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Part 4 Anti-Norman Alliance Chapter 48 True. Spanish Strategy

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    At that time, Egil used the method of changing the topic and pretended to be real.  An envoy was sent to deliver the news to the people in the barracks near Krakow.  He directly summoned soldiers and horses and made preparations for dispatching troops.

    Although it took a while, the levies from England and France, which were relatively far away, had not yet arrived.  But corresponding to it.  The Reich obtained an even greater number of levies from its newly conquered German territories.  Add to this the levies from Scandinavia and Eastern Europe, and a hundred thousand Norman professional troops.  Egil still had an army of over 700,000 men.

    These 700,000 troops were scattered in various barracks in the capital city of Krakow and in the Polish provinces near Krakow.  Various materials and supplies are continuously transported from all over the empire.  The most extreme thing is the atmosphere of great militarism.  The soldiers ate lamb and drank strong liquor.  Training hard every day.

    Those aristocratic children who had studied in military schools encouraged them, and the veterans who had seen it on the battlefield showed off one by one.  Even more conspicuous are the veterans who grabbed a vote in Constantinople and are now rich men.  That is a real living sign.  It made all the recruits feel itchy in their hearts.  I wish I could go to the battlefield and fight the Tatars to the death with just one order from the great emperor.  The officers looked forward to fame, while the soldiers looked forward to the wealth they could snatch away.

    These elite soldiers fed with Norman gold are all eager to go to the battlefield to earn their lives.  Looking forward to it day and night.  Some people even dream about it while sleeping.  Yelling about killing the enemy in his sleep.  The result almost caused a camp roar.  In the end, he was dealt with by military law But they really, really couldn't imagine it.  The Norman Emperor was actually there in the middle of the night.  At two or three o'clock in the morning, the assembly horn was blown.

    At that time, Maria, who came after hearing the news, acted as a confidential secretary and wrote these words as a historical record.  The whole article does not mention the fact that Egil was driven into the military camp by his wife.  Haosheng covered up his man: "In the beginning, the city of Krakow was boiling. There were lights everywhere, and the night was like daytime. The reason was that the emperor married the princess, and the whole world celebrated. The whole city was smiling. But it only lasted half a day. The emperor heard that the Tatars  Half a million troops crossed the Ural Mountains, and the Kashan Mountains were in great hurry. After hearing the news, the great emperor was very anxious. He ran between the banquet and the imperial guard camp. He conveyed the emperor's orders and summoned the army. He immediately rushed to Kazan to fight.

    The left and right people advised the emperor that the festival was grand and could be postponed.  The city of Kazan is strong and will not be hindered for a while.  However, the great emperor became angry and retreated.  Call with drum beat.  He went on stage to inform the three armies.  Said: I can't bear to see my brothers and sisters trapped in the city, enjoying themselves alone.  After finishing speaking, his tone was choked with sobs.  The three armies were moved and the mountains shouted long live.  So we set off overnight to Kazan"

    That¡¯s it. In one article, Maria insists on describing the black as white.  Hide the henpecked bastard Egil in the military camp.  Said to be a good leader who loves his soldiers as his sons.  This record was passed down to future generations.  Time will pass for several hundred years.  Who can still know what I really wanted back then?  Who would not regard Egil as a great leader who puts public before private?  No wonder Dr. Hu Shi said that history is a little girl who can be dressed up by anyone

    In this way, the wise and powerful Norman Emperor took his nine wives and an army of more than 700,000 people to Kazan.  Prepare to give Meng Yuan a good beating.  And at the same time.  Near the important town of Granada in southern Spain.  The empire's campaign to conquer the Iberian Peninsula also reached its zenith.

    As Egil's powerful lackey, Imperial Marshal Farr follows the Emperor's orders.  With the help of the Norman Empire's Western Mediterranean Fleet, they unexpectedly launched an attack on the Spanish lord, Cid of Valencia.  The world was shocked.

    This city is like poetry.  There are palm trees and countless seabirds and fish.  A coastal city rich in products.  Commerce and trade are developed and humanities are at their peak.  The city gradually became prosperous under Cide's governance.  Marshal Fall, who struggled for his life in the waves of the Mediterranean Sea and lost his mind due to seasickness, was burned to ashes.  And Cide, a veteran who has been fighting for half his life, is a brave and strong warrior.  and Iberia's most skilled generals and rulers at war.  Along with his city, it was reduced to ashes.

    There isn¡¯t much new in this battle.  It's just that the Norman army fought across the sea, which the Iberian country bumpkins had never heard of.  So I was caught off guard.  The terrain of the Iberian Peninsula is very large.  It is surrounded by sea on three sides and faces mountains on one side.  It has always been quite closed.  The invaders could either cross the Strait of Gibraltar and attack from North Africa.  Or cross over from the Pyrenees Mountains in the north.  There are two places, one in the south and one in the north.  It limits the vision and knowledge of the Iberians.

    They have never seen such a huge army.  It can transport tens of thousands of troops to land at once.  Even in the heyday of the Eastern Roman Empire, it occupied most of the Iberian Peninsula.  It is also necessary to use the Balearic Islands as a transit point.  Only then could we barely take the sea route to transport troops and supplies.

    And this time, the Iberian countries also knew the Normans¡¯ ambitions towards them.  However they usuallyEveryone believed that the Normans would attack from the north, crossing over the Pyrenees Mountains.  Therefore, the Kingdom of Aragon should be the first to be attacked.  And the news kept coming.  The Normans mobilized their troops in the province of South Flanders.  Stock up on supplies.  It also indirectly proves this guess.  People's attention is drawn to the north of the Pyrenees.  Marshal Fall's feint attack force went to him.

    In this way, after capturing and burning the city of Valencia.  The Norman marshal dispatched his light cavalry and plundered everywhere on the Iberian plateau.  Conquer cities and seize territory.  And with Cid's death.  The Principality of Valencia he maintained also disappeared.  Under the terrifying offensive of the Norman hussars, they rode Andalusian horses and held javelin cavalry crossbows.  The Iberian cavalry, who were said to come and go like the wind, died in battle one after another.  The elite light cavalry, which the Iberian lords were proud of, were like snow lions entering a sauna after encountering the Norman hussars.  They were defeated in one encounter.

    That¡¯s it, it took a little time.  The entire Principality of Valencia, including the important town of Toledo in central Iberia, was brought under the rule of the Norman Empire.  A quarter of Iberia was conquered.

    After this, the Moorish territory in southern Iberia.  Because Sultan Arslan went on an expedition to Egypt.  So there is no leader.  Being in a defensive posture and not attacking.  And in the north of Iberia.  Alfonso, the cunning King of Leon and Castile.  Then he came up with a plan-he sent lobbyists to lobby Marshal Farr**.  Proclaimed himself Duke of Valencia - or King.

    "You hold a strong army and dominate one side. You are a hero. How can you be willing to work under the tyrant Norman Emperor? As long as you are willing to stand on your own, then my Majesty is willing to become an ally with you. Watch and help each other. You can also be in Iberia.  Be king and dominate. How great would this be? My Majesty still has a fourteen-year-old daughter who has never been married"

    After the envoy was halfway through speaking, he heard Marshal Farr burst into laughter.  Then he laughed along with him.  Then the laughter was over.  Marshal Farr chopped down the messenger.

    The persuasion failed.  So Alfonso had to cheer up.  Prepare to fight to the death with Marshal Farr.  Northern Iberia.  King Alfonso of Leon and Castile, King Ramiro of Aragon, and King Carlos of Portugal mobilized all their direct troops and vassals.  Together with some remaining mercenary troops, a large army of 50,000 people was formed.  This is an unprecedented event in the remote Iberian region.  Even during the most intense years of the movement to restore lost ground.  These kings have never mobilized so many troops.  It seemed that Marshal Farr really scared them.

    So, in June, the 20,000 troops of the Norman Empire and the northern Iberian coalition forces started a fierce battle near Toledo.  What was unexpected was when a fierce battle broke out between the two sides.  A piece of news that demoralized the coalition forces!  Another Norman army, taking advantage of the emptiness inside the country as the coalition forces moved south, crossed the Pyrenees Mountains!  And it occupied most of the territory of the three countries of the coalition!

    When my hometown is occupied.  The rabble of the coalition forces dispersed after being slightly provoked by the spies of the Norman army.  It will collapse without a fight.

    Immediately.  The Norman army took the initiative.  Easily defeated the three kings and their remaining personal guards.

    In this way, the Norman Empire occupied a large area of ??Catholic territory in northern Iberia.  It occupied three-fifths of the entire Iberian Peninsula.  Afterwards, Marshal Farr once again led the army south to the territory of the Islamic people.  A series of battles and a series of victories.  The important town of Cordoba in the central and southern part of the peninsula was captured.  The troops approached Granada, the last Moorish stronghold on the peninsula.

    Suppose that this fortress with only two to three thousand people was occupied by the Normans.  Then the Moors no longer had a strong enough stronghold in the entire peninsula, and they had to withdraw from the peninsula obediently.  Go back to their native North Africa.  This can be said to be an indescribable major blow to the Sultanate of Moldova, which is growing in national strength.

    But at this moment.  After receiving the news, Arslan hurriedly gave up the attack on Egypt and returned to North Africa with his 30,000 elite Moorish army A great war was about to begin - it was strange.

    In fact, Arslan did want to continue going north, return to his territory in Granada, and fight to the death with the Normans - but he no longer had this opportunity.  The Norman's Western Mediterranean Fleet sank the last remaining assets of the Barbary pirates he had recruited in the Mediterranean Sea, and blocked the Strait of Gibraltar.  He doesn't have a boat.  Even ships could not break the Norman blockade.  So trapped and dead in North Africa, unable to move forward!  ~!

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