The struggle between the Empire and the Cult of God has gradually surfaced, and everyone has slowly ripped off the last fig leaf, and many contradictions have begun to be openly put on the table.
Pope Corsica VI has publicly declared that the Empire's decision to stop the religious tax is a challenge to the prestige of the Cult and a disrespect to the gods.
At the same time, the Cult of God's Flame Warriors began to mobilize frequently.
However, the old skeleton did it even more ruthlessly, he issued a decree in the name of the emperor, in the empire, any place where the army is moved, the number of more than 100 people, must be ordered by the imperial command, after the promulgation of such an order, the movement of the Flame Warrior Regiment of the Divine Cult has been greatly restricted, in many places, there have been hundreds of frictions between the Flame Warrior Regiment and the local garrison army, and for a time the empire was full of all kinds of chaotic news.
All undercurrents are surging, Duke Tulip ordered, all Thor's whips canceled all vacations, and they were ready to go The commander of the Northern Legion, Marquis Roddy, ordered that the Northern Legion cancel all vacations and prepare for the trip The commander of the Northwest Army, Count Eliho, ordered the Northwest Army to stand by and prepare for the attack General Camus, the commander of the Southern Army, ordered the Southern Army to send two heavy cavalry regiments north to move closer to Yanjing In the eastern region of the empire, where the Cult of God is the most powerful, nearly 30,000 Flame Warriors have successfully broken through the blockade of the local garrisons of the Empire, gathered together, and occupied two medium-sized cities, and at the same time expelled the imperial officials there in the name of His Majesty the Pope's order, announcing that they would temporarily take over the city in the name of the Cult The empire was in an uproar "Do you know boy, among the believers of any religion, they are made up of three groups of people" The old skeleton smiled triumphantly, and then slowly pulled up his fingers and laughed slowly: "The first type, that is absolutely devout fanatics, these people will unconditionally end their faith in any situation, such a crowd is the toughest enemy for us, but fortunately, such a number will definitely not be more than 10,000 believers, Such fanatics may not be able to have one percent of the second type of people, is the kind of swaying from side to side, that is, although they usually believe in the religion of God, but their hearts are not fanatical, most people hold the attitude of believing in the spirit, and not believing in the spirit, although such people seem to be very pious, but once it comes to their fundamental interests, they will abandon their faith and protect their own interests.
But if they were to give up their net worth and name, these people would retreat, and luckily, the scandal that we had made in Xilin Province about the Divine Cult had greatly reduced the loyalty of this part of the population to the Divine Cult to a large extent, and the second group of people was the largest number of Divine Cult believers, and they were the largest part of the religion, so to speak, such people accounted for more than seventy percent of the Divine Cult believers."
The old skeleton paused, paused, and then continued: "The third group of people is that kind of hypocrite.
Don't be surprised, it's normal for the Cult of God to operate in the empire for hundreds of years, and has formed a climate and scale.
Believing in God and religion has become a habit, and it is popular that many people originally did not believe in religion, but when they saw that the people around them were believing in religion, they also became believers with the mentality of joining in the fun.
Such a group of people also occupy a large part of the Cult of God, but these people are also the least loyal to the Cult, once the empire and the Cult break, they will not hesitate to abandon the religion for their own interests."
Luo Di nodded and said with a smile: "So, although the Divine Sect claims to have tens of millions of believers in the empire, it is not terrible."
"Not bad."
The old skeleton smiled and said, "Tens of millions of believers are just a large number, once the empire and the Divine Cult break up, then the number of people who are willing to faithfully follow the Divine Cult to cause chaos will definitely not exceed hundreds of thousands."
And among these hundreds of thousands, the real Flame Warrior Regiment only accounts for less than half of the number, and the rest are just some ignorant civilians, as long as we use thunder means, it is not difficult to solve it."
Luo Di was silent for a while, and said in a low voice: "But after all, this is hundreds of thousands of people, I don't know how many people will die, how many families" The old skeleton shook his head: "The Divine Cult has become a huge tumor on the body of the empire, if you don't take this opportunity to completely solve it, and wait until its power is further expanded in the future, and its foundation is deep, then it will be even more difficult to get rid of it, and the Roland Continent is the best example."
Seth sat in the corner, he kept looking out the window and seemed to be smiling, and when he heard the words of the two, he turned his head, his eyes looked at the old skeleton: "I think we still need a hands-on fuse, you see" "There already is," Andy took out a military bulletin from his sleeve.
General Zhang Kamu of the Southern Army reported as follows: On the orders of His Majesty the Emperor, the Southern Army began a large-scale search of all the religious houses and churches in the three southern provinces three days ago, and found a large amount of wealth of 1,190,000 gold coins of unknown origin, real estate and fields of unknown origin, and a total of 2,200,000 gold coins, arrested three local bishops of the Divine Church, nine senior clergy, 28 intermediate clergy, and 160 low-level clergy.
During the search, there was a clash between the Southern Legion and the Flame Warrior Regiment, and the Southern Legion suffered 620 dead and wounded soldiers, of which 190 were killed, 300 were seriously wounded, and 130 were lightly wounded.
Killed 1,080 Flame Warrior Regiment, captured 2,600 people, Southern Army Commander General Camus reported to His Majesty, the situation in the south is chaotic, the Divine Cult instigates civilians to riot, and there have been twenty-one friction incidents between the Flame Warrior Regiment and the Imperial Local Garrison "Look, is this fuse enough" The old skeleton smiled and took out another thing: "This is an order I have drawn up, and I am going to send people to the south today" "I hereby order the commander of the Southern Army, General Camus, in view of the serious turmoil in the three southern provinces, to make the territory of the three southern provinces a war zone, implement the wartime regulations, appoint the commander of the Southern Army General Camus as the supreme commander of the theater, and at the same time order the temporary ban on all religious activities of the Divine Religion in the southern three provinces, and the commander of the Southern Army General Camus has the right to cut off and kill" Luo Di finished reading this order lightly, sighed, shook his head and said: "It seems that you are ready to make a move in the south first, but yes, the commander of the Southern Camus Army is experienced and capable, In the south, he was highly prestigious, loyal to the empire, and at the same time not a believer.
Quite a good candidate. ” "This is not enough" Seth suddenly interjected again, and said: "What is the current situation of the religious center in Yanjing, doesn't Corsica VI have any other actions" He seemed to be sneering: "After your order is sent to the south, it will be the outbreak of civil war, and Corsica VI will definitely leave Yanjing immediately and go to the eastern part of the empire controlled by the Divine Cult forces."
Speaking of this, the three of them looked at each other a few times, and then the three of them whispered at the same time: "Kill him first" The old skeleton smiled and said, "The old Pope's séance technique is not a joke, even if it is a domain powerhouse, it may not be his opponent, we have to discuss this matter carefully."
Luo Di showed a bit of hatred in his eyes, and said lightly: "We have the powerhouse of the fat man, and me, Princess Ruolan, a sword saint warrior, a paladin, and Heisha is a great cultivator, and old Mark."
Always get rid of that guy."
Sai Ling nodded and said, "But we can't do it in Yanjing, we can kill it halfway, and then" The old skeleton smiled evilly: "Then plant the blame on the blood clan" Seth looked at the old skeleton's face and smiled, "Of course, this is of course, well, it's best for us to leak the news to the blood clan in advance, so that they can also do their part."
Two despicable and shameless conspirators, one old and one young, began their planning, and Roddy listened boredly, got up and left to find the fat man to practice martial arts.
'In Yanjing, the core of the Imperial Divine Cult, in the inner hall of the Yanjing Religious Institute.
Pope Corsica VI was visibly much older, his eyes seemed to be slightly closed, with only the occasional glimmer of gleam.
In front of him sat several senior Divine Sect elders dressed in white.
"It's already clear that the Empire is going to do something to us this time" The Pope finally spoke, his voice tinged with a hint of anger: "The civil strife among the Roland people in the north seems to have reminded the Imperial Family that they want to take advantage of this opportunity to eradicate the Cult of God." ” "Your Majesty."
An elder spoke: "There is no point in us continuing to stay in Yanjing, now that our Flame Fifty Regiment has occupied two cities and controlled a province in the eastern part of the empire, we can take advantage of the fact that the imperial family has not openly turned against us, go there immediately, and then establish a diocese there to confront the empire."
"Yes," another elder also spoke, "the Cult of God has the deepest roots in the east, we have countless devout believers in the east, and tens of thousands of valiant flame warriors, we should go there at once, and then inform the entire empire of the imperial family's sin of betraying the gods, and then start a great holy war to defend the gods."
Pope Corsica VI finally opened his eyes, his gaze slowly swept over the crowd, and sighed: "Is this what you all mean?"
Everyone was silent, but their eyes did not shy away from looking at the Pope.
"Okay" Corsica VI stood up and waved the staff in his hand vigorously: "Since they want war, we will give them war to pass on my teachings, declaring the royal family of the Empire of Light to blaspheme heretics, and all the cultists of the Empire will wage war against heretics under the leadership of the Cult of God" After a pause, he said in a low voice: "We will leave Yanjing tomorrow, and my sect will be released in three days." ” To be continued: