Egil realized that he had made a mistake - and Egil felt a little regretful. Sitting in the lord's mansion in Vilnius, it was only possible to strengthen the city defenses again.

He miscalculated two things: first, the heavy snow in winter was really powerful.

Second, the scum of the Teutonic Knights is really not good.

After a few days of sunny days, heavy snow began to fall again in Eastern Europe...... This time, Egil's army was greatly affected. Originally, when Egil's command was all Nordic warriors, the impact of snow in winter on these Vikings was very little, if not almost none. But as Egil's territory grew larger and more nationalities under his command, the advantage of the season was further weakened.

English, Celtic, and even French...... These races are not as resistant to winter as the Vikings. As a result, the speed of Egil's Norman army was severely weakened in the snowy climate. And Egil was reluctant to leave behind these powerful longbowmen and knight troops. Therefore, the army could only advance less than twenty miles a day in such a climate. It's called turtle speed. The physical principle of cold contraction and heat expansion also made the bowstring of the longbow tight, and there was no flick at all. It's easy to break down. This also made the longbowmen lose a lot of combat ability. The ranged advantage of the Normans was further weakened.

And the so-called Teutonic Knights are scum is really a bit wronged to them.

On November 5th, it snowed heavily. The Teutonic Knights' good days were almost at an end - after recovering much of the Prussian homeland, the Polish-Lithuanian United Kingdom marched north and south with an army of 80,000 men. He fought a battle with the Teutonic Knights in a field of ice and snow, and because the location of the battle was in the Plock region of Poland, this battle was also called the Battle of Plock.

The Teutonic Knights did their best to gather all the troops they could. All the deposits were ordered to mercenaries, and then all the people who could be forcibly recruited were recruited. A total of 20,000 troops were obtained, including Teutonic elite knights, Teutonic knights, Teutonic honorary knights, Teutonic supernumerary knights, Teutonic hired knights, and knights who volunteered to help...... In total, six hundred! Together with their knightly retinues, the Teutonic Knights had gathered fifteen hundred heavy cavalry this time!

In addition, the javelin cavalry of the Prussian vassal army, the heavy spearmen of the Order, the elite swordsmen from the Knights of the Sword, the Livonian crossbowmen from the Livonian Order, the Livonian crossbowmen armed with all-steel heavy crossbows, and the super-long pikemen from the Berghall region, wearing chain mail...... This pile, one by one, is all the arms of the Teutonic Knights, and this time they are all taken out as if they were exhibited.

The Teutonic Knights, on the other hand, had to deal with an army of 80,000 from the United Kingdom in the Polish-Lithuanian-Livonia-Tatar-Balkan region. Among them, the king was directly subordinate to the Polish Guard, and the Polish noble knights, Polish feudal knights, and Polish hired knights all over the country totaled 1,500!

In addition to this, Poland itself had 20,000 crossbowmen, javelinmen, Lithuanian archers, Tatars, Serbs, Magyars, Cumans, and vassal light cavalry, also from Prussia...... and a large number of shield spearmen from Poles and Lithuanians all over the mountains.

In this battle, the essence of both sides was exhausted. With all his might, the shouts of killing went straight to the sky, and the birds and beasts disappeared within ten miles of the surroundings...... However, the final result was already predictable.

When did the Order's rout begin? Was it the Order's wedge-shaped array that failed to break the dense array of shieldspearmen in the center of the United Kingdom as expected? Or did a large number of lightly armed cavalry attack around the Order's flanks? Or was the Order charged by the heavy cavalry of the United Kingdom? Albresit was killed, and the Livonian crossbowmen on the flanks were the first to collapse?

Well, in short, there is a clear difference in strength in this game. Neither commander is an idiot. And in the absence of miracle battles, the results are obvious.

Teutonic Knights, defeated.

Władysław II, in retaliation for the banditry of the Order in the north of the United Kingdom, issued a decree outlawing the Teutonic Order. All those who claimed to be members of the Teutonic Order, or those who wore black crosses on a white background, were beheaded - by this time, Władysław II had the whole of Prussia in his possession.

But -- there's another problem here. It's Egil. Egil Skadergrímsson. After learning that his allies were completely wiped out, and only a handful of knights had fled. After thinking about it for a while, he changed to a very nice name: to assist the Teutonic Knights in defending their territory. After that, the entire Teutonic Knights' domains, including Magdeburg, were taken over. At the same time to write a letter to Władysław II.

"Brother Yu and the Teutonic knights fought in Poland before, according to people, at that time, the army of 100,000, the shouts shook the sky, the brother was leisurely fascinated, hated to participate in it. Brother also regrets it, but this matter is not impossible. Although the Teutonic knights were informal, they made an alliance with their brothers. God is above. The covenant is a thing that must be observed. Therefore, although the younger brother is helpless. But they had to send troops to help as agreed. It is said that the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights was defeated and died, and the essence of the Knights was gone. Wouldn't my brother be ashamed that there is no one to provide for women and children and orphans? May my brother be blessed with the gospel of God as soon as possible, and stop fighting as a weapon and forge a sword as a plowshare...... Otherwise, the younger brother would not be willing to handsome the Norman royal army of 300,000 and hunt in Magdeburg with the brother......"

“...... Daddy?!"

After receiving Ekiel's handwritten letter, Władysław II overturned the table again: "Your sister's covenant must be observed! Labor and management have signed a covenant with you from the beginning, but you have no intention of wanting to abide by it?! Catholic teachings! Your sister! Lie to a fool?! You have done more murder than me! You only have 30,000 soldiers and horses, where did you get 300,000? ! Empty wages are too serious, right?!"

In this way, Władysław directly regarded Egil's persuasion as a soup and rice, and then continued to order. He ordered the 30,000 soldiers (now only 20,000 remaining) to return to the country to recuperate, redeploy, gather and hire a new army, and prepare to march to Magdeburg with enough 100,000 troops to wipe out the remnants of the Teutonic Knights, and "teach the damned Vikings a lesson to remember." ”

In this way, war is still the mainstream, and there is still no possibility of peace. The whole of Eastern Europe is still full of wolves. But at some point, Egil's territory expanded considerably, encompassing the whole of Livonia, as well as half of Prussia. The knights of the Teutonic Order, who had escaped by chance, were outraged by the occupancy of the magpie's nest - after all, it was now up to the Normans to help them defend themselves against the ferocious Poles. There were even some Teutonic knights who privately discussed whether they could nominate Egil as the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights. In this way, it is not impossible for the two to become one......

At this moment, it was the middle of winter, and Egil calculated that he now had only a little more than 30,000 soldiers and horses under his command, and it was enough to trap Magdeburg. But it is unlikely that they would want to fight a decisive battle, or even defeat the Poles. Coupled with the Baltic coast, Egil was basically offended - now except for the Norman headquarters, he was barely his own, but the remnants of the two or three thousand Teutonic Knights were defeated. It's almost useless. In addition, Magdeburg is located deep inland. It is also unlikely that the tactics of wanting to use naval blockades and raids will be used. Other words......

There are not enough troops.

So Egil was ruthless and issued a second conscription order: 5,000 mercenary spearmen to be recruited before, and an additional 2,000 Livonian garrison legions. Gather 5,000 troops with the original Livonian garrison, recruit 10,000 Celtic troops from the Celtic region, recruit 10,000 Vikings from Scandinavia, recruit 15,000 English from England, and recruit 2,000 French from the Duchy of Normandy. These troops, as well as the nobles, must arrive at the designated coastal docks within one month, and then be transported by the Norman navy to the Prussian region, without error. Those who violate the order will be beheaded, those who violate the law will be beheaded, those who will destroy it will be beheaded, and those who are full of complaints will be beheaded......

In this way, Egil hired five thousand troops, recruited five thousand, and recruited another twenty-seven thousand. A total of 37,000 troops were mobilized from their own territory. Coupled with the original more than 30,000 professional troops in his hands, the first general mobilization of the Norman kingdom dispatched a total of nearly 70,000 troops with little impact on economic and agricultural development. And because of the extremely high proportion of elite professional troops in this army. So the actual combat strength is not much different from the 100,000 troops of the Polish-Lithuanian United Kingdom.

And just like that, a big war that will decide the fate of the Baltic coast is about to begin. The two warring sides are the United Kingdom of Poland-Lithuania, a traditional Eastern European power that ranks among the top three in continental Europe, and the Norman Kingdom, a new power that has sprung up in recent years and conquered with terror and force, creating a huge territorial foundation. One of the two sides has a large population and an extremely strong supply of soldiers, and the other is brave and well-trained. It is still unknown who will kill the deer in the end......

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So, if you want the protagonist to win, please don't make a sound

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