Rebirth of the Viking King

Chapter 454 108 English Raiders (6)

In the past month, Vangelis has quickly completed the transformation from a smuggler, to a militia, to a bandit, and then to a general.

There is only one reason why he can grow so fast

He has too many troops!

At the beginning of the war, he led 100,000 people to land at the Port of Calais. What appeared in front of him was indeed a city with almost no defenders. Except for a few Donglu swordsmen guarding the warehouse, causing thousands of casualties, when he used the numerical advantage forcefully After consuming the opponent to death.

He managed to gain a lot of wealth.

After he moved the Port of Calais empty, leaving corpses and city ruins everywhere, he set his next attack target on the administrative center of the "Lorraine Region", the city of Lille.

Unlike Calais, this city has not been attacked by frost giants, and the reason why Vangelis chose to attack here is very simple.

At this point they were a band of marauders.

They need to solve their food problem locally.

The city walls of Lille are strong and the defense facilities are complete. Although there are no defenders in the city, the French citizens defending the city know that if the city is broken, there will only be one way to greet them.

The army under Vangelis fought hard outside Lille for two days. The militia's combat capabilities were quite average and their combat efficiency was quite low.

But this is a blood-hungry force.

For hundreds of years, French businessmen have been like a group of vampires, mercilessly squeezing the wealth of each of them. Now they finally see an opportunity to harm this group of silverfish, and everyone is fighting to the death.

When he finally captured the city, Vangelis lost 40,000 of his men.

But the remaining 60,000 people have completely completed the transformation from farmers to beasts.

The looting of the city of Lille had just begun, and the first batch of reinforcements from the Kingdom of Mercia, numbering nearly 80,000, had already crossed the sea.

Instead of protecting the food, Vangelis generously invited them to join his raiding team, and 140,000 raiders poured into the city.

Three days later, the city of Lille had been artificially demolished into ruins.

When Vangelis set his sights on the next city, his men were once again flooded with civilian raiders from England and the Visigoths.

The number of people also came to 300,000.

The policy of massacre made it not easy to capture every city. However, Vangelis was surprised to find that as the looting continued, although he would leave a large number of corpses in each city captured, his troops were getting smaller and smaller. more!

By the time he captured Havre, the last city in the "Lorraine Region", he had already gathered 500,000 people under his command!

And this is not the end.

There are still a large number of militiamen coming over the vast sea covered with stars and moon.

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"Brothers, we must organize our respective militia marauders!"

"Because our army has too many people!"

In the confessional of a church, Vangelis kicked down a thick nanmu cross. The collapsed cross formed a simple table in front of everyone. He reached back and snapped his fingers, and the servants immediately handed over a roll of maps and two kerosene lamps.

The fire lit up and dispersed the darkness of the church, and a large number of militiamen of various shapes began to gather around Fangelis.

All of them are militia chiefs from the English Islands and the Free City-State of Visigoth. In peacetime, they are the village chiefs who lead the villagers to cultivate the fields, but once wartime comes, they will immediately become the leaders of each village.

"Look, I never thought we'd have an army like this!"

"In less than a month, we now have at least 500,000 troops under our command!"

Hearing this number, everyone around him gasped in unison. In "Homer's Epic", which is familiar to residents of the Western Continent, King Xerxes's army in the eastern expedition to Greece covered the sky and covered the sun, but the total number was only 50,000.

And now, the number of militiamen from various countries who have gathered in France for various reasons has exceeded the number of Persian cavalry by ten times. Seeing that everyone's attention had been drawn to him, Vangelis ordered his men to light a brazier to make the house brighter.

In a mixed army, the party with the numerical advantage will get the right to speak. At this time, the largest number of militiamen in the army under his command came from the English Islands. Although they usually have grievances, when facing foreigners, they spontaneously unite together without hesitation.

"This is a map of France drawn by a swordsman from the Tang Dynasty. From this map, we can see that the Port of Calais, together with the four nearby cities - Lille, Amiens, Rouen and Havre, has They were all looted by us!”

"The entire 'Lorraine Region' has been completely occupied!"

"I guess your pockets will be a lot richer too!"

Hey, all the militia chiefs around him nodded while making silly laughs.

The plundering of France, a scene that usually only appeared in dreams, was now happening in front of everyone's eyes.

"It can be judged that more and more people will join this robbery. We can no longer allow this group of outsiders to ruin our precious troops at will! Because everyone, please don't forget that the centipede insect will die without stiffness!"

"While this giant beast is weak, we must kill him with one punch! Only in this way can we be freed from the slavery of the Plantagenet family forever."

Vangelis is a very talkative person, but when these decent words reached the ears of his subordinates, they still understood the chill hidden behind them.

(Our behavior has completely angered France. If he turns over this time, everyone will not have a good life in the future.)

"Stupid suicide behavior similar to last night will never happen again!"

What Vangelis said was an act of suicide that happened last night. When all five cities within the province of the "Lorraine Region" where they landed were looted, the red-eyed plunderers naturally set their sights on the neighboring province.

The first of these is the "Brittany" region, which is rich in cheese, butter, and various delicacies and is known as the "Granary of France."

The plunderers will not bring any food to the expedition. They kill on the spot and make money on the spot. They also need to solve the food problem on the spot. When large numbers of militiamen crowded into the province of Lorraine, they quickly devoured all the food they could find.

The first task now is still to solve the food problem.

Last night, 80,000 militiamen from the Kingdom of Northumbria decided to launch an attack on the "Port of Caen" in the "Brittany Region" without authorization. As a result, they all died under the city wall.

However, even if they did not carry any siege equipment and simply relied on axes and wooden sticks to smash into the marble city wall, the 80,000-eyed militiamen cut a large gap in the city wall before they died.

Vangelis's meeting tonight is to gather people to discuss how to attack the city.

"Hey, I'm talking about this buddy." Before he could finish his words, a black man from the Northern Continent with dark skin and grease on his face spoke first.

"I said, why are you anxious?! We have 500,000 troops. It can be predicted that there are a large number of lords from Visigoth to England, and even Lombardy and Bavaria in the east who are ready to move."

"The dragon France has finally come to its end. Who doesn't want to take a piece of the pie!"

Feeling that his momentum overwhelmed Vangelis, the black-skinned man turned his head and stretched out his arms facing the firelight.

"I am the pirate king 'Bartinsi Blackhand' from Visigoth!"

"While you were still drinking milk from your mother's arms, I was already driving a ship and engaging in a bloody battle with the group of tree monkeys in the New World!

My combat experience far exceeds all of yours! "

"Actually, we don't have to think about it at all! Last night, 80,000 brothers already cut a gap in the city wall. As long as we continue to attack, the city will be broken in just a few days!"

Vangelis didn't answer.

He said nothing and looked coldly at the black-skinned pirate beside him.

He is also a figure who walks on the edge of the law. Of course he knows what these lawless pirates are thinking. The most dangerous moment for pirates is not during the robbery, but before they divide the loot. Because the red goods have been obtained, killing one more companion means one less person to share the money.

Everyone can see that the Principality of France is now in chaos. Hundreds of thousands of militiamen have been looting for a month, but the dragon is still nowhere to be seen. Under such circumstances, when the pressure to survive disappears, the original unity is quickly turning into consuming the comrades around them.

Once the number of unorganized and undisciplined militias increases, this will inevitably happen.

Vangelis certainly understands the risks behind this. He secretly nodded to a subordinate next to him, and the silver-armored warrior standing in the corner strode over, drew out his sharp broadsword and chopped off the old pirate's black head with one blow.

Blood was spilled on the map, and everyone was shocked.

"I said, my mission is to lead everyone to prosperity together, and at the same time, forever escape from the tyranny of France!"

"These Visigoth pirates don't value your lives, but that doesn't mean that I want all of you to die. Therefore, I reiterate once again, anyone who disobeys orders will be killed without mercy!"

"Now, let's discuss the plan to attack the port of Caen. You must already know that I was a smuggler before joining the army. In fact, there are 7 hidden routes in this city that specifically serve smugglers."

"We can use these routes to send the chosen ones with combat experience into the city first."

In the flickering firelight, everyone looked solemn.

Driven by unprecedented interests and a common will to overthrow commercial hegemony, this large group of militias is moving closer to a well-trained army.

That is, after the "Viking Raiders", the "English Raiders" who conquered the sea in later generations officially appeared in the eyes of the world on this night.