportunity to learn cultural knowledge and various etiquettes when they are servants. Although they have to do service work for the great nobles, these cultural knowledge will never be accessible to common people. \u003cr/\u003e

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Of course, Western European knights began to practice riding and fighting at the age of 14 because Western European war horses are relatively tall, with a shoulder height of more than 1.7 meters. The North Sea country now generally uses Eastern European Mongolian horses from the Crimean Khanate, and the shoulder height is generally only a little over 1.5 meters. Therefore, knights have to start training in riding and fighting martial arts at the age of 14, and students of the Beihai National Cavalry School can only be 13 years old. After all, Eastern European Mongolian horses are much shorter than Western European war horses, and their height requirements are also much lower. \u003cr/\u003e

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Under normal circumstances, the school system of the Beihai National Cavalry School is also a 7-year system. Like knight training, it also requires graduation at the age of 21. The reason why I chose to graduate at the age of 21 is because at the age of 21, the body has basically grown up, and the plate armor of matching size can be customized. If it is too early, the height will continue to grow, and the custom-made plate armor may be too small. At that time, a set of plate armor will be wasted. And a set of plate armor costs at least dozens of gold coins, and ordinary people can't afford to waste it. Therefore, it is generally necessary to wait until the age of 21 before starting to customize plate armor. Some are late in development, and even delay until they are twenty-five or six years old before they formally order plate armor sets for use in battle. \u003cr/\u003e

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Of course, this is a knight family with relatively poor economic conditions, so it is so true. If you were a wealthy noble family, you could customize plate armor at the age of 18, and it was a luxurious version of plate armor inlaid with gems. As for not being able to wear it in the future, the big deal is to order a new set every year...\u003cr/\u003e

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Just like Caesar, although he is only 14 years old now, he has already started training in armor. Of course, Marin didn't dare to let Caesar wear heavy plate armor. That thing is too heavy, and it is easy to be weighed down when wearing it every day. Therefore, the armor Marin got for Caesar was rhinoceros leather armor made of rhinoceros hide from Africa. The rhinoceros leather armor has high protection and is light, so it won't crush Caesar. Moreover, as the heir of the North Sea State, does Caesar want any armor? From the age of 14, Marin began to customize rhinoceros leather armor for him, one set per year, which is extremely luxurious. \u003cr/\u003e

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It stands to reason that the first graduates of the cavalry school established 5 years ago should be two years later. However, there is an exception. When the cavalry school was established 5 years ago, some teenagers aged 16 or 17 were eager to join. The point is, many of their fathers are big shots in Beihai. \u003cr/\u003e

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Those Beihai officers who held military positions in the army knew very well that the status of cavalry was higher than that of infantry. If you have the opportunity to enter the cavalry school, you will be a cavalry officer after graduation, and your qualifications are much higher than that of an infantry officer. \u003cr/\u003e

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Therefore, when the cavalry school was established, many officers asked to come to Marin, hoping that their sixteen or seventeen-year-old sons could also study there.

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Therefore, Marin specially approved and approved hundreds of sixteen or seventeen-year-old officers' children to enter the cavalry school. At the same time, hundreds of German Cossack children were specially recruited to study in the military academy. In the end, the total number of overage students reached as many as a thousand. \u003cr/\u003e

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Now, five years have passed, and those overage trainees are all over 21 years old. It's time to serve in the army. \u003cr/\u003e

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Originally, this was just a trivial matter, just follow the normal process. According to the normal procedure, the principal of the cavalry school in Alsace does not need to come forward, just send an instructor to take the graduates to the cavalry department of the military department to register, and then wait for the arrangement. \u003cr/\u003e

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But Alsace has a small idea in his heart, hoping to take this opportunity to show his teaching achievements, and at the same time, he hopes to be recognized by Marin, and let him come out again as a real-time general. \u003cr/\u003e

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He is currently enjoying the treatment of a regiment commander, but he has no soldiers in his hands, similar to a civilian general, and has no title. If he had never commanded an army, so be it. But he once commanded a cavalry regiment. After being replaced by Marin, he was very unwilling and hoped to come out again as a general. \u003cr/\u003e

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After all, in addition to the problem of face, as a real general, there is also the opportunity to make meritorious service, which can improve the title...\u003cr/\u003e

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Although Alsace served as the commander of the Cossack Cavalry Legion, he is still a hereditary knight because of his lack of military exploits. Among the nobles at the regimental commander level, they are definitely at the bottom of the list. And Jurgen, who is also the commander of the Cossack Cavalry Legion, has been promoted to the first baron because of his outstanding performance against the Allied Forces of the Eight Kingdoms. If there are still wars to fight in the future, it can be improved. \u003cr/\u003e

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This made Alsace very envious and somewhat jealous. He didn't want to just live with the title of hereditary knight, but if he wanted to raise his title, he couldn't get it as an instructor. Only by going to the battlefield and making military exploits can one obtain the promotion of the title. \u003cr/\u003e

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Therefore, Alsace obviously didn't need to show up in person, but he personally brought a thousand overage graduates of the cavalry school to Aurich. After arranging for the teacher to take the students to the military headquarters to register, he himself came to the palace and asked to see Marin. \u003cr/\u003e

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As an officer with the same status as the head of the legion, Alsace is also qualified to see Marin. Marin also wanted to know the current situation of the cavalry school, so he summoned him. \u003cr/\u003e

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Marin's eyes lit up when he heard that he had 1,000 more cavalry school graduates\u003cr/\u003e

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"Really? One thousand graduates? What's the level?"\u003cr/\u003e

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That's a thousand cadets! Although they have only studied for five years and less than seven years, Marin knows that they have learned a lot. Because cavalry stuff doesn't need to be learned for seven years. As I said before, the reason why the Cavaliers graduated at the age of 21 is that apart from the fixed height, the 21-year-old boy has basically grown his strength and can fight against others. If one is too young and has not developed strength, even if one is good at martial arts, the strength is not enough to fight against others. \u003cr/\u003e

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In fact, the peak of a knight often has to wait until he is twenty-seven or eight years old. At this time, the strength of the knight is the most abundant, and the combat experience has also become very rich. \u003cr/\u003e

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However, the requirements of the cavalry in the North Sea State are different from that of ordinary knights. They do not need to collide with people with heavy lances. Therefore, the strength requirements are not particularly high. 21 years old, basically enough. Next, is the need for actual combat training. \u003cr/\u003e

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Marin was also very satisfied when he learned that there were a thousand cavalry school graduates. So, he continued to ask\u003cr/\u003e

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"How's the martial arts of those kids? Can they fight against ordinary knights?"\u003cr/\u003e

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In this regard, Alsace is full of confidence\u003cr/\u003e

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"No problem! At least, it is no problem to fight against knights of the same age. Of course, they have not been trained to use lances, and they may not be able to fight against traditional knights with lances. However, they use the spring lances created by you, Your Majesty. Against the bulky traditional lance, it will not be defeated."\u003cr/\u003e

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"How about the military strategy?" Marin asked again. \u003cr/\u003e

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At this time, Arthas blushed\u003cr/\u003e

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"This...it doesn't seem to be very good in this aspect...you know, these over-age students have a relatively poor cultural background, and they are not as good as the children who graduated from regular primary schools who entered the school later. Therefore, in terms of military strategy exams, they can pass 70% There are very few, only a hundred or so..." Marin has higher requirements for officers, 70 points are considered qualified, not 60 points. \u003cr/\u003e

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After a pause, Alsace said again\u003cr/\u003e

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"Of course, those who didn't score 70 points can still serve as ordinary cavalry squad leaders. At least, they are proficient in martial arts and are familiar with the basic cavalry confrontation command process. What they lack is actual combat experience. And..."\u003cr /\u003e

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Seeing that Marin's face was not too bad, Alsace said again\u003cr/\u003e

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"Those graduates who are not good at military strategy can also serve as your majesty's cavalry guards..."\u003cr/\u003e

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"Guard cavalry?" Marin was stunned for a moment, but soon his face was full of surprise. \u003cr/\u003e

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"Yes, guard cavalry!" Marin happily patted the table, startling Alsace. He thought that Marin was going crazy, but when he saw Marin's happy face, he felt relieved. \u003cr/\u003e

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Thinking that Napoleon always had four guard cavalry regiments guarding him during the war, Marin also planned to form a guard cavalry regiment to protect his own safety during the war. \u003cr/\u003e

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Obviously, most of the first batch of overage cavalry school graduates did not have good academic performance, and they seemed to be somewhat inadequate as generals. But as Alsace said, those people cannot serve as generals, but they have no problem serving as cavalry guards! \u003cr/\u003e

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Moreover, those cavalry school graduates with poor cultural achievements are not incapable of serving as officers, but are just not capable enough to serve as senior generals. It is no problem to serve as ordinary cavalry squad leaders. As a guard cavalry, that's no problem. After all, the guards don't need to be smart, they just need to be loyal enough. \u003cr/\u003e

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So, Marin told Alsace to say\u003cr/\u003e

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"You send someone to investigate in detail. Except for the more than 100 people with cultural scores above 70, which will be arranged by the military department, you will select the 500 people with the highest loyalty from the remaining 800 people. I will form a guard Cavalry regiment!"\u003cr/\u003e

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Alsace showed a happy face, but then asked carefully\u003cr/\u003e

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"How about picking the remaining 300 people?"\u003cr/\u003e

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As the principal, he has developed feelings for the students over the past few years, and he doesn't want the 300 or so selected graduates to have no future. \u003cr/\u003e

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After thinking about it, Marin decided to say \u003cr/\u003e

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"Leave the same to the military department! However, the more than 100 outstanding graduates started out as cavalry captains, and the remaining 300 or so who were selected could only start as ordinary cavalry. With military exploits in the future, they can be compared Those uneducated cavalry should be promoted first..."\u003cr/\u003e

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"Okay, I'm going to lead people to understand the situation and pick out the most loyal 500 people to serve as your Majesty's cavalry guards!" After finishing speaking, Alsace turned and left. \u003cr/\u003e

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Just as he was about to walk out of the door of Marin's office, Marin's voice came from behind\u003cr/\u003e

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"Do your job well, do well, and in the future, you will have the opportunity to lead troops..."\u003cr/\u003e

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Obviously, Marin also saw Alsace's thoughts. Moreover, he does not exclude the use of Alsace. After all, he will need a lot of troops and officers to annex the entire northern German states in the future. Therefore, there are still many opportunities. Although Alsace's talent is not high, it is not bad, but his thinking is a bit biased towards traditional knights. \u003cr/\u003e

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However, this kind of officer who is biased towards heavy cavalry may not be qualified to lead Cossacks who are pure light cavalry, but it is suitable to command cavalry in the middle of the half-heavy cavalry and half-light cavalry like Lancers. After all, he was able to stand out from so many German Cossacks at the beginning. Apart from the advantage of his unique name, his own ability should not be underestimated. \u003cr/\u003e

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Alsace was stunned at first, but then a happy look appeared on his face. Then, he left the Aurich Palace briskly, his whole body seemed to be full of strength...\u003cr/\u003e

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