Power and Empire Chapter 3275: The ladder of wild hope (2)
On the vast land where the winter snow falls, in the undulating hills, the army that can't see the end at a glance is marching westward
The cold north wind was wrapped in snowflakes and hit her face. Pudamia stared at the army marching forward. As far as she could see, a flag fluttered like the sea, the light of the sword was like snow, and the spear was like a cloud. The momentum is like a rainbow, the army is prosperous, and the heart is full of confidence. This army is not fighting for the so-called pope, but for itself. These are completely two different concepts. The army and the Templars followed themselves. It’s because I am the Pope, and now the Templars and the army follow me, because I am Putamia, the Valkyrie Putamia who single-handedly put out the Southern Overlord Ero Empire
The defection of the border guards of the religious regiments, the door of the religious regimes is wide open, and the news is sent back to the headquarters of the religious regiments under Putamia in the north of Eero. The low morale of the whole army is immediately like a chicken blood. The same skyrocketing, the border guards turned their backs. This means that there is no obstacle to returning to the country. For the sect soldiers who have been fighting in the northern part of Eero for more than half a year and eager to return, it is simply a dream to wake up.
In the afternoon, the generals of the Order Army held an emergency meeting.
Pudamia’s return to the country was a secret act. Because he was afraid of the information leaking, even the generals under her command did not know. If the news of the border guard’s defection had not been passed to the base camp, the generals would have thought that His Highness the Pope was in Eero. What did Hong Kong discuss with the imperial emperor? Unexpectedly, His Highness the Pope returned home secretly! At the meeting, the commander of the Seventeenth Army, Ai Taide, looked at the generals at the meeting with a hot look. "His Royal Highness, as a woman, dares to return home alone. As a soldier in the sect, is it better to teach? Your Highness is not successful. No matter what you decide, I have decided to follow the steps of His Highness and embark on the road to return to the country."
"Etaed, your words are boring. I will wait for the **** battle in the north of Eero to follow His Highness, defeating the Eero Empire and destroying the capital of Eero. Which one has already taken the Pope to the capital? Regarded as the true British lord worth following, since His Highness the Pope has chosen to return, I will naturally follow!" A strong man with several scars on his right face pressed his hands on the conference table. , The corner of his mouth sneered and said with disdain
"Ruta is right. We are going back to show the little people who are hiding at home. The Pope is the real leader of the sect nation. When the Pope is in the north of Eero and Eero When people fought desperately, these despicable men stabbed His Highness in the back with a knife. As a general under the Pope, I, Rassil, will wield the sword of ruling in my hand to defend the reputation of His Highness! "There is one!" The general stood up and said excitedly
"Yes, as a soldier, I must swear to the death to defend the honor of His Highness the Pope." The other generals' eyes lit up and stood up one after another. Now it's all right, the name of the country! What made the generals entangled was that once they returned to the country with Putamia, they would inevitably be judged as rebels by the elders. However, the defection of the border guards caused the whole situation to be reversed. Regarding the domestic military strength, the generals still compare Clear
Almost all the elites of the domestic cult army have been emptied, and now they have lost the border guards, which means that even the windshield door is gone. The rest is a temple guard and a knight order, and there is still one The crippled Knights Templar, these two armies are usually stationed near the holy city of Yehoa. On the other hand, Putamia’s side, the 50,000 frontier guards’ defiance to join, if they are counted as stranded The Order Army in the northern part of Eero is no longer afraid of domestic power. For the generals of the Order Army, the opportunity to change their destiny is right in front of them, how can they be let go! If Pudamia's return to the country succeeds, then they are the heroes who supported His Highness, and they followed His Highness in the northern part of Eero for more than half a year, and they were deeply imprinted by Pudamia. At this moment , Who does not support Putamia's Highness still go to support!
Although the battle of Rutiazi Fort, which determined the entire battle, was actually the imperial army's back blow that rescued the collapsed Order Army, but the Order Army had already crushed the capital of King Erot before the battle. The fact that the generals have automatically ignored the intervention of the empire. Victory is victory. Since ancient times, it has been the principle of success and defeat. All "justice" is written by the victor. Now the occupation of King Ero is persecuting. Isn't it the sect army who moved south in embarrassment by the Eero royal family?
"Since everyone thinks so, let's follow His Highness the Pope and do a great job!" Other generals expressed one after another
After leaving 20,000 cults to continue to guard the northern part of Eero, the 60,000 cults who have completed the refurbishment joined Pudamia’s returnees, and the 50,000 cults’ border guards totaled 110,000. Forces, go straight to the border town of Lancheng, where the Knights Templar is stationed on the border, responsible for monitoring the entire border,
Under Orchid City, Putamia looked at the rows of bright arrows appearing at the battlements in front of them
"Attention, the following is the rebellious Pudamia of the sect nation, she must not be allowed to step into Lancheng!" A knight commander of the Knights Templar at the entrance of the city shouted with a pale face, like clouds below The general army, stationed in Lancheng is the ninth team of the Knights Templar, a total of 3,700 Templars, plus the Guardian, the number is about 11,000, as the heavy armour regiment on the border , Well equipped
After learning that the border guards had fallen, the ninth team of the Knights Templar withdrew all the troops outside Lancheng into the city. The disparity was too big, so they chose to stand and wait for help!
Faced with the countless bright and sharp arrows, Pudamia strode forward without fear, wearing the white holy robe of the Pope of the Order, with her head up, so that the soldiers at the head of the city were all Seeing her face clearly, her clear voice spread all over the city. "The ninth team of the Knights Templar, I am Putamia, the Pope of the Order. I fought in the blood in the north of Eero, and finally defeated and oppressed dozens of us. The empire of Eero in the year slashed the head of Emperor Eero and now returns home holding the banner of victory high. Is this how you welcome your pope?"
"Really His Highness the Pope!"
In an instant, the rows of arrows on the city’s head shook chaotically, screaming one after another. Although the elders declared Pudamia a rebellion, it was for the ninth team of the Templars who were stationed on the border. , Created His Royal Highness Putami, who defeated the Eero Empire and occupied the Eero’s capital, is obviously more like His Highness the Pope who is most in line with the doctrine.
"His Royal Highness Putamia"
"His Royal Highness Putami who killed Emperor Eero!" The archer holding a bow and arrow struggled.
"Don't be fooled by this woman, she is no longer the pope, she is now rebellious." The Templar commander saw something bad and quickly ordered "Let the arrow! Let the arrow! Shoot her to death!" There was no arrow shot. The Templar commander looked furious, and shouted angrily, "Supervise the team, all those who violated the order were the rebellious comrades below. Cut him off! Shoot him immediately!" Under strong orders, the city head finally shot an arrow. Arrow, sparsely for a while, the accuracy of the head is surprisingly poor, within ten meters of Putamia, there is not even a single arrow on the ground.
"My Templars, can you still remember the original vows, to obey the Pope’s order, in the course of my life, the evil Erot Empire will be destroyed, and the light of the holy religion will return to the holy city! Now it’s time to obey your oaths. It’s time." Putamia raised her head and pointed at the Templar Commander above the city. "Everyone, follow my orders and kill him!"
The head of the city resounded like a thunderous "Yes, Your Highness the Pope"
"Swipe"
In an instant, thousands of powerful bows turned their directions at the same time, and the Templar Commander came only with an exclamation "No--" in a sharp whistling sound! With countless arrows stuck in his body, the corpse swayed twice and rolled down the head of the city. With a bang, it fell into a ball of meat sauce in front of Putamia, splashing blood. Putami stood there, looking at the **** corpse in front of her indifferently. Right in front of her, amidst the creaking sound, known as the most powerful fortress on the border, the gate of Lancheng, which has resisted the invasion of the Erot Army several times, is slowly descending, and the alarm bells of the high-rise buildings in Lancheng are ringing like crazy at this moment.
The capital of the province on the border of the Mission State, Artistry
"My lord, the ninth team of the Templars in Lancheng has also turned against it! The rebels have invaded the city of Artistry"
A Templar looked hurriedly into the Temple of the Knights Templar in the capital. The capital Artzie is only 30 miles away from Lancheng. After taking Lancheng, Putamia rushed straight to the capital Artzie, almost nothing. Without hindrance, the weak defense of the 1,000 defenders of the capital was defeated. Putamia’s cult army smashed the gate of the government’s palace with a huge wood. Behind the broken door appeared the guards of the government’s palace, and their swords were unsheathed and lined up. He had broken the human wall, but faced with an astonishing number of cult armies who broke into the door, they were trampled to death by this terrifying crowd before they even had time to fight. The solemn steps were splattered with blood stains.
"I am Hornd, what do you want to do!"
At the end of the blood-stained steps, a tall white-haired figure appeared. Seeing him, the deafening slogans suddenly stopped, the soldiers stopped one after another, and the Templars also took their hands. He is the current governor of the province Hornd, one of the six knight commanders of the Knights Templar. Because of his advanced age, after resigning from the six knight commanders, he voluntarily asked the border provinces to be the governor of the province for the rest of his life. A barrier was erected to prevent the Erotians from expanding westward for the sect. In the entire border area, no one knew about the Grand Knight Commander Hornde. This old man blocked the Erotians’ four breakthrough attacks in five years. , The result is that the old man’s two sons were killed on the border. Whether it was the Knights Templar or the frontier, they all respected the great knight.
"Atakya, have you rebel too!" Hornd's gaze fell on a Templar knight commander, his frosty white, light gray knight's eyes were meticulous, and the row of medals on his chest indicated his military career. Life. He calmly looked down at the cult army rushing into the Governor's Mansion, and looked at the wounded and dead struggling in a pool of blood, with a sad expression on his face.
"Respected teacher, the students are not a betrayal, but a loyal faith in their hearts. They defend His Highness with the cross sword in their hands, fight for His Highness, and fight for the survival of the Church. This is not exactly what you were back then. Did you teach the students?" The Templar commander's face changed slightly, he involuntarily felt a guilty conscience under Hornd’s gaze, and slowly backed away. This dying old man had an inexplicable majesty
"Master Horn, I didn't expect to see you again!" Suddenly, the dense group of soldiers separated like a tide, and the Templars looked hot, and a pretty woman in armor was surrounded by hundreds of people. Walking slowly, she made a gesture, and the men who followed stopped in place. She walked slowly up the steps alone, ten steps away from Hornd, stopped, and the two looked at each other.
Hornde looked like a knife, and said solemnly, "Why are you coming back? You have already taken over the northern part of Eero. With such a large and fertile land, even if you don’t come back, no one will take you. How's it going! Have you ever wondered what it means to have a civil war of this magnitude based on the current internal situation in the ecclesiastical state?"
Pudamia leaned slightly, with a respectful attitude "I'm sorry to let you in, but this is my country!"
"Have you decided yet?"
"Of course, otherwise I won't be here!"
"For this reason, is it okay to push the country into division, lead the army to rebellion, launch a mutiny, Your Highness, think about the future history of the country, what reputation will you leave?"
"The highest authority of the ecclesiastical state is the Presbyterian Church, not the Pope~IndoMTL.com~ Isn’t this treason in itself?
"I don’t know if Lord Hornd thinks that Putamia will be stinking for thousands of years, or the elders will be stinking for thousands of years?" Putamia’s mouth showed a smile, and on this **** fighting field, the heads of the two hostile parties The chattering, the atmosphere is indescribably weird. Thousands of religious regiments crowded in the yard but made no sound at all.
"If the Pope is just a puppet of the Presbyterian Church, is there a need to consider reputation? Didn't the adults leave because they could not understand the cruel suppression of the Presbyterian Church in the south?"
Pudamia's voice paused, then she said slowly, "Grand Knight Commander Hornde, you are worthy of the title of Templar, follow me, let us work together to save this country, the real sacred religion should not be It is the way it is now, and the southern tribes should not be treated so harshly. This time in the northern part of Eero, I saw a lot of things worth thinking about. If we have been wasting time in such mud flats, only when will the light of the holy religion come? Will you return to the holy city?"
Hornde smiled helplessly, shook his head and said, "Save the country, let the Holy Light return to the Holy City, Your Highness, I am too old, saving the country or destroying the country, those great goals, I have been dizzy and unable to distinguish. I only know that the duty of the Templars is to maintain the holy religion. Since your Highness is going to destroy an old age, you should not let me go, because I am also a part of the old age. I am too old to be of any use to you. Come, fulfill me." Hornd smiled, blinked mischievously at Putamia, and suddenly raised his voice, "Sorry, I can't allow the rebellion to trample on the glory of the holy city!"
Pudamia was silent for a while, raised her hand and ordered "Kill him!"
The soldiers rumbled up the steps like a tide, drowning the old man. Unable to see the scene of flesh and blood flying across, Putamia turned and walked out of the Governor's Mansion.