Northumbria was defeated and defeated in a very embarrassing manner.
The living people abandoned their armor and fled toward the woods like crazy, and then fled straight towards Bamburgh.
Behind him, the Viking army was already counterattacking regardless of priority.
The kingdom's cavalry suffered a disastrous defeat, and the living people felt that the king had died in the battle. They didn't care too much, they just wanted to speed up and escape.
But King Aenred was not dead. He was crushed to death by his dead mount. The cavalryman who was escorting the king to evacuate was holding the reins of the king's mount, but was forcefully pulled off by the fallen horse.
When he regained some energy, he saw the king who was suppressed and unable to move.
"Your Majesty, I will pull you out..."
The soldier tried, but he could not accomplish this feat on his own.
At this moment, Eynred endured crying, and his eyes were seeing the enemies catching up, like countless demons coming towards him.
"You! Soldier!"
"Your Majesty..."
"Go quickly!" Eynred suddenly ordered, "Leave me alone, you Come on."
"Your Majesty, I must..."
"What is your name..."
"I am John, from Stockwood. John."
A nobody? No. He is just the lowest noble talent who has no merit and desires to make meritorious deeds.
Eynred smiled and said while holding his breath: "John, leave quickly? You must return to Bamburgh alive and inform everyone that I will give the throne to my youngest son. Ella! Take off my crown, run back and give it to Ella. Tell everyone that you must persist in resisting the barbarians.”
John’s heart is about to burst. The barbarians are about to rush forward. . He could assassinate the king and avoid the humiliation of the king falling into the hands of his enemies, but his faith prohibited this.
It is because of his faith that Eynred intends to seek death. However, he cannot bite his tongue and commit suicide, and he should not even take any suicide measures. Because he firmly believes that those who commit suicide will go to hell.
The king's crown was taken away, and Aynred watched as the cavalryman named John ran away.
This is the first defeat in my life. This defeat alone is a huge defeat.
Ernred opened his eyes, thinking only of using his mouth to provoke the enemies who were catching up and being stabbed to death by them.
Soon, Geiger led his brothers to kill him.
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Normally, when they caught up with the fleeing enemy, they would kill them to death. Seeing the unlucky guy being crushed by the horse, the Viking warrior resolutely raised his axe.
A brother was about to chop, but he was knocked aside by Geiger.
"Brother, what are you doing?"
"Calm down!" Geiger opened his arms and signaled the brothers not to be impulsive, "Look, this man's clothesGorgeous, even on horseback. He should be the Northumbrian nobles, even their greatest leader. "
Geiger's explanation immediately reassured people. Capturing the opponent's leader is more honorable than killing him directly.
"Come on, brothers, drag this guy out. ”
Eynred was quickly pulled out, and people saw his gold-rimmed leather belt, which made them even more sure of his nobility.
This man was screaming something difficult. If you understood, Geiger and everyone knew it was a curse word.
Geiger punched him in the head, and Eynred immediately passed out.
< p>"Brothers, keep chasing. Come two brothers, we will tie this man up and drag him back to Rurik. Perhaps Rurik of Rus would know this man's identity. ”A large number of Vikings rushed into the forest, and the fleeing Northumbrians paid no attention to anything, even if the priests stationed in the forest called on everyone to stay calm.
But The priests in the forest could not see the situation clearly. When they saw the danger coming, it was too late.
The priests, including the noble Bishop of Bamburg, were killed
In the past, these nobles just stood there, and the poor farmers would bow their heads or kneel down to lick the mud off their leather boots.
The Vikings did not recognize their beliefs at all. Odin's warriors chopped them all down, and then robbed the gold and silver instruments that the priests carried with them. The silver crosses around the necks of the deceased were all robbed.
The trees provided cover for the escapees, and the tired Vikings chased them. They lost their patience while chasing.
They were all covered in the blood of the enemy, and they walked back to the battlefield in the open area on the coast, which was littered with corpses.
There were corpses of the enemy everywhere. But the losses among their own people were not small.
The Balmok Vikings took the things they grabbed and sat around breathing heavily, ignoring the dead bodies around them for the time being. >The battle lasted for nearly a morning, and the sun was shining on the expected battle, and Rurik won as he expected.
The army was under his control, and Rurik felt that victory was inevitable. Even the loss of the army was within his expectation.
Rurik had already prepared for the worst. He said that if he lost the chance to make a surprise attack, the Vikings would lose in a decisive battle with the enemy. There are many advantages, so it is okay to kill five hundred people.
Obviously the situation is not that bad at all, but it is true that these Balmoks are losing a lot of people these days. As they continue to fight, their divisions are exhausted. I am afraid that after this battle, the army will have no more energy to continue fighting.
Rurik originally thought that they would get a batch of trophies because of this victory. He would have gained the great glory of an unprecedented victory, and would be satisfied and determined to return home
He felt that he had shot the king of Northumbria, and he must have been chopped into pieces by Viking warriors in the rebellion. Sauce.
The result was a huge surprise.
The depressed Eynred was thrown under the platform, and Geiger in the audience looked happy.
"Brother Rurik, we probably captured a noble."
"Is it really this person?" Rurik jumped off the platform in a hurry, stared at it and murmured, "This man is their king?"
"How do I know?" Geiger continued to laugh, "If he is their king, I will have done a great job."
Onlookers Biyongni came over at the right time and patted Geiger on the shoulder, "It was Rurik who hit this man. Unexpectedly, you still pulled him back. I thought you chopped this man into pieces."
"Huh? Is that so?"
"Of course. Otherwise, this guy would have escaped."
Rurik was very happy and asked again, " Is he dead?"
"No. It looks like he's not far away."
"I'll bandage his broken arm first. It won’t be good anymore.”
“Bandage? Why?” Geiger thought it was quite ridiculous, “According to our custom, I should chop off the head and take it back to my hometown to show off.”
Headhunter? Rurik's intuition was unnecessary.
He then stood up and motioned to Gagebiyoni, "This man should be a high-ranking noble. Look at this golden belt. I even suspect that this man is the enemy's king. But he doesn't have a gold crown. I I can’t tell his true identity. Don’t worry, I’ll let Paul ask.”
“That captured grain officer?” Biyongni shouted disdainfully.
Rurik shook his head and raised his hand, "That Paul is a hunting dog, we can use it now. Don't hurt this person. If he is a high-ranking noble, we can use him to blackmail him. "
"Is this necessary?" Biyongni asked again.
Rurik cleared his throat, looked at the southern forest, raised his hands and said, "We still have enough troops. The enemy has been defeated. We take the opportunity to attack Bamburgh. Our goal is gold and silver wealth. If this nobleman can be used to blackmail the ransom, the brothers will not have to risk their lives to attack the city."
Their greed for wealth is insatiable!
Biyongni suddenly understood, and Geiger shouted for wisdom.
"He is the best king."
"Probably...right."
Rurik looked at the two talking and laughing again and said : "If this is a fake, we kill him. I estimate that this man is the king who lost his crown. Indeed, after this defeat, their king should commit suicide to apologize."
Poverty The Balmoks actively cleaned the battlefield. Because of the agreement, any trophies obtained by the survivors on the battlefield belong to themselves. In a short period of time, the outfits of these guys have changed a lot. .
They pulled the leather boots from the corpse and put them on their feet, and pulled out the bloody mail and put them on their bodies. They seized iron swords one after another, such asIf it bends during battle, step on it a few times until it is almost straight, replacing your own hand axe.
Some people even use axes to smash the heads of dead bodies, just to get excellent teeth as special decorations.
Those who did not grab any property after attacking the monastery all got more or less spoils this time.
However, people's greed is still insatiable. Those who have obtained a lot of loot want to continue plundering, while those who feel that the loot is small will quickly get more opportunities.
As for those who died in battle, everything was over for them, and the spoils they kept were divided among their subordinate families.
There were more than 160 Balmok corpses collected from the battlefield, which was naturally much less than the number of enemy corpses.
Among them, the decisive attack of the enemy cavalry in the final stage really caused the worst casualties of the Vikings. What's worse, the dead in this area are almost all fishermen and herdsmen from Washobi, all Geiger's brothers.
This battle can be said to be the third and largest battle fought by the brothers since entering Britain. The brothers have lost three hundred people.
Faced with such heavy losses, the Vikings still maintained morale.
Just like what Rurik said to his brothers when facing the nobles who were suspected of being the enemy king. Brothers still have the opportunity to expand the results and gain wealth, but everyone must be smarter and never forcefully attack the city unless necessary, even if everyone is still enthusiastic.
The Vikings spent the entire afternoon cleaning the battlefield.
The enemy's corpses were cleaned up, and finally turned into a pile of white streaks.
The Balmoks are not man-eating monsters, but they are not noble enough to bury the corpses of their enemies.
They found all the corpses of their own party. Considering that they had to cremate so many dead brothers, God knows how long the fire will burn. Some long boats simply carried the corpses into the sea. They were all brave men on the sea. Since their souls had gone to Valhalla, this mortal corpse should be dedicated to the ocean.
The sky is getting dark, but there are still nearly 700 Viking warriors. They roast horse meat and cook wheat in pottery urns. Although the corpses of the enemy are attracting the attention of crows, no one feels unlucky or scary, as if those corpses are just ordinary things in nature, no different from trees and rocks.
After a period of rest, King Aynred of Northumbria woke up after his wound was bandaged.
His awakening immediately attracted a crowd of people, including Rurik, to watch.
The setting sun shone on the haggard face of this middle-aged man. With great trepidation, Paul was ordered to serve as an interpreter to deliver information to the two groups.
No, Eynred, who had come back to his senses, did not hesitate to claim his noble identity. He spat at Paul and accused him of being a traitor to the kingdom. He pointed at the barbarians who were watching to destroy the holy place and kill him. The viciousness of the people.
But what’s the point?
"My guess is good, this man is indeed their king." Rurik pinched his waist, pointed at the sad and angry Eynred and smiled.
Geiger was overjoyed. He faced all the family leaders with his chest raised, "Even if this man was hit by an arrow from Rurik of Rus, it was our brothers from Vashobi who captured him in the end." . You have all seen that I have made a great contribution."
Biyongni nodded: "Brother, no one will deny your contribution. To be fair, you led us to win this battle. He is Rurik of Ross, and he is my brother-in-law. "Of course I have the greatest contribution. Without my command and my powerful weapons, you may not be able to defeat them," he said in his heart. I won’t say it anymore.
He raised his head and looked at everyone, pretending to be humble: "We are all brothers, we are allies, and we all contribute to this victory."
Everyone reached a consensus and echoed, but no one Denying Rurik is the greatest merit.
At this moment, Eynred is a huge treasure. Since this person is the king, everyone fully agrees with the decision to take the enemy's king to Bamburgh for ransom.
Eynred is not a fool. He can see that these guys don't want to chop off his head. He can also guess exactly what the barbarians want to do, that is, he can ask for the ransom. , this is too normal in his perception. Of course, it is also common in Britain for a king to lead a charge and die suddenly, triggering an immediate civil war or a new king in a kingdom (many Northumbrian kings died in the war against Mercia).
The King of Northumbria struggled to twist his tied body. He found that his left arm had lost all feeling. If he looked carefully, his left arm was also badly ulcerated.
He continued to curse, especially Paul, the grain officer in Edinburgh who worked for the barbarians, saying that he would go to hell for betraying his faith.
However, a king who stood proudly in the palace of York is now as humble as a sheep being tied up for slaughter. We are already in such a state, how can we still speak harshly?
Paul had been a serf all his life, and he felt that he had found a good job with the Vikings. With the support of the Vikings, he suddenly strengthened his will.
He took a very bold step and knocked down the scolding king.
"Hey! Paul, what are you doing?!" Rurik was shocked.
Paul bared his teeth and bowed to report: "Master, this person is swearing. Very vicious."
"Even so, I can't kick him. I will use this person to go there." It’s time to change money.”
“It’s... it’s my fault.”
Rurik pinched his chin and felt this way when he looked at the king’s unruly face. People's abuse is seeking death.
Seeking death? Since you don't dare to commit suicide, you want me to do it for you? How can that work? After killing this man, the brothers had to attack the city by force.
Rurik signaled to Paul: "This king is too arrogant. Go and find a way to humiliate him."
Paul understood what he meant, and his humiliating methods were also genuine.Disgusting. He lifted up his robe, slapped the king in the face, and forced him to go to the toilet without being ashamed of his face.
The stench of this move prompted Rurik to push Paul aside, and all the Vikings watching were laughing wildly.
This was not over yet. Paul quickly squatted in front of the king’s wet and stinky face and said viciously: “In your kingdom, I am just a slave. With the Russians, I will live a good life. Days. God did not bless your kingdom. You were a tyrant. You killed thousands of people. God allowed you to destroy!"
Ross? ! Eynred heard the word "Ross" for the first time.
Russian? What kind of barbarians are they? Is it related to the Picts?
Until now, Eynred still doesn’t know what the enemy he is fighting is. He quickly understood the three words "Rus", "Norrse" and "Vikingr". The vocabulary in short It was the enemy from the sea, and even one thing frightened him even more.
Because Paul arrogantly said it very clearly: "It was they who destroyed Lindisfarne forty years ago, and now they are here again. This is the fate of Northumbria, This is God's punishment for you."