“Kill，！ kill！ kill！ ”

All the more than 2,000 ships of the Norman fleet, hundreds of professional warships, and more than 35,000 soldiers let out a deafening cheer at the same time, completely breaking the previous silence.

Guided by the pilot ships, an advance party of Norman and Norse Guard soldiers sailed directly to the beach in a modified Viking longship.

Bang bang bang ...

With a dull crashing sound, dozens of Viking longships rushed directly onto the shore of the beach, and before the ships could hear it, more than 2,000 soldiers on it jumped off the ships, either holding swords and shields, or holding huge axes in both hands, or bows, arrows and javelins, and roughly arranged in a small number of assault formations, and rushed straight to the harbor area of Trondheim Harbor.

This advance team of 2,000 people were all brave men selected from the army, all of whom were brave warriors, and with their strong combat effectiveness, the advance team took the enemy by surprise and occupied a large number of berths in the port area in just a moment.

"Cast signal rockets to guide Your Majesty's troops to land." The commander of the Nordic Guards, "Redbeard" Eric, held a long-handled two-handed battle axe in one hand and ordered to the soldiers beside him.

"Yes." The Viking soldier took the order and immediately set off three signal rockets.

Whoa... Bang bang bang ...

Three signal rockets burst into the sky with bright tail flames, accompanied by a loud explosion, exploding clouds of orange-red smoke in the sky.

"Your Majesty, Eric has landed in the port of Trondheim with a leading detachment." Faller reported to William.

"Order the whole army to attack!" William gave a total order in a loud voice, and then turned to Duke Hubert beside him and ordered: "Lord Hubert, the next battle will be entrusted to you, I will wait for your good news on the flagship." ”

"Your Majesty, thank you for entrusting me with full authority over the command of the battlefield, and I promise you to capture the city of Trondheim within today!" Hubert nodded heavily and promised William.

"I believe you, Lord Hubert." Time is precious, William didn't go into a long speech, and nodded heavily in response.

While Hubert led his soldiers to land in the port of Trondheim, the fleet commander Randolph. Morality. Gale and Dirk, each under William's orders, led a detachment of a fleet and shelled the city of Trondheim to cover the landing of Duke Hubert.

Smoke and flames filled the entire Trondheimfjord, and the Nieder River was red, littered with Norwegian corpses, piled up in layers at the mouth of the river, and even blocked the wide Nieder River for a time.

William drove a large telescope to observe the enemy's situation, but the dense smoke blocked William's vision, no matter how he observed, he could not know what the battle was like in Trondheim, he could only hear the constant shouts of killing and the sound of weapons handing over in front of him.

"Is there a sentinel ship returning ahead, what is the situation in Trondheim?" William paced back and forth on the flagship with some anxiety, striking the ground with his scabbard with his long sword to relieve his somewhat restless mood.

A thousand years ago, in the Middle Ages, William still did not adapt to the backward communication conditions at this time, there was no mobile phone, and even wireless telegraphy, how could he monitor the situation on the battlefield in real time from a kilometer away.

In any case, William could only wait at this time, waiting for Duke Hubert to bring him victory.

"Your Majesty, great victory! Great victory! ”

I saw Faller running over panting, shouting: "Your Majesty, Lord Hubert has captured the city of Trondheim, including the port area, the Cathedral of Nidalus, the Norwegian royal palace and other important buildings have fallen under the control of our army, only the Benedictine Monastery and fortress on the monk's island north of Trondheim have not been breached. ”

"Well done! Master Hubert lived up to my expectations. William clenched his fists excitedly and waved them, and asked Faller: "By the way, King Magnus II of Norway and those Norwegian nobles have been caught, don't let them escape." ”

"Your Majesty, neither the King of Norway nor the Norwegian nobles have escaped, but have all been taken prisoner by Lord Hubert, and they are then imprisoned in the Norwegian palace awaiting your disposal." Faller was also excited, his throat moved, and he replied immediately after relieving his breath.

"Very well, Faller, you escort me into the city with the Guards, and I want to meet His Majesty King Magnus II of Norway." William nodded slightly and ordered.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Faller quickly got up and bowed to lead William.

Guarded by thousands of knights of the Guards and thousands of hoplites, William rode on horseback to the land of Trondheim, and everywhere he looked, there were traces of war, blood flowing, corpses lodging, burning flames, and collapsed walls, all of which showed how fierce the resistance of the Norwegians was at that time, otherwise the battlefield would not be as shambled as it is now.

William has seen a lot of such cruel battlefields like this, since he was a child, he put down the Normandy rebellion, and later attacked Brittany, resisted the invasion of the French king, marched into Flanders, went north to England, south to France, and the Holy Roman Empire in the east, with hundreds of battles, it can be said that his throne was watered by the blood of the enemy, and William had no mercy for the enemy.

William could face the brutal battlefield, but some of the young knights around him couldn't stand it anymore and covered their mouths and wanted to vomit.

William shook his head at this, these knights from the children of nobility are delicate flowers who have never seen blood, they grew up under the greenhouse, because they are the eldest son and heir, they can inherit the title of their parents' territory, where do they need to cut through thorns and kill enemies like William and Duke Hubert?

"It seems that it is right to bring the knights of the guards this time, at least let these noble children see the cruelty of the battlefield." William couldn't help but think in his heart.

Of course, such young noble knights are still a minority among the guards knights, they are all William's personal attendants, there are only dozens of people, and the other guards knights are all battle-hardened warriors, all of them are warriors selected from various legions, they are responsible for the important task of guarding William, and they are naturally extremely elite.

Wilhelm and his party walked through the central street and the central square, and finally arrived in front of the Norwegian palace in the center of Trondheim.

"It's amazing that the royal palace in Norway was not destroyed." William looked at the well-preserved Norwegian royal palace and couldn't help but be a little curious.

"Your Majesty, I have just heard that King Magnus II of Norway ordered his soldiers to surrender to our army, but to save this palace from the flames of war." Faller waited beside William and immediately replied.