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Reasons that can set off huge Christian fanaticism:

The team grew as they walked, forming a torrent of more than 100,000 people pouring into southeastern Europe. More than half of this army of poor people died, and the remaining people finally entered Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire.

Byzantine Emperor Alexius quickly sent them out, but they were wiped out by the Turks before they advanced far. Only a few people managed to escape. This massive expedition, launched by piety and fanaticism, ended miserably in a series of events full of suffering, crime, massacre, and death.

In the autumn of 1096, four large armies appeared in the war-torn areas of Europe. They burned, killed and looted along the way, especially committing horrific crimes in Jerusalem.

Not far from Constantinople, the Tenth Army turned into bloodthirsty beasts and crazy bandits due to the harsh environment, constant attacks from the Turks, coupled with hunger, thirst, loneliness, and fear. A large amount of wealth will belong to the feudal nobles who lead the team.

Until July 1099, when they reached Jerusalem, more than 20,000 Tenth Army troops poured into Jerusalem, which had only more than 1,000 defenders, and began to massacre and loot more than 70,000 Muslim residents and Jews in the city.

Due to the conflict between the noble knights and the Roman Church over the division of spoils, several feudal states and large and small territories were established, including the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the Principality of Antigonus, the County of Tripoli and the County of Idessa.

Some soldiers of the Tenth Revolution returned home with their trophies, which aroused more people's desire for wealth, but this time they were defeated. It is the big businessmen in Venice, Genoa, Pisa and other cities in Italy who are making a fortune steadily.

The Roman Church was not willing to let power and wealth rest in the hands of secular nobles in the Holy Land, so a religious order of knights emerged that combined monks and knights. They swore three major oaths: poverty, chastity, and absolute obedience, but they also wore armor. A knight fighting on horseback. They only obeyed the orders of the Roman Pope, not the orders of the various feudal lords.

Characteristics: A team with close unity and strong combat effectiveness has become the most powerful tool of the Roman Church, with great relative strength.

Among them, the Knights of the Temple first engaged in loan sharking and property management activities among European knights, and were eventually eliminated by the King of France.

In 1144, the County of Idessa of the Tenth Army was captured, which set off religious fanaticism in Europe. Abbot Bernard once again instigated it, and Pope Eugene III granted privileges. Despite this, it failed to arouse much enthusiasm among the people. The second Tenth Army returned without success, and the Muslim Jihad gained momentum.

In 1175, the outstanding Muslim leader Saladin became sultan and surrounded the Tenth Army country.

The fall of the Holy City shocked Europe. There were three ambitious monarchs in Europe who all wanted to take the opportunity to increase their prestige and wealth. Frederick I, Emperor of Germany, known as Barbarossa; Richard the Lionheart, King of England; Philip II, King of France.

Pope Innocent III strictly ordered all European nobles and priests to provide money and personnel to carry out the 4th Eastern Crusade. However, the participants were only a ragtag group of nobles who wanted to make a fortune by plundering the East.

Instigated by the Doge of Venice, they captured Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, in 1204, burning, killing and looting. Thousands of years of buildings, artworks, books, and cultural relics were plundered, and most of them were shipped back to decorate Venice.

The princes, nobles and Venetian merchants who participated in the war all made a fortune and established the Latin Empire in Byzantium, which lasted for 50 years. The Roman Church then preached that the failure of the 4th Crusade was due to the greed and desires of weak-willed adults.

In 1212, the French shepherd boy Stephen gathered an army of 30,000 children. Those children who were lucky enough to cross the sea were sold to North Africans as slaves.

Frederick II initiated and negotiated the recovery of Jerusalem in 1229, allowing Muslims to retain mosques and worship freely. The pope was furious and excommunicated Frederick.

In 1244, Jerusalem fell into the hands of the Muslims again, and the French King Louis IX, who was known as a saint, launched an eastward invasion.

In 1250, he entered Egypt and was captured. He paid a huge ransom and withdrew his troops before being released.

The Pope and Louis IX discovered the rise of the great Mongol Empire and marched westward. The Pope sent an envoy to meet the Mongol Khan in an attempt to persuade the Mongols to convert to Christianity so that they could join forces to attack the Islamists. The Khan's answer was that everyone has the freedom to practice religion in his or her own way.

In 1270, Louis IX died of illness in Tunisia during his eighth eastward invasion. Since then, the Muslim army has advanced step by step from Egypt to the Tenth Army countries, wiping out the Tenth Army countries in Palestine and Lebanon.

In 1291, Acre, the last fortress of the Tenth Army, fell, and the Eastern invasion of the Tenth Army ended.