Originally, William was only slightly concerned about this matter, after all, this matter had nothing to do with him, and the distance between the two sides was nearly 3,000 kilometers, how far away it was.

Even if it was a rapid march, it would take more than two months to arrive, and the distance limited William's attention to the matter.

What's more, now his attention was all on the Chekers, whose pastures, population, and iron ore were what William really wanted, rather than going to the kingdom of Astra, thousands of kilometers away, to fight a war that had nothing to do with him.

Even if the two sides had a fairly good trade relationship, then William did not plan to go to war.

But just when William was just about to get some attention, another piece of news arrived that disrupted William's plans.

It was a sunny afternoon, and now that it was late autumn and winter was about to begin, a monk dressed in a white monk's robe with a gold-trimmed cross came to William's castle.

This was an emissary sent by His Majesty Pope Uband II in the Holy City, and William, in order to show his importance to the Pope and the Church, gathered almost all the vassals in the castle to receive the monk.

The monk was flanked by two retinues, and in addition to the two retinues, two Templars in heavy armor and wearing a blue and gold cross with swords at the bottom of the hall.

"Honorable messenger, I wonder what kind of edict you have brought with you the earthly messenger of the Venerable Holy Father, what kind of edict has been issued by the Pope? As the most faithful believer of the Holy Father, the most ardent admirer of the Pope's crown, I must be able to do anything! ”

William said to the messenger in a sincere tone, as the saying goes, there are only eternal interests, there are no eternal friends, although William had many conflicts with the church under the command of King Brolin, and greatly restricted the rights of the church in his own territory, but since William let the church in the principality of Mainek mass proselytize and collect tithes, there has been a large-scale easing of relations between the two sides.

In addition, in the past few years, William has often worked with the church to do some small business, and then united with the Kingdom of Tskema to support the church in many things, which makes William's relationship with the church very good.

But if you talk about having that kind of relationship with the church that helps each other, but you haven't reached it, you know, if there is the help of the church, everything will be half-hearted, especially in diplomacy.

If William could get the title of a saint, then his prestige would be greatly enhanced, after all, many nobles were also very religious to the church, and countries like the kingdom of Tskema did not take the church seriously.

"Yes, Honorable Earl of Denlenburg, William. His Royal Highness Wallace! ”

The envoy bent down and said respectfully: "The kingdom of Astra had a conflict with the Norweed barbarians, during the conflict, they killed the bishop of a church, which made the Astra kingdom and the church quite angry, the Norweed barbarians must be punished for their disrespectful actions to the Holy Father, this time, His Majesty the Pope issued a parable for all the saints on the continent!" ”

"Crusade against the Norvids! Perish the Norweed barbarians who offend the Holy Father! Receive sanctions from the people of the Holy Father! ”

As he spoke, his tone became more and more impassioned, like a fanatic, speaking aloud in the halls of the castle.

"Now, I officially proclaim the parable of His Majesty's crown!"

As he spoke, he took out the papal parable in his bosom and began to read: "As you can see, a people from afar, the Norvids, are invading our northern brothers, the kingdom of Astra, which is the most faithful believer of the Holy Father, but it is this, they are ravaging the kingdom of the Holy Father, destroying monasteries, abducting the pious Holy Fathers and sons, insulting chaste women, greedily drinking the blood of baptized children, what a shame it would be to let those slaves of the devil rule over the people whom the Holy Father trusts! ”

"It is true that the kingdom of Astra is too strong for them to occupy, but they are provoking the majesty of the Holy Father and insulting the dignity of thousands of our most faithful children of the Holy Father!"

“?“ If you remain indifferent, the followers of the Holy Father will sacrifice more in this invasion, so I would like to encourage you and beseech you, not me, but the Holy Father himself, the monks of the Holy Church, to urge all those who have the rank of knighthood, and indeed all knights, soldiers, rich and poor. It is necessary to give prompt assistance to the Saints of the North to drive the vicious Norweed people of the North out of our territory, and I tell all of you here, and also inform those who are not there, that this is the will of the Holy Father! ”

??“ What a shame it would be for a depraved nation despised and demonic to triumph over a nation that worships the Father and prides itself on being a saint! If you can't find a soldier worthy of the status of a saint, how can God reproach you! ”

Let us plunge into a holy war—a holy northern expedition for the dignity of the Holy Father, for the sake of our holy brothers! Let all the strife and strife, and embark on the journey to the battlefield! Destroy that wicked nation that does not respect the Father! Annihilation in the land of the Holy Father! ”

After the announcement, the hall fell silent, and every nobleman did not dare to say anything about the matter.

William pondered, weighed the pros and cons, and finally nodded slowly, and said: "Please go back and tell His Majesty the Pope, I, the rightful ruler of Denlenburg and Issamdenburg, and a vassal of His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of Tskema, William. Wallace, I will heed the call of the Holy Father and His Majesty the Pope, and lead all my armies into this righteous holy war! ”

William said to the monk, and his attitude seemed very resolute, as if he were really the most loyal saint, and he seemed indignant about this matter, and he couldn't wait to go to war.

After sending the messenger away, William also began to gather troops to show the messenger.

But of course William wouldn't really be stupid enough to fight thousands of miles away, he had to look at the number of countries participating in the war, and if he lost too many troops, he would never do it.

It's nothing more than assembling troops, whether to go on the expedition depends on William's attitude, without seven or eight countries and tens of thousands of regular troops participating in the war, William will definitely not send troops.

Later, William let his intelligence organization collect information, so that William combined his own judgment to understand the intention of this so-called holy war.

It turns out that the death of the bishop of the church is just a pretext, and the main thing is that the church wants to deter those forces that do not obey the instructions of the church, the most typical of which is the kingdom of Tskema.