In Scandinavia in October, the snow is falling. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

It seems that there is only one color left between heaven and earth, and that is white. The white mountains, the white water, and even the forests were dyed white, and even the occasional hunter's footprint would be buried in the blink of an eye by the howling wind and snow.

If you live alone here, you will soon suffer from snow blindness and become an autistic person who is closed in your own world.

"Big brother, do you think those people are sick? Why hasn't you said a word for so long? ”

Above this snowy field, there is an army that winds its way forward, and the composition of this army is quite complicated: just look at the first half, all kinds of different clothes, noise, shouting, boiling in the sky, as lively as a bazaar; Looking at the second half, there is silence, except for the sound of heavy footsteps, breathing, and panting.

"Just you talk a lot! Be careful not to be heard! ”

The man known as the eldest brother glared angrily at the little brother with a hippie smile next to him, this little brother had just come of age, he was still a child, he followed him to the battlefield for the first time, he was curious about everything, and he was not afraid.

It's good to have courage, but the army behind you, is it something you can provoke casually?!

"What's the matter, anyway, the wind and snow are so big, I can't hear it later."

The younger brother was inexplicably glared at by the boss, and muttered twice dissatisfiedly, but forced by the authority of the eldest brother, he finally shrunk his neck and didn't dare to say anything more.

However, it is not uncommon for the army of the little Tang Grand Duke not to speak.

Talking on the march will only consume physical strength; Moreover, in such a snowy environment, as long as you open your mouth, you will be immediately poured into a belly of cold wind, and the army that has just crossed the sea from the warm (relatively speaking) Ireland has not yet adapted to such a harsh environment, and it is the right choice to keep the body heat without speaking.

"Lord Dagong, the wind and snow are too big, and the soldiers can't hold on anymore, so let's rest for a while."

The knights on horseback, who did not have to travel on their legs like ordinary soldiers, were in a slightly better situation, but not much better. Especially the Wade Knight, who was running back and forth to check the situation of the army, his eyebrows were stained with a layer of snow slag, and his body was also covered with a thick layer, which looked no different from a snowman.

"How far are we from Bergen now?"

Xiao Tang Dagong frowned, looking at the distance is still endless, even the sky and the earth are white, the Scandinavian blizzard, the power is far beyond his imagination, like this weather, the army can march twenty kilometers a day, it is already very difficult.

In fact, the soldiers were okay to say that no one was left behind, but not the carriages. The snow was knee-deep, the wheels were all sunk into the snow, the carriage could barely move forward, and many people had to push it together every turn, which was what really consumed the physical strength of the soldiers, and the soldiers who rotated the carts had already changed several times.

"According to our mercenaries, keep moving at this pace, and we will probably be there tomorrow evening."

Knight Wade replied by wiping a handful of snowflakes from his face. By now, the Duke of Tang was extremely glad that he had hired a lot of Vikings, and no matter how effective they were, at least they were working for now - to be used as guides.

"So be it, let the hussars advance, find a place to shelter from the wind and snow and set up camp, and when you arrive, give each soldier a glass of mead, and hot water soaked in cloves, don't forget."

After weighing it, Xiao Tang openly said that mead can be used to keep warm, and the hot water soaked in cloves can cure frostbite, these are the prescriptions provided by Dr. Ina, and Xiao Tang is now praying that these prescriptions will work.

In the end, it was said that they would stop and rest, but the army still advanced three or four miles in a row before they found a suitable place. The Viking mercenaries, who were also out of breath, had already set up their tents spontaneously without even the orders of the Grand Duke of Xiao Tang, and they were reluctant to come out.

With such a quality, the Duke of Xiao Tang could only shake his head when he saw it, and then looked back at his soldiers, although he was tired, he still maintained a standing posture, and a sense of pride came to his heart.

Set up camp, and then arrange the soldiers for vigil, and when the little Tang Duke came to his camp, the logistics firehead soldiers had already made a fire very intimately, and it was as warm as spring.

"Without further ado, Knight Wade, how many Viking mercenaries have we recruited now?"

As soon as he entered the camp tent, before he could breathe a sigh of relief, the question of the little Tang Grand Duke came down. Knight Wade didn't care to rest, and replied with his mouth open:

"There are seven hundred and fifty-two now."

"More than 700 people......"

Xiao Tang secretly calculated in his heart, the soldiers he brought with him were a total of 3,000 people, excluding the wounded, and the soldiers left for the knight of Lefebvre to guard the ship, he led 2,200 people, and now the recruited mercenaries already have one-third of their own number.

"Let's stop recruiting, we just need so many mercenaries, maintain the scale of three thousand, and recruit when there is a shortage."

You can't blame the Duke of Xiao Tang for being careful, although recruiting mercenaries is a correct choice, but on the side of the couch, it is impossible to allow others to sleep soundly. The Vikings respect the strong, once the little Tang Grand Duke has not been able to suppress their strength, it will be a matter of an instant to say that the rebellion, the mercenary discipline, the little Tang Grand Duke has never had hope.

"Also, our bowstrings, are they really unusable at all?"

After talking about the mercenaries, Grand Duke Xiao Tang asked solemnly. This is the most serious problem, due to the completely unanticipated cold weather, the bow and crossbow produced in Ireland cannot be used in Scandinavia at all, the bowstring is very brittle when frozen by the wind and snow, and it will break if you don't pay attention to it, which is equivalent to abolishing the long-range projection ability of the little Tang Grand Duke!

"The ballista can still be used, but the power will be greatly weakened, just a general bow and crossbow......"

Knight Wade smiled bitterly, only halfway through his words, Grand Duke Xiao Tang already understood what he meant, it seems that this long-range attack is not worth counting on.

"Forget it, let the Viking mercenaries go first anyway, and wait until they consume the enemy's arrows."

After being silent for a while, the Duke of Xiao Tang could only say helplessly, we mortals have no choice but to accept this God's matter.

"Lord Duke, in fact, you don't have to worry about it like this, as far as the current situation is concerned, we actually have a considerable advantage-"

As if he couldn't bear to see Little Tang frowning, Wade Knight persuaded, but Xiao Tang waved his hand and directly interrupted Wade Knight's words.

The so-called advantage, Duke Xiao Tang quite understood, was a sneak attack.

The cold Scandinavian winters were unbearable even for the Vikings who had lived here since childhood. Every winter, every family, regardless of status, will hide in their huts, and when the door is closed and the sky falls, they will not listen to anything outside the window. Coupled with this sudden snowstorm, almost all traces of the army's march were covered, and the whole people who were worried about the Duke of Xiao Tang at the beginning seem to be completely overwhelmed now, even if it is a thousand professional off-duty soldiers, it is difficult to say how many are still in Bergen City.

"Ugh."

Obviously, the form is not bad, but the little Tang Grand Duke sighed inexplicably, it is easy to defeat Bergen, but it is difficult to hold it. And for sure, such an undeclared act of war will attract the hostility of the whole of Norway, if it is him, it is better to say, anyway, he will leave with a vote, if the Vikings dare to cross the sea to trouble him, they will be looking for death, but the Olaf patriarch does not know how far to go.

"There's no way, even if it's tied up at that time, I will tie up Patriarch Olaf and their entire clan to Munster, otherwise every time I am in trouble, I will come to the rescue, and the cost will be too great, besides, the cost of sending an army to me is not cheap, this bill, let Patriarch Olaf work for a lifetime to pay it off......"

PS: Although it is said that there are four more chapters...... But it's past one o'clock now, and there's still a class this morning, so let's stop here.

Wait for the lack to wake up and then code, today is still three more.