228. Cession of land, reparations, and affinity.

He and the knights of the guards around him penetrated the battlefield like lightning, and when Ragnar saw it, he laughed, he liked to kill the strong the most.

If Alfred dares to rush in, don't think about leaving.

The berserker behind him, led by Björn, went over to intercept the crown prince.

The Vikings were not many equestrians, but they could clear their hands.

When they had disembarked, they had taken a number of horses, and among them were thirty Frankish riders sent by Rollo.

Some of the Vikings who were able to ride followed the group of riders and charged together.

The vast land, you come and go, do your best.

If you are unlucky, you will be shot through by the cold arrow cavalry spear on the battlefield at any time.

A man's worth depends on his wife,

The value of a warrior is significant compared to that of the battlefield.

"Axel, you must survive."

"Aku" grabbed his new riding spear, said goodbye to his friend, and rode his horse closely to the crown prince's side.

When the crown prince was surrounded by the Viking riders, Aku directly stabbed the riding spear out, adding strength and speed, completely stabbing a roaring Viking rider in the face, and then rushed over a figure downward, pulling the riding gun back into his hand with the help of speed.

After stabilizing his body, he didn't look back, and shot out again.

"Call your mother."

With a swipe, Aku drew his long sword, pinched the shield in one hand, and pressed his feet tightly against the horse.

At this moment, his life is only fighting.

Four Frankish black-armored knights rushed over to surround him, and Aku's view of the sky was obscured from the light, and it turned dark in an instant.

"Aku!"

Seeing that the disfigured escort was surrounded, Alfred rushed out and resolutely went back to save him.

The fierce fighting was breathless, and the morale of both sides was evenly matched.

But there are too many Vikings, more than the bugs of summer.

The Vikings worked better together, and the defensive line began to shrink.

Björn, Sigurd, Theodore, followers of Hestein, new clan leaders from Finland, Sweden, Norway.

With the wave of the main flag of Raglan, they were about to slay Alfred here.

"Get up, assemble your formation!"

"Quick!"

Alfred waved his shield, but his hand was almost impossible to lift as if it had been filled with iron.

The sound of the royal army's horn was completely chaotic.

The wings collapsed and began to abandon their weapons and flee.

The county magistrates and knights, who had made an alliance with the crown prince, saw that the situation was not good, and those who did not want to surrender fled with their men and horses.

The Ansar soldiers who were surrounded on the battlefield had their eyes covered, and they could no longer see God's guidance.

Under the threat of a Viking axe, several of the accompanying Catholic monks discarded the cross and asked for forgiveness.

One thousand, one thousand five, two thousand?

Alfred didn't know how many casualties his team had.

The Viking berserker pounced on him, unwilling to be an escapee, and raised his already swollen red arm again, telling the dozen or so servants around him.

"It is my destiny to protect England, so let's go."

At this time, there was blood all over his body, and Aku, who was rescued by the crown prince, was in front of the crown prince's war horse.

"You gather so many people here, and if you lose, then start all over again, and there will always be a day when you win. The fearless sacrifice was not a destiny, but a propelled England into ruin. ”

Aku's words infected the warriors around the crown prince, and they drew their swords and made sacrifices.

Death will take the crown prince out!

Aku looked at the battlefield and took a deep breath.

If I can take revenge on Oran, let me rush out with the crown prince!

Aku raised his sword to the highest and lowered his body.

At this moment, he became the crown prince's subordinate leader.

Kill!

……

Two Viking fronts with different endings.

Hafdan and his brother Uba's fleet swept back and forth from Durham, East Anglia, and Mercia, and finally landed in Yorkshire.

They were joined by a Finnish fleet on the way, and the number reached 1,600.

But in the face of the Anglo-Sa nobles who had retreated to the defensive line, they could not grab supplies at all.

After many days of fierce fighting, all you get is people going to empty towns.

In a fit of rage, they turned to Mercia, but the main forces of the Northern Crusaders had long been waiting.

With a one-to-one battle loss, the Lionheart exchanged more than 800 people with this Viking team.

In this battle alone, Hafdan's troops were reduced by half of their soldiers and had to retreat back to East Anglia.

King Lionheart asked the monks to write about this battle, and he relied on his own wisdom to command.

But in the next few days, the letters that arrived on his desk were all bad.

These messages rushed to the joy of the Crusaders.

"Portsmouth fell, and the town was destroyed overnight."

"Vikings are approaching Wessex, kingdom is in turmoil."

"The Vikings invaded Ocle, and the land was cut off from east to west."

"Alfred is missing, suspected to have died in battle?"

"The Vikings accepted the surrender of the three Wessex magistrates and turned their heads to besiege Winchester."

"King Æthelred gave up, and thousands of his people fled with him."

"Winchester fell, and the king continued westward."

"The Danish fleet was reinforced one after another, and came ashore from Kent, and Kent fell again."

"The Vikings made a new magistrate king, took over Wessex, and began to collect tribute."

When the time came to December 19, 866 A.D.

The latest news about Wessex is:

"King Æthelred fled to the west of Kexet, and it was difficult to retreat."

At this moment, Orlan was rearranging the defensive line in Yorkshire, and after receiving this information, he almost wanted to scold.

And the nobility of Mercia was also divided into two factions, one faction was equally worried,

The other faction, like the king, wanted to take advantage of the chaos to take advantage of the chaos.

When King Mercia was in the hall and received Wessex's messenger for help, several nobles who were dissatisfied with Wessex laughed shamefully.

"Ten thousand Divine Warriors, that's it?

After losing Ragnar, losing Björn, and then losing Theodore,

Now even an unknown tribe from Finland can drive your king to the sea with a few hundred men.

No one loses after that!

I advise your country to understand the tactical concepts of the Vikings,

Although Alfred lost the battle of Oakleigh, he also held back the enemy.

You're just waiting for the Vikings to come back and fight you,

When they defended Winchester, 5,000 men fought 1,000 men, and the whole army was destroyed.

The king also abandoned the city and fled, and his face was gone. ”

Wessex was close to death, and the messenger could only endure ridicule.

Lionheart intended to help, but only in a way that best served his interests.

He thought, is there a way to swallow the South in one bite!

Wessex sent more than one messenger, and Orlan saw it.

Coincidentally, this envoy was a close confidant of the crown prince.

There had been an abusive correspondence with Oran, and that Frie? Old Baron Sestin.

At this time, no amount of hatred can compare to fighting the Vikings.

Oran courtesized the baron and asked him if the crown prince was well.

In the battle of Oakley County, Alfred disappeared for more than a month before news came out again.

Now with a few hundred remnants, hiding in the forest or swamp, waiting for the opportunity to counterattack.

"Please see that in the last battle of Repton, our army helped your country and gave us a little food support."

The old baron was ready to be humiliated.

But Oran wasn't happy.

In the eyes of the Vikings, England was a whole.

The collapse of the strongest Wessex like this will cause a large number of believers and nobles to lose confidence.

Not long ago, he received a letter from Nanding, saying that he was in Edinburgh, and when he was coordinating with Scotland and Galloway to be on guard, he found that the Vikings in Ireland had sent someone over.

It is clear that it was also the effect of the Southern War.

Now these two allies in the north could fall to the Vikings at any time.

If you lose the next game against Mercia, the end is predictable......

Oran nodded and would do his best to help the crown prince.

After sending the old baron away, he called all the people over.

"This humiliating defeat has become a topic of discussion, Your Excellency, the situation is not optimistic now, and there are rumors in many places that the county magistrate or the lord of the manor has converted to Odin and handed over the tribute."

Sals pointed out the problem directly, and now even the Welsh Lords behind him are surrounded by the Vikings, and it is becoming more and more difficult to contact Orlan.

The rest of the men had their own ideas.

Orlan originally wanted to use a delaying method, but the Vikings directly robbed the wealth of the south, and they were already able to fight a protracted war with themselves, and all the tactics he had planned collapsed.

"Our caravan was captured in the south, and some paper was lost, and the merchants who carried our White Eagle tokens were all ...... by the Blood Eagle Excellency. Then, Southamp said the bad news.

The atmosphere is even more solemn.

"What are you afraid of! Who did Wessex bring? Who do we bring? It is the destiny of our destiny to gather the strongest warriors in England around you and kill all the Vikings!"

Kunsang expressed it at the right time.

Orlan nodded, and was about to say a few words to give him courage, but he didn't expect the servant to report that the Vikings also sent messengers to approach.

It was a messenger sent by Uba and Hafdan.

The first thing the Angel One said when he met Oran was,

As long as Orlan was willing to pay tribute, cede land and hostages, and even marry another Viking woman and let his subordinates intermarry, then he could be forgiven.

Otherwise, countless Viking armies will go straight to the north and destroy King's Landing!

With such outrageous conditions, Oran is of course the choice...... Promise it.

Orlan stabilized the group of Vikings first, and privately thought about how to fight a big battle with Lionheart to turn the tide and come back.