Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

The hot air balloon, piloted by several pilots, flew to a height of seventy or eighty meters, allowing the Pope to enjoy a great time. After flying for more than ten minutes, when the Pope in the sky had finished his crazy run, the hot air balloon slowly descended.

"Your Holiness! Are you okay? It's time to come down." Zhang Dingguan walked forward and spoke.

My father once said that hot air balloons are dangerous. Only by tying a safety rope and flying at a very low altitude can safety be ensured. In clear weather, flying a few dozen meters is the safest.

With the help of several soldiers, Pope Innocent IV walked down from the hot air balloon. His body was shaking a little, his legs and feet were trembling constantly, but his face was extremely excited, even flushed.

"I felt the Lord's call. For the first time in my life, I felt that I was so close to him." Pope Innocent IV said with an extremely intoxicated expression.

The experience of flying into the sky is unprecedented. It seems that the whole earth is under my control, as if I am the king of the world, as if I am like a god, looking down on all living beings.

This gave Pope Innocent IV a sense of unreality, an incredibly wonderful feeling.

"Hahaha! When my father invented it for the first time, we brothers were also shocked!
When we sat on it for the first time, we had an unprecedented feeling, including several knight masters, archbishops, and bishops.

If you want, I can also let the soldiers take you up for a flight." Zhang Dingguan turned his head and looked at the other clergy in the church and said.

Hearing this, a bunch of clergymen immediately became excited. Come on, who wouldn't want to ride on something that can fly? Who wouldn't want to fly into the sky?
"Thank you, son of the great King John, we will fly into the sky and listen to the Lord's teachings." Several archbishops immediately bowed and nodded.

Zhang Dingguan waved his hand, and soon more soldiers came and asked the dozen or so clergymen present to get on the hot air balloon one by one and fly a circle in the sky, with each person flying for about ten minutes.

This made the archbishops, grand masters of the knightly orders, and senior clergy feel something they had never felt before.

Does the East really have a flying device? The soldiers on the Nordic battlefield did not lie, and this flying device can be mass-produced.

By the afternoon of that day, all the church clergy had finished their hot air balloon ride and returned to the church to rest with excitement on their faces.

Their goal has been achieved. The flying artifact has caused a huge psychological shock to these Western clergy.

That night, in the Pope's palace.

"Your Holiness! Just think about it, if a dozen of these strange things flew into the sky, it would be a huge psychological blow to ordinary soldiers!

No wonder, no wonder, the Golden Horde lost so thoroughly, no wonder the Northern Russia region was wiped out after only resisting for such a short time." An archbishop said with a sigh.

He really didn't understand why there were such weapons in the East, as a devout believer in God.

The Papal States should have received this kind of divine weapon. Why would the great God favor another person?
And he was an Oriental! Although the legend of King John was woven and cast by the Roman Catholic Church, it was actually a beautiful lie.

At that time, the Crusaders suffered a series of defeats, and the West was in urgent need of a spiritual leader or ally, so the great King John of the East was born. But unexpectedly, a hundred years later, King John really came.

“I really felt the call of the Lord. The moment I flew into the sky, I knew how our God, the great God, looked upon us, the lost lambs!

You tell me, as a devout believer and the heir of King John, if I ask the son of King John to hand over one of these flying artifacts to the Papal States, will he agree?" Pope Innocent seemed to turn his head and asked.

Upon hearing this, all the clergymen present fell silent. Are you kidding me, great Pope, are you also planning to take possession of the sacred artifact?
How could you make the same mistake as the last pope? The last pope embezzled King John's sacred artifacts, which made King John furious and launched a westward expedition.

“Pope, Your Majesty, the Lord has taught us, God has taught us, that it is not right to steal from others.

What is ours is ours, and what is not ours should not be taken away by us." An archbishop said very tactfully.

Of course, under normal circumstances, the Pope would tell all the Crusaders that the places you occupied were given to you by God, and everything there belonged to you.

However, this is aimed at the opponent who is weaker than yourself, but if the opponent is stronger than you, then you have to change your statement.

“If the great King John’s eldest son is willing to contribute one of these artifacts to us as a free donation, then we can accept his gift.

And you, the Pope, will personally hold a mass for the prince, but if the other party has no intention of donating such items for free, then I think it is best for us not to say anything unnecessary." Another master of the Knights Templar spoke up.

The other clergymen also nodded silently. There was nothing they could do. The situation was stronger than them, and they were now in enemy territory.

Maybe they were allies now, but according to last night's plan, they would become enemies sooner or later.

"I really want to fight for it. I want the residents of Rome to see this magical object that can fly into the sky, people from the entire Italian peninsula to see it, and people from the Holy Roman Empire to see it." Pope Innocent IV said.

There was no way. Although Frederick II, the Holy Roman Emperor, had died, his successors, the King of Sicily, and the kings and grand dukes of Germany and Bohemia, were no longer as devout to the Lord as the previous members of the royal family.

Now the position of their Roman Church is very delicate and is no longer as influential as before.

If he could bring back a flying artifact at this time, he could regain the prestige of the Pope, gain the support of the grassroots people, and thus get out of the current predicament. (This period was still 40 to 50 years before the King of France moved the Roman Church away. The status of the Pope had begun to decline during this period, especially after the protagonist's westward expedition. The Pope of this period was even worse than the original historical one.)
If he could achieve greater victories in the Crusades and on the battlefields of the East, he would be able to re-establish the authority of the Roman Catholic Church.

“Your Holiness! We are here for peace talks. The Eastern leader did show us this kind of weapon, but this level of weapon.

Ask yourself, if it were you, would you give it to other forces for use, let alone donate it?

And I observed carefully that these weapons that can fly need professional personnel to operate, which we don't have.

Moreover, we currently have no way to replicate the advanced firearms mentioned above, although we have replicated low-quality black gunpowder.

But the lethality of that thing is obviously not as good as the Mongolian firearms. It should be that the proportions are not correct, or even the workmanship is problematic. "The Grand Master of the Knights Templar, Andre, said.

The new Pope's brain is much better than the previous one, but not much better, and sometimes he thinks about unrealistic things.

More than a decade ago, when the Mongols launched their first westward expedition, Europeans experienced the charm of gunpowder. Since then, some European monarchs and generals have become very obsessed with this firearm.

Some of these European alchemists, some other researchers, and even church priests.

They all began to study this black gunpowder and finally mastered its formula. Because its formula is very simple, with only three things, the way to crack it is easy, but it is difficult to mix it into a powerful one. They did mix a kind of black gunpowder.

But the power of the explosion is impressive, and it can only be used as a firework. If we want to truly engage in actual combat like the Mongols, we still have a long way to go.

Even if we get this flying artifact at this time, it will be of no use, and the Mongols will definitely not give it to us.

Hearing this, Pope Innocent IV nodded helplessly, but this made him more convinced of one thing.

"Let's get ready and leave Hungary and return to the Papal States tomorrow or the day after tomorrow!
This operation has been successfully completed. After returning, we will immediately gather a crusaders of 5,000 people.

Then cooperate with those mercenaries to send the old Hungarian nobles to the battlefield of the Crusader States in the East as agreed." Pope Innocent IV said.

The reason why I can ride on the flying artifact today is that I agreed to some conditions of the other party, the most important one of which is.

Within two months, a crusaders of 5,000 people will be assembled, and Hungary will send 3,000 elite troops to hire an army. Then, some old nobles will be escorted on ships of the Eastern Roman Empire to the Crusader States, and they will try to send all of them to the designated battlefield within half a year.

This matter was not difficult for the Papal States, so Pope Innocent IV agreed to it.

Upon hearing this, Master Templar Andre nodded with great satisfaction. It seemed that the Pope had finally given up that unrealistic idea. They could not be enemies with the Mongols during this period!

“I think an army of 100,000 is not enough to negotiate with the Mongols and seize the holy city that belongs to us.

So I will gather the forces of the whole of Europe in the next three years to form a crusade of at least 200,000 people." Pope Innocent IV said.

One hundred thousand people are not qualified to negotiate with the Mongolian army, but two hundred thousand people must be qualified, right?

What's more, there are some local Crusader forces in that land, with tens of thousands of people. By then, they should be able to gather an army of 250,000.

We will not be enemies with the Mongols, but I will take away the spoils that belong to me. Among them, I must get the holy city of Jerusalem and control the Egyptian region.

Other areas, the lands of the Ayyubid dynasty, the lands of the Abbasid dynasty, and even the Assassins themselves can be given up.

"In addition, when we help the Mongolian army fight, we can also ask them for some finished firearms, or even ask for the production methods of these firearms. The closer we observe, the more helpful it will be for us to crack this powerful weapon." A Templar master said.

In terms of cavalry, they did have a gap, but it was not to the point where they were completely unable to fight. What really made them despair was the powerful firearms.

Since the two sides will become allies at that time, the Western countries and some Western scientists will have the opportunity to study these firearms.

Master the true formula of that crystallized black powder and the specific production method.

Master Templar Andre wanted to say something else, but his colleague pressed his shoulders and shook his head at him.

His Holiness the Pope has already made up his mind. It is meaningless to persuade him at this time.

Moreover, the Pope has just made it very clear that he does not intend to fight against the Mongolian army, but to negotiate and gain benefits from the negotiations!
We will also join this battle and provide assistance to the Mongolian army's westward expedition. Shouldn't we have a share of the spoils?

At this time, the clergy of the church had no idea that above their heads, there were several members of the assassination team, holding Zhang Yong's dash cam and recording all their conversations.

After staying in the Hungarian royal city for a few more days, Pope Innocent IV and other church clergy said goodbye and left.

A few days later, all the monarchs and nobles in Europe received a message.

The leader of European theocracy, Pope Innocent IV, went to the royal city of Hungary and reached an agreement with Zhang Dingguan, the son of King John Zhang Yong, the commander-in-chief of the Mongol army that marched westward.

The West will not be invaded. The goal of the Mongol army this time is not to attack European countries. They are just here to quell the rebellion.

Therefore, they would only operate within the territories conquered by Mongolia during the first Western Expedition. They would not leave Hungary or cross the northern Russian region to attack countries further west.

When this news came out, all the European territories that were originally worried breathed a sigh of relief, and civilians throughout Europe were overjoyed and ran to the church to pray.

The war they fear, the Mongolian cavalry they fear, the scourge of God will not come.

The terror of the Mongol army has been deeply engraved in their bones, and the destruction caused to Europe by the last Mongol invasion of the West is still vivid in their minds.

At the same time, an even more important piece of news came out, that is, after the efforts of Pope Innocent IV, the two sides will form an alliance.

Together they would attack the pagans in the East. The Daqian Empire's Western Expedition Army would set out from the East, while the European Crusaders would set out from the West.

Even the advance team will set off in a few months, composed of the Kingdom of Hungary, a large number of nobles, and elite royal troops. At the same time, the commander of the Mongol westward expedition army will also pay to recruit a mercenary army from Northern Europe.

The Pope then took the lead in recruiting a group of people from the Papal States, the Italian Peninsula, and Germany to form an army of approximately 25,000 people.

They set out 3 to 4 months later and headed for the Crusader states to support the Christians who were still fighting the pagans.

Led by the Pope himself, many fanatical believers in the society immediately signed up to join the Crusades.

In the following months, the situation in Hungary was completely pacified in the early spring of that year.

A total of more than 27,000 troops were gathered, plus some of their relatives, a total of 60,000 people, and handed over to the admiral of the Eastern Roman Empire.

Then he boarded the ship of the Eastern Roman Empire and embarked on his own journey in a grand manner.

They will make some repairs and replenish supplies on the islands along the way, and then go directly to the holy city to participate in the war.

Zhang Dingguan lamented that the geographical location of the West was relatively good, and one could reach the battlefield directly by boat through the Mediterranean region.

After confirming that the Crusaders had set out, Zhang Dingguan also led his army to the West, intending to bid farewell to his brothers in the West and Queen Maria.

"My dear brother, will you come back in the future after you leave this time? We have only been together for less than half a year and you are leaving." The little king said with some sadness.

It was the first time for him to see so many brothers, which made him very excited. At the same time, it also made him feel the full strength of his father, even though he was not in the West.

But his father was always using his power to influence this land, and now his brother, who had only been here for a few months, or even less than half a year, was about to leave.

This made him very sad.

"My dear brother, we have a saying in the East: All good things must come to an end.

I have to return to the East after all, and you will have to rely on yourself in the future. I leave those books for you, and you must study them day and night. "Zhang Dingguan said, touching his brother's head in the West.

He had already dealt with the internal affairs of Hungary, and now the mother and son were able to take control of the entire Hungarian army.

The only threat, those old nobles, had been sent away, and it was time for him to leave.

"I understand. I will study the books you left behind carefully, my brother. They are treasures left to me by my father." The little King Charles nodded and said.

“If you encounter any difficulties in the West, you can send envoys to ask for help from the Ross region. The Grand Dukes of the Ross region were all canonized by our family.

At least for the next ten years or so, they will obey our orders if these Russians cannot solve the problem.

Then you should ask for help from the east, from the Ogedei Khanate and the Kulejian Khanate, or even directly from the Daqian Empire in the east. "Zhang Dingguan said. (End of this chapter)