The samurai of japan were a new cl of military servants whose purpose was to?

C. The Samurais were the equivalent of the medieval European knight. They were mercenaries employed by their feudal lords, known as the 'daimyos' (Big Territory, i.e. 'Landlords', though not in the contemporary sense of the English word). Definitely not A or D as there were cases were they actually fought imperial forces and they were not concerned with the national law as they had their own code of conduct. B yes, but thats not a purpose, is it ?