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The Fourth Anti-Norman Alliance Chapter 40 The Egyptian Province Surrounded on Three Sides

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    If the Kazan area, which is being watched by half a million Mongolian troops, is an ant on a hot pot.  Then the Moorish army led by Arslan, the Mongol army of the Ilkhanate led by Hulagu, and the army composed of Ethiopia and the remaining forces of Egypt were attacked.  The Egyptian province, attacked from three sides, was like Magikarp on the cutting board.

    After all, General Wende can muster an army of 100,000.  And it's a defensive stance.  So it can barely sustain it.  However, in the Egyptian region, Upper Egypt, which has been completely occupied, is temporarily irregular, while in Lower Egypt, they are all pagans who believe in Islam.  It would be nice if they didn't cause any trouble to General Erth.  How is it possible to provide assistance?  .

    The garrison troops originally here, a fat cavalry regiment and a standard garrison regiment. Chapter 40: The Egyptian province, which was surrounded on three sides, has also been lost after years of suppressing local pagan riots and fighting against the aggression of the Ethiopian Empire.  There were many soldiers and horses.  Previously, communication in the Mediterranean was blocked by the Black Death, so it was never replenished.  At this moment, communication was finally restored.  Therefore, a large number of new soldiers were added, although there was no change in the number.  But the combat effectiveness has dropped a bit.

    And even so, they can only provide 10,000 troops.  Although ten thousand troops were already a large number for the feudal lords of old Europe.  But for wars where the scale of the battle has risen to the imperial level.  It¡¯s nothing.

    The number of troops brought by General Erth is not very large.  Although Egil knew that his task was difficult, he took care of him as much as possible.  The army he obtained was much larger than that of the other three generals.  But after careful calculation, it was only 30,000.  Three thousand-man cavalry and one thousand-man Norman knight.  Ten thousand Norman infantry and ten thousand new Norman troops.  There are about three thousand long bows and heavy crossbows.  There are about three thousand assault infantry.  Altogether thirty thousand people.  Just a lot more, a lot less.  Facing the enemy's three-sided attack, it really seemed a little stretched.

    On this day, Chapter 40, the Egyptian province surrounded by three sides of the Suez Canal, was in emergency. General Ers led troops there and commanded the army from the fort on the south bank of the canal to defeat the Ilkhanate troops who wanted to cross over.  A few days later, there were reports of an attack by Arslan's light cavalry.  Tens of thousands of camels and 30,000 Moorish soldiers approached the city of Alexandria, and General Urs led his troops over.  A fierce battle killed the Moors.  Before he could take a breath, another piece of information came.  After the residents of Cairo heard that the army was leaving, they rioted and cooperated with the outside to put the Upper Egyptian and Ethiopian coalition forces into the city. The garrison was struggling to support them.  Request support¡­¡­

    AngryI'll get rid of it.  "

    Although General Erth has outstanding abilities, he is also known as the best general in the Norman Empire who is good at defense.  But in such a continuous war.  He still felt physically and mentally exhausted.  I couldn't help but complain like this.

    We can¡¯t go on like this.  Even the monster-like General Erth can endure such a high-intensity battle.  But for the rest, ordinary Norman soldiers couldn't stand it anymore.  General Urs then made a decision.  He returned to Cairo.  Suppressed the Muslims in the city.  rebellion.  Then he stayed in the city and never went out again.

    Only part of the force was allocated to defend the forts along the Suez Canal.  The fat cavalry patrolled the newly built stone road between Alexandria and Cairo.  In addition, the Eastern Mediterranean Fleet was requested to assist in the defense of Alexandria.  And transporting enough supplies and food in because he couldn't get enough supplies in Egypt where there was chaos and resistance.

    Under such circumstances, General Erth could only guarantee Alexander.  Cairo and Suez Canal.  Such a small area is barely stable.  As for the rest of Lower Egypt, it had no choice but to be occupied by the rioting Islamists and the Moors.

    During this period, General Erth wrote several letters asking for help to the Norman Emperor.  Detailed report on what happened here.  And I hope the emperor can give an idea.  It would be better if he could be given some reinforcements.  But at that time, Egil was desperately attacking Constantinople.  So there are no troops or anything for him.  Just write him back.  Encourage him to fight hard.  and agreed to his strategy of now holding on to the important cities of Lower Egypt.  He also assured him that after the matter in Constantinople was settled, he would begin to take care of the Egyptian region.

    So time moved forward to November 1014.  When the Norman army was victorious and triumphant.

    Egil¡¯s army turned back to Krakow.  After the fall of Constantinople, Athens surrendered without a fight.  The entire Balkan Peninsula, as well as countless islands in the Aegean Sea.  Including Rhode Island, which has an extremely important strategic location.  All became new territories of the Norman Empire.

    When conquering these islands, the empire also encountered a slight obstacle, the Greeks from Anatolia.  The resistance of these sad subjugated people.

      On the eve of the Norman Empire's complete occupation of Constantinople, a group of desperate Greeks used slings to hoist the boat from the east wall of Constantinople.  After many hardships, he escaped to Anatolia.  In Nicaea, the most important city in the Asian territory of the Eastern Roman Empire.

    One of their royal relatives, Theodore Laskaris, the brother-in-law of the former Eastern Roman emperor Basil, was proclaimed emperor.  They, as well as the troops and people of the Eastern Roman Empire in Asia, refused to recognize Liliannu's current position as emperor.  Declare them to be the legitimate successors of Rome.  Theodore I was crowned Emperor of Nicaea.  And announced that he would fight the Normans to the end.

    It¡¯s just that, for the time being, the Norman Emperor did not include Anatolia in his strategy.  After conquering a large number of islands in the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean.  After completing the siege of the new Nicaea Empire or the remaining Eastern Rome, and firmly holding the strategic initiative in his own hands, Egil made no further moves.

    Therefore, first of all, the opponents faced by the Nicaea Empire were not the Normans who had a bloody feud with them.  Rather,,, the Turks had recovered their strength and were ready to continue their expansion to the west.

    Suleiman is a hero after all.  After quickly putting down the domestic rebellion.  He also argued hard and used political, military and diplomatic means to rectify his relationship with the Mongols or the Ilkhanate.  The status of the original vassal state has been improved.  The Ilkhanate is now busy conquering Egypt.  So we can't control them for the time being.  So after weighing the pros and cons, Hulagu waived the other party's high tribute.

    So, after several years of recuperation, Turkey gradually regained its strength.  So another round of war to expand to the west began.

    Of course, these have nothing to do with Egil.  Egil's current focus is on the Kazan region.  He is ready.  After a short rest in Krakow, there was another nationwide mobilization.  He personally led the army to Kazan.  Another battle with the Mongols.

    Under such circumstances, the reinforcements originally promised to General Erth naturally could not arrive.  However, the emperor would not betray this general.  Large quantities of artillery passed through the Mediterranean Sea, and the Black Sea Fleet continued to transport them towards Egypt.  to consolidate local defenses.  Since it is temporarily impossible to mobilize enough troops to attack.  At least there can't be any loopholes in defense issues.  The same goes for supplies.

    With sufficient supplies, a large number of artillery, and the Norman Emperor's order to "defend the front line of the Supice Canal. No fault is a meritorious service." General Erth also felt at ease.  Check posts and sentries every day to consolidate defense and appease the morale of the troops.  For a time, the three armies were unable to do anything to him.  The Egyptian province presents a strange state of balance.

    The soldiers of the Ilkhanate will adhere to Mongolian tactics and are extremely tough.  Furthermore, Hulagumu Chenggong gathered a large number of fanatical Muslim fighters.  Elite cavalry of the Arab tribes.  Therefore, the combat effectiveness is extremely strong.  However, the Suez Canal eliminated their advantage.  The Norman army built forts on the south bank of the canal to guard it closely.  There are two military ports in the Eastern Mediterranean at both ends of the canal.  If necessary, the Norman Empire's Eastern Mediterranean Fleet can sail directly into the canal to fight.

    The navy has always been the weak point of the Mongols in the East. The Yuan Empire, which inherited the legacy of the Central Plains, is slightly better, but the naval capabilities of the Ilkhanate in the Middle East are basically zero.  Although the Middle Eastern Muslim shipbuilding technology they inherited is not bad.  But from the Fourth Crusade to the present, the Near East has long ceased to be prosperous.  With the Normans in complete control of the Mediterranean.  It is very difficult to build a strong navy.

    Now let¡¯s look at the Moorish army under Arslan.  These fierce, veiled desert herdsmen riding camels are indeed quite capable in combat.  It's just that North Africa is deserted.  They did not have the ability to transport by sea, so they could only transport supplies through the desolate land routes of North Africa and recruit on the spot.  So life was very hard.  The Moors, who lacked siege means, suddenly felt a lot of pressure when facing the castle in Alexandria and the Norman warships patrolling the coast.

    As for the Ethiopian army, let alone a group of black African natives.  The dirt falls off.  No matter the equipment, training level or combat effectiveness, they are a hundred years behind the world.  Taking advantage of their numerical and geographical advantages to annex Upper Egypt was their limit.  As for Lower Egypt, they were helpless.  The banner of the Muslim mob there is the Fatimid Dynasty of Egypt.  Don't even bother with these black African scum

    Just like that, the time came to December, 1014 AD.  When the Norman Emperor and his army returned to Krakow.  The situation in Egypt has not changed much.¡±

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