The Nordic wind swept the icy air, a flag of the Saxon royal family was raised high, with the wind swaying to make the sound of hunting, under the banner the sergeants in armor and sharp arrangement into three columns, at a glance each column had the feeling of almost not being able to see the end, the first row of sergeants in addition to the spears in their hands also had a pointed shield, which was used to defend against the longbows of the Viking warriors opposite, after this the sergeants were armed with bows and crossbows, and the sergeants in the third row were armed with melee weapons such as pickaxes and swords, Finally, the nobles on horseback took their attendants, and their flags fluttered in the wind.

"Your Majesty, we are ready to go." A royal knight rode his war horse to the lords on the hills, surrounded by the lords, Henry, the bird catcher of the king of East Francia, rode on his horse and watched his army, and beside him was Henry's second son and heir, Prince Otto, unlike other kingdoms, Henry did not choose his eldest son as the heir, but the second son Otto, who he thought would be more able to inherit his ambitions.

"Send a messenger first and ask the Danes whether they are fighting or peace." King Henry looked into the distance, and as far as the eye could see was a thin line of Viking warriors, but Henry was a little surprised in his heart, he saw that the line of Viking warriors was unwavering in the face of his own army, and these three columns could not see the head of the army at a glance, and any enemy would tremble when he saw it.

"But your majesty, they are heretics." The knight was surprised to ask, that it was etiquette among the nobles and a tradition among Catholics before the war, and that King Henry was going to give this right to the pagan Danes.

"Yes." King Henry did not speak. His determined gaze only glanced at his knight, the king did not need to explain as long as he gave the order, and the knight bowed his head and turned his horse's head to arrange for the messenger, although he did not think that the infidels would understand this honor, but the king was the king, and the order could not be disobeyed.

"It's a great sight from here, isn't it?" The Earl of Praun rode side by side with Arrod, who spoke to Arrod.

"That's right, it's a nice view." Arold followed the direction of Count Praun's gaze, and the green grass covered the earth like a carpet, and the dense forest came into view. The meandering inland river runs through Shileyisug like a jade belt. In the distance, you can faintly see the coastline of the sea, and you can hear the sound of waves vaguely in your ears, and when the sun shines on this territory, the brilliant colors overlap with the shadows of the forest, as if you are in an old oil painting.

"Woo~~~." From the forest opposite, a low trumpet sounded. King Banuk of Denmark wears an iron helmet. With a battle axe in his hand, he walked forward surrounded by the leaders. The braided hair hangs down on the chest, and although the majestic body is not as good as the twilight years, it still does not lose the style of the year.

"It seems that the Danes are going to fight." Count Praun said to Arrod. Banuk went so far as to reject the birdcatcher Henry's peaceful construction, and he chose to fight bravely.

"How is the king going to fight?" Although King Henry praised Arrod's new weapon, this time he did not order the ballista to be dispatched, as if to prove to Arold how the true king could fight, and Arold was very curious about how the Saxons would fight.

"You'll know." Count Praun was eager to try, at this moment Arrod's body leaned back slightly, his eyes looked at the knight of the inner palace beside the Count of Praun, according to Sir Ron's secret investigation, after John Berg was killed, the corpse held a war horse ornament, the decoration turned out to be the property of the knight of the inner palace of the Earl of Prauen, that is to say, the murderer of John Berg was the knight of the Count of Praun.

Just as Arold was secretly observing the knights of the Count of Praun, the army of the East Francian Kingdom slowly walked down the hill and approached the Viking warriors, who basically maintained their formation, so it took a lot of time to stop and go, and when they were a hundred yards away from the Viking warriors, they suddenly stopped, and the chaplains of the army were in the position among the soldiers, loudly blessing them, and throwing blessed holy water at the soldiers with holy water brushes.

"Attack." With the order of King Henry, the crossbowmen wearing pot-shaped helmets and soft armor shot their arrows towards the line of the Viking warriors, and the locust-like arrows fell on the heads of the Viking warriors.

"Shield Wall." More than 2,000 Viking warriors formed an impermeable shield wall, and arrows fell on and around their heads, and soon a layer of arrows appeared to grow under the Vikings' feet.

"Infantry attack." King Henry looked at the wall of Viking shields made of red and green round shields, and knew that the arrows would not do much to these Vikings, so he ordered, and soon the infantry, led by the low-class nobles, began to march towards the Vikings in small formations, they were like squares on a chessboard advancing under the leadership of banners, and King Henry on the hill was like a chess player who controlled the whole game.

"Boom~~~~." The East Franconian infantry, with their iron helmets and spears in their hands, and the wealthy infantry, who bought a sword and more often levies with sticks and pitchforks, rushed to the Viking shields under the spur of religion and nobility, but the strong Vikings held their shields as motionless as stones in the waves, allowing the levies to beat their shields.

"Kill, kill~~~." Danish King Banuk suddenly raised the battle axe in his hand and roared sharply.

"Brush." The Viking warriors were ordered to separate several windows from the shield wall, and behind the shield wall stretched out spear tips and swords to stab the approaching East Francians, and the East Francians who were stabbed screamed again and again, and blood sprayed on the Vikings' wooden shields, and when the corpses fell, the people behind did not know what was going on, and were pushed to continue to the shield wall, but suffered the same fate.

"You can't attack the Viking shield wall like this." Arold looked at the East Francians who attacked the shield wall like a sea wave, in fact, the Saxons of the principality directly under the royal family, it was really unwise for them to attack so recklessly, he looked in the direction of King Henry, thinking that this king would not be such a reckless general, but he also thought that King Henry was a figure who defeated many strong enemies and played with powerful dukes in the palm of his hand, so he settled down.

The attack on the edge of the forest gradually became fierce, although the Viking warriors killed many Saxon conscripts, but their shield walls were also loosened unconsciously, and some brave Viking warriors led their teams to rush into the middle of the Saxons to kill in all directions, stimulated by the blood, these Viking warriors were as tireless as enraged beasts, but also made their formation change.

"Give the signal." At this moment, King Henry calmly watched the subtle changes on the battlefield, unlike the brave Danish King Banuk, who took the lead, King Henry of East Francia stood behind many soldiers, surrounded by his own nobles and knights, condescending to see the entire battlefield, and analyzed and calculated with his own mind.

"Huhu~~~." A royal attendant raised the king's banner and stood on the highest ground, waving the king's flag to send a signal, and the Saxon swordsmen who were ambushed in the forest on the other side rushed out in advance, most of these Saxon swordsmen came from the barony of the principality, they were trained in the baronial castle to serve the barons and their families, and when the war came, these trained swordsmen came to serve the king with weapons and armor, and they rushed out of the hidden forest according to the king's orders, Because there were only about fifty swordsmen in this team, it did not attract the attention of the Viking warriors at first, in fact, such squads had long been arranged in various positions on the battlefield.

"Ping Pong ~~~~." The Danish king Banuk was covered in blood at this time, and after slashing one Saxon after another, he gradually felt the armor on his body become heavy, which reminded him of the words of a Viking warrior who taught him combat skills, when you feel the weight of the armor on your body, that is when you are about to lose.

"Your Majesty, why do we seem to be surrounded?" Krezer, a mercenary with rich combat experience, was keenly aware of the enemy coming from all directions, but he, the mercenary leader, had only commanded more than a hundred people in battle at most, and in this battlefield where thousands of people were fighting, he couldn't understand what was happening again.

"We're like rabbits caught in the hunt." Several arrows grazed the Danish king Banuk's cheek, and Kreeser hurriedly blocked Banuk with his shield, but the arrows came from another direction, which made the Viking warriors panic.

"How do they know where we're going?" Krezer was puzzled, and whenever they routed the Saxons, they were like big fish with their mouths hooked, and in the forests along the way, groups of Saxon soldiers would jump out, making the Viking warriors tired and miserable.

"Powerful tactics, using cheap levies as bait to attack the Vikings, tempting and consuming the Viking warriors, and then deploying elite soldiers along the way to attack, is like a big net firmly binding the hands and feet of the Vikings." Arold also watched the battle from a high place, King Henry's tactics were very calculating, the warlike character traits of the Vikings, and the cowardice of his own side of the conscripts, thinking of this, when Arold looked at King Henry, he couldn't help but feel a chill down his back. (To be continued......)