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The Fourth Anti-Norman Alliance Chapter 26 The Mountain People Have Always Been Tough

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    Switzerland, Bohemia, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan.  And of course Nepal.  Although these places are scattered all over the world.  National cultures are very different.  But to sum up, it¡¯s like Senegal, Uganda, Libya, Swaziland, Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Morocco, Somalia, Thailand, and Mongolia  These countries are the same -

    They seem to have no necessary connection.  But in fact, in fact, they have one thing in common - they are all polygamous countries.

    Well, this is not the point, the point is the above group.  What these countries have in common.  They are all mountainous terrain.  At the same time, they both produce powerful mountain infantry.

    The barren, closed and complex terrain of the mountainous area has formed the unique characteristics of the mountain people.  They are cunning, cruel, clumsy, and xenophobic.  At the same time, he is physically strong.  Anyone who can survive in a barren mountainous area must be extremely hardworking.  In addition, it is also because of these reasons.  If outsiders want to occupy a mountainous area, the price they want to pay will be quite high.

    The terrain is complex, so it is difficult to transport materials, difficult for the army to advance, and it is easy to be attacked by the opponent.  Xenophobic, so they have a bad impression of outsiders.  Getting local support is difficult.  This, combined with fighting against local troops, makes pacifying civilians very difficult.  The folk customs are tough, so don¡¯t be surprised when you see a few snot-nosed brats taking a stone and daring to rush towards the knight

    That¡¯s pretty much it.  Although Egil is arrogant, he can also be cunning and cunning.  This time.  He declared war on the Seven Kingdoms at once.  An army of 110,000 troops laid siege on four sides.  It seems amazing, but Switzerland was intentionally left out.  It¡¯s because the Swiss mountains are really useless.  It would be a pity to throw away the food if it is tasteless so the emperor intended.  I want to slow down Switzerland.  When the whole of Europe is in our hands, Switzerland and other things will naturally fall into place.

    ? But this is not the case.  The Norman Emperor had a pretty good idea.  But the other party did not make the move as the emperor wanted.  There are 40,000 heavily armed Swiss mountain people - and most of them have mercenary experience.  Such a force would be difficult to defeat even if General Farr's command went all out.  The situation was originally a certainty.  It suddenly became a little more complicated

    Because of the harassment by the Swiss, they sent troops to block the road between France and Swabia.  The Norman army was trapped and died in the mountains of South Germany.  So what the Norman emperor envisioned: four armies, destroying the Holy Roman Empire with overwhelming force.  Such a plan has effectively failed.

    Because there is not enough supply transportation.  Therefore, General Fall had to act with caution.  He huddled his army in Swabia.  Because when they left the city and went to other areas of the Swabian Duchy, most of the troops who relied on the Duchy to spread the word were attacked by the Swiss.  lost heavily.

    The originally imagined situation of ¡°depending on the communication¡± did not happen.  in turn.  However, many Swabians have joined the Swiss army.

    This situation made General Fall helpless and frustrated.  He sent a message via a flying pigeon, expressing his views to the Norman emperor: What can they do?  Trapping us people to death.  Then their 50,000-strong army was able to march westward to contact the remnants of Burgundy and Aquitaine.  Threat to the provinces of Flanders and South Flanders.  They were able to more than triple their territory.  Then there was collusion with the Spaniards and even the pagans of North Africa.  They could form a new anti-Norman alliance.  And this great war sweeping Europe will be extended indefinitely

    After reading Fahr¡¯s letter, His Majesty the Emperor refuted Fahr¡¯s pessimistic remarks.  write a letter.  He scolded him.  And cheer him up.  Because "the situation quickly improved."

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? This is what the emperor said "has improved."  It happened in late February of that year.

    When the Norman Empire¡¯s Southern Route Army, under General Wende, destroyed Northern Italy.  General Wende, who received the emperor's instructions, was not busy pacifying the cities and towns in northern Italy, but went straight north to destroy Milan.  It opened up the Alpine channel and connected northern Italy and southern Germany.

    In this way, supplies can pass through the Alpine passes, and a continuous flow of supplies can be imported.  And help came at the same time.  There were also 10,000 Norman infantry and shock infantry - fighting in the mountains, hussars were useless.  Indeed, infantry should be strongly supported.

    After providing assistance to General Farr.  General Wende led the remaining troops and began to sweep the rest of northern Italy.  And wrote to Krakow.  I hope the central government will send officials.  Come and receive your Northern Italian heritage.

      After receiving the letter, Egil issued an order to divide Italy into two provinces, north and south, to divide and rule.  Northern Italy was named the province of Lombardy.  Southern Italy was named the Province of the Two Sicilies.  A series of islands in the Mediterranean Sea, including Sicily and Malta, belong to Southern Italy.

    In this way, the empire added two more provinces and owned the Italian peninsula that cut off the Mediterranean Sea in the middle.  The empire's control of the Mediterranean will also reach a new level.

    In April, the empire has elected two provincial governors, several county governors (who are also county mayors, and provincial governors also serve as mayors of the governor's residence) and hundreds of other officials, large and small.  They took a carriage from Krakow to the Crimean Peninsula, then took a boat from the Black Sea to the Eastern Mediterranean, and then disembarked in various places in Italy.  Get to work managing these territories and stabilizing the situation.

    In this way, in August of that year, all the work was basically completed.  The Norman Empire finally gained absolute rule over Italy.

    At the same time, the battle between the Empire and the Anti-Imperial Alliance is still going on.

    After receiving sufficient assistance, General Fall's troops began to take action. Under the general's dispatch, they rushed out of Swabia City and quickly swept through the entire Swabia region.  The inhabitants of Swabia were frightened by several brutal massacres.

    After that, the Swabians became much more honest.  The general divided his troops into two groups, stationed a small number of troops in Swabia, and guarded against potential attacks from Hesse in the north and Bavaria in the east.  General Farr personally led the main force to the blockaded South Flanders and Swabian Pass.  In order to defeat the Swiss.  Smooth traffic on both sides.

    The mountain road is difficult to travel.  The Norman army did not have much experience fighting in mountainous terrain.  It¡¯s not like the Swiss have done nothing in the past few months.  They built forts, pushed down rocks and trees, and blocked roads.  And deployed nearly 10,000 troops to block the road.  At the same time, the main Swiss army is also stationed in Bern, not far away, and may arrive at any time for assistance.

    Such terrain is really difficult to fight.  For the Norman generals who were accustomed to fighting in large groups, who liked to spread out their armies and use cavalry in groups, this was really an unfamiliar fighting method.  However, General Farr also has his own methods - crossbows, large quantities of heavy crossbows, and long bows.  In addition to this there are artillery.  This general who liked to use firepower to cover his opponents felt that if the mountainous terrain was well utilized, the superior firepower of the Norman army could still be brought into play.

    So, he gathered the heavily armed crossbowmen and longbowmen.  At the same time, separate the repeating crossbowmen and musketeers in the new army.  And strictly guarded his ten twenty-four-pound infantry cannon, as well as a total of five mortars that had been cast recently.

    General Fall had a hunch that he would probably have to rely on these things to win this battle.

    After entering the mountain road area, the Norman army was trapped by stones and trees blocking the road.  We had to spend some time every day to clear the road, so the traveling speed became very slow.  This led General Fall to believe that the Swiss would soon discover them.

    After this, General Fall established strict security measures.  Order long-range heavy crossbows, longbows, and repeating crossbows to be scattered in every corner of the army, asking them to be more vigilant.  If something goes wrong, don't worry too much, just focus on shooting immediately.

    After General Farr made the arrangements, a few more days passed.  Sure enough, the Swiss mountain people came to attack again.  It's just that this time the Normans were well prepared. If there was any disturbance, they would shoot a round of bows and crossbows.  Although the mountain people are tough, they have little armor.  After a round of arrows, most of them were thrown into the street.  The screams of ghosts and wolves howled, and their morale dropped by most.  The rest either fled or were killed by other Norman infantry who reacted.

    After several times like this, the Swiss' sneak attacks not only failed to gain any advantage, but also resulted in the loss of hundreds of troops.  After losing troops and generals for two consecutive days, the Swiss no longer used this tactic.  The Norman army had a safe journey and arrived at the main Swiss force.  Among the mountains, there is a rare level land.  The Swiss army was stationed there.  At the same time, fences and earth walls were erected on the mountain road.  Defend with crossbows and super long spears.  To stop the Norman Empire.

    "This is it" Seeing the tattered, dark and dirty Swiss with tattered equipment, laughing and howling in their fortifications.  General Farr's expression became more ferocious.  Then he ordered the engineering soldiers to take out the artillery that had been hidden for a long time and never used it, and take revenge on these bastards

    Just like that, after more than an hour, fifteen artillery pieces, as well as a large number of shells and gunpowder, were transported to the front line, where the opponent's crossbows could not reach.  The Norman engineers pushed the artillery to the best position.  Then detect, aim, and calibrate, and you are ready to launch To be continued

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