162. Make England great again
The two sides met, and finally proposed that Northumbria return the Lincolnshire governor and the prisoners, and write an "apology" in the name of the Hand of the King (Oran), and compensate the two towns for the damage.
But this "loss" will be turned into a wedding gift between Mercia and Northumbria.
King Burgred gave two daughters to Ela.
A fourteen-year-old illegitimate daughter and a fifteen-year-old concubine.
A daughter of this status, giving it away is just a deal.
It will not change from an "antagonist" to a "father-in-law and son-in-law", but a kind of ally.
Originally, Ella also wanted to send the fourth daughter, Mia, and the gifts were still exchanged.
But the play "Beauty Flower" is too famous, and for King Mercia, Ella's daughters have a "weird" relationship with him.
King Mercia had no interest in letting those women come to his court, and it would not add much prestige.
And write an apology.
Orlan seemed embarrassed, but it was Mercia's propaganda for his own people.
Northumbria's internal propaganda was that Mercia gave away her two daughters in order to redeem the Lincolnshire governor, and also attached gifts.
And by the hand of the king of Mercia "Amun", also wrote a "letter of apology" to Northumbria.
No matter what the era, once there is a "ruler" and a "ruled"
The information received by the people under his command is often dominated by the will of the "ruler".
The king quietly enjoyed the fruits.
In the end, both sides get what they want.
"Win-win".
When the Lincolnshire commissioner was brought over, it was already a "half-corpse".
After smoking, blinding, scalding the tongue, and being superimposed on a physical state,
Thin needles pierced his eardrums and sealed both of his ears.
Although the captives told Orlan that the Lincolnshire governor was semi-literate.
When such a person cannot speak or see, he is not a big threat, and it is impossible for him to go back and identify himself.
But there is no trivial matter in life, and if even the sense of hearing is abolished, Oran can rest assured.
And as more and more people are killed or maimed, his vigilance about the security of his surroundings has gradually deepened.
He couldn't see the enemy in the back of his head, so when he met outsiders, he always arranged for a loyal person to stand in the way.
Today it was the Titan who was in charge of blocking him from the Dark Arrow.
Whenever Oran's body moved, he had to follow suit.
It's like a shadow, and it's not just him, Kunsan, Nanding, and Tuman have also learned.
When Mercia saw the tragic situation of the Lincoln County Chief, his face was not good, but a deposed county chief has nothing to do with the overall situation, even if he wants to take revenge, it is not now.
The two kings of the entourage, witnessed by the nobles of both sides and the accompanying monks, jointly swore an oath to sweep away the Vikings.
During this meeting, Orlan also saw the Berry who had retreated from the fortress, as well as the other Mercian nobles.
Horse, lion, eagle, dove, cross, sword...... Many of the mixed emblems of Oran are seen for the first time.
Among the ranks of Mercia were the knights of Lincolnshire.
They were unhappy with the king's handshake with his enemies, but the other nobles and the Lincolnshire soldiers were relieved.
To fight a battle without profit, it is better to go home and sleep and plant wheat.
"Your Majesty, that man is the devil!"
Looking at the tragic situation of the Lincoln County Mayor, his younger brother let out an angry roar.
"Stand down, sooner or later you'll have a chance." Amon the Confessor waved the knight down.
"I want revenge!"
The knight rode out on horseback and aimed it at Oran.
Menacing, Orlan just moved his figure a few steps closer to Ella.
A knight is not worthy of doing it himself.
When the other warriors of the kingdom saw the king and the palace minister under attack, they immediately raised their shields and raised their spears, and stopped the knight from afar.
Then knock it off the horse.
After so many Mercians looked at him and asked about the knight's identity, Oran only approached him and said, "Ben Bo understands your feelings of avenging your relatives, but don't lose your mind, the Vikings are our enemies, how can you use your sword to kill your fellow believers indiscriminately?"
The knight said nothing, and returned to the Mercian queue.
Although he is suspected of sabotaging the overall situation, no matter what, his "courage" to avenge his brother is still recognized.
Warriors are revered in all eras.
Helping his brother back, his expression was pained.
But when no one was looking, he smiled.
It was with this brother that it was not his turn to inherit the county magistrate.
The two were not born to the same mother, and he was bullied by his brother countless times since he was a child.
The tears just now were "tears of joy."
A few days later, under his operation, he was given the "job" of taking care of his brother.
Amon the Penitent made him the magistrate of the county, and his brother's children were assisted by him until they became adults.
Two months later, his nephew choked to death while eating, and his brother died of illness.
The castle was encroached upon by him.
The fate of people is very strange, occasionally someone who has nothing to do with you suddenly appears in your life, thus affecting your future, but then has nothing to do with you.
Orlan never saw this man again.
The knight died in the Seven Civil Wars, and his reputation was not revealed.
However, because of this rush, his name was also recorded in the meeting between Ella and Bergred.
Mercia and Northumbria then agreed on a march to the army.
According to Mercia's plan, in order to guard against Wessex, East Anglia sent troops with Mercia to attack from the north.
Northumbria joined them, and naturally it was also attributed to the "Northern Army".
The "Southern Army" was operated alone by Wessex, which had annexed other countries.
In less than three days, the Northern Army entered "Lincoln" and continued south to "Stamford" without stopping.
At this point, Orlan finally wants to meet the legendary "Left Face Queen".
The ballad against the Vikings made Orlan very interested in him.
A small country that is not as strong as Northumbria in terms of total strength.
Originally, it was not well-known, but the ballad followed the north wind southward, entered the Seine, and then penetrated into the Mediterranean.
Even in the seaport military town of Eastern Rome, many local lords heard about it.
The sailors said that in the far north, there was a queen of pure faith, almost holy.
It was possible to meet the queen, some knights who were influenced by legends, and there was also a lot of interest.
The two countries were finally on the east side of Stamford, very close to East Anglia land.
Everyone saw a wooden border fort, a row of fences, and a woman who was all white and surrounded by knights behind her.
Which place is the most beautiful in a woman?
Ask different nobles and there will be different opinions.
As Orlan followed Ella, he rode his horse closer to the Wooden Castle.
Feel the difference between the queen and other women.
It's fucking temperament!
A noble girl who reads the classics deeply, even if she doesn't look good, she doesn't feel like a peasant woman.
After a simple greeting, many nobles who met for the first time gave birth to a feeling of "self-shame".
The Queen's eyes are deep, like endless stars.
There is a strange smell on the body.
It may be an exaggeration to describe it like this, but in this era when women's beauty is difficult to maintain, there are always one or two lucky darlings, whose appearance is beyond ordinary people and lasts.
King Ella felt that the other women were not fragrant.
The queen doesn't care about being beautiful and ugly.
Any nobleman who came up to greet him, she returned the salute with an extremely graceful gesture.
When the soldiers met her eyes, the corners of her mouth rose in response.
In the Middle Ages, where there were no laws, there were only two kinds of fate for such women, miserable or lucky.
She got the latter, succeeded her deceased brother to the throne, and commanded East Anglia.
When several knights stepped forward to shake hands, their mouths were like chicken feathers, and when they saw a beautiful woman, they couldn't walk.
They all talked about the dialects they were not good at, and some even recited poems to praise the queen's appearance.
In turn, Orlan can rank fourth among the nobles of the coalition army, second only to the two kings and Amun.
But he finally stepped forward to shake hands.
The queen is good, but her brain is not good, and the left side of her face says that Oran feels that this is just a woman who reads the scriptures to death, and she reads too much of the scriptures and turns herself into a prayer cabinet.
The language family used in East Anglia is different from that of Northumbria, although it is Old English, but it is difficult to communicate with each other.
There are many dialects in the Seven Kingdoms, and the strong ones are the two spoken by Mercia and Wessex.
They are all Old English variants, but they can vary greatly.
Northumbria and the East Anglian dialect are spoken by chickens and ducks.
Orlan didn't want to speak in the Mercian dialect, so he simply spoke to the queen directly in "Latin".
Do not pass through the monks who act as interpreters next to them.
Both of them are doctrinal, and there is no pressure to communicate directly.
"Latin" was not mastered by all nobles, and was divided into written, spoken, and theological terms.
The nobility and the clergy are not the same.
"Your Excellency Oran?" The queen was introduced by the person next to her and spoke first.
Oran clears his throat......
As soon as he spoke, the queen's eyes lit up, what a good old man!
The "scholar" trait allows Oran to learn any language quickly.
"Your Majesty, I'm from the north, from the north, from the north."
"The mud is dripping on its own?"
"No, it's the same as the two leaders."
"I heard that the Vikings (Shimon) are in the north, and their hands are quite dark?"
"That's a fairy board, it's just a human nature!"
Oran and the queen talk and laugh.
Latin is speaking at a faster and faster rate......
After the two talked, Ella asked Orlan what he had talked about.
Oran replied, "Your Majesty, I have heard the queen say that there will be a meeting of the "Three Kings and Three Ministers" in the evening, with one person from each side to protect, and a meeting of twelve people to be held with the servants standing and observing. ”
After saying that, Oran said, "Your Majesty, I think you should start to wash away your notoriety. ”
"Huh?"
"Your reputation has been maliciously ruined for too long, we should rebuild your image, and we can also set up a troubadour and vaudeville troupe, write quotations and scripts, and export culture to the South to enhance your prestige,"
Ella is persuaded by Oran's offer and leaves it to Orlan.
In the evening, the meeting opened.
This meeting discussed how to send troops and plans to protect the border of the three countries.
Together, there were less than 700,000 people in the three kingdoms, and in order to cope with the Vikings, they were deployed everywhere, which put a heavy strain on the finances.
Ella decided to reduce the strength of the army to two thousand, Mercia to two thousand five hundred, East Anglia to be requisitioned in situ, according to Kent, but due to the previous waves of offensives, the vitality has not yet recovered, only five hundred, and to assist in logistics.
The next morning, in front of thousands of people, Ella, Bergreg, and the queen on the left cheek, formally swore an oath.
Earlier, Oran had told Ella that it was also a good opportunity to increase his reputation, and he also helped him prepare his speech and design his movements.
When Ella stepped onto the staircase and raised his right hand, her black hair shining black in the golden sun.
The thick index finger points out, pointing straight into the distance,
"Vikings! Viking! Viking!"
Then the Northumbria soldiers, under Orlan's hint, cheered enthusiastically.
After that began a bunch of ambitious nonsense.
The last two sentences of Oran's manuscript to him are,
"No one knows Vikings better than I do!"
And......
"Make England Great Again!"
Three days later, Ragnar approached the shores of Britain.
"Understanding King" Ella, "Left Cheek Queen" Edmund, "Ambition King" Bergred, and the Three Kings are targeting the adventurer Hasstein and the warrior Bjorn in the Kent station.
But the Southern Army did not appear at the agreed place in advance.
Add unexpected variables to this battle that was supposed to be won.