After the British army captured Constantinople, the continent of Europa fell into unprecedented drivers and panic, whether it was the Frankish kingdom or the Italians and Avars, they all looked at this behemoth from distant Asia with horror, which was really not afraid of Ostrasia led by Hildrik, they have all been Anglographed, and the whole country has become a loyal little brother of the British Empire, in the previous Eastern Roman campaign, Ostrasia also sent troops to participate in it, It was very much a lot of scraps from the British army, and it can be regarded as a fortune.The rest of the Europa forces were in deep fear, especially the contemporary Pope Agatto, a staunch anti-British figure after the British took Constantinople.He personally went to Constantinople and met Li Lu here, but unfortunately, he did not get the results he wanted.Enraged, Agato immediately staged a coup d'état after returning to Rome, placing Gregory under house arrest, the nail that Lelu had planted in Italy, and then he went to Paris, where he successfully lobbied the Neustrian king Clotaire, who was greatly hostile to Lelu's British, and with his support, Agator excommunicated the pro-British faction led by Gregory in Rome, and at his command, twelve priests stood around Agator with lit candles in their hands, and when Agator shouted the excommunication, the priests threw the candles to the ground, and stomped it out with his feet.The notice of the sentence was then sent to the parishes, revealing the names of the excommunicated persons headed by Gregory and the reasons for the sentence, and by the east wind of disciplining Gregory, Agatto convened a synod of the Church of the Church of Christianity in Clément, and at his instigation, thousands of knights and priests, including fourteen archbishops, two hundred bishops, more than four hundred abbots, and countless civilians, arrived here, so that the city could not settle down, and had to set up many camps in the area around Clément.At the meeting, Agatto delivered a famous and incendiary speech in history, "In the Name of the Father", calling on the monarchs and princes of Western Europe to stop their "private wars" and go to the East to fight against the infidels and regain the holy land occupied by the British.
What a shame it would be for a race that was a slave to the devil to be conquered!
”Agatto called on the participants to "ascend the journey to the Holy Sepulchre" and made a vow: "Whoever sets out will be forgiven of their sins in that moment if they lose their lives on the journey, on land and at sea, or in the war against the infidels." ”In order to drive the peasants and the urban poor into the war against the British Empire, Agator deceived that the land of the East was "full of milk and honey" and that Samaria was another "paradise full of joy and pleasure" and that "all there is sorrow and poverty on this side, but joy and abundance on the other."
At the same time, he declared that those who participated in the anti-British struggle would go to heaven directly after death, and would not have to be tempered in purgatory; Farmers and the urban poor who are unable to pay their debts are exempt from paying interest on their debts, and those who have been on the levy for more than one year are exempt from paying taxes.Agato's speech was met with applause, and the attendees shouted: "This is God's will!"
This is God's will!
”Then, the messenger of Raymond, Count of Clement of the Kingdom of Neustria, immediately appeared and loudly announced that the Count, who was nearly sixty years old, had sworn to obey Agatto's orders.This pre-arranged dramatic scene had a great agitation effect, and countless foolish people followed suit, and they all obeyed Agato's will, took up swords and even hoes, and prepared to go to the front to fight the British army to the death.At the instigation of Agatto, many peasants who wanted to get rid of abject poverty and aspire to become rich hurriedly became "crusades of the poor".When they set out, it was the season of spring famine in various places, and the "crusade of the poor" composed of peasants marched eastward along the Rhine and Danube rivers one after another, kicking off the prelude to Agatto's crusade.These peasants carried flags made of sheets with bamboo poles or wooden poles, with a big red "ten" sewn on them, and some rode horses, some on donkeys, some on oxen, and many more on foot.Led by young and middle-aged men, followed by wives and children, carrying large bags and even pots and pans.Their weapons consisted mainly of sticks, long sickles, forks, nail rakes, etc., and a few had homemade spears and machetes, while others carried only ten or eight pebbles in their pockets with their bare hands.Within a day or two of the first departure, everyone talked and laughed, thinking that this time they would go to the East to drink milk and goat's milk with an open stomach, and they could do their best to carry gold, silver and treasures.After three or four days, the elderly, children and quite a few.
It was difficult for the women to keep up, and the lines were long.After more than ten days of travel, even the young and middle-aged people were exhausted, and the people became anxious, asking people along the way, "How far is Samaria?"
and when they saw a city, they asked "Is it Samaria?"
to make the onlookers laugh and say: "It's early, it's early, and it hasn't entered the territory of the Eastern Roman Empire!"
”These rabble, without provisions, survived by robbing, stealing, and begging along the way, and some died of disease, hunger, and exhaustion on the way, and the more people went, the more depressed they became.In addition, they infringed on the interests of civilians along the way, and whenever they camped at night, local people attacked them, causing them to be uneasy.In the end, this "crusade of the poor" finally reached the Balkans, not far from Samaria.So, they reorganized their ranks, hoisted the banner of the Red Cross, and from time to time blew trumpets and drums, giving them the appearance of an army.Agatto's agitation, of course, did not escape Li Lu's eyes, after he read the report, he was a little surprised, could it be that this Agatto is also a traverser?
Otherwise, how could he get the crusaders out three hundred years in advance?"
Agato is forcing me to him......"
Li Lu looked at the news about Agato's Eastern Crusade and was furious, "Spread my order, since Agato wants to fight, then let's have a good time......
In addition, the Jinyi guards had to find a way to get Gregory out......
"One day, just as they were crossing a vast grassland, the well-equipped iron cavalry of the British suddenly appeared, surrounded them from the front and the back, and surrounded them from the front and the right, first with a long shot of guns, knocking down many of the peasants and cattle of the "poor man's crusaders", and then the British rushed up with their swords, and the "poor man's crusaders" shouted in unison, each with their weapons, and killed some of the enemy.Some peasants shouted, "These are the devils!"
It's a heretic!
”Then the peasants suddenly became energetic, and even the peasants, who had been stabbed by the enemy, jumped up and fought against the British cavalry.Although some enemies were killed and wounded, God could not bless these "poor people's crusaders", who were slaughtered and bloodied.By nightfall, most of this "crusade of the poor" had been annihilated.The remnants of the defeated army fled westward, and a very small number of people escaped back to Western Europe.What they brought back was not gold and silver, but sad and painful memories.