When the spring of the year 866 came.

The battle was unexpected.

The Viking army in England began to tug at war with the local Anglo-Saxon nobility, and after they took control of the East Anglia of Kent, East Mercia, and the borders of North Wessex, it was difficult to make any further progress.

The invincible Viking Sea Wolves engage in a second round of negotiations with the Anza nobles.

But this time it's a bigger area.

In Denmark, reinforcements from Snake-Eyed Sigurd prepare to enter England.

Before setting sail, he also negotiated with Baldwin, the Frankish lord close to Denmark, and agreed that in the following days, the two sides would not attack each other again, and if there were Vikings who drifted onto the shore of North Francia, the Iron Arm would help send them back, and the Viking dragon ships could no longer attack his territory wantonly.

After robbing the Frankish king's daughter a few years ago, Iron Arm reconciled with the king and helped him hold on to the northern frontier.

But in this way, his military pressure is very heavy.

And as a son-in-law with a foreign surname, he also wants to get involved in Charlemagne's political legacy, and if he keeps pulling with the Vikings, the golden development time will soon pass.

Taking advantage of the chaos in the North Sea, he ignored the decision of the Frankish nobles and waited for an opportunity to attack Denmark's orders, on the one hand, he asked the Aachen court and the palace in Paris, and asked the great nobles and the king for money and people, saying that he had reached the point of exhaustion to resist the Vikings.

As a loyal Frankish vassal, he wanted more power on the border.

On the other hand, he cooperated with the Vikings, smuggling and even selling slaves.

There were many talented people who took back slaves from Saxony (Germany), Finland and Rus' from Finland.

Rather than letting them be sacrificed, these people should buy and help themselves.

Iron Arm's staff in Flanders grew stronger and stronger.

Among his knights, there were even warriors on horseback from the eastern steppes.

Charlemagne was crowned Emperor of the Romans by the Pope, but his son, and now his grandson, are too incompetent.

In a huge empire, the nobles are drunk and dreaming of death, who else is me?

He set a new goal, if he couldn't get the "throne" from the bloodline, then he would be promoted.

The Franks were transformed into an "elective succession system", and the Franks, or other great nobles and clergy, became the "Electors", and jointly elected a powerful nobleman to lead them.

When he meets Serpenteyes, the two embrace each other and return to their dukedom.

He was full of ambition to tell his subordinates that all future internal affairs should be directed towards one goal, which was to "strengthen strength."

At the meeting, the men told him that England had an opportunity to take advantage of the war situation, thinking that the signing of this kind of treaty by Snakeeyes was clearly a blow to the war in the north, and if he made a move now, maybe he could drive straight into Denmark?

But Iron Arm immediately vetoed it.

"To the east of Denmark, there are still so many Germanic Saxony tribes, they believe in foreign gods, with our strength alone, even if we win for a while, it is difficult to hold for a long time, and when we have the support of most of the earls in the country, and then we will unify the army, say, have you heard of an English crusade?"

"In Northumbria, a military force initiated by King Ella and his nobles against the Vikings was joined by half of the nobles and priests of England." Subordinates.

"Keep looking, if the Crusaders can win against the Vikings, use it on us, and if not, find out the reason for the defeat."

According to his current strength, he is enough to be a duke who can enjoy himself to the fullest until death, but he prefers to move forward through thorns and difficulties.

After returning to the study, Tie Jian wrote a sentence with his pen, and when the pen and ink dried, a large line of characters appeared.

"Divine origin, supreme Rome, great empire."

I'm here to complete Charlemagne's uncontested ambitions.

Holy Roman Empire!

……

In Scotland, local lords were under different pressures.

The covenant between the Albin dynasty and Northumbria has lasted for nearly twenty years, but there has been little communication in recent years, and this time the Vikings invaded, they wanted to open up the land, although they were dissatisfied with the Vikings, but still proposed that Northumbria must give away all the land from Edinburgh to North Yerei.

As long as Ella agrees, the two thousand Scottish mountain warriors will wholeheartedly help the South.

This matter made it difficult for Orlan to do, and he agreed, and the pressure on the north was suddenly reduced, but if he couldn't beat the Viking Lao in this way, there would be no land to cut in the future, and there would be no land to reward.

And cutting the land will also affect his lifespan.

He relied on the expansion of the land to continue his life, the land is his foundation, and he can be rewarded to his own people, so that his life will not be lost, but he cannot be given to outsiders who are difficult to get back for a while.

can only drag it out first and see how the battle situation changes, but fortunately, Scotland is also afraid of the strength of the Triple Alliance of the Northern Army, so he does not dare to invade the south first.

And the strongest Wessex is not peaceful, how beautiful the year 865 is, and how chaotic it is when it comes to the end and the new year.

After annexing the small eastern states, because those places were close to Alfred's territory, the crown prince preemptively sent people to station, and at the following meeting of the wise men, the bishops close to the crown prince and the local nobles fully supported the crown prince, accusing the palace officials around the king, misleading the king, and proposing that it was an extremely evil idea to unite with the Vikings.

The two sides broke up unhappily, and then there was even an outbreak of aristocracy refusing to pay the royal family New Year's tax, and because the nobleman's land was close to Alfred's territory, the crown prince refused the passage of the royal tax collector, and the brotherhood became more and more intense.

Previously, the Northern Army asked the Queen to contact the county magistrate Pande, and the attack on the Wessex border also had initial results.

The land around Pande was all turned against the water and turned to the Northern Army.

At this time, the Seven Kingdoms did not have the tradition of conferring the title of "duke" on the governor of the county, and the king of Mercia made him "the great earl".

Pande was still nominally part of Wessex, but in reality had become a semi-independent prince.

Before the arrival of a new round of storms, the lords of the seven kingdoms have their own ghosts and reunite their strength.

……

January 17th.

After the risk of Repton was lifted.

With the wagon procession, Orlan prepared to return to King's Landing with his men to redeploy his forces.

When he survived the initial high fever, his body recovered quickly.

Several of his men are slowly recovering.

Nanding became one-eyed after being broken, and after showing his loyalty, he was dissatisfied with Orlan last time he got married.

The Titan became lame and was newly married, and Orlan asked him to take his wife back to the collar to make up for his wedding.

Oran separated from Ella in Dan City, and took his wife Malmu back with him as he left.

After a long absence, he was newly married, especially after Oran slept with her for one night, and then transferred his troops south.

During this time, Marma waited for the Southern Messenger every day, and whenever a knight returned, she was always happy and scared, for fear of accidents.

During the siege of Repton, women and priests throughout the country prayed day and night for victory.

When the news of the Vikings' retreat came, and they prayed earnestly for three days, Malmu, who had not eaten or drunk, fainted and fell to the ground......

When the husband and wife reunited, they were speechless for a while, only a thousand tears.

But this is a one-sided expression of Malm's emotions.

Orlan only felt trouble in his eyes.

His thoughts flew out of the clouds.

The battle of Repton wiped out his own family, and if it weren't for the fact that the other county magistrates were just as miserable, I was afraid that after the troops were collected, a new struggle for power would come out.

Let Malmu sit in her carriage and talk, and even cry softly, and only after she has vented her emotions can Orlan reassure her, "I will not fail, Malm, I will take revenge!"

Malm didn't know what to say, so he could only pat Oran on the body and help him when he wanted to drink water.

Joan of Arc's team followed him, and after the Battle of Repton began to make gods, Oran placed her on the outside of the tower, waving her flags and shouting, but did not actually go to battle.

But after winning the battle, he immediately asked her to stain her body, smear her face with animal blood, and then take the monk and the maid who helped to bandage it, and appeared in front of the soldiers and nobles to help heal her wounds.

The legend of a noble girl, dressed in heavy armor, heroically galloped a war horse and repelled the Vikings from this day.

In the backward and ignorant Middle Ages, it was too easy to create gods, and military exploits and a few miracles were all it takes.

Oran also asked her to apply perfume to make her feel a strange fragrance, saying that it was a blessing from God.

It also impressed those who had come into contact with Joan of Arc with the smell.

When the Northern Army broke through Canterbury and entered the cathedral, Oran also returned with a holy relic.

It was Archbishop Augustus who entered the flames and wore a church red robe.

The blood-stained holy garments that Orlan had faked were said by him to be holy relics that had withstood the flames and were not burned.

The holy relics and the holy maidens, Orlan sent people all the way to spread the word about the places he passed, attracting many wanderers.

In just seven days, Joan of Arc shook the hands of more than 400 people and recited holy words to them to wash away their sins.

The Toning Book was also officially on the table.

Orlan again issued a document informing the Northern Army.

Adam and Eve, stealing the forbidden fruit and giving birth to human beings, this is the original sin of nature, and after being born, people have all kinds of desires, which is an acquired sin.

If you want to be liberated from eternal life, you only need to cleanse your sins, and those who can't go to war can use the "coins" of sins to wash them away, and you can go to heaven in the future.

Spend some money, buy a life, no matter what, to point out a new path of salvation to this group of commoners or nobles who are struggling to survive in the dark.

Orlan is crazy about collecting money, it's just addictive.

If the ruined North Central England can force out so much wealth, what if it unifies Britain plus the Franks?

But if someone does evil, the righteous and good deeds will fall into the hammer.

The Clergy of Wessex in the South angrily denounced the cascade of effects caused by the Book of Atonement.

They issued a door-breaking dogma after the meeting.

On the one hand, the reason is that the English Order led by Orlan and the Three Kings did not have any of them in a powerful position, and on the other hand, Oran also linked the Tom of Atonement to the Holy See in various ways under the pretense of the Pope's decree, implying that it was a legitimate and sacred act.

January 24, 865 A.D.

Orlan received a "break order".

Æthelred, Lord of Wessex, agreed to issue the penalty to Ella, Oran, and Joan of Arc.

But at this time, according to the territory, the number of people, the strength of the army, the strength of the clergy, between the northern army and the southern army.

This piece of paper Orlan was dismissive.

I'll wait until Rome officially comes.

He returned to the original main city and lived for a week, and it was already the 29th when he went to the king again.

This town, which he built for more than half a year, began to take shape, and the population came to 1,500.

Although thousands of people live in low-rise bungalows, a far cry from the towering towers of the city in Oran's mind, one day, there will be.

Regardless of the era, the house for the lord to live in is always special and luxurious.

The craftsmen re-enclosed an open space the size of a football field.

Due to the impact of the war, only one-eighth of them have been completed.

This Olanga's wife, and two lovers, female officials (Mi'er, Karin), lived with some old servants of the old castle, and had more than enough.

Under the protection of Hu Cong, Oran came to the square, walked up to the high platform, and made a short speech in front of nearly 1,000 people.

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Then someone else went up to replace him, talking about the war situation in the south, so that this group of leaders had a better understanding in their hearts.

That night, three women took turns taking care of Oran, two female officers were in charge of the day, and the wife was in charge of the night.

The warm fire burns so that the house is not cold.

Malmu sat on a chair and knitted clothes with silk threads.

Orlan was holding a pamphlet on the current composition of his military forces.

Malm looked at Orlan from time to time, and she thought that if only she could live like this forever.

"If the Vikings can be defeated, hopefully there will never be another war." She suddenly spoke up and told Oran.

But Orlan didn't raise his head, "If you don't hit others, if you take a step slower than others, you will be left behind, do you know how Wessex dealt with the Northern Army?"

They have turned their backs on God, they have turned away from justice, and they have even excommunicated me!

If you want peace, then you have to have the power to make people fearful, and this is the guarantee of peace. ”

"Oh."

Malm was told by Orlan that he could only keep his head down and continue to play with his clothes.

It's cold, and this is the long-sleeved coat she got for her husband.

Oran was also immersed in his own thoughts.

Looking at the list, the position began to be distributed in my head.

Armand's territory was taken and divided between Ladd, Nanding, and Kunsan.

The other nobles who died in battle, and there was no male heir, help them marry family members again and transfer them to others.

"Ahem......"

"What's wrong with you?"

"It's okay, you go and pour me a cup of tea."

This kind of thing could have been given to the servant, but Orlan told him so, and Malm understood, to let himself go.

When the door was closed, Oran took out a handkerchief, and a touch of bright red then appeared.

He carefully dried the corners of his lips so that his wife would not see and worry.

After a stalemate with the Vikings for too long, he didn't expand his territory at all, and his lifespan was compressed to less than a year.

There are less than ten months left.

According to this body, the conventional war of delay cannot be fought.

I can't afford to wear it out more than the Vikings.

What to do?

When the door opened, Oran changed his face, took his wife's tea with both hands, and said "thank you".

Malmu suddenly couldn't help it and leaned his body against Oran's side.

After leaving, she did not go far, and secretly saw all this through the crack in the door, and he knew that her husband did not want to worry him.

She stopped talking, just stayed by Oran's side.

Once in a while, Orlan said something, and she replied.

When Oran was tired of thinking and the wax fire was blown out by the servants who came in, Oran hugged his wife tightly.

"Don't, your body!"

"Kid, I want to have a baby soon!"

He has to make arrangements for the future of those close to him, and if he fails and falls, they will not end too badly.

Orlan just thought about it, not only to fight Viking Lao, but also to attack his own people.

Of the county governors, Frank and Katana were the ones who made him feel the most intimidating.

Frank still has a layer of royal status, if he is not there, he may have to compete with his wife for the throne of Northumbria in the future?

At this time, cousins and sisters, the tradition of close relatives marrying each other is not absent.

If this fierce bastard goes for power......

In short, after considering the layers of Orlan, the traitor little fat man will be killed quickly.

If he divides his territory, he will be able to prolong his life.

As for the charges?

"Unnecessary!"

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