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Chapter 5 The Settlement of Lithuania

Egir pacified the entire Lithuanian region.

And with great fanfare, the head elders of nomadic tribes of various large scale in Lithuania gathered together to hold meetings and announce policies. Nowadays, Lithuania has just been on the butt, so we have to give them some sweetness. Of course, the most important reason is that these nomadic tribes themselves are living a tight life, and it is impossible to provide the remaining wealth to the empire. Therefore, the animals have to be fattened before they are killed. The truth is the same.[]

Regarding the policies of various tribes in Lithuania, we will temporarily refer to the policies of the nomadic tribes in Livornia, Prussia, Poland, and Finns. We do not charge any taxes, only symbolic tributes (the tender meat of the newly born lambs, etc.), and we will send people to join the Norman army.

In fact, Egir didn't want to let go of the Lithuanian light cavalry who joined Egir's army in the previous war. As he said, if he wanted to conquer and defend the entire Eastern Europe, there were not enough light cavalry.

Therefore, this temporary, cannon fodder-like Lithuanian light cavalry unit was not disbanded after the war, but was expanded and strengthened... Many Norman Hussars and archers took out the equipment they replaced. Although the light leather armor, scimitars and short composite bows seemed a bit outdated in the Norman professional troops, they were still first-class equipment for the Lithuanians. After most of the equipment was completed, the combat effectiveness of this batch of Lithuanian light cavalry increased significantly. At least they had a certain combat effectiveness. No work was easy to do now. Even if they were cannon fodder, they had to have strength.

So, after defeating Vitautas, Egil stayed in the Lithuanian region for a while. He also left behind two thousand Norman Hussars in this generation, and together with Joseph's Third Hussar Legion, who went south, came to join the confluence of Joseph. There were 6,000 troops in the entire Lithuanian region. Once an accident occurred, some Lithuanian tribes who were interested in Norman, or who were used to judge the situation, would also send troops to join the Norman army.

In addition, those Lithuanian village towns that passed the nomadic life and began to settle down, Egil spent time planning their administrative areas and then told them the tax exemption regulations of half a year.

At this time, Egil had already thought about it. Duty-free for half a year

In fact, he is not at a disadvantage. Because in the first few months of regaining a region, it is absolutely impossible to do a good job in the appointment of local officials. Without local officials, there is no tax officer. Without tax officers, there is no systematic tax system. It will take several months to establish a complete administrative system in a region.

After thinking through these, Egil felt at ease and beat Aurora through the spiritual connection. He wanted the Advisory Yuan, led by her, to quickly select officials, which made his cheap sister roll her eyes.

"I deserve yours or owe you?"

"You are the princess of the governor whom I have chosen!"

So, in this way, Aurora had to work even if she was unwilling. In fact, although she said she didn't like it and didn't want it, Aurora's work attitude was enough to defeat the vast majority of so-called workaholics. She was meticulous and serious. In addition, I don't know if it was because of the special relationship between her and the system or for some other reason, the average level of officials she selected from the university system was above the level. According to the system standard of twenty stars, each one was an elite official of about six stars. Occasionally, even eight-star Xiao Er was very satisfied.

"Lithuania has been initially settled."

On the seventh day, I received the "Public Security Conditions" from all over Lithuania.

It's okay." After such information, Egil breathed a sigh of relief and was flickering. He then drafted a book of orders. He entered Minsk and indeed took the entire Belarus into his pocket.

In fact, in Egil's view, this is just a formal problem. Can anyone among those people dare to stand up and resist their tyranny afterwards?

No, right?! It is absolutely impossible?! In fact, if there is really, the Hussars will be chopped off their heads.

Speaking of the Hussars, Egil really likes it. In fact, when the main army was staying in Lithuania, the emperor under Egil's command had already gone south to Minsk, which was considered a front-end station. It was also a disposal of what Egil said, "those who dared to resist tyranny" "made them beaten by the Hussars..."

That's it.

In addition, there was an army that could be regarded as infantry units along the Hussars, the inland special fleet of the Baltic Squadron. These Viking Light Infantry Crews cruised through various river areas in Eastern Europe, and they also had their share in this battle: half of them followed Artoria and went south to Poland along the Visva River. The other part started from Riga and followed Dorgava

Henan Province is in the tidal flat area where rivers flood in summer

After that, enter the Niamuna River Basin and continue to go south until Minsk.

This group of elite, highly mobile light infantry is another reliance for Egil

If something unexpected happened in Minsk, use this infantry to forcibly attack the city. Let them know that it is powerful...

At the same time, while the Norman Empire's strong military force entered Eastern Europe, other continental countries were shattered glasses: For this emerging continental power, anyone with a little brain will carefully guess his next goal. Some people speculate that Eggill would divide France with Burgundy first, while others speculate that he wanted to rely on the North Saxony to seek the position of the electoral of the Holy Roman Empire, and then intervene in the Holy Roman Empire. Some people even said that the Norman Empire would enter Iberia next, because the Iberian countries did not follow the orders of his leader and cease to fight with Eastern Rome. Eggill could use this reason to send troops to punish them and add some territory to himself.

However, Egil's ultimate choice was Eastern Europe.

Eastern Europe is a barren, wilderness, and savage territory in the traditional European consciousness. In the traditional sense, even a continental power like Poland...the United Kingdom of Lithuania did not actually gain a status corresponding to France and the Holy Roman Empire. In people's hearts, it is not even as good as Hungary, the shield of God. Therefore, Egil's decision made all the superiors in the entire continental European holding glasses broken.

So, most of the continental nobles celebrated each other, and that guy finally got so funny. The essence of the continent was not taken, but instead went to Eastern Europe to fight the barbarians. Now everyone is safe, go whatever they should do.

In this case, even the Pope, a country that most wanted to suppress the Norman Empire and achieve continental equilibrium, did not want to be too much and directly ignored the request of the autonomous government in southern Poland. He started to carry out military reforms, plotted against the northern Italian countries, and stepped up the embezzlement of the Naples region of southern Italy.

However, when the mainland country ignored the invasion and expansion of the Norman Empire, many knowledgeable people in the East saw Egil's intentions. Eastern Europe, the unexplored Feng Shui treasure land, the vast plains of millions of square kilometers, and the large number of nomadic cavalry on the grassland. If these resources were obtained by the warlike and extremely cruel Norman Emperor, then...

"The empire needs to maintain stability in the north. While the empire is fighting enemies from the east, the membrane does not want another behemoth-like country to appear in the north of the empire. The Kievan Rus was not good before, and the Normans are not good now!"

After obtaining the news that the Norman Empire had invaded Eastern Europe in full, Basil, who was on the front line, defeated Ottoman Türkiye step by step, made a quick decision and said such words.

"What you said is indeed a good word, your majesty." However, General Ellius reminded: "But, your majesty, please pay attention. The current financial situation of the empire is not very good. We cannot deal with wars in both sides at the same time."

"I know this. Of course I know." Basil nodded: "My friend of Ellius, I am not as old as that stupid as I am!"

"I am afraid." Elius immediately lowered his head and said.

Basil waved his hand: "Don't worry, you're right, and I really don't want to dispatch troops to deal with the boy from the north."

"So, your majesty, you want..."

"Contact, the empire only needs to use force to fight." Basil chuckled: "All the countries in Eastern Europe do not want to perish, nor do they have the courage and ability to fight against the Normans alone. However, if they can integrate them, it would be a different matter. However, if they want them to unite, they themselves have many contradictions, and they do not trust or believe each other. Therefore, they can only wait for the Norman Empire to defeat them one by one without saying a word. So..."

"So, as long as the Empire stands up and calls out, expresses its willingness to be their leader and integrates them. That will play a role in suppressing the Normans!" Ellius's eyes lit up, but he understood the meaning of his lord. He couldn't help blurting out. Looking at Basil's smile and silent look, he knew that he had guessed correctly...

"But the empire should at least dispatch some troops and send a convincing person with enough prestige and status to complete this plan." Elius then raised new questions.
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