Chapter 499: Searching for the survivors of the Irish Coalition Army 1/2
Chapter 499: Searching for the survivors of the Irish Coalition Army 1/2
Einar who was in the city of Dun Padraig, the capital of the kingdom of Ulster, spread his hands as he watched with pride as his flag was placed on top of the battlement tower of the castle of the city.
“With this conquest, we have almost completely finished the conquest of Ireland. We only need to send the rest of the troops to finish off the last two baronies where most of the Irish soldiers who escaped are taking refuge.”
Einar turned his head to look at Ansgar. “You can take two-thirds of the army to hunt down the survivors who are currently taking refuge in the baronies of Carrickfergus and Slemish.
In those two places, they must be hiding everything that remains of the Irish army. It is very important that you completely destroy them.
Because they are a real danger because they can organize minor attacks against the newly unified kingdom that we have built. For my part, I will send a letter to my father-in-law Vilhelm.
Since in this way he will send the rest of his army to be able to reinforce all the border areas with the kingdom of Ulster in that way the enemy army will not be able to escape.
Although being honest, I doubt very much that they can do it since their leaders committed stupid things to destroy all the villages and leave them completely empty.
So it is completely impossible for them to have any ability to survive in large numbers, yet they are still dangerous.
Departs in two days and remember to be careful because although in theory we are superior to them and we have more morale.
An enemy will continue to be dangerous to an unarmed one because he is going to try in every possible way to kill us. “
Ansgar nodded and began to prepare everything to be able to guarantee the success of the conquest against the Irish, for the part of him Einar stroked the white deer that was next to him while holding Dreide’s hand.
“I think we should rest a bit in the battlement tower. I really feel a little tired from all these months that we have been working hard to end this war.
My only regret is that a lot of good population was lost in that battle and the damage they did on the island is going to take a long time to heal.
However, I think that with at least 50,000 Irish and their families in Iceland, I could build an army large enough to be able to wipe out the island of Brittany.
Fortunately, during the famine, a large number of the kingdom’s population was able to reach the kingdom of Ireland, so although the loss was quite great, it is possible to recover.
Although perhaps the only thing that worries me at the moment is to understand the phenomenon that occurs around my little daughter who seems to have taken the form of a deer.
I don’t know if that is a good or bad thing, however much will be said in the future about what happened in this place, because even I cannot logically explain the orbs that appeared that day. “
Dreide smiled and hugged Einar’s arm. “I think we don’t need a logical explanation as the job of a Valkyrie is to retrieve the soul from the dead, she is simply doing her job.
I know you don’t like the idea of her doing those things, but ultimately it’s something she should do. “
Einar sighed and looked at the white deer fondly. “I suppose you are right, although I am curious what the Celtic tribes will say about what happened that day.”
Dreide closed his eyes as he thought “The only thing they can say is that you are accompanied by a deer that represents change and has connections to the realm of death.
Proving in this way that the change you are causing is one where death is present, yet represents the beginning of something greater. “
Two days after the conquest of the city of Dun Padraig, Ansgar, in command of two-thirds of the army, left the city in the barony’s direction of Carrickfergus.
As it was the first barony on its way to end the last pockets of resistance on the island of Ireland, the path to the barony was quite comfortable.
Since there were no enemies while they advanced, after five days of travel, they reached the barony of Carrickfergus.
Once they entered, they realized that there was a large amount of evidence that people had entered that place, so they searched nearby towns to see if they found any kind of enemy.
Fortunately for them, they did manage to find survivors who were taking refuge in some villages, so they surrendered without fighting.
Because they knew what they would die if they dared to fight the Nordic army, they also felt much safer with them.
Since the food they had was very little and they could only survive maybe a few weeks, but they could not survive after the food ran out.
For even if they found animals to hunt, the numbers would simply be less and they would not be able to feed them long enough to wait for the planting season.
Not to mention that they didn’t have any grain to sow, either. After a few days of touring the nearby villages, and safely trapping at least 3,692 enemy warriors.
When the Norse army reached Carrickfergus Castle, Ansgar was surprised by the large number of defenders on the walls.
Well, although it was not a very large castle and it barely had walls of just 4 m high, built with scattered stones.
He could calculate that there were at least 5,000 defenders in the castle, so he ordered a messenger to approach the castle to start negotiating the surrender of the defenders.
However, upon reaching the outside of the castle gates, the messenger was completely covered by arrows, killing him instantly.
Ansgar, seeing this simply shook his head and ordered the army to begin the siege, because there was no ultimate battle with the Irish coalition army.
He ordered the onagers to be prepared, as he planned to throw chlorine gas on the castle since he did not want to destroy the castle.
After a few days, all the onagers were built, so after a successful calibration, they started throwing glass containers of chlorine gas on the defenders.