Chapter 19: The Dragons Rise from Northern Europe (18)
Randy opens the system page, uses his finger as a paintbrush, and begins to draw his own flag.
"This is...... Black dragons? Enides asked, uncertain.
"That's right! Dragon! "Randy is very proud, after a hundred years, the dragon flag will once again sweep across Europe.
"Host, you mean ......"
"When calamity sweeps the earth, when the ocean floods the sky, the dragon will sweep through the earth."
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At Randy's request, Enides crafted the Dragon Banner.
Randy was so pleased with it that he rendered the pattern all over the towns and flags of Norway.
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From this moment on, the Duchy of Norway became history and the Kingdom of Norway was officially established.
In the same year, in July 1100, the first king of the Kingdom of Norway, Randy I, formed an alliance with his allies.
A total of 8,850 Norwegian Army, 3,400 Norwegian Navy, nearly 20,000 dwarven warriors, and a total of 30,000 troops formed the Nordic Coalition Army, riding nearly 500 warships, all the way to England.
But at this moment, the land of England is still full of war.
Ireland United Kingdom of Wales vs England vs Scotland!
The War of the Three Kingdoms was fought in a chaotic manner, and although England, which had an absolute advantage in terms of territory, population, and resources, had the upper hand, the trend of alliance between the United Kingdom and Scotland had become more and more obvious.
If the charge of the Scottish Highlanders, blessed by the desolate tones of the Scottish organ, was enough to crush any front, then the Elven longbow technique used by the Welsh, combined with the elite warriors raised in the woods, formed an impregnable defence.
Such a combination of spear and shield should not be taken lightly, even by the powerful kingdom of England.
And it was under such circumstances that the coalition led by Randy landed on the Oakland Islands.
It is a snow-capped and frozen island completely controlled by the Norwegians.
A temporary camp and wooden fort were built here, and Diplomat No. 1 sent to Edinburgh with Randy's handwritten letter.
"I have brought with me an army of more than 30,000 men, including powerful berserk Viking warriors and heavily armored dwarven warriors, do you want to be my friend? Or is it an enemy? ”
King Kenneth I of Scotland was speechless for a long time when he looked at this short letter, which was perfectly worded and written, and then asked:
"Excuse me, Your Lord...... Is it the new King of Norway, His Majesty Randy? ”
"Yes, Your Majesty the King." Diplomats are neither humble nor pitiful.
So, what exactly does he want? And what are his conditions? You must know that the situation of our highlanders is indeed difficult, and it is true that we are at a low point, but this does not mean that we will surrender easily, even if it is destroyed, we must drag those invaders with us, so that they can see the power of our Gaoding people. ”
Kenneth I's bold rhetoric did not impress Diplomat No. 1 at all, after all, such a threat was not enough to shake the mind of a diplomat from a real background.
"Your Majesty is generous and heroic, and the highland warriors are heroic, and I admire you, but if Your Majesty wants to fight against my monarch, it is wrong, a wise person should not turn someone who can be a friend into his own opponent."
"Humph! If it were really a friend, it wouldn't have appeared at the doorstep of our highlanders with such a huge army, right? The King of Scotland said,
"No, no, no, Your Majesty, you only see the crisis brought about by this matter, but you do not see the opportunity of this matter for you, for example, the war between you and the English, it does not seem to be dominant......"
"The affairs of the highlanders, the highlanders themselves can solve it." The King of Scotland waved his hand and said nonchalantly.
"That'...... What if our Norwegians turn around, ally themselves with England, and take advantage of their naval superiority to raid the coasts of Scotland and Ireland? Diplomat Number asked.
"What is the fate of Scotland, I don't know, but if that's really the case, I will kill you to sacrifice the flag." The King of Scotland was full of emotion.
"Nope! Your Majesty, I think you have mistaken a question, do you think Scotland still has room for victory if I die? The envoy's attitude of not being humble made the Scottish king a little helpless.
"Tell me about your conditions!"
Diplomat No. 1 smiled confidently: "Thirty thousand! A total of 30,000 of the most elite Viking warriors and dwarven warriors will help His Majesty win the war with England. ”
"What do I have to pay?" The King of Scotland asked.
"It's just a small, insignificant, useless desert island."
The diplomat took out a beautiful map drawn on a parchment scroll and pointed out to the King of Scotland: "Your Majesty, the Auckland Islands, the Hebrides, the Isle of Skye, and the Isle of Cole are all barren places. ”
However, the mind of the Scottish king on the opposite side was no longer on what the diplomat said, and he stared blankly at the map in the diplomat's hand, which was a map of the British Isles produced by the Enides system, which was simply priceless in the era when this kind of surveying and mapping technology was completely absent.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
It wasn't until the diplomat took the map back that the King of Scotland recovered from his shock and greed, and then he felt horrified.
"It doesn't seem like it's been a day or two for Norwegians to peek into the British Isles, but that's not the point, it's why they've been able to make such a beautiful map. It's like what God sees when he stands in the sky and looks down on the ground. For a moment, the King of Scotland did not know what to say.
At the repeated urging of the diplomats, the King of Scotland remembered to get down to business.
"A barren island?"
His Majesty the King has connected the locations of the islands mentioned by Diplomat No. 1 in an arc, which looks like a legendary encirclement network?!
"Okay, I'll promise your terms."
His Majesty the King, after much consideration, finally agreed to the other party's conditions.
Although he said it very well, the strength shown by the other party did not allow him to refuse at all.
"Your Majesty, believe me, you made an unusually shrewd decision."
The diplomatic corps once again pulled out a duplicate treaty from its bosom, the transfer of the islands, the alliance between the two sides, and the demarcation line between the Norwegian army to help Scotland defeat England, and even the division of the territory of England between the two sides, and below was Randy's stamp, a black dragon that soared for nine days.
"Please sign both contracts, one for Your Majesty to keep for himself, and the other for me to go back and hand over to your sovereign."
"Hmm!"
The King of Scotland nodded, this guy is not as generous as Randy, he has the signet ring that Enides exchanged, and he doesn't seem to be literate, but people have their own methods.
That is with your own thumb and a bottle of ink that looks like it has been expired for a long time and tastes strange......
In this way, the alliance between Norway and Scotland against England was formalized.
Whether intentionally or unintentionally, both sides deliberately ignored Scotland's other ally, the United Kingdom of Ireland and Wales, in the covenant.
(End of chapter)