Reinforcements from the Kingdom of Naples and the Principality of Lombardy came quickly, but were not large in number. The combined armies of the two countries only numbered more than 10,000.
As for the results, there is no need to say more at all.
The 4th Division of the Ming Army only used two regiments of troops and defeated the reinforcements from the Kingdom of Naples and the Principality of Lombardy.
At the same time, the Roman city wall was also destroyed by the artillery of the 4th Division.
Officers and soldiers of the 4th Army Division swarmed in through the gap in the city wall, but this time they did not sack the city, but only ransacked St. Peter's Basilica, and Pope Alexander VII was also captured.
Soon, the dejected Alexander VII and dozens of cardinals, cardinal priests and cardinal deacons from the Holy See were escorted to Chongzhen and before Bomig.
"Bomig? Oh, God." A cardinal deacon shouted in surprise.
Alexander and dozens of cardinals, priests and deacons looked at the cardinal and deacon who exclaimed in confusion. What do you mean? Is this distinguished guest next to the Ming Emperor the traitor Bomig?
"His Majesty the Pope, he is Boymig." The cardinal deacon pointed at Boymig and said, "Bumig is a third-level monk under my emperor. He was sent to the East to preach ten years ago, but this shameful traitor betrayed him.
God."
"Father, you are wrong. I have not betrayed God." Bomig smiled slightly and said, "It is you who have misinterpreted the Bible and God's will, and have led Christianity astray. But fortunately, I have obtained the East.
God’s guidance has discovered the profound meaning of the Bible and brought Christianity back to the right path.”
"Nonsense, who gave you the courage to interpret the Bible?" Alexander VII said angrily.
"This is the biggest misinterpretation of the Bible in the Western world." Boymage said with a smile, "Shakespeare once said that there are ten thousand Hamlets in the hearts of ten thousand people, and the same is true for the Bible."
"Everyone is equal before God and there is no difference."
"So, everyone can make their own interpretation of the Bible."
"Everyone can even get guidance from God and become their own God."
After a pause, Bomig continued: "God gave the Bible through Jesus to guide the world out of confusion and establish correct goals in life, not for the church or even the Vatican to fool the world, amass wealth, and dominate through the Bible.
Blessed, that’s why you are traitors, a group of devils tempted by Satan, you have blasphemed the Bible and blasphemed Christ!”
"Shut up, you traitor, no, you heretic!" Alexander VII said in shock and anger, "Come here, hurry up and tie this heretic to the stake and burn him to death. Hurry up and burn him to death. Burn him to death."
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However, those who responded to Alexander VII were two Ming soldiers, who came up and slapped him twice.
Alexander VII's cheeks immediately swelled up, and several of his big teeth were removed. His speech was somewhat leaky, and he said vaguely: "You damn infidels, God will not forgive you, and you will have to die..."
"
Chongzhen turned to look at Bu Mige and asked with a smile: "Bu Mige, what do you think we should do? How to deal with these people?"
"Dear Your Majesty the Emperor, please be merciful." Bu Mig said very piously, "They are just a group of lost lambs, lost in the desires of the world, but they can actually be saved."
Upon hearing this, Chongzhen glanced at another group of "clergy".
What Bu Mig said just now actually refers to something, and it refers to this special group of "clergy."
Chongzhen ordered people to take off the burqas of these "clergy", and there was a cry of exclamation all around, because under the burqas and hoods, they turned out to be young women.
If it were just young nuns, there were actually many boys among them.
Obviously, these young nuns and these nuns are the playthings of the priests.
On the surface, Catholicism advocates ascetic practice, but secretly one is more lascivious than the other.
Regarding this, Boccaccio of Italy has a detailed description in "The Decameron".
In fact, Eastern Buddhism also has this problem, but compared with Western Christianity, it pales into insignificance, and the two cannot be compared at all.
Furthermore, Chongzhen also knew what Bu Mige meant by "salvation".
The rescue that Boymig mentioned was actually surrender, forcing Alexander VII to surrender.
In other words, it is to persuade the Holy See to surrender to the Ming Dynasty and the Eastern world.
This is very important for the Ming Dynasty or the Eastern world, because it can save a lot of things.
At that moment, Chongzhen said happily: "Okay, then Master Lao Bu will teach you. I will wait for good news."
After finishing speaking, Chongzhen returned to the cruiser Zheng He, and the Ming army also withdrew from the city of Rome in an orderly manner.
Rome must no longer be pillaged like Morocco, let alone burn, kill, and loot. The reason is very simple: Pascal and Boyle.
Although Pascal and Boyle did not say anything about this expedition to Europe, they were still very painful in their hearts. These scientists are still very different from those banana people with yellow skin and white hearts or egg people with white skin and yellow hearts. Bananas
Humans and Eggmen are trapped in the fanaticism of converts. The destruction of their motherland and the slaughter of their former compatriots will only excite them.
But Pascal and Boyle did not have the fanaticism of converts. They came to Ming Dynasty only because of the call of science, not because of their love for Ming Dynasty.
Chongzhen could feel this, so he left some room for it.
Especially for the Kingdom of France, we need to be more cautious in the future.
Of course, the general direction of conquering Europe will definitely not change.
In the future, all of Europe will definitely be integrated into the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
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Rome was attacked and news of Pope Alexander VII's capture spread throughout Europe.
After receiving the news, the heads of various European countries were basically stunned. How could it be possible? The Ming army actually launched a direct attack on Rome across tens of thousands of miles of sea routes?
And he also conquered Rome in one fell swoop?
Even the Pope was captured?
This was like a thunderbolt from the blue to the entire Western world.
What worries the monarchs of various countries even more is the security of their own countries. Now that most of the domestic troops have participated in the Second Crusade, the domestic defenses can be said to be extremely empty.
If the Ming army took this opportunity to launch a sneak attack on their country, it would be very troublesome.
As a result, urgent letters flew like snowflakes to the Caspian Sea, to the Kyrgyz steppe, and to the European coalition forces confronting the Ming army on the northern shore of the Caspian Sea.
An epic victory is about to begin.
While the leaders of the European coalition were meeting in the city of Astrakhan, Zhu Cijiong also summoned Li Yan and the division commanders, deputy division commanders and brigade commanders of seven cavalry divisions to his central army tent.
Just half a month ago, Li Yan led three divisions of the 2nd Cavalry Corps to the Kyrgyz steppe.
The reason is also very simple. The Ottoman army and the Safavid army that were originally planning to go to Central Asia both broke their appointments and will now be fighting on the Persian plateau, so Central Asia is already safe.
Security in Central Asia is no longer an issue.
There is no need to leave the 2nd Cavalry Corps in Samarkand.
So after receiving Zhu Cijiong's telegram, Li Yan immediately led three divisions and rushed over day and night.
Hanging on the screen of the Chinese military tent is a map of North Asia. The map shows the enemy and enemy situations as well as the troop deployment of the Ming army and the European coalition forces in very detail.
There is still a generation gap between the weapons and equipment of the European coalition forces and the Ming army.
However, compared with the khanates in Central Asia and the Mughal army, the firearms equipment rate of the European coalition forces has been greatly improved, especially the number of cannons, which is very obvious.
Although they were only solid-shell cannons with a very limited range, there were so many of them that they could not hold up, and there were thousands of bastions as barriers, so it was very difficult for the Ming army to deal with them.
Because Zhu Cijiong's cavalry regiment was only equipped with 2.5-inch mountain guns.
The 2.5-inch mountain gun is still barely used against strong fortifications.
Together with the two groups of European coalition forces, the total number is more than 800,000.
Therefore, the Ming army was never able to break through the European coalition's defense line from the front.
But in turn, many attacks by the European coalition ended in failure.
In recent months, both sides have halted their offensives and the situation has reached a stalemate.
But now, Zhu Cijiong has smelled a strange smell in the air.
"In the past few days, the European Allied Forces have significantly increased the number of scout cavalry, even if they suffered heavy casualties in the scout battle." Zhu Cijiong said, "So there must have been something unexpected."
"Combined with the fact that the 4th Army Division led by my father personally captured Rome half a month ago, and even Pope Alexander VII of the Holy See became a prisoner of our Ming Dynasty, the truth is ready to come out."
"If I'm not wrong, the European coalition forces on the opposite side probably already know the news."
"Maybe the kings and queens of various European countries have issued decrees to withdraw their troops."
After a pause, Zhu Cijiong said again: "If nothing else happens, the European coalition forces will withdraw soon!"
"Withdraw troops?" Hu Guozhu said with a fierce look in his eyes, "Prince Ding, you cannot miss such a God-given opportunity."
"This is indeed a good opportunity." Li Yan agreed. "An opportunity to defeat the European coalition forces in one fell swoop."
"You are right, this is indeed an opportunity." Zhu Cijiong said solemnly, "And I don't intend to miss this opportunity. If I really miss this opportunity, I will spend my whole life in regret."
"But I'm afraid it won't be easy to join the army." Xia Wanchun said with a frown.
"In front of us, there is a defense line composed of more than 3,000 bastions."
"This line of defense is indeed difficult to fight." Zhu Cijiong nodded, and then said, "But what I mean is, bypass him, let's go around and directly attack the European coalition's flanks and rear."
