Chapter 55 Vibrant
The Aztec Empire eventually perished. Natural disasters were absent, internal and external troubles. Such bad things could not be damaged anymore. If the country did not destroy, it would be unreasonable.
After the demise of the Aztec Empire, General Walter launched a series of wars against the northern Chichmeks and Apaches and won. His purpose was not to conquer those places. In fact, the entire Aztec Empire has now been annexed, and such a huge territory, the Normans were a little overwhelmed. If they occupied more land, they would not only not get any benefits. On the contrary, they would bear the burden, which would be detrimental to the empire's occupation of the New Continent of the Americas.
Therefore, Marshal Walter finally held a large alliance meeting with the Chichmeks and Apaches, a total of hundreds of tribes. The Norman Empire was finally determined, and the nominal ruling power for these tribes. These tribes would serve as vassals of the empire and allegiance to the Norman Emperor.
Of course, their connection with the Norman Empire was nothing more than that. They neither paid taxes to the emperor nor provided soldiers. Except for one name, the rest were no different from the time when they were **.
In this way, the empire's conquest of Central America came to an end. The empire was a huge rainforest in South America, while the north was a vast North American plain. Although the Norman Emperor was salivating about these unreclaimed lands, at least for the time being, he did not have the ability to reclaim these lands.
However, Emperor Norman still announced his rights in the New Continent of America. Egil issued an announcement, claiming that the entire New Continent of America was his private property and belonged to the Norman royal family. Of course, from this era, except for the Norman Empire, no one has the ability to send enough manpower and material resources to the New Continent for development and conquest. Therefore, in a sense, the emperor's announcement cannot be miscalculated.
Egil formally divided the territory he obtained into three provinces. He divided the original Aztec province into two. The Mexican province in the north was the capital of Tenochitilan, which was renamed Mexico City. In the south, it was the capital of Central America. The capital of Yucatan, which was established on the Yucatan Peninsula. All islands on the Caribbean Sea are the third province, named the Archipelago Province, with Havana as its capital.
After that, the emperor sent a large number of officials and supplies to the New World, splitting Marshal Walter's troops into three legions of four or five thousand men. They were stationed in these three provinces. Then he ordered General Walter to return.
After nearly two years of war, Marshal Walter, who had completely conquered this land, was filled with emotion. He left many memories on this land and made many friends. He even thought that it seemed good to live on this continent for a lifetime. However, because his prestige here was too great. Although the emperor was assured of his loyalty, he had to be wary of being careless and being put on by someone in the yellow robe. Therefore, he was sent back to China. It would be beneficial to Marshal Walter or Emperor Egil.
When Marshal Walter returned to his country, he passed through Havana and got off the ship there. Because this was the first place he landed after he came to the New World. So the Marshal wanted to stay here for a few more days and leave a little more memories. In these few days, he saw the big ship sailing from Africa.
The ship was filled with black slaves who were squeezed into the cabin like sardines. This was the first victim of the Norman Emperor's "Catching Black Slave Act". The poor fool was exchanged for cheap iron and other gadgets by Europeans from their hometown in Africa.
He also saw a large number of Norman refugees who were ragged and hopeful from Europa. These people were almost penniless. They had no other property except a layer of ragged clothes on their bodies. They were promised by the emperor that they could obtain land, oxen, seeds and houses here. Therefore, they came here from thousands of miles away.
Of course, there are also some of them who are daydreaming, adventurers and speculators who want to find opportunities to make money on the New World. I don’t know how many of them can succeed, and how many will destroy their lives in the dense forests of America…
In addition to slave ships and passenger ships that transport manpower, there are also many Norman official ships that transport necessities of daily necessities and merchant ships that transport ordinary cargo. This new land has unlimited business opportunities, attracting all powerful maritime merchants to come here to develop their business. With the success of the conquest in Central America and the success of all Europa in his pocket, Europa relaxed restrictions on long-distance business. Another ocean-going trade boom was set off in Europa. The new era of sailing finally began.
All of this, there are good, bad, and good, and evil, but they are full of vitality, vitality and upward spirit. Just like the new empire, we are moving forward with great strides.
On April 3, 1015, the entire Central America was included in the control of the Norman Empire. New history began to be written, and Marshal Walter, as the person who wrote the prologue for this epic, left sadly. With him, there was also a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry that the Imperial team had plundered in the Aztec Empire. It was filled with dozens of large ships, hundreds of tons of gold, mountains of silver and gems... Such wealth would even exceed the benefits obtained from the plunder of Constantinople back then.
"The Lord will be very happy to see these." Because of his poor spirit, Marshal Walter secretly cheered himself up. When he thought of this, he couldn't help but smile. Although the emperor was a little strict with him, the Marshal was still loyal to the emperor. There was no change at all.
Therefore, the empire's strategy for the New Continent of America came to an end for a while. The Normans would spend a long time consolidating their colonial rule in Central America. At the same time...When Marshal Walter fought south and north in Central America, another marshal of the Norman Empire also launched a counterattack in Egypt.
Because of Marshal Far's strategy in Spain, Sultan Arslan had to lead his troops back. The three armies that were besieging Egypt on three sides were all missing one after another. This made Marshal Oss, who had been beaten for more than half a year, breathed a sigh of relief.
Immediately afterwards, the marshal began a new strategy for the Egyptian region. The marshal's command was nearly 30,000 troops, except for more than 5,000 guarding the Suez Canal and defending Hulagu in the north, the remaining 25,000 troops were all concentrated to sweep the Egyptian region.
The rebellious Egyptian Muslims, the desert robbers who took advantage of the situation, and the African natives from Ethiopia... All of these people were wiped out and killed by Marshal Ess at the fastest speed. This ugly Norman warrior desperately killed his prisoners to create panic and vent his dissatisfaction when he was besieged.
The Norman army quickly restored order in the entire Lower Egypt. And along the Nile River, the war burned to Upper Egypt. The king of Ethiopia was panicked. He and the fleeing Egyptians organized an army of more than 50,000 people to defend Thebes, the most important city in Lower Egypt.
They knocked down all houses outside the city, burned the countryside, and sealed the wells. They used the scorched earth strategy to fight against the Norman army - these despicable people. Although they were twice as many as the Norman army, they did not dare to fight head-on. Because their people lacked excellent equipment and organizational training, they had almost no advantage. They would definitely collapse in an instant when facing the elite of the Normans.
However, what Marshal Ers is most afraid of is the siege battle. There is no problem with the house being pushed down. He brought enough marching tents. Water can be obtained from the Nile River, and food and supplies can also be transported from the lower reaches of the Nile River through the fleet. The opponent's tactic of firming walls and clearing the field did not play much role at all.
Immediately afterwards, according to the Norman standard siege tactics, General Ershi quickly created a large number of siege machinery, using cannon shooting, catapults, bed crossbows shooting, tower car shooting... Then the attack of the Norman army carrying ladder trucks.
Such a series of blows made the black indigenous people in Ethiopia and the rebels of the Muslims in Egypt panic. These mobs were crying and running around, completely losing their ability to resist. They were immediately massacred by the Norman army that washed up on the city walls.
With just one attack, Marshal Ers completely occupied Thebes and killed all the mobs in the subsequent pursuit.
In a rage, Marshal Ers also took the opportunity to invade Ethiopia. His army marched on the coast of the Red Sea and the banks of the Nile River to obtain supplies through water.
The marshal knew that the empire was not capable of ruling such distant territory yet. The most important enemy in his direction was Hulagu, who was named Ilhan by his brother Kublai Khan. Therefore, the expedition was very fast. General Ershi tried his best to increase his attack and march speed. He left no grass wherever he went. He tried his best to reduce the opponent's vitality to gain strategic advantages.
In this way, the Norman army went all the way, burned all the way, and killed all the way. The prosperous Nile River and the Red Sea coast were burned into white ground. It severely hit the living forces of the Kingdom of Ethiopia. Then it stopped in the Mande Strait between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The entire army rushed back to the Lower Egypt area in warships.
After such a series of wars, the nominal Egyptian province finally became a reality. The Norman Empire was finally able to exercise administrative power throughout Egypt - although this administrative power was greatly reduced by Marshal Ers' crazy killing - because those officials would find that there was not much population in their jurisdiction for them to manage...!~!
Chapter completed!