What happened in Rostock is once again playing out on the southern shore of Wismar Bay in the Baltic Sea, in the northern German port city of Wismar.

Although the city of Wismar was Germany's largest cargo port and an important fishing port, and in 1266 it joined the "Hanseatic League", but its defenses were still extremely weak, and Robert and his Norman soldiers and the Norse Guard defeated the defenders before capturing the city.

The streets of the city were littered with fire and blood, and the city was littered with fleeing people, as well as laughing Norse Vikings and Normans, who plundered the city and burned it to ruins.

"It's time to head north to Stralsund, and the next thing we will face is probably the fierce revenge of Chief Conyito." Robert stood on a rampart, looking at the ruins of the city of Vismar, and muttered to himself.

Indeed, as he said, the crimes committed by the Normans in the coastal city of Mecklenburg were bound to anger the proud Mecklenburg chieftain Conyito, who was afraid that they would be confronted with a frenzied attack by the chief Coneto and his tribal soldiers.

"Eric. Chief of Bergen, Albert. Feng. Duke of Hohenzollern, Randolph. Morality. Admiral Gael, the army of Conyito is not far from here, so we should leave Wismar as quickly as possible and head north to Stralsund to occupy the main route of communication between the island of Rügen and the land.

I have received a letter from my brother Otto that his main force has completely cleared the garrison of the Mecklenburg tribes, and has taken possession of the island of Rügen, and is now heading south towards the city of Stralsund, and that we should join in it and expand the territory occupied on the land on the other side of the island as soon as possible. At a small military meeting, Robert loudly stated his next plan.

"Seconded!"

"Seconded!"

"I second!"

All three of them raised their hands to second, and they all agreed with Robert's point of view and did not want to take any more risks.

After the plan was decided, they immediately gathered their troops and horses and evacuated the city of Wismar, and sailed along the coast towards the city of Stralsund in the north.

When the chieftain of Konyito saw that the city of Wismar at his doorstep was burned to the ground by the Normans, he was really furious, and after learning the news that the Normans had occupied Rügen, he did not know that this Norman army was just a partial division of the other side, and their real purpose was to occupy Rügen Island as a base for the next advance into Mecklenburg and Pomerania.

In a fit of rage, the chief of Conyito could not care about the Danes and Saxons who were eyeing him in the west and north, and abandoned his plan to garrison Mecklen Castle and marched north to Rügen with an army of 10,000 men.

Along the way, Chief Kangyituo gathered warriors from various tribes, and with the addition of warriors from various tribes, the number of troops in his hands increased by three or four thousand, which increased his confidence a lot.

Mecklenburg was nearly 200 kilometers away from Stralsund, and it would have taken more than five days to push for the constant urging of Chief Conyito, who was already surrounded by an army of 20,000 led by Otto and Robert.

It is impossible to deploy 20,000 troops in one direction, and the main Norman standing army of more than 5,000 people, led by Odo himself, set out from Altfell on the island of Rügen on the opposite shore of Stralsund, and landed in the port area, and the left army is the Nordic Guard, Norman mercenaries and adventurers led by Robert, who occupied the small town of Kramerov in the north of Stralsund, and then slowly retreated to Stralsund.

The last route was a group of 5,000 men led by the Hohenzollern brothers, Albert and Mephistopheles, who also set out from Altfel, but aimed at the island of Denholm, which was close to the port of Stralsund.

Denholm Island is one of the two fulcrums of the defense of Stralsund, on which a relatively strong civil structure fortress was built, echoing the nearby city of Stralsund, and if you want to conquer Stralsund, you have to capture Denholm Island Castle.

Fortunately, the Normans were abundant, and Stralsund, even if the entire city and the surrounding area were recruited, there were less than 6,000 men, and they had to divide their troops to defend Denholm Island, which was really stretched thin in the face of a Norman army of up to 20,000 people.

It stands to reason that the Normans have the advantage of numbers, and they can slowly surround the city and wait for them to run out of ammunition and food, but Otto and Robert have already received the news that Chief Conyito is leading an army of 15,000 to the north to find them for a decisive battle, and they dare not leave the city of Stralsund to threaten their flank during the decisive battle, so they must capture the city before Chief Conyito arrives.

They had only five days to conquer the city, and in order to quickly conquer it, Otto ordered the fleet admiral Randolph. Morality. Admiral Gael's few gunboats took turns bombarding the walls, trying to open a gap in the walls.

The defenders of the city had already heard that the Normans had mastered a terrible weapon that could shoot black lightning, and they thought it was a rumor, but they didn't expect it to be true, and this weapon that fires black lightning was so terrifying.

Spherical projectiles continued to smash on the city wall with a whistling force, and the city wall, which was originally a civil structure, could not withstand such a fierce shelling, and a section of the city wall collapsed under the bombardment of artillery that afternoon.

The loud sound of the collapse of the walls was the signal for the charge, and the Normans, led by Otto and Robert, had already received the order, and rushed into Stralsund like a tidal wave, and by dusk Stralsund had fallen completely.

Outside Stralsund, the castle of Denholm Island, which was in charge of the Hoheng Sauron brothers, also had results at this time.

Although their army did not receive much artillery support, they were able to break through the walls and occupy the entire island of Denholm thanks to their excellent earthwork skills and a few huge counterweight stone throwers.

"Brother, what are we going to do next? Should we go south to meet the army of Chief Conyito, or should we hold on to Stralsund? Robert asked, as he approached Otto's side.

"We were not familiar with the terrain of the inland part of Mecklenburg, and the safest course of action was to hold on to Stralsund, with Stralsund as the centre, and build fortifications and fortified positions on both flanks, where we would have artillery and fleet cover, which would give us a good chance of victory.

Odo, you are responsible for leading the repair and reinforcement of the city walls, and later I will have Admiral Randolph assign some naval guns to be placed in the running positions at the head of the city as weapons to defend the city. Odo looked at the vast plains outside the city and spoke.

As the elder brother, Otto does not have a fiery and impatient personality like his younger brother Robert, and his personality is more reserved and steady.

"Yes, brother." Robert then indicated that he had received the order and turned to leave.

"Hugh, come with me to inspect the city defenses." Odo gave an order to the knight beside him, and then began to inspect the city defenses under the escort of the knight Hugh.