There was a group of Vikings in Northern Europe, and these people were the ones who shook the whole of Europe. Although Tang Zhangwei led the Tang army and repelled these arrogant Vikings, they only retreated and obeyed in name, and these Vikings did not really obey.

In order to train the troops, but also to exercise the combat effectiveness of the army, Tang Zhangwei led the newly recruited army to set foot on the Nordic Peninsula, from the Gulf of Finland, to Sweden, and then to Norway.

These places were inhabited by Vikings, warriors of these Viking tribes, who usually made a living by driving whaling ships and catching whales.

Before the Tang Dynasty completely occupied this place, the Vikings were carefree, fishing and whaling, fishing for seals, and going to the European continent to rob various countries and monasteries in their spare time.

These murderous Vikings were a nightmare for the nobles and common people of various countries on the European continent.

These Vikings, who believed in the god Odin but not in the Holy Cross, killed priests and Orthodox priests.

It wasn't until the Tang army led by Tang Zhangwei arrived here that they stopped a little.

These Vikings fished in the North Sea and caught giant whales that were more than 20 meters long.

Before Fisherman's ice-making equipment reached Viking fishermen and whalers, the Vikings had to put the fish on the shore and dry them, and the whales had to be dragged ashore to boil into grease.

Whale oil candles made by the Vikings, and whale skeleton products, were expensive and brought a lot of money to the Vikings.

Unlike those recorded in European countries, the Vikings were not ignorant thieves and mere robbers, they were also great navigators, who even discovered Greenland and North America.

Of course, they have very few immigrants in these places.

Tang Zhangwei led a large army and moved towards Northern Europe, and together with Tang Zhangwei's army, there were Viking nobles who had been tamed.

Awat, a Jewish grain merchant, and his friends Benayoun and Benhaim followed Tong Zhangwei's troops.

Because, believing that this expedition would give them the opportunity to lead to wealth.

Viking soldiers Kenan, Bundayan, and Kayal, who sail traditional Viking longships, with Viking nobles Barda and Saban pulling the sails.

Such long ships are generally 30 meters long, but the ships used for plundering are 10 meters long.

In this way, when the enemy is pursuing, they can quickly turn to the river bay, which can avoid the pursuit of warships.

The Viking nobleman Barda drove a long boat, 36 meters long, which used a steering paddle on the right, and they often used the left side to dock when they docked.

These boats were built using the lap method, and due to their slender hulls, they had a shallow draft, so they could sail both in the ocean and in river bays.

Tang Zhangwei stood on such a ship, which had a displacement of as much as 150 tons. The boat is powered by pulp, but there is also a large sail that can be used to save human energy.

On either side of the ship, quite a few soldiers stood, and they spread their shields.

Because he wanted to save military spending, Tang Zhangwei only recruited Vikings from the Eastern European steppes and asked them to build this warship team using traditional Viking techniques.

Such a warship could withstand the attack of the army on the shore.

This type of boat has high curved ends, as well as a relatively deep draft in the boat, so it has good ship maneuverability.

Kennan the Viking stood high in the bow of the ship, and he shouted loudly with his sails outstretched.

There were about twenty to thirty people on a typical Viking warship, and there were more than fifty people on this warship.

Among them, there were thirty Tang soldiers and nobles on it, Kenan was not stupid, he saw that these people were richly dressed, and even the ship used Jewish merchants as pulpers, he knew that the identity of these people was not ordinary.

Indeed, on this Viking ship, there are also big names like Tang Zhangwei and Princess Suining.

Awat, the Jewish grain merchant, and his friends Benayoun and Ben Haim worked the ship for a while as pulpers, and they were covered in sweat, and then the sweat on their bodies was steaming out, and these people were sweating and very uncomfortable.

Bundayan and Kayal, after Kennan came down, they followed the bow of the ship and began to shout loudly.

Bundayan called out to the god Odin, hoping for a good wind so they could reach their destination quickly.

Awat, a Jewish grain merchant, said to his friends Benayoun and Benhaim: "What is the use of these Vikings who do not know what is wrong, but who do not pray to the gods in the North Sea, but cry out to the god Odin?" ”

However, a favorable wind finally blew in the North Sea, and Bundayan and his Viking ships brought the army of these great armies to the shores of Norway.

Here, there were large groups of Vikings who formed alliances with many tribes of Denmark, Iceland, Greenland, as well as Scotland and Ireland.

King Holfarg, the Viking of the Kingdom of Norway, sat with his generals Svalai and Haakon, and asked his warrior Olaf: "Are we resisting the Don army?" Or make peace with them. ”

Olaf didn't answer immediately, he thought for a while before saying: "The Tang army is numerous, their army is more than the number of our country, and top Viking warriors like us are everywhere in General Tang Zhangwei's army. If we fight, then ours must fight to the last, I hope you can think clearly. ”

Locke, a priestess of the god Odin, killed a baby seal and cooked it before he distributed the meat among the Viking warriors and women around him.

Locke filled his stomach and tinkered with it on his own, and after finishing the ceremony, he said to Holfarge: "Judging by the hexagram of the seal bones, these damned Don troops will fight us until the last moment." ”

King Holfarg of the Kingdom of Norway said, "High Priest Locke, what does this really mean? ”

Locke said: "What the god Odin means is that either we fight with the army of the Great Tang to the last, or we kill all the Tang army so that they are left with only the last one." ”

At this time, the horn of the attack of the Don army sounded.

Holfarg said: "Everybody, get up! Let's fight those Don troops! ”

However, the Viking warriors did not get up immediately, because many of the militiamen of the Tang army were also Vikings, and they shouted to these warriors in the same language, telling them not to resist.

However, the Vikings in the Tang army mostly held the Mo swords of the Tang Dynasty, while the Vikings in the Kingdom of Norway held the traditional Viking long sword.

As soon as the two sides disagreed, they began to work directly.

At this time, the hand crossbow that Fisher Chun built for Tang Zhangwei's army worked.

Before Holfarge's army could rush to Tang Zhangwei's army, it was shot down by those Tang Dynasty's hand crossbows.

(End of chapter)