Of course, when the emperor did not want to be the emperor, what the emperor wanted to do was the real emperor, and the news spread back to the various princes of the entire empire. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info The princes couldn't help but scold:

Who did he think he was, Caesar or Octavian. Why?

However, the approaching Visigoths soon told them what William was relying on.

Or, they will cede the entire empire to William, and then they will be real vassals, or even vassals, but can only live on the aristocratic annuities provided by the parliament like those pathetic court nobles, and they will die bitterly, and finally they will become scum in despair......

Or, they surrendered the empire, their own net worth and their lives to the Visigothic bunch of madmen. Let them kill your whole family after democracy.

Choose, it's not a difficult choice, is it, anyone can make the right choice.

Of course, this "anyone" may not include idiots.

Of course, of course, among the princes of the empire, the person who can be the king is definitely not an idiot...... Well, maybe a bit of an idiot, too.

However, whether it is an idiot or not, it is really rare for someone to behave like an idiot in front of interests.

It's like this.

"How could he do that?"

"Impossible,, we would never hand over our inheritance to such a careerist!"

"What else does he want?!He's already the Emperor, isn't he satisfied?!What does he want?!!"

Unsurprisingly, the group of guys refused William's request without exception. The reasons are bizarre, and the attitudes towards William vary. But that's the way it is.

At least, at least for now, it seems that the Visigoths are not in a state of chaos, and then perhaps after a while, the so-called Visigothic Republic will collapse, and then they will be able to happily continue their lives as independent princes. Why do you need to do anything to the court nobles and give the good country to others.

So, it was with such a "what in case" mentality that these guys began to perfunctory with the empire. Seeing that these people refused William's conditions, William refused to give in. The day of his coronation as Emperor seemed to be far away.

Of course, for this kind of thing, William didn't care too much.

Let the Visigoths be majestic. It won't be long before the nobles of the empire will cry and shout for him to be crowned and enthroned.

Of course, if the bunch survives to that point.

Thinking of this, William couldn't help but smile pleasantly.

Time is slowly moving forward like this.

The first is Lombardy.

The general Leopold seemed to see William's plan, or rather, the desire for power made him willing to take risks.

All in all, he led his patchwork of two legions on the offensive against Naples, south of Lombardy, even though in reality Naples was not under the control of the Ostrogothic Empire, their current enemy, but the territory of another country, the Kingdom of Asturias.

But there is nothing wrong with this kind of thing for the madmen who want to liberate, or subjugate, all of humanity.

All of them are their enemies. Of course, both Asturias and Ostrogoths are their enemies.

Anyway, Asturias had been part of the anti-Visigothic alliance before, and now it is not natural to make these bastards pay?

The poor Asturians have made matters worse -

In the future plans of Briton to divide the world with the Russian Gothic Empire, there was no place for the Asturians.

All their overseas colonies will be dispossessed.

If these guys don't open their eyes, then I'm afraid even their homeland will be split into several parts.

Although this strategy is just a strategy now, it is even said that Asturias, a country with a population of tens of millions, will still be part of the anti-Visigothic coalition in the next war.

However, under this premise, it was replaced by an increasingly difficult way for them to maintain their world empire. After all, it's not okay to wipe out their empire and then divide up the colonies or something. However, if you don't support them, and give them stumbling blocks in "reasonable" aspects such as commerce and trade, economy and finance, this country, which already has little foundation, still can't afford it.

Uh-huh, that's it, that's it.

Although the people of the Britons and the Russian Gothic Empire all started with the idea of "Ah, business has become more and more difficult to maintain in recent times." After all, this era is very hehe~ because it's that kind of thing~~~" or something.

However, no one is an idiot, not even an Asturian, who in recent life seems to be increasingly inadequate.

They could understand the ill will of the Empire and the Britons towards them.

Against this backdrop, the kingdom itself is already difficult to sustain.

It was also in this situation that they were helpless about the Visigothic army attacking their Lombardy territories.

Bounded by the Pyrenees, it is surrounded by the sea on three sides. Most of them can guarantee the safety of Asturias itself. However, in the Lombardy region, nothing can be done.

He had little loyalty to the Asturian dynasty and did not actually put up much of a decent resistance.

More or less like that, General Leopold's forces soon annexed all of Naples, and then attacked the world's largest and holiest religious territory, the country of the Roman Pope, from south to north.

Of course, this Roman pope is calling for wind and rain in the religious world...... Well, after the war between the old and new sects, there is basically no way to call the wind and rain.

Of course, on the Lombardy Peninsula, the Papal States remained a great power.

Because there is money.

The accumulation of hundreds of thousands of years in the Papal State is no joke.

Donations from believers from all walks of life, tithes, peddling indulgences and so on.

Of course, the latter two have had very little income in recent times. However, the accumulation of hundreds of thousands of years still allows the Papal State to maintain this shelf.

Even more important are the original works of other small Lombard states.

It's no joke.

Now is not the time for infighting.

Dead lips and cold teeth, bastard.

It's not the Emperor who is coming now, the kind who only thinks that Lombardy belongs to the Empire, so you all should listen to me.

It's a bunch of real lunatics.

They want everyone's lives! Whether it's the Pope or the aristocracy, the rich or whatever, bastards who treat everyone equally in front of them!

In this case, although they can't say that they are 100% doing their best, they are at least 80% very hard. It's not the usual time for something or something, a little perfunctory meaning-

All in all, in the shortest possible time, the small states of Lombardy formed an alliance as if they had historically resisted any of their formidable adversaries who had come to attack them.

And mobilized all the forces they could muster, and in the Papal State in the south, eight legions were formed, close to 200,000 troops!

From here, people can't help but sigh.

It is one of the most prosperous regions in the whole Old World in the Middle Ages and modern times. Whether it is agriculture or commerce, navigation or finance, the economy is second to none.

Although in the last two hundred years, this region has been declining more and more. However, it still has a foundation on which to build a strong nation, and still has a lot of resources and people to assemble such a large army.

Of course, quantity is quantity, and combat effectiveness is a little bit unguaranteed.

"It's disgusting. ”

Of course, of course, of course, it still made General Leopold feel indignant-

Although after conquering Naples, he was able to add the name of "Neapolitan Conqueror". However, he really wanted to add himself the title of Lombard conqueror.

This will help to stand out in the following wars, as well as in the struggle for power at home.

Yes, ambition, desire. After conquering the whole of Naples so easily, he naturally gave birth to more ambitions and desires. Thinking about it as a matter of course, since ...... In that case, then why can't you become the ruler of this world, and those consuls or something were also spicy chickens and scum before the Revolution, why can't you become the ruler of Visigoth?

If you were the ruler of Visigoth, you would never act like idiots, and you would definitely be able to do better, better and more powerful things than those trash, and rule the whole world or something.

But now, another boundary, another obstacle was placed in front of him.

He knew, rightfully knew, that the ruling government did not want to give such a great credit to one person as the conquest of all of Lombardy.

At the same time as he was attacking Naples from the Tunisian region, the ruling government was also forming another army to march by ship from the southern ports and then attack them from north to south.

Yes, that's it, pleasant, isn't it.

What General Leopold was expecting now was to conquer the whole of Lombardy before the so-called "reinforcements" came to take credit for him.

Otherwise......

"Damn, I'm here to deal with the enemy's main forces, pin them down here, and then those bastards who take credit can easily take down the whole of northern Lombardy?! Make wedding dresses for others?!I won't do this kind of thing!!" (To be continued.) )