In the previous war, because of the continuous charge with elite cavalry, and finally reversed the relationship between the two countries, Egil's qualified cavalry generals increased by one level. Became a good cavalry general +2.Of course, he is not the faction that has increased the most in this war.

The leader of the scouts, the parkour master Nameless, successfully assassinated Felix II in the midst of the wolves in the Tiger's Den (does anyone remember this hapless boy?). As a result, you get +1 points for completing assassination missions. And after establishing the Nordic spy network, he gained the ability of the spy leader +2 skills, so that the surname value of this nameless master became 14+, which belongs to the super best love warrior.

Carter, the commander of the fleet, also received the pirate model command +2, and the qualified admiral was promoted to the excellent admiral +2.A total of three points increased. According to the inference of the system elves, it is basically impossible to have a better general than him on the sea.

At the same time, after two months of recuperation, Egil's army was once again expanded. With the support of a strong financial (mainly looted) and stimulated by what the system elves call the Eastern Roman Empire, Egil's expansion this time was quite large.

All Viking soldiers, all upgraded to Viking warriors. And all of them were replaced with heavy chain mail. Each team consisted of a total of 500 Viking warriors. A tenth of them, or fifty Viking warriors, or squad leaders in charge of ten, were equipped with composite armor purchased from or supported by the dwarves. At the same time, the Viking warriors have been systematically upgraded and improved, with increased discipline and training. Upgrade it to a regular, professional force.

Professional Viking warriors, a team of 500 people, a total of ten teams. Ethnicity: Vikings. The equipment is as above, morale: high, training: slightly higher, discipline surname: slightly higher. Special skills: Throwing axes, each person carries two throwing axes, one on the left and right waists, a total of four throwing axes, which can be cut and thrown; Lined up in a strong and sturdy infantry array, the defense is first-class, and it can resist cavalry to a certain extent.

In addition, after seeing the powerful attack power of the legendary Danish tomahawk infantry, Egil also imitated the Danish Nordic axe soldiers and created an elite assault force, a powerful assault force called the Viking Death Warriors, all wearing plate chain composite armor and holding a 1.2-meter-long giant battle axe, all of which were selected from the best of the Viking warriors as the first choice for charging into battle.

Viking Death Warriors, a team of 100 people, a total of five teams. Race, Vikings. Gear as above, morale: extremely high. Training, high. Discipline Surname: Common. Special Skill: Warcry, Strengthens Attack.

These two types of infantry are the main force of Egil's current army. Although there were only 6,000 men, Egil was confident that such an army would be able to fight against a rabble ten times larger.

Of course, the vast majority of armies throughout the Middle Ages were all rabble......

It was only after researching and completing the legendary compound bow that Egil found that he had been tricked again - in the cold weather of Northern Europe, the bio-glue made by the compound bow would quickly dry out and deform, causing the compound bow to become a handful of garbage. It doesn't work at all. And the system elf said: Ah, you didn't ask me in advance about this. How do I know what the hell you think. Such a reason to prevaricate.

As a result, Egil's ranged troops continued to show little improvement, but expanded slightly, and raised the level of the crossbow-wielding militia in the regular army to the level of crossbowmen.

Crossbowmen: Although they still can't escape the fate of the legendary crossbowman, their combat effectiveness has improved a lot, the speed of winding has increased a lot, and they can barely cope with a little bit even in close combat. Number 200 people, ethnicity, Vikings. Morale: Medium. Training: Medium. Discipline Surname: Medium.

Crossbowmen are armed with medium-sized crossbows - of course, Egil has already begun to order research institutes on hand-wound heavy crossbows, as well as the legendary armor-piercing pulley. He wears light chain mail, an axe, a helmet, and a small shield. Ranged and melee combat is possible.

With such a good fighting force and a high surname price ratio, Egil put two teams each in Biard and Oslo, a bridgehead near the sea. And among the main forces, there were also four teams of eight hundred crossbowmen.

Nordic Archers: Still the same, almost obsolete class (?)

Such an archer is not very expensive to recruit and maintain. So, in the three cities of Bergen, Biard and Oslo, there are two teams of Nordic archers. Among the main forces, there were five teams of 1,000 men.

The hand-to-hand combat ability of the good guy is not bad, and it is a little stronger than the average professional soldier. If it really can't be done, it is not impossible to drag them to the front line as infantry to fight the enemy.

In terms of cavalry, after charging into battle with two hundred cavalry, Egil finally fully understood how good the legendary heavy cavalry was. And completely strengthened this guy's determination to develop elite heavy cavalry. After acquiring a large amount of land in Norway and confiscating the fiefs of a large number of nobles, Egil issued the very famous edict of unlimited recruitment of knights.

The decree reads as follows: Measurement of all state land in the country (with the help of the system). One of the five is a fief to be used by the future National Knights. Each knight who swears allegiance to Egil will become a member of the National Order of Knights after passing the test, and will be rewarded with fifty acres of land, and the land will be inherited by him as long as the knight has a direct heir to the knighthood. Of course, the same is true for the title of knight.

However, it is important to note that the territory of the Order is still part of the state land, and the knights have ownership but no right to govern. All the land was still under the rule of the royal family, that is, Egil. Knights just have to wait for the year-end benefits.

To put it bluntly, it's just a salary, and the land is just an excuse, which you can't see or touch—but if you want to pay directly these days, the knights will definitely not do it. People value the land. So it's going to take a slight change...... And after keeping them on a leash in this way, they have no territory to take care of, that is, more time to train...... Or fought.

After the decree was issued, the chivalry-ranger-rogue knights of all of Northern Europe flocked to it, not to mention anything else. Flock to the Oslo Fortress. Although it is a little confusing to say that you can't be powerful in the territory. But for these rascals, I mean knights, it's pretty good to have something to eat.

In the same way, Egil stuffed a lot of feudal knights produced by the system into it. The number of this national knight order was temporarily expanded to two hundred—uniform clothing, uniform equipment, and uniform war horses. and unified training. to ensure the combat effectiveness of this group of knights......

Norwegian National Knight: Tough, professional, killing machine.

A team of 100 people, ethnicity: Norse, mostly Vikings. Equipment: Plate Chain Composite Armor, Full Coverage Helmet, Overcoat, Cloak, Heavy Mounted Spear, Tomahawk, Vulture Shield, Armored War Horse (Chain Mail). Morale: Very High, Training: Very High, Discipline Surname: High. Special Caste: The charge is incredibly powerful, scaring nearby enemies.

Improved Tomahawk Cavalry: The same as before.

One team of 100 people, three teams of three hundred people.

Patrol Cavalry: A tragic class that has begun to tragedy and can only clean up the battlefield.

One team of 100 people, five teams of five hundred people.

In this way, Egil calculated that his army had expanded to more than eight thousand, nearly nine thousand. And all of them are professional troops. In other words, it is basically equivalent to three times the combat effectiveness of an army with a combination of medieval levies + mercenaries + professional soldiers. In other words, Egil's army of more than 8,000 people is almost equivalent to 30,000 people on the other side.

Probably.

At least that's what Egil himself thinks.

As for the navy, the galleys that had been given temporary signs had all been returned. The Norwegian navy, which consisted of 50 light ballista warships as the main force and 50 dragon head warships as the assault force, was still the strongest maritime force in Northern Europe.

So, having taken care of all the things in the country, Egil was full of ambition and began to prepare for an expedition to England - but there was still a small problem for him to solve.

"Huh, flag?" Egil was slightly puzzled.

"That's right. Banner. ”

"What flag?"

"The flag. This is not some Oriental, just take the surname and write it on the flag. You were still a turtle that a country hadn't taken down before, so that's it. And now you are the lord of a country. You should be sure of your flag. ”

"Where's the flag...... Sure enough, it's better to be a Roman eagle. Egil thought.

"It's better, yes - but do you have anything to do with Rome? or do you want to be as shameless as the Holy Roman Empire? Thinking that if you put the word 'sacred' in front of your name, you are really sacred?"

"Well, the Eagle Banner can't be used...... Well, the traditional flag of the Nordics or something. Axes, bears, castles, and castles don't feel very good...... What is there that is majestic enough to embody my Grand Viking character?" asked Egil.

"What do you think of this?" and the system gave Egil a suggestion.

"Oh. Egil opened the system interface, and saw a skeleton pirate flag painted on it......

"It's majestic enough, and it's Viking enough, right?"

"--It's all said that we Vikings are not the same thing as the Caribbean!!!"

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