The originally calm sea became turbulent. It roared and roared out one huge wave after another. Those huge waves hit the coast again and again, and the sound they made was like war drums. The divine power from the sea was like a wave.
It turned the entire continent upside down. In this huge wave, the huge fleet was so small and powerless, as if it turned into dead leaves floating on the sea, rising and falling with the waves.
After a night like this, the sea returned to tranquility. The sun rose, dispersing the terrifying atmosphere that filled the night. But the good times did not last long. After half a day, the sun was covered by dark clouds again. Those dark clouds were like
They were huge mountains, oppressing the earth, the sea, and the people on the earth and the sea. Not long after, the heavy rain fell again.
During this period, Ella always looked at Zealand. The heavy rain, the huge waves, the sun, the land, their battlefields, and their fighting at the top of their lungs, all of them just passed by Ella's eyes.
In Ella's eyes, there was only the unreachable Sealand.
Alfred asked her: "Is there anything important in Zealand?"
Her answer was a short but firm word: "Yes"
"But why haven't you urged the fleet to speed up? No matter whether the weather is bad or the weather is good, you have never urged it once."
Ella's answer was still short: "Haste makes waste."
Haste makes waste. The power of these words far exceeds the sea, huge waves and heavy rain.
There is no garrison in Zealand at the moment. In order to fight against Halfdan, Ella has taken away all the old, young, sick, and disabled who are still able to walk and hold weapons. The men who are still in Zealand
, some are too old, some are too young, some are sick, and some are so disabled that they can’t even take care of themselves.
If Ivar has really brought his army to the city of Zealand, then Zealand's defense is not even a piece of paper.
However, the fleet cannot be urged, because Ella knows that they are already sailing at their best. Urging has no purpose except making people panic.
Whether it is the troops brought by Ella or the allies from Alfred, they are all equipped for naval battles. It is already very difficult to fight against Ivar's troops who have landed.
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Of course, Ella's fleet is faster than Alfred and can completely leave Alfred's fleet behind and return quickly to support, but this will undoubtedly further reduce its own combat capabilities.
If she were still alone at this moment, she would definitely run day and night and run back to Zealand to find Amy with all her strength. But now she is the commander, a leader trusted by everyone. If she gave such an order, not only
It's Amy, and everyone who obeys her orders will become Ivar's prey.
"Father..." she murmured to the sky and asked, "Is this kind of weight on my body the meaning of 'king'?"
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The British Isles are separated from Zealand by more than half of the North Sea. To reach Zealand by boat from there, the strait guarded by Ella is the only place to pass. However, no god has ever stipulated that in order to reach Zealand from Britain,
You must only take the sea route from beginning to end.
In fact, starting from Zealand, you only need to cross a much smaller strait in the other direction to reach a land called "Fying". Then continue westward from Funing, and you will enter a land called "Fying".
The peninsula of "Jylland". Jutland is like a screen, separated to the west of Zealand, so that to reach Zealand by sea, you must pass through the strait guarded by Ella.
However, in fact, as long as we land on the Jutland Peninsula before reaching the strait, take the land route to Funen, and pass directly through this "screen", we can bypass Ella's defense line.
Both Jutland and Funen are territories of the Alemannic Federation and do not belong to the Pirate Kingdom, so no one is prepared for this direction.
——But no one has ever stipulated that during a war, the army cannot pass through the territory of a third party!
There is still a small strait to cross from Funing to Zealand. Unless you are a local lord of Funing, it will be difficult to pull out a fleet that can carry a large force across the strait.
——But what does a mere Jutland mean? Hestein has already demonstrated in front of Ella how to sail from the dry land of the Seven Hills Empire to the North Sea!
And that's what Ivar did.
On the march route, he landed in Ribeland in the Jutland region. With the help of the river near Ribeland, he repeatedly traveled by tugboat and river navigation, all the way to Wobasse.
They were sailing by boat, but Ivar spared no effort in manpower and forcibly towed the boat overland, all the way through Wabasse and into the Philippines. When Ayla led his troops back to support, his troops had already passed through most of the Philippines territory.
Politically, Ivar has plundered the Alemannic Federation many times. The Count of Île-de-France, the governor of the Alemannic Federation, will never allow Ivar to pass through the territory of the Alemannic Federation.
But Ivar knew that the entire Alemanni Federation was just a loose alliance that could be broken in one attack.
And the lord who ruled Jutland and Funen knew this better than Ivar. He knew that if Ivar planned to plunder Jutland, the Count of Île-de-France in Paris would not be able to help him.
When the lord of Jutland and Funen heard that the terrible Ivar had landed in his territory, he was so frightened that he retreated into the castle. And when Ivar sent an envoy to bring him a gift, expressing his hope for a peaceful return to Japan.
How could he refuse when Delan offered to pass by?
Finally, there is the issue of supplies. In the Alemannic Federation, which is hostile to pirates, it is difficult to peacefully purchase the supplies needed for the army. But this is also not a problem for Ivar.
He 'invited' the youngest son of the Lord of Jutland to accompany him with a hundred cavalry. They were nominally to supervise Ivar's troops to ensure that he was indeed passing through Jutland peacefully. But in reality, they became
A quartermaster who helped Ivar prepare supplies from various places along the way.
The funds to purchase supplies were of course provided by Ivar's troops in a friendly manner, but the lord's youngest son had to do his best to help him do this - otherwise, who knows if Ivar, who was short of supplies, would suddenly become angry.
What about ordering the plunder of Jutland on the spot?
In short, through this series of coercion and inducement, Ivar and his army passed through Jutland peacefully.
More than one person asked him why he would rather take this approach than go directly to Zealand by sea. Every time, Ivar just sat on his exclusive stretcher made of gold, smiled sickly, and replied
:
"I am inferior to my brother in the white shirt in all aspects. He is the chosen one, always holding a book, very intelligent, and can think of a quick solution like taking the sea route. I am not as good as him, and can only think of taking the land route.
