Chapter 42: The Sword Pointing East (2)
"Is Aarhus ahead of you?" The spy asked.
The serf looked at him dumbly, opened his mouth wide and did not speak, and the spy frowned and asked in German, then in French, English, and even Russian.
But the serf was still stupid and did not speak, and the spy underestimated: "It's a dumb man." ”
After that, he took out his dagger and prepared to take his life without mercy.
"Don't kill me, the city of Aarhus is ahead," the mute soon said in extremely fluent Danish.
"Can talk, what kind of dumb are you pretending? Go to hell! The spy stabbed the serf in the abdomen, Randy wasn't a magnanimous man, and neither was he.
"My king, the city of Aarhus is ahead!"
"What a bunch of naïve people, they don't seem to be aware of our presence." Randy had already known about the previous scene, and the serf seemed very surprised.
"Maybe it's because you slaughtered all the villages you passed along the way."
At this time, the only person who dared to talk to Randy like this was Artoria, who was crowned as the Norman queen and still retained the title of Celtic queen, speaking of which, in her face, Randy did not dictate the internal affairs of Ireland and Wales, but as a good wife, Artoria insisted on implementing the exact same system between the two places as England, which made Randy more moved and more confident in the path he was taking.
"I just think this system is very good, and it's not because of you." When Randy asked Artoria why she did this, Artoria replied in a very cold and ruthless tone.
However, Randy doesn't think so, he thinks that it's his personal charm, and Artoria trusts himself to do it.
This made Randy even feel a little embarrassed, because he didn't trust her as much as Artoria trusted him, as if this time there was originally a character in England to be guarded, and Randy didn't choose to let Artoria take on the role of guard.
"Isn't it interesting to slaughter or something?" Randy shrugged his shoulders indifferently and ordered the improved Tomahawk cavalry to rush directly into the city, rushing to the other party's palace, according to the old rules, the spoils were divided fifty-fifty.
It's just that there was a small accident here, and it was quite simple to rush into Aarhus City, but the Tomahawk cavalry suddenly killed red eyes, burned and looted everywhere, and instantly destroyed the peaceful atmosphere of Aarhus City, but it was also this that Prince Olaf, who was in the Danish royal palace, reacted.
Prince Olaf, who is now seventeen years old, has received his mother's * since he was a child, although he is young, but he dares to be sufficient, and he can properly handle both military strategy and government affairs, but everything is only on paper.
The young prince, who had long been at the hands of a woman in the deep court, and whose mother, Margrethe I, had also instilled in him the ambition to unify all of Northern Europe, and with such an extreme indulgence that he was not allowed to be hurt in the slightest, so that Prince Olaf had not even been able to get out of the outskirts of Aarhus, let alone witness the so-called war.
"It must be shocking, hilarious, exciting, right?"
Just like a boy who has never seen war, the prince longs for war in his heart, a war that belongs to him, and to win victory and glory with wisdom and courage.
And now, when his mother is far away from Denmark to conquer Norway, the prince can only continue to stay in the deep palace, although he has the title of prison country, but in reality the prince feels like a canary imprisoned in a beautiful cage.
"When will the Queen Mother notice that I'm seventeen? I'm already an adult. Sometimes, the prince couldn't help but complain like this.
And all these wishes finally came true at this moment.
When he heard of the surprise attack of the Norwegians and the forcible capture of the walls of Aarhus, the prince was not overjoyed, he did not expect his wish to be fulfilled so quickly, God, I will definitely be serious next time I pray.
Then Prince Olaf followed his mother's instructions, pretended to be very indifferent, commanded his servants, squires and knights to be armed, quickly put on their armor, took their weapons, mounted their horses, and bravely, boldly, foolishly, came out of the fortified fortress of the royal palace and rushed towards the demon Nen who was tormenting his people.
Die!!!!!!
That's right, it's to die!
Although he received very strict martial arts training since he was a child, the young prince was neither a genius nor a monster, he was just an ordinary youth, although he trained hard, but he was only above average, and his very beautiful looking plate chain composite armor from the hands of a dwarven blacksmith, and the article coat representing Denmark, as well as the penmanship of the pioneer, also proved his identity.
And the most crucial point is that the prince himself actually shouted: "Prince Olaf of Denmark is here." ”
This sentence completely exposed his identity,
As soon as the prince appeared, he carried at least twenty improved tomahawk cavalry on his back.
Kill the red-eyed cavalry, but it doesn't matter if you're a prince or not,
Although at first, these guys still wanted to get a ransom alive, but then a fast-thinking cavalry sounded, and the monarch was going to completely destroy Denmark this time, which meant that no one would pay him a ransom.
The sudden realization of the cavalry did not show mercy to his men, and Prince Olaf was soon cut off an arm, and he fell off his horse with a scream of severe pain, and watched a war horse raise its hooves high and fall on his head.
The Prince's last thought was......
"I'm a prince......"
After spending hours under control, Randy began to inspect his share of the loot.
A human head, which had previously grown on Prince Olaf's neck.
There are also precious metals worth about 20,000 gold coins, as well as temporarily immeasurable works of art, food, weapons, cloth,
Aarhus is also the capital of a country, and Randy's harvest at this time is quite good, but the situation in Jutland does not satisfy him.
First of all, the climate here is very average, and it is also very cold, which is not suitable for fertility.
Second, the land here seems to be similar to Norway and is not suitable for farming.
Despite their great fighting power and seafaring ability, the Vikings were unable to become a powerful race in Europe, and in the final analysis, the output of the land was too small and the population was too small.
In fact, before Randy used Enides to reform the Norwegian agricultural system, Norwegians had been living a half-starved life, and it was easy to die of hunger and cold during the New Year's holidays.
But then again, in this era when medical technology is not so developed, everyone is forced out.
Under Randy's iron-blooded policy, Aarhus Central Square ......
What was originally a good place for unlicensed traders and vendors to set up their stalls has become a terrifying scene like hell, and 800 defenders of Aarhus, including Prince Olaf, have their heads cut off, hung high on four-meter-long spears, and then entered the square.
"The best way for a new ruler to proclaim his majesty to the new ruled is to instill fear, and the best way to instill fear is naturally the head of the previous ruler and the expression of death." Randy sat on the throne that had belonged to the King of Denmark and said triumphantly.
"Host, is this really good? Three days in Jutland will be very detrimental to your future rule. Enides reminded.
"It's okay, I don't have the idea of bringing Jutland under rule at all, at least not now."
"Why?"
"Feng IV, that guy can mobilize at least 200,000 troops now, I heard that I am also experienced in a hundred battles, the glory of the Holy Roman Empire, but I can't shake it alone, I couldn't do it 100 years ago, and it's also very difficult now."
After plundering, slaughtering, burning, and destroying the Jutland Peninsula on a large scale, Randy hanged every Dane who dared to resist with extremely high enthusiasm, and then hung the corpses on both sides of the road, confirming that only the walking dead and the stinking Danish traitors were left in the whole of Denmark, Randy completely abandoned Jutland, scattered a thousand men and part of the navy, and controlled the scattered islands in the middle of the Öresund waterway, which is the so-called Sealand region, and then the main army of 23,000 troops went north again, Spend a day landing from the military dock in Oslo.
The offensive and defensive momentum changed in an instant, and the Danes, who had already experienced a defeat, naturally knew what was happening now, and the heads dropped from the city of Oslo every day, if you looked closely, you could see that they were the little fools of the fourth aunt of the third grandson of the second uncle of a certain family.
Denmark has completely fallen, like a pleasant goat sent to the wolf's mouth, which has been skinned and chopped and thrown into the pot, and the bone residue and insulin have been gnawed away.
When Randy appeared at the head of Oslo City, the morale of the Danish army had fallen to the bottom, although Margrethe I still forcibly endured to stabilize the morale of the army, and the old queen's own ability was also quite good, barely able to hold the field, but only barely able to hold on, Margrethe I understood very well, at this time, as long as the Oslo city gate was opened, a team of cavalry ran out, and the Danish army of tens of thousands had to collapse.
Thinking of this, Margrethe I gritted her teeth and stood up directly despite the dissuasion of the Danish noble knights next to her.
"I am Queen Margrethe I of Denmark, and I invite King Randy of Norway to come out and speak."
Randy chuckled, looking at the old queen of the city, her eyes widened with anger, without fear, knowing that this scene could not scare her, she replied, "I am Randy, as for the king of Norway...... The Queen was wrong, my current title is Norman King. ”
"Humph!"
The Danish queen snorted coldly and expressed disdain: "These are just your delusions, after all, you are just a barbarian in northern Norway, what qualifications do you have to call yourself the Norman co-master?" ”
Randy clenched his fists, "Because I have a lot of troops, a lot of territory, and you can't beat me, is that enough?" ”
"You ......"
Margaret I had never seen a superb character like Randy, and when others asked him what he could do, he directly proclaimed that he had a big fist, so Lao Tzu was the boss This theory, although this theory is completely correct, but at least it also adds a fig leaf to himself.
"Her Majesty is at ease,"
Randy seems to have lost interest in continuing the conversation, and is even feeling a little bored.
The Queen of Denmark is not a beauty, so it's not interesting to talk to her.
"The current situation is not something that can be solved by a few people, with a few words or with a pen, or does the queen think that you Danes still have the ability to fight me?"
"We Danes will never give in!"
"I dug up the levee and drenched the whole land outside Aarhus."
Randy said this abruptly......
"It also destroyed most of the arable land in Jutland."
"You madman, impossible, absolutely impossible,"
After hearing such terrible news suddenly, Rao is Margrethe I was mentally tough, and it was also said that he was flustered, if it was really as Randy said, then most of the cultivated land in Jutland would be turned into saline land in an instant, didn't this force the Danes to death?
"Also, a gift for you!" Randy snapped his fingers at the head of the city, and a guard knight immediately behind him presented the wooden box, and after opening it, Randy grabbed the air-dried human head and threw it down without being dirty at all.
"Your son, give it back to you."
The world has not yet invented things like televisions and computers, there are very few books, newspapers and magazines, and the average aristocratic family can find a tattered Bible, which is already the ancestor of the spirit, so people in this world, except for many people who are night blind when it is dark, the average eyesight is much better than in the 21st century, so ......
"Olaf !!"
Seeing the tragic death of her beloved son, Margaret I finally couldn't help crying, her tense nerves were instantly broken, and her eyes rolled and she fainted.
The entire Danish army was in an uproar, taking advantage of this opportunity, the gates of Oslo were opened, and a large number of heavily armored cavalry rushed out along the drawbridge, and the Danish army completely collapsed.
Three days later, the Danes surrendered completely, signing an extremely humiliating pact of submission with Randy.
The Danes ceded all the islands of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, mainly from Zealand, and renounced the title of king to revere Randi as king, although they still retained the title of autonomy and duchy, but they were theoretically incorporated into the Norman kingdom.
At the same time, the Duchy of Denmark respected Randy's kind suggestion, with the aristocratic parliament as the political entity, and the new Duke of Denmark was just a puppet on the table, so that the Danish problem was solved, the strength of the army was greatly damaged, and the barren land made the Danes continue to flee, and the political division made the country politically chaotic, and there was no longer the right to dominate Northern Europe.
The problem in Denmark was solved, and Randy was also very generous, handing over a ruined Holstein to von IV, who was overjoyed and went there for a turn, watching the people's livelihood wither, and the desolate Holstein was speechless for a while, and he also had a clear understanding of Randy's destructive ability, and at the same time, he was secretly jealous, and he also had the idea that he should teach this Nordic barbarian a lesson.
In short, after a detailed examination of Holstein's condition, Feng IV was no longer at all happy to pick up the cheap, and Holstein was now like a piece of chicken ribs, and it was a pity to discard it without taste, and Feng IV had a lot of brains about how to govern this land, and even had the idea of returning this territory to the Danes for a time.
Von IV wrote a letter to Randy, complaining about how much he had ruined Holstein in that way, and saying that he needed more compensation.
So Randy wrote back:
The Jutland Peninsula in Denmark is at your disposal, so feel free to taste it.
Feng IV was almost not, Jutland is now like a bird with Holstein, even if it takes effort to fight it, what's the use? Will you give me the funds to clean up the patches of saline-alkali land?
As a result, von IV completely lost interest in the northern land, and concentrated all his energies on the war with the three southern opponents, Bohemia, Austria, Swabia, and the three electors, with the intention of unifying the entire Holy Roman Empire.
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