Rome.

Rutland Palace is in chaos.

Of course, what was even more chaotic was outside the Palace of Rutland, because at this time the whole of Rome was looking up at the sky in horror. On the background of the blue sky, a huge red birch was flying over the ancient city with a strange buzzing sound, dragging a long rainbow behind its tail.

This is not the most terrifying thing.

The most terrifying thing is that as it flies, there are vague flames flashing on it from time to time. After each fire flashes, a strange loud noise will come from the sky, and then a ray of light will hit the buildings below representing the majesty of the gods. A terrifying flame will explode immediately, and then the exquisite marble statues are immediately blown up and splashed, as if it is...

"Dragon, a dragon that can spit fire!"

Countless shouts rang among the terrified crowd.

Their poor imagination can only think of dragons. Why can't they imagine that it was actually an airplane, and then a guy full of evil fun was flying the plane and carrying a grenade gun, and from time to time fired a traced grenade downward?

And this guy was happily watching the scene below, and he was obviously very satisfied with the effect he created.

Then he pointed the grenade gun at the gate of the Rutland Palace, because at this time a large number of priests were walking out surrounded by a middle-aged man in a white robe. Yang Feng, who was about to reach the sky above the Rutland Palace, aimed at them without hesitation and pulled the trigger. Then a tracer instantly hit the marble above their heads. Accompanied by the fire of the 40 grenade explosion, countless debris hit the crowd. Although this thing, which is similar to a grenade, is very powerful and will not cause substantial damage to the heavy marble buildings, the collapsed gravel and explosion fragments still scream below. Countless people had bloody wounds on their faces and bodies, including the middle-aged man in white, and the falling dust made his majesty disappear.

Amidst the screams of horror, the men ran back to Rutland Palace.

And at this time, the Anxi Army arrived.

The first to arrive in Rome were hundreds of cavalry riding captured war horses. They wore half-armored armour and carried the same captured spears, carrying their own rifles, rushed into the crowd majestic and began to drive away the chaotic people and clear the way.

Immediately afterwards, a battalion of infantry arrived in hired carriages. The soldiers carrying rifles jumped out of the carriages and stood in line on both sides of the cleared road. The silver half-armored armor, the bayonet reflecting cold light in their hands, and the tall, strong and murderous image made the Roman people feel the majesty of the Eastern power up close. There were several warriors who were extremely devout to the gods and tried to sneak attack these invading pagans, but they were shot dead in an instant. Then the Roman people immediately scattered birds and beasts, and ran to the distance to continue looking at them in fear.

Then came the Byzantine Princess, or His Royal Highness the Roman Princess.

She also has her own escort.

Surrounded by various ceremonial guards, the princess who rode in a four-wheeled carriage presented by Yang Feng, shook her little fan and inspected the subjects of her empire with satisfaction.

Yang Feng's plane above her head suddenly dived down. With a scream, she passed by her carriage and rushed straight to the road ahead, and then she started to slide on both wheels. To put it bluntly, this thing is a light aircraft with a maximum take-off weight of less than one ton. With a 500-pound bomb, there must be no one in the back seat. Such a small aircraft can take off and land with a flat ground or even a lawn. Rome is still the most prosperous city in Europe at this time. There is no problem with the road here. Soon the small aircraft stopped steadily on the road.

Yang Feng jumped out of the plane, and a soldier stepped forward and pushed it aside, then protected it layer by layer. His princess's carriage came over. King Yang then got into the car, hugging her shoulders as if no one was around, and continued to go straight to the Rutland Palace with fearful eyes on both sides, and soon arrived at a messy destination.

However, the gates of Rutland Palace were closed.

A accompanying Byzantine servant stepped forward and called the door.

But there was no response inside.

He turned around and looked at Yang Feng and His Highness the Princess with inquiring eyes.

"What about my mace!"

Yang Feng's face turned a little deeper and shouted.

A carriage immediately stepped forward, and the carriage was his beloved mace.

"It's just an elder in the temple. How can there be such a big show? The dignified princess dares to stay in the door and refuses to accept it. It's a rebellious thing. I have to say that you are really despicable. If you are like this, you are arrested and executed directly. As a minister, you must have the rules of being a minister. What's wrong with monks? Monks are amazing! Today, I will teach these traitors a lesson for Brother Constantine!"

Yang Feng said with a sneer.

Then he jumped out of the carriage under the admiration of His Royal Highness, picked up the mace, and walked to the closed door.

As the main hall of Rome, the gate was naturally extremely exquisitely made, with gorgeous and complicated carvings on it, which was completely a top work of art. Unfortunately, Yang Feng yelled and smashed it with a stick without hesitation. After countless blood and meat, it had turned into a black giant mace and instantly hit the gorgeous gate. The exquisite carving immediately turned into countless pieces and burst out. In the loud bang of the impact, the gate suddenly pushed open inward, with the whistling of the driving airflow, sweeping everything behind the door like two monsters.

There was a scream inside.

"Princess, please!"

Yang Feng turned around and said in a call.

His Highness, dressed in his costume behind him, walked into the Rutland Palace with high ambition...

Yang Feng's pretentiousness ended here.

Of course, he could not have been able to baptize Rome. In the future, he would trade with Europe. Baptizing Rome means that the relationship with Europe will be completely broken, and even Constantine V is probably difficult to accept. Although the Old Rome and the New Rome are gradually getting farther away, the Palace of Rutland is still a symbol of European belief, and even the Byzantine emperors need to be crowned here. It was not yet time for the Catholic Church to break up with the Orthodox Church.

Yang Feng was just here to show his strength.

His purpose was to let Rome and even the entire Apennine Peninsula and the entire Western Europe know his strength, so as to ensure future trade security.

You should know that Europe was completely in a barbaric era at this time. The lords and many lords from all over the country would treat merchants as fat sheep. If you want to ensure the safety of the Tang Dynasty's merchants in Western Europe in the future, you must first let them know the power of the Tang Dynasty. Whether it was his voyage to the West, bombardment of Constantinople, or even forcing him to rent land everywhere, it was all for this purpose, and it was also for this reason that he led his army to conquer Rome. The cruelty of the Tang fleet and thousands of soldiers swept through Rome, his own myths would quickly spread throughout Europe in the future, and with more exaggerated interpretations. Then when the Tang Dynasty merchant ship appeared in other ports, the first thing that emerged in people there was a breathless image of an empire, and they would not have any other ideas about these merchants.

This is a strategic deterrence.

As for his invasion of Rome...

How is this an invasion?

He was obviously the princess who escorted the Romans to Rome to visit the Roman bishop, and the title of Roman emperor above Constantine V, which means that his action was completely reasonable and legal.

This was also confirmed by the bishop of Rome.

After the Byzantine Princess entered the Palace of Rutland and met with Pope Adrian I in cordial meeting, Adrian I quickly issued an order. The conflict between the two sides was just a small misunderstanding caused by poor communication. Although these guests from the East were not believers of the Lord, the Lord was tolerant and generous, and Rome would not refuse friendly visits. Therefore, the Tang people could trade freely in various parts of the Pope. In order to show hospitality and exempt them from all taxes, of course, there was another thing that was not public, that was, to pay a huge sum of money in exchange for Yang Feng's withdrawal, which was necessary. Otherwise, His Royal Highness of the Byzantine Princess told him that these guys like to loot and massacre the city.

In short, Yang Feng stayed in Rome for two months, and asked his soldiers to rest and recuperate. Then he left with a lot of gains and continued to his next stop.

Gibraltar.

And his way...

Or rent.

Although the Iberian Peninsula was almost completely greened at this time, and only a small piece of land in the northwest belonged to the Kingdom of Asturias, it was not the Hashem family that ruled here, but the Umaya family. After Abu Abbas relied on the Khorasan army to seize the position of Caliph, he summoned the old Umaya family members in the name of a banquet...

They are actually all ancestors.

The Hashem family and the Umaya family are both descendants of the Gulai family, and they are also family members, so the members of the Umaya family did not think much about it. They felt that since they admitted their failure, the Hashem family would not be able to kill them all, so they all went. As a result, at the banquet, Abbas ordered the swordsman and the axe players to come out and cut all the members of the Umaya family. Only one named Abdullahman escaped. He fled to North Africa, found his uncle and fled to Iberia with the help of the latter, and then gained allegiance to the Iberian food garrison, and the Umaya dynasty was established in Cordoba. Originally, in history, Mansur even sent troops to attack, but his army was defeated by Abdullahman, but in this time and space Mansur was roasted by Yang Feng, so Abdullahman lived a very happy life in Iberia.

There is no hatred between him and Yang Feng, and he is even an ally in a sense. After all, Yang Feng has roasted his enemy.

In fact, he has a good relationship with the Ellands.

Everyone understands this point, but the problem is that Yang Feng wants to rent Gibraltar, and Rahman still cannot agree. Since this is the case, there is only one to fight. The Tang army, which received sufficient rest in Rome, then landed in Gibraltar under the cover of naval guns. Rahman's cavalry counterattack was bombarded by the Tang army's rockets and flowering bullets. Then Yang Feng hired migrant workers from Rome, Naples and Sicily, transported them to Gibraltar and began to build a bastion. After leaving some warships, he himself took the fleet and the Byzantine Princess to the north to Marseille, the Franks who already knew that Yang Feng was going to war with Rahman, welcomed these friends from the East very enthusiastically, and bought a large amount of chain plate armor from Yang Feng with a lot of money.

As for other goods, it goes without saying that Frank was the overlord of Western Europe at this time, and it was still a bit of gold and silver. The nobles bought boxes of silk, porcelain, various luxury goods, boxes of tea and spices that they regarded as dreamy, and the mirrors made the noble ladies even more crazy.

Rahman immediately surrendered.

He is a smart person and knows very well what Yang Feng is telling him.

In this area, he and Charlemagne are tied for the two strong men. Both him and Charlemagne were thinking about annexing each other, but they didn't have this strength. Before that, the Great Food Army had crossed the Pyrenees north, but was defeated by Charlemagne's grandfather. Charlemagne, who was conquering Europe, was also thinking about crossing the Pyrenees south. The two sides can be said to be evenly matched at this time. If Yang Feng and Charlemagne joined forces, there would be no need to do more. As long as Yang Feng used a fleet to transport the Frankish army to Gibraltar and were responsible for subsequent logistics transportation, then Rahman would be in trouble. If Yang Feng simply transported the Frankish army to Magara, Rahman would be in danger of his country's destruction.

Cordoba is only two or three hundred miles away from Magara.

After the third counterattack failed, Rahman quickly sent an envoy to negotiate. Fortunately, Yang Feng was not interested in helping Charlemagne. Then the two sides reached a final treaty. Emir of Cordoba rented Gibraltar to the Tang Empire for a lease period of 500 years. In return, they could also buy new chain armor from Yang Feng. Of course, Yang Feng did not need their gold to pay, their war horses were enough. An Andalusian horse, a set of armor including a vest, and a Tang Dynasty horizontal knife was given. In this way, Yang Feng quickly obtained 3,000 Andalusian horses, and all ports of the Emirate of Cordoba were also opened to the Tang Dynasty merchant ships.

Yang Feng wandered in the Western Mediterranean for more than half a year until the fortress in Gibraltar was basically completed and arrived from the second infantry brigade reinforced by Huaiyuan.

He had radio on the boat.

Not only did he, Huaiyuan, Suoye, Xinde, and other important Anxi Army strongholds, have radios. He summoned reinforcements without sending people to deliver messages, just sending messages with radio. In the future, he is also planning to install small radios in all bases. This thing has a more effective role than cannons in this era, and can be said to be a real artifact level.

After the reinforcements arrived, Yang Feng's fleet finally left Gibraltar, sailed westward from the Mediterranean Sea and entered the Atlantic Ocean to his last stop, in order to fulfill his mission to welcome Tianma.

His last stop is...
Chapter completed!