The Eagle of Eastern Europe

Venice had no land supply and could only rely on sea routes. I hope Simeone can bring good news to the ruling team.

The Roman army is now on land and is on tenterhooks every day. The governor proposed mobilizing citizens and collecting food supplies, but this required parliamentary approval.

When it comes to making money, these congressmen rush forward, but when it comes to providing money and efforts, no one says anything. No matter how long it has been, it's still like this. Don't you have any sense of crisis?

The governor did not send someone to negotiate, but the people who came back only brought one sentence: their army was to implement the emperor's will, and they should go to Constantinople to talk in person.

Ha, if they could talk, they would have gone long ago, why are they still wrangling here. It seems that we can only wait for news from the east.

The Roman army was not idle either. The craftsmen built two super throwers based on the current situation, which could directly hit the city of Venice.

Peter couldn't wait to test its power, and prepared a large pot of Greek fire and stones, and then ordered them to be thrown into the city of Venice.

Beautiful buildings were damaged, either collapsed or burned, and as Greek fire was insoluble in water, ordinary fire-fighting measures were not feasible.

Some unlucky souls caught themselves in the Greek fire and wallowed in agony. Even if you jump into the water, it won't work. The damage was most severe in the southwest district, where many houses collapsed and people could only go to the square to squeeze in.

"Damn it, according to the time, they should have sent a letter back, why there is no news yet."

Steno walked around the Governor's Palace, he was so anxious that his tooth ached. He wanted so much good news, even a little bit.

"Sir, we have discovered a dozen ships heading towards us."

"Is it ours?"

"It's not clear, I can't see the flag clearly."

This gave Steno hope, what if Simeone succeeded.

"Continue to observe"

"yes"

Steno's heartbeat was pounding at this moment, success was achieved in one fell swoop.

Peter also got the news, and he asked his soldiers to prepare for battle, but as the ship got closer, he relaxed, because what was flying above was not the flying lion of San Marco, but the purple double-headed eagle of Rome. This shows that in this naval contest, Rome won.

The fleet docked in Chigiao, and when someone he knew came down, Peter finally smiled because it was his brother Vlad who came.

"Brother, father asked me to send you a message."

"Father sent you, and I will know what it is."

The brothers finished their business and then began to mingle. Mircea sent him here not only to deliver news, but also to allow Vlad to exercise. Jobst had already written to Mircea, saying that Brandenburg was ready to deliver it at any time, so he asked Vlad to leave from the capital in advance. Lachion went to Peter to learn about governance and other means.

"In that case, let's see how I defeat them."

There's brotherhood here, and there's gloom in Venice. Because they saw the ship stopped in Chigiao, they had a bad feeling in their hearts. This premonition became reality when a purple double-headed eagle was sighted.

"Sir, it seems we have failed."

This sentence directly defeated Steino's last psychological defense line. He slumped in his chair, laughing and crying at the same time.

"Hahaha... I knew... I knew... they... would definitely fail..."

Not only the governor, but also the parliamentarians and citizens received the news that the Venetian navy had failed. This was such shocking news. The Republic of Venice has never suffered such losses since its establishment. It's over, everything is over.

Now that the naval battle is over, it's time to enter the final stage. Peter ordered the army to build a bridge and prepare to invade the city of Venice. However, the people in the city did not want to be trapped animals and fight. The Parliament passed the law on collecting food supplies and mobilizing with high efficiency. All men, women and children were mobilized, equipped with weapons, and ready to go to the city at any time. During the battle, all the blacksmith shops in the city were working 24 hours a day, urgently producing various weapons: daggers, bows and arrows, spears, shields...

Even the panicked councilors approved the Archbishop's proposal to persuade the city to carry out a capture campaign. The bishop believed that there were some heretics who were secretly helping the enemy, so he wanted to be burned at the stake.

At this time, the Venetian people were on the verge of despair. This was their last remaining hope, so almost no one opposed it. After much trouble, a total of 200 "traitors" were sent to the stake, a considerable number of whom were women. Amid the prayers of the whole city, they were burned alive, and the shrill screams made them even more painful and confused...

The Roman army threw pots of fire into the city of Venice while building a bridge. The citizens who were originally confused by wealth and art did not have the courage to fight. They were either crazy or ready to commit suicide, but they gave up because they were unwilling to part with their wealth.

The Lido, the eastern barrier of Venice, was captured by the Roman navy. The navy and its soldiers fired artillery here, and Venice was in chaos.

On the tenth day, nearly five kilometers of temporary bridges were completed, and Peter directly ordered to enter Venice. Although they used fire again in Venice, the weather was not good and it rained. Roman firearms can no longer be used, but cold weapons are enough.

Without much effort, the army occupied the entire city of Venice. Peter took a small group of soldiers and Vlad to the Governor's Palace. Some of the defenders still resisted, but were quickly eliminated.

They entered the Governor's Palace and took control of some documents who were planning to escape. In the innermost office, they caught Governor Steno, who had attempted suicide.

"If you want to die, can you save the innocent soul of Constantinople?"

"That was a mistake made by people in the past. Why should people now bear the responsibility?"

Steno was still quibbling, but the more Peter looked at it, the more shameless he felt. He slapped him directly.

"No matter how many words you use, you can't hide your rotten heart. I won't kill you. You should also face trial in Constantinople."

After that, Peter asked the soldiers to take Steino down.

"No, I don't want it. I'd rather be here than go to Constantinople."

Steno's words had no effect, and he was imprisoned in a Venetian prison along with other nobles.

Now there is only one place left that has not been captured, and that is St. Mark's Basilica in the center. Many people hid here, trying to let God bless them through the difficulties, but the Catholic church no longer had a deterrent effect against the Orthodox army.

First, they were asked to come out and surrender but failed, and then they started to attack. They broke windows, broke down doors and began massacring the people inside. Because they were spearheaded by fanatical believers, they naturally showed no mercy to the heretics here. They took away many people in one wave, and the archbishop was also killed in a cruel way. Here, this ornament was snatched from Constantinople. Decorated church.