King Ella looked at Oran, and the hatred under his smile was darker than the dark clouds in the sky.

Oran had already set up a shed at the meeting place in advance.

On the open suburban land, one person from each side entered the shed.

Improvised shabby sheds, covered with bark and weeds, sheltered from the rain.

Oran took the Titans to help him carry his sword, and King Ella brought his son-in-law William.

After the four of them entered the shed, five hundred meters away, the two descendants waited for the results of the negotiations.

The shed was empty on all sides, and Orlan looked behind Ella and saw the royal car, thinking that Malm was in the car.

This fiancée, I have met once in total, and then separated for more than 100 days, relying on letters and nonsense to contact feelings.

I don't know what Malmu thinks, but for herself, it doesn't enhance the relationship at all, and it doesn't matter what her identity is or what she does, so she must pay attention to it.

As his eyes drifted to William, Oran remembered that the bastard was obsessed with his wife and had offended him in Dan City.

Thereupon......

"Your Majesty." Oran came into the tent and shouted again, and waited for King Ella to sit down before he went with him.

Contrary to what might be imagined, Oran has until now been full of the etiquette of a nobleman dealing with a king.

But he didn't say a word of greeting to William, who was next to King Ella.

"Oran, you have killed so many people in this king, I really want to give you a warm hug."

After King Ella finished speaking, William beside him also said threatening words, "You have committed almost all the sins that a vassal can commit, return the hostages, and then disband the army and go to the royal court to stand trial, maybe you will be given the dignity of a nobleman." ”

Decent?

William's words were indicated by Ella in advance, of course, Ella also knew that Orlan could not give in, it was just a verbal intimidation to observe the opponent's reaction.

"Sir William." Orlan raised an eyebrow.

"Huh?"

"How did you get here?"

"What?"

"How?"

"Ride with the king."

"Do you have the qualifications to speak?"

"Bastard, what are you talking about!"

William got up angrily.

Orlan ignored it and turned to look at Ella, "Your Majesty, I just got a big piece of news, and I want to discuss with you to let the irrelevant person step down." ”

Orlan said that, the Titan consciously walked out of the shed, and accepted the small amount of rain to wash his body.

He backed away and retreated until Orlan waved to stop.

"William, you leave first."

"I'm a baron, Your Majesty!"

After William finished speaking, Orlan sneered, "Your Majesty, the baron you gave you can't be called?"

"Stand out, William, don't let me say a third time!"

King Ella's voice made William endure the humiliation and retreat ten meters away with the Titans.

It is an unwritten iron law that nobles have the dignity of nobility, and the king cannot do whatever he wants.

It's just that Orlan ignores himself, the king is such a bastard!

This made William even more dissatisfied with the king from the bottom of his heart.

A king who is a drunkard, overthrows his brother, and treats his daughter as a plaything, there is nothing worthy of respect.

For the sake of the land he had given him, William had a time of respect, but people were not satisfied, especially the ambitious, and William's loyalty soon diminished as the king was embarrassed by other aspects.

The princess Hai'an, who was hiding from the rain in the carriage, opened the curtain and watched, not knowing what was happening, the reason why she did not accompany the king was because she was afraid that there would be a real conflict and would be involved in danger, so she hid in the car and could advance or retreat at any time.

Locked in another carriage with the left and right windows sealed so that she could not see the situation, she pinched a sweater in her hand, which she had sewn for Oran and wanted to give it to Oran herself.

The heart of a woman who is caught in emotion always thinks about such a trivial matter.

At this moment, in the shed, King Ella persecuted Oran.

"Bring the Gureel out first."

"Your Majesty, before I came here, I thought about a lot of pictures, how to explain it to you well, but with the occurrence of a major event, these are not important, your brother has been assassinated by the Vikings, and the kingdom will fall into darkness."

"It's not funny at all." King Ella's eyes widened.

But he was not alarmed, in fact, he received this incident on the way before he approached Dancheng, which was not much different from the time when Orlan received it.

He had a long confrontation with his brother's army and was very sensitive to changes in the border, and when Mercia's army entered the border, he drove his own knights.

In order to verify the accuracy, Ella sent someone to verify the authenticity again, and obtained this important information.

Oran observed Ella for a moment and continued, "Now that the former king has left, and the divided lands should be united, Mercia and the Vikings are both outsiders, and there is a threat and another one, I think you should come out and wave your arms and lead everyone out of the difficulties." ”

Orlan pulled away from the topic, and in a way, it was not lost to the exchange of prisoners, which was related to Ella's core interest - the throne.

"Mercia has 7,000 troops, why did you take them back? Also, my brother has an heir. ”

Ella throws out a conundrum to see if there is any difference between Oranda and her own advisors.

"In Ireland to the west of Mercia, there is Yinvar the Boneless, other Viking chieftains, and the tribes of the island, all of whom are at odds with Mercia.

To the southwest is Wales, where there are also border conflicts.

To the south is Wessex, one of which was the overlord of forty years ago and the other is the current one, and the two sides often compete in secret.

To the east, there were the Vikings who occupied Kent.

To the north is the former king and us, and although the strength of 7,000 people seems to be great, from another angle, in fact, there are enemies on all sides, and we must disperse our forces and defend them in various places.

Besides, in the past 50 years, they had not ruled the three southern counties for a single day, and they had no 'legal' qualifications at all.

Now it's just taking advantage of the chaos to create the occupation of the established facts, and vassalize the three southern counties.

You and the former king are just 'fighting for their hearts', both of them are members of the Norn family in blood, and the two have their own kingdom supporters.

He's dead, what hatred do you have with the other magistrates?

Now no one is more qualified than you, the children of the former king have all died at the hands of the Vikings, only one bastard knight is alive, and the other magistrates will not support such a lowly person to become king.

The Mercian probably also took a fancy to this, and this illegitimate son had no prestige, so he could use a letter to say that he would take charge of the three counties before the heir was elected. ”

Oran's analysis is well-founded, similar to the answer that Ella's men discussed.

As a king, you don't always need to be smart and competent, as long as you have the ability to follow the advice of your subordinates.

But the most important problem that King Ella discussed with his subordinates was Orlan's attitude.

Without the threat of Orlan, he also wanted to convene a meeting of Sain and persuade the other county magistrates as soon as possible.

If the Mercians were allowed to come around, then he would never have thought of restoring the territory of the country until his father's time in his life.

Both of them wanted to steer the negotiation into cooperation in their hearts, and there was no smell of gunpowder at all.

At this moment, Ella is more qualified as a king than she has done in the past few years.

If Oran can really bring benefits to himself or even fulfill his dream, it is to kill his own relatives, and he can also talk.

After a while, from King Ella's overly calm reaction, Oran guessed that King Ella knew no less than he did.

When negotiating, if both parties have the same goal and can sacrifice unnecessary face or dignity, then the success rate is very high.

"Your Majesty, I would like to reaffirm my allegiance to you in front of the nobles of the eight counties of the kingdom, the counties of Jerey and Durham are at your disposal, and you have the support of Northumbria and Carlisle, so that there are four counties, and the county of Edinburgh has always been neutral, but we join forces, plus a Viking led by Horsetail Gomon to threaten them, and they will send people to compromise without using force.

As for the three southern counties?

Your Majesty, what better ideas do you have?"

"I have been sending people to fight with my brother's army on the border for a long time, bribing each other, and I have my own way of communicating with them."

"This is very good, Your Majesty, Yorkshire has entrusted it to me, and I have sent people in advance to persuade them to attend the upcoming convention." Orlan interjected.

Even if the plan is the same, the three counties cannot be handed over to the king of Ella.

Orland was going to pull Yorkshire to his side.

The letter he sent to Yorkshire said that he had "talked and laughed" with the king, that a date had been set for the meeting, and that he would send someone to inform the magistrate of Gliese.

Moreover, his southern territory of Durham bordered two major routes to Yorkshire, and if he refused to let the king's men cross, he would cause problems for Ella.

Seeing Orlan like this, Ella took the idea of collusion between the Yorkshire magistrate and Orlan seriously, but nodded in agreement.

However, he didn't want to suffer, so he pulled the topic back, "Gulie and Conny handed it over to me, and the dispute between us will be pressed first." ”

"Your Majesty, you are so humorous, of course not."

Orlan's words made the air condense again, and explained, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I still want to destroy Shi Meng with you."

Besides, if Cyrus were with me, wouldn't your rule be more secure?

According to the original plan, the priests are all going to die, and they are to be blamed on Shi Meng, and you take the opportunity to take back those study fields.

And if these Vikings are gone, your military prowess will be even more prominent, the kingdom will be internally secured, and Mercia will value your skills even more.

Conny stayed first, and he was just a priest who you put on my side and helped me with the affairs of the church.

I'll give it back to you after the conference, and you can even choose between perfect, maimed, or dead. ”

"Oran, if you want to see Hai'an's madness, you choose the latter two ways to return."

Ella sensed that Orlan was a madman, and spoke to him in a manner that was sometimes serious, sometimes terrifying.

"Your Majesty, don't let a woman interfere with our plans, a good wife with her own honorable title, and then give birth to a few wise and strong heirs for us, that is her duty.

The holy scriptures say, "Women obey their husbands as if they were the Lord."

The holy scriptures say, "If a woman wants to learn something, she may ask her husband."

The holy scriptures say that a woman is made of a man's rib, which is hidden under the breast, which means that the woman is protected by the man, and the woman should worship her husband as God, and not that the husband is afraid of his wife.

With the loss of her younger brother, you can rearrange a trusted and easily controllable vassal knight.

Aren't you rewarding a Bone Knight who can be promoted and reused?

A casual remark you will say in the future, and hundreds of thousands of Northumbrians will obey.

I have a suggestion, tell the princess to shut up, and you can govern the country as you please.

Too much kinship is a terrible danger and they will do things against you when you are weak. ”

Oran reminds Ella that this is how you yourself overthrew your brother's rule.

There was no word for a long time.

After a while, King Ella continued to ask, "After clearing Shimon, the territory is divided?"

"Abolish the establishment of Ngu County, I only need these two counties in my hands, and the other territories are His Majesty's, and the Vikings I eliminated in Yewei County are also your credit."

Sounds good, Ella smiled and asked, "If I reset, what would you want." ”

Orlan laughed too, and his laughter echoed through the shed......

Half an hour later, King Ella waved Malm's carriage over.

Subsequently, Ulf was also brought over.

However, it was evident that Ulf had received a very friendly greeting, but King Ella had room to maneuver.

Oran looked around, and it was not disabled, but his face was twice as swollen as before, and his legs were shaking when he was standing.

The king's guards approached, and Kunsang naturally approached.

Before leaving, Ella said, "You have ten sentences. ”

Looking at his fiancée, Oran thought for a moment, what kind of sweet words to deceive this woman?

Now for him, with the second county in hand, he is about to ascend to the center of power in Northumbria.

The attraction of women to him continues to decrease, and now there are two types, playthings and wives.

The latter is much heavier and more valuable.

"Stay away."

Orlan was naturally majestic, and as soon as he said this, Kunsang roared, so that the king's guards could only take a few more steps back.

"Your Excellency, woo woo woo ......"

"Don't say anything if you can't speak clearly, as long as you can't die, great prospects are waiting for you."

After Orlan finished saying this to Ulf, Malmu took out the scarf in his arms.

Oran took it and looked at it carefully, but he didn't feel anything.

But he knows that this is his wife's intention, don't snub a person who pleases you, especially the person next to him.

If people's hearts are hurt, it will take several times as much effort to coax them back.

So, he raised his eyes and said warmly, "I like this gift so much, except for my mother, no one else has done this kind of thing to me." ”

He took his wife's hand, and kissed her in full view.

"Wait for me, I'll pick you up, you and I will never be separated."

Orlan hugged Mar's body and didn't let her break free, and the woman's body gradually softened.

Orlan touched her hair and whispered in her ear, all of which were sensual words.

Malm is already perfect, with outstanding looks and a docile personality.

Oran hates women's talkative, kind and obedient character, which can ensure that she is loyal to her husband and does not interfere in other matters.

Now that his territory borders Scotland, he can borrow Malm's matrilineal royal status in the future.

After the performance, Malm and Ulf were taken away by the King's guards.

After the woman left, Oran left a lingering fragrance.

After a while, these aromas dissipated, and there was no sense of love in his heart.

This time the negotiation, except for Orlan, any of the nobles present at the meeting was in disbelief.

The angry princess was suppressed by King Ella, even though she was afraid of his wife, but this time he did not let go and did not give the order to go to war.

The knights, who want to avenge their comrades, have to track down the monks who killed the priests.

Oran asked them to send a representative to his ranks, and to listen to the confessions of the subdued Bishop of Conny and the knightly captives he had captured and threatened with his life.

These confessions are biased towards Orlan's "loyalty" and "courage", and blame the whole thing on the Viking Smon.

The scene of adding fuel and vinegar, the anger of these representatives increased.

Orlan even shouted in vulgar language, ", these Vikings are lawless, I swear with my life and honor that I will wash them in blood and make you believe in Benber." ”

Within four days, the messengers sent to all the counties of the kingdom received a letter from the convening of the assembly.

The letter states that the five northern counties of the kingdom have been surrendered to King Ella, that all the Vikings have surrendered, and that if you do not do more, you will become vassals of Mercia.

King Ella's letter mentions that if they agree to his rule and accept orders to send troops in time of war, their taxes on the former king can be halved.

The county magistrates felt that the benefits were more attractive, and the law and culture were in the same vein as the king of Ella, so they were eager to reply.

On the eighth day after the Dan journey, the king and Orlan gathered all their forces and began to besiege the territory of Shimon and surrender him.

This time, the disparity in power was overwhelming.

The knights of Edinburgh and Carlisle all sent troops to support, and also rushed to attend the king's assembly.

Orlan added Gomon in the name of the two counties and besieged the east of Shimon.

The king himself led a detachment from Dan.

Plus Glock, who is ambushed in the settlement of Smon, Micho.

The mobilization of troops approached 2,000 people, which was a devastating blow to Shi Meng.

In the past, this group of Vikings fought against the local lords in a very single way.

Hundreds of people gather, then choose a place, compete with each other, or directly on a certain goal, mobilize all forces to fight for superiority

But this time the King's army was so menacing that even if they had been baptized and converted, it would be a massacre if a lone Viking appeared where the soldiers of God found it.

Fear spread throughout the settlement, and they didn't even know where the king's army would come from, with enemies on all sides.

The offensive lasted for three days, and at night, the Vikings even heard the roars and battle trumpets in all directions.

Wanting the settlement to be slaughtered, Shi Meng chose to send someone out to meet the king and make the whole thing clear.

The king agreed, but needed to be brought out by Shimon himself and told everything.

Simon is in a dilemma, if this is a scam? Then he will lose completely.

His wife advised him, "If they lie to us once, there will be a second time, fight, Shimon, I will be with you, even if we die, we will die together!"

"Freya, if you stay and garrison this mid-mountain fortress, once it is breached, everyone will die! I don't want so many people to die with me, so we rush out and go to Valhalla together when we die. ”

In the end, Simon mobilized everyone and prepared to break through to the weakly defended north, facing Edinburgh, and as long as he rushed out of there, he could hide in the mountains of Scotland, which was the last chance.

But as he fought desperately and was retreating to the north, there was a commotion in the ranks, and Micho and a few other minor leaders suddenly turned back.

Being betrayed by outsiders, Shi Meng could bear it, but his own people betrayed him, which made him turn into a crazy beast.

But it was difficult to fight against an enemy who was several times stronger than him, so he could only retreat.

And the reason why the defense in the north is weak is also in the plan of Orlan and the king.

If the Vikings are hard to escape, they will burst out of their will to defend it, and once they are given a path, they will not necessarily fight to the death if they have another chance of survival.

All Orlan wanted was for them to escape.

Once people flee their homes, their morale and confidence will be greatly destroyed, and they will be targeted if they want to live and run irregularly.

If, in the course of their flight, they cause great trouble to the lord of Edinburgh, it will also reduce the power of the neutral county, which will be beneficial to the king or Oran.

At this moment, human life is just a beating number, and there is no future stability in the rear without sacrifice.

On September 10, 865 A.D., according to the later Northumbrian Kingdom journal, more than 500 Viking bodies fell to the ground from Durham to Edinburgh

On the six rivers of a slight scale, broken hands and feet can be seen everywhere.

The corpses of the Vikings, collected by the Divine soldiers, show the great victory of the operation.

Because of this action, King Ella was called "Ella, the god of war".

On 11 September, Nanding, Gomon's troops, advanced to the Scottish borders and caught up with the last of Smond's troops, with fewer than two hundred remaining.

This time, the god Odin did not protect him, he failed, nearly two thousand settlement subjects, less than half of them remained.

Those who did not die became slaves and were dragged south by carts.

At noon that day, a child was born early by a stream because of the excessive fatigue of his mother.

When he landed, he did not cry, as if he knew the suffering of his mother and father, and no longer caused trouble for them.

Book of Hundred Leagues

"We're almost north, and we'll be safe soon." Shi Meng comforted his wife and used a red-hot dagger to help cut the umbilical cord.

Looking at his son and wife, who were covered in blood, Shi Meng burst into tears.

"I'll protect you."

But not long after he finished speaking, the birds of the forest trembled, and flew away from the forest in fright.

There was a tremor on the ground, and it was the majestic sound of horses' hooves on the ground, which made the water on the stream ripple.

The battle horn sounded, and the lyrics were a tribute to the Lord of the White Eagle.

Oran is here!

When the other Vikings heard this, they fled for their lives, and in the end, they were left with the loyal warriors who followed Shmon, including Glock.

Looking at the child, Glock said to Slim, "You go." ”

"What do you mean?" Smith became alert, and his warriors aimed their swords at Glock.

"I will protect their mother and son." After Glock finished speaking, he asked the other twenty or so warriors to lay down their weapons, and said, "Shi Meng has become a leader from a wandering beggar, his luck has come to an end, and you can all live with me." ”

Freya cried, "Why!"

Glock drew his sword, "I'm not convinced, that's all. ”

Sigh--

Orlanla stopped his horse and slowly came to the outside of the stream, and found that it would take a lot of effort to cross the rapids.

He first looked at the betrayal and resentment in front of him from afar, and then said to the subordinates beside him, "I said that I want to let my child lose his father before he is born, and you really let me down. ”

Gomon bowed his head and was silent, Oran, this bastard, was even more terrible and even brutal than Haman, Baldo, and Alger.

Nanding drew his knight's sword, "Your Excellency, I will make amends for my mistake immediately." ”