Arriving in the English Channel was the Aegean Fleet. They were to be tasked with escorting the Normandy Corps into operations across the sea.

Anaxaxos:

"I've waited too long for this day to finally set out for my kingdom."

Sijimo:

"Do you have monopoly power over Britain?"

"Hmph, the British Isles will be my impregnable base. There is no one to take it.

Western Europe?

I certainly won't give up. Under my rule, Normandy and Rennes have been consolidated into one of my domains.

In the future, we will expand our territory to Belgium and Germania.

When the time comes, the Germans will be handed over to you to manage, and you will be the Governor of Germania!"

"King Xie!

The commander of the Aegean Fleet is now asking for a meeting outside the hall to see if he wants to be called in. ”

"Try to win him over, Britain and Normandy need a naval connection.

Also, we don't have a port here, and our brothers in the navy can't hold it for long, but they're too precious. So we must take London as soon as possible and occupy the port.

So, General Sijimo. Once again, I will consult with you, and we will go to the island together with the two Normandy legions. What do you think? ”

"Rest assured of this, the British armies that once galloped over Western Europe have been crushed by us, and their resistance is feeble. Either legion in your hands or I can defeat them.

The Britons are good at sneak attacks, I'm sure of that.

We support the northern defense line of the empire, and if the main forces are gone, then there will be no defense in the rear. Although there is no mortal threat to us from a British army attacking Western Europe, it will be very troublesome at that time. Therefore, it is most appropriate to divide the army into two ways. ”

"Okay, that's it. As the future king of the island, Ben Shuai must be the first to land on the island of Britain himself.

General Sijimo, you have heightened your guard on the Normandy coast to defend against enemy raids. At the same time, be ready to reinforce me at any time. ”

"Please rest assured, the rear will be handed over to me in a foolproof manner."

As soon as the Aegean Fleet arrived in the English Channel, it attracted the attention of the enemy. The Viking ships and British warships took the initiative to challenge, and the Macedonian navy won three fierce battles. With more advanced warships and more effective naval tactics, the Aegean Fleet opened a sea route and made it possible to land and counterattack.

The time is ripe.

Anaxochos immediately gathered his northern legions. Everything was ready, and in the early hours of the morning, the whole army was loaded and boarded.

The flotilla successfully crossed the English Channel, and the enemy navy was completely unaware of it. It's just that when the Macedonian army came to the outskirts of London, it was helplessly blocked by the River Thames. The Britons had already demolished the bridge, for reasons unknown. Now the fighters of the Northern Legion had to find a way to build a pontoon bridge to cross the river.

The Britons were in a hurry and organized to defend against the invasion. Castanin, the leader of the south of England, advocated a radical approach to attack the coast of Western Europe. That is, you hit yours and I hit mine, hurting each other. Ginus, the chief of Edinburgh in the north, insisted on concentrating his forces on the defense of his homeland.

Serious divisions led to a more dispersed force of the coalition of tribes. As a result, there was resistance everywhere on the island of Britain, but it could not stop the intruders.

Kastanin wanted to repeat the glory of the surprise attack on the Germanic undefended area, but his dream was shattered on the "coastal rock" of the Normandy legion, the Germanic army.

The British army was a mixed bagger: English pikemen, mercenaries, and Scottish hill militia, and the three British totem warrior phalanxes were considered the strongest of the infantry. Only the British chariot was extremely threatening, bringing more than seventy of them. Sijimo had been waiting on the shore for a long time.

The two sides met in the forest, and the Germanic soldiers, who were good at ambushing and raiding, made full use of their strengths and suddenly appeared in the dense forest, taking the British totem warriors by surprise. The Germanic infantry with two-handed axes overwhelmed the totemic warriors in momentum.

The main battle arms of Britain were defeated, and the rest of the mercenaries and armed mountain people were shaken and demoralized. Under the pressure of the Macedonian Germanic pikemanic phalanx, the advance and retreat were lost.

Sijimo saw the opportunity and launched a cavalry attack from the open space on the periphery. Kastanin's chariot was useless, and he was surrounded by his own infantry at the core.

Eventually, the British Legion was annihilated and Kastanin was killed. This barbarian general, who had fought against the Germans and had distinguished himself, could never have imagined that the combat effectiveness of the Germanic legions could increase so quickly and so greatly. The phalanx of spears he once mocked was now a nightmare for his legion.

At the same time, Anaxachsos successfully crossed the Thames and laid siege to London. Now he has grown into a qualified general, and his combat command style is unique.

The fighting power of the traditional Macedonian army comes from the soldiers' pursuit of honor, trust and mutual assistance between teammates.

The Normandy regiment of Anaxauxos was a different style entirely. His legions fought for profit and because of the strict discipline, the aura of the barbarian soldiers was very strong. The corps commander was even more insane, he had only one characteristic of his operations, and that was the offense, the onslaught regardless of losses. This has had an unexpected effect in many actual battles, as it will overwhelm the enemy in momentum in the first place.

In the attack on London, Macedonia's 20,000 troops were all elite divisions, and Britain's only 2,000 defenders.

Anaxaxos attacked the city from both directions in the southeast at the same time, and the soldiers besieged the city like ants.

The British chieftain Earl Dennonica personally led the guards to resist, but in vain. His large formation of chariots, numbering in the hundreds, was clogged up in the narrow streets of the city and turned into rubbish. The charioteers had to fight on foot, and they were powerless.

Anaxaxosus ordered: Whoever kills the head of the enemy will be rewarded with ten golden talons and a local beauty. Kill the charioteer to reward the fief, the knighthood. The fighters went crazy from this.

The crumbling city of London is like a big girl, conquered by the wild. Anaxochosus claimed the occupation of London.

The Northern Legion began to attack from all sides, crushing the scattered resistance of the tribes. The two great powers of Normandy and Britain were briefly opposed.

Another British army attacking Europe was commanded by the general Sintunata Venta. They landed in Belgium. General Sijimo, who was guarding the coastline, received news of the reconnaissance post in time and rushed there to defeat him. The difference in combat effectiveness between the two legions was already very large, and the Germanic legions wiped out the British army of equal strength if it was devastated. At this point, the Britons were no longer able to counterattack.

The Northern Army advanced smoothly into Scotland, but the front was stretched and stretched. At this time, Sigimo led the Germanic legions to Britain to support the northern legions as they continued their march north. Unified Britain just got easier.

(End of chapter)