Half a day later, the largest dock guild in Rotterdam was filled with blood and corpses. Lying on the ground were Mercians with braided shawls, Normans with face tattoos and oil paint, and local Dutch people wearing lowland-style wide-brimmed soft hats and folded turbans.
But the only thing they have in common is that after being summoned, they expressed doubts and fierce opposition to Utred's orders, and even wanted to take advantage of his injury and weakness to seize leadership on the spot.
So they were all killed by Uhtred's guards. Therefore, amid earth-shaking cheers, the First Army Corps arrived outside the city and marched into the city of Rotterdam in full force and order. This also meant that the British invasion that had ravaged the lowland princes of the Netherlands for many years was ended.
Although there are still some remnants in other places, it is only a matter of time. But what surprised Jiang Tian was that after Utred surrendered, there was an extra mark
"There is no land and no hero"; just like after experiencing the battle underground in Seine City, having
"Jihad Without Borders" marks Rogrigo as a general. And people who have this kind of entries are related to the times.
Uhtred, the leader of this British coalition, has a rather complicated origin; it is said that he was once the heir to the lord of Bergenberg, but was kidnapped during a Norman invasion when he was young; and as a Norman slave He lived under his identity until he reached adulthood, and then he fled back because of the civil strife in the tribe.
Then he was re-sold as a rowing slave by the northern Norman pirates by his uncle who inherited the family title and Bergenberg. However, he led a group of enslaved companions to kill the island slave owners and seize the ship to return home.
As a result, he gained a group of followers and became famous among the disputes between nobles and lords. Even as a hired landless general, he has been serving among the princes and lords of the Seven Kingdoms. Finally, he was appreciated by the previous King of Wessex, and was awarded the status of a guardian knight serving the prince, and was assigned to a monastery to return to the secular world. The daughter of a nobleman; she was also renamed Udrogan.
During this period, in order to repay the kindness of the previous king Alfred, he kept running through the battlefields through life and death, fighting all kinds of enemies.
Among them were the Normans who invaded the north, the rebellious noble lords, and the Celtic natives of Scotland and Ireland.
However, he always cared about the family castle that was taken away by foreigners, and refused to convert to island Christianity with British characteristics. Therefore, no matter how many achievements he made, he could never gain the complete trust of Wessex; instead, he became a special figure in the court. A few independent individuals.
In the end, when King Alfred, who had always valued him but wanted to tame him, suddenly died of a sudden illness on the way to the Iron Throne, and was succeeded by Prince Edward; one of the witnesses of his last will, Utred, Wessex's position suddenly became embarrassing.
As a prince's guardian knight, because he refused to receive the sacraments of the church, the abbot of King's Bridge, who always disliked him, took the opportunity to launch an attack and expelled him from the enthronement ceremony; then he and his followers were sent to the border stronghold, and from then on he He could never see his master again.
But on the other hand, he is quite popular with women in his personal life. Therefore, he had five wives and gave birth to three children.
In addition to his wife Gisela, who was the first daughter of a nobleman to return to secular life but died in childbirth, there is also Breda, a fierce Norman shieldmaiden who they grew up with.
Brida, who came from a large Norman clan in the North Sea and was a Norwegian pirate, was the braided fishbone girl who wielded both an ax and a sword. She was also the captain of Utred's personal guard, and her long-term companion who always accompanied her in battle.
There was also the Welsh lord's wife Insolt who was snatched away in an attack; and although this woman was snatched away, she was devotedly attached to and admired him.
He was usually by Uhtred's side, acting as a think tank and advisor. When he was touring the lowlands of the Netherlands, he was making plans behind the scenes and participating in the management of the occupied areas.
In addition, there is another big clan from the North Sea, the Danes, who are full of mysterious prophets/witches called Skade.
That is, during the conflict in the city hall, the sheep-headed staff woman tried to use some kind of ritual to curse Jiang Tian in person, but failed, but was counterattacked.
Of course, according to Uhtred. This is an ability that was only awakened after the change in the celestial sphere. Therefore, after taking the specially formulated secret medicine, she was able to temporarily channel birds, especially large birds such as ravens and seagulls with high intelligence.
So in a way, she is Utred's eyes and ears for surveillance and reconnaissance. In the city hall, another woman wearing a nun's scarf is from the oldest nunnery of Ansest; Hilde, a devout former nun; after being rescued in a border raid, she stayed in Yu. There is a certain kind of psychic vision around Traed that is said to be able to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.
The origin of the last woman with a silver leaf crown is even more unusual. Because she is actually the eldest princess of the widowed Kingdom of Wessex\/Ethel Royal Family, and the former Queen of Mercia, Æthelfried; she had been a lover for a period of time in the court era.
Later, after the death of the King of Mercia, Æthelflæd was exiled in disguise due to the palace struggle; he had to return to his motherland and secretly rekindled his old relationship with Uhtred.
If we look at the standards of later harem novels, this Utred is simply a template for a winner in life.
Until a few years ago, the monarch on the Iron Throne died of a stroke due to excessive drinking; the newly ascended young monarch Qiao Fu, in order to establish his personal authority, couldn't wait to issue a mainland recruitment order.
Summoning the royal family of the Seven Kingdoms, large and small nobles, and many fief lords and tribal leaders as secondary vassals and subordinates, they launched a full-scale cross-sea invasion operation against the Sealand Kingdom, which was in the midst of serious civil strife and invasion by foreign enemies.
Edward I of the Kingdom of Wessex did not want to get too involved. Therefore, under the suggestion of the Duke of Cherdic, who was the palace minister and father-in-law, Utred, who had been marginalized, was brought back; without even meeting him, he was directly appointed as the temporary border uncle, and the title of temporary border uncle was unknown. Lihutu became the kingdom of Wessex and responded to the leading military officers who set out to conquer the mainland.
However, under his command, in addition to the followers brought from the border fortress, there were only some farmers, mountain people and remote tribes, a miscellaneous army. In the end, as his lover, Princess Fred mortgaged her The dowry territory is equipped with basic equipment.
Then just before going offshore, the man nicknamed
Princess Fred of "White Moon" suddenly rushed to join his army overnight with many servants, maids, and only the remaining jewelry and property.
Because she did not want to be married to the royal family and go to Ireland, she decided to elope with her lover. Therefore, what was originally a routine raid on the mainland became a desperate adventure.
But fortunately and unfortunately, along the coast of the relatively wealthy kingdom, the Wessex army led by Utred was placed in the secondary lowlands of the Netherlands.
As a result, four of the five-way sea-crossing army, including the Red Dragon Dynasty's Holy Sword Guards, the Dothraki Legion, and the Dragon Island Navy, encountered various unexpected situations one after another; and the ship where the main force of the dynasty was located The team was even attacked by the ancient enemy Holy Kingdom at sea.
In the end, only the Wessex army, which was the secondary attack direction, was able to easily break through the cordon along the coast of the Netherlands, land at the mouth of the river between the Counties of Zeeland and the Netherlands, and seize the first stronghold. Brilltown.
So what happened next fell into place. In the midst of continued suspicion and quarrels among the surrounding lords of the Counties of Zeeland and the Netherlands; the landing Wessex army used boats as a means of transportation and quickly captured the city along the river; and took advantage of the last few return shipping shipments. Opportunity brought more Britons from the island.
It lasted for more than a month before the belated arrival of the Earl of Holland's crusade was ushered in. The Red Dragon Dynasty and the Kingdom of Wessex finally reacted; they once again sent out a hastily formed maritime army in a short period of time, intending to take over the leadership of the invasion of the Netherlands.
Although the performance of these Dutch troops on land was mediocre; the armed fleet gathered at sea almost defeated and annihilated the Wessex army that crossed the sea again.
This also turned Utred and his men into a lone army that was abandoned in disguise. But no matter what, with Uhtred's surrender, the last source of war in the Netherlands no longer existed.
But they can no longer stay in the Netherlands. Jiang Tian planned to move these Britons to the province of Lower Normandy, which had a sharp decline in population due to the continuous war. It happened to be adjacent to Brittany, the three core territories of the Holy Kingdom.
Uhtred led a small number of relatively capable direct subordinates among the British to join the New Kingdom Army; they served the Kingdom of Zealand for a fee in a special contract similar to the Overseas Provincial Corps.
After all, compared to the combat prowess of his men, what Jiang Tian valued more was Uhtred's familiarity with the kingdoms of the British Isles due to his years of travelling.
Therefore, he promised to give up most of his demands for additional punishment in exchange for his agreement to surrender to and serve the kingdom for the next ten years.
The British immigrants under his command were to some extent disguised hostages and mortgage guarantees.
The remaining main conflict and flash point in the Netherlands lowlands was the succession dispute between the Cod Faction and the Hook Faction based in Amsterdam and The Hague after the death of the Dutch Earl.
Two days later, at the upstream embankment of the Reik Canal at the junction of the Dutch Counties and the Zeeland Counties. The large tent of the First Legion stationed locally also welcomed the Cod Faction and the Hook Faction, the heirs to the county supported by each; the eldest daughter Margaret and the youngest son William of the Earl of Holland...the eldest daughter Margaret is a The famous girl is only fifteen years old, with a face full of freckles and a slightly fat figure; and little William is only an eight-year-old child.
Although there are many other family members, they are all born from female courtiers or spouses of vassals, so they naturally lack the right to order and claim.
Therefore, surrounded by a group of nobles from their respective camps, they glared at each other from time to time; at the same time, they respectfully took off their hats and bowed to Jiang Tian, who was sitting in the seat, with exaggerated movements and gestures.
"Didier William Avene\/Marguerite Avene."
"I pay homage to the noble Lord of the Kingdom, the protector of the Netherlands and Northern Ireland, and ask you to grant your ministers a decree of justice and justice in accordance with ancient traditions."
"In this case, I announce that the succession dispute will be put aside, and the two successors with strong claims will form temporary palaces with the Fal River as the dividing line; they will each select twelve vassals and nine city representatives; and form an administrative auxiliary left meeting. . Until the youngest reaches adulthood, the leader of the kingdom will be determined based on the prosperity of the territory. Before that, any behavior that actively provokes war and conflict will be severely punished by the kingdom." After making the decision, Jiang Tian looked around He glanced at those present: "At the same time, Rotterdam will be established as an independent free city. Who is in favor? Who is opposed?"
