Black Iron Crown

Although the Pope's words were plain, there was a feeling of undoubtedness. This made the kings feel unhappy, but they did not dare to speak out against them.

Although the influence of the Rosa Church has been declining since thirty-four years ago, and it is even worse now, as the saying goes, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Although the Rosa Church is experiencing decline, the accumulation of thousands of years It also makes their heritage extremely deep.

In this expedition, the Pope brought out more than 4,000 church infantry from the Holy City, in addition to 400 fanatic knights who sacrificed everything for their faith—the Knights Templar.

Such a force is a force that cannot be ignored for any king, and it can even be said that such a force completely surpasses a considerable number of kings.

And this is not the full power of the church. For this holy war, Pope Rosa only took out two-thirds of the army.

More importantly, although the influence of the Rosa Church is declining, there is still a very strong influence of snakes in these eight countries.

You must know that the lords of these countries are not all monolithic. The kingdoms that have lasted for hundreds of years are intricate, and there may be countless grievances and hatreds between lords and lords, and between kings and lords.

Many lords and nobles are unwilling to obey their kings. If it is a war between two countries, it is impossible for these kings to mobilize so many lords to participate in the war.

After all, in addition to the conflict of interests between the lord and the king, the affiliation of these lords is also very chaotic, and there are many nobles with different titles and territories in the two countries.

As for which lord to help you in the war, it depends on their preferences and interests, and it is very common to even wait for a price or remain neutral.

This is also one of the reasons why the kings are willing to respond to the Rosa Church's jihad order, each takes what he needs, and it is a good way to use the influence of the church to exert influence on these lords.

What's more, there are countless spoils of war that can be plundered from this huge country, so why not do it?

The proposal was rejected, and the lords also remained silent. Since the Pope has seen the conspiracy of himself and others, there is no need to insist.

Although they are willing to follow the church to conquer the East, none of these kings is actually a so-called holy father and filial son. The church is domineering in their own country, extorting money and taking away their own taxes, which makes all the rulers feel that bored.

If it weren't for my lack of strength, I would have learned from the empire and set up some other church to drive you vampires out, and let you be so arrogant?

But unfortunately, these countries do not have such strength, which means that they can only succumb to the despotic power of the Rosa Church.

Of course they don't want to just sit back and watch the Church of Rosa regain its prestige and influence. If they can change the holy war into a conquest of rebellion, it means that this war has changed from a religious war to a secular war.

It also became that at the request of the countries, the Rosa Church helped the emperor of the Ridka Empire to conquer the rebellion, and the people who increased their influence would change.

Such a conspiracy might be useful to young people or younger popes, but the current pope is an old fox, and such tricks can be seen through without even thinking.

Before the kings could speak again, Pope Rosa said: "Get ready from now on, your army rations should have been raised, and we will set off tomorrow.

Going to the so-called imperial capital, I want to completely destroy this ridiculous country! "

The kings saw that Pope Rosa had acted arbitrarily, and although they were dissatisfied, they did not express it, and they all went back to prepare.

Only Mekasha was dumbfounded in her big tent.

"Emperor of the Empire..." Mekasha murmured in a low voice, "Have you reached this point in one sentence, you who are so brilliant..."

She is also twenty-seven years old now, and like Reiner, she is no longer young. Maybe they are not too old in another world, but in this world, under normal circumstances, people who are twenty-seven or eight years old will not be too young. Becoming a grandparent in a few years.

"Your Majesty, let's..." A hulking general walked into the big tent, his thick bear-like body was almost bent to the ground, with a flattering smile on his face.

Mekasha gave him a blank look, and scolded: "It really is a lowly male dog! Lie down!"

The general immediately lay down on the ground, like a domestic dog showing its belly to please its master.

Mekasha took off her shoes and socks...

At this time, most of the Bazalan Kingdom's army had surrendered to Mekasha's subordinates, or under the pomegranate skirt, including the royal family's commanding general, and many vassals, who had given their loyalty to Mekasha.

Among the eight countries in the Eastern Expedition at this time, her army was not the largest in number, but it was definitely the most concentrated in power.

Early the next morning, the armies of all the kingdoms got up from the tents to prepare. After packing up everything, they began to form a marching column. The armies of the eight countries were divided into eight columns, separated by several kilometers or even more than ten kilometers. , spread out and move forward.

Pope Rosa sat in his seat, and his ostentation was almost greater than that of the little emperor's former emperor.

A huge team means slow marching, and each of them is not slow to move, but the huge amount of luggage and trivial matters caused by the large number of people in the queue are always affecting the speed of the march, and they can walk out of twenty The distance of many kilometers is the result of walking from morning to night.

A month passed, and the atmosphere of war in the imperial capital dissipated a little. Some escaped merchants returned to the imperial capital during this period, and resumed their past business.

The enemy has not come for so long, who knows when they will come? They haven't come here and they haven't done business? People have to eat, okay?

What's more, what if you come? There are 60,000 troops in the imperial capital, so how many enemies can there be?

His Majesty the Emperor was victorious in all battles before he became emperor, and he had never been defeated once. Compared with this time, there will be no accidents, so what are you worried about? Eat and drink!

However, Leiner did not take it lightly. He still monitored the order of the imperial capital with the highest level of martial law, and at the same time conducted assault training for the recruits with a very high intensity.

Most of them have been trained by the militia, and with such a systematic training, their combat effectiveness will rise very quickly. It is estimated that if they practice for another year or so, they can be half veterans.

The sorrow in Leiner's heart gradually disappeared, but this did not mean that he could sit back and relax. The enemy army was advancing towards the imperial capital, and the grassland tribes such as the Arshan tribe in the eastern part of the empire were still raging. The empire was already riddled with holes and devastated.

If he can't get over this hurdle, then not only will the empire end, he will be nailed to the pillar of shame of the Moreland family, and his territory, title, and even his life will be deprived.

Thinking of this, he would absolutely not allow himself to make the slightest mistake to cause an accident.

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