After the meeting in the square, all kinds of cumbersome and meaningless religious rituals and sings of sang. It was not until four hours later that Soshyan really started a meaningful work - after a nonsense in St. Dalton, he obtained the command of the jihad army of the State Church.
The National Church mobilized troops from three nuns for this revenge holy war, but only the great nuns of the Ebony Holy Grail came in person, and the others were guided and commanded by the nuns. The three cultivators had a total of 5,000 combat nuns, and the various vehicles and armed servants that belonged to them were also a considerable force. As for the fleet of combat nuns, they were six cruisers and more than a dozen frigates, which were not very powerful.
In addition to the combat nuns, the National Church also convened 200,000 Crusaders, more than one million "mercenaries", and more than 30 million "crazy believers".
Although the state religion cannot have a "alive" "male" armed organization due to taming the teachings, no matter how strict the provisions are, there will always be loopholes to take advantage of. For example, the Crusaders, their identity is "bodyguards" - these belligerent ascetics come from the most mysterious branch of all state sects - the Cardinal. It is said that no place in the empire can find more pious warriors than them except the Fighting Sisters' Association.
As a member of the armed forces of the state religion, the equipment of the Crusaders is as luxurious as the combat nuns (from the perspective of mortals). They wore carapaces, held powerful storm cards, robes, and swung long swords full of crackling energy fields, forming a shield wall that was indestructible both physically and mentally on the battlefield.
However, in order to avoid accusations from other factions of the Empire, the State Church does use the crusaders as bodyguards most of the time. These warriors often form a circle around their commanders. Any alien, heresy and traitor who dares to approach this sacred officer will be slaughtered by the crusaders, and the invading bullets will only be bounced away by their carefully decorated storm shields and cannot cause any damage.
Therefore, for many Astral Army soldiers serving under such a commander were blessed, because the war that appeared in the crusaders was a truly sacred war.
As for the large number of mercenaries, this naturally stems from the wealth of the state education that is so strong that it cannot be estimated. They come from different star areas. Some people fight for faith, but more people fight for rewards. In any case, they are veterans on the battlefield. Although it is difficult to devote themselves to the cruel battlefield like regular troops, they can often play unexpected roles in some special battlefields, such as urban street fighting.
The crazy believers who occupy the main body of the jihadist state religion originated from one of the largest factions in the state religion and the most warlike faction - the Redemption Sect.
The Redemption Sect preaches the doctrine of everyone being guilty and only sacrifice. The believers are ascetics with extremely poor lifestyles, and have strongly demanded the purge since their establishment, so aliens, mutants and heretics, and at the same time they are extremely hostile to the psychics.
Therefore, the sect set up a set of extremely strict codes of conduct for believers, and those who violate these codes will be expelled from the sect and face cruel pursuit. The sect also prohibits the sect from exposing their faces in public, so the Redemptionists often wear hooded coats and complex and heavy masks to hide their appearance, which are often designed to be weird and disturbing.
For the Redemptionists, the path to justice originates from purity, which is often accompanied by open witch hunting movements and the burning flames of heretics and mutants.
Although many imperial factions accuse these crazy believers of some behaviors being too extreme and disturbing, the Redemption Sect, as the most powerful "thug" of the state religion, is absolutely impossible for the state religion to give up. Therefore, the sect has been booming in the empire. To this day, believers are almost all galaxies in the empire, especially the world of the Nest. The "illegal" jihad they initiated "privately" often put the whole world into turmoil.
Of course, for professional soldiers, such "warriors" are hard to be called combat effectiveness. The crazy believers themselves are famous for being uncontrollable. It is a fantasy to make them obey any tactical and strategic instructions. Therefore, most imperial commanders scoff at these "informal" armed forces, but this is not the case for Soshiyan.
In fact, he had long thought of a battlefield suitable for these fanatical believers, and he must use all the power he had in his hand in this war.
In addition, although the state religion does not have a huge navy, it has a huge pilgrimage fleet. Those pilgrimage ships are not only strong, but also very huge, comparable to the cosmic transport ships in the Imperial fleet. Each can easily accommodate a population of 500,000-800,000. It is also equipped with a large number of living facilities, which are very suitable for troop transport ships.
Therefore, after friendly consultations with the patriarch, Soshyan was able to requisition almost all pilgrimage ships in the Great Vortex area, a total of 211.
Of course, it was not at no cost to get support from the state religion. Soshyan then received the battle blessing of the state religion at the guardian holy head. The great nun Weiletz, who represented the headquarters of the state religion, personally put the crown awarded by Terra for him, and publicly announced that this expedition would be a jihad against all heresy and aliens, and all believers of the state religion should devote themselves to this war.
As for why the patriarch Soshiyan came out to call for jihad, the most critical point is that he was preparing to start selling "jihad vouchers" in the Great Vortex, and needed an "official support". Of course, he had a very sufficient reason to do so. The logistics supply of these jihadists is entirely responsible for the state religion, and it is really impossible to afford it without increasing the income.
Soshiyang knew that the other party must be talking nonsense. With the financial resources of the National Church, let alone these tens of millions of people, it would not be a problem for hundreds of millions of people. However, since the other party has his own logistics, he can't say anything. After all, the National Church has used this model to make money for ten thousand years, and it is not something he can change alone. He can only turn a blind eye to some things.
But it is not a problem. The real problem is that when Villetz wore a lot of cameras around Soshyan, it was quickly circulated in the expeditionary force. I don’t know if it was the angle or something, the faces of the two people looked very close.
So when Soshiyan refused the invitation to stay on the surface of the planet for a night and returned to the flagship. When the door to the room was opened, Veronica immediately rushed up like an angry female cat. No matter how much Ren Sushiyan explained, it was useless. It took several hours to make the other party's anger temporarily extinguished. And Soshiyan promised countless times that he would not be alone with Veronica, so Veronica let him go.
Chapter completed!