Chapter 29 Patrol
Legend has it that when the emperor of a certain country goes to that place, he doesn't call him, but called him Xun. The most recent time can be extended to thirty years ago, Emperor Taizong visited the south and formulated the future economic policies of the Red Dynasty. That time, it should be the last time the orthodox emperor of the Celestial Empire went on a tour. It would be unrealistic to see such a situation in the future...
Although the Norman Empire is still incomparable to the orthodox Eastern Empire, Egil's southern tour is really not small, and it is even better in some aspects. After all, not any king brought an army of 100,000 during the tour.
That's right, in addition to more than 60,000 Central Army, there are also 30,000 Celtic elites who came from Northwest Britain, as well as three military subdistricts of Livornia, Prussia and Pomerania in the Eastern Military Region, 15,000 troops, 2nd and 3rd Hussars Legion 8,000 elite light cavalry, and 7,000 light infantry in the inland fleet of the Baltic Squadron. In total, more than 12 troops were almost all of Egil's current assets. Most of the regular troops of the Norman Empire were all pulled out at this time.
patrol?
No fool believes it!
120,000 troops, 120,000 troops! The power of the country is enough, what do you think you can do?! There are more than 800 large ships transporting food, and they are transported from all over the country to Eastern Europe day and night. If this is just an action to show off his face to Emperor Norman, then he will be the most foolish monarch in the ages!
Is Egil a foolish tyrant? It is obvious that although he likes to enjoy and has a cruel personality, his IQ is enough. He should be a tyrant by category, and he is a very smart tyrant.
So, the southern tour is just an excuse. Look at the places where Egir wants to visit: Poland, Ukraine, and even Lithuania. This will tell what he wants to do.
"I want the entire Eastern Europe!"
At the military meeting in the eastern Prussian city of Konisburg, Egil slammed the sand table with both hands: "Whoever blocks my way, I want his head!"
The military meeting was much better than the previous two or three kittens. In addition to the emperor and his wife, Archbishop Peter, and Alpha, the captain of the Death Knights, the Prussian garrison general Hans, the Pomeranian garrison general Anderson, the Livornian garrison general Alvin, and the Second Hussar General Qiteng, all of them participated in the discussion. Only the general of the Third Hussar General Joseph, because the distance was too far, did not come here after obtaining Egil's concession.
For a time, the entire Konesburg famous generals gathered. Most of the generals of the Norman Empire were concentrated here. The entire Konesburg was also full of elite soldiers. Because Konesburg had abandoned the fortress model and changed to a commercial port city, there were not many military camps that could provide military stations. Most of the soldiers were deployed outside the city.
At the meeting, Egil first expressed his determination in this way. Then he began to ask Nemulis, the spy leader who had been standing next to him: "What's the situation now?"
Nemulis nodded and took a step forward: "The situation in the entire Eastern Europe is now like this: the imperial army went south, and His Majesty personally fought, and the nations were shocked. In the north, Poland, mainly Poznan and Biavestok, the place has been decided. Just send officials to govern. The problem now is central Poland and the south. The empire has little control over central Poland and does not occupy too important cities. However, there are many nomadic tribes and small nobles who have a good impression of the empire.
The Polish gangsters in the south are relatively strong. They use Krakow as their base and have officially declared war on the empire. At the same time, they dispatched troops to the old capital of Poland, Warsaw. If they succeed, the situation in Poland in central will be even worse."
"Yeah." Egil nodded and asked, "What about other countries?"
"That's right, your majesty." Nemulis continued: "Although the official forces of the Grand Duchy of Moscow have withdrawn in the Ukraine and Belarus, the official forces of the Grand Duchy of Moscow have been left behind, and Moscow's original rule over these places. Therefore, the nobles in these places still tend to be psychologically inclined to Moscow. In particular, Belarus, most of the nobles there still claim to be loyal to Moscow and are organizing aristocratic coalition to fight the empire.
The situation in Ukraine is a little more complicated. Some nobles and nomadic tribes in the east of Ukraine have formed alliances with the Zaporoze Khanate. The Westerners have contacts with the southern Polish counter-gangs. Many people have clearly expressed their willingness to join the Polish autonomous government, and have also sent troops in this war."
"What about Lithuania?" Hearing one bad news after another, Egil's mood became worse and worse. His left finger kept knocking on the table like he was playing a piano, and asked.
"Lithuania..." Nemulistus paused for a moment, and then said softly: "I received the news three hours ago that Lithuania has officially declared war on the empire. Vitautas's command 30,000 light cavalry attacked Vilnius."
After hearing this news, Egil was stunned for a moment, and then a sentence burst out from his teeth: "I don't know how to lift up."
On July 15, 1004, the Norman Empire advanced into Eastern Europe. However, the situation was not as Egir imagined. The heavenly soldiers turned into powder at that time. On the contrary, none of the countries in Eastern Europe today sold his face. Even Poland, Lithuania, Moscow, Zaporoze Khanate... These countries still had a certain tendency to form alliances. The result of the Norman Empire's strong intervention in Eastern Europe made these hostile countries temporarily unite. This result made Egir feel extremely angry.
In the end, after three days of intense and busy military discussions, Egir took measures to respond. The army was divided into two to deal with the offensives of the Polish autonomous government and Lithuania. They defeated the two armies and completely occupied the territory of the former United Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania. Then they began to take over Belarus and Ukraine.
The Queen of Jin was rank of Marshal Artoria, commanding the headquarters' 30,000 Celtic army, 16,500 Norman garrison army, the Second Hussar Legion, and a total of 50,000 troops heading south to Warsaw. With the Second Hussar Legion as the forefront, be sure to occupy Warsaw City before Poland rebelled. Control the central Poland, and then head south to Krakow to completely solve this hidden danger. Incorporate Poland into the empire.
Egil himself commanded a 60,000 army of its headquarters to advance eastward to Vilnius to deal with the attacks of the Lithuanian army. It is best to defeat Vaitaus directly and kill Vaitaus. Let this guy go to hell to continue his dream of restoring the country.
The entire Norman Empire's war machine started to work with all its might again. The European countries were puzzled: "Can you stop this guy for a while?" With such a gaze, bloody war and conquest began within Eastern Europe.
"I will do my best to fight! I will never want to leave any disaster this time! Kill those who resist, kill those who are dissatisfied! Kill those who disobey orders! Kill those who are captured after defeat! Warriors, we must use the sword in our hands to kill a happy land to restore order to this rich land and completely incorporate it into the great empire! Incorporating into the great empire, it is the best choice for these nations, these people, and these territories - or let them die!"
Egil roared a little crazy, inspiring his soldiers and ordering them to advance towards Vilnius. At the same time, he sent the Emperor's Hussars, the First Hussars, and even the Norman Knights, Royal Knights, and the Imperial Knights to sort out the places they passed by like a storm. Those territories that originally belonged to the empire were not for now, but those tribes that originally belonged to Lithuania or were loyal to Lithuania were the targets these people were targeted.
The cavalrymen initially took a team of thousands of people, and after arriving at a county government, they followed the map and the forms written by the Norman spies before to choose village tribes with the same race and language as theirs. They ignored time and place, and entered the village chief as quickly as possible. While frightening or shocking the villagers, they shouted, asking the village chief, elder, or patriarch to gather the people of the entire village or tribe, and then the highest-ranking cavalry began to speak.
At this time, the cavalry leaders wearing ornate armor embellished with medals, as well as decorations such as leopards, bears, tigers, and other wild beast skins will ride on the horse with great might, waved the scimitar and shouted: "We are the great and supreme Emperor of the Norman Empire, the followers of Egil Scadragrimson! The people of the emperor! Remember the object of your loyalty, remember the object of your taxes, remember the person who dominates your destiny! He is Egil Scadragrimson! Remember him! This is good for you!"
"So what is your Majesty sending you here to do?" someone in the crowd asked with courage.
"Good question!" The cavalry commander replied: "We brought the order of His Majesty the Emperor! Now a war broke out between the empire and Lithuania! And Lithuania will inevitably be eliminated. You people have also changed their identities! You are now the people of the Norman Empire and have nothing to do with Lithuania or others!! We are here to convey such news to you!!"
"No! We are Lithuanians! Only Lithuania is the only one we want to be loyal to!" At this time, an emotional young man suddenly shouted, picked up a stone on the ground and smashed it towards the cavalry leader.
Chapter completed!