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The Fourth Anti-Norman Alliance Chapter 8 Effortless

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    Just like that, after this bill called the "Catholic Curia Reform Act" was introduced.  The Imperial Army suppressed several rebellions initiated by bishops from various places.  Backed by a powerful army.  All monasteries and dioceses throughout Europe were eradicated.  All financial sources of the Catholic Church were cut off.  Their fortresses were dismantled, their armies dispersed, and the Holy See was severed from the other bishoprics.  Completely disintegrated the arrogant Catholic power that was rampant in Europe.

    The imperial government is flourishing, and the achievements of civil administration are unprecedented.  And Wu Xun is also worth showing off.

    The Norman Emperor swept across the Hungarian and Balkan coalition forces on the outskirts of Budapest.  Afterwards, light cavalry was sent to pursue the opponent's defeated troops fiercely.  Of the 60,000 coalition troops, less than 3,000 eventually returned to Budapest.  How can we defend this city with only three thousand remaining soldiers?  On the third day after the battle.  The soldiers and civilians of Budapest opened the city and surrendered.  Take the initiative to welcome the Norman Emperor into the city.  The rest of Hungary is even more determined by propaganda.  It took less than a week.  Hungary, which was considered a big country in Europe, was pacified by the Normans.  .

    Although the victory was extremely easy.  But after checking out the situation in Hungary.  Egil still felt very depressed.  Hungary is a large country.  The total number of people is less than 500,000.  Even Austria, a duchy, has a larger population.

    Not to mention the sparse population, Hungary¡¯s infrastructure is also terrible.  Because of the continuous wars for years and the reason why some Hungarians still adhere to the nomadic life.  So Hungary's economy is also on the verge of collapse.  The land is largely deserted.  Mines, quarries and logging sites built in the wild were also destroyed by the war.  There is a serious shortage of all kinds of daily necessitiesit all takes a lot of time and experience to adjust.

    But this is not too difficult for the Norman Emperor.  The Empire specializes in destruction.  But empires are also good at building.  Hungarians are not a lazy people.  Although this land seems a little barren, the products are not very rich.  It is impossible to make this place rich.  But let the Hungarian people have no worries about food and clothing.  The Norman Empire can still do this.

    In addition, Hungary is a traditional cavalry power after all.  The heroic Huns and Magyars were also very good soldiers.  Perhaps after this, the Empire will recruit some Hungarians to expand the Norman hussars.  Although the emperor already controlled all of Eastern Europe.  There are millions of Tatars, Cumans, Rus's, Slavs and Poles to call upon.  But which emperor would dislike having too many elite soldiers under his command?

    That¡¯s it, it took a little time.  After recovering all of Hungary, the Norman Emperor left an entire regiment of hussars to guard it.  In order to suppress the local situation and wipe out the remaining Hungarian troops who still tried to resist.  But despite this, the emperor's army did not decrease, but increased - those Hungarians and Balkan Yugoslavs who were defeated and later captured.  The emperor spent a little time and surrendered them.

    He promised the captives a better life and promised to respect their faith, whether Catholic or Orthodox.  At the same time, he also expressed his willingness to help them develop their economy.  Tax relief

    Under such conditions, coupled with the deterrence of the Norman Empire's strong military strength, and the strong personality charm of the Norman Emperor (this is how Egil feels about himself).  The vast majority of the prisoners, after some thought, agreed to join the emperor's army.  This gave the emperor a Hungarian cavalry force of nearly five thousand men.  and nearly 20,000 Yugoslav mountain infantry.  This allowed the Normans to move south and continue to attack the Balkans. Their army swelled to 160,000.

    Of course, it might be a little wrong to say it was an attack - because of Hunyadi's tactics of concentrating his forces.  So at this moment, there is no defense at all in the Balkans.  Coupled with the Yugoslav Road-Leading Party that surrendered in large numbers.  It is conceivable that the Balkans are definitely a scene that depends on rumors.

    Well, Egil seems to have forgotten something here - that is, he sent 30,000 Celtic troops before, as well as nearly 10,000 hussars and horse militiamen.  This 40,000-strong army set out from the Black Sea Coast under the leadership of Queen Arturia.  March into the Balkans along the sea route.

    The emperor originally wanted this army to block the Greeks who might come north to support them.  But the emperor did not expect that his army had become so powerful.  Effortlessly, the walking coalition forces were defeated.  To a certain extent, this made the previous dispatch of Arturia useless.  The emperor even felt that perhaps the Greek army had not yet set off after he arrived in the Balkans.

    But soon, the emperor received unexpected news - the Norman spies who were marching with Arturia sent a message to the emperor.  Arturia did not act as Egil imagined.

     Indeed, in the previous stage - landing.  Attack on Sofia.  These two steps are the same as what Egil said.  But after this.  Arturia was not "prepared to fight the Greeks."  Instead, he directly led the army to continue southward and continued marching towards the Greek Peninsula!  This queen seems to want to directly lead her army to attack the Greek territory!

    "This, this is really" After receiving the information from the Norman spies, Egil felt a little bit dumbfounded.  But think again.  Now that the Balkans are at your fingertips.  Then let the Celtic army be the vanguard and take the lead into the territory of the Greeks.  It's not something unacceptable.  After thinking about it this way, Egil acquiesced to Arturia's decision.  And added an order formally granting Artoria permission to attack the Greeks.  At the same time, the Black Sea Fleet is required to cooperate.

    After hearing the emperor¡¯s order.  Many people felt speechless.  This is how Her Royal Highness the Queen can be treated.  If it were another person.  If he dared to make such a self-assertive decision, among other things, Egil would definitely curse in anger.  Then strip that person of all honors and positions.  Even killing him is not impossible.  But for the queen.  Egil just smiled a little, and then said, "There's really nothing we can do about her" After that, the matter was resolved

    ??However, let¡¯s not talk about Arturia¡¯s own decision.  The empire's conquest of the Balkan Peninsula was still very successful.  Under the leadership of the Yugoslav Way Party.  Egil's army marched very smoothly.  Belgrade.  Important towns like Bucharest surrendered without a fight.  The capital, Sofia, had long been occupied by the Normans.  Under such circumstances, other areas are just as Egil imagined, depending on the message.  The entire Romanian Empire was easily conquered by the Normans.

    The situation is developing very smoothly.  The Norman Empire was in turmoil, as if it were in an uninhabited country.  In a very short period of time, it occupied two kingdoms and hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of land.  The Norman army, the Celtic army, as well as the surrendered troops of Hungary and Yugoslaviathe total number of these armies has reached 200,000.  Egil is convinced that in Asia Minor and the Balkans, and even in the entire Western world.  Absolutely no one can pose a threat to this army.

    This army is invincible in the West!

    Of course, this invincible army is not without its flaws.  Logistical supply difficulties are the biggest shortcoming of this army.  There was absolutely no hope for a ruined Hungary.  The newly conquered Balkans are mostly mountainous and have poor products.  In order to stabilize people's hearts, the emperor even allocated some military supplies to the Balkan mountain people.

    At the same time, the distance from Krakow to Sofia seems a little long.  Hungary has a plain terrain which is not bad.  But the Balkans are mostly mountainous.  It is more difficult for the army to move with logistical supplies.  And the Norman army seemed too large

    Fortunately, in addition to land transportation, the Norman Empire also had effective sea transportation.  Supply fleet departing from the port of Kherson.  Both in terms of speed and transportation volume, it is much better than land transportation in Krakow.  If this were not the case, I am afraid that this war would have been unsustainable long ago.  It ended with the Norman Empire's 200,000 troops overwhelming itself.

    It¡¯s just that, although it can be maintained for the time being.  But the burden brought by the war was still too great.  Honora in Krakow has urged Egil again and again to end the war quickly.  Otherwise, the empire's finances will be overwhelmed.

    ¡°The Black Death had just passed, and the empire¡¯s finances had seen some improvement, but now they have become tight again.  Too drastic military operations have affected the economic development of the empire.  It even takes up part of the funds that should have been used to develop the economy.  And the empire's food reserves were rapidly depleted by the chewing of 200,000 soldiers.  If there is another natural disaster**.  I'm afraid there's going to be a famine

    Of course, this was completely ignored by the emperor.

    "You are the chief royal counselor and the prime minister of the empire. These matters are your responsibility." Egil dismissed the complaining Aurora with one sentence.  However, despite the apparent nonchalance.  But the emperor also began to feel anxious.

    "Despite this but the next opponent is Eastern Rome. Whether it is the Greek Peninsula or Asia Minor, they are all quite wealthy areas. Not to mention Constantinople If I can capture this city  As for the city, the losses caused by this war will be made up to some extentat least part of it." (To be continued)

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