Ragnar felt a little confused - half a month ago, Hestein launched another attack on his territory.
During the time he was stationed in Uppland, he continued to gather the remnants of the army that had been defeated by Hestein, and his strength once again reached about 10,000. Supplies from various places were also transported to Uppland by land and sea. The soldiers had fine food.
He was so satisfied that he was planning how to pull out the fortresses in Hestein's various territories, but how could he have imagined that Hestein would actually abandon his own city walls?
That's all. This kind of bold behavior made him somewhat admire Hestein's courage. After receiving the report, he led his army straight to Hestein's location in order to seek the final solution.
The decisive battle. It took him ten days to get in touch with Hestein's troops. But for some reason, Hestein was timid again.
He knew that Hestein's troops were nearby, but Hestein had been avoiding him. But it could be said that Hestein was frightened and prepared to retreat, but it was not like——the two of them.
The troops always maintained a subtle distance. The flanks of both sides clashed from time to time, but when they wanted to fight decisively, they couldn't.
After several days of this, Ragnar finally succeeded in catching up with Hestein's main force. He surrounded them in the camp. Hestein defended with his back to the mountains, while Ragnar turned his back to the sea, on the plain.
A camp was set up.
Ragnar tentatively launched an attack, but found that the outside of the camp was full of traps. So he stopped. Although with Odin's protection, his troops would definitely be able to storm the camp, but this was not necessary at all.
——He has noticed that there is no water source at all where Hestein is camping. Even if they are left alone, they will not survive for three days.
It is not Ragnar who should take the initiative to attack, but Hestein.
Sure enough, after three days, the besieged enemy army finally couldn't hold on any longer, abandoned the trap they had worked so hard to dig, and rushed out of the camp. Ragnar had been waiting for this moment. He rode majestically.
The white horse was followed by the twelve heroic warriors. Behind him were thirty infantry battle formations, spread out across the great plain in two columns.
His spear Gangnir fell from the sky and stuck straight into the earth. He galloped past, pulled up Gangnir, pointed to the sky, and the tens of thousands of troops struck him with axes.
He raised his shield and made a terrifying sound.
Ragnar has not yet used Odin's protection, and his troops already have such high morale. In comparison, Hestein's troops seem to have low morale. Those soldiers are either downcast or have weak legs and feet.
Also sparse.
Ragnar raised Gangnir again, and the troops behind him became quiet. Ragnar stopped his horse and shouted a majestic voice that was not suitable for his age: "Hestein
!Come out and die!”
However, it was a woman who walked out of the Hestein army. She was unarmed and walked alone to the front of the two armies and shouted to Ragnar: "King of Heroes, can we talk?"
"Who do you think you are? I only talk to your commander-in-chief!"
The woman was extremely delicate, and she tried her best to speak every word so that Ragnar across from her could hear her clearly: "I am Ella Cornelius Scipio, the royal family of the Seven Hills Empire. Because
Hestein is hiding in Zealand and dare not come out. The commander of these people now is me."
As soon as he heard that this woman was Ella Cornelius Scipio, a murderous intent came out of Ragnar's eyes. In the past few months, he had heard this name more than once. Killing
She was the one who killed Sigurd, she was the one who killed Halfdan, and she was the one who killed Ivar. It can be said that compared to Hestein and Sealand, Ayla is Ragnar's real enemy.
Even if Ella is killed here on the spot, it still cannot offset the overwhelming hatred of having three sons killed in a row!
He rode up to Ella, looked down at Ella, and said, "Do you want to negotiate? Okay, kneel down in front of me first!"
He heard that Ella was a brave shield maiden, so he deliberately made this request. For a warrior, this is a humiliation more unbearable than death, because only cowards kneel down to the enemy.
However, Ella really knelt down. Although her movements were very slow, very slow, she really knelt down in front of Ragnar's horse in full view of everyone.
Ragnar laughed wildly. The army behind him also laughed. When he had enough laughter, he got off his horse, sat generously on the ground, and made an even more extreme request to Aila: "Come here, take off your clothes."
Take off my boots!”
The only people who can do this kind of thing in front of the public without changing their composure are slaves.
But Ella did it. Her slender hands that had never done heavy work were placed on Ragnar's dirty boots. She had never done such a thing before, and her movements were extremely clumsy. It took her a long time to finally finally
Take off one of Ragnar's shoes.
Just when she was about to take off the other boot, Ragnar suddenly kicked her and kicked her away! Ella's body rolled several times on the ground and let out a painful whine.
"You are not a warrior at all! Tell me, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Ella clutched her stomach and said painfully: "Ragnar, can you let the people of Zealand go?"
"You just want to tell me this?" Ragnar's eyes were full of violence, "Absolutely impossible. I have had enough of Aleister's tribe. I want to kill everyone in this entire tribe.
All become slaves!”
"Ragnar, you should know that I am the royal family of the Seven Hills Empire and have a claim to the throne."
"So what?"
"As long as you support me and help me obtain the throne of the Qi Qiu Empire, you and your people can live proudly in the Qi Qiu Empire! I will give all of you privileges beyond those of ordinary citizens of the Qi Qiu Empire, so that
Even the lowest commoners among you can be superior to the nobles of the Seven Hills Empire! Really! I am more useful when I am alive than when I am dead! As long as you let us go here!"
Before she finished speaking, Ella was kicked by Ragnar again. Ragnar said angrily: "Is this the person who killed my son? He is simply a clown! Listen up, even if you kill the entire seven
Qiu Empire gave it to me, and I won’t spare you—I just want to avenge my sons!”
Ella lay on the ground gasping for air. In the sky, the sun was emitting dazzling light. If we were in the Seven Hills Empire, it would have been the time to sow seeds. But here in the north, winter is unexpected.
Long.
"Ha...haha...hahahaha!"
Ella suddenly laughed, laughing, laughing, almost dying from laughter. In Ragnar's eyes, this woman looked like a madman.
"Ragnar... you should have attacked three days ago. You found out that we had no water and were waiting for us to surrender, right? You thought that no matter what we did in the past three days, we could not defeat you, right?
What?"
"Since you are so confident, then you will die here - Ragnar Lodbrok!"
