Snow, snow, snow, snow, so much snow. Although it is only late October, close to November, the weather in Livonia is already quite cold. But the Norwegian army came from bitter cold. The Scandinavian hailstorms and snowstorms didn't do anything to them. Not to mention the fact that Eastern Europe is a little blizzard.

But not in the United Kingdom - the Tatars, Cossacks, and Lithuanians, many of whom were nomads who lived on the steppes of Eastern Europe, were frost-resistant. But not with the Poles—the further south they went, the more they could not. Or rather, people can barely hold on. But the horses shivered from the cold, and their combat effectiveness was cut by more than half.

The most important of the more than 30,000 troops of the United Kingdom was the heavy cavalry force composed of 3,000 knights and knights' servants, and the 15,000 nomadic light cavalry. In the end, it's all mixed by horses. Especially those nomads, riding on horses can perform acrobatics as if they were one, but when they get off the horse, because they have been riding for too long, they can't even walk too much, let alone fight on foot.

Therefore, it is not a good idea to use troops in the winter - especially when fighting these Viking cattle (in Polish language) in Scandinavia, and losses are inevitable.

However, when the United Kingdom discovered that Egil did not seem to want to go out of the city to fight, but wanted to hold on to it, Władysław II's heart came alive again.

Aha...... He was frightened by our brave and fearless United Kings [***] team.

So, the stupid and cute Władysław II came to such a conclusion. And since this is the case, then the right to attack is completely in your own hands. In that case, if you don't attack and take a look, you're really sorry for the people and sorry for the crotch. So, the Poles began to attack tentatively.

The outer star fort - in the eyes of the Poles, this kind of wooden improvised outer fort is naturally easier to attack than the stone wall of the Riga brand that is nearly ten meters high, and standing on the hill in the distance, looking out, it is all military camps and defenders, and it seems that the other party has deployed the main army in this kind of place. It's a bit inexplicable.

Truth be told, Egil's strategy for this garrison was not only a strategic necessity, but also a fear of the British cavalry. I talked to Aurora about the military strength of the United Kingdom before, whether it was "he can mobilize more than 300,000 troops in a hurry" or "the opponent has no less than 80,000 light cavalry and more than 20,000 heavy cavalry", which made Egil feel trembling.

Although in the end, the system elf also said: "If you also mobilize, then the mobilized troops should be no less than his", but Egil still shook his head. Because this mobilization of the population is quite devastating to the economy, especially agriculture. One mobilization is equivalent to one injury to the bones. Unless it is a last resort, that is, when the country is destroyed and the species is extinguished, it must not be moved.

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

In view of the large number of troops of the other side, Egil made a bad move, and asked the Teutonic Knights to take the lead for him, and went to the United Kingdom mainland to carry the 50,000 army that was being assembled. In view of the strength of the opposing cavalry, although only 30,000 troops were mobilized this time, there were more than 800 knights, knights and followers, more than 2,000 probationary knights, and more than 10,000 nomadic light cavalry. Such terrifying numbers. The land in Livonia is also very flat, suitable for the deployment of large-scale cavalry units. Egil knew very well in his heart that if he wanted to fight in the field, he would not be able to bargain too much. Only then did the strategy of the garrison be formulated.

At the same time, Egil racked his brains and finally got a little bit of slightly useful knowledge from his own knowledge base of traversers-Star Castle.

The so-called Star Castle is actually a kind of thing invented in the late European period, when the musket has been popularized, and it has completely entered the era of hot weapons, getting rid of the tall, thick and dark layout of the castle, there is no cover on it, and the whole fortress is not very high, and the shape is angular and angular, like a star, hence the name - such a special layout can make the opponent's artillery power decrease, and when climbing one wall, the soldiers on the other side of the wall can also shoot support. This eliminates the need for an out-of-town fort that was extremely cumbersome to build and isolated. The garrison was greatly strengthened.

At this moment, Egil was already planning to build a new fortress on the coast of the place he had just occupied, named Swedish Territory, in case of a possible attack by other countries (mainly Shinra) on the Baltic coast - and this time a garrison made of wood resembling a star fortress was an experiment. If the Star Castle is really well garrisoned, Egir decides to renovate Gothenburg and build it into a Star Castle as well. At the same time, the garrison of Oslo was strengthened by upgrading it to a fortress and building the outer walls into a star fortress.

That's it.

Needless to say, these things are still shadowless things, and if you want to implement them, there is a premise, that is, Egil can win a big victory in this garrison battle. Although Artoria described this defensive strategy as "not like a man", Egil didn't care at all.

"At least it makes you look like a woman. Egil fought back. Speaking of quarrels, Egil really wasn't afraid of anyone.

"You- believe it or not, I'm rebelling with the Celts right now?"

"Want to experience the extreme feeling of starvation in the Welsh mountains?"

"I don't know which one of the Thames escaped as fast as a rabbit at that time. ”

"In the end, it was the man who conquered your country. ”

"Do you want to die once and see?!"

"I'm afraid you can't do it in your current physical condition. ”

That's pretty much it. Whenever the conversation progressed to this point, Artoria would snort coldly and turn her head away from speaking. Once again, Egil praised his ingenuity and said that this was the correct way to use the Libra Ring - yes, a Libra Ring, not a deteriorated version of the Libra Ring. After more than a year of investigation, Egil felt that his wife's rebellion was less than or equal to zero, so he gritted his teeth and exchanged the few remaining bonds for the genuine Libra ring, and then quietly changed the ring while Artoria was bathing.

Egil also knew in his heart that Artoria was angry with him like this, but the reason was actually quite simple, it was because of Aurora. This cheap sister didn't want to leave after she moved in. And Egil seemed to trust her quite a bit - what made Artoria even more unacceptable was that the other party seemed to be a little bit smarter than herself. He has a very high aptitude for statecraft. This expedition, he was entrusted with the important task of supervising the country by Egil. This is the real reason why Artoria is angry.

"Forget it, let's improve the central management system when we go back. Egil sighed. After that, I don't want to.

October 28, 1001. On a rare sunny day, Władysław II seized this rare opportunity to take out all the shoddy ladders he had made before, and prepared to attack the city.

Władysław naturally did not understand what was called a Star Fort, what was crossfire, and what was long-range support fire. With the intelligence of the barbarians, they wouldn't understand even if they were told. Although I felt that the wooden castle in front of me was a little strange, I only felt strange. The doorway is completely unrecognizable. But Władysław II was also a man who had seen the world. I vaguely felt that this fortress was not ordinary, so I decided that I wanted to try my best first, and then formulate the "right" attack plan.

In this way, the king of the United Kingdom directly waved his hand—a total of two hundred Polish knights, plus a hundred Polish guards under his own command, a total of three hundred elite hoplites dressed in heavy chain mail and armed with long swords and kite-shaped shields, and rushed towards the opposite side with the shoddy siege ramming. And next to them, a large number of conscripted peasant soldiers, as well as hired shield spearmen, professional shield spearmen and other cannon fodder troops, also pulled the ladder and rushed towards the opposite side......

Although it is said to be a tentative attack, there are more than 3,000 professional troops, mercenaries and levies in this round of attack, including 300 elite knight troops. Speaking of being a temptation, Władysław II also had the idea that "if this is not the case, then take advantage of the situation and destroy them".

Of course, such an idea is self-defeating after a few seconds.

When the three thousand tigers of the United Kingdom pushed the rushing carts, carried the ladders and shouted loudly, and charged towards the wooden fort opposite, they were first greeted by a round of stone and ballista attacks, this time in pursuit of a large number of casualties, these heavy catapults deployed at the head of the city of Riga were loaded with scattered small stones, and the range and coverage were greatly increased. However, it is a small rock, which is about the size of a fist. Hitting the head can also open the scoop. Some of the tragedies who didn't wear helmets were directly hit by the brains of the beating. Just hung up. And even if it hits it, it doesn't feel good. The soldiers in the chain mail were okay, with a little bruises at most. Whoever doesn't wear armor is going to break some ribs or something.

The so-called ballista with thick arms is flat like a sapper shovel in front, and this thing is much more lethal than broken stone, flying directly from top to bottom angles, hitting the right place, and lying down a pile of headless corpses. Even if you hit it, you can wear several sugar gourds......

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