That's what the so-called surprise is. Although at the same time sent emissaries to the Grand Duchy of Moscow, as well as to the Zaporozhye Khanate, demanding that they submit to themselves. But Egil really didn't expect that the two countries of them would really, just agree-

No, no, no, it should be said that the Zaporozhye Khanate, an undisciplined country with milk as a mother and no milk as a father, surrendered and recognized Norman as the suzerain, and Egil was not too surprised by such a thing. Since when he was still the king of Norway, he defeated a lot of Cossacks in the battle against the Swedish, Novgorod and Moscow forces, and in the past few years, he has never suffered a loss when he fought in the north and south. It is certain that the Norman Empire, which was powerful and had excellent cavalry tactics, had a great deal of fear among these undisciplined Cossacks. In addition, the Norman Empire is now powerful, and its territory covers most of Eastern Europe, and the Eastern Rome, the only one capable of stopping the Norman Empire, was bought by the Norman Empire. The Cossacks thus justified the Norman Empire as their suzerainty.

What surprised Egil was the Grand Duchy of Moscow. This country, which was already mostly Slavicized, was more distant in blood relations with the Rus, the Vikings. In the turmoil in Europe a few years ago, it was even more in the fire, and forcibly annexed Novgorod, and the national strength soared. And the ruling class itself is also very enterprising, and Catherine II is a generation of heroes. Why did you surrender so easily?

At that time, Egil thought that if the other party could cut down the envoy he persuaded to surrender, he would be able to attack the Grand Duchy of Moscow in the name - not to occupy him all - the Norman Empire now occupied too many new territories, and it would be able to hold on to it if it was eaten - but it was better to weaken the power of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

But soon, when his emissary returned with a letter of allegiance from Catherine II, the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and a letter asking for help, Egil knew that he did not need to weaken the Grand Duchy of Moscow for a moment—in fact, the powerful Grand Duchy, which had once had ambitions to sweep through Eastern Europe, was now on the verge of destruction.

"Are those Cumans really that strong?" said Egil, puzzled - a hundred thousand steppe nomadic cavalry seemed terrifying to say. But in fact, these guys, who are skilled in equestrianism, courage, and wildness, are indeed very good soldiers—but, if they are really put on the battlefield, they can only be crushed by the Norman hussars.

Egil's assessment of them was that "very good soldiers" were "soldiers" and not soldiers. The difference between the two is as big as the difference between high-quality iron ore and alloy steel. After systematic military training, reorganization and redressing, the steppe nomadic cavalry could indeed become very formidable soldiers, but until then, in Egil's eyes, these were nothing more than a "mob".

So Egil Flying was surprised, looked at the diplomat returning from the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and asked like this.

"The Grand Duchy of Moscow also has a territory of several million square kilometers and a population of tens of millions. Commander-in-chief Semyonov is also a talent. Even if the army is not as large as the Cumans, it should not be so easy to lose if the city is fortified. ”

"This ...... The subordinates did not know much about the military aspect, but it is said that the strategy of the Grand Duchy of Moscow was not much different from what His Majesty said, and after a field battle, it did not take advantage of anything, and then under the leadership of Semenovsky, all the 50,000 troops gathered were withdrawn into the city of Nizhny Novgorod, and the walls were cleared for defense. ”

"And then?" Egil asked.

"Then they failed, and Nizhny Novgorod was slaughtered. Semenovsky managed to escape. But most of the 50,000 troops had already been lost. The rest were also demoralized and did not want to fight anymore. ”

“...... What the hell is going on here?!" Egil asked.

"The subordinates said that the subordinates did not know much about the military aspect. ”

“......”

So Egil had to wait for a military specialist to report to him what had happened, and this so-called military specialist was the Norman spy he had deployed in the Grand Duchy of Moscow. And in order to let Sonya regain a little confidence as soon as possible, Egil also said a few more times beside Sonia as if he was cheating. ...,

"Ah, what methods did the Cumans use to break through Nizhny Novgorod? ”

Just like that, remind Sonya.

But looking at this guy who seemed to understand or not, and finally thought about it for a long time before he suddenly realized, Egil still felt speechless.

In the end, Sonia was still a complete defeat - although her intelligence department had tried its best to gather clues and intelligence, in the end, when Sonia ran to Egil's study with a large volume of parchment, Egil had already begun to read the report provided by Nemulis, which was more detailed, more supportive, and most importantly, more eloquent and narrative, and better readable.

When Sonia looked up at Nemulis, who was nearly thirty centimeters taller than her, she clearly noticed the meaning of the other party's ridicule, and almost couldn't help but pull out her dagger to kill him.

Of course, according to Nemulis's skills, it is still unknown who will destroy whom in the end.

Egil watched as Sonya's hands trembled, and little by little she left the dagger pinned to her waist. Trying to take a deep breath, hoping that she would be able to return to her normal appearance, she comforted herself: "Anyway, Sonia is still improving......"

Seeing Egil look at Sonya's eyes like this, very generous, without the slightest sense of blame. Nemulis next to him sighed secretly, feeling a little unbalanced in his heart: "I am an old man who has just debuted with His Majesty the Emperor, and he has followed His Majesty the Emperor." How can you let a girl with a heart step on top of your head?! Not to mention the grudge between her and me...... If this guy gains power, where will I be in the Norman Empire?"

Of course, this guy would never dare to question or complain about Egil. So all the resentment was concentrated on Sonya. But Sonia was always by Egil's side, and he couldn't find much of a chance to do it - and in fact, Egil had made a vague suggestion that if something happened to her, whether you did it or not, I would settle accounts with you. That's the case. So Nemulis didn't dare to do anything too much. At most, it's just a little action that can be ignored by despising Sonya with her eyes like she is now.

"At least let Your Majesty feel that I am very useful, and it is not something that can be replaced by this kind of little girl's film. Nemulis thought to himself, and at the same time asked Egil, who had read the whole report and snapped his fingers at the maid to drink lemon juice, "My lord, do you see what?"

"Well...... the corners of Egil's mouth turned up, and then he said with a smile: "Nemulis, your information looks very interesting." ”

"This ......" has been by Egil's side for so long, Nemoulis naturally understands that Egil's appearance is actually a prelude to anger, and secretly regrets in his heart - he has to read any information sent in the first place, and if he perceives something inappropriate, he must cover it up and revise it first. And then to Egil. However, this time, in order to compare speed with Sonya, his information was not modified, and it was directly sent to Egil's hands......

"It's miserable, something must have gone wrong!" Nemulis was sweating profusely, feeling like he was about to die. However, Egil only snorted lightly, and then put down his information, and then took Sonya's information and looked at it.

Because Sonya's information was a little sloppy and the content was reversed, Egil's reading speed was not very fast. It took almost twice as long to read the previous piece of information. Finally shook his head.

"It's pretty much the same. ”

After hearing Egil say this, both Nemulis and Sonia felt strange and did not know what His Majesty the Emperor meant. But in the end, Egil didn't say anything, just shook his head, and let Nemulis go about his business, leaving only Sonia to massage his shoulder.

Eggir, who was closing his eyes and recuperating, contacted Aurora, who was presiding over the relocation of the Council and the construction project in Krakow, and asked thoughtlessly: "That, that's it, right?"

"Which one are you talking about?" Aurora asked as if she understood Egil's words.

"Nemulis and Sonia have similar intelligence, both saying that the Cumans have been attacking the city day and night. Heavy losses were drawn, but Nizhny Novgorod remained as strong as Mount Tai.

Immediately afterwards, the Cumans used some siege methods. It seems that ants gather ladders, rush cars, tunnels and the like. But they all failed miserably - and then the Cumans began to work tirelessly, tirelessly, always by an authentic way - and up to this point, both pieces of information were identical. Egir paused at this point, but did not hear Aurora ask, "And then?"

The information that followed was interesting, as Nemulis said that on the night of October 12, the sky changed and thunder on the ground shook the southeast corner of the Nizhny Novgorod wall, and the defenders of the city were terrified, and the Cumans took advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, so they won, and Sonya's information showed that on the same October 12, the Cumans attacked the city wall with special fire bombs, and the fire was full of fire, and the southeast corner of Nizhny Novgorod was destroyed...... This is thunder again, and fire again, and then think of the small actions of the enemy before, what is this, others can't guess without seeing it, don't you know?"

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