Chapter 7 The thorny rose
His Royal Highness of the Eastern Rome was very fast. It took more than ten days to arrange all the matters of the expedition. He also sent an envoy to advance towards the various countries in Eastern Europe and persuaded them to join this alliance against the Norman Empire.
However, the final result was that His Highness the Princess was not very satisfied.
In the entire Eastern Europe, the call to Eastern Rome did not reach the level of response to group-especially the Grand Duchy of Moscow, which was highly anticipated by His Royal Highness of the Princess. This strongest country in Eastern Europe had to devote a lot of effort to deal with the Kumen. The Kurman archers of more than 100,000 were not as strong as the Moscow army after the reform. But when it comes to organic, plunder, and then run away after fighting. That was definitely very powerful. And the Kurman Khans who were strong in several ways and had tens of thousands of soldiers were not weak to fight. The Grand Duchy of Moscow itself could not protect itself. Semenovsky led tens of thousands of troops to the Grand Duchy, like a firefighter captain, and went to save wherever the situation was critical. In the end, he could not save anywhere. He smoked everywhere, defeated everywhere, and was exhausted...
Under such circumstances, the Grand Principal of Moscow itself is difficult to protect itself. How dare I offend the Norman Empire at its peak? It is too late to follow it. The letter Ekaterina II wrote to Eggil in a humble manner, and he was very flattering. He even treated himself as a minister. He presented generous gifts and paid tributes, hoping that Eggil would not come to attack her. How dare he take the initiative to attack Eggil?
The Grand Duchy of Moscow did not stand up to greet him. His princess's wishful thinking was half of the time. Then, Lithuania's rapid decline gave His princess another slap.
"Egil Scadragrimson... is well-deserved." Seeing Lithuania, which is considered a small stronghold in the region, with a force of 30,000 troops, she was dismantled by Egil. Her princess began to face up to this opponent. She began to feel that this battle did not seem to be as simple as she imagined.
In the end, the Zaporoze Khanate did not just take a head and bow down as His Royal Highness imagined, and kneel down under his pomegranate skirt. The unconventional Cossacks made a fool of themselves. Although they joined this so-called alliance, they joined as mercenaries, not as a country.
In other words, "These guys are all volunteer soldiers, and they can only represent their personal positions. They cannot represent their national positions!"
That's how it made His Highness the Princess very dissatisfied. But for the sake of the other party sending about 20,000 elite cavalry to assist him in fighting, it would be fine.
In Poland, in southern Ukraine, there were many noble tribes and nomadic tribes responding. But it was better than nothing. These soldiers with poor combat effectiveness and actual combat capabilities were even worse than those of the temporary recruitment of peasants in Eastern Rome. At least these peasants had participated in military training during the slack farming period. Some of them followed the recruitment of Eastern Rome and then went to fight to kill the enemy. However, those noble tribe armed forces were...
However, the combat effectiveness of the nomads can have some expectations.
At the same time, he was trapped in a heavy siege and was about to face an unexpected situation. He should also join the Polish Autonomous Government, saying that it should also be because Krakow was surrounded by a siege and news inside and outside could not be transmitted. At this moment, he was already anxious to hang himself. Naturally, he could not respond to His Royal Highness the Princess.
However, no matter what, in two months, Egir destroyed Lithuania and Artoria surrounded Krakow. Lilianu was not vague, which brought up the anti-Norman League in Eastern Europe.
The Eastern Roman Empire had a legion, a garrison, a temporary recruitment legion, and seven thousand private troops. This was a total of 32,000 soldiers and horses.
In the Zaporoze Khanate, the Cossacks dispatched more than 22,000 people. These were all grassland men, the masters of riding and shooting. The combat power of the real wheel is not much different from that of the 30,000 people in the Eastern Roman Empire.
The refugees from Ukraine, Poland, and other regions, as well as the spontaneously organized noble armed forces, etc., have a total of 16,000 troops.
There are not many people here and there - as a result, there are more than 60,000 to 70,000 people in total. This shows the benefits of nomads. It is not a joke that the whole nation is full of soldiers. The tough character of nomads makes them much stronger than the malnutrition serfs of the farmer tribe. It can be called fighter jets in informal armed forces. Generally, a small country with pure farming soldiers system makes nomads unable to find the north, but it is natural...
So, Princess Liliannu had tens of thousands of troops under her command, and she became more confident. The bold words such as "capturing Egil alive" were also shouted out. The Roman army set sail from Constantinople on the Black Sea Fleet's warships, headed north to the Crimean Peninsula, and joined forces with the Cossacks, but did not go north to Ukraine or Belarus to attack Egil. Instead, they went west, receiving reinforcements sent by various forces along the way - running directly towards the city of Krakow.
Fight Artoria first - that Celtic woman has fewer troops and her combat effectiveness is not as good as Norman's main force. It is better to bully it.
And these news were obtained by the Norman spy at all and reported to Egil and Artoria.
"Tsk, really can't help it, have you taken action?" After receiving the news, Egil snorted and said to himself. He had thought before that the Eastern Roman Empire would not allow itself to acquire Eastern Europe. Sure enough, the opponent was here.
However, the one who led the troops at this time was not a famous Eastern Roman general whom he knew. But the Eastern Roman princess named Liliannu, which surprised Egil a little. Although His Royal Highness's performance on the battlefield in Asia Minor in recent times has been remarkable. However, in Egil's opinion, he still seems a little naive and tender. As a strong general, he is not bad. However, as a commander, he still needs to be tempered.
"There is no one in Eastern Rome? It's impossible... Belisarius, Elius. If it really doesn't work, it's okay to use the dead eunuch Nalcis. How can a woman come forward? I can't guess it thoroughly, I can't guess it thoroughly..." Egil weighed this in his heart for a long time, but he still couldn't figure out why the other party had made such a fool. But it doesn't matter. If you can't figure it out, don't think about it, just know that "the other party is a fool who is worse than you" and "it's easy to destroy her."
This is enough.
"Just let Hani pay a little attention. Don't worry too much."
So in the end, Egil made such a judgment. His main army, 60,000 elite Norman army, and 10,000 Lithuanian minions continued to move south slowly, playing mountains and rivers to tease girls, occupying Minsk, and starting to rectify Belarus' internal affairs, rectify public security, and dispatch officials. During this period, the situation in Lithuania was basically stable, and Egil transferred part of the Hussars deployed there to Belarus. In addition, the temporary recruitment of the Rossians and Slavs of Belarus formed a temporary army of about 10,000 people to maintain local public security and stability. Then, he continued to go south and attack Ukraine...
And just as Egil was slowly cleaning up the country, in Krakow, two women who had been patient for a long time and two heavyweight big cats were in a fight.
Liliannu treated Artolia as a soft persimmon, and the 70,000 coalition forces rushed directly to the city of Krakow. He planned to rescue the autonomous government in southern Poland. After that, he went north to clean up Poland, and at least to attack the city of Warsaw. At this moment, His Royal Highness the Princess no longer expects to defeat the entire Eastern Europe and completely defeat the Norman Empire - the slogan of capturing Egil alive is quite interesting. But is it useful to capture him? Is it locked up as a "beep" slave?
Moreover, helping the alliance of various countries in Eastern Europe to unite and build up, they really did not have any external troubles. What benefits will it be for the Eastern Roman Empire? No, right? No, right?! How much harm did Kiev Rus who unified Eastern Europe cause to the Eastern Roman Empire? Look at the faces of the Cossacks in the Zaporoze Khanate now. Look at the virtues of the bitch of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. His princess felt nauseous when he thought about it.
"So, as long as you can defend Ukraine, southern Poland and the Crimean Peninsula, lay out defense lines in this circle surrounding the Black Sea and prevent the Normans from continuing to move south, this is enough. Although the achievements and reputations obtained are not as good as those who completely defeated Egil. But at least it is a help. In addition, the army and chassis that took this opportunity to gather... I can't say that I can operate here for a few years, and I can lead a 100,000 army south to Constantinople and force the immortal abdication."
This is His Royal Highness’s new idea, to manage the Baltic Circle in southern Eastern Europe, and to fight against Norman in the north and head south to Constantinople, thus becoming his hegemony.
The idea is pretty good, but I don't know if it can be realized.
Of course His Highness has confidence.
His Highness the Princess is extremely confident.
After arriving at a hundred miles away from Krakow, His Royal Highness quickly sent a letter of war to Queen Artoria. The words and sentences were extremely arrogant, and the meaning was: "I beat you up and give you face, so why don't you put your face over?" Artoria was so angry that she chopped off the messenger who sent the message and shouted wildly: "I want to kill that ignorant egg!!!"
Chapter completed!