The war on land came to an end for the time being, and Egil won a great victory, adding another point to his already very generous credit book.

Lead the Catholic coalition to defeat the Eastern Roman army; destroy the Venetian Republic.

These two things.

Speaking of which, Egil has slaughtered countless people since its debut, and has destroyed many countries. England, Scotland, Denmark, Switzerland, Bolan-Lithuania, and in addition to the current Venetian Republic, Egil has destroyed a total of six continental powers - remember, it is a country, a country! Instead of the so-called dukes, earls, and a small feudal country like that.

With such achievements, even if Egil is dead now, he must add the title of "The Great Emperor" to him when he records it.

That's it.

It is precisely because of this that after hearing that his intelligence director had finished speaking all of Egil's reality, Basil II's original anger disappeared. Intuition told him that this guy was very powerful - of course, in fact, there was no need for intuition. In fact, all the people here, all the Eastern Roman noble generals, were surprised. A person, who developed little by little from an earl territory, developed into such a huge power in just over three years. Such a situation is a bit lighter even if he was described as a genius.

"This person is omnipotent in internal affairs and diplomacy, and is omniscient in governance and stability. He is better at ghost tricks and has no moral bottom line. He is a strong enemy..." After hearing these things, Basil II remained silent for a long time. Then he looked down at the surroundings and spoke slowly: "It seems that this person is the biggest obstacle to our recovery of the glory of the Roman Empire. It can be seen that he is doing his best to organize a scattered barbarian, so that all the heresies can all be formed and form an army."

Speaking of this, Basil II paused for a moment.

"If that were the case, our opponents would no longer be a single, split barbarian kingdom. Instead, they would be the entire barbarian alliance. I believe that everyone can understand the difference."

After hearing what His Majesty the Emperor said, the generals below were talking and following Basil II for so many years. None of the generals had no knowledge, so naturally they understood that what Basil II said was not unreasonable.

"So, your majesty, do you have any plans?" asked an Eastern Roman general.

Basil II nodded: "Indeed, I do have a plan now. The banner that the other party put forward was the crusades, that is, they use their heresy beliefs to unite the kingdom of barbarians who also believe in heresy. Therefore - I plan to remove the root of the other party's faith! To eliminate the root of the other party's faith and let them lose the final sign of unity. In order to crush their alliance."

"That so-called Pope... is still Rome..." I said before that none of the people here are stupid people. When I heard his emperor's words, I would naturally understand the spirit soon. The generals nodded repeatedly, whether they recognized His Majesty's words or did not, at least they agreed on the surface.

"However, the other side also sent about 20,000 troops to the front line of Rome, which restrained a large part of our attacking forces. After defeating the four legions of Venice, the 60,000 troops of the barbarians could also go south again. By that time, the number of troops we besieged Rome would be at a disadvantage. At that time... I'm afraid..."

This guy didn't explain it clearly. But everyone understands the meaning of that fear.

A battle that lost 40,000 people was already a headache. If another battle that lost 40,000 troops, then even a huge empire like Edom Rome would be a little unbearable.

"Narcis is a famous general of the empire, how could he be compared with Epirus's mediocre talent? The general was overthinking." Seeing Basil II frowned, another general stood up quickly and then dissuaded the guy who had spoken before. The general who spoke before, who was "I'm afraid" also woke up at this moment. If he was thinking about such remarks by his own emperor, he would be unable to take advantage of it.

"Indeed, Narcis is a famous general of the empire, with countless achievements and meticulous thoughts, and he can definitely do it!"

So there were another series of echoes. Everyone spoke together and praised Narcis, the plenipotentiary governor of the Empire in Sicily, as if it were a flower.

"alright!!!"

As a result, Basil II was still angry. He slapped the table. Suddenly, there was a silence below. With a bunch of black beards, the burly Emperor, his majesty, stared at his forehead and shouted at the generals.

"I have decided! Send three more standard legions, one German legion, and the Valangi legion to Sicily! They all belong to Nalcis's command! Tell him that if he could conquer Rome, I would assign him to be the Imperial Marshal! If he couldn't defeat him, I would want his head!!!"

After hearing this order, all the generals were worried about Narcis. His Majesty the Emperor made a heavy bet this time. He gave Narcis another 50,000 troops, making this guy a warlord with 80,000 troops all at once. The military power is probably above all the governors of the empire. Of course, this guy's task is not light. King Norman is not an easy opponent to mess with. Moreover, the number of troops on the other side is not smaller than his. This battle is probably a bit mysterious...

"This... Your Majesty, it takes a certain amount of time to transport troops from the empire to Sicily. There are a total of five legions, and so many troops, it is probably beyond the capacity of the Adriatic Fleet."

Another general said this.

"Then send all the Aegean Fleet and the Mediterranean Fleet! Don't worry too much about such trivial matters!" Basil II waved his hand and ordered.

"Yes! I understand!" The Eastern Roman general who spoke was clever and stood even more straight than a javelin...

In this way, the decision to increase troops in Sicily and strictly order Nalcis to attack Rome was decided. Basil II's wishful thinking was very loud. If he wanted to kill the pope and slaughter Rome before, then he had changed his mind now.

We must let the heresy serve him. He used a knife to threaten him, and let him convert to the Orthodox Church, merge the two major sects of the East and the West. He was appointed as the Archbishop of the Roman diocese of the Empire, and was ranked under the universal patriarch of Constantinople. In this way, it would be even more severely to severely undermine the morale of the Catholic coalition. Even those soldiers who believe in Catholicism directly collapsed their faith and achieved the effect of defeating others without fighting.

It can be said that once Basil II's plan is realized, it will be almost impossible for Egil to pull up the Catholic coalition again. It would be more reliable to take the army back to Scandinavia as soon as possible, and then submit a submission to Basil II. Considering the bitter and cold land of Scandinavia, people may not be interested. If Egil kowtowed loudly, he might be enthroned by Caesar or something...

By the way, the place where Basil II convened this combat meeting was in Budapest, the palace of the Hungarian King. The city of Budapest has fallen.

Despite the strong resistance, despite the Hungarians' strong tenaciousness, and despite the Hungarian King Attila himself, he tried his best to boost morale and encourage the morale of the army, and he defeated various tricks of the Eastern Roman attack by counterattack - but the gap in strength could not be compensated.

After Basil II dispatched two regular legions, two German mercenary corpses, one Latin legion, and five temporary recruitment legions, a total of 100,000 troops, expanding his own siege army to 200,000. Hungarian king Attila finally vomited three liters of blood and completely lost his will to resist. Finally, on a dark and windy night, he led all the Hungarian cavalry to break through.

The battle was extremely tragic, and the Hungarians fought a bloody path with their lives to fight for their lives. The Hungarian army that protected Attila's successful breakthrough was estimated to be only 2,000. In this way, the Hungarian Kingdom, which was originally extremely powerful in Eastern Europe, became history.

That's why I have the time to continue looking west.

"Then, the army will rest for fifteen days and then continue to head towards Italy. This time, we must completely solve the problems of the entire Italy." Basil II announced.

"So...what should those Hungarians who broke through the siege take against them?" Another general asked.

"Well... leave them to the Slavs to solve it. Didn't that woman want the northern Bolan area? If you want such a great benefit, you won't be able to do it without exerting your strength."

So the generals stopped talking again.

Unlike Egil's perception that "Eastern Europe is where the king made achievements", Basil II - no, it should be said that in the knowledge of most Greeks, Eastern Europe is very vast, with a vast land of sparsely populated, barbaric, and unexplored wild land. Its value is far less than that of the original territory of the empire. That is, this circle of the legendary Mediterranean, as well as the Gaul and the Southern German region. The original territory of these empires is important.

Therefore, let’s give these wild lands to your allies, the Grand Duchy of Moscow, which also believes in the Orthodox Church. There is nothing wrong with this way of handling it. And a Hungarian king who was outdated, with less than two thousand men left, will fight against an insignificant Slavic grand duke. This is just right and just right.
Chapter completed!