Rome.

The Lateran Palace was in chaos.

Of course, even more chaotic was outside the Lateran Palace, for at this time the whole of Rome was looking up at the sky in horror, and on the blue background of the canopy, a huge red strange bird was flying over the ancient city with a peculiar buzzing sound, dragging a long rainbow behind its tail.

It's not the scariest thing.

The most terrifying thing is that with its flight, from time to time there is a faint fire flickering on it, and every time the fire flickered, there would be a strange loud noise from the sky, and then immediately a ray of light shot out and hit the buildings below that represented the majesty of the gods, and immediately there was a terrifying firelight exploded, and then those exquisite marble statues were immediately blown into pieces and splashed, as if it were ......

"Dragons, fire-breathing dragons!"

Countless shouts rang out in the frightened crowd.

Their meagre imagination can only think of dragons, why can't they imagine that it is actually an airplane, and then a guy full of evil taste, flying the plane with a grenade gun at the same time, and from time to time shooting a tracer grenade downward?

And this guy is happily watching the scene of chickens flying and dogs jumping below, and is obviously very satisfied with the effect he made.

Immediately after that, he aimed the grenade at the gate of the Lateran Palace, because at this time, a large number of priests were surrounding a middle-aged man in a white robe and walked out, Yang Feng, who was already about to reach the sky above the Lateran Palace, unceremoniously aimed at the top of their heads and pulled the trigger, and then a tracer instantly hit the marble above their heads, accompanied by the fire of the explosion of the 40 grenade, countless debris hit the crowd. Although this grenade-like thing was very powerful and would not cause substantial damage to the heavy marble building, the crumbling stone and explosion fragments still made the screams below, and countless people had more bloody wounds on their faces and bodies, including the middle-aged man in white, and the dust that fell made his majesty disappear.

Amid screams of terror, the men ran back to the Lateran Palace.

And at this time, the Anxi army arrived.

The first to arrive in Rome were hundreds of cavalrymen on captured horses, dressed in half-armor and carrying equally captured spears, carrying their own rifles, and rushing into the crowd with their spears, and with their spears began to drive the chaotic people to clear the way.

Immediately after a battalion of infantry arrived in a hired carriage, soldiers with rifles jumped out of the carriage one after another, and stood in line on both sides of the cleared road, silver half-body armor, bayonets reflecting cold light in their hands, coupled with a tall, sturdy and awe-inspiring murderous image, so that the people of Rome could feel the majesty of the great country in the East at close range, and there were several warriors who were extremely devout to the gods, and they also tried to sneak attack these invading infidels, but they were instantly shot and killed, and then the people of Rome immediately scattered, Ran away and continued to look at them in fear.

This was followed by the Byzantine princess, or rather, the princess of the Romans.

She also has her own attaché.

Surrounded by various honor guards, the princess who rode in the four-wheeled carriage given by Yang Feng shook a small fan and contentedly inspected the subjects of her empire.

Yang Feng's plane above her suddenly swooped down, and in a scream, the carriage that swept her rushed straight to the road in front, and then landed on two wheels and began to slide, this thing is a light plane to put it bluntly, the maximum take-off weight is less than one ton, and there is no one in the back seat with a 500-pound bomb, such a small plane can take off and land on a flat ground or even a lawn, Rome is still the most prosperous city in Europe at this time, and there is no problem with the road taking off and landing here, and soon this small plane will stop on the road.

Yang Feng jumped off the plane, a soldier stepped forward and pushed aside, and then protected layer by layer, Her Royal Highness the princess's carriage came, and King Yang immediately got into the car, holding her shoulders as if no one was around, and continued to move forward in the frightened eyes of both sides and went straight to the Lateran Palace, and soon arrived at the destination of the mess.

However, the gates of the Lateran Palace were closed.

An accompanying Byzantine attendant stepped forward to call the door.

But there was no response inside.

He turned his head and looked at Yang Feng and Her Royal Highness the Princess with an inquiring gaze.

"Where's the king's mace!"

Yang Feng's face sank and he shouted.

A carriage immediately stepped forward, and on it was his beloved mace.

"It's just a temple elder, where is there such a big pomp, the princess of the dignified princess actually dares to close the door and accept it, it's just anti-heaven, I have to say that you are really ruined here, in exchange for our Datang like a guy with no king, directly arrest and behead all over the door, to be a courtier, you have to have the rules of being a courtier, what's wrong with the monks? The monks are amazing! Today, this king will teach Brother Constantine a lesson to these rebellious ministers and thieves! ”

Yang Feng said with a sneer.

Then he jumped out of the carriage under the adoring gaze of Her Royal Highness the Princess, grabbed his mace, and walked to the closed door.

As the main cathedral of Rome, this gate is naturally made extremely exquisitely, and it is full of gorgeous and intricate carvings, which can be called a top work of art, but it is a pity that Yang Feng roared and smashed it without the slightest hesitation. Stained with countless blood and scraps of flesh, the huge mace that had turned black smashed into the gorgeous gate in an instant, and the exquisite carving immediately turned into countless fragments bursting out, and in the loud sound of the impact, the gate suddenly pushed inward, with a roar that pushed the air current, sweeping everything behind the door like a two-headed monster.

There was a scream inside.

"Your Royal Highness Princess, please!"

Yang Feng turned around and said in a gesture of please.

Behind him, Her Royal Highness the Byzantine princess in full costume walked into the Lateran Palace......

This is the end of Yang Feng's pretense.

Of course, he can't bloody Rome, in the future he is going to trade with Europe, bloody Rome means a complete rupture of relations with Europe, even Constantine V is estimated to be difficult to accept, although the old Rome and the new Rome are drifting apart, but after all, the Lateran Palace is still a symbol of European faith, even the Byzantine emperor needs to be crowned here, this is not yet the time to break with Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity.

Yang Feng just came to show his strength.

His aim was to make Rome and even the entire Apennine Peninsula and all of Western Europe aware of his strength, so as to secure future trade.

You must know that Europe at this time is completely in the barbaric era, and the lords everywhere, as many bandits and robbers as cattle hair, will treat merchants as fat sheep, if you want to ensure the safety of the Tang Dynasty merchants when they trade in Western Europe in the future, you must first let them know the strength of the Tang Dynasty, whether it is his trip to the West this time, or the bombardment of Constantinople, or even the forcible lease of land everywhere, it is for this purpose, and it is also for this purpose to break Rome with the army. The ferocity of the Tang fleet, as well as thousands of soldiers sweeping through Rome, his own myth will quickly spread throughout Europe in the future, and add more exaggerated interpretations, and then when the Tang merchant ships appear in other ports, the first thing that comes to people's minds is a suffocating image of the empire, and there will be no other thoughts about these merchants.

This is strategic deterrence.

As for his invasion of Rome......

How is this an invasion?

He was obviously escorting the princess of the Romans to Rome to visit the Bishop of Rome, and the title of Emperor of the Romans on the head of Constantine V represented that his actions were completely reasonable and legal.

This was also confirmed by the Bishop of Rome.

After the Byzantine princess entered the Lateran Palace and had a cordial meeting with Pope Adrian I, Adrian I quickly issued an order that the conflict between the two sides was nothing more than a small misunderstanding caused by poor communication, although these guests from the East were not believers in the Lord, but the Lord was tolerant and generous, and Rome would not refuse friendly visits, so the Tang people could trade freely throughout the Papal States. And in order to show their hospitality, they were exempted from all taxes, and of course, the point was not made public, that is, to pay a large sum of money in exchange for Yang Feng's withdrawal, which was necessary, otherwise, the Byzantine princess told him that these fellows were very fond of looting and slaughtering cities.

In short, Yang Feng stayed in Rome for two months, let his soldiers have a good rest, and then left with a full harvest and continued to his next stop.

Gibraltar.

And his way......

Or rental.

Although the Iberian Peninsula was almost entirely greened by this time, leaving only a small piece of land in the northwest belonging to the Kingdom of Asturias, it was not the Hashemite family who ruled the area, but the Umayyad family. After relying on the Khorasan army to seize the seat of the Caliph, Abbas gathered the members of the old Umayyad family in the name of a banquet......

They are actually all one ancestor.

The Hashemite family and the Umayyad family are both descendants of the Qurayed clan, and they are also one family, so the members of the Umayyad family didn't think much about it, and they felt that since they admitted defeat, the Hashemite family could not be wiped out, so they all went, and as a result, at the banquet, Abbas ordered the swords and axes to come out and cut down all the members of the Umayyad family. There is only one named Abdul. Rahman's escape led him to North Africa, where he found his uncle and fled to Iberia with the latter's help, where he was allegiance to the Great Eclipse garrison and established the post-Umayyad dynasty in Córdoba. Originally, Mansur even sent an army to fight against him, and as a result, his army was defeated by Abdul. Rahman was defeated, but this space-time Mansour was roasted by Yang Feng, so Abdul. Rahman lived at ease in Iberia.

There is no hatred between him and Yang Feng, and they are even allies in a sense, after all, Yang Feng roasted his enemy.

In fact, he had a good relationship with the Elamites.

The enemy of the enemy is a friend, everyone understands this, but the problem is that Yang Feng wants to lease Gibraltar, which Rahman still can't agree, since this is the only way to fight, the Tang army, which has been well rested in Rome, immediately landed in Gibraltar under the cover of naval guns, and Rahman's cavalry counterattack was crushed by the rockets and flowering shells of the Tang army. Then Yang Feng hired laborers from Rome, Naples and Sicily, transported them to Gibraltar and began to build fortresses, and after leaving some of the warships, he himself took the fleet and the Byzantine princess north to the Frankish port of Marseille, already knowing the strength of these Orientals, and also knowing that Yang Feng was at war with Rahman, the Franks welcomed these friends from the East very warmly, and bought a large amount of chain armor from Yang Feng with great amazement.

Needless to say, the Franks were the overlords of Western Europe at this time, and they still had a bit of gold and silver, and the nobles were reveling in the purchase of boxes of silk, porcelain, all kinds of luxuries, boxes of tea and spices, and mirrors drove the ladies into madness.

Rahman immediately succumbed.

He was a smart man and knew very well what Yang Feng was telling him.

This area is actually he and Charlemagne two strong side by side, both he and Charlemagne are worried about annexing each other, but they don't have this kind of strength, before that, the Great Food Army had crossed the Pyrenees to the north, but was defeated by Charlemagne's grandfather, and Charlemagne, who was conquest all over Europe, also thought about crossing the Pyrenees to the south. The two sides can be said to be evenly matched at this time, if Yang Feng and Charlemagne unite, there is no need to do more, as long as Yang Feng uses the fleet to transport the Frankish army to Gibraltar and is responsible for the follow-up logistics transportation, then Rahman will be in trouble, if Yang Feng more simply transports the Frankish army to Magala, then Rahman is in danger of losing the country.

Córdoba is only two or three hundred miles away from Magalaco.

After the third counteroffensive failed, Rahman quickly sent envoys to negotiate peace, but fortunately, Yang Feng was not interested in helping Charlemagne, and then the two sides reached a final treaty, the emir of Córdoba leased Gibraltar to the Tang Empire for a period of 500 years, and in return they could also buy new chain mail from Yang Feng. Of course, Yang Feng didn't need their gold as payment, just their war horses, an Andalusian horse with a set of armor including a horse armor, and a Datang horizontal knife, in this way Yang Feng quickly obtained three thousand Andalusian horses, and all the ports of the Emirate of Cordoba were also open to Tang merchant ships.

Yang Feng wandered in the western Mediterranean for most of the year, until the fortress of Gibraltar was basically completed, and the second infantry brigade reinforced from Huaiyuan arrived.

He had a radio on board.

Not only is he here, Huaiyuan, Broken Leaves, Xinde and other important strongholds of the Anxi Army all have radios, he doesn't need to send people to send letters to summon reinforcements, just send reports directly by radio, and in the future, he is also ready to install small radios in all bases, this thing has a role in this era more than artillery, and it can be said that it is a real artifact level.

After the reinforcements arrived, Yang Feng's fleet finally left Gibraltar and sailed west out of the Mediterranean Sea into the Atlantic Ocean for his final stop to complete his mission to welcome the Pegasus.

His last stop was ......

London.