As expected, when the news of the fall of Turin arrived in Lyon, it also brought the whereabouts of Zhao Fubo's Song Yulin Army and the musketeer to Pope Innocent IV. When bringing these news, Pope Innocent IV was proud of the strength of his Pope.

At this moment, his subordinates were willing to conquer the dukes who were extorted and punished together. There were already many emperors. King Henry III of England, who had a total of 4,000 people. Of course, many of them were farmers who went on a battle during the slack season. Most of them were sent to the archers because they were good at using longbows. In addition, there were many people in the army who transported military supplies, and they were known as an army of 60,000.

The Henry VII, who planned to fight his father and younger brother, led all the Templars and the army he used the money given to him by the Pope to recruit part of the army composed of mercenaries. His army was also quite large, and because of the Templars, their combat ability should not be underestimated. At least compared with any army in Europe, this army under the banner of revenge for the commander of the Templars, Girami II de Sonak, was also very determined to fight.

Relatively speaking, the Earl of Artowa had not had so many troops. In addition to some of his own troops, he also used the price of taking over the regime in the future and allowing some provinces and regions to be independent of France. Moreover, the British emperor also called himself the Duke of Normandy until now, and that land was annexed by the powerful French king Philip II Augustus as early as 1204.

For this reason, King Henry III of John paid a sum of money and agreed that in the future, Gillier would still be the queen of his son, and he regained the Normandy area. Although he did not have time to send people to manage it, but like many transactions in this war, after the war was over, the delivery would be carried out. This is somewhat like modern futures. In order to prevent the profit from falling, everyone should try their best to win during the war! In the territory of France, some dukes who were dissatisfied with Louis IX also appeared here. The so-called dukes were the kings of the "principality" in this era. They were somewhat like the feudal countries of our country's history.

Their entire force had a total of more than 160,000 troops and logistics personnel. This did not include the defensive forces of the various cities they expected to march. Moreover, the quality of this army was no less than that of the Crusaders of Louis IX's expedition in the whole of Europe.

When the news of the 60,000 troops in Turin was wiped out, Pope Innocent IV was leading King John Henry III, Henry VII, Earl of Artowa and other dukes, in front of a large map spread on the ground of the hall, to discuss the war that will break out in the future. They stood in groups of three or three, holding pipes on their mouths and holding ashtrays in their hands by the servants on the side, indicating that the hands and feet of merchants are always very fast.

It was getting close to evening at this time, and the nobles' hearts were no longer the mountains and rivers in front of them. Their minds were moving, wanting to see if they could find some entertainment in the city of Lyon. However, the Pope at this moment had not given them permission to leave. Seeing the priests in the Holy See lights lighted, they were not very happy.

"That damn, a pagan bastard from the East!"

An Oriental pagan affected their appetite, and the causes were that the lowly priests lit candles with glass covers on both sides of the castle passage, and the bright lights would be emitted in the hall. It has to be said that at this time, life in the Holy See, or the Pope Innocent IV and the life of those who asked for advice, was a luxury. The matches in the hands of the lowly priests who lighted the lamp attracted the attention of the dukes.

They are all "noble matches" with long and exquisite wooden poles. We know that matches are divided into "noble matches" and "civilian matches". Monopoly means huge profits, and this matter is vividly expressed in matches. Of course, there are many jealous people who want to figure out what matches are, but unfortunately, they do not have a real understanding of chemistry. Matches are too magical for them.

When the dukes light their pipes, they were all the poor matches with one box of silver coins. Even so, when the dukes lighted the pipes, they didn't mind lighting several pipes with one match. The price of this thing was too expensive. They made the decision to sell logs without limit to the Chinese Empire in their territory. Because as long as they were willing to sell logs, the price of matches would be reduced by 13. This benefit was not to benefit the common people, but matches, which were originally expensive and had almost no tax space now had tax space. Stable and continuous taxes were what the dukes were really interested in.

When the car lights were hung in the hall, the hall at that night became dazzling and colorful and magnificent. In order for the nobles to see the map clearly, there were even low-level priests who specially used small car lights to illuminate them. At this moment, the news of the fall of Turin hit the Holy See like a thunder.

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty..."

Those who came were wearing chain mail that the knights did not wear. When the armor made by Milan began to become popular throughout Europe, chain mail became an eradicated, or only suitable for low-level soldiers. Even so, the whole breastplate was popular among low-level soldiers.

The series of exclamations from the visitors made Pope Innocent IV frown. This was not the style that the knights should have. Moreover, it should not be the soldiers trained like monks since childhood. They should have looked like soldiers. However, when he whispered the news he brought, Pope Innocent IV himself exclaimed.

"What... cannot, it's impossible... overnight... how could such a thing happen..."

He really couldn't believe that Turin, a city with a tall city wall and sufficient weapons and equipment stationed by a 60,000 army, fell into nothing. You know, how could it be completely conquered in the extremely strong fortress-style city built to support Italy's "Free City Alliance"?
Chapter completed!