Egil pacified the entire region of Lithuania.

And with great fanfare, the heads of the elders of the nomadic tribes of all sizes in the Lithuanian region were gathered to meet and announce policies. Nowadays, the Lithuanian region has just reached the top of the butt, so it is necessary to give them a little sweetness. Of course, the most important reason is that these nomadic tribes themselves live a tight life, and it is impossible to provide surplus wealth to the empire. Therefore, the animals should be fattened and then killed. The principle is the same.

For the policy of the various tribes of Lithuania, for the time being, reference is made to the nomadic tribes of Livonia, Prussia, Poland, and the Finns. No taxes were charged, only a symbolic tribute (tender meat of a newborn lamb or something), and men were sent to join the Norman army.

In fact, the Lithuanian hussars who had joined Egil's army in the previous war, Egil did not want to let go of any of them. As he said, in order to conquer and hold all of Eastern Europe, there were not enough light cavalry.

Thus, this temporary, cannon fodder Lithuanian light cavalry unit was not only not disbanded after the war, but was expanded and strengthened...... Quite a few Norman hussars and archers took out their changed equipment. The light leather armor, scimitars, and short compound bows, though considered somewhat outdated to the Norman professional troops. But for the Lithuanians, it is still a first-class equipment. After most of the refitting was completed, the combat effectiveness of this batch of Lithuanian light cavalry increased significantly. Anyway, he has a certain amount of combat effectiveness. It's not easy to do any work these days. Even if you are cannon fodder, you have to have strength.

So, after the victory over Vytautas, Egil stayed in the Lithuanian region for some time. And in this generation left behind two thousand Norman hussars, together with Joseph's Third Hussar Regiment, which had gone south, and had rushed to join the stream. The whole of Lithuania had 6,000 soldiers to fight. In the event of an accident, some of the Lithuanian tribes who are inclined to the Normans, or who are accustomed to judging the situation, will also send men and horses to join the Norman army.

In addition, the Lithuanian villages and towns that had passed the nomadic life and began to settle down, Egil took the time to plan their administrative areas, and then told them that the tax exemption for half a year was already in his mind. Half a year of tax exemption is actually not a loss for him. Because in the first few months of recovering an area. It is absolutely impossible to do a good job in the assignment of local officials. If there are no local officials, there are no tax collectors. If there is no tax collector, there is no systematic tax system. It takes months to establish a sound administrative system in a region.

And after figuring this out, Egil calmly counted Aurora through the mental connection. The Council headed by her should quickly select officials. This cheap sister of his can't help but roll his eyes.

"Do I owe you or do I owe you?!"

"You are the princess of the prison country I have chosen!"

So, just like that, Aurora didn't want to work anymore. And in fact, although it is said that he does not like it or not. But in reality, Aurora's work attitude is enough to crush the vast majority of so-called workaholics. Meticulous and serious. In addition, I don't know if it's because of her special relationship with the system or for some other reason, the officials she selected from the university system are all above the average level. According to the system standard of twenty stars, each one is an elite-level official of about six stars. Occasionally, even an eight-star little U has it. Egil was very satisfied.

"Lithuania is preliminarily pacified. ”

On the seventh day, after receiving a message from all over Lithuania from the Norman spy network, "The law and order situation is good. After this information, Egil breathed a sigh of relief, lazied himself, and then drafted an order. The march into Minsk and the capture of all of Belarus are indeed in the hands of the whole of Belarus, but in fact, in Egil's view, this is only a matter of formality. The Rus' in Belarus, the Slavic people, the Tatars and so on, can anyone dare to stand up and rebel against their tyranny?

Absolutely not?!Absolutely not?!In fact, if there were, I would have been beheaded by the hussars.

Speaking of hussars, Egil really likes it. In fact, when the main army stayed in Lithuania, the hussar corps directly under the emperor under the command of Egil had already gone south to Minsk, which could be regarded as a front station. It is also to deal with what Egil called those "who dare to rebel against tyranny" and "let them be beheaded by hussars......". That's it. ,

In addition to this, the hussars went with an army that could be regarded as an infantry unit, that is, the inland special fleet of the Baltic detachment. These Viking light infantry cruised the rivers of Eastern Europe in leaderless ships, and they had their share in the battle: half of them followed Artoria and went south along the Vistula River to Poland. While the other part starts from Riga and follows Daugava

The south of the river is in a short section of the tidal flat area where the river floods in summer

After that, it enters the Nyamuna River basin and continues south to Minsk.

This group of elite, highly mobile light infantry was another reliance on Egil, and if things happened in Minsk, he would use this infantry to forcibly attack the city. Let them know how awesome......

At the same time, while the Norman Empire was making its way into Eastern Europe, the rest of the continent was shattered: for this emerging European power, an ambitious monarch like Egir, anyone with a little brains would have carefully guessed his next target. Some speculate that Egil was going to be the first to partition France with Burgundy, while others speculated that he wanted to use North Saxony to seek the position of Elector of the Holy Roman Empire, and then intervene in the Holy Roman Empire. It was even said that the Norman Empire was going to invade Iberia next on the grounds that the Iberian states had not obeyed the orders of his allies and had an armistice with the Eastern Romans. Egil could use this as a reason to send troops to punish them, adding some territory to himself along the way.

However, Egil's ultimate target was Eastern Europe.

Eastern Europe, in the traditional consciousness of the European continent, is a barren, barbarous, and uncultured barbarian territory. In the traditional sense, even Poland...... The United Kingdom of Lithuania, a continental European power, did not actually attain the status of France and the Holy Roman Empire. In people's hearts, it is not even as good as Hungary, the shield of God. Therefore, Egil's decision made all the masters in the whole continent who held the wisdom bead shatter their glasses.

So, most of the European nobles celebrated with their crowns, and that guy finally showed off his brains. I didn't take the essence of the European continent, but I had to go to Eastern Europe to fight those barbarians. Now that everyone is safe, why should you go?

And in such a situation, even the Papal States, which most wanted to suppress the Norman Empire and achieve continental equilibrium, did not want to be troubled, and directly ignored the request of the autonomous government of southern Poland to reconcile. He continued his military reforms, calculated the northern Italian powers, and stepped up the annexation of the southern Italian region of Naples.

However, while the European countries ignored the invasion and expansion of the Norman Empire, in the East, there were many people of insight who saw Egil's intentions. Eastern Europe, unexplored feng shui treasures, millions of square kilometers of vast plains, large numbers of nomadic cavalry on the grasslands. If these resources were obtained by the warlike and murderous Norman Emperor, then they would be ......

"Empire, it is necessary to maintain stability in the north. While the empire confronts enemies from the east, the membrane does not want another behemoth-like state to appear in the north of the empire. The previous Kievan Rus' did not. Neither can the Normans now!"

After receiving the news of the Norman Empire's full-scale invasion of Eastern Europe, Basil, who was overseeing the army on the front line and was losing the Ottoman Turks, immediately made such a decision.

"You are saying good words, Your Majesty. General Elius, however, reminded him: "But, Your Majesty, please take note. The Empire's finances are not in a very good position today. We cannot deal with a war on both fronts at the same time. ”

"I know that. Of course I do. Basil nodded, "My friend Elius, I haven't gotten old enough to be so stupid!"

The minister was terrified. Elius immediately lowered his head and said.

Basil waved his hand, "Don't worry, you're right, and I really don't want to send an army against that northern kid. ”

"So, Your Majesty, do you want ......?"

"Liaison, the empire only needs to borrow strength. Basil chuckled: "All the countries of Eastern Europe do not want to perish, and they do not have the courage and ability to stand alone against the Normans. But if it can be put together, that's a different story. However, they want them to unite, and they themselves are full of contradictions, and they do not trust each other and do not believe in each other. Therefore, they could only say nothing, waiting for the Norman Empire to defeat them individually. So ......"

"So, as long as the Empire stands up and shouts, it is willing to be their leader, and it unites them. That will have the effect of suppressing the Normans!" Ellius's eyes lit up, but he understood what his lord meant. I couldn't help but blurt out. Looking at Basil's smile and silence, you know that you have guessed correctly......

"But the Empire should send some troops, and send a man of convincing prestige and status. This is how the plan can be accomplished. Elius then asked a new question.

"Rest assured, I have the right person. Basil the Great smiled, looking unusually self-....... ）