The Vikings' first attempt to defeat the vanguard was a defeat with more than 5,000 Viking warriors attacking the castle of Calais, but fewer than 4,000 returned to camp, losing more than 1,000 Viking warriors.

Although the dead Vikings seem to be insignificant compared to the large Norwegian and Danish combined forces, many of the 1,000 lost were brave Viking warriors in this coalition army, and such brave and fearless soldiers are rare among the coalition forces.

Paying such a huge loss, but not capturing a single section of the walls of Calais Castle, King Harald IV of Norway was very painful, and he began to wonder whether it was worth storming Calais Castle.

At the same time, the defeat also had another consequence, and that was the growing gap between Norway and Denmark.

Most of the losses were under the command of the Norwegian king, and the Danes were only a minority, so the Norwegians pointed out that the Danes were trying to preserve their strength, but let the Norwegians die, and they asked the Danes to attack Calais Castle as the vanguard.

The Danes naturally did not agree to the Norwegians' proposal, and in the end, the two sides broke up unhappily, and the Norwegians and Danes, who did not like each other, chose to camp separately.

In the evening, at the head of the castle of Calais, Duke Andrew stood high with a bronze monocular, looked at his face, saw the flickering lights on the sea, and muttered: "Is it finally begun?" ”

"Lord Duke, look at the rhythmic light signals flickering on the sea, it is the North Sea Fleet and the Five Ports Alliance Fleet led by Count Gerbo, they are coming!" Russell. Morality. The Earl of Brewell said excitedly at Duke Andrew's side.

"Count Russell, that's great, as long as Count Gerbo can bring his fleet to the combined fleet of Vikings, I'm sure I'll keep these Vikings in Calais." Duke Andrew laughed heartily and said loudly.

The reason why the Vikings were such a headache for Duke Andrew was that in addition to the large number of troops and elite Vikings, the large fleet gave them strong operational power, which was also the most worrying thing for Duke Andrew, who feared that if the Vikings were frustrated under Calais, they would likely land elsewhere by ship again.

Not to mention that there is no castle as strong as Calais Castle anywhere else, and even with strong defenses, Duke Andrew's legions cannot march faster than the extremely fast Viking longships.

In this way, the initiative of the war would be in the hands of the Vikings, who had the advantage of the sea and could land anywhere in the English Channel, while the Normans could only defend passively.

It can be seen from this that the victory or defeat of this naval battle was important to Duke Andrew and to the Normans, and the destruction of the Viking fleet allowed the Normans to maintain their advantage in the rest of the war.

"William. Morality. Count Crébon, when Count Gerbo leads a fleet to attack the Viking fleet, the Viking camp will be in chaos, this is a golden opportunity.

You immediately lead the elite infantry of the First Legion to prepare to go out of the city to engage the battle, and when there is a riot in the local camp, you will immediately attack, attack the local camp and the baggage, and burn all their baggage! Duke Andrew looked at William, Earl of Genie. Morality. Creppon, commanded decisively.

"Yes, Lord Duke." William, Earl of Genety, said solemnly.

This time, Duke Andrew sent William, Earl of Genie. Morality. Crepon rode out of the city with elite foot cavalry, planning to take advantage of the chaos to attack the camps of Norway and Denmark, and burn all the supplies and baggage in their camps, which is his purpose, as for how many Vikings were killed and wounded, Andrew didn't care, only burning the enemy's baggage could determine the outcome of the war.

Historically, the Mongols who tried to conquer Japan were defeated by bad weather and lack of supplies, and the lack of supplies was the most important reason.

As long as the Norwegians and Danes lost their ships and most of their baggage, how many more days would they be able to hold on?

In the end, they were left with the dilemma of not being able to retreat to the sea and not being able to gain a foothold on land, and in the end they had only one choice, which was to capture the castle of Calais in a short period of time in order to obtain supplies, which was Andrew's ultimate goal.

It wasn't long before several bright flames erupted from the dock of the Viking fleet in the port of Calais, and farther out on the sea, with bright sparks, a constant whistling sound.

Duke Andrew, who was familiar with the Norman navy's armament, knew that it was the North Sea Fleet's bed crossbows and trebuchets that were at work, and they were throwing fire bombs and crossbow arrows at the Viking fleet in the harbor area to burn the Viking longships docked in the harbor area.

It has to be said that the Vikings immediately discovered the intentions of the Norman navy, hurriedly drove the ships out of the port area, and then sailed in groups towards the Norman navy not far away.

More and more Vikings reacted and rushed towards the North Sea Fleet with their ships, but their counterattack was ineffective, and only a few dozen troops were invested at one time, and the North Sea Fleet was intercepted by the superior ships of the Five Ports Alliance Fleet before they could even touch the side of the North Sea Fleet.

Although the Norman navy had the advantage at this time, nearly 3,000 Viking longships were still an extremely large number, and at this time, the Norman navy was only a little more than 300 ships.

"God willing, may Count Gerbo succeed in annihilating the Viking fleet." Duke Andrew prayed, there was only so much he could do now.

After praying, Duke Andrew continued to observe the battle outside Calais Castle. Morality. The Earl of Creppon had already driven out of Calais Castle with 2,000 elite Norman knights and 3,000 elite infantry, taking advantage of the cover of night to quickly approach the Norwegian and Danish camps.

Since the Norwegian and Danish camps were separated, William. Morality. It was impossible for Count Crépon to attack two camps at the same time, he could only choose one of them to attack, and the target he chose was the Norwegian camp directly in front of him.

The Norman knights who arrived outside the camp were the first to reach the camp, and they used lassoes to tie the camp fence, and then their horses pulled down the obstructive fence, and then the Norman knights, who had already been prepared, rushed into the camp along the gap that had been opened.

Since the attention of all the Vikings was attracted by the naval battle in the port area at this time, and even the Norwegian king Harald IV personally led people to preside over the battle, the Norwegian camp was extremely lax, and they did not stop the Norman knights in the sudden camp in time.

The Norman knights burned and slaughtered all the way, and everywhere they passed, there were tents engulfed in flames, and everywhere there were fallen Vikings, blood flowing freely on the ground.