Chapter 352 7.6 Reinforcements Arrive
Clint has fought all his life, so he knows how to kill.
It looks hot-blooded and brave to charge into the enemy camp alone, but it will never happen in the real world.
In the forest, a lone wolf dies and a pack of wolves survives.
Even in a small-scale fight, it is easier to win with a companion.
At the age of 62, Clint knows this well.
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Most Vikings are illiterate, so they can only use the most primitive methods to pass on messages.
In Viking culture, "bloody handprints" represent danger.
When they appear in the woods, it means that there are wild beasts nearby.
When they appear in the city, it means that the city has mixed with enemies.
When printed on paper or cloth and passed to allies, it means that individuals need help.
After winning the Viking war against the English Isles, Loki had 2,000 survivors.
Clint is not the most powerful one.
But if we talk about who has served the "Starlag family" the longest.
Clint Fuyuki is the best in the field.
For many Viking pirates who followed Loki to the battle, old man Clint was a living fossil who watched their fathers being born and then watched their sons die in battle.
No one would dare to ignore his call.
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In just half an hour, the first wave of Viking pirates who came to reinforce had rushed into the gate of the village.
This is the owner of the "Wansha Farm" closest to Clint's farm: Wansha Ivanovich.
This is a name with a distinct Slavic style. Wansha and Clint have known each other since childhood, and the reason is very simple - he was the Slav baby that Clint personally plundered from a Slavic village when he followed the old village chief "Manggus Starlag" to plunder in the east when he was young.
Clint raised him until he was 12 years old and taught him hunting, martial arts and the way of survival. When he completed the adult trial, got the warrior armband from "Manggus", and was given a woman, he moved out of the house.
In the Vikings' social community, they call this kind of relationship "blood father".
"Lord Blood Father, I'm here with my men!"
Wansha is 36 years old this year. Unlike Clint, whose friends and relatives all died in the war, Wansha is much luckier than him. Even after several wars, nearly half of his friends who grew up with him survived the war.
After winning the war, they asked Loki to merge all the land together, and at the same time, they took out the gold and silver they got to build a castle about the same size as Hanshui Castle.
The warm winter in England allowed the construction to continue without delaying the construction period.
After a winter, the majestic wooden castle was almost completed, and the five brothers moved into their rooms. With the service of maids and sufficient farm workers, they lived a very comfortable life every day.
There were only 170 people in Hanshui Village, so everyone in the village knew each other. Seeing the bloody order sent by Lord Blood Father, everyone in Wansha Manor jumped out of their beds at the same time. They didn't even have time to eat breakfast and ran all the way here.
It was not until they rushed into the village and saw that old man Clint was safe and sound that they breathed a sigh of relief.
In the following hour, the second and third reinforcements arrived one after another.
They were Sangji, a carpenter living in Hanshui Village by the sea, and a fisherman who ran a sea-enclosed fishery.
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Since Loki occupied the new home, Sangji's craftsmanship was far different from that of Mercian craftsmen. In the poor Scandinavian Peninsula, he was still a craftsman, but in the new home, even a Mercian apprentice was much better at carpentry than him.
Sangji lost his job immediately.
However, as the first veteran who followed Loki to conquer the world, carpenter Sangji was not forgotten.
Loki knew that he loved shipbuilding, so he gave him a mansion by the sea, along with thirty acres of salt fields and four hundred salt workers to ensure his life.
This is a huge lucrative position.
In the entire Normandy region, Loki only set up such a salt field. After the sea salt is dried, Sanji can sell it directly to Loki, and Loki will then supply it to other towns.
After thinking it over, Loki decided to give this profitable business to Sanji. The reason is simple. Sanji is a pure person. He does not covet power or wealth. His only interest in life is shipbuilding.
As long as he follows his rich father to sea, he can immediately live the life of a rich man, but Old Gore persuades him in every way, but Sanji still sticks to his original intention and intends to continue to serve Loki.
Loki sees that when the family property increases, other pirates will inevitably have ambitions, but Sanji is unlikely to do so.
As a result, this honest old carpenter is just as he expected. He directly invited 10 Mercian craftsmen to serve as apprentices for them from scratch. He built a suggested dock and built wooden boats every day, and he was busy and happy.
Seeing the bloody handprint, Sanji thought that Clint's farm had encountered a war, so he did not hesitate to pull all the salt farmers who knew how to dance with swords in the manor.
So far, Clint's men have almost gathered 200 people.
50 Viking pirates plus 150 English thugs, in terms of village fights, this is already a considerable force.
But he is still waiting.
Because "Wolf Eye" Sicord has not appeared yet.
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"Wolf Eye" Sicord is the "tribune" on this border.
This position was established by Loki in imitation of the seven kingdoms of England, and was first inherited from ancient Rome. In the Middle Ages, the sparse population and vast wasteland of the countries in the Western Continent made it impossible for them to build beacon towers on the border like the Tang Dynasty in the East.
Therefore, the method usually adopted by the lords is to let the farmers closest to the border open up a piece of vacant land as a temporary garrison for the "border guards", and the daily supplies and all logistical support of the border guards are all handed over to the lord.
Of course, there is no work done in vain.
This lord will also be granted an official position and enjoy the privileges of the nobles.
"Tribune" is such an official position.
At the junction of "Yan County" and "Yun Province", according to the concept of setting up a "tribune" every 100 kilometers, the tribune near Grandpa Clint is called "Wolf Eye" Sicord.
This is a chosen one under the path of the mountain giant. In his cotton plantation, there are 500 light cavalrymen responsible for border patrol all year round.
Although only 100 of this group of people are Vikings, this is also a considerable fighting force. What's more, Secord and his brothers are also extremely powerful.
62 years of combat experience told him that even a lion fighting a rabbit must use all its strength. This group of French bastards may seem weak, but they can survive on this continent for a long time, so they must have some real skills.
The brothers who followed Loki to fight north and south finally turned over and lived a wealthy life. They followed him to fight, so he must at least ensure their safety.
Time passed by minute by minute, and finally, a dense sound of horse hooves sounded in the sky.
On the watchtower, Clint saw a long line of fully armed light cavalrymen running from the distant mountains. However, the one holding a big flag and leading the charge was not Secord.
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Why does this young man look so familiar?