The five great powers of Xirong were the Kingdom of Gaul, the Kingdom of Beidon, the Kingdom of Britain, the Kingdom of Dangu, the Kingdom of Ovi, and the Kingdom of Xirong.
The Kingdom of Gaul is located in the east of Xirong. Although it is the smallest among the five kingdoms in terms of land and resources, it has always been the front line of Xirong's foreign wars. Regardless of the Holy See's Judgment Knights, the average quality of the Kingdom of Gaul's troops is lower than that of Xirong. Enough to rank first among them.
Being on the front line, the Kingdom of Gaul has always been known for being the most capable of producing elite soldiers and generals.
The first military general of Xirong and the second-ranked Shengxie Commander Desaise in the Quartet Ranking of Evils is the first general of the Kingdom of Gaul.
The Beidun Kingdom is located north of Xirong. The territory is densely covered with minerals and is the one with the most resources among the five kingdoms.
The Kingdom of Britain is located in the westernmost part of Xirong, and half of its land is islands of different sizes. Xirong has the strongest navy. Moreover, the powerful maritime power also brought them commercial prosperity.
Dangu Kingdom, the central power of Xirong, is the largest country in terms of land area. But because it is very close to the Holy See, it should be said that the Holy See State is within the Dangu Kingdom and is also the one most controlled by the Holy See.
When kings of other kingdoms succeed to the throne of kings, although they nominally need to be crowned by the pope, they can at most just pretend to be in the church in their country.
Xirong is so big and there are so many countries, big and small, how can the Pope have so much time to crown them every day?
However, only Dangu Kingdom has this honor. The Pope will not be absent from every king's coronation ceremony.
Even, every once in a while, King Dangu had to pay homage to the Pope.
The Ovi Kingdom is located in the southern part of Xirong. This is the most fertile land in Xirong and the most food-rich country.
As one of the five kingdoms of Xirong, his power is definitely not comparable to that of Rome today.
They were also besieged by the seven countries closest to them, but because of the difference between such a country, compared to Persia and Macedonia, Caesar's difficulty rose directly to hell level.
No matter how powerful Caesar and Octavian are, their strength lies here. Ten of my soldiers will defeat one of your soldiers, or even more soldiers will defeat one of your soldiers. No matter how powerful a single person is, it cannot be easily reversed!
If you want to defeat the strong with the weak, this not only tests your own ability to be strong enough, but also tests that the opponent's ability is far inferior to your own, or that the opponent's ability is weak enough, and you are still walking a tightrope step by step.
Not to mention that the gap in power between the two sides determines that they can lose again and again. They can afford to lose anyway, but if Caesar loses once, it is likely to be over.
Let’s talk about Pope Akalochis. He rejected the joint opinions of the three palace masters at once, not only because he was really unwilling to use a cannon to kill mosquitoes, but also because he wanted to take action again.
No matter which generation of popes they are, it seems that they are really at odds with those dynasties in the Central Plains. They want to make the people of the Central Plains feel the glory of God. Even if they are beaten back time and time again, they will always be able to fight when they get the opportunity. Then he refused to let go.
Just like the last time they attempted to preach, they suffered an unprecedented failure, but now that the opportunity has come again, the heart of Pope Akalochis has become active again.
However, the method of sending a large number of experts to infiltrate step by step as in the previous times is obviously not feasible. Even the Pope fell there last time, and this was the most painful lesson.
Moreover, if we send experts out, they will definitely be blocked by the experts from the Central Plains Dynasty. If we act in this way, we will definitely lose our lives.
Not to mention the almost mythical Gu Qingzhu, the two true Buddhas of Mahayana Buddhism alone were thought to be dead by others, but the Holy See did not think so. Mahayana Buddhism serves as a line of defense against Xirong's infiltration. How can it have less contact with it in recent years?
The reason for the death of the previous popes is not known to anyone in the world. Does Xirong not know it? Is it really just the fault of Yue Yue alone?
Therefore, this time the Pope decided to adopt the toughest method. Since peaceful methods cannot spread the glory of God, then let the sword decide everything.
No matter how powerful Gu Qingzhu is, no matter how powerful the two true Buddhas of Mahayana Buddhism are, can they still be compared with millions of soldiers and horses?
Therefore, for the three small countries that dared to resist Xirong's orders, it was not worth launching a holy war for the Pope. Even in the end, when the order was issued, it was only a ruling.
As for the Dawu Dynasty, that was the real holy war, and what was launched was the papal decree. A recruitment order was issued to all the countries in Xirong to recruit crusaders.
Xirong was very big. To the east of it was not only the Dawu dynasty, but also the Daxia dynasty and the Dachu dynasty. In fact, their northeast direction is still Beidi's sphere of influence.
However, there has always been only one direction for the Holy See to preach, and that was the Dawu Dynasty.
To Xirong, Beidi is a barbarian, and they are really untouchable.
If they preach to the Central Plains Dynasty, as long as they send experts instead of soldiers and horses, then even if the forces of the Central Plains Dynasty intervene, they will not send troops and horses, but will send experts from the royal family or masters from the enshrinement hall to cooperate with the Central Plains Dynasty. Other masters attacked the strong men of Xirong.
But Beidi was not particular about it and simply sent out cavalry to strangle them on a large scale.
Even a powerful person at the Heavenly level is helpless in the face of a large-scale cavalry. The key point is that Beidi has countless Qingqi, and even if they run, they may not be able to escape.
Heaven-level masters can indeed quickly recover their internal energy when Heaven and Man are united, but the problem is that their physical strength is limited! If they are under siege for a long time, even if these cavalry do not break through their Gangqi shield, it does not mean that their physical strength can support them to continue fighting.
Even if they want to run, they are traveling on two legs, while others are traveling on horses. If they can't get rid of each other in a short time, isn't this another dead end?
Faced with hundreds of thousands of light cavalry charging towards you, let alone those ordinary heaven-level masters, even if the Pope and those palace masters are gone, they have to turn around and run away. In fact, even the two sages of Confucianism and the two true Buddhas can only run away after seeing them!
If he doesn't run, is there really going to be a fight?
Although Daxia and Dachu are also located to the east of Xirong, they are not adjacent to each other on land like Dawu. Instead, they are separated by a huge strait, especially from the Dachu Dynasty.
Furthermore, more than a thousand years ago, it was Emperor Shenwu who drove Xirong step by step to their current place, staring at Dawu, and perhaps he picked up where he fell.
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