While Mubara was still mobilizing his army, the Catholics seemed to be in a rage, quickly defeating all the thousands of infidels, and Tolstoy, who was scattered with blood, summoned the head of the congregation, Deacon, to tell how the bishop and the two priests were killed by Mubarah, and how he escaped death from the council hall, and warned that Mubara had mobilized troops in the military camp to prepare to annihilate the Catholics in one fell swoop.

When the fanatical Catholics heard that Bishop Cathtro and two priests had been killed by Mubarah, they angrily laid siege to the council hall. Poor Mubara had just finished assembling his army in the barracks when his council hall was occupied by thousands of fanatical believers, who captured all the council officials and laid the bodies of the bishop and two priests at the door of the council hall.

"The priest has finally gotten his wish to become the supreme head of the Catholic Church in the province of Camillo, and I believe that soon, the Pope will definitely crown the Lord as a bishop, hahaha, congratulations!" Shante, dressed in Catholic clothes, laughed at Tolstoy beside him and said, "It's just that the next thing, I'm afraid it will take a little more thought from adults!" ”

"Master Shante, the Bishop has died at the hands of Mubara, gathering more congregants is my business, and it is not difficult to do this!" Tolstoy said, "It's just that the Catholic opposition to the Arad regime has been put on the surface, and Mubara's army is encircling the parliament, and the task of the head of the mountain seems to be heavier than mine!" ”

"Hmph, the entire Basra City barracks are only 4,000 garrisons, even if they are all dispatched, I can annihilate them all!" Shante smiled, "Lord Priest, all the cities are managed by you, but my 20,000 troops need you to provide logistical support, and I will definitely not interfere in the affairs of my lord!" ”

"Captain Shante is so calculating!" Tolstoy laughed, "Occupy the territory in the name of our Catholicism, let us completely break with Arad, although we occupy the city, but I have no army, what to defend the city?" ”

"Why defend the city?" Shante smiled, "All the cultists are dressed as civilians, and when the army comes, you can temporarily relinquish the management of the city, wait until the army leaves, and then regroup the cultists and occupy the council!" In the fifth theater of operations in the province of Camillo, the Arad army was originally weak in combat effectiveness, and half of the army went to the forest country, how many troops can they have to stay in the city for a long time? When the Fifth War Zone reacts, we have already occupied several small and medium-sized cities, the Fifth War Zone will divide troops to encircle and suppress, and will also send troops to strengthen the city defenses of cities that have not been occupied. ”

Tolstoy said worriedly: "I gathered the sect members in the city and the group leader pretended to be outside the city to join forces, it is not difficult to occupy the city, but the commander of the regiment, your 20,000 troops will one day be surrounded by a large army, at that time, what should I do?" ”

Higg laughed, "My army will not be stationed inside the city, but outside the city unless it is absolutely necessary, so that they must double the strength of the army to encircle and suppress me, and there are no more than 100,000 people, and they will not want to eat my Crusaders!" In this way, there are only more than 100,000 troops left in the entire Camillo province stationed in various cities, and the base camp of the fifth theater needs to have at least 50,000 or 60,000 defenders left! Hehe, my lord, I have restrained so many troops, such a large Camillo province, and so many sect members, isn't it enough for adults to show their strength and accomplish something? ”

Tolstoy wondered: "It's not profitable, it's not early, and the head of Shante doesn't seem to have reaped any benefits himself, but why did he do this?" ”

"Of course it is the will of Her Majesty and the Pope that I am doing!" Shante smiled, "King Qin's camp needs to create chaos in the control area of Arad to reduce the pressure on the main battlefield!" Since Arad still has the ability to divide the troops of the Forest Country, and give us such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, we can no longer grasp it, won't it become a wreck? Priest, I said that all the occupied cities and territories are under your control, and my purpose is only to disturb the rear of Arad! It's a win-win situation, and whether these territories will be administered by the Pope or Her Majesty the Queen after the war is not something our level can dominate! Priests, you should make good use of this opportunity and this period of world, accumulate more wealth and merits, and in the future Catholic pope position, the priests may not be incapable of competing for the throne, hahaha! ”

"The head of the regiment laughed!" Tolstoy smiled, "How dare I covet the position of Pope, as long as I can share the worries of His Majesty the Pope and do something for the future and destiny of my tens of millions of Catholics, I will die without regrets!" ”

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The city lord of Mubarah, who had just been transferred from the military camp, was wiped out by thousands of crusaders pretending to be Catholics of the city without much effort, along with the city lord Mubarah.

The death of Cardinal Cathelo shocked the entire province of Camillo. The death of this cardinal, who had been missionary and canonized in the province of Camillo for more than 20 years, was extremely prestigious, both in Catholicism and in Camillo, and his death at the hands of Mubara aroused great indignation among the Catholics, who directed their anger at the official government of Arad.

Ever since Tolstoy announced of Castello's death, he has been calling on Catholics to ask for an official account and making various sensational speeches. For a time, the congregation of the cities in the province of Camillo consciously gathered and constantly harassed the normal activities of the officials, and even attacked the halls of the parliaments of various cities, and the entire province of Camillo was almost in chaos, and the official government institutions were almost paralyzed.

Tolstoy himself was not idle, and after the solemn burial of Bishop Castello and the two priests, he led more and more grief-stricken congregation to the neighboring city to ask for an explanation.

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The situation is more complex in the territory of the forest country.

The 300,000-strong army led by Grand Druid Caromon swept through the northeast of the Forest Country as soon as it entered the territory of the Forest Country! Because most of Auguston's forces were concentrated in the southeast of the forest country to fight the rebels, although an alliance was later signed, it would take time for the army to be deployed, so Auguston could only watch his land fall little by little.

Exchanging space for time - this is Auguston's strategy against the enemy, the scattered forces distributed in the north are withdrawn, including those nobles and clan forces, and they are also gathered towards the royal city of Madeyacheng, of course, many forces that have not had time to retreat have been forced to surrender to the druid camp.

Carmenlo, who had occupied a large number of new territories, had to disperse his forces to garrison the newly captured cities and fortresses in order to cope with the sporadic resistance from all over the country, so the pace of his advance gradually slowed down, and the main army of 200,000 and the main force of Auguston 200,000 formed a confrontation more than 400 kilometers northeast of the royal city, bounded by the Sina River.

Carmenro himself did not expect Auguston to be able to form an alliance with Hofton, and the movement of troops was so rapid, he could only hope that Simone in the south would be able to make a breakthrough, because Auguston's main force was pinned down by himself, and Simeone, who entered from the south, only had to deal with the army of Hofton and Zaragoza, which did not exceed 80,000 men.

However, Simeone overestimated his strength, although his troops were nearly four times that of Hofton, and he also swept a large territory at first, his army was adapted to jungle warfare like the Druid's army, and the battlefield here was completely different from the battlefield of Erathia, and Simone and his officers and soldiers, who had no experience in jungle warfare, suffered from Hofton.

Although Hofton and Zaragoza had few troops, they were the best divisions that had survived more than a year of fierce battles, and they had the advantage of home field, and they gradually took the initiative in the southern battlefield, so that Simeone was forced to concentrate his forces and retreat to large cities and fortresses. The two sides even formed a situation of confrontation.

None of the four sides of the confrontation had the ability to advance and expand, but it was clear to anyone that the longer such a confrontation lasted, the more beneficial it would be for Auguston and Hofton. Originally, they had rushed to the war, and they had not had time to complete the national mobilization and material deployment, but now that they had time, and their rear was more stable than Caromon and Simeone, the balance of victory in the war would eventually be in their favor, although they knew that it would be a heavy cost.

Carmenro, who had planned to ask for reinforcements from home, received news that the Higg Expeditionary Force had entered the country and defeated the main force of his legion that remained in the country. Panicked, Carmenlo had to divide his forces to guard his rear in case Higg's expeditionary force outflanked him from the rear. There is no hope for reinforcements, but Carmenlo has to divide his troops to keep an eye on the rear, which is even worse.

And Simeone, the marshal of the fifth theater of war in Arad, originally wanted to increase 100,000 troops from Camillo to break the deadlock, but he learned that there was a riot of Catholics in his rear, and he knew very well that this was a chess game carefully planned by Catherine's camp, and the plan to increase troops was aborted, and he had to ask for help from the nearby third war zone, hoping to send troops to intervene in the riots in Camillo Province to ensure the safety of his base camp and the smooth flow of logistics supply lines.

Catherine, who had received news from Shante and Maria respectively, also ordered the First and Second Army Corps to cross the defense line of the Findel River from the third route, and launched an attack on the Fourth Army Corps, the First Theater and the Second Theater to the north, mainly cavalry, and penetrated deep into the enemy's territory. For a long time, the defense line along the river has been on the north bank of the offensive, and it has never imagined that the other side would dare to take the risk of a surprise attack when its own side is still in an advantageous position, and for a time it had to mobilize a large number of troops to encircle and suppress it.

The Three-Way Army, apparently after a long period of careful planning and adequate preparation, accurately avoided the enemy's main forces, and after swaggering and attacking several weak military warehouses on the north bank, quickly returned to the south bank. It was only three to five days to go back and forth, and the attack and retreat were thunderous, enough to cause panic on the northern shore of Arad and expose many of its own deployment problems. Although the losses were not large, they caused a contrast in the morale of the two armies.

The main direction of Arad's camp in recent years has been to pacify the north, but it has suffered repeated setbacks and heavy losses, and urgently needs a big victory to boost the morale of the whole army, so he summoned all the marshals and formulated a plan to cross the south, preparing to forcibly break through the defense line along the river, although it is risky, but even if it cannot be won, it can weaken Catherine's power, and he occupies a vast territory and controls much more people than Catherine, and he will recover a little faster than Catherine. As a result, the north and south banks of the Findel River were preoccupied and nervously preparing for war.