The Swedes were defeated......

But it's just a defeat!

Despite the constant retreat of the entire front,

Despite the large number of Swedish soldiers killed,

Despite the collapse of the battle front, even surrounded by divisions,

The Swedish soldiers under Gustav's command are still resisting frantically.

They wanted to kill the beasts completely, and attacked the Norwegians with guns, spears, swords, and even stones, teeth, hands and feet, and there was no sign of collapse at all.

At this time, the battle loss ratio had expanded to 3:1, and it took three Swedes' mutilated corpses to kill one Norwegian.

But the Swedes' crazy counterattack still made Randy feel very painful, after all, these soldiers were all exchanged for gold coins by themselves, and Randy didn't have the courage and time of Gustav, who could lead a large army around the Baltic Sea.

"Are they crazy?" Looking at the fading rays of the sunset, Randy puts down his monoculars in disbelief.

"Gustav Adolf, the Nordic lion, lives up to his name!" Artoria's eyes bloomed with appreciation,

"Follow me," Randy said as he burst out of his mouth, and he was the first to rush out.

The knights of the Guards looked at each other in disbelief as if they saw a phoenix dancing.

"What are you doing stupidly? Hurry up and keep up! ”

As soon as he was reminded by the queen, the surrounding guard knights realized that although His Majesty the King had the determination to go into battle to kill the enemy, he lacked the strength to go into battle to kill the enemy, and his colleagues Randy couldn't deal with any of them, so the guard knights hurriedly urged their horses to catch up.

Although Randy's movements were very beautiful, for some reason, the horse's speed just couldn't be raised, and he ran forward for more than ten seconds, and was soon caught up by the guard knights behind.

It was only at this time that Randy began to sprint with all his might, leading the Guards Knight and Artoria, a total of one hundred and fifty troops, towards a gap in the battlefield.

The sun has completely set, and Randy's night fighting attributes are fully revealed.

The Norwegian army added three points of courage, and Artoria performed her stunt to death and brutality, and the morale of the Norwegian army was instantly boosted, and the fierce-eyed Randy chose a gap.

One hundred and fifty knights of the Guards, each of whom has the combat power equivalent to two Norman elite knights, this terrifying combat power is enough to crush Sweden.

Swede......

Completely collapsed......

Looking at the complete collapse, overwhelmed by the torrent of Norwegian troops, as if they could not swim in drowning, and had to resist desperately like fools in cotton clothes, Gustav almost bit off his lower lip, and the red blood flowed all the way to his extremely beautifully groomed beard, but he did not feel a little pain.

"Retreat,"

After a few brief words, Gustav turned his horse's head and finally turned to look at the shattered battlefield and the special armored cavalry that stood out, and his intuition told him that the enemy who had defeated him was among them.

Gustav looked very closely, as if he could see Randy's face from a few kilometers away in the dark of night, and as if he wanted to remember all the tragic pictures of today's defeat, he fled with no hope and never looked back.

The war is won!

Although this phrase appears very frequently, there is no one who doesn't like to hear it.

Victory in the war!

Although most of the 400,000 gold coins were snatched back, adhering to the principle that those who see have a share, the 200,000 gold coins went into Artoria's pocket.

The Vikings don't seem to have the traditional habit of picking up money and doing good deeds without leaving a name, and Randy has saved up more than a year of old capital, which has shrunk by half in an instant.

Tragic!

In addition, Randy's army losses were also quite large,

A total of more than 5,000 Norwegian soldiers were killed in the battle, tens of thousands of people were injured to varying degrees, and the patrol cavalry recruited before the war was wiped out.

Of course, the Swedes suffered more casualties,

In total, more than 10,000 Swedish soldiers were killed, more than 12,000 Swedish soldiers were captured, and absolutely no more than 4,000 escaped.

Including Gustav Adolf!

What Gustav didn't know that night......

As he stared back at the battlefield, Randy felt the same thing, looking up at where he was.

Unlike Gustav, Randy sees what this guy looks like with the help of Enides.

Short, wavy hair, a well-trimmed beard, and eyes as deep as the deepest part of the Mariana Trench.

"Gustav Adolf, the Nordic lion, lives up to his name." Randy looked at the casualty report counted by Enides, and didn't come back to his senses for a long time, and finally said what Artoria had said before.

But on second thought, Randy was not sad but happy.

If you can defeat him, wouldn't you be even more powerful?

The next day, June 9, 1101 A.D.......

After spending a day chopping wood, cremating all the bodies of his own fallen soldiers, and throwing them into the sea in a small boat, and completing the sea burial, looking at the crowd, most of the Viking warriors had red eyes when they looked at the Swedish prisoners of war.

Why did Wu Anjun rise in vain and not leave a good reputation in history?

Because the Qin Dynasty did not last forever!

Randy began to ponder......

Is it important to follow the brothers who fight the world with you, or is it important to be a prisoner of war?

Wu Anjun buried 400,000 people alive, and he only buried 10,000 people alive, it shouldn't matter, right?

Randy finally starts thinking......

Isn't the so-called war more ruthless than anyone?

So Randy ordered all the Swedes to be killed.

In this way, it takes another five or six days.

During this time, the Swedish prisoners of war wailed, and Randy naturally ignored them.

He's in charge of two other pieces of news!

First, Gustav's escape route should be the Black Forest, and Randy has sent a detachment, led by Robin Hood, who is the best at jungle warfare, to make sure that the lion is caught, whether it is dead or alive.

Second, Randy personally led a detachment of troops north to reclaim Bergen and New Nijmegen, a symbolic and not too difficult task that Randy was more than willing to do.

Leave it to Artoria to do the killing, this female tyrant is very ruthless, according to her, she has never seen such an interesting method of killing in the Celts, burying the lower half of a person's body in the earth, revealing a head.

Mid-June......

Randy easily reclaimed the cities of Bergen and New Nijmegen, spent a lot of money repairing damaged buildings, replenishing lost soldiers, and recruiting 1,000 patrol cavalry to do miscellaneous work, leaving 200,000 gold coins left.

On the other side, Artoria has finally finished burying the person.

It's just that Robin Hood's side didn't bring good news, Gustav is Gustav after all, although he relied on the excellent tracking ability of Sherwood's marksman to catch up several times, but in the end he was stopped by the Swedish dead man who gave up his life, and finally in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, less than fifty kilometers away, the tracking force finally stopped the pursuit and had to come back disgraced.

Randy nodded, not having time to take care of Robin Hood, just as Robin Hood patted his chest and thought he had escaped, Randy suddenly said, "This month's military pay is gone." ”

Truly! A powerful person like Gustav basically can't die until the mountains and rivers are exhausted, and Randy naturally understands this truth, but if he doesn't let Robin Hood take someone to give it a try, he is unwilling.

After Robin Hood left depressedly, Nameless walked in, didn't say a word, just shook his head.

The meaning is very obvious, that is, the assassination failed!

Randy didn't say much nonsense and said, "You're the same as Robin Hood." ”

It seems that other methods will not work at all, or to defeat the Swedish army again in a regular war, swallow all of Sweden, and cut off all the channels of the countries where Gustav may flee, so that Gustav will not be able to make any big waves, and Randy will basically unify the Baltic Sea by doing this.

But these things are not so easy to do, in the previous battle on the outskirts of Oslo, the Swedish army of 27,000 lost about 23,000, but there were still three or four thousand people following Gustav to break out of the encirclement, and along the way were chased by Robin Hood, and more than half of them were killed and wounded, and the number of people who really returned to Stockholm was less than 2,000.

But the other countries bordering the Baltic Sea are still all bears, and no one dares to make a move.

The undercurrent surge is still an undercurrent surge and has never evolved into a typhoon.

The name of the Nordic lion still shook the scene, and the name of the King of Sweden was still able to recruit tens of thousands of troops, although the level of training and experience were not as good as those of veterans, but it was definitely more than enough to defend a city.

At the same time, Randy's own strength has not recovered.

It will take some time to recruit new soldiers and resume trade and trade by land and sea.

Nameless brought news that when he was fighting with the Swedes, his territory was also a little unstable.

Whether it's the British Isles, or Normandy, or the newly acquired Denmark, or even Norway itself, there are a group of people who secretly oppose Randy's rule waiting for their chance.

Among them, Normandy in particular!

The local separatist forces in Normandy, which seemed to have the support of the King of France, had developed to the point of semi-openness, the local aristocracy was armed, and the alliance was nearing its end.

The uprising is about to start again......

The riot is about to start again......

It has not been half a year since Normandy was in Randy's hands, and there is no partner like Artoria who can be married, no matter how thick-skinned Randy is, he can't say that Normandy has been a sacred and inseparable part of Norway since ancient times, such brazen words.

In addition, the French did not have a good impression of the Vikings.

The three kings of Burgundy, Bretagany, and France would never be happy that a Norse barbarian suddenly appeared around them, so they still said the same thing:

How difficult is the state affair!!!

To use an analogy, the European royal family definitely thinks of itself as Napoleon.

Note that this is not a good word, nouveau riche, Esby's nouveau riche.

That is, they don't see themselves as their own.

The royal families of Europe are all married to each other, and your son-in-law can inherit your territory, and tomorrow his son can also inherit your territory, so why is Europe not unified because of this? This is really the general trend of the world that will be divided for a long time, and it will be completely divided after a long time!

Randy decided to send a large number of diplomats to the countries with art and gifts from Northern Europe, at least to let the European royal families understand that the current Norman king, the future Norman emperor, is not a turtle, on the contrary, he has a lot of taste, and at the same time, with the visit of the mission, it is good to sign trade treaties with the European continent countries and organize a spy network.

This is a big deal, in addition to a mouth and a tongue, each diplomat must also be equipped with fifty Viking warriors, showing powerlessness, three spies, weaving a spy net, five merchants, and building a trade network, which is a huge expense.

July......

A rare month of peace in the Norman kingdom!

The Danes are too busy to take care of themselves,

The Swedes were terrified,

Randy happens to use the newly collected taxes to produce diplomats, spies, and merchants, and sends envoys to visit European countries, and at the same time is very narcissistic to give each mission a portrait of himself, and the late Renaissance realist oil painting produced by Enides as a special gift, the picture shows Randy fully armed, wearing strange armor and a white cape, and holding a scimitar......

As for whether this gift was hung in the bedroom of the queen princess after the lie, or whether it was taken by the king to wipe her buttocks, it is not known.

In this way, Spain is five small countries......

Navarre, León, Castile, Aragon, Portugal, sent a total of one mission.

The King of France was there a ......

Burgundy and Brittany......

Randy eventually sent one to Duke Aquitaine, the tragic Edward.

The Holy Roman Empire there, Bohemia, Swabia, Austria, Saxony were four in total.

On the Eastern European side, Moscow, Novgorod, Poland-Lithuania, there are three in total.

The city-states of Italy, as well as the Papal States, one!

The Eastern Roman one!

This adds up to thirteen missions, a team of hundreds of people, and this cost is tens of thousands of gold coins at once, and Randy has not slept for several days.

At this time, Enides also issued a mission, which was different from the previous long-term mission to unify the Baltic Sea, this was a near-term mission, and it seemed to be easy to achieve.

Mission Name: Hold a big banquet.

Description: You have clearly felt the hostility of the nobles towards you, although they are very barbaric and vulgar, as long as they have territory and soldiers in their hands, you must humble them, so throw a banquet and let them eat and die.

Objective: Invite 200 nobles to your court, attend your banquets, and satisfy more than 75% of them, as well as watch out for parasites on their bodies, such as fleas.

Rewards: +2 loyalty for all nobles in the country,

It just so happens that Randy has nothing to do recently, and his troops are not enough to break through Stockholm, which is guarded by a large number of troops, and the harassment work is left to the navy, plotting against the inhabitants of the Baltic Sea coast, and continuing to contact Novgorod, the Teutonic Knights, and the Polish-Lithuanian United Kingdom.

In addition, it is not easy to gather two hundred nobles, Norway is a bitter cold place, and there are really not many nobles who are qualified to participate in the banquet, so it must be transported from England, Wales, Ireland, and by ship, and at the same time, Denmark in the south, and the Duchy of Normandy in France, Randy also decided to invite a few representative nobles, so that the banquet can be representative and influential.

However, the Norwegian and Danish aristocracy were easy to handle, but the English and Normandy were slightly more difficult.

In these years, transportation was not developed, and many nobles stayed in their castles all their lives and never went out, and Randy felt that this kind of person was sorry for the turtle when he said that he was a turtle.

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