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

Chapter 616 The Great Emperor Came to His Loyal Rome
The Roman Church must have suffered heavy losses after this disaster. Now the monotheism has been split into three major parts. In addition to these three major parts, there are some small branches in other regions. Together, there are dozens of sects, large and small.

He plans to continue to split the monotheism, the more splits the better, and then these monotheisms will fight each other.

Richard's army moved very fast and arrived near Rome the next day, but Richard did not let the army get close to Rome to avoid being discovered by the Vandals.

Although the Vandals were now in a killing spree, there were still some scouts outside the city.

The army camped twenty miles away from Rome, where there was a noble manor, which had now become Richard's military camp.

After resting here for a while, the soldiers began to rest. It was not until the evening that the army set out again.

Twenty miles was not far, and the cavalry could reach the destination in one charge. Richard led the army and quietly approached Rome under the cover of night.

At this time, the Vandal scouts had already hidden back in the city to enjoy themselves, and the Vandals in the city were also looting and raping women everywhere.

The entire city of Rome was almost an undefended city.

Soon, night fell, and the Vandals in Rome were still reveling. They didn't know that Richard's army had already arrived outside the city.

"Horn, you take your men to guard the west gate. Betley, you take your men to guard the other two gates. The rest of you will attack with me."

"Remember, keep all the Vandals inside the city!"

"In this battle, I will annihilate all these Vandals!"

"Yes, sir!" the generals around responded one after another.

After Richard arranged the tasks, the army took action immediately. In the city of Rome, at the city gate, when the Vandals were drinking and sleeping with their women in their arms, a burst of shouting and killing was suddenly heard.

Before these people could react, teams of soldiers had already climbed onto the city wall.

In the darkness, it was impossible to see how many enemies there were. All they could see was countless figures moving around in the night. The Vandals didn't even have time to put on their armor before Richard's vanguard soldiers had already rushed up.

The Vandals, who were addicted to wine and sex, had never thought that an army would come to attack them. Caught off guard, they had no power to resist and were killed by the first wave of soldiers.

But in a few moments, all the Vandals near the city gate were killed. After occupying the city gate, the vanguard soldiers immediately opened the city gate, and the army that had been waiting outside the city rushed in immediately.

"Anyone holding a weapon and wearing armor will be killed without mercy!" After Richard gave the order, the army immediately rushed into the city.

At this time in the city of Rome, the Vandals were killing people wantonly. They were completely unprepared and were constantly killed by Richard's elite soldiers.

The whole city was filled with shouts and cries of killing. Many Vandals even thought that it was their other companions who were looting and killing the Romans. It was not until Richard's army arrived before them that these Vandals woke up from their dream.

Unfortunately, by this time, they no longer had the chance to resist.

Thousands of elite soldiers, led by the extraordinary knights, were unstoppable and killed the Vandals one after another.

Gaiseric, who was sleeping in the palace with the Roman Queen and the wives and daughters of the nobles, was awakened. When he heard that an army was attacking, his face suddenly changed.

"Order the troops to assemble immediately!"

"Send people to defend the important roads in the city to buy time. We must buy time for the Imperial Guards to gather!"

"Quick, pass on my order, everyone put on armor and assemble!"

Gaiseric reacted quickly and issued orders immediately, hoping to use the streets to delay the advance of Richard's army so that his guards could put on armor and form a formation.

Unfortunately, Richard would not give him this opportunity. Just as the guards hurriedly put on their armor and assembled, those extraordinary knights had already led their army directly through the city and rushed to the front of the Roman Palace.

Each of these extraordinary knights was an inhuman being. If the Vandals were fully armed and formed a defensive formation, they might be able to hold off the enemy. But now, they couldn't even form a formation or put on their armor before being killed.

A large number of Vandals were killed directly, and some smart ones had already dropped their weapons and armor and hid.

Thousands of soldiers rushed forward and attacked all the way to the palace.

Seeing this situation, Gaiseric wanted to use the palace for defense, but unfortunately, Richard did not give him any chance at all.

The army rushed forward, and the guards who had just put on armor were no match for them at all. In just a moment, Richard's army broke through the formation.

The guards were scattered and soon killed. Some of them fled for their lives. After seeing this scene, Gaiseric gnashed his teeth in hatred.

These soldiers are the elite of the Vandals. In the entire Vandal Kingdom, there are only a few hundred thousand Vandals. This time he gathered a large number of soldiers to attack Rome, but he didn't expect to be blocked by Richard in the city and killed at will. Even if Gaiseric managed to escape this time, the kingdom established by the Vandals would collapse.

The army rushed forward quickly, and the Vandal guards tried to counterattack several times, but were directly scattered and killed. In just a moment, these guards suffered heavy casualties.

With the help of several guards, Gaiseric managed to escape from the palace. Looking around, he saw that the entire city had been controlled by the enemy and he could not find a way to escape.

Before he could figure out where to escape, more soldiers rushed up.

Gaiseric fought and retreated, but was eventually surrounded by the army and then killed by Sean with a single blow.

With the death of Gaiseric, the last organized Vandals in Rome were wiped out, and the remaining Vandals were just scattered soldiers and no longer a threat.

Next, Richard began to order the army to clear out the Vandals in the city.

The army divided the city into different areas based on the streets, and then cleared the area one by one. Meanwhile, Richard also ordered people to recruit the remaining Romans in the city, commanding them to put out fires, treat the wounded, and so on.

Many Vandals wanted to pretend to be Romans to escape, but during the three days when they occupied Rome, these people did all kinds of bad things, and the Romans hated them to the core.

They identified them one by one, not giving the Vandals any chance at all.

The Romans found and killed the Vandals one by one. The fighting in the city continued until dawn, when it gradually subsided.

The tens of thousands of Vandals trapped in the city by the army were almost wiped out.

After dealing with these Vandals, Richard began to organize people for rescue. After several days of burning, killing and looting, many parts of Rome were destroyed and the city’s population suffered heavy casualties.

Although there was no detailed statistics, a rough estimate showed that almost a quarter of the Romans in the city had died.

If history had developed as it had, after the Vandals had looted and left, there would have been less than 7,000 people left in the entire city of Rome. Although there have still been heavy losses now, there are still 40,000 to 50,000 people here.

Richard reorganized all the Romans and divided them into teams to carry out rescue operations and clean up the ruins and corpses of the city.

At the same time, Richard opened the treasury and began to distribute food according to the region. The city of Rome was temporarily under militarized management.

In this way, Richard cleaned up the city while ensuring that these people had food to eat and jobs so that they would not be idle and cause trouble.

During the reorganization, Richard had people conduct a census of the occupations of these people, and those technical personnel such as craftsmen and scholars would be selected.

These people will be treated better.

As for the women, they were also divided into another area and assigned work, mainly to carry out logistical work, cooking, cleaning, caring for the wounded, etc.

Although it only took one day, Richard had restored order to the city of Rome and governed it very well.

Because Richard acted quickly, the Vandals did not have time to inflict more serious damage to Rome, so the city was cleaned up quickly and the library in the city was not destroyed.

In addition to these, some workshops and warehouses are also well preserved. As for the aristocratic areas, they have basically been looted.

The Vandals would not let go of the fat meat, but even though the people died, they did not take away the various materials, gold, silver and jewelry that the Vandals had looted. In the end, all of them fell into Richard's hands.

These Vandals worked hard, killed people and looted, but in the end, everything they had, including their lives, was taken away by Richard.

These riches basically had no owner. The Vandals were not polite, and almost all the nobles in the city were dead. Since the owners were dead, these gold, silver and jewelry naturally belonged to him.

As for whether anyone would come forward and claim that these gold, silver and jewelry belonged to him, Richard said that the whole family should be together again for these nobles who escaped the disaster.

After all, all their family members had died, and they must be very sad if they were still alive. In order to prevent them from being sad, Richard sent them to reunite with their families.

No need to thank him, he is so considerate.

In addition to these, the Roman Catholic Church in the city was also affected. The Holy See occupied a large amount of wealth in Rome, which was naturally looted this time.

Only a few churches were still well preserved, and the Pope also stayed here. When these people saw Richard's army descending like a god, attacking the city and killing the Vandals, they felt very complicated.

At this time, the faith of Roman Catholics in Rome was greatly reduced, and many people even hated the Vatican. These people believed that it was the deception of the Vatican that caused their relatives to be killed and women to be raped. They were one of the reasons for all this.

This time, Richard, who came as a savior, gained great prestige. These Romans supported Richard to become the new Roman emperor.

(End of this chapter)