On August 23, the Millennium, the Viking fleet approached London, and the city of London was shocked three times a day. Hearing the cruel style of Viking pirates, a large number of noble civilians fled. The morale of the army was low.

King Alfred was in pain and comforted himself in this way: Yes, at least he didn't have to worry about the whereabouts of the 15,000 mobile troops. Let them stay in London and wait to fight the Norwegians to the death.

Afterwards, Alfred calculated that he had a total of 15,000 regular troops, plus the temporary militia recruited. As the capital, London had a stone wall and tens of thousands of residents (this is a complaint in another world). If he forced the recruitment of citizens and farmers outside the city, he could get tens of thousands of troops. There was no need to be afraid of the Vikings at all.

However, there is a small problem here.

The Thames.

Although this river that spans the entire London has brought great convenience to London's water use, it brings great safety hazards. At this moment, it is no secret how York City was raided. It is not impossible to forcibly attack from the river with a fleet - since the enemy can do it once, it may do it a second time. Similar to other medieval cities, London basically has no walls facing the river. In other words, even if the existing defense is reinforced to an impeccable level, the Vikings can still drive straight into and enter London along the Thames.

"So, that's all." After thinking for a while, Alfred had to collect (forced rob) a large number of civilian ships, and then put them into the Thames River and sank the silted waterway. In order to defend against the expected Norwegian attack along the Thames River. To be honest, he didn't like this trick of hurting himself before he hurts the enemy. But what else can be done?

Afterwards, Alfred stabilized his mind, inspire morale, strengthened the city defense, and sent a ranger to patrol day and night, preparing to defend the Vikings' attack.

Fighting against the Irish, Welsh, or Scots, Alfred may have a little headache. But he is very familiar with the Vikings. In the early years, this guy basically spent the war with the Vikings. There were wins and losses. He eventually drove the Vikings out of the sea. It can be said that Alfred probably knows themselves more than the Vikings himself. If we use the attributes of the system, it is: Viking Pirates' Specialization: Fighting Vikings' Duty + 3

So, it is impossible to lose. Alfred comforts himself like this. At the same time, he continues to inspire morale and strengthen city defenses. He waits for Egil to lead the army to attack.

However, the Vikings always don’t come. They always don’t come. They always… they don’t come.

"Can't it be that these pirates killed in heaven were punished by God and encountered a storm, and then they all sank into the sea?" The Englishman couldn't help thinking this way.

In fact, it is not impossible for the English to think like this. On the sea, human power was reduced to the weakest point - even hundreds of years later, the legendary Spanish Invincible Armada was finally crushed by a storm. What's more, what about the medieval present?

"Just kidding, you are very prepared. The city is high and deep, and asked me to fight with great care - do you think I am a fool?" At this moment, Egil, who was sailing along the North Sea toward the north of England, curled his lips like this.

So, the Vikings that Alfred expects will not come, above.

A week later, the Viking fleet, which was facing the wind and water, finally touched the edge of Newcastle. After a little trimming, the fleet carefully prepared to land.

Newcastle is also an important town in northern England, on the front line, and its defense position is important - although there is Hadrian's wall in front of it, everyone has paranoia for victimization these days. Therefore, Newcastle's wall was built quite well. Two-story walls and the level of a large castle. Egil visually observed that even if he fired with the crossbow he brought, he would have to shoot for two to three months - but by then, 85% of the enemy's creations reacted. Alfred was able to rush over with his own army that had been tricked and fought to the death with him.

So, it is not advisable to attack forcefully. You can only rely on cheating - I mean to be smart.

allright, rush, no name!!

At this moment, less than a hundred miles from Egil's troops, the war was in full swing at Hadrian's walls. After obtaining the dwarf troops, Mel Gibbs - I mean William Wallace was very jealous of a treasure. He was extremely polite to the dwarf king Wald.

It turns out that although the dwarf side has small arms and legs, it seems that it is not good at siege. It is precisely because of this natural disadvantage that dwarf craftsmen with exquisite craftsmen are very focused on the manufacturing of siege equipment. A large number of exclusive, exquisite and practical siege equipment for dwarfs are the nightmare of all defense parties.

While Egil was jumping with the Viking pirate frogs and preparing to attack London, the dwarves and the Scottish people were not idle either. The group of dwarves were warriors wearing armor and iron hammers were craftsmen. Although Scotland was a small country and poor people, at least they had the power of a country. The two sides hit it off. Then the dwarves turned the front barracks into a large blacksmith shop. Various iron and wood were combined into killing weapons in the hands of the dwarves, making the Scottish people's eyes straight.

William Wallace was born in a wild way and was also a guy who didn't know what honor was. With his acquiescence, the craftsmen in the Scottish army also helped him - whether they helped or not, or whether they were helping the worse. At least, looking at the Scottish craftsmen smiling, it was absolutely possible to take advantage.

In this way, when Egil made a circle around the Thames estuary and then prepared to head north - a week ago, the siege preparations for the dwarf army were completed. A total of forty heavy siege scale cars, as well as more than one hundred and twenty building cars, and hundreds of ladder cars. Such dense construction machinery were lined up under Hadrian's walls one by one, causing the guards to breathe a sigh of relief.

Immediately afterwards, the swing arm in the front of the siege scale cart, which was originally forced to be pushed up by human forces, quickly fell down. The other end was lifted up by the huge counterweight at one end of the siege arm, and threw stones weighing hundreds of kilograms out. Although the dwarves were actually able to make more sophisticated torque casters that could adjust the range, due to insufficient materials, it was almost impossible to create tendons with sufficient elasticity in the harsh weather in Scotland. Therefore, the dwarves had to settle for the second best. Using this slightly simpler counterweight caster, commonly known as the siege scale cart, is also.

Of course, these machinery, whether counterweight or torsional thrust, remained in the ants to attack them when they knew the battle of siege. Such an understanding was all weapons that only appeared in hell that exceeded imagination.

Just like when he saw the crossbows used by the Biyad army, he was frightened by the silence of the country. Facing the hundreds of pounds of stones that were whistling, the English people - whether they were generals or soldiers, had their thinking ability disappeared in an instant, and their mouths grew up and were stunned like fools - then, I don't know who screamed "Wow!". The English people woke up like a dream. In an instant, they ran around like headless flies. When their feet slipped, there were many people who fell from the city wall.

It was just a volley of the three-wheeled siege scale cart. The city of Hadrian, which was originally thought to be a barrier, was covered by scars. At the same time, under the cover of the attacks of stones, the dwarves and Scottish people, who were also a little stupid, launched an attack. They pushed the sturdy, exquisitely designed, and not very heavy siege tower cars and ladder cars. Immediately afterwards, some Englishmen discovered their intentions. In the battle with the elves and the Welsh people, the English also mastered the use of longbows, and England also relied on its own national strength to train English longbows who were not inferior to Welsh longbows, and the training level and discipline were better.

At this moment, because our troops were too far ahead, the siege scale cart had stopped shooting. The English also reflected on the shouts of their own generals. After killing dozens of defeated soldiers in a row, the English at least stabilized their positions. Heavy spearmen in heavy armor quickly formed a shield wall at the gap where the city wall was smashed. The longbowmen used the complete battlements as a cover to draw a longbow and shoot arrows downwards. The other spear soldiers and the recruitment of peasants, under the shouts of the knights, rolled oil and stones ready to fight against the enemy.

The dwarf soldiers were calm and ready to face the battle. The elite dwarf soldiers in heavy armor quickly raised a huge arc shield that was almost one person tall, and formed a decent tortoise shell formation. The dwarf crossbows, holding all-steel crossbows, were not in a hurry. They ignored the comrades who were shot to the ground by the side, pulled the crossbow strings, and shot fiercely at the heavy spearmen at the gap at the city.

The power of the all-steel crossbow is beyond imagination - at least it is much more famous than its reputation, but in fact, the longbow that is difficult to shoot through even heavy chain armor is much stronger. Despite erecting a shield wall and wearing heavy chain armor - many of the heavy spearmen in the front row of the shield wall still groaned, and then fell from the city wall more than ten meters high, forming a bunch of fragments.
Chapter completed!