In the final analysis, it is still a land issue.
The pressure from the Vikings was too much.
If Sugenan does not go south, it will not only be a quality of life issue, but it may even perish!
land…...
Olan's head hurt again.
Tyrrell waited for three days for the prisoner exchange. He was verbally humiliated many times, but remained well behaved because he found that other prisoners who spoke back would receive even more inhumane beatings.
In the past three days, Oran has not met the Scots. A group of clan mountain infantry arrived in a small boat from the "Scone area" in central Scotland. They did not go southwest to enter the battlefield, but used simple boats to cross directly south. , in one day, we entered the north of Edinburgh, separated by the sea.
Like the Vikings, their bodies were covered with tattoos and their faces were painted.
It was a person in the clan who had committed a crime and was reduced to slavery, the "King of Cousantan" in Scotland, who gave them an order that if they could establish merit, they would be relieved of all sins.
After they landed, they once broke into Tyrrell's residence and looted the town.
Tyrrell's beautiful male favorite was taken away and used as a slave.
The leather of his lord's chair was taken off by the mountain people before leaving, and the leather was soaked in it.
As proof of your visit here.
Oran sent people back to defend, so they retreated, followed the current northward, and re-entered the perimeter of the battlefield.
If they pull back and forth, these hundreds of thousands of mountain people will drag themselves to death.
Some losses must be suffered. Oran carefully examined the situation and suppressed the dissatisfaction of Tyrell's subordinates.
Negotiations still need to continue
He called Edinburgh to the border with Scotland, a land where monks and manor owners had lived for many years.
I asked a lot of questions and found a map to analyze in detail the current problems between us and the enemy.
Scotland was a challenging place at this time.
The terrain is irregular and rugged, and the climate is changeable.
In a few months, the long and cold winter can drive people crazy.
In the highlands further north, temperatures can reach tens of degrees below zero.
Without enough financial resources to develop, there are swamps and wetlands.
People who are not familiar with the road may fall into a pit and drown while walking.
The mountain people of the North had a life as difficult as the Vikings, the most remote people in Northern Europe.
Located in the northern latitude, rainfall is not small, and agricultural production technology is backward, making the land very barren and production efficiency very low.
If you don't accumulate enough food in the summer, then when winter comes, disease and famine will cause a wave of harvesting.
In the past few months, the Scots have mobilized thousands of clans and refused to retreat, including the idea of forcibly taking Oran as a summer expedition and abandoning agriculture.
From geography, agriculture, population, commerce, and the ability to continue fighting, Olan analyzed everyone and found that these illiterate people were still unhappy and wanted revenge.
O'lan was too lazy to say anything anymore and settled the matter with a thump.
The land cannot be divided. Edinburghshire has been my Northumbrian land since ancient times.
Once this is spoken, there will be trouble, but as a big country, it can give some benefits to these mountain barbarians.
"indemnity?"
Some nobles objected, and Nanding also disagreed.
What kind of compensation, these illiterate people can turn a good thing into something so ugly.
"It's a gift!"
Gifts do not cede land, I bring Britain’s own national conditions here!
In fact, Oran still had to be harvested, but he came up with a trick, which he found as an example from the land disputes between the former kings of Angsa.
In a state of snatching and hurting each other, neither trusting the other, Oran sent an envoy over first, and the same was true for the other side. The two sides exchanged views on a river sixty miles away from the battlefield.
After the mountain envoy accepted Olan's submission, he showed off his crossbow with great dignity.
Later, Oran finally breathed a sigh of relief when he received another expression of interest from the Scots in his proposal.
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It's been more than July, and he must go back to the south in August at the latest, where the bigger battlefield is.
This time we really want to talk.
It's the same canyon where we fought last time.
If the world south of Northumbria can be considered a civilized world, then these Scottish mountain people are a bit semi-feudal.
The soldiers in front of them were poorly equipped. Not all of them had thick furs and trousers. Many of them had animal skins sewn on their chests. Only some of the soldiers had iron armor and copper plates.
Their bows were simpler than the longbows brought over from Wales, with rough wood cuts and strings made of sheep intestines or beef sinews.
The nobles in the front row were better, with neat leather, complete sets of chain armor, and various silk robes.
In front of this group of nobles, there were soldiers holding large shields to prevent a sudden arrow attack from Oran.
When he first met the King of Kausantan, who was ten years older than him, Olan did not use the official title, but called out, "My dear family."
My brother!
The other person just nodded politely.
King Kausantan was stronger than Oran imagined. After his father's death, his uncle came to power, and then the clan was in turmoil. It took him several years to persevere in this unstable dynasty.
The two of them each took off their weapons and gave them to the other.
Then he dismounted and came to an open-air wooden platform.
This is Scotland's land sphere of influence. In the past, this kind of place was specially used to affix the lord's order paper for the mountain people to see.
Today it has become a place of negotiation.
Oran and King Kausantan each sent people to bring the prisoners.
Oran's side captured five more valuable clan leaders, while King Kausantan's side was led by Tyrell, and there were several barons and knights, with more people.
So King Kausanthan wanted more.
Oran inquired and found out that this man paid attention to practical interests and even paid "tribute" to the Vikings in order to quell the chaos and let the bandits visit the leader of his rival clan.
However, in the future, the Vikings often used this as an excuse to force him to pay tribute. They also freely entered the northern land from Shetland and other northern outer islands. If there was really no oil and water to fish out, the north would have been occupied by the god Odin. .
King Kausantan proposed to exchange them one by one, but Olan disagreed because the other party had more prisoners.
King Kausantan again proposed to calculate the price based on status value, but Oran still refused because coach Tyrrell was arrested.
Both of them are actual stakeholders. If they can't reach an agreement, they will continue to talk.
Throughout the summer, the mountaineers penetrated as far south as Edinburgh, but were quickly driven away. Then the front was drawn back and forth in Galloway, Northumbria, and Scotland.
This year, his mountain people did not have enough food to survive the winter.
The summer farming has been delayed. If Oran does not agree, King Kausantan will continue to plunder. At the same time as the meeting, he is already preparing to send people to take a boat to Yewei County further south to plunder.
"Perhaps we can use another method, Your Majesty."
"Disputes related to land have never been reconciled with the enemy since my ancestors, and it is still the same today. But since we are all here, I will listen to your opinion."
Under the guidance of the priest's interpreter, the king spoke very elegantly.
"Silver coins, gold utensils, cloth, necessities, just give me the quantity and I can collect it in installments."
Payment of compensation, as a type of tribute, is not an uncommon example when the amount is too large and is divided into installments.
Hearing that Oran was going to pay tribute, the clan leaders on the Scottish side immediately became happy. This pretty boy looked tough, but he didn't expect him to be much softer than his subordinates, but this is a good thing.
"Your Excellency Oran, are you teasing us?" King Kausantan was dubious.
"Please pay attention to the wording. This is a gift from an ally, not a tribute."
"Gift?"
"Didn't we say we wanted to get married at the earliest? Let's move forward."
After so many deaths on both sides, Oran's proposal came as a surprise.
For Olan, marriage is too effective in the short term.
By connecting the two families and the forces behind the two families, it is true that if one party dies in the future, it will trigger a fight for the common property, but that is something to worry about later.
He has a deep understanding of the way monarchs treat the marriage of their children and even the marriage of their subjects as bargaining chips in exchange for benefits.
You have received my protection and kindness and lived a prosperous life, so how could you not sacrifice your life for my great cause!
"Who is the groom?"
"Isn't it in your hands?"
King Kausantan glanced at it with doubts in his eyes, "Are you going to tell me it's Tyrell?"
"The great King of Kausantan. How about I sell him half to you?"
