In this way, after the introduction of this bill called the "Catholic Reform Law", the Imperial Team suppressed several rebellions initiated by bishops in various places. Backed by a powerful army, it eliminated all the monasteries and bishops spread across the continent, cut off all the financial sources of the Catholic Church. It demolished their fortresses, disbanded their army, cut off the connection between the Roman Catholic Church and other bishops. It completely dismantled the Catholic forces that were rampant in Europe and the arrogant.

The imperial government is booming, and its achievements in civil governance are unprecedented. And the military achievements are also worth showing off.

The Norman Emperor swept across the Hungarian and Balkan coalition forces on the outskirts of Budapest. He then sent light cavalry to pursue the opponent's defeated troops. Sixty thousand coalition forces, and in the end less than three thousand could return to Budapest. How could he defend the city with 3,000 soldiers alone? On the third day after the battle, the Budapest soldiers and civilians opened the city and surrendered. They took the initiative to welcome the Norman Emperor into the city. The rest of Hungary was even more promulgated. It took less than a week. Hungary, a country that is also a big country in Europe, was pacified by the Normans.

Although the victory was extremely easy, after checking the situation in Hungary, Egil felt very frustrated. The population of Hungary's vast territory was less than 500,000. Even Austria, a duke's population was more than it.

Not to mention the sparse population, Hungary's infrastructure was also extremely bad. Due to years of continuous wars and some Hungarians still insist on nomadic life, Hungary's economy is also on the verge of collapse. The land is largely deserted. The construction of mines, quarries and logging farms in the wild were also destroyed by war. All kinds of necessities of daily necessities are seriously scarce... All this takes a lot of time and experience to adjust.

However, this was not too difficult for the Norman Emperor. The empire was good at destruction. However, the empire was also good at construction. The Hungarians were not a nation that was lazy and vulnerable. Although the land seemed a little barren and the resources were not very rich, it was unlikely to make it rich here. But the Norman Empire could still do this.

In addition, Hungary was a traditional cavalry power after all. The brave and warlike Huns and Magyars were also very outstanding soldiers. Perhaps after this, the Empire would recruit some Hungarians to expand the Norman Hussar troops. Although the emperor had already controlled the entire Eastern Europe, millions of Tatars, Kumens, Rosses, Slavs and Poles could be summoned. But which emperor would dislike the many elite soldiers and generals under his command?

In this way, it took a little time. After recovering the entire territory of Hungary, the Norman Emperor left a whole Hussar legion to guard it. He suppressed the local situation and swept away the remnants of Hungarians who were still trying to resist. However, despite this, the emperor's army did not decrease, but instead increased some - those Hungarians who were defeated and captured and the Yugoslavs of the Balkans. The emperor took a little time to surrender them.

He promised the captives a better life and promised to respect their beliefs - whether Catholic or Orthodox. He also expressed his willingness to help them develop their economy and reduce taxes...

The situation was developing very smoothly. The Norman Empire was as powerful as entering a deserted land. In an extremely short period of time, it occupied two kingdoms, hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land. The Norman army, Celtic army, and Hungary and Yugoslavian surrendered troops... These troops have reached a scale of 200,000. Egil is sure that in Asia Minor and the Balkans, and even the entire Western world, no one can pose a threat to his army.

This army is invincible within the Western sphere!

Of course, this invincible army is not without flaws. Difficult to logistics supply is the biggest shortcoming of this army. The dilapidated Hungary is completely undesirable. The newly conquered Balkans are mostly mountainous and terrain and have poor resources. In order to stabilize the hearts of the people, the emperor even had to distribute some military supplies for the Balkan mountain people to use.

At the same time, the journey from Krakow to Sofia seems a little far away. It’s better to say that Hungary has a plain terrain. However, the Balkans are mostly mountains. The army with logistics supplies is more difficult to move. The Norman army also seems too large...

Fortunately, in addition to land transportation, the Norman Empire also had effective sea transportation. The supply fleet from the port of Khlsong. Both the speed and the volume of transportation were much stronger than the land transportation in Krakow. If this were not the case, I am afraid that the war would have been unable to sustain it. It ended with the Norman Empire's 200,000 troops slain themselves.

However, although it can continue for the time being, the burden brought by the war is still a bit too great. In Krakow, Onola has repeatedly urged Egil to end the war quickly. Otherwise, the imperial finances would not be able to bear it.

The Black Death had just passed, and the imperial finances, which had slightly improved, have become tighter now. The excessively violent military operations have affected the economic development of the empire and even occupied a part of the funds that should have been used to develop the economy. The empire's food reserves were also quickly consumed under the 200,000 soldiers' horse chew. If there were some natural disasters, they might have famine...

Of course, if this is the case, it will be completely ignored by the emperor.

"You are the chief royal counsel and the prime minister of the empire. These things are yours." Egil sent out a constant complaints. However, although he was indifferent on the surface, the emperor began to feel a little anxious.

"Although this is the case..., the next opponent is Eastern Rome. Whether it is the Greek Peninsula or Asia Minor, they are quite rich areas, not to mention Constantinople... If I can capture this city, then the losses caused by this war will be made up for... at least part of it." (To be continued)
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