"You are blaspheming the gods, you are committing a crime, you will be punished by the gods, and you will not be able to be reincarnated for generations to come."
At the entrance of a small monastery, a priest couldn't help cursing as he saw the monastery being looted by red-eyed servants and reduced to nothing.
Unfortunately, no one paid any attention to his curses.
The punishment of the gods, a joke.
If the soldiers composed of peasants were still afraid when they first looted churches, temples and monasteries, now similar situations have occurred countless times, and everyone is still living well, and their fear of the gods has disappeared. The desire for power and wealth.
Count Otto said that after the war, everyone will have the opportunity to become a noble.
If you can become a noble, what gods should you fear?
When the gods walked on earth, when did those priests take care of the nobles? If the gods really wanted to punish them, it should be the nobles and the sanctimonious priests who should be punished.
The priest in blue robes was still cursing.
A knight who was responsible for supervising this operation finally couldn't stand hearing it any more. He drew his sword and stabbed the opponent from behind.
"It's you priests who deserve to die! The gods will only thank us!"
After witnessing all the evil deeds of the Church in Saxony along the way, the Franconian knights' favor towards the Church reached its lowest point in history.
After seeing the opponent's body slowly falling to the ground, the knight snorted and pulled out his sword, took the handkerchief from an attendant, wiped his sword, and spit on the body.
"What a stain on my sword."
The knight raised his head and glanced at the monastery that was starting to burst into flames not far away, frowned and said.
"Tell those Saxons to hurry up. There are still two monasteries waiting for us today."
More than twenty minutes later, the servant soldiers carrying various things and covered in blood ran out of the monastery one after another. Behind them, the firelight of the monastery and the afterglow of the setting sun reflected each other, forming a special scenery.
"Master, we have captured another group of nobles, what should we do with them?" Bard asked Otto in a low voice, who was looking at the map.
"Do you still need to ask?" Otto continued to mark on the map without raising his head. "Old rule, kill them all. Remember, let those Saxons do it."
"But...Master..." Bud hesitated.
"The nobles captured this time seem to be good people. After questioning the local farmers, they did not do any evil.
Moreover, they did not participate in this rebellion. "
"Hmm..." Otto paused for a moment, and after thinking for a moment, he marked the map again.
“Then incorporate them into the servant army and give them the status of an ally.
They didn't participate in the rebellion, but they didn't help the Duke put down the rebellion, right?
If they want to keep their honor and title, they must prove it with the blood of their enemies.
They can be allowed to summon soldiers and farmers from their own territories to form an army, if those people are still willing to continue to obey their orders. "
"Master, I understand." Bud nodded and exited the tent.
Since parting with Werner, Otto has been traveling lightly, bypassing the fortified castles and only looting easy targets. For example, small wooden or mud castles, villages and church buildings in various places, etc.
In just over a month, the number of Otto's troops continued to expand, and the number of servants following Otto now reached more than 12,000.
Correspondingly, in the Oldenburg and Minden areas, most places have become deserted.
Now, Otto is leading his army to attack Bremen, an important town in northern Saxony.
This is also an area where the church is extremely powerful and is the base camp of Bishop Jason.
Unfortunately, before Otto's army arrived, Bishop Jason took the backbone of the Saxon Church and escaped early under the escort of the church knights. It is said that he went to Brunswick and did not formally confront Otto.
Since the other party escaped, this saved Otto a lot of trouble.
According to original intelligence, the church in the Bremen area could mobilize at least several thousand troops. However, due to the escape of the church's top leaders, Otto did not encounter any decent resistance during his advance.
Without the overall command of the church's top leaders, although the church's targets are guarded, how can the little guarding force resist the attack of the wolf-like and tiger-like servant soldiers.
Today, there are only a few difficult-to-attack targets in the Bremen area that are not in Otto's hands, and the city of Bremen is one of them.
This time, Otto did not choose to let the city of Bremen go, because Bremen, as the diocesan capital of the Saxon Church, has a large number of priests and church properties.
The priests can run away, but with so much property, it is not that simple to transfer it.
Therefore, Otto personally led his army to station under the city of Bremen, and dispersed his barons and knights, each with a small army of servants, to continue attacking other areas, and finally gathered in Bremen.
Among them, only a few strongholds are still in the hands of the Saxons in the Stade area, which is under the responsibility of Bader.
What Otto is most worried about now is the Hamburg area where El is attacking.
Because the Earl of Hamburg, Limbert, did not go to the south to confront the Duke of Franconia, but stayed in his own territory.
If one is not careful, El really may overturn.
However, Otto has given half of his bodyguards to El, and even if the attack does not go well, he should be able to protect El thoroughly.
In this war, El did perform well, which even Otto didn't expect.
It seems that after this battle is over, El will have to find a wife, preferably one whose father-in-law is powerful and has only one daughter. After all, with Otto's achievements this time, it shouldn't be difficult to get a count position from the Duke of Franconia.
As for the Duke of Bach who was supposed to stop Otto, he was tightly entangled by Count Werner.
In Otto's series of victories, in addition to the increase in the number of troops in his hands, the number of troops in Werner's hands also increased. Otto gave at least one-third of his servants to Werner, giving Werner more Enough cannon fodder.
The Duke of Bach now had 5,000 troops in his hands, and the following 2,000 troops were said to be reinforcements from the church, but they still failed to catch up with Otto.
Werner firmly implemented Otto's idea, which was to hold Bach back, even if it cost huge casualties.
The vast majority of those who died were Saxons, and Werner didn't feel bad.
As long as Bach led his troops to chase Otto's army, Werner would attack Bach. Once Bach turned back to attack Werna, Werner would abandon part of his servants and retreat without engaging in a decisive battle with the opponent.
Anyway, everyone is mainly infantry. If I can't defeat you, why don't I run away? Can I still let you wipe out all of me?
Since Werner's soldiers have been receiving a steady stream of reinforcements, even though Bach has been winning, the situation has always been under the control of Otto and Werner.
Most of the Saxon cavalry is in Kassel.
After Bach and Werner entered Oldenburg, Bach witnessed the hell on earth in front of him. His eyes were red and he couldn't help but scream.
"Damn Otto, I'll cut you into pieces!"
