king of ros

Chapter 338 Hastings
The broken sun shone on the land after the war, countless corpses were spread on the battlefield, and broken cloth strips and armor were everywhere. It was hard to imagine their former glory.The brave warriors are now reduced to corpses, and the strong smell of rust fills the air.

The dragon banner of Wessex fluttered in the autumn wind, but the banner was broken, and the soldiers who fought under its banner were all dead. Now it is the home field of the Normans.

The essence of England was buried in this land. King Harold's three thousand guards were completely finished. Even if the king died in battle, the guards still fought for their master to the last moment, preserving their glory and the honor of their master.

The victorious Normans scattered among the corpses in twos and threes to collect weapons and trophies, and the crows jumped boldly among the corpses.

According to the long-standing practice, after the war, humans collect steel, and crows eat flesh and blood.

"Quack, quack, quack."

A group of crows gathered on the mountain of corpses were frightened away by waving arms, as if they were complaining about the unruly human beings, why didn't they just let them swallow them honestly?

But the man they wanted to peck at the eyeball was still alive, and it was natural to resist.

Edward Wessex crawled out of the pile of corpses with difficulty. He was stunned when King Harold was hit by a arrow in the eye. The former king watched the king die.

He was covered in blood, and there were still many wounds on his body, but fortunately, the strong chain mail blocked these attacks, allowing its owner to survive.

As for why it was once, because Edward voluntarily resigned from the position of King of England through a meeting of sages and gave up the throne to Harold Godwin.

As for why Edward chose to resign, this is a long story to tell.

After returning to England, Edward was not very moved, but felt strange, strange in various senses.

And because of his experience in Hungary and Ross, Edward has a large group of Hungarian and Ross retinues around him.It was precisely because of these foreigners that Edward was unable to establish a circle of Anglo-Saxon dignitaries that belonged to him.

On the one hand, this situation was caused by the Godwin family's single hand, and on the other hand, it was the awkward attitude of the other confessor.

Although Edward is back, the Confessor does not want him king.

In the private conversation of the family, Edward understood why, in the words of the confessor, even if you become the king, you are still Godwin's puppet.

This has nothing to do with Godwin being good or bad, it's a matter of location.

The king let this passage go out, using it to disgust Harold, and then succeeded in making those royalists not get closer to Edward because they were afraid of the king's attitude. After all, who knows what the king's attitude is towards this.

Edward had been miserable for the past few years. He felt that he and a sandwich biscuit were placed between Harold and the confessor, becoming a tool in their struggle.

Therefore, although Edward was in England, he still cared about things in Eastern Europe. For example, in the middle of 1063, Bella of Hungary died suddenly because of the "collapse of the throne", and Andrew's son regained the throne, which made him happy. for a while.

And he was even more satisfied with Rostislav's battle in Bulgar, and he was very happy to see this junior getting stronger.

After the death of the Confessor, according to the usual practice, Edward ascended to the throne, but faced with the fact that most of the kingdom belonged to the Godwin family and he had almost no support from the Anglo-Saxon dignitaries around him, he felt extremely helpless.

Therefore, even after becoming king, his first thought was to abdicate. On the one hand, it was out of lack of confidence in the rule, and on the other hand, it was the threat of Normandy.

Unlike these Anglo-Saxon dignitaries who have lived in the islands for a long time and are not interested in the European form, Edward is very concerned about this aspect and many events in the European continent.

And when he saw that William, who was promised the throne by the confessor, was making various campaigns and the support of the Pope, he found it difficult to deal with it.

The illegitimate son William was a feared figure in the West, and Edward did not think he could stand against such an enemy.

Under the combined effect of internal and external factors, Edward decided to abdicate. Harold is still gentle and loyal to the Wessex family now, but his sons are not like this. Rather than being unbearable, it is better to take the initiative give way.

Edward's character doesn't like fighting for power and profit. In contrast, his character is more easy-going. It's good to let him and his family live in comfort. If it wasn't for Harold's initiative to invite him, and he had left For once, it was impossible for Edward to follow him back to England out of guilt and aroused hope of succession.

In order to succeed in abdicating the throne, Edward also contacted Harold's sons in advance to build momentum. These guys were enthusiastic about making their father king, and they immediately agreed to Edward's request.

So at the meeting of sages, as soon as Edward proposed to abdicate Harold's son, he began to agitate, and after the abdication, Harold became the king of England in this way.

As for Edward, he intends to return to Rose. Being a local lord in Rose is at least more comfortable than being the so-called king.

And it's safe to leave early, he knows that Harold is a good person, but he doesn't know the rest, God knows if Harold's son or someone else will come to "cut off future troubles".

But Harold forced him to stay, and he did this for his reputation. After all, the previous king ran abroad as soon as he abdicated. Isn't this pointing at Harold's nose to imply that he usurped the throne?
So Edward became the Earl of Oxford, but Harold promised that Edward could leave after one year, which made Edward feel at ease.

As a result, in the year of the abdication, things followed one after another. First, there was a turmoil in Northumbria, and the new British king sent troops to crusade, then the Norwegian king invaded, and then William's army crossed the sea.

As the lord of England, Edward naturally had to fulfill his military obligations, so he led Thain (can be understood as a good family son) and his followers to fight with Harold.

In the battle with the king of Norway, he almost killed Harald, but thinking of his relationship with the king, he finally spared the king of Norway, only wounding him.

The defeated Norwegians then escorted their wounded king back, and while the Anglo-Saxons celebrated their victory, news of William's landing came.

Then Harold forced his army to march to Hastings to form a battle against the Norman army crossing the sea.

On the battlefield of Hastings, European knights and English guards fought bloody battles in this ancient land.

Harold died, and his three thousand guards fought to the last man over the king's body, and Edward was buried in the body because he was shot in the head.

Edward, who woke up now, looked at the broken battlefield around him, and immediately figured out the situation. In fact, the moment Harold was shot in the eye, Edward knew the ending.

Next, a force suddenly burst out of Edward's body, allowing him to crawl out of the pile of corpses, and then began to escape, fleeing to the forest without the Normans.

As the last descendant of Wessex, he had to take his family out of this land before those people crowned his son. He managed to escape that fate, and he couldn't let his son suffer the same fate.

As for the counterattack, it seemed impossible for Edward. Without Harold, the whole of southern England would be leaderless and no one could mobilize.

As for northern England, just rely on those two guys who defeated Harald with the help of Harold and kept the territory, and then they are still unwilling to send troops south?It's just two trash with high eyesight and low hands.

So Edward made up his mind to run away now. He couldn't let his offspring fall into these messy things. He wouldn't let his son be killed, and his daughter give birth to a child early and then be poured down a glass of poisoned wine.

And that is when Edward was walking on the battlefield full of corpses. He avoided the sight of the Normans and was about to enter the forest when he said "What are you doing?" came from behind.

Then Edward ran into the forest without hesitation, and the Normans quickly caught up, but Edward quickly disappeared in the forest.

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(End of this chapter)