Chapter 636： Waiting

On the coast, the sea breeze blew the flag of England, and the militia tents were stationed on the coast of the Isle of Wight, where King Harold built a defense line surrounding his kingdom.

Ordega led a group of people down the sea cliff along a thick hemp rope, and gasping, he looked around the militia.

Leofrick, who was right next to him, helped to establish a firm foothold for his buddy, Tofi, while frowning at the scene of the soldiers in front of him, free and idle, he couldn't help but ask: "Oh, Almighty Lord, Odegar, you ’re really serious, eh? ”

"They will come, once the wind direction is favorable to them. The Normans will ride ashore in the night, and until dawn, there will be only ashes here." Odgar's expression did not relax, but turned his head to look at Leoevry Ke patiently explained his concerns to the other party.

On a tree on the sea cliff not far from them, a shadowed three-eyed raven stared at them sharply, while the remaining one had already leaped over the English Channel to Normandy, trying to follow along Along the coastline, search for the garrison of the illegitimate son William, near Caen.

In the castle of Caen, William has released a series of policies that can support his invasion plan for several months.

Although at first, the ordinary people of Normandy wanted to conquer the same religion across the sea for their lords because of belief problems, they tried to achieve the purpose of usurping the throne by killing a king selected by the Lord for his people through the holy oil painting ceremony. Not confident, but William quickly responded to this, he realized that he needed a higher level of power to support his actions.

William Duke of Normandy and his Duchess Matilda were devout believers. Although a large part of them were for the purpose of atonement for the husband and wife who were distant cousins, they donated to build two majestic monasteries to Show piety.

The good religious reputation, plus the envoys William sent to Rome to beautify his aggressive behavior, brought enough tribute, and had sufficient verbal reasons-that is, fifteen years ago, King Edward of England promised to pass on him. , And even Harold Gwenson, who is now King of England, was arrested when he was counted two years ago when he was blown from the English Channel to the French territory by a storm during a voyage. It was William Freed Harold and brought him back to Normandy, where Harold swore to religious relics, promising to support William ’s claim to the throne of England and declare his allegiance to him-these factors made William ’s envoy list William ’s claims After those terms were petitioned to Pope Alexander, they were approved by the opponent and accepted all of William's terms, and even gave the illegitimate duke a flag representing the Holy See, so that his soldiers would take the battlefield to come.

It is really important for William to have the support of the Holy See. From the standpoint of declaring legalization, he can be said to uphold God ’s will to declare his sovereignty over England. Anyone who opposes him is guilty, which makes Master William Well-known, it can even be regarded as a battle of ups and downs.

And now, William, who is gathering large fleets, war horses and soldiers in the Divor-sur-Mer near Caen, Normandy, has successfully suppressed public opinion under the protection of the owner, which makes him even more powerful. Everything was bad news for King Harold and Anglo-Saxon England-except for the unusually long north wind that lasted throughout the summer, these strong winds helped the Vikings to sail southward quickly In order to make the southern William and his fleet want to cross the English Channel safely, he could only be forced to stay there and look at the ocean and sigh. The wind did not change every day, and the prince of the **** had to consume every day. Grain feeds to feed his idle soldiers and war horses, and the gathering place has gradually been overwhelmed by manure made by people and horses, too late to be transported ...

On the opposite side of the strait, the recruiter and the lean Leofric saw similar scenes. They even found their new king Harold in his most loyal and intimate brother, Goss Count of East Anglia. ? Gwensen is also walking along the coastline doing nothing.

Harold is still unaware of the threat from the Vikings. Although he has been stationed here for a short period of time, he and his brother still focused on the enemy on the other side of the sea.

Goss was half a step behind his brother. He looked at the English Channel without exception, and said to the brother in front of him with some anxiety: "In short, it is a matter of time."

Harold saw his brother's brow furrowed, and he easily turned back to ask Goss: "Ru heard of what people think of him in Normandy?".

"What do you think?" Goss asked, questioning the sarcasm in his brother's mouth.

"His enemies called him" Hybrid William ", and some people in Normandy called him a headskin, and even the inhabitants around Alençon once hung the animal skin on the city wall to slap him to mock him-he used to cry because of it. Rhodes described the well-known information of William to his brother with gossip.

Gossing first smiled with his brother, and then his expression returned to some seriousness: "So he cut off the hands and feet of those people."

"Ha ha ha ha ..." Harold laughed. "Hey, but can you blame him?"

Goss finally stopped worrying. He took out the bread in his purse and took a big bite. He looked at the brother in front and remembered that he had previously strengthened his relationship with the northern nobility because of Tosti. After abandoning his 20-year-old wife, Edith Svanick, and then marrying the sisters of Northumbria and Earl of Messia, her name is also Edith, so he smiled and said to his brother, "At least you can win a queen, so two Ediths?"

Harold raised an eyebrow and hummed slightly proudly.

"Their meeting must be very interesting, can you let me see you again?" Goss continued to joke about his brother, sister-in-law and former sister-in-law-Harold did not answer this time, but reached out and put his brother in the hands Snacked the bread and grabbed it and ate it.

Goss, who was robbed of his bread, looked back and looked at the conscripted militiamen who were rushing to join the line of defense: "However this hybrid thinks, we can't wait here all the time."

A few days later ~ www.novelhall.com ~ The north wind that trapped William and his army in Caandivo, sent King Harald Hadrad of Norway to the place where he planned to attack. The sea route entered the Uus river.

At this time, King Harold on the Isle of Wight still did not know the movement of the Vikings. He waited and waited, but the war never happened. The King of England boldly hoped that his kingdom is safe and has entered. The harvest season William will not be able to come again this year because he is also facing a big trouble. The two-month service that his tax can provide is almost over, because of Normandy William ’s rogue name and his younger brother Toss who was in trouble to deal with himself. Ty has already consumed a lot of his army, and the people of England also need these soldiers to help collect food during the harvest.

Therefore, Harold has begun to gradually disband his troops, ordered his fleet to return to London, and let the long-serving nobles and their soldiers first return to their own territory, and even let some long-serving militiamen He also began to return to his village to help harvesting. He also started to return to London himself. The Isle of Wight only left some newly recruited militia groups like Leofrick and Tofei and a small number of professional troops to guard.

And the most pitiful are the farmers who just arrived in northern England. How do they know that when they just arrived on the Isle of Wight, they routinely waited for William, who almost all Anglo-Saxons thought would not return this year Hundreds of miles north, the Vikings have quietly landed.