With two lifetime memories, Egil naturally knew the principle of siege three quads and one circumference. He deliberately left a glimmer of life, but it was not because of kindness. Instead, it gave the enemy a hope in his heart, and he would not go too far when he fought. In the West, there were not many people who understood this principle. But in the East, there were quite a few people who knew this principle. But knowing it is a different matter. People always thought that they were the smartest and had the best luck. They were the protagonist of the novel. The fate of their heaven should not be lost. So what if the other party neglected it? That was a certain...

So, this is the truth. Although Egil did not completely explain it, he looked at the face of the coalition commander present and he seemed to have some understanding. The truth is the same.

No one present is a fool. You can understand it by thinking about it for a moment.

"Then Your Majesty Egil, you see, is it really possible for the other party to attack our retreat by boat?" Duke Charles was attacked by Norman pirates back then, and Groningen, the major industrial and commercial town of Burgundy, was destroyed. Naturally, he knew that Li was so bad. He hurriedly asked.

"It's hard to say." Egil shook his head, and after a little thought, "But just in case, it's better to be alert. We're already half a day late for the other party to go to sea during the day, so it's not too late. We'll send messengers to northern Italy now, asking the Holy See to pay attention to the safety of the retreat.

At the same time, the Duke of Edward was also informed that he would increase the number of troops he escorted and the distance he escorted.

Moreover, the cavalry was of no use in the siege. We gathered the cavalry and patrolled everyone along the distance from Naples to Rome. What is the arrangement like this? What else needs to be added?"

The others thought about it and said that His Majesty Egil's arrangement was safe enough. So Egil ordered the meeting to disperse. He went to the camp of the Norman spy who accompanied the army, wrote a letter and handed it to the envoy, and ordered him to ride north as soon as possible to announce the news.

Egil watched the messenger leave overnight and ride away. He felt a little disappointed. He secretly reflected on his recent days that he had been a little proud. Even though he was indeed the most different, unique, and the most powerful king in the legend. However, there are still some in this world, second only to himself, and slightly worse, and the same very strong guy.

If you accidentally deal with it, you will suffer a loss. This time it is just a small lesson. And the next time, you may lose your life.

"Stay working hard." Egil, who was lying on the chuáng, said to himself like this.

In fact, Egil was a little over-considered, not that it was wrong to say that he would be careful and continue to work hard in the future. Instead, it was almost unnecessary for him to step up his strategy of defending the back.

During the day, the people of Valangi laughed wildly and seized the sea boats, then set fire at the dock and left. After entering the Mediterranean, Harold, the leader of the Valangi mercenary, just sent a few faster boats and ordered them to go to the north to "make a little damage"

Then he led his main force to sail southward and sailed towards Sicily.

"Well, boss... didn't we say we were going to attack the enemy's retreat?" a confidant asked.

"So I've said it many times." Harold looked speechless and pulled the guy's collar up and lifted him up. Then he turned his body and acted to throw him into the sea.

A stout Valangi man, along with his full body equipment and weapons, definitely exceeded 200 kilograms.

Harold picked him up with one arm but didn't feel any difficulty at all.

"Old, please put me down quickly...

This is not funny!!" The Varangi mercenary's face turned pale even though most Varangi people were well-versed in water. However, this guy's chain armor was very difficult to deal with. He would definitely not be able to float when he fell into the sea.

"Oh, do you want to go down?" Harold swayed up and down with the unlucky guy's arms for a few times, and scared the guy to scream again.

"Shut up or I'll really put you down!" Harold shouted, and then the guy hurriedly covered his mouth.

"Okay, this is the last time. In the future, I will never want to hear such stupid questions from you again. We are mercenaries! Mercenary mercenaries mercenaries!!! We are not fighting for victory, we are fighting for survival and make money!! If you can't fight, you will never fight forever!!! To attack the enemy's backbone, just send someone a little to your heart! Do you believe it if I deceived the dead eunuch in Greece?!"

Harold nodded desperately while talking about the Valangi mercenary. After Harold finished speaking, he looked at his boss pitifully, wanting to speak but afraid of angering him.

Harold rolled his eyes again, raised his arms, and the mercenary Valangi felt his body "suddenly..., and when he looked again, he had fallen on the deck.

"Please brush your deck until Sicily." After Harold said that, he turned around and went back to his cabin to sleep. Only the Valangi mercenary who had been determined to breathe heavily.

In this way, after five days and five nights of sailing, the Valangi mercenaries arrived at Palermo, the largest castle in the north of Sicily. Then, the mercenary leader Harold mobilized people and began to collect ships on Sicily under the name of two Sicily governors Narcis.............. Let's not talk about this, let's talk about the city of Naples. After Egil's dispatch, the coalition forces went to four or five thousand cavalry. On the first day of attacking Naples, more than 2,000 people were killed. The total force had dropped to about 70,000. Narcis is worthy of being a famous Eastern Roman general. The coalition forces successively carried out night attacks, sneak attacks, earth dragons and other attacks, but they were all cracked one by one by one. The various materials in the city of Naples were sufficient, enough to support the use of the Eastern Roman army and the citizens of Naples for at least one year.

Now Narcis has implemented a food rationing system in Naples. On the same day, the soldiers who participated in the war were given a meal bonus: soldiers who did not participate in the battle gave the usual share of food, and those who participated in supporting the city were given three-quarters of the food. However, those who did not participate, as well as the elderly and weak, could only receive one-half of the food normally. In this case, Naples may be able to hold on for a longer time. Even if it is not possible, it is not impossible to remove the bones and cook, and change the baby and eat the gods and horses...

Egil also tried to order the Norman spies to destroy these materials by arson, poisoning and other means. However, Nalsis was very strict in the defense of the arsenal, granary and other areas. The Norman spies had no idea how to start. After a failed attempt, Nalsis knew about the existence of the spies. Although martial law in the whole city was finally unable to find all the Norman spies.

However, most of the precious carrier pigeons were also arrested. Especially the precious carrier pigeons were taken back by Nalsis to barbecue and serve. Egil lost contact with the city at this point.

The siege of Naples seems likely to develop into a conventional, stalemate, long-lasting war. Egil had a headache when he thought of this. Because there was information that Basil II's 200,000 army vanguard was very close to the city of Venice. Although in contrast, Fitre II, the current emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, also led the 150,000 German army to the south. He officially accepted the crown of the pope in Rome. However, Egil was not optimistic about this guy at all.

Perhaps, there is some comparison psychology. Egil's reputation became even louder with the victory of the Battle of Naples, and even as the leader of the entire Catholic alliance. As the most powerful country in Europe in the traditional sense, the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Frederick said he was not convinced in his heart, which was simply certain.

Therefore, although Egil wrote repeatedly, hoping that Frederick could restrain his emotions. He waited until he finished the siege of Naples and then led his army to support the north. The two armies worked together to fight the Eastern Roman Empire. It was not impossible to sacrifice Venice temporarily if necessary. However, Frederick did not seem to want to follow the proposal of Egil, a so-called "ally". He just replied to a vague letter and insisted on tingling the army in the direction of Venice. The forward even entered the territory originally belonging to Hungary and had several confrontations with the Eastern Roman vanguard.

"I don't believe me..." Egil sighed after receiving the message from his spy. He ignored Frederick's life and death. Kiteri originally wanted Egil to mobilize those who entered Northern Italy at the same time, so that the 100,000 Norman soldiers were summoned for him. But how could Egil agree to such a thing?

He also wrote a vague letter and wrote a secret letter to his subordinates, strictly ordering them to stay in the Northern Italian Gernoya generation and never be allowed to participate in the war between the two Romans. Otherwise, he would be punished severely.

Frederick also tried to win over Norman's recruitment soldiers, but Norman's system was different from that of medieval European countries. The 100,000 recruitment soldiers were directly obeyed Egil, not another warlord or nobleman. Kiteret even knew that anyone should win over. In the end, he had to give up.

At the same time, he had a bigger opinion on Egil. He even vented this dissatisfaction without any scruples in many public occasions. He claimed that Egil was just a lucky mess and had no real talent. After obtaining these news, Egil was also furious and his impression of Frederick instantly dropped to a negative value.
Chapter completed!