Chapter 735: The Holy War Army Kicks Out
Although they knew that the kingdoms of Astra and Lorik had always been on the side of the church, they did not expect that they would spare no effort to support the church.
The call jointly issued by the two military powers is quite powerful, the Kingdom of Astra was originally the traditional military power of the Holy Religion World, and before the unification of the Rhodesan Empire, the Kingdom of Astra was already the number one power in the Holy Religion World for more than a hundred years.
And the Kingdom of Lorik is also a powerful country that has risen in recent years, and its military strength has been shown in front of all countries, and the two countries are united, and even the Rhodeland Empire may not be able to parry perfectly.
As for the Kingdom of Camelot, it was just a country that had just emerged from the war, and even before the war, the Kingdom of Camelot was just a small and insignificant country.
Soon, the countries of the Holy Sect World began to respond to the call, and the call of these two huge camps made them have to choose to take sides, otherwise they might be settled by the other side after the war.
In the end, after fierce arguments and a series of struggles between the two sides, the meeting place of the jihadist coalition was chosen in the holy city where the Church is located.
William also sent a number of troops to participate in this aid, and although he had sent troops, all of them were his own direct troops.
This time he sent the army of his vassals, and almost all of his vassals were sent out, except for a few vassals who really couldn't draw troops.
An army of more than 20,000 people was assembled, and all of them were regular troops, and William had a lot more vassals in recent years, reaching more than 150 people.
At first, there were about fifty vassals who followed him, and their strength was very strong, although they were completely unable to resist in the face of William's strength, but they were also quite terrifying compared to other countries.
And his blood vassals have all been canonized in the past two years, and although the number of troops under his command has increased, the quality is not very good.
However, they all have one thing in common, that is, they are generally very wealthy, and they are not like William, who is developing infrastructure in his territory and wants to improve his strength quickly.
For them, it is best to be able to maintain their rule in their own territory and continue to be desolate, although they also want their family to become stronger, but they do not pay as much attention to construction as William.
Without these burdens, their competition is quite generous, and they do not attach as much importance to the construction of the standing army as William, so they do not need to spend a huge amount of military expenditure like William.
Now the entire kingdom of Lorik has about seven or eight hundred nobles if you count the vassals of the vassals, which is quite a huge number.
After assembling together, William sent another 500 Iron Cross Knights, and now there are only more than 1,200 Iron Cross Knights left in Denlenburg, but they can also ensure the security of the country.
After a few days in Denlenburg, they were ready to pull.
Charlemagne also took part in this holy war, and was appointed commander-in-chief by William, and all the armies of the nobles and their subordinate armies were to be under his command.
The vassals did not have any objection to this, William's strong strength easily suppressed them, and Charlemagne's reputation was already very good, so that a wise prince commander himself could still be accepted.
Of course, William would not be unwise enough to let Charlemagne, a young man who had not been on the battlefield a few times, lead the army, he was just a commander, and in order to enhance his reputation, in fact, he was still commanded by Norwen and Hurim.
In this way, Charlemagne dressed in a military uniform and wrapped in gorgeous armor, mounted his war horse.
Illya stood in front of him, without a trace of sadness on her face, but said firmly and affectionately: "Come back from the battlefield safe and sound, I will wait for you here!" ”
Charlemagne nodded solemnly and said, "I will come back safely, and I will definitely let my name be sung by the mainland!" ”
With that, Charlemagne put on his sumptuous helmet and rode away.
When Charlemagne left, Illya's tears quietly flowed from her eyes.
She knew that as the crown prince of a powerful country like the Kingdom of Lorique, this was Charlemagne's mission and responsibility, and as the daughter of the royal family, she knew this very well.
She didn't want to leave tears in front of Charlemagne and distract him on the battlefield.
This situation was beyond everyone's expectations, and the two had just been married for less than a month, and Charlemagne was about to leave his new wife and rush to the battlefield.
They did not march fast and carried a lot of baggage, but since the Holy City was not too far from the Kingdom of Lorik, it only took them a month to reach the Holy City.
They arrived quite early, such as the Rhodeland Empire and those countries in the western part of the continent, and it is estimated that there is not a month before they can get here.
This time, the Church really showed its strength, and the Templar guards were assembled outside the Holy City, numbering more than 8,000 people, all dressed in fine armor and armed with the finest weapons.
Looking at their appearance, you can know that this is definitely not a group of spectacles, but a tiger and wolf division that can really exert great combat effectiveness on the battlefield, and they are real combat maniacs.
In addition, the Knights Templar, who numbered 2,500 men, also had 1,500 men gathered in the barracks at the foot of the mountain, apparently the army involved in the holy war.
What is even more surprising is that the Holy Sect actually promised that the Holy Sect could bear half of the food needed for this holy war.
This is really wealthy, even after the agricultural reform, the production of two rooms has increased four or five times, the kingdom of Lorik can't get so much grain.
It is initially estimated that the coalition army of the Holy Religion will probably have more than 400,000 people, and all of them will be purely regular troops, including more than 20,000 knights' war horses and tens of thousands of horses for transportation.
William's one-fifth of it was a huge burden, but the church was responsible for half of the food consumption with just a big hand.
Soon, a large number of troops came to gather in the holy city, and the coats of arms that Charlemagne did not know at all gathered here.
A month later, all the troops of the Holy Religion country were finally gathered here, with a total of more than 410,000 people, and the western countries were too far away from here, so they only sent a small number of cavalry to reach here quickly.
This time, the Rodland Empire really showed its real strength, 30,000 legions directly under the royal family, more than 30,000 imperial vassal troops, 60,000 soldiers, as well as 1,200 Lion Knights and 1,000 Sunshine Knights.
An army of 400,000 people was piled up on the Holy Mountain, with banners and spears, which was the largest army in the Holy Sect world in the past hundred years.
After the blessings of the monks and the bishops and the Pope, they set out on their way to the kingdom of Arisera.