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Chapter 505 The Iberian War
Mason was right. Before their peace talks, the Duke of Allgäu had led his army to break through the Milan defense line. The Duke of Milan fled to Turin. Genoa negotiated neutrality with the Roman army. Now only Savoy is still resisting.

Since the other party wanted peace talks, Rome had to meet the German king in person. Peter gave the order to set off, and the army headed for Mainz.

In the Western Mediterranean, after pacifying Sardinia, Stanissa led the army and the Roman navy to go to Mallorca, and occupied it after experiencing a small amount of resistance. Then proceed to Granada for landing.

The Sultan personally came to Malaga to welcome the Roman army and handed over command of his own army. Then he officially announced that he had converted to Orthodox Christianity and surrendered to Rome.

Prior to this, the Sudan led his army to raid the fortress of Zaara, an important town on the southern border of Spain. This fortress is located at the border transportation hub and built on the top of a mountain. Above is the towering castle, below is the abyss. Faced with such an impregnable castle, the soldiers launched a surprise attack on a rainy night. In the end, all the men, women, and children in the city became his trophies.

The Sultan tragically discovered that the destruction of his kingdom and family was imminent, and the Roman army did not know when it would arrive. For him, instead of waiting for the enemy to eat up his kingdom, it would be better for him to fight for it. The car-blocking mantis burns the war into enemy territory. So there was an adventurous move to raid the Saala Fortress.

Now that the Roman army came, he was naturally relieved. As for the emperor's request for him to change his faith, he changed his faith and was ready to hand over his power, and the army was handed over. As long as he keeps his property, his descendants might be able to shine in politics.

The total number of soldiers brought by Stanissa was 25,000, and the number of soldiers from Granada was 50,000. Time was running out, and Stanissa began to attack Gibraltar westward, and then moved northward to capture the important city of Seville. Strive to occupy the entire Andalusia region.

Andalusia has the largest plain in Iberia, which produces the most grain and vegetables. Capturing this place will lay the foundation for Iberia, and then attack northward.

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In Madrid, the capital of Castile, the regent council is discussing how to fight Rome. With the navy gone, is it really necessary to cross the Pyrenees Mountains?

"It took us a long time to build it, it's our hard work."

The congressmen cried out to each other that Aragon was wasting its resources. Their invincible navy was just gone, and now it was too late to regroup.

"Those people in Aragon are stupid pigs. All our navy is here, and they are all lost."

The congressmen will only complain about difficulties, but they will keep secret about borrowing money. These are their lifeblood, and they will not borrow anything.

"What's the use of saying this now? We have to be careful about the Roman army. Their navy has already attacked Mallorca. If Joao is unwilling to take out the remaining warships, we can only pray to God."

"Quiet, things may not be that bad." The archbishop stood up, "We can send people to discuss the armistice with the Roman Emperor. Bavaria withdrew from the war after signing the armistice agreement with Rome. Now we can do the same."

"Yes", why didn't they expect that the war would be stopped by signing a peace treaty. At most, it would only recognize the current scope of Rome, and they did not hit Iberia.

"In addition to negotiating with Rome, we also have to send people to England. Our merchant ships cannot reach Friesland, which is a big blow to our income." A large part of Castile's wool is sold to Friesland England and North Germany, but merchant ships have to pass through the English Channel, and the news of the recent changes in England has also made them nervous. The Duke of Normandy in France beat away Henry IV and became the new king of England. Now he has no choice but to recognize the other party's position. In exchange for safety, no one can harm your own interests.

Everyone nodded and began to prepare to do so. Apparently they knew nothing about the landing of the Roman army at Granada.

Stanissa was very fast, and there were some Crescent Christians and Jews in Andalusia. When they learned that the Roman army was coming, they welcomed it. Anyway, it couldn't be worse than Castile.

The Roman army arrived at the fortress of Gibraltar, from where the Arabs conquered the entire Iberia northward. At the same time, this is also the key to controlling the exit of the Western Mediterranean. Stanissa ordered the army to surround this place, and the rest was gone. Because there are no other obvious water resources here, fresh water and food mainly rely on outside transportation. Stanissa surrounded the place and waited for the opponent's food and drinking water to be exhausted before attacking.

Without the Iberian navy, Rome's advance would have been much faster. Stanissa began to attack Seville, and the Roman navy began to travel to the port city by sea.

The soldiers were sitting in the boat, looking at the beach in the distance. Here he couldn't see the fully armed legionnaires on the shore. He could only see a thick black line on the coast extending infinitely to both sides, and between the black lines. It was mixed with little flashes of golden light... They knew that it was the military flag shining.

On this troop carrier, the captain directed the helmsman to adjust the course. Soldiers sat on both sides of the ship, assisting the sailors in rowing the oars. In the middle of the ship was the squad leader loudly emphasizing the various regulations that the soldiers must abide by after landing ashore. matters.

After finishing speaking, he also emphasized with a serious expression: "Do you remember everything?!"

"Remember!!" the soldiers responded in unison.

At this time in Seville, the mayor suddenly felt trembling, fearing that something big was about to happen.

Strangely enough, there have been fewer merchant ships traveling to and from Seville these days. Even if there is a war, there shouldn't be none at all.

"Sir, there are boats coming, many boats."

The mayor was pleasantly surprised by his men's words. Doesn't this mean that their tariffs are there? Hurry up and take a look. He saw many ships heading to the dock neatly, but some were too neat, and he didn't know which businessman had so many ships? Until the opponent stopped moving forward and fired the ship's cannon at the city indiscriminately. Immediately there were countless casualties.

"It's an enemy. Hurry up and get the army over. Send people to Madrid and let the kingdom lead troops to rescue."

The mayor gave heart-breaking instructions, but the ships were still firing cannons. They had never been attacked on such a large scale. Some ships came to the shore, and rows of soldiers came down from them, heading towards the city.

(End of this chapter)