Chapter 63: Scruples

"To use such a tactic...... Egil couldn't help but nod secretly in his heart when he heard the cute Centaur Lord on the other side say such words. Give full play to the speed characteristics of the nomads, bypass the main force of the opponent, attack the heart of the hinterland where the strength of the right hand pack is weak, and cut off the opponent's food route, so that the opponent's army will panic, demoralize, and collapse without a fight. It's a good tactic indeed. Simple and convenient, it is suitable for nomads who are not good at sieges, or centaurs who are completely impossible to grave for.

But the question is why did the other side openly state their military plans?

Is it brain-dead?

Egil frowned and didn't speak again. When the lord of the other side saw that Egil stopped talking, he thought that Egil was scared, so he looked a little proud: "You're scared, aren't you?!" If you don't want that to happen, then quickly withdraw from this war." Give up Moss!

Oh oh oh oh I see. It turns out that this is still just a scare. Egil suddenly realized: "The other party sent a stupid girl, who said so many things to himself, and said that the other party's Russ language is quite fluent, although the pronunciation is a little non-standard, but he can understand it all." "It seems that the Normans are not the only ones who are suspicious of their opponents. The Cumans and centaurs were also wary of the Normans' formidable prowess, and after a Liao battle with the Celtic army in the vanguard, the coalition lost tens of thousands of men at once. And the other party's loss is only half of this figure.

It is one thing to rob, plunder and expand territory and pastures. It's another thing to fight with people. In fact, this time, the combined forces of the centaurs and the Cumans plundered most of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and the falcons, which had already made a lot of money and had enough to eat, were unwilling to fly far. The coalition army, which has already made a lot of war money and has a large number of cattle, sheep, livestock and other materials, does not want to fight, in fact, even if it goes to the grave, Moscow is the same, and now the coalition forces are desperately holding on and refusing to withdraw their troops, the biggest reason is not that they can know how many benefits they can guide after the fall of Moscow, but for the sake of face. In fact, if Moscow is not captured in a few months, then they will retreat.

However, the arrival of the Normans, Egil chose such a "lovely" time to announce the march, but the problem was complicated all of a sudden.

After seeing the strong fighting power of the Normans, the top of the coalition army was slightly panicked, although there were also people clamoring for the children of the steppe to never say die. But I was soon dragged down by the mainstream public opinion and beat up the [Shining God Slaughter Group], I didn't want to fight, but I didn't want such a gray retreat. So in the end, Ayuj Khan came up with such a way, relying on the terrifying destructive power of the nomadic cavalry, threatening the Normans to quit their hearts

"Your army will never be able to catch up with us, and before you can react, we will plunder your territory!

"So what's the foot?!"

Egir, who understood all this, smiled, and then shouted righteously: "Do you think that I am the kind of person who will retreat at the slightest threat?! Tell you, absolutely impossible! When facing a wolf, no matter how much meat is given to him, he will not be satisfied, and the best way is to attack him fiercely, kill him, and tear him apart! I will never admit defeat to a despicable and shameless person like you, never!"

Egil shouted, then turned to his soldiers in Norman, "My soldiers, my brethren, my most faithful warriors, Norman warriors!

Egil's words rang out from the crowd, and then an army of sixty thousand erupted into an earth-shattering roar: "No, absolutely not! We Normans are invincible!" Seeing that Egil had no intention of compromising, the Centaur Lord on the opposite side snorted coldly: "Let's go!"

Immediately afterwards, the centaur troops, numbering about five cadres, turned around and bypassed the Norman army. "Don't you pursue, my lord?" asked the knight of the guard beside Egil.

"No, I don't have to. Egil whispered. After that, he said: "No matter how fast the war horse runs,...,

Can you get past the birds as fast as you can?"

"Indeed, as the Lord said. The knight of the Guard was convinced.

As Egil said, the Norman Empire had special military communication channels that transcended eras. Laid by the Norman spies known as "we are everywhere", the inter-[Flash God Slaughter] spy network throughout the entire Norman Empire, as well as the carrier pigeon troops professionally trained by the spies, can transmit the information of their talents to the designated location in the shortest possible time, and even if the centaur unit runs fast, it is absolutely impossible to be the opponent of the carrier pigeons. This time, Ayujie Khan's strategy can only be clever but mistaken by cleverness.

Egir snorted coldly, and turned to the camp where the Norman spy was. The message "Centaurs crossing the border, about to attack...", was quickly written, and then rewritten into coded letters by professional Norman spies. It was given to Nemulis, the Norman nose head, and his rival Sonya. Together, these two departments transmit information to the central government in Krakow.

Of course, the fact that Egil had a more convenient and quick source of information was telepathy with his sister Aurora. Not much worse than the telephone of later generations. At this moment, Egil had already contacted Aurora and told her what was going on, and asked her for her idea.

"I'm fine with that. It just so happened that in recent times because of the crusader jihad. Nobles of all sizes rushed to Krakow with their troops. At this moment, more than 30,000 troops have been gathered. In addition to Andersen's corps in western Poland, Hans's corps in southwestern Poland, and Ziten's Second Kneaded Cavalry Corps, these 10,000 regular troops can also be transferred. In this way, the army in Krakow increased to 50,000 men. Ten times more than the other party. The soldiers are no problem~ but. ”

Aurora paused at this point, and then asked: "The army of 50,000 is also a large group, who are you going to be the commander-in-chief?"

When Aurora said this, she asked Egil who was going to be the commander? The garrison generals? No, what Egil was afraid of was that the generals below him controlled too many troops. Although this is mostly fine for a while, but what if, what if?

So, choose one from among the Rus, the Polish nobility?

No, it doesn't. The quality of the nobles in these years Egil knows that he can only command the army with bravery and chivalry, and he can only swing an army of 50,000 with his own bravery, which is no different from hanging himself by wiping his neck.

"Otherwise, Aurora, can you ......" "No. Aurora [Shina God Slaughter] simply refused: "I am a big businessman and the first royal minister, not a general. The dominance value is zero, of course, if you insist that I take command. It's just a miserable defeat, but don't blame me for not warning you. "No, no. Egil shook his head immediately. After a while, Kung Fu began to sigh,

There were too few generals available to the Norman Empire. But then, "Egil came up with a candidate." Before he left for the Grand Duchy of Moscow, he sighed to himself: "I still want to go back to the army." "The girl.

"Joan of Arc......" Egil sighed softly.

"What, do you want that woman to be the commander?" Aurora asked, "That woman has a pretty good ability to rule, and she's very talented. It's just that the prestige is not very high because of the status. But when you think about it, she is indeed the most suitable person. "Nope. Egil thought about it carefully, and finally shook his head: "Let General Anderson take command of this army." ”

"Why?" Aurora looked surprised, "aren't you most afraid of your generals taking control of the army?

"It's because of Joan of Arc's physical condition that I don't want her to go to war again. "This is for her good!" "Are you sure it's really for her good?", or are you like a strict parent, doing self-righteous things to satisfy yourself?!" Aurora was a little angry: "What that woman wants is a battlefield, glory and blood. It's not a boring monastery.

If you're really good for her, then you should let her go back to war!"

"How do you know?!" "I just know!"

Egil was a little helpless, Aurora did have some unknown skills. She said she knew, most of the time, she really knew.

“... All right. Eventually, Egil gave in: "I can appoint Joan of Arc as commander-in-chief." But she had to make sure that she could only stay in command of the army, and not go to the front line to kill the enemy. If you can't agree, then let Anderson be the commander. ”

"Hmm" this should be fine. In fact, even if you don't say that, it is impossible for her to go to the front line to kill people according to her physical condition. Aurora agreed to Egil's terms. The newsletter was then concluded.

So, after that, Egil was a little sullen about his gains and losses. For a moment, it occurred to me that Joan of Arc's command ability was very strong, and the number of troops was ten times that of the Centaur Lord. This battle is sure to be captured. After a while, I thought of the danger of fighting with soldiers, and the bow and arrow did not grow eyes. What if something happens to Joan of Arc... That's it. The Norman army walked for another ten days, and on the way to the outskirts of Moscow, fifty kilometers from Moscow, there was not a single Cuman nomad or centaur in sight. In this way, he met with the Celtic army that was stubbornly waiting for reinforcements.

(To be continued.)

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