Eighth, if the Grand Duchy of Moscow wishes, after defeating the combined forces of the Cumans and the Centaurs, the Norman Empire can help the Grand Duchy of Moscow to rebuild the defense system of Moscow, including Moscow and Novgorod, to prevent the tragic situation of being breached by the enemy again, of course, this project will also have to be paid.

Article 9, the two sides shall reduce tariffs to promote trade, and shall not increase the taxes of each other's merchants in any form, and the tariffs of the two sides shall not exceed 5%, but according to the present level of productivity and sad output of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, it is conceivable that after such a clause is signed, it can only be the unilateral dumping of products by the Norman Empire to the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

If Catherine II agreed, she could only cultivate more Norman brains like her son Paul in her army, bureaucracy, and aristocratic system, and the Norman Empire would control the debts and customs duties of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and the Grand Duchy of Moscow would lose its defense, justice, and diplomatic powers, and become a vassal of the Norman Empire.

After the implementation of this policy, the living standards of the people of the Grand Duchy of Moscow may indeed rise to a certain extent, and the army and defense will be strengthened accordingly, and it will become a qualified shield when fighting against Mongolia in the future, but the government of the Grand Duchy of Moscow will completely become a puppet and tool of the Norman Empire, as long as such a policy is implemented for decades, without Randy speaking, the nobles and commoners of the Grand Duchy of Moscow will automatically ignore their dukes and regard Randy as the leader of the country, And the Grand Duchy of Moscow naturally became, the Duchy of Moscow.

Randy is not afraid that Catherine II will not agree, nor is she afraid that she will see what she is thinking, anyway, the facts are in front of her, either agree to Randy's conditions to become a vassal of the Norman Empire, or perish, believing that between life and freedom, this old woman will make the right choice.

And before Catherine II completely agreed to Randy's conditions, Randy would never waste his efforts to fight the nomads in vain, but unfortunately Randy ignored one point, he didn't want to fight with the nomads, it didn't mean that the nomads didn't want to fight him, this will make Randy lie leisurely in the gentle countryside and be at ease, heard the commotion in front of him, walked out and was helped up the hill to look, and saw a white mare in front of the two armies shouting there:

"What about Randy von Hoffmann? Tell her to come out and talk to the lord of the county! ”

Seeing this beautiful little mare wearing heavy armor, holding a spear, and bending her bow at the waist, showing off her martial arts in front of the two armies, threatening to go out and talk about herself, Randy was suddenly overwhelmed with emotion......

According to the information that Sonia told herself, the name of this little mare is Printhia, she is the only daughter of the Oirat centaur group, the Khan of the Kalmyk tribe Ayujie, after the ordinary centaur marries her, when Ayujie Khan dies, at least half of the Kalmyk tribe can be divided, if the wrist is a little smarter, even if the entire Kalmyk tribe is in the bag, it is not impossible, and even further, it is not a dream to become the second Oirat, it is a large tribe with hundreds of thousands of tents, Able to mobilize 100,000 of the most elite of the Middle Ages, it can be regarded as a combination of elite cavalry and assault infantry.

Randy is now wearing a very lightweight, gold-trimmed white shirt, wrapped in a white fox fur cloak behind his back, if it weren't for the jewel ring on his head, the sheath studded with a lot of gems and the short pipe fire gun with ivory handle around his waist, he looks like a boy who goes out to play in the mountains and rivers in the ordinary sense, and looks graceful and luxurious, not at all like he has come to fight.

The 60,000 troops of the Norman army said that it was meaningless for Randy to go to the front of the battle and talk to the enemy commander, because this was a very normal move in Europe, and no loyal filial son would run out to say anything to Randy about the son of a daughter who couldn't sit down, crying and shouting for Randy to pay attention to safety.

"Then this beautiful young lady, what are you looking for me?"

On both wings, the Norman infantry in armor gave way to a way, and Randy slowly stepped out and asked.

"Sure enough! The appearance is truly unparalleled in the world! ”

Looking at Randy's slightly smiling face, handsome face and gentle demeanor, Printhia's heartbeat couldn't help but speed up a lot, she couldn't see clearly in the dark light a few days ago, and the more she thought about it after she came back, the more wrong she became, and asked her father, Ayujie Khan, "Are there any people among the Normans who are very good-looking?" ”

Her father didn't think much of it at the time, and replied, "If you are outstanding in appearance, the emperor of the Normans, Randy von Hoffmann, should be counted!" ”

"It's because he's the emperor that people say that, right?" Printhia was still a little incredulous, and it wasn't until Ayuj Khan brought her a self-portrait of Randy that the Lord of Centaur remembered that the man in the portrait was indeed very similar to the man she had shot that night.

However, no matter how well the portrait is drawn, it can't compare to the effect of Randy's real person standing here.

At that time, Printhia didn't know what to say, until the guard next to her whispered: "County Lord! Princess! ”

Printhia came back to her senses, blushing and looking at Randy across from her with irritation.

"There has never been a war between the Oirats and the Normans, why are you attacking us?" The county lord shouted at Randy like this, leaving Randy a little speechless.

Who is she when she is? Japanese Invading Army or Hitler? Speaking of robber logic, can a kind and simple centaur speak of himself? Randy snorted coldly: "Obviously, you are here to attack us, the Grand Duchy of Moscow is a vassal of the Norman Empire, this is a matter that everyone knows, the territory of the Grand Duchy of Moscow is the territory of our Norman Empire, people like you who run to other people's houses to burn and loot are guilty of all kinds of evil, but you are said to be guilty, this kind of shameless thing from Ireland to the Turks, I have never heard of it." ”

What Randy said was righteous words, coupled with a good set of skins, which embarrassed the Centaur Lord on the other side, and he didn't know what to say.

"Anyway...... Fighting against our Oirat centaurs will never end well, and the territory and borders you are talking about are just according to you humans, we centaurs have never recognized that we, as children of the steppe, naturally have the right to enjoy the entire steppe, and only we and our allies can live here, otherwise we must leave. ”

Randy closes his eyes and begins to think back to history......

In 302 B.C., the Centaur Khan and the Rus' kings agreed to use the Ural Mountains as the boundary between the two races, which was the earliest and most legally binding agreement of the time, and can still be found in some ancient texts.

Thinking of this, Randy's voice amplified again: "In other words, this agreement, you centaurs have also promised that all your current expansion, all actions west of the Ural Mountains are illegal, if you still insist on your statement, then I have nothing to say, I will only treat you centaurs as shameless bastards." ”

Randy threw out the 1,500-year-old agreement from the history books, and he naturally wouldn't say that the series of historical changes after this were quite strong in taking things out of context.

Printhia on the other side asked the centaur next to her in a confused whisper: "Why don't I know about this matter?" ”

"This ......"

The guard thought to himself: Who can be idle and remember the events of 1,500 years ago? If you have that spare time, you might as well go and play.

"Perhaps...... Perhaps! The guard said uncertainly, and he didn't know the bottom of his heart.

As soon as Emperor Randy, who was majestic and righteous, said this, the morale of the centaurs suddenly dropped a lot.

"County Lord, let's get down to business, don't talk to him any more." Seeing that Randy was still counting the centaurs with righteous words, and directly said that the centaurs were not as good as beasts, and his own county lord didn't even have the ability to refute at all, a few centaurs next to him finally couldn't bear it anymore and said to Printhia.

"Hmmm! Right! ”

Princia was stunned for a while, and hurriedly nodded, originally wanting to humiliate Randy's little mare, but this time she was completely anti-humiliated, and she had no intention of competing with Randy.

"In short, I have come here to declare that we will immediately cease hostilities with us, or we will make you pay an unbearable price, and we will cross the border into your territory to harass you, and you will not be able to stop us."

"Do you want to use such a tactic?" The words of the Centaur County Lord made Randy nod secretly in his heart, giving full play to the speed characteristics of the nomads, bypassing the opponent's main force, attacking the interior where the enemy's defense is weak, cutting off the logistics and transportation lines, causing the opponent's army to panic, demoralize, and collapse without a fight, this tactic is simple and convenient, and it is very suitable for nomads who are not good at siege, or centaurs who are completely impossible to participate in siege.

But the question is why would the other side openly tell their military secrets?

Randy frowned and didn't speak, and the Centaur County Lord on the other side saw that Randy was silent, and thought that Randy was scared, so he looked a little proud: "Are you scared now?" If you don't want this to happen, get out of this war and abandon Moscow, so that your country can be preserved. ”

It turns out that the other party is just scaring himself!

Randy suddenly realized that the other party sent a stupid girl who said so much to himself, it seems that it is not only the Norman family who is worried about the opponent, the Cumans and centaurs are also worried about the strong combat power of the Normans.

After a big battle with the forward Celtic army, the coalition army lost tens of thousands of people at once, but the other side lost only half of this number, and it is one thing to rob, plunder, and open up their own territory and steppes, and sometimes it is another thing to fight with the enemy with their own roots.

In fact, the combined forces of the centaurs and the Cumans, after plundering most of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, had already made a lot of money, and the well-fed falcons were unwilling to fly far, and the coalition army, which had already made a lot of war money and obtained a large number of cattle, sheep, livestock and other materials, did not want to fight, even attacking Moscow.

Now the coalition forces are stubbornly holding on and refusing to withdraw their troops, the biggest reason is not how much benefit they can gain after capturing Moscow, but for the sake of face, if they can't break through Moscow in a few months, then they will retreat with all their troops.

But the arrival of the Normans, and Randy's choice of such a lovely time to announce his invasion, complicate matters.

After seeing the strong combat effectiveness of the Normans, the top of the coalition army was slightly panicked, although there were also some clamoring for the sons of the steppe to never say die, but they were soon dragged down by the mainstream public opinion and beaten violently, not wanting to fight, but not wanting to retreat so gloomy, and finally Ayujie Khan came up with such a way, relying on the terrifying destructive power of the nomadic cavalry, threatening the Normans to withdraw.

"Your army will never be able to catch up with us, and before you can react, we will sack your territory and destroy everything."

"So what? You must be naïve enough to think that I'm the kind of person who will back down at the slightest threat, right? Tell you that this is absolutely impossible, no matter how much meat you give to the wolf, it will not be satisfied, the best and most effective way is to attack it fiercely, kill it, and rip the skin and bones, I will never admit defeat like you despicable and shameless people! ”

Randy turned to the soldiers behind him in Norman and said, "My soldiers, my brethren, my most loyal warriors, do you think the Normans can be threatened?" Tell them! ”

Randy's words were passed through the crowd, and the army of 60,000 erupted into an earth-shattering roar: "No! No way! We Normans are invincible. ”

"Humph! Hopefully, you'll be able to say something like that in the future. ”

Seeing that Randy didn't mean to compromise at all, the Centaur County Lord snorted coldly, "Let's go." ”

A centaur force of about 5,000 men turned around and bypassed the Norman army.

"Don't you pursue? Your Majesty? ”

"No, no matter how fast the war horse runs, can it be faster than the birds?"

"Indeed, the king is wise!"

Just like Randy said, the Norman Empire has special military communication channels across the era, known as our ubiquitous Norman spies laid out, throughout the entire Norman Empire spy network, and the spies professionally trained carrier pigeon troops, can transmit all information to the designated location in the shortest possible time, even if the centaur unit runs fast, it will never be the opponent of the carrier pigeon, this time, Ayujie Khan's plan can only be said to be clever but clever mistaken.

Randy turned around and walked to the Norman spy's camp, and quickly wrote the news that the centaurs were going to cross the border and attack our territory, and then rewrote the code letter from the professional Norman spies, and handed them to the Norman spy leaders Nemulis and Sonia respectively, and the two departments worked together to relay information to the central government in Krakow.

In fact, Randy has a much faster way to deliver intelligence......

It's telepathy with your own cheap sister, Aurora!

"I don't need you to say this, I've noticed this problem, and recently, because of the crusade jihad, the nobles of all sizes have rushed to Krakow with their own troops, which will have gathered more than 30,000 troops, plus Anderson's legion in western Poland, Hans's legion in southwestern Poland, Saito's second hussar corps, and Krakov's army have 50,000 people, ten times the number of the other party, and the number of soldiers is fine, but ...... Of these 50,000 people, who are you going to make the commander-in-chief? ”

Aurora's question, however, turned Randy upside down, indeed, who will be the commander?

Those generals of military districts?

No, there are too many of these troops, in case of rebellion......

Choose one from the Rus' or Polish nobles?

This is not good, the quality of the nobles in these years can be imagined, do you want these guys who can only command the troops with bravery and chivalry, and command an army of 50,000, are you kidding?

"Or ...... Aurora, you go ......"

"No, I'm a businessman and consul by profession, not a general, and the dominance value is basically zero, and if you catch the ducks on the shelves, the final result may cost you a lot."

(End of chapter)