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After the Battle of Baishan, Zhou Ming, who had fought countless victorious battles in his life, almost capsized in the gutter this time, found that his opponent, in addition to the undead and natural disasters that would come every year after the "Heresy Order" was issued, there were so many troops. Crusade against his own church, as well as the aristocratic class in the Gangdor Kingdom that lacked thorough transformation and still had the old concept of feudal enfeoffment in their minds.

These nobles, no matter how many rewards and favors they had given them before, once they were given fiefdoms, the conservative ideas of landlords and old wealth made them extremely sensitive and conservative about everything in their territories. They would rather spend their whole lives in a closed paradise than move the plants and trees on their territory.

reform!

Radical reforms are necessary!

Therefore, after quelling all the rebellions in the country, Zhou Ming spent three years, almost using methods like a great purge, to centralize power, take back all lords' control over the territory's people, change the lordship system to a county system, and transform the nobles into Parliamentary rule of the country was changed to civilian rule of the country, professional military academy was established, middle and lower-level officers and soldiers were allowed to enroll, the monopoly of military aristocrats on the army was broken, the modern defense force system and official retirement system were established, and education for all was popularized... After a series of reforms, Earth-shaking changes have taken place in the Gangduo Kingdom.

In the process of these changes, 90% of the nobles in the Gangdor Kingdom were cut off or beheaded or exiled. The tragic situation of the upper-class nobles in the surrounding kingdoms, the hairs are standing on end, and the whole body is cold. The hell of the nobles is full of vigilance and fear, while the dozens of dependent countries next to them, although they are still obedient on the surface, privately move closer to the Holy Church Alliance, for fear that such reforms will also occur in their own kingdom.

At this time, in order to eliminate "heretics", the church spent billions of gold coins, mobilized hundreds of kingdoms, launched thirteen large-scale crusades, recruited nearly 20 million troops, and fought thousands of battles. , there was almost no victory (the Battle of Baishan can still be seen in the past, but the battle loss ratio of 1.6 million: 300,000 is really ugly), and with more than half of the casualties and hundreds of kings killed in battle, its call Power and prestige, already in the fiasco after defeat, the consumption has fallen to the bottom, and the accumulated assets of the church for thousands of years have also been wiped out. The heresy crusade issued by the church since then has very few responders.

Therefore, after the Battle of Baishan, at the Holy See meeting, he appealed to hundreds of kings, asking him to give him another 2 million troops, and wiped out the Grand Marshal Franstein of the Gangduo Kingdom in one fell swoop. He was disappointed to find that at the Holy See meeting, those indifferent Among the countless hundreds of kings, none of them expressed the intention of continuing to contribute people, money and goods.

After all, after all the brave men died in battle, in front of the firearms and cannons, after the fanaticism faded in their minds, and the hundreds of kings who found that the gods were no more than that, what they are most interested in and caring about at the moment is after the Battle of Baishan. The question of how to distribute the tens of thousands of breech-loading muskets and hundreds of powerful cannons captured on the battlefield, the power of these precious artifacts is too terrifying, they really want to get a batch back to their respective kingdoms to study , but there are too many monks, and hundreds of kings are vying for it. They have to fight desperately...

…

years later.

The Kingdom of Gangduo, the capital of Augustus City (formerly the capital of the King of Copper Mountain, next to the meteorite lake, Augustus, which means 'pearl').

One covers a vast area, all paved with stone slabs, on the parade ground covering several square kilometers, a huge military formation is lined up here.

On the 100-meter-high reviewing platform, the guests who were invited to participate in the military parade before the expedition all took a deep breath after seeing the military formation below.

But there are hundreds of thousands of ant-like soldiers holding firearms on the vast and vast parade ground; Artillery, monsters with long tails that swing from time to time.

Kodo!

There are tens of thousands of adult kodos that are ten meters long, weigh five tons, and can carry 1-2 tons of weight!

This kind of giant Kodo beast shaped like a rhinoceros, with a horn on its head and a broadsword on its back, Zhou Ming was fascinated when he saw them for the first time during his expedition to the New World, because this giant Kodo , existing in many indigenous kingdoms, just like the cattle and horses in the western continent, extremely common and numerous.

Moreover, unlike the viviparous cows and horses, Kodos are oviparous animals left over from the ancient biological era. During the reproductive period, female Kodos can produce 5-8 Kodos eggs every year, but these eggs hatch They are long, and the hatching rate is not high. One or two hatchings per nest are considered good.

Before opening the trench channel in the Dafeng Pass of the Ural Snow Mountain, although Zhou Ming really wanted to send a few expedition teams to the kingdom of the indigenous people to get a batch of Kodo eggs, but the conditions were not ripe at that time, and the journey was tens of thousands of kilometers away. As well as the cold environment of the snow-capped mountain plateau, the incubation period is as long as 8 months. Kodo eggs that are easy to freeze to death at low temperatures are still dead when shipped.

Therefore, it was not until Zhou Ming, who had opened up trench channels for many years, sent many caravans and successfully established business relations with the indigenous kingdoms, that he had exchanged ceramics, cotton cloth, ironware and other commodities for tens of thousands of Kodo beasts in the past ten years. The egg adopts constant temperature incubator technology, and the success rate of hatching is close to 60%. After the cubs are hatched, they have been carefully raised for more than ten years, and only then do they have tens of thousands of ferocious giant beasts.

On the inspection stand.

"Your Majesty, can you please stop participating in this expedition? You are over seventy years old and you are on an expedition of thousands of miles. What will happen to the kingdom if something happens to your body?"

Alice's son, Allen, tried hard to persuade her. This child had a somewhat weak character, but his filial piety was indeed the most sincere among the dozen sons. Among the sons present, he was the only one who dared to say "in case of an accident." An unlucky word.

"Yes, Your Majesty, you'd better send a capable general over there. General Eric is rich in battles and has fought with you for decades. Just send him to expedition against the church and capture the Temple of Holy Light."

Fanny's son Alexander made a suggestion that won many supporters.

Zhou Ming smiled slightly, stared at the military formation below, stroked his thick white beard on his chin and said: "Yes, I am over 70 years old, and I have spent more than half of my life. If I don't fight, I will be remembered in history." In this war, leaving behind the title of Great Emperor, I am afraid I can only die in bed of old age. Instead of doing this, it is better for me to burn my glory once more in these twilight years!"

These impassioned words made the sons fall into deep thought.

After saying that, Zhou Ming held the scepter, took a step forward, faced the huge military formation under the review stage, raised the scepter, and shouted loudly:

"Loyal and brave soldiers, go on an expedition with your emperor! Let's step over the mountains together, cross the plains together, conquer the miracles together, stand on the top of the high temple together, and look at the sea to the west!"

"Long live His Majesty the King!"

"Long live His Majesty the King!!"

"Long live His Majesty the King!!!"

Looking at His Majesty the King on the reviewing platform and the 100,000 soldiers under the parade ground, they raised their arms and shouted wildly.

…

After taking the oath to fight, Zhou Ming led the 100,000 most elite conquering legion, planned a route according to the [World Map], and headed towards the majestic building with a height of 1,000 feet standing on the extreme west coast - the church's ruling center, the Temple of Holy Light. and go.

During the long journey of tens of thousands of kilometers, they passed through hundreds of countries and conquered hundreds of cities that dared to resist. They adopted the strategy of supporting war with war. In just ten months, Zhou Ming's conquest army reached a distance from the Holy Light Temple. Less than 300 kilometers away.

The church's top officials panicked and desperately sought help from surrounding kingdoms. However, along the way, they had already spread rumors from countless kingdoms about the conquering army's "invincibility and crushing of everything", "possessing countless monsters from hell", "Devil! Impossible". The defeated devil!" Under the rumors that are somewhat exaggerated but close to the truth, how dare the surrounding kingdoms send troops to die.

Helpless, the church's top leaders had no choice but to make a desperate move and sent out the remaining 100,000-strong Templar Order as the bottom line. They hoped that this group would be composed of highly skilled knights, extremely devoted to the Holy Father, and well-equipped. The extremely elite knights, under the blessing of the Holy Father, can defeat the devil army that dared to provoke the church.

However, when the 100,000 knights of the Knights Templar saw the true face of the devil's legion at the end of the horizon amid a tremor on the ground, the legion of 100,000 people made a collective commotion. Some Templar knights with resolute faces At this moment, his firm belief in the Holy Father almost collapsed and wavered, and he had the idea of ​​turning around and running away.

"Kodo, attack!"

After giving an order, ten thousand Kodo beasts moved forward slowly. After approaching the Templar Knights' formation less than one kilometer away, the brass cannon mounted on the back of the Kodo beasts took the lead in firing, "Bang." "Boom, boom", under the bombardment of nearly 20,000 bronze cannons, countless raindrops of cannonballs fell into the Knights Templar. Those Templar knights with thick armor and shining silver were like snow poured with boiling water. Melted a large piece.

"Cavalry charge!"

"Come on!"

Even though there was fear in their hearts that they were ashamed to express, out of their piety to the Holy Father and the honor of the knights, the knights of the Templar Order bravely charged. However, these knights, including men, horses and armor, did not weigh more than one ton. The knight put on the battle armor and mounted the bronze cannon in front of the "double-cannon tank" Kodo with a total weight of nearly eight tons, but was lightly bumped by the sharp corners of the armor covered by the Kodo, as if it were made of paper. Generally, after piercing through several people, there will be no waves.

Coupled with the musketeers and artillerymen on the back of the Kodo beasts, who operated firearms to continuously bombard, the battle was ended in a massacre in just two hours, and the army with thousands of years of war history was wiped out, which had made countless "heretics" tremble with fear. Traces of the Knights Templar's existence.

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A few days later.

In the coach's tent.

"Franstein, my old friend, did you expect us to meet in this way?"

Looking at Flanstan standing in front of him with a rope tied up, Zhou Ming couldn't help but smile. Unexpectedly, he sent a messenger and delivered a letter with two conditions to the church's senior officials. Within a few days, Franstein, who was tied up by several believers, was escorted to him.

"Bah! Despicable villain, if you want to kill me, kill me now! Why are you showing off here? I only hate those short-sighted and incompetent people for not giving me another chance, otherwise -"

Franstein spat, cursed angrily, and gave Zhou Ming a hard look.

Zhou Ming shook his head: "It's useless to give you ten more chances. However, it is amazing to be able to do this. Fuck my Gangduo King... No, it will be the Gangduo Empire soon. Fuck my Gangduo Empire." It's really a pity to kill you like this."

The Franstan in front of him was only in his early fifties and looked depressed. Obviously, after the Battle of White Mountain that almost made him a famous general, he was hidden in the snow and could never be reused again. He lost his mind. A stage to showcase his talents and an opportunity to continue playing against Zhou Ming.

"To your empire?"

Franstan was stunned for a moment, a little surprised that this old rival not only refused to kill him, but also expressed his intention to recruit him.

He also thought that when he just walked into the military camp, after seeing the group of monsters that frightened him to despair, his frozen ambition instantly cooled down. When he heard these words, it seemed that he was beginning to thaw again.

Yes, he longs for victory. Having lost countless battles, he longs for victory even in his dreams. Although it is impossible for him to defeat this majestic monarch, standing in the camp of this monarch, we can fight together. However, the victory that comes seems to be pretty good.

…

Holy Light Temple.

In the splendid cathedral, the coronation ceremony of the emperor began.

The new Pope San Mano III tremblingly put a crown with nine legs in gold, surrounded by emerald agate, and a lotus-shaped arched gold rim with a sparkling gemstone embroidered in the center, and gently put it on Zhou Ming's head. , and then handed the golden scepter to Zhou Ming's hand.

"Kneel down before my crown."

After making a gesture of blessing from the Holy Father, Pope Saint Mano III was about to say, "This is the divine power bestowed upon me by the Holy Father. I will follow the Holy Father's teachings and benefit the world in the name of God..." During these imperial coronation ceremonies When the emperor had to repeat the words, he heard this sentence.

"Kneel down before my crown!"

When he stood in a daze, the thunderous voice shook his whole body. When he looked up, he saw a compelling gaze full of supreme majesty and endless oppression, like a nightmare, deeply imprinted in his mind. Unable to resist, his knees weakened and he knelt on one knee on the ground.

One day later, St. Mano III, who had just taken over as pope, was assassinated by several fanatical believers in the toilet. There was no mercy in the Temple of Holy Light.

And after that bold statement that shocked the world came from the mouth of the king who was called the "Conquering Emperor" by later generations, the era in which imperial power was higher than divine power was officially announced...

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