Chapter 505 Iberian War

Messen was right. Before they negotiated, the Duke of Argau 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 was still resisting.

Since the other party wanted to negotiate, Rome had to meet the German king in person. Peter ordered the army to set off and headed for Mainz.

In the western Mediterranean, after pacifying Sardinia, Stanitsa led the army to Majorca together with the Roman navy and occupied it after a small amount of resistance. Then he went to Granada to land.

The Sultan personally came to Malaga to welcome the Roman army and handed over the command of his army to the other party. Then he officially announced that he converted to Orthodoxy and surrendered to Rome.

Prior to this, the Sultan led his army to raid the Zaara Fortress, an important town on the southern border of Spain. This fortress is located at the border transportation hub and is built on the top of a high mountain. Above is a towering castle and below is a deep abyss. Facing such an impregnable castle, the soldiers launched a raid on a rainy night. In the end, all the men, women, old and young in the city became his spoils of war.

The Sultan found out tragically that the destruction of his kingdom and family was imminent, and he didn't know when the Roman army would arrive. For him, it was better to fight and burn the war into the enemy's territory than to wait for the other side to devour his kingdom. So there was the risky move of raiding the Sahara Fortress.

Now that the Roman army was here, he was naturally relieved. As for the emperor's request for him to change his faith, he changed it; he was ready to hand over power, and he handed over the army. He just had to keep his property, and his descendants might be able to shine in the political arena.

The soldiers brought by Stanitsa totaled 25,000, and with the soldiers of Granada, there were 50,000. Time was running out, and Stanitsa began to attack Gibraltar to the west, and then occupied the important city of Seville to the north. Strive to occupy the entire Andalusia region.

Andalusia has the largest plain in Iberia, where the most grain and vegetables are produced. If we take this place, we can lay the foundation for Iberia and then attack northward.

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In Madrid, the capital of Castile, the Regency Council is discussing how to fight Rome. Without the navy, do we really have to cross the Pyrenees?

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

"It took us a long time to build that place. It's our hard work."

The councillors complained that Aragon was squandering natural resources. Their invincible navy was gone, and it was too late to regroup now.

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

The councillors only complained about the difficulties, but they were very secretive about borrowing money. These were their lifeblood, and they refused to lend them no matter what.

"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 an armistice with Rome. Now we can do the same."

"Yes", why didn't they think of it, after all, signing a peace treaty can stop the war, at most it is to recognize the current scope of Rome, and they did not fight in Iberia.

"In addition to negotiating with Rome, we 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 was sold to Friesland and North Germany, but the merchant ships had to pass through the English Channel, and the news of the recent changes in England also made them nervous. The Duke of Normandy in France drove Henry IV away and became the new King of England. Now they have to recognize the other party's position in exchange for safety, and no one can harm their own interests.

Everyone nodded and began to prepare to do so. Obviously, they knew nothing about the landing of the Roman army in Granada.

Stanissar was very fast. There were some Crescentians and Jews in Andalusia. When they learned that the Roman army had arrived, they welcomed it. Anyway, it couldn't be worse than Castile.

The Roman army came to the Gibraltar Fortress. The Arabs conquered the whole of Iberia from here to the north. At the same time, this is also the key to controlling the exit of the western Mediterranean. Stanissar ordered the army to surround this place, and the rest is gone. Because there are no other obvious water resources in this place, fresh water and food are mainly transported from outside. Stanissar besieged this place and waited for the opponent's food and water to be exhausted before attacking.

Without the Iberian navy, Rome's advancement speed was faster. Stanissar began to attack Seville, and the Roman navy also began to take the sea route to this port city.

The soldiers sat in the boat and looked 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 there were dots of flashing gold in the black line... They knew that it was the shining flag.

On this troop transport ship, the captain directed the helmsman to adjust the course, the soldiers sat on both sides of the ship, and assisted the sailors in rowing the oars. In the middle of the ship, the squad leader loudly emphasized the various matters that the soldiers must abide by after landing.

After that, he emphasized with a serious expression: "Have you remembered them all?!"

"Remembered!" The soldiers responded in unison.

At this time in Seville, the mayor suddenly felt a shudder, afraid that something big was going to happen.

Strangely enough, there were fewer merchant ships traveling to and from Seville in the past few days. Even if there was a war, there shouldn't be no ships at all.

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

The mayor was surprised by his subordinates' words. Doesn't this mean that their tariffs are available? He hurried to see. I saw many ships heading to the dock in an orderly manner, but some were too orderly, and he didn't know which merchant had so many ships? Until the other party stopped moving forward, they directly fired the cannons on the ship at the city. Countless casualties immediately.

"It's the enemy, hurry up and get the army over, send people to Madrid, and let the kingdom lead the rescue."

The mayor gave orders with a broken heart, and saw that the ships were still firing cannons. They had never been attacked so hard before. And some ships came to the shore, and rows of soldiers came down from them and were heading towards the city.