The war was going on as Artoria imagined. After 40,000 troops rushing on the sea for five or six days, they landed on the northern end of the Brittany Peninsula, and then continued to move towards Rennes under Artoria's strict orders.

The garrison of Rennes was as scarce as Artoria expected. Brittany's main force was deployed in the eastern border area as Artoria expected. In the end, it took only one day to Artoria to take down the largest city in northwestern France.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Bang Anmin spent a day proclaiming that he was the Lord of Celtics, and it took him a day and a half to reorganize the troops. In less than three days, Artoria conquered the entire Brittany upper nobles. Under the threat of the 40,000 Norman Celtics, Brittany had completely surrendered. At this point, Artoria's army expanded to 50,000 people, and had fully possessed the ability to fight independently.

After that, Artoria continued to order a fast march, and the troops pointed directly at Normandy...

“Haqiu…”

At this moment, in August, the weather was getting colder. However, Egil had long exchanged for advanced physique and advanced cold resistance before this, and coupled with the hairy cloak of polar bear leather that looks cool and actually is warm and comfortable, it shouldn't be so cold.

Even in Finland, this Nordic country closest to the Arctic Circle.

"A little ominous premonition... Has something happened to Hani... Forget it, with her ability, she can still run away if she can't beat her. Even if she lacks arms or legs or is disfigured, it doesn't matter. As long as she can come back alive, it's good. The omnipotent God of War, Lord..."

So Egil began to pray for his wife, although the person who prayed was a little strange.

During the period when Artoria sailed, robbed and sent troops to conquer Brittany, Egir was not idle. Although his army had not been reorganized, the additional recruits were still being recruited. But Egir could no longer wait. Anyway, Sweden had been annexed, and Novgorod and the Grand Duchy of Moscow were defeated. Most of the threats from the Norman Kingdom in the East had been eliminated. Then, even a Norman army that was not in its prime was enough to use.

Egil thought this way and did the same. The Norman army, which had a total of more than 40,000 people, was still very scary - but it was not enough to use it at all. The cost of military deployment was also a lot. It would be better to keep it in the city, and there would be a lot of carriage and meal costs left.

In the end, Egil's army went to Finland to fight was only one thousand seven hundred Hussars, one thousand Norman heavy cavalry, and three hundred Norman royal knights, just three thousand elite cavalry.

It is indeed a little difficult to continue the expedition of Novgorod with such troops. However, it is easier to intimidate the Finns who are still in tribal civilization. Of course, this does not mean that Egir let these two Eastern barbarian countries go. At this moment, the external regulator Foster and Sekend had sailed towards Pskov on Viking warships. They rushed to Novgorod and Moscow one after another to launch diplomatic activities, using the abolishment of punitive tariffs as bait, and the Norman strong army fronts as the backing to conduct diplomatic negotiations. Novgorod asked all the Baltic coastal areas such as Pskov and compensated 5,000 gold coins of war reparations. The Grand Duchy of Moscow did not have a territory bordering the Norman Kingdom, so it was fine to cede the land. However, 30,000 gold coins of war reparations must be compensated.

In addition, Egil has also prepared a series of unequal treaties, such as the power of consular judging, and Norman merchants enjoying tariff preferential treatment, etc., and requires the heads of state of the two countries to bow to Egil. It is not necessary to come to the court every year, but tribute is absolutely essential every year. Of course, if Egil is happy, he can also give him a few melons and two dates... For example, the Norman Kingdom has the fragrance of grass and other mud.

Egir calculated that it should be easier to subdue Novgorod. After all, the Norman Kingdom could launch a devastating attack on Novgorod, whether on the road or on the sea. If Egir was not concerned about the French war situation, it would not be a big deal to destroy it directly. Prince Liurik of Novgorod would naturally understand this truth. Anyway, the coastal territory was ceded out once or twice. Just as the late Swedish king Gustav said: A country that is stronger than Sweden hits its doorstep, what should you do?

Kneel down and sing to conquer.

But the Grand Principality of Moscow is not easy to do.

First and most importantly, the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the Norman Kingdom do not have a territory bordering, and there is a Novgorod with a large territory in front as a shield. The disadvantages in distance and the inconvenience of transportation of logistics supplies have also increased the difficulty of expeditioning to Moscow, which made the female grand duke Katerina II more confident.

Second, and very important, the other party's military strength is also quite strong. Although it is incomparable to old European powers such as France and the Holy Roman Empire, it can at least be on par with the northern Italian city-states. Whether it is the Duke Guard, the elite heavy cavalry like the Boye Cavalry, or the hiring of light cavalry like the Cossacks, they are all defeated in the Astronomy. At that time, Egil felt uncomfortable.

Third, it is the external environment that Egir faces, the public enemy of the European continent... In addition to the southernmost Italy and Spain, as well as Hungary, other countries such as the French Kingdom, the Holy Roman Empire, and the United Kingdom of Poland-Lithuania, which is in a state of division and reorganization, the current independent Lithuania, the three Baltic Kingdoms, and the Grand Duchy of Novgorod Moscow... These series of countries were either fighting with Egir, or fighting with Egir, or preparing to fight with Egir. Egir wondered what he had done about the Heavenly Wrath personnel. Will these countries deal with themselves as if they were injected with chicken blood?

"Forget it, it's a mediocre person not to be jealous." So Egil could only use this kind of words. At the same time, he tried his best to make few enemies for himself. It was like this now. Egil had ordered before the diplomats went on a mission. Don't force the Grand Principal of Moscow too much. If the other party really doesn't want to pay, just let them take out two or three thousand, just forget it. If two or three thousand is not enough, then one or two thousand is OK-if they don't want to pay a special code of one thousand gold coins...

Then stop the negotiations directly, Normandy doesn’t want them! The whole country mobilizes to beat Ya Ting to death!

In this way, with Egil's ardent expectations, the kingdom's diplomats set out.

Next is Finland.

Finland is located at the junction of Scandinavia and Novgorod, and is actually separated from Sweden by a Bay of Pondia. Most of the land connections are within the Arctic Circle. Therefore, transportation is not very convenient. Strictly speaking, the Finns cannot be considered Vikings. It is not easy to use Great Scandinavianism to trap them. Therefore, Egil is still a little nervous. If you don’t take advantage of the extreme day time to suppress Finland, then once you wait in the second half of the year, the Arctic Circle will be dark and it will be difficult to fight again.

In addition, Finland's properties can be regarded as the least of the three Scandinavian countries. The political system is also in the original tribal system. It does not have much value for reclamation. After thinking about this, Egil decided his attitude towards Finland. It is basically the same as the Grand Duchy of Moscow and Sweden before. It mainly employs mercenaries, imitating the system of treating other grassland tribes that came to join the army before, but the number is slightly smaller, and one-fifth of the tribes are implementing a system of taking turns to join the army.

After Egil led three thousand cavalry to fight against Finland, through the description of the Finnish light cavalry who participated in the Swedish-Norman War, the Finns were horrified to discover that their previous suzerain, Sweden, had been destroyed. A unified Norman kingdom had occupied the entire Scandinavian Peninsula. At the same time, they also led an army to Finland.

When the leaders and elders of various tribes in Finland were panicked, Egir's messenger arrived in time and presented Egir's handwritten letters, promptly releasing goodwill. He also expressed that the Norman Kingdom would be managed in a better and more suitable way for the Finns and help them develop.

Such remarks made the Finns feel much more at ease. Although they still have doubts in their hearts, at least they know that the other party does not mean to kill them all, which is enough.

In the next month, Egirma kept receiving the leaders and elders of dozens of tribes of all sizes in Finland, happily accepted the skins and horses they paid tribute, and politely rejected the beauties. He also gave exquisitely carved gold and silver jewelry, gems, as well as porcelain and silk products from the East.

While spending money like this, the elite heavy cavalry from Norman and the Hussars from the grassland tribe also showed the Finns what professional elite troops meant. Whether it was the excellent armor of heavy cavalry, the strong charge, the speed and cavalry skills of the Hussars were amazed by the Finns. They also recognized the strength of the Norman Kingdom a lot.
Chapter completed!