The Normans were too much of a help, especially after bypassing the fortresses of Bergenberg on the island of Rügen and the outer island of Hidensay on the island of Lügen, which were heavily fortified by the enemy, and the Normans followed Odo's orders to divide their forces and storm the island of Rügen.

To be honest, the chief of Mecklenburg had a lot of troops at his disposal, and most of the adult males of the tribe were enough to form a force of twelve thousand, but if they were spread out to defend the castles of various towns, they would be somewhat insignificant.

Chief Coneto also knew this, so he stationed only heavy troops in Wismar-Mecklenburg on the coast, and focused on Rostock and Bergen on the island of Rügen, so that in the event of a Norman raid on the coast, he could release wolf smoke and remove clippers from warnings, and the garrison there could also rely on strong castles to delay the Normans' movements.

Originally, according to Kang Yituo's plan, the Normans were afraid that they would be discovered by the local defenders when they landed, but what he did not expect was that the Normans would send a remote division to attack various places along the coast as suspicious soldiers, while the real main force bypassed the fortified castle on the island of Rügen and landed in its rear.

At this time, the eyes of the Mecklenburg tribe and the chief of Conyito were attracted by the six thousand soldiers and three hundred ships led by Robert, and after the fleet had separated from the main fleet of Odor in the Øresund Strait, it marched with great fanfare towards Rostock, the largest city controlled by the Mecklenburg tribe.

Rostock was one of the most important cities of the later Hanseatic Union, located at the mouth of the Varno River in northern Germany, with a population of nearly 200,000 and was the largest city in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

Around 600 AD, first the Slavic tribes settled and established a stronghold on the lower reaches of the Varno River, and then the Wende, and the family that ruled Mecklenburg was from the Apodelit line of the Wende people.

After hundreds of years of development, Rostock soon developed into the de facto core city of Mecklenburg, and together with Mecklenburg, became the two ruling nuclei of the Mecklenburg tribes.

However, compared to Mecklenburg, which had a well-fortified fortress, Rostock was a port city with extremely weak defenses, and the only thing that could protect it was Rostock, a princely castle built by the Slavs.

Rostock Castle is a civil castle located at the mouth of the Varno River, but it is not able to protect the nearby port city.

Robert landed at the port of Rostock with his fleet, and then led his army to defeat a defender who had come out of the castle of Rostock, and then plundered the city of Rostock.

The defenders of Rostock Castle had already been defeated by the Normans, and they were unable to do anything about it as the Normans plundered the city in the port area, but they still knew how to warn them with wolf smoke and send clippers to ask for help from Chief Conyito.

"Lord Robert, are you going to attack the castle next? The castle is already crumbling, and with a little more effort from our warriors, it is only a matter of time before it falls. A Norse leader in a fur coat with a loose golden braid approached Robert and asked respectfully.

"Eric, our aim is to harass the coastal towns and attract the attention of the chieftains of Conyito and the Mecklenburg tribes, and it is not worth it to waste troops and time under a castle." Robert shook his head slightly and rejected the leader of the Nordic Guards, Eric. Bergen's suggestion, knowing that these Norse Vikings from Norway and Denmark were working for William in the hope of only handsome commissions and booty, Eric had come here to inquire about the siege of the city, and he must have taken a fancy to the riches of Rostock Castle.

"So what's our next goal?" Eric couldn't wait to ask.

Robert was William's own brother, and Eric knew this, so he didn't dare to go against Robert's idea, and since he was not allowed to attack Rostock Castle, he should quickly attack other towns and plunder some wealth.

"We've had a good time this time, Eric." Robert asked.

"That's natural, this Rostock is really rich, just a rough loot in the port area and the city, we found 20,000 gold coins of all kinds, and the rest of the gold, silver, spices and other precious goods are also quite a lot, most of which were found from the cargo ships in the port of Rostock that did not have time to escape." Eric blinked and replied excitedly.

"Rostock, the second largest city in Mecklenburg, has so much wealth, so presumably there will be more wealth in the city of Vesmar outside Mecklenburg, and attacking the city of Visma must be more able to attract the attention of Chief Coneto." Robert Cay spoke, revealing the plan he had already made.

"Lord Robert, I'm going to tell the warriors to prepare." Leader Eric said excitedly, then turned to leave.

After the leader of Eric left, Albert, Duke of Gwyneth, came to Robert and said: "Robert, according to the plan, Lord Odo should have landed on Rügen Island at this time, and we should go north to Stralsund City and capture this important city that connects Rügen Island and the land communication artery!" ”

"Going north to attack Stralsund?" Robert asked rhetorically, and then flatly refused: "No, our army will next attack Vismar and harass Mecklenburg, so as to attract the attention of Chief Kangyito to the greatest extent and buy time for my brother to capture the whole territory of Rügen."

I wonder if you have any disagreement with the Duke of Gwynness? ”

Although Albert is the Duke of Gwyneth, Robert is not afraid of him, and now he is the commander of this army, and his plan cannot be refuted.

"No, I don't have any opinion, just to remind you, don't waste time in other towns, we have more important tasks."

"I don't need you to remind you, Albert. Feng. Hohenzollern. Robert frowned slightly and looked directly at Albert.

Although there were some quarrels and quarrels between Albert and Robert, he still knew the general situation very well, and did not make trouble in the next action with confidence.

Robert continued to carry out his plan, and led his troops out of the ruined city of Rostock, and attacked various cities along the coast by boat, and the coastal towns and settlements of Ninhagen, Borgren, Külonsborn, and Ryrik were destroyed by the Norman fleet, all of which were reduced to ruins, which forced the chief of Mecklenburg to leave his Mechlen castle in order to annihilate the Norman fleet.

The Norman fleets sometimes formed into detachments and plundered the coastal towns, and at other times converged into a large fleet to concentrate on the more defended towns, such as the city of Wismar, which Robert had already targeted.