Chapter 28 Your sister's navy can't afford to hurt
To be honest, naval was really not important in the Middle Ages. Some relatively powerful countries were like some of the Celestial Empire or Eastern Rome, with an independent naval (naval?) system, fleet commander (admiral?) and so on.
However, in the barbarian countries in Europe, until the modern Renaissance, their navy was all ruined. Except for those damn scumbag city-states in northern Italy, who only recognize money but not people, the others, such as Britain, France, the Holy Roman Empire, etc., they all did not pay attention to the development of the navy.
These legendary powers completely ignored the navy, so the situation of the barbarians in the eyes of Nordic barbarians can be imagined.
At least Queen Margaret had never seen it before - in her impression, the navy or something - she might not even hear of the words like the navy. All ships were temporarily recruited civilian commercial or even fishing boats. And the specific function of this piece of paper was to transport its own army to the opposite shore.
So, cut off people's food routes, cut off the enemy's backbone, etc. Do you understand, European barbarians? Do you understand?!
However, before this, it was still a main theme of peace and harmony. A diplomat No. 1 brought Yatting's slightest uselessness, but inexplicably he could add some attributes to him, and he went on the road in a carriage carelessly outside the suburbs of Oslo. Several rogue knights ran over the opposite side, wanting to come over to tease the flower girl in the carriage. As a result, there was no flower girl in the carriage, only a little white face. The knights felt very stressed.
"It's easy, although there's a hole missing... or something." said one of the knights with "beep" attribute.
"On behalf of all the Norwegians, the lord of the Count of Biard, the guardian of Bergen, Lord Egil Scadragrimson, I requested to meet Her Majesty Queen Margaret."
Seeing that his chrysanthemum was not safe, the novice diplomat immediately reported his home to explain his purpose. After all, the four-star diplomat still had a little bit of demeanor. Several rogue knights looked at each other. Then one of them seemed to be the leader and said: "Wait here, Wells, go and inform me."
Immediately afterwards, one of the riders turned his horse and ran towards his own tent, while the remaining few stayed in place, surveillance, or in charge of diplomat No. 1. During this period, the leading knight wanted to make a few words intentionally or unintentionally, but they were sent by the diplomat. He just revealed a little that his boss, Egil, expressed his dissatisfaction with his neighbor's aggression.
"That's just an earl. He really thought he could be the Grand Duke of Norway?" Several knights looked at each other in pairs, and then couldn't help but say: Hehehe, such a slight, but rather sarcastic smile.
Seeing that the other party was so unfair to take his lord seriously, the diplomat looked a little unswerving, and then he smiled casually. He thought to himself: I would like to care about these things. At this moment, the knight who went to report the news came back.
"Let's go, Her Majesty the Queen wants to see you." Then he led the diplomats to the direction of the military camp.
The Danish military camps were no different from other European barbarians. They were all kinds of hawkers, prostitutes, juggling and harps, and bards holding harps. They were not restrained at all because their boss was a woman.
Seeing this scene, the diplomat cursed in his heart: "What a bunch of trash." Then he walked into the queen's tent with a lot of superiority.
Queen Margaret is in her forties, and looks like a person in her forties, even older, with an orange-like face and a lot of wrinkles, but the eyes are extremely strong.
Speaking of which, the Queen was already considered a long life in the legendary Middle Ages - of course, the leaders in power would definitely live longer than the civilians under their rule, and this kind of thing has been the case since ancient times.
The diplomat originally wanted to say my slightly longer titles - however, Her Majesty the Queen just snorted and said, "No need to bother, just explain the purpose of the visit." Then he blocked the diplomat's mouth.
"It seems that this time the mission will probably not be successful." Seeing Margaret's faint eyes and irresistible, the diplomat sighed in his heart. Then he said his purpose. There are many rhetorical allusions. The article is beautiful, soft and hard, and there is no shortage of requests and threatening. However, it allows the generals around the queen to see what good eloquence means.
"In other words, your earl, if you don't spend a single son or a soldier, just letting you talk to me, will my army retreat?" The queen was quiet for a few minutes after the diplomat stopped talking. Then she pointed to the center and said.
The diplomat was embarrassed and could not speak.
"Go back and tell him. If he wants it, he will send troops and generals to rob him! If he can win, I will naturally have nothing to say. Otherwise, everything will be delusions!"
Her Majesty the Queen stood up, and the aura of the superior instantly enveloped the audience, and then said with awesomeness.
The diplomat didn't say much, and after giving a bow, he quietly retreated.
"It's a person who can observe his words and expressions." In the end, the queen praised him like this. Then the noble generals and knights around him burst into laughter.
Five days later, diplomat No. 1 reappeared in front of Egil.
"Oh...that's how that aunt answered?" Egil said after listening to the diplomat's report on the situation.
"Indeed, there is no change." said diplomat No. 1.
"So that's it. You go down and take a break first. A week later, I will go on a mission to Sweden for me to meet King Gustav, and sign a trade contract and a non-aggression treaty with him."
"I understand." After that, the diplomat stepped back. He almost ran into someone at the door. The diplomat looked at this guy, but he was a little confused - because this guy was not any of the guard knights he knew, and that light leather armor did not seem to be a member of the civil service system.
"It was probably recruited during this period of time when I was away." The diplomat nodded politely to him, without much greeting, and then left.
There was another knock at the door. Egil knew that this was his newly recruited naval general coming. Speaking of which, the first general he recruited was actually a special for naval warfare.
"Carter reports to you, Lord." Wearing light leather armor, scimitars, daggers, light crossbows and other weapons. Although his outfit is a little different from other Vikings, his signature beard and blonde hair tied into pigtails still reveal his Viking attributes.
Seeing the general with so many pieces of equipment hanging on his body kneeling effortlessly, it made people want to know how he did it.
"Get up. How are the fleet ready?" Egil asked.
"It is in very good condition. A total of 30 large dragon-headed warships were collected, fifty of the remaining small galloping ships, plus the thirty light crossbow warships made by our army. The fleet owned a total of 110 warships and 2,700 sailors, all of which were assembled and could go on the expedition at any time."
"Very good." Egil nodded, and then said, "So, you understand your mission."
"Understand, cut off the navigation of the Ore Waterway, organize the Danes to further increase troops and transport logistics supplies. If possible, attack the opponent's ships as much as possible." General Carter said.
"Very good, then we can set out now. The road is smooth, my general - I will lead the army to the war in three days. Should we have a little game, on land and on sea, who can defeat the enemy first?" Egil said with a smile.
"I don't dare." However, General Carter did not seem to have the same interest as his own count.
"That's it, let's go down." Egil said.
The attributes of this naval general are as follows: Viking Pirates: The real Vikings are to be pirates! +2.
Qualified Navy General +1, standing on the top of the storm: This person has encountered a huge sea storm and miraculously survived +1. Bloodthirsty: This person will become like a beast when fighting, don't get close to anyone, morale +2, offensive operations +2.
In general, he is a very powerful general. His four-point dominance attribute can kill everything in seconds compared to most 0-star naval generals in the world. And if the offensive operations +2 can increase the attack power of the fleet again. Speaking of which, you can only spend 1,000 points of coupon to recruit such talents and make money.
Egil thought so.
However, unlike the successful departure of the naval army, the army was originally scheduled to fight on the same day as the navy. However, Egil had some trouble when he recruited the vassal nobles in the territory. The nobles seemed tired of such continuous battles - or rather, because of Egil's performance in the last battle, these nobles felt disappointed.
So it has been nearly a week since the order of the recruitment was issued, and the nobles who came to report were still only two or three kittens. The army was only nearly two thousand. Such numbers naturally could not satisfy Egil. But he could not do anything about it. At this time, he understood a little about how fucking a creature the nobles were. His previous thoughts were a little bit of a matter of course.
In the end, Egil sent envoys repeatedly, assuring the various nobles to ensure their rights and compensate them for the losses they suffered from continuous combat. Anyway, the crop rotation system of the two cities has been established. After the big trucks of grain were transported, the nobles finally moved, which is why Egil said that he would go to the expedition in a few days.
Chapter completed!