The calm of York City was finally shattered after April, when the Knight of Uhtred returned from reconnaissance in the east, bringing with him important news.

"The King of Denmark is coming?" The Count of Benicia asked his eldest son in disbelief.

Edgar didn't show any strange color, as if he had expected it, and watched Uhtred drink a glass of wine and dry his lips with his sleeve before he continued: "Yes, our news comes from the Governor of Lincolnshire, and the King of Sven of Denmark has arrived in Peterborough with more than thirty ships supplied by the Norwegians, and has joined his brothers and sons. ”

Edgar took the letter from the magistrate of Mar-Sween, scanned it, and handed it to Earl Guspatrick, and the prince said to Margaret and Count Molay, who were beside him: "Before the arrival of King Alba, we still have to contact the Danes, the scale of the next battle may be greater than that of Hastings three years ago, and it is not a bad thing to have one more ally." ”

The Count of Benicia showed a hint of disdain: "Those perfidious Danish mongrels are not trustworthy at all. ”

Edgar shook his head: "Regardless of why they left in the first place, we should still fight for it now, and I believe that King Sven will not ignore the Danes of Northumbria." ”

Princess Margaret showed a look of understanding, and said to the Earl of Morley: "In this case, let us receive the Scots in York, my family is here, and we can also promise the king that we will never give up York, and the safety of the Scots going south will be personally guaranteed by the English royal family." ”

The Earl of Morlay humbly saluted as a sign of respect for the future Queen of Scotland.

Edgar prepared the gifts, and led a squadron of one hundred and twenty knights to the east to the mouth of the Humber River, which was now under the control of the Scottish fleet, and Edgar took letters from King Malcolm and the Earl of Morley to cross the mouth of the river with Scotsman's ships to Lincolnshire to meet the King of Denmark. Everything along the way was in order, the strong army had long since recovered from the winter rout, and the rigorous training allowed all the knights to maintain a tight formation and march through this difficult terrain without being disrupted by currents and obstacles. When Prince Edgar saw the nearby English villagers, he couldn't help but think of the winter war, the betrayal of the Serbrande family, the death of Lord Arncktyre, and the countless sons of English mothers whose bodies were covered in snow and ice, but without the blood shed in York, these villages in front of him would probably have been in ruins.

Without time to continue to lament these things of rise and fall, Edgar gathered his mind and continued on his way, until he saw the mist rising from the reeds, and then stopped, the scenery of the mouth of the Humber River was a little depressed, and through the fog he could not see the direction of Lincoln on the other side, only the sound of crows in the distance. The English knights were leading their horses towards the Scots' camp when they heard a sound of pinching from the reeds, and first a flock of waterfowl flew in all directions, and then a four-oared boat appeared out of the mist, and the English, who had been on guard, waited until the boat was anchored on the water's edge, and then rushed up under the leadership of Uhtred.

"Damn, who are you?" The short fellow shouted loudly, and before he could draw his dagger, the English knights immediately subdued him.

Uhtred pulled out a wax-sealed letter from him, turned back to Edgar and shouted, "Catch a spy!" ”

The short man struggled: "I'm not a spy, filthy fellow, give it back to me, my lord will definitely stab your head in the spear!" ”

Uhtred brought him to Edgar, and the short man shouted at the sight of the young prince, "Help me, my lord, let the barbarians let go!" ”

Edgar was a little curious: "Why do you believe that I will let you go?" ”

He replied, "You have an honest face, like a decent Englishman." Please let them go, and my family will thank you. ”

Uhtred interrupted impatiently, "Who is your master?" ”

The short man immediately straightened up proudly, and then was held down by the English knight behind him: "Everyone calls me 'Scud' Martin, and my master is Lord Hereward of Erie. ”

Edgar remembered the name, and asked the English knight to let him go, and took the captured letter from Uhtred.

Seeing this, Martin shouted again: "Give it back to me, you can't read this letter!" ”

Edgar stared at the seal on the wax seal for a moment, then asked, "Whose letter is this?" ”

Martin seemed to want to keep his mouth shut, but Uhtred twisted his wrist and hurriedly shouted: "This is written by my lord to the noble Prince Edgar, and it must be handed over to the prince of York by hand." ”

Edgar laughed, "You're lucky, I'm Edgar, you don't have to continue to run the wrong way." ”

Martin was stunned for a moment, carefully looked at the soldiers in fancy clothes around him, and suddenly burst into tears unexpectedly: "My lord, save us, my family can't hold it anymore!" ”

Uhtred was also puzzled on the side, what was almost unbearable, could it be that Herry Ward was going to die?

Martin cried for a while, then whimpered and explained: "My lord, we have been betrayed, and now many people have died on the island of Erie, and Lord Hereward's uncle, Dean Brand, has also been captured by the Normans, and the lord wants to take us to break through, but there are too many enemies, and our men can't break through their blockade on the shore, so I rowed a boat to smuggle to York for help." ”

Edgar interrupted Martin's narration and asked him, "Who betrayed you?" ”

Martin was stunned for a moment, then shouted in a hoarse voice: "It's the Danes, those scoundrels have betrayed us all!" ”

Then, Edgar finally listened to Martin's complete account of the whole story, and it turned out that after the spring, King Sven of Denmark arrived with reinforcements, and the Danes, who had spent the winter in England, also gave up the idea of going home, and they entered the swamps of Peterborough, and with the help of Hereward to gain a foothold, they began to attack in the direction of Northampton. However, Bishop Odo of East Anglia then led his army north, and the Normans and the Danish king secretly negotiated in Northampton, and then it is said that the king of Sven accepted a tribute of 20,000 pounds and returned with the entire Danish fleet.

At that time, Heriward and the Lincolnshire Governor were attacking the Norman garrison to the south of the moor, who knew that the Norman army of Bishop Odo descended like a divine soldier, and raided the English and Danes in Lincolnshire near Peterborough, the Mar-Sven Governor was killed by Bishop Odo in front of the battle, and died under the staff of the opponent's Bakulum, Hereward packed up the remnants of his army and retreated to the island, and then the Norman Earl of Surrey took the opportunity to occupy Lincoln and cooperate with Bishop Odo to besiege Erie.

Edgar digested the news for a long time, and suddenly spoke out in Uhtred's indignant curse: "Contact the Scots at the mouth of the river, and say that we are going to cross the river!" ”