The construction of the whole of Eastern Europe is gradually on the right track......

The year 1104 also came to an end, as Randy reorganized the two theaters due to a potential threat from the east.

The first is the New Scandinavian theater of operations, where the territory expands further south!

The general of the war zone is Ivan, who was born in the nobility of Eastern Europe, because of the relationship between race and jurisdiction, compared with ordinary generals, Ivan is more good at cavalry combat, his defense area from the White Sea to St. Petersburg, and then south to Belarus, but this area is sparsely populated, and there is not much food production, but on the contrary, people born in this bitter cold land are very capable of fighting, and Randy has given Ivan privileges:

At any time during his tenure as general of the defense district, if he felt that the situation was critical, he could fully mobilize the reserve forces in this area, so that Ivan could mobilize more than 20,000 Eastern European cavalry militia to fight.

This is a very powerful combat force, and Randy is very relieved that he will guard the Norman Empire's northeastern defense.

On the other hand, because there was no enemy around the two military districts of Livonia and Prussia, the names of these two military districts and the Second Hussar Corps patrolling here were cancelled, and General Hans and the Southwestern Polish Military Region garrisoned Prussia were specially used to defend Austria, Hungary, and the Eastern Roman Empire on this line, and the military district was stationed in Wroclaw.

The original Livonian garrison general Evan was transferred to Belarus and Ukraine, and the new Eastern European border military district merged between these two regions was specially used to guard the border between the Norman Empire and Moscow, and like General Ivan, General Evan also had the privilege of mobilizing reserve forces, and in these two regions with more populations, General Avan was able to mobilize 30,000 to 50,000 militia forces.

Of course, this is after the Norman Empire's rule in these two regions is fully established, and the Norman Empire's reserve system is fully copied, this process will take a certain amount of time, but before that, with the help of the military resources provided by the feudal lords and tribal chiefs, General Evan can also recruit more than 20,000 troops if necessary, and his military district is stationed in Kiev.

Similarly, the position of Anderson, the general of the Pomeranian garrison, has also changed somewhat, the title has changed from the general of the Pomeranian garrison to the general of the western Polish garrison, and the scope of the garrison has increased somewhat, but the border has not increased much, and the station is still in Stettin.

The other two hussar regiments, the 2nd Hussar Regiment under General Ziten, and the 3rd Hussar Garrison Regiment under General Joseph were also supplemented and expanded into a standard regiment of 5,000 light cavalry according to the standards of the Military Reform Regulations.

General Ziten was responsible for patrolling the two defense areas of the Western Polish Military District and the Southwestern Polish Military District, while General Joseph was stationed in the Neo-Scandinavian Military District and the Eastern European Border Military District.

After such adjustments, the military strength of the Eastern Military Region of the Norman Empire has completely exceeded the total strength of the central, western and two regions, with 24,000 regular garrisons led by Anderson, Aven, Hans, Ivan, and four generals, 10,000 hussars led by two generals Qi Teng and Joseph, 30,000 British troops composed of Celts, 80,000 Central Army composed of Normans, plus 200,000 Eastern European militias that can be recruited at any time after the popularization of reserves, and the whole of Eastern Europe has become a land for Randy.

"It is worthy of the land of Longxing that I have chosen!"

In December, after hearing that the whole of Eastern Europe had provided 150,000 gold in tax revenue without too much construction, Randy couldn't help but laugh so contentedly, and decided to invest all the money he had recently accumulated into the construction of Eastern Europe.

Under such circumstances, Randy no longer cared so much about the envoys sent by the Papal States, and was very arrogant, and said very unceremoniously: "I still have important things, let them wait." ”

And then there was no follow-up......

Indeed, if there is something important, there is indeed something important, but if it is not, it is not counted, but in Randy's heart, this is indeed a matter bigger than the sky, compared to this, any Mongol expedition to the west, the Holy See's martyrdom, can all be thrown into the garbage heap.

Along with the Royal Consulate, Sister Joan of Arc, the de facto leader of all the female monasteries throughout the Norman Empire, who was also Randy's personal nun, came to Krakow.

Randy has been with her for a while now, and even Artoria is a little jealous.

It had been nearly a year since they had seen each other, and although there had been correspondence during this time, they still felt missing, especially after seeing Joan of Arc's new look now, Randy felt that he had been captivated by this extremely beautiful woman, whether in armor or in heavy nun robes, Joan of Arc had never been carefully dressed up.

But now it's different!

Wearing the same shape of a nun's robe, but the fabric is tight, the kind of slightly transparent white silk can outline the looming figure, and it has been left for nearly a year, some of the blonde hair that has been curled all the way to the shoulders, coupled with the kind of sickly beauty that is weak and can't help but fall down at any time, people can't help but feel pity.

"It's beautiful!"

When Randy saw Joan of Arc, he couldn't help but say what was in his heart.

Joan of Arc, who calmly accepted Randy's compliment, smiled implicitly, it seemed that this year's retreat in Northern Europe, although it failed to cure her illness, but it made her mood more peaceful, Randy gently held her in his arms, as if holding the most delicate porcelain, afraid that a little heavy movement would hurt her.

"I miss you so much, Randy!" Joan of Arc said close to Randy's ear.

"Me too, Joan of Arc!" Randy responds in Joan of Arc's ear as well.

The two of them embraced each other in the prayer room, enjoying this rare and warm time.

Because Joan of Arc has become very reserved lately, Randy is heartbroken for Joan of Arc's hard work all the way, so the two just hug and don't move on to the next step, until the two have lunch together at noon, and in the afternoon Randy takes Joan of Arc's hand on a date in the Royal Garden, and the evening is the much-anticipated snap plot.

The next day, Randy wanted to continue to go to the Royal Museum with Joan of Arc, but Joan of Arc showed a posture of being more than willing and not enough, after all, the old injuries on her body had not healed, and she had just traveled for a long time, and she barely accompanied Randy for a day yesterday, and she was already a little exhausted, although Joan of Arc didn't say anything, but Randy is such a smart person who can understand Joan of Arc's difficulties with a little thought, so he blamed himself for not being careful enough, and exchanged a delicate wheelchair from Enides for Joan of Arc, after a few days of adaptation, Joan of Arc thinks that this kind of four-wheeled car is very convenient, and it is very suitable for herself who can't walk for too long and can't ride a horse.

After a few more days, after taking Joan of Arc to tour the entire giant palace in Krakow, she was given the right to enter and leave the Royal Library at will according to Joan of Arc's wishes, and asked the little nun Maria to push Joan of Arc to the Royal Library every day to read books to relieve her boredom, and Randy took a break and began to solve other problems.

The envoy of the Papal States has been hanging out by him for nearly half a month, and seeing that Christmas is approaching, he can't even meet Randy, even if the envoy's temper is good, he can't stand it.

"The Norman Emperor was so arrogant, did he think he could ignore the authority of the Church?"

Although he didn't want to have any conflict with the Norman Emperor, the envoy finally couldn't bear such rude treatment, and took the initiative to run to the foreign affairs department of the Norman Royal Consulate and roared at Foreign Minister Foster.

"Rest easy, Bishop, in fact His Majesty the Emperor has given permission to receive you, and this afternoon, in His Majesty's private study, I ask the Bishop to get ready."

"Huh? Oh! So anxious? ”

Hearing that Randy wanted to see him, the bishop began to be a little scared, after all, these conditions in the Papal States are very harsh, coupled with Randy's cold attitude towards him these days, this bishop is very uncertain.

"Could it be that there is a mole in the mission? The other party already knows the requirements of the Holy See, so he is so cold? "The bishop was able to get mixed into this position, in addition to the support and luck of his family, his own ability was also good, and he quickly guessed half of it correctly, but due to the limitations of intelligence, he couldn't even think of killing him.

But half of the guess was enough, and the bishop was so frightened that he thought he would not survive that day, and before meeting Randy, he used a small amount of time to write letters to several of his illegitimate children, telling them where all the stolen money he had accumulated after so many years as bishop, and that he must not cheap the Jewish goldsmiths who would otherwise save his own money.

So the bishop trembled and changed into a full costume, a robe of rich silk texture, embroidered with gold thread, a crown inlaid with rubies, and a staff of pure gold, which made this guy look very bright.

Usually, this bishop is dressed in clothes, and he can fool many ignorant and uninformed ordinary people, but at this time, looking at His Majesty the Norman Emperor, who was wearing white civilian clothes, wearing a small crown, and had an incomparably noble temperament, this bishop had no confidence at all, and his knees were weak and he almost fell to his knees, but in the end he resisted such an action.

These were naturally seen by Emperor Randy, seeing that the opponent was so useless, Randy was not in the mood to play with him, and after the bishop told Randy about the conditions of the Papal States that Randy had known for a long time, Randy directly told him in a businesslike manner:

"I agree with the Holy See on the Eastern European side, and the Holy See can freely send missionaries to Eastern Europe to establish monasteries, and at the same time I will begin to criticize the Orthodox faith of the local aristocracy and let them return to the right path as soon as possible."

"This, this ......"

The bishop thought of everything, but he didn't expect Randy to say such a thing, and for a moment he was a little stupid, looking at Randy directly, not knowing what to say.

"Of course, there are some inappropriate places here, although I am nominally the lord of Eastern Europe, but in fact I do not have much control over this territory, and now the whole of Eastern Europe is thriving on the surface, but the dark tide is surging inside, and the Orthodox faith of the Rus' aristocracy is deeply rooted, and it cannot be bulldozed overnight."

Hearing Randy say this, the bishop's heart gradually stabilized, and he readily agreed to Randy's request.

"Indeed, teaching the lost Lamb is indeed a long way to go, and we can accept a period of setbacks and failures, but the end result is good, and that's it."

Randy chuckled and nodded, "Of course, there is another thing that needs to be noted, that is, the various nomadic tribes in Eastern Europe are very autonomous, and to be honest, the empire does not have much control over these people, so these disobedient guys often attack travelers, merchants, missionaries passing by their tribes, and if the church wants to spread the gospel in this part of Eastern Europe, these guys also need to pay attention to them." ”

"This ......"

The bishop's heart suddenly swooped out, and then he understood the real means of Randy's statement, what horse bandits, nomads, these things are not what Randy said there is, and if he said that there is no, there is none, whether it is a real horse bandit, or a Norman spy cavalry wearing horse bandit skin, it is unknown.

The Bishop hesitated slightly, and finally looked at Randy with a sarcastic smile on his lips, thinking to himself that since this guy didn't want to clash with the church openly, then it meant that my personal safety should be fine, so it should be okay to be a little tougher on him.

It's only a little bolder to figure out that these bishops are a little bolder, and their attitude towards Randy isn't so good.

"Sometimes in order to spread the Gospel, the necessary sacrifices are inevitable, and those who sacrifice to spread the Gospel of the Lord will inevitably ascend to heaven after death, of course, I don't think Your Majesty will leave these pious and brave priests alone, and send some equally pious Norman warriors to protect these priests, it is indeed a good idea, and it is also quite simple for you with an army of tens of thousands, don't you say?"

"Damn it!"

Randy didn't expect that this guy would be able to say such a thing, and he was a little speechless for a while, indeed, such a request seems very reasonable, send some Norman soldiers to guard the missionaries, so that the possibility of being attacked by horse bandits will be greatly reduced, the Normans can't even kill their own people, even if they don't kill their own people, the missionaries who stayed with them are dead, but they are all alive, how to explain this kind of thing?

Randy chuckled, "Of course, Bishop, of course, I have always been very religious, and I am also very keen on spreading the Catholic gospel, in fact, this raid on the heretics and heretical territories is for this purpose. ”

Randy said something that no one would believe, but the killing intent in his eyes became stronger and stronger, and he couldn't hide it no matter what.

"In that case, it will depend on the performance of the open sea fleet." Randy thought as he intimidated the bishop with his eyes.

Because of communication problems, Randy didn't know at the moment that the Norman Offshore Fleet, on which he had high hopes, had used his force five days earlier, on December 29, to completely intimidate the Holy See.

At noon, after receiving Randy's order half a month ago, a total of 320 warships of the Norman Offshore Fleet slowly sailed out of the harbor, and all 20,000 navies set sail, raised their sails under the command of Marshal Carter, and sailed at full speed to the open sea of the Holy See.

More than 300 warships, including 50 newly developed, currently the most advanced elite warships equipped with a wide range of naval weapons.

Modified Sail Battleship!

This kind of battleship adopts a three-masted and three-sail layout, through the rational layout of the sails, so that the ship can go in the direction they want to go through any wind direction most of the time, coupled with the extensive use of sextants and compasses, so that the Norman fleet is more powerful than the fleets of other countries, and this kind of large warship with a total tonnage of 800 tons, its double deck is densely covered with a total of twenty ballistas, and the cabin is loaded with heavenly flame canisters, gunpowder canisters and a large number of arrows for long-range attacks.

(End of chapter)