Chapter 415: The road to the southern part
Chapter 415: The road to the southern part
After having rested for three days, Einar left Dublin with his army, which was perfectly aligned as they advanced along the dirt roads that were in the place.
To avoid attacks against them by the rebels, Einar used soldiers and mounted warriors on horseback to check the road at all times.
This ensured the safety of the army not to mention that potential bad roads or roadblocks could be reported.
Einar who was on his horse opened his notebook where there were some numbers written down.
‘We have to travel 115 kilometers, the daily speed of the army is 16 kilometers per day so we should reach Loch Garman castle in 8 days.
Following a straight path through the hills of Wicklow and Fearna.
Later, the road will be only plain, so it will be a fairly relaxed trip.
I just hope there are no rebels on the way because that would delay our advance. In any case, I will leave the snipers guarding the camp.
They will be able to efficiently take care of the camp to avoid unpleasant surprises. ‘
After reviewing the information on the notebook, Einar put it in his bag and advanced with his soldiers.
Fortunately, the dirt road was dry due to the fact that it had not rained, so the beautiful fences of Dublin could be appreciated.
As they advanced, they passed some villages where Einar could see the Irish looking curiously at their army.
They were afraid at the beginning because they thought they would be robbed but the well-organized army simply advanced without caring about the civilians, because it was not their objective to kill them.
Because they were the future territory of Einar, so it was not very smart to mistreat his own people.
Something that Einar noticed is that the peasants were harvesting the harvest that had been sown at the beginning of the year, which did not seem to be much, but you could see the happiness on their faces.
Well, they could reap the fruit of their labor, knowing that they would have to give part of their sowing to the kingdom of Ireland, however thanks to the constant trade between Ireland and Iceland.
It had been achieved that the levels they had to give were reduced because the salt allowed the fish to be kept longer, like any kind of meat. That is why there was no lack of food in the kingdom of Ireland.
After advancing for a few more, Einar reached an abandoned village near a hill. The houses looked a bit old, but Einar took advantage of the dilapidated place to make a camp to rest.
The soldiers then prepared the place to be able to create some simple defenses, which were created in just 3 hours, after finishing the soldiers installed their tents while others enabled the abandoned town to sleep in the old wooden houses.
Einar, who was sitting in front of a campfire, looked at the fire and remembered his days in the army, mainly when he was sent to the mountains to fight against organized crime.
While he was seated a priest approached him who had volunteered to follow the army from Iceland. “Messiah Einar is something wrong?”
Einar raised his head and looked at the priest “It’s okay Walter, it’s just that I was remembering some things about the past, but what do you think of the situation in Ireland, do you think there is a solution from the church of Rome.”
Walter nodded and smiled as he took a crucifix. “It will be easy to end the religion of Rome, because in the end people will see for themselves the difference between our church and the corrupt traditional church.
We do not need people to give up their goods for salvation because that is only theft to the believers. The tithe was created only to feed the corruption that lives in the church’s dome.
But eventually, under your guidance things will end up getting better for everyone on the island. Maybe it will be somewhat complicated, but the more territories we get we can trap monks and priests.
They will be able to see first-hand the change that we are making, not to mention that when we show the sacred scriptures, they will realize that none of Jesus’ disciples betrayed him.
It was only a necessary way to obtain the forgiveness of the sins of humanity. “
Einar just smiled and looked at Walter seriously. “I hope they can see that they are wrong because I would not like to have to take them to reeducation camps. It will be hard times for them.
But they will see their mistakes, and eventually they will see the light or die. “
After this, they all went to sleep and continued on their way the next morning, just like the day before. They all advanced along the planned path before finding another place to spend the night.
During the following days, everything went smoothly until they found a small river where there seemed to be no bridge, so Einar used his knowledge as a military engineer.
He had his soldiers cut down trees in order to build a self-supporting bridge by Leonardo da Vinci, which was built quickly and efficiently, after which wooden boards were placed and the army was able to pass.
That being the only problem on their way, after other days they managed to arrive at the Loch Garman castle which was not in the best condition because it had traces of the damage caused during its siege in the past.
Although despite this it was a quite interesting castle and it had a different architecture from what had been seen in Dublin, since the castle had a circular shape and had a moat around it that was not very deep.
When Einar entered with his army, he could see some Irish people who were in terrible shape, sitting on the roads begging for food. Einar only sighed, as he knew that their lives had been difficult.
He did not blame his father-in-law for it because in a war the first to suffer are the civilians so there is no way to change that, however he took advantage of the moment to create hope in the castle’s people.
For this, he gave Walter soldiers and allowed him to deliver food to the citizens. While they did so they talked about the advantages of the Christian Nordic religion. This worked because in their saddest moment they found salvation.