September 1748. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoNovgorod completely settled down.

After disbanding the mercenary forces, William retained only his descendants, the White Legion. Unexpectedly, the offensive did not continue to the east, or to the south. Instead, emissaries were sent to Holmgard and Tartaria.

At the same time, William sent letters to Polotsk and Mystya, respectively, to bring Elise and Shalumi to Novgorod. At the same time, he proposed to Duke Otto that he go north and be crowned Grand Duke of Novgorod in Novgorod.

Then, to William's surprise, Duke Otto rejected William's proposal: "I have no right, let alone face, to deprive you of your honor again in the country you have conquered." ”

In his reply, Duke Otto said this and expressed his support for Wilhelm's own coronation as Grand Duke of Novgorod.

This made William a little crying and laughing.

Although, he was the commander of this crusade, and he was also an important general of the last crusade, and his qualifications and military merits were completely sufficient. But in terms of age, William is still a little ......

He had just turned twenty years old, and it was not a title handed down by his family, but he sent troops to fight it. It doesn't sound like a good thing. More importantly, Novgorod was a Slavic territory and, for a long time, a commercial republic.

It is conceivable what the attitude of the people here was towards William, who was a Gothic nobleman, - so William wanted Duke Otto to be crowned Grand Duke of Novgorod, not only because Duke Otto was his father, but also because Duke Otto's prestige could help him deter the unstable elements in Novgorod.

Naturally, these guys will cause some trouble for William's reign...... It's just a nuisance. William didn't think his rule would be ruined by a bunch of fools. However, trouble is very troublesome after all. The lack of cooperation of the Slavites, and the small actions of the Slavites, would have made it more difficult for Wilhelm to collect taxes in Novgorod, to develop agriculture and industry, and to recruit men and soldiers.

This difficulty may gradually disappear as Wilhelm's prestige rises as he takes control of Novgorod for a long time. But there are definitely not a few messy things that happened in the process, and there are definitely not a few people that William wants to kill for these messy things.

As we all know, humans multiply. To kill one man today is to lose two or three, if not more, of tomorrow - especially now, when Wilhelm needs a large population, and the chaos in Novgorod is even more out of step with his strategic arrangement.

This made William feel very difficult. Therefore, he has not been active for the past few days. In addition to the necessary management of Novgorod and the White Army, it was to stay in the room and think about what should be done next.

"If you want to gain enough seniority and prestige, you must continue to push forward in a furious manner, annexing Ruthenia, Pirm and Holmgard. The annexation of such a vast territory in such a short period of time would naturally lead to great prestige.

However, in this way, such a vast territory needs to be governed, and I have to be on the front line to fight the dark elves. At the same time, the annexation of Ruthenia and Pyrm would cause discontent in Tartaria. And a hurricane attack in a short period of time will consume the strength of the Hereford family. At the same time, the Slavites under his rule will not recognize William's rule for a short time.

In this situation of internal and external troubles, there will be no reason for the Hereford family to be free if they do not perish......"

In this way, William once again wrote a earnestly worded letter to his father, Duke Otto. In the letter, he described his concerns, and that he "did not want outsiders to discover that the Hereford family was divided and that it would cause them unnecessary misunderstanding." "That's the case. I hope that Duke Otto will obediently come here to be crowned.

William then devoted all his energies to the south, negotiating the Tartarian Khanate.

Just like last year, William's judgment about the Tartarya Khanate was basically correct.

After retreating to the Cuman-Chincha steppes in winter, Sarida Khan recovered in the shortest possible time. In the spring, when he came out of the steppes again, the nomadic and centaur cavalry that followed him numbered - 100,000!

In contrast, his son Kublai was attacked by the Dark Elves after retreating to Tronika.

The miracle of the Crusaders on the Vistula River naturally affected the judgment of the dark elves. Without hesitation, the female Sudan Fatima decided to send troops to Tronica.

After more than a year in operation, the Ottoman Empire's rule over the coastal regions of Tronica, as well as the southernmost Crimean Peninsula, was much more consolidated. This time, the dispatch of troops, regardless of quantity, quality or level of preparation. It's just as good as the last time.

To make matters worse, Kublai's ability, the army under Kublai's command, was much worse than that of Sarida Khan - he couldn't stop the invasion of the dark elves. After several successive defeats, Kublai was cornered by the dark elves. In the end, to everyone's expectations, Kublai did not choose to die on the battlefield, nor did he "change his mind" and return to the arms of Sarida Khan again. Instead, he chose to surrender.

Surrender to the Dark Elves.

Unexpectedly, and reasonably, Fatima accepted Kublai's surrender. And many of the herdsmen and centaurs who had been captured before were returned. After that, a lot of weapons and equipment were helped, and the Dark Elves decided to take this army as their own vassals. But it's just a vassal army. The Dark Elves swallowed up the captured Slavites, especially the troops that Kublai had formed according to the original Slavic New Army. The centaurs were also not equipped with any gunpowder weapons.

They are just cannon fodder for charging into battle, nothing more.

After Kublai surrendered to Fatima, Fatima still demanded that he retain the title of Khan of Tartaria - think of the Great Khan of a country that had fought with the Ottoman Empire for hundreds of years, and became his own little brother. It's a pretty good feeling.

In this way, Kublai spared his life, part of the Tronika region, and all of Ruthenia and Pirm. But his reputation is all over. The centaurs of the Tronika region, with the exception of Kublai's descendants, all denied his status as khan, and turned around and rejoined Sarida Khan.

This deprived Kublai of his last bit of capital, and he could only be a vassal of the Ottoman Empire in peace.

Then there was the war between the Ottoman Empire and the last resistance force in Tartaria, the army of Sarida Khan.

If the Ottoman Empire wins, then the whole of Tronica, as well as Ruthenia and Pirm, will be under the control of Fatima. An enemy even more dangerous than Tartaria will appear in the Great Frontier.

To make matters worse, looking at the balance of power between the Tartarian Khanate and the Ottoman Empire, it is not difficult to conclude that the Ottoman Empire had a better chance of winning.

In Novgorod, William pondered, feeling more and more that Thrida Khan was in danger this time: "They have completely occupied the Black Sea. The back road is secured. And from the de facto occupy the entire Armenian mountains. There is a new route to march...... Although there is no guarantee that they will strike in both directions. But if I were Ottoman Sudan, I would send an elite unit of light cavalry to plunder and disrupt the Kwuman-Chincha hinterland, bypassing the Armenian hills.

Today, the vast majority of Sarida Khan's army comes from the steppes. If the Ottoman's Dark Elves did this, the army would collapse without a fight. ”

William thought about it, and finally decided to give Sarida Khan a wake-up call. Tell him not to devote all his forces to the Tronika region.

"Then, there's the comparison of forces. According to the Cheka's return, the dark elves probably dispatched an army of 100,000 to 150,000. Among them were around 10,000 Dark Elf court guards. These were armed with heavy cavalry mounted on warhorses, as well as troops of elite Dark Elven warriors...... However, they are all cold weapons, which are slightly outdated, and their combat effectiveness may not be too strong.

After that, there were about 20,000 new Ottoman troops. Formed by young human slaves who were trained from an early age. Combat effectiveness and morale are very high. And a large number of them were equipped with smoothbore guns and artillery. Even against human mercenaries, they can win the battle. This group of troops should be the main force of Ottoman......

This was followed by about 50,000 infantry and cavalry of the Ottoman Legion. The training and weaponry of these soldiers remained at the level of the Middle Ages. However, some are equipped with muskets and artillery. It may be a little worse to deal with human mercenaries, but it is still a battle to fight those traditional nomadic cavalry.

Finally, there are the unknown number of tribal soldiers, ranging from 20,000 to 50,000. Mainly provided by vassals Berbers, Levants. The combat effectiveness is not very high, and the level of training and equipment is the same...... However, it is said that the Berber and Levantine light cavalry, as well as the camel cavalry, were good in combat effectiveness. This army and the nomadic cavalry can fight a good fight......

To make matters worse, in addition to the 100,000 native troops, the other side also recruited 10,000 to 20,000 troops in Tronica. The Ottoman Empire was a very good people who were good at learning. It is said that they trained a new Slavic regiment in the same way that the Slavic army was trained - compared to Tartaria, which needed to import large quantities of smoothbore guns, the Ottoman training gunpowder troops capable of producing their own guns were naturally simpler. ”