In any era, there are pillars that support the country, and there are thieves who destroy the pillars.

Oran March in Mercia, presented five major areas.

Build a short-term fortress with existing raw materials,

Formation and maintenance of a certain force standby,

Train soldiers in short-range guerrilla capabilities, crack Viking supplies,

Coalition with foreign countries, free up your hands against the Vikings,

and to maintain a defensive position and negotiate with the Vikings in search of peace.

These five were communicated to the Vikings in eastern Lincolnshire, under the internal "magistrate's slenderness".

Originally, the local Vikings had to wait for an opportunity to loot and supplement the logistical problems.

But knowing that Mercia had no desire to go to war in the short term, and that he took the initiative to attack, which might trigger the opponent's counterattack, he endured it.

They decided to wait for King Ragnar to return.

At that time, it was England in flames.

And that's what makes Orlan suspicious, no wolf doesn't eat meat.

Keeping so many people without retreating is either because of insufficient strength or because of a bigger plan.

Or both!

Micho, Gomon (Ponytail), and Glock (Boy) were all bought by themselves into their command.

He also doubted that the Vikings would buy off the nobles of the Catholic faction.

On May Day, Orlan patrolled the country so hard because he was afraid of the outbreak of many small-scale wars of harassment.

It's safe, but Oran is more worried.

He looked down on the Vikings on his lips, but on his heart he thought of them as evil dragons.

By June, he had recovered a lot, so he challenged the Vikings.

The Vikings were in Lincoln, and they took the initiative to help Burgred, which could bring them closer, increase Mercia's interests, and weaken the Vikings' power, and everyone was happy.

But there's another layer of thought in the shadows.

As long as Mercia took over the banner of resistance and caused Viking casualties, according to the Vikings' vengeful personality, they would be the main target......

This time, in order to be more sure of whether there was a detailed work, Oran and Burgred kept it secret throughout the whole process, and Mercia sent troops to encircle and suppress only the king's own and the county magistrate Berry's own personal soldiers.

If the Vikings are not fooled, then the Mercia men will be pushed forward, and Orlan's own team can also narrow down the Vikings' activities, surround them to death, and at the same time make more sure of the details.

If you are fooled, you will be surrounded and killed faster!

This time the main force of the Orlan Belt was the Knights Hospitaller.

There was also a Welsh archer mercenary in the ranks.

He was on loan from Sals.

The Vikings hid in villages and towns along the coast, with forests and sandy beaches everywhere.

If you can't fight, you will retreat, and land combat is the most preferred way.

The Orlan personnel consisted mainly of infantry and longbowmen.

There were also a small number of light riders, more than half of whom wore heavy armor.

Plus the mercenaries of Wales, close to three hundred.

Drawing on the Welsh archer training, these strong men were selected from among the Knights Hospitaller's soldiers with battlefield experience.

Receive a lot of physical training, develop arm strength, and constantly aim and shoot to improve your accuracy and shooting speed.

Now the main body of the Knights Hospitaller is about three hundred and fifty people.

The head of the regiment is still Oran, who has seven senses in one.

Joan of Arc as doctrinal leader.

Archbishop Ulf is the leader's assistant.

Adesha is the head of the hospital and has the right to participate in recruitment, training, dispatch, appointment, etc.

The order of the Knights of the Seven Senses was also changed, and was changed to what Orlan considered to be the new "Seven Virtues of the Ministers".

Nanding ranked first, receiving the "loyal" knight,

Kunsang ranked second, receiving the "brave" knight,

Ladd ranked third, receiving the "gregarious" knights,

Delim ranked fourth, received the "humble" knight,

Tuman ranked fifth, receiving the "tolerant" knight,

The Titans ranked sixth, receiving the "righteous" knights,

Henry ranked seventh, receiving the "Grace" knight.

The captains of these seven cavalry, also known as the great knights, each rode fifty men.

Of the fifty men, there were two to three "chaplains" and six to eight "non-commissioned officers (riders)" for each rider.

Non-commissioned officers are divided into combat non-commissioned officers and logistics non-commissioned officers, and control the remaining soldiers.

He asked the Titans and the other clerics to write new laws.

Later, when the territory expanded, the Seven Cavalry controlled a region separately, and then became independent and became the chief of the regional knights.

The children of nobles who had no inheritance, the sons of wealthy merchants, or those who could pay a certain amount of taxes could receive medical and military training and serve as a non-commissioned officer.

There was also a team of fifty longbowmen, under the jurisdiction of Oran, and the deputies were Sals and Southamp.

In addition, a sub-regiment, the "Cadet Knights of the Garter".

The coat of arms is surrounded by a garter belt, and the motto of the Order of Knights is written on either side of the golden lettering,

Zuoshu, "Shame on those who harbor evil thoughts."

Right book, "Shame on those who turn their backs on the Lord and the Monarch."

This sub-group is a new group for those who have no land, are from an aristocratic background, are young and vigorous, and want to establish a meritorious career, and satisfy their vanity.

Katana's eldest son, Shrike, was also there.

On the May Day, Orlan canonized a group of new knights in King's Landing, filled all the vacancies, and added more than a dozen young masters of noble families.

Although it is an empty promise, it is better to stamp the king's seal, and you can also use the identity of a separate coat of arms in the future.

Among them is the shrike.

Twelve or thirteen years old, he is an adult, but he is still very immature mentally.

Women and spirits, glory and vengeance.

Four words made him dizzy, and despite the advice of his servants, he stayed with Orlan to fight against the Vikings.

Oran also privately rewarded him with the "Silver Spurs" and "Crown of the Gunner" in his three-piece suit.

Indicates that he is the "head of the knights of the Garter".

The adolescent son and Lao Tzu are in a relationship that is mostly unpleasant to each other.

Oran thought, Katana is so hard to gnaw, then don't gnaw,

In the future, he will still have to change the heir, as long as the shrike is obedient, won't all this be solved?

They entered the eastern surface of Lincoln with great caution, led by Berry's men, and when approaching the possible Viking-infested territory, Orlan ordered them to stop.

"Call me the lord of the manor, the chief steward, the principal, or the person of weight in all the villages in this vicinity, with a suitable reason, and I will arrive in two days."

"Your Excellency, what are you?"

"Don't ask, just wait."

The men of Berry, on the pretext of paying taxes, summoned those whom Oran had spoken.

It took two and a half days and eleven people to come.

When Oran saw these people, he found a large house and immediately ordered, "Hold them in different rooms." ”

Then he approached the nearest room and said to the man tied to the chair, "I ask you and tell me, who is sending news to the Vikings?"

"I don't know, sir!"

Then there were frantic cries in the other rooms.

"If you don't tell the truth, you will start chopping the fingers and toes on your body, and the other rooms have already begun."

After Oran finished speaking, he continued to threaten.

He himself wasn't sure if he had done anything detailed, so he would lie about it first.

When Hu Cong came in with a knife and wanted to slaughter himself like a butcher, the man was so nervous that he even had a strange situation in his pants......

Unasked, Orlan continued, "Have you seen the Vikings around? Where are they active?"

After a long time, Oran walked out of the room.

And the extortors from other rooms also came out.

In fact, they are also fake beatings, but the arrested people can't see them, and just listening to the sound will make them lose judgment and generate fear.

Hosaku didn't ask, but someone didn't resist the pressure to admit that where he was, he did encounter a small group of Vikings, but they didn't attack, and exchanged the looted treasure for a little food for the village.

The dead are dead, and the hard life of the living.

Using the treasures of the Vikings to buy more food, some for yourself and some for the Vikings, is the best of both worlds.

So they were willing to help the Vikings, but also themselves.

Orlan entered the room of recognition and asked, "Why didn't you inform the local lord?"

Oran asked people not to be slapped in the face, so as to avoid putting it back and leaking the news.

So the lord of the manor, who had just admitted that his body was bruised, said bitterly, "The lord is afraid of them, more than ten years ago, there was a similar thing, my father told the truth, but the lord ran away, and my father was hanged."

Later, the lord came back and took all the land of our relatives who lost their males......"

Oran was not affected by these words, but asked repeatedly when the trade began, how many times, and how much food to buy each time?

At the end of the question, Oran began to calculate.

He asked his subordinates, "How long can a sheep be given to several people, and how long can a bag of wheat be mixed with other bark?"

Add to that the number of ships the man saw when he entered the recent Viking settlement.

In the end, Orlan estimated the number at 700!

, so much?

It is okay to bully more and less,

It is also possible to bully more than one,

But less is not what people should do.

"Your Excellency, do that?"

When the shrike heard about the seven hundred, he was not afraid, but felt that it was an opportunity to become famous.

Oran smiled, relaxed on the surface, dignified on the inside, and re-entered the house after thinking about it, and said to the man......