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Eugene sent a private letter to them saying that this was just my expedient measure, and you should give in and wait for me to come back to discuss countermeasures.

Henry publicly declared that this was an imperial decree signed by the Pope in black and white, and it could never be changed.

But the remaining cardinals in Rome collectively said: We can abolish this treaty by deposing Eugene and denying his legitimacy.

So Eugene was shocked: "Why do you want to abolish me for no reason?"

But before he could successfully negotiate, most of the remaining cardinals in the Lateran Palace in Rome held a new papal election ceremony. They all put on solemn red clothes and discussed the candidates fiercely in the secret room. Anselm was particularly active in private. He spent a lot of money to bribe other cardinals, hoping to become the new pope with the belief that he would win.

The result of the election was as he expected. He was elected as the new Archon of God in "Castle of Sant'Angelo" (another name for the city of Rome in the Middle Ages, and the local castle was called Castel Sant'Angelo) with a high vote.

Just when Anselm was full of confidence and ready to take over the mitre and scepter and take charge of the entire Lateran Palace, several cardinals suddenly found him before the inauguration ceremony and asked him, "When you sit on the throne, how will you deal with Henry's atrocities in Sutri?"

Anselm did not expect such a question, so he hesitated and declared vaguely, "I promise that everything will be on the right track in the future. It is true that the Pope has two swords, but I think it is irrational for the Pope to pull out the secular sword himself."

The implication of this statement is that he is not keen on revenge against Henry V, nor will he overly advocate the spirit of "Clunyism".

The Clunyism was the mainstream thought of the Roman Curia at that time. Its core purpose was to liberate churches and monasteries around the world from secular lords and build a "theocracy" around the city of Rome to achieve self-management.

Naturally, Anselm's idea made those who heard it extremely dissatisfied. After these cardinals withdrew, they had another intense discussion with other cardinals in the secret room. During the process, Anselm's bribery was reported and exposed, so everyone decided to remove Anselm, who had not yet taken the oath of office, on the grounds of bribery and closeness to the secular empire.

As a result, that night, Anselm suddenly secretly took away a batch of holy objects and fled Rome with six of his closest cardinals (who were actually the most actively bribed by the Bank of Bari).

A few days later, Anselm appeared in Bari. The city's Senate then held an emergency meeting to discuss and decided to welcome Anselm into the city with a high vote, and gave him the title of "God's Archon", that is, recognized him as the real Pope. Then a special fund was approved to build a palace for Anselm in Bari to handle church affairs. Anselm also got a "new name of the Pope" - Bonifazius.

Anselm took office in Bari, but of course he did not receive official recognition from Rome. They soon nominated an archbishop from Portugal, Bagge, as the new pope, who also got the "new name of the pope" - Benedict.

Henry V was overjoyed to see the split of the pope. Anyway, he had received the coronation, and he was happy to see the kingdom of God in Rome fall apart. So Henry V simply picked up his father's words again: he brought out the previous "false pope" in Ravenna again. The other party was originally a layman named Gilbert. As a result, Henry V made him get three consecrations and appointments in one day, from a layman to a deacon to a parish priest and then to a so-called cardinal. Then he was appointed as the pope for the second time, that is, Gilbert Sylvester.

Owenseth Eugene, who could not return to Rome, could only go to Tuscany to take refuge under the Duchess Matilda, but he also received the support of some old cardinals and monastics, and continued to issue orders in the name of the orthodox pope.

It seemed that in just one night, the entire Papal State was turned upside down and divided into four parts, each claiming to be the real one. Of course, the countries and believers were all shocked. To distinguish them, they could only be called "Old Pope" (Eugene, also known as Pope of Tuscany), "New Pope" (Benedict, also known as Pope of St. Angelo), "Pope of Bari" (poor Anselm Bonifazius) and "Pope of Ravenna" (Gilbert Sylvester).

Now Eugene has the support of the Abbey of Cassino and the Duchess, and the Count of Sicily, and is looking for more allies.

And Benedict has the recognition of the local nobles and people in Rome.

Needless to say, Sylvester of Ravenna is just a tool in the hands of Henry V. He rarely shows up in the local area and has little influence. He is probably just a mascot.

But Anselm Bonifacius of Bari was quite aggressive. He quickly and efficiently organized the temple and the team, and absorbed the "Greek faction" in churches all over Italy under his banner, and quickly developed and grew, with a momentum to compete with the orthodox Roman Church. Anselm's life was also quite epic. He was originally sent to Bari by the previous pope to purge and expel the local Greek sect, but now he has become the leader of this group of people, so people's fate is really subtle.

And at this moment, everyone with a discerning eye knew that this Pope of Bari was obviously eating the rice in the bowl of Gawain in Tarsus, and he was Gawain's agent.

Eugene, who learned the truth, was also extremely angry, and began to discuss with Matilda to prepare a series of measures to attack Gawain.

But all this was no longer in Gawain's eyes.

Because he had just learned the news of the "Sutri Incident", Gawain gave a decisive order - the whole army seized the opportunity, no longer paying attention to any orders and arbitrations from the Pope, while fighting in Constantinople and Gallibo Carried out a landing operation on the Peninsula, and sent the other half of the task force to the Port of Media, under the control of the Great Earl Mero, and fought a decisive battle with the imperial coalition forces of Roger Jr., Titicius, Mikhail, and Gonletto. !

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Quickly, thousands of sails were racing on the sea of ​​Marimara, and the cannons were rumbling. Duke Nikephorus Brenus, who was ordered to sit in the city of Abydos, although his battlefield capabilities were lacking, his logistical dispatching ability was still outstanding: He prepared roads, built and repaired dry docks, and successfully sent batches of light ships, equipment and personnel to Gallipoli.

In the Port of Gallipoli, there were six large Venetian Calais warships and four Sicilian warships. The commander was Abhe of Sicily. They were originally waiting for orders to prepare to cross the Bosporus. Go to the Black Sea to cut off Medea's supply line.

But now Abuh found that it was very difficult for his warships to even maintain dominance over the inland sea of ​​Marimara.

Because there are so many small wolf-like and grasshopper-like "Jaeger" light longships built by the enemy. To describe it in one sentence, it is overwhelming!