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Damn, two stingy bastards. Egil cursed like this, even though his own stinginess was even better than the other two guys.

After a week of stalemate, Earl Felix finally couldn't sit still. For someone who could already grasp the overall situation, the most annoying thing was variables - just like Egil.

Originally, Earl Felix had already formulated a complete plan to attack Bergen before learning of Biyad's existence, but all of these were destroyed by Egil. It was delayed by a week. If the other party was willing to surrender, then he could not forgive him for the sake of the more than 2,000 soldiers he had.

But, it seems that the guy named Ekir doesn't want his forgiveness anymore.

Then, just use force to suppress him!

Earl Felix thought of this and mobilized the army under his command. Except for a small number of garrisons and the navy used to defend Denmark in the south, almost all the rest were brought with him, with a total of 27,000 troops, including 400 knights, 2,000 professional Viking warriors, including shield spearmen, archers, light swordsmen, and light cavalry. In addition, all of them were temporary recruits - they did not even have armor, and they randomly sent out a spear and a shield to drive them into battle.

However, although it was such a simple army, it was still an army of nearly 30,000 people. It was nearly ten times more than Egir's army.

“Surrender.”

So Egil surrendered decisively. A letter with extremely humble words was thrown directly to Felix. Then, the city gate opened for three days.

Felix was also satisfied with Egil's current affairs, thinking in his heart: It was indeed the most effective way of violence. As the lord who expressed his loyalty to him, Felix did not make too much embarrass Egil. He just gave a little warning, and then gave a kind condolence. Seeing Egil manage his territory well and the army was also decent, Felix was secretly shocked, and he also put away a little contempt. He looked at this guy who surrendered before he fought in the battle.

After all, in the Middle Ages in Europe at this moment, one seal and one construction can represent the ruling structure of most countries. Most of the troops under Earl Felix were his vassals and nobles who supported him as the noble Duke of Norway. At this time, Egil was dealt with too seriously, and it was impossible to say that they would have other ideas, but it was difficult to guarantee that these guys would have some other ideas.

In addition, Biyad's stone wall nearly five meters high and thousands of defenders would have to be prepared to pay at least ten thousand lives if he wanted to attack forcibly. This would also be the situation where a large number of naval forces were sent to block the other party's ports and completely cut off the foreign aid that the other party might obtain. - Seeing Egil bringing out a lot of food to work out, Felix decisively eliminated the option of siege and waiting for the defenders to starve to death.

"So, I'll have a hard time in the future."

At the "Grand Banquet" held by Egil, Earl Felix was conquered by the legendary deliciousness of salt. After drinking too much ale, he laughed like this and patted Egil's shoulder.

In the evening, after most of the troops were arranged in the affiliated village, Egil gave up his lord's residence to Earl Felix and went to squeeze in the military camp himself.

"Hey? Do you have some backbone?" After washing up a little, Egil was about to go to bed when he heard the sound of the system elf in his ears.

"Tsk, do you want me to fight him hard? There are nearly 30,000 people, nine times that of mine! This is because I recruited another group of troops in advance."

"But if you insist on defending the city, the other party may not be able to do anything to you."

"If that's the case, then the farmland and villages outside the city will basically not be preserved. My serfs, self-cultivated farmers and the rich people in the countryside will all be looted. I can't afford to lose."

"...So, you are really willing to let that count ride on your head? Listen to me and do it with him! Just donate a year or two in a slight life span and you can bring out a much more army than him. Just grit your teeth and donate a ten-year life span and you can bring out dozens or millions of troops. It is not a dream to rush out of Europe and go to the world!"

"Talk, go to death."

In this way, after three days of rest in Egil's territory, Felix's army was strengthened again. Egil sent two thousand seven hundred troops, exactly one tenth of Felix's army, and went with the army to attack Olev III's territory.

Unlike Egil's army, this army that most of them recruited peasant soldiers looked like a pig's nest - no, it should be said that it was a garbage dump. The peasant soldiers with unconscious eyes were timid and timid, as well as the arrogant and arrogant feudal knights, and the irritable Viking warriors... It would be abnormal if a few people were not killed in the military camp every day.

The low-level prostitutes who were doing flesh-related business, hawkers selling messy things, and hurt people who pushed caravans, bought and sold bread and smoked sausages, also appeared around the army from time to time, making the military camps so smoky and disgusting.

"Damn it, I suddenly felt that it was a mistake to join this army." Seeing the mess around, Egil complained like this. At the same time, he tried to set up his army's barracks away from others - and the other Norwegian nobles were not interested in cowards like Egil. So Egil's tent group was like a completely forgotten corner, and no matter how hustle and bustle the barracks were, they remained silent.

Very cold silence.

After another day of march, Felix's army had completely advanced into the territory controlled by Olev III. After that, the light cavalry in the army scattered like locusts. They rushed to the enemy's villages, burned, killed, and looted them, and then used food, supplies, and population as spoils to regain their own barracks.

However, Egil was very active in this kind of thing - anyway, he had system support, and the looted ones that were temporarily unusable, such as fur, iron, etc., were sold directly to the system to make money. Population was a very troublesome thing. So Egil was very "kind" and sold the population plundered by his patrol cavalry to other nobles at an extremely low price. While delaying the other party's army, he also slightly regained his evaluation among the Norwegian nobles. The Norwegian nobles who took advantage of others chose to forget his timid behavior and praised him for his generosity.

Of course, it is unknown whether someone is called a fool in secret.

Spread your hands. It's casual.

Also, on that night, Egil arranged the defense posts in the military camp and prepared to go to bed - because he was the only general in the entire force, so he was a little overwhelmed. He had to solve anything.

During the day, because of the relationship between a few sheep, their patrol cavalry fought with the other knights. The two sides first sarcastically, then rose from the mouth to the fist, and finally almost rose to the point of using a knife.

"Damn..."

Egil naturally knew that those sheep were indeed snatched by his very efficient patrol cavalry. The other party was just jealous of his side's gains. In addition, the rumors that he was very brave, so he came up to fight for it.

In the end, Egil decisively swallowed his anger and gave the sheep - plus the two mules, two sheep, and two horses to the family. After returning to the barracks, he comforted the patrol cavalry for a while, and then he was fine.

Speaking of which, the reason why our patrol cavalry has such a good record is naturally because of the effectiveness of the system-produced full-error map. In addition, the quality of the patrol cavalry produced in the system is slightly better than that of other noble light cavalry. The number of patrol cavalry in fifty people is just right, and can steal a small village...

However, such a number is a little insufficient for regular battles. Fifty cavalry are formed into a group, and they are also one hundred and fifty infantry are formed... Such a configuration is indeed very useful in battles of less than 10,000 people on both sides. However, in such a large-scale battle of tens of thousands, it is somewhat difficult to use.

So Egil asked the system elves if there was any way.

"Hey? Don't you know that the army can be split and combined without limit?" the legendary system elves asked in surprise.

“…You haven’t said it.”

"That's because you didn't ask."

Previous experience told Egil that arguing with the system elves is a waste of life. It would be better to take advantage of this time to ask the system elves carefully, what's going on.

"That is, the same troops can be divided and combined without limits - just like a standard patrol cavalry. You can split them into fifty cavalry units one person, and you can also combine fifty standard patrol cavalry teams into a large cavalry group of 2,500 people. Do you understand this? You understand."

"So that's it, there's no need to worry about it." Egil nodded, without any doubts, ready to go to bed.

——However, I can’t sleep no matter how hard I sleep.

He remembered the same virtues as those knights during the day.

Egil is a very scrupulous guy with a strong desire to take revenge. So...

"Damn it. One day - no, you can't wait one day."

With the reward of patrol cavalry, Olaf III decisively mobilized all the troops in his territory at the critical moment of his life and death, a total of 25,000 troops - especially the 800 chain armored cavalry. Although they were slightly worse than the genuine knights, they won in more numbers, so their actual combat power was stronger than the knights on Felix's side...

With the speed of the troops on both sides, we will be able to meet in about two or three days - at least five days.

The combined army of both sides exceeded 50,000, and almost mobilized the entire population and military force of Norway. It can be said that it is the largest battle in this area in recent times. It has determined the direction of a country.
Chapter completed!