As the Pope of Rome, Innocent II should have been the most powerful figure in the whole of Europe, and his words and deeds would have a huge and immeasurable influence on the monotheistic world, but the fact is that his influence has always been under the shadow of the Holy Roman and the French king, and the whole person has experienced countless ups and downs in the second half of his life, and has lived a miserable and miserable life. Very unhappy, very unhappy!

However, even though he is very, very 'unhappy', Innocent II is essentially a big man in the entire monotheistic territory. After all, he was the Pope of Rome, and even though he had been driven around for years by his former enemies, he finally had the last laugh. The nobility of the mind no longer supports him, as long as he sits in that chair, he means power in itself!

Innocent II, who returned to Rome, was silent for a long time, trying to ease relations with the Italian nobility and strengthen his own foundations in the Holy See.

One of the main reasons why he was chased around by Anacletus II was that there were too few forces within the Holy See to support him.

On the night of the death of the previous Pope Honorius II, only a handful of cardinals elected him to succeed him, but soon afterwards the majority chose Cardinal Pierre Leoni to the throne, the rival Pope Anacletus II.

Within the Holy See, Innocent was no match at all, and he hurriedly ascended the throne and was immediately forced by Anacletus to flee to France. It was not that Saint-Bernal, abbot of Clairvaux Monastery, had the French Church and King Henry I of England supported Innocent, but that Norbert, Archbishop of Magdeburg in Saxony, had won over the German Church and Holy Roman Emperor Lothair II to Innocent. The name of the rival pope will not be crowned with Anacletus II, but with Innocent II.

Innocent II, who knows how weak his foundation is, and Innocent II, who is not young, does not have the strength of his predecessors to stir up trouble in the world of one god. He just wants to live a few years in peace, and then it's time to go up to the boss to report.

But who would have thought that the sudden rise of the Chinese would make his old age unstable.

If the Byzantines and Rus' wars with Lu Qi could keep Rome calm, then the Crusader knightly states such as Antioch and Jerusalem were also involved, which caused an uproar throughout Europe.

The Edessa Nation that bore the brunt of the attack has been forced directly under the city of Edessa by the Lu Qi army.

This ancient city is 1,400 years old and was founded by Alexander's general, Seleucus I, who founded the capital of the Hellenistic Théthian dynasty in the valley of the two rivers. A holy city for the Greeks and monotheists, it was at the forefront of Greek and Roman domination in the Middle East.

And then there's Jerusalem, not to mention the importance of the city.

No matter how 'ambitious' Innocent II was, he couldn't sit still at this time. Not to mention the fall of the Rus, the Lu Qi army directly posed a major threat to the monotheistic world from the north. If it weren't for the infighting of the Shinra, the unfortunate nobles would not have been on the road, the King of France would have been unable to do so, and even the King of England would have been in a stage of 'stability maintenance' with unstable rule, he would have issued a holy decree calling on the nations to form armies to defend his boss's ranch.

But no matter how 'complicated' the monotheistic world was at this time, when the news of the threat to the cities of Jerusalem and Edessa came, and when letters of help came from the east coast of the Mediterranean, the crusaders did not come to pass.

There is no need for Innocent II to run and shout anymore, the Kingdom of Sicily and the Kingdom of France, plus the Anjou family and the Kingdom of England, have burst out with strength, and it is easy to put together a force of tens of thousands of people, plus the army of Yili, that is, there are still more than 20,000 people on land and water. Then they just need Innocent to give a name!

Not to mention that along with this letter of help, there are some news that the monogod world is very concerned about, such as medicinal powder and firearms!

Sanjar made wedding garments, and the Byzantines had the most detailed and accurate first-hand information about muskets and artillery, and now John II was ready to exchange it for aid from the world of one gods.

And the English, the French, the Italians, and even the Shinra, Poles, and Hungarians in the north, who does not have a hundred fears of the Chinese guns and cannons?

Now that the opportunity is in front of them, who can turn it down?

No one would refuse, including the enemies of Conrad III [HRE], Bavaria and the "arrogant" Henry of the Duke of Saxony. Because the arrogant Duke is dying.

Conrad III is watching Henry's life and death, ready to use the latter's death to deal a heavy blow to the Welf family. Historically, Conrad III stripped the Welf family of their ducal titles and duchy domains, even though the Saxony domain was legally inherited by Henry through marriage from the previous duke, Emperor Lothair II. Henry's wife, Gertrude (daughter of Lothair II), was the sole proprietor of the family business, managing the Welf family's family estate as regent. However, internal pressure forced Conrad III to quickly return the Duchy of Saxony to the Welff family. Until the "arrogant" Henry's son, Henry the Lion, came of age, the Welffs and the Hohenstaufens were all right.

But now, like an unstoppable flood of destruction, the Lu Qi army swept in and changed everything.

Conrad III took the initiative to hand over an olive branch to the Welf family, and the arrogant Henry was happy to take this opportunity to fight for a better situation for his wife and children.

Henry, the lion, who was still a young man at the moment, raised his head, the clouds on his face dissipated slightly, and asked his uncle, Marquis Welf VI of Tuscany, "Dear uncle, the Welf family really needs time to get through the next few years in peace, but we just need to be quiet, can we really get the exact information from the Pope?" ”

Although the Welf family has spent all their energy in the past on the confrontation with Conrad III, it does not mean that they are really ignorant of what is happening in the outside world. The relationship between the Welf family and Innocent II was quite tense, but through the merchants, they had a certain connection with the Italian region, and the war in the east was also very clear about the Chinese.

Welf VI shook his head slightly at little Henry and said, "No one can guarantee it." Innocent is definitely more inclined to our enemies. Personally, I don't think we should stay out of it, and the more this happens, the more our family should show our attitude to outsiders. We are standing with the Holy See, with Conrad III.

Send an army directly to Constantinople, thinking that even if there are ghosts in the Holy See, John II will make a wise choice. "The more this time they had to show their attitude, to keep in touch with the Byzantines, to learn from them.

Firearms casting is not something that can be done simply by getting the drawings. In the monotheistic world, the only one who knows the most about firearms is Byzantium!