Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

Rome also discovered this Mongolian army at the same time. After seeing this army, the defenders didn't even pay much attention at first, thinking that it was an army sent by the Holy Roman Emperor.

"Don't worry, this may be some friendly army coming to escort supplies, or escort something important." Bishop Saltu, who was invited to the city wall, glanced at the distant army and said nonchalantly.

"Mr. Bishop Sartu, that cavalry unit does not seem to be reinforcements sent by the Holy Roman Empire, or a coalition of other European countries." After watching on the city wall for a while, the leader of the Templar Master frowned. He frowned and said.

The number of this army is extremely large, and the cavalry seems to be tens of thousands, and it is impossible to see the end.

If such a large-scale cavalry arrived in the Rome area, the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire would definitely write a letter to the Pope informing him of the situation.

Moreover, at this juncture, there was a decisive battle with the Mongolian Empire. How could the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire send an army to the rear?

And it is such a large cavalry.

"You mean, are these troops enemies? How is this possible? This is the Apennine Peninsula.

It is the seat of the Kingdom of Sicily, the Italian region and the Papal States. It is the most sacred area and was the core of Rome. The capital of the Roman Empire, Rome, is here.

What's more, the center of Rome is the sacred Vatican City, which is the Lord's territory and cannot be desecrated. Bishop Sartu frowned and said.

"But Lord Bishop, we must be prepared for such a large-scale cavalry coming. Even if they are friendly forces, we cannot let them enter the city. Otherwise, it will cause panic in the city." Master Templar gritted his teeth. , said.

At this time, many soldiers on the city tower had already seen the mighty army outside the city. Although there were only five thousand Mongolian cavalry, each cavalry was accompanied by a spare war horse.

The scene of ten thousand war horses galloping outside was quite shocking. Even to some residents in the city, it was not a few thousand cavalry at all, but tens of thousands of cavalry.

"Is this some great lord, or the king's army?"

"I know. Looking at the style of their armor, it seems that I have never seen it before. Look at the pitch-black armor and the mighty armor."

"They are probably knights from France. It is said that they are well-equipped and well-trained."

"It's not Frankie's. The armor they equip is of a different style. I seem to have never seen the armor style of this army before." A businessman frowned and looked into the distance and said.

"No, no, no, my God, how could it be them? Quickly tell everyone to close the car doors, hurry up, hurry up." A businessman who had been to the Ross area to do business saw the army in the distance. , and immediately let out a cry of terror.

Damn, damn, how could it be them? How could it be them? Did they fly here with wings? Why? Why did the Mongolian cavalry appear outside the city?

"What? You, you mean, they are those pagans? Are they, the Mongolian cavalry?"

"Oh my God, they, how could they appear here? They shouldn't appear here. Are you making a mistake?"

"I, I will never admit my mistake. I will remember the appearance of these Eastern Devils until my death. These are the Mongolian cavalry, and they are the most elite part." The businessman who had been to the Ross countries said through gritted teeth.

In that war, this year he saw how brutal the Mongolian cavalry was. If it weren't for the fact that they were just ordinary businessmen, he would not have been able to return to Rome alive.

Oh, God! Please bless your people!

At this time, the defenders in the city and most of the soldiers on the city wall also discovered something was wrong. This was a cavalry they had never seen before, and it looked very much like the legendary Mongolian cavalry.

"Master Bishop, several businessmen below the city said that they have seen this cavalry, which is Mongolian cavalry." A soldier below the city ran up the city wall in a panic and said to the Templar knights and the bishop in front of him.

"What? This, this is impossible. Did the Mongolian cavalry fly over? How could they appear here?" Bishop Sartu said with an unbelievable look on his face.

"I have confirmed it repeatedly and found several businessmen who have seen the Mongolian cavalry. They all said this. Let's close the city gate now. It will be too late." The noble general responsible for guarding the city also rushed He came over and spoke.

At this time, the Mongolian army outside the city was already very close to the city wall. If the city gate was not closed and the Mongolian cavalry force was allowed to rush in, things would be terrible.

"Hurry up and close the city gate. I'm going to report it to His Majesty the Pope." The bishop took a deep breath, ran down the city wall in a panic, and ran towards the Vatican in the inner city.

He had to report this to the Pope, and Mongolian cavalry suddenly appeared here.

Could it be that the war on the front line has collapsed? The Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire has been defeated!
"Quick, quick, everyone, prepare for defense, prepare defensive equipment, close all the city gates, and return all soldiers to their posts, including those who are resting and on vacation. Get them all back to me." The Master Knight of the Templar Order who was responsible for guarding the city spoke.

Damn it, why did the Mongolian cavalry actually touch this place at this juncture?
You know, there are only more than 2,000 defenders in the city, and there are only more than 200 members of their church knights.

"My brother, tell me, if the Mongolian cavalry appears on the front line in large numbers, will the battlefield on the front line be defeated?" A master of the Church Knights said.

"This shouldn't be possible, we only had contact with the front line half a month ago.

The coalition forces are confronting the Mongols, and if the Mongols really defeat the coalition forces on the front line.

Then it is impossible for us to receive no news at all. This Mongolian cavalry should be a surprise attack force that came to attack us. "The master of the Knights Templar in charge of guarding the city said.

At this time, under his order, a large number of defenders had begun to close the city gates.

Many residents who had already left the city were locked up outside the city without even knowing what was going on.

There are a large number of villages and small towns on the outskirts of Rome. These ordinary civilians don't even know what is going on.

"Everyone cheer up and bring up all the defense equipment."

At this time, in the inner city of the Vatican, Pope Gregory IX was celebrating mass. The bishop who had just been on top of the city wall ran in in a panic.

"It's not good, it's not good, Your Majesty the Pope, and all the archbishops, something big is going on outside."

"Why are you so panicked? This is the territory of the Lord. Bishop Sartu, pay attention to your words and actions. What happened to make you so panicked?" The Pope frowned and asked.

The officer who had just been guarding the city reported that a cavalry unit had been spotted outside the city, so he sent a bishop under his command to take a look. Unexpectedly, the bishop came back in such a frightened state.

"Your Majesty the Pope, and the archbishops, there are Mongolian cavalry outside, they are here!" Sartu calmed down and said.

As soon as these words came out, all the bishops, archbishops, and a bunch of priests and priests present were shocked.

The Mongols are coming! How can this be? This is the Pope’s territory!
"Are you mistaken? It is impossible for the Mongols to come here or reach this city." Pope Gregory IX said.

"It's true. Although the Pope doesn't know how they came here, everything I said is true. They, they really came. I have already asked several businessmen who have seen the Mongolian army.

They were very sure that it was the Mongolian cavalry, and the Master Templars on the city wall and some members of the Knights had already observed it. The armor they were equipped with was completely different from ours, it was armor from the East. Saltu said.

"How could this happen? This is actually a Mongolian."

"Oh my God! There's no way they're coming here."

"The roads on the road are all blocked, and there are no large-scale ships on the sea roads recently, and such a cavalry force needs to be transported." The bishops, archbishops, and priests below all began to chatter. The exchange of tongues started, and at this moment, everyone couldn't sit still.

"Please be quiet and tell me Bishop Sartu, how many people are there in this Mongolian army?" Pope Gregory IX asked.

"The great Pope, they, they should have more than 10,000 cavalry. Anyway, the cavalry under the city can't be seen at a glance." Bishop Sartu thought for a moment and said.

Just kidding, I'm just a missionary, and I'm not familiar with the art of war, so I can only make a rough estimate.

"Damn! How can there be more than 1 cavalry?"

"You must be dazzled. There is absolutely no way that 10,000 cavalry are coming."

"Unless God helps and the angels themselves take action, there is no way these people would be here."

"Quiet! Quiet! Everyone, follow me to the city wall to take a look. I want to confirm the news." Pope Gregory IX calmed down his excitement and said with a trembling voice.

Soon a team of nearly a hundred people came out of the Vatican City and arrived at the city walls of Rome.

Pope Gregory IX brought his archbishops, bishops, and a large group of priests and priests to the city wall to observe the Mongolian army.

At this time, the Mongolian army had truly arrived at the city, only more than two hundred meters away from the city wall.

Now, even if these people are blind, they can clearly see who the other party is. The dark eyes and yellow skin are exactly the characteristics of the Eastern Mongolians.

The flags held below also verify their ideas, because European knights will hold a cross-type flag with symbols of various colors inlaid on the cross, or inlaid with articles representing the monarch.

But this army does not have any family patterns of Western monarchs. There is no doubt that they are the Mongolian army in the East.

At this time, Pope Gregory IX was also frightened. There were so many Mongolian cavalry under the city that they could not be seen at a glance.

At this moment, even if someone told him that there were a hundred thousand troops outside, he would believe it.

"Oh God, it's really the Mongols. How did they get here?"

"Only God knows, maybe they flew from the sky."

At this time, Guyuk brought Mongolian cavalry, which gave people a huge psychological oppression.

"Could it be said? Have the troops on the front line lost? Have they been completely wiped out?" The pope's voice trembled slightly and he asked in a hoarse voice.

"Your Majesty the Pope, don't worry, the coalition forces have definitely not failed, I am sure of this, and the number of this Mongolian cavalry is not large.

They only have six or seven thousand people at most. You see, many of the horses in the rear are unridden. These are the Mongolians' backup horses.

Their total number is definitely less than 10,000, or even only a few thousand, and they do not carry large-scale engineering weapons. As long as we close the city gates, they will not be able to get in. "A master of the Knights came to the Pope and said.

Although the Pope's status in the entire Christian world is extremely high, when it comes to ordinary military matters, the Pope knows nothing about it. The number of enemies seems to be very large, but in fact, if you really observe carefully, you can judge the approximate total strength of the enemy.

This was obviously a small group of Mongolian troops. They found a road from nowhere and arrived at the gates of Rome.

"This is God's territory and must not be desecrated. My Knight Master told me that you can defend these Mongols." Pope Gregory IX looked at the Knight Master in front of him and said.

"We have more than 200 members of the Knights, plus more than defenders. We are at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers, but we have a tall city wall to rely on.

And we can also summon a group of militiamen. There are a large number of men in the city. We can recruit these people and let them join the defense of the city. "The master of the Knights Templar said.

"Then it's up to you, Master Malthus, so be it! I'll ask some priests and ordinary priests to take up arms and join in the defense." The Pope said.

Frederick II, you little bastard, you bastard, did you do this on purpose? Deliberately sent a Mongolian cavalry here?
And then kill me, the Pope, with the help of the Mongols? You bastard must be thinking so, right?
At this moment, the Pope didn't believe this Mongolian cavalry at all. Such a large Mongolian cavalry came over through the night by taking a small road.

They must have been deliberately let go by some emperor with ulterior motives. even. A certain emperor also gave them directions so that they would not get lost and easily find the city of Rome.

As the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, the capital must be in Rome, but the city of Rome has been controlled by successive popes and has become part of the Papal States.

The emperor of the Holy Roman Empire obviously wanted to get rid of him with the help of the Mongols. He had really ulterior motives!

The Papal State troops in the city began to mobilize, and a large number of residents in the city were told that all men must climb the city walls to help defend the city as militiamen.

This announcement broke everyone's last illusion. It was indeed the Mongolian army coming from outside the city.

At this moment, the whole city was in panic. You must know that this city has not experienced the baptism of war for a long, long time. The defenders of the Papal State had never fought in a battle or even touched weapons.

How can such an army, which is outnumbered, defend against the Mongolian army?

"Lord Guyou! What should we do now? Shall we send an envoy to the city to persuade him to surrender?" asked a Mongolian Qianhu next to Guyou.

"No, there is no need to persuade us to surrender. This city will never surrender to us." Guyu said while riding on his horse, looking at the huge city in front of him.

Since the beginning of the Western Expedition, neither the Hungarian city of Pest, nor the city of Buda, nor the city of Kiev in the Rus region, the capitals of the Bulgarian Empire, are as luxurious as the city in front of them. The only one that can compare with it is Constantinople. Dinburg.

But in terms of prosperity, Constantinople is still far behind this city. This is the real core of Western civilization.

This city must be very rich, and if you capture it and plunder it, you will definitely gain a lot.

There are also a large number of villages nearby, and the people in these villages have not entered the city. The supply problem of your own army has also been solved in a good way.

"Then we attack the city directly? Prince Guyu, I have observed that there are many villages around. We can drive the local people away and let them attack the city wall." Another Mongolian Qianhu said.

"Wait a minute. Master Military Advisor told me that someone will open the city gate for us. Please pay attention and observe. When the time comes, we will rush in directly." Guyu said.

At this moment, a Mongolian cavalry came over to report that two people who claimed to be the military counselor's subordinates wanted to see him. They had the token of the Mongolian military counselor Zhang Yong in their hands.

Guyu nodded when he heard this and immediately asked someone to bring them over immediately. This should be the ambush arranged by Brother Zhang.

"Honorable Prince Guyu, under the orders of King Guanzhong, we arrived in this city two days ago and sneaked in disguised as businessmen." An assassin said.

"Very good, when can you open the city gate?" Guyu asked.

"It's best at night. The defenders will definitely relax at night. During the day, you can stand still for the time being. At night, we will find a way to open the city gate and create some commotion in the city." The leader of the assassin said.

"Yes! I understand. I am ordering the whole army to take a rest first and let my sons have a good rest. We will sack the city tonight." Guyu said. (End of chapter)