Chapter 658 Pink Rabbit (Sincere Thanks to the Leader of the Running Big Bad Wolf)
"These are ancient magic texts. You will have time to learn them at Hogwarts. But this is not a toy. It has been opened. Be careful not to hurt yourself. But as a dagger, although it cannot cut people's heads, it can still be used. It's simple. If your hands and feet are fast enough, you can stab the enemy with holes." Allen lovingly patted the head of the little boy who was his first apprentice in a sense, "Your It takes some materials and time to make the wand, so your first lesson is to remember to stab your enemy with the tip of the dagger."
Merlin pointed to the handle of the dagger and asked in confusion, "Teacher...why is there a pink rabbit on it?"
A lively and vivid little rabbit dyed pink was carved on the handle of the dagger. Allen looked at his apprentice with mischievous eyes. He thought of Luna during the process of making the dagger. The original patron saint, the rabbit with a crazy meaning, was naturally engraved on it - but after it was engraved, Allen didn't want to leave the symbol representing Luna to Merlin, so he added the senior girl Um. Richie’s personal color pink is added to the mix.
On the surface, Allen calmly and rationally introduced: "All famous weapons have their own names. Your dagger is called Pink Rabbit."
As a medieval boy who had fantasized about being a heroic knight, Merlin was obviously a little disappointed in this. He argued weakly: "But mentor, I am a boy..."
"Think about it, Grenn, the Sword of Sorrow, or Casmir, the Holy Avenger, these names are all over the street, but absolutely no one can bear the shame of being killed by a pink furry rabbit. Think about it, my apprentice , if you had to be killed, would you rather be killed by a Soul Reaper or a pink furry rabbit?" Thinking about Merlin's transformation ability that can turn him into a child, an old man, a woman, a dwarf or an animal, he was immersed in bullying. In the pleasure of his apprentice and child, Allen bit the tip of his tongue to prevent himself from laughing, and then explained seriously.
Although he felt that his mentor was teasing him, Merlin, who had no evidence, could only nod his head. In the end, he could only let his mentor lead him away from his burned hometown after burying the massacred villagers. .
As William, Duke of Normandy, consolidated his rear base and seized land after landing, King Harold of England, who was eager to go south, was in trouble.
Throughout his life, Harold was almost always in the right place at the right time. He was born into the most powerful family in England. He was at the bedside of the dying King. He managed to win over the powerful and at the same time he acted quickly. Having defeated his brother and a massive Viking invasion, Harold now had to cover a distance of two hundred miles to defend his kingdom once again.
After the Battle of York, his troops were severely depleted, and he had to fight desperately without a major general. When he marched south to London, he once again ordered the recruitment of a new army. Harold was determined to repeat his victory at Stamford Bridge. Succeed, repel the invaders, and retain his crown.
There are two options before the King of England. The most obvious way is to take his newly recruited army south for a decisive battle with the illegitimate Duke, but this is not his only option, because he can stick to London and fight a war of attrition, maintaining The huge force of the Normans would quickly deplete their supplies of food and fodder as they fought far away from their homeland.
Winter was approaching, so according to Harold's staff, it was only a matter of time before William's supplies ran out.
William learned the news of Harold's victory over the Norwegians at Stamford Bridge during the "friendly meeting" with Allen before landing. He made various plans before the battle, hoping to lure Harold when he was tired. He sent out troops for a decisive battle. For this reason, the Duke of Normandy raised his own banners around Sussex to provoke Harold. While Harold was moving south and gathering troops, he also continued to send his troops from near to far. Burning, killing and plundering.
He hoped that this series of actions would anger Harold. In fact, just the thought of this made William a little happy to know the information from Allen in advance.
Obviously, this was very effective for Harold, who had returned to London. His vassals had been arguing on the way south whether they should face the Normans immediately or wait until the army was assembled and made a noise. It was impossible to break up, but as intelligence from the front line continued to come back, King Harold finally made up his mind.
"What should we do?" Harold's brother, Goss Gwenson, Earl of East Anglia, asked his brother sitting on the throne after receiving reports from spies about the new brutal actions of the Normans.
"Fight." Although Harold kept frowning, he still answered the question firmly without thinking, "He is raging in our land and ravaging my farmers. We have nothing else." choose."
The king's mother, who had always been inclined to stand still, finally couldn't help but interjected: "Although you are the king, as your mother..."
Harold interrupted his mother before she could finish, "This is not about me, this is about England."
"Let me go and fight William, and you stay here." Seeing the conflict between his mother and his brother, Goss couldn't help but propose a compromise plan.
"Never." Harold rejected his brother's proposal.
"You may die on the battlefield." Goss also immediately expressed his worries and plans, "If we are allowed to take the lead, you can mobilize reinforcements to support us. If we fail, you can take advantage of that Defeat the Bastard when he's weak or hold London."
"I will fulfill my duties." Harold still rejected his brother's seemingly wiser proposal, but in anger after learning that his core territory had been plundered, UU Kanshu www.uukanshu.net had just solved the first chief Harold of Harald, the title-splitting man, clearly did not listen to this suggestion.
So after only three days in London, Harold led his army south from London, toward the location of Hastings and William, and sent his fleet to the English Channel to try to cut off the Normans' retreat. To prevent the illegitimate Duke from trying to withdraw to Normandy, and because he had tasted the sweetness at Stamford Bridge, Harold also tried to launch a surprise attack this time to allow the Normans to fight him without preparation.
On the night of Friday, October 13th, the armies of both sides were eight miles apart. Under the cover of darkness, King Harold ordered his army to annihilate the enemy while they were changing the guard. He wanted to recreate the glory of Stamford Bridge again, but This night attack deceived the English and ultimately failed.
At this time, William had the highest quality cavalry troops in Europe, and as a horse-riding king, he was well aware of the importance of information. He not only sent cavalry for reconnaissance, but also placed a large number of hidden sentries around the camp, and William also had the troops he funded. Help from wizards - Although the illegitimate Duke did not know why assassinating the King of England without wizard protection would cause the wizards he sent to never return, he knew through the divination of the wizards left in the camp that at least they did not The wizards who had suffered some life-threatening danger and did not dare to assassinate him had already discovered Harold's somewhat taken-for-granted raid and laid traps in advance, leaving many corpses in vain for the Anglo-Saxons.