Chapter 57 Attack
Under such circumstances, in order to cover up their embarrassment, the Mongols even reorganized several unsuccessful siege plans. Under Ogedei's proposal, they sent the already heavy losses to the Qiexue army and the Proton army to take turns to attack.
In addition, in addition to the Hui cannons that the Mongols have always possessed, as well as the Oriental and Persian siege machines, the Mongols also obtained three twelve-pound long-barrel cannons from the first line of defense of the Norman Empire when they siege. Although the Mongols had poor skills in controlling artillery artillery and were not accurate enough to bombard, the ammunition they obtained was very limited and they could not be strong at all. In reference to the bastion design, they could maximize the damage of the Norman Fortress of shells. However, in front of the fortress, the small wooden forts and fortresses suffered more or less damage.
This made Egil feel very angry: "Didn't I say it?! The most important thing that all the cannons have to do before they fall is to blow up the cannons! What's going on? Why do the other party still have cannons?!"
The emperor's roar made the three armies frightened, but it was useless. The Mongols obtained the artillery of the Norman Empire. With Mongolia's current technological strength, it was unlikely that they would completely copy or even cast more powerful artillery. However, it is very possible to cast a batch of artillery of poor quality by copying it.
When a new technology flows out to one country, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not flow out to another country. It is like papermaking and gunpowder. Egil found sadly that his equipment, which was originally ace weapon, would likely become a weapon in the next few decades. Although due to technical level, artillery is still a very high threshold and not everyone can have it. However, compared with the Norman Empire's dominance, it is far worse.
"Concentrate firepower! Blast all the cannons that fell into the hands of the enemy!!!"
The more he thought about it, the more angry he became. Then he roared, ordering the artillery in the fortress to fire, blowing all the guys who plagiarized his skills into pieces - a total of thirty-four-pound infantry cannons. They were evenly arranged on the various turrets of the two fortresses on the second line of defense. The treasures were much stronger than the twelve-pound guns. In addition, there were twenty smaller twelve-pound long-barrel cannons. The number of traditional heavy machinery, catapults and city crossbows arranged by the Norman Empire on the second line of defense was similar to the first line of defense. However, the number of new guns was incomparable.
Hearing Egil's order, fifty cannons turned and aimed at the Mongols' cannons and blasted violently. At that time, a shaking sound was heard. The violent roar almost pierced the eardrums. Looking at the other position, there was a burst of gunpowder. After the smoke, the remaining limbs and arms were all over the ground, and several cannons also turned into scrap iron.
Seeing this scene, the morale of the Mongolian generals suddenly decreased. After several rounds of Norman catapults, city crossbows and artillery bombings, they suffered heavy losses and refused to go forward to fight desperately. The Mongolian camp seemed to have no ambition. Seeing that the army had lost too much, they called the gold and the Mongolian army took advantage of the situation to retreat. There was a burst of cheers on the head of the Norman Fortress.
This made Egil feel very puzzled - the opponent's tactics seemed much rougher than before. There was neither enough firepower to protect the fire, nor the life-threatening cannon fodder to clear the roadblocks, fill traps and trenches. The legions were in no order, and they rushed forward like a mob. It was really not like a war god did.
"Is it possible that Genghis Khan has actually..."
Emperor Norman was very thoughtful and soon came up with such an answer. He felt very excited - Genghis Khan is now in his sixties. He is old and weak, and his energy is exhausted. How can he survive with a lead bullet?! It must be that the generals under his command were afraid of shaking the morale of the army, so he sent people to dress up. He was even more afraid that I would take advantage of the situation to send troops, so he dispatched troops to attack every day. However, looking at the command art of these idiots, it was just a mistake...
That's it, what's the real situation? Egil feels that he should try harder to truly figure out whether Genghis Khan is dead or alive. Only then can he act.
So the Norman Empire secretly sent spies to mingle into the Mongolian military camp. On the one hand, they spyed on Genghis Khan's life and death, and on the other hand, they spread rumors that the real Genghis Khan had been seriously injured and died. Now a group of Mongolian generals were planning to be ill, so people disguised Genghis Khan. The Mongolian army was panicked.
On the surface, Egir sent envoys to the Mongolian army every few days, asking to make an appointment with Genghis Khan. He wanted to attract Genghis Khan to come out and identify them again.
In this way, the Normans were in April. Rumors broke out in the Mongolian army. The Mongolian generals had no choice but to invite Genghis Khan's younger brother Hesar, then dressed up as Genghis Khan, paraded in the army to calm the morale. The Norman Emperor, who was far away, also looked at the man with a telescope on the fortress tower.
The man was 80% or 90% similar to Genghis Khan, and his figure and dressed exactly the same. In addition, he pretended to have injured one arm, looked ugly, had difficulty moving, and was unable to see clearly. Most people would be deceived by him. In the Mongolian army, the senior generals who knew he was pretending to be a pretender would naturally not expose him. Others who vaguely guessed the truth did not dare to say more. A dozen miles away, Egil could clearly hear the cheers in the Mongolian military camp. The morale was greatly boosted because of the "Mongol Khan" parade.
“…that’s not Genghis Khan.”
The Mongols could hide the strategy from others, but Egil could not hide it from Egil. Although he had only seen him in the chaos, the majesty and momentum of the Mongolian Khan would be unforgettable to Egil. Now this man can only get his form, but not his essence. Egil can naturally see it at a glance.
"From then on, I have lost another enemy." Emperor Norman sighed a few times. Then he made a decision! Prepare the army and gather all the elite soldiers and generals of the Norman Empire to launch a counterattack on the Mongols! Bring them back to their own land. Let them be greatly damaged from then on and they can no longer cause harm!!
After Egil made this decision, he wrote a letter asking the Norman regular army on the back lines of defense and recruited elite soldiers to come, accumulate strength and prepare to fight back. In these few days, Genghis Khan was still unconscious. The Mongolian generals finally lost their patience and decided to withdraw their troops.
Mongolia and Norman fought for several years, and suffered countless soldiers and generals, but the final gains were very little. In addition, the life and death of the Mongolian Khan Temujin was unknown, and there was no good or bad luck. It can be said that it was an extremely major failure. Before his death, Genghis Khan divided his huge Khanate into four and gave it to his four sons, but did not specify the heirs. The actions of several Mongolian princes also increased their ambitions. They began to plan their own future.
April 2, 1010 AD. On the third day of the retreat of the Mongols, all the elite troops under the Norman Emperor had been summoned, from the Centaur Legion, to the New Army, to the Hussar Legion, a total of 140,000 elite troops, were all the most elite troops of the Norman Empire.
The 30,000 Celtic troops under Artoria were also gathered. The Celtic Royal Knights, Celtic Knights, Longbowmen, Lightning Heavy Infantry. The Celtic Heavy Shield Spear... These elite troops were also gathered.
The elites selected from millions of Norman recruits were not inferior to the regular army of ordinary countries. The Viking soldiers dispatched from Northern Europe, the Frank heavy cavalry dispatched from Flanders, the heavy hook and sickle soldiers dispatched from England, the light cavalry soldiers dispatched from Eastern Europe, and the forest axe soldiers dispatched from Eastern Europe, and the elites dispatched from Flanders.
In addition, the strongest troops they had were also volunteered to dispatch from the armies dispatched from Burgundy, Hungary, Austria, Hesse, Brandenburg and other countries. The Burgundy Golden Wool Knights, Hungarian Rangers, Austrian Duke Guards, Hesse Guards, Brandenburg Black Dragon Knights, etc.
In this way, in the past week, the Norman Empire gathered the 350,000 most elite troops under his command. No, it should be said that this is the elite soldiers and generals gathered in the entire Europa! Under the leadership of Emperor Norman, all the troops in Europe gathered together and were ready to compete with the Mongols!
On April 4, 1010 AD, when the Mongols withdrew from the Moscow absolute defense circle and advanced towards the Mongolian Plateau, the vanguard troops of the Europa army caught up with their rear guards. In a wonderful, large-scale horse battle that seemed like a performance, the Europa vanguards, with the Norman Hussars as the main body, completely defeated the Mongols' rear guard troops, forcing the Mongols to change their strategies, stop and fight the Normans to the death with the entire Europa.
"Genghis Khan is dead! There is nothing in this world that can stop me!!!"
At that time, despite the raging Black Death and extremely embarrassed, Egil still felt that this was the most glorious moment in his life! Genghis Khan's death made him a well-deserved and most powerful ruler in the world! No one in this world could lead the nomads who led the entire grassland like Genghis Khan and set off a natural disaster war!!
"The world belongs to me, and to Egil Scadragrimson!!!" Looking at the panicked and nervous Mongolian in the distance, Egil felt heroic and couldn't help but shout like this!
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Chapter completed!