In the province of Lower Pyrenees, in the city/fortress of Tarbes near the border junction, they also welcomed the armed monks of the Knights of the Tomahawk, the monk Derain of the Mediterranean Head. I saw him calling the city gate open, and impatiently making a request, and immediately met the person in charge of the local knights.
Because the city noble who secretly colluded with the Tomahawk Knights, framed the commander-in-chief of the Free Army, and obtained inhuman powers through blasphemous rituals was also caught; and they were found in the underground secret room of his home and held many blackmails. The objects of the mass and the remains of the victims.
Then the matter became completely clear. The Tomahawk Knights were obviously deceived and exploited by the Toulouse cultists who shouted to catch thieves. Therefore, he took the initiative to request to come with the Free Army as an envoy to see if he could have a chance to persuade and negotiate as some kind of compensation.
However, when he appeared in front of Lu Yins, the deputy leader of the Tomahawk Knights, and more than a dozen great knights, and stated his knowledge and opinions, it was like a stone that stirred up a thousand waves, attracting the attention of these knights. The senior management immediately interrupted him and reprimanded them loudly:
"Friar Teresa!, do you know what you are talking about? Are you beautifying and justifying your enemy?"
"Guardian Delan, have you been frightened by the enemy and betrayed your original sacrifice and pious oath?"
"Delan Immanuel! Are you planning to publicize your failure among our soldiers and spread the mood of desertion?"
"Have your mind been taken over by the devil? Even if our collaborators are not honorable and moral, they cannot change their hostile stance!"
"The bloodline inheritance of the kingdom's knights has been declining for many years; how do you expect us to believe that his men can gather and follow several companies of bloodline knights?"
"Even if the leader of the rebel party may be a descendant of the ancient bloodline, so what? Can we ignore his crime of brutally persecuting the nobles who are the cornerstone of the kingdom, and defying and rejecting the authority of the church?"
"Delan of Valencia, have you forgotten the oath you made to the Lord in front of the altar to safeguard the sacred blood and the cornerstone of the kingdom, and to ensure that the noble and the poor have their proper place? Your performance is so disappointing. ”
"Delan, what a disappointment!" Finally, Deputy Commander Lu Yins, who had been silent for a long time, slowly said: "The purpose of the Knights is not only to crusade and eliminate heretics, but also to bring order to all that has been destroyed. With respect and dignity, everything is back on track. Even if you are the candidate recommended by the Grand Master of the Order of Andorra, you cannot change this fact without authorization. Someone, send Brother Teresa to the confessional for meditation until the next war. Finish."
"This is not a good sign." Then, after Brother Teresa left, who was closely guarded by several sergeants, the last knight, who was covered in armor and had gray hair, but could not conceal his sharp eyes, said: "There Hughes has failed, should we continue?"
"Of course we must continue to actively prepare for war and wait for opportunities to march," another military judge of the Knights with a vicissitudes of life said slowly: "As long as we control the Tarbes Fortress, no matter how the situation changes, the various provinces in the greater Toulouse area (plain) , always open to the Holy Kingdom."
"Just in time, I have some good news for you." Deputy regiment leader Lu Yins also nodded: "According to the messengers arriving in China, the commander of the regiment from the provincial capital Bordeaux has already led his army on the way here. In addition, there are The Knights of Santiago and Calatrava..."
"So, the Grand Commander has made up his mind?" The most senior Bald Knight couldn't help but said in surprise: Hearing this sentence, the Grand Knights present couldn't help but burst into an uproar, and then they all showed joy, approval and encouragement. Or even an expression of relief or peace of mind.
After all, compared to the "Terror Lord" of the Sealand Kingdom, the three major groups and promotion routes of the robe-wearing nobles (civilian officials), sword-wielding nobles (military merit), and ribbon-bearing nobles (religious) have been established; the Holy Kingdom/Holy Thorn Knights The many knights under the jurisdiction of the regiment are also divided into two major categories:
There are secular knights named after enfeoffed territories or founders/patrons; armed orders/military monks/religious knights named after saints/relics. The Knights of the Tomahawk are a secular knighthood belonging to the former, and are also a sub-order of the Knights of Eleanor located in the capital of Aquitaine.
Of course, although the Holy Kingdom is famous for its long history and numerous knights and weapons, most of the time, its main focus is on the Kingdom of Zealand. Because on the Imbilia Peninsula, it also had a very powerful enemy, the Cordoba Dynasty in the south.
As a remnant of the Umayyad dynasty that was destroyed and replaced by the Abbasids who rose up in the eastern Khorasan region. The descendants of Rahman, known as the Eagles of the Gulai Clan, are always vigilant and spying on the serious troubles in the territory of the Holy Kingdom of Christian faith in the north.
Although due to the ignorance and weakness of recent generations of caliphs, the domestic princes/warlords have become more and more powerful, and it has also ruined the territory of the original Rahman III and his successor Hakeim II, which spanned the two continents of the Mediterranean. ZTE's climate; but it still launches jihad frequently.
Therefore, Brittania, one of the three cores of the Holy Kingdom, is responsible for monitoring and blocking the Frankish remnants across the strait who fled to the British Isles to recast the throne; Catalonia, the other core area, is responsible for defense. and Zhengtuo, the war-ready support of the Saracen dynasty in the south.
Only the Aquitaine region/core territory located north of the Pyrenees Mountains is used to correspond to and maintain the strategic advantage of the Kingdom of Zealand, as well as to prevent the possible crusade launched by the Western Empire and use the border to transit. But this time the Holy Kingdom dispatched an intervention army composed of provincial legions.
Therefore, regarding whether to intervene in the civil strife of the Kingdom of Sealand and seize the opportunity to take control of the southwest provinces of the kingdom; as the superior Eleanor Knights, there are also many differences and opinions at the knights' joint meeting; the main reason is that they are worried about being violently attacked. resist, and get stuck in it for a long time.
Therefore, the radical main-warrior knights (company captains) in their headquarters have temporarily reached an agreement and decided to take action on their own; therefore, as a closely-staken group/sub-group, the Tomahawks stationed in the border areas The Knights became the target of testing the waters.
However, compared to the optimistic atmosphere present, the deputy commander looked helplessly at the military judge who was about to speak, and stopped what he was about to say with his eyes; at least, it is not the time yet. .
Of course, there is another important reason why these knights are so enthusiastic. It is derived from an ancient edict dating back to the time when the Holy Kingdom was not yet established and the Knights of the Holy Thorn were founded. They belong to the Knights and have the right to protect the recovered land.
This protective power includes a series of powers over judicial adjudication, financial taxation and military management of the recovered land. It was also an important basis for the rapid development and growth of the early Holy Kingdom and the Knights, and the expansion of large areas of territory during the restoration movement of the Imbilia Peninsula.
Because the nobles and commoners who came from all over the Western Continent and brought their own weapons and mounts to defect to the Holy Kingdom constantly swore allegiance to the Holy Kingdom and formed various knight groups and sub-groups. In order to compete for the protection of the recovered territory, they rushed to launch offensives. The Córdoba dynasty was defeated steadily in this battle.
The knightly army they formed even reached the Guadalquivir River near the capital of the Córdoba dynasty. You can almost see the green spiers of the famous Córdoba Mosque. Then, they were defeated by North African reinforcements due to logistical chaos.
But at that time, the Cordoba dynasty was also in its twilight years. The caliph was young and was regent by his eldest sister, Princess Grifiine. There were rebellious palace guards and ministers with different agendas, and there were ambitious governors outside. Separatist areas, various internal and external troubles, are about to die soon.
At that time, there were even rumors that the young caliph was a cross-dressing enthusiast who rebelled against the teachings. However, the regent Princess Griffin unexpectedly introduced a foreigner of unknown origin, Brando Cadilloso, as the caliph's teacher; and then he became the palace minister in a legitimate manner.
Therefore, some rumors arose again; saying that the palace minister was not only the lover of the eldest princess, but also the forbidden love of the caliph. However, under the planning of the favored palace minister, the young caliph first used a palace feast to purge and remove the unstable Janissary.
Then, he used a new army composed of urban poor and small nobles to successfully defeat the rebellious royal members in the capital; suppressed the doctrinal commotion caused by the religious judges and scribes; and quelled the uprising initiated by the merchants of the Hina Republic city-state. conspiracy; and successfully surrendered the Berber reinforcements.
Therefore, under the leadership of this foreigner named Palace Prime Minister, who is actually the Grand Vizier. The center of the dynasty, which showed a rejuvenating atmosphere, relied on uniting and promoting the Moors (converted local Christians) and the Berber army in North Africa, and also successfully suppressed and pacified the rebellion of other provincial governors.
"My Iceberg Beauty Wife"
In the end, the regrouped army of the Córdoba dynasty, while gradually retreating from large tracts of territory, also separated and defeated the armies of chivalry who were competing to attack each other. Then in the battle in Madrid, they even attacked and captured the food and grass gathering place of Chivalry.
After this battle, the mighty Chivalry army collapsed and turned into isolated armies scattered in the south... Although the losses of the Holy Kingdom were relatively limited, the great cause of Chivalry's conquest suffered a heavy setback; even throughout his life , the Holy Kingdom never got any benefits.
Therefore, for these knights in the Holy Kingdom, who have been suppressed by the royal power for a long time, the civil strife in the Kingdom of Zealand is undoubtedly a God-given opportunity to expand the protective rights of the knights, as well as other accompanying rights and interests. It is absolutely impossible to stop easily for some reason.
But now it was originally a military operation led by the Knights of Eleanor. After the two knights of Santiago and Calatrava, who have equal strength or are slightly better, join in, the next direction of development is It is no longer within the control of these sub-groups.
At the same time, in the confessional room that was used as a temporary prison, Brother Teresa, who was escorted here, looked at another of the same kind with some surprise: "Rodrigao, how could it be you?"
