In such a frenzied atmosphere, the Normans shouted almost madly, telling of the past glory of the Empire, and the inevitable path from now on.

The whole world is led by Randy, and the Normans are no longer satisfied with barren England and bitter cold Scandinavia.

More land! More population! More wealth!

Under the leadership of His Majesty Emperor Randy, the invincible Norman Legion will conquer the entire continent, defeat all obstacles, and spread the glory of the Norman Empire throughout the world.

"Turn the Mediterranean Sea into the inner lake of the Norman Empire!"

"The Norman Empire will rule all the lands under the sun!"

"The Norman Empire will kill all the infidels!"

In the midst of such ecstasy and excitement, the Pope stepped back a few steps, hiding his figure in shadows where the light could not reach, and at the same time looked coldly at the crowd of fanatical Normans with a gaze that was absolutely not in keeping with such a joyful atmosphere.

"Conquest! This is absolutely impossible, and the only thing that can control Europa in the end is faith, divine power, and the kingdom of heaven on earth. Innocent III said this to himself in his heart, and calmly watched the reaction of these people.

After the initial pleasure, it was not long before the delegates from Italy, France, Iberia, and especially Germany began to be uneasy, and it seemed that they had understood that the Normans, the mighty warrior force from the northern winds and snows, must have understood many people.

So then, although what was pre-arranged at the coronation did not happen, but now that I think about it, it seems like a good thing.

Innocent III smiled......

Randy, who was still immersed in joy at the moment, didn't care about the Holy See anymore.

He crowned himself, and after the coronation was complete, he was of no use.

Why would a great emperor value a piece of trash? Even if it's a noble trash, it's still trash.

At this time, at the signal of His Majesty Emperor Randy, the four knights of the Guards stepped forward quickly, each holding a corner and unfurling a special rectangular new flag.

The crowd erupted in exclamation!!

"This is the new banner of the Norman Empire, the four-winged three-clawed two-color phoenix flag!"

"The four wings symbolize the Arctic Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the Indian Ocean, and the four major bodies of water."

"Three claws, cover the three continents of Europa, Asia, and Africa."

"Bicolor, black symbolizes the sea and white symbolizes landing."

"This is our flag, the flag of our Normans, enough to carry the glory of the Normans, the banner of the great phoenix!"

On both sides of the flag, two Norman passages are delicately sewn with gold thread on the black background

On the left is: Possess the ocean!

On the right is: Conquer the Land!

"The great banner represents the great empire, the will of the great emperor."

Randy's announcement brought the coronation to a climax, and people poured in to salute His Majesty Randy, swear allegiance to the brand-new flag.

The Norman Empire was founded!

The empire, founded!

Randy was extremely excited, and after cheering, he was surrounded by the crowd and walked out of the Papal Chamber, mounted on his horse, and began to parade through the city of Rome, with the flag also held flat by the knights, following Randy.

The crowd, already prepared by a large number of maidens and girls, carrying baskets full of flower petals, climbed onto the houses on both sides of the road, cheering and throwing flower petals to the ground.

The whole city is filled with the scent of flowers, like a fairyland.

On October 3, 1103, the Norman Empire was founded, and the founding king Randy von Hofmann was proclaimed emperor, with Gothburg as the capital, St. Petersburg, London, and Hamburg as the accompanying capitals, with the four-winged and three-clawed two-color phoenix flag as the national flag, and Queen Artoria as the queen.

Thus was the establishment of a vast empire in the north of Europa.

Its political, economic, military, and cultural outreach to the kingdoms of Europa, especially the exuberant ambition of the emperor, made the surrounding countries extremely uneasy.

Among them, the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick behaved the most fiercely, openly declaring that Randy's position as emperor was incorrect and that he was a puppet emperor, and while denouncing the encroachment of the Norman kingdom, he also expressed his indignation at the kingdom's forcible encroachment on the territory of the Holy Roman Empire!

"In the whole of Europa, there is only one emperor, and that is the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. There is no other country, no people, anyone who is qualified and capable of calling himself emperor, and those who usurp the title of emperor are the greatest provocation to the Holy Roman Empire, and will inevitably be crushed by the angry German iron horsemen. ”

On October 7, 1103, after learning the news of the founding of the Norman Empire, the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick directly declared war on the Norman Empire!

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The Norman Empire, known as the Holy Northern Norman Empire, or the noblest empire, was born with the aspirations of tens of millions of Normans, the most powerful and terrifying country.

But there is a question here, Randy claims to be the noble Emperor of the North, and his empire is the noble Empire of the North, so what is the concept of this North?

Compared to the European continent, Scandinavia, England, and the north are considered to be the north.

Compared with Italy, Germany, France, Poland and other countries are considered northern.

Compared with North Africa, the whole of Europa is also considered north, and even geographically, the northern hemisphere north of the equator is considered north.

North is indeed a very good word to use! It can be constantly adjusted with time, situation, strength, and even mood, which may be one of the reasons why Emperor Frederick was in a hurry to challenge the Normans, because he was not sure whether the north that Randy was talking about included the whole of Germany.

As a branch of the Germanic people, the Normans have shown a strong position in recent times, which has also fascinated many Germans, seeing that their country is becoming more and more difficult in division, poverty, and political struggle, while the Norman Empire in the north is becoming more and more prosperous under the governance of Randy, although the Germanic people in Germany are envious and jealous, but they also have a fantasy in their hearts that it would be good if it was our emperor.

This is the so-called yearning for the life of people living in civilized countries in barbaric countries.

The strength of the Norman kingdom, especially the strengthening of agricultural technology, made the country have developed agriculture, abundant food reserves, and the people basically did not go hungry, and even ate enough to eat most of the time.

Eat your fill!

In this Middle Ages, which was full of disasters and difficulties, backward agricultural technology and low productivity, it was extremely rare, extremely luxurious, and extremely tempting.

What's more, in this era, there is no so-called overpopulation, the number of people is largely linked to national strength, and there are a large number of suitable for cultivation in each country, but no wasteland has been reclaimed, as long as it is properly organized and has sufficient material reserves, it can accept displaced people from other countries indefinitely to enhance national strength.

In fact, it is not so much that the Holy Roman Empire is attacking because of the encroachment of the other party's title, but rather that the emerging Norman kingdom absorbed too many people from the Holy Roman Empire, which caused the Holy Roman Empire to decline sharply, which angered Frederick and many of his nobles.

The contradictions between the two sides were irreconcilable, and the monarchs of both sides did not want to reconcile, although they suffered a defeat at the hands of the Eastern Romans, but Frederick's solipsistic character did not change because of this, or the more and more aging emperor was exhausted, and the decisiveness and courage of his youth gradually became self-righteous and courageous.

However, although the opponent chosen by the Holy Roman Empire was not very good, the timing he chose was quite good, and Frederick could be regarded as a wise monarch, and the opportunity was very accurate.

The two Norman armies, Randy's army, are being crowned in the city of Rome, and if they want to attack Germany proper, they still need to cross the Alps, and they will definitely not be able to attack it for a while.

And Empress Artoria is even more farther apart, and this will make the Queen of Great Britain lead a large army to kill the original Novgorod homeland, as if she will not stop until she pursues it all the way to Moscow.

As a result, the Normans had an army of 200,000 men, but they could not quickly enter the battlefield, and before the Normans could react, the Holy Roman Empire had enough time to reclaim its territory.

Hamburg, Lübeck, Bremen, these so-called North Saxony, as well as the territories originally ceded to the other party, Pomerania, Jutland, and then Frederick can concentrate all his strength, first defeat Artoria, completely annex all the other party's territories on the continent of Europa, and then go south to clean up Randy.

Frederick's plan is actually quite good, if it can really be implemented, the entire Holy Roman Empire will be mobilized, and the superior forces will be used to fight against the Norman armies respectively, which can indeed have a great advantage, but Frederick ignored one point, that is, the time difference!

Frederick's plan was completely based on the time difference, that is, he calculated that the opponent's 200,000 troops could not be quickly put into the battlefield to fight, as long as he suddenly declared war on the Normans and raided the territory that originally belonged to the Holy Roman Empire, so that he could quickly complete this strategic goal before the enemy reacted.

But all of this was still based on Frederick's ability to quickly defeat Artoria.

But what if? What if Artoria reacts faster?

Randy's army could quickly mobilize across the Alps and attack Bavaria, which was most important to Frederick, as well as the whole of South Germany.

Before Frederick could occupy North Saxony, Pomerania, and Jutland, Randy had thrown the whole of South Germany into disarray, and the Bavarian army, which was Frederick's direct force, would be demoralized by the seizure of his hometown.

So in the final analysis, it is still a time difference, and the competition between the two sides is the speed of their respective armies' assembly, marching speed, and offensive capabilities.

The reason why Frederick dared to declare war was also because he had such an advantage, believing that it would take a few weeks for the other side to get the news of his declaration of war, and by then he would probably have stabilized the situation in the whole of North Germany, and then the strategic initiative would be in his own hands.

Unfortunately, things were not as simple as Frederick imagined, in fact, the day after the news of his declaration of war was announced, it was already delivered to Randy's desk through a flying pigeon.

"What an imagination! It's a pity......" Randy commented.

The next day, Randy was in Rome, announcing it in front of his army of 80,000.

"We, the soldiers who shed their blood and fought bravely for Christendom, have been shamefully betrayed, and when we finally went through a thousand hardships and dangers, and finally succeeded in protecting and saving Christendom, those villains who were jealous of our merits finally could not bear their ugly faces, and Frederick Holy Roman Emperor declared war on us, shamefully declared war on us, and declared war on us when we were about to return home!"

Randy seemed to be impatient when he said this, and began to curse:

"That scumbag, that thief, that despicable minion, why is he? With the tragic defeat he suffered in Hungary and finally started the sad battle of a shrunken turtle in his own territory? That waste, villain, unclear-minded fool, soldiers, great Norman warriors, I ask you, do you promise? Your glory is defiled, your way home is blocked, and the man who says that you are unworthy, and goes to plunder your goods, and the land, your wife and your children, I ask you, will you agree? ”

The crowd erupted in an earth-shattering roar:

"We will never say yes!"

"Kill that crumb!"

"Kill all the Germans!"

The Norman warriors lashed out and vented their frustrations, and their anger was completely ignited by Randy.

"Good! Soldiers, what are we waiting for? Fast! Fast! Fast! Stop resting, stop continuing to celebrate, enter Germany as fast as you can, punish that bastard, punish those who follow him. Randy shouted, and the soldiers responded enthusiastically.

"I have reported this situation to the Holy See, and the German people are unpopular and contrary to the Catholic Church, and the Holy See will inevitably excommunicate him." Randy shouted, and the cheers of the Norman soldiers grew louder and louder, after which Randy's Norman army still enjoyed the food and supplies provided by the various city-states of Northern Italy, unlike Frederick's forced conscription, Randy's policy towards Northern Italy was obviously higher, and at this moment when the coalition army was in name only, Randy stopped letting the city-states of Liberia supply supplies for free, which seemed convenient, but was actually very dangerous.

If the Italians were pressed too hard to stop the supply of supplies and become hostile to the Normans, it is hard to imagine what would happen to this army, which could no longer receive any supplies.

Therefore, for Venice, Bologna, and the Genoa Republic of Milan, which had been vaguely divided, Randy encircled them, and personally promised the Normans that they did not have any coveting of the lands and city-states of Northern Italy, and the geographical location of the Norman Empire also hindered the effective rule of the Normans over Northern Italy, so there was no hostility between the Normans and the Kingdom of Italy, on the contrary, there were many places where they could cooperate.

The German Holy Roman Empire, on the other hand, was always hostile to Northern Italy, and the first thing the Holy Roman Emperors did was invade Northern Italy as long as they had a little spare strength.

(End of chapter)