In order to dilute the differences between the Germans and the English, Marin stated in the book that the Germans are a nation. The Germans belonged to the main line of the Germans, they also occupied a central position in Europe and inherited the Roman Empire.
The English belong to the West Germans and belong to the marine branch of the Germans. The Nordics, who had once produced powerful Viking pirates, belong to the northern branch of the Germans. But no matter what, the three belong to the great Germanic nation.
In order to emphasize the bravery of the Germans, after thinking about it, Marin decided to introduce a later generation of network term-"fighting nation" to describe the Germans.
In the later generations who advocate peace, the word "fighting nation" is full of ridicule, and it also means that Mao Zi is so brave and fierce. In the battle for fame, Mao Zi chased 1,000 infamous English football hooligans in the French European Cup with 200 Russian football hooligans. After this battle, Mao Zi was worshipped by netizens, thinking that they were Super Saiyan, and deserved to be "fighting nations" ...
Of course, in later generations, this is just a neutral, even derogatory title. Because later generations advocate peace and despise violence.
But in the early 16th century, in a time of war and chaos, the "fighting nation" was not derogatory, but praised. Because ancient people, whether in the East or the West, advocated bravery (except in the Song and Ming Dynasties when Confucianism had an absolute advantage). Saying which nation is a fighting nation is definitely a compliment.
In fact, the reason why the wild boar Pinur Hachi founded the country as the post-gold is to borrow the prestige of the authentic Jurchens who are "no more than 10,000 Jurchens, and invincible beyond 10,000." But in fact, the Jianzhou Jurchen and the Jurchen Jurchen did not have much to do with each other. The authentic Jin Dynasty Jurchen entered the North China region long ago and was either killed by Yuan Dynasty people or integrated into the local Han people. The reason why Jianzhou Jurchens are called Jurchens is because they are located in the hometown of Lao Nuzhen. Yuan and Ming dynasties still refer to them as Jurchen. But Nuer Hachi borrowed the titles of Jurchen and Houjin, and it was indeed very bluffing. The Ming Dynasty, who advocated Wenzhi, was frightened. In fact, when the Manchus entered the customs, they mainly relied on Mongolian cavalry and Han people in eastern Liaoning. Another thing is to rely on the wild Nuzhen captured from the old forest in the northeast deep mountain (actually not much to do with the Nuzhen) as a cannon foe squad, to attract the Ming army firearms. And the real man is not much.
The reason why Manqing can be strong is that it has a great relationship with the emperor Taiji's hosting of Mongolians and Han people, and the establishment of Mongolian Eight Banners and Han Eight Banners. It was precisely because of the establishment of the Mongolian Eight Banners and the Han Eight Banners that the Manchu army had reached more than 100,000 people, and they had the capital to enter the customs.
But the strange thing is that after the establishment of the Republic of China, the authorities directly classified those Han Baqi into the Manchu. The Mongolian Eight Banners still belong to Mongolia. In fact, most of the Manchus in later generations are descendants of Han Baqi. Otherwise, how could there be tens of millions of people in future generations? The officials in the early years of the Republic of China were confused and divided the Han Eight Banners into the Manchu.
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Marin knew that people of this era were very admired for bravery. Those knights, who tried their best to compete with others, and even died in the competition, for what? Not for the reputation of being brave?
In fact, Marin is no exaggeration. If you choose the fighting nation, the Germans can really rank in the top three. Of course, after Germany failed to single out the world for two consecutive times, it was manipulated behind the scenes of the United States, Britain, France and other countries to promote peace, and the blood of this nation gradually disappeared. But this process also lasted for decades. Especially in the United States, it is hard to export Hollywood movies and use decadent Hollywood culture to decadence this fighting nation. It is Russia, because it has long been hostile to the United States, has not been affected by the export of old and beautiful cultures, and still maintains blood, so it is called a fighting nation.
However, before the defeat of World War II, it was undoubtedly called the German people a fighting nation. Germany relies on the power of one country to single out the world. If one-to-one, no country in the world was an opponent at that time. Don't look at Maozi resisting the German offensive, but in fact it relies heavily on the cold weather. Of course, Maozi is not bad, plus the weather effect bonus, only withstood the German attack.
At the beginning of the 16th century, Maozi was just a country that had just broken away from the Mongolian Golden Horde, and a unified nation had not yet formed. Therefore, there is really no fighting nation comparable to the Germans in the world at this time.
At the same time, the French were not brave enough, just relying on centralization and the state capital was relatively strong. Didn't you see the French fighting, would you still have to use Swiss mercenaries? Who is the Swiss? In fact, it is also a branch of the Germans, belonging to the Germans.
For example, the Spaniards, Italians, or Englishmen are incomparable to Germans in terms of bravery. As for Ottoman Turkey? People rely on the large number of troops to kill their opponents ...
As for the East? Then let alone. The Han people were actually very brave, otherwise there would not be a strong man and a prosperous Tang Dynasty. Only after the castration of Cheng Zhuli in the Song and Ming dynasties, it would be strange to be brave. What's more, Cheng Zhuli is not alone, and there is a Buddhism that persuades patience and early death and early birth ... The two are in line, and the Han people are immediately mentally castrated ...
Mongolia, a once-opened ethnic group, began to be torn apart after being beaten by Ming Chengzu several times in the early Ming Dynasty, and internally attacked each other, and had no strong strength. In the end, because of being torn apart, he was actually conquered by the post-contractor and reduced to cannon fodder and thugs.
Therefore, in general, there is really no brave nation on par with the Germans in this world. Don't look at the poor people in Germany, but they are still warlike. Otherwise, German mercenaries will not be popular in Europe. Although the Italian mercenaries developed earlier, their reputation could not be compared with the German mercenaries. Even the prestigious Swiss mercenaries ~ www.novelhall.com ~ it is a branch of the Germans.
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Of course, when Marin compiled the book, he didn't just mention the Germans, but even the Germans, even the English and the Nordic Norwegians and Swedes.
In order to tout the English, Marin also specially used the Anglo-French Centenary War to explain the bravery of the English. Finally, Marin concluded that the reason why the English eventually lost the war was because the population was too small, unlike France, which had so many people, and died one after another. Therefore, the French defeated England by a pile of lives. However, in terms of bravery, as a German, England is even better ...
Moreover, in order to further prove the bravery of the Germans, Marin also took the Viking pirate to prove the bravery of the Germans. At that time, the Viking pirates were all across Europe, and it was natural to say that they were brave. Even the Principality of Norman in France, the Normans who belonged to the Vikings, forcibly established on the conquered French land ...
Through the glorious record of German mercenaries including Swiss mercenaries, the victory of the British army in the British-French war, and the fierce and powerful Viking pirates, Marin finally concluded at the end of the book "The European National Origin Test" Conclusion-The Germanic nation is a fighting nation ...