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And Horten stood at the gate of Strasbourg, looking at the chained old bishop Aravich, who was famous for being incompetent and incompetent, and said very calmly: "This position is not suitable for you, please Step down."

"You! You!...Only the emperor can dismiss me..." Aravich, of course, couldn't agree that he was going to be arrested and dismissed by a passing nobleman?This is simply a big joke.

However, in Huo Teng's view, this time is not a joke.

The status of the city of Strasbourg is very dangerous, even the key to the trade transit hub of the two duchies of Upper Lorraine and Franconia, and it is likely to go from here.The water and land transportation artery that connects the metropolises of Nancy and Mainz, how can we put a faint and incompetent Alavic who can only dance with the baton of the outside world.

If such an old man is allowed to resist Huo Teng's retreat, he may not feel at ease even if he wins.If you take the northern mountains back to Göttingen, you have to go through the large valley that turns around for hundreds of miles in Nancy-Metz-Luxembourg-Trier.Maybe it was like many kings in history who won battles but could not get the fruits of victory. They died in the ravine because of the lack of food.

This point has been exemplified many times by many unlucky people.

Huo Teng had to find a way to stabilize the rear, so he had to force Aravich to step down.

"No, there has never been a rule that says that only the emperor can be removed. The archbishop can, other bishops can vote, and the sword in my hand can, of course." Huo Teng rejected Aravich's jurisprudence defense forcefully.

In fact, some people have made it mandatory for the bishops in Germany to be appointed and dismissed by the emperor himself, but no one has made a rigid rule for the dismissal of bishops.

The former came from the royal family of Otto Liudolf, while the latter came from many local nobles who often raised troops to expel the local bishops, and the emperor could only do nothing but try to deal with the aftermath.

In a sense, although the German Kingdom in this era is undoubtedly more centralized, and the emperor does not even have a direct fiefdom, he dares to lead the court and the whole country to eat and drink for nothing, and even has the supreme reputation, but this era is undoubtedly very chaotic , primitive and crazy, full of the brutality and roughness of the beginning of a civilization.

Huo Teng blocked the door and led the knights to force Aravich to step down.

Aravich was tied up by soldiers, but he was determined not to step down.

So the two sides stood deadlocked at the door.

What do people from Strasbourg think?They eat melons and watch.

Aravich, a faint old man, is indeed the first bishop recorded in the history of Strasbourg. The high probability is because his term of office is exactly from 999 to 1000 years, which can span the special period of the turn of the century. time period.It's not that he has any specialties.

Even in the two church strongholds of Mainz and Worms, Horten had never heard anyone talk about the piety and talent of the Bishop of Strasbourg.

The bishop of Mainz can't manage here, probably because Strasbourg has maintained a tradition of autonomy for hundreds of years.Belongs to the land of the free in the principality.

Huo Teng also knew that if he forced Aravich to step down, the situation would be a bit ugly.

So Huo Teng said directly: "I'll send someone to Worms to talk to the archbishop. Bishop Aravich, do you dare to swear that the archbishop will protect you?"

Bishop Aravich also knew that he was in the wrong. He did not treat Huo Teng's army kindly which led to this conflict.So he felt uneasy, if Willikis also spoke in support of Huo Teng to depose him, it would be a bit embarrassing.

But as a bishop, Aravich couldn't be persuaded either.

He poked his neck: "The ignorant and arrogant guy has the ability to judge before the gods."

Okay.

Huo Teng was overjoyed.

Aravich, who is ignorant of emotions, actually wanted to escape by this trick.

The so-called trial before the gods actually has the atmosphere of playing magic.For example, during a court trial, the bishop stuffed a piece of dry bread into the sinner's mouth. If he could swallow it, he was innocent; if he couldn't eat it, he was guilty; But innocent.

This so-called trial is obviously easy to be manipulated and make all kinds of jokes.

But this is a very serious trial, because it will involve the fundamental issue of the suspect's guilt or innocence.

It can only be said that this is a behavior that can quite prove the level of culture and education at that time in the backward Western European society.After all, only when there are enough ignorant and illiterate nobles to fill the entire court and church, can this kind of trial before the gods be carried out.

Bishop Aravich apparently relied on eating bread to cheat.

Huo Teng immediately pulled out the Sea Dragon Spear: "Then this trial before the gods, I declare it to be a gladiatorial fight! As long as you defeat me, it will prove that your actions are not wrong."

Obviously, Bishop Aravich is still far behind Huo Teng when it comes to not talking about martial ethics.

The shameless Huo Teng directly fast-forwarded to the killing game, so that Bishop Aravich saw Huo Teng's big man, and immediately turned his head and ran away.

So, this farce finally came to an end. Afraid of being beaten to death, Bishop Aravich had to take the initiative to announce his abdication and went to a monastery outside the city to become the abbot. There was a vacancy in the bishop of Strasbourg, and Horten did not forget it. Who is in the hands of the retreat, take the initiative to write letters to Willie Keith and Burgard's master and apprentice, and ask them to take care of the matter.

This made the master and apprentice dumbfounded.

But Huo Teng had no choice but to offer the bishop of Strasbourg to renew his right of recognition with both hands, Burgard could only accept it, spoke in support of Huo Teng, and prepared more logistical supplies for Huo Teng.

……

The topic returns to the Duchy of Upper Lorraine.

Since the Archbishop is located in Besançon, the Principality of Burgundy, which is further south, the Archbishop of Trier has the greatest voice in the Principality of Upper Lorraine. He controls the northern half, from Metz to Verdun.

But the current archbishop of Trier, the "paranoid" Rudolph, is a wonderful person.

As soon as he took office, he clashed with the citizens and even issued a religious ban on the citizens.This religious ban is similar to temporary excommunication, that is, not being allowed to attend Mass, festival celebrations and fasts, which is equivalent to temporarily depriving them of their Christian status.The strange thing is that Rudolph issued a ban on all citizens, which caused no believers to come to attend the mass when he was doing mass, which turned into Rudolph's own personal show.

When Archbishop Burgard advocated the demolition of the walls of Franconia, the paranoid Archbishop Rudolph spent a lot of money to build a wall in Trier.

Anyway, he can always give everyone a whole job.

But if it is not necessary, bishops are generally appointed for life, and the lifelong appointment of justices in Western countries is also extended from here.

So the Archbishop of Trier is also a wonderful flower in the Principality.

When Grand Duke Theodoric reprimanded Huo Teng and Conoza for rebellion, Rudolf stood up to provoke Dioderic, accusing him of fighting the Battle of Verdun poorly and not fulfilling his responsibilities as a king at all.

And Rudolph also criticized the palace minister Adler, as Earl of Metz, why didn't he send troops to Göttingen to save his sister?

The troubled country is in chaos.

On the other hand, Diodoric, under tremendous pressure from all sides, sent his father-in-law Furmar III, Earl of Briscoe, to send troops to Saarburg, and also encountered some problems.

Saarburg is located on the southeastern side of the country, close to Strasbourg in Franconia, and is a hub of southeastern trade.

Blocking this place, on the contrary, prevented the goods from the Rhine from being transported to Nancy, the capital. The nobles suddenly found that their living standards had declined and their necessities were scarce, and they went back to make trouble with Grand Duke Diodoric.

In such a dire situation, the Earl of Luxembourg, Siegfried, who traveled all over the world and created a legend, also received a letter of introduction from Archbishop Burgard and a request for help from his former daughter-in-law, Mrs. Shara.

"Interesting, pass my letter to the Grand Duke, and I will be a peacemaker."

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Siegfried is different from Siegfried in the historical myth "Song of the Nibelungen". In reality, Siegfried is actually a man of Nordic descent, who is called brothers and brothers with the Danish nobles, and who once lived in Constantinople. Ordinary nobles who served in the Ranji Guards for 15 years.

Ordinary means that compared to the Nordic nobles and chiefs who have the same experience, it is not a particularly rare experience to serve in Constantinople for 15 years. In order to prevent the loss of feudal lords, the Kingdom of Denmark even had to legislate. Varangian lords who serve as soldiers will automatically lose their rights of inheritance and control.

Ordinary also refers to his life.His father was the military chief before the collapse of the Grand Duchy of Losalingia, but this did not leave him with a good foundation, because at this time the Franks, led by the Otto family, began to abandon the equal inheritance system. Griffey happens to be the youngest child and gets the least of the family fortune.

Even if Siegfried won the Battle of the Ardennes Forest in 957, his victory would only be an Earl of Ardennes.Note that the Ardennes Forest at that time was a large forest, with only scattered towns and monasteries, which was roughly equivalent to a barren countryside.Even more than [-] years after the battle of ten thousand people in the Ardennes Forest, Siegfried bought the territory of Luxembourg and built Luxembourg on a trading rest station extending in all directions.Saarburg is not recorded, but it is indeed his territory.

But Luxembourg is in the north of the Principality, and Saarburg is in the southeast corner of the Principality, so Saarburg was passed on to Siegfried's son early.

It is a pity that this son died early, leaving Saarbourg to a wealthy little widow, this is Mrs. Shara.In order to keep her territory, Mrs. Shala adopted a political marriage method and married Dean Andreas, who had completely become a zombie.

It can be said that throughout Siegfried's life, he was more than half successful, but not completely successful.

The only unusual thing about Count Siegfried is that he used the method of burning pitch for the first time in Germany in 957.Let the traversers feel ashamed.Many novels in later generations that record traveling to northern Germany as a lord have adopted Siegfried's fire-burning asphalt tactics. Unfortunately, most people cannot write Siegfried's legendary experience.

After all, the author of the novel can only write about burning a few hundred people in the valley, but Siegfried used four thousand Danish conscripts to delay tens of thousands of Saxon elite militiamen, and then took Varange to lie on the wet and cold grass for a day and a night. The man who set fire to the meadow and beheaded the son of the Duke of Saxony and his cavaliers.The unreasonableness and atmosphere unique to this history is the charm of Siegfried himself.

It is now the beginning of 999, and Siegfried Luxemburg, who was born in 922 and was only 10 years later than Otto the Great, is 77 years old, reaching the end of his life.

But Siegfried, who was bearded and white-haired but still heroic, readily accepted the peace request of his former daughter-in-law, Mrs. Shara.

"Father, why is this?" His son, Heinrich Luxemburg (historical Duke Henry V of Bavaria), wondered.

"No reason. It's just that after Henry failed to fight for the throne, our family needed to prepare another trench." In his later years, Siegfried was happy to share his outstanding knowledge with his son.

Siegfried Luxemburg had 11 children in his life.The most famous of them is Sister Gunigund, who was the spiritual marriage partner of Henry II in history, that is, a Platonic religious marriage.She was also co-governor of Germany, patron of the monastery, and was canonized posthumously as guardian of Luxembourg and Lithuania.In another timeline, she was brutally captured by the lewd and immoral Sophie the Great during the Battle of Italy. From then on, she began to live a royal life as the empress of a country and a pious nun, but succumbed to the promiscuous Roman royal family. Buried in the Eternal Palace, her daughter was crowned Queen of Germany, obsessed with quarreling with her neighbors' half-brother kings. (referring to my last book) 7

Of course, in this timeline, Sister Gunigund, who had long been famous, went to live in seclusion in the monastery after Henry II failed to compete for the throne.

So, that's where Siegfried's worries lie.

Without Gunigond, the status of the Luxembourg family gradually declined.His son, Heinrich, was supposed to rule as a duke under the arrangement of Henry II, but now he is not even an earl, so he can only accompany Mo by his side.

In fact, Siegfried's sons are in this critical position.There is high-level capital, but lack of high-level opportunities.In history, he produced three earls, one bishop, and one archbishop.There are two earls in the son-in-law.But the premise of this matter is that the emperor supports their family.

"If it's for a spare trench, then I'll ask my sister Eva to beg Adler." Heinrich disapproved.

Siegfried not only gave birth to a son very well, but also his daughter married well.The seventh girl married Adler von Nosenberg, the elder brother of the Countess Connorsa, and the palace minister of Shang Lorraine.

This is why Siegfried has the confidence to interfere in internal affairs.

Famous, old, domestic elders, sons and son-in-laws all have a bit of strength, and together, the Grand Duke cannot ignore it.

"You are not young anymore. People in their 40s and [-]s don't understand this. Whether it is the trenches or Conosha, in fact, we don't particularly need the support of Göttingen. What we want is precisely Göttingen has maintained a semi-independent state." Siegfried reprimanded his eldest son.

Heinrich is no fool either.

He immediately understood his father's intentions: "You mean, to maintain... a balance of power? To ensure that our family will always be in an important and key position?"

As the saying goes, carrying a thief is self-respecting.

Anyone is fine with this thief, but he must make himself important.Otherwise, the birds will be exhausted, and the good bow will be hidden.

"Yes! Adler and Conosha are brothers and sisters. This is his disadvantage. But I don't need it. On the one hand, I am Adler's father-in-law, and on the other hand, I can communicate with Huo Teng through my daughter-in-law. This is the key .”

Siegfried finished the letter, taught his son earnestly, and then said sadly: "I may not have much time, but you still have to carry the banner of the Luxembourg family. Remember, don't be like me when I was young." , Reckless and forceful."

Heinrich of course not.

He exists in the education of the church, but he also knows the glorious achievements of his father in the past.

This is the old man, remembering his glorious history while reprimanding the younger generation not to follow in his footsteps.

At this time, outside the window, the legendary Varangian Guards, which cost a lot of money to maintain from the Luxembourg family, are still loyally protecting Siegfried's safety.

……

Nancy City.

The Grand Duke of Upper Lorraine, Diodoric, who also grew up in the church education system, received a letter from the Earl of Luxembourg.

With a shake of his hand, the letter engraved on wood fell to the ground in an instant, and the sound of the smashing attracted many attendants to watch secretly.

"What are you looking at? Get the fruit for the Grand Duke."

His wife Lihild immediately scolded the servants and asked them to figure out their duties.

Diodoric has strictly followed the fasting rules since he was a child, and even voluntarily refused to eat meat from time to time. As a result, his teeth were congenitally underdeveloped, with large gaps between the teeth, and the upper and lower rows of teeth were aligned after being highly worn. It is much different from the upper and lower teeth of normal people.

So Diodoric was young, and he couldn't eat meat anymore, so he had to eat fruit.This is the fate that many nobles in this era, even at the duke level, cannot escape.Not to mention how bad the teeth will be for ordinary peasant families who don't need to fast at all and can't eat meat.

It seems that most religions in the world will actively abstain from meat in fasting and advocate vegetarian meals.

"Father-in-law...he will definitely win!"

Diodoric was so bullied that he didn't know how to express his anger.

Anyone can step on him, Huo Teng pushed Conosha up, and then powerful ministers like Adler and Fuerma, and then even Siegfried, who was very old and dying!

Do you really think my Grand Duke has no temper?

Diodoric, who was furious, immediately sent someone to continue urging his father-in-law to take Saarburg as soon as possible.

……

Salburg.

Madam Shala, with a slightly swollen stomach, commanded the militiamen with low morale, stretching left and right on the city wall.

Saarburg is Siegfried's newly harvested castle. It is still surrounded by rough wooden fences, and the walls are less than three meters high.But even so, under the premise that the soldiers of Saarburg were paddling against the enemy, Fulma III, Earl of Briscoe, still failed to take Saarburg as quickly as he boasted.

On the contrary, the morale of his army declined rapidly as a result.

Now is the busy time for farming, and the farmers on both sides are almost unwilling to fight for the monarch because they leave the farmland at a critical moment.

So it became a water fight.

When Huo Teng led the army to enter the mountain pass guarded by Saarburg by land, he couldn't help feeling that the terrain here was good, and he would not be short of money if he guarded this road.

After discovering that Fulma III's army was so weak, Huo Teng realized that it was a good way to solve Fulma III at a low cost.

"Duel? Judgment before God?"

Fulma III received Huo Teng's remote war letter.

Huo Teng hoped to have a duel with Fulma III in the pre-divine trial in the name of the father of the illegitimate child in Mrs. Shala's womb, and whoever lost would retreat.

In this regard, Fulma III was not only not timid, but even somewhat pleased.

"Stinky boy, it can be regarded as hitting my hand."

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