In this way, Joan of Arc was discouraged. She put on the robes of nuns again, and resolutely enforced asceticism. Although she still retains the noble title of the Lady of Naples. But this is just to save face for Egil. The Norman Empire lacked a warlike marshal, and Egil lacked a curvaceous bedmate. Of course, none of this is a big deal. Although there is one less marshal, the war will still continue, just as a tyrant will still have to spend all his days drinking without a bed partner.

In February of '09, in the barracks outside Krakow, the capital of the Norman Empire, 100,000 troops were in full swing for military training. Soldiers run with weights, lift weights to exercise their physique, fight hand-to-hand, and use cork weapons to fight each other to enhance individual combat. Or use a team of 10, 100, or even 1,000 people as a unit to conduct confrontation training. There is an extra meal on the evening of victory. Those who lose will nibble on the moldy brown bread left over from last year.

Around Krakow. To be precise, several garrison regiments of the Norman Eastern Military Region also received orders from the emperor to reorganize their armaments. General of the Eastern European Border Garrison Evan , General Ivan of the Neo-Scandinavian Garrison, General Anderson of the Western Polish Garrison, General Hans of the Southwest Polish Garrison, and Sulla of the Civilian General of the Northern Saxon Garrison. A total of five corps, more than 30,000 regular troops also entered combat readiness. At the same time, two hussar corps of Ziten and Joseph were ordered to be ready. When the weather cleared up, Egil sent them into Moscow. Defend against the Mongols who could attack at any time.

And in the various regions of Eastern Europe, conscripts and reservists were organized according to villages, towns, and cities. The chiefs, elders and chiefs of the tribes in the steppes also received letters from Egil. Ask them to be prepared. Carry out combat readiness.

In Scandinavia, in Germany, in France, in England. The provinces and regions of the Norman Empire. Before spring ploughing. The reserve army of the Norman Empire was gathered for the last time. Training began under the leadership of their elected leaders, veterans who had retired due to disability, or local noble knights. This training in the Norman Empire mobilized all the reserve forces she had.

Today, the Norman Empire is such a huge empire with a population of nearly 30 million. More than a million reserve forces can be mobilized. And if Egil is ruthless, he can also issue a general mobilization order to mobilize everyone over the age of twelve. Men under the age of 60 and women between the ages of 20 and 40. In this way, Egil can dispatch tens of millions of troops...... Only a possibility, of course. And if it really gets to that point, I'm afraid that no one in the Norman Empire will follow Egil's orders anymore.

And the vassals. Egil also wrote letters to them. Ask them to be ready to mobilize a certain number of troops. Go to war.

"The central army is 100,000 and the local army is 40,000. The Centaur Independence Legion was 5,000, and the two garrisons of Flanders and Southern Italy were temporarily immovable, while the garrison and quasi-hussar corps of Jerusalem were unusable. So the total number of regular troops under my command was 140,000. From Scandinavia it is possible to mobilize between 150,000 and 200,000 semi-professional troops. From Eastern Europe, from 300,000 to 400,000 conscripts could be mobilized. There are also regions such as Eastern Europe, Livonia and Finland, where these tribes can mobilize 150,000 to 200,000 nomadic cavalry. England could mobilize between 100,000 and 150,000 troops. Flanders was newly warned, and German territory was small. Mobilize 50,000 troops each......"

Egil calculated. I gritted my teeth and stomped my feet. It will be able to mobilize an army of 950,000 to 1.2 million. These troops have undergone a certain amount of formal training. Equipped with weapons and armor that are considered excellent for their contemporaries. Of course, if these troops were to fight in the field with the Mongol iron cavalry, the chances of victory were slim. But if you defend.........

"I guess that's fine. It should ......," Egil thought, and immediately contacted Aurora.

"How much money does the treasury have now, and how much can it be drawn out?" asked Egil.

"In the recent period, the financial revenue is about 9 million Norman gold. Infrastructure, maintenance, the payment of government officials and the salaries of Imperial soldiers, and you bastard splurge. It costs about five million Norman gold. Just in case. There is also a part of the money to be left behind. So the amount of money that can be withdrawn is about three million. "He is worthy of being the prime minister of the Norman Empire. Egil's question was quickly answered.

"That's ...... I've been fighting in the north and south for a while. In total, almost 200,000 bonds have been accumulated - that's it. I'll use these bonds to exchange for another hussar legion!"

"A hussar, with his mount and full equipment, costs thirty bonds. A legion of 5,000 hussars wants 150,000 bonds. ”

"It's also affordable. Egil was relieved to hear such an offer.

"However, if you use bonds, it will cause inflation. For every hundred-man team recruited, the price goes up a little, fifty hundred-man teams. When the second one is recruited, it is thirty-one, and when the fifty are recruited, it is seventy-nine. This would require 272,500 bonds. ”

"Do you want to kill your father?!" exclaimed Egil in frustration.

"No, no, no, you're my brother. Aurora replied in a very calm voice. There was a hint of teasing in the calm. If you're an ordinary fool, you'll be fascinated by what Aurora looks like.

"Don't be so serious about this kind of thing, bastard!" But Egil didn't feel that way at all, and became even more angry.

"It can't be helped. I've told you long ago that exchanging bonds for bonds will cause inflation. Aurora said to Egil with ease. As if none of these things had anything to do with her.

Listen to what Aurora has to say. Egir thought again, indeed, a few years ago, or a dozen years ago? Aurora did say that. However, because of the things I redeemed, they are generally whole pieces of fine products. There are not many things to exchange troops in large quantities. So I haven't encountered this situation. He really didn't expect that the first time he used such a method, he would see the power of inflation—even worse than the inflation caused by the Jewish capitalists when they plagued Germany after the First World War. It's incredible. It's black, it's dark.

"Then, the more than 70,000 bonds, which are not enough, will be exchanged for Norman gold. Egil said.

"Well, a little bit of a ticket costs ten gold coins to redeem. Thank you for your patronage. ”

"Daddy, huh?!" Egil scolded angrily, "I remember that a little coupon used to be able to be exchanged for only one gold coin!"

"So it's inflation. And according to the setting of this world, you are my brother. ”

"If I'm really your brother, I'm going to kill you tonight!" said Egil, who broke off the phone with Aurora. Originally, I thought that by taking advantage of the timeliness of the bond exchange, I would get a hussar unit at once. But now it doesn't look like it's going to work. Then you can only train in the usual way.

However, the military city of Oslo can give a big bonus to newly trained soldiers. But as a rule, Egil trained infantry units only there, as well as crossbow units. This is because the soldiers used there are Vikings who specialize in infantry. And to train light cavalry, in Eastern Europe, the steppe nomads, Hungarians, Poles and other races will be conscripted. ...,

As a result, the trained army will receive more bonuses than the military buildings in Oslo. And the training site is in Krakow. Krakow also has a Praetorian Barracks, the Capital Military Academy, and other building bonuses. In addition, such a famous player as Egil is in charge himself. So the bonus obtained is not much less than that of Oslo.

Thus, a standard hussar regiment required 500,000 gold coins - although it was only 200,000 at first, but in recent times, Egil has continued to reform the training methods of the hussars, improve their equipment, improve their social status, and increase their salaries. As a result, the morale and combat effectiveness of the hussars continued to improve, and the price also increased a lot. Became a true noble class.

And in addition to the standard hussar corps of 5,000 men, Egil was also ready to recruit another twenty regiments, that is, a new army of 20,000 men. These new army regiments, which consisted mainly of phalanx infantry, were quite dominant in the battle against cavalry, especially light cavalry. And the musketeers and crossbowmen they possess make them able to fight back against mounted archers. It happened to be the nemesis of the Mongol cavalry. And 20,000 new army troops only need 400,000 gold coins. This made it six or seven times cheaper than the sky-high price of the average hussar. Sure enough, cavalry or something, it's not a lot of money, and people who burn hands can't afford it.

In this way, after adding 25,000 troops, Egil was not satisfied. Because he's on the defensive side. And, coupled with the recent increase in the crossbow's capabilities. It was up to Egil to make the decision to add four thousand crossbowmen and the former longbowmen, increasing the number of heavy crossbowmen and longbowmen to ten thousand and five thousand, respectively. This cost is 100,000 gold coins. Not a lot. And half of the rest of the money was thrown by Egil into the Moscow line, which seemed to be forever dissatisfied, like a black hole. The other half was used by Egil to speed up research and forge more and better artillery. Fortunately, in the next war, the Mongols were given a "surprise......