Chapter 67: The Fall of Samarkand
"What's wrong?
Artoria asked in a daze: "Moscow has promised all your conditions, and has not even bargained. What else are you not satisfied with?"
"No, it's not for this matter, go to bed Hani." Egil patted Artoria's mouth and said so.
"Hate" so Artoria fell asleep in a daze again.
Afterwards, after confirming that Artoria had fallen asleep, Egil carefully got up from the bed, put on his fox's fur and cloak, and walked out of the camp.
Of course, Emperor Egil did not want to have an affair with his lover today. Instead, he thought about some questions.
For example, what should we do in future wars?
Moscow agreed to Egir's request, which was indeed joyful. But it also means that the Norman Empire must be injured and bleeding for the benefits he gained in the future... The opponents are nomads who come and go like the wind, and extremely powerful centaurs. The number is also amazing, 15 times that of the Norman army. Even if they fight positions with them, they may not be able to win. Moreover, the opponent may not be willing to fight against Egir's soldiers against soldiers and generals.
"Perhaps, in the battle of the opponent's attack on Moscow, we can rely on their greed and desire for Moscow to fight with him. But if we fail, let's not worry about it for now. If we win, what should we do? The opponent's mobility is better than us, and they will flee after failure. They will continue to invade Moscow... Although it doesn't matter how many Moscow people die, I still have to use them as shields. In addition, the Kumen will likely be loyal to Temujin after the invasion of the Gumsky Guxi. So......"
Egil felt that this was difficult to deal with. Centaur already had a very good and ambitious Khan, and his own strength was quite good, so the possibility of bowing his head to the ancients was very low. In addition, Egil had very strange thinking about the little mare.
So he did not think that in the future war against the G Gu, the centaur would be his enemy. On the contrary, the centaur is likely to be a very valuable ally worthy of winning.
But the Kumans are different. The Kuman tribes scattered to the west of the Ural Mountains, a total of hundreds, and the large ones are only a few thousand tents, and the small men, women, young and old are only a hundred. There is no organization at all. It is very simple to conquer such a nation, just like Egir did in Finland. Now, as more and more Finns return from the Norman army, these guys who have lived the extravagant life in the Norman Empire no longer want to endure the traditional Finnish fishing and hunting life. The calls for the complete joining the Norman Empire to govern Finland are getting higher and higher, and the conservative tribal elders are almost unable to suppress them...
Perhaps in a while, the incorporation of Finland into the Norman Empire will be a natural result……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
"So, the same nomadic peoples, the Uzbeks, Kazakhs, and the northern Kumans. These peoples are likely to join the army of conquerors of the ancient empire. In addition, they can recruit millions of Han infantry in the Northern Central Plains.
In addition, they obtained engineering technology and machinery from the Uygur people and the Tang Kingdom.”
When a madman with extraordinary wisdom and courage has obtained such a huge resource for war, how will he use it? If I were this madman, how would I use it?
Egil thought about this question and repeatedly reminded himself: this is not because he is not as good as Temujin. Because Temujin is almost sixty years old. He is only twenty-one. If he struggles for another forty years, then everything he has gained will definitely be much more than the one who is afraid of the barbarian on a horse.
However, Temujin obviously would not give him another forty years. Just yesterday, on March 11, 1005 AD, Norman's spies brought the latest news about this elderly, but still ambitious Meng Khan. A total of 200,000 Meng Khan, as well as more than 100,000 troops from Kazakhstan, Uzbek, Kyrgyz and other nomadic tribes from Central Asia, as well as millions of minions in the land they conquered, they invaded the territory of the Timur Khanate like hungry wolves.
Timur Khan, this poor guy who also possesses the title of a conqueror, was brave and stupid to take the initiative, hoping to win a field battle. Of course, the final result was very miserable. Timur's side was completely defeated. At the same time, more than 200,000 soldiers from the Central Asian Empire were killed, their bodies were cast into Jingguan, and the river was dyed red. Timur was lucky to escape the pursuit of the ancient cavalry of the Meng. And heading south, we fled to Ah Bahad, a city located at the mouth of the Murgabu River. The largest city on the border of the Timur Khanate, the capital of the Timur Khanate, and one of the most important trading centers in the Middle East. Withdrawal of Marhan, just as Temujin said, fell into the hands of the ancient people of Meng.
Fortunately, Timur chose to fight in the field instead of defending the city. So after his failure, the residents of the withdrawal of Marhan did not choose to continue to resist. Instead, they surrendered and offered a large amount of gold and other tributes, which made Temujin "generously" not choose to massacre the city. Of course, the small-scale plundering, killing and forcing the cavalry under the siege were still inevitable. After that, the Uygur merchants, the earliest group of people who surrendered to the siege empire, happily took over most of the rights of the commercial center.
After gaining the wealth of this city and the city brought, the ancients were still not full. The wealth of Marhan, the fountains, the marble buildings, the gardens,
Palaces, mosques... All of this seemed like a dream. All the craftsmen and cities built by the Timur Khanate could find, all the best building materials and treasures, on the contrary, made the ancient people even more urgent. These treasures stimulated them and made them hope to get more.
Menggu Dahan roared again as he said on the banks of the Hannan River: "Our goal this time is to completely destroy the Timur Khanate! Conquer everything and plunder everything!"
The soldiers of the ancient empire cheered and accepted the orders of the Khan...
"It's so miserable." Egil expressed his feelings: "Is that guy that Timur possible? I'm counting on that guy as a shield for me and how many more years to resist......"
Because the unexpected ferocity of the ancient empire, or the unexpected unhelpfulness of the Timur Khanate, Egil felt a very strong sense of urgency. At full speed, his brain came up with a poisonous plan to "annihilate the entire Kuman invaders...at least to kill the vast majority."
Egil thought this way, and at the same time, he turned around and walked quickly to the combat conference room. He nodded to several soldiers guarding there and walked in. He looked at the strategic sand table redeemed by the system in the conference room.
"Very good, this strategy should be OK." Egil nodded, then punched hard on the sand table. The next day, he looked for Artoria and told her about the tactic. At the same time, he excitedly claimed: "I want to trap all those guys to death around Moscow!"
So, in the next few days, the hussars of the Norman Empire began to get busy. When Egil was carrying out this combat plan, they were going to hold the other side's footsteps. A total of three legions of Norman light-armed soldiers, as well as two thousand Celtic light-armed cavalry, and many knights who were bored and took off their armor and light-armed to fight for fun. They were hundreds of men, whistling around the Kumen and Centaurs day and night. Whenever they could take the opportunity, they rushed forward. After a random arrow, they rode their horses in the long distance, but they were even nomads than nomads. If any leader was not convinced and wanted to chase after and destroy Yatting, they would be amazing. It was often a textbook-style sample of traps, ambush and annihilation. The Kumen and Centaurs who chased after the Norman Hussars, rarely came back alive.
In this way, the Norman Hussars harassed the Kumans day and night, making the Kumans irritated them. They became less and less confident about this war. The casualties gradually became bigger and bigger. The pair did not have a perfect defense base like the Normans. Their camps were usually luolu and vulnerable. The Norman Hussars could easily carry out raids.
This situation lasted for nearly two months. During this period, the people of Kuman could not stand it, so they launched an attack on the Norman army camp. However, the final result was very miserable. The total number of Kuman soldiers and centaurs who were attacking were blocked by a large number of horse pits, traps and trenches before they could reach the edge of the Norman army camp. Then the alarm bells above the Norman ** camp made a loud noise. The Norman soldiers who quickly reacted immediately took their place, manipulating crossbows, stone casters, bows and arrows, bows and arrows, stones of all sizes and large crossbows used by the city crossbows were shot together. The Kumans were dizzy, and the gates on both sides of the barracks opened. A large number of Hussars circled around the eight characters and selected paths from the outer defense circles, walked out, and then attacked the heads. The chaotic Kumans attacked.
Chapter completed!