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Chapter 38 From Aspen Pass to Figueres City (Part 2)

When Andrew delegated the entire army's offensive power to General Massena, he pushed the army headquarters from Mias to a small fishing village called Dewander near the front line.

Late at night on June 30, according to Major General Massena's pre-war deployment arrangements, Colonel Shus personally commanded three elite special forces squadrons, and more than 500 troops were divided into two groups. Taking advantage of the moon, wind and black, with the help of the dense bushes around, he quietly sneaked to the two high grounds closest to the Ass Pass. After a suspenseless battle, the special forces eliminated all the Spanish outposts stationed on the hill with the daggers in their hands. The entire assault operation was as straightforward as flowing, without letting a Spanish sentry warn in advance.

Immediately afterwards, the Legion Artillery Column, which had already been ready at the foot of the mountain, and the officers and soldiers of the artillery units of the Massena Division, carried all the artillery of all sizes and calibers to the two high grounds overnight. Just four hours later, on the early morning of July 1, on the high ground on both sides of the front of the Ass Pass, the French built two solid and thick artillery artillery batteries.

The former commander General Massena was busy dispatching troops, but in the rear, Commander Andrew leisurely chatted with the two special envoys of the Pope. Originally, Andrew, who was upset, did not intend to meet these hypocritical hypocrites at all. In Andrew's eyes, the Vatican Church, which had lost too much secular power, was just a fig leaf for European hegemons to whitewash the peace, just like Napoleon I's despise the pope when he ascended the throne. In addition, Andrew also hated that in his previous life, the Vatican pope was often for political purposes, and he conferred those who raped the so-called "saints".

It was only because of his allies that Father Benier had to come forward to entertain him. That was when the priest repeatedly emphasized the importance of establishing a good relationship with the Catholic Holy See in his letter. In this regard, the Commissioner Milière, who represented the member of Balas, also expressed strong support.

The two guys in front of Andrew were wearing priestly robes, except for their faces exposed, all of them were wrapped in robes. One looked in his 50s and had a pointed long nose under his eyes; the other was very young and handsome, about the same age as Andrew, but his tone of speaking was a bit sissy. The older one was named Raymond, a cardinal archbishop, and the younger one claimed to be the cardinal assistant, and hesitated and did not say his name.

As usual, the authority as the Vatican envoy and cardinal should allow the secular people who had just met to kiss, but when the bishop stretched out his arm for a long time, he still saw General Andrew standing tall on his chair, without any intention of showing respect for the messenger of Christ.

Bishop Raymond was a little annoyed. He had long heard that this rebellious and self-proclaimed to believe in the devil of Satan, had been treated with cold treatment for several days (the bishop and his entourage came to the barracks for several days, but was rejected by Andrew). In addition, his current rudeness, the bishop was not only annoyed, but he wanted to scold him loudly, who was used to giving orders.

Fortunately, the young man, as the bishop's assistant, stopped the reckless behavior of the superior. He gently pulled Bishop Raymond's clothes and muttered a few words in his ear, as if reminding something. It took a while for Bishop Raymond to clean up his bad mood. Thinking of the mission given to him by the Pope, he suppressed the anger in his heart and walked to the general in disappointment, expressing the gospel from the Roman Catholic Church.

“….

General Andrew, as a faithful believer of God, His Majesty the Pope thanks you for your kindness in the Vondai area and re-transmit the teachings of Jesus Christ to the lost Lamb.

...

All the praise and glory that God can give to the world is concentrated before you.

....

General, your tolerance, benevolence, and modesty will be the role model of the saints that the Holy See will advocate.

….”

Bishop Raymond was chattering and vocal praises, and the words were a little excited. However, the general in front of the bishop had no intention of being moved at all. Andrew was still entrenched in his seat, staring at the nonsense coldly at the guy who was talking nonsense.

After a series of yawns, Andrew waved his hand to stop Bishop Raymond's endless prayer. Then, he asked unceremoniously: "Tell me, your mission or purpose. Just point out, Commander Andrew's time is equivalent to money."

Bishop Raymond looked at each other with his assistant. However, at the latter's hint, Raymond looked around and whispered the true purpose of the trip.

"…General Andrew, the Pope hopes that you will help us to bring the authority of the Holy See back to Madrid. Because the growing influence of Protestants continues to threaten the existence of orthodox Christians on the land of Spain..."

Bishop Raymond mentioned the Protestantism was nothing more than a type of reformist sect that began to rise in the era of Queen Mary, and was the continued derivative of Martin Luther's reformist sect, which was more revolutionary than the reformist sect.

Their existence of the Roman Catholic Church as an envoy of God, in their view, religious liturgy should not pay too much attention to form, and all kinds of extremely strict hierarchical norms should be abolished; at the same time, believers do not need to kneel down to receive the communion, and cancel the ritual of drawing crosses during baptism; some more radical ones propose to remove the organ in the church and not use rings as tokens in the marriage ceremony, etc.; some people have made amazing statements, that is, the church does not need bishops, and the pastors of local churches should not be assigned by the bishops, but should be elected by the lay people.

Obviously, the Pope could not tolerate the above, just like suppressing other denominations, Popes declared them illegal, demanding that the British handed them to religious courts or directly expelled them. At the beginning, Queen Mary did this, but it didn't take long to lift the ban and allow them to preach freely. Since then, the authority of the orthodox Catholic Church in England has plummeted. After the Glorious Revolution, the status of the New Denomination in Britain was equivalent to the state religion.

At this time, the revolutionary mask of the New Devotion was also shattered, and they began to oppress other believers, especially Catholics. The reason why the British dared to massacre in Ireland was inseparable from the agitation and clamor of the New Devotion. In Madrid, Juan VI, who had just won the Spanish throne, did not declare the Roman Catholic Church in advance at his throne and invited the Archbishop to hold a coronation ceremony for him. The root cause was that the New Devotion was making trouble. What made the Roman Catholic Church even more intolerable was that Juan VI issued a decree announcing that it would imitate the British Church to prepare to transform the Spanish Catholic Church and make it free from the control of the Roman Catholic Church.

All these made Pius VI very angry. Spain has always been one of the centers of Roman Catholicism. Once the Holy See lost power in Madrid, its impact was no less than the catastrophic destruction of the French Revolution on the Catholicism. At this time, the helper Pius VI could think of was actually the commander of the revolutionary France, General Andrew, who often called himself the messenger of Satan.

Haha, everything in the world is really unpredictable.

Although Andrew looked absent-minded, he had already heard Bishop Raymond's voiceover: to Madrid, abolish Juan VI, and make a devout Catholic king of Spain.

"My good!" As soon as he heard the Pope's request to him, Andrew asked bluntly. Andrew never showed any pretentiousness in choosing interests.

"If things are done, the Pope will personally prepare the compilation and baptism for you. Perhaps, at the triennial bishop meeting, you may also be awarded the title of 'saint'." Bishop Raymond is obviously used to the other party's shamelessness and greed.

"Saint? That's not the name of the dead!" Andrew was a little angry. It was the so-called saints he had heard of, all of whom died early. Except for Joan of Arc as a character, the rest were waste, rapists, etc.

"No, no, no! General Andrew." As soon as he heard this misunderstanding, Bishop Raymond hurriedly explained, "The saints are the highest honor for those who have made important contributions to the Roman Catholic Church, and most of them have given them during their lifetime."

"Oh, I remembered it wrong, what's the benefit? I mean the substantial benefit!" Andrew couldn't figure out how much help a saint could bring him, whether he could exchange for a few cars of gold coins, or something else.

Bishop Raymond became even more anxious. It was the first time he encountered a shameless bastard. He was so disrespectful in front of the Pope's envoy and the Cardinal, and did not regard the honor of the saint as a bargaining for money. After exchanging opinions with his assistant, the Bishop wanted to let the young man continue to trade with the devil before he collapsed.

"General, divine power can strengthen worldly power." The assistant's crisp voice lit up Andrew's eyes. It was because he accidentally saw his assistant's snow-white neck, like a long velvet neck.

Velvet continued: "The general's ambition is not just the commander of a legion, just like your father-in-law is unwilling to be a member of the Public Security Committee. What force means is naturally invincible and invincible. However, conquering Spain, such a huge country, it is difficult to solve all problems by force alone. The cooperation between the general and our Holy See is a mutually beneficial process, which will give your conquest plan more guarantees, such as..."

"What, for example?" Andrew asked.

With a "swish" sound, I stood up from my position for the first time and walked straight to the velvet. I got very close to each other, and I could already feel the slight breathing of the other person. Well, there was a slight fragrance.

Velvet took a step back, and obviously he could not accept Andrew's excessive "passion", calmed down his mentality slightly, and said, "For example, to appease the Spanish people with the name of Catholicism, they gave up their resistance and became God's obedient people and the general's collaborators again; everyone knows that Princess Sophia is General Andrew's lover. If the general successfully conquers Madrid, the throne of Spain will be his Majesty Sophia; as for money and wealth, the Holy See has gathered a lot of treasures in Spain, and the Pope promised to distribute some of them to the general, including the disgusting wealth that the Inquisition has plundered over the centuries. At this point, are you satisfied?"

Andrew nodded, but when the two lobbyists were happy, he shook his head again. He grabbed his lower lip with his hand and looked distressed.

"Is there any problem?" Velvet asked strangely.

"Of course, when there are still many problems, first of all, your integrity, it is hard for me to believe how you will guarantee all the previous promises. My Godfather has taught me countless times that the people from the Holy See, what they say and what they do, are the most unreliable. When the Protestants massacred the Catholic Irish people, the expeditionary forces promised by the Pope were not even seen. And when the Greeks needed the help of your Holy See the most, you reconciled with the Muslims, that is, the pagans you called, and let hundreds of thousands of God's believers die on the Ropepennese Peninsula. And so on, do I need to point out such questions one by one?"

The history that Andrew described is indeed a shame that the Holy See cannot erase. This time Andrew lifted out the old account, which made the two envoys very embarrassed. After a long silence, Velvet finally opened her face. She lifted up the priest robe on her head, revealing her true face.

This is an Italian beauty with long flowing hair and delicate and charming hair. Especially her seductive eyes, snow-white pink neck, and the slightly undulating breasts that she had just begun to pay attention to now...

"My name is Sophie. Perhaps, you should call me Princess Sophie. I am Pope Pius VI's only niece. I will stay by your side as a witness to the friendship and cooperation between the two sides." Sophie said seriously, not caring about the other party's greedy and lustful intentions that were on his own.

"Well, there is still a question. How to appease my tens of thousands of tragic deaths in the country, you should know that I am planning to fight all the way to Madrid, but my cooperation with the Holy See will make me follow my own words." Andrew was obviously attracted by the other party's beauty, staring at the beauty's eyes and weakening a lot in his tone of speaking. Andrew was not a pervert, but he could no longer give up his happiness after having tasted the flavor of the soup.

"This is simpler, the slaughtered man, only Governor Antonio and his nobles, not all Spaniards, and proper kindness helps the general to win the hearts of the people."

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