October 3, 1005 AD. (This book comes from %..com, free full text txt download) After a short stay in East Rakov, Egir set out towards Khlsun with his army and a large amount of baggage.

Although this city was built on another vassal state of Zhaboroze, those who changed their minds and bully the weak and feared the strong. However, Egil, and even the vast majority of Normans, especially those Norman merchants who traded through the Dardanelles through the Strait of the Mediterranean, naturally regarded this emerging and promising port city as Norman's property.

Speaking of which, Zaboroze wanted to join in the Crusade at the beginning. It was naturally very good for Egil. But the Cossack leader Pugachev actually claimed that they did not join the war in the form of a state, but in the form of mercenaries. The Cossacks accepted Egil's employment to join the war. So Egil asked them to provide commissions and after winning, they would share the spoils with them in proportion.

At that time, Egil looked at the guy in a daze. Then he stood up and kicked Pugachev into a fight, regardless of decent etiquette. Then he took a step forward and stepped on the guy's face to death. Pugachev was good at being at least much better than Egile. However, in Egil and Emperor Norman, he did not dare to resist at all. He didn't even dare to dodge... He knew that he had just said the wrong thing and had completely stirred up the tyrant. In addition to the screams like a pig, he was extremely regretful and fearful.

"You are my vassal.,.

Egil stomped and shouted, ""I will let you control this country if I am happy, and if I am unhappy, I will change to another person or simply annex your annoying Khanate directly. I believe that most Cossacks dare not reject my intentions!,.

After saying that, Egil stepped on it again, and let Pugachev get through it in pain. After that, the two guard knights dragged the guy out like a dead dog.

He threw it outside the palace of Khlsson, which made the Cossack entourage waiting outside scare to death.

" "Go along with your leaders and your dirty and greedy thoughts, go as far as you go."

The Norman Empire did not need any Cossacks to join the war, and to win the greatest honor. The guards said coldly to these people. After that, the Cossacks did not dare to refute, so they supported their leaders and fled as fast as possible.

"You shouldn't be like this.,.

When Egil sat back to his throne in anger, next to him, Artoria, the queen of the Norman Empire, said: "This is just a small thing,

It's just a matter of fact. Is it worth your temper? If you don't want them to join those Cossacks, why bother to beat him like this? Although Pugachev is not virtuous, he is still the lord of a country. If you don't give him face, he will inevitably feel resentful. It would be bad if something happened in the end. You should know that during this Crusade, the emperor needed food and salary, but he had to transport it to Khlsson through Zaborore and then sent to the front line. This time it should be the time to win over the Cossacks. Why are you?

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,, Egil smiled while listening to Artoria's words. He stretched out his hand and gently stroked Artoria's hair: "It's indeed growing a lot, Hani. You know that you can't say such things when I first met you. Maybe you can't wait until I can take action, and you will go up and chop the bastard with a sword.,.

Artoria blushed, and she pushed away Egil's hand, rubbing her hair with one hand and muttered in a low voice: "What are you doing when you say this?

""Nothing is nothing.

,,Egil did not think it was offended, so he went up and kissed Artoria on the neck.

Then he held her in his arms and said, "The reason why that Pugachev dared to speak to me like this is probably because of this idea. He thought that he had seized my handle and could even use it to blackmail Leheng. It was quite good to think about it.

"In other words, you have an idea~ Do you want to attack the Zaboroze Khanate?!, Artoria asked in a little surprise.

"Yes, that's it. You also said that this place is very important to the empire. So, how can I feel at ease with such an important place? I need some Cossacks who have ulterior motives, greed and without moral integrity to control it?, Egil chuckled and said, "Of course, you have to control it in your own hands and feel safe.,.

" "That's right, but the imperial army is now preparing to march to the holy land..., Artoria has a little headache: "How did you come up with this idea? On a whim or have you planned it for a long time?,.

"Of course it's been planning... it's been a long time., Egil said: "There is no need to use the main force. The second and third Hussar legions are used, plus the inland guards of the Boluo Sea, and the southwestern military region of Bolan. In this way, it can organize about 20,000 professional troops. It is more than enough to deal with Zhaboluoze.

Artoria nodded: "Then what about the time of action?," "Of course, after all the main forces of our army left, the other side would suddenly attack Khlsong. Hopefully, we can cut off our logistics route and let our tens of thousands of troops outside fail to obtain logistics supplies and collapse. And we can arrange it in advance, leave some garrison troops, and then let the cavalry army ambush on the periphery. When the opponent attacks Khlsong, they will destroy them inside and outside. Take advantage of the situation and destroy the Zaboroze Khanate, at least they will seize Khlsong's area to ensure the interests of the empire. This is the only way.," "But if you say this, it will not be good for your hope, especially since you are still striving to gain the dominance of this crusade and become the leader of the crusaders.,.

Artoria continued.

"So what the Empire wants to play here will be a role that will launch a righteous counterattack after being shamelessly betrayed., Egil replied.

""You don't count on this kind of thing,

Artoria is still a little worried: "Other countries will definitely slander and insult you in this regard.,.

""Tsk,.

Egil did not answer this time, but looked at Artoria intently, as if she wanted to see the flowers from her face.

""What are you doing, it's embarrassing.,.

Artoria blushed when Egil saw it. Then she said.

"No, I just think, Hani, why have you become so um, so cute?, Egil chuckled: "I'm a little uncomfortable., Artoria sighed in her heart: If you don't have a lot of thoughts, you'll be fooled by you.

""In fact, that's it.,.

Egil said: "I have already thought about this matter. As long as they are involved in this matter, they can block their mouths. Kherson is not only able to transport the army of the Empire.

""I see.,.

Artoria nodded, expressing her understanding of Egil's idea. Putting aside Iberia, who doesn't know if she will actually send troops to fight, Venice and Milan, which has a good naval force, and the Pope State, which also doesn't know whether she will send troops, these six families.

The rest of France, the Holy Roman Empire, Hungary, and Burgundy. These countries do not have much naval power. If you want to enter the holy land, you can only use the navies of other countries. Or the fake Eastern Roman Empire to travel across the entire Asia Minor.

Before this, before the Norman Empire rose, the Crusaders did this, either with the help of the Venetian navy or the fake Eastern Rome. In another world, the former led to the capture of Constantinople by Dandoro, while the latter indirectly caused the death of the Red Bearded Barbarossa.

In this world, the previous choice of the crusaders was similar to the original world. The previous crusaders were indeed as Egir said. With the power of the Italian city-state, or by the Eastern Rome, these two choices were somewhat inappropriate and were very concerned. With the help of the Italian city-state, they would be attacked fiercely by pagans, especially the Barbary pirates in the Mediterranean. The losses were heavy. Moreover, after experiencing a previous crusade, when fighting against the Eastern Roman Empire, the naval forces from the Italian city-state suffered heavy damage. Now they have only barely recovered some of them. They do not have the ability to transport all the crusaders with all their strength.

Let’s talk about the second option from the Eastern Roman Empire... Let’s not talk about whether the Eastern Roman Empire would be willing to let a group of locust-like crusaders enter its territory. Just talk about the distance. The journey is thousands of kilometers, but it is unbearable, and along the way, there are also fighting against the Turks of another powerful pagan country, Seljuk.

The emergence of the Norman Empire gave these people a new choice. A large number of warships and transport ships were gathered in the port of Kherson. Naval pirates who were completely fearful of pagans were sufficient to fight for new people. The carrying capacity was much higher than that of Italian city-states.

Although it is a little further away, it is closer and safer than the fake East Rome.

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In fact, before that, Egil had already sent an invitation to Burgundy, Brandenburg, Hesse, and Hungary, which had no major conflicts, claiming to be willing to transport their troops with his powerful navy. In Egil's plan, these countries would be attacked by the Cossacks of Trunnzaboroje after entering Khlsson. Later, as a testimony, it proved that Egil was innocent.
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