The Duke of Franconia was still quite fast, and after talking to Otto and knowing that the rebellion in Saxony had the intervention of the Church, he got in touch with the Duke of Bavaria.

After receiving the news, the Duke of Bavaria immediately sent an army of nearly 20,000 men to support the Duke of Franconia to quell the rebellion.

As regent and heir to the East Frankish kingdom, he can easily mobilize the resources of the entire kingdom.

At the same time, the Duke of Franconia also carried out a wave of conscription, and he gathered 10,000 people by himself.

This wave of 30,000 troops was ready to suppress the rebellion in the Duchy of Saxony.

Although the Duke of Franconia said very well, what did Otto personally avenge, but in fact, the army that Otto could command, no more than five thousand, was still commanded with the Count of Werner.

The rest of the army was personally commanded by the Duke of Franconia.

Otto also understood, to put it bluntly, he was not a vassal of the Duke of Franconia, and he was not related to the other party, how could he really trust him and hand over the army to him as commander.

Being able to command 5,000 people has exceeded Otto's expectations, Otto originally thought that he was just a soy sauce brush face, and now he can command the army to brush up some military exploits, what is there not to be satisfied with.

Otto and Count Werner, as the vanguard, were the first to enter Saxony.

The two have cooperated before, and the relationship is not bad, but this time, the two sides are no longer superiors and subordinates, but at the same level.

"What are you going to do?" Count Werner asked.

"I thought about the reasons for the failure of the previous counterinsurgency, in addition to the support of the church, in large part because of the previous softness.

The local people did not trust us, and the nobles were unwilling to cooperate with us. Therefore, when His Excellency the Count put down the rebellion before, he always won first and then lost, but whenever he showed a little decline, he could not stay in the Duchy of Saxony.

In that case, let's just make it simpler and clean up all the nobles and uncooperative clergy.

At the same time, there is no mercy for the disobedient people. Whoever dared to provide news and support to the rebellious nobles was killed.

As long as a group of people are killed, and the heads are rolling, there will be no problem in Saxony. ”

"Wouldn't this be too radical?" the Count of Werner was taken aback, although he had received a signal from the Duke of Franconia to respect Otto's opinion, but if he followed Otto's approach, it was likely to provoke a larger rebellion.

"Larger?" Otto gave Count Werner a strange look, not knowing what the other man was thinking.

"Your Excellency the Count is trying to tell me that almost all the Saxon nobles are involved in the rebellion at the moment, and it is not large-scale? Could it be that all Saxons must be mobilized in order to be considered a large-scale rebellion? ”

Count Werner was speechless for a while, yes, almost all the nobles participated in the rebellion, and no matter how large the rebellion was, how big could it be.

In fact, Otto did not want to resort to such a radical approach in the first place.

Throughout history, the vast majority of cases of rebellion have been to punish only the evil, and the followers will be open.

It is only because of the contradictions between the Saxons and the Franks that the two sides have always been in a state of invisibility to each other, and the effect of the policy of softness will only be counterproductive.

From the beginning when the Saxon aristocracy only wanted to partially fulfill their feudal obligations, to the current open election of leaders, and if they continue to be soft, perhaps they will declare independence from the Kingdom of East Francia tomorrow.

For this kind of area that is already alienated from Germany, the most forceful means should be adopted to kill the locals until they are afraid and afraid that they dare not resist, and then use gentle means to win over the people's hearts.

After all, no matter what Otto did now, it was impossible to compete with those Saxon nobles for the hearts and minds of the Saxons.

Then it can only bring fear to them.

Otto and Count Werner chose to attack the Duchy of Saxony from south to north, as they had done before, from Marburg, to Münster and march to Saxony from west to east.

The Münster region, which later became the bishop's domain, is one of the manifestations of the power of the Church.

In the Saxon Wars, it was not so much a war fought by Charlemagne to expand his territory as a religious holy war.

During the war, Charlemagne destroyed the sacred tree of the Saxon faith, Ilmisr, and demanded that the local Saxons be converted.

Later, Charlemagne ruled Saxony with the help of the power of the Church, giving the Church a large amount of land, and there was a county such as Münster, which was almost controlled by the Church.

In Saxony, it can be said that the power of the church is quite strong.

Therefore, in this rebellion set off by the Saxon aristocracy, without the participation of the local church, fools do not believe it.

The Duke of Franconia didn't turn against the church before, because he wasn't sure what the church's attitude was, but now, Otto has the authority to deal with the church.

The reason why the army chose to march from the Münster region was that in addition to the fact that the Frankenia had attacked from the south in the previous wars and the Saxons were on guard, the more important thing was that the bishop of Münster was a relatively neutral Eros in the church.

At the same time, many of the priests of the Lunas family were in the Münster region, and Otto was counting on some key information from them.

Even today, the Münster region has not gained semi-independent status and is still the direct domain of the Duke of Saxony, but Otto can still feel a strong religious atmosphere here.

Among other things, the number of monasteries, churches, and shrines in the region alone is probably greater than that of the smaller principalities combined.

Almost all of the wealth acquired by the Church in Münster over the years of its rule was converted into these immovable properties.

Here, Otto first visited the Bishop of Münster, but the Bishop of Münster was cold to Otto and Werner, and sent them away with a casual and perfunctory sentence.

Otto didn't mind, he didn't expect any decent help from the Bishop of Münster, and the Eros family has always been dedicated to missionary work, not worldly, and can be regarded as ascetics of the church.

Visiting the Bishop of Münster was just an indication of attitude.

That is, the clergy who participated in this rebellion will not be tolerated, but there will be no involvement in the Church.

Soon, Otto found several priests of the Sun God line through the list provided by Valens, and from their mouths, he really heard an important piece of information.

"What, the sacred tree that the Saxons worshiped before was evolved from the torso of some human being of the god of war? And the god of war is a close follower of the god of the sun, so, the Saxons, should worship the god of the sun? ”

Otto looked at the priests in disbelief, a little incredulous at what he had heard.

Several people nodded.

"Yes, that's what Bishop Jason found in the texts, the Saxons and we believe in gods, but they don't realize it.

Nowadays, this statement is widely spread in Saxony, and many Saxons believe it! ”

"Talent, I'll knock! This Bishop Jason is really condescending not to write a novel! Otto exclaimed sincerely.