While Randy stormed Stockholm, the Polish-Lithuanian United Kingdom was not idle.

An army of 35,000 troops attacked the city of Vilnius overnight, and after paying a certain price in casualties, finally captured the city, and just as the United Kingdom was preparing to continue its attack on Riga, it received such news.

When Władysław II received the letter, it was already mid-October, and the British army was still cultivating in Vilnius, and during this time, the Livonian garrison of 3,000 men had already been replaced with the Swedish garrison, and the whole of Riga, including most of Livonia, had already belonged to the Norwegians, and at the same time, Randy had extremely shameless demands that Vilnius be handed over to him.

"Lao Tzu fought with you!"

The United Kingdom could not bear it anymore, quickly turned its guns, and 30,000 troops rushed straight to Riga.

Randy immediately jumped along with the news, declaring the United Kingdom treacherous and severing its alliance with it, with 30,000 Lowe troops and 5,000 Norwegian navies ready to go straight to Eastern European Lithuania.

At the same time, Sweden officially declared an alliance with Norway and declared war on Novgorod, and 15,000 Swedish troops approached the Rus' by land, who were burning and looting on Finnish territory.

At this point, the situation on the Baltic coast changed again.

The Baltic League collapsed and the Nordic League was established.

Eastern Europe, Northern Europe, and dark clouds are gathering above, and a new game and war is about to begin.

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War was always a constant theme in medieval Europe......

This is a completely correct, indisputably correct!

Whether it is Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, or Northern Europe, they are all in a mess.

All kinds of contradictions are chaotic, and Guo Jia often attacks each other because of some water sources, unclear national borders, diplomatic insults, commercial disputes, and other reasons.

Not to mention other places, there are countless contradictions just on the Baltic coasts of Northern and Eastern Europe.

The contradiction between the Norman kingdom of Northern Europe and the United Kingdom of Poland-Lithuania!

The United Kingdom has always made it its mission to unify Eastern Europe, and the Livonia region is exactly what the United Kingdom wants, most importantly, but has always wanted but has not been able to obtain.

It was either self-reliant or occupied by the Rus, or by the Swedes, or by the damned Germans.

Therefore, after receiving the news, Władysław II tore up the treaty of alliance with Norway and insisted on obtaining the Livonian region, despite his reputation for treachery.

At least so was the case with the princes, nobles and common people of the United Kingdom.

As for other countries......

Who cares? They're all scum, who are we? The most noble nobles, with the most fertile land in all of Europe, the largest territory in all of Europe, the most advanced political system in all of Europe, and the most powerful cavalry in all of Europe, why should we care about the ideas of those Nordic barbarians?

It's as if a long, long time ago, the Greeks thought that Europe was all barbarians except Greece.

The Romans considered all of Europe to be barbarians except Rome.

The people of the Celestial Empire believed that the whole world was a barbarian except for the Celestial Empire.

But the United Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania does not seem to be qualified enough.

Poland and Lithuania have not reached the peak of the 14th and 15th centuries in history, but there are many historical problems.

Because all members of the noble council have a veto, and the king is elected through the votes of the nobles, the United Kingdom has been in a state of anarchy for a long time, and the centralized power is basically equal to zero, no matter what kind of decree can be implemented, the whole country is very chaotic.

Of course, the United Kingdom has not yet reached the point where it can only wait to die.

After defeating Hungary a few years ago, the king's prestige reached its peak, which greatly limited the power of the noble parliament, and if this continued, Władysław II might even change the disadvantages of the United Kingdom.

But he chose the wrong opponent!

Randy von Hoffmann, the Norman King!

After Randy completely defeated and subdued Sweden, the attention of European countries to him rose a level again, although it has not yet reached the exaggerated title of Alexander, but the title of Nordic Wild Hunt has become a household name in the subtle way.

But the United Kingdom doesn't care about this, the people of the United Kingdom have a unique value, that is, except for me, the whole of Europe is a barbarian, since it is a barbarian, it should be beaten, and then obediently submit, how can there be a civilized person in this world who can't defeat a barbarian?

Take 10,000 steps back, even if the other party is really lucky and wins once or twice, it is also your own concession to the other party, what's the big deal, the land will be ceded and the compensation will be paid, and the United Kingdom has money.

Under this strange psychological effect, the morale of the United Kingdom army was high, but Władysław II was also a battle-hardened veteran and had heard of Randy's deeds to some extent, so he once again ...... from various nomads in the country to be on the safe side

Light cavalry units were drawn from the Tatars, Lithuanians, Magyars, and Cossack vagrants, knightly units were recruited from within the country, a large number of Germanic mercenaries were recruited from neighboring countries, and large numbers of peasant soldiers were recruited.

The United Kingdom has organized at least 50,000 troops, and if it pushes the other side, it can recruit at least 100,000 more troops.

Randy was speechless for a long time after obtaining such information, and had an intuitive understanding of the capabilities of the United Kingdom, but there is another problem here, that is, the United Kingdom itself is not without enemies.

On the contrary, because of its location in east-central Europe, the United Kingdom is a formidable enemy on all sides.

Novgorod and Moscow to the east......

The Holy Roman Empire to the west......

Hungarian ...... to the south

Teutonic Knights to the North......

So Randy decided that as long as he didn't push the other party into a hurry, the other party would never fight with him.

In addition, it is Randy's best combination of vertical and horizontal, and the most important thing to use now is the Teutonic Knights, a country that is no different from the mad dogs.

Mad dogs are mad dogs!

Actually, mad dogs are better!

Because the mad dog bites people harder, the Teutonic Knights, which are composed of Germanic people, this military order with a nominal Catholic faith, is actually a mad dog organization, and it is naturally impossible not to want to rise again and become a power in Eastern Europe.

But it is too difficult to achieve this goal on its own.

So Randy sent Diplomat No. 14 again, promising Albrecht, Count of Brandenburg, the current Grand Master of the Order, that if the Order could give strong support to the Norman Kingdom, then the Norman Kingdom would promise to support Albrecht's rule over the entire Prussian region, and was willing to transfer the sovereignty of Vilnius to the Order.

October 7......

While Randy's army was still boarding the ship in Gothenburg, southern Sweden, Diplomat 14 had already taken the lead and arrived in Magdeburg, the capital of the Order, to hand Randy the blank check with red lips and white teeth to Albrecht.

Seeing such a lucrative empty check, Albrecht snorted lightly: "The land promised by your monarch is now all in the hands of the United Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania. ”

"How dare you, be polite," Diplomat No. 14 really took this kind of remark as a nice remark.

"Humph!" Albresette snorted, unmoved.

"If Norway wants to gain the friendship of the Knights, it must first show sincerity, weapons, food, horses, cloth, I heard that you have given Sweden a large amount of aid?"

"The greedy gaze, although it is annoying, is very suitable." Diplomat 14 looked into the other's eyes and smiled confidently.

"It is true, but please be aware that the aid of the Norman kingdom is not as selfless as God's blessing, and the monarch below is not a cowardly and benevolent man, on the contrary, the monarch is extremely disgusted with the deception of others."

"It is natural, I swear in the name of God that the Knights will not be untrustworthy, and we are equally hostile to the Poles and Lithuanians."

"Thank you very much for your frankness, Grand Master, I will convey your request to His Majesty the King as soon as possible, and I believe that there will be a good result."

"That's true!"

October 15......

The Norman army landed in Riga, used Enides to upgrade the city walls, build arrow towers, city defense ballistas, catapults and other things, and collected a large number of various oil and stones in the Livonian region, looking to defend the city, but cut wood under the city, at the southern end of the city, and at the place with the back to the city wall, a wooden city fortress was built, and the ballistas and catapults on the city wall could directly attack the periphery of the city fortress to form a crossfire networkAlthough the amount of work has increased a lot, it can form crossfire, which is easier to defend and difficult to attack.

One night, Randy received a letter from Diplomat No. 14, agreeing in principle to Albresit's request, promising to assist the Teutonic Knights with supplies worth 5,000 gold coins, and instructing the Teutonic Knights and other Tonlumans of the United Kingdom to declare war after the battle, and directly send troops to attack the opponent's mainland in order to disrupt their army.

Albresit, who was completely unaware of the fact that the Poles had the ability to mobilize for a second time, happily accepted Randy's request, and even began to think that he had misunderstood Randy, like many tragedies, that he was actually a very good person.

Snow!

Snow!

It's snowing heavily!

Although it is only late October, close to November, the weather in the Vinnia region is already quite cold.

However, the Norwegian army came from the bitter cold, and the Scandinavian hail and snow could not do anything to them, let alone the small wind and snow in Eastern Europe.

But not in the United Kingdom!

Tatars, Cossacks, and Lithuanians, many of whom were nomadic herders who begged for a living on the steppes of Eastern Europe, were able to resist the frost all over the world, but not the Poles, and the further south the Poles were, the more they could not hold on, or the men could barely hold on, but the horses were shivering with cold, and their combat effectiveness was reduced by more than half.

The most important of the 30,000-strong British army was the heavy cavalry of 3,000 knights and knights' retainers, and the 15,000 nomadic light cavalry.

In the end, they all rely on horses, especially those nomads, who can perform acrobatics when riding on horses as if they were human and horse, but if you dismount from the horse, you will become a looped leg because of the long riding time, and you can't even walk too much, let alone fight on foot.

Therefore, it is not good to pay attention to the use of troops in winter, especially against these Vikings in Scandinavia, and it is inevitable that they will suffer.

However, when the United Kingdom found out that Randy did not seem to want to go out of the city to fight, but to hold on to the city, Wladyslaw II's heart came alive again.

Hahaha...... It seems that Randy is stupefied by our fearless United Kingdom Guard.

So the stupid and cute Władysław II came to the conclusion that since this is the case, then the power to attack is completely in his own hands, and if he doesn't attack and try it, he is really sorry for himself.

So, the Poles began to test the offensive......

The outer star castle......

In the eyes of the Poles, this kind of improvised outer fort made of wood is naturally easier to attack than the stone city wall of Riga, which is nearly ten meters high, and standing on the hill in the distance and looking out, it is all defenders, and it seems that the other party has a brainless deployment of the main force in this kind of place, which is really inexplicable.

Randy's decision on this defensive strategy, in addition to a strategic necessity, was also a fear of the British cavalry.

Talking to Enides about the strength of the United Kingdom before, whether it is the other party's ability to mobilize more than 300,000 troops, or the opponent's light cavalry is no less than 80,000, and the heavy cavalry is more than 20,000, it makes Randy feel terrified.

Of course, in the end, Enides also added that if the Norman Kingdom mobilized the whole country, it would not be less than the United Kingdom of Poland, but Randy shook his head and vetoed it, because this kind of large-scale mobilization of the people is quite large for the economy, agriculture, and destruction.

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

In view of the large number of troops on the other side, Randy used a trick to let the Teutonic Knights take the lead against the 50,000 army that was being assembled, because the opponent's cavalry was strong, including more than 800 knights, knight servants, more than 2,000 probationary knights, and more than 10,000 nomad light cavalry, such a terrifying number.

The Nivonia region is also relatively flat, which is very suitable for the deployment of large-scale cavalry troops, and Randy understands very well in his heart that he will definitely not be able to take advantage of the field battle, so he made a garrison plan.

At the same time, Randy racks his brains and finally gets a little bit of useful information from his knowledge base.

Starcastle !!!

The so-called Star Castle, in fact, is the late European period, the musket has been popularized on a large scale, and it is something that was invented only after entering the * era, getting rid of the tall, thick and dark layout of the castle, there is no roof on it, and the whole fortress is not very high, the shape is angular and angular, like a star, hence the name.

Such a special layout can reduce the power of the opponent's artillery, and when climbing one wall, the soldiers on the other wall can also shoot support, so as to save the building structure is extremely troublesome, and the isolated outer fortress is greatly strengthened.

At this time, Randy, you have already begun to plan to build a new fortress along the coast of the place that you have just occupied and which has been named the Swedish Territory, in order to prevent a possible attack by other countries along the Baltic Sea.

This time, a garrison system similar to a star castle built of wood is an experiment.

If the Star Fortress is really strong, Randy decides to renovate Gothenburg and build it into a Star Fortress as well, and at the same time strengthen Oslo's defenses, directly upgrading it to a fortress and building the outer walls into a Star Fortress.

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