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Chapter 72 Ice Gorge Blitz ([-])

Boom!

The roar of the waterfall.

Feng Daofu led the team to advance behind the water curtain of the waterfall.

After passing the waterfall and walking through the woodland surrounded by green trees, the back door of King Blonde is already in sight.

"The scenery is quite beautiful."

Feng Daofu watched from a distance.

Nurheimsund, standing by the path on the hillside, is located at the end of a corner of the Hardangerfjord.

Looking back, you can see the Hardangerfjord at the bottom of the mountain, and looking back again, you can see the rolling snow-capped mountains in the distance.

A ray of sunlight shoots down from the gaps in the layers of dark clouds, sprinkled on the water of the fjord, sparkling, and the quiet town is like a fairy tale.

Excited to color it!
It's just that the wooden barracks are a bit of an eyesore.

If you want to build a grain and grass base and provide the necessary grain and grass support, how to choose the geographical location and transportation is very important.

Nurheimsund can take advantage of the convenient water transportation conditions of the Hardangerfjord. The most efficient transportation in ancient wars was water transportation. The carrying capacity of an ordinary long ship is a hundred times the efficiency of vehicle transportation, and less manpower is used. Food loss on the road Low, the speed of the ship is still fast.

Relying on water transport as the main transportation line, it is only 80 kilometers away from Bergen, and vehicles are used for short-distance transportation, and the transportation efficiency is full, so this place has become the food and grass camp of the Oslo army.

Vondorff muttered: "It just smells like Rome."

According to Willy, the engineering team invited by King Blonde from the Mediterranean Sea built a long-term wooden garrison camp in Nurheimsun according to local conditions.

Not only did they learn infrastructure, they also organized the Oslo army into a Roman legion.

An infantry brigade has 600 soldiers, and the division has a total of 12 brigades, and the logistics auxiliary is counted, and the total is calculated as 1 people.

This time the war prepared for two months of supplies.

Thousands of tons of grain, meat, wine, cheese, dried vegetables, dried fruits and other supplies are quietly stored in front!
When the company officers simply and rudely let the soldiers know what kind of property this is, there is no need to boost morale anymore.

Feng Daofu made a gesture, and the Southern Expeditionary Army rolled towards Nurheimsun quietly and violently like waves.

"kill!"

"kill!"

In Bergen, the shouts and killings shook the sky.

The battle is in full swing.

Before the official battle, according to the Viking tradition, a symbolic negotiation was carried out first, which eventually turned into a fight.

Translated, the approximate process is as follows.

"The ninety-eight thousand, seven hundred and sixty-five yuan that I earned in ten years was spent in three days and two nights of bathing in all seasons."

"Two nights a day, three men and four women, lying on the grass picking mushrooms at five or six o'clock, very tired."

"It's so neat!"

Although a lot of experience was exchanged, the negotiations finally broke down.

The war begins on the ocean.

Different from the naval battles in the Mediterranean in the classical era, the leading warships of the Vikings were designed from the beginning to transport troops and spoils quickly.

The Vikings, who pursued maximum mobility, always scoffed at naval warfare equipment such as rams and hooks, which would increase the weight of the ship and hinder the speed of the ship.

This determined that most of the naval battles between the Vikings were decided by the simplest and rough hand-to-hand combat.

Which side has the advantage in quantity and quality of troops can basically predict the outcome of the naval battle.

Although the small group suffered during the battle, in terms of overall volume, Bergen relied on its more developed economic strength, and the navy still had an advantage.

Facing the gap in numbers, the Oslo Navy has always sent small groups of pirates to carry out low-intensity harassment.

Although the sea wolves betrayed, there are still pirate teams under their command, such as the Victur Brotherhood from Sweden.

The Victur Brotherhood, founded to rebel against the Queen of Denmark, is a famous mercenary in the North Sea.

After accepting the mission of King Blonde, he began to undertake the task of attracting and distracting the attention of the Bergen Navy on the choppy waves of the North Sea.

The Blonde King's headquarters started to attack by land, making use of its strengths and avoiding weaknesses, and taking advantage of land warfare.

In order to prevent the birch leather shoe party-plunderers from crossing the mountains, plundering livestock, and killing people, Bergen built a city wall inland, but it is not big, and it is still in the stage of rammed earth + wood.

What's scary is the city defense technology that Bergen acquired through ocean trade.

Although the Oslo army attacked Bergen in the way of the Romans, they did not make any substantial progress in the first few days.

They built Roman ballistas and Roman catapults, and the stone bombs and crossbow guns were also very violent, causing some casualties.

But Bergen also mastered the Roman methods of defending the city, and also had Roman ballistae and Roman trebuchets.

The two sides began to shoot each other, and the casualties expanded rapidly.

Comrades die every day, including senior generals.

Olaf III, nicknamed the Peacemaker, stood at the window of the Husburg fortress, looking sadly at the corpses carried down one after another: "War!"

If possible, he only wanted to do business with the blond king, and he didn't want to fight at all.

At this time, the Bergen people who were preparing for war hurriedly pushed wheelbarrows to transport armaments.

When Olaf III saw the wheelbarrow, he thought of his son-in-law and new ally.

In Bergen, many products are sold by the son-in-law.

Such as steel swords, steel axes, etc. are all hard currencies.

Cargo-carrying wheelbarrows have a low technical threshold, and many people have imitated them. Since they decided to form an alliance, they gave some goodwill to their son-in-law's caravan and cracked down on the copycat workshops.

These things are quite convenient to use, and some are even better than Roman instruments.

It may be that everyone loves business. Olaf III had a good impression of such a son-in-law who had never met, and planned to find an illegitimate daughter from the monastery.

——Although he and the queen have no relationship, as a Viking ruler, he still has a lot of illegitimate children.

"When the time comes, we can communicate with Ingrid and treat her as our biological daughter. It won't be considered as fooling our allies."

He has received news that the alliance is confirmed.

But when the Southern Expeditionary Army arrived at sea, there was no news for a long time.

"I don't know how Ingrid's health is... Speaking of which, I wonder if he can participate in the Eastern trade through him?"

Bergen is on the southwestern edge of Norway, directly exposed to the vast Atlantic coast.

The fjord is surrounded by warm ocean currents from the Atlantic Ocean, and it is sheltered by the seven surrounding peaks, making it abundant in rain and rare in sunshine. The average temperature can reach 10°C, mild and rainy, and it is a rare livable area in the northern region.

Bjrg is a mountain, and vin is a pasture and grassland. It has been a green grassland among the mountains since ancient times.

At that time, Olaf III fell in love with the superior geographical environment here at a glance.

Initially relying on the North Sea fishing grounds, after years of development, Bergen has gradually become the largest port and trade center in Scandinavia.

Products such as salted fish, butter, and fur from the north were transported to Bergen, where they were shipped to other European countries, and grains, red wine, and honey from abroad were transported to the northern mountains.

In recent years, Bergen's frequent business activities have overwhelmed Oslo!
Only in this way can more troops be fed, so that the Queen of Denmark can't let go and continue to transfuse blood.

But these trades are not as good as the legendary Window to the East.

But the Window of the East was in the sphere of influence of the Swedes, an existence that even his mother, the Queen of Denmark, feared.

I heard that my son-in-law made his fortune in the north of Sweden. I don’t know if we can unite and give to Sweden together.
boom!
The stone bullet drew a parabola and hit a wheelbarrow. The oak barrel shattered and grease flowed all over the ground.

Olaf III came back to his senses and restrained the expression on his face: get through the current battle first.

He approached his staff officer Qigu.

Chigu was a missionary who traveled across the Mediterranean, and Roman technology came from him.

He said confidently: "As we expected, the Oslo army is mainly attacking the East Gate."

"The wall-trench-tower defense system that we worked overtime to build has come in handy."

These man-made fortifications are essentially force multipliers.

By transforming the terrain, the effect of replacing some soldiers is achieved.

In terms of benefits, this is a very good replacement. After completion, it presents a complex artificial obstacle system.

"The Oslo army cannot block our oceans, nor can it cut off our supplies and reinforcements. I am confident that we can defend it forever!"

The missionary said: "As long as the allies arrive, it is not a problem to take the initiative to defeat the blond king head-on!"

Olaf III nodded in satisfaction.

So the question is, when will the allies arrive?
The messenger who arrived first said: "The sea is changeable, and it is reasonable to delay the voyage."

Olaf III believed.

The next day, the blond king spoke in front of the battle: "I want to fulfill my promise. After the capture of Bergen, I don't want a single silver coin! I will give you rewards!"

When the word spread throughout the 12 brigades of the Oslo Army, the Viking warriors were boiling.

The purpose of fighting is to rob money, food and women.

In the past, when you robbed, you had to give the big boss a big head.

Now the big boss says no, and will give you bonuses back, and your morale will be fully boosted!
The blonde king wasn't enough.

He is over half a century old, but still has a strong body, standing on the high platform.

The sword pointed directly at Bergen, and the messy hair blown by the sea wind was like a lion: "Look! The gate of Valhalla is opening to us!"

"Listen! The hooves of the Valkyrie's chariot are resounding above us!"

"Live and enjoy wealth!"

"Death, enjoy the glory!"

"For Odin! For the Valkyries! For endless milk and honey!"

So morale completely exploded, and Bergen owed a lot!
Under the cover of ballistae and trebuchets, every Viking warrior rushed toward the city wall crazily.

"Steal their gold and silver!"

"Take away their wives!"

"kill!"

In front of the city wall of Bergen, there is the roar and blood of the Vikings!

I found that no matter how I used archery, I couldn't make these desperate guys back. Seeing the defensive facilities in front of the city wall being destroyed little by little, the missionaries began to lose their confidence.

Qigu opened his eyes to kill Sanlian: "Where is the ally? Where is the ally? How long will it take for the ally to arrive?"

The second messenger arrived and confidently gave an affirmative answer: "Three days! It will arrive in three days!"

Now the Bergen defenders have confidence.

Olaf III also gave rewards in due course.

Everyone is a Viking and can enter Valhalla, so who is afraid of whom?
Seeing that the defenders stabilized their position again, the blond king made a move.

"Surrender now, let's grab Bergen's treasure together!"

"How many silver coins do you earn in a month? You are so desperate, now fight with us, kill Olaf III, and divide the king's treasury!"

The morale of the Bergen defenders is shaken!

Olaf III barely stabilized his position, and he was eager to see through the reinforcements.

But three days later, in the calm sea, not even a shadow of a boat appeared.

The third messenger.
Olaf III couldn't help but said, "It's always been you!"

"It does not matter."

The messenger said: "My lord was blocked by sea wolves under King Blonde's command on the way to march. After fighting hard, he won the victory and used the sea wolves to surprise Oslo!"

"The blond king's hometown has fallen!"

"Hold on for another seven days, and my lord will arrive!"

The messenger said confidently.

The officers looked at each other, feeling a little complicated.

It's a good thing to win, but it's better to capture the base camp of King Blonde.

Although they didn't know how they did it, they were happy to see the blond king being unlucky.

But when I think about the wealth in Oslo, it has nothing to do with me.

I am bitterly suppressed here, and my allies are laughing and making a fortune.
Olaf III smacked his lips, reluctantly accepting this fact.

Anyway, the port was not blocked. I was willing to give rewards and stabilize the morale of the army, so I could barely continue to persevere.

In order to boost morale, under the signal of Olaf III, Vondorf's deeds spread.

In the beginning, his original intention was to give everyone confidence.

But I don’t know why (the trolls) spread more and more exaggeratedly.

When Olaf III woke up, he heard the guard outside the door saying: "Have you heard? Our ally, the master of the sea at the end of the world, Mr. Feng Daofu set out from Oslo to help everyone kill a bloody road!"

Bergen struggled to defend the city for three weeks and could not hide the decline of the weak army, and Vondorff freehand stole Oslo to show the true qualities of a strong army!
Olaf III: "?"

"Forget it, it's enough to relieve everyone's stress. Is it raining?"

Olaf III turned his head away.

It was raining continuously outside, and the rain was beating on the quaint wooden houses and stone pavements on the street.

At the eaves, a drop of rain falls to the ground with gravity.

Tick ​​tock!

A drop of blood ran down the tip of the knife and fell into a pool of blood.

There were ripples, and a pool of blood was like a mirror, reflecting a figure rushing open the gate of the camp!
boom!
There was a loud noise, and the crumbling camp gate that had been smashed collapsed inwards. The flames lit by the defenders in a hurry rose up like a red dragon!
Flying sparks, a figure breaks through the fire curtain, two scarlet streamers seem to pull out from the black eyes, each knife can take a life!
puff!

Scarlet blood doused the flames.

The Southern Expeditionary Army poured into the camp with little resistance.

There are quite a few defensive forces left, but most of them are auxiliary soldiers.

The garrison war chief did not expect that someone would really cross the plateau and get behind.

He was just drunk when he was raided.

When the dull brain reacted, the barracks had been completely collapsed by the Southern Expeditionary Army.

woohoo-

The desolate horn is the last resistance force of the camp.

The bleeding blade pointed diagonally at the ground.

Feng Daofu personally led the plate-armored ascetic monks. They rushed over in a row and ate them alive without using any tactics.

The war chief's personal guards are not mediocre.

They lined up in a formation of guns, and with a roar, the guns, hands, and eyes stabbed straight in a straight line.

Then they saw the sparks from the gun tip and the armor plate, as well as the cold light that occupied the entire field of vision.

puff!

The head with the pointed helmet flew up.

Feng Daofu cut through the gun array and strode into the camp.

"I vote."

puff!
The long knife passed through the chest.

Hearing the cheers outside, Feng Daofu kicked away the corpse, and sat on the main seat with a golden sword.

Five hundred kilometers of climbing over mountains and ridges just for this half-hour attack!

The most important food and fodder camp of the Oslo army fell into the palm of his hand!
　After thinking about it, I would like to explain the intention of the blond king.

　　Don't want loot, and spend money to reward, which is essentially the same as an app burning money to grab the market.

　　If he takes Bergen, he will make a bloody profit.

　　Let the war chiefs consume too much power in the siege, paving the way for the subsequent centralization of power.

　　Satisfy personal preferences by the way.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)