Orlan sat in his troika, and five days earlier, Ulf, who had been on an expedition to Ella's Castle, had finally accomplished his goal and returned to the castle with a letter.

To be precise, it was a letter of tentation, and the two parties agreed to "Dan Castle", which was close to Ella's territory and not too far from Oran Castle.

Danbao was a fief of Ella as a member of the royal family before she ascended the throne, governing thousands of people, and there was a century-old stone castle as a base.

This place is one of the most named towns in North Central England.

Oran took this meeting very seriously, but also to keep himself safe.

Before leaving, he called all his subordinates to the front and arranged for each of them to be on duty.

"Rad Walker" was ordered to guard the border soldiers of Marcus, but did not follow, and the letter that Orlan himself sent to appease the baron's mother was only a trick, and when his hands were free, he would crush the troops.

At the same time, Orlan also began to be concerned about the situation in the county of Jeree in the north.

At present, the county is nominally called "Earl, Sachs", and is famous for his timid character.

There were many Viking settlements in his domain, and Earl could not drive them away, so he simply coexisted with them peacefully.

Unexpectedly, the Vikings who stayed in this county tacitly agreed to establish a peculiar political system a few years ago - "Danfa District".

The so-called Danfa District is on the island of Britain - the area where Danish Viking law and currency are enforced.

With the invasion of the Norse Vikings after 790 A.D., 75 years have passed today (865 A.D.).

Kill, merge, multiply.

Among the Vikings, there were many people and leaders who wanted peace.

Today, throughout the British Isles, Danfa is mainly located in the central and northern parts of England.

This is also the reason why Orlan is afraid that Marcus really has a lot of Viking force under his command.

If you make a move, you have to hit the opponent who has no ability to fight back at all.

Otherwise, it's better to wait and see.

With the establishment of the guild, Oran sent the wool merchants in his territory to the north, on the one hand, he wanted to change the future wool trade into a large-scale trade between lords, and then sell the goods to the more economically powerful south.

On the one hand, it is also to find out intelligence.

"Armand Oswann" led forty men back and forth along the way to see if there were any suspicious troops trying to attack him, and finally rendezvoused in Dan City.

"Kunsang Vijay" led another infantry detachment, which also had a small number of longbowmen to protect him, a total of seventy men.

Nandin Vijay led the city's best light and heavy horsemen, pikemen, small heavy infantry, clergy, and others to protect Oran, a maximum of one hundred and fifty men.

In addition, "Gazi Moore", who is an ally, will also send 50 troops to bring troops around Fort Dan to respond to Oran.

At this time, England was vast and sparsely populated, and there were mostly bandit nobles who took a few guns and dared to establish themselves as lords with dozens of people.

If it weren't for the battle to capture the city, a team of a few hundred people would be strong enough.

This time he officially met with Ella, the king of Northumbria, but Orlan was not as nervous as his men.

Although it is the class of the king and the baron, the gap is not as big as imagined.

Adding up the seven kingdoms at this time, it was only the size of England in the memory of the previous life.

Ella is only one of the Seven Kings, and more than half of the entire eight counties of Northumbria support the former king, making Ella even less powerful.

A king of such power and prestige, placed in the South of France or Eastern Rome, can only be said to be a duke or an archcount.

The wheels pressed over, and the horses' hooves stomped.

Oran's centaurs looked down from the sky like a row of small black dots.

The carriage procession was long, but orderly and not chaotic.

Ella's men were also in control of the situation from the moment Orlan approached the border.

Along the way, the scout riders go back and forth, and every three squares or so (about an hour) of the hourglass, they come back to report to Ella in the hall about the Orlan team.

On April 1, 865 A.D., close to twelve o'clock in the afternoon, the sky was clear and cloudy, with the occasional eagle bird flying by.

In the later book "The Book of Kings of Britain", this meeting was referred to as the "Oath of Dancheng".

“…… In terms of location, I would call it the Oath of Dan, but in terms of more far-reaching implications, I would like to give it a great title, which is the first time since King Arthur that the people of the frontier have united against foreign enemies, and I would like to call it the beginning of the 'post-Arthurian era'......"

Excerpt from The Book of the Kings of Britain - Book 3, The Rising Wind.

……

Around one o'clock in the afternoon.

Baron Oran, from County Durham, led his soldiers and messengers into the open square outside the gates of Danburg Castle.

At this time, a large number of nobles gathered up and down Danburg, in addition to Ella's own relatives, as well as his court vassals and servants.

With the addition of soldiers, Ella brought two hundred men into the Dan Castle, and if the fighting men were separated, plus the defenders, the Dan Castle defenders would be close to four hundred.

They had already received orders, and if they couldn't get along, Baron Oran would be a prisoner.

But most of the nobles who enjoyed peace loved to fight, and the people of Danburg did not want to do so.

They did everything they had to do yesterday, even "sowing", and today few people dare to walk outside, and few people dare to make a lot of noise in their houses.

At this time, Ella stood on the city wall, and the traces left by the years on him became more and more obvious.

The creases on his face all told him, "You're no longer menstruating." ”

Watching the white eagle flag fluttering, he sighed with emotion and sighed.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" Ella's wife, Haian, approached and asked.

"Oran's father fought bravely, but he never made me feel too much of a threat, but you look at the men and horses brought by this kid, and the place in the distance, see, Baron Gazi's men, in just a few months, he has become the biggest controller of County Durham, and maybe he can go further in the future!

Thinking of myself, my two children and you are sick and in trouble, and my four daughters can't share my responsibilities, so I sigh. ”

"Your Majesty, I must remind you, it's three. Malmu was a sinner, which was agreed between the clergy and the nobles, and was approved by the court council. ”

"Didn't you find out later? She wasn't sent back by the Vikings, she fled!"

"Only God knows what happens, but with her beauty, the rude barbarians of the Vikings will easily let him escape, and they will not promise anything as a princess? Send her to the convent and put an end to these problems and rumors.

The main thing to meet with Oran today is to talk about how he supports you, not about marriage.

The marriage of a sinner is not important, but the 'legal orthodoxy' cannot be easily let go of it, let him know that his lord is you, and his next lord is the son of both of us. ”

Haian is full of a woman's jealousy, but her "skills" are good and well-maintained, which fascinates Ella.

Let Ella feel her youth and strength when she is in bed.

And when he was helped to power by the nobles, he was repeatedly assassinated by his brother, and Haian once almost died in order to save himself, and he also shed a child.

Hai'an's younger brother, Gure, also saved himself on the battlefield and lost his only son.

Therefore, Hai'an's persecution of Malmu, Ella can only barely survive, but cannot turn his face.

Ella longs for power, but he competes with his brother and weakens the whole of Central England, not only losing the opportunity to fight for the supremacy of the Seven Kingdoms, but also the Vikings.

Sometimes when he wakes up in the middle of the night, he even wonders if he has done something wrong.

Half a month ago, when he tentatively proposed to reconcile with his brother, those nobles who supported him, and even his wife, fiercely opposed it, and even threatened him.

At that moment, Ella understood.

They are kings, they are "the hand of the king (palace minister)", "princesses", "nobles on the ground".

If they weren't, they could change to a king who would still have the same status.

The heart is cold.

Ella was chilled and angry, and at this time she ran into Orlan's third time, the priest's messenger sent to negotiate.

So, the increasingly aggrieved king is ready to turn the situation around at the last moment of his life.

Before the end of his life, he will become the true ruler of the eight counties.

He wants to sit back at the negotiating table with "Mercia" and "Wessex" to fight against the Vikings and rule England together!