Section 350 Expedition Meeting
The next morning, the conference hall of the Dorosa Palace, the headquarters of the Holy See, was full, hundreds of delegates from various countries and high-ranking members of the Church gathered together, and they were discussing what was going on, just like a room full of ducks, but it annoyed the poor road to death, we were waiting for the arrival of the Pope, the old guy is really good enough to put on a score, and he has not come yet!
Finally, after more than ten minutes, the waiter at the door shouted loudly: "Holy Maiden, His Majesty the Pope has a way~~!"
Immediately, all the ducks in the hall fell silent, stood up in unison, showed their brightest smiles, and waited for the arrival of the Holy Maiden and the Pope. Then, the main entrance to the hall opened, and Xianya and the Pope walked in side by side. They all have a habitual smile on their faces, except that Xianya appears holy, while the Pope appears hypocritical!
Originally, such a political affair would not invite the saints to participate, although they have a high status, they are just a vase, and they have no real power. However, on this continent, everything still depends on strength to speak, and the Holy Maiden of this realm, after Athena got back her two artifacts, her strength is already above the Pope, not to mention that she has recently accepted a Beamon as a pet, which is not comparable to the Pope. Therefore, Xianya's status in the Holy See is no longer limited to a vase, she has really had a considerable right to speak, so this time she was invited to participate in the meeting.
Soon, they were surrounded by a group of guards. When we have come to the seats prepared for them, we have been worshipped by the people, and all the vastness has been completed, we are allowed to sit down, and the formal meeting begins. Poor Dao was depressed to finish these actions, and he had already put the person who designed these etiquettes in his heart. From the beginning of him, he went up to greet the thirteenth generation of his ancestors!
The Pope's majestic eyes swept underneath, and it was easy to spot the poor road in the front row, and said to me with a smile: "Yesterday, I heard from the representative of the Great Han Kingdom that our brave and invincible General Long Wu was unwell, I don't know if it's okay?"
"Thank you, Your Majesty, it's just a little seasick!" Poor Dao said with a little embarrassment, this old guy, why did you wake me up in public?
"That's good, the holy war is imminent, and we don't want a main force like Your Excellency to be absent!" the Pope nodded and smiled. "We have already decided on the general plan yesterday, and the representative of your country must have already told you, right?"
"Huh?" Poor Dao glared at Ishihara Kumaji, but did not speak. This bastard didn't even tell me!
"This, yesterday when the general was recuperating from his illness. I don't want to bother, I just brought His Majesty's greetings!" Ishihara Kumji said embarrassedly! Where did he think that the Pope would ask me personally as soon as he came up? I was so scared that I wiped a cold sweat!
"Hehe, it's okay, it's the same for me!" the Pope surprisingly gave Ishihara face. He smiled and said: "This time we are still ready to send out the Holy See troops and the coalition forces of various countries, and everyone agrees that it is better to use the Holy See army as the mainstay, but the coalition army also needs a wise commander to lead! So everyone unanimously elected you as the commander of the coalition army." Hehe, it seems that your status is still high in everyone's minds?"
"This, really?" said Poor Dao, looking around. These guys are willing to give me such a good opportunity, unless the sun comes out of the bed, if it doesn't set me up.
"Of course!" said the Pope, smiling at the young men, "will you say the same?"
"General Long's achievements are brilliant and obvious to all, and our Holy War Army of the Meigerlan Empire is willing to obey the general's dispatch!" Karl, the third prince of the Meiglan Empire, said with a hypocritical smile!
"So do we!" said Dajia, the Grand Prince of the Kampas Empire, as well!
"The Holy War Army of the Huofu Empire is willing to obey General Long's dispatch!" Ouyang Ruolan said lightly! But she stared at the pot of flowers in front of her, and she didn't even look at me!
"Varner. Seconded!" The Seventh Princess also said coldly! But she said it with her head down, and even her expression made me see it!
"Seconded, General Long will take us to do it?" Then a large number of countries supported together! Immediately, there was a noise everywhere in the hall.
"Hehe!" the Pope waved his hand to stop the noise of the crowd, and said with a smile: "You see how enthusiastic everyone is!
What a fart! The great prince and these people jointly supported me, but they made me vigilant, and they were not afraid that I would make trouble and destroy all their troops? I didn't even believe it, because that's what I was going to do! Then they must have a conspiracy in doing so. Could it be that they know the secret of Gaiji and are preparing to ambush me at sea?
It is very likely that Gai Ci has left the land, and his strength has dropped too much, not much stronger than the eighth-level Demonic Beast, at least in a single boat, he basically can't beat Beamon! I can't fall for this! hehe, there it is!
"Your Majesty!" Poor Dao immediately stood up and said impassionedly: "In order to spread the teachings of the God of Light and spread the glory of the Divine Land all over the earth, I will never give up even if I am broken to pieces!"
"Good!" said the Pope happily, "Sure enough, he is a knight of light, and his faith in God is really incomparably pious and firm!"
"But!" said Poor Dao at once!
"But, but what?" said the Pope, who was stunned by my words, hurriedly asked!
"However, as a general of the Han Dynasty, I must obey the orders of His Majesty the King. Because of the undeclared war of the shameless Carter Kingdom, which led to heavy losses in my Dragon Family's Qinglong Iron Cavalry, and later fought with the Brilliant Tiger King in a series of battles, although it was lucky to win, but the Qinglong Iron Cavalry has also been lost, and basically has no combat effectiveness. So, to take care of my family. Your Majesty hereby orders our Long family not to participate in this holy war, so as a member of the Long family, I have to obey the king's orders, and I ask Your Majesty to forgive me!"
Rattle. When I said this, although my face was regretful, but my heart was about to bloom with joy, His Majesty the King of the Han Dynasty, the most poor and appreciative personnel in my life is this order, which is simply a shield tailor-made for me!
"Is there such a thing?" asked the Pope as he stared coldly at Kumji Ishihara!
"Yes, His Majesty did give this order in consideration of the heavy casualties of the Long family!" Ishihara Kumji had no choice but to bite the bullet! He could only follow me now, otherwise, the Long family would join the war. Aren't they much less interested?
"We only invite General Long to participate in the battle, there is no big problem, right?" said the third prince!
"Am I not a child of the Long family? If I do this, won't I become a rebellion against the country? The rebellion of the Long family? Where is the dignity of the royal family? Where is the face of the family?"
"Cut!" Strange, why did most of the people at the bottom roll their eyes at the poor road? Don't you pay taxes to him now? What's the big deal?
Seeing that I was soft and hard, and brought out the king's order, several people were a little blindsided. Since ancient times, the contradiction between the royal power and the Church has not been broken, and this issue is very sensitive, and the royal families of all countries are absolutely united in their opposition to the Church on this issue. It's already an unbreakable unspoken rule. Therefore, the great prince will never dare and will not instigate me, to disobey the king's orders, and to obey the orders of the Holy See!
Seeing the scene was a little deserted. The Pope winked at Magina. Machina immediately stood up in a comprehension and said, "In that case, can Your Excellency's Madry Dragon Division join the Holy See's Holy War Army in the form of mercenaries? Their combat effectiveness is very good, I think they can play a huge role in the Holy War!"
"Huh?" Poor Dao looked at him suspiciously, wondering why he stood up.
"Hehe, the Holy See has decided that the commander-in-chief of the Holy See Army in this holy war is the Guardian Legion Commander Majina!" the Pope smiled and said, "His suggestion is very appropriate, it's time for those aliens to show their devotion to the God of Light!"
Damn, what two hypocritical foxes. I can't succeed in my plot, and I have started to fight my subordinates again, trying to spare the king's orders in the name of mercenaries and deceive them, I am afraid that after the end of the holy war, it will be a question of how much my troops will come back alive!
"But my unit has only been formed for a few months, and no one has yet been recruited?
"Then at least a few thousand dragon horsemen can be regarded as well-equipped and well-trained elite soldiers, right?" said Macina with a slight dissatisfaction!
"Your Excellency!" said Poor Dao, pretending to be surprised, "Don't you know that the Wa Kingdom is a country of islands, with many hills and woodlands on it, and extremely few flat places, so it is not suitable to use cavalry troops at all?
Hehe, this reason is actually my strong words, the island is so big, there is always a time to use cavalry, just less, at least a few thousand dragon iron cavalry can definitely come in handy. But he was so embarrassed to argue with me because of me so badly!
"Then I want 10,000 winged men to be the head of the scouts, right?" Magina did not argue with me, and made another request!
"The Winged People are managed by the Winged People themselves, I can't order it, or you can say it yourself, I can help you introduce their patriarch Sky-Ranyu to him!"
"Then can you borrow one of the three archmages under your command?" was rejected one after another, or in front of so many people, Machena's face was already quite ugly!
"Of course you can!" said Poor Dao, who was happy for the coming year, but I said regretfully, "But their magic is exhausted when they fight the orcs, and it will take several months of cultivation to fully recover!
"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, you're clearly deliberately shirking!" Machina stood up and shouted angrily. He's already trembling with my anger!
"Do you dare to say that I shirk?" Poor Dao also immediately stood up and said angrily to Machina: "I fought bloody battles with orcs on the front line, and I ranked first in the merit book of the Holy See, you are a guy who enjoys in the rear, what qualifications do you have to say that I shirk?"
"Boy. How dare you talk to me like that?" Machina knew that what he had just said was wrong, but he was very clever enough to start pestering me about my attitude again! Damn, how can you be scared of an idiot?
"This is still light!" Poor Dao pointed at his nose and said angrily: "You dare to slander my belief in God and piety, this is the biggest insult to me, don't think that you are a bullshit sword saint, I want to duel with you!"
"Well, I'm about to teach you a lesson!" was he afraid of you?" said Magina, who was about to continue, when he was interrupted by the Pope.
"Sit down, what kind of system!" said the Pope angrily! Machina didn't know, but the Pope had the bear of the earth in his heart, and the eight machenas were used as ingredients for meatloaf, so he quickly stepped forward to stop the duel. As a matter of fact, he really wished in his heart that I, a guy who dared to be so presumptuous in the Holy See, would die! What kind of relatives, there are only a dozen or so descendants of his own lineage. My grandson still can't hurt me, so why do you care about me, an outsider's child?
"Everyone is their own person, don't argue. I think that General Long has proved his devotion to the gods by his indisputable merits. He was also right, his troops were indeed in difficulty. However, fortunately, this holy war may not be fought in a day or two, and it is likely to last for several years. By then, our General Long must have overcome all the difficulties and will plunge into the holy war without hesitation, right?" the Pope asked with a smile!
"Of course, Your Majesty!" Poor Dao agreed with a smile. Hehe, when the time comes, these difficulties may be overcome, but new difficulties will appear, and they will definitely be!
After this matter was settled, Poor Dao deliberately paid attention to the reactions of the Seventh Princess, and it was as I expected. They all exchanged a message with each other at the same time, all disappointed. However, Ouyang Ruolan seemed to be disappointed mixed with a bit of fiery happiness, I really thought that she was a little excited to meet her opponent, while the Seventh Princess was disappointed with a little bit of happiness, I don't know what she was happy about!
Then things went smoothly, and the Holy See finally decided to send a total of 1.5 million jihad expeditionary forces, of which 500,000 were Holy See troops, with Magina as the commander-in-chief. The Great Han sent 150,000 troops, the Kampas Empire and the Meigeran Empire each sent 120,000, the Hofu Empire and the Vana Kingdom sent 100,000, and the remaining places were divided among other small countries!
And the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces of various countries, after I withdrew, the competition was very fierce, but in the end, he was taken into the hands of the newly selected Sword Saint Feiyan of the Huofu Empire. Obviously, Ouyang Ruolan played a decisive key role in this, otherwise, with the reputation and status of the old sword saint Mahe, he should not be defeated by the new Heavenly Evil Jedi no matter what!
Interestingly, at the meeting, the representatives of the Carter Kingdom also questioned the identity of the Han nobles Ishihara, believing that they might be spies sent by the Wa State. Under the gaze of hundreds of people in the audience, in order to show his innocence, Ishihara Kumaji cursed and swore an oath, cried to death, and said that he was willing to guarantee the lives of thousands of people in the family, plus his brother Ishihara Daxiong was the bishop of the diocese of Dahan State, so he barely passed the test!
Such a humiliating thing can make Ishihara Kumaji angry to death, and he can shoot blood in his eyes when he looks at Carter's representative! Poor Dao dares to guarantee that after Carter's representative returns to China, it will be when he dies, and with Ishihara Kumaji's personality, it is possible to destroy him all over the house!
The meeting then discussed some miscellaneous matters, such as grain and grass and transport ships. It is impossible to transport 1.5 million troops at one time, and the journey is too far, so how to operate it still needs to slowly sort out a plan.
By the way, the whole continent has a population of about one billion, and the three major empires each have more than 100 million people, and the Han Dynasty, which was originally 70 or 80 million, now occupies Carter's thirteen provinces, which is almost more than 100 million. The population of the Wako Kingdom is about 30 or 40 million, and if all the people are soldiers, it is not a problem to get a few million, so it is still unknown whether the Holy See's army of 1.5 million can defeat them!
The cumbersome meeting lasted for several days, and in order to raise military expenses, the Holy See began to call on the people of the church to collect donations, and various countries also began to donate money and materials. After being invited to a banquet by the Pope himself, I had no excuse to shirk the pain of taking out a huge sum of 3 million! The sun's, 3 million was only exchanged for a gold medal, which was still gilded.
Alas, let's buy peace! Who told us that we are not qualified to officially turn our faces with others? Hmph! Sooner or later, I will have to deduct all of them! The advantages of the three evils are not so easy to take advantage of!
After paying the money, the poor road was finally liberated, and there were no more pesky flies to pester me, and after a few more days, I applied to return to the territory under the pretext of going back to train the troops so that I could participate in the holy war as soon as possible. The happy Pope immediately agreed to my request, and it was better to let me go back anyway. Quack, the poor road ran away with people on the same day, the holy capital is a broken place, I don't want to stay for a day!