Chapter 143: Step out of the stone church and build a temple in your heart for the world.
A strange scene appeared, and Hassan's chat became a reality.
A Frank appeared in front of them, and behind him was a long road paved with corpses.
Those who had been placed as sentinels were now no longer breathing.
Hassan's heart was beating violently, and he wanted to turn around and run away. However, when he was stared at by the man, he felt that his whole body was weak, so he had to tremble and pull out the long sword from his waist.
The Franks moved forward slowly, their eyes as sharp as razor blades, penetrating the night, when they were close enough.
The Frank disappeared, and when he saw him again, he had appeared next to Hassan.
He raised the sword and dropped it. A gash was cut on Hassan's neck. Blood spurted out from the main artery in the neck and splashed on others.
"Ah!!"
Accompanied by the screams of others, the Bedouin camp, which had been recharging its energy, suddenly became excited.
However, Hassan's recently fallen body was just the beginning.
When the sleeping Bedouin woke up, they heard the crisp sound of horse hooves.
These Bedouins didn't even have a chance to ride horses. The Paladin attendants and the cavalry who came from Alhadi Town had already broken into their camp and brought more chaos to the camp. .
Then came the veterans with military experience, leading the militiamen from the manor to charge forward.
On the shore of this lake, there are two full moons, one hanging in the night and one falling in the lake.
It was these two bright moons that illuminated the battlefield so brightly that when coordinated with the night attacker, it looked as if it were daytime.
The Bedouins who originally planned a night attack on Labrete Manor became the targets of the night attack.
For a moment, the identities between prey and hunter were reversed. Garris's early appearance was just to eliminate the sentries in the outer circle and cover the movements of the large forces.
There is mental arithmetic but no intention, wearing armor versus not wearing armor.
Coupled with the presence of the god-like demon Garris, this battle was a one-sided victory.
A brief battle, not too difficult.
Garris even dared to say that Pierre could properly arrange this crisis even without his own presence.
Pierre showed the qualities that an officer should have. He was calm and calm, neither impatient nor impatient in times of trouble. He was able to apply the military knowledge taught by Garris and was brave and resourceful to properly issue various orders.
It can even be said that even if Pierre hadn't arrived, Labrette Manor could have dealt with this crisis on its own.
Their sentries had been conscientious, able to detect incoming Bedouins in advance and organize the rapid mobilization of the estates.
After the mobilization within the manor is completed, these militiamen can continue to fight until reinforcements from Alhadi Town arrive to relieve them. However, in this case, the manor will suffer particularly heavy losses.
The farmers here are no longer defenseless people, they are already able to fight against this dangerous world.
At the triumphal celebration after the war, Garris himself accompanied everyone in the manor, raising his glass high and drinking wine.
If others are celebrating the harvest of the manor and defeating the invading enemies.
Then Garris saw a better future.
Nowadays, the Arnon Valley in the northern territory of Transjordan has produced beautiful fruits under the careful cultivation of Gairis.
The originally stumbling baby had grown up and no longer needed Garris' constant care.
And thanks to the Bedouins, he also has enough horses to form a light cavalry unit, which is not only used for daily patrols, but also can respond to crises in the territory more quickly.
Gareth felt that he was liberated, he could leave here and go to a bigger stage,
Therefore, Garris was so happy that he started singing together with the people on the side.
【He has made my feet as swift as a deer’s, and I am as steady as a mountain on high places;】
[Teach me the power of war in my hands, my arms like iron, and my bow without fear. 】
【He gave me salvation as a shield and his right hand to support me;】
【I am great in His glory, my heart is firm, and I am not afraid of hardship. 】
【My steps are broad, my steps are light, my ankles are stable, and I have never slipped;】
[I will pursue the wicked without end, and I will never retreat until they are completely destroyed. 】
【I crush them like dust before the wind, dump them like mud, without any reservation;】
[In the name of the Lord, be brave and fearless, and the sound of victory resounds throughout the sky! 】
【Holy! Holy! Holy! 】
……
Many things in the world are universally connected, so it is not difficult for a wise person to judge whether something will happen.
For example, as long as they understand the relationship between the army and food, any rational feudal lord should not send troops when farming is busy.
Even Leonard would not violate such iron rules of war.
Therefore, May in Palestine is a peaceful May.
However, as soon as May ended, a letter was delivered to Gareth.
The content of the letter is very simple, and the general meaning is this:
[Today, a war in the kingdom is imminent. As Leonard's subordinate vassal, Isabella needs to assemble 500 troops and provide 5 knights to participate in this year's war! 】
[If Isabella is willing to participate in the kingdom's war, Leonard will not only completely cede the northern territory, but also cut off a part of the newly conquered land and grant it to Isabella. 】
After reading the letter, Garris tore it up in front of the messenger.
A vassal under Leonard? Why is that guy as smart as ever? Is it really because Garris didn't jump out to rebel because he was afraid of Leonard?
As for fighting? Are you kidding me? The current situation in the northern territory of Transjordan is not a small good, but a great good!
Various constituency councils have been set up in the territory. Those constituency councils are essentially local self-government entities at the township level.
Each village selects speakers, participates in the constituency assembly, maintains order within the village, formulates relevant development plans, uniformly trains militia, and pays the "royal tithe tax" to Garis.
Garris sent people to guide them on how to build water conservancy, how to improve crop production, and how to replace old theology with new theology.
At this time, Paladin and the priests of the order came in handy.
The Taiping Order's church will not only guide farmers in inner salvation, but will also essentially play a role similar to an agricultural science station, a barefoot doctor, a police station...
Those Paladins who are clothed in armor and have swords in their hands, they will be like what Paul wrote: "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, and war against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. 】
Their battle is not just on the battlefield, but also against social injustice, against lawlessness, against villains, against plague, against famine...
This is the Paladin, the Knight of the Order, the Paladin, not the Knight.
Moreover, after the establishment of the assembly at the township level, Garris will also start to promote the establishment of the assembly at the county level.
According to the current plan of Gairis, the future Kingdom of Jerusalem, from bottom to top, will essentially be a federation composed of a large number of entities.
These entities do not have a clear governing relationship with each other, but each has its own meaning. The village community handles its own internal affairs, the district level coordinates the development of multiple villages and coordinates the labor force, and the county-level council will replacing traditional feudal lords.
From top to bottom, it becomes: kingdom-county (city)-constituency (town)-village (community), such a set of things.
The main reason for this adjustment is that Garris currently has no reliable officials in his hands and cannot train a new civil service group on his own.
It would have taken most of Garris's efforts to figure out the sect's side.
In the end, it can only be said that the feudal lords were replaced by parliament, and clear taxation and military service obligations were exchanged for the kingdom to provide clear public welfare and military protection.
In this process, the Order is essentially an other, belonging neither to the kingdom nor to the locality, but an organization that provides services.
Under normal circumstances, I would not interfere in the political situation, yes, normally I would not interfere...
We must step out of the stone temple and build a temple in our hearts for the world.
Likewise, the religious order cannot and should not be bound to a certain country. It is bound to go out of the small country of Palestine and spread the good news of the kingdom of heaven to every corner of the world.
Countries have borders, but ideas have no borders...
Under such circumstances, Garris had to deal with a sea of things every day, seizing every minute and every second to build the system.
fight? Are you kidding? He's not free! Not to mention that his territory was not obtained through loyalty to his superiors.
But from the bottom up, it was the peasants who were looked down upon and looked down upon by the noble lords who voluntarily supported it!
As Garris once said: Those who only own land are not worthy of being called a country, and those supported by the people are still kings even if they have not been crowned.
Leonard could not understand, could not understand, and Gareth had no intention of letting him understand.
"Go back and tell Leonard that this war has nothing to do with me, nor Isabella, nor the poor people in our territory!"
"The war in 1187 was feudal from both sides, that is, it was a war of aggression, plunder, and banditry!"
"We don't need Leonard's reward, nor do we need to covet more new territories. If he wants to fight me before the war with Saladin, then come here!"
Garris responded to the messenger, and the messenger said that he would tell Leonard everything.
……
In the wasteland, a long dragon was marching. Leonard led most of his troops and set off from the vicinity of Fort Karak.
The team of three thousand people was divided into three armies: front, middle and rear, stretching for more than two miles.
As soon as this assembled army left the city of Karak, the newly formed light cavalry troops under Garris rushed back to deliver the news.
Two days later, when Leonard, who had been stationed in the wilderness for a night, set off again, he saw the shining pearl rising on the Transjordan plateau: the town of Alhadi.
This once unknown town is now something that even Leonard has heard about.
Merchants regard this place as an oasis and a safe place where they trade and spend money.
For such a new pagan town, Leonard subconsciously licked his lips. He longed for the wealth here and the rivers of Muslim blood here.
But now, he still has to endure it, because at this juncture, if he falls out with Garris, Isabella and the others, it is easy to lose the big for the small.
Of course, the more important thing is that in front of the small town, there is now a military formation of almost a thousand people.
It was the nearly a thousand troops that forcibly suppressed the greed in Leonard's heart, preventing him from issuing orders to plunder.
As for Garris, he was also observing Leonard's army in the distance.
The passage of an army has never been a child's play. The idiom "Fake Dao Defeating Guo" comes from the Spring and Autumn Period, but it is the condensed experience of the blood and tears of the ancestors of the Celestial Dynasty.
Who dares to say that Leonard is a good gentleman and wouldn't want to launch a surprise attack on Alhadi Town while the army is gathering?
To this end, Garris not only assembled the standing army, but also pulled out all the militiamen that could be assembled under the various constituency councils.
He needed to prove something to Leonard.
Nowadays, Garris's territory has become fully fledged, and it is no longer a party that can be manipulated by him.
Time passed little by little, and Leonard's army in the distance finally came to the sight of the soldiers in Alhadi Town.
Perhaps out of demonstration, Leonard forced his troops to pass through the main street of Alhadi Town.
It was another day worth tens of thousands of dollars. Then as the third update, I paid back a chapter. After calculation, I still had a difference of 1015, 1115, and 1215. The outstanding chapters of the three-month ticket node were not updated.
(End of chapter)