Rebirth of the Viking King

Chapter 442 96 Ecbert’s Late Night Visit

"There are no eternal enemies between countries, only eternal interests!"

"Your Highness Ecbert, when I see your face appearing on my Luoyu Highland, I am even more convinced that our Duke Loki is the reincarnation of the gods! His teachings are always concise and concise!"

Outside the residence of the Duke of Normandy, Jerome, the acting city lord, smiled and gently took Ecbert's riding whip. The Lord of Wessex disguised himself as a merchant and came to Falling Rain Highlands without any guards around him.

In the Western Continent, "leading a horse and holding a whip" is considered a symbol of lowering one's posture. For the Normans at this time, they had no airs to hold up.

In less than a month, a large number of people in England who originally lived on this land chose to flee en masse. There was even a rumor among the peasants that Duke Loki had died in the Inquisition in Paris.

Jerome didn't know how to appease the fleeing people, because after a long month, even he himself didn't know whether Duke Loki was dead or alive.

But what he can confirm is that there must be a battle between France and Normandy!

At this time, all the vassals in Normandy were on their way with their armies.

If Ecbert chose to show up at this time, he must not be his enemy.

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After a winter's rest and a small number of native and Slavic immigrants, plus nearly a thousand English militiamen willing to join the Viking army. Now all the vassals in the two provinces combined can only form an army of less than 4,000 people.

In comparison, the two provinces that sent troops to France were terrifying in terms of combat power.

Among the 21 provinces in France, the "Lorraine Region" can definitely be ranked in the top three in terms of wealth. Based on Jerome's knowledge of the Duke of Lorraine, Earl Van de Kamp, he could gather at least 30,000 private troops with just a wave of his hand.

And this is just the Lorraine region.

Even more terrifying is Corsica.

The two provinces jointly sent troops, and it could be seen that the 'sect leader' was really angry.

He was determined to wipe out all the resisters in Normandy.

He walked into the Duke's Palace and dismissed everyone around him. When there were only two people left in the empty study, Ecbert went straight to the point and did not hide anything from Jerome.

"Priest Jerome, last night, I received a call-up order from 'Edward Plantagenet', asking me to organize a militia of no less than 100,000 people to assist the 'Duke of Lorraine' Earl Van ·De Camp and 'Duke of Corsica' Fabricio jointly attacked Normandy."

"Mingren will not tell secrets. In fact, my eldest son Alfred has already met me. I am really sorry that he violated the proton exchange agreement between you and me. I am deeply sorry for this."

"But you also know that now it seems that all this doesn't matter."

This island, independent of the French mainland, is a place dedicated to raising dragons among the 21 provinces. This island alone is almost as large as the entire territory of Wessex.

It is conservatively estimated that there are more than 2,000 dragons living on Corsica. These giant dragons fly and roam throughout the Mediterranean area, and they can be called the absolute barrier in the southern part of the Principality of France.

The Duke of Corsica, Fabricio, was a powerful dragon knight.

It can almost be expected that a large number of dragon knights will participate in this war.

Last summer, the only seven dragon knights left in Wessex caused a lot of casualties to 6,000 Viking pirates. But this time facing the Duke of Corsica, Jerome didn't know how many of these powerful flying creatures he would bring.

Jerome nodded. In peacetime, this might have become a diplomatic accident, but at this time, Normandy was in danger of being destroyed and no one would pay attention to where a 15-year-old child had gone.

"Alfred has told me completely about his trip to Paris with Duke Rocky. To be honest, I am very shocked."

"Human beings can be ruled by humans, and can even succumb to the 'new gods' born in the human group, but under no circumstances should they be secretly dominated by a group of evil species of unknown origin."

"As long as there is a glimmer of hope, I, Wessex, am willing to break free from the control of the Plantagenets."

"On the other hand, there are nearly 2 million Wessex residents within our borders. I cannot decide on their own that their fate ends today."

"I also hope that Your Excellency the Master can understand this."

Jerome nodded.

The scene before him felt familiar. It seems that three years ago, when Hanshui Village was about to face the impact of Swain Gonk, Mr. Hummel seemed to have arrived late at night and said the same thing.

But Ecbert is obviously much more honest than Hummel, the old fox. He really wanted to form an alliance and talked openly and honestly with the Normans.

"I have sent a secret messenger to share everything I know with the other six kings. At this moment, I hope you can understand that everyone on this continent has focused their attention on you!"

"As long as you can let us militiamen see a glimmer of hope in defeating the French hegemony, we will help you complete this amazing achievement!"

Jerome smiled and shook his head.

Most of the world's lords are the same. Hummel Blood Pigeon made the same decision as Eckbert three years ago. He led the army to wait outside Hanshui Village. When they were about to defeat Swain Gonk, he led the army to enter the field to harvest.

After the battle, the garrison of Hanshui Village was almost completely destroyed.

On the contrary, Blood Pigeon Town preserved a large number of active forces and rushed into Wuya Town to complete the robbery.

Having sat on the position of acting city lord for many times, Jerome also understood some of the lord's way of thinking. If the Normans can win this station, it will be of great benefit to Wessex. .

But it has to be said that he overestimated the army in the hands of the Norman vassals.

After the decisive battle with Wessex last year, only 2,000 of the 6,000 troops left by Loki were wiped out.

Jerome pinched his eyebrows and said nothing for a long time.

It is true that all countries have a negative opinion of France, and Normandy is indeed what the people want.

But what's the use?

The huge power gap between the two countries is stark.

"Master Immortal, you are a serious person, but things may not be as bad as you think."

"As long as you can win the first battle, this group of people who have been under the pressure of the French aristocracy for a long time can see the hope of overthrowing the tyranny."

"You will definitely find that you have many more friends than you think!"