This is a letter of appeal......

The content is that Catherine II took the throne improperly, insidiously and brutally deposed her husband, and usurped the title of duke from her son.

Prince Paul is the eldest son of the modern Grand Duke, with a high status, great prestige, diligence and love for the people, and Catherine II should return the usurped duke title to Paul.

Below, are the signatures and handprints of all the influential nobles gathered in the city of Moscow.

"That's it!"

Paul put the paper close to his body, took out another copy of paper, and the abdication statement he had obtained from his mother, compared it with each other, and found it to be fine, and put it in his bosom along with the petition.

Of course, Paul was not a fool and knew that he could not force his mother, the powerful Grand Duke, who had the support of a large number of soldiers, to step down, and that he needed more support, both from within and from without.

Putting the two papers away, Paul ran to his mother's room in high spirits, believing that with the support of the entire Moscow aristocracy, his mother would finally agree to his request, and that was a good start, wasn't it?

The capital of the Norman Empire, the Grand Palace of Krakow......

Randy's titular sister, Aurora, arrives in the prayer room, but does not see Joan of Arc, and upon inquiry, she learns that the nun goes to the Grand Library Royal Library every day to read books and eats at noon.

"That's a lot of hard work! It's not in vain that this palace pulls you! ”

Aurora ran to the royal library again, and sure enough, in the corner, she saw a serious Joan of Arc holding a thick book of world military history.

That is to say...... Randy, no! Your Majesty, you want to appoint me commander of this army? ”

When Aurora explains what she wants, Joan of Arc doesn't seem to believe it until Aurora pulls out the letter of appointment signed by Randy that Joan of Arc gets excited.

"That's right! Congratulations, General Jeanne d'Arc, there are not many opportunities in the Norman Empire to command tens of thousands of troops. ”

At the same time......

The centaurs, who had already crossed the Norman border with Moscow, began to feel that something was wrong.

In the past few days, they were still able to plunder some small nomadic tribes, and the resistance of the other party was not fierce, and it could be seen that the other party was not too prepared.

However, after the fifth day, no matter how hard the centaurs tried, they could no longer find a suitable target to attack.

The other side is either a heavily armed transport force of thousands of people, or a large tribe with tens of thousands of tents, or a town with stone walls, no matter what kind of target, after launching an attack, it will definitely lose a large number of troops, which does not match the goal designated by the centaur lord Princeia to attack all the way to Krakow, the capital of the Norman Empire, and gradually the centaurs seem to understand that they are mostly calculated.

But while many centaurs have expressed their unease, and there is no shortage of centaur chiefs, their actual ruler, the commander-in-chief of the 5,000-strong army, His Royal Highness the Lord of Princia, does not think so.

Maybe it was to be angry, maybe it was to prove that he was the most right, but in short, the young, 23-year-old centaur commander stuck to his guns and insisted on attacking Krakow, the capital of the Norman Empire.

"Think about it, this is the largest and most powerful empire in the human world, and our group of warriors is about to attack his heart, his core, his vital point, no matter what, as long as we can show up around Krakow and cause panic, our purpose will be achieved, those Normans will definitely retreat because of fear, and then we will be honored, and we will receive indemnity gold, and we can even have this empire, give us annual tribute, those comfortable fur coats, beautiful glassware, Think about the soldiers, each of you will become a rich man, and a rich man with fame and glory. ”

Printhia gave a speech that encouraged her soldiers with a tenfold increase in benefits and a hundredfold easier task, and this slightly exaggerated speech and stirring rhetoric made the centaurs begin to become fanatical, and the vast majority of the centaurs chose to follow their commander's advice and continue their march towards Krakow, hoping for the promised reward and glory.

If the capital is the heart of the Norman Empire, then the Norman Empire, which has a large number of equally excellent accompanying capitals, should be a monster with multiple hearts, even if one or two hearts are really removed, it can't move the foundation, as for the so-called fear, reparations, tribute, it is even more nonsense.

"We must be careful and careful, the other party is likely to have obtained information through some channel, and our whereabouts are likely to have been exposed." When no one is around, Printhia will also ask herself, feeling that her inner thoughts are very stupid, knowing that the other party has dug a pit and waiting for her to jump, but she really jumped in.

Printhia has a feeling that she can't understand, she feels that she is a unique, different, some kind of chosen character, she can make the impossible possible, even if it is a trap or something, and when she meets her, she will be able to solve it.

But it's a pity that the protagonist of this war is not her, and the protagonist of this world is not her, and the destiny is not with her.

"Soldiers, move faster, or the enemy will probably run away, and your glory and booty, ransom, and the rewards promised by His Majesty the Emperor, and even the title of lord, will all run away." Ironically, not far from this group of centaurs, there was also a young woman who used fame and fortune to inspire her army.

Joan of Arc! This saintess, who had gained more excellent command ability after further training, appeared on the battlefield again.

Unlike before, this time the Holy Maiden was not in command of the French army trained by outcasts and robbers, but by Norman soldiers and the improvised army of Polish Rus' nobles, and the purpose of her battle was not for France, but for another greater country, the Norman Empire!

Such an interesting scene took place on the battlefield in the east......

The commanders of both armies, once again, coincidentally were women.

This is perhaps the only thing that Printhia and Joan of Arc have in common, except that the two commanders are different in personality and specialty.

Principia was very irritable and impatient......

Joan of Arc is quiet and good at patience......

Printhia's army was all cavalry, coming and going like the wind, but it was not good at storming.

Joan of Arc's army was a mix of infantry and cavalry, both offensive and defensive.

Princia is good at attacking.

Joan of Arc is good at defending.

Printhia had only a small army and hoped to be able to conduct assault operations and run away after the fight.

Joan of Arc wanted to lure the enemy deeper, preferably to annihilate the enemy.

Of course, Randy cares about it again and again, because the commander of the other party, that is, the Centaur County Lord, is a very important bargaining chip, so it is necessary to capture him alive.

Similar to Artoria's thoughts, Joan of Arc didn't expect Randy's mind to be so ghostly, so he took Randy's words to heart very seriously, and informed the whole army that female centaurs must not be killed when they see them, and must be captured alive.

Of course! Joan of Arc, an airborne commander, suddenly changed from a nun to the commander of an army of 50,000, this behavior did cause dissatisfaction among many people up and down the army, and a few Norman commanders who thought that this time it was finally their turn to be the commander did not mention, and the reaction of the Rus' Polish nobles was even stronger, after all, no one wanted a woman to ride on their heads, no matter how proud this woman was before, and how close the relationship with Emperor Randy was, this is not good.

The power of tradition in this era is powerful! A woman, especially a nun, wants to be the commander of an army, unless it is some kind of samurai, armed order, or other semi-religious order, but the Norman Empire is clearly not, and the treatment of Joan of Arc can be imagined.

When Joan of Arc, who was wearing a nun's robe and borrowed a few armed priests from the field church to support the scene, appeared in front of the army, the soldiers below were in an uproar, saying everything, how ugly it sounded, but all this was under the control of the acquisition, and for these guys who were most illiterate and had never seen much of the world, Joan of Arc had hundreds of ways to regulate them, and the most direct and effective way was to give grace and power.

Without blinking his eyes, he directly ordered to kill a few of the loudest screams, and without waiting for any reaction from the soldiers, a few martial artists quickly carried a few large boxes and smashed them open, shining under the sun, all of which were bright yellow and golden that made people unable to open their eyes.

"Gold !!"

The soldiers in the front row shouted in surprise: "Gold! It's gold! ”

The gold coin, which weighed hundreds of kilograms, was taken out by Joan of Arc, which made the uninformed earth bun instantly dumbfounded.

Then I heard a banging gunshot......

Joan of Arc's short fingers on both sides, the soldiers wearing early full-body plate armor made a loud noise with their weapons to calm the restless crowd.

Joan of Arc wasted no time in shouting, "Money! Status! Honor! As long as you follow my commands, these things are at your fingertips. ”

The Rus, the Poles, and other nomads were all suppressed by Joan of Arc's hand.

A lot of money, wishing to be crowned, knighthood, cultivating land, and surpassing these bun nobles have too much military ability, but in a few days, these 50,000 troops were convinced by their new commander Joan of Arc, and followed Joan of Arc with an iron heart, wanting to seek a rich future for themselves.

This practice costs a lot of money, a small half of the income of the entire Norman Empire in February, a total of 200,000 gold coins, was embezzled by Joan of Arc as a tool to buy people's hearts, because of the support of the actual first person in the Norman government, that is, Randy's sister Aurora, Joan of Arc's embezzlement of public funds was realized, and Randy only found out about this matter a few days later, and it was already a boat, Randy said with a wry smile: "Don't do this in the future, it will be difficult for me to do this like you." ”

Randy got up from the bed and put on a fox cloak and walked out of the tent, of course, Emperor Randy was not cheating on other lovers, but thinking about some questions, such as what should be done in the future war?

Moscow's acceptance of Randy's request is indeed gratifying, but it also means that the Norman Empire will have to be wounded and bled for the benefits he has gained, and the opponents are the nomads who come and go like the wind and the extremely strong centaurs, which are very numerous, 1.5 times the number of the Norman army, and the timely positional battle against them may not necessarily lead to victory, and the opponent may not be willing to fight against Randy's soldiers.

"Maybe when the other side attacks Moscow, we can rely on their greed and desire for Moscow to engage in a positional war with it, but then if we fail, we can't, and what if we win? The other side is better mobile than us, they will flee after defeat, and then they will continue to invade Moscow, although it doesn't matter how many Muscovites die, but I still have to use them as shields, plus the Cumans are likely to be loyal to Temujin after the Mongol invasion of the west, so ......"

Randy felt that this matter was more difficult to do, because the centaur already had a very good and ambitious Khan king, and his own strength was also quite good, so the possibility of bowing to the Mongols was very low, so he did not think that the centaur would be his enemy in the future war against the Mongols, on the contrary, the centaur was a very valuable and worthy ally.

The Cumans are different, the various Cuman tribes scattered west of the Ural Mountains add up to hundreds, the big ones are only a few thousand tents, and the small men, women, and children are all counted as no more than a hundred, and there is no organization at all, and it is very simple to conquer such a people, just like Randy did in Finland, and now with more and more Finns, returning from serving in the army of the Norman Empire, the guys who are used to the luxurious life of the Norman Empire no longer want to endure the traditional Finnish fishing and hunting life, and completely join the Norman Empire, The call for Norman officials to govern Finland was growing, and the old-fashioned tribal elders were almost overwhelmed.

Perhaps after a while, the annexation of Finland to the Norman Empire will come to fruition.

"The same nomadic peoples, the Uzbeks, Kazakhs, and Cumans in the north, these peoples are likely to join the Mongol Empire's conquest army, in addition to the fact that they can also recruit millions of Han infantry in the northern plains, plus the engineering technology and equipment they obtained from the Wu'er and Tang countries, when a madman with extraordinary wisdom and courage has obtained such a huge war resource, how will they use it? If I were this madman, what would I do? ”

Randy thought about this question, and repeatedly reminded himself that it was not because he was inferior to Temujin, because Temujin was almost sixty years old, and he was only twenty-eight years old, and if he struggled for a few more decades, then he would definitely gain much, much more than the barbarian on horseback.

(End of chapter)