"An army of 100,000? Do all your men eat dry food? The other party gathered an army of 100,000, and you didn't even get a little news? ”

"Get out!"

As if he had been pardoned, Nemulis hurried away.

"How so? Could it be that something is wrong with the intelligence system? Randy muttered to himself, turned to the chair next to him, and opened the Enides world map interface.

Today, most of North and South America, Africa, and East Asia are black.

Only Europe, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, these places are clearly labeled.

On the map, the text of France and Burgundy is shown in red, indicating that the two countries are at war with the Norman kingdom.

In addition to these two countries, Sweden is also red.

Moscow, Novgorod, and the two countries are somewhat different, with orange fonts indicating that although they are already at war, they have not yet declared war explicitly.

Brittany's text is also orange, but since war has been declared and there has been no hostility, Randy thinks he should be able to talk to Aaron IV, and it would be better if he could be drawn into his side.

In addition to this, the entire map is marked in special yellow font with Scotland, Lithuania, Saxony, and all the * religious countries in the south.

Those * countries can be ignored for the time being, and they are presumably hostile to all Catholic countries.

As for Scotland......

Perhaps after John led his army to support Normandy, there might be some moves.

As for Lithuania......

It's probably just a matter of the next few days!

And Saxony......

Randy thought about it, he didn't do anything that made Feng IV extremely angry, and even the two had a cooperation in the matter of dealing with Denmark.

"Is it to counterbalance power? Because I've been expanding too fast lately? Randy felt that this was the only reason why Feng IV was hostile to him.

After reading the situation between friend and foe, Randy made a decisive decision!

Advance to the east and defend the west, concentrate all your forces to take the lead in destroying Sweden and repelling the Rus'.

Before that, Normandy had to take a defensive posture, send the Celtic army, and implement local mobilization in the British Isles and Normandy, and order John to lead most of the British garrison to help, so that Normandy could gather 30,000 to 40,000 troops, insufficient to attack, and more than enough to defend.

As for Scotland...... With Hadrian's Wall, as long as there are 3,000 garrisons left, nothing should happen.

The trickiest thing is that some of the nobles of England are the tricky!

Although Randy has given them great benefits and shown his ability to match the power of the Norman Kingdom, this group of broken-brained nobles still has some restless self-defense, and the conspirators want to overthrow Randy's rule in the British Isles.

It seems that in the previous battle with Poland, the number of casualties among the nobles was not enough, and this group of damned maggots should all die.

Now it's just right to use them as cannon fodder and throw them to Normandy to fight the French.

Then the last and most critical question!

As John said before, who will command this army of 30,000 men?

With a confused look, Randy looked at Artoria, who was training outside.

"Wife, who do you think is more suitable to be the boss, Luforth or John?"

"Who are the two of them?" Artoria stopped her sword training and asked.

"When I didn't say ......"

Randy has a slight headache, although the two are equal, but England can mobilize significantly more troops than Normandy, and it should be better for John to be the manager.

However, Lufus is a Normandy snake, and if reinforcements are pressed on his head in turn, there may be some kind of chaos.

"Call me again at lunch if it's okay!" Artoria turned around and prepared to continue her workout.

"Wait, there's one more thing, it's like this, the situation in Normandy is a bit dangerous. France and Burgundy are pressing the border with an army of 100,000, and I have decided to draw troops from England and Celts to support them, and this is my order to transfer troops, and if you see that it is all right, you will press a handprint. ”

"So, who of the two guys you asked earlier is more suitable, do you mean this Normandy garrison of 30,000 men?" Artoria seemed very interested in the matter.

"That's right! Hey, you're not going to ......" Randy had a bad premonition.

"Why, don't you think I can't do it? You won't forget who ...... you back then."

"Okay, okay, before that, I completely suppressed you, and in the end it was only because your personal strength was relatively high."

"Less nonsense, I'll ask you, can I go to Normandy to command?" Artoria asked.

"But I'm really reluctant, you see how dangerous the battlefield is, real knives and guns, what if you have three long and two short?"

"Always say these nice things." Artoria snorted softly, not speaking.

After Artoria repeatedly assured that she would not charge with only twelve knights, Artoria's command ability is also quite good, whether it is an inherent skill, the Chosen King of Britain, or a special skill Death Brutality, it is an extremely powerful ability.

Twelve points of brutality, eight points of virtue, six points of domination, such attributes are already quite good, coupled with Artoria's identity and status and character, he can also subdue a group of arrogant soldiers under his command.

So Randy finally chose Artoria as the commander-in-chief of the Western Defense Corps.

After Randy told Artoria the news, Artoria seemed very happy, which made Randy feel a little lost, indeed, a woman like Artoria could not stay by her side for the rest of her life, although she knew that this was the case, Randy still felt very comfortable.

After a little consideration, Randy sent a thousand hussars, plus a hundred knight guards from Artoria's headquarters, and when she was escorted to Gothburg, the hussars would return, and the knight guards would sail with Artoria to England.

Early in the morning, after breakfast, Randy helped Artoria put on her armor, helped her on her horse, and followed her for a while, seeing that the sky was already bright, and then reluctantly said goodbye.

At the same time, he instructed: "Take a ship to England, give this letter to John, and he will obey your orders, and then gather the Celts as quickly as possible, and the English will draw all the hussars, two thousand five hundred professional Viking warriors, and five hundred crossbowmen from the English garrison, and finally go to Normandy to defend the city." Be sure to remember, it's the guards! Don't attack rashly, of course, if you really have a good opportunity, you can't miss it, the specific situation is up to you. ”

"Alright, alright, that's verbose."

Despite saying that, Artoria waited until the end to interrupt Randy, and by the time Randy wanted to say something more, Artoria had already turned on her horse and ran away as fast as she could.

"Be safe when you go to Normandy, and if you are surrounded by enemy troops, break out and retreat to England," Randy shouted at Artoria's back.

"Stupid! I won't lose! ”

Artoria shouted as well, and disappeared after a moment.

"It's boring, isn't it?" Randy sighed and turned to leave with his Guard Knight, having a hunch that he might not see Artoria for a long time.

After completing the layout for Western Europe, Randy calmed down and concentrated on dealing with the combined forces of the Swedes and Rus.

However, Randy felt a little strange, the relationship between the Swedes and the two Rus' kings, Novgorod and the Grand Duchy of Moscow was not very good, it is better to say that the hatred between them was no less than between the Norman Kingdom and the Kingdom of Sweden, so how did Gustav convince Prince Rurik of Novgorod and Archduchess Catherine II of the Grand Duchy of Moscow?

Three months earlier, when Gustav had allied himself with the two Rus' kingdoms against the increasingly powerful and aggressive Norman kingdom, his courtiers were surprised to ask their king, and Gustav gave a very simple and straightforward answer:

"Quite simply, I just wrote a letter asking the two of them if a country that was stronger and greedier than Sweden appeared next to them, would they like it? As a sign of my sincerity, I will return all the Novgorod land I have acquired. ”

That's right! The leaders of the two Rus' countries are not stupid, and they can naturally understand that what the other party is saying is true, under the leadership of Randy, the Norman kingdom has become more and more a country that has made the European continent look sideways, whether it is Rurik or Catherine, they do not want a northern black dragon to appear on their doorstep!!

The two Rus' leaders were also resolute, and after making up their minds, they quickly made a decision to mobilize the whole country, sending a total of 40,000 troops to Gustav's aid, including King Rurik of Novgorod himself.

At the same time that Randy was expecting the annexation of Sweden, the Triple Alliance of the East was also in full swing to mobilize troops, collect grain and grass, and contact the new Grand Duke of Lithuania, Vytautas.

Vytautas, who was born in a Lithuanian aristocracy, naturally did not have any good feelings about this culprit who destroyed the United Kingdom, so he hit it off.

Refugees from Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, as well as many nomads displaced in the steppes of Eastern Europe, and even some Cossack hooligans joined Vytautas's army, and Vytautas was surprised to find that the number of cavalry under his command even exceeded the number of Władysław at the time of the battle with Randy.

A total of 23,000 elite cavalry, as well as nearly 10,000 other troops.

Such a flashy lineup fueled Vytautas's ambitions, so the Triple Alliance of the East became the Quadruple Alliance of the East.

Randy hasn't received a letter from Hans asking for help, not because Vytautas is timid, but because he's still waiting for an opportunity to sit back and watch the fight.

But then again, who of the monarchs of the countries involved in this war does not have their own little calculations?

As it is now, Randy has not even won this battle before he has begun to imagine how much money he can loot from Sweden. After defeating Novgorod and the Grand Duchy of Moscow, did they directly annex them, or did they demand reparations from them? After unifying the entire Baltic, was the Norman emperor quickly proclaimed? ”

Just like his wife, Artoria, Randy also doesn't think he will fail, and extreme self-confidence is exactly what this couple has in common.

In the past few days, although the main forces of the two sides have not had a battle, but the knights and cavalry under their command have fought no less than 30 times in a row, and the smell is very strong, since the hussars destroyed the opponent's Finnish light cavalry in the first battle, the cavalry on both sides has not stopped, and Randy also took the opportunity to get a lot of information about the opponent's cavalry.

Sweden is only capable of that, the Finnish light cavalry plus the feudal knights and mercenary knights who passed on the European continent, plus their subordinate second-class heavy cavalry, the light and heavy cavalry add up to less than six hundred, so sometimes it is not a good thing to be too brave.

Randy had secretly made up his mind that the land of Finland was absolutely in his hands, and that these damn Finnish wildlings would kneel in front of him.

Or you'll die!

And what Randy really needs to pay attention to is those two Rus,

In fact, this statement is somewhat incorrect, the main body of Novgorod is still dominated by Rus, but since the coup d'état in the Grand Duchy of Moscow, Grand Duke Catherine II quickly came to power.

In both countries, Novgorod's army configuration was very similar to that of the traditional Scandinavian army, with large numbers of tomahawk infantry, powerful two-handed axemen, tomahawk cavalry, and a small number of Nordic archers who used monolithic bows.

In Randy's eyes, this kind of troop configuration is scum, and it can be despised with an extreme sense of superiority.

What Randy finds a little tricky is the hoplite cavalry unit of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

After gaining power in the country, Catherine II suppressed all those who opposed her with extremely horrific and bloody means, and then, with abundant energy and skill, quickly put the country on the right track, limiting the power of the nobility, controlling the military power, reforming the political system, and doing everything this woman did like an extremely wise king.

Through various messages from the intelligence system, as well as a sketch of a portrait of Catherine II, Randy gave an extremely accurate definition of the woman.

The appearance is not high, and the heart is like a snake and scorpion.

This time the woman did not go to war herself, but her mistress, Semenovsky, who was also the general of the Praetorian Guard of the Grand Duchy, commanded the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

During the cavalry chaos in the past few days, Randy obtained the following enemy intelligence:

Cossack light cavalry riding extremely fast horses and accurate cavalry and archery skills.

Although much weaker than the professional hussars in melee combat, their mounted archery skills are quite good.

In addition, there are the Poye javelin cavalry, which is very similar to the Polish noble javelin cavalry, these javelin cavalry wearing scale armor are quite good in both long-range and melee combat

However, it was not the elite javelin cavalry that made Randy feel the most pressure, but the three hundred Duke's Praetorian Cavalry Regiment, these overweight cavalry wearing silver masks and shiny heavy scale armor.

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