In the history of the earth, the church also had its own legion, the most famous of which was the Crusader.

The Crusaders carried out many expeditions from 1095 to 1270.

From 1096 to 1270, the feudal lord of Western Europe launched an aggressive war against the countries in the Near East.

The growth of commercial capital in Western Europe and the development of urban and commodity currency relations accelerated the socio-economic differentiation within feudal society and promoted the ruling class to plunder economically developed Near Eastern countries. The Crusades were initiated by the Catholic Church under the slogan of the liberation of the Christian Holy Land of Palestine (Jerusalem). Jerusalem, together with other Byzantine territories, was occupied by Muslims (Seljuk Turks) at the end of the eleventh century. The crusaders all dressed in costumes.

The Red Cross is marked by the "Crusader". All classes in society participate in the Crusades. The upper monks of the Catholic Church headed by the Pope were the ideological instigators and general planners of the Crusades. They used religious fanaticism to expand the political influence of the Roman Catholic Church, attempting to put the Greek Orthodox Church under their own control, and strive to increase their wealth by plundering the territory of Eastern countries and establishing new "Christian" territories; the devastated knighthood

The strata were also attracted by the opportunity to get rich, and they became the main members of the Crusaders; the feudal main force tried to expand their territory and increase their income, and dreamed of establishing a country dominated by them on the rich lands of the East. The cities of Genoa, Venice and Pisa in Italy played a major role in planning the Crusades, because the expelling of the Seljuk Turks from the Near East and rebuilding the Heyi relations with the people of all ethnic groups living on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean.

Advantageous. In order to get rid of feudal oppression and extreme poverty, poor peasants also participated in the first few Crusades. However, from the second half of the twelfth century, when peasants saw that this hope was impossible, they refused to participate in the Crusades. The Catholic Church declared that the Crusades were "warriors fighting for their faith", put them under their own protection, and granted various privileges. The Crusades carried out a total of eight large-scale crusades (mainly by land).

However, the Knights of the Temple did not exist for some expedition, but for maintaining the daily order of the Temple.

Because the City of Paradise is a neutral city, it basically has very few troops arranged, except for the two thousand wolf teeth, which is a small number of city defense and security forces. As the population increases, management has gradually become difficult. The temple is a special place. Not only are there many people coming and going, but there are also some things that the city is not easy to interfere in. So after discussion, we decided to establish a 127-person Knights of the Temple. Because the temple has six sub-sects, we arranged to divide it into six teams according to the name of the sub-sects, each team of twenty people, and then set up a captain. The six teams have a commander.

.The function is to maintain the order of the temple and be responsible for the security issues of the temple. At the same time, when establishing the Knights of the Temple, we also had a relevant agreement, that is, the number of people in the Knights of the Temple, whether reserved or regular, cannot exceed 200 people. At the same time, their relative independence. The so-called relative independence means that their military pay and other expenses are responsible for the temple, but in terms of jurisdiction, they are still subject to the jurisdiction of the city. This is to prevent the Knights from growing blindly and thus dominate the military strength. If it is allocated by those who are interested, it will affect the safety of the city.

I have to do this situation, no matter whether they are Dayue or Dazhou. Moreover, in history, there are many churches with greater power than the state, which leads to the state's demise.

And the most important point is that the candidates of the Knights must be held by outsiders, and locals are not allowed to join the Knights. Members of the Knights must be replaced for two years.

Religion is sometimes like a pyramid scheme, which has a strong brainwashing effect on being addicted to it. I don’t want my people to be brainwashed, which will affect the normal operation of the city.

Although Xiao Ying and Marco Pole were a little reluctant to do so with my many conditions and restrictions, they had no choice but to do so. Moreover, my attitude was very tough in this regard. Either I agreed or I sent someone to set up a troops, which were specifically responsible for public security and other aspects, and were not under the jurisdiction of the temple. After thinking about it, they seemed to have better control of it themselves. In the end, they had to agree to my conditions and signed a peace treaty under the witness of the officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty. At the same time, there was another one in the peace treaty, that is, if the Knights did not harm the city of heaven, the troops in the city had the right to take measures and did not rule out the use of force. If the situation was uncontrollable, the two countries must send troops.

In addition, the purpose of this Knights basically exists is to maintain the public order in the temple and to be a bodyguard for them seriously.

After signing, I saw Xiao Ying’s dissatisfaction, so I generously agreed to give the armor of the Knights to the Chamber of Commerce. And every two years when the person is replaced, the armor will be used as a gift and will not be recycled.

Xiao Ying was more happy after hearing my conditions.

However, I am not pretending to be generous. In order to ensure that the troops in the city have an absolute advantage in the protection of armor, I took the right to cast the Knights' armor in my own hands. The captain's armor was all golden armor, and because each captain represents the six warriors under the gods, the style of the armor is not used. Moreover, the most popular carving method is used now, and other metals are used to decorate beautiful patterns on it. In terms of craftsmanship, the craftsmanship is used to decorate beautiful patterns.

The surface is definitely the top-notch today, and it is definitely considered an exquisite work of art. However, the function of this armor is only a work of art. Although it is metal, its protection ability is definitely more than one level worse than the black armor that Wolf Tooth has passed. If Wolf Tooth uses armor-piercing crossbow arrows, it can easily shoot through the front. The armor on the back is thinner. At the same time, although these armors are golden, it does not mean that it is made of gold. I am not as rich as using golden armor as a gift.

The 120 people under their command were covered in silver armor. Of course, they were not allowed to talk about their craftsmanship, but their protective ability was greatly reduced. Moreover, when they were transferring weapons, they were only equipped with knives, spears, and shields, and no crossbows.

So it is okay for them to wear this armor to set the facade of the temple, but it is still a lot worse than the wolf teeth in the city. Even with the same number of people, when encountering them, wolf teeth can kill them with very little losses. Moreover, after the establishment of the Knights, a group of new armor and crossbow arrows of the Chamber of Commerce first allocated three brigades of wolf teeth. The purpose of these three brigades is to monitor the Knights of the Temple. They are equipped with no ordinary crossbow arrows, but new armor-piercing crossbow arrows. It is easy to shoot through the armor of the Knights of the Knights. At the same time, the ten crossbow arrows each person has been specially treated. The so-called special treatment is that they are extremely poisonous.

And all this is not because I judge a gentleman by the heart of a villain, but because I have to be careful.

Of course, all this was done secretly.

Back to the point, after the blessing was over, the Knights' Order's medal ceremony began. The so-called medal ceremony was nothing more than the title given to them by Marco Pole on behalf of God, the name of the Knights, as well as the logo and flag.

The bells of the bell tower rang again, and we stood behind Marco Pole as guests.

Then the door opposite the church opposite the stands opened at this time. The first thing that came out was a man surrounded by golden armor. Behind him, six men with six golden armored men were closely followed, followed by a hundred and twenty silver armored warriors.

After making the lineup, they walked towards the stands under the leadership of the first and the man.

As soon as these people came out, the people around them took a deep breath of air. Before these great men, there was only one person in the city who was spreading silver armor, that was Yang Kaiwu, the deputy commander of the Wolf Tooth Army. So in the eyes of the people, ordinary soldiers among these people were all wearing silver armor. Doesn’t the golden armor in front represent a higher status? And now the sun is rising, and the sun shines on the armor. The armor is shining and a little dazzling, which makes people dare not look directly at it. And these people feel like they are really soldiers of gods, so many people still exclaimed.

Moreover, the people can easily tell who has the highest status through armor, because the person walking in the front has the most complex armor, both in shape and pattern.

Xiao Ying was very satisfied with the solemn appearance of this group of soldiers. I was also very satisfied with the one sitting next to him, but everyone was satisfied with different things and different appreciation. Xiao Ying admired the Knights in the hearts of the people, and I was admiring their armor. It is a gorgeous work of art.

The group of people walked to the stands, stopped in one go, then took off their helmets, kept them at their waist with their left hand, and at the same time they clenched their fists with their right hand, knelt on the ground with one knee, and then lowered their heads deeply.

Marco Pole began to mumble and thought about something I couldn't understand. After he finished reading, he slowly walked out of the stands, and behind him, there was a clergy holding a wooden plate, and a flag. After he walked in front of the man, he gently tapped the man's right shoulder with a ruby ​​stick, which probably meant to announce their establishment.

Then all the soldiers of the Knights stood up together, and Marco Pole turned around and pinned a metal badge on the chest of the big man's armor. On the armor, a special place where the signs could be hung were set up.

After hanging up the badge, he took the flag from the hands of the person next to him and solemnly handed it to the captain. The man handed over the helmet to the captain behind him, took the flag, and for a while, one side was red as the base, with a sword and a shield embroidered on it. Next to the shield, the goddess looked like her closing her eyes and praying.

"roar!"

When the man waved his flag, all the soldiers started roaring.

The whole process also seemed solemn and solemn, and indeed had a sacred taste.
Chapter completed!