The army of the Holy See was completely defeated, and the mountains were full of fleeing routs, even the knights of the Church, and Baron Randolph was so engulfed by the rout that he could not escape.

Grolle. Morality. The Norman knights led by Umar made up the vast majority of the Apulian knights, so they were rightfully responsible for the pursuit of the router.

Among them Cardinal Schwyzwöf, Randolph. Advance. Baron Capua, Count of Orvieto Zuckerberg. Orsini and the others were their main targets, and if they were captured, the authority of the Holy See would suffer greatly, and they would no longer be able to deal with the Duchy of Apulia.

"Baron Mephistopheles, you lead a group of Norman knights in pursuit of the enemy in the middle, Richard, you and I pursue Cardinal Schwyzwoolf and Randolph with them, we are desperate to capture them." Grolle. Morality. Umar commanded.

"Yes, Baron Grolle." Both of them received the command.

Grolle. Morality. Umar's order was reasonable, and they had no reason to refuse, so they led their army into pursuit.

When the pursuit lasted two full days, the number of prisoners exceeded 20,000, and even their original camp could not fit enough, so that the Normans had to send men to escort them to the rear overnight.

The captives, stripped of their weapons and armor, were powerless to resist, and one or two knights of the order with a small squad of infantry could escort hundreds of captives.

Perhaps due to the custom of medieval Europa, they did not have the habit of slaughtering captives, so the captives of the Papal army did not have any nervousness and fears, and obeyed the Normans' orders very obediently.

In addition to the more than 18,000 ordinary soldiers who went out, there were more than 1,800 knights and nobles among the 20,000 captives, and these people were the most important, and only noble knights would be valued.

"Baron Grolle, Baron Mephistopheles, you two have done a great job of capturing Cardinal Schwyzwüf and Count Zuckerberg of Orvieto respectively. Orsines, these two are important figures in the confederation of the Holy See, and their weight is not small. "Caesar was very excited to capture Cardinal Schwyzwuf and Count Zuckerberg of Orvieto. Orsini was enough to represent the end of the war, and they only had to march into Rome to capture the fruits of the war.

"You are the heroes of this battle, and you deserve to be rewarded, and I have decided to canonize you as honorable earls and receive a reward for the realm, Baron Mephistopheles, what is your opinion? Do you accept it? ”

"Lord Caesar, I am a vassal of the Duke of Normandy, and if I want to transfer my title to you, I must obtain the consent of His Royal Highness William, I'm sorry." Baron Mephistopheles bowed.

"That's a pity, I'll make it clear to William about this, Baron Mephistopheles, you can give me service for me first, and when the war is over, I'm going to Normandy to attend William's enthronement ceremony, and I'll wait for you to make the final decision." Caesar shook his head, a little regretful.

"Thank you for your understanding and understanding, Lord Caesar." Baron Mephistopheles bowed and bowed again.

Caesar spared Mephistopheles for the time being. Sauron, turning to look at the Norman nobles and soldiers who had assembled in front of him, said in a loud voice:

"Gentlemen, soldiers,

Soldiers, you have fought the enemy here countless times, and you will surely be victorious, or you will die; Fate has forced you to fight, and it now stands before you.

If you overcome, you will receive the greatest reward that even God could not expect. We will only have to rely on bravery to occupy Rome, and we will be adequately compensated; The riches that the Romans have acquired and amassed through many victorious battles, together with their masters, will belong to you.

Under God's protection, take up arms and win this great reward.

Occupy Rome and expel the puppet pope! ”

"Take Rome! Expelled the False Pope! ”

"Take Rome! Expelled the False Pope! ”

"Take Rome! Expelled the False Pope! ”

The cheers were incessant, and everyone was excited, whether it was the Norman nobles and adventurers, the native Italians of Apulia, the Genoese, or others, Caesar's army had been fully stirred up by him, and they had no fear of the riches of Rome.

By the time Caesar led his army to Rome, Pope Benedict IX of the Vatican had received the news of the defeat at the front, and his only prestige had been lost with the defeat of the war.

"He raped, murdered, and other horrific acts of violence and **. His life as a pope was so vile, so immoral, so bad, I dare not think about it. ”

"It was as if a demon from hell, a priest in disguise, had taken possession of the Holy Seat of St. Peter, and the sanctity of religion had been desecrated by his arrogance."

After the defeat of the war, Benedict IX waited for not the bishops to unite against the invading Normans, but endless factional struggles, and almost everyone pointed the finger at Benedict IX, who was blamed for many evil ** and murders, and was even rumored to be the first gay pope.

These opponents and rumors appear to have appeared on the same day, without warning and without a trace, and it is clear that they were perceived as rigged by those with good intentions, but the agitated Benedict IX did not notice this and did nothing effective to prevent it from happening.

In less than a day, vicious rumors about Benedict IX had spread throughout the Vatican and Rome, and people even blamed Benedict IX for the defeat.

At the moment, Benedict IX had no friends or supporters, he was alone, and as a result his personality became worse and worse, irritable and irritable, and at the same time he spent more and more extravagantly, which aroused the displeasure of all.

Benedict IX even doubted his ability to maintain his position and wished to marry the Roman maiden he was passionate about, and Benedict decided to abdicate after being persuaded by the Roman maiden.

He first consulted with his uncle, the devout priest Johannes. Graziano about the possibility of resignation, he was willing to relinquish the throne and authority of the pope and elect his godfather as the new pope, if he would repay him for the cost of bribery.

Johannes. Graziano was eager to get rid of such an unworthy papacy of the Holy See, so he paid Benedict IX 1,500 pounds of gold and decided to accept the papal throne, which is the historical Gregory VI.

Historically, during the reign of Gregory VI, Hildebrand was reused, and this man later made great achievements, and Gregory VI was later deposed by Emperor Henry III for the opposition of the three popes and the sale of clergy.

Johannes can get the throne of the Pope, naturally it is indispensable to William's secret operation, the two of them have long been united, if it were not for the secret operation of the spies he planted in the city of Rome, the opposition to Benedict IX could not have been so strong, maybe the Roman girl was also used by William's spies to persuade Benedict IX to give up the pope.