When Randy came closer, the cardinal was still an acquaintance, and it was Hildebrand, who had been sent by the Pope to negotiate with him for help and move the troops.

Randy thought to himself: Could it be that this guy was promoted because he moved me, a rescuer, and made meritorious contributions? Or did the Pope kill his political enemies?

Randy thought darkly in his heart, but on the surface he still smiled brightly, and his youth can definitely charm more than 95% of women!

In fact, things are really similar to what Randy thought, Robert, the mercenary captain who originally belonged to the Pope's faction, was assassinated inexplicably, and the Pope was furious, but it was another cardinal who blamed him against him, and the final result was the same as Randy thought, the Pope sent the army to raid the house with great fanfare, and did not secretly assassinate and do such a sinister thing like Randy.

"Your Excellency, it is too late to apologetic, forgive your sins! Forgiveness! Randy greeted Cardinal Hildebrand and drew a cross on his chest, his facial expression quickly switching from the happy expression of a friend meeting to guilt, which was god-fast.

"Your Majesty's words are wrong, if it weren't for Your Majesty's righteous act, regardless of the ice and snow and the cold and the long distance, personally led the troops to rescue, my Holy See would have already turned into powder, and the Holy Land of Rome would also suffer from the disaster of war, and he would have made great contributions and was pious, how can it be said that it was a fault?" Heard is also a smart man, and the displeasure he fakes on the surface almost seems to be real.

If you just listen to this and don't look at people, you will be completely mistaken for Randy's court priest, not a cardinal of the Holy See.

"Hahaha, you're welcome! Polite! Randy smiled happily, not seeing anything polite at all.

At this time, Charlie, Duke of Burgundy, who was beside Randy, coughed softly, meaning that you don't patronize and talk to people, we are also involved in this matter, and the benefits cannot be monopolized by you alone.

Randy suddenly came to his senses, patted his head and said, "Look at my memory, Bishop, let me introduce you, these are my solid allies in this feat, loyal believers in Jesus Christ, this I think you also know, His Majesty Philip II, King of France." ”

After getting to know each other again, the cardinal spoke out of Pope Innocent III's command that he wanted to meet the warriors who saved Christchurch in person!

Randy naturally agreed: "Okay, okay, then the Pope's Holy See wants to go out of the city to review our 100,000 army?" Or is it the process of our 100,000-strong army, to give the Pope a military parade? ”

Randy choked Heard with a word, and the cardinal glanced at the other feudal lords, only to find that the group of guys were very united at this time, laughing and silent, waiting to see their own jokes.

Everyone knows very well in their hearts that the Pope's Holy See wants to save face for himself, if he is stupid and really enters the city of Rome directly as the other party said, then it is not a matter of people's words to die or live? Although the Pope's Holy See is now the time to appoint people, a beating is inevitable, otherwise wouldn't your group of people have to take advantage of merit and look above the top?

Randy, as the commander of the coalition forces, naturally can't allow this kind of thing to happen.

Do you want to do it to my generation and show your way of resisting people? Hehe.

Randy seized on the loophole in Hild's words, didn't you say that the Holy See wanted to see the warriors who saved Christchurch? All the people involved in this war are counted as 100,000 people!

This time it directly choked Hilde.

"These 100,000 troops are too much, and it is inevitable that there will be some disturbances after entering the city, and leading the army into Rome is also an affront to the Holy See of the Pope, even if the Holy See is merciful and dismissive, it is a loss to your prestige, which is ......"

Randy snickered in his heart, saying that he could lead troops into Rome and crisscross the heart of the Holy See, so that it would increase his prestige, and if he really said that whoever would lose his prestige, it should also be the Pope.

Randy squinted his eyes, and the Death Knight Captain Alpha standing beside him comprehended, and said angrily: "I waited tirelessly, fought thousands of miles, firmly believed in a period of devilish battles with the most ferocious, and arrived at the city of Rome with great difficulty. ”

Alpha stepped forward and pulled out the scabbard: "Say, is it that you, the villain, have deceived the Holy Seat of the Pope, so why don't you wait for me to enter the city?" Have you already colluded with the heretics of Rome to frame the faithful and betray the Holy See? ”

"Don't be rude, don't get off now," Randy glared at him and whispered a reprimand to Alpha.

"But Your Majesty, this person is really unreasonable, if I had known that this would be the end, I might as well not come, how good it would be to stay in my own country."

"Presumptuous!"

Randy raised his voice, and Alpha stepped back.

"I'll settle accounts with you later!"

Randy snorted coldly, turned to Hilde with an apologetic face and said: "You must not be like this kid, this guy is a countryman, he has never seen the world, and he doesn't know your greatness, but don't look at his vulgar speech, he is extremely devout in his belief in God, and he is so excited because he is afraid that he will not be able to enter Rome on a pilgrimage and see the holy face of the Pope, so he is in a hurry so he does not choose to speak, so you see that although this kid has spoken a little, it is not unreasonable." ”

Damn it! The Pope is right, none of these feudal monarchs can be trusted.

Hilde, who had just been startled by Alpha, scolded in his heart as ugly and ugly as he could, but on the surface he had to pretend that he didn't care.

Just after the Norman king and the cardinal fought for so many rounds, the other kings, dukes, and governors next to him were all silent, and they didn't want to help the cardinal speak at all, but the 100,000 troops that Randy said about entering the city for a military parade were quite popular, and everyone nodded yes, and when they saw Randy reprimanding Baron Alpha, they all pretended to dissuade them, and they all wanted to be more realistic and realistic, and they couldn't tell that they were fake at all, all of them were powerful actors.

In the end, the cardinal alone could not compete with two kings, two dukes, two governors, this luxurious lineup, had to agree to Randy's request to bring troops into Rome, and in terms of the number of troops, the two sides bargained, and the cardinal finally reluctantly agreed, and each country selected soldiers ranging from 2,000 to hundreds as representatives according to different sizes, and entered Rome with their respective monarchs to see the Holy See of the Pope.

Randy calculated, six countries, 100,000 troops can be put together like this, and they can make up five or seven thousand elite soldiers, although the number is slightly smaller than the Holy See's army, but now they are all elites, and all the people who lead the team are famous generals.

Randy smiled and agreed to Cardinal Heard's terms, and invited the bishop to dinner, and the monarchs talked and laughed, ate and drank, but behind the scenes, they all sent their henchmen to select the most elite and loyal troops into the city.

At the banquet, a group of feudal monarchs talked and laughed! Cardinal Hilde and the other two protagonists, on the other hand, are on pins and needles, smiling and smiling, and eating the delicacies of the mountains and seas prepared by the Norman king's special chefs, but the taste is like chewing wax.

After barely surviving this execution-like lunch, Cardinal Heard didn't have time to breathe a sigh of relief when he heard Randy say, "The Warrior representatives who have requested an audience have been chosen. ”

Randy's selection of soldiers included 50 Knights of the Guard, 600 Norman Royal Knights, 1,000 Norman Heavy Cavalry, and 200 Field Orders. A total of 1,850 people, all of them are heavily armed heavy cavalrymen with men and horses covered in armor, all with red dragon coats on a black background, not to mention how effective the combat power is, this momentum alone is staggering!

If you look at the armies of other countries, it looks a little worse.

France, Burgundy, Aquitaine, and the three countries of Île-de-France, all of which were conscripted feudal knights, plus knights, although they were all dressed in armor, the coats and shields on their bodies were varied, looking bells and whistles, and the army without Randy looked sophisticated.

Then there are Genoa, Venice, and Bologna, the last of the free cities, all three of which are old acquaintances with the Papal States: the Genoese crossbowmen, the Venetian hoplites, the Bologna elite guards, and the well-armoured Italian heavy cavalry of the Papal States.

It was only when he saw the giant shield crossbowmen that the cardinal frowned, although the Papal States forbade the use of crossbows in Christian wars, such an order was almost a dead letter, but fortunately no one mentioned it.

Andrew, the governor of Genoa, seemed to remember this, smiled embarrassedly, and asked the crossbowmen to step back and replace them with a group of elite Italian spear militia.

To be honest, during the audience, Innocent III left a pretty good impression on Randy, excluding those red tape, as well as the priests next to him, and the so-called paladins who want to kill people, not to mention everything, everything here is very good, whether it is the magnificent Papal Hall, or various cathedrals, or the huge statue of Jesus Christ, it looks very good, but unfortunately, today's Rome is not the Rome of the past.

But how can there be a thousand-year-old empire in the world? Wealth and glory are just a passing cloud, Nanke is just a dream!

After the ceremony of meeting the Pope, Randy quietly runs to find the Colosseum.

The answer was that even the ruins were gone......

The low-rise houses that cover the ruins of the original Colosseum give you a sense of loss, and then something like the one described above happens.

There is no eternal dynasty in the world, one withered and one prosperous, it is the way of heaven, no wonder the emperors of all dynasties want to live forever, perhaps in addition to the fear of death, they want to continue their dynasty forever!

Randy sighed softly and turned away without looking again.

There's nothing to look at anymore, that's the answer you want.

After receiving the Pope's reward of five million gold coins and the title of Christ Paladin Valhalla, Randy was still not satisfied, and secretly launched his own intelligence network to spread rumors that he was the Messiah chosen by Christ as the Messiah.

In addition to the Norman kingdom receiving rewards, other countries also received different rewards of gold coins and canonized paladins.

But in general, it is still a little inferior to Randy, in fact, they brought their elite troops in this time, for the Pope to see like this, and they can also compare the majesty and neatness of the Norman army, which is the head of the nations, and the Pope naturally looks up to him.

Under the auspices of the Holy See, the Norman King Randy, King Philip II of France, Charles the Duke of Burgundy, Andrew, the Governor of Genoa, Dandoro, the Governor of Venice, and the Mayor of Bologna, Maffeo.

Edward, Duke of Aquitaine, Frederick, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV, Duke of Bohemia, Albrecht II, Duke of Austria, Frederick, Duke of Brandenburg, Luciver, Iberian León, Alfonso, King of Castile, Carlos of Portugal, and Ramiro of Aragon also sent envoys to visit the oath.

At the same time, Randy also represents his wife, Queen Artoria of Northwest Britain, so Randy claims to have double the voting rights of other nations in this alliance before his wife arrives.

Of course, it is impossible for you to swear an oath to a group of kings and monarchs.

However, after Randy and the Pope consulted, the Pope promised that these monarchs who sent emissaries would also become members of the Holy Alliance, and the entire Catholic world officially declared an alliance, so that all the countries of the entire Catholic world would become fraternal allies, and they would fight against the danger of the Catholic world together, and unite against the common enemy, the heretical hypocrites, and the evil Roman Empire composed of Greeks!

May 1, 1103 A.D.......

The seventeen Catholic countries in the Papal Hall formed a grand alliance, and with this as a symbol, officially announced the complete rupture of the two major churches in the East and the West, the resurgence of Europa, and a great war that swept the entire Western world, officially began!

Also, why do you say that there are 17 member countries in this alliance?

Of course, it was Hungary, a country that had no territory or castle at all, and fewer than 2,000 remnants remained, that it was also represented at the meeting.

The representative of the Hungarian envoy burst into tears in front of the Pope, telling about the barbarism and cruelty of the Greeks, although everyone knew that the Greeks were actually not so bad, but everyone still showed righteous indignation, and Randy held the hands of the Hungarian envoy with tears in his eyes, and promised to help Hungary recover.

The Pope also made a generous statement: "Remember this moment, Christians of the world, please remember this moment seriously, this is a lesson, a warning, the same disillusionment, there can be no peace between heresies, and there can be only one result of the war between us and them, that is, the complete destruction of one of the two sides, without negotiation, without compromise, without forgiveness, we will completely destroy them, not even a single heretical mongrel, otherwise we will fight them to the end until the day of the Last Judgment!" ”

"As the representative of Jesus Christ walking on earth, I promise you, Men and women who have participated in this holy war, that no matter what sins you committed in your lifetime, as long as you fought and died bravely in this holy war, your sins before death will be forgiven, and your souls will ascend to heaven after death."

With such bold words, all the soldiers present cheered.

War, killing, plundering, such a rich and wonderful life, and being able to go to heaven after death, is so good and worthwhile.

"The people in the world who deserve to go to hell make such assurances, and what is even more sad is that people actually believe his words." Randy was talking to himself like this, and he almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

Thus began the war......

On one side is the Catholic League of Seventeen, and on the other side is the mighty Eastern Roman Empire.

When this period of time was completely suppressed by the Eastern Roman Empire, the Ottoman Sultan Lyman, who had not slept well all day, was extremely excited, and accidentally suffered from a cold before, and instantly recovered, jumped directly from the bed and shouted:

"Chance!"

At the same time, after getting the news, Saladin, who had prepared an excuse, finally let go of his last worries.

"See? Christians, they are dog-eat-dog, they can no longer prevent us from recovering the Holy Land, soldiers, Allah Allah will give me such an honor and give it to you, now let us march to the Holy Land, to Jerusalem. ”

(End of chapter)