European Emperor Cultivation System

Chapter 209 Invasion of Britain

According to the records of the later "Doomsday Book", Norfolk County was one of the largest counties in Britain in the 10th and 11th centuries. After William the Conqueror ruled England, Norfolk, the county seat of Norfolk, jumped even more. It is the second largest city after London.

This expedition is scheduled for spring and winter. This is also the first time that Li Peijun has traveled such a long distance. The entire voyage distance is almost [-] kilometers. Si Gang rested for the night first.

Norfolk County has a dense river network and low-lying terrain. The water network covers 70% of the area. It can give full play to the advantages of the Vikings in naval warfare.

Following the trajectory of history, Norfolk County will be invaded by Denmark one after another in the future, and eventually it will be completely reduced to Danfa District. However, before that, Li Peijun has already extended his sharp edge to this place in advance.

"Listen up, everyone. Tomorrow, the troops will divide into two groups. One will land from Lowestoft Port, and the other will attack Norwich directly along the waterway of Great Yarmouth Port. Bernard will be in charge of Lowestoft's command. , the task is to wipe out the aristocratic forces around the county, and I will lead the main force in charge of Great Yarmouth, and follow my command when the time comes."

There are far more than these two ports in Norfolk. The reason why Li Peijun chose this is because the inland water network in the two places is well developed, and the depth of the attack is convenient, which can reduce the situation of infantry battles and seize the strategic initiative.

Although Norfolk County has developed agriculture and is rich and prosperous, it is now considered a mess. After the peace treaty was concluded, the King of England did not send someone to take it over in time. Denmark also retained a small number of garrisons. In the eyes of Li Peijun, it is no different from unowned land.

4000 people flooded into Hastings Port, and the population of the town increased several times. Temporary barracks had to be set up on the streets to cope with the camping. Hundreds of war horses unloaded from the ship were also taken to the stables. Take turns to feed, but fortunately, the supplies were delivered in advance in the early stage, otherwise it would be really unbearable.

"War is really a gold swallowing beast. No wonder there are so many great monarchs worrying about money." Li Peijun couldn't help frowning after watching the first day's expenses, although Hafleur's financial situation is no exaggeration to say that he can already support it. Half of the principality's country, but the war reserve in stock is only enough to last for less than a month.

If you want to fight quickly, you must achieve your strategic intentions as soon as possible. The current financial resources cannot support a protracted war of attrition.

"Kill, kill these thugs." Li Peijun looked directly at the land ahead with his sharp sword, and shouted in fluent Viking language, starting the first battle of a full-scale invasion of Britain.

Great Yarmouth Town is a port town with a population of less than a thousand people, but the enemy who attacked it was twice as many as the local civilians. The soldiers guarding the city had already fled when they saw the situation was not good, and they didn't even do the minimum to inform the enemy.

"Listen to my order, don't disturb the people, as long as they don't stop us from moving forward, leave fifty soldiers to take over here, and the rest will go directly to Norwich." Li Peijun glanced around. Lock, there is no smell of resistance at all, and he is not as brutal as the Danes, he just takes a boat to the destination.

Recalling the details of "Doomsday Book", the population of Britain at that time was only about 150 million, and the urban population accounted for 5%. Just like China's national conditions, the main labor force gathered in the countryside.

"Army attack."

Li Peijun chanted slogans and led the army to charge forward. In order to confuse the opponent, the vanguard put on Viking attire, and the iconic horned helmet was also indispensable. He hesitated for a moment when he fought back.

"Sir, the visitors seem to be our own people. Judging by their attire, they should be from their own sea area." The guards saw the group of people at the head, and pointed to one of the most conspicuous guys for the officer to see.

The city guard of Norwich was dubious, and ordered the guards in the city to quickly enter a state of martial law, "You forgot, there are many Viking factions in the sea area alone, maybe some defeated pirates want to come here to fight A windfall, let me teach them another lesson."

Just as the subordinate was thinking of flattering him, he saw that the situation was not good, and he shouted in shock, "Sir, that's not right, there are quite a lot of enemies below."

"It's not good, the enemy has already entered the city from the other side. After a quick glance, there are at least a few hundred people." The messenger brought back the urgent information from the rear.

"Hurry up, before the enemy completely surrounds us, hurry up and escape by boat." The vigor just now was completely defeated before the actual confrontation. The nobles boarded the ship and fled in a hurry.

"Civilians of Norwich, may God bless you, I hope those demons can give you some rations this time." Before leaving, the city guard pretended to look at the city of Norwich and prayed, after all, he was here There are also many atrocities committed, and every invader who comes here is similar, anyway, it is the low-level civilians who suffer.

What Li Peijun didn't expect was that Bernard's army, who had originally traveled by land, rushed into Norwich ahead of him, which is really incredible.

"Hey, don't talk about it, none of those guys can fight, they just saw how many of us were running away, and those who ran away disappeared, and those who ran slowly even knelt down and begged for mercy, but there are a few who are not afraid of death I tried to resist, but I couldn't last three rounds." Bernard was a little disappointed, he didn't encounter any fire along the way, and he simply left the infantry and rushed directly to Norwich.

"You have done a good job. Now continue to lead the army to advance deeply, and take the whole Norfolk County into your hands first, and make a decision on the rest after the rendezvous at night." Li Peijun encouraged him, and then redistributed the army. Four teams, appointed Tiddell and Cohen as conductors at the same time.

To the west of Norfolk is Cambridgeshire. Li Peijun wanted to use Cambridgeshire as a springboard before, but unfortunately the situation changed later and he had to give up temporarily. However, after Norfolk was assigned to his sphere of influence, Cambridgeshire was also settled. A good thing in the bag.

Although the standing army of the whole system is not as good as the powerful Vikings in hand-to-hand combat, it can win in the right time, place and people. Originally, Norfolk is in a state of semi-anarchy, and most of the garrisoned troops are small nobles. The motley crew is basically on the verge of collapsing.

The iron cavalry captured the last fiefdom on the border. Li Peijun arrested the local nobles, first pretended to torture him in Viking language, and then threatened him in English: "Remember to bring me a message to the king when you go back to London." The Jing people are back'."

(End of this chapter)