The Denmark King looked proudly at the warships surrounding him. This was a manifestation of his influence and military power. In his excitement, the Nordic king stood at the bow of the ship facing the wind and waves. At this time, he could gradually see the territory of Mecklenburg, the lush forests, and the port for building houses. It could be seen that this place was indeed a relatively prosperous territory. Unlike the Nordic lands that were cold and bone-deep in winter, the warm climate here must have a lot of land suitable for cultivation.

"Your Majesty, look at the Mecklenburg people who seem to be fighting a naval battle with us." At this moment, the King of Denmark pointed ahead and said to him. Although the King of Denmark's raid caused heavy losses to the King of Denmark's subordinates, the money from the robbery merchants brought back made the King of Denmark realize that the former Baltic coast began to flourish, so it was necessary to conduct a raid before the winter. In order to survive the long and cold winter, the Vikings usually reserved food in advance.

"Send a signal to prepare for the battle." The Danish king held the ship's side and ordered loudly. A Viking warrior immediately took out his horn horn, and stomped his cheeks on the stern of the ship and blew the low horn vigorously. The dull horn horn sounded, and the Viking warriors on the warship held their weapons in their hands as long as they didn't row.

"Sir, the other party made a trumpet sound, it seems that we have discovered our movements." On the Unicorn, the captain Arod, who was standing next to the ship, said to him. At this time, ten armed merchant ships moved towards the Viking warships in half a moon shape. When they heard the trumpet sounds from the Viking warships, they stopped.

"Line up in a row, facing their ships sideways. Speak the flags and wait for the order to launch." Aruod took out his secret treasure, looked at the Viking warriors' fleet, and the formation of thirty warships rushed towards this side with arrows. It seemed that the Viking warriors planned to board the ship to fight hand-to-hand combat at the beginning. Thinking about it, the Viking warriors' most proud of is hand-to-hand combat. However, through the single-hole telescope, Aruod could see that each warship was still equipped with archers. The archers of these Viking warriors held longbows with a long range, but they were still much worse than those of the bed crossbow.

On the other hand, the King of Denmark saw the Mecklenburg armed merchant ship rolling up the sails and mooring his ships on the sea. The armed merchant ships were shaking with the ups and downs of the sea. What was going on? Could it be that they were just waiting for their attacks? This strange phenomenon made the King of Denmark confused.

"Your Majesty, please be careful. I saw a black lion's flag hanging on one of the ships." At this time, Claze warned the King of Denmark. Of course, the King of Denmark knew that the flags and patterns hung on each ship represented the identity of the nobles on the ship.

"Who is that?" the King of Denmark asked quickly. He knew that Claze had fought a fierce battle with Arud. Although he lost the battle, he must know whose flag it was.

"It's the Earl of Mecklenburg himself." Kraze said gritting his teeth. It was this flag that stood behind the soldiers holding spears, and launched a cavalry raid to defeat him, causing him to bear the shame of failure.

"What? The Earl of Mecklenburg himself? I didn't expect that the leader of the Mecklenburg people would have such courage, haha." The King of Denmark said sarcastically. He once raided the Frankish territory with his leader when he was young. Their earls or nobles always hide in their strong castles in fear, and they would only pray to their stupid gods who were crucified. Few nobles dared to go to the battlefield to fight them in person.

"This is a good opportunity. Your Majesty asked us to lean on him and capture him alive, and then threaten them to bring out the entire county." The bald man Gali said loudly. The fierce Viking Warrior leader was on the same warship as the escort of the King of Denmark. His attention was immediately adopted by the King of Denmark, but Claze had different opinions.

"Your Majesty, please be careful. This Earl of Mecklenburg is very cunning. Be careful that this is a trap." Kraze's words made the Danish king hesitate. He stroked his tiny beard with a braid, frowned and stared forward. Is this a big meal or a trap?

"In my opinion, it is simply a shame among shame to see the enemy but not be able to slaughter the enemy." The bald man Gali said angrily. He waved his heavy hammer and looked at Kraze angrily. This foreigner was simply a shame to the Viking warriors.

"Well, there will be no traps on this sea. Let us rush up and beat these arrogant Mecklenburg people hard." The Danish king finally decided to adopt the words of his confidant Gari. He immediately let the Vikings sound the horn of the attack and received a response from the horn. The Vikings on each ship rowed their oars desperately and leaned towards the armed merchant ships of the Mecklenburg people.

"The enemy is approaching us, when will we attack?" Ifu was shocked when he looked at the Viking warships densely arranged on the sea. He did not expect that these Vikings could mobilize so many warships to fight. If they were landed by the Viking warriors on the warship, it would be a catastrophe for Mecklenburg.

"Preparation of crossbowman." Aroud looked at the Viking warships that were approaching quickly from the single-eyed telescope. He raised his left hand and ordered loudly. The sailors on the watchtower immediately conveyed the orders through the flags. The various armed merchant ships sounded the sound of pulling the bowstrings, and the thick crossbow spears were placed on it.

"Hey, hey, hey~~~~." The Viking warriors gritted their teeth and paddled hard to beat the slogans. As the wooden pulp brushed, the speed became faster and faster. The unique narrowness of the Viking warships made their speed minimize the resistance.

"Prepare to launch~~~." Aruod couldn't help but sweat broke out on his forehead. His left hand finally dropped. After a command, the crossbows on the ten armed warships fired out crossbow spears. As the sound of breaking through the air sounded, the heavy crossbow spears shot towards the Viking warships.

"Swoosh~~~ Ping." The Vikings who were sailing towards the Mecklenburg armed merchant ship suddenly heard a sound of breaking through the air above their heads. With a whizzing sound, several black shadows directly hit the Vikings' fleet. If the wooden hull made of hull was hit and shaken after being hit, even the wooden shields on both sides of the ship could not be stopped.

"We are attacked, damn Mecklenburg people, what is this?" The King of Denmark held the ship's side and shouted. The sea water poured in from the side, pouring it into the ship, making the Vikings' bodies soaked in the cold sea water. Although the Viking warships driven by the Vikings were long and narrow, the speed would be very fast when sailing, but shallow draft became the biggest problem. Once attacked on the sea, there would be a risk of overturning.

"Turn the rudder, avoid it quickly, it is the Mecklenburg people's crossbow arrows." Kraze shouted anxiously. He had seen these Mecklenburg's long-range weapons when he was attacking the port fortress. The Viking warships began to consciously avoid the flying crossbow arrows. However, a Viking warship was still hit by several crossbow arrows and finally overwhelmed on the sea. Thirty Viking warriors on the ship exclaimed and were thrown into the sea. Fortunately, these Viking warriors could swim. They tried desperately to stay away from the gradually sinking warships and grabbed all shields or wooden barrels floating on the sea to avoid being sucked into the sea by the whirlpools generated by the sinking warships. The companions around them were avoiding the shooting of long-range crossbow arrows while rescuing these compatriots who fell into the water on board.

"Continue to row, lean over and kill these sanctuaries." There were also strong Viking warrior leaders, stepping on the bow of the boat, holding the battle axe tightly, pointing to the Viking warriors who were paddling on their ship, shouting, "They wanted to rush to the Mecklenburg armed warship at their own speed and eliminate the Mecklenburg people through hand-to-hand combat.

"Arrowers are ready to shoot." At this time, the captains on the armed merchant ship immediately ordered that although they had not experienced major naval battles, these experienced captains and sailors knew the key points of fighting at sea. They ordered their sailors that fighting at sea is no more common than bows and arrows. Of course, the sailors sailing in the North Sea are not as skilled as sailors in the Mediterranean. The Genoa sailors in the Mediterranean are best at shooting at bows and arrows. This may be because the Mediterranean sea trade is the most frequent, the pirates are the most rampant, and the competition between various countries through sea wars.

"Archer Shooting~~~." But the first one to shoot with the bows and arrows was not the Mecklenburg armed merchant ships, but the Viking warriors' longbowers. Among these Viking warriors, there would be about four or five on each ship. They were originally support units for land raids, but now they have become the protagonists in naval battles. These future pioneers of England longbowers took out their big bows and put them on arrows, and under the order of the Viking warrior leader, they shot arrows at the armed merchant ships. The arrows from both sides came and went.
Chapter completed!