The duel requirement between two young people seems ridiculous, but in Europe today, duel is legal. Moreover, duels between two people can be divided into three ways to determine the outcome, one is that as long as one side is injured
——Even if there is a minor injury, the duel will be terminated. The second type is that when one party is seriously injured and cannot continue the duel, the duel will be terminated. The last type is that when one party is fatally injured, the duel will be terminated.
When Carl struggles to throw the gloves from his top in front of Ernst, the invitation to duel has taken effect unless Carl rejects his invitation to duel or one of the two loses the battle before the duel begins
Ability, otherwise the duel would have been established.
Sure enough, when he saw Carl throwing his gloves in front of Ernst, Anna, who was standing on the second floor, turned very wrong.
Carl and Ernst are not ordinary people. They are both direct members of the royal family of the two countries. In a sense, they can be regarded as representing their respective countries. Now Carl not only responds to Ernst.
In a sense, duel has become an unchangeable reality.
Fortunately, although the two fought at the dance, they did not use weapons, so they only suffered some minor injuries. After Carl simply treated the wound, Anna called him into the room.
"Carl, do you know what you're doing?"
Facing the angry Anna, Carl seemed a little at a loss, but he still said stubbornly:
"Sister, you also saw it. Ernst first provoked me, and I was completely passive!"
"I know, but look at what you are like! Not only did you fight Ernst at the dance scene, but you also made a duel with him. I see if you are crazy!"
"I'm very rational, sister, Ernst is too arrogant. As a Habsburg family man, how could I watch him insult me! When Habsburg was glorious, their Hannover royal family was nothing more than us.
Domestic dogs, but now even dogs dare to bully their owners. If I continue to be weak, then what will European countries think of our Habsburgs!"
As he said that, Carl looked at Anna without any weakness.
Looking at the stubbornness in Carl's eyes, Anna sighed. Her younger brother is very similar to herself in some aspects. Looking at Carl now, Anna seemed to think of herself who escaped to resist the engagement.
"Then, Carl, how are you going to finish this matter?"
Seeing Anna's tone ease, Carl also felt relieved, and then he said:
"Sister, the British's arrogance must be fought. I have decided to fight Ernst with a sword tomorrow. You don't know, I am a master of swords!"
Although Carl was adopted by his uncle Albert Casimir, Duke of Chessin a few years ago, Carl did not live with his uncle. Among the younger generation in Vienna, Carl also set a huge name, at least
It is still the best in swordsmanship and riding.
"Okay, but Carl, you must remember that you must be careful in this duel and must not cause too much damage to Ernst!"
Carl seemed very happy to see that Anna did not let herself give up the duel
"Don't worry, sister. I'll listen to you."
Although the duel was first spoken from Ernst, after all, Carl threw gloves at Ernst, so Carl was naturally regarded as a challenger. As mentioned earlier, unless the challenger retracted the invitation to the duel, otherwise
Duel must be executed.
Asking the challenger to withdraw the invitation to duel, no matter what the motivation is, it can be regarded as a challenger showing weakness. Moreover, not only the challenger himself is affected, but the reputation of the challenger's family will also be affected incalculable.
You should know that Carl is a direct descendant of Habsburg. Once he takes back the invitation to the duel, not only will he be regarded as a coward. The Habsburg family will also be despised, which is precisely because Anna did not ask Carl for it.
Reason for withdrawing the duel invitation.
That night, not only Anna was talking to Carl, but at the British Embassy, British Ambassador to Prussia, McCran was also persuading Ernst with great thought.
"Your Highness, I don't think there is a need for a duel."
"Mr. McClellan, what are you talking about! Didn't you hear Carl's insult to me? As a member of the British royal family, do you want me to endure this tone!"
As he said that, Ernst felt a vague pain in the place where Carl kicked his lower abdomen, which made Ernst even more irritable.
"Anyway, this matter has been decided. I have to make Carl look good, and do you have no confidence in me?"
"Your Highness, I can't make the decision on this matter. I need to ask London for instructions!"
"No need to ask for instructions. Didn't Carl explain tomorrow? Then we will have a duel tomorrow."
"Your Highness, are you considering it again..."
"No need to think about it, I have made a decision, you have no right to overturn my decision!"
After hearing Ernst's words, a bitter smile appeared on McClan's face.
The next day, on a field outside Brandenburg, thousands of Prussian royal guards dispatched to block the entire field. In the encirclement of the guards, except for Carl and Ernst
In addition to the protagonist, there are the Prussian royal deputy general manager Hornde who serves as the host of the duel and the surrounding audience.
When Carl and Ernst, who were already a little nervous, saw Christine appearing at the duel scene, they instantly turned into big roosters.
You should know that whether it is the Middle Ages or now, winning the favor of beauty after the duel is always a necessary chapter in any romance novel, and now Christine's arrival is completely given a layer of sacredness in the eyes of Carl and Ernst.
The meaning is that whoever wins the duel will win the heart of the beauty.
Originally Louise disagreed with Christine's arrival. The main reason for the conflict between Carl and Ernst last night was because of Christine. Now Christine's visit to the duel scene is undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire.
, and there will inevitably be bloody scenes during duels, and Louise was afraid that Christine would be frightened.
But with Christine's firm request and Anna's support, Louise finally let go. Of course, Louise did not participate in the excitement.
The reason Anna supports Christine to come and watch is that she is very confident in Carl's victory in the duel, and since ancient times, heroes have been extremely attractive to beauty. Imagine Carl after the duel victory to Chris
Anna didn't believe that Christine was not moved. You should know that she spent a lot of money to help her brother succeed today.
There were dozens of spectators at the duel, including the British and Austrians, and more than a dozen young masters and ladies from Prussian noble families.
The duel was used according to Carl's wishes. Of course, the long swords used by both were standard weapons provided by Prussia. At the same time, the United Kingdom and Austria were also asked to identify the two long swords.
After the two long swords were completely different, both the British and Austrians nodded and passed.
Of course, because of the special identities of Carl and Ernst, this duel was not a life-and-death battle. Of course, at the request of the two, this duel adopted the second method of the duel, that is, the
One of them was seriously injured and unable to continue fighting. The duel ended.
In front of Ernst, Carl and Ernst signed a letter of complaint, which in Chinese is a life-and-death case. At the same time, the two also swore to God under the testimony of Hornde to ensure the fairness of the duel
sex.
Then, the two walked to the center of the grass, with a distance of about two meters.
"In God's witness, the duel begins!"
As Hornder finished speaking, the two raised the long sword in their hands almost at the same time.
Carl was the first to attack. Carl, who thought he was excellent in swordsmanship, launched an attack as soon as he came up. He shook his sword and stabbed Ernst's left waist. Seeing Carl's movement, Ernst quickly blocked his sword.
He got off Carl's attack. The moment he blocked Carl's attack, Ernst accelerated and crashed into Carl's body.
Ernst hit Carl's body from the right, but Carl is not a loss, a master who has been practicing swordsmanship for a long time, and Ernst's powerful collision did not knock Carl over.
Carl pulled away and waved his sword towards Ernst. After Ernst saw that he did not succeed in his impact, he sideways and avoided Carl's sword edge.
A scream sounded from the crowd watching, but Christine, as the heroine, seemed to have no awareness of the heroine at all. When others exclaimed, a smile appeared on her face.
After a fight, the two of them returned to their previous confrontation.
This time Ernst made a move first. Ernst raised his sword and swung it towards Carl. At this moment, Carl did not move but silently calculated the distance between Ernst and himself.
Seeing that the sword was about to descend on his head, Carl rolled to Ernst's right side, and then the sword directly stabbed Ernst's right arm.
In the flash of lightning, Ernst's right arm splattered blood. But Ernst gritted his teeth and didn't care at all, but took this opportunity to swing his right arm horizontally.
When the sword edge was only a few centimeters away from Carl's neck, Carl hid away, which also made Carl sweat. If he hadn't been hiding in time, Ernst's sword would have cut his neck.
Go down.
When he saw Ernst being injured, British ambassador McClan quickly shouted that the duel would stop, and then rushed to Ernst to cover his right arm for him.
But Ernst is unhappy
"I'm fine, I can still fight, the duel continues!"
"No, Your Highness, you cannot act irresponsibly, Your Excellency Hornde! The duel must be stopped immediately!"
McClane was already shocked by Ernst. You must know that if he allowed Ernst to be injured in the duel, his career would probably end in Prussia.
Despite Ernst's repeated shouts, Hond determined that Ernst had injured his right arm and had lost the ability to continue fighting, so the duel ended with Carl's victory.
Just when Carl was announced to win and was ready to propose to Christine with joy, he saw that Christine had already gotten on the carriage first. Before Anna could stop it, the carriage drove out, which made Carl's eyes