Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 1020 Shinra
As the Pope of Rome, Innocent II should have been the most powerful figure in Europe, and his words and deeds would have a huge and inestimable influence on the monotheistic world, but the fact is that his influence has always been in the hands of the gods. Under the cover of Luo and Dharma King, the whole second half of his life has gone through countless ups and downs, and his life is miserable.Very unhappy, very unhappy!

However, even if he is very, very 'unhappy', Innocent II is essentially a big man in the whole territory of Yishen.After all, he is the Pope of Rome. Even though he was chased away by former enemies for many years, he finally had the last laugh.The nobles in Italy no longer support him, as long as he is still sitting on that chair, he himself means strength!

Innocent II, who returned to Rome, was silent for a long time. On the one hand, he wanted to ease the relationship with the local nobles in Italy, but on the other hand, he also wanted to consolidate his foundation in the Holy See.

One of the reasons why he was chased around by Anacletus II at the beginning was that there were too few forces supporting him within the Holy See.

On the night of the death of the former Pope Honorius II, only a few cardinals elected him as successor, but shortly thereafter, the majority elected another Cardinal Pierre Leoni. Pope Anacletus II.

Inside the Holy See, Innocent was not an opponent at all. He saluted and ascended the throne hastily, and was immediately forced by Anacletus to flee to France.The fault was not that St. Bernard, the dean of Clairvaux Abbey, made the French Church and King Henry I of England support Innocent, and Norbert, Archbishop of Magdeburg in Saxony, also made the German Church and Holy Roman Emperor Lothair II Win over Innocent.The name of the enemy pope will not be crowned on the head of Anacletus II, but he will be Innocent II.

Innocent II, who knows how weak his foundation is, and Innocent II, who is still not young, does not have the determination of his predecessors to stir up wind and rain in the world of one god.He just wants to live a peaceful life for a few years, and then he should report to the boss.

But who would have thought that the sudden rise of the Chinese would make his old age miserable.

If the war between the Byzantines and the Rus and Lu Qi could keep Rome calm, then Antioch, Jerusalem and other Crusader knight states were also involved, which caused commotion throughout Europe.

The county of Edessa, which bears the brunt, has already been pushed to the city of Edessa by Lu Qi's army.

This ancient city has a history of 400 years. It was Alexander's general Seleucus I who established the capital of the Hellenistic Seleucid Dynasty in the Mesopotamia.A holy city for the Greeks and monotheists, it was the frontier of Greek and Roman rule in the Middle East.

Then there is Jerusalem, the importance of this city is needless to say.

Even if Innocent II had no ambitions, he couldn't sit still at this time.Not to mention the demise of the Ross people, Lu Qi's army directly posed a major threat to the One God World from the north.If it weren't for the internal strife in Shenluo, the Italian nobles would not go on the road, the king of France would have more than enough energy, and even the king of England would be in a stage of "stability maintenance" where his rule was unstable. He had already issued an edict calling on all countries to form The army, defending his boss's ranch.

But no matter how "complicated" the monotheistic world is at this time, when the news of the threat to the two cities of Jerusalem and Edessa came, and when letters for help came from the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea, the Crusaders It didn't work out either.

There is no need for Innocent II to run around and shout again. The power erupted by the Kingdom of Sicily and the Kingdom of France, together with the Anjou Family and the Kingdom of England, easily gathered a force of tens of thousands of people. The most powerful navy in Italy is an army of land and water with more than 2 people.Then they just need Innocent to give a name!
Not to mention that along with these letters of appeal for help, there are also some news that the world of one god is very concerned about, such as medicine powder and firearms!

Sancar made wedding clothes for people, and the Byzantines got the most detailed and accurate first-hand information about muskets and cannons, and now John II is going to use it as an exchange for the assistance of the monotheistic world.

And the English, French, Italians, and even the Shenluo, Poland, and Hungarians in the north, who doesn't have a hundred fears of the Chinese guns?
Now that the opportunity is in front of them, who can refuse?

No one would refuse, including the enemy of Conrad III [Shinra] - Henry the "arrogant" Duke of Bavaria and Saxony.Because this arrogant Duke is dying.

Conrad III was watching Henry's life and death, ready to use the opportunity of the latter's death to deal a heavy blow to the Welf family.In history, Conrad III deprived the Welf family of the duke title and the duchy, although the Saxon territory was legally inherited by Henry from the previous duke, Emperor Lothair II, through marriage.Henry's wife, Gertrude (daughter of Lothair II), supported the family business on her own, and managed the family domain of the Welf family as regent.However, internal pressure forced Conrad III to quickly return the Duchy of Saxony to the Welf family.The Welfs and Hohenstaufens lived together peacefully until "Prideful" Henry's son Henry the Lion came of age.

But now, the Lu Qi Army swept in like an unstoppable world-destroying flood, causing everything to change.

Conrad III took the initiative to hand over the olive branch to the Welf family. The arrogant Henry was also happy to take this opportunity to fight for a better situation for his wife and children. Who made him useless?

The lion Henry, who was still a young man at the moment, raised his head, the cloud on his face dissipated slightly, and asked his uncle Welf VI, Marquis of Tuscany, "Dear uncle, the Welf family really needs time to spend peacefully now. The next few years, but we just need to keep quiet, can we really get the exact information from the Pope?"

Although the Welf family has spent all their energy in confronting Conrad III in the past, it does not mean that they are really ignorant of what happened outside.The relationship between the Welf family and Innocent II is quite tense, but through businessmen, they have a certain connection with the Italian region, and they are very clear about the war in the East and the severity of the Chinese.

Welf VI shook his head slightly at little Henry, and said: "No one can guarantee. Innocent must be more inclined to our enemies. I personally think that we should not stay out of the matter. The more this time, the more our family should To show our attitude to outsiders frankly. We stand with the Holy See and Conrad III.

Sending an army directly to help Constantinople, even if there is a ghost in the Holy See, John II will make a wise choice. "The more they have to show their attitude at this time, they have to keep in touch with the Byzantines and learn from them.

Firearms casting is not simply a matter of getting the blueprints.In the world of one god, the one who knows the most about firearms can only be Byzantium!

(End of this chapter)