Chapter 41: The Sorrowful Sweat
In fact, the situation was not only very unfavorable to the Normans, but also difficult for the Mongols to accept.
Six hundred thousand army. Even the Mongols seemed to be a very huge number. You should know that after continuous wars, there are basically so many troops that the Mongols have now. Genghis Khan originally had a considerable expectation for the 600,000 army in the south. He hoped that they could defeat the Norman Empire from the flank as Bolshu said.
However, a plague caused the 600,000 troops to be wasted. A large number of elite soldiers and generals died of the Black Death. The rest of the people were in danger. I don’t know when they would go to see Changshengtian on which day. Although the fierce infectious disease of the Black Death has been circulating in the Mongolian community for a long time. The Mongolians have some resistance to this. The impact of this is a little smaller than that of the unresisting Europeans, and the mortality rate after infection is much lower.
But this does not mean that the Mongolians are completely immune to pneumoclase and cannot be affected.
The 600,000 army on the southern Mongolian route only lasted for a short time than the Eastern Roman army, and with this "small time", it dragged down the Eastern Roman army. However, this was already the limit. In less than a week after the Eastern Roman fled, large-scale Black Death was also prevalent among the Mongolian army. And the Mongolian general Borshu, who commanded this army, also suffered the same fate as his enemy, Basil II - being infected with the Black Death, and was in danger.
The day before the fall, the Mongolian general sent an envoy to send a letter to Genghis Khan in Central Asia, expressing regret for this matter. He claimed that his army is probably powerless now. After this disaster, it is a blessing that one of the ten people could survive. Genghis Khan should not expect them to be able to complete the predetermined combat goals. Although this is a natural disaster, it is his idea to advocate a roundabout attack from the South Road. He is willing to take responsibility for this. Genghis Khan punished him. In addition, Genghis Khan should not send people to come. And don't accept people from the south, so as not to let the main Mongolian troops suffer from plague disasters.
The Mongolian messenger who sent the letters, also Borshu's confidant, did not. He refused to meet Genghis Khan, and even Genghis Khan's military camp did not enter. He rode his horse and shouted at the periphery of the Mongolian military camp to attract attention. After attracting attention, he tied Borshu's letter to an arrow and shot it in.
Although he felt that he had not suffered a plague, just in case, he drew out his knife and killed himself. He shouted before he died to ask people to pay attention. He did not touch his body, but burned his body with flames. After his death, other Mongolians met his request.
Genghis Khan was very sad when he followed his son since childhood. The six hundred thousand army was about to be destroyed. Genghis Khan was even more sad. But Genghis Khan had no choice. The great shaman under his command, Tongtian Wu Kuokuo, told him that this was a punishment of heaven and a test of Changshengtian for the Mongols. He also persuaded Genghis Khan to withdraw his troops and return to Mongolia. Many Mongolian nobles who heard about this were also afraid and did not want to fight again.
They are not afraid of tangible enemies. However, the invisible and intangible disease can make these generals who are extremely courageous in their daily lives feel fear from the bottom of their hearts.
We are now over, what's the use of defeating all the enemies? A terrible plague broke out there. There was no way to live in them. We shouldn't go to that place at all!
It seems that such remarks are rampant. Many Mongolians, from officers to hundreds of households to ordinary Mongolian soldiers, all think that this statement is very reasonable. People's minds change, but soldiers have no desire to fight.
Of course, it is unknown whether this is a human-made push. Anyway, after Egil received the news that Genghis Khan's army began to head north again, the Norman spies lurking in Genghis Khan's army started to move north again. In private, various rumors were flying all over the sky, and eventually this situation turned into this situation.
So, although they are some low-ranking and humble spies, as long as they are used properly, they will produce very good results. Of course, this credit can only be attributed to the great leader Egil, and it cannot be those spies.
Of course, this kind of thing is good, and there is no need to care about it at all. What needs to be cared about is the morale of the Mongolian army, which is constantly declining due to these things. Even the most determined and fanatical Qiexue army and the Proton army, these two Mongolian ace troops, were also shaken under this situation.
If this continues, the Mongol Empire's attack on the Normans will probably end here. A large-scale plague will become the most effective weapon to block the war between the East and the West. Even Egil did not expect this situation.
However, in fact, Genghis Khan, or the Mongols, should not have no choice but to deal with this plague. It has been said before that Egil spent 100,000 points to exchange for the method to solve the plague, but the system finally gave him a prescription. Although it was a bit of a meaning to brush him, this prescription may not be a good way to solve the plague.
Compared with the Normans, the Mongols have more advantages. The entire East, Central Plains, and Jiangnan region have been mastered by the Mongol Empire. There is no need to run over to seek medicine at the risk of a lifetime. As long as the Mongols give the order, the Central Plains will contribute similar formulas that can solve the Black Death, as well as medicinal materials that the Normans may not be able to obtain after suffering from great hardships.
It can be said that as long as the Mongolians know how to use the resources they have, they don’t have to be afraid of the Black Death - at least from a technical perspective, it is true.
But the Mongols don't.
The natural contempt of the farming nation and its wrong views even made the Mongols put forward the theory of uselessness of the Han people in the early days of their rule. This statement was hoped to change all the territory of the Central Plains and Jiangnan into pastures and allow the Mongols to grazle. Such a strange statement actually had a market among the Mongols. From this point of view, it can be seen how stupid it is to think that the Mongols would reasonably use the resources in their hands.
Therefore, the Mongols could only continue to suck their morale little by little in sorrow and panic. Although under the forced force of Genghis Khan's unmatched prestige, the Mongolian army still headed north and arrived at the Norman Empire, the periphery of Moscow's absolute defense circle in April. But this was already a limit. The Mongolians, even Genghis Khan, were not sure about attacking this solid fortress again.
Again, several consecutive attacks were frustrated, which deepened the Mongols' defeatist ideas. Under the fortress of the Norman Empire, the bodies of the Mongols, their minions, and the nomadic allies in the grassland were once again lying under the fortress. The situation was like last year - no, it should be said that it was worse than last year. At least last year, the morale of the Mongols was still high, and they thought they would win last year. They believed that countries of the Norman level could not stop them from moving forward. The Mongols would rule the world. This is something that all the Mongols believed in.
But in the end, the facts woke them up very cruelly.
While the Norman Empire and the entire Europe were turbulent due to the severe plague, the Mongols also lost the courage and interest to continue in. Most Mongolian soldiers began to miss the grasslands in their hometown, the Onon River and the Holy Mountain of Buhrhan. They no longer wanted this and could not get any benefits. And they were wasted time in front of the fortress that seemed to have no possibility of breaking through - what? You said those suicide squads that passed from the Arctic last year? Egil has not received any news from them now. So most of the bastards died in the Arctic Circle and became the rations for polar bears. Don't worry about them.
The morale of the army collapsed and morale was low. Even Genghis Khan had no choice. Years of war also consumed a lot of wealth and resources of the Mongol Empire. Not like other wars, the Mongols could count on plunder to make up for these losses after victory. The war against the Normans still did not see the hope of ending for a while. Therefore, the Mongols were even more sad.
"Although I don't know what's going on, it seems I'm going to win." Looking outside the city, the Mongolian army with its morale declining day by day, Egil said this - the plague has spread to the whole of Europe. In addition to the British Isles and Northern Europe Scandinavia, the Norman Empire has also entered a state of doomsday. In fact, compared with the Mongols, the Norman Empire is now in a state of embarrassment. The entire country has entered a state of emergency. All roads are blocked, and all cities and villages are isolated. The news cannot be spread, but rumors emerge like bamboo shoots after a rain. And normal spring plowing cannot continue, and many people are probably going hungry in autumn...
Norman was also unstable. The professional army was fine, but those recruited soldiers, especially those from Eastern Europe, Flanders and North Saxony, were eager to return to their hometowns. They stayed with their relatives in such a disaster. Egil was completely powerless now. If the Mongols persisted for a while, Egil might not be able to suppress the morale of the army and could only retreat.
What is this called? Well, the city is not high, the pool is not deep, the war is not powerful, and the rice is not too much; if you leave it, it is because the place is not as good as the people.
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