Rebirth of the Viking King

All the Vikings were filled with indignation, and their eyes seemed to be burning with fire.

In the eyes of the English, they had just waged a war and had had less than a winter's rest. However, the Viking brain never thought like this.

In their eyes, they had not participated in a proper battle for more than seven months.

During these seven long months, they ate a lot of fat every day, slept on soft wool beds, and ate mountains of seasoned steaks.

All kinds of spirits, you can drink as much as you want.

As for women, there is no need to rob them at all.

This seemingly heavenly life will feel very comfortable for a week, and maybe it will be just fine for a month. But after seven long months, as summer approaches, the air becomes hot again.

Almost everyone misses the days of wielding axes and waging bloody battles.

Having been associated with this group of wild warriors for a long time, Alfred knew that they simply could not resist a gorgeous death. Many powerful warriors are even eager to die in a battle that will be recorded in history.

Only by death can they reunite with their undead brothers in the Hall of Valor.

The dukes and vassals in the conference room immediately began to look at the map to calculate the gathering place. Even Jerome, who was usually calm, joined the discussion after he figured out the gains and losses.

This is not the first time that this group of people coming out of Hanshui Village has faced a desperate situation. In the battle to defend Hanshui Village three years ago and the English invasion two years ago, they were forced to the edge of the cliff every time and had no choice but to fight to the death.

And each time, they successfully used their axes to see a way out.

In their eyes, this is just another wonderful performance dedicated to the god-king Odin.

**

Compared with the crowd who were full of enthusiasm and fighting spirit, Alfred, standing in the corner, remained calm and calm.

He had fled all the way back from France and had experienced many life-and-death battles with the Golden Scale Guards. Only he knew how strong the French guards were really.

Not only are all of them equipped with sophisticated armors and weapons, but they also have a large number of dragon knights and Pegasus knights.

At least one-third of the soldiers are composed of God's Chosen, and all non-commissioned officers above centurion are mid-to-high-rank God's Chosen.

Not to mention that there are at least a dozen Donglu swordsmen in Paris who are as murderous as cutting grass.

In terms of pure combat power, they are not at the same level as the English army last summer. Their fighting ability is not inferior to that of the Vikings, but their numbers are much greater than that of the Vikings.

This is an unbridgeable gap.

When there were no "Sword Immortals of the Tang Dynasty" or "True Gods" in the team, most of the wars that took place in the Middle Ages required a battle of numbers.

After all, the armies on both sides were armed with swords and shields and fought bloody hand-to-hand combat with each other. In this kind of battle, the side with more people will inevitably gain the upper hand.

The armies of the French duchy were at least thirty times larger than those of the Normans.

If they were willing to spend money to hire Visigothic pirates, the "Roaring Knights" of the Avar Khanate would be 50 times, or even 70 times more likely.

Although he didn't want to deny it, Alfred really wanted to tell them that this kind of resistance was meaningless.

Don't talk about attacking France itself. With the few troops Normandy could muster, it was hard to say whether they could cross Wessex.

The proud French will never bring the flames of war to their country. Every one of their buildings and every city is made using the most advanced construction techniques in the Western Continent.

If they could hold off the enemy outside the country's borders, they would surely send a large army to intercept the Vikings in Wessex.

Because Wessex had no ability to object.

**

In the evening, when everyone was rushing back to their territories after the day's meeting, Alfred knocked on Jerome's door.

"Master Immortal, what we need is to win this war, not to let the soldiers we have worked so hard to cultivate die in vain!"

Facing the warm fireplace, Alfred expressed his worries.

Facing all Loki's vassals, only Reverend Jerome, who had also seen the market, could hear clearly what he meant.

"We need reinforcements!"

"A large number of reinforcements! Only by leveling the numbers can we possibly win this battle!"

Jerome looked at him with bright eyes, and he knew what Alfred meant.

But after thinking for a long time, he finally shook his head firmly.

"Your Highness, the way you think about problems is related to the education you received since childhood, but with all due respect, you are only 15 years old.

You don't know enough about the people in this land. "

"Anyone is willing to crush a weak enemy with superior force. On the one hand, it is to share a glass of the victor's wine, and on the other hand, it is to make a strong ally.

The icing on the cake, everyone wants it.

But no one is willing to provide help in times of need.

Of all the countries operating in the Western Continent, no one can leave trade. As long as there is import and export trade, the Principality of France is a mountain that cannot be bypassed.

Offending this group of people is almost like throwing gold coins into the sea in vain. "

"In this case, we must be prepared to fight alone. We must deny ourselves the hope that there may be reinforcements.

Because in a desperate situation, 'hope' is a very dangerous thing. "

In terms of life experience, Jerome is not weaker than Alfred.

Alfred went to Constantinople to study when he was young, while Jerome traveled to many countries with his mentor.

He is familiar with most of the residents of this land, from commoners to nobles, and knows how they think about problems.

Alfred was born with a golden key in his mouth. At the age of 15, he had already eaten all kinds of delicacies and slept with the most beautiful women in the Western Continent. As for money and status, he had already reached the top of the mountain since he was born.

For him, only one exciting adventure after another can satisfy his needs.

However, for other princes and nobles in the Western Continent, their lives are not such a state of "one person is full and the whole family is not hungry".

The vast majority of people need to think about future generations, their vassals, and the tens of thousands of people in the kingdom.

They can't take any risks.

There would be no allies willing to help the Normans at this time.

**

If you send people out to make alliances, you will have hope.

But after a few days, rejection news comes back one after another. When hope turns to disappointment again and again, negative emotions will accumulate in the heart.

This is very dangerous in a war.

All the situations in history where the weak defeated the strong were all due to a last-ditch effort. When Leonidas led three hundred warriors to the pass of Thermopylae, he knew that no reinforcements would appear behind him.

Everyone lives towards death and ultimately wins the battle.

The typical negative teaching material is the Battle of Talas that took place 50 years ago. Gao Xianzhi led 20,000 Tang troops and was surrounded by 200,000 Arab troops. He had been looking forward to the appearance of reinforcements from the rear.

But the reinforcements never arrived.

"We can only fight with the resources we have in our hands! Because we have always been like this!"

In this matter, Jerome showed the peculiar stubbornness of a Holy Bishop.

On the one hand, he knew no one would come to his aid.

On the other hand, the various battles that took place in the past three years also made him start to gain confidence in the Vikings.

"In the battle to defend Hanshui Village three years ago, 30 soldiers from the whole village fought against 500 Viking shield axemen. I thought I was bound to die on that snowy night, but we won."

"Two years ago, when the empty Hanshui Village was landed by Duke Bernard's private army and the English Navy at the same time, and when the powerful Donglu Swordsman appeared in the village, I felt that we were bound to die."

"But again, we survived."

"If the gods in the sky are really paying attention to us, what happened today is just another killing."

"It's no big deal!"