Her Royal Highness the Princess of Eastern Rome was very fast, and it only took a dozen days to arrange everything for the expedition. Envoys were sent to the countries of Eastern Europe to persuade them to join the alliance against the Norman Empire.

However, the end result was not very satisfying for Her Royal Highness.

Throughout Eastern Europe, the call for Eastern Rome did not rise to the level of mass response, especially for the Grand Duchy of Moscow, where Her Royal Highness the Princess had high hopes. This is the strongest country in Eastern Europe, because it has to devote a lot of effort to dealing with the Cumans. The hundreds of thousands of Cuman archers - although it is said that they are not as strong as the Moscow army after the reform of the positional warfare. But when it comes to organic, plunder, hit and run. That's proper, very powerful. And the Cuman Khans, who are strong in several ways and have tens of thousands of troops, are really not weak if they really fight. The Grand Duchy of Moscow itself could not be saved. Semenovsky led tens of thousands of troops from the Grand Duchy, like a fire captain, who went to save wherever the situation was critical. In the end, it was impossible to save anywhere. Everywhere wolf smoke, everywhere defeated, tired of running for his life......

Under such circumstances, the Grand Duchy of Moscow itself could hardly be protected, and where could it dare to offend the Norman Empire, which was in full swing? Catherine II's letter to Egil was humble and as sycophant as possible. He even did not hesitate to regard himself as a minister. Offering generous gifts and paying tribute, I only hope that Egil will not come to fight her. Where do you dare to take the initiative to attack Egil?

The Grand Duchy of Moscow did not rise to greet him. Her Royal Highness the Princess's wishful thinking was half of the first. And then, the rapid defeat of Lithuania gave Her Royal Highness the princess another slap in the face.

Egil Skadergrímsson...... It lives up to its name. "Seeing that Lithuania, which is considered a small regional powerhouse, has an army of 30,000, but it didn't let out a single fart, and it was picked up by Egil. Her Royal Highness the Princess is just beginning to face up to this opponent. I began to feel in my heart that this battle did not seem to be as simple as I imagined.

And in the end, the Zaporozhye Khanate did not bow down directly and kneel under his pomegranate skirt as Her Royal Highness the princess imagined. The undisciplined Cossacks played a slippery head. Although he joined this so-called alliance, he joined as a mercenary. And not as a nation.

That is: "These guys are all volunteers, and they can only represent personal positions." It doesn't represent the country's position!"

That's it. Her Royal Highness the Princess was very dissatisfied. But for the sake of the other side's face of dispatching about 20,000 elite cavalry to assist him in battle, forget it.

In Poland, in the south of Ukraine, there are quite a few noble and nomadic tribes who have responded in groups. But it's better than nothing. These organizations were not rigorous, and the actual combat ability of the soldiers with low combat effectiveness was not even comparable to that of the improvised peasant soldiers of the Eastern Romans, at least these peasant soldiers had participated in military training to some extent during their leisure time. Some of them were called upon by the Eastern Romans and later went into battle to kill the enemy. However, the nobles were ......

However, the fighting power of the nomads can be somewhat expected.

At the same time, the Polish Autonomous Government, which was under siege and was about to face contingencies, should also join - and said it should be, because Krakow was so tightly besieged that news could not be heard from inside and outside. At this moment, they are already anxious to hang themselves. Naturally, there is no way to correspond to Her Royal Highness the Princess.

However, in any case, in two months, Egil destroyed Lithuania, and Artoria besieged Krakow. And Lilianu is not ambiguous, which pulls the anti-Norman alliance in Eastern Europe together.

One legion, one garrison legion, one temporary conscription legion, seven thousand private troops in the Eastern Roman Empire. That's a total of 32,000 soldiers.

Zaporozhye Khanate, the Cossacks made a sortie of more than twenty-two thousand people. These are all prairie men, masters who are good at riding and shooting. The combat effectiveness of the real wheel is not much different from the 30,000 people of the Eastern Roman Empire.

And the displaced people in Ukraine, Poland, and other regions, as well as the spontaneously organized Guibi armed forces, etc., add up to 16,000 people.

There weren't many people on the outside—and there were more than sixty or seventy thousand horses combined. This is where the benefits of nomadism can be seen. It's no joke that all the people are soldiers. The fierce character of the nomads made them much stronger than the malnourished serfs of the farming people. It can be called a fighter in the irregular armament. Generally, the small country with a pure peasant and soldier system makes it impossible for nomads to find the north, but it is a matter of course that it is .......

As a result, Her Royal Highness Princess Lilianu has tens of thousands of troops under her hands, and she has a lot of confidence. Heroic words such as "capture Egil alive" were also shouted. The Roman army set sail from Constantinople on the ships of the Black Sea Fleet, went north to the Crimean Peninsula, and after joining forces with the Cossacks, it did not go north to Ukraine and Belarus to attack Egil. Instead, he headed west, receiving reinforcements from various forces along the way - directly towards the city of Krakow.

Fight Altoria first - the Celtic woman has fewer troops and is not as effective as the main Norman army. It's better to bully a little.

The news was obtained by the Norman spies and reported to Egil and Artoria.

"Tsk, you really can't help it, do you do it?" Egil snorted softly after getting the news. Talking to yourself like this. He had already thought that the Eastern Roman Empire would not allow itself to acquire Eastern Europe. Sure enough, the opponent came.

It's just that the one who will lead the troops this time is not a famous Eastern Roman general he knows. It was the Eastern Roman princess named Lilianu, which surprised Egil a little. Although in recent times, Her Royal Highness the princess's performance on the battlefield of Asia Minor has been remarkable. But in Egil's opinion, it still seems a little childish. As a strong general, it's not bad. But to be the commander of one side, you still need to hone it again.

"There's no one left in Eastern Rome? can't be...... Belisarius, Elius. It really can't be used again, and the dead eunuch of Narciss. How do you let a woman come out? I can't guess, I can't guess it......" Egil weighed this in his heart for a long time, but he still didn't understand why the other party would come out of such a stupid chess. But it doesn't matter. Don't think about it if you don't understand, just know that "the other party is a stupid person who is not as good as yourself" and "it is easy to destroy her".

That's enough.

"Just let Haney pay a little attention. Don't worry too much. ”

So in the end, Egil made this judgment. His main army, 60,000 elite Norman troops, and 10,000 Lithuanian servants, continued to move south unhurriedly, playing with girls all the way upstream, and after occupying Minsk, he began to rectify the internal affairs of Belarus, rectify law and order, and send officials. During this period, the situation in Lithuania was basically stabilized, and Egil transferred part of the hussars deployed there to Belarus. In addition, the Belarusian Rus' and Slavs who were temporarily conscripted formed a provisional army of about 10,000 men to maintain local law and order. After that, it continued to the south and attacked Ukraine......

And just as Egil was unhurriedly cleaning up the country, in Krakow, two women who had endured for a long time, two heavyweight big cats, were on the bar.

Lilianu took Artoria as a soft persimmon, and the 70,000 allied troops rushed directly towards the city of Krakow. It was intended to relieve the siege of the Autonomous Government of Southern Poland. After that, he will go north and cleanse Poland, at least to the city of Warsaw. At this moment, Her Royal Highness no longer expects to be able to bring down the whole of Eastern Europe and completely crush the Norman Empire - the slogan of capturing Egil alive is quite interesting. But is it really useful to catch him? Locked up as a "beep" slave?

Moreover, helping the countries of Eastern Europe to unite and unite really makes them have no external troubles at all, and what good will it do to the Eastern Roman Empire? No good, right? How much harm did Kievan Rus, which unified Eastern Europe, do to the Eastern Roman Empire? Look at the faces of those Cossacks in the Zaporozhye Khanate now. Look again at the virtues of that in the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Her Royal Highness felt sick to her stomach when she thought about it.

"So, as long as you can hold Ukraine, southern Poland and the Crimean peninsula. Lay out a defensive line around the Black Sea. It would be enough to stop the Normans from continuing south. Although in this way, the merit and prestige obtained are not as good as the complete defeat of Egil. But it's also helpful. Plus the army that took advantage of this opportunity to gather and the chassis...... I can't say that after a few years of operation here, the palace will be able to lead an army of 100,000 to Constantinople south and force the old immortal to abdicate. ”

This is the new idea of Her Royal Highness the Princess, to manage the Baltic Sea Circle in the south of Eastern Europe, and to fight Norman in the north and Constantinople in the south, so as to become its hegemony.

The idea is very good, but I don't know if it can be realized.

Of course, Her Royal Highness the Princess has confidence.

Her Royal Highness the Princess is extremely confident.

Upon reaching a hundred miles on the outskirts of Krakow, Her Royal Highness the Princess quickly sent a letter of war to the Queen of Artoria. The words and sentences are extremely arrogant, and the meaning is simply as follows: "This palace beat you to give you face, why don't you hurry up and stretch your face over?" Shouted loudly: "I'm going to slaughter that bastard who doesn't know the height of the sky!!"

However, in any case, Artoria agreed to the invitation of Her Royal Highness the princess. War between the Celtic-Norman army and the combined forces of Eastern Rome-Zaporozhye-Ukraine-Poland was on the verge of war......

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