ff37; u85c0f; 8bf4; 66f4; 65b0; 6700; 5feb; 5c0f; 8bf4; 9605; 8bfb; 7f51; Archbishop Sandos is also a battle-hardened man, especially during the Almohads military exercise, and has experienced more than 100 failures and setbacks.

At that time, all the generals used him as a soft persimmon and pinched him hard. tortured him in a different way and destroyed his confidence.

It was so painful, so unbearable, that even after so much time, he would still wake up from a nightmare from time to time.

In the face of those failures, setbacks, and other people's bitter mockery and sarcasm, if it were another person, maybe he would have collapsed and entered a mental hospital. But Archbishop Sandos is really a man, he gritted his teeth and insisted on coming over.

One defeat a day, one defeat a day, and even sometimes, several defeats a day. He was disgraced and dirty, from crying bitterly at the beginning, to crying without tears later.

At that time, many people thought that after the defeat the day before, he would definitely not be able to hold on any longer. But the next day, he got back on his feet and went into battle again.

'Even though I have been abused thousands of times, I still treat people like my first love'. It's ...... Well, it's like a pervert at all.

Let everyone have to sigh in admiration: Grandma's, these papal puppies are really thick-skinned~!

For Santos, those failures and setbacks are unbearable memories of the past, but they are also invaluable combat experiences.

It was those failures and setbacks that finally forged Archbishop Sandos, making him from a zero-level novice to a qualified, resolute and sharp-eyed general.

Therefore, as soon as he received the news that the front line was defeated and the enemy army was about to crush the border, he only hesitated for a few seconds, and then decisively issued an order: the whole army entered the city. The city is fortified.

With his order, the 100,000 Baier District Legions immediately turned around, and all of them rushed into the city of Delong at once.

The city, with a population of just over 100,000, immediately became overcrowded, and the streets were filled with soldiers running and shouting.

After hearing the news of the demons' imminent arrival, the soldiers of the Templar Legion in the Bair District immediately became nervous.

Facing the siege of hundreds of war fortresses of the undead and hundreds of thousands of Semitic armies, the more than 100,000 powerful Holy See legions in front of them were almost wiped out with a raise of their hands.

They only had 100,000 men, and they were about to face a bloodthirsty and ferocious enemy. At this time. No matter who it is, it is impossible to calm down in the heart.

Only one-tenth of this army had ever been on the battlefield, and they had fought against Haddou's Southern Army.

The rest of the tens of thousands were at most recruits who had fought in the countryside, thinking of the coming war. And in the face of the ferocious demons in the epic story, their hearts must be terrified.

Many people don't even stop making crosses on their chests and reciting prayers silently.

Cardinal Sandos, however, had a calm face, rode through the army on horseback, and slowly walked into the city of Delong.

As the capital of a Grand Duchy, the city was quite prosperous, and Cardinal Sandos observed Delon's city defenses with a professional eye and came to the conclusion that it was not bad.

But in the current terrible environment. It's not enough to just be 'not bad'.

Delong's walls are five to six meters high, the outer layer is all hard stone, the female wall is intact, and the city wall is lined with watchtowers.

There is also an inner castle built in the inner city, and at the center of the inner city is a towering castle that can be described as impregnable.

As long as there are enough men to defend it, it will be difficult for the enemy to attack it.

For him. This is the first good news that has come across so far.

Many cities on the mainland with a long history like Delong are often hundreds of years old.

Their city defenses took as long and hundreds of years to build as the cities.

By several generations, more than a dozen generations of nobles continue to strengthen, repair, and expand.

Until now, you can imagine the solidity of the city defense system.

Moreover, Cardinal Sandos can be sure that the craftsmanship of building the towers of the city walls must be very good, and as a military defense project, there will be no corners that are common in other livelihood projects. The phenomenon of shoddy.

On the contrary, it is as good as the materials that can be used, and how advanced the technology can be used.

The aristocracy is absolutely not stingy with spending money on this, which is related to their old life.

You must know that in this civilized and wealthy feudal era, despite official propaganda, the common people are all hardworking and kind. Hard-working, honest and honest...... But in fact, few of those dead people are good things~!

They are all poor and poor, and the reason why they did not directly argue with the nobles was because they did not directly provoke them.

Not to mention anything else, just when paying rent and taxes every year, there is no noble lord who does not have a headache.

Those uneducated, uneducated, and uneducated Diao people don't sympathize with the hardships of the aristocracy at all.

The nobles levied grain, conscripted soldiers, collected taxes, sent laborers, and even robbed their girls, but it was all for their good.

Without soldiers or food, who will keep them safe?

If the aristocratic lords don't rob their girls, how can they improve their lowly genes and improve the overall quality of the nation?

Although the nobles are tired and tired, the dead people don't have the slightest consciousness, and they don't appreciate it at all.

Villains like Spartacus, William Wallace, Robin Hood, Cromwell, etc., revolted and rioted at every turn. Carrying a dung fork and hoe to storm aristocratic cities and territories.

This kind of thing is a common occurrence on the mainland, and I hear about several cases every month, and from time to time some minor nobles are beaten to death by those damned mobs, and the family property and women are robbed.

As for the fact that after a day of hard work for the national economy and people's livelihood, a certain aristocratic lord was picked by a certain dog cub when he was sleeping, which happened from time to time.

Therefore, in order to ensure their personal safety, the powerful nobles have built their cities particularly strongly.

Delong is no exception, of course, but because it is not far from the Vatino, there are few wars, and Delong is still quite a wealthy area.

This made Cardinal Sandos very happy, fortunately the city in front of him was Delon.

If it was a small city with a population of tens of thousands, Cardinal Sandos would have to consider whether to turn around and retreat immediately.

Since you decided to stick here. Cardinal Sandos immediately went to work, and ordered loudly: "The tenth to fifteenth legions, go to the city wall to take over the defense, and the sixteenth legion, guard the city gates, and from now on, not a grain of grain shall be transported out of the city."

Seventeen Legions, go to the inner city to look at the warehouse, Eighteen Legions ......"

Cardinal Sandos, who entered the state, methodically assigned tasks. Send soldiers to various important points in the city.

"Yes~!"

"Obey~!"

The Legion Commanders were ordered to rush to their respective goals at once.

With the shouts of the officers, the papal soldiers of the Baier Legion briskly ran through the streets of Delon, causing a rush of confusion.

Just as Cardinal Sandos kept shouting orders, an angry voice came from across from him.

"Stop. Stop~!"

A nobleman dressed in a fancy costume came over angrily, followed by a large group of soldiers in armor, all with unkind faces.

The guards around Santos immediately rushed forward and protected them, the commander of the Baier Legion, in the middle.

With the sound of weapons grinding against each other, the soldiers of the Holy See drew their weapons and aimed them at the people opposite.

Seeing that the situation was not right, the soldiers passing by also swarmed up and surrounded the group of people.

The middle-aged nobleman in the middle of the crowd swept around him, his face flushed with anger, and he clenched his fists and waved. Roared angrily: "I don't care who you are, stop me and leave my city~!"

Cardinal Sandos looked him up and down, and said suspiciously, "Are you?"

The middle-aged nobleman straightened his chest, glanced at Santos contemptuously, and said proudly: "I am the Grand Duke of Peusele." ”

"Oh......" Cardinal Sandos replied casually, not even getting off his horse. Sitting on the horse, he bowed his hand slightly, and said: "It turned out to be His Royal Highness the Grand Duke, disrespectful and disrespectful, I am the ...... of the Holy See."

Annoyed by Santos's rudeness, the Grand Duke Peusele was furious and interrupted Sandos, shouting: "Boy, I don't care who you are, get out of my city." Right away~!

Otherwise, if I sue the Vatino, I will make you look good, and Delon is not a place where you can be presumptuous. ”

In a fit of rage, white droplets erupted from his mouth as he spoke.

Cardinal Sandos laughed and looked at the angry Grand Duke in front of him with interest. "If we take over the city, don't you want to know why?"

Peusele froze suddenly, then shook his head and said, "No matter what the reason, Delong belongs to me, and it is impossible for you to take over Delong City." Get the hell out of my ......."

Cardinal Sandos looked at the angry Grand Duke Peusele and said calmly, "The demons have called. ”

"I ...... What~!" Grand Duke Peusele exclaimed in surprise and said hurriedly: "What did you say?"

"Rothgallon is lost, and the 150,000 Holy See troops in front of him are all wiped out. The demon clan has hundreds of thousands of troops and hundreds of war fortresses, and they are about to kill Delong. Sandos casually played with the whip in his hand, and said slowly in an elegant aristocratic tone: "My legion will defend Delong and block the demons from continuing eastward. Are you sure you want us to leave?

To be honest, I just couldn't ask for it.

If you just say a word, brother, I'll leave immediately. ”

Grand Duke Peusele's face instantly turned snow-white, like a ghost, and he said dumbly: "This can't be ......"

The aristocratic officials and local soldiers behind him also changed color, looked at each other in horror, and then looked at Cardinal Sandos in unison.

"No, I ......," said the Grand Duke Peusele incoherently, "you ...... Is the message confirmed?"

"My striker has gone on to scout, and if you want to know, there will be accurate news in half a day at most. Cardinal Sandos's face changed suddenly, and he glared fiercely at Archduke Peusele, and said, "I will tell you as soon as I have accurate news."

Now, don't stop me from arranging the city defenses, otherwise, you will bear the consequences~!"

The hideous ferocity on Sandos's face frightened the Grand Duke of Peusele to take a step back, his face changed a few times, and then he waved his hand and said loudly: "Let's go back." ”

With a few hundred people behind him, he ran into the inner city in a gray manner.

A few hours later, while Cardinal Sandos was standing on the city wall to arrange the army's defense area and nervously deploy the defense, a long motorcade rushed out of the east gate and sped quickly to the east.

There were hundreds of vehicles in that convoy. Among them, there are many such as Leslaus, BMW, Ferrari, Mercedes...... and so on, and other luxury high-end carriages produced by the Flying Eagle Company.

Not only that, but there were also some tall freight wagons in the middle, all of which were full. And the ruts are extremely deep. If you are a veteran of robbery like Lord Luo and Second Master Lei, as long as you take a look, you can know that the car is definitely loaded with valuable things such as gold and jewelry.

Among the long convoys, a luxury carriage stood out in the middle. Although the Grand Duke Peusele was extremely interested in not hoisting his flag. But the coat of arms on the carriage revealed him at the first time.

Just like thousands of years ago, these noble lords abandoned their people in the first place.

The officer next to Santos sneered and scolded in a low voice: "These cowards~!"

Then he turned his head and said to Sandos, "Your Excellency." It seems that now the city is yours. ”

Santos pursed his lips, he had expected the nobles to escape, shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "I know that these guys are unreliable." That's it, notify the whole city, those who want to leave hurry up, and those who don't leave stay to dig trenches and build bunkers.

Against war fortresses, only they have some effect. ”

"How long are we going to hold out? The Vatino will send reinforcements to support us, right?"

"Who knows. You can endure it for as long as you can. Cardinal Sandos stared at the western horizon and muttered to himself.

xxxxxx

There was chaos in the Vatino Papal Palace.

Pope Shilmelia, dressed in a white robe, held a one-year-old baby in her arms, and talked to him in a very warm way, if you didn't look at the group of cardinals next to her.

Dozens of high-ranking papal cloaks in red robes were arguing like a flock of ducks, and there was a buzzing noise in the room.

However, this did not seem to affect the little baby, who stared at a pair of large black and white eyes. Looking at these nervous old men and giggling, as if they were interesting.

The sound of an argument in the room reached the door, and the soldiers of the Popal Guard looked at each other with a wry smile on their faces.

The news of the defeat of Rothgaron has just arrived, and now no one knows what the situation is at the front line, and the people in the Vatino City are panicking, and many ordinary residents are already packing up their things and preparing to escape.

Although Delong is now controlled by the Archbishop of Santos. But they only have 100,000 troops, can they withstand hundreds of war fortresses and hundreds of thousands of demons, and the alliance of people and traitors?

If it can't stand it, when will the enemy come to the Vatino?

Now it's time to burn their butts, and these big guys still only quarrel, and they've been arguing for more than two hours. No decision has been made yet.

The soldiers of the Papal Guard reluctantly drew crosses on their chests and silently recited the blessing of the God of Light - at such a time, perhaps they really counted on the God of Light.

Privy Archbishop Mazovia walked up to Hilmelia, bowed deeply, and said, "Your Majesty, we think that at this critical time, you had better ...... Leave the Vatino for a while and go down to inspect the diocese. ”

Hillelia looked at him with bright eyes, and asked directly, "Are you letting me escape?" ”

"This ......" Mazovia said with a layer of sweat on the door of her head, "You can't look at it like that, Your Majesty, you are the spiritual leader of mankind, and you must not make any mistakes." ”

"Isn't the Vatino?" Hilmelia asked coldly, "Is the Pope who has lost the Vatino, the main temple, and the resting place of the Three Holy Beings still worthy to be called the Pope?"

As Sylmeria asked, the cardinals in the room fell silent, looking down at their toes.

Under the shame, many people's faces turned red.

Shilmelia glanced at everyone and said in a firm tone: "In the thousand-year history of the Holy See, there has never been a pope who can escape. It is not allowed to have in the future~!

My children and I didn't go there, we were in the Vatino.

The God of Light will be with us.

Only hardship and danger can show our faithfulness to God.

As for you, ......

If anyone wants to go, then now can leave. ”

The cardinals looked at each other, and some apparently hesitated.

The imam of the Inquisition, Philiplius, raised his head, glanced at the big red-clothed men with snake-like eyes, and snorted coldly.

Everyone shuddered and came to their senses in an instant.

That little girl is really ruthless~!

She has spoken, and the God of Light is with her.

So if anyone dares to go, it is disloyal to the God of Light and a shameful betrayal.

I'm afraid that before I can get out of the Vatino's door, I will be arrested by the inquisition. Then it is tied to the cross and turned into fragrant roast meat.

"We will be with the Vatino. ”

"Defend the Vatino to the death. ”

“......”

The cardinals immediately raised their voices, and all of them were in high spirits.

"But...... However," Mazovia jumped to his feet in a hurry, and said, "If we lose the Vatino, we can continue to resist, and once we lose both the Vatino and the Vatino, we are afraid that half of the countries on the continent will surrender to the enemy." As long as you are safe, the Holy See will be able to lead the people to hold on, and I will guard the Vatino in your place. ”

As the imperial city of the human spiritual world, the importance of the Vatino cannot be overstated, once the Holy See of Light loses the Vatino and the Pope, people all over the continent will think that the God of Light has abandoned them, and it is inevitable that their morale will plummet.

In a desperate situation, anything can happen.

The little baby in her arms curiously reached out to grab Mazovia's long gray beard, and Schillea patted him with a smile and said firmly: "We will not lose the Vatino." The Holy See has an army of millions, and they are on their way to reinforcements. ”

Mazovia smiled bitterly and said, "But they are scattered all over the continent, and it will take time to drive over. ”

Shilmelia frowned and scolded, "Then buy time." Cardinal Sandos is guarding the city of Delon, and you should consider providing him with as much support as possible first. ”

"Yes," Mazovia said in a deep voice, leaning down.

"Don't worry," Hilmelia chuckled and comforted Mazovia, "someone is more anxious than we are right now, and he will do everything in his power to help us get through this." ”

Looking at Hilmelia's confident smile, Mazovia was stunned for a moment and said, "You mean...... Lord Lorraine. ”

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