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Part 4 Anti-Norman Alliance Chapter 22 Looking Over

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    ?Artoria's conquest of the Greek region is still very successful.  .After leaving three thousand troops to monitor the situation in Athens.  She then continued southward with the remaining troops.

    When people in other areas of Greece saw Artoria¡¯s army.  They thought their army had been wiped out.  So there wasn't much resistance at all.  Surrender soon followed.

    So, from May to June of 1014 AD, what was performed on the Greek Peninsula was this play: Norman hussars roaring in like the wind.  The stupid turn to dust, the coward turns to dust

    Because of Egil¡¯s previous instructions.  Therefore, in this series of military operations, Artoria did not go on a killing spree.  To create massacres or something like that.  Of course, if there are any blind idiots who jump out to prevent the empire from taking over the Greek region, Artoria won't mind chopping off a few heads as a deterrent.

    Just like that, soon, except for the city of Athens, the Greek region had not yet been conquered.  The remaining two large cities were Sutheronica and Corinth.  All were captured by Arturia's men.  Not to mention other small villages and towns.  That's entirely a matter of rumor.  Arturia left a thousand hussars in Corinth to suppress the situation.  More than two thousand hussars were dispersed throughout Greece.  Patrolling back and forth to suppress misbehavior.

    In times of war.  Strict military management systems will be implemented in these places.  But wait until the war is over.  After Norman defeated Eastern Rome.  The royal government in Krakow will officially send officials to govern here.  Egil already had concrete plans.  He wanted to divide the newly conquered territory into three provinces.  Hungarian province.  Provinces of Yugoslavia and Greece.

    After completing these things, Artoria led the remaining troops back to the outside of Athens to join the army there.

    After detaching four thousand hussars, Artoria still has more than five thousand elite cavalry under his command.  Compared with the Athenian defenders, they still have a great advantage.  And beyond that.  Artoria is still holding on to¡ª¡ªthat¡¯s not right.  Yes, please, Sutheronica, Corinth.  and people from other slightly larger Greek towns.  Invite respectable nobles and wealthy businessmen to join her army.  Then he shouted to the defenders of Athens.  Also shown are some of the trophies she plundered in these areas.  And things like city flags.

    Under such a psychological offensive, the morale of the Athenian defenders became increasingly low.  It can be said that it is on the verge of collapse.  But they still didn't surrender.  Instead, he reluctantly persisted.  Arturia also tried to attack once.  But look at the opponent's momentum.  If you want to break through Athens, you will probably have to pay a high price.  So Arturia gave up the plan of attacking.

    "Just wait a little longer. The Athenian army will automatically surrender." Artoria also understood that these Athenian defenders were still holding on.  Nothing more than Constantinople.  The deified city supported their last bit of resistance.

    "As long as Constantinople doesn't fall, then the Empire will not fail. There will be a day of victory." That's what those poor idiots seemed to think.  But they will realize it soon.  Constantinople or something.  After all, it is just a city.  Since it is a city, it will be captured one day.

    "Let's wait for a while. I promised that person that I would capture the whole of Greece. If I go back at this time, that person might laugh at me. Anyway, the situation has developed to this stage. The other party's surrender and  No, it¡¯s just a matter of time. Just wait.¡±

    In this way, with this mentality, Arturia took her hussars and stationed them outside the city of Athens, but did not attack.  Every day they just send hussars around the city to shoot a few arrows.  To continue to suppress the opponent's morale.

    And during this time.  The army led by Egil, 110,000 Normans, and the Balkan army arrived under Constantinople.

    On their first day entering Seres.  We also encountered some resistance.  Descendants of those ancient Serais.  Strong warriors armed with reverse blades launched an attack on the Normans.  But soon, most of these rabble were killed by the Normans' longbows and crossbows.  Then he ran away in confusion.  These people were poorly dressed.  Almost no armor.  No helmet either.  It looks really bad.  So Egil didn't pay too much attention.

    "It should be people from this area. A spontaneously organized resistance. But it's no big deal. Today is no longer an era where bravery, courage, and strong will can win. Professional army. Unified sophisticated equipment and  Systematic command system. This is the mainstream of future development. A rabble is just a rabble."

    The emperor expressed this emotion.  While ordering his subordinates to only??A group of professional mountain infantry.  Those Balkan mountain people who had been trained a little and whose equipment and combat effectiveness had been enhanced to a certain extent led the way.  Coupled with a group of Norman infantry, longbowmen cooperated.  The entire Seres area outside Constantinople was swept away.  Those unruly Seres mountain people were severely punished.  Let them know who is the boss in this world now.

    after this.  The Norman army smoothly arrived and set up camp five miles outside Constantinople.  Then the heavy troops began to cut down trees and prepare to make construction machinery.  The engineers began to set up camp defenses.  At the same time, frontline positions for the attack on Constantinople were built.  The craftsmen and blacksmiths in the military camp began to raise the furnace and cast the huge cannon that Egil had envisioned, which could "blow Constantinople away."

    These preparations will take some time.  After all preparations are completed, the siege can be officially launched - of course.  If attacking by sea.  But it can be implemented now.  The Norman Empire's fleet guns were sufficient to bear the supporting firepower.  The northern wall of Constantinople was riddled with holes.  To support the military landing operations.

    But after calculation, the cunning emperor felt that Constantinople¡¯s tens of thousands of defenders and hundreds of thousands of residents would help.  and strong fortifications.  It is enough to cope with the attack by sea route alone.  Moreover, the number of troops that can be transported for landing operations is limited.  Siege machinery was similarly limited.  besides.  The emperor also wanted to use this trick as a last resort.  People in this era are very limited.  It cannot be said that this tactic of attacking by sea can play a great role when used at critical moments.

    So, because it takes a while to prepare.  Before these preparations were completed, the Norman army had no combat mission.  The city of Constantinople is high and the pool is deep, so even if you draw your bow and fire an arrow, you won't get much advantage.  Therefore, it is impossible to "send archers to shoot two arrows from a distance every day" like Arturia did.

    But this does not mean that the emperor has nothing to do.  In fact, the emperor was very interested.  On the third day.  He summoned several leaders of the Seres Mountain People.  Use both soft and hard tactics.  The Seres people had to obey his orders.  He contributed nearly 10,000 cannon fodder to him.  And on the fifth day.  He took his army to the outside of Constantinople.  Outside the range of the crossbow, he boarded a first-made carriage.  Start observing the defenses of Constantinople.

    Speaking of which, this is not the first time Egil has come to Constantinople.  But before that, he came as an ally of the Eastern Roman Empire.  Although he was thinking in his heart: One day I will conquer this city and loot it all But at that time, he was just thinking about it.  And this time Egil really came here as a conqueror.  Looking at the city of Constantinople, I have another emotion.

    Before he saw Constantinople.  What we are looking at is the heritage, culture and urban construction planning of the Eastern Roman Empire for a thousand years.  The prosperous life of the residents of Constantinople.  And this time, he looked again.  What we saw were the city defenses, fortresses, arrow towers and garrison troops on the city walls of Constantinople.

    While Egil climbed high and looked far away, looking at Constantinople, he recalled the defense structure diagram of Constantinople that he had seen countless times from the Norman spies.

    With the palace as the center, the city wall built by Constantine I was divided into two roads, extending to the west.  Since the north and south sides of Constantinople are bordered by the sea, the height of these two sections of the city wall is only 12 to 15 meters. At the western end of the city is the third section of the city wall, the 4.3-kilometer-long Constantine Wall.

    Emperor Theodosius II built the Theodosius Wall to the west of the Constantine Wall. Since the Seres Plain is outside the city, this section of the city defense system was designed to be extremely complex.  From outside to inside, the Theodosian city wall is composed of outer protective wall, moat, inner moat wall, steep slope protective wall, outer city platform, outer city wall, inner city platform and inner city wall.

    The outer city wall is about 8 meters high, and the inner city wall is about 12 to 20 meters high.  The outside of the city wall stands steeply and is made of granite boulders. The top of the wall is a walkway and a combat platform, and there are battlements to protect the soldiers.  The inner side of the city wall is a slope with rock walls, caves for hiding soldiers and warehouses.  There are 96 towers, more than 300 turrets and bunkers on the outer and inner city walls. The towers protrude from the city wall by about 5 meters, with an average spacing of more than 60 meters, forming a powerful fire support system.  Outside the city wall is a moat about 18 meters wide.

    ?Compare it with such a huge urban defense system.  In Western Europe, the French, German or Italian cities conquered by the emperor's generals.  Not worth mentioning at all.  And has such a tight defense system.  No wonder the Greeks considered it impenetrable.

    "But all this will be a thing of the past." Egil said to himself proudly.  Then, his voice became louder.  The emperor opened his hands to his mouth in the shape of a trumpet, and then shouted in the direction of Constantinople!  .

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