Rhine also knew that being kind to one's enemies meant being cruel to oneself. But after careful consideration, he still made such a decision. Firstly, it was to give the unsteady Holy See troops a chance to rebel. Secondly, it was to allow these doctors who had never been on the battlefield to accumulate some experience. Thirdly, it was to experiment with the effects of new drugs. With these three reasons, he dared to help the enemy's wounded openly, hoping to minimize the sacrifices of both sides.
But Rhine knew that was all he could do, and there would be no next time. After this, all soldiers who were unwilling to surrender to the Palatinate could only be treated as enemy troops and had to fight until the last moment until they fell.
By choosing violent means, Rhine could no longer treat everyone equally. He chose his position and had to bear the consequences.
Rhine took the remaining men and surrounded the monastery.
The walls of the monastery were built high and solid. At first, it seemed to be to prevent the ascetic monks who could not bear it from escaping. Later, it became a means of protecting wealth, and its defensive capabilities were no less than those of some noble castles.
This was not a problem for Rhine, as siege weapons had been prepared in advance. Compared with the magnificent city, the monastery in front of them seemed so insignificant, and they easily opened a breakthrough.
Rhine bravely rushed to the front. After all, what they wanted to do was attack the monastery and challenge the authority of the Holy See. In the Fran dynasty, almost everyone intertwined belief in God and obedience to the Holy See. Even though Rhine had done so much foreshadowing and shaken their minds, a hearty victory was still needed to completely set the tone.
And Rhine wanted to give these soldiers confidence and tear off the last fig leaf of the so-called miracles of the gods.
The huge movement alarmed the people in the monastery.
Most of the monasteries are ascetics, who are strictly arranged to pray and work for a day, and live in the monastery day after day, year after year, like tamed sheep.
These poor monks were frightened, and some even thought that the gods were offended by their inattentiveness in praying, which caused such a disaster.
Unlike these ascetics who almost lost their individuality in group life, the abbot quickly realized that this was an attack from the outside world.
But that's all.
What happened next was like the cracked ground and sloping floods, with an unstoppable tendency to submerge the entire monastery.
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There are supposed to be legions stationed in the monastery, but this is the monastery closest to Blandings Castle. Most of the men sent by Pope Geffen to attack Blandings Castle were drawn from here. At this moment, the legions in the monastery were completely defeated.
As for those over-brainwashed ascetics, when they encounter something like this, their first reaction is to pray instead of fighting back.
The abbot of the monastery was usually very satisfied with the energy of the ascetics, but today he was almost laughed out of anger. He shouted loudly at the top of his lungs for them to take up arms and help the legions resist.
Most of these ascetics turned a deaf ear.
Their life in the monastery is very boring, with meditation and prayer taking up a considerable part of their lives, and the rest of the time they have to maintain high-intensity labor. When they felt physical pain, the abbot's instructions were to pray away the pain. Over time, prayer became their way of coping with everything. This way of coping makes them seem dull, obedient, and easy to manipulate. The Pope was very satisfied with this situation, and the abbot implemented this strategy and trained batches of ascetic monks to look like this.
And the time of their suffering has come.
On weekdays, they felt that these ascetics were obedient. But in fact, these ascetics were only accustomed to praying and working, so they had no doubts about their sending.
Now, Rhine led the army to break through the defense of the outer wall of the monastery. Only a few scattered soldiers were left in the Holy See's legions, and the only strong ascetic monks completely gave up resistance. They made praying gestures and prayed together as one. The scene was solemn and solemn, yet also revealed a weird and strange feeling.
The soldiers who came in were shocked by this scene for a moment and felt a strong sense of discomfort.
Rhine frowned when he saw this scene. He had always known that the Holy See was a cancer. This cancer took root in the bodies of the lower class people, sucked their blood and sweat, and then grew stronger. But seeing this scene with my own eyes still makes my head tingle. These ascetics are more well-behaved than domesticated sheep, and they seem to have no sense of self left in their minds.
This scene made the anger in Rhine's heart rise. He raised the sword in his hand, bursting out with anger, and loudly issued the order to attack. This decisive and majestic shout dispelled the strange discomfort in the hearts of the soldiers, causing them to pick up their weapons and move forward decisively. The weapon did not swing at the ascetic monks who were as obedient as lambs and killed them at the neck, but bypassed them and fought with the legion and the administrators of the monastery.
Until the Rhine occupied the entire monastery, this group of ascetics were still praying there, seemingly not afraid that the sword would fall on them, firmly believing that God's blessing would keep them safe.
Rhine had some difficulty understanding this morbid belief and almost did not know what to do with these ascetics. Soon, Rhine came up with a solution.
The wealth in the monastery was looted by the Rhine, and these ascetics were taken back by the Rhine to farm, yes, farm.
As a big landowner in the entire Cannor, it is too easy for Rhine to find some uncultivated land. There is not much to do after placing these ascetics on these lands, as long as people provide food regularly.
These ascetic monks were a little anxious at first, but seeing that life was no different from before in the monastery, and there were even fewer overseers who could use various punishment methods, their mentality gradually relaxed. They began to pray and farm every day just like in the monastery, and ate richer food than what the monastery provided.
Many ascetics did not understand what was happening and attributed their peace to prayer.
When the Rhine sent people to take them to other places, these ascetics showed no resistance or fear at all. They followed the people obediently and were scattered and assigned to various villages to cultivate the land with the farmers.
Rhine hopes that these ascetics can also live a normal life, but these ascetics have been subject to long-term brainwashing control, and it is difficult to forcibly change their ideas. Rhine now only hopes that they can gradually be assimilated by living together among ordinary people.
After the Holy See discovered that the monastery had been looted, the Pope was shocked and angry. It was just a setback in the battle of Blandings Castle, but in turn, others plundered his property. It was a great shame and humiliation. But after this strong sense of humiliation, there is a sense of crisis that cannot go away.
Rhine's actions were too grand, and he didn't even bother to use any pretense, as if he was determined to break up.
In fact, if we look at the Battle of Blandings Castle and the Monastery separately, we can see that the Holy See has lost two battles in a row, which is when its momentum is flagging. On the contrary, Rhine's legion had already stripped off the divine cloak of the Holy See and rubbed it on the ground in two battles, erasing the sacred aura. These well-trained soldiers quickly returned to their usual self. level, it can show its strength far better than these two battles.
Geffen's hunch was correct, and Rhine soon launched attacks on several other monasteries in Cannor. The architectural structures of these monasteries are all the same, perhaps because they felt that this design was indestructible enough. But for the Rhine Army, which had already successfully invaded the monastery once, this was really not a challenging job. Although Geffen showed great confidence in the Holy See's legions on the surface, he could not hide his worries and couldn't help but ask for support.
Geffen sent letters asking for help to the regional churches around Cannor and to the nobles in the Cannor area.
The regional churches around Kanno are relatively far away, and if they don't receive any news for a while, they won't say anything. Even if they receive the news, they have to weigh the pros and cons before making a decision on whether to provide assistance.
Therefore, Geffen focused his request for help on the nobles in Kannor. The slightly larger nobles had their own private soldiers, and the combined strength of the large and small forces was considerable.
However, these nobles were more or less involved in the shipping business, and had gained a lot of fame with Rhine. With this feeling in mind, they could not send troops to help. Even if there are those nobles who plan to take advantage of the open war between Rhine and the Holy See to help the Holy See and then replace Rhine, they have to weigh the size and strength of Rhine's legion before deciding whether to take this risk. Due to various factors, the troops borrowed by the church from the nobles of Cannor were very limited. Most of the nobles rejected the church's request. The remaining nobles agreed, but they were unwilling to send too many troops for fear of being discovered by the Rhine. Their actions were only a token loan.
After receiving the replies from all parties, Geffen lost his temper fiercely. In the end, he had to endure it and greeted everyone with a smile. He watched the aristocratic gentlemen who once respected him change their expressions and waited for him. to please.
Geffen was jumping anxiously here, while Rhine attacked the monasteries one by one according to the plan, and used the wealth accumulated in the monastery for many years to invest in various productions, including the production of some military supplies and medical supplies, and some Production needed for people’s livelihood.
Rhine remembered very clearly that war was never his purpose, it was just a means he had to use.
Geffen's ominous premonitions were realized one by one, and when he was cornered, he had to ask Rhine for talks. Geffen had been dominating the position of regional pope for many years and had a deep understanding of the power of the church. Therefore, he could not understand why Rhine made these almost suicidal actions. Although Rhine indeed pushed him to the edge of the cliff, Geffen did not believe that Rhine had the ability to compete with the Holy See of the entire Fran dynasty. Once the church power in the entire Cannor region is completely eliminated, the Holy See of the main district will definitely not let it go lightly. Rhine will inevitably be forced to jump off the edge of the cliff like Geffen.
For this reason, Geffen wanted to make some exchange of interests with Rhine to survive.
But Rhine's firm attitude shattered Geffen's dream.
Rhine didn't want to see Geffen at all. He didn't care what benefits Geffen wanted to exchange. He only knew that the church, this ancient blood-sucking institution, had reached the point of collapse. He was about to make the first cut now. Will stay for any benefit.
In the 32nd year of the reign of George I, the Count of the Palatinate overthrew the Partial Curia in the Cannault region.