In the fairy tale world, the British Isles are filled with fog, bringing a thick layer of moisture, and the wide sea level is also filled with fog, which brings great inconvenience to fishermen in the sea.

Boom, a huge galleys undulated in the fog of the night, with the waves jolting, the wooden bow wrapped in steel, the ramming horns shimmering even in the fog, showing some kind of deterrence, as if the metal ramming horns wrapped in steel during a broadside battle with the enemy ships could not only smash the other side, but the shimmering magical luster seemed to split the sea in half.

As the fog cleared, the terrible ship was followed by several ships of the same appearance and size, like swarms of sharks in the sea, and metal ramming horns like sharks, they were the unrivaled monsters of the sea, and they could easily tear enemies apart if they surrounded them.

No one who swims in the sea encounters sharks, and no one who lives in the sea wants to see these boats.

"Monsieur Andersen, how long do you think it will take me to arrive in London for my coronation." King Harald Hadrada of Norway sat in a chair, now in the bow of the ship, with his face propped up on his hands, looking ahead, despite being an old man in his fifties, the old king was still ambitious, as if he wanted to build a kingdom again for himself, his two queens, and even his sons.

The troubadour Andersen frowned at the fog that filled the air, he did not have much confidence in this conquest campaign, whether it was the current King of England Harold had firmly grasped the power of the country and was supported by all the people of England, the Council of the Magi elected Harold, obviously did not want a foreign monarch to become the king of England.

Therefore, if you want to conquer England, you need to defeat the kings and nobles of England with absolute strength, just as the ancestors of the old kings built a great Nordic empire.

King Harald of Norway was not the only one who made a claim to the throne of England and acted on it, but the Norman Duke William, who had already set out with a large army, made him wonder if the expedition was too frank.

"Your Majesty, I think we should be careful." Hans Christian Andersen offered his advice, "After all, Harold's mastery of power is obvious to all, even if he is a waste, and your other distant relative, Duke William of Norman, is an obstacle to your becoming king of England." ”

"Joke, Mr. Andersen, what nonsense are you talking about, you think I'm going to be afraid of William, who wasn't born when I became famous? To go to a milky little hairy child, who actually wants to compete for the throne with a hero like me, these far-flung relatives of mine seem to really think of themselves as French since they arrived in Normandy, France. ”

Hans Christian Andersen didn't say that it was okay, after King Harald heard it, he couldn't help laughing, Duke William was his main competitor, what a joke, although the Normans and the Danish Norwegians were both Vikings before, but the Normans since the conquest of Normandy settled in France, their leaders were canonized by the king of France, and they successfully washed their hands and became a member of the civilized world.

"I heard that Duke William used to be your student, do you want me to show mercy to this student of yours!" Harald III jokingly said, the soldiers on the side with battle axes in their hands waiting on the side, he looked at Hans Christian Andersen in front of him, then looked at his soldiers and pointed at them and said, "This world is often about strength, which is why William is a duke and I am a king." ”

The old king of Harald was proud of himself, just like the father of Duke William, the former duke who participated in the crusade and wanted to get a kingdom in the Reconquista, which inevitably had to be at odds with the Byzantine emperor, and of course for the great nobles, they did not mind allegiance to the monarchs of several countries.

Because the Vikings were hired by Byzantium, it was very common for them to receive money and land from the Eastern Roman Emperor, but mercenaries were not so easy to do, and not everyone was able to succeed.

In his youth, he served the Russian princes, but as a prince who had neither kingdoms nor treasures, and despite his rise to prominence as a mercenary leader, the Russian princes rejected him when he proposed to the daughter of the monarch he served.

Because his marriage proposal was rejected, Harald fled to Constantinople, the "Empress of All Cities", where he served in the Viking Guard of Empress Zoe of Rome, where he soon became the head of the guard.

Since the time of the Roman Republic, the Roman legions have been a phenomenon of Fira, relying on foreigners to form a foreign legion has always been a regular operation of the Roman Empire, after Harald became the leader of this army, for the empire to conquer the north and south, sacked North Africa and Sicily, fought countless victories and gained countless wealth.

During his ten years in the service of Byzantium in the Eastern Roman Empire, he was undoubtedly the best of all Vikings, because he gained more wealth than all the Vikings before him, and with this huge amount of money, and the power he gained in Byzantium, the Russian prince's attitude finally relented, he successfully married his beloved princess, and returned to Norway to compete for the throne with his king's nephew, and is now the king of Norway.

Mr. Andersen smiled bitterly, the old King Harald was indeed a legendary hero, a legendary king, because his life was a huge legend, after the death of the empress who appreciated him, Harald was unable to go through the Byzantine Empire, and the new emperor did not trust Harald as a foreigner, so he left Byzantium to find new opportunities.

The ambitious king was an orthodox Viking who, although nominally a Christian believer in God, was undoubtedly an embodiment of the great god Odin in the poems that sang about him.

As a Viking king, his legion was a feared group of pirates sailing on the seas, and the idea of conquering England this time was only a temporary attempt to see the opportunity.

The goal of men is precisely for war and treasure.

If William, Duke of Norman, was a dragon, then he was a human dragon.

"England is mine, I don't like to divide the country, but the Normans and our ancestors are one after all, we need them to be on my side and put pressure on Harold, of course, if once in England, then William doesn't know how to back down, then I can only bury him."

King Harald's silver hair shone on the sharp mirror of the axe, he wore an eye patch that looked like the great god Odin, and on the bow of the ship he sat on a chair and pointed out the country with his own wise men and generals, and scolded Fang Xuan, as if the world was in his control.

Both William, Duke of Norman, and he wanted to get England, so King Harold of England was their enemy, and although the two were temporarily united under the slogan of partition and rule, everyone knew that such a situation of partition and rule was unrealistic if they wanted to share the fruits of victory after such victory.

Therefore, Duke William must be his enemy, and Duke William must have the same idea.

In order to rule England, the king of England, Denmark, and Norway, Cnut the Great, had to agree to rule with the descendants of Alfred the Great, and at the same time have priority over each other's kingdoms of England.

Cnut the Great survived his opponents and successfully unified England, a classic operation without blood.

The old king of Harald thought that his body was still strong and could live a long, long time, but when he thought of the young Duke William, he knew that no matter how much his body helped, it was impossible for him to survive a young man as an old man.

Since the classic case of Canute the Great cannot be used as a reference, then the only way to do this is to be crowned king of England as soon as he sets foot on English soil, and then turn against the other party.

The old king was thinking about it, when suddenly the ship stopped on the coast, and in an instant the old king's face showed a look of joy, for he who had only pursued war and wealth in his life, there was nothing more joyful to be able to conquer a kingdom himself.

His external allies include Duke William of Normandy, his internal allies, and King Harold's brother, Tostig, Earl of Northumbria, of the four major earls of England, has long been united with him, and is dissatisfied with his brother Harold as king, and Harald's promise to him is also to divide the state.

It's all a blank check that is not intended to be fulfilled anyway, and King Harald really doesn't mind making such a promise to the Duke of Brittany.

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Thundered

It was the deafening sound of horses' hooves, and the Norwegian army, the elite soldiers who had accompanied the old king in the Byzantine conquests of the north, was invincible when they stepped into the land of Britain, which came from the Vikings' reputation for collecting "Danish gold" in England, just as Britain was like entering a no-man's land.

Both the Earl of Messiria and the Earl of Northumbria were defeated by King Harald, and they were like a bamboo and a rainbow along the way, and even blackmailed the King of Scotland to sponsor 2,000 soldiers for King Harald's conquest of England, and the journey was only a few dozen kilometers away from London, the capital of England.

"I will be crowned in Canterbury Cathedral in London, as Canute the Great did." King Harald thought so.

Then he heard the sound of the galloping horses, and raised his head in a little astonishment, as if he was a little caught off guard by such a performance, and a group of troops in black armor rushed out of the high mountains, and the banner of King Harold appeared on the battlefield and fluttered in the wind.

"What is this? Why so soon, didn't Harold go to fight against Duke William, who landed first? King Harald said subconsciously.

William, Duke of Norman, and the King of Norway, one after the other, one left and one right, joined forces to attack England on the condition of promising "division and rule", which had to make King Harold suffer from the enemy and face the dilemma of fighting on two fronts, but according to the plan, it should be Duke William's army that landed first, but he couldn't understand why King Harold dared to use all his forces on himself.

"Archery."

King Harold was on his horse, and he was not in the mood to explain all this to King Harald of Norway, how the Earl of Avalon William blocked the landing of Duke William's army, which was not really important, but the important thing was that after Duke William's threat was eliminated, he could temporarily free his hands to deal with the King of Norway and could rest easy.

Harold waved his hand at his soldiers, and in an instant, the British longbowmen raised their bows and arrows in the air, and rushed into the battlefield with a devastating momentum.

Black arrows fell from the sky, like a dense pouring of rain,

"No!"

King Harald screamed loudly, this is not war at all, this is murder at all.

Harald didn't know where the enemy's money came from, so in order to achieve the speed of his army, the soldiers were wearing light armor, and many of them didn't even wear armor at all, but this sudden rain of arrows didn't have time for his soldiers to put on their armor again, so they could only brave the rain of arrows to pick up their helmets and shields and rush forward, and only the archers who were close to the other side could get a chance of victory.

The King of Norway roared, mounted his horse and brandished his battle axe, and like any hero, he rushed to the front, smashing the oncoming arrows with his battle axe, and he led his elite guards in the form of a commando, staring straight at King Harold.

The war between Norway and England and the Duke of Normandy and Brittany was essentially just a war between Harold and Harald and William the Norman Duke and Conan of Brittany.

The old king took the lead in the charge, and when he was in the Byzantine Empire, he had encountered a more difficult situation than this, so even in this unfavorable situation, he immediately decided to charge under the banner of the Chinese army in the royal army in the form of a "cone formation".

He was going to tear the beloved man who was in the royal family, the man who wore the crown and the ornate armor, King Harold of England.

"The Vikings attack."

Harold waved his hand, and a force on his side began to attack, as part of the former Nordic Empire, the former king Cnut the Great, as the king of Norway, Denmark, England, Sweden and other kingdoms, was naturally able to recruit elite soldiers from the Vikings.

It was a war between the Vikings and the Vikings.

Harold drew his holy sword and pointed it at the army in front of him, King Harald was like a great hero of a heroic age, leading the way, riding on a horse like a mountain, and wielding a double axe, no one could get close to him.

"Don't you want the land of England? Okay, I'll give it to you, I'll give you as high as your body is, I'll give you as high as the land. ”

King Harold fearlessly rushed forward to challenge the hero of the Viking legend, and King Harald's words angered Harald, who said angrily, "I want your kingdom, all of it, and then I will not leave you even a piece of land the size of a pinpoint." ”

The twin axes were wielded with great vigour, and many of the warriors looked at their commander, whose victory had already decided the victory of the war.

The sword was smashed directly by the axe, and King Harald was smirking, and then an arrow shot directly through his head, and he looked at Harold with wide eyes and incredulous, trying to continue holding the axe, but he had no strength.

Boom –

With a desolate trumpet, King Harold's army was demoralized, while the Norwegians lost the will to continue fighting and were slaughtered one-sidedly.

"Stupid, why should I fight alone!"

King Harold sneered, now is not the age of Greek heroes after all, the heroic age of ancient Greece, heroes are the absolute main force on the battlefield, they can even decide the victory or defeat of the battlefield, and now it is the heroes who rely on the army to win.

"Mr. Green, thank you for your support of my intelligence, and I will not forget the kindness of your master, Earl William." Harold rode back to his own battle in China, and he was now triumphant in the face of Mr. Green, the Bard, and full of triumphant attitude.

King Harald, in any case, was once a legendary big man.

"Your Majesty, the Norman Duke has now captured London." Suddenly, a herald hurried up to King Harad, and the expression on the King's face, who had been immersed in joy, changed instantly.

I was probably stealing the tower outside, only to find out that my family's crystal had been stolen by the enemy.