In these days of fighting, even Bach, the Saxon Superman, couldn't bear it any longer and suffered quite a few injuries.
Among them, the most serious one is undoubtedly the left arm.
The entire left arm was almost pierced by a crossbow bolt, and it is still unable to use it until now.
This was because Bach reacted quickly, otherwise the arrow fired from the crossbow would have hit his chest.
Even with the protection of armor, Bach didn't think he would be fine. His arms were also protected by arm armor, but he still caused so much damage.
That defeated general named Werner was so abominable, he was actually playing dirty tricks.
If an ordinary person is hit by such a powerful crossbow arrow, it will really be life or death. Even he had no time to dodge at close range and could only block the fatal blow with his hands.
The weapon called the crossbow was said to have been invented by Count Otto. Unfortunately, only some Saxon nobles seemed to have this weapon, and he had only heard of it.
This first encounter almost cost him his life.
With such a vicious weapon and such cruel methods, Count Otto had better pray to the gods not to fall into his hands, otherwise, he would definitely not let him have an easy time.
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Bach thought of the ruined church buildings he saw along the way. Will the gods bless Otto? I'm afraid I wish Otto would die.
Bach was about to order his soldiers to deal with this disgusting scene, when another cry of death came from behind.
Needless to say, Count Werner must have caught up with his soldiers again.
That Werner is really like annoying shit. Once he gets a little bit of it, he can't get rid of it no matter how hard he shakes it off.
Bach's eyes twitched and he had to cheer up again.
These damn Frankish nobles!
Bach was not the only one who hated Otto.
That Bishop Jason also had no good impression of Otto.
In the monastery in Brunswick, Bishop Jason had a rare good sleep.
In the Brunswick area, many troops of the Saxon nobles were assembled, and he also mobilized many armed forces of the church. With the troops in Otto's hands, it was impossible to capture Brunswick.
Ever since he learned what Otto had done when he entered the Saxony region, Bishop Jason had only one thought, and that was regret.
I regretted that when I punished Count Argau, I didn't punish Otto as well, and now I actually caused such a big trouble to his great cause.
In fact, he was the driving force behind this Saxon rebellion.
The Saxons have always resented being forced to submit to the Franks and convert to Roman polytheism.
Especially after the Saxons converted to Roman polytheism, the missionary priests, relying on the protection of the church and the Frankish nobility, committed all kinds of atrocities, which made the Saxons miss the past.
The resentment of the Saxons was clearly felt after Jason came to the Saxony region.
He knew very well that if this resentment could not be channeled, it would most likely come back to the church.
After all, some priests did things that even he couldn't stand.
However, even as the bishop of Saxony, it was actually very difficult for him to eradicate the shortcomings of the local church.
Although the church's organizational structure is strictly hierarchical, power is actually relatively decentralized.
Theoretically speaking, priests are all equal and devout servants of the gods. Even if it is an order from the chief archbishop, any cardinal can refute and oppose it.
Of course, this is only theoretical. In fact, a cardinal actually did this, and there was no support from the purple archbishop. Maybe the cardinal would be sent to southern Iberia or southern Italy to preach in two days.
If you really receive that kind of appointment, it would be better to commit suicide directly. Those followers of the Green God are not so easy to talk to.
As the Bishop of Saxony, when Jason himself has some problems, rashly touching the people below will inevitably cause panic and riots. Coupled with the complex factional struggles within the church, it is uncertain whether he can continue to work as a regional bishop. explain.
Therefore, since Jason took office, in addition to trying a few priests who were really angry and resentful, he also used the so-called "rectification" to suppress some priests of the Moon God and the pro-Moon God faction, so that the priests would be a little more restrained when doing evil. Little progress was made in changing Saxon dissatisfaction with the church.
In this way, the situation has not changed, and sooner or later the Saxons will not be able to help but attack the priests. As a regional bishop, wouldn't his future career path to promotion within the church be cut off?
In order to prevent the anger of the Saxons from being burned on the church, Jason took a two-pronged approach. First, he found some priests who were proficient in classics and forcibly linked the sacred tree that the Saxons believed in with the gods of war and sun.
While promoting the relationship between the Holy Tree and the God of War, it also promoted the fact that priests of the Moon God and other factions were mostly not good people because of their beliefs, which turned the Saxon people's dissatisfaction with the church into dissatisfaction with the priests of certain factions in the church.
Jason's public opinion offensive has achieved good results. Although the people still have not changed much about the church, at least the Sun God faction has completely controlled the Saxon diocese. Other factions can hardly deal with Jason's various Behaviors and actions create constraints.
Jason knew that this method alone was useless. As long as the church continued to exploit the Saxon people, sooner or later there would be a day when the Saxons would no longer be deceived and resist the priests.
Therefore, we have to find an enemy for the Saxons and make them realize that the church is their friend and not their enemy. Only in this way can the problem be solved.
That enemy is not difficult to find at all. It is naturally those Frank nobles.
After the brutal and bloody Saxon War, for a long time, the Saxons did some dirty and tiring work in the army of the Frankish Kingdom, such as resisting the Vikings, fighting the barbarians in northern Germany, etc. wait.
The Franks wanted to use this method to weaken the power of the Saxons. But in fact, the effect was not great. Instead, the Saxon territory continued to expand, giving birth to an extremely large Saxon principality, which became one of the four pillar principalities of the East Frankish Kingdom.
However, the improvement of the strength of the Saxons did not lead to an improvement in status. The senior leaders of the kingdom did not have the say of the Saxons, which made the Saxons always feel discriminated against.
It is for this reason that when Jason encouraged the Saxon nobles to strive for the same status as the Frankish nobles, he received the support of the majority of the Saxon nobles.
Now that they have become stronger, they are not willing to stay in just one-third of an acre in the Principality of Saxony, nor are they willing to do dirty work while eating scraps.
When King Louis directly governed Saxony, because the lord was the king, although the Saxon nobles were fighting for power, they did not dare to go too far.
After all, King Louis was also a fierce man, and he would show no mercy to disobedient nobles and enemies. What's more, as a king, the resources that the other party can mobilize are simply too much.
But after the lord was replaced by the Duke of Franconia, the Saxon nobles couldn't help it.
Your Principality of Franconia is not as powerful as our Principality of Saxony. You come to be the Duke of Saxony and you still favor the Franconian nobles. You really think that we are soft persimmons, so you naturally want to improve your status.
The Duke of Franconia was also a Carolingian descendant. How could his family's pride make him bow to the Saxons? Charlemagne's conquest of the Saxons is one of the family's glory and legends.
Since then, the conflict has escalated over and over again, and finally turned into the current situation.
Thinking of this, Jason couldn't help but reveal a smile on his face. This was all thanks to his push.
