In just a few words, he wanted to take all the credit for the southern expedition to the heads of the priests of the army, and the shamelessness of Stern's crown was also an eye-opener for those present. ｀｀.

Many people's eyes are secretly looking at Leonardo at this moment, not only because Leonardo himself is also a priest, but also because he is still the absolute leader of the Southern Expeditionary Army at this moment.

Leonardo can be seen as the leader of the sacrificial group of the Southern Expeditionary Army, but at the same time he is also the absolute leader of the military. If there is no reaction to Stern's words, it will only make the generals of the military feel cold.

If even this credit is turned into a military priest by Stern's two sentences, even if it is only a verbal statement, I am afraid that Leonardo will lead these generals on the battlefield in the future, and it will not be so easy to control them, and they will be dissatisfied from the bottom of their hearts. If Leonardo wants to fight for merit, it will undoubtedly be losing his appeal among the priests of the temple, and now he is undoubtedly in a very awkward situation.

This old guy is really insidious, it seems that the person who came is not good! Captain Cao also directly gave such a conclusion in his heart, is Stern, the old guy, just to put on small shoes for Leonardo?

Who can be here today who is not a belly full of fancy intestines? How can you not understand this?

It's just that the difference in their positions also makes their eyes different. There are those who are worried, and there are those who gloat. Especially those rich merchants of the human race, their faces are especially wonderful. This kind of friction between the top powerful figures of the Beamon Empire is undoubtedly very happy to see the wonderful drama. Not only can they see the importance of these characters in the Beamon Empire based on this, but they can also brag about it when they go back.

"What Your Majesty said is very true, all the soldiers of the Southern Expeditionary Army who accompanied the performance of the military priesthood on the battlefield have seen it, and without their help, it may be more difficult for us to win this battle. However, it was not the priests who shed the most blood in the southern crusade. Leonardo's face didn't change for a moment, as if he hadn't noticed that so many people were silently paying attention to him, but just said a few simple words.

And just these two sentences are understatements. But everyone's expressions when they looked at Leonardo became different.

It was not the priests who shed the most blood. With just one sentence, all the military generals present patted their chests, and the priests of the temple also nodded.

Such a statement is not only true, but also very appropriate in such a situation. The merits of the priests cannot be underestimated, and the blood of the soldiers of the Southern Expedition cannot be ignored either.

"Of course, honorable Lord Leonardo. Stern nodded without a trace, and after a moment's notice, he added: "It is precisely for this reason that I can't help but think about it." Since our priests are able to make such a contribution. So why can't our temple make more and greater contributions? Although it is a time of peace, the smell of gunpowder has never left us. ”

It doesn't matter if Leonardo isn't trapped, and Stern doesn't seem to be aiming for that. A person like Leonardo, if he can do it in a few words, he is not Leonardo.

"What does Your Majesty mean?" said Pedro again. Stern, the old man, has always been good at playing with words, and his words are obviously a hint of what he is going to say next.

"Templars. Stern had an answer.

Seeing the expressions of many people who seemed to understand or not, Stern said with an impassioned voice: "Our temple also has Templars who can step on the battlefield! Compared to the heroic Beamon warriors, our Templars also have extremely strong combat effectiveness. Under professional training. Their combat power is not even weaker than the battle-hardened Bimon warriors, only stronger! They have more contact with the priests, and they are more able to cooperate with the priests, and burst out with breathtakingly powerful combat power! If they can set foot on the battlefield. It will become a sedentary for the enemy!"

It's really impassioned, but to the magnates of these empires, it's no different from nonsense.

Needless to say, the strength of the Templars is self-explanatory, and who doesn't know that the Templars are all high-level samurai. There are five temples in the empire. Each temple consisted of twelve Golden Knights, twenty-four Silver Knights, and forty-eight Bronze Knights.

The Templars together could not even reach half of the strength of a thousand-man regiment, so even if they were powerful, what if they were powerful? In a large-scale battle with more than tens of thousands of people, less than half a thousand-man Templar could only be regarded as a small force of soldiers at best. But it's almost impossible for them to be the kind of force that Stern calls the final word. Unless these knights are all golden knights, they are equivalent to the human seventh-order or even higher-level high-level warriors.

"His Majesty's idea is really original. But we also all know that the Templars are the Knights who take it as their duty to protect the Temple, and they are another kind of hero in the hearts of the people of the Empire, knights who specialize in solving some troubles among the people. The temple needs them to spread the glory of the beast gods, and it also needs to rely on them to protect the peace of the temple, and it is not so suitable to send them to the battlefield. What's more, the establishment of the Templars is originally so much, and no matter how strong the combat power they can exert on the battlefield, it cannot replace the role they play within the empire. His Majesty Pedro smiled wisely and rejected Stern's kindness, and His Majesty's words also represented the opinion of the vast majority of people present.

"No, my majesty. The temple and the empire were originally one. The Templars' responsibilities are not only to eliminate demons, but also to defend their homeland. Just engaging in the daily activities of the temple is actually insulting these glorious fighters. "Stern is as stubborn as he has eaten a scale.

This kind of cheekiness made Pedro Majesty couldn't help but roll his eyes, do these things still need to be explained separately? Pedro Majesty disagrees obviously with his own considerations.

"And your worries are exactly what I want to negotiate today. Since we have such a premise, we might as well expand the establishment of the Templar Knights and establish a Black Iron Knight level below the Bronze Horseman. The Black Iron Knights had a strength of 2,000 men in each temple, and this team was usually trained according to the strict requirements of the temple. Once the time comes, they will be able to step onto the battlefield and fight in concert with the priests of the temple. Not only will it not happen, but it will even help determine the course of the war and help the empire gain absolute prestige. Stern's fox tail was finally revealed.

This old man really came prepared, and his words directly filled His Majesty the King with a sneer.

This old fellow's appetite has never been small. But I didn't expect it to be so big this time. In a few words, I want to expand the establishment of temple knights, or the number of knights with 2,000 people in each temple, and the total number of five temples is 10,000!

Who doesn't know what the Templar Knights are like? They were the most powerful knights in the Empire, and even the Imperial Guards of His Majesty were no match for the Templars in terms of individual soldiers. In addition to the fact that they are all high-ranking samurai, the key is also because of the equipment.

Just as Captain Cao had seen, even in the Bimon Empire, where the smelting, mining, and military industry capabilities were very low, every Templar Knight was a full body of metal armor. Compared with the current situation that many of the regular armies of the empire are still equipped with leather armor and simple half-body armor, there is no doubt that one is in the sky and the other is underground.

But in order to maintain the image of the temple as supreme in the hearts of the Bimon masses, it had to be like this.

The offerings and equipment of the Templars were all provided by the Empire's Ministry of Finance. However, the Templar was only on Stern's orders.

Stern's words are like an extra 10,000 elite personnel under his command, as can be seen from the knightly title he established, which is 10,000 sets of black iron armor and tens of thousands of high-quality war horses!

This is only the initial construction cost, which can make the Imperial treasury cut a large lump of meat, and these Black Iron Knights eat and chew individually, and it is still counted in the financial expenditure of the Empire, not Stern himself.

With such a powerful force at the touch of his mouth, he doesn't have to pay a penny himself, and Stern's abacus can no longer be described as fine. He blatantly sucked the blood of His Majesty the King in the name of seemingly thinking about the country! Not to mention strengthening the armed forces of the temple, he also wanted to use this to enter the military of the empire to seek a greater voice.

As you can imagine, after clearing the many obstacles inside the temple, Stern's tentacles also wanted to stretch further.

If it's an extraordinary time. Whether such a powerful force can be counted on by His Majesty the King is questionable. After all, the Templars have never obeyed the dispatch of the Emperor, but only obeyed the orders of the Temple. Dig out of your own pocket to arm your old opponent with a powerful force, unless His Majesty the King is kicked in the head by a donkey.

And Leonardo, the third giant, has not changed in the slightest, and he is still so relaxed. It was as if he couldn't see the open and secret struggle between the two giants.

There was a whisper, and even the nobles and celebrities of the human race were privately discussing what kind of impact Stern's request would have on the Bimon Empire. The conclusions obtained, without exception, were all schadenfreude smiles. None of them are stupid. Of course, knowing what this means, this is a complete move to push the Beamon Empire into a two-power division.

With the reason that the Southern Expeditionary Army could not fight together, Stern was able to pull this aspect, and the power of this old guy was really not ordinarily strong.

"Your Majesty, this mentions sound very beautiful, but in fact they are not so simple to operate. Even if Your Majesty insists on this, I still think that it is better for the Templars to maintain the status quo, and the Empire has not yet fallen to the point where it is necessary for the Templars to set foot on the battlefield to defend their homeland and country. Pedro suddenly smiled again and said very politely.

"Your Majesty, we shouldn't rest on our laurels and look at the Holy See of the Humans, who also have a large number of paladins, and their duty is not only to protect the Holy See. The Holy See's paladins are not only doing what our Templars do, but they are even accompanying the army of the Human Empire to spread the teachings of the Holy See to all directions, which is also worth learning from. Of course, Stern, who came prepared, would not be stopped by two or three sentences.

One of the two giants of the Beamon Empire is like an iceberg that refuses to melt, and the other is like a raging eruption of magma, and this kind of hot and cold confrontation is particularly breathtaking. (To be continued......)