Chapter 296: Byzantium launches holy war [Li Jinli appears]
Zhang Wu's plan was to use muskets and fire thunder to eliminate the enemy's knights as quickly as possible and defeat the enemy's troops. Then, the Normandy soldiers launched a charge of the entire army to harvest the enemy, pushing each city to the horizontal.
He divided his more than 8,900 people into nine groups, and one group of nine hundred people was left by his side, and at the same time protected Normandy's safety. The other nine groups each followed the 10,000 troops from Normandy to attack the cities.
Paris was easily captured, and Henry, the king of the Frankish kingdom, was beheaded in front of William's tomb. Adelaide remained silent for a long time. After a long time, he rushed into Zhang Wei's arms and cried loudly.
William's revenge has been avenged, and the Normandy Kingdom has grown here. She thought Zhang Wei was leaving next, and she was reluctant to leave, but she wanted to inherit William's will and manage the country well.
The territory of Normandy expanded rapidly, and the power of the Normandy nobles also expanded countless times, which made them support Adelaide more. Like Adelaide, they thought Zhang Wei was leaving.
These nobles were named city lords, but they did not give up the title. They did not care about this, thinking that they would only be promoted together after the Frank War was over. Unfortunately, this was not the case.
With the destruction of the Frank Kingdom, the army reunited. After supplying in Normandy, Zhang Wei continued to order that the Frank soldiers and Zhang Wei's guards were all divided into two groups and set out here.
The road started directly from Normandy, and the bordered land directly launched a war, while the road started from sea to bombard the north coast of the Strait of the Almoravid Kingdom. For a time, the Kingdom of Almoravid was attacked from both sides.
Before the Kingdom of Almoravid could react, all the territories in the northern strait were occupied by the Kingdom of Normandy, which angered the Berbers. They organized troops in the southern part of the Strait of Gibraltar to make a fuss, but what happened next caught them off guard again.
First of all the ships in all the ports of the Almoravid Kingdom were taken away or sunk. They no longer had ships to go to sea, and then the coastal cities were destroyed one by one.
In just one month, the Kingdom of Almoravid was destroyed! This news shocked the entire West, especially Rome, the largest suzerain kingdom in the West!
At this time, whether it is the founding of a country or the title of title, the Roman pope needed to be recognized by the Pope. They were symbols of the divine power. No matter how the royal power changed, the only thing that remains unchanged was them.
But this time the Pope felt the crisis because although their God had a wide range of believers, they had never had a real miracle. However, a group of people from the East showed the power of God!
According to the information obtained, these Orientals can harvest the life in front of them by raising their hands, create explosions with waves, and emit thunder, directly destroying the city gates and walls. If this is not a miracle, it must be the power of the devil.
Not only did they receive the news, but this news spread very quickly among the people. Many people even began to firmly believe that they were Satan's believers and took revenge on God's believers.
For this reason, many people and even nobles began to worship Satan, hoping that they could survive when they attacked. However, what happened next caused the Pope to fall into deeper panic and even launched a holy war for it!
After Zhang Wei knew that everyone regarded him as Satan in Normandy, he initially treated him as a joke, but suddenly he moved his heart and found his subordinates of the Divine Cult in the fleet for several months, leaving only one person behind.
This person's name is Li Qin and his courtesy name is Jinli. He is an old member of the Yueshen Cult. Yue Wanwan was under Deli of Fengcheng. Later, he joined Yueshen Island and quickly became the backbone. This time he was also responsible for the faith work of the personnel on board.
It is said that opportunities are only reserved for those who are prepared. Li Jinli is such a person. During his more than a year of sailing, in addition to being responsible for the daily faith affairs on his ship and leading everyone to pray to the Moon God, he also learned a lot of common terms here with the general translator, and daily dialogues are no longer hindered.
What Zhang Wei wanted was such a talent. He and Li Jinli translated the classics of the Moon God Cult. When they attacked the Kingdom of Almoravid in two ways, the two finally completed the translation and made fine adjustments according to some Western ideas to make them more adaptable to this place.
During this period, Li Jinli's performance also made Zhang Wei particularly satisfied. His English made rapid progress, and many religious nouns could be spoken out. During the translation process, he even put forward a lot of pertinent opinions.
Zhang then appointed Li Jinli as the pope of Normandy. Starting in Normandy, the missionary work went extremely smoothly and was soon accepted by all classes.
The nobles were all enfeoffed by the Normandy Kingdom, and they witnessed their own strength. They felt that following these people from the East was more in their interests.
The civilians were more direct. They believed that in just two months, Normandy had conquered the kingdoms of Frank and Almoravid. If this was not God's help, what else could be called a miracle?
"Mr. Zhang, we have received a bad news!" Moltan found Zhang Wei and said, "The Pope of Rome issued a decree in Byzantium and was ready to launch a jihad against us in Normandy!"
"Oh? Pope!" Zhang Wei smiled. He knew that this day would be there since he asked Li Jinli to preach, but he didn't expect that they would react so quickly. He thought that at least he would make up his mind after he occupied the Mediterranean!
"Mr. Zhang, I hope you can pay attention to this matter. Byzantium is a holy land of the West!" Seeing that Zhang Wei didn't seem to take it seriously, Mortan said seriously: "Strictly speaking, the establishment of all our countries requires the recognition of the Byzantine Pope!"
"Thank you for your news, I know!" Zhang Wei nodded and said, "I have been waiting for them for a long time. If Normandy wants to continue to expand, he cannot avoid Rome. Even if they don't come, I am going to meet them after occupying the Mediterranean!"
"Mr. Zhang, I know you are very powerful, but after all, there are only 10,000 people, and the Roman Empire has hundreds of thousands of troops!" Mortan was just unsure, so he came to find Zhang Wei to see if he had other trump cards.
Zhang Wei looked at him with a smile and said, "Aren't you there?"
"What?" Mortan was suddenly disappointed and frowned: "Do you let us fight against Rome? This will bring the entire West into war!"
"Okay, I'm just kidding!" Zhang didn't see his expression and knew what he was thinking, saying, "No matter how many people they come, we are responsible for defeating them, and you can just be responsible for cleaning the battlefield!"
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It's not counting on siege,
Develop religion and chaos in the West,
The news reached Byzantium,
The Pope initiated the holy war.
Chapter completed!