On July 26, 865 AD, the last few days of summer, the sky above Yewei County was filled with an unusual atmosphere.
Four days ago, relying on Sally's intelligence, Oran sent Nanding out to sweep a road leading from the northwest of Jewe County to Edinburgh.
Another Viking settlement force that relied on Gold Teeth was wiped out, and more than 20 corpses were brought back.
This operation almost left the golden tooth behind.
On this day, Olan took advantage of the cover of night and asked Kunsang to get many large boxes. Most of the boxes were filled with gravel and scrap iron, but the top layer was covered with copper coins, iron coins, and broken silver.
The British island is not rich in metals. Some of these ancient coins were issued by local kings, and some were preserved from the Roman era and entered the island through trade in the English Channel.
"Demon Town Museum"
Older, but not inferior.
It has been used as a medium of currency between merchants in Britain and the North Sea.
Oran looted half of Yewei County and found a lot of these iron coins.
When the boxes were ready, he called for Ghazi and Kunsang.
Let the two men each lead their private soldiers to "Edinburgh" to discuss with the earl of the place a plan to jointly attack the Vikings.
"Your Excellency, let the two of us go?" Ghazi felt strange in his heart
First of all, he and Kunsang have never worked together alone.
I have never heard anything about Oran's dealings with the lord of Edinburgh, so he rashly sent so much wealth there?
Kunsang didn't respond, but Olan said the same thing.
"Don't worry, I have already made arrangements. According to my intelligence, the Vikings were already afraid of us in the Battle of the Black Forest and the last battle, and private conflicts occurred because of these two defeats.
Taking advantage of the opportunity to open up the northwest, you go north, each with twenty escorts, travel lightly, and use horses to carry these gifts to Edinburgh, along with this letter from me. "
Oran took out an empty letter, and then opened the first large iron box in front of Ghazi, Kunsang, and the two men's private soldiers.
It was full of iron coins and broken silver, with a rotten metallic smell, and then Olan stuffed the letter into it.
He added, "It was delivered safely to the Earl of Edinburgh. The other part is the list of gifts."
Oran took out another piece of paper, put it in at the same time, then locked it, took out a key that was divided into two halves and could be combined, and threw it to Kunsang and Ghazi.
The inventory is thrown in, the keys are separated and held jointly.
This is a means to prevent one subordinate from lining his own pockets.
Then Olan used his own key to open boxes containing Bible manuscripts, wool clothing, decorations and other items.
With so much property, everyone present widened their eyes and thought, how great would it be if they all owned it?
After the instructions were given, Olan said, "If you are really in danger on the road we are going to take, safety is the most important thing and the goods don't need to be left."
After giving the instructions, Oran left Gazi and Kunsang behind, and said to Gazi first, "According to the vassal law, the vassal obligations you should provide this year have been completed, so I called you from the territory again, It is to give you a chance to make meritorious service, and when this war is over, you will get another one-third of the land of Yewei County."
Ghazi was at a loss what to do. He looked up at Oran and could only reply, "Thank you, Your Excellency."
Oran said again, "Is your wife about to give birth? When the child is born, I will make him a knight, give him a territory, Yewei County land for you to choose, and accept him as my 'godson'. I will give him a name and let the archbishop of the kingdom baptize him.”
These conditions are very pleasing and show the favor of Oran's lords.
But Ghazi remembered that after Olan invaded the territory, he summoned his wife into the room, and that his wife accidentally called Olan's name in a dream, and he immediately felt resentful.
If his wife had been alone with Oran for a few more months, I'm afraid Ghazi would have suspected who the child was?
After Ghazi retreated, Oran said, "There is no plan for an alliance with the Earl of Edinburgh at all. I have negotiated it with Sally. Last time, she used the information Haman gave her to betray Gold Tooth and inform us about Operation Gold Tooth. path.
This time, they need to give it back to them, let Haman steal the spotlight, and then swallow Jinya and others.
The boxes that were not opened just now were all empty, and the boxes that were opened only had items on the top floor. When you get close to Edinburgh territory, there will be Vikings.
At that time, just lead the horse back and I will leave someone behind to help you.
If the angry Vikings don't tear him apart or he escapes, then find another chance to get rid of him. "
"Yes, Your Excellency." Kunsang nodded, showing his yellow teeth, and then left.
One day later, this property convoy, led by border soldiers, passed through the forest and was about to enter Edinburgh County. Two black crows emerged from the forest on the side, and the two crows made an annoying "ahhh" sound. .
"Be careful!" Ghazi drew his sword.
Their whereabouts were stealthy and they walked fast. They didn't encounter anything unusual along the way. Unexpectedly, danger came when they were not far from the border and even saw the other side of the mountain - Edinburgh's Hill Fortress.
In Viking mythology, Odin has two ravens on his shoulders, "thought" and "memory."
At dawn, the two crows fly separately and come back before night to tell the god Odin everything they see in the world.
The image of Odin whispering with a crow is spread among various Viking tribes.
Therefore, Odin is also known as the "Raven God".
Some high-ranking Vikings raised intelligent birds like crows in the hope of receiving blessings from the god Odin.
After the two crows circled around, they flew back to their host.
This is a Viking leader active in the Edinburgh area.
At this time, this man was surrounded by Jinya, Glock, Haman and others.
The leader has extremely small eyes, tight facial features, and wide face, like five dishes (features) placed on a big plate.
If the five dishes are divided evenly, it can be considered a complete meal (handsome).
But this person is all leaning together. From this point of view, he looks strange and even scary.
He wore a black chainmail and was tall.
His whole body was tattooed with runes.
This kind of rune was regarded as an evil symbol by the Catholic priests and lords of Edinburgh. Because of the existence of these two black crows, he was called "Abu the Rotten".
Abu lowered his head, listening to the crows, and then took out live worms from his pocket to feed.
"God Odin has given me a revelation, I must win this battle!"
Abu licked his tongue, then actually took out the worms in his bag, bit them into pieces and spit them out.
He raised these insects himself, drank the purest dew, and ate the cleanest mulberry leaves.
His ancestors were priests, and they passed down this weird ritual from generation to generation. They learned how to bite bugs like a crow, and matched them with the runes on their bodies and special spells.
When his mouth was filled with insect flesh and blood, he rinsed his mouth with water and spit it out. Then he picked up the poisonous millet and bit it into pieces and swallowed it.
"Odin's will has come to us!"
When the Viking soldiers saw this, their shields and long axes collided with each other. The sound of metal clashing drove out the birds and rabbits hiding in the forest.
The hundreds of people in ambush roared and emerged from another place.
"Let's go quickly." Ghazi led the people to rush forward, intending to cross the border.
But Kunsang was completely opposite to him. With a wave of his hand, he dropped the goods and the people with him quickly retreated.
Oran used his most trusted men to go out with Ghazi to avoid being guessed afterwards, and deliberately sent Ghazi out to die.
This group of Vikings came out armed with old round shields, moldy long axes, and still sharp iron swords.
There was a huge difference in the number of people. Before Ghazi could escape, he was blocked by the long ax thrown by the Viking team led by the black crow leader.
Gazi slashed left and right with his sword, but there was nothing he could do about the Vikings' round shield array.
If Kunsang had not left and forty people had formed a defensive formation, they would not have been defeated to this point.
"Leave him to me!" Jin Ya went over with his sword, wanting to avenge his shame.
But the fear and courage of a dying person are extremely great, so Gazi resisted with all his strength.
Jinya swung his sword three times in a row, but the Viking soldiers on the side stopped moving because they were afraid of hurting Jinya in the melee.
But in one-on-one, Jinya, who had been successfully attacked by Olan a few days ago and still had residual injuries on his feet, was slow and almost stabbed in the vital part by Ghazi, which caused him great humiliation.
Three free Vikings with iron swords rushed over. They used round shields and iron swords. They cooperated with the left and right to restrict Ghazi's movement path. Ghazi could not escape. He slashed left and right. One of them seized the opportunity and beheaded him. A powerful and heavy blow.
There was a scratch, and Gazi's arm folded again, almost being chopped off.
Ghazi wanted to take back this arm, and at the same time, a terrifying black shadow appeared.
"I come!"
As soon as the voice fell, Abu slashed with his sword again, cutting off the unbroken arm muscles.
An arm fell straight down, causing dust to rise on the ground.
ah--
The heart-rending cry was drowned in the Viking roar.
And the private soldiers he brought out from his territory knew that the Vikings would not let go of any living creature.
Kneeling down and begging for forgiveness will only lead to humiliation, so it is better to fight to the death.
Therefore, except for Ghazi, who looked different because of his identity and clothing, his arm was cut off by the Vikings and his weapons were knocked off, so he stopped attacking.
Other Catholic soldiers were shot down and treated horribly.
Several Vikings sent back their heads in that cart in revenge for the Battle of the Black Forest.
Using a heavy ax in hand, he aimed the ax at the head of the Christian soldiers who had lost their resistance, just like chopping wood.
The recipient's eyes were exposed to force, and exploded far away. The whole face was instantly sunken, and the brains splattered with blood and water.
"Blood Eagle!"
More and more Vikings shouted.
Others were armed with spears and javelins, and continued to inflict fury on the corpses of Catholic soldiers whose upper bodies had been smashed.
He used a spear to stab his heart below the heart, and made countless large bloody wounds.
Ghazi was so frightened that he lost one arm and his blood kept flowing.
He didn't want to die, so he tried his best to tell the Vikings, "I...Baron Ghazi...I am the White Eagle leader...noble, I pay...the ransom...ah!"
The pain in his arm almost made him faint.
"There are two warriors in front of me. One warrior is a corpse, and the other is also a corpse."
Haman was so poetic that he approached the carriage, then opened a few boxes placed at the front and told everyone, "We have taken revenge. You see, this is a weapon that the Lord of the White Eagle wants to give to outsiders to use against us."
The cheers in support of Haman surged, and Jin Ya's face turned extremely ugly.
Why did Haman know about White Eagle Leader’s gift-giving operation?
White Eagle led the scouts on horseback and could not be more careful at the border with the Vikings in Danfa District.
Once they encounter someone with fewer people than their own, they will fight.
When they encountered more people than them, they retreated. There were several border conflicts, but they couldn't get over it, and they couldn't figure out Oran's movements.
I don’t know what happened last time, but these people suddenly appeared behind me and succeeded in the attack...
Jinya felt that he had underestimated this "poet".
"Baldo, I leave this to you. Bring everything back safely."
After speaking, Haman and his men continued to hunt Kunsang.
Jin Ya looked at these belongings and felt something was wrong.
But he still carefully brought his belongings back to the nearest Viking town.
When it got dark, Haman returned in triumph.
He killed several Kunsang private soldiers and stripped off their equipment and brought them back. When he came back, he was cheered.
Now that all the leaders are here, it's time to distribute the spoils.
The Vikings who went on this expedition were very happy.
Because the gift Oran gave to Edinburgh is too precious!
If the boxes are full, it will be enough for thousands of people to live a wonderful and prosperous winter.
The leader takes the lead in distributing the spoils. They can take half first and then distribute the remaining half to their subordinates.
The leaders contributed about the same amount, but Haman provided the information, so he could get an extra share.
After everyone had no objections.
"Open it, open it one by one, cheer, celebrate, under the protection of Odin and under my leadership, we deserve this, and there will be more." After Haman finished speaking, people even hid the town. Open all the stored wine.
The Vikings poured sour fruit wine into a horn cup and paired it with hallucinogenic poison.
Singing was everywhere, heads and heads were shaking, and the atmosphere reached a high point of excitement.
But... after opening it for the first time, there was something abnormal about the silver fragments. Upon closer inspection, it was just rocks poured with melted silver water, and the coins were the slag waste left by blacksmithing, shaped into a ring.
The Vikings who went up to check were stunned.
He turned to look at Haman and stammered, "No...no!"
Everyone stopped cheering, and then the second Viking went up to check and found it was still empty.
The third and fourth Vikings checked and opened more boxes, and finally found that only one cart containing Bible manuscripts was still there, while the others were stuffed with rubble.
"Remember, take everything back home in bits and pieces."
Jin Ya finally reacted to these words!
Just now, Haman took away all the lords who were loyal to him or cooperated with him, and asked him to deliver the treasure back.
Now, most of the soldiers on his side were drunk and confused, but Haman's men were completely motionless and clenched the iron swords at their waists.
Haman stepped forward, rummaged through the first box, and then found Olan's gift list of cloth and paper, as well as the greeting letter.
Glock understood these words. He stepped forward to take the list and read out all the goods. Except for the Bible manuscript, nothing else was there.
"As a believer of Odin, this kind of code can only be used to wipe shit. It's very reasonable for you not to move. But what about other things? Baldo."
"Grot, you!"
When he saw Grote and Haman standing together, and then Abu spilled his drink, his mind was spinning.
Haman promised Glock a new "leader" status in the future, and Abu, a Viking leader active in Edinburgh, was also recruited by Glock this time.
The two naturally stood together.
On the scene, Jinya and a group of his men were surrounded. Alger, Inge, and several small leaders who were on his side were not there at the moment, but were in the eastern harbor. They had just sent out ships and were waiting to contact the maintenance forces in the Kent area. Beijing people establish communication channels...
Ghazi, whose bleeding had been stopped but was almost out of breath, was roughly dragged out.
Haman asked him, "Is the car full?"
"Yes Yes……"
Ghazi was then pierced with a sword.
The gold tooth almost broke the unevenly arranged gold tooth and shouted, "This is a conspiracy!"
"After the things were returned and put into the house, I didn't move them." Jinya continued to explain.
But the Vikings, who were looking forward to the distribution of treasures, were dissatisfied. From the battle of the Black Forest to now, they had suffered losses three times, and the leader must be responsible.
Before Alger came, these lords had conflicts from time to time.
When there are few people, they trade; when there are more people than the other party, they rob.
Gold Teeth also took over Haman's territory. These hatreds are only suppressed and will not be forgotten.
When the Vikings got into trouble, they had several ways to prove their innocence.
Fighting is also part of it.
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Several of Jinya's men who were drunk and hallucinating fell to the ground, reaching out to hug the non-existent Valkyrie with silly expressions.
brush!
Haman drew his sword and pointed it at the golden tooth, and said closer, "I have tolerated you for a long time, Baldo."
The woman Sally is his, and the Viking king of Northumbria will be his.
With the light of the sword slashing down, one of Baldo's ears was chopped off by Haman.
Now, there are two one-eared Viking chiefs.
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Oran looked sad when he looked at Kunsang who had returned to his territory and the injured private soldiers under him.
He called all the apprentice knights and above and swore an oath in front of everyone,
"Baron Ghazi fell into the hands of the Vikings in order to protect our property. At this time, something unexpected may have happened. I will take care of the families of all the deceased and avenge him!"
A few broken boxes and dozens of lives were exchanged for all the fiefdoms in Gazi.
So far, everything is in line with Sally's plan. Harman will benefit, he will benefit, and she will benefit too.
But if it goes on, only one person can continue to laugh.
