To be honest, during this visit, Innocent III left a good impression on Egil. Remove the red tape, and the clergy and the so-called paladins next to them want to kill without mentioning it. Everything here is very nice. Whether it is the magnificent papal room built of stone from the Colosseum, the cathedrals made of stone from the Colosseum, or the huge statue of Jesus Christ brought from the stone of the Colosseum. It all looks very good.

It's just a pity. The Colosseum disappeared in this way.

But whatever. There is no thousand-year-old empire in the world. Wealth and glory are just a passing cloud, and Nan Ke is just a dream.

After the ceremony of the audience with the Pope, Egil ran silently in search of the Colosseum.

This is the case with the "Answer" obtained. Looking at the ruins that are gone. The ruins of the Colosseum, which are covered by large areas of low-rise townspeople's houses, can't help but feel a sense of loss. And then came the things that were said above. There is no such thing as a dynasty that lasts forever. One withering and one glory is the way of heaven. No wonder so many emperors want to live forever. Perhaps, in addition to the fear of death, there is also a point that wants to continue his dynasty forever.

Egil sighed softly and turned to leave. Didn't turn around and look at it again.

There's nothing to see anymore. Here is the answer you want.

So, after receiving the title of Christ Paladin Valhalla, who was rewarded by the Pope with five million gold coins, Egil was not satisfied, and secretly launched his own intelligence network, spreading rumors that he was the Savior of the world, Christ's chosen Messiah.

Well, he did not say that he was the son of the Lord, the brother of Jesus Christ.

In addition to Egil receiving such a reward, the other countries also received a variety of money, as well as the title of Paladin canonized by the Holy See. However, compared to Egil, they are always a little inferior, in fact, they brought their elite troops in this time, so that the Pope can see it this way, and he can also compare the majesty and neatness of the Norman army, which is the head of the nations. Naturally, the Pope wanted to look up to him.

After this, under the auspices of the Holy See, the Norman King Egier, the King of France, Philip, Charles, the Duke of Burgundy, the King of France, Andrew, the Governor of Genoa, the Viceroy of Venice and Duke of Venice, and the Mayor of Bologna and the Count of Bologna, Maffeo, were allied. Edward, Duke of Aquitaine, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick, four other Electors, Charles IV, Duke of Bō Simia, Duke Albrecht II of Austria, Frederick, Duke of Brandenburg, Luciver, Duke of Hesse, Alfonso, King of León and Castile of Iberia, King Carlos of Portugal, and King Ramiro of Aragon also sent envoys to visit the oath.

At the same time, Egil also represents his wife, Queen Artoria of Northwest Britain. As a result, Egil claimed to have double the voting rights of other countries in the coalition before his wife arrived.

Of course, it is impossible to swear an oath with a group of kings and monarchs in their capacity. However, after Egir consulted with the Pope, the Pope promised that the monarchs who had sent emissaries would also be members of the Holy Alliance. The whole Catholic world officially declared its alliance. At this point, all the countries of the Catholic world were fraternal allies. No more swords. Together, they dealt with the dangers of the Catholic world, and united against the common enemy, the heretical hypocrites, the Greeks, the evil Roman Empire.

On May 1, 1003, the 17 Catholic nations in the Papal Chamber formed the Grand Alliance. With this as a sign, it officially announced the complete rupture of the two major churches in the East and the West, and the resurgence of Europa. A great war that engulfed the entire Western world officially began.

Of course, there is a slight problem here, even if Bologna, which has only one count, and only one city, is counted, there are only sixteen countries. Why do you say seventeen?

Because of Hungary.

The country, which no longer had a single piece of its own territory, the castle, and less than two thousand remnants remained, also sent representatives to participate in the alliance. The emissary on behalf of Hungary burst into tears before the Pope about the barbarism and cruelty of the Greeks. Although the giant everybody knows that the Greeks are actually not that bad. But everyone was still indignant. With tears in his eyes, Egil shook the hands of the Hungarian envoy and promised to help Hungary recover. And the Pope also made a generous statement: "Remember this moment, all Christians in the world, take it seriously." ,

This is a lesson, a warning, and at the same time an illusion that there can never be peace between disillusionment and heresy. There is only one outcome of the war between us and them. It is the complete destruction of one of the two sides! There is no negotiation, no compromise! There is no forgiveness! We will completely destroy them. Not even a single heretic mongrel remains, or else we will fight them to the end. Until the day of the Last Judgment comes!!

As the representative of Jesus Christ walking on the earth, I promise you! Listen to the soldiers who participated in this holy war! No matter what kind of crimes you committed in your life, as long as you die in the midst of the holy war, your sinful karma will be completely gone before you die! After death, your soul will ascend to heaven!!... ，

After hearing such bold words, all the soldiers present cheered, war, killing, plundering. Such a rich and wonderful life. And after you die, you can go to heaven because of it. It's a good deal.

"The people in the world who deserve the most to go to hell have made the same assurances. What is even more tragic is that people actually believe his words. ... , Egil said to himself in his heart. I almost couldn't hold back my laughter after that. In the end, because he couldn't hold back his laughter, he almost held back his internal injuries.

"I may be the first person to be wounded after this holy war. Eventually, after a half-day of ceremonies, everyone went to the palace of rest prepared by the Papal States. Egil thought to himself as he rubbed his painful tongue from holding back his laughter.

That's it, the war began. On the one hand, there was the Catholic League of Seventeen, and on the other hand, the Eastern Roman Empire, which was a powerful Megatron. When he was suppressed by Eastern Rome to death during this period of time, the Ottoman Sultan Suleimanjī, who had not slept well all day, was extremely moved, and the cold that he accidentally suffered from before was cured in an instant. After jumping directly from the chuáng, he shouted: "Opportunity! We have been waiting for countless years! Allah Allah has finally given me this opportunity! I am the luckiest of all the sultans, hahaha" At the same time, after receiving the news, Saladin, who had already prepared an excuse, finally let go of his last concerns.

"See? Christians, they're dog-eat-dog. They can't stop us from recovering the Holy Land!Soldiers!!Allah Allah has given me such glory!And it has been given to you!!Now, let us march toward the Holy Land, toward Jerukream!!! "Of course, Egil did not know these things. Even if you know, you won't care.

It's just some heretic. No big deal. It's true. After cleaning up the Eastern Roman Empire, Egil would go and clean them up. The so-called raising of tigers is nothing more than a worry.

The coalition army has an army of 100,000 people. And there are 250,000 troops rushing here.

Whoever stands with so many allies will feel incomparably strong and invincible. The same goes for Egil. Speaking of which, it was the first time he commanded a major battle of more than 100,000 men. It felt really, differently.

The first target was the two Sicilies, or rather, the southern part of the Italian peninsula and the island of Sicily, which could not be attacked because there was still an Eastern Roman naval fleet stationed, and the Normans themselves had not yet arrived.

Egil had received news that the Governor Plenipotentiary of Sicily, Narciss, had settled in Naples, the largest city in southern Italy, two hundred kilometers from Rome. The same army of nearly 100,000 people had bulldozed the outskirts of Naples, using large blocks of wood and stone to build a two-meter-high outer wall, and at the same time hoarding grain and grass to plant weights, and strictly ordered the iron aliens to build weapons, bows and arrows and armor day and night, putting on a posture of holding on.

Seeing that the other party was in such a posture, Egil didn't want to hit this wall. However, he took the map and looked left and right, but he couldn't find a place worth attacking, and the whole southern part of the Italian peninsula was full of mountains, hills, wastelands and small villages, except for this one in the south of the Italian peninsula, which had a high strategic value, a large number of people gathered around it, and a large amount of arable land had been carved out. Even if they are all snatched up, it is absolutely impossible to inflict any blow on the other party.

Therefore, I can only bite the bullet. Before the opposing emperor, Basil II, arrives with an army of 200,000 from the Eastern Romans, break through Naples! Kill all the Greeks! Otherwise, the other side will give himself a hard blow in the back when he fights Basil II.

Before the main battle, before the final battle with Basil II, Egil must eliminate this danger!

An army of 100,000 swore south. The queue formed an endless queue of tens of kilometers,

Advance on a road that was originally built during the Roman Empire to destroy the Roman Empire's army