On the table, on the sand table of Yewei County, there are only the last three main forces left.
Earl and Sally were trapped in the isolated city, and the surrounding people were occupied by Vikings or Orans. Even if the whole city could fight, there would only be two or three hundred people.
If we hadn't negotiated terms and cooperation with Oran and Haman and raised some food, the entire city would have been empty.
The remaining towns were filled with flags. Haman and his group of Vikings had reduced their numbers after internal fighting, but they still occupied seven villages and manors with more than 100 people.
With Haizhen as the boundary, Oran controlled more than 50% of the land of Yewei County.
"Your Excellency, how do you want to fight? If you follow my wishes, we..."
Sals proposed to accept Sally's proposal, and the main forces of the two parties would fight, but they would first launch an offensive and sneak attack on the predetermined battlefield in advance.
"No, who knows if Sally will betray us this time?
She could only hear half of what she said.
In addition, there are eight Viking settlements in the four northern counties of the kingdom, with tens of thousands of people distributed in various sizes. Except for the Shimon branch, the other seven branches are distributed in the area from Yewei County to Edinburgh County, and occasionally go north to Scotland.
If they can't cripple their main force at once, they will scatter and retreat.
Some will retreat to their base areas, and some whose base areas have been captured by us may stick to the village fortresses they have conquered, or they may spread out and become thieves. When their strength increases, they will cause trouble to us one after another.
I want to capture all the land in Jewe County that the Vikings conquered first. "
Oran looked at Sals' puzzled look and explained, "Sally thought she could convince Haman and I. Let's analyze from her heart first. If you were her, how would you restore the rule of the Sachs family in Yewe County? "
"To make the White Eagle Territory and the Vikings disappear, at least both parties will suffer great losses, so that they cannot seek revenge in the short term." Sals said.
"Yes, this is the ending she wants most, so we will never go to war head-on."
Olan smiled and had already thought of a plan. In the early morning, he rode twenty kilometers out of Haizhen to meet with Sally for the last time to start the war.
Like last time, Sally only brought a few people with her on horseback.
This area was full of Oran's scouts, and it would be dangerous to go any further. He knew that Sally didn't have many people with her, so she was willing to come and see her in person.
Enemies are extremely enthusiastic when they meet.
Oran rode his horse over, looked at Sally, the two horses were side by side, and with a wave of his hand, all the followers retreated away.
"Your Excellency Oran."
"The morning sun is so beautiful." Oran's way of greeting her was to reach out and pinch Sally's face, which was extremely unrestrained.
"You are like a rude villain." Sally brushed it away with her backhand.
"You are like a rose with thorns." Oran didn't care about Sally's attitude.
He just wanted to appear arrogant and arrogant and make Sally look down on him.
"Let's get to the point, Your Excellency."
"You tell me."
"We have set the battlefield at Jinya's settlement. Now that Haman has just annexed it, people's hearts are unstable. You can launch an assault and wipe out them in one battle..." Sally said for a long time, analyzing the pros and cons.
But when she found that Olan didn't care and was just looking at her chest with disgusting lust, she stopped talking.
Her impression of Olan could not be worse, and contempt and disgust would affect her rational judgment.
“Miss Sally, what you said is very good, but have you ever thought about it.
The Vikings fight among themselves, but I am a disbeliever and a heretic in their eyes. Once my sword is swung at them, they will only burst out with great courage and invite the god Odin to come to earth, like a madman who is desperate for his life.
Even if I win, they can't escape?
How far can my men pursue me?
What I want is to destroy them all at once, rather than continue to fight and leave troubles in the future. "
"Then let's..." Sally prepared more than one belly gun and continued to talk about the second option, but Olan interrupted rudely.
"Uncle Ben doesn't like women who are too noisy."
After Oran blocked Sally's mouth, he continued, "I have borrowed a large amount of food from King Ella, and Shimon the Cow Neck will also lead the team in five days.
All his men are crazy.
I even gathered 1,500 people around Haizhen.
When Shi Meng comes, Ben Bo's troops will be no less than two thousand. Do you know how big a number this is?
Even if the king wants to fall out with me, he has to think about it for three days. "
Oran told a series of lies that would never come true, but he knew that Sally did not dare to take them lightly.
This is to make Sally fear her own force.
Then he continued, "This is Uncle Ben's plan. You tell Haman and those Viking elders that I will concentrate my forces and take back all the villages in Yewei County one by one. After taking them back, I will divide my troops to guard them until the situation is stable." Come down. And personally lead the people to guard and command one of the villages."
"Why?" Sally asked.
"This is to lure the enemy, to let the Vikings know where I am. I only guard with a hundred people, but all the Vikings are dispatched, which is six or seven times my strength. Do you think they will take action?
I have more people than them and let them think they will win. Only then will they listen to you and take the initiative to give up these territories so that we can take them back smoothly at a small cost.
When all the land is in hand, tell Haman my location and contact them. When the war begins, sneak attack on me and capture me. By then, my ransom will be huge, and the Vikings will also get County Durham. soil of.
Tempt them with benefits, and they will go crazy and fall into the beautiful trap of me and you, Miss Sally. "
When Sally heard about the Oran Plan, she immediately thought about how to maximize her own interests.
Oran continued, "Tell the Vikings exactly what I said. When they launch a sneak attack, they will find that they have missed the attack, and my army and your army will not fight internally. They will just pour out from all directions. Annihilate them. What do you think of this plan?"
"Okay, after the matter is completed, you promised me that you will return two-thirds of the land and population of Yewei County, and you will also give me the heads of the leaders of the Vikings, as well as the Vikings Human equipment, documents that will never fight against us, and the king’s..."
Sally mentioned this deliberately to make Oran think that she really believed him.
"And you forgot about my wedding to you."
"I thought you were joking. Besides, you are still engaged to the king's daughter?"
"King Ella is a fool. From now on, Ben will be the king. In the land of Northumbria, from nobles to slaves, whoever wants to get married must depend on me. I have the final say, hahaha. "
Oran's arrogant laughter made Sally feel stupid.
Before the two parted, Olan asked another question,
"Do you remember that the night Uncle Ben entered the castle, he told a riddle, and it was you who answered it."
"Remember, related to everyone present at that time, you asked why 'always increase, never decrease', and I answered 'age'."
"Now for one more thing."
"What?"
"Uncle Ben loves you."
The breeze blew, her hair moved slightly, and a petal fell into Oran's hand.
It is the petals of a sweet violet tree on the ground next to it. There are many grass plantings here.
Before Oran captured this place, there was a forest nearby that the Sachs family would visit in the autumn.
When the flowers bloom in autumn, this forest will be extremely fragrant.
Oran handed this petal to Sally and said, "When the violets bloom, everything will be different."
Sally took it with a smile. When Olan was far away, she crushed it and opened it. The fragments were blown by the wind and no trace could be found.
"You just got into this situation due to bad luck. This time you will be like Gold Tooth. You will die without a burial place. You may even be made into a 'blood eagle' by the Vikings. In the future, when people hear your story, I will laugh at you as a landless earl."
Sally said coldly in her heart, turned around and left.
Although she is not married yet, she has transformed from a girl into a woman.
A strong and brave woman.
…
August 7, 865 AD.
Oran set out from Haizhen, with Kunsang as the vanguard, and all 900 men were dispatched to attack the first village fort.
It rained heavily the night before. In this era, if it rains heavily, most of the roads will turn into mud.
The rain had just stopped and the ground was still very wet.
Countless mud was splashed by his men as they walked, and some fine mud was sprayed on Olan who was riding a horse.
"Vikings are just like this mud, annoying."
At noon, the army approached the fortress called "Imo Village".
The Viking soldiers guarding the guard tower had already seen the Oran troops, stopped chatting, and then blew the horns.
"The enemy is coming!"
The Viking leader guarding here is Glock.
Previously, Sally had informed Oran of her plan, but Glock was still skeptical, thinking that if all the towns were handed over so easily, what if something changed midway?
But Haman believed his words because of his wedding to Sally. Glock couldn't help but could only use his own eyes to see the truth.
Abu the Scavenger was there.
"Go." He released the two smart black crows beside him and let them circle and investigate.
He has been with crows since he was a child, feeding them insects, listening to their various cries, and even imitating crow sounds.
But not long after his crow scouts flew out, they were driven back.
In the Oran team, there is a newly formed team of long archers, with a total of twenty people.
They drew their bows to full length, and under the command of Tuman the Rat, fired arrows like furious waves.
The black crow flew back, and Abu recognized it as an angry cry.
"Looks like it's true, Glock."
"No, even if it's true, anyone who would let a woman influence their thoughts is an idiot." Glock clenched his sword and ran to the sentry tower to watch.
The Vikings blew their horns, and the war horns from Oran also blew, and the sound became louder and louder.
Abu has a personal relationship with Glock. He brought eighty people with him. In addition, Glock recruited himself and divided Jinya's subordinates. He brought fifty people with him. This village fort has a population of one hundred and thirty. people at.
If Oran's military strength is true, 1,500, it is more than ten times worse.
Glock then came to the main entrance of the wooden castle and watched the black spots in the distance slowly get bigger and closer.
Abu also came closer and said, "Let's go. Anyway, we have divided up all the valuable things. The remaining villagers are waiting to die."
"It's so ironic. I have lived for more than 20 years. This is the first time I have encountered this kind of thing. We became the targets of hunting. We were trembling on the city gate, watching God's soldiers coming. There was no way we could do it."
Glock took the soldier's bow, then shot outward, shouted a few more times to vent his frustration, and then retreated.
With Sally's early warning, Glock made a symbolic resistance. When retreating, he accidentally injured two of his men, and the village fortress fell into Oran's hands.
But Glock's people did not retreat. They waited all night at a slightly higher place and judged how many people were coming from Oran based on the firelight rising throughout the village.
This was how Sally and Oran colluded and told the Vikings. Oran also doubled the number of torches and burned a large amount of wood, making the village and castle bright.
Glock could only repay Hamann, and Oran was surprisingly outnumbered.
And when Oran entered the second village fort, there was no sign of happiness at all.
This was also Delim's original territory, and he felt equally uncomfortable as he joined the formation.
The "Black Forest" is not far away.
But last time it was the Vikings who died. This time, the situation is very different.
After Oran gave up here, he took it back again.
But in the empty village, the Vikings had already taken away all kinds of property, leaving only countless wounded for Oran.
The doors of all the houses were open, and the villagers were left to be tortured inside, with all kinds of stench and all kinds of wailing.
Haman was also afraid that something might change midway, so he took precautions.
He doesn't care how many people die, or how desolate and terrifying this territory will become after he becomes the Earl of Yewe County in the future. Anyway, by then grabbing the surrounding lords, the population problem can be solved.
Haman cut off their legs and feet so that they could only crawl.
These people were left to be rescued by Oran and consume his food, medicine and various supplies.
Oran had previously used rat torture in return for the load of "skull gifts" given to the Vikings.
In this village, Haman returned his gift, leaving behind a total of eighty people with their legs cut off.
Medical treatments at this time are difficult to cure.
Sooner or later these people will get infected and die
The injured were both men and women, old and weak.
Olan brought out some of the wounded and shed tears in front of all the soldiers!
The injured were in too much pain to eat, but Olan still used military rations to cook wheat porridge and gave it to them.
"Earl has abandoned you, the Vikings have killed you, but I will save you!"
Oran's anger and sadness infected the soldiers and made his "Knights Hospitaller" even more crazy.
This group of young men who have just entered the battlefield are not yet tired of the war, but they are full of courage and blood.
"Your Excellency, let me see the Vikings. I will not only cut off their legs and feet, but I will cut open their flesh one by one like a pig."
"Earl doesn't deserve to be a lord."
"Only His Excellency Oran can save us and protect us."
Cry, be angry, let the murderous intention become more intense!
The Oran twins turned red, and he cried that he was incompetent and could not kill all the Viking elders immediately.
Yewei County will be his own land from now on.
This group of people would farm their own land, pay taxes, manufacture goods, and even become soldiers.
But the Viking bastard harmed his own interests.
The tears were his anger, and he asked Sals to take the wounded away.
"Don't worry, we will take you to a safe place and arrange work for you so that you can have food and clothing."
Oran made a promise and had all the injured taken away by force.
But he told Sals privately, "Some people must die, some people must die, and some people take the initiative to die. They all say to the outside world that their wounds were inflamed and they unfortunately passed away on the way."
Sals is a lunatic. It is perfect for him to silence him without any pressure.
Half of Oran's tears were shed because of his cruel behavior.
"Rest in peace. I will build a cemetery. In the future, I will catch the Viking bastards and place them in front of your graves, Blood Eagle and the others, to comfort your painful souls."
When the third village was taken, the situation changed.
Oran first asked Sally to bring people to accept the first two village castles.
He also ordered everyone to work day and night to cut down all the surrounding forests and dig out a strong defense within two days.
Then he found all his cronies who participated in the war and told them his true plan of action.
"After finishing the work, one of the people will be left behind, Nanding, and you will be responsible for guarding it. The others will follow me back to attack Earle Castle."
"What!" Everyone said in unison, with doubts on their faces.
"Fighting seven is laborious and time-consuming. Please look at the map. These three villages and the town of Shanghai are connected in a straight line, covering the isolated city of Earl. Whether or not the other four are fought will not affect the situation.
We don’t know what Sally and the Vikings talked about and how they talked about it. We can’t trust this woman. Now we have to strike first when both of them are completely unaware!”
