A general has something that a general should consider. A king also has something that a king should consider. A king can be a successful general. But a general can never be a successful king.

Unless he rebels.

That's it. When Artoria and Joan of Arc fought to death on the front line, Egil and Philip were not idle in the rear. Instead, they were making arrangements in full swing.

Unlike the fierce sword and sword shadows on the front line, such a battle is under the water and there is no light or fire, but it is still extremely dangerous.

Wishing.

Lobbying.

And, bribery.

In fact, these things were not always nurturing relationships with Aurora during the period when Egil was sailing to Normandy. The matter was not over. The fastest small sailboat, the fastest horse, the fastest pigeon and the fastest spy would transmit the latest information at the first time. The unimportant daily documents were handled by Intelligence Director Nemulis and several of his deputy, Arnoni (Norwegian nameless); Arnonimos (Idiomatic in Latin); Arnonu (German). The important ones would be sent to Egil as soon as possible.

For example, in recent times, the political situation of various countries, which ministers are appointed, what military trends are, what public opinion among the nobles, etc., etc., related to the Norman Kingdom will be listed as the top priority.

Egil's task is to find useful things from the mountain-high data, sort them out, and make correct judgments.

For example, in recent times, his Burgundian allies have been pushing and are not trying to continue to cooperate with him in the attack on France. Aquitaine made some inexplicable, but he turned against him again after losing a little force, not afraid of being stabbed by others. Several cardinals he bribed heavily were vague and vague. It seems that he doesn't want to talk to him in front of the pope anymore. The civil war in the Holy Roman Empire suddenly stopped for some reason. In Lithuania, although Vitautas made a big formation in the south, the main force was inexplicably gathering to the north. Genaya, Venice has been wobbled in the Mediterranean for a while, and a large number of warships disappeared, so it was suppressed by the Ottomans and the Barbary pirates...

Egil seemed to understand. Egil seemed to not understand. Until Aurora said, "What do you think Alexander was doing when he was eighteen?"

"What are you doing?"

"He is a king who is twenty years old."

Egil shrugged and expressed helplessness. Although he did not think there was anything comparable to the current dark medieval age. But he also understood that what he had done in the past two years was indeed a little outrageous. He rose directly from an earl leader to a powerful kingdom. He seemed to be a little stronger than Alexander...

After thinking about this, Egil really understood. These bastards wanted to unite to deal with themselves. First, the Vatican found a reason to expel themselves from the church. Then there was a total riot of all the nobles across the country, and then the continental countries united to form a crusade to destroy themselves...

Egil fought a cold war. Although he is quite strong now and is the strongest in the continent. But if the situation develops like that, he really can't stand it. He can only live for ten years to fulfill his merciful wish to conquer the world - Aurora hadn't said before. But Egil himself slowly also found something, such as inflation really exists. It doesn't mean that the more you exchange, the system will give you a discount. Just the contrary, the more you exchange, the higher the exchange price. It's like before, if you want to exchange a good official, you only need 500 coupons. But now, if you want to exchange an official of the same quality, you need 1,500 coupons. That's it.

So, try to produce it yourself. Redeem it is just to exchange for something you won’t get in the short term. It’s like telescopes and pocket watches.

That's it.

Unconsciously, all countries in the continent developed strong hostility towards themselves.

But why didn't they swarm and tear themselves to pieces at the first time?

So Egil continued to think: For example, the cost, the mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole behind, and the Norman Kingdom is powerful, so it can create a certain deterrence for them. This must be a reason. After all, those who are involved in the king and emperor are not fools. They will definitely weigh the pros and cons again and again before making such a big decision.

There is another more direct reason, that is, France. Egil made a slight assumption: the other party is so connected and is about to attack the Norman Kingdom. The time period should be that France is at a disadvantage in all respects. If France is annexed by the Norman Kingdom, then the strength of the Norman Kingdom will increase unprecedentedly and become the European overlord. So they hurriedly connected together and prepared to jointly suppress the Norman Kingdom.

However, the speed of things development was beyond imagination. The Kingdom of France actually held on with such a disadvantage. The saints from heaven led the revival of the Kingdom, just like a fairy tale - but this is not the point. The point is that Egil still has 50,000 troops, running along the sea road at night and is about to rush to the battlefield in France.

So we are waiting. If the saints of France can create miracles again, then Norman loses his troops and his prestige will be greatly damaged. In that case, the purpose of suppressing the expansion of the Norman Kingdom will be achieved. Everyone should go to bed. Those who should fight civil wars and civil wars, and those who should invade invasions. Those who should sell indulgences will sell indulgences, and those who should be a second-hand dealer are a second-hand dealer. The group will be disbanded...

However, if Egil creates glory again...

Kill him. There can be no new Alexander in Europe—unless that person is himself; Europe cannot be the same—unless that person is himself, so, die all but himself—it starts from the Kingdom of Norman.

In this way, Egil completely figured it out. He absolutely could not win this battle, nor even a draw. Only failure, and it was a complete failure. It would be better to be eliminated by the entire army.

——What a joke?!

In the cabin, Egil, who had figured it out, stood up and kicked over the chair, and then started smashing things. The first thing he was hurt was still a beautiful and inconsistent porcelain tea set...

Half an hour later, Egil, who was refreshed, pushed open the hatch door and walked out, snapped his fingers and summoned Nemulis, and then handed him a pampering roll.

"Find a way to give this thing to Philip II."

"..." Although it was a little strange, the relationship between the Norman Kingdom and France had now dropped to freezing point, so why did His Majesty still write to him? But the most unforgivable thing about such a spy is to talk too much. So Nemulis nodded and went out to arrange it without saying a word.

Egil's plan is simple, but very practical. This is a deal with Philip II. He exchanged an alliance with the king's suspicion. He helped Philip II deal with the saint and returned it to the Ile-de-France area. At such a price to buy Philip II's cooperation, and both sides performed an interesting play.

Although Egil played a little disgraceful role in this play, he didn't care. As long as he could maintain the strength of the Norman Kingdom and reduce the suspicion of the continental countries. After this incident, Egil also understood that expanding in traditional European regions such as Western Europe will be subject to huge resistance. He would still focus on Eastern European things in the future.

But Normandy and Brittany must not be handed over. This is Egil's bottom line.

The big ship turned into a small boat, the small boat turned into a carriage, the carriage turned into a carrier pigeon, the carrier pigeon turned into a carriage, and then the Norman spy who infiltrated the enlisted servants... In this way, after several re-transfers, this letter appeared at all in the temporary palace in Orleans, on the table of King Philip II of France.

At this moment, it was late at night, but Philip II was still handling official duties. He was not as convenient as Egil's central government, and officials at all levels could help, and all things had to depend on himself.

So the king's job is really not done by humans - except for the foolish monarch.

After pondering for a while, the French king, who was called a fox, smiled: "Indeed, compared to the tangible enemy, invisible faith is even more terrible... No king likes an uncontrolled saint." After talking to himself like this, Philip II destroyed the letter with the candle next to him.

On October 1, when Joan of Arc's army arrived outside Paris, he suddenly received a letter written by Philip II, claiming that the local nobles of Orleans suddenly rebelled and at the same time, the army of Gernaya went north in the south. He hoped that Joan of Arc would dispatch some troops to rescue.

Although Joan of Arc knew that in such a decisive battle, any insignificant force was extremely precious. But Philip II was still the king after all. In France, Joan of Arc himself had already evaluated from a life-saving straw - a savior - a rebellious general who was respectful. In this way, Joan of Arc completed the triple jump. Therefore, Joan of Arc didn't want to hear too much gossip. So...

"Send some troops to support." Joan of Arc thought for a moment, and then made such a decision. He ordered his most trusted comrade Lahaire to lead 4,000 troops to support. These 4,000 troops were basically the first volunteers to follow Joan of Arc, and they were very strong in terms of combat effectiveness and loyalty. Joan of Arc sent them to Philip II before the war. However, he also had his own plans...

At the same time, in the French military camp, the vast majority of French nobles received secret letters from Philip II...

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