Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

Chapter 260 God's Whip, Here Comes Again 【Full Order】

But the power of the Holy See is too great. Anyone who dares to oppose too fiercely will be punished by the Pope for expelling Catholicism and become a public enemy shouted and beaten by everyone in the Christian world.

All the tyrannical emperors of the Holy Roman Empire were excommunicated by the Pope and ended up betraying their relatives. Finally, they came to the Pope in person, pleaded guilty and knelt on the ground and called Dad (really Dad, European monarchs call the Pope Father), Only then did he restore his precarious monarchy.

Therefore, the kings and lords everywhere were unable to check and balance the Holy See. In the end, they could only pinch their noses and admit that they were useless, allowing the Catholic Church to issue indulgences in their territories to collect money.

The money obtained through indulgences naturally all fell into the hands of the Holy See.

This time, the issuance of indulgences planned by Pope Innocent VI is unprecedented.

In order to ensure that the military expenses for maintaining a [-]-strong army for the war can be collected in a short period of time, Pope Innocent VI personally signed and sold this batch of indulgences.

In other words, the indulgence coupons issued this time are all the highest-level "Pope Merit Vouchers".

Catholic churches all over the world claim that these indulgences are of great benefit, and criminals can redeem all their sins after buying them.

After ordinary people buy it, they can accumulate merit on themselves, and any crimes committed in the future can be offset in advance. If they buy enough merit coupons, they will go straight to heaven when they die!
Although the Black Death that raged not long ago has clearly shown that the Catholic Church is not as holy and effective as they preach.

But these medieval Europeans are still very superstitious and religious.

Whether it is the poor or the rich, after seeing the Holy See promoting the issuance of indulgences, they all enthusiastically bought them.

Even if they only have one copper plate, they will buy an indulgence note of the smallest denomination, so as to accumulate more merits for themselves to enter heaven after death.

By selling indulgences, the Holy See quickly collected a very considerable amount of money.

The crusaders organized by Pope Innocent VI also immediately took action.

This time the Crusades were divided into two groups. One was composed of the Holy Roman Empire of Germany, the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Kingdom of Hungary. They marched along the land route, passing through the territory of the Kingdom of Serbia from north to south, and entering the Balkans of the Eastern Roman Empire. .

The other road is composed of the Kingdom of France, the Republic of Venice, the Republic of Pisa, the Principality of Savoy, and the Republic of Genoa. They advance by sea, first meet in Rome, and then go to the Eastern Roman Empire.

Eastern Roman Emperor John V returned with the fleet of the Principality of Savoy to defend his throne.

This crusade against the Mongols kicked off in a mighty way.

The news reached the Eastern Roman Empire, causing great panic.

Although in this Crusade, Pope Innocent VI declared that the enemy was the Mongols, all the fighting areas were within the territory of the Eastern Roman Empire.

The citizens of the Eastern Roman Empire have not forgotten how these barbarians from Western Europe burned, killed and looted their land during the Crusades more than 100 years ago!
Back then, even the capital Constantinople fell under the attacks of the Crusaders, and the properties of hundreds of thousands of residents in the city were robbed, leaving an indelible and tragic memory for the Roman citizens.

Therefore, when the news of the new Crusade came this time, countless residents of Eastern Rome began to try their best to escape from their homes.

They wanted to flee from the prosperous and prosperous towns, because the more prosperous and prosperous the towns, the more often they were the first targets of these brutal and greedy crusaders to attack and rob.

Facing the chaotic situation in the country, Alexios, the Patriarch of the Orthodox Church, was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.

He never imagined that Innocent VI of the Holy See would be so bachelor, launching another Crusade at the slightest disagreement.

At present, the army of the Eastern Roman Empire is not less than 3 people, and the Roman army is extremely lacking in training and unified command.

After hearing the news that the Crusaders were about to attack again, the governors of various military regions all expressed their support for John V to avoid becoming the target of the Crusaders' attack.

Only the Constantinople region, where Patriarch Alexios personally sits, still insists on his position.

Obviously, the final destination of the Crusaders this time is the city of thousands of years - Constantinople!
Patriarch Alexios was so anxious that he immediately sent envoys to the Crimean Peninsula to see John Timur, asking him to come to Constantinople to preside over the overall situation, and to fulfill the wishes of the Roman citizens and become the leader of the Eastern Roman Empire. Emperor, maintain the sacred and inviolable orthodoxy of the Orthodox Church!
This is a major event concerning the life and death of the Orthodox Church!
Patriarch Alexios was ready to die.

If the Crusaders reach Constantinople before the Mongols, then everything is over!

At that time, Patriarch Alexios can only face the preparation of being humiliated to death by the Roman Catholic Church!

Crimean peninsula, Kaffa city.

Tens of thousands of Mongolian troops surrounded the outside of Kafa City.

Wang Baobao personally led the Mongolian Yuan army to the outside of Kafa City, preparing for this battle!
In this war, the main force is still the [-] Mongolian Guards.

There was also an army of [-] servants of Slavs, Kipchaks and Caucasians.

After a month of marching, the Mongolian and Yuan army led by Wang Baobao went from the Volga River to the Crimean Peninsula at an astonishing speed!
Pedro, the commander of the Genoese army in Kaffa City, never thought that the Mongols could come to the city in such a short period of time.

However, fortunately, Kafa City has strong walls and elite mercenaries. The commander of Kafa City, Pedro, is not very worried about the safety of the city.

In particular, when he saw these Mongols coming outside Kaffa City, they did not build siege equipment, but placed all their troops outside Kaffa City.

From the looks of it, the Mongols seemed to be preparing to use their flesh and blood to attack the solid walls of Kaffa City.

Pedro sneered at these barbaric Mongols and Slavs.

In his opinion, in order to attack Kafa City, in addition to a large number of troops, a giant catapult is also necessary.

Otherwise, I am afraid that even the first wall of Kafa City will not be able to break through.

Kaffa City has two front and rear walls. The first wall is built with stone and volcanic ash. Although the height is not very high, it can completely prevent the enemy from approaching the core area of ​​Kaffa City. Even if the attacker captures the first city wall, Then they will also face condescending shooting from the defenders on the second city wall.

The second city wall is twice the height of the first city wall, and it is completely possible to shoot and kill the attacking soldiers at will by virtue of its height advantage.

With the sound of horns, the Mongols began to capture all the small forts and strongholds outside the city.

These small fortresses and strongholds are insignificant to the Genoese in Kaffa City. They are just some checkpoints set up by the Genoese outside the city. The Genoese soldiers inside have already voluntarily given up their defense and returned to the city.

Although Pedro, the commander of the garrison of Kaffa City, looked down on these barbaric Mongols and Slavs, he still followed the principle of caution and did not slacken the slightest bit of defense work.

He personally walked back and forth on the city wall in armor, supervising the defenders of each section of the city wall, and getting his soldiers ready for battle.

For Europe in this era, the most common means of attacking strong cities and fortresses is to use trebuchets to smash the walls first, and then use elite soldiers to swarm up from the gap, and fight to exhaust the defenders through fierce hand-to-hand combat. The goal of occupying the city.

Therefore, in order to defend the city, the Genoese defenders prepared a large amount of grease and boiling water on the city of Caffa.

Any approaching enemy will be attacked by hot oil and boiling water from above.

However, the behavior of the enemies outside the city is very strange!
Pedro stood on the wall of Kaffa and saw that the Mongols outside did not cut down wood to build trebuchets, but instead rolled out three huge carriages.

These carriages were huge, each drawn by forty powerful draft horses.

Because the distance was too far, Pedro couldn't see clearly what was being transported in these carriages.

He could only guess what was inside from the shape of the cloth covering the carriage.

"Such a heavy guy, is it a cannon?"

Pedro has a lot of experience in the battlefield. After making a comparison with the general outline and shape, he has his own judgment.

However, just after this idea came up, Pedro shook his head and denied it.

Because he thought the idea was too ridiculous.

How could there be such a big cannon?
For Europe in this era, casting artillery is still a very advanced high-tech, because their casting technology has always been unqualified. Once the volume of artillery casting is too large, many problems will arise.

For example, the distortion of the shape of the artillery, the internal trachoma cracks and so on.

No matter which problem it is, once it occurs during casting, it will be declared that the cannon casting has failed, and the huge consumption before will be lost in vain.

Therefore, on the European battlefield in this era, artillery is often dominated by small artillery, most of which are used to kill infantry and cavalry.

As for the large artillery that destroys the city wall, no European country has ever built it.

Or they have this idea, but they don't have the strength yet!

However, for Meng Yuan and Wang Baobao, using artillery to attack a city was a very important war experience they learned from the Ming army.

The cannons in the hands of the Ming army are all called magic weapons.

Under the bombardment of the Ming army's large-caliber artillery, no matter how strong the city wall was, there was no way to hold on.

Therefore, the siege artillery that Wang Baobao forged this time did his best to demand great power!

As the sun came to the highest point in the sky, under the glare of the sun, the Mongols finally pulled the three large artillery pieces into place.

Hundreds of strong gunners cooperated with each other to deploy the artillery on the carriage.

When these brand-new cannons shining with metallic light suddenly appeared in front of the defenders of Kafacheng, it caused great commotion among the defenders of the city.

They never thought that the Mongols would display three such terrifying super-large cannons! !

Pedro was also surprised!
As a native of Genoa, Pedro has traveled all over Europe, so he is well-informed.

He had fought against Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula. Pedro knew that Muslims had the ability to cast large artillery, and he had personally experienced the power of Muslim artillery bombardment.

However, compared with the giant artillery of the Mongols in front of them, the artillery equipped by the Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula are just some fire sticks.

"My God! How is this possible!"

"This is a weapon only the devil can have!"

Pedro was extremely shocked.

However, in order to appease the mood of the defenders, Pedro still pretended to be calm.

He smiled and explained to the surrounding Genoese soldiers, "These Mongols don't know how to make artillery at all. The bigger the better, such a large artillery needs to be filled with a lot of gunpowder to be able to exert its power! However, too much gunpowder , there will inevitably be a terrible bombing accident!"

The art of casting artillery in European countries has not yet ushered in the era of great development.

The bigger the cannon they cast, the higher the probability of a blast.

Therefore, it is almost a consensus of European soldiers such as Pedro that large artillery is easy to fry sugar.

But not long after Pedro finished speaking, he was slapped in the face!

Wang Baobao looked at the three giant cannons that were pushed to the front of the battlefield, and his eyes showed fascinated appreciation, as if he was looking at a peerless beauty.

Wang Baobao had high hopes for these three giant cannons!
He gave an order and ordered the Mongolian Yuan artillery to start attacking the Kaffa city wall.

Following a series of preparations, the three giant cannons roared in turn!
boom!boom!boom!
Three cannons were aimed at the same position on the Kaffa city wall.

As the three shells all hit the city wall of Kafa, there was a loud noise immediately afterwards.

The city walls made of solid granite and volcanic ash turned into ruins in an instant!
On that section of the city wall, there were a few poor unlucky ones who had no time to escape, and disappeared along with the collapsed city wall!

"Oh, God!"

"The Devil's Cannon!"

"Messenger of Hell! What is this?"

The power of these artillery pieces was so great that the walls built by the Genoese could not resist them at all.

In less than two hours, the first wall of Kafa City was bombarded by Mongolian artillery.

"Oh, God!"

"We have lost the first wall!"

"Commander, what should we do?!"

The defenders of Kafa City are already in chaos.

Most of them are not Genoese, they are just mercenaries who work for money, and they must panic when faced with a certain death situation.

After all, there is no property or family in Kafa City to guard.

"Abandoning the first city wall completely, I don't believe that the Mongols can bombard the second city wall!"

Commander Pedro immediately gave the order.

The defenders of Kafa City had no chance to defend the first city wall, so they could only rely on the second city wall.

The second city wall should be taller and stronger, and should be able to last longer.

Moreover, Pedro felt that if he voluntarily abandoned the first city wall, he would definitely be able to lure the Mongols to capture the city wall, and then he could kill and injure a large number of their soldiers.

(End of this chapter)