The Eagle of Eastern Europe

boom! ! !

With a loud bang, a hole was blown out of the wall of Jerusalem. The Roman soldiers cheered and then rushed towards the gap.

"Hold on, don't let them in."

Hundreds of people fought fiercely around the gap, and the defenders needed three times as many people to withstand the attack of the opposing soldiers. If this continues, manpower will be exhausted.

Fighting from day to night, although they withstood their attack, they suffered heavy losses. Jerusalem might not be able to hold on to reinforcements.

At dawn the next day, the lord of Jerusalem left the city alone and came to the camp of the Roman emperor.

Peter had just woken up and asked the servants to dress him. Then they received news of the arrival of the Lord of Jerusalem.

"What a surprise..." Peter said to himself, he should take Alexander to witness this moment. "I will come soon"

This is another collision between two religions, except that the Crescent Sect had the upper hand last time, but this time the situation has changed.

The city lord met the Roman emperor, and the appearance of Peter made him a little scared. Is this the man who destroyed the Anatolian tribes? Will he bring the same disaster to Jerusalem?

"At this time, I think you still have to defend the city. Why are you here? Do you want to surrender?"

"Jerusalem is the city of Allah. The great monarch Saladin recovered it, but it has been 200 years."

The city lord talked about the history of Saladin's recovery of Jerusalem, and then changed the topic and said: "Emperor of Rome, if we surrender, can you give us appropriate dignity?"

It seems that the other party is ready to surrender, but hopes that the emperor can treat them with dignity. However, he seemed to have forgotten that the Roman emperor was not Saladin.

"It's interesting. A few days ago you said you would fight for Jerusalem to the last man, but now you want to surrender. It seems that your Allah will not protect you anymore."

Hearing that the emperor was disrespectful to Allah, the other party immediately retorted. “Allah does not want too much killing”

"But you have killed many people under the watchful eye of your Allah."

Peter's aggressive attitude made it impossible to continue the conversation. He only said that he would not surrender unless decent conditions were given, and then left. Before leaving, he also said that reinforcements from Mecca were on the way and hoped that he would seize the opportunity.

"Threatening me, how brave you are." Peter summoned all the officers responsible for siege and issued an order: "Attack at all costs, use as much gunpowder as you can, I can rebuild this place even if the city completely collapses. "

With the emperor's order, they no longer took it into consideration. A large amount of gunpowder was used for blasting. To save trouble, they piled all the gunpowder directly under one wall. As the fuse was ignited, the entire Western Wall of Jerusalem collapsed, and now no matter how many people there were, it could not fill it.

The defenders retreated all the way, and the Christian Quarter and the Armenian Quarter were the first to be recaptured. The rest of the people could only hide in the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock. During the retreat, many people died, including the imam of the mosque and the Jerusalem The city lord. His life was decided in just half a day.

Peter was walking through the streets of Jerusalem, surrounded by soldiers searching. The Orthodox and Armenian bishops had been waiting for a long time to congratulate the emperor in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Congratulations to the Roman Empire for recapturing Jerusalem after 800 years.

"Without the help of Roman citizens, I won't be able to take it back so quickly. This place needs to be reorganized."

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre will be the seat of the Orthodox Church, and other buildings will also need to be cleared. All traces of heresy need to be removed.

By evening, all the defenders in other areas had been eliminated, leaving only the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

There were hundreds of people taking refuge inside, most of them women, children and the elderly. They were praying to Allah, hoping for a miracle to happen.

But the miracle would not happen. The door was opened by Roman soldiers, and they could only run inside desperately.

When Peter came to the door, he took a step and those inside took a step back. Until there was no retreat, they looked at Peter in fear. Although they didn't know who he was, he could definitely decide their life or death.

Everyone was controlled and the mosque was pocketed. The entire Jerusalem was recovered, and it was the most religiously significant city recovered since Peter's accession to the throne.

Peter ordered the redistribution of the Jerusalem area, with the Christian area becoming the largest area and the Crescent Parish remaining only a small area centered around the Al-Aqsa Mosque. This was also to take care of the feelings of some people in the country. However, this area needed to be monitored by Roman soldiers, and no one except the emperor could carry weapons when entering Jerusalem.

Jerusalem was also rebuilt under the emperor's order. In addition to retaining the original area, Peter also planned to build a new city outside. The new city was twice the size of the old city and could accommodate more than 50,000 people.

To be honest, Jerusalem's economic and geographical value were not important, but its religious significance was significant, and the emperor could collect a little toll from it. The local pilgrimage economy can be developed, and all kinds of believers can come here for pilgrimage, and their spending power must be high.

Due to the fall of Jerusalem, all other towns that were still holding on surrendered, and all Palestinian areas were recovered. Peter re-established the province of Palestine with Jerusalem as its capital.

News of the fall of Jerusalem also spread to Egypt and Mecca. Seeing that the Roman army was fighting, Mahmud ordered a withdrawal. This time, Egypt besieged the canal zone for 48 days, losing tens of thousands of people, but still did not gain any advantage.

The Mecca area was also shocked by the speed of Rome. They occupied it before they could even form a team. The next step was either Egypt or them, and they had to defend it to the death.

However, Peter had little interest in the peninsula, and then attacked westward toward Egypt. Sinai towns and tribes surrendered, and the Canal Zone ceased to be an enclave.

News of the recovery of Jerusalem also spread back to Constantinople, and the people rejoiced. This time, Jerusalem was recovered, and it was with the power of Rome as a country.

To commemorate this day, the Patriarch established the day of the reconquest of Jerusalem as a memorial day and a church was to be rebuilt in Jerusalem. Named after Saint Peter, it also honors the emperor.

At the same time, the maritime merchants were excited about the retreat of the Egyptian Sudan, and they could continue to do business. The closed river channel reopened and ships flooded in, which immediately prompted the Chamber of Commerce to increase investment, especially in the canal zone, to ensure that this would not happen.