The Eagle of Eastern Europe

(The writing is a bit confusing, please forgive me)

Francesco left the castle with this condition, and the first peace envoy from the West left. The city is still waiting for the arrival of envoys from other countries.

In the military camp, Peter was writing a so-called long paper. Although it was very long, it was still very good compared to a paper. There was no need to translate a theory ten times and then change the format.

"Add a little more, okay, done!"

Peter picked up his writings and read them carefully. The contents were all critical of the Catholic Church, using the chaos and corruption of the church as a starting point for attack. It ridiculed Shenra as the cows of old Roman men. They relied on their reading and knowledge to be better than those of the common people, so they squeezed them in large numbers and drained their money.

They turned a blind eye to God's instructions and Jesus' suffering, and their only mission in life was to squeeze, squeeze, squeeze. He will not stop until the last bit of money is squeezed out of them.

Moreover, they colluded with some businessmen and committed banditry under the guise of peace. Are you still going to listen to these sanctimonious hypocrites? They are a disgrace to God.

In addition to writing extensively against the Catholic Church, Peter also wrote a little in favor of the Orthodox Church. Including integrity and incorruptibility, they have been fighting against heretics for many years. They are the orthodoxy of the Christian world.

"Okay, hire a few bards to spread this to various places in northern Italy. Also print more and post it to me everywhere."

Peter was determined to start a religious riot in northern Italy. Since the Catholic atmosphere here is so strong, let him reduce it a little.

The siege of Venice is still proceeding in an orderly manner, and Milan will not send troops to rescue because it cannot be defeated. Now their only hope is that the sneak attack in Venice can succeed.

----Dividing line----

Venice eventually assembled 300 warships and armed merchant ships with more than 10,000 sailors. It can be said that most of the naval power has been deployed, and these sailors are still deployed from private merchant ships.

As for those merchant ships, some were destroyed and the rest took refuge in ports in various places. Venice's basic trade in food and daily necessities can continue to be maintained, but we don't know after that.

"My lord, according to the instructions of the Council, we must rescue Crete, Rhodes, and then capture Constantinople. This way Rome can negotiate with us."

"Hopefully this will be successful, Roma is no longer the same Roma."

Simeone, who is in charge of commanding the navy, is praying, and he is a little optimistic about this operation. From the beginning of the war to the present, Venice has never won a single victory. A large number of ships were sunk by the Roman navy. The navy formed this time with the efforts of the whole country may become an experience package for Rome like the coalition army.

Nikephorus stepped up his training of the navy, and he wanted to be ready before the arrival of the Venetian navy. Rome also focused on intelligence offensives, releasing more than a hundred messages in a row for Venetian spies to reach the mainland, ranging from resting in the port of Aaron to attacking Crete. Since there are spies, I will use the human sea tactic to drown you.

In addition to information warfare, Peter's intelligence chief Petkov began his newfound skill: disinformation. He began to let people spread the news that Bologna and Milan were planning to negotiate peace with Rome. They had been tricked by Venice into joining. This news directly made the Venetian leadership nervous. They sent envoys to these two countries to make a detour through the Papal State to ensure that they were still in the alliance. inside.

In addition to the national level, there are also more personal levels. This family is running away and that person is running away, which has caused the trust of these alliance countries to plummet. Rumors are spread too often, and falsehoods can become true.

The most important thing is that the Cossacks sent by Rome have seriously affected the trade of northern Italy. The economic order was disrupted. Except for Savoy and Florence, which could do business with France and Aragon, the inland areas and Venice suffered the most.

"Help, please, don't..."

A large number of people were plundered and enslaved, and they had to walk to Ljubljana to gather and then transport them to the Roman area. Craftsmen can receive higher wages, but they have no freedom throughout their lives. They have better homes in the Castle, Moldova, and Wallachia regions. The rest were all packed up and sent to Anatolia to work as pioneers. Some of the young and beautiful ones tried their best to avoid being used as coolies and used tricks they looked down on to confuse the soldiers. If they were lucky, they could hook up with officers.

All kinds of farces were staged every day. Some people wanted to hook up with the Roman prince. Even if they were lovers, they could live happily for the rest of their lives. But this man had no interest in them at all and would rather sleep with a book than see these people. Rumors began to spread among them that they were pedantic, old-fashioned, and not good enough.

"Do I look old-fashioned?" Peter asked his friend Nikolay.

"Your Highness, these are all coming from those prostitutes, you don't need to take them to heart."

"You've been very busy recently. It would be hard for you not to have a woman with you for a day, right?"

"Your Highness, these days are really boring. When are we going to fight in Venice? I am waiting for my triumphant return at home."

Peter looked at the map and said. "Hurry, I want them to have nowhere to escape."

Northern Italy and southern Germany were plagued by various rumors, and articles criticizing Catholicism issued by Rome caused turmoil in the local upper class. The first was the Diocese of Salzburg and the Diocese of Trento. Some citizens used this article to organize armed forces to seize power. There was also a certain amount of discussion in Milan, Genoa and other places. The Holy See angrily issued an order, ordering Rome to withdraw within 40 days, otherwise it would face terrible punishment.

In addition to posting them in various public places, Peter also had a bunch of them translated and used bards to circulate these articles in the local languages ​​to other places, especially Bohemia and Brandenburg, hoping to reduce his brother's Barriers to domination.

The city of Venice was helpless against the Roman army. In early March, Padua, an important transportation hub in Venice, fell. The food and reinforcement route from Milan was cut off, leaving Venice with only the land city of Chiggio to transport, but the plundering of Roman cavalry made this road precarious.

Bologna is already thinking of a way out. Originally there were more than 70,000 people here, but the Black Death reduced the number by 30,000. Coupled with the years of fighting between Milan and the Papal States, they just want to live peacefully. Now that the Roman army is attacking, if they don't want to be destroyed, taking refuge is also a good choice.

As the environment in Venice deteriorated, a large number of noble sons came to Northern Italy with the intention of fighting heretics and making a fortune. Although their status is quite high, their equipment and weapons are really hard to describe. The models are different, and the quality of the equipment is uneven. Some even have no equipment and only come with horses. It would be nice for such an adventurer not to cause trouble, but to recover lost territory and achieve great achievements, think about it.