In order to downplay the differences between the Germans and the English, Marin said in the book that the Germans were a nation. The Germans belonged to the main lineage of the Germans, occupied the central position of Europe, and inherited the Roman Empire.
The English belonged to the Western Germans and the marine branch of the Germans. The Nordics who had once had powerful Vikings belonged to the northern branch of the Germans. But no matter what, all three belonged to the great Germanic nation.
In order to emphasize the bravery of the Germans, Marin thought about it and decided to introduce a later Internet term - "combat nation" to describe the Germans.
In later generations who advocate peace, the word "fighting nation" is full of jokes and also mocking the Russians for being brave and fierce. The battle to become famous was that the Russians fought with 200 Russian football hooligans in the French European Cup. After this battle, the Russians were worshipped by netizens, believing that they were Super Saiyans and deserved to be the "fighting nation"...
Of course, in later generations, this was just a neutral, even derogatory title. Because later generations advocated peace and despised violence.
But in the early 16th century, in this era of war-torn times, the "combat nation" was not a derogatory term, but a compliment. Because, ancient people, whether in the East or the West, advocated bravery (except for the Song and Ming dynasties where Confucianism had an absolute advantage). It is absolutely a compliment to say which nation is a combat nation.
In fact, the reason why the wild boar Pinuerhaci founded the country and called the Later Jin Dynasty was to borrow the reputation of the authentic Jurchens who "Jurchens are only tens of thousands, but if they are invincible after more than tens of thousands", but in fact, the Jianzhou Jurchens have nothing to do with the Jurchens of the Jin Dynasty. The authentic Jin Dynasty Jurchens have long entered North China, either killed by the Yuan Dynasty or integrated into the local Han people. The Jianzhou Jurchens are called the Jurchens because they are located in the hometown of the old Jurchens, and the Yuan Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty are still
They were just called by the Jurchens. But it was indeed very frightening to borrow the titles of Jurchens and the Later Jin Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty, which advocated civilized governance, was frightened. In fact, when the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, it mainly relied on Mongolian cavalry and Liaodong Han people. It also relied on the Ye Jurchens captured from the mountains and forests of the northeast (actually not much to do with the Jurchens) as cannon fodder suicide squads to attract the attacks of the Ming army's muskets. However, there were not many real Manchus at all.
The reason why the Qing Dynasty became stronger was closely related to Huang Taiji's shelter of the Mongols and Han people and the establishment of the Eight Mongolian Banners and the Eight Han Banners. It was precisely because the establishment of the Eight Mongolian Banners and the Eight Han Banners that the Qing army reached more than 100,000 people, and it was the capital to enter the pass.
But strangely, after the establishment of the Republic of China, the authorities directly classified the Eight Banners of Han into the Manchus. However, the Eight Banners of Mongolia still belonged to Mongolia. In fact, most of the Manchus in later generations were descendants of the Eight Banners of Han. Otherwise, there would be no possibility of tens of millions of Manchus in later generations? They were all confused by officials in the early years of the Republic of China and divided the Eight Banners of Han into the Manchus.
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Marin knew very well that people of this era admired bravery very much. What were the knights who tried their best to compete with others, or even died in martial arts competitions? Isn’t it to gain a reputation for bravery?
In fact, Marin did not exaggerate. If the fighting nation was selected, the Germans could really be ranked in the top three. Of course, after the later generations, Germany failed to fight the whole world in two consecutive consecutive defeats, was manipulated behind the scenes by the United States, Britain, France and other countries to promote peace, and the bloodiness of this nation gradually disappeared. But this process also lasted for decades. Especially the United States, it vigorously exported Hollywood movies and used the decadent Hollywood culture to decadent this fighting nation. However, Russia, because it has been hostile to the United States for a long time, has not been affected by the cultural output of the United States, and has remained bloody, so it is called a fighting nation.
However, before the defeat in World War II, it was undoubtedly called the Germans a fighting nation. Germany relied on the power of one country to fight the whole world. If it were single against one, no country in the world would be the opponent at that time. Although the Russians withstood the German attack, they actually relied heavily on the cold weather to a large extent. Of course, the Russians were not bad, and with the added bonus of the weather, they withstood the German attack.
In the early 16th century, the Russians were just a country that had just left the Mongolian Golden Horde, and a unified nation had not yet been formed. Therefore, there was no fighting nation in the world at this time that could be compared with the Germans.
During the same period, the French were not brave enough, and they only relied on centralization and had relatively strong state capital. Didn’t they see the French fighting, but they still had to rely on Swiss mercenaries? Who were the Swiss? In fact, they were also branches of the Germans and belonged to the Germans.
And such as the Spanish, Italian, or the English, they are incomparable to the Germans in terms of courage. As for the Ottoman Türkiye, they rely on the large number of troops to kill their opponents...
As for the East? Not to mention. The Han people were actually very brave, otherwise there would be no strong Han and prosperous Tang Dynasty. It was just after the castration of Cheng and Zhu Neo-Confucianism in the Song and Ming dynasties, it would be strange if they were brave. What's more, Cheng and Zhu Neo-Confucianism was not alone, and there was also a Buddhism that encouraged people to endure and die early and die early... The two were two-pronged, and the Han people were immediately castrated mentally...
Mongolia, a nation that once cheated, began to split apart after being beaten by Ming Chengzu several times in the early Ming Dynasty, and attacked each other internally, without any strong strength. In the end, because of the split, it was conquered by the mere Later Jin Dynasty and became cannon fodder and a thug.
So, in general, there is no brave nation in the world that is comparable to the Germans. Although the Germans are poor, they are very martial and warlike. Otherwise, German mercenaries would not have become popular in Europe. Although Italian mercenaries developed earlier, their reputations could not be compared with German mercenaries. Even the famous Swiss mercenaries were a branch of the Germans.
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Of course, when Marin edited the book, he did not only mention the Germans, but also praised the entire Germans, even the English, Norwegians and Swedes.
In order to praise the English, Marin also made a special case for the Hundred Years of War in Britain and France, which shows the courage 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, with so many people, and they died one after another. Therefore, the French defeated England by making up their lives. However, in terms of courage alone, England, as a German, was even better...
Moreover, in order to further prove the bravery of the Germans, Marin also used the Viking Pirates to further prove the bravery of the Germans. At that time, the Viking Pirates were all over Europe, and there was no need to say much about their courage. Even the Norman Principality of France was established by the Normans who belonged to the Viking Pirates forcibly established on the conquered French land...
Chapter completed!