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At this moment, some angry soldiers shot arrows at the city out of control, which was originally a way to vent their anger and did not hurt anyone, but the nervous city lord Butler suddenly saw an arrow shooting up, and immediately ordered to shoot back, some soldiers who understood the situation and felt wrong had not had a chance to explain, and some soldiers had already shot arrows outside the city in accordance with the military order.

The defeated army under the city was sad and indignant, and when they saw that their own people actually began to kill the killers, they immediately ignored everything and immediately began to fight back.

This came and went, and there were casualties on both sides immediately, and there was originally a misunderstanding, and no one thought to explain the reason at this time, and a big battle broke out immediately above and below the city.

Due to the majority of archers under the city, and anger and hatred, the offensive was extremely fierce, and the dense rain of arrows almost pressed the defenders on the city wall to the point that they couldn't raise their heads, and the defenders had to take out rolling wood and stones, fire bombs to counterattack, and immediately made the city also suffer heavy casualties.

When Gutesian rushed to the city of Ibu with a large group of men, his jaw almost fell to the ground in surprise when he looked at the two armies in front of him who were fighting fiercely, while his own men were all watching the enemy formation in the rear.

After listening to what his subordinates reported to him, he not only looked up to the sky and laughed.

"God bless our army!" The griffin knights burst into the city, opened the gates, and the other soldiers assisted the Higg infantry in the siege with bows, ballistas, and trebuchets!"

With that, Gutsien summoned a griffin down, jumped up on it, and flew towards the city gate with the rest of the griffin knights.

Witnessing the griffin flying above the city gate under the attack of his own city defense crossbow, and then several figures shining with golden or yellow fighting energy jumped down from the griffin, and the city lord Butler was so frightened that he almost sat on the ground.

"Defend the gates!"

The lord of the city, Butler, shouted hoarsely, and several officers with a silver fighting spirit rushed towards the mortal enemy with their soldiers, but this did not do much except make them die a heroic death, and ten minutes later, Eevee opened its arms to the cavalry approaching outside the city with a creaking sound of the door opening.

The lord of Butler, who was paralyzed on the ground, lost the courage to continue to resist and led his troops to surrender.

The siege and defense of Ibu ended in a ridiculous process, when the flagpole at the head of the city was raised with the banner of the Holy Crown, representing the Holy See.

So far, the first phase of the Holy See's invasion of the Higg Empire has been successfully completed, and a total of 15,000 soldiers of the "Sword of War" legion under the jurisdiction of the Knights Templar participated in the blitzkrieg attack on the eastern Eevee Pass in the Higg Empire, and it took only half a day to destroy the newly formed First Heavy Infantry Field Legion and the Ibu City Guard Legion in the eastern part of the Hig Empire, with a total of more than 11,000 enemies, of which 3,000 were killed and 8,000 were captured. Of the 3,000 killed, 1,000 were caused by the enemy's self-fighting and cannibalism.

The total number of casualties of the Knights Templar did not exceed 1,000, which can be described as a complete victory

The battle was personally commanded by the chief knight of the Templar Order, Gutesian, who shouted "God is with me" and rushed to the strongest side of the queue, and under the protection of God, he successfully obtained the head of the enemy's general in the army, completely destroying the enemy's sense of resistance, and making the first contribution to the complete victory of this battle.

The above passage is part of the Templar Order's report to the Holy See on the results of the battle.

The Pope, who received the news of the victory, was overjoyed, and immediately ordered that the participating legions be rewarded, and in addition to material rewards, all brave warriors in battle were awarded medals in the name of God, among which the knight Gutsian was awarded the Order of the Oracle, the highest honor of God.

The day after the Knights Templar's occupation of Ibrahim, Emperor Schpburn convened a large synod in the capital city of Winston, where he stood on a high platform in front of thousands of believers and delivered an important speech that affected the situation on the continent.

In his speech, he protested against the Emperor Higg against God's will and cut off the communication between the Papal States and the northern countries without authorization, so that the spread of God's faith and will on the mainland was suppressed, which was a wanton interference in the spread of the belief in the God of Light, and a blasphemy against the God of Light, which made the land of Higg, which had always been favored by the God of Light, be defiled and made those who yearned for the God of Light fall into darkness, and as the spokesman of the God of Light on the continent, the Holy See has the obligation to bring light to the people in the darkness, and it is obliged to punish the blasphemers。

He called on all countries that believed in the God of Light to unite and plunge into a holy war, a war for the glory of the God of Light to continue to spread to every corner of the continent, a war to cleanse the continent of all filth and sin, and ordered Higg XIII to immediately admit his guilt, repent and reform, and lead the entire Hig Empire to pledge allegiance to the Holy See, and strive for the understanding and forgiveness of the God of Light, otherwise the army will bring the wrath of the gods, and he and Hig's subjects will be mercilessly punished.

Emperor Hepburn wrapped the military campaign in the noblest language, making the original intention of the war so brilliant that anyone who dared to criticize the purpose and meaning of the war would be labeled blasphemous.

The speech immediately sparked a wave of support among the faithful, and before the end of his speech, the whole believers chanted:

"This is God's will, long live the Pope!"

Des Hepburn stood on the high platform, his expression solemn and kind, he looked at the excited believers who shouted "Long live the Pope", and he couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart.

This war that had to happen should not have started so soon, because the Holy See was not well prepared, and if he had waited another two or three years, when he had completely mastered the power of the south, and could attack Higg from both the east and the south, then it would be more likely that Higg would be brought to his knees by war.

Of course, although the forces of the south can also be used now, but they can only be used for bluffing, and the real battle must be completed by the Holy See's own army, which will make the development of the whole war not so easy to grasp, and it is not the best choice for Tis Hepburn, who has never fought uncertain battles.

However, just two months ago, one of the close associates of Des Hepburn brought back two important pieces of information from the north. It was these two pieces of information that made Tespah Hepburn determined to start this imperative war in advance, even if he took the risk. Otherwise, the future development of the situation is likely to be beyond his control, and the only way for him to deal with people and things beyond his control is to settle them in advance.

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