Eventually, after Artoria had repeatedly promised that she would not be foolish enough to charge into battle with twelve knights, Egil thought for a moment and agreed. After all, Artoria's command skills are also quite good. Whether it is the inherent skill, the Chosen King of Britain, or the special skill, Death Brutality, it is an extremely powerful ability. Twelve points of brutality (because it was Artoria who buried the man alive, so the value of burying people was added to him, and at the same time, the husband is the special surname of Egil, which also adds two points of cruelty), and eight points of virtue. Six-point domination, such a family name is also good. Coupled with Artoria's status and surname, she can also subdue a group of arrogant generals under her command.

Therefore, in the end, Egil chose Artoria as the commander-in-chief of the Western Defense Corps. After Egil told Artoria the news, Artoria seemed very happy. This made Egil feel a little lost. Indeed, a woman like Artoria could not be chained to her for the rest of her life. Even though he knew that was the case, Egil still felt uncomfortable.

Then, after a little thought, Egil sent a thousand hussars, plus a hundred knights' guards from Artoria's headquarters, and when she was escorted to Gothburg, the hussars would return. The Knights' Guard, on the other hand, would sail with Artoria to England.

Early in the morning, after breakfast, Egil helped Artoria put on her armor, then helped her to her horse, and after a long journey, he saw that it was already dawning, and then he was reluctant to say goodbye. At the same time, he instructed again: "Take a ship to England first, and give this letter to John, and he will obey your orders." The Celts were then assembled as fast as they could, and the English drew all the hussars, 2,500 professional Viking warriors, and 500 crossbowmen from the English garrison. Finally go to Normandy. Defending the city, you must remember, is a guard - never attack rashly. Of course, if you really have a good opportunity, you can't miss it. It's up to you—"

"-Okay, okay, really long-winded. "That said, though. However, Artoria waited until the end to interrupt Egil's words, and then leaned in before Egil could react and kissed Egil lightly on the side of the cheek. By the time Egil came to his senses, Artoria had already mounted her horse and quickly ran away.

"Go first, be safe, if you can't, break out, and then retreat to England!!" Egil shouted at Artoria's back.

"I'm not going to lose!"

Artoria shouted equally loudly, and after a while she was gone.

"It's going to be boring for a while. Egil sighed slightly, then turned and left with his own knight of the guard. He had a hunch that he might not see Artoria for a long time.

After completing the layout for Western Europe, Egil was able to calm down and concentrate on dealing with the combined Swedish and Rus' forces.

Egil is also a little strange, though. The Swedes did not have a good relationship with the two Rus' kingdoms, Novgorod and the Grand Duchy of Moscow - no, rather, there was no less hatred between them than between the Norman and Swedish kingdoms. So how exactly did Gustav convince Prince Rurik of Novgorod, and Grand Duchess Catherine II of the Grand Duchy of Moscow?

Three months earlier, when Gustav had allied himself with the two Rus' kingdoms against the increasingly powerful and aggressive Norman kingdoms, his courtiers had asked their king in surprise. So Gustav gave a very simple and straightforward answer: "Quite simply, I just wrote to the two of them a little bit: if a country stronger and more greedy than Sweden appeared next to them, would they like it." After that, I returned all the territory of Novgorod that I had acquired. That's it. ”

That's right, that's it, the leaders of the two Rus' states are not stupid. Naturally, you can understand that what the other party says is true. Under Egil's leadership, the Norman kingdom became more and more powerful to the European powers. Neither Rurik nor Catherine wanted such a neighbor on their doorstep.

The two Rus' leaders were also resolute, and after making up their minds, they quickly made a decision to mobilize the whole country, sending a total of 40,000 troops to Gustavus' aid. Among them, King Rurik of Novgorod also personally participated in the battle.

In this way, at the same time that Egil was planning to annex Sweden, the Triple Alliance in the East was also intensively mobilizing troops, requisitioning grain and grass, and contacting the new Grand Duke of Lithuania, Vytautas (another one with the title of Emperor, known as the most typical Eastern European). Vytautas, who was born into a Lithuanian aristocracy, naturally did not have any good feelings about this culprit who single-handedly undermined the United Kingdom (although Egil's appearance indirectly raised his status). So it was an instant hit.

Lithuanian, as well as Latvian and Estonian refugees, as well as many nomads displaced from the steppes of Eastern Europe, and even some Cossack hooligans joined Vytautas's army, and Vytautas was surprised to find that the number of cavalry under his command even exceeded that at one point Władysław had at the time of the battle with Egil. With a total of 23,000 elite cavalry, and nearly 10,000 other troops, such a magnificent lineup fueled Vytautas's ambitions. Thus, the Eastern Triple Alliance became the Eastern Quadruple Alliance......

That's it, Egil has not yet received a letter from Hans asking for help, but it is not that Vytautas is timid, but he is still waiting for an opportunity. Sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, the fisherman profits, the yellow finch is behind, and so on......

But then again, who of the monarchs of the various countries involved in this war did not have their own little calculations?

It was as if now, before Egil had even won the war, he was already imagining: how much money could be scavenged from Sweden, and after defeating Novgorod and the Grand Duchy of Moscow, should he swallow them alive, or should he demand reparations from all over the country and keep them? Should the Norman Emperor be proclaimed quickly after the Baltic Sea has been unified?

Ahh......hhh

Like his wife, Artoria, Egil didn't think he would fail. Extreme self-confidence and refusal to admit one's guilt are the characteristics shared by this couple.

In the past few days, although the main forces of the two sides have not engaged in a battle. However, the knights, cavalry, and light cavalry under his command fought no less than thirty times in a row. The smell of gunpowder is so strong that I want to die. After the hussars had destroyed a Finnish light cavalry in the first battle, the cavalry on both sides had not stopped. Egil also took this opportunity to obtain a lot of information about the opposing cavalry.

That's what Sweden is capable of. Finnish light cavalry, plus feudal knights and mercenary knights who passed through the continent. Combined with their second-class heavy cavalry, the combined light and heavy cavalry was less than six hundred. So, sometimes it's not a good thing to be too brave. Egil and Gustav met for the first time, on the outskirts of Oslo, next to the Black Forest. A fierce battle was won by a big victory. Since Gustav, the Swedish nobles and commoners have rushed to the ground, but there are less than 200 Finnish light cavalry with arms and legs left to resist desperately. In the end, Egil hated and respected, and came to the front of the battle to surrender, only to be almost beheaded by the enemy's charge.

...... If you can't get it, you will destroy it.

At that time, Egil secretly made up his mind that the territory of Finland was absolutely and absolutely in his hands, and let these damned Finnish savages kneel in front of him and lick their boots.

Or die!

What Egil really wanted to pay attention to was that the two Rus' – which is actually a little incorrect – were still dominated by the Rus' in Novgorod. But the Grand Duchy of Moscow, since the coup d'état, when Grand Duchess Catherine II came to power, was ruled by the Slavs. It's just a historical habitual surname.

In these two countries, Novgorod's army configuration was very similar to that of the traditional Scandinavian army, with a large number of Tomahawk infantry and powerful two-handed axemen. Tomahawk cavalry, and a small number of Norse archers who use monolithic bows. Such a class configuration is a scum in Egil's eyes. It is perfectly possible to despise it with an extreme sense of superiority.

What Egir found slightly tricky was the hoplite cavalry units of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

After gaining power in this country, Catherine II suppressed all those who opposed her with extremely horrific and bloody means, and then quickly put the country on the right track with her abundant experience and skill. Restricting the rights of the aristocracy, controlling military power, reforming the political system, this woman did everything as if she were an extremely wise king. Various messages came through the intelligence system, as well as a portrait of Catherine II with a fine sketch. Egil gave a very accurate definition of this woman: her face was not good, and her heart was better than that of a femme fatale.

And this time, this woman did not go to war herself, but by her mistress, Semenovsky, who was also the general of the Praetorian Guard of the Grand Duchy. Command the great army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

During the chaotic cavalry battles in the past few days, Egil obtained the following information about the enemy cavalry: Cossack light cavalry riding extremely fast horses with accurate cavalry and archery skills. Although in terms of melee combat, it is much weaker than the professional hussars under the command of Egil. But the riding and archery skills are quite good. In addition to this, there are the Poye Javelin Cavalry, which is very similar to the Polish aristocratic Javelin Cavalry. These scaly-clad javelinmen are excellent in both ranged and melee combat

- However, it was not the elite javelinmen who made Egil feel the most pressure. Rather, it was a regiment of the Duke's Praetorian Guards, a total of three hundred men. These over-armored cavalrymen with silver masks and shiny heavy scale armor......

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