Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 420 Fall of Rome
Maybe everything is predetermined, or maybe the competitors have a tacit understanding.

When Zhu Zhan fought Mahamu at the mouth of the Three Gorges, Zhu Zhanhe, who was in Europe, also made a move.

The Kingdom of Sicily is really not a powerful country. If it was a powerful country, then the Kingdom of Sicily would not be imprisoned in Sicily, and even the corners of the Kingdom of Naples would not be touched.

Because they were worried about the influence of public opinion, the Holy See and the Holy Roman Empire still sent troops to support, but this support...

how to say?It can only show that people can tell it is perfunctory at a glance.

More than a dozen ships from the Principality of Venice sailed out of the Adriatic Sea and headed towards the Kingdom of Sicily, but only when they encountered the Ming army for the first time, three ships were destroyed, and then...

The rest of the boats immediately adjusted their sails and left without looking back!
In this so-called support, whether it is the ten ships sent over, the navy that is about to collapse at a touch, or the final scene of fleeing after touching it, it is full of perfunctory.

After getting the news, Frederick III directly gave up his last hope, and immediately fled the palace, preparing to find a ship to escape the Kingdom of Sicily.

The Kingdom of Sicily is an island country, and the closest to them is the Kingdom of Naples, but even so, it is separated by the Strait of Messina.

The fleet of the Principality of Venice is already the strongest sea force that the Holy See and the Holy Roman Empire can mobilize at this time. With the fleet of the Principality of Venice on the brink of collapse, Frederick III does not think anyone else can defend the Strait of Messina. Provided roads for land reinforcements of the Holy See and the Holy Roman Empire.

As the saying goes, if you keep the green hills, you will not be afraid of running out of firewood.

In history, monarchs like Chongzhen who dared to die for their country were actually very courageous monarchs. Whether in the East or the West, most monarchs basically decided to run away when faced with the inevitable situation of subjugation.

For example, Zhao Song's Wanyan... oh no, it's Zhao Gou.

However, compared to Zhao Gou, Frederick III was actually quite outstanding, but this excellence was not voluntary.

On the way to escape the Kingdom of Sicily, he was surrounded by Ming fleet and sunk permanently in the Mediterranean Sea.

No one in the Ming army even knew that one of the ships they sunk contained the king of the Kingdom of Sicily.

The demise of the Kingdom of Sicily put another straw on the backs of the Holy See and the Holy Roman Empire. However, for the Holy See and the Holy Roman Empire, the losses caused by the demise of the Kingdom of Sicily were still within control.

They don't really care much about the demise of the Kingdom of Sicily.

The Kingdom of Sicily is an island country, and it was definitely the first to be abandoned when facing the powerful Ming Dynasty.

For Martin V and Sigismund, they only cared about how much negative impact the Kingdom of Sicily would have on them after its demise.

Because this time, at any rate, troops were sent to resist, and this time the Ming army was considered a surprise attack. The previous frontal battlefield had always been near the Danube River, so the impact of the demise of the Kingdom of Sicily on Martin V and Sigismund was not very big.

However, this is only temporary.

Before they could catch their breath, a sudden change caught them off guard and stunned them instantly.

All along, the Kingdom of Naples, their ally, suddenly rose up, stabbed the Pope in the back, and occupied Rome!

When Rome fell, Martin V was in the Cathedral of Rome, and he understood everything after seeing the Duke of Rain with his troops.

However, for Sigismund in Aachen, the capital of the Holy Roman Empire, the betrayal of the Kingdom of Naples and the fall of Rome were beyond his comprehension.

For Sigismund, he had thought about almost everything, but he did not expect that Rome would fall like this, because Rome was the seat of the Holy See and the capital of the Papal State.

Once Rome is threatened, the resistance suffered by the Ming army is definitely the strongest. Even if the end of the fall is inevitable, it will definitely not be so fast.

The reason why Sigismund had such confidence all came from the influence of Catholicism in Europe.

However, he is not in Rome, so he is not as clear and intuitive as Martin V who is in Rome...

"Duke Rain..."

In the Roman cathedral, when Martin V turned his back to the cross, looked at the Duke of Rein in front of him, and also at the group of heavily armed but obviously yellow-skinned people behind the Duke of Rein, he already understood everything.

"His Excellency, I'm sorry."

Duke Wren bowed slightly and saluted Martin V, which was his last respect.

The blood was slowly flowing in the most sacred place in the hearts of Catholics. Even in the daytime, the candles that were still burning brightly swayed slightly, making the topmost cross shimmer with light.

However, what this light brings is not new life, but destruction like the martyrdom of Jesus.

After the fall of Rome, Zhu Zhanhe also sailed from Constantinople to the most influential city in Europe in this era.

But before he arrived, Mu Sheng evacuated all the soldiers on Sicily and took them all to Rome.

Although Mu Sheng didn't know the special significance of Rome, he couldn't resist the existence of someone who understood.

Before setting off, Zhu Zhanhe asked Mu Sheng to put pressure on the Kingdom of Naples while attacking the Kingdom of Sicily.

It's time for this dog leg who surrendered to Daming early to play its role. If it can't play its due role, then for Zhu Zhanhe, wanting this dog leg is tantamount to not wanting it.

In fact, Jeanne II was not willing to give in.

It is true that she was the first one in Europe to surrender to the Ming army, but she did not want to get to where she is today, because she knew very well that once the Kingdom of Sicily and the Pope fell, and the Ming army had already fallen of the Balkans...

At that time, the Kingdom of Naples became an isolated island surrounded by the Ming army. Whether she lived or died, and even whether the entire Kingdom of Naples survived or perished, was handed over to the Ming army.

This is why the Duke of Rein took the yellow-skinned Ming army to attack Rome, because even Jeanne II, if she wanted to attack Rome, she would not be able to do it.

This is the typical consequence of theocracy over kingship.

However, Jeanne II had no choice.

At this point, Zhu Zhanhe is actually in a showdown. If Jeanne II does not follow what Zhu Zhanhe said to attack Rome, it will not be Rome that fell, but Naples, the capital of the Kingdom of Naples. .

Therefore, even if the right to decide one's own life and death is to be handed over to others, Jeanna II still has to obey.

Because if she didn't obey, it would not be handing over the right to decide her own life and death to others, but she would die immediately.

However, she is only fortunate that, at least for the time being, Zhu Zhanhe won't do anything to her.

In addition to the Kingdom of Naples, the Ming army also had two allies in Europe, the Kingdom of Aragon and the Kingdom of Castile.

Although no one knew before that that the Kingdom of Naples had surrendered to Ming Dynasty, once the news of the fall of Rome came out, everyone knew about it. After all, if it wasn’t like this, there would basically be no reason for the Kingdom of Naples to attack Rome. up.

The cunning rabbit is dead and the dog is cooking. If Zhu Zhanhe hides his bow so quickly, it will trigger a crisis of trust between the Kingdom of Aragon and the Kingdom of Castile, and the alliance between them and the Ming army will also be destroyed in an instant. rupture.

After all, even if they all know that the so-called allies will liquidate each other after the final victory, no one is willing to be liquidated before the victory.

In fact, it is true, Zhu Zhanhe does not want to swallow the Kingdom of Naples at this time, even though the Kingdom of Naples is useless to him.

At the very least, he can ignore the Kingdom of Aragon and the Kingdom of Castile only after Zhu Zhanhe gains control of the Strait of Gibraltar, or even the entire Mediterranean Sea.

Only then can he dispose of the Kingdom of Naples at will.

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When Zhu Zhanhe stood in front of the Roman Cathedral, it was already the third day that Rome had fallen. Looking at Martin V, whose blood had dried up in front of him, Zhu Zhanhe waved his hand impatiently, asking people to take this A disgusting corpse was dragged away.

"Burn it."

Looking at the Roman Cathedral in front of him, Zhu Zhanhe's tone carried a little regret.

Zhu Ling, Zhu Ping, and even Mu Sheng didn't have any doubts about Zhu Zhanhe's order, although they also felt that it was a pity that such a landmark building was burned.

But also because of this, they are well aware of how much damage such a landmark building can bring to the enemy after being destroyed.

They also felt the same about Zhu Zhanhe's regret.

But what they didn't know was that Zhu Zhanhe didn't feel sorry for this.

Zhu Zhanhe has always felt that this kind of building that cannot be taken away has no value. Perhaps it has high historical, cultural, religious and artistic value, but to Zhu Zhanhe it just has no value.

It's as if the eight robbers burned the parts of the Old Summer Palace that could not be taken away.

The part of the Old Summer Palace that cannot be moved has no meaning to those robbers, and to Zhu Zhanhe, the Roman Cathedral is the same.

However, he is still different from those robbers, because not only does he think that buildings that cannot be moved like the Roman Cathedral are meaningless, but even things that can be moved are meaningless.

In Zhu Zhanhe's view, the highest meaning of those things that will eventually become cultural relics is nothing more than displaying them in front of the descendants of the creators of these things, just like the British Museum and the Louvre in later generations.

However, this is meaningless to Zhu Zhanhe, because he did not plan to leave a population on this land.

At least, he didn't intend to keep the male.

Since there is no posterity to say it, where does the so-called meaning come from?
He can't appreciate this so-called Western art.

(End of this chapter)