The officers under the French Emperor Napoleon had three sources of income.
Fixed, military pay,
The biggest ups and downs, the spoils,
Everyday entertainment, gambling.
In gambling, the smallest in and out is to break the wrist, one knot at a time, and the cash is in the balance.
The biggest win or loss is the duel.
Duels, whether life or death, victory or defeat, can bring glory to both sides, the so-called reputation, praise, reputation, credibility, a knife down, fame.
Then, naturally, it is a promotion to get rich.
Because, the war of that era, there is no technical content, His Majesty the Emperor, he has the wisdom, the most important thing in picking subordinates, is not afraid of death execution.
For this reason, Napoleon's army had special rules for dueling, especially rules for officers only.
"You can't do the following. As long as they have equal ranks, they can duel freely and win the love of the world. ”
Abbreviation: Equality, Freedom and Fraternity.
Ridley Scott's directorial debut, The Dueling Man, tells such a story of "equal freedom and fraternity.".
Two men, dueled 6 times in their lives.
From Napoleon's reign as emperor, to the point where Napoleon lost Waterloo, from 1801 to 1816, for 15 years.
They had been advancing hand in hand, with equal ranks, lieutenant, hit, general.
They were all comrades-in-arms of His Majesty the Emperor, frozen into dogs together in the snow outside Moscow.
They were all beneficiaries of the duel.
The ultimate winner of the duel,
The director, who gave awe of life, Dibb.
The first duel, Di Bo, was forced by Li Kui, disguised as a literary youth, to have to draw his sword, and he left the knife to leave a measure, and the point was reached.
As a result, Li Kui's wife scratched his face and was humiliated.
The second duel, Diber, did not want to die because of a boring salon woman caused by the man's face fight, he wanted to exchange injuries for peace, a small loss is over, for this reason deliberately put on a protective glove on his left arm, ready to be gently touched, see the blood and admit defeat.
As a result, Li Kui gave a fierce hand and almost killed him. Also, refuse to accept reconciliation, ready to kill you next time.
In the third duel, Di bo, in order to save his life, studied hard.
As a result, the two stalked each other for an afternoon, and neither of them wanted anyone's life, but on the contrary, they became famous and were promoted.
The fourth duel, DiBo, was afraid to die, and his girlfriend went to calculate his fate, and he also calculated that he would die. Because, the opposite is a crazy person who eats duels as eggs, eats eggs in the morning, and wants to eat them at night, and he can still eat them.
As a result, Di Bo, who was riding against the slash, trembling all over his body, did not move because of fear, because he did not move in place, and the accuracy of the sword was improved, and with one knife, Li Kui was cut off with a peach blossom on his face and won.
The fifth duel, Dib, wanted to find death, because he felt that it was better to be frozen to death on the outskirts of Moscow, like a dog that had lost its family, and it was better to die in the duel, and go to heaven with the warmth of a fire.
As a result, the enemy came. Neither of them died, and both were promoted to generals.
The sixth duel, Di Bo, hated Li Kui, Napoleon all Waterloo, I am married, my wives are about to have children, you two forced to chase after my family for the so-called honor, to duel. I don't kill you, I don't have the surname Song, Song Jiang's Song.
As a result, the fighting wisdom was not strong, and the winner Di Bo pointed a gun at Li Kui's head and said:
Go home,
You died.
Please remember, I will announce your died.
I free you,
Because you free.
Let's go,
Go back and read more books,
The more knowledge, the less difficult it is to be instigated.
The wider the insight, the less difficult it is, impulsive.
You know the equality of a fart, free fraternity.
Stop being a dog to honor.
remark:
The Duellists (1977)
Napoleon, 1804-1815, was Emperor of the First French Empire.
The Battle of Waterloo took place on June 18, 1815.