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Chapter 558 Suppression
"Your Majesty, the German envoy has arrived!"

"Invite them in."

In addition to the emperor, there were also ministers such as the prime minister and some nobles in the palace. Prince Alexander and Theodore were also there. This was the first time they saw envoys from other countries.

"My Lord, King Sigismund has sent you a present."

Several boxes behind Navalny were opened, filled with gold coins.

"Thanks to King Sigismund's gift, the friendship between our two countries will surely last forever."

Alexander looked at the other person curiously. The different clothes, the different accent, and the Sigismund he mentioned, all seemed to be from a country west of Rome.

"I wonder how my friend Sigismund is doing these days?" Peter asked.

"The king is doing well, thank you for your concern, His Majesty."

Peter knew that Sigismund was just forcing himself, and there was still some time before the first payment. He came here in a hurry, so it must be about Bohemia.

Navalny actually came with this mission. If it was just the Berlin Alliance and the Hussite soldiers, Sigismund could still stay stable, but if Rome fell, he would have no hope at all. Bohemia was his lifeline to maintain his power, and among all diplomatic relations, the relationship with Rome was particularly important.

But now it seems that the Roman emperor has no intention of sending troops, otherwise he would have mentioned the Bohemia issue long ago.

"I heard that Sigismund is in some trouble. Would you like the Empire to help him solve it?"

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. The King will handle this himself."

How can I put it this way? If you come to help, I'm afraid you will ask for something, either land, money, or the title of King of Germany.

"Then bless him."

After giving Sigismund his verbal blessing, Peter no longer cared about the affairs of Bohemia, after all, these matters had to be resolved by the local people.

At this time in Syria, Woick had led his army to surround the Jewish army. After the previous struggle, the Jews successfully ruined their reputation (although it was not good before). No one sold them food, and they did not engage in other industries except business. Compared with them, the gypsies were also versatile.

But the Idlib they occupied was located in the fertile basin between Aleppo and Latakia, and it could still be maintained if agriculture was done well. So Woick decided to make a quick decision.

Wojcick built a siege network, using Aleppo and Latakia as fulcrums, and gradually advanced to surround the Jews in Idlib.

These Jews would not sit back and wait for death. They killed the residents who could not escape as food, preparing to fight with them for the last time. But they were not the Jews in the Roman Empire. At that time, they still had hundreds of thousands of soldiers and a certain base. Now they only had the land they had robbed and at most 10,000 soldiers. After being driven out of Jerusalem by Hadrian, they were scattered all over the world. But they had a belief to return to the promised land and rebuild their country.

They have been fighting Christians since the Crusades for hundreds of years, killing many people, but they have been able to rely on the two major religious forces to maintain their strength. But now, the situation in West Asia does not allow them to continue like this. If they fail, they will die. The plan to restore the country depends on this one move.

The Jews did not choose to hold on, but placed all their troops in front of Idlib, ready to make a final fight with the enemy. The rabbi blessed them, declaring that each of them had the strength of King David and the wisdom of Solomon, and could go to fight the enemy.

At this time, they firmly believed that they were omnipotent and that as long as they defeated the enemy, they could establish their own Jewish state. (Don’t think that Zionism only appeared in the 19th century. There were already signs of it in the Middle Ages, and a more accurate term should be Zionism.)
"Warriors! The aliens are over there. To restore our country! Everyone follow me and kill them all! Kill them!"

"For the tribe! Kill all the aliens! Kill them all!"

"Ahhh...Kill!"

For a moment, there was a sound of shouting and killing. Everyone waving all kinds of weapons in their hands, shouting and making strange and indescribable sounds, rushed towards the Roman army like a tide.

"A mob!" Woick looked coldly at the charging Jews. Not only were they few in number, but their fighting capacity was also poor. Although they were brave, they had no method in fighting. They just gathered all their strength and charged directly. Did they think they could win the war?

The other side waved the machete in their hands, the wind whistled in their ears, and they saw the Roman soldiers in front of them getting closer and closer. They felt their blood boiling, as if it was about to jump out of their bodies. King David would bless them, and King Solomon would also bless them.

Just when they were thinking about rushing to the enemy and completely eliminating them, suddenly bursts of thunder-like sounds came from the front, and along with the sounds, puffs of white smoke rose into the sky from the Roman formation.

Before the Jew could react to what was happening, he felt a sharp wind whistling past him, like a shot arrow, and at the same time, he heard screams around him.

Without any warning, hundreds of Jewish soldiers fell to the ground in an instant, some without even their bodies left, leaving only blood and flesh.

"What happened? What happened? Some people were stunned. For a moment, they didn't understand what happened. Before they could react, the sound of artillery began again, and the scene that happened just now continued to appear again. And this time, with the clear sound of artillery.

"Artillery ready...fire!"

With the roar of artillery, another large group of people fell down. Coupled with the extremely bloody scene, the Jews who had never experienced such things suddenly panicked.

At this time, the Roman army was not idle either. The musketeers who had been prepared for a long time also began shooting. Row after row of muskets were fired at the people in front of them. As for the artillery, the firing continued to cause casualties to the enemy.

The Jews were in chaos on the battlefield, with horses and people running around everywhere. Some Jewish cavalrymen had been thrown to the ground by their own horses and trampled to death by the horses' hooves before they could even shout. The Jews and horses' cries and screams were everywhere, accompanied by the sound of Roman artillery and gunfire.

When the shell swept past with a sharp whistling sound, everything in its path was destroyed alive, leaving behind only the broken limbs and body parts that were no longer recognizable and a pool of blood.

(End of this chapter)