Although there are such tangled creatures as dwarves in this world. But it doesn't matter, the main theme in this world is still war. That's right, war. Except for the war, all the others are scum.

That's what Artoria said. Look at her excitement when Egil agreed to take her with him when he agreed to go with the army. Egil couldn't help but feel emotional.

"Isn't killing more fun than beeping, and why don't I think so?"

However, in the end, after leaving 5,000 standing troops on the land of England to prevent the rebellion of the nobles, Egil led nearly 10,000 Viking warriors and more than 2,000 dwarven mercenaries to the north. Prepare to attack Newcastle.

At this moment, Newcastle City. Robert II had already decided to retreat. Sitting in the lonely city for several months, he gained nothing but a lot of money and food. The expected enemy attack did not happen at all. This surprised Robert II. The result was not good - there were frequent alarms in Scotland, and every port, every coastal town, and every village was attacked by Vikings and navies. Under the burning, killing and looting, countless losses and refugees were caused. The Norwegian Navy even took advantage of the situation to hit the city of Edinburgh, almost leveling the Scottish capital.

In this way, Robert II was already in the wrong place, and the domestic undercurrent was surging. And it is precisely for this reason that he waved his army south, hoping to transfer the domestic realization with a war of foreign aggression. It's just a pity that he chose the wrong opponent from the beginning.

At this moment, the whole of Scotland is in chaos. The Scottish army was similarly discouraged. They all thought about the dilapidated houses in their homes. An ugly wife and a son who is almost as stupid as himself. I don't want to continue fighting anymore.

So Robert II looked at his noble generals with staring at him. I knew that this battle could not be fought again. sighed secretly, and then led the army to burn Newcastle. As Egir had said, he prepared to retreat north of Hadrian's Wall.

However, Egil didn't want to let him go. Especially when he saw Newcastle City burning, Egil suddenly felt for a moment that he would directly destroy Scotland with a large army, which seemed to be a good choice.

In the end, of course, Egil resisted the urge. And the decision was made after the spy sent a message and learned that the Scots had not continued the fight at all. Knights, improved Tomahawk Cavalry, and Field Order. These hoplites all abandoned their armor and went into battle in light leather armor to pursue the enemy as fast as possible. Be sure to catch up with the enemy and crush them before they reach Hadrian's Wall. Buy time for the main infantry force in the rear - it is already dusk at this moment, and if you don't hurry up, then the sun will completely set in a while, and it will be difficult to chase after you.

Once the Scots retreated to Hadrian's Wall, whether they set a fire to burn Hadrian's Wall to the ground, or held the city and were finally smashed into meat sauce by a dwarven catapult, neither of these results was what Egir wanted. Since there are no plans to send troops to Scotland for the time being, the best thing to do is to use this historic wall as a line of defense against possible attacks from the north. Today, Newcastle Castle has been destroyed. Then it is important to ensure that Hadrian's Wall is complete.

"That's ...... Isn't it a bit too risky? And the knights and hoplites gave up their armor, and the loss of combat effectiveness was also great. Artoria disagreed.

"Are you worried about me?" said Egil, chuckling, not answering Artoria's question, but rhetorically.

"......" Artoria was a little shy, but still looked at Egil very seriously, waiting for him to answer.

However, Egir didn't want to argue with Artoria at all, just stretched out his hands, stroked Artoria's face, and left another sentence: "Everything is up to you." After that, the command of the main infantry units was transferred to Artoria. He chased the knights and heavy cavalry, who were also complaining, towards the north.

Seriously, if Artoria's strength returns to normal, it would be more appropriate for Artoria to lead the elite cavalry to charge. After all, in the Battle of the Thames that day, Artoria's thirteen horsemen could directly break through the enemy formation, and Egil couldn't do such an ability to defy the sky. But Egil lives up to his own people, although it is said that the possible surname of Artoria's rebellion is now less than or equal to zero. But who can say for sure about domestic violence or something. In case Artoria's strength is no longer well controlled. Then it would be a tragedy for yourself.

Therefore, Egil has no intention of returning his wife's strength to normal and then biting himself back. Therefore, this kind of dangerous person who charges with cavalry can only be borne by Egil himself.

After removing all armor, the original heavy cavalry was instantly transformed into light lancers. Although the combat effectiveness has decreased significantly. But the mobility has risen dramatically. Soon it caught up with the Scottish army, which was overwhelmingly infantry and very slow. Immediately after that, without saying a word, he quickly lined up the cavalry in a line array and went straight over. Although it is said that he has lost a body of armor, he has a lot less kinetic energy. But on the other hand, the speed is much faster. So the punch is still pretty good. Plus the Scottish army was terrified. As the color has dimmed today, the power of the two thousand light cavalry to charge back is still quite good. In an instant, the Scottish army, numbering more than 17,000, almost collapsed.

Of course, only a little. The tenacity of the Scottish Highlanders is beyond Egil's imagination. Although the Scottish army had been severely shaken by the atmosphere of terror deliberately created by Egil, the remaining Scots still gritted their teeth and persisted in resisting desperately.

"Damn. Egil saw that this attack did not crush the enemy. And their own light cavalry is also extremely disadvantageous in such a melee. So the cavalry was quickly ordered to retreat, and a second charge was launched before the Scots' signature gun formation could be formed. At the same time, Egil's special skill, Hades Scream, is activated. A great sense of dread instantly enveloped every Scottish person. Then, before the cavalry could charge like a tsunami, the entire Scottish army finally collapsed.

It's just a pity that at this time it was completely dark. Although at this moment Artoria also arrived with a large number of infantry. But at a time like this, it's still quite difficult to expand the results. In the end, after slashing a few enemies and barely taking another one or two thousand prisoners. Egil was forced to withdraw his troops. The army slowly made its way through the vast expanse of wilderness, eventually reaching Hadrian's Wall at dawn. Thankfully, the Scots seem to have been frightened. Perhaps still lost south of Hadrian's Wall. Or perhaps it has already escaped north of Hadrian's Wall. In short, they were not stationed at Hadrian's Wall. There is no sense of defensiveness.

This also made Egil breathe a sigh of relief, and during the previous march, Egil had asked the system elves how many gold coins would be needed to restore Hadrian's Wall, which had been burned by the fire, and the final answer made Egil almost collapse.

"One hundred thousand gold coins. ”

During this time, Egil, who needed to raise 200,000 gold coins to build a network of roads between cities in England, had already begun to save money. The original food grade also changed from white bread to black bread little by little. Such a change has caused discontent among people, including, but not limited to, Artoria. If you come back like this, you can't wait for the other nobles under your command to rebel, and your direct troops may rebel - improving the food level can increase support by 15%. However, lowering the level of food can cause a decrease in support of 25-30%. Sure enough, it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to say from luxury to thrift.

In fact in this battle with the Scots. Egil was a step late and burned Newcastle City. Already his uncomfortable heart twitched. If you burn Hadrian's Wall all at once. That's the unbearable pain of life.

However, Egil had already thought of the source of the money for the repair of Hadrian's Wall and the rebuilding of Newcastle Castle. It is to cut from the vanquished, for example, Scotland. At the same time, Carter had gained a lot of loot from his two months of pirate life. In addition to some actual gold, silver, copper, iron, and precious metals, there are some other things in a mess, grain, cloth, pottery, and the like. It can also be exchanged for one or two thousand gold coins. Wouldn't it be enough to extort tens of thousands of gold coins from Scotland and rebuild Newcastle Castle?

Oh. By the way, this month's interest, I mean, the loan shark to Edward, seems to have been paid as well. In this way, there is no money, and there is still wealth. Can add new clothes to Artoria, such as a black silk maid or something.

- By the way, it seems that nylon has not yet been invented, which is a pity.

"So life is unsatisfactory out of ten. Come on, wife, sell a cute. ”

"Die. ”

"Forget it, it's nice to be a little proud. Egil comforted himself.

And that's it, three days later. As Egir said, life was unsatisfactory - after searching the whole of Northumberland and Cumbria, although the Vikings found many lost Scots, among them the wealthy nobles of the High Emperor. But Robert II, King of Scotland, whom Egil most wanted to capture, was not among them.

In other words, he had probably escaped back to Scotland. Next, it will not be easy to get Scotland to give in and pay a large war reparation......

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