When Egil recovers from an illness, he is surprised to find that the relationship between Artoria and Joan of Arc has changed for the better - though not in the brain-dead novel: we are good sisters from this day forward. That makes people feel more like lilies, and the protagonist is the one who gets kicked away. However, it can be regarded as rising from the enemy of life and death to a state of discord between the face and the heart. Although they still get along with each other awkwardly. But most of the time I will be patient. Even if there is a conflict. will also quickly restrain themselves.

That's it. Egil is very strange. These two guys, Joan of Arc won't talk about it yet. But Artoria's temper is terrible. Why is this so?

That's not the point, though. In fact, Egil is very happy with the state he is in. And because of the spiritual satisfaction, it has also improved Egil's work efficiency a lot.

-- An alliance with the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in South Germany! An alliance between the two sides -- Egil helped Frederick defeat Otto of Saxony in North Germany. The condition was that the Holy Roman Empire ceded Pomerania and Holstein to the Norman kingdom after the deed was completed.

Egir promised that if Frederick was willing to cede these two territories to himself, he would attack Saxony at once. Two flanks. Defeat Saxony once and for all. After that, the Crusaders were dispatched to defeat the Eastern Romans. The two sides govern the continent together, one south and one north. It's good to form an alliance forever.

Of course, Egil's words can only deceive ghosts. Frederick was not a fool. How can we not know the truth that one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers? As for the co-governance of Europe, the eternal alliance is good, and so on, it is only as if Egil is venting the air. However, what Egir said about striking Saxony from behind scratched Frederick's itch.

Otto I was on the battlefield for many years. Tens of thousands of knights, hundreds of thousands of troops in North Germany, as well as a well-developed commercial system, agrarian system, and especially the absolute authority of Otto I in Saxony. Saxony and North Germany were much stronger than South Germany - after all, South Germany was an alliance after all. It is an alliance of Swabian, Bohemian and Austria. Frederick was only in the name of a leader. The army looked about the same number. But it was divided into three families, and they did not belong to each other. This was one of Frederick's weaknesses.

Therefore, although Frederick was much stronger than Otto I in terms of ability. However, the actual situation was that Otto I continued to have the upper hand. The North German army even came to Swabian for a time. Frederick was tormented.

"If what the Norman said is true...... No, it only takes half of the half to be true. The number of troops also does not need to be too much. As long as tens of thousands—no, one or two thousand horses, from the north to the south, to fight me. In that case, the tide of battle would definitely turn in an instant......"

Thinking of this, Frederick's blood could not help but boil -- the Holy Roman Empire! The most honorable title in the whole of Europe! It was not comparable to the small princes who could only control the southern Bavaria region now! Moreover, after defeating Otto I, the northern and rich Saxony region would also be able to fall under his control. Compare that to Holstein, Pomerania, that is the place of the gods, and I haven't heard of it!

Of course, there is one more point besides that. It is the one mountain mentioned earlier that there is no room for two tigers - although it is said that these two territories belonging to the empire are now ceded out. However, after this obstacle is removed, these two territories can still be used as an excuse to start a conflict between the Empire and the Norman kingdom. It also saved the excuse to attack the Normans next.

That's it. Frederick was quick to respond. Promised an alliance with Egil. Together against Otto I. Saving the European continent from fire and water.

At the same time, Egil's letter to Otto I arrived. It was an impassioned letter in which Egir lowered his posture in the hope that Otto I would open his territory to the Norman army in order to allow the Norman crusaders to go south to save the Papal States - which, of course, was only a pretext.

What Egir is really trying to say is that there was also a very friendly cooperation between the Norman kingdom and His Majesty the Holy Roman Emperor (referring to Egir's cession of Holstein to Saxony) before that. Now, Egil felt that the event could be further expanded - for example, Egil was willing to formally form an alliance with Otto. After that, he sent troops to help Otto I defeat the rebellious princes in the south. All Egil needed was a small gesture of goodwill from the Empire - Holstein, for example, and Pomerania, two territories that were insignificant to the Empire.

Otto I was speechless for a long time after receiving Egil's letter. Start with your true will. Otto I was also a greedy man and did not want to cede any of his territory at all. But Otto I was also a sane man. Knowing that at this moment, his entire army was concentrated in the south, fighting with the "rebellious princes of the south". But it was neglecting the garrison of the north.

In fact, Otto I dared to neglect the northern garrison and ignore the northern powers of the Norman kingdom. But it was because the Normans caused a series of wars at that time, and successively fought with the Swedes, Polish-Lithuanians, and the French. Otto I believed that Egir would not pose any threat to his empire until this series of wars was over. Even if Egil can handle this series of wars. Then he will basically be able to deal with the southern rebel princes by then. When the time comes, it is still unknown who will kill the deer.

But I didn't expect it. Egil was so fast, having reaped enough in the East and being beaten in the West, he was again reaching out to Central Europe...... To say yes or not to agree?

"Your country is well-intentioned. However, to quell the rebellion in the south, our country has 500,000 soldiers available. There is no need for your country to intervene. As for the borrowing of the word. It is said that your country has reached an agreement with the Kingdom of France, and that the army is massed in Normandy, which does not seem to have anything to do with our country. His Majesty Egil is invited to think twice. ”

Otto I wrote such a very polite letter, politely declining Egil's "kindness." ”

And so it was. Egil chuckled, and when he saw these two letters, he tore them to shreds, and then he took the case: "The reason and excuse for the attack are all there!

With Egil's order. In the name of denying Crusader passage, destroying the Holy Campaign, and accepting the invitation of his ally Frederick to end the civil war in the Holy Roman Empire and maintain peace in Christendom. The Norman kingdom officially declared war on Duke Otto I of Saxony! The 3,000 professional hussars of the 2nd Hussar Regiment, led by General Hans Ernst Karl Graf von Zitten (referred to as Zitten), headed straight for Stettin, the capital of Pomerania!

At the same time, Egil officially announced. All nobles in the Landlands, including Holstein, must swear allegiance to the Norman king! Obey the laws of the Norman kingdom, stop private fighting, and those who violate the orders will be punished by death according to the Norman laws!

As soon as the news came out, there was an uproar on the continent! But I didn't expect that Egil was still preparing how to go south for a crusade some time ago. At this moment, it suddenly changed the hexagram. The idea of Saxony was struck - the three thousand hussars were already ready! Completely a pack of vicious dogs in the skin of the Crusaders, Egil declared war on the front foot, and General Ziten rushed into Pomerania with the roaring professional hussars. Burning, killing and looting along the way are as swift as locusts crossing the border, and as swift as lightning streaking across the night sky.

Each of these fast cavalry units was armed with three No. 1 Norman horses, which were mounted in rotation. In fact, during two consecutive days of marching. They ate and drank Sarah on horseback. And the change of horses was also carried out in the course of the full gallop of the horses! This all-out march allowed them to break through to the Stading before the Stading defenders could react!

Similarly, after resolving the enemy's sporadic resistance as quickly as possible, the hussars planted the red cross flag on a white background representing the Crusaders at the head of the city. Declared that the city had been taken by the Crusaders, and Otto I, who resisted the Crusaders, was a traitor to Catholicism in collusion with the heretical Church in Byzantium.

After this, the 2nd Hussar Regiment was divided into small cavalry units of 100 men and swept around the Pomeranian generation, passing through Pomerania like a sieve. Also adhering to the principle of blitzkrieg, the vast majority of Saxon nobles breached their fortress before they had time to react. The remaining Saxon nobles were forced to sever ties with Otto I and instead swear allegiance to His Majesty King Egil.

"The Elector of Saxony has gone mad! He refused, and attacked the Crusaders (although it was actually the Crusaders who attacked the Saxons, but the Saxons fought back, didn't they?!), and was about to be excommunicated by the Pope. As a result, he was no longer eligible to run for Holy Roman Emperor. And without the qualifications to run for the Holy Roman Emperor, then the Holy Roman Emperor can only be the southern Bavaria, Duke of Swabia Frederick !!"

The hussars shouted what sounded reasonable, and clutched the Covenant in their hands, which they didn't know if it was true or not.

"Look, look!!" The hussars ignored the fact that even the nobles were illiterate in this era, and shouted with their parchments: "His Majesty the Emperor Frederick has made an alliance with the Norman kingdom! and ceded Pomerania to the Norman kingdom! Your Majesty Egir will be your king from now on!!

(To be continued)