Chapter 166: The Second Crossing

The medieval era of the fairy tale world was a time when miracles often appeared, prayers could be fulfilled, and supernatural powers such as magic and elves were closely linked to people's fate, so this also created the people of this era to be particularly ignorant and superstitious.

Duke William, who led everyone from Normandy on an expedition to Britain, fell on his heels when he first set foot on English soil, which has to be said to be a very bad omen, maybe it is the monarch of God who does not favor them, Duke William and they, especially the old rival of the Normans, Duke Conan of Brittany, and the army were swept away by the great wave, which shows that God's will is very important.

The soldiers retreated from this expedition and their morale was low, and just when Duke William's expedition was about to encounter a setback, Duke William was now holding a handful of dirt in his hand and quickly jumped up in front of the soldiers and shouted, "Behold, come quickly, this is the soil of Britain, this is the will of the Lord, it is the glory of God, he made me touch the soil of Britain as soon as I came to Britain, and I have now held the soil of Britain with my hand, this is God who made me reign over Britain, and now Britain is in my hands, This is my Britain, and my Britain's is your Britain. ”

The grassy earth was lifted high by Duke William, shining in the sunlight, and the quick wit shown by Duke William in the face of setbacks reversed the doubts in the hearts of the soldiers.

"Hooray, hooray, God bless His Royal Highness the Duke!"

"Long live the Duke of Norman!"

The soldiers raised their weapons and cheered loudly, but because they didn't want to create the gloom that was shown, it disappeared for a while, and Duke William fell on his heel when he stepped into British land, which did not seem to be an ominous sign, but God wanted to give Britain to Duke William.

King Arthur looked at the Duke William, who was holding the British soil in his hand and thought that he had been favored by heaven, and smiled bitterly in his heart, Duke William was worthy of the hero and king she had cultivated with all her heart, and could surpass her.

This kind of political skill is already better than blue, and Earl William, now has neither political allies nor a large army, and at the same time except for the treasure that will run out, will he really be the opponent of Duke William?

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Dublin, Ireland

A dull roar suddenly came from afar, and in the humble palace renovated from the Governor's Palace, the nobles were awakened one after another, armed with weapons in hand, ready to come out to defend the "king".

A faintly visible black dot leaped quickly from the high slope and finally fell to the ground, a huge explosion sounded, and a huge pit was smashed into the grass, and the frightened nobles jumped up, and Master Miller touched his chin and touched his beard with satisfaction surrounded by his disciples.

"The effect is very good, but unfortunately the cannon is too big, so it can only be deployed on the coastline." Master Miller said with some regret, but the smile on his face couldn't be suppressed, full of pride.

William looked at the huge fort, which was destined to be difficult to move easily on the battlefield, even if it was pulled by a horse-drawn carriage, which was good for the defense of Ireland, but very bad for his expedition to England.

"Master, is there a weapon that is lighter and easier to transport?"

William touched the bronze cannon and asked, the Irish leprechauns had turned back into humans after he announced the restoration of Ireland, so he now had an army of three thousand, and he was naturally worried about the huge force brought by Duke William.

Courage is courage, strength is strength, no matter how elite the eldet army of Ireland is, it will not be the opponent of the Norman elite army in this era.

"If the cannon is small, it won't be powerful enough, unless a magic cannon is made."

Master Miller shook his head, if the bronze cannon is small, it can certainly bring lightness and mobility, but the power is also small, and now under the technical conditions of this Middle Ages, if you want the cannon to be powerful, you must enlarge the scale of the cannon, otherwise you can only use mysterious power and magic.

"Isn't Shigong capable of making magic cannons?" William couldn't help but ask.

At this time, he was in a particularly urgent mood, Harold, the king of England, was definitely not an opponent of Duke William, although he hoped that Harold could be a little more reliable and could buy him a little more time, but reason told him that this kind of thing was impossible.

Duke William had the destiny to conquer England.

The Irish aristocracy opposed William's expedition, and the people of Ireland were equally opposed to his expedition, and the Irish people would rather pay a "Danish gold" than go to war.

Just like when William was studying history, the reason why Zhao Gao of Song Gaozong crossed south to establish the Southern Song Dynasty after the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty was because he had won the support of the southern scholars and the people, and the reason for killing Yue Fei was not only afraid of the army that Yue Fei had, but also afraid of the high merit and the lord, and afraid that Yue Fei would welcome back the two emperors, the real reason was that the scholars and people in the south longed for peace in their hearts and did not want to fight.

After the Northern Expedition, did the Great Song Emperor want to divide the land that had fallen in the north to the scholars and people in the south?

Of course, this is impossible, and since it is impossible, then why should the scholars and the people support the Northern Expedition.

Recovering lost territory, safeguarding national sovereignty, and for the sake of great reunification, is the business of you meat eaters, and what does it have to do with us ordinary people.

Duke William's expedition to Britain was a promise to divide the land to his soldiers, which led to the enthusiastic support of the Norman soldiers, and King William actually wanted to do so, but Ireland has long been a small and weak country that has been bullied.

You let us Irish go on an expedition to Britain, to fight the Saxons in England, to fight the Normans from afar, whether we heard it wrong, or whether you, the king, are crazy.

In short, the scope of our nobles and knights' military service for the King of Ireland was limited to Ireland, beyond which we did not serve.

But after the death of King Arthur, the Saxons conquered England, dominated Britain, drove a large number of Britons to the bitter cold, and even rushed to France, and the Normans, as a branch of the Vikings, were full of martial virtues, even if they did not conquer England, the Norman dukes were still able to suppress their feudal kings as vassals.

France is the only powerful country that can compete with the Holy Roman Empire, the world's most powerful power.

All in all, if William wanted to go on an expedition to Britain, the knights and militia gathered by Ireland really didn't wait.

"I can make magic cannons, but to make magic cannons, I have to have the help of magicians who can do magic, I can't do magic, if you want to mass-produce large-scale magic, it's either gods or Merlin."

Master Miller said regretfully, "Give up the expedition to Britain, it is too difficult to conquer Britain with these three thousand men, and if you fail, your rule will be in jeopardy." ”

William has only 3,000 leprechauns, which are directly under Prince Liam, belonging to the last elite troops of the Kingdom of Eileen, William as the king of Ireland, although there is a saint crowned, but this is only the legal legitimacy of the rule, and the rule has always been maintained by violence.

If the expedition fails and the 3,000-strong army is wiped out, then even if William can return to Ireland, then he will become a puppet king, and eventually be hollowed out, and even usurped the throne by the great nobles.

"Merlin." A wry smile appeared on the corner of William's mouth, King Arthur was snatched away by the evil dragon, and Merlin didn't appear, where did he go to find Merlin now.

"If only I could cross it again." William thought helplessly, and then suddenly grabbed the Destiny Gold Coins, "By the way, as long as the Destiny Gold Coins with similar energy consumption are recharged again, won't I be able to enjoy crossing for the second time." ”