After receiving the task, Zhang Hao immediately dispersed all the light cavalry in the city and patrolled along the coast around Marienburg, and sure enough, in the afternoon of the same day, he received news that the Norse longship had assembled at sea. Zhang Hao made a decision immediately, and set off overnight with a half-formed army, six teams of giant swordsmen, four teams of musketeers, four teams of halberders, four teams of crossbowmen, one steam tank, two giant cannons, and nine teams of Sun Knights.

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Elfrik Offson was the new general of the Norscar tribe, and a few weeks ago he was just an inconspicuous nobody, but one day a man without a nose who called himself Vlad von Kastein approached him and asked him to bring the leader a letter with bat fire paint and promise him to be promoted and rich in the future, Elfrik was at first unconvinced, and wanted to take him down and send him to the god of chaos, but the man with thin clothes and no nose could react before he could react and turned into a bat and flew away, Elfrick swore he had never seen such a powerful transfiguration.

With respect for the strong, Elfrik sent the letter to the Norsca supreme leader, the wanderer Ufrik, and as Vlad said, Elfrick was appointed as the general of a full-fledged legion, although it was only a low-level legion, but for Elfrik it was already the greatest gift of the Chaos Gods.

Instructed to take a full army and two other colleagues to attack the coast of the Empire, from Norden in the east in the province of Oster, to the west to the port of Dieters in the province of Nord, and then to Hotel in the province of West, each attack can harvest countless wealth and slaves, once in the eyes of everyone The empire is like a paper tiger, and it has not been beaten at all, Elfrik naturally does not know that the main forces of the other two provinces except Fort Marion have all been transferred from the coast due to various reasons in the province of Midan and do not know where to go, otherwise, it's okay to rely on these miscellaneous soldiers to carry out sneak attacks, and the swaggering ones will be destroyed countless times.

Dozens of lootings and destructions made Elfrick, who had just become a general, almost think that he was the reincarnation of the Chaos God, and a feeling of invincibility in the world made him flutter all day long.

In the end, after destroying Hosser, Ulfric's supreme order was sent to Elfrik, and he and the other two generals immediately attacked Marienburg, and after the victory, who contributed the most and who would be the leader of a high army.

Elfrik naturally knew the location of the other two generals, and it would take two days to reach the coast of Fort Marion in West Province at the earliest, and he only needed two days, in order to prevent a sneak attack, Elfrik's army did not go ashore, but chose to rest in a ship not far from the shore, Fort Marion could not be taken by his army even if it was weak, Elfrik chose to wait for reinforcements. This decision gave Zhang Hao, who was rushing overnight, a time to build fortifications.

The Norse survive in extreme conditions all year round, with a stronger physique than normal humans, more durable endurance, and they may be really strong in melee combat, but the lack of environment and civilization makes them basically have no powerful long-range weapons, otherwise they will not be crushed in the far north all the time.

Zhang Hao's half-full army had no hope of fighting three full troops, and Fort Marion couldn't afford to leave an army to prevent Bartonnia, so whether Zhang Hao could win this battle depended on Ekbad's level. Zhang Hao ordered his troops to occupy the commanding heights overnight, and dug a large number of pits around the coast, the soil of the coast was already soft, and the large and small pits could somewhat limit the charge of the Norse. The Flame Knights, on the other hand, were divided into two waves, hiding in the forests on both sides.

Early the next morning, Elfrick ordered the longship to dock, and Elfrick, who had not been defeated since leading the army, did not take the Imperial soldiers seriously, let alone he could already see the masts of the other two army longships in the distance.

"Come on, boys! Come ashore with me! Let these Imperial chickens see the power of our Norse! Elfrik was standing at the bow of the ship at the moment, looking very arrogant. In the face of the super port and defensive artillery of the port of Rejik, the Norse people did not dare to attack directly from the harbor, and many people would die when the ship sank, for the sake of conservatism, the Norse planned to attack from the land.

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"The Norse are coming ashore! All go to the designated position and get ready for battle! "The Imperial troops resting on the shore began to assemble in an orderly manner under the order, with the steam tanks as the center, the long-range troops were deployed on both sides in turn, the muskets could not be thrown in front, the crossbowmen were in the back, and the front and rear were in jagged positions, and the melee troops all entered the trench dug in front of the long-range troops and bowed their heads and hid themselves. The Empire's red flares were also sent into the air as the troops were assembled, telling the cavalry in the woods on both sides that the enemy had landed.

The Norse rarely had the kind of generals who were particularly militarily minded, and for them, any enemy would rush forward and do it without hesitation, and it would be more barbaric than the orcs.

Zhang Haozai deliberately placed the throne on the steam tank to ensure that Elfrik could see him on the ship, while Ekbad stood next to the tank with a resentful expression. The disgusting tactics of Imperial Artillery + Light Mage will reappear in this world for the first time, the previous Light Mages were all charged with the cavalry, or to protect the rear row to defend the sky, and the weapons and cannons are also used as ultra-long-range soldiers and siege cities, the basic war strategy is still close combat, the cavalry is around, and the rhythm of watching the office from a distance. Of course, these cannons in Zhang Hao's hand are not enough to show the real horror, but the problem of beheading is still not big.

"Brave men of West, please listen to me!" Zhang Hao stood on the steam tank and loudly attracted the attention of the soldiers. "The Norse robbers have destroyed your homeland of Hothel, and now they are once again targeting Marienburg, I believe you have all heard of what happened in the last two days, yes, not only have enemies appear within the Empire, but the Norses and vampires want to tear a piece of flesh from the weakened Empire, and at the cost of your homes and lives! Whether you love or hate the Empire, but now that you are facing the Norse who believe in destruction, you can only choose to follow me now! Drive these insatiable scum back to the sea who are desperately fighting according to the will of the false gods! Defend your own sacred territory! All for the homeland!! ”

"For the homeland!!"

"For the Empire!"

"For the Empire!!"

Zhang Hao's attribute of increasing persuasiveness for justice made the soldiers of West Province unconsciously work hard, and everyone in the divided empire wants to bite two bites, but how much they can eat depends on whether they are good or not.