"If I had known, I would have prepared more artillery. "Seeing that our own firepower, which we have always been proud of, was suppressed by the Mongols. The Norman Emperor had a gloomy face and remorse in his heart.

These months, Norman's scientific research institutes have not been idle. Foundries, artillery designers, high-level blacksmiths, alchemists, and more work together. The design of the twenty-four-pounder standard infantry gun has been completed, and today work is underway on the twenty-four-pounder howitzer, as well as the heavy mortar, the thirty-six-pounder naval gun and the eighteen-pounder cavalry gun. These are more powerful and better-acting guns.

The Royal Artillery Foundry in Krakow also worked day and night, stepping up the casting of artillery for military use. This time, Egil came to the absolute defensive circle of Moscow, and brought with him fifty twenty-four-pounder infantry guns. There were also twelve-pounder long-barreled cannons that had been cast before, numbering a hundred. These cannons were all the artillery that the Norman Empire was able to draw on in a short period of time. Egir placed half of these guns on the third line of defense of the Absolute Ring of Defense, and the other half on the last and strongest line of defense.

Now, according to the intelligence transmitted from Krakow, the current twenty-four-pounder infantry cannon can cast about 100 pieces every six months. This is already the limit of the output of the arsenal. And the new batch of artillery will have to wait another two months for it to be produced. It will take several more months to transport from Krakow to Moscow...... In this case, it will be almost winter.

By the time winter came, Moscow dripped into ice. The Mongols either retreated obediently, or they were counterattacked by the Normans. Egil need not be afraid. There is no need for these guns...... What a fuck.

Egil thought for a moment that he had a kind of "just move all the artillery to the second line of defense, and then send engineers to reinforce it." fight to the death with the Mongols".

Of course, ideas are just ideas. In the end, the idea was as if Artoria was going to fight the Mongols in the field. It was vetoed by Egil.

After all, the other side is a Mongol.

It was just a moment of thought for Egil. The Mongol army was gradually approaching the wooden fort at the forefront. This time, the Norman defenders could not lie down and hide behind the walls. Norman's officers. The nobles of the other vassal states kicked the crossbowmen in the ass one by one, telling them to get up and shoot at the enemy.

"That's not going to work. Egil shook his head, though he was very confident in the army in the engine room. Think they can withstand the opposing attack - however, if there are too many casualties. Then in the face of the next round of Mongol attack, I am afraid it will be a little difficult...... What's more, the opponent's long-range firepower is also so amazing. If you don't want to find a way......

Egil thought for a moment. Then he turned his head and said to one of the knights, "Go, put up my banner." ”

When the knights of the guards heard this, they were all slightly surprised—there were countless flags in the Norman army. However, there is only one that can be called "my banner" by Egil. As a symbol of the emperor. Accompany you all year round. If the white phoenix banner represents the Norman Empire, it is the Emperor Egil. So. That flag represents a generation of famous generals, Egil Skadragrímsson!

In a moment, on the watchtower at the highest point of the fortress, a banner embroidered with a lifelike snow wolf figure rose tall in the tree. A group of Norman soldiers who were forced by the noble officers to brave the whistling stone bullets, earth-shaking thunder and crossbow guns to raise their upper bodies, draw their bows and release arrows, and attack the Mongol servant army, whether they were regular soldiers or temporary conscripts, all cheered loudly when they saw this flag, and the fear that had been caused by the suppression of the opponent's fire disappeared in an instant. ...,

Emperor Egil's Banner of Will, Blue Wolf Banner. From the time when Egil was only a small lord of Biad, with his victories in the north and south, the legendary banner of invincibility was erected high again today, under the strong oppression of the Mongols.

"The Emperor is with us!" the soldiers roared loudly, pulling their bows and firing their arrows desperately. Shoot at the Mongol servants, the soldiers who are not very fast.

Mongol servants with heavy armor defenses and access to pointy wooden donkeys, or rushing carts with flaps, were not very afraid of bows and arrows that were not very accurate and lethal. Even those archers with compound bows don't care much. Unless you hit the vital point, or only have a thin layer of chain mail, or a face door protected by an iron mask. Otherwise, there would be no damage to these hoplites - even the Norman Empire's proud longbowmen would struggle against this level of heavy armor.

But crossbows are different. Norman Empire, modified pulley crossbow. Even light plate armor can penetrate it. Not to mention the scale or piercing armor that these people are equipped with. During the march of the Mongol vassal army. Many soldiers are directly pierced by a single crossbow bolt, and the terrifying damage caused by the mechanical force can instantly kill an enemy wearing heavy armor.

It can be said that the Norman Empire was the most successful country in the world in the use of crossbows, such weapons. Although today, the most elite of the Norman Empire, the Emperor's Wrath crossbowmen armed with the Wrath of Egil, have not yet appeared. But the heavily armed crossbowmen armed with pulley crossbows were intimidating enough.

The soldiers of the Mongol Servant Army were very surprised to find out. The sturdy armor on their bodies, under the power of the opponent's crossbow arrows, was like a thin piece of paper, or a rag, and it had no defensive effect at all. If the opponent's crossbow bolt hits the vital point, it can be used to kill your own soldier. Even if it hits an uncritical place like the limbs, the huge force is like a hard punch coming at you, and it can knock you to the ground. And the sharp crossbow bolt will penetrate the limbs and nail itself to the ground.

In this way, because of panic, excessive tension, muscle contraction, and that layer of armor - this arrow is basically impossible to pull out. Instead, you can only use a sword, cut off the shaft of the arrow first, and then deal with it. And such a wounded soldier will not have any combat effectiveness in a short time.

At this stage, the Normans had gained a lot - the other side was not as fast as the Mongol cavalry under the command of Subutai in the first battle. They were clumsy, slow hoplites - and worst of all, they had to bring even more clumsy and slow siege machines to the front of the Norman lines. This gave the Norman soldiers a very good chance to shoot live targets.

A large number of Mongol servants were killed in the process. The Norman Empire had a large stockpile. And the slow heavy infantry, too, was easy to shoot. What's more important is Egil's dominance bonus - before this, several other generals were ordinary generals with five or six stars. After several years of fighting in the north and south, Egil's current dominance ability has long been different from what it used to be, and his basic dominance has reached sixteen points (+5 for Legendary Generals, +3 for European Conquerors, +5 for Norse Wolves, Born Generals, Shameless Commanders, and +1 for Insight Opportunities).

And in addition, if the command is determined, the garrison commander is +1, the excellent commander of the large corps, the commander of the large corps is +2, and the excellent infantry commander, the infantry commander is +2. Qualified Crossbowman Commander, Crossbowman Commander +1. These bonuses. So that Egil now commands the infantry to reach blackjack. The Master Crossbowman is twenty points.

Such a high number of Dominance Points greatly increased the stats of the Norman soldiers. Make them more morale, move faster, have better stamina, have a higher hit rate, etc., etc., etc., etc.........., etc.,

With Egil there, the Norman army's combat effectiveness could be increased by more than two times! The banner of the will of the Holy Emperor embroidered with the snow wolf of the north was erected. The Norman army was like a chicken, screaming to fight the Mongols.

As long as the Norman Emperor is still here. Then this line of defense will not be breached, and as long as the emperor's banner is still here, then the Norman soldiers will still have the courage to fight the enemy. The Normandic ** team, which firmly believed in this, and their allies, were less than two hundred meters away from the other side, and they forcibly blocked the Mongol servant army. Make it difficult for these soldiers to move forward!

Originally, the defense of the Norman crossbowmen, who had broken through in one fell swoop by virtue of the superiority of the Mongol cavalry's light cavalry and fast horses, became an insurmountable obstacle for the slow-moving Mongol servant army!

"That flag...... Is it the emperor of the other side?" The Mongol generals were anxious, contemptuous, or eager to try. But only the Mongol Great Khan Temujin noticed the banner of the blue wolf that had just been raised and was not long in size.

"It's a wolf, too...... And young and strong......" Genghis Khan chuckled, and the other party's banner suddenly provoked his competitive mind. The Mongol Khan slapped his thigh and shouted: "Raise my banner too!"

Immediately after Genghis Khan said this, someone ran over and set up a banner with the spear painted on the Sulu ingot! This is the spear that Genghis Khan held when he was born, and the gift that the almighty Immortal Heaven gave to his most beloved son!

At that time, after Genghis Khan raised this banner, the march speed of the Mongol servant army on the opposite side suddenly more than doubled. And his expression became extremely fierce, and those who were shot by the arrows no longer cried, but roared, struggling to stand up. It is as if an invisible hurricane has hung on the battlefield! In the midst of this hurricane, the most cowardly of the Mongolian soldiers can fight to the end like hungry wolves!