"His Majesty William, you are self-denouncing the world!" Seeing that William was pointing the finger at the Clunes and the Holy See, and no longer cared about anything else, Hildebrand's resentment against William suddenly exploded, and he stretched out his hand to question William's face. Fastest updates

"Impudents, guards! Deport him! William didn't want to talk to Hildebrand any longer, and waved his hand to the guards beside him.

"Yes!" The guards responded with a bang, ignoring Hildebrand's honorable status, and directly took the opponent's arms and led him away from the Palace of the Sytire.

With this order from William, there was no longer any possibility of reconciliation between him and the Cluny Sisters and the Holy See, and the two sides could henceforth resort to force for their own convictions.

"William, is this a bit inappropriate, and we should be more cautious about dealing with the Clunians and the Holy See." Prime Minister Ladolph, who was closest to William, leaned over to him and whispered.

"It doesn't matter, sooner or later, the Cluny faction and I will have to fight to the death, and while the other party has not yet gained power, we should strike decisively and completely strangle it.

As for the consequences, it is nothing more than the Clunes using the Holy See to incite other countries to attack us, but does this really work?

I only have to make the Cluny ambitions public, and the kings and princes will not be wary of the Holy See, and will no longer be at the mercy of the Church. William smiled lightly and said to his uncle, Prime Minister Ladolph.

"Even so, we need to be careful and careful, not to mention other countries, the Holy Roman Empire alone has to be defended, but we ruthlessly took away the rich Rhine Plain from the other side in the last war, if the Holy Roman Empire and the Holy See collude with each other, the result is unimaginable." Prime Minister Ladolph was still a little worried, and once again admonished William.

"Hahahaha..."William shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "At this time, the HRE Empire is still in the midst of civil strife, and Anno II and his supporters are fighting with Welf and Empress Dowager Agnes of the Royal Party, where is the energy to get involved in our struggle with the Holy See?"

As for Denmark and Sweden, they have been subdued and feared by us, and they have become our vassals, and this time Rome will provide them with an army to follow us south.

In our periphery, the Castilians are our allies, in Italy we have the Archduchess of Tuscany, Matilda, that is, my daughter-in-law, to help me, who else but the Duke of Lombardy and the Lady of Milan, Ezzo II, who else will send troops to help the Holy See?

Sicily side is not to worry, Caesar's character I know best, he is a judge of the situation, in the case of risks far outweigh the benefits, he will not risk the best with us.

Perhaps the Eastern European countries of Croatia, Hungary, and Montenegro in Dukria will send troops to help the Holy See, and it is funny to say that the old Christian countries are not willing to help Rome, but these new Christian countries are the most devout.

These Eastern European countries, the Duchy of Lombardy, plus the republican city-states of Pisa and Venice, all of them combined, will not be our opponents!

So my Prime Minister Radolph, rest assured that victory in this war is ours. ”

The warlike armies of the Duchy of Lombardy, the powerful navies of Pisa and the Republic of Venice, and the cavalry of Croatia, Hungary and Montenegro in Dukria may add up to a serious adversary.

But that's all, even if they are united, they are no match for William, and William has his helpers on his side, especially his daughter-in-law, Archduchess Matilda of Tuscany, who can help William contain the Lombard army and provide logistics supplies for William's army, which is the most important part of this battle.

In addition, the Genoese, William's traditional trading partners, often engaged in trade wars with Pisa and the Venetians, and he was confident that he would draw the Genoese into his camp.

"Your Majesty, since you are confident of victory, we are willing to follow you." Prime Minister Ladolph bowed and said, "Give the order, please." ”

"Well, Prime Minister Ladolph, I will issue a mobilization order for the 3rd to 10th Standing Regiments, and they will immediately begin to recruit the militia and fill it up.

The militias and fleets of England and the Kingdom of France also needed to be mobilized hungry and thirsty, and the Channel Overseer and the Atlantic Fleet moved south to assemble at the port of Le Havre in Rouen, ready to escort the army.

Also, Ladolph, you personally lead the people to raze the Abbey of Cluny and its subordinate branches, and I will rid this kingdom of the cancer once and for all! William ordered Prime Minister Ladolph one by one.

"And your Majesty, what about your 1st and 2nd legions? The glory of going south to Rome this time cannot be without them. After Prime Minister Ladolph received the order, he asked William.

For Ladolph's question, William had another arrangement, and he patiently explained to Ladolph: "I have my own arrangements, this time I will lead the First Guards Army, the Standing First and Second Army, the Fourth and Fifth Army, as well as the Eighth and Tenth Army, the Nordic Guard, a total of 90,000 troops to Rome south.

The Second Guards Army was left to defend the capital, Andrew's Standing Third Army to guard the Rhine, the Sixth Army to guard the newly conquered Kingdom of Norway, the Seventh Army to guard the Kingdom of England, and the Eighth Army to guard the Burgundian and HRE borders.

In addition, I will also recruit my vassals, organize their armies into five new legions, and send them to various places to assist in the garrison of the standing legions. If you do this, you can be safe. ”

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The efficiency of the centralized government was unimaginable in the Middle Ages, and William's orders were transmitted to all parts of the kingdom through the well-developed post mail system before Hildebrand left Paris.

Almost at the same time, the standing regiments stationed in various places mobilized and began to recruit soldiers to receive weapons, equipment, supplies, etc. from local arsenals.

In addition, after receiving William's order, the noble vassals of the Norman kingdom also began to mobilize the soldiers in their own territories and continue to gather in Rouen in Normandy.

The Norman nobles were very excited, because their target was Rome, the richest and grandest city in the world, and if they could conquer it, even if it was only a hasty raid, the money they would have gained would be enough to squander it for a lifetime.

All the government agencies, armies, chambers of commerce, and workshops of the entire Norman kingdom began to operate frantically for the war against Rome, and countless supplies and money continued to flow to Paris like the rushing waters of the Seine.

On the other side, Hildebrand, who passed through the Abbey of Cluny in Marcon, Burgundy, saw a scene that shocked him to the scene of countless Norman soldiers carrying torches and beginning to demolish and burn the Abbey of Cluny, several churches including Cluny I, II and III were demolished by the Normans, and countless Cluny friars were driven out and escorted in the direction of Paris.