The Great Arcanist Who Traveled Through the World of American Variety Shows.

Chapter 615 Blood and Fire (2)

Geiseric belonged to the Vandals, also a branch of the Germanic people. Originally, these people also lived in the Balkan Peninsula and Hungary.

Later they were defeated by the Huns and began to flee, first into Italy and later into Gaul, but were expelled each time. Finally, they fled all the way to North Africa, where they gained a foothold and quickly developed.

These people do not believe in monotheism.

So, Gaiseric had no psychological burden.

After discussing surrender with Gaiseric, Pope Leo returned to Rome. After entering Rome, Leo looked at the expectant eyes of the people around him, barely twitched his lips, and said with a smile:

"Gesaric promised to keep everyone safe."

Hearing this, the people in the city who had been worried suddenly felt relieved.

“However, although they promised not to kill anyone, their property cannot be saved.” Pope Leo sighed.

The people who were originally cheering suddenly fell silent.

Seeing everyone's expressions, Pope Leo said, "It's good enough to save your life now. You can make money later."

However, Pope Leo's consolation did not work. Seeing this situation, Pope Leo had no choice but to leave.

Soon after Pope Leo discussed with others in the church and other Roman nobles, they decided to surrender.

However, before surrendering, both the church and the nobles began to hide part of their property. It was not that they did not want to hide it all. If they hid it all, the Vandals would definitely not believe it and would probably take action at that time.

Time soon came to the next day. After a day and a night of preparation, the Pope and the nobles came to the city gate, ordered it to be opened, and surrendered to Gaiseric.

Outside the city, the Vandals, who had already formed their battle array, were very excited when they saw the city of Rome in front of them. Gaiseric was filled with pride. Being able to capture this eternal city would be the most glorious moment in his life.

At the same time, he couldn't wait to enter the city to taste the fruits of his victory.

'Squeak!'

There was a teeth-grinding sound of door hinges turning, and the tall gate of Rome slowly opened.

After seeing that the gate of Rome was really opened, Gaiseric was extremely excited. The gate of this eternal city was finally opened to him.

Gaiseric immediately ordered his troops to enter the city. Although he did not intend to keep his promise, he had to enter the city first to pretend to attack.

Soon the Vandal army marched into the city in formation.

Gaiseric went directly to the Roman Palace. At the same time, his soldiers began to take over the city gates, and the important areas in the city were also occupied by their soldiers.

In the palace, the Roman nobles prepared a grand welcome ceremony for Gaiseric.

Gaiseric sat in the highest position in the palace, feeling extremely happy when he saw the nobles who used to be high and mighty vied with each other to flatter him.

At this moment, he could laugh at these former nobles at will, but they could only carefully put on a smiling face for fear that he would be unhappy.

The generals under his command held noble ladies from unknown families in their arms, flirting with them and touching them at will. And these women who used to look down on others could only flatter them and let them play with them at will.

At this moment, a general came to the palace, walked up to Gaiseric and whispered, "Your Majesty, it's ready!"

Upon hearing this, Gaiseric immediately stood up and said, "In that case, let's get started!"

As his order was issued, the Vandal warriors cheered immediately. The surrounding Roman nobles and bishops saw this scene and immediately felt uneasy.

Sure enough, as the order was given, the Vandals throughout the city began to rush into the homes of the Romans in the city, looting all kinds of gold, silver and jewelry and raping women.

When the Romans in the city saw this scene, they all wanted to resist, but how could ordinary people without weapons, organization and bare hands be a match for these fierce soldiers?

Soon a large number of Romans were killed, and their wives and daughters were raped by the Vandals. This ancient city, the most dazzling pearl and light of civilization on the European continent at that time, turned into a world of blood and fire.

The light of civilization began to fade.

The Vandals occupied the gates and all the key areas of the city, and then began to loot in a planned and organized manner. The Romans in the city did not even have a chance to escape. The entire city became a hunting ground for the Vandals, allowing them to burn, kill, rob, rape and plunder.

The whole of Rome was filled with screams and the Vandals' wild laughter. This light of civilization in medieval Europe had turned into a hell on earth.

Pope Leo looked at the scene in disbelief. He couldn't believe his eyes. This great city turned into a hell on earth at this moment.

Leo rushed forward and angrily questioned Gaiseric: "Gaiseric, didn't you swear to God that you would not harm the residents of the city?" Gaiseric looked at the angry Leo, who was lying on the throne, holding a wine glass in one hand and rubbing the queen with the other hand, and said nonchalantly: "I did promise you not to kill the Romans in the city."

"What are your soldiers doing now?" Leo asked angrily, "They are killing citizens and raping women. Why don't you stop them?"

"Why should I stop them?" Gaiseric said jokingly, "I promised you not to kill those Romans, but I didn't promise you to stop my soldiers from killing them?"

"Look, I didn't kill those people. I've fulfilled my promise."

Having said this, Gaiseric spread his hands towards Leo, indicating that he had kept his promise.

"You you." Leo pointed at Gaiseric with shaking hands, and was so angry that he couldn't speak. Behind him, several bishops also looked at Gaiseric angrily.

Several of these people were masters in the church, but Gaiseric was well prepared, with hundreds of elite Vandal warriors around him eyeing him covetously.

Except for a few people, most of these people from the Holy See needed to pray for a long time before they could use their divine powers. Faced with these fully armed elite warriors, they were shot into hedgehogs before they could release their divine powers.

Unless the Creator they believed in was willing to spend a huge price to help, they would have no chance of winning.

Even though he was extremely angry, Pope Leo finally endured it and led his people back to the church.

At this time, the city of Rome was filled with the sounds of Romans crying and screaming. The Vandals killed and looted indiscriminately, destroying the entire city.

Just after Rome was plundered, a group of cavalry came from the north at a rapid speed. This group of cavalry consisted of only more than 20 people, wearing iron-studded leather armor, with bows and long swords on their waists. They were all dusty, and some of them were obviously Huns.

These people were the reconnaissance rangers sent by Richard.

Many of the light cavalrymen formed by Richard were Huns, and he recruited some elite warriors from those Hun tribes. In fact, not only were there Huns in his army, but there were also Hun soldiers in the Roman army.

When these soldiers arrived here, they soon discovered the screams and cries of killing in the city of Rome, and also discovered the Vandal camp outside the city.

Seeing this scene, everyone immediately understood that the city of Rome had been conquered by the Vandals.

"The walls of Rome are so strong, how could they be breached so quickly? The Romans are such losers."

"It shouldn't have been breached. Look around, there's not even a trace of fighting, let alone any dead soldiers from either side. I guess the Vandals didn't attack the city at all, and the Romans must have surrendered directly!"

"Haha, naive Romans!"

"Okay, you guys go and reply to his message, I will lead the rest of the people to conduct reconnaissance!" said the leading team leader directly.

Hearing the captain's order, everyone nodded, and soon more than 20 cavalrymen split into two groups, one group returned along the original route, and the other group carefully approached the city for reconnaissance.

Although Richard's army was marching all the way to Rome at this time, it was still hundreds of miles away from Rome.

Richard listened to the scout's report, and when he learned that the city of Rome had been breached, his brows immediately frowned.

He came here on a hurried march this time because he wanted to take the opportunity to take control of Rome, but if Rome was destroyed by the Vandals, it would be of no use even if he recaptured Rome.

What he needed now was Roman knowledge and craftsmen.

"Sir, the Vandals are burning, killing and looting in the city. What should we do now?" asked a general nearby.

"The army continues to advance." Richard did not rush to Rome.

Now that Rome has been conquered, let those Romans taste the taste of defeat. After these Romans are in hell, he will appear as the savior.

Not only could he defeat the Vandals in one fell swoop, but he could also gain the support of the Romans. At the same time, the Roman Church would also suffer heavy losses this time, and the old nobles in Rome were also cleared out by the Vandals. It can be said that Richard won three times in one fell swoop.

The Pope promised to negotiate with the Vandals and not to harm the Roman citizens, so the Romans surrendered. Now the Vandals are burning, killing and looting here, and the so-called promise is bullshit.

When the Vandals leave, will these Romans still believe in monotheism and the Pope?

These believers trusted him and agreed to surrender, but the whole of Rome was looted and slaughtered. I'm afraid the Pope would not be able to see the Roman citizens again.

Richard led the army to continue to rush to Rome. After arriving in Rome, he planned to let the army rest for a while, eat and drink enough, and then launch an attack under the cover of night.

In his eyes, the Vandals who were burning, killing and looting in the city were just a group of ghosts to be killed.

(End of this chapter)