Chapter 48 True. Spanish Raiders
At that time, Egil used the topic to change the topic and made a real act. He sent an envoy to pass on messages to the barracks near Krakow. He directly summoned the troops and prepared to send troops.
Although at this moment, the conscript troops of France, which were far away from England and France, had not arrived yet. However, the corresponding empire obtained a large number of conscripts from its newly conquered German territory. In addition, the troops recruited by Scandinavia and Eastern Europe, as well as 100,000 Norman professional troops. Egil still had an army of more than 700,000.
The 700,000 troops were scattered in the capital Krakow and various barracks in the Polish province near Krakow. Various supplies and supplies were continuously transported from all over the empire. They were filled with the weather of militarism. The soldiers ate lamb and drank strong wine. They worked hard every day to train.
The nobles who had studied in the military academy encouraged them, and the veterans who had seen on the battlefield showed off one by one. What was more conspicuous was the veterans who had snatched a vote in Constantinople and now they had become rich men. That was a real sign of life. The new recruits were very itchy. They wished that the emperor would go to the battlefield to fight for life and death with the Tatars with the order. The officers were counting on fame, while the soldiers were looking forward to the wealth they snatched out.
The elite soldiers and generals fed by Normankin were all eager to go to the battlefield to earn their lives. They were waiting day and night. Some people even dreamed of things related to it when they were sleeping and shouting dreams of killing the enemy. As a result, they almost roared. In the end, they were dealt with by military law... But they really, really didn't expect that Emperor Norman actually blew the assembly call at two or three o'clock in the morning.
At that time, Maria, who came after hearing the news, wrote such words as historical records. She did not mention the whole story of Egil being driven into the military camp by his wife. She was very happy to cover up her man: "At the beginning, the city of Krakow was boiling. The lights were everywhere, and the night was like day. The reason why the emperor had acquainted the imperial concubines and celebrated the whole world. The whole city smiled. However, it took only half a day. The emperor heard that the 500,000 Tatars were crossing the Ural Mountains and attacked Kazan very anxiously. When the emperor heard that the 500,000 Tatars were in trouble, he ran around during the banquet and went to the imperial guard camp to convey the emperor's orders, summoned the army, and rushed to Kazan to fight immediately.
The left and right advised the emperor, and the festival was grand, so it could be temporarily suspended. The city of Kazan was strong and unhindered for a while. However, the emperor was furious and stood back, beating the drums and summoned him. He went on stage to tell the three armies. He said: I can't bear to see my hands, feet, robes and robes sitting in the city, and enjoying myself alone. After speaking, his tone was choked. The three armies were moved by it, and long live the mountain. So he advanced overnight and rushed to Kazan..."
That's it. In an article, Maria insisted on black and white. She said Egil, a bastard who was afraid of his wife hiding in the military camp, was a good leader who loved soldiers like his sons. This record was passed down to future generations. Hundreds of years have passed. Who can still know what he really thought back then? Who wouldn't regard Egil as a great leader who first public and then private? No wonder Dr. Hu Shi said that history is a little girl who can dress up...
In this way, the wise and powerful Emperor Norman brought nine wives and more than 700,000 troops to Kazan, preparing to beat the Mongolian Yuan hard. At the same time, near the important town of Granada, southern Spain, the imperial battle to conquer the Iberian Peninsula reached its peak.
When Egil's powerful lackey, the Imperial Marshal Farr followed the emperor's instructions and with the help of the Norman Western Mediterranean Fle, unexpectedly launched an attack on the Spanish lord, Valencia's Sid, the world was shocked.
This city, which is like a poem, has palm trees, countless sea birds and fish, and is rich in resources. It has developed trade and prosperous humanities. It has gradually become rich under the governance of Side. Marshal Far, who has been struggling in the wind and waves of the Mediterranean, was burned to ashes by Marshal Far, who lost his mind after seasickness and lost his mind. Side, a veteran who fought for half his life, a brave and strong soldier, and the general and ruler who was best at war in Iberia, also turned into ashes with his city.
There was not much new in this battle. It was just that the Norman army fought across the sea, and the Iberian country bumpkins had never heard of it. So they were caught off guard. The Iberian Peninsula had a very large terrain. It was surrounded by the sea on three sides and faced with mountains. It has always been quite closed. The invaders either crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and attacked from North Africa. Or crossed the Pyrenees in the north. These two places in the south and north restricted the Iberian vision and knowledge.
They had never seen such a huge army that could transport tens of thousands of troops to land at once. Even when the Eastern Roman Empire was in its heyday, occupying most of the Iberian Peninsula, the Balearic Islands had to be used as a transit station. Only then could they barely take the sea route to transport troops and supplies.
This time, the Iberian countries also knew the Normans' ambitions for themselves. However, they usually believed that the Normans would cross from the north and the Pyrenees to attack. Therefore, the first to be attacked was the Aragon Kingdom. And news kept coming. The Normans dispatched troops and accumulated supplies in the Southern Flanders Province, which indirectly proved this speculation. People's eyes were attracted to the feint attacking force of Marshal Far in the north of the Pyrenees.
In this way, after the capture and burning of Valencia's city, the Norman Marshal Light Cavalry was dispatched to loot and capture the city on the Iberian Plateau. With the death of Sid, the Duchy of Valencia he maintained also disappeared. Under the terrifying offensive of the Norman Hussars, they rode Andalusian horses, holding pedigreens and cavalry crossbows. The Iberian cavalry, who were known as the wind, died one after another. After the Iberian lords were proud of, they entered the sauna like a snow lion. They were defeated when they met.
In this way, a little time was spent. The entire Principality of Valencia, including Toledo, the important city in central Iberia, was included under the rule of the Norman Empire. One quarter of Iberia's territory was conquered.
After that, the Moorish territory in southern Iberia. Because Sultan Arslan went on an expedition to Egypt, the dragons were headless and were in a defensive position and therefore did not launch an attack. In northern Iberia, the cunning King Leon Castile, Alfonso, came up with a plan - he sent lobbyists to lobby Marshal Farr, and proclaimed himself Duke of Valencia - or the king could be.
"You have a strong army in your hand and are entrenched in one place. The hero is so great. How could you be willing to do things under the tyrant of the Norman Emperor? As long as you are willing to stand on your own, then my Majesty will be willing to become an ally with you and help each other. You can also become kings and dominance in Iberia. How good is this? My Majesty has a daughter who is about fourteen years old and has never married..."
After the messenger was halfway through, he heard Marshal Fal laughing. Then he laughed with him. Then he finished laughing. Marshal Fal cut off the messenger.
The persuasion was declared a failure. So Alfonso had to cheer up and prepare to fight to the death with Marshal Far. The three kings of Northern Iberia, King Alfonso of Leon Castile, King Ramiro of Aragon and King Carlos of Portugal mobilized their direct troops and vassals. In addition, a part of the remaining mercenaries formed an army of 50,000 people. This can be said to be an unprecedented and unprecedented thing in the remote Iberian region. Even in the years when the land loss movement was most intense, these kings had never mobilized so many troops. It seems that Marshal Far was really afraid of them.
So, in June, the Norman Empire's 20,000 troops and the northern Iberian joint army launched a fierce battle near Toledo. Unexpectedly, when the two sides broke out in fierce battles, a news broke out, and the mob morale of the coalition forces was completely gone! Another Norman army took advantage of the opportunity of the coalition forces' southward and the country's territory was empty! And occupied most of the three countries of the coalition forces!
When the hometown was occupied, the mobs of the coalition forces were slightly stirred up by the spies of the Norman army, and then they scattered into birds and beasts. They collapsed without fighting.
Immediately, the Norman army took the initiative to attack and easily defeated the three kings and their only remaining guards.
In this way, the Norman Empire occupied a large area of Catholic territory in northern Iberia and occupied three-fifths of the entire Iberian Peninsula. After that, Marshal Far once again led the troops south to the territory of the Islamic people. He won consecutive battles and captured Cordoba, the important town in the central and southern peninsula. The troops were heading straight for Granada, the last fortress of the Moors on the peninsula.
If this fortress with only two or three thousand people was occupied by the Normans, then the Moors would not have a strong enough stronghold on the entire peninsula, and they would have to withdraw from the peninsula obediently and return to their hometown North Africa. This would be an indescribable major blow to the sultanate of Moldova, which was thriving in national strength.
However, at this moment, Arslan, who hurriedly gave up the attack on Egypt, brought his 30,000 elite Moorian army back to North Africa... A great war is about to begin - it's strange.
In fact, Arslan did want to continue northward, return to his territory in Granada, and fight to the death with the Normans - but he no longer had this opportunity. The Normans' Western Mediterranean Fleet sank the last bit of his family's fortune in the Mediterranean and blocked the Strait of Gibraltar. He had no ship. Even if there were ships, he could not break the Norman blockade. He was trapped in North Africa and could not continue to move forward...!~!
Chapter completed!