Public trial?You deserve it too!

"Your Majesty means..."

"How about, let him learn more from you, and he doesn't need to give up his current studies. It's good to have some ideals. Let him continue to work with Claude. There will be many opportunities to make contributions in the future. I believe you and your child Their ability, the Kohler family will definitely not be inferior to the Barr family."

The emperor said it very lightly, but he couldn't get Nicholas out of it—is he planning to make Randolph a non-staff?But non-staff personnel are generally informants who don't know anything-does his son seem like a person who doesn't know anything?And what kind of non-staff personnel need to learn from him, the bureau chief?Learn how to manage...

Wait a moment.

The eyes of the head of the Imperial Intelligence Bureau became sharper.

The emperor first said that Randolph's intelligence talent was better than that of a knight, and then he said that he should learn more from himself, which meant that there was no room for negotiation on this matter. Randolph should and must be engaged in intelligence work.

But later the emperor said that there was no need to interrupt his studies and let Randolph continue to work with Claude, that is to say, he did not require Randolph to join the Imperial Intelligence Service as an official intelligence officer.That is to say, I hope that Randolph will stay under Claude's command while secretly communicating with the Imperial Intelligence Agency.

This Claude is an upstart in the imperial capital. Although he doesn't seem to be well-known now, he has been involved all the way, so he naturally knows the truth - this little knight's climbing speed can be said to be skyrocketing, and in the past two years, the only one who can get along with the other party Compare the people who have been promoted...

Probably the third prince Ludwig, who is about to become the crown prince...

Nicholas also heard the news that the emperor would form the Ninth Knights of the Guards, but he knew a little more - the skeleton of the new Ninth Knights came from the First Knights of the Guards, and the recruitment channel It was the Third Knights of the Guards.These are two troops that are completely loyal to the emperor. It can even be said that the emperor trusts them more than his own son!

Then let his son continue to stay under Claude's command to "make contributions" in the future, and also hinted that he can help Randolph a lot. The old emperor's intentions are already obvious-he wants Claude to have a message from the Imperial Intelligence Agency. Information channels, so as to grasp the advantage of battlefield intelligence.

The last sentence is more intriguing.

"The Kohler family is no worse than the Barr family."

Who are the Barr family?The head of the family, Heinz Barr, is the emperor's pawn. Otherwise, even if he was given 1 guts, a powerful general would not dare to openly take sides in the battle for the crown prince—but this is not only support, but also a kind of caretaker, because Augustus At the same time, there is another group of forces under his command. The existence of Heinz is to serve as a red line.

Patriarch Baal is the emperor's pawn.

The head of the Kohler family himself is also the emperor's pawn.

Heinz took the job of losing his head, so he let his two sons "flexible employment", and the emperor also gave a guarantee.

What I do is also a job that loses my head, so I let my two sons "flexible employment", and the emperor also gave a guarantee.

Heinz let his eldest son join Augustus and serve him wholeheartedly, in order to show his "loyalty" to Augustus, and at the same time, he was also a kind of caretaker.

His loyalty was given to the emperor, but now the emperor let Randolph enter Claude's command, signaling that the other party should devote all his allegiance to Claude.

The analogy is complete, and the conclusion is obvious——

Claude is the emperor's illegitimate son, because the other party's analogy is Augustus...

This is of course impossible.

However, this analogy is still not a problem. The emperor really valued Claude very much, and the meaning of these few words to himself was that the emperor hoped that Randolph would not only provide information to Claude, but also hope that Claude A newly promoted leader of the Knights, able to keep a dark eye on each other all the time.

From this point of view, the reason why the emperor used the troops most loyal to him to build up an army for Claude was not only to allow the opponent to quickly pass through the early capital accumulation in this way, but also to express to the outside world that he For the value of Claude.

More importantly... this is an army that will never betray the emperor.

At least not like the Knights under Augustus, even if Augustus ordered a rebellion, that Knights would also support it—after all, their loyal object is the First Prince.

After a lot of thought, Nicholas immediately understood the current situation of the emperor.

This old father...it must have been completely broken by Augustus.

So he obviously added an invisible restraint to Claude before, but he was still a little worried, and wanted the Imperial Intelligence Agency to add another fuse.

Just like the card that Augustus got, all the help the old emperor gave him, from power to talent, was one in a million. As long as he was a normal person, with a little respect and loyalty to the emperor, he could be locked up. With the position of the dead crown prince, seizing the heir directly enters garbage time, after all, he has got what others need to fight for from the very beginning.

——The emperor's favor.

Now this Knight Claude is also, the emperor gave him these, of course there will be more in the future - as long as he is really loyal to the empire, then the achievements and status he can achieve will be difficult for others to match of!

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There is no pitfall in not introducing the heirs of the First Prince and the Second Prince, it is simply that there is no drama at this point in time, because they are different from Ludwig's daughters, they are young and have not grown up at all, these people have grown up early up.

They are now either managing their respective fiefdoms again, or serving as officials or joining the army for training.After all, this book is to follow the location and perspective of the protagonist, and this volume is the imperial capital volume, and unless their father can become the final winner, they will not stay in the imperial capital for a long time.Without the ability and power of your own, why raise them in the imperial capital? Is rice expensive?

Among them, the heirs of Augustus are more pure and simple, basically there is nothing to write about-after all, can you expect a guy with a stick to raise a passing line?It is enough for a fool to show up, not to mention cross talk.

This is also the reason why I simply tell you here, after all, this kind of thing is really not mentioned in the text, and the original name was taken away by me. After all, everyone said before that they couldn’t remember the name, so there is no need to continue to add it. It's important to name the characters too.

Joachim's son appears in the next volume.

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Learn from Me: Chapter 195 Chapter 170 Chapter [-] Preparations

Claude is a very good friend. He is in charge of the military, he is reused by His Majesty, and he is also a princess consort. He is also quite upright—just because he joined the team of the third prince Ludwig in advance, so Nicholas before Only then did he behave very cautiously, just indicating that Randolph could show his favor in a subtle way.

And now, the emperor has stood up for him, telling Nicholas that he can release his goodwill now, and he will naturally not let go of this opportunity.

As for the emperor’s hidden meaning of surveillance, it’s not a big deal. The Imperial Intelligence Agency monitors the world. Even if the emperor doesn’t say anything, he will act as eyes and ears for the Cypriots on Claude’s side according to the rules, but it will either be Randolph or up.

But now that the emperor said that it would be better to let Randolph act as a bridge of communication and a red line of insurance—this shows that the Imperial Intelligence Bureau and Claude may have the opportunity to fight side by side in the future, and it is even more necessary to do a good job. relation.

Of course, the premise is that Claude is absolutely loyal to the emperor, otherwise...

In short, I hope this upstart will not be like Augustus...

After a lot of thinking, Nicholas immediately knew how to answer.

"Your Majesty understands, I will do it immediately, and I will definitely live up to your majesty's entrustment!"

The emperor nodded in satisfaction.

"Go down."

"My minister retire."

Nicholas hastily left the Roman palace.

When everything was quiet, a faint sigh came from the luxurious palace.

"I'm really sorry... Among my sons, there is such a useless trash..."

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"Captain Claude, the second batch of knight recruits from our knight order has arrived at the barracks, and there are also all the military horses and weapons and armor."

Major Dotson saluted Claude and handed over a material shipment list.

This officer who was born as a guard didn't have a trace of arrogance in front of Claude, and it was obviously not because of the emperor's order, but because of his heartfelt approval.

The reason is very simple. The first thing Claude did when he came to this barracks was to blow up their 40-man personal guard with a single-step warhammer on the grounds that he "wanted to see the fighting style of the Emperor's Guards". .

After the fight, everyone was convinced, because when you saw the opponent holding up a fully armed colleague in plate armor and throwing it at you with one hand, of course you were willing to accept the opponent's "reason".

Then everyone was stunned by the fact that the humble knight was a humble knight. You must know that Major Dothan is almost 25 and has just touched the threshold.Although personal strength does not explain their command ability, at least they are qualified to be their commanders.

This group of arrogant soldiers is now honestly accepting the command of Claude, and they are also working hard on the training of the recruits.

[Is this enough? 】

"That's enough. After all, I'm just training the troops now, so that these mid- and lower-level commanders will recognize me, and it's enough not to fail in command during the battle."

[What about those soldiers?I thought you'd choose to do this in front of soldiers. 】

"Ha - why are you so loud? I need dignity to manage the officers, and the officers naturally need dignity to manage the soldiers. This will certainly improve my image, but these officers may not be able to command the soldiers under them. "

Claude smiled.

"They didn't join the army by faith - so there is no need to worry about your image in the hearts of the soldiers. As long as you can lead them to win, and lead them to win many battles, you are their god. On the contrary , even if you are a holy mother, if you lead them to defeat every day, then it is nothing but bullshit."

He flipped through the list very quickly, and when he reached the end...

[No problem, it is all consistent with the data issued in the previous order. 】

"No problem, it is all consistent with the data issued in the previous order."

Claude turned his head and showed the essence of human beings to Dothan, and signed his name at the end of the list.

"Take it to them and give it to them, and then put all the ordnance in the warehouse first, and I will go and see those recruits."

"Yes."

Major Dotson saluted again, turned and left.

Claude also walked towards the barracks, and the 2000 newcomers were being allocated dormitories in order.

"Tsk, it's true that things like the Knights Order depend on fate..."

Claude looked at the two thousand knights, and finally understood why the knights were divided into first-tier and second-tier-this was destined as early as when it was compiled.

Because there is no so-called knight retinue in the first-line knight order, all of them are knights-not referring to their noble class, but it means that all of these people can use magic power.In other words, what they emphasize is the mutual cooperation between fighters, rather than the pyramid structure with class distinctions.

"Maybe this is the secret to building [Mithril Magic Net]? After all, only in this way can we be considered a united group, not one small combat team after another."

Claude thought about it.

"If it goes like this... If I form a super-organized knight group, as long as it is united enough, [Mithril Magic Net] can do it, right? If it is expanded a little bit, put it in the entire army... No, it is too big. It's useless, after all, you have to sacrifice different magic net abilities, and no ability is really a panacea."

Watching the 2000 people slowly walk into their barracks, Claude narrowed his eyes.

The number of people is almost the same. After all, he only has forty officers and knights, and he can support up to ten long knights. This is the current limit-after all, everything depends on the actual effect. The standard establishment of 4000 knights in the knight brigade is currently enough for these [-] people to experiment on the battlefield.

"...Let's get rid of the infantry. One dragoon regiment and one auxiliary supply team should be enough."

Claude pondered for a while. To be honest, he is not interested in infantry. After all, a thousand-man army will have a loyal knight as the commander. It sounds like a mixed infantry and cavalry army. .

Reconnaissance, probing, maintaining the front line, and breaking the rear. In short, although there are a large number of these people, they are just cannon fodder. Unless they are luxuriously equipped heavy infantry, they are not much better than paper for the knights' charge.

Even the heavy infantry, once the allotted single-bolt crossbows are fired, they are just meat on the cutting board. After all, the kind of things that are troublesome to load basically cannot be loaded with a second shot on the battlefield—— Unless you let go of all weapons and armor in your hands.And apart from this crossbow arrow, they can hardly pose any threat to the knight.

Now is no longer the time before the unification of the empire. At that time, everyone cherished the knights in their hands very much. The infantry phalanx tactics were played out, and a knight with a thousand infantry could be exchanged for double digits. Earn extra money.Many times a battle is decided between the infantry.The loser directly threw away the infantry and retreated with the precious knight troops, even writing to the bones of the nobles.

But not now, since the empire changed knights from a noble class to a unit of measurement of combat power, wars have gradually begun to drive out untalented infantry.In addition to things like suppressing places and maintaining law and order, which also require a large number of infantry units, these ordinary people have almost no ability to influence the balance of victory in a real knight confrontation.

The only exception is that it happened on the Eastern Front. Facing the genocidal methods of the elves, all the people living there were thinking about how to get their mother's vote before they died. The infantry with magical talents are desperately trying to gnaw off a piece of meat from those elves who are knights per capita.

Claude really wanted those infantrymen.But unfortunately, the survival rate of infantry on the battlefield there is appallingly low—the infantry on the Eastern Front has almost only two states, one is that they have not seen the enemy, and the other is that they have already died in battle.

So Claude gave up this idea, and just wanted to bring a dragoon regiment as an assistant, do some work such as battlefield interception, arrow rain suppression-after all, without the retinue, although the entire knight regiment has outstanding combat power, but From the perspective of a generalist, the attack method has become relatively simple.

Yes, now he was thinking about going to war.

The main reason is that he still underestimated the speed and urgency of the emperor's "pushing the seedlings to encourage them".

These people were all assigned to Claude directly from the reserve army of the Third Knights of the Guards.

There are a total of eight Knights of the Guards in the Empire, so Claude is the [New Ninth Knights of the Guards]. The eight Knights of the Guards are different in nature. The guards are the strongest knights in the empire. They are formed by elites from the strongest troops in the empire. They are stationed in the palace city of the imperial capital. They are also the troops that Dothan and the others originally belonged to.

The Second Knights of the Guards is just an honorary organization. The head of the knights is the founding emperor of the empire, and it is the place where the entire Emperor's Guards were incorporated after retirement—either they have no family, or they are disabled. They will all stay in this knight order and be stationed in the Invalides, which can be regarded as an activity center for veteran cadres.

What kind of unit the Third Knights are, can be clearly explained in one sentence.

——The head of the Third Knights of the Imperial Guards is His Majesty the Emperor, and the place where he is stationed is the Imperial Palace.

According to the rules of the empire, every adult prince can form a knight order of his own, and the seat of the Third Knight Order of the Guards is reserved for this knight order that originally belonged to the prince——Prince **, he No matter what the name of the knights under his command is, they will all be called the Third Knights of the Guards, and the original Third Knights will stop recruiting newcomers and become mausoleum guardians, loyally stationed in the royal tomb.

In other words, if Ludwig dies, the Lightning Knights will be renamed the Third Knights of the Guards, and the original Third Knights will become the old emperor's mausoleum guards, vacating the position and number. .

The Fourth Knights of the Guards, stationed in the upper city and the middle city of the imperial capital, are responsible for maintaining law and order in the area. In other words, the Gilded Holy Land belongs to a unit that everyone understands.

Those who are really responsible for the defense of the imperial capital are the Fifth and Sixth Knights of the Guards, stationed on the outskirts of the imperial capital. These two knights are the elite of the empire, and their establishment is also quite large. There are thirty long knight brigades full of troops. .

The Seventh Knights of the Guards is a water army including the Marine Corps. It is divided into two parts, one is stationed on the Spree River flowing through the imperial capital, and the other is stationed on the Oder River not far from the emperor.

The Eighth Knights of the Guards is the reserve knight reserve of the fourth to seventh knights of the Emperor's Guards. They are stationed in various battlefields all year round, and they also fight in the North Sea Fleet. Only the emperor himself knew how big this knight order was.

Further down, there is Claude's new Ninth Knights.

So in other words, the Ninth Knights can be regarded as a branch of the Third Knights - I thought that the four thousand knights were all drawn directly from the opponent's reserve barracks, and even helped Claude in training. Jump over.

Next, as long as you run in for a few months and do a few long-distance maneuvers, you can go to the battlefield to gain experience.

"This is really...can't wait to send me to the battlefield."

Claude was a little puzzled.

"What happened? The old emperor doesn't look like someone who is so eager for results. Why is he so anxious?"

[Thinking from another angle, the other party wants you to leave the imperial capital as soon as possible? 】

Claude was taken aback and narrowed his eyes.

"...The reminder is right. There is indeed such a possibility. After all, Gutenberg was instigated by me before and rushed over to lift the lid on this matter. And no matter what kind of reaction Augustus made, in recent years It is estimated that the imperial capital will be chaotic, and the emperor probably does not want me to be involved in the muddy waters of political struggles, so he arranged this way."

The young man frowns a little.