Even if war breaks out, true servants will remain in their sacred abodes. If the war brings disaster here, then everyone will enter heaven as martyrs.
Eskil's monastery is located in the city of Hedeby. This unique building has been stocked with food and water for a long time, but no one had ever imagined that a free and ownerless city would encounter war.
Many young priests asked Eskil whether the war had spread here, and all they received were boring answers.
"As long as we pray sincerely, the Lord will bless us."
Esquier led the priests to celebrate mass. At least the monastery has been peaceful since the war broke out.
Of course this is not because of the kindness of Stad who came with the troops.
Esquier, an old guy, has a high status in Frank, but he is used to the days of asceticism. He does not bother to dress up too luxuriously. The so-called heart has been dedicated to the great Lord. The glory is not important. He does have his own shortcomings, and his devotion to the Lord is recognized. It is precisely because of this that he himself is not afraid of war at all.
The only thing he is worried about is that the war will really affect this place, and the rebellious soldiers will destroy the monastery, causing a heavy blow to his cause of spreading faith in the north.
What’s even more heartwarming is that the other side of the war is actually the Russians!
"New foreign forces, even though you are Danes, you should not touch the interests of the Russians. The war will continue, and the Russians will take revenge..." While lamenting the uncertainty of the world, he also issued an order Go down and hang the flag of Prince Ludwig of East Frankland at the door of the monastery, and another flag to highlight the identity of the Count of Hamburg.
Is it a sacrilege to hang a flag symbolizing worldly power in the Holy Land of Pure Heart?
He repented to the Lord and asked Him to forgive his transgression. He later had a strange dream, in which he was bathed in a pure white world, followed by a golden light that almost blinded his eyes, followed by a burst of low and incomprehensible words.
Perhaps this is divine revelation, and the act of flying secular flags has been condoned in order to avoid disaster for the monastery.
Is that all?
He also ordered the teachers: "Open the door to avoid the poor lambs, give them food and water, and lead them to conversion."
The more chaotic the situation, the worse it will be. The missionary's opportunity, Eskil was not stupid enough to look for a dying lamb to rescue at the height of the battle. The war seemed to have calmed down, and he was fully prepared.
The whole day was filled with shouts of killing. Will the Russian fortress collapse? They have persisted for a long time, which fully proves their strength.
This war completely disrupted Eskil's plan. He pessimistically believed that his plan to go to Russia to spread his faith had been ruined.
The ground of the abandoned house was shaking. After a while, a wooden board was lifted up. The fat blue fox narrowed his helmet and got out with his head covered with dust.
He must be cautious, fearing that this position will alsoYou will encounter enemy searches.
Seeing that no one was around, he pulled the injured Wadi out, and immediately began to untie his belt, trying to throw away the useless chainmail.
"Sir. We... escaped?" Wadi could no longer care about his injuries, and his survival instinct was now higher than anything else.
"Not yet, we have to wait until dark first."
"Is it safe to wait until dark?"
"Only God knows!" Blue Fox Without wanting to say more, he ordered Wadi to take off his useless clothes. It would be best for the two of them to dress up like poor civilians, which would make it easier for them to escape.
It is still very dangerous to stay at the exit of the tunnel. Fortunately, the complex and uninhabited shanty town of Haideby is very suitable for escape.
The smart man took his family and took refuge long ago. The two of them got into a small empty room and curled up like mice. Naturally, they successfully avoided the enemy's subsequent detection.
Because, the hidden escape tunnel was discovered not long after!
The Ross mercenaries fought to the last man. When the entire army was wiped out, a pile of enemy corpses lay in front of them, and there were also the groans of the wounded.
The power of the cavalry's short dash and impact is very powerful. A wall-mounted attack will cause heavy blows to the standing people regardless of whether they are friendly or foes.
In order to attack a small temporarily renovated fortress, he paid a terrible price of hundreds of casualties. Stade was still frightened when he recalled the battle just now.
The horseshoes with iron horseshoes trampled the dead. Stade on horseback looked down at the crazy warriors who were still staring at death and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "It would be great if you were my soldiers. Could it be that the distant Russians Is it worthy of your allegiance?"
At this moment, the victorious gangster army rushed into all the houses in the fortress. What happened was beyond everyone's expectation. People who were eager to make a fortune saw it. There are only empty houses. They opened wooden cabinets and boxes, which were either empty or filled with rags. They began to smash the floor with axes, hoping to dig out the cellar where gold and silver were hidden.
Not to mention, it was their chopping and smashing that destroyed the wooden planks at the tunnel entrance.
The ecstatic gangsters jumped down one after another, thinking that this was the entrance to a cellar full of wealth.
On the other side, Stade's people were actively cleaning the battlefield.
The armored soldiers who had seen the world were very knowledgeable. They saw the swords scattered beside the corpses of the Russians. In the Franks of this era, steel swords were extremely rare, and bards would not hesitate to praise a certain steel sword as a creation of God.
The soldiers were all picking up steel swords. They reflected the unprecedented bright orange light in the sunset.
Someone who was good at flattering smiled and presented a steel sword with a gem-set hilt to Stade.
The moment he took over the sword, this battlefield veteran realized that his old sword had become useless from this moment on.
The old sword is not unusable, but it is completely meaningless compared to the captured sword.
He turned his sword back to himself, and suddenly saw his blurred beard, and he couldn't help but be shocked and trembled all over.
"What kind of sword is this? It has gone through a fierce battle, the blade is not bent, and the surface is as smooth as water, but I can actually see my face?!"
With emotion He urgently ordered his subordinates: "While those idiots are searching for gold and silver, let's quickly pick up the good weapons."
The armored soldiers must obey Stade's orders and must not plunder gold and silver without orders. I just had to hold back my inner desire.
Some soldiers couldn't hold it in any longer and raised their heads and shouted: "Sir, is there anything more important than robbing silver coins?"
"Idiots, there is no gold or silver. You guys?" The Ross sword I picked up is worth a hundred gold coins. Hurry up, otherwise the gangsters will fight for it."
Stard had a premonition when he entered the fortress. This place is not a place where gold and silver can be hidden, not to mention there is news that a Russian fleet has fled long ago. If there is a huge amount of gold and silver, they will naturally flee with the fleet.
Looking at the current situation, the gangsters who were rummaging through the boxes made a loud rumbling sound, and some gangster soldiers rushed out with sad and resentful faces. Is this like the expression of discovering gold and silver?
The gangsters found nothing, but they discovered a secret escape tunnel and saw the removed helmet and chainmail at the tunnel exit.
Some of his subordinates explained this situation to Gray Wolf Karl, but Karl was completely immersed in anger and did not even find a copper coin.
Night is falling, and hundreds of corpses are lying on the cramped battlefield. It has been a while since the battle ended, but there are still some wounded who have not yet died. Will Stade rescue these gangsters? Pooh! Firstly, there is no obligation, and secondly, there is no medical treatment. In this era, only the Eastern Roman Empire had a rescue corps, and the Franks were almost indifferent to the wounded on the battlefield. Only devout priests would pray and chant scriptures for the lightly and seriously injured. Whether they survived or not depended on the Lord's will.
Stard and his unscathed army moved away from the pile of corpses and camped in a house near the ruins of the previous fire. They lit a bonfire and continued to eat dry food. They had a good rest and planned to clean up the mess tomorrow.
Soon, after walking through the battlefield full of corpses, the gray wolf Karl and his little brother who suffered heavy losses walked towards Stad's camp with unquenchable anger.
The Stade troops who had taken off their armor realized that something was wrong, so they didn't care too much and hurriedly picked up their weapons.
The captured steel swords gleamed under the fire, and the polished lances moved forward in unison.
This move really made Karl even more angry. The severely bald man cursed: "Stade! You are a liar! There is no gold or silver at all! I have killed so many brothers, and one copper coin Not even caught it, you want to..."
"What are you going to do?" Stud, who put on a suit of armor and walked out of the dark corner with his sword, saw the gray wolf Karl and his miserable so-called The army looked aggrieved and angry, and it was really impossible to give them a good look.
Hestad just hates others getting angry at him.
"Compensate for our losses! You liar." Karl continued to yell.
"Liar? You didn't find gold or silver?"
"Where is the gold and silver? We looked everywhere, but found nothing but a tunnel."
"Wait a minute!" I planned to exchange some words with this reckless guy, but this person actually mentioned the tunnel? "What do you mean by tunnel?"
"I dare say that some Russians ran along the tunnel! It was a very long tunnel. You...you definitely don't know this. Just like you They deceived us and they had gold and silver!" Then there was another burst of emotional curses.
Stade had a grim look on his face. He saw that his close sergeant was on guard very correctly. His left hand that was not holding the sword could not help but twist his fist, and he showed his men clearly with his eyes.
For the time being, he still wanted to ask some questions in a coquettish manner, but Stade continued to ask: "A real thing? I really don't know. If any Russians escape, I will go and search."
"Would you do it? Because of you, two hundred of our brothers died!"
"But don't you still have three hundred brothers?"
"I... ..." The furious Karl really wanted to chop off this Stad's head with an axe, and he continued to scold: "Idiot! Look at the situation! At least five hundred people died for all your gangs!"
"Yes. Do you want me to be responsible for these dead people? This is a war, not your usual group fights. You are weaker than the Russians and you deserve to be killed a lot. Unlike my people, who broke down the walls of the Russians in one fell swoop, I Leading the cavalry charge to directly destroy their shield wall. This battle is my victory, and you, I saw you fighting outside the wall, are fully responsible for the death of those people."
"You!" Gray Wolf Karl suppressed his blush, and his surviving subordinates were also exhausted. It's already very frustrating not to find gold or silver, but now you have to stand here and be humiliated. How can you bear this tone?
Some people started to join in the shouting and cursing, and finally it turned into a flurry of wild bees, asking Stader to give him money.
Let Stade get the money? What a joke. Hestad came to Hedeby just to prepare for King Horik to take over the city. He was also very distressed by the current situation of people fleeing and business declining, because he also wanted to appease his own soldiers. Business in Hedeby will recover.
Although the Russians are the source of pain, the gangs themselves are not good birds.
Stad has already planned to use the knife, but before that he still needs to make sure: "Apart from you, where are the other gangs? You are so brave, have they all escaped?"
"Them? Either die or escape. I don't care about them. I took my brothers to ask you for money. We killed many people fighting for you. Even though we didn't get gold or silver, you still have to pay."
"Really? You volunteered to fight. How did you become my employer?"you? Besides, you are threatening me. ”
The enraged gray wolf Karl must give an explanation to his younger brothers. If he gives in to this situation, his position as the boss will be gone, and he will become a bereaved dog and die alone.< /p>
His head almost exploded and he suddenly pulled out the iron sword and ordered Stud with a master's attitude: "Hedeby is my territory! If you want to stay here, you have to give us money..."
"Okay. I understand it all. "Stade agreed casually with a look of understanding: "I will get you money right now. I still have some gold here. Gray Wolf Karl, you are really a greedy wolf..."
After he finished speaking, he walked towards the darkness. The gangsters who had received the promise of money were relieved of their burdens, and their already exhausted bodies became even weaker.
Shortly after Stade completely entered the darkness, There was a sudden roar of war horses, followed by a tremor in the ground. As soon as the gangsters reacted, the cavalry rushed over.
Karl's small team was instantly scattered like a hit bowling ball. They were knocked down, and many people suffered serious internal injuries.
The centurion, who had received the clear warning in his eyes, immediately gave the order, and the armored troops swarmed forward and began the most brutal massacre against the exhausted gangster troops. .
The gray wolf Karl was completely confused. When a spear was stabbed in the chest, he still didn't know why Stade turned against him. Based on his own concept, he thought this was called black eating black.
The cry of killing and the clash of swords soon ended, and the moaning and crying person disappeared for a moment.
It was only then that Stade reappeared, and a ball-shaped object appeared directly. After being kicked by the centurion, he took a closer look and saw that it was probably the dead head of the gray wolf Karl.
“This foul-mouthed man is finally dead. "He commented like this.
"But sir, we do this..."
"Are you worried that other gangsters will be afraid? My old friend, this is our brother's Haizeby, and gangs are not allowed on our territory. From now on, I will be Earl Hedeby and you will make a fortune with me. Are you still willing to share your wealth with gangsters? ”
“I can’t. "The centurion shrugged and smiled heartily. He laughed for a while and then asked: "Hedebe is such a dead city now, how can we explain it to the king? "
" Prosperity will return to Hedeby, and the fleeing merchants will return. You remember, the gang leader Gray Wolf Carl and the Ross merchant did not recognize King Horik, they attacked us with force, and now we have wiped them all out. well! But this stupid guy revealed the important news that some Russians had escaped. Damn it, our methods were so tough that we didn’t even take any prisoners, and I still know nothing about the Russians. "
The centurion shook his head: "We control all the ships, and the Russians will have no way to escape. We will definitely find them if we conduct a search. ”
“That’s all we can do. Even though there are too many corpses, our brothers should still have no casualties. ”
“YesA few brothers suffered minor injuries that are not worth mentioning, but the others were safe. ”
“Very good. These dead bodies will soon stink. Excuse me, brothers, pull all the dead bodies of the gangsters into the sea and dump them nearby. As for the bodies of the Russians..."
"Abandon them too? asked the centurion.
“I don’t want to be punished by Odin. These Russians were very brave. They could have joined us and fought alongside us, but they chose the wrong path. Now that you have obtained their swords, you will burn their bodies to ashes. This is an account to God. ”
Everyone looked at each other and there was no objection to this.