Ragnar felt a little confused - half a month ago, Hestein launched another attack on his territory.
During the time he was stationed in Upland, he continued to recruit the remnants of the army that had been defeated by Hestein, and his strength once again reached about 10,000. Supplies from various places were also transported to Uppland by land and sea. He was well-equipped with troops and was planning how to pull out the fortresses in Hestein's various territories, but how could he have imagined that Hestein would actually abandon his own city walls?
If it was just like this, that would be all. This kind of bold behavior made him somewhat admire Hestein's courage. After receiving the report, he led his army straight to the location of Hestein in order to seek the final decisive battle. It took him ten days to gain access to Hestein's troops. But for some reason, Hestein was timid again.
He knew that Hestein's troops were nearby, but Hestein had been avoiding him. But it could be said that Hestein was frightened and ready to retreat, but it didn't seem like it - their troops always maintained a subtle distance. The flanks of both sides clashed from time to time, but when they wanted to fight decisively, they could not.
After a few more days of this, Ragnar finally succeeded in catching up with Hestein's main force. He surrounded them in the camp. Hestain stood guard with his back to the mountains, while Ragnar set up camp on the plains with his back to the sea.
Ragnar tentatively launched an attack, but found that there were traps outside the camp. So he stopped. Although with the protection of Odin, his troops will definitely be able to storm the camp, but this is not necessary at all - he has noticed that there is no water source at all where Hestein is camping, and even if they are left alone, they will not be able to survive. Three days.
It was not Ragnar who should take the initiative to attack, but Hestein.
Sure enough, after three days, the besieged enemy army finally couldn't hold on any longer, abandoned the trap they had worked so hard to dig, and rushed out of the camp on their own initiative. Ragnar had been waiting for this moment. He rode the white horse majestically, followed by the twelve heroic warriors. Behind him were thirty infantry battle formations, spread out across the plain in two columns.
His spear Gangnir fell from the sky and plunged straight into the earth. He rode his horse past, pulled up Gangnir, and pointed toward the sky. The tens of thousands of troops hit their shields with axes, making a terrifying sound.
Ragnar has not yet used Odin's blessing, and his troops already have such high morale. In comparison, Hestein's troops seemed to have low morale. The soldiers were either downcast or had weak legs and feet, and their formations were sparse.
Ragnar raised Gungnir again, and the troops behind him fell silent. Ragnar stopped his horse and shouted in a majestic voice befitting his age: "Haystein! Come out and die!"
However, it was a woman who came out of Hestein's army. Unarmed and alone, she walked to the front of the two armies and shouted to Ragnar: "King of Heroes, can we talk?"
"Who do you think you are? I only talk to your commander-in-chief!"
The woman was extremely delicate. In order to let Ragnar across from her hear clearly, she tried her best to speak every word: "I am Ella Cornelius Scipio, the royal family of the Seven Hills Empire. Because Hestein is hiding in Zealand and dare not come out. The commander of these people now is me."
As soon as he heard that this woman was Ella Cornelius Scipio, a murderous intent came out of Ragnar's eyes. He had heard this name more than once in the past few months. She was the one who killed Sigurd, she was the one who killed Halfdan, and she was the one who killed Ivar. It can be said that compared to Hestein and Sealand, Ayla is Ragnar's real enemy.
Even if Ella is killed here on the spot, it still cannot offset the overwhelming hatred of having three sons killed in a row!
He rode up to Ella, looked down at Ella, and said, "Do you want to negotiate? Okay, kneel down in front of me first!"
He heard that Ella was a brave shield maiden, so he deliberately made this request. For a soldier, this is a humiliation more unbearable than death. Because only cowards kneel down to the enemy.
But Ella actually knelt down. Although her movements were very slow, she actually knelt down in front of Ragnar's horse in full view of everyone.
Ragnar laughed wildly. The army behind him also laughed. After laughing enough, he got off the horse, sat generously on the ground, and made an even more extreme request to Ella: "Come here and take off my boots!"
The only people who can do this kind of thing in full view of the public without any hesitation are slaves.
But Ella did. Her slender hands, which had never done heavy work, came to Ragnar's dirty boots. She had never done anything like this before, and her movements were extremely clumsy. It took her a long time to finally take off one of Ragnar's shoes.
Just when she was about to take off the other boot, Ragnar suddenly kicked her and kicked her out! Ella's body rolled several times on the ground and let out a painful cry.
"You are not a warrior at all! Tell me, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Ella clutched her stomach and said painfully: "Ragnar, can you let the people of Zealand go?"
"You just want to tell me this?" Ragnar's eyes were full of violence, "Absolutely impossible. I have had enough of Aleister's tribe. I want to kill everyone in this entire tribe. All become slaves!”
"Ragnar, you should know that I am the royal family of the Seven Hills Empire and have a claim to the throne."
"so what?"
"As long as you support me and help me obtain the throne of the Seven Hills Empire, you and your people can live proudly in the Seven Hills Empire! I will give all of you privileges beyond those of ordinary citizens of the Seven Hills Empire, so that Even the lowest commoners among you can be superior to the nobles of the Seven Hills Empire! Really! I am more useful when I am alive than when I am dead! As long as you let us go here!"
Before she finished speaking, Ella was kicked by Ragnar again. Ragnar said angrily: "Is this the person who killed my son? He is simply a clown! Listen carefully, even if you give me the entire Seven Hills Empire, I will not spare you - I Just avenge my sons!"
Ella lay on the ground gasping for air. In the sky, the sun is emitting dazzling, dazzling light. If we were in the Seven Hills Empire, it would already be the time to sow seeds. But here in the north, winter is unexpectedly long.
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"
Ella suddenly laughed, laughed, laughed, almost laughed out loud. In Ragnar's eyes, this woman looked like a madman.
"Ragnar... you should have attacked three days ago. You found out that we had no water and were waiting for us to surrender, right? You thought that no matter what we did in the past three days, we could not defeat you, right? What?"
"Since you are so confident, then you will die here - Ragnar Lodbrok!"
