Not to mention how Egil ravaged the Greeks in Constantinople. Let¡¯s talk about the Kazan region. The crumbling Kazan settlement was under attack from the Mongolian cavalry swarming in from the east of the Ural Mountains.
Speaking of which, the Kazan area has a lot of troops. The National Defense Force was composed of several garrison regiments at that time. These were regular elite professional troops. A total of about thirty thousand. The troops directly under General Wende also numbered more than 20,000. The immigrants in the colony also included nearly 10,000 militiamen. Among them, young and middle-aged people have received a certain degree of armed training. You can go into battle when necessary. Their number exceeded thirty thousand. In addition, the centaurs who settled in the Kazan area can also mobilize 3,000 young men to join the battle. This is the strongest army under General Wende. .
??Just calculate it this way, among the newly opened farms, pastures and cities in the lower reaches of the Volga River. In total, the Normans could pull up an army of 100,000 men.
But the number of Mongols is half a million.
When Kublai Khan made the decision to do something unprecedented and unprecedented, surpassing the achievements of his grandfather Temujin. He mobilized the entire Mongolia - no, it should be said, mobilized the entire Mongol and Yuan Empire. A total of 100,000 of the most elite Mongolian troops, 300,000 Han troops, and about 100,000 Central Asian Semu and Uighur troops were armed. Crossing the Ural Mountains and entering the Kazan region.
Kublai Khan was ready to follow the same path Genghis Khan took during his Western Expedition. Although facing the solid fortress of Moscow's absolute defense circle, the new Khan, or the new emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, did not have confidence in his heart.
However, the Mongols did not expect this. The resistance of the Normans began as soon as they crossed the Ural Mountains.
Those riding No. 3 or No. 4 horses that were eliminated from the main force of the Normans. Or there are Eastern European mounted militiamen who have no specific mixed-race horses. Those Tatars, Kipchaks and Cumans who surrendered to the dynasty of Egil. These are the nomadic cavalry of the steppe peoples. and coming and going like the wind, riding Norman No. 5 warhorse. The Norman hussars are more powerful than the Mongolian horse archers
These cavalrymen are in teams of thirty or fifty. Parthian archery makes it trickle down. After a round of bows and arrows, he ran away without a trace. If anyone dared to pursue them, they would dare to lead the pursuers toward the encirclement. Just like this, in the Kazan area, the Norman army used such tactics to fight the Mongols - which made the Mongols feel a little dumbfounded. Because before this, it was the Mongols who had been using this tactic to fight the enemy.
In addition, there are centaurs with strong combat effectiveness. They are the most terrifying enemies of the Mongols. Almost every one of these centaurs has family and friends who were killed by the Mongols. It can be said that they have a blood feud with the Mongols. Every time when fighting the Mongols. These centaurs are like crazy, fighting bravely to be the first. The Norman army was both happy and worried. Of course, what makes them happy is the life-threatening virtue of these centaurs. The worry is that they are afraid that their fanaticism will cause things to go wrong.
This situation lasted for about a month. From August to September, General Winde dispatched all of his fifteen thousand light cavalry. Successfully blocked the Mongolian army for a month.
However, after this, the Mongolian army still came. Kublai Khan used more violent and swift tactics. He sent his cavalry troops into a mad gallop. roundabout. Detoured back to the rear of the Norman cavalry encirclement. that's all. When a group of harassing troops rush into the encirclement with the Mongols they were harassed and pursued, they will soon find that they are the ones being surrounded. The enemies surrounded by them and the enemies surrounding them cooperate inside and outside. The Norman light cavalry was defeated.
After experiencing such failure several times in a row. General Wind was furious. He personally led a light cavalry force of 3,000 men to fight the Mongols. This group of cavalry gathered and dispersed while chasing each other with the Mongols on the vast Ross steppe. Crazy competition for speed. Mobility and Endurance. The final result was that General Wende had no choice but to lose. Because in a melee, the centaur troops under his command did not obey orders and the legion's position was broken. Finally had to retreat.
"However, General Wende was defeated even though he was defeated. Although of the 3,000 cavalry under his command, only more than 1,000 were left in the end. But they killed nearly five thousand Mongolian cavalry. Even Kublai Khan's camp was visible for a time.
After the failure of this battle, General Wende could no longer stop the advance of the Mongolian army. Of course, if you lead your infantry out of the city to fight fiercely. Indeed, we can still fight for a while. But General Wende is not that stupid and leaves a fortified city undefended. But use infantry and Mongols. Play field battles in plain areas.
Kazan Colony, the status set at the beginning. It is the fortress of defense. Therefore, after immigrating here, General Wende focused on urban defense. After more than half a year of operation, despiteIt is impossible to achieve the terror of Moscow's absolute defense circle. It is not comparable to large cities such as Krakow or Constantinople, or military fortresses such as Oslo and Smolensk. But a standard large castle with a double-layered octagonal bastion defense is still considered strong. Coupled with nearly 100,000 Norman defenders, as well as sufficient military supplies and food reserves. It was also very difficult for the Mongols to break through.
Kublai Khan also thought about leaving some troops to besiege the fortress while the main force continued to advance. However, this idea was quickly rejected by him.
In the city of Kazan, the Normans stationed nearly 100,000 troops. Such a big nail in his own back. Kublai Khan would not rest assured no matter what. If this plan is really implemented, it is impossible to say that the front foot has just left. On the back foot, General Wende rushed out of the city, cutting off his retreat. What's more, the Great Khan was ambitious and wanted to avenge his grandfather, defeat the Norman Empire, and kill the Norman Emperor. Now the Norman Emperor has not been seen, and there are still hundreds of kilometers away from Moscow's absolute defense circle
"As a result, I am here. This small town cannot be taken down by a Norman general. So where does his ambition start? It's just a joke.
With this thought, Kublai Khan and General Wen De joined forces. Day and night, he urged his Han infantry to attack the city. A large number of returning artillery and archers assisted the attack. Yunti, Jinglan, Tunnel and Tushan attacked in different ways. He also promised General Wende that if he was willing to belong to the Yuan Emperor, he would be named Ros Khan. In charge of everything in Ross Grassland.
However, all these tricks were cracked one by one by General Wende. As for the letter urging surrender, General Wende didn't even read it. He tore it into pieces, and also chopped the envoy who persuaded him to surrender into eighteen pieces and fed them to the dogs.
So, the camera turned back to Constantinople.
At that time, Egil laughed and returned to his tent with Liliannu in his arms. This scene was later painted by an artist based on the description. Mark the title as "Conquest". It was auctioned for US$125.1 billion and US$50 million. Of course, the global economy collapsed at that time, and the U.S. dollar had depreciated almost like waste paper
After thoroughly training half of the residents of Constantinople, the emperor became in a very good mood. In addition, I haven¡¯t seen Lilianu for a long time. So quite impatient. And Liliannu is also from Jiukuang, even though she said she didn¡¯t want it at first. But soon he wrapped his thighs around Egil's waist. The two parties played from two o'clock in the afternoon until twelve o'clock at noon the next day. Egil seemed to have endless energy, which Lilianu could hardly bear.
"If you want to make a comeback, try giving birth to a child. After that, you can try to deal with me the same way you dealt with your father. In this case, your child will be the only heir to my empire. In my case After he dies, the entire empire will be his. How about it, it's a good deal, right?" Egil Egil tried his best to make trouble for Liliannu. While saying such crazy things. Encouraging his wife to try to get pregnant, mother is more valuable than child, palace coup and so on.
"Of course, if I find out that you dare to betray me and deceive me, I will train you to be a female dog!"
Seeing Liliannu¡¯s eyes rolling around, Egil snorted, while speeding up his movements, he said something that made Liliannu tremble.
that's all. Liliannu joined Egil's harem as the "Emperor of all Romans". It became a caged bird that adorned Egil's court. The war between the Norman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire came to an end. As imagined before, the newly conquered land was divided into three new provinces by Egil, with the capital of the Hungarian Province in Budapest. The Balkan province with its capital at Sofia, and the Greek province with its capital at Corinth.
As for the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, Tsargrad, the imperial capital for thousands of years, Constantinople. Then he was marginalized by Egil.
The emperor moved a large number of residents out of Constantinople and demolished its walls. Only part of the residential area of ??the Golden Horn Pier has been preserved. Simply use it as a seaport city. This was used to further undermine the pride of the Greeks.
Having accomplished all this, the emperor erected a ten-meter-high monument carved from granite on the ruins of Constantinople. He ordered skilled craftsmen to carve reliefs showing the Norman army attacking Constantinople. Then it was written on it in both Norman and Latin: The Norman Emperor Egil Skallagrim destroyed the Eastern Roman Empire here. The army then turned back to Krakow
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