August 23, Millennium. Hadrian's Wall, which had defended England for hundreds of years, changed hands. When the news came. Letters for help have been received and the entire country has been mobilized. Alfred the Great, who led an army of 50,000 to reinforce the front, was dark. I almost fainted. And the whole army of England also wailed. Countless English soldiers wept bitterly. Later, it was designated as the national shame of England. Alfred the Great wasted no time in proclaiming the significance of this event. In order to motivate the military spirit to fight bravely.

Therefore, in the eyes of a truly good orator, victory or defeat can be used as a topic to motivate the military. Although the approach is slightly different.

Immediately afterwards, the English army was divided into two routes, and the main army under the command of Alfred the Great went straight to Yorkshire, and arranged a second line of defense. On the other hand, there were nearly a thousand Hobila Rangers, light cavalry consisting of mounted sergeants and mounted militiamen, and an army of at least two thousand English longbowmen. Advance along the western front of the dense forest.

Raids, behind enemy lines, and a frenzy of killing and plundering. A small but absolutely effective army made its way into the Scottish hinterland after bypassing the jungles of Cumbria. Immediately afterwards, the interior of Scotland was alerted. The capital, Edinburgh, was shocked. A number of noble ministers took the opportunity to speak to Kenneth I. Renewed the Covenant with the English. Just take it when you see it.

Kenneth I was torn between a few and did not know what to do. And such a situation in the country, uh, indirectly affected the Scottish army on the front. The Scottish army, with a total of more than 20,000 people, is fierce and not afraid of death. Let both Egil and Walder look up.

"What good cannon fodder. It's a shame if you don't use it. ”

Therefore, Egier and the two men tried to persuade William Wallace, the commander of Scotland, and wrote a letter to Kenneth I by hand—of course, because of the language barrier between the two sides, it was a little troublesome for Kenneth I to translate it. Repeated examples have shown that England is Scotland's worst neighbor. Although Scotland has some victories for the time being. But England's power is still there, and if it is not completely eradicated, until England's strength is restored, Scotland will never be at peace.

Within Scotland, the tendency to hate England was equally evident, and the main war faction was no less than the main peace faction. And rightly so. Open your mouth to nationalism and close your mouth to patriotism. Dress yourself up like a man of good will. But it is quite a deceptive surname. At the same time, the spies under the Nameless Brother also found out the situation of the enemy army that had secretly infiltrated Scotland.

"His name was Edward, the Earl of Chester, the Duke of Normandy, the Duke of Cornwall, the Duke of Aquitaine, and the Prince of Wales. Edward IV. He is Chinese New Year's Eve and 6 years old. Claimed to be the strongest longbowmen commander in England. "After listening to the words of the spy chief. Egil basically got it. This guy is the legendary Edward, the strongest and most brutal British general in the Hundred Years' War between Britain and France, who led the longbowmen to repeatedly shoot the French [***] team into scum.

However, in this world, Edward IV had little to do with England - although his mother was an Englishman, and he was called Uncle Alfred by kinship. However, his fiefdoms, the Duchy of Normandy and the Duchy of Aquitaine, were both within the Kingdom of France.

"There was no agreement between him and Alfred. Why would he help the English?" asked Egil.

"It is said that Alfred promised to recognize Edward IV's right to the throne of England after defeating us, and to give him all of Wales. At the same time, large tracts of land in Cornwall were given to him. Relying on these three conditions, 5,000 professional troops with strong combat effectiveness were borrowed from Normandy. and Edward as an ally. Nameless continued to report.

"Oh—that's a lot of money. Egil sighed.

"Actually, it's understandable. After all, Alfred had no heirs of his own. Edward was the strongest of his juniors. And the kinship is also close. Nameless said.

"I see, hard work. Send someone to deliver this information to the Scottish side. Egil commanded. After that, Nameless nodded, turned around and quickly vanished. Egil was a little helpless about this subordinate who always liked to come and go. But for the sake of this guy's genuinely useful face, Egil decided to turn a blind eye to his actions.

Two days later, Kenneth I's decision was finally made: to order Wallace to return home with an army of more than 5,000 to garrison, and to defeat, or at least drive out the bandit army led by a certain prince, who should now be called a certain duke. Wallace himself, as well as the main Scottish army, did not need to return, and could continue to form an alliance with his allies and continue to attack England.

Such a decision by Kenneth I made Egir breathe a sigh of relief. In this way, the candidates for cannon fodder have also been found.

However, it is not clear whether a simple Scottish army of 5,000 can defeat or even expel Edward IV. Egil had no faith in that - after all, the Black Prince, I mean the Duke, was a great general in history. At that time, he led 1,800 men against more than 7,000 people in France. In the end, he won a big victory and arrested the king by the way. Such a character, if William Wallace was to go out in person, in the case of superior forces and home battles, although the equipment was slightly worse. But if you want to win, you should have no problem. But it wasn't Wallace who took action himself, but an ordinary Scottish general - Egil didn't pay attention to what it was called. Well, there is basically no hope for Scotland.

"But that's my business. Egil did not think of such a thing at all: and all the information about Edward, of course, not including his outstanding achievements in the other world, of course, would have been mistaken for a psychopath, and so was told to the Scotsman completely. The Scots also made their own choice.

So, it's all self-inflicted. Egil was completely free of psychological pressure.

Then, on the fifth day of the capture of Hadrian's Wall, on August 28. The Triple Alliance marched towards York, an important city in central England.

At this moment, the coalition forces include more than 8,000 Norwegian troops. Includes 100 engineers and 10 ballistas. All are well-equipped, well-trained, regular professional troops. As well as more than 3,700 navy ships and hundreds of warships. Among them were forty-two light ballista warships armed with scorpion crossbows (six light ballista warships served as escort ships and returned home with booty and slaves).

The dwarven army was twenty-one thousand, all equipped with armor. It is completely impossible to tell whether it is a regular army or a temporary conscription of dwarven infantry. However, the spy of Gu Egil's subordinates is probed. Its strength is as follows: Elite Dwarven Warriors - Dwarven Phalanx Infantry, which is the strongest force of the Dwarves at the bottom of the box, a total of 1,500 men, all armed with plate chain composite armor, heavy spears, throwing axes, battle axes and large shields. Its combat effectiveness is much stronger than that of Egil's professional Viking warriors.

Dwarven Tomahawk Commando. Elite dwarven assault warriors armed with long-handled tomahawks - their main source of troops is their legs. Leg length is preferred because you can run faster. Such a force totaled a thousand people, and was also armed with composite armor with a plate and chain, as well as a two-handed battle axe, which was not light. According to the description of the spy who saw the first Hadrian siege, such a two-handed tomahawk warrior was much stronger than the Viking duel assault warrior carefully cultivated by Egil.

Dwarven heavy crossbowmen. Elite warriors armed with all-steel crossbows, battle-axes and round shields, and heavy chain mail, all in long-range melee combat, numbered 2,500 in total. Visually, it's a cut above Egil's current strongest ranged crossbowmen.

“...... What's the matter with your sister being all stronger than my class? Even if this is true, you don't have to repeat it three times at once, do you? Do you want to mix up your sister?!" After Egil heard the third "stronger than you", he finally couldn't sit still, and jumped up and punched the eyeless spy down, and then asked the two guard knights to "drag out and fight to the death!"

After that, the Spy Leader swallowed his saliva and cautiously walked over to Egil before reporting back.

"Next, there are the dwarven conscription militia with the largest number of enemies, with a total of more than 5,000 dwarven professional soldiers, and a total of more than 10,000 dwarven conscripts. However, their equipment is the same, chain mail, helmets, small round shields, and battle axes. Visually judging its combat effectiveness......" Nameless swallowed again: "It should be about the same as a Viking soldier." ”

"Oh. Egil nodded, and thought in his heart, the dwarven army was sufficient, well-equipped, professional, and had outstanding siege capabilities. It's no wonder that the dwarf king Wald patted his chest and boasted to himself, saying that without the help of the Norwegians, even if the dwarves themselves sent troops, they could destroy the British Isles.

Compared with the elite army of dwarves, the Scots, who are also in their early 20,000s, are all cannon fodder surnames. Except for a small number of noble warriors in the Scottish Highlands, and a small number of regular troops, the rest of the nearly 20,000 troops had no armor. Even the weapons are a rudimentary "beep". Egil had even seen some of the so-called highland warriors who were stinking and dirty, with a wooden stick in their hands that they had broken from nowhere, so that they dared to go into battle.

However, although it is such a poorly equipped fool. However, in the medieval era of cold weapons, "morale" was something that could not be seen or touched, but it was real. But it was the key factor in victory or defeat - and these fierce and fierce highlanders who fought with the Vikings seemed to be at least much stronger than the conscripted peasants.

This is one of the reasons why Egil sees them as excellent cannon fodder.

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