Chapter 33: The West Dominates England (13)
Seeing the boiled duck fly like this, no one would be in a good mood, plus more than 22,000 Vikings and dwarves, all holding their breath in their hearts, after hastily eating breakfast, they traveled lightly and followed the footsteps left by the Celts.
At the same time, he wrote a letter to his two allies, briefly telling them what had happened, adding fuel to the fire:
The Celts have become frightened birds, and the end of the crossbow is proof that they left without a fight, and the Celts turned to the British to attack the city and plunder, killing and plundering, how much loot they accumulated, is worth pondering.
Alliation is unreliable, and benefits and lures are the best way, especially for the Scots, although Robert II wants to launch a foreign war to establish merit, cover up domestic contradictions and strengthen rule, but this time Randy did not give the Scots another piece of territory, in fact, the two pieces of land originally allocated to Scotland, Randy still feels that it is not worth it! Needless to say, if it were still the old agreement, the Scots would definitely only work but not contribute.
As for the other force...... Edward IV, Duke of the Black,
At this moment, he was even a little impatient to claim sovereignty over England.
This naturally includes the cities of Nottingham and York, as well as the sovereignty of England as a whole.
Randy really couldn't figure it out, the other party obviously owned two fertile fields in Aquitaine and Normandy in France, why didn't he mix well in France? How do you look at the gold content of the King of France, it should be greater than that of the King of England!
Not to mention for the time being, Randy's side led a large army to cover the past, in the south of England, on the endless coastline, a large number of transport ships began to land, and countless soldiers, knights, and longbowmen in armor and weapons jumped from the ship, because of the long sea life, these people who are used to land feel very uncomfortable, and they are still in a trance for a while.
"It's here! It's not the first time I've been on a boat, but I'm not used to it! Sometimes I really want a naval talent like an admiral, always by his side, and King Randy's luck is really good. ”
The Black Duke Edward IV sighed, shook off the support of the knights of the guard, jumped from the side of the boat to the beach, and said to Carter, who was one step ahead.
General Carter smiled slightly, completely ignoring Edward IV's words, and said: "Duke, since the army has landed and the next task has been completed, please rest assured, as long as our army still controls the sea, the transport ships for supply will continue to come, I wish you good luck and goodbye!" ”
With that, General Carter took a few steps back and turned to leave.
"What a failure!" Edward shook his head, his arm gripping the hilt of his sword relaxed.
Unlike other feudal monarchs, Edward had a very clear understanding of the navy, he knew that on an island nation, without a strong navy as a backing, it would be as helpless as a rootless duckweed, and if he wanted to secure the throne of England, a navy strong enough to block the English Channel, patrolling the North Sea was absolutely necessary.
So during this time, Edward communicated with Carter a lot, and he seemed to have vaguely proposed the intention of solicitation many times now, but General Carter was also a superb general, plus Randy's prestige was high, even if Edward put real money in front of Carter and said a few cheap words, it was impossible for Carter to take the initiative to take refuge.
Edward sighed in his heart, and knew very well that he had taken the risk of leading his army here, and what happened next would depend on his own creation.
The Norwegians control all the logistics and transportation, which is equivalent to grasping their own lifeblood, if England is still singing and dancing, then they will burn and loot all the way, because the food is not hindered by the enemy.
But the land of England is now ravaged, Scotland, Norway, Ireland, all resort to the method of feeding the enemy, and England is not a treasure of feng shui, after being sacked by several forces, logistics supply has become a major difficulty.
The Randy Army naturally does not worry about these, and the professional army has the benefits of a professional army.
The four-wheel-drive wagon, loaded with a large amount of air-dried meat, sausages, black bread, wine and other luxuries, followed behind the group.
These are all perks that Enides gave to Randy!
These baggage soldiers are not counted in the number of the army, but they are real, and they are very good at transporting supplies and building barracks, which is extremely convenient.
In this way, Randy followed all the way, and the other two reinforcements went from south to north and north to south, and they all marched towards Wales.
The commanders of the Four-Nation Alliance are all veterans of the battlefield, and they can naturally predict the good or bad ahead, and they must intercept the Celts before they retreat into the Welsh mountain forest area, otherwise they will fight with them in the Welsh mountain forest area, and those Welsh and wild elves who are proficient in longbow guerrilla skills will inevitably deal a great blow to the coalition army!
One chases and the other escapes......
Randy's eyes were red, and King Arthur Artoria was nervous.
Although the main generals of both sides are in a similar mood, the manpower below is completely different.
Randy's army is currently full of new recruits, whether it is elite knights, Viking warriors, or longbowmen, all of whom want to make a difference in this war, and Randy's mention of the Celts carrying a lot of loot is not just for his allies.
And Artoria's department, the Celts are inexplicable.
In order to prevent the morale of the army from being discouraged, Artoria blocked the news and did not tell the news of the pressure of the Four-Nation Alliance, and the Celtic soldiers were still immersed in the invincible mentality of sweeping through England, and it was best to go home, but why rush to the road overnight? Isn't it good to talk about life and ideals with the little girl on the side of the road leisurely? Is the Queen's head show funny? Or is there someone chasing ......... behind?
Thinking about it this way, the Celts are not stupid, they naturally sense that something is wrong, and rumors in the army are increasing day by day, and there are three desertions today and five tomorrow, which makes Artoria very sad.
If you can't go on like this, I'm afraid that before the enemy comes, I will collapse first.
But how can a bunch of miscellaneous soldiers be suppressed?
Queen Artoria was ruthless, not only to her enemies, but also to her own people.
Under the strict law, in order to ban rumors in the army, Artoria hacked several leaders to death in public, and announced a reward mechanism for reporting each other, stipulating that if any soldier was found spreading rumors, as long as he reported it, he could get the other party's property, and if he was captured, he could get all the other party's belongings.
Of course, all this must be proven!
Conclusive?
Under such interests, even if you harm a few compatriots with a clear conscience, what is the gain? After Artoria gave such a decree, the entire Celtic barracks fell silent as quickly as possible.
However, at midnight, the muffled screams in the barracks, and the faces of the informants in the dim light of the fire, cast a huge shadow over the silence.
The dark tide is surging......
Under such circumstances, the Randy Army was less than five kilometers away from the vast jungle of Wales, holding off this army with different intentions.
Looking at the Nordic army, which was superior to the previous battle, Artoria secretly sneered and didn't care, and with a wave of her hand, she let her subordinates push hundreds of prisoners of war.
Dwarves and Vikings have ......
Randy sighed softly as he looked at the hundreds of unwilling, embarrassed, or generous captives in front of him.
Unwilling, really unwilling, the enemy is obviously at the end of the crossbow, as long as his army covers the past......
If it was just a few hundred captives in front of him, it would have been fine, but Randy knew that at least ten thousand, or even more, dwarves and Vikings were in the hands of each other, and those mercenaries could be left alone, but there were at least five or six thousand of his own captives.
Although Randy has a bad reputation to the outside world, he really hasn't done anything among his own people, or he hasn't been found to have done anything bad.
"I have a total of 6,300 dwarven and Viking captives, so make a deal. Or I can order these people to fall to the ground right now. ”
In front of the two armies, a certain girl who looked extremely vicious shouted with an evil expression reserved for villains.
Randy chuckled and stepped forward, and the new shield guard beside him was shocked, preparing to protect Randy's upper body with a pure steel shield that was one size larger than the other guard knights, but was rudely pushed away by Randy.
"Prisoners of war?"
Although Randy's voice was not loud, because no one was making a sound at the moment, an army of such a scale was gathered, and there could be no birds and beasts around, and the surroundings were very quiet, and Randy's voice could be heard very clearly.
"If it's a fighter...... The shame of being defeated and captured should be more uncomfortable than dying in battle, right? ”
Randy waved his horsewhip and pointed at the captured soldiers in front of him, shouting, "I'll give you a chance to wash away your shame, now, it's up to you whether you want to live dishonorably or die honorably." ”
Spending a lot of money to exchange personal skills from Enides, high-level demagogy + clever tongue + confession, and a series of skill bonuses, Randy's speech instantly resonated fiercely among the prisoners of war.
A large number of Vikings and dwarves were struggling desperately, and even some of the stronger ones broke free from their shackles directly, cut the ropes in the battle, and began to counterattack.
Enough, just want such an effect, and now the most idiotic commanders, too, know how to do it.
"Charge the whole army!"
Randy roars and a fierce battle begins......
"Cavalry! Massive cavalry groups!! ”
Finally, someone couldn't stand this depression and shouted at the top of their lungs.
Indeed, a large number of heavy cavalry, beyond the imagination of the Celts, and terrifying killing machines with men and horses all dressed in heavy armor, rushed straight from the rear.
This time, Randy knew that under such adversity, the resistance would definitely not be too great, so there was no need to use the troublesome trick of band charge at all, just line up all the cavalry in a straggler formation and take it away in a wave.
In the billowing smoke, both men and horses were dressed in shiny chain armor and white bird coats on a blue background.
Five hundred Norwegian knights bore the brunt of the attack, followed by improved tomahawk cavalry armed with tomahawks ready to cover up, and five hundred cavalry field orders chanting the name of Yahweh, a total of 2,000 hoplites frantically crushed over.
At this moment, the Celts in the rear were blank in their brains, and they couldn't even escape, so they could only watch the hideous and shiny cavalry roar towards them, plunging headlong into the scattered and completely disorderly Celtic marching array.
The cavalry group did not stop too much at all, all the way forward, all the way to the crush, the long sword and tomahawk scepter in the hand split the left and right to kill, completely ignoring the formation, let alone whether there were any remnants of the enemy left, forward, charge, continue to charge......
Behind the hoplites, Viking assault warriors armed with two-handed battle axes roared and slaughtered the remnants of the Celtic army that had been combed by the hoplites, ensuring that there would be no living creatures on the entire battlefield.
The Celts completely collapsed, a large number of prisoners of war mixed with the Celts, after a period of confusion, also began to riot, the war went on, there was no suspense, the Celts, completely overwhelmed by the hoplites, scattered aimlessly, and then in the panic and desperate wails, hacked to death, stabbed to death, crushed to death, trampled to death.
"It's over!"
Rao was such a hard-hearted person as Artoria that he no longer had the will to continue to resist, and he gritted his teeth and glanced at Randy not far away.
Her Majesty is a pragmatist, knowing that this time is different from the Battle of the Thames, even if you kill Randy, it will not help, and it is even very likely to fall into the siege of the enemy.
"Are you going to run away?"
Artoria walked away with hatred, the long sword in her hand began to harvest her life like black lightning, and after a while, she broke out of the siege, originally wanted to entangle some people on the way to escape, but as long as the troops gathered a little, they would be besieged by enemy troops from all sides, and the girl was almost in danger several times, and finally had to abandon all the army and escape alone.
"Host, is it really okay to let him go like this? I think you should understand the truth of letting the tiger return to the mountain, right? Enides was a little puzzled.
Standing on a high ground, Randy put down the monocular in his hand in a trance, and the general guard, which had been expanded to a hundred people, did not kill the generals according to the original plan and completely solve the desperate girl.
"............" Randy was speechless and didn't speak.
"Host, although you can defeat her this time, there is no guarantee that she will not come back in the future, the Welsh mountains and forests are quite a good guerrilla battlefield, and it is impossible for us to win against them in the forest."
"I know, Enides, your job is to give advice, not dictate my decisions, understand?"
"............" This time it was Enides' turn to be silent.
"The sea route to Ireland has been blocked," Randy said abruptly.
"So what?"
"The people of Wales, Ireland, and the two places are fierce and the jungle is vast, and even if they can be occupied, if they want to gain a foothold for a long time, they need a large number of troops to suppress it, and the cost is extremely fierce."
"What does that host mean ......"
"Marriage!" Randy's face was calm.
"What?" Enides was more shocked,
"Exchange the things I told you before, I'm going to write a letter!"
"Love letters?"
"Propose!"
"Host, have you forgotten the lesson of 100 years ago?" Enides reminded.
"Of course I haven't forgotten, but this is the only and fastest way to pacify Ireland and Wales."
"But wishful thinking ......"
"I've expressed enough sincerity, enough strength, and enough affection, right?"
Before Enides could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by Randy.
Despite Enides' reluctance, Randy, as the host, had the privilege to forcibly redeem it, and Enides gave him what he needed.
Randy then writes a handwritten letter and gives it to several Celtic prisoners of war, asking them to give it to the queen on the condition that they are freed
Now it's time to think about something else......
For example, the meaning of the current existence of the coalition army, the coalition army originally existed to fight against the Celtic queen, but now that the Celtic queen has been defeated and has fled back to the Welsh mountains and forests, is there still a need for the coalition to exist?
If there is no need for it......
Aside from the Scottish side, what should be done with the guy who is now in London preparing to ascend the throne and officially become the king of England?
Although there is still a signboard of an ally, there is no need for this kind of ally to exist that is completely useless, right?!
"Speaking of which, Aquitaine and Normandy, he hasn't handed it over to me yet!" Randy muttered in an unkind tone.
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