Chapter 21: The War of Public Opinion

Turning the pages of medieval history, religious wars have been running through them.

The most famous are the Crusades, which lasted nine times for nearly 200 years and killed millions, followed by the Thirty Years' War that swept through the countries of Europe.

As for the religious wars in the Arab world, they were even more frequent, beginning in the seventh century and continuing into modern times.

When conflicts between different religions, or between different sects of the same religion, are too great to reconcile, one side may often seek to purify the other physically.

With so many lessons from the past, Li Yu was not unprepared for the upcoming war of the Silver Moon Church.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have kept Miss Rabbit free, and even persuaded her to hold on a little longer when the latter was hesitant to switch to Saturday.

Even if he only nominally remained on the side of the Silver Moon Church, he would be able to buy some more valuable development time for the Shuangxiu Church.

However, after the dragon slay, the prestige of Li Yu and the Shuangxiu Sect ushered in another wave of surge, and the Silver Moon Church should have further felt the crisis, and then it was stimulated by Yin Leiya's announcement of conversion on Saturday, and finally made up its mind to start a war with the Shuangxiu Sect.

Li Yu didn't plan to let the female lord swing back to continue to buy time, firstly, this would affect the prestige of the Shuangxiu Sect, and secondly, it would not be of much use.

The Silvermoon Church is not a fool, it already knows which side Yin Leia is on, and the reason why they chose to go to war is because the Shuangxiu Sect is developing too fast.

And now is also the best time for Li Yu and Shuangxiu to go to war.

The Silvermoon Church has ruled the Western Frontier for so many years, and if there is any weakness, it is that they have never had an armed force that completely belongs to them.

Of course, it was also their own choice, and in order not to threaten the families of the West, this decision had allowed them to maintain good relations with the rulers of the land for thousands of years.

Moreover, the Silvermoon Church has been actively absorbing young talents from the major families, and as time goes by, the ties between the two sides have become closer and closer, and the Silvermoon Church can even influence the political and military decisions of the major families to a certain extent.

It also gives them the illusion that they also seem to have thousands of troops at their disposal.

However, it turns out that influence is always just influence, and it is not the same as actually having an army.

For example, now, the Shuangxiu Sect and the Arias family have a moral advantage, plus the two sides have joined forces but have brought down an evil dragon, and the big guy and the female lord have fought against David together in Rock Snow City, most of the nobles are unwilling to offend the Arias family and the Shuangxiu Sect at this time, let alone fight against each other.

Li Yu deduced that the Silver Moon Church might still have some thugs who specialized in dirty work in private, such as those black-armored cavalry he encountered last time, but the number should not be too many.

In addition, there may be some minor noble families that are completely controlled by the Silvermoon Church, but they also don't have too many soldiers and horses.

In other words, the Silver Moon Church cannot directly encircle and suppress the Shuangxiu Sect by mobilizing a large army, but can only gather the power of the common people, that is, directly fan the believers.

Therefore, in the early days of the war, the two sides were actually fighting for the position of public opinion.

This explains why the Silver Moon Church first made a fuss about the two Hughes of the Shuangxiu Sect, first of all, naturally in order to establish the impression that the Hughes of the Shuangxiu Sect were all bad people in the hearts of the nearby villagers, and secondly, to create a sense of panic among the rest of the Hughes.

After all, two people have already been killed, and the rest of the people must have been beating drums in their hearts when they go out, and they are even reluctant to preach because they are afraid of safety.

But Li Yu also has corresponding countermeasures.

The next morning, he returned to Brattis again, and when the dizziness subsided slightly, Li Yu saw Miss Rabbit opposite at a glance.

The latter was biting his nails, looking a little anxious, and as soon as he appeared, the girl bounced up from the chair, and rushed to him in a few steps, without saying a word, he first reached out and touched his whole body, confirming that Li Yu was not missing, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

"You're fine, I was shocked when I heard the news that you had been attacked."

"How's the rest going?" Li Yu asked.

"Two soldiers of the Black Dog Guard died, one was disabled, and one was seriously injured, and now he still has a high fever and is delirious, and most of the rest are not seriously injured."

Li Yu nodded, the result was much better than he imagined, it seemed that the new equipment and weapons still played a role, after a pause Li Yu asked again, "Did the seriously injured person feed the medicine?" ”

"Well, I asked the pharmacist in the territory to treat him, and as for the magic medicine of the Shuangxiu Sect, Hera didn't agree to take it out."

"Why?" Li Yu was a little surprised.

"Because the person who was seriously injured is not a person from the Shuangxiu Sect."

A name flashed in Li Yu's mind, and he raised his eyebrows, "Anton? ”

"That's right."

"When I left, I remember to tell Jerry to take care of him."

"Jerry is also in Teacup Fort now, he is very worried about your safety, I told him that you will be back tonight, he stayed, I have someone to call him over, you can ask him directly."

When Tom saw Li Yu, he first rubbed his eyes, and then almost wanted to get started.

The main thing is that he watched those black-armored cavalry rush towards Li Yu with his own eyes, although with the help of the stream under the hillside, Li Yu threw off the pursuers behind him some distance, but two legs couldn't run four legs after all.

Coupled with the fact that those black-armored cavalry suddenly withdrew their troops halfway and no longer came to them for trouble, it should obviously be a big gain.

But now Li Yu stood in front of him intact, and then contacted Li Yu's explanation to him before leaving, so that the belief count column of Fifty Fathoms jumped up directly and twice.

It took Tom a while to digest the shock that Li Yu had brought him, and then he thought of something, and hurriedly handed over a cowhide bag he was carrying.

Li Yu found his mobile phone from inside, as well as some other miscellaneous items, just like a lot, and then listened to Tom tell in detail what happened after he left.

Only then did I know that Anton ran to the other side to deliver someone's head.

But after thinking about it, he still said, "Tell Hera to bring the anti-inflammatory medicine, anyway, I brought the person." ”

Tom nodded, and then a look of worry appeared on his face, "The news of the black-armored cavalry has now spread, and the Hughes are generally worried, and when they have been on a mission recently, they can clearly feel the hostility of the villagers towards them.

"But we don't have enough men to protect every monk, and based on the strength of those black-armored cavalry, we will have to send at least two teams to compete with them.

"Well, I'm going to try a new way of preaching, but the previous one was too slow." Li Yu said.