"Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the reason why the emperor divorced his wife was because he had found a new patron, a family that could make his throne and the country more stable, and since his accession to the throne, several principalities within the German Empire have been showing more and more signs of falling apart, and as an emperor, he wants to hold on to his empire more than anyone else. 【Latest chapter reading. 】”

Leonardo carefully folded the wiped scarf and put it within reach and said: "This war is the beginning of his re-establishment of authority, through the chaos of the north and the south, to kill the opponents, to consume the thorns in the eye, and finally to reap the benefits of the fisherman, if all goes well, he can also eliminate the politics of the principality in the real sense, and become a real emperor, instead of trying his best to strengthen his own strength and balance the interests of all countries like his predecessors." ”

"It's ridiculous that he took Nijmegen as a gun in his hand, but he didn't expect this gun to have his own ideas, maybe he had already discovered Nijmegen's uncontrollable, but he was helpless, because we were his only choice to keep the throne, when His Majesty's edict to start a war was issued, it also meant that a reasonable and legal order arrow was handed over to me, and the outcome of this war would not develop according to his preset plot, Nijmegen has its own script."

I nodded confidently, as if to affirm what I had said, and in fact Leonardo's statement could be thought of by anyone with a normal IQ.

"Haven't you thought about one thing?"

Leonardo then asked: "This war is not just as simple as it seems on the surface, it is both accidental and interlocking, although His Majesty Henry is the absolute protagonist, but the other person is not a dispensable supporting role, and even his role is more important, everything is in the hands of that person, I admit that I have only now found myself a little underestimated." ”

Following his words, the image of an old scholar burst into my mind, and I opened my mouth wide in surprise and shouted: "That old man from the Vatican!" ”

"That's right! It was the newly succeeded Pope Ni, His Majesty Otto's mentor and friend, who instigated the Emperor of the Flesh and Blood, who did many shocking and absurd things, and who always boasted of himself as an assistant to Constantine the Great, Sylvester I, with a hidden ambition and a nerd appetite greater than all of us think. ”

Not surprised that I guessed who was behind it so quickly, Leonardo put the remaining half of the bread back on the plate, and suddenly raised the tone of his voice.

"This war is actually a contest between His Majesty the Emperor and His Majesty the Pope, a decisive battle between the supreme imperial power and the universal clergy, and you need to think about which market to bet your only capital into in order to get the greatest gains."

"A decisive battle?"

It's not so much that Leonardo's analysis of the truth shocked me, but that his old man's roar of juvenile madness scared me, this kind of impassioned tone, I haven't encountered it since I joined the group in middle school, I didn't expect a bad old man in the Middle Ages to shout out the supreme imperial power and the universal clergy, how to listen to them, how to look like the professional vocabulary in the political examination syllabus, it is really not simple!

"I hope you can grasp clearly whether the Vatican or Rome has a different answer behind each choice." Leonardo's appearance at the moment is like a salesman who sells cheap goods, and he is about to hold the banner of shopping around, which will frighten the children.

"Ecclesiastical or Imperial Power?"

As I repeated the question, I was reminded of the ills I had seen in later films, about the evils of the Dark Curia and the Inquisition.

This Inquisition, which aims to suppress all anti-church and anti-feudal heretics, as well as those with heretical ideas or sympathy for heresy, was first established by Pope Innocent III to suppress the heresy of the Albigensians in southern France.

Honorius III succeeded him as Pope and ordered the Churches of all countries to establish the Inquisition, and Gregory IX reaffirmed the previous decree, so that the Inquisition was established in all countries.

The inquisition, which was so much talked about by posterity, was generally located in a monastery, and all trials were held in secret.

The rules of trial formulated by the Holy See are extremely simple!

Criminals, evil G, and even children can be witnesses, as long as two people testify, the accusation can be established, once charged, it is impossible to escape, if the witness withdraws his testimony, he will be dealt with as an accomplice to heresy, if the defendant does not admit guilt, he can be punished, the defendant must not only admit his guilt, but also must report the co-defendant and the suspect heretic, after the defendant admits guilt, if the case is reversed, it will be dealt with as heretical, etc., confiscating the property of the heresy and obtaining benefits, which is one of the reasons why the secular regime actively supports the Inquisition, resulting in a large number of indiscriminate searches, unjust, false and wrongful convictions, The evil consequences of the expansion of the strain.

In the history of the Inquisition for more than 500 years, it has always been accompanied by blood and filth, and it has not only been used by the supreme Holy See to suppress heresy, but also used to persecute the people and progressives who oppose religious authority.

At this moment, there is an opportunity to change history, so that I can prevent the occurrence of one tragedy after another, subdue the arrogant and domineering beasts of the flood that are becoming more and more fierce, and let those gods who are dressed in religious clothes do what they should do in a proper manner, instead of speculating and drilling camps, stealing the country and hegemony, and using people's devout belief in God to seize power.

"Presumably Jesus knew that he had worked hard to preach back then, and in exchange for so many silverfish and rats in the later generations, he must have been so angry that he vomited blood, since the sect is unfortunate, then I will clean up the door, the meaning of God's rebirth may lie in this!" Thinking to myself, I silently made up my mind.

"The Lord said, 'Render to Christ what is Christ's, and to Caesar what is Caesar's, but unfortunately in this world it is still necessary to speak hard with fists."

Ignoring Leonardo's astonished gaze, I continued:

"If you want to be immortal, you must refuse to be anyone's puppet, whether it is the emperor or the pope, you can no longer manipulate me, this battle, I am fighting for myself, but also for you who follow me, if I am really the Aeneas chosen by God, then bless me to be the master of the world!"

Leonardo's eyes gradually lit up, and his old muscles and bones seemed to be full of youthful vitality again, which may be what he expected from me.

"Now that you've made up your mind, let's go ahead and let the Enides, who have worked hard for thousands of years, live up to their expectations!"

The enemy had just set out from here in the morning and pounced on the next village like hungry wolves, and as I crouched on the ground and grabbed a handful of blood-soaked dirt, Hans whispered in my ear:

"This is the eighth village that the Lorraine have looted since they entered the country, leaving no villagers, livestock, houses, or anything, and burning them before leaving, burning the evidence of their crimes, leaving only ashes all over the ground."

"What a devil has entered the village!" Burn it all, kill it all, rob it all, mercilessly. ”

I slapped the mud off my hands, stood up on my squatting sore knees, and saw that there was scorched earth everywhere, and in the ruins that had not yet been extinguished, orange flames were still dancing, and the choking smoke and dust carried the wind up, making the surroundings blurred, and the ground was stained with blood, as if telling a bleak and melancholy old story.

There was no sign of what had once been populated, and the bleak wind pierced through the cracks between the ruins, emitting a sharp whistling, like purgatory in the depths of extreme reincarnation.

"Since they like to fill themselves up with their lives, then let's simply play with the Lorraine people, abandon the villages in front of them, and let the insatiable enemy feast hard, with so many people and heavy cats and dogs, presumably the Duke of Dietrich can't whip up quickly, you must know that on the plains, losing mobility is tantamount to suicide!"

Hans nodded as if he didn't understand, and was very good at helping the master to hold the reins of the horse, I jumped up lightly, turned around and looked at the thousand behind me, the team composed of elite knights and cavalry was discharged far away, the sound and neighing of the horse's nose came and went, the reflection of the sun on the chain mail, piercing people couldn't open their eyes, in a trance I suddenly remembered that after I came to the Middle Ages, the time on horseback was longer than the time spent sleeping in bed, which can be regarded as galloping and enjoying life, Perhaps this is the helplessness of living in the dark ages.

"Let's go! Make sure the scouts keep the message open, fall behind the enemy, and don't let the Lorrainians discover where we are. ”

I waved my arms vigorously and issued a series of orders to Hans, and the whole team slowly started, and the roar of thousands of horses slamming on the ground was even more deafening than the thunder on a rainy day, and it also made the most cowardly cowards become arrogant and dry.

In the Middle Ages, where there were no accurate maps and advanced communication equipment, the search for the enemy was not only a tricky technical task, but also a physically demanding task.

The two sides involved in the war looked for each other blindly, and finally ran out of food, and the army broke up, so it was common to enter the enemy territory and burn and loot locusts, and the knights who were usually full of benevolence, righteousness, morality, and hoeing the strong and helping the weak immediately changed their faces, and one by one they stuffed the squire's pack horses into tatters, and tied their heads to the waistband of their trousers.

Kohler and the bull set out from Nijmegen with a large number of infantry and wagons full of supplies, parallel to the Rhine, which flowed from south to north, and on both sides of the river were mostly wide alluvial plains and endless marshes, and some small hills with gentle slopes, which were very convenient for carriages to pass, but unfortunately they had to crumble into the mud from time to time, and from time to time the wheels were sunk into it, so that the speed of the march was difficult to guarantee.

The road condition is good, twenty miles a day, and the road condition is not good, and it is common to advance ten miles in two days.

Almost at a turtle speed, the cavalry running back and forth between the enemy and the enemy, and the infantry had just approached the forest at the junction of Nijmegen and Hesse.

(End of chapter)