It was snowing, snowing, heavy snowing, and it was very snowing. Although it was only late October and approaching November, the weather in Livornia was already quite cold. However, the Norwegian army came out of the bitter cold land. The hail, wind and snow in Scandinavia did not do anything to them. Not to mention the small wind and snow in Eastern Europe.

However, the United Kingdom was not good—Tatars, Cossacks, and Lithuanians, and many of them were nomads who made a living on the prairie of Eastern Europe. These guys were resistant to freezing. But the Poles couldn't—the Poles were the more they went south, the less they could do. Or in other words, they could barely hold on. But the horses were trembling in the cold, and their combat power was reduced by half.

The most important thing in the United Kingdom's more than 30,000 troops were the heavy cavalry units composed of three thousand knights and knight entourages, and 15,000 nomad light cavalry. After all, they all relied on horses. Especially those nomads, riding on horses was like a man and horse, and they could perform acrobatics, but if they got off the horse, they became slings because they had been riding for too long, and they couldn't even walk too much, let alone fight on foot.

Therefore, it is not a good idea to use troops in winter - especially when fighting these Viking animals in Scandinavia (Polish) it is inevitable to suffer losses.

However, when the United Kingdom discovered that Egil did not seem to want to leave the city to fight, but wanted to hold on to the city, Vadislaw II's heart became alive again.

Ah hahaha…he was frightened by our brave and fearless United Kingdom army.

So, the cute Vadislaw II came to such a conclusion. Since this is the case, the right to attack is completely in his own hands. In that case, if you don’t attack, you will be really sorry to the people and the crotch. So the Poles began to tentatively attack.

The outer star castle - In the eyes of the Poles, this kind of temporary wood castle is naturally easier to attack than the stone walls of the Riga brand that are nearly ten meters high. And standing on the hill in the distance, looking at it, there are all military camps inside. It seems that the other party is actually tragically deploying the main force of the army in this place. It is really a bit inexplicable.

To be honest, Egil decided the most about this kind of defense strategy, in addition to strategic needs, but also out of fear of the United Kingdom cavalry. I talked to Aurora about the military strength of the United Kingdom. Whether it was "who could mobilize more than 300,000 troops for anger that was angry" or "the opponent's light cavalry was no less than 80,000, and heavy cavalry was more than 20,000."

Although the system elves finally said: "If you mobilize too, then the troops mobilized should not be less than his." But Egil still shook his head. Because mobilizing the people in this way will cause great damage to the economy, especially agriculture. Mobilizing once is equivalent to hurting one muscle and bone. It is impossible to move unless it is absolutely necessary - that is, when the country is destroyed and the seed is destroyed.

However, after this incident, Egil also began to think about the construction of the militia reserve.

Given the huge force of the opponent, Egil made a bad move and asked the Teutonic Knights to take the lead for him and go to the United Kingdom to carry the 50,000 gathering troops. And given the strength of the opponent's cavalry - although this time, only 30,000 troops were mobilized, there were more than 800 knights, more than 2,000 knights, more than 2,000 trainee knights, and more than 10,000 nomadic light cavalry. Such a terrifying number. The land in Livonia is also very flat, suitable for the development of large-scale cavalry units. Egil understands very well that if he wants to fight in the field, he will not get much advantage. Then he formulated a garrison strategy.

At the same time, Egil racked his brains and finally got a little bit of useful knowledge from his time traveler knowledge base - Star Castle.

The so-called star fort was actually a thing that was invented when muskets were already popular in the late Europe and when muskets were already popular, they completely entered the age of hot weapons. They got rid of the tall, thick and dark layout of the castle. There was no cover on it. The entire fortress was not very high, and its appearance was ridged and angular, just like stars, so it was named - such a special layout can reduce the power of the opponent's artillery, and when climbing one wall, soldiers on the other wall can also shoot and support it. This saves the extremely troublesome construction and is isolated and helpless. The garrisoning power is greatly enhanced.

At this moment, Egil was planning to build a new fortress along the coast of the Swedish territory he had just occupied, in order to prevent attacks by other countries along the Baltic coast (mainly Shinra) - and this time a garrison system similar to the star fort built with wood is an experimental item. If the star fortress's garrison is really strong, Egil decided to renovate Gothenburg and build it into a star fortress there. At the same time, enhance the garrison force in Oslo - directly upgrade it to a fortress, and build the outer wall into a star fortress.

That's it.

Needless to say, these things are still shadowless now. If you want to implement them, there is a prerequisite, that is, Egil can win a great victory in this garrison battle. Although Artoria has evaluated such a garrison strategy as "not like a man", Egil doesn't care at all.

"At least it will make you look like a woman." Egil fought back. He said, "Agil was never afraid of anyone."

"You—believe it or not, I'll rebel with the Celtics now?"

"Do you still want to experience the extreme feeling of starvation in the mountains of Wales?"

"I don't know which one escaped as fast as a rabbit on the banks of the Thames."

"In the end it was that man who conquered your country."

"Do you want to die once and see?!"

"I'm afraid that your current physical condition will not be possible."

That's almost that. Whenever the conversation ends here, Artoria will snort coldly, turn her head and stop talking. Egil once again praised his intelligence in his heart, and said that this is the correct way to use the Libra ring - yes, it is a Libra ring, not a deteriorated version of the Libra ring. After more than a year of investigation, Egil felt that the possibility of his wife's rebellion was less than or equal to zero, so he gritted his teeth and exchanged the few points left for the genuine Libra ring, and then quietly exchanged the ring while Artoria was bathing.

Egil also knew in his heart that the reason for Artoria was actually quite simple to lose her temper at him, because Aurora, the cheap sister, didn't want to leave after she lived. Egil seemed to trust her very much - what made Artoria even more unacceptable was that the other party seemed to be a little smarter than her. She had a very high talent in governing the country. This time she went to the expedition, she was entrusted by Egil to supervise the country. This is the real reason why Artoria was angry.

"Forget it, after you go back, you will improve the central management system." Egil sighed for a moment. Then he stopped thinking about it.

On October 28, 1001 AD, on a rare sunny day, Vadislaw II seized this rare opportunity and took out all the shoddy ladders he had made before, preparing to attack the city.

Vadislaw naturally did not understand what a star castle is, what cross firepower is, and what long-range support firepower is. With the IQ of the barbarians, they would not understand it even if they were told. Although I felt that the wooden castle in front of me was a little strange, I just found it strange. There was no way to see the tricks in it. However, Vadislaw II was a person who had seen the world. I vaguely felt that this fortress was extraordinary, so I decided not to do my best, test it a little, and then formulate a "correct" attack plan.

In this way, the king of the United Kingdom waved his hand directly - a total of 200 Polish knights, plus the 100 Polish guards he was directly under dismounted. A total of 300 elite infantry, wearing heavy chain armor and holding long sword-shaped shields, pushed the shoddy siege and crashed towards the opposite side. Next to them, a large number of recruited peasants, hired shield spearmen, professional shield spearmen and other cannon fodder troops also pulled the ladder and rushed towards the opposite side...

Although it was a tentative attack, the professional troops, mercenaries and recruited soldiers in this round of attack also exceeded 3,000, including 300 elite knight troops. Saying that it was a tentative attack, Vadislaw II also had the idea of ​​"If that's the case, then take the opportunity to attack and destroy them."

Of course, such an idea will be self-defeating after a few seconds.

When the three thousand tigers in the United Kingdom were pushing the chariot, carrying the ladder and charging towards the opposite wooden fort, the first thing they were greeted was a round of attacks composed of stones and crossbows. This time, in order to pursue a large amount of damage, these heavy stone casters deployed at the head of Riga were equipped with small pieces of scattered stones, and the range and coverage were greatly improved. However, it was said that they were small stones, which were almost as big as fists. It could even be opened when hitting the head. Some tragedies without helmets were directly hit and their brains were cracked. They were just like this. Even if they hit them, they were not uncomfortable. The soldiers in chain armor were okay, and at most they could break a little bruise. Those who were not wearing armor would have to smash the broken ribs or something.
Chapter completed!