Swabia, although Swabia is the capital of an empire, in Randy's eyes, the city can only be evaluated as a second-rate city at best.

The rancid sewage mixed with all kinds of garbage, the dirty, rugged streets, all kinds of strange but absolutely harmful smells, and the low, unruly houses all make Randy miss his capital, Gothenburg!

Especially after the city was broken, although Randy did not give the order to slaughter the city, and the soldiers were more restrained, but robbery and ooxx were indeed indispensable, and it was simply unrealistic to want to avoid casualties under such violence.

Because of the heartache of money, he asked for money and did not want to die, and he was slaughtered.

When he was ooxx, he resisted too fiercely, so he was covered with a pillow and suffocated to death without any suspense.

Both of these situations have occurred from time to time, but for the most part there has been peace.

"You bastard! Aggressor! Butcher! ”

Just as Randy was complacent, an inappropriate voice sounded, making Randy's mood instantly turn bad.

"Viscount, do you think I'm too brutal? Or do you think I'm not brutal enough? Randy looked at the kid who was knocked to the ground by two guard knights, and his head was cut off by a sword, and the kid who scolded him before asked Alpha Zijun next to him.

Viscount Alpha slyly pushed this question to others: "This kind of thing, you should ask the bishop, after all, his subordinates are just a martial artist, and they can't answer His Majesty's question." ”

Randy didn't force Alpha to say the answer, and turned to look at Peter.

"Didn't you already have an answer in your heart?"

"Hehe......"

Randy raised his horsewhip and sped up, and the knights of the guard, Viscount Alpha, and Archbishop Peter around him sped up to follow.

"How so?" Randy asked, seeing Peter catching up.

"Because in the past few years, I have gotten along with Junshang, and I found that Junshang's habit is that whenever there is something that Junshang can't solve, after thinking about the answer, he will show a smile, and then deliberately ask the people around him."

Of course, Peter would not say this kind of thing, although the companion of the king is not very popular in the West, the important position of the bishop of a country, to some extent, is even equivalent to the monarch of a country, they are either like-minded friends, or the relationship of opposing political enemies, against a country to call power and royal power, so as to fight endlessly, but in the Norman kingdom, this is a different way.

As the archbishop of the Norman Empire, Peter enjoyed a high position, but he had no more say in politics than even a royal consul.

One of his main tasks was to serve as Randy's court priest, which had been somewhat useful until then, but since Joan of Arc arrived, Randy has been going to his place to pray less and less.

On the other hand, as the sergeant of the Field Order in the army, this is a more important job, and Peter seems to prefer this more bloody and violent task.

Finding theological arguments for Randy's actions is also one of his jobs, although the cunning emperor generally pretends to be a messenger of justice, so the number of times this work is not very much, in general, Peter is the kind of person who has him is good, but it doesn't matter if he doesn't, and this old priest who is over fifty years old also understands his status, and his attitude towards Randy, more often than not, subordinates treat superiors, not equal status, Randy is also very satisfied with this acquaintance bishop, As a place where the Christian faith flourished in the Middle Ages, Randy also needed such a bishop to embellish his empire, so the two sides often got along very happily.

"Seeing that the gentleman is smiling confidently and confident, he is guessing randomly."

"Hahaha, Bishop, you're right." Randy seemed to like Peter's answer, and snapped his fingers with a laugh.

"The order goes down, and in three days all the people of the city are gathered together, and I will announce one thing. Also, arrest all the Hohenstaufen family members in the city, even a baby or a dying old man, both men and women. ”

The knights of the Guards quickly sprang into action, and they sent orders to the whole city to arrest all members of the Hohenstaufen family, even if it was just a distant relative, even if it only had the surname of Hohenstaufen and had little to do with Emperor Frederick.

There were thirty-two male members and fifty-eight female members, including a minor son of Frederick, two princesses and a minor princess to be married.

Three days later in the center of Swabia City, Randy announced what he called his approach.

"I! To eradicate the Hohenstaufen family, to completely erase it from the European rulers, to erase everything about this guy, his family, his palace, his books, all the proof of his existence, this is the end of the confrontation with me. ”

"Look ahead, Germans, look at these people, they used to be one of the most noble members of the family in all of Europe, but now because of Frederick, that stupid fellow's willful behavior, all this is about to disappear, they are going to die, they deserve to die, they must die." After saying all this, Randy went straight to execution, pulling the slings and hanging the noble men and women of the Hohenstaufen family who had been tortured one by one.

In the shouts of surprise from the people, hundreds of nobles made gurgling sounds, struggling to reach out and tear off the rope that strangled their necks, but their hands were tied behind their backs, and they couldn't do this action at all, they could only keep kicking and shaking, but the range of action was still getting smaller and smaller, their eyes were getting more and more bloodshot, protruding outward as if they were staring out, their tongues kept sticking out of their heads, and they were accompanied by incontinence, and the whole execution ground suddenly became smelly.

"It's incredible, is he going to kill all the people of a family? This kind of punishment has never been heard of in nation-to-nation warfare, but it is far more justified than the senseless, unjustified massacre of civilians. A scholar on the spotter said to his companion in a low voice.

"Is this the idea that His Majesty came up with? It is the same massacre, but this kind of small-scale, more targeted massacre should have a very good deterrent effect, and the number of massacres required is much smaller, and even gives people the illusion of fairness and justice. ”

Seeing nearly a hundred nobles die in front of them like dogs, the citizens of Swabian felt a little unacceptable for a while, and did not know what to say about the aggressor, or the Avenger's actions.

At noon, the cold wind of late winter blew cold, and a baby in the front row of mother's swaddling clothes suddenly cried, and the sound suddenly spread far and wide in the dreary execution ground, attracting the attention of Randy and several Norman warriors around the execution ground.

The child's mother is just a young woman, and she was forced to come over when she saw the hanging, and she was almost stupid when she saw so many people being hanged before, and she was almost stupid when she stretched out her tongue for such a long time, and she would see the Norman soldiers and even the Norman emperor coming over, and she was even more frightened and her legs were weak and she fell directly to the ground, holding her child in her arms, and her lips trembled and prayed to God.

The people next to them quickly dispersed, leaving an open space, and although they looked a little resentful, they had no intention of helping the woman, or that they had been frightened by the public execution, and did not dare to do anything hostile to bring themselves and their own families to harm.

However, things did not turn out as one might think......

Enraged, the Norman Emperor drew his knife and hacked the mother and son to death.

Instead, it was very unexpected, with an irresistible look, to take the baby from the mother's hands.

"Please, Your Majesty the Emperor, my child......"

In the midst of extreme panic, the woman could not even resist effectively, and if she did do something to hinder the safety of His Majesty the Emperor, the surrounding Norman soldiers would surely rush up and cut her into meat sauce.

The defeated nation is really sad!

Randy thought as he ** the baby in his arms, shook it a few times to tickle him, made a few grimaces, made a few faces, made the child laugh at the child who didn't understand anything, and then returned the child to his mother.

"Madame, he's such a lovely boy, don't you say?"

"Thank you very much, Your Majesty the Merciful Emperor." Seeing her beloved son come back, the woman burst into tears of excitement and couldn't stop thanking Randy, even though Randy really didn't do anything.

"Merciful Emperor, His Majesty Randy is the most merciful Emperor in the world."

A Norman agent in the crowd shouted, and although he didn't see anything Randy do from any angle of his view, it was enough.

"Long live Your Majesty Randy!"

Soldiers, civilians, and even other nobles, whether persecuted or heartfelt, in short, at this moment, there was only one voice left around the execution ground.

"Long live Your Majesty Randy!"

It's so simple and clear that even a fool can understand the meaning of this sentence.

Another show, a very successful end, although the citizens could not systematically sum it up, but there was a simple thought, that is, to be hostile to this majesty, there would be a tragic revenge, and if you obeyed this majesty, this majesty would be extremely gentle. As for the devastation caused by the ravages of the Norman army, His Majesty the Emperor certainly has his own unique account.

Everything is Frederick's fault! If he hadn't declared war, we wouldn't have attacked, and this sad thing wouldn't have happened, so Frederick should be blamed for that.

This kind of reason that sounds quite reasonable, but in fact it is nonsense, among the Germans in the occupied area, there is actually a very good market, and the anger of the people always needs a channel to vent, and the Normans who will kill them without being sentenced are certainly not a good target, and Frederick, who is thousands of miles away, naturally became the best candidate for this time.

Basically, if you make a mistake in diplomacy, your own people will inflict more serious harm on your own government than any other country.

"It's funny to show your kindness by killing people." Hundreds of kilometers away in Munich, in the Governor's Palace of the famous City of Lions, General Henry expressed his feelings.

"What an interesting emperor, who behaves differently but often to great effect, and who has a very good attitude towards his subordinates, and seems to be a more loyal monarch than Frederick."

"Need I remind you? Earl! Your allegiance is to Emperor Frederick of the Holy Roman Empire, not to the Norman puppet Emperor Randy. Tilly, the old general beside him, said angrily.

"That's right!"

The middle-aged man with a yellow beard and a little cynical snorted lightly: "It's the emperor who usurped my Bavarian dukedom, the excellent, correct, and impartial emperor, I'm sorry, my memory always goes wrong at such a critical moment, there's really no way." ”

"Hehe, at least you still have the city of Munich, the most prosperous city in the whole of South Germany, in addition to hundreds of thousands of people, serfs, townspeople, and a count's title, His Majesty the Emperor has been good enough for you." General Tilly scrambled to his feet and shouted.

Henry, a man with the title of lion, was no less impressive, and replied-for-tat: "That's why I haven't betrayed him yet, the Norman emperor with his 80,000 troops to Swabia and ready to wreak havoc on the whole of South Germany, maybe there are already countless cowards, ready to kneel down and lick his riding boots, and I am still armed, this is already telling." ”

The atmosphere on both sides became tense until finally the old general Tilly chose to give in, knowing that in order to defend the city of Munich, the most prosperous, largest, and most fortified city in South Germany, the man in front of him was indispensable.

This was not just because he was the Count of Munich, but because this man had a strong appeal throughout Bavaria. Although the title of Duke of Bavaria was usurped, the entire Bavarian aristocracy still regarded him as a leader, not Frederick, as long as he raised his arms, he could gather more than 20,000 noble armies, which was also the reason why Frederick did not dare to kill all after defeating him, and this man was indispensable if he wanted to gain the support and loyalty of the Bavarian nobles.

"Alright! I can't fully trust you, but there seems to be some truth to what you're saying, and I think we should put aside the controversy for a while and think about the operational side of things. ”

"That's right!"

In the end, when Randy divided his troops into small units and attacked everywhere, sweeping the entire Duchy of Swabia, mercenaries in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Switzerland continued to advance towards Bavaria, and at the same time, a large number of Bavarian nobles received letters from Henry and responded with troops. In eastern Bavaria, Duke Albrecht of Austria finally made the decision to make Frederick's letters public and mobilize Bohemia, Austria, and 20,000 troops into Bavaria.

When Randy swept the entire Swabian dukedom and considered whether to change the name of this place to the Rhineland Union and directly split the Holy Roman Empire de jure up, Bavaria had gathered no less than 50,000 troops, although the vast majority of them were low-fighting peasants and soldiers, low-organized feudal knights, low-discipline mercenaries, no unified command, no unified banner, no unified language, and the shortcomings that could be found in a medieval feudal army could basically be found in this army, But the number is staggering.

50,000 people! And the numbers are still growing!

Mainly those aristocratic armed forces who don't know how to live and die, as well as those mercenaries who want money and don't want to die, these people have different arrival times because of the different distances, especially some mercenary armies from Burgundy, France, and Switzerland, when crossing Swabia, some of them will be intercepted by the Norman army, of course, Randy will not forcibly order these mercenaries not to join the Holy Roman Empire, but Randy can hire these mercenaries first.

Although these mercenaries were poorly disciplined and expensive, they were nothing more than a drop in the bucket for the Norman army, which had made a windfall in the Papal States and slaughtered cities and looted all kinds of things.

As a result, Randy has obtained a mercenary force with little combat strength and pathetic discipline, totaling tens of thousands of people.

These included pikemen and halberders from the Swiss Highlands and the Dutch Lowlands, sword and shield men from Spain, mercenary knights and mercenaries from France, and more.

Randy reorganized them into a legion, a standard cannon fodder legion, plus some nobles from the Swabian region who were willing to join Randy's armed forces, these people were not many, but they were not many, and the Norman army could now claim to be a hundred thousand troops.

In addition to the siege of North Saxony, and achieved a preliminary victory, after the siege of the Hamburg fortress was frustrated, the division of troops to attack the city of Bremen, relying on the Neying to successfully capture the city of Frederick, at this moment also finally learned the news of the occupation of his hometown of Swabia, for a time people panicked, Schwabian soldiers began to flee in large numbers, every night after the fall, there will be hundreds of Swabian soldiers fled, which made Frederick Emperor very sad, an emperor without a direct army, and jokes, ornaments, waste, are synonyms.

(End of chapter)