Chapter 635 Merlin (Sincere Thanks to Leader Yong Zhixin)
Different from the joy at the wedding just now, it seemed that darkness was about to cover this small village. The women and the few villagers who were lucky enough to live to old age were watching the relatives gathered in the open space around the fence, while Alan was in another village in the village. Fang Fang took out a bag of gems and was processing them. He asked one of his shadow three-eyed ravens to follow the militiamen from a distance, and catch up with them to the king's station later, while the other two Sent north by him to Yorkshire.
Odegar, one of Harold's captains of guards and conscription officer, holds a wooden cylinder filled with ale. His helmet has been removed, revealing his weather-beaten cheeks. , "Friends, I follow the teachings and instructions, and swear in public..." He raised his wine glass high, and all the militiamen who were summoned also held a spear in one hand and held the wine glass in the other hand to their chests, accompanied by Together, according to the etiquette at this time, he swore with the oath he made before the war—the Mead oath, "I am willing to fight for the king to the last breath. If the king or the lord die in battle, I will follow their example and continue to fight. If anyone Seeing that I am greedy for life and afraid of death, and run away cowardly, he should warn me with the oath I swore in front of my clan."
After saying that, everyone drank the wine in their glasses.
"It's time." Odegar issued an order, and then he took up his shield and took the lead. Although all the militiamen were reluctant and reluctant to leave their hometown and relatives, they still obeyed and led Afraid of the unknown battlefield, he picked up his round shield from the ground, and followed Odgar to start marching.
"Oh, my love, come home safely!" the women cried out with sobs.
And the strange behavior of the curly-haired mixed-race boy standing alone in front of a low wooden house with anxious eyes attracted Odegar, who was monitoring the march, he beckoned his team to move forward, but he himself walked over He knelt down and asked gently, "Merlin, what's wrong with you? What did you see?"
The little boy Merlin pursed his lips, and his small chest heaved sharply. He looked at Odegar with serious eyes: "The warrior king crossed the sea to the west, England's corpses were strewn across the fields, and the carrion blackbirds followed closely behind. Death has come.” (Author’s Note: According to JK Rowling’s setting, Merlin in the Harry Potter world is the wizard on the chocolate frog card, according to the welcome letter from Slytherin College in the official website PotterMore: Merlin was in Hokkaido Gewarts goes to school, and the house is Slytherin - the green ribbon of the Order of Merlin is to commemorate Merlin's graduation school, and the school of Hogwarts is obviously older than the era of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table A few hundred years later; and Merlin is also a prophet in historical legends, and the prophecy made here happened to coincide with a rumor of the doomsday in England in this era and our plot coincided - the last author's note I'd make the word count a bit more to make it a free word count outside the thousand.)
"I told you not to mention this to others, child, it's just a dream of yours." Odegar stopped the boy's words, he didn't want to show something different from ordinary children Boys are considered wizards or heretics by others. Odegar searched left and right, as if he wanted to find the boy's adoptive father, Ethelwolf, but unfortunately the other party obviously had a dissatisfaction with him because his son-in-law was warned and did not come to see him off. Odegar had to refocus his sights on on the boy, "Remember not to tell anyone about this dream, or it will get your father and sister into trouble."
Odegar's expression became solemn, and he stood up full of thoughts. Since the new king Harold first became a treasure, there have been various rumors of the doomsday in England, but they all point to the king's enemy who is facing each other across the sea. Overseas came to invade and seize the throne of England—and the child named Merlin has been doing the dream he just described repeatedly since he was very young.
The captain of the guard felt a little helpless that this trip might be more or less fatal. Among the militiamen from his hometown who were taken away this time, how many survived? But the moment he turned around,
All emotions were suppressed by him, turning into a ruthless leader, he yelled at the farmers who were slowing down and watching curiously behind him: "Let's go, keep up!"
The afternoon sun shone through the gaps in the forest, and the militiamen who had been walking hurriedly for most of the day did not dare to look directly at the dizzying sunlight, and all walked silently with their heads down. Recruiting a number of armed peasants to join the militia belongs to the practice of this era, but this year's end of summer was unusual. The king's bodyguard plowed every inch of the forest, conscripting every farmer, every shepherd, every beekeeper.
The Vikings swarming out from all the bays in Norway set off from the assembly point of Soren Island on the west coast of Norway. Five hundred Viking warships and 30,000 Viking warriors led by their king Harald Hardrada, Taking advantage of the northerly wind that lasted longer than usual, it took just over two days to cross the 300-mile coast and arrived in Scotland very smoothly. After a short repair, we directly took advantage of the wind direction and continued to sail south along the east coast of Scotland. The line went straight to England and joined the ex-Northumbria Earl Tosti who had just been driven to the north by King Harold of England.
Harald III, who knew that this might be his last conquest, decided to let his son stay in Norway as regent before going out. He wanted to use this battle to make the whole of England tremble, which meant that whether he won or lost, he Neither expected to return to Norway.
It goes without saying that he must have died on the battlefield if he was defeated, and if his Viking subordinates who are good at wolf tactics and sailing want to escape at that time, as long as the safety of the warship is ensured, these British guys can't stop it. . And if he wins, he will follow the example of his ancestors and rebuild the country of the Vikings on the land of England.
The core of Harald's troops this time is composed of his bodyguards. They are all his personal attendants, professional soldiers and killing machines. Some of them have been battle-tested and even have veterans who have been fighting for 16 years.
Moreover, Harald also brought a small-scale special force. These warriors were much taller and stronger than ordinary Vikings. They all wore bear skins and held heavy weapons such as two-handed giant axes. , in conjunction with the potions made by local witches from the seeds of celestial nymphs—once these ointments are applied to the skin, they can make them, who have almost reached the limit of human physical strength, enter a state of madness and berserk, without any pain Feeling, unafraid of death, unencumbered by the horrors of the battlefield - even impaled by a spear, will continue to strike at his foe as long as he can.
These berserkers will exert superhuman physical strength and continue to fight tirelessly until the end of the battle or until they themselves are killed-of course, these berserkers will immediately fall into a state of collapse due to the side effects of the potion after their anger subsides.
When Odgar and the others set off from the village of Crawhurst to the south, the deposed earl and the Norwegian king had already sailed along the Ouse River towards the mouth of the Humber River in central England. Yorkshire advances.
"I kill like grass, never forget one person, kill thirteen enemies with my hands, walk quietly in the forest, alone and with little reputation, why should people know it, and it will eventually be known far and wide." Harald, who was on the bow of the Viking dragon-headed warship, first described it as a poet As a king, he read out the verses that had been polished on the ship a few days ago, and then turned around as a king and looked at his subordinates who were ready to attack at any time and his ally Tosti, "The grace of St. Olaf shines on me , I will die as co-lord of Norway and England, and soon we will fill England's cemetery and feed the crows with the rotting bodies of her people!"