Chapter 9: Joy and Sorrow
In the city of Sycred, the Cathedral of St. Christopher, there is a man in the main hall at this moment.
Dressed in a golden and purple robe, with a rich figure and a majestic face, this person is the current Pope Byron V of the Cult of Creation.
A moment later, a yellow-clothed archbishop ran into the hall in a panic.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, good news, good news!" The yellow-robed archbishop shouted.
Byron V stopped and looked at the archbishop with a puzzled look.
"Good news?" Byron V's face was full of inexplicability, because since Charlie Andris's mongrel rebellion for more than a year, he has not heard any good news, first what Andris nobles were stewed, the first encirclement and suppression on the Western Front failed, the King of the Holy City was assassinated, perhaps the best news is that Charlie was besieged in Kevin City, but then it was a long time to attack, food and grass were scarce, and then there was huge bad news - the assassination of the Eight Kings of the Western Front, and then it was now, the blood clan launched a blood migration a year in advance and went south. Let's just say that His Majesty the Pope has spent more than a year in a series of bad news......
"Yes! That's right, good news, Your Majesty! The yellow-clothed archbishop nodded excitedly.
Byron V's cheeks twitched twice, and he simply sat back on his papal throne, supported his chin with his arms, and said expressionlessly: "Then let's hear it!" ”
"Your Majesty, the capital of the heretics has been breached!" The yellow-clothed archbishop said with a fluttering eyebrow.
"What?!" Hearing this, Byron V jumped in surprise.
The yellow-clothed archbishop thought he had not heard clearly, and repeated: "Your Majesty, the pagan capital has been conquered by the army of the Noble Duke Lucius Clown!" Now the city of 800,000 heretics has gone to hell! ”
Byron V pointed to the yellow-clothed archbishop and asked in a trembling voice: "Is the news true?" ”
"It's true, Your Majesty! This is news that the spies of the Holy See have been sending back with fast horses day and night. ”
"What about their big spokesperson?" The Pope then asked.
The yellow-clothed archbishop said with a smile: "Your Majesty, let's just say it, it happened suddenly, and no one in Shingon City escaped!" ”
"Great!"
A look of ecstasy immediately appeared on Byron V's face, he knew too well what this meant, the pagans in the south were divided into three regions: eastern, central, and western, and the princes of the eastern and western regions were more princes than princes. Now that Prince Ladd of the Eastern Region has been killed in battle, the Eastern Region has no leader, and the Western Region is also in chaos because of the assassination of Prince McGee, and now even the central country of the Central Region has been destroyed, so to speak, the pagan country is about to collapse!
And this is the opportunity that their Creation God Cult has been waiting for for thousands of years! At this time, if a large army is sent south, it will be just around the corner to unify the Western Continent, oh no, it should be that the gospel of the goddess will be spread all over the Western Continent!
"Wait!" Byron V forcibly suppressed the agitation, frowned and asked the yellow-clothed archbishop: "The blood clan is not good at attacking cities, let alone a fortified city like Shingon City, how did they do it?" ”
Seeing that he was still suspicious, the yellow-clothed archbishop hurriedly said, "There is an inner city to dedicate the city!" On the night when the Blood Clan army came to the city, Younei Ying opened the city gate and let them in! ”
"This ...... Impossible, right? Byron V said with a strange face, what are those people trying to sacrifice the city to the blood clan? Want to be cannon fodder or food for the Bloodline? It's just inexplicable!
"The spy doesn't know, he only knows that someone put the Bloods into the city." The yellow-clothed archbishop replied that they could never have dreamed that the soldiers who sacrificed the city were possessed by the evil spirits of the undead kingdom.
"But the breach of Shingon Castle is true!"
Byron V nodded slightly, some things are not immersive, they can't be figured out anyway, since they can't figure it out, then don't think about it, it's just a waste of time. He took a quick step, and unlike before, his anxiety was now gone, and only excitement was left in his heart.
"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect such an opportunity to bump into me when I was in power!" No wonder Byron V Pope is so excited, because this is still an opportunity to resolve internal contradictions, this year's weather is abnormal, food production has been reduced in a large area, and there are already signs of instability in various religious countries, if "peace" continues, there is no doubt that a large-scale rebellion will be inevitable, and at this time, if the spearhead of the struggle is pointed to the south and the displaced people are recruited into the army, not only can they fulfill their long-cherished wish of the Creator God Alliance for thousands of years, but even the internal contradictions can be solved together.
"Asa, go and call David, I'm going to discuss with him about countermeasures!" Byron V said to the yellow-clothed archbishop.
The yellow-clothed archbishop named Asa agreed, and was about to retreat, but he didn't expect the voice of the old king David to sound outside the hall.
"Your Majesty, don't bother Archbishop Asa. I'm already here. As he spoke, David walked into the main nave of the church.
It's just that for some reason, there was no trace of joy on the face of the old king David, but instead there was a cloud of sorrow and worry.
"David, what's wrong with you?" Byron V asked inexplicably.
"Your Majesty, there's one more piece of news." Old King David said.
"One more news?" His Majesty the Pope blinked in surprise, "What news?" ”
"Your Majesty, the army of the Marquis of the Blood Clan, Nicklaus, has been defeated by Charles Andris! Most of the 50,000 Blood Cloud Iron Horsemen were lost, and less than 10,000 escaped from Shengtian! David said with a grim face.
"This can't be, this can't !!"
His Majesty the Pope shouted hoarsely, his eyes almost bulging out. He knew that Charlie's bastard was very powerful, but no matter how powerful Charlie was, at most it was only for people, how could Charlie have a chance of winning in the face of the blood cloud iron horse that has been invincible for thousands of years? And listening to the meaning of David's words, Charlie still defeated the Bloods in the field battle.
If it weren't for the field battle, how could a cavalry with unparalleled mobility be left so many?
"Your Majesty, the message is accurate. It took only three days for Charles to assemble 100,000 allied troops and turn them into an army of madmen who dared to fight their deaths, and the Blood Army was defeated by his life-for-life tactics. David said. Because the straight-line distance between the battlefield on the Western Front and Sekoreed City is only a little shorter than the straight-line distance between Sekoreed City and Shingon City, and because the damage to the countries on the Western Front caused by the southward movement of the Blood Clan is far greater than that of other examples, the spies on the Western Front of the Holy See are a little slower to send the news, and the battle situation with Shingon City has arrived.
"O my goddess!" Byron V's face was shocked, and he grasped the vertical pupil coat of arms hanging from his chest.
His Majesty the Pope no longer thinks about the matter of the army going south, after getting the allegiance of the rout troops of the surrounding countries, Charles has the ability to unify the eight countries on the Western Front, with Charlie's ability, plus the national strength of a total of nine countries, even if the climate problem is serious, Charlie is enough to cobble together an army of hundreds of thousands of people, and after getting such an army, you don't need to think about it, Charlie will definitely wave his army to the Holy See State. If these hundreds of thousands of armies were mad armies who did not want to die, then their Holy See would really be doomed......
"What should I do?" Byron V fell to his throne in a dejected manner, and the six gods asked.
Old King David opened his mouth, but he couldn't say anything, maybe the trick could still work when Charlie was not strong, but when Charlie already had absolute strength, any of his intrigues were meaningless.
"Can't make peace with Charlie, right?" At this time, the Archbishop of Asa spoke, and when he heard the bad news, his face was extremely ugly.
Hearing this, Byron V turned his questioning eyes to David, who was now in a mess, so let's listen to the opinion of the thinker.
"Peace?" Old King David pursed his lips disdainfully, "Charles already has the strength to subvert the rule of the Holy See now, if peace is negotiated, when he grows stronger, in a few years, we will only be killed!" ”
"How's that good?" Byron V asked with a sad face, while the yellow-robed archbishop next to him was silent.
David thought for a while and said, "It will take some time for Charlie to annex the Eight Kingdoms, and during this time, Your Majesty can summon the elites of the Western Continent countries to Saikorid, and use Charlie's method of military training to strictly reorganize, or you may have the strength to fight." ”
"That's it!" As soon as Davy's words fell, Byron V immediately made a decision, but he didn't think it was a really good idea, but simply thought that it was better to do something now than not to do it well......