Chapter 214 You Can’t Become a Cavalry General in Three Months
After leaving the “Customs”, Boritz followed Busak uneasily towards the station of the Holy Trinity Education Team.
He couldn't figure out the attitude of the chief civil servant of the Papal State. He even suspected that his small group had been discovered.
After all, there has always been a legend among the believers that there is a ruthless spy organization within the Boy Army, namely the Cheka.
It is said that the word "Cheka" comes from the Aiur language "God's Eye". They will investigate and capture betrayers under the assignment of God's Eye Horn.
However, Boritz had always regarded this matter as a rumor spread by a country man, but being called away by Busak with a serious face still made Boritz unable to help but think wildly.
Especially because their destination is the Holy Trinity Education Team.
"Your Excellency Busak, what are we doing here at the Holy Trinity Education Team?"
Busak was riding a horse on a muddy path surrounded by gray wooden fences. He said calmly: "Those refugees need a census, don't these lost elements of the Holy Trinity Education Team need to be investigated?"
The lost elements are the names given to these low-level nobles within the Salvation Army. Their names are positioned between believers and devils.
Speaking of which, we have to mention the relationship between the Salvation Army and the Papal States. This issue was not officially determined until yesterday.
In a nutshell, the Salvation Army is an army directly under the Pope, while the rebel army outside under the banner of Saint Sun and Shorthair is an army under the jurisdiction of the Papal State.
The original intention of establishing the Holy Trinity Education Team was because Horn found that they lacked enough military and cultural talents to complete the development plan they should have.
After all, no matter how powerful Horn is, it is impossible to remember all the knowledge. He also has the trouble that the knowledge reserve brought from the earth is not enough to solve the problem.
As the saying goes, to avoid past mistakes and avoid future ones, to treat the sick and save the patient, Horn still kept some of the lower-level nobles and knights of Qianhe River Valley who had minor crimes.
Anyway, I first gave him a hearty kick when he came in. The knight knew how to breathe, so he was probably restless, so he tied his neck tightly with a thin rope to prevent him from breathing normally. If he was starved for a few days, no matter how strong the knight was, he would not be able to breathe normally. You have to work hard.
When Boritz followed Busak to the scene, there was a tattered spiked fence as high as one person in a muddy depression.
In the fence are a dozen wooden houses that smell rancid, but they are cleaned quite simply.
Hundreds of lost elements were dragged to the edge of the camp. They took off their woolen silks and put on the linen shorts commonly worn by farmers.
The sky is gray, and residual raindrops drip from birch branches on their heads from time to time. They can only shiver in the cold wind while digging the land with hoes to clear up wasteland.
Friends who often opened up wasteland in ancient times know that it is quite difficult to open up wasteland solely by manpower.
This land reclamation is not just about plowing the land with a hoe. You must first dig trenches, pile them into ridges, and then use a fire to burn away the weeds and shrubs on the field.
If the terrain is relatively low, it will even be more troublesome to drain the water first.
After the problem of the land itself is solved, people can take their turn.
These lost elements must first dig up the weed roots, and then remove all the stones and rocks from the fields, including tree roots and rabbit holes.
Finally, the land was plowed again and fertilized, and then plowed again and fertilized again to barely reach the standard for farming.
Beside the shed in the field, four registrars held pens and papers to register the haggard and lost elements.
But it is not so much a registration as a record.
After standing aside and listening for a while, Boritz discovered that these registrars were all child soldiers, and they would repeatedly ask a question, asking these lost elements to answer honestly.
Sometimes I will even ask questions that were asked a few days ago. If you don’t get the number, I’m sorry, I’ll let you go.
Boritz has seen many methods of torturing prisoners. They just open up wasteland and work, and they also have food and shelter. This kind of torture is much better than those who are sold to work in black mines.
Maybe only these low-level nobles and priests feel humiliated. "Sir, when will I take my shift?" Boritz observed for a while, then turned to Busak and asked.
Busak walked to a small courtyard and pointed inside: "I asked you to investigate the lost elements, but I didn't ask you to investigate those outside."
< br>Following the wooden door opened by Busak, Boritz tiptoed in like a thief.
A girl wearing hunting clothes and leather armor and a middle-aged knight were in the middle of the small courtyard. Boritz recognized it at a glance as the witch Jeanne who killed dozens of knights in the bloody battle of Joan of Arc.
The feeling of numbness in his scalp suddenly surged up, and Busak behind him pushed him impatiently: "Go in quickly, don't block the door."
Follow Behind Busak, Boritz took two steps and finally reached a position where he could hear the conversation between the two people clearly.
"So what are the specific speeds of slow trot, trot, canter and trot? Do you judge it based on the wind speed?"
"No, no, no." Standing opposite Jeanne The middle-aged knight shook his head and said, "Wind speed is not enough to judge speed."
"Then how do you know the specific speeds of these four cavalry steps."
"It's very simple. Have you ever seen a horse walk normally? After its limbs leave the ground in sequence, they land on the ground in the order they left the ground. This is the slow walk."
Standing in front of this war horse, the middle-aged knight with sunken eyes only has his feet locked in shackles and his hands are not bound. After all, Jeanne is here, give him a hundred. I can't even escape with my life.
He coughed and continued: "Like trotting, that is the horse's hooves on the diagonal, like the left front hoof and the right back hoof leaving the ground at the same time.
Running, for example Say, first the right hind limb touches the ground, then the left hind limb and the right forelimb touch the ground at the same time, and finally the left forelimb touches the ground.
As for the strike step, it is used during the final charge. It is essentially running at a faster speed. "
"Then how do you judge the current pace? "
The knight glanced at the girl in front of him who was taking notes seriously, and there was a hint of pride and pity in his voice: "We often say that the sound of horse hooves is like the rhythm of sacred music. When you walk slowly At the end of a step, there are four hoof sounds, da da da da da, while at trot, there are two hoof sounds, when running, there are three hoof sounds, and at the end of the step, there are two hoof sounds. "
"I will take you to test the specific speed of this footwork later. "Jeanna held the pen awkwardly and wrote down a few simple words in the notes.
After thinking about it, she handed the notes to Boritz who was standing aside: "Come and write them down for me. ”
"As you command, Your Highness."
Seeing Boritz's humble and flattering look, Jeanne frowned and said: "Since Madeleine recommended you to help me, you should work honestly and don't do anything else. Do you know what’s wrong?”
Boritz’s heart stopped for a moment: “I understand, I understand.”
It seemed that something was wrong from Boritz, and Jeanne felt a little bit. She wondered why Madeleine recommended this person to her.
Jeanna shook her head. She did not have the time to think about this. She continued to look at the middle-aged knight in front of her, and asked: "Is that it? Is this the footwork in cavalry battles?"
The knight's face showed uncontrollable arrogance: "Of course not, my distinguished lady, in the slow walk, there are also divided into strides and leg movements, short walk, normal walk and extended walk. There are also more refined footwork in the fast running step.
After taking the potion, there are also more refined footwork and tactics. There are also different passwords in the charge. Marching also requires complicated pace coordination.
If a knight wants to become a knight, he only needs to be able to fight, but he still needs a long time to learn to become a cavalry captain, let alone a cavalry general. < br>
If you want to become a cavalry general, madam, it will take more than three months, at least three years.”
Jeanna ignored the sarcasm in his words and just stood up calmly and patted her. Patting the dirt on his trousers: "I will come to see you tomorrow, go and work."
(End of this chapter)