Vikings: Nordic women

Chapter 49: Establishing Authority and Rebellion
Faced with Margaret's question, the priests looked at each other in silence, and Xina's face became more and more gloomy.

"Since you don't need the protection of the gods, we will leave first." Xina stood up, handed the crown to Margaret's maid, and then glared at the priests behind her.

Under Margaret's puzzled gaze, she led the priests to leave.

"Stop!" Margaret's voice was cold. "Are you dissatisfied with me? Are you going to disobey me? Are you going to declare war on the Gotland family?"

However, Xina ignored her, just looked back with disdain and left.

Seeing this, Harold also slowly stood up. In Margaret's eyes, he looked at her deeply, and without saying a word, he followed Xina away.

As the two men left, a large group of lords stood up and followed them.

The originally lively scene suddenly became deserted, and the remaining people looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

Faced with the continuous provocations from Sheena and Harold, Margaret calmly put the crown on her head, closed her eyes, and made a decision.

She opened her eyes, glanced at the neutral lords and the lords of Polly's faction, and asked coldly: "Is there anyone else who wants to leave?"

Polly walked forward, gently pulled the corner of Margaret's clothes, and whispered: "Margaret, your behavior just now was a bit impulsive."

However, Margaret responded without any remorse: "Ms. Polly, the alpha wolf may generously share food, but when faced with the provocation of his subordinates, as the king, it will only bite the challenger to death!"

Margaret announced loudly: "Xina, Harold and others are suspected of opposing the Gotland family. As the leader, I will deprive them of their lordship and fiefdom!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the lords present were in an uproar.

Immediately afterwards, Margaret summoned her maid and ordered: "Go to the military camp immediately and tell them to seal the city gates. Also, tell Huscarz to come here immediately!"

Seeing that Polly hadn't made any move, Margaret looked at her, put her hands behind her back and urged, "Lord Polly, what are you waiting for?"

Polly sighed and finally nodded: "As you command, my lord!"

Margaret sat on the Yar throne, propping up her face in deep thought. Her expression changed under the light of the oil lamp, and the atmosphere in the field became tense and depressing.

"kill?"

"Still not killing?"

"Don't make it hard for me!"

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Harold quickly caught up with the angry Sheena and said urgently: "You are too impulsive!"

"Who does she think she is? An illegitimate daughter!" Xina turned around, her eyes spitting fire, "She is just the heir chosen by the Madam. If the Madam had no children, the position of leader would never have been hers!"

"But the reality is that she is already the leader," Harold analyzed, "I am now worried that Polly will take the opportunity to attack us, so we must leave this dangerous place immediately before they react. You have to go with me!"

"Yes, first gather the army, and then replace it with a leader who can be controlled, such as Alexander!" Hearing this, Xina nodded firmly.

However, when they arrived at the gate of the town of Skelvik, they found that it had been tightly sealed by warriors.

They formed a shield wall to block the town gate, and there were also a large number of archers on the city wall ready for battle.

"Harold, it looks like she's going to attack us!" Sheena was wearing a black cloak, and was almost invisible under the cover of night. Harold pointed at the guarding officer and ordered, "Open the gate, are you blind?"

"Sorry, Lady Polly has ordered the town gate to be closed. If you want to leave, you need her permission! Please don't make things difficult for us!" the guard officer responded sincerely.

Harold turned and asked the lord from Huscarz's right team behind him: "Can you still fight?"

"Lord Harold, break out! We will escort you and the high priest out. If we die, our army will be in your charge. Please avenge us then! Let us replicate the victory of eight years ago!" The lords vowed.

Upon seeing this, the guard officer quickly hid behind the shield wall and advised: "Sir Harold, please don't be impulsive, otherwise if any serious consequences occur, you will be responsible for everything!"

Harold's face darkened, and under the cover of night he drew out his long sword that reflected the firelight. The lords, noble sons, and servants behind him also drew their swords.

"Retreat slowly, drive the carriages to attack the army, and then break through!" Harold's military order was spread quickly around through whispered word of mouth.

The guards realized that the situation was not good, and the lords retreated one after another, and the carriages they brought rushed towards the shield wall.

"Huscarz, kill!" The lords gave a war cry and charged towards the guards.

"Rebellion! Rebellion! Prepare to resist the attack!" the officer shouted loudly, and as several torches were thrown into the crowd of lords, the archers on the city wall also drew their bows and aimed at the group of lords.

In an instant, people and horses were thrown to the ground in the shield wall. War horses pulling carts kept knocking down several people and were killed by spears. Archers on the city wall also opened their bows.

However, the lords hid behind the wagons, and the archers could not shoot them at all. They attacked the shield wall from both sides.

The shield wall formation that the Vikings were proud of was broken. The soldiers had a natural fear of their lords and did not dare to fight back for a moment. They just passively used their shields to protect themselves and their companions in the same regiment.

Coupled with the pincer attack, the two sides were in a melee, and the archers on the city wall were worried about shooting their own people, so they were of no use at all.

It was not until a brave soldier stabbed a lord to death with a spear that the scene became completely chaotic and out of control.

At this time, the sound of horse hooves was heard, and a large number of warriors came. Someone shouted loudly: "Stop immediately, anyone who dares to resist will be regarded as a rebel immediately!"

At the same time, the remaining Huscarz knights also arrived. Wearing fine fish-scale armor and holding maces, they formed a crescent shape and quickly half-surrounded the two chaotic parties.

"Stop it now! Stop it now!" they shouted in unison.

The guard officer was horrified, but Harold laughed out loud: "Reinforcements are coming! Huscarz, I am your commander Harold. Immediately kill these enemies who intend to rebel, hold the queen hostage, and kill the lord, and then come with me to rescue your leader!"

However, the knights of Huscarz did not obey Harold's orders. They stepped forward, wielding maces and actually smashed at the lords.

They avoided the heads of the lords and their families, and only struck at their bodies, but even so, the spikes on the maces made them bleed.

"Huscarz Right Squad, what are you doing?" Harold shouted angrily, "Don't forget that we are all from Huscarz. You are actually helping Polly, that bitch who plotted to kill Ralph, to attack us?"

Among the soldiers who were advancing shoulder to shoulder with their shields pressed against each other, no matter how strong Harold was or how rich his fighting skills were, he was eventually captured because he had no room to maneuver, and was pinned to the ground with the knees of two or three men against his back.

"The gods will not let you go!" Sina's hood cloak was also torn off, and she was pressed to the ground with Harold, unable to move, and she cursed.

"Really?" The sound of the crutch hitting the ground was heard, and the sound of the wooden leg hitting the stone seemed to knock on the two men's hearts.

The Huskalz Knights withdrew their shield formation, and Ralph limped forward under the incredulous gazes of Harold and Sheena.

(End of this chapter)