That's it, as if the old French story had been staged before. Egil deliberately let go of the matter of contacting other vassals of the Holy Roman Empire, including two old Saxony who had just been promoted to the Duke. Frederick was very anxious for a while. As a native noble of the Holy Roman Empire, he naturally understood more than Egil himself how important the support of the electors was for an emperor. If all the electors left him, then he, the Holy Roman emperor, was nothing. He was even less relaxed than he was originally a Duke of Bavaria.

In addition, the Pope also urged him very eagerly and wrote to Frederick to ask, saying that you said before that it was difficult to climb the Alps in heavy snow. So why did the Norman King climb over? He also fought many battles with the heretics of the Eastern Roman Empire? Do you still want to do it? Do you have to break up? I will remove you from the church before you can act?

Of course, blindly scaring is not the case.

The Holy See changed the subject in the second half of the letter and said: I will not blame the past for the past.

It is a good comrade who knows the mistakes and can correct them. You see, the Holy Roman Empire is almost done, and it is April. As long as you don’t run hard toward altitude, you will basically not encounter them. So, what about the 200,000 army you promised?

That's it. The matter of being pulled over by Egil Si's princes was overwhelmed by the fact that he was defeated by the condemnation of the Pope and the Holy Holy See. After careful consideration and thought about the strategy of dealing with it, Frederick announced in a high-profile manner that he would join the sacred crusades and give Orthodox heresy a profound and unforgettable lesson.

Afterwards, all the princes of the Holy Roman Empire were dispatched together and gathered under Frederick's flag. A total of 150,000 troops gathered to move south.

Of course, this number is a little different from what Pontelie promised before. But isn’t it still necessary to encircle Otto in his lifetime? What if the siege is less and this guy breaks through. If it is rekindled in the end, it would not be fun.

However, no matter what, this is a good start. After the Holy Roman Empire announced its participation in the crusade, the three countries of Leon Castel, Aragon and Portugal in northern Spain also announced their official participation in the crusade. Although due to distance and strength, it is basically impossible for these countries to send troops to the Apennines. The symbolic significance of their joining is not obvious.

A total of twelve Catholic countries gathered under the same banner in the name of Jesus Christ and formed an alliance to face Orthodox heresy together. Such a grand event was the first time after the East and West Church split. It is hard to say that after hearing this news, Basil II was so anxious that he couldn't sleep.

Ten days, after ten days, the Norman army can head south to Italy.

Fifteen days, fifteen days, the army of the Holy Roman Empire can also go south to Italy.

By then, the number of Catholic coalition forces in the entire northern Italy will reach 350,000!

Such a terrifying number is not inferior to some major powers in the East. It is certain that such an army is enough to shock the entire European!

It will take some time for the news to reach Hungary. However, in southern Italy, Narcis, the plenipotentiary governor of Sicily, in the eastern Rome, has been insomnia for two days.

Basil II's order was very strict. He could defeat Rome and was trained to be trained, but he could not defeat Rome to come to see him. The problem was that Rome was also the capital of a country, a famous historical city, and the original commander of the defenders died for no reason. However, after so long, several battles were over.

The Pope had already chosen a new commander. There were still more than 10,000 defenders in the city. It was difficult to break through in a hurry.

If this task has no time limit, then it's fine, but how is it possible?! In one month, the 350,000 troops will gather under the Roman city.

The leaders are all for a temporary choice, the king among the people, countless famous generals and warriors. It is no longer easy for me to protect myself from being swallowed up. Is it still a fight against Rome? Do you want to die?

In fact, Narcis now feels that he is dying as Syl II imagined. After conquering Rome, he can suppress the Catholic coalition, and he feels unreliable no matter how he thinks. Indeed, in the dream medieval era, religious beliefs occupy a very important position in people's lives. However, this does not mean that everyone will truly care about the so-called God.

Moreover, from a certain perspective, this level of care is inversely proportional to status, wealth, and rights. The richer you are, the more ungodly you are. For example, the Venetians have a famous saying: they are first Venetians, and then Christians. And the more they have status, the less ungodly you are. The more filthy the Catholic Church is hidden, the higher the priests' status, the faster their lives are corrupted: and the more power you are, the less ungodly you are. All the only emperors in the entire Catholic Church, the monarchs of the Godeloer Empire are committed to fighting for power and profit with the Roman Catholic Church.

The debate on which pope or emperor has a higher status has lasted for hundreds of years.

Therefore, Narcis believed very much that under the so-called Catholic flag, the so-called Crusaders, the so-called piety of faith in Jesus Christ, brought these Catholic kings together. This is simply a nonsense.

There are certainly devout kings, they are basically all psychopaths born from close relatives: there are certainly devout wealthy businessmen... They are basically all failed to the point where they settled down: there are certainly devout priests... They, surely, are heretics!

That's it.

Narcis was sure. Even if he could defeat Rome as promised, he would definitely not be able to prevent the entire Catholic world from moving towards union. Even this gave the kings an excuse. What was waiting for Narcis could not be the Arc de Triomphe, the crown and the blue eyes of the nobles. Instead, he was furious and vowed to regain the 350,000 army of the Holy City. He was in high spirits and was in high spirits, and more than a dozen kings, dozens of dukes, hundreds of earls and hundreds of other nobles who wanted to increase their reputation.

Narcis fought a cold war.

Narcis felt that he was likely to be trampled to death like an ant. Three hundred and fifty thousand people could drown him with one spit.

Narcis didn't want to die yet. He was still young, with a beautiful wife and two children of a man and a woman. The plantation in his home produces grapes, olives and fruits. He also had thousands of slaves, five merchant ships and several workshops. If he died, these things would be someone else's!! God, is there any more terrifying Gu Qing in this world than this?!

So, Narcis gritted his teeth and wrote what he thought into a letter and handed it to the messenger, asking him to hand it over to the emperor. In addition to explaining that he could not conquer Rome and asking His Majesty to forgive his crimes, he also assured the emperor that he was willing to protect the safety of both Sicilies for him.

Although he cannot expand his territory, Catholic heretics promised that they would not take an inch of land from him. He hoped to use this as an excuse to let His Majesty forgive him and give him another chance. After all, it is not that he is incompetent, but that the enemy is too strong.

Immediately afterwards, Egil led his army south to join the troops of France, Genoa, and Bologna, and then marched into Rome, he was very surprised to find that the 100,000 troops that had originally besieged the city retreated. There was no left of a messy camp, like a garbage dump.

"The credit for rescuing Rome is too valuable." Egirzer's horse made two rounds in the abandoned camp of Eastern Rome until the professional cavalry came back to report that he had not seen the enemy within a range of dozens of kilometers. Then he smiled extremely ironic. The task of aiding Rome was completed so simply. It was simply too ironic.

Of course, if you think this irony is not enough, then the more ironic one is the title Egil won for his aid to Rome.

The true Knight of Christ: "I am the sacred Catholic knight Valhalla!" In this way, the effect is to increase a little prestige and a little piety. God is pitiful, this is the first time Egil knows that his piety can increase positively. This is simply incredible.

And just as Egil was feeling the mood, suddenly another professional Hussar ran over.

"Your Majesty, there is a guy who claims to be a messenger of the Roman Catholic Church. Do you want to meet him?" asked the pagan cavalry who did not believe in Catholicism at all and called the bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.

"Oh. Let him come over." Egil was still in a mysterious, lost, and extremely excited feeling, his voice floating like he was sleepwalking. Of course, you can also understand this as the sacred sense of King Norman selected by God.

After a while, a bishop wearing gorgeous red silk robe sleeves ran quickly and saw that he could run so fast in such heavy bishop costumes, even the few heavy armored guards behind him could not catch up. This was really difficult for him.

Egil looked at it from a distance and was stunned. The guy was wearing a long red gown, a red shawl with an angel pattern with gold thread, and a square hat with red silhouette, and a red silhouette. Then he thought that the Pope actually sent a cardinal directly over, and this courtesy was heavy enough. So Egil couldn't pretend anymore, so he jumped off the horse and ran over at a speed that was not inferior to that cardinal.
Chapter completed!