Aachen was sacked, what did Utrecht lose?

The Henry Nassau family who immigrated to the Netherlands fell in love with the city of Utrecht. It's not that he became an earl to make his status rise, but that his family got the tangible benefits that he dreamed of.

The area centered on Utrecht has a large population, and its size is dozens of times that of Nassau's hometown. Henry controls the most elite area. When he first arrived, in order to force the local people to quickly accept his rule, he reduced the taxes of the common people to a certain extent, and reiterated that the local nobles had only military obligations to him. All welcome such an outsider.

This outsider is unusual. Henry Nassau moved the main branch of the family to Utrecht. Based on a series of treaties, the entire Netherlands will not be deliberately attacked by the Normans. Kingdoms are already allies.

By 842, the tax breaks granted by Henry had come to an end.

His biggest job this autumn harvest season is to patrol the territory with his subordinate army, collect the tenth tax paid by the people, and then plan to transport the new wheat to Rotterstad and sell it to the Ross people in exchange for funds.

Compared with the counties of Flanders on the other side of the river, Henry Nassau's wool industry in the Netherlands is inferior. In terms of overall strength, he is comprehensively inferior to Flanders, but this does not make him angry.

Henry has no great ambitions, and now he is living a stable and gradually prosperous life in the Netherlands by the sea, which was unimaginable in the past. In principle, he is loyal to Ludoff, Duke of Saxony, who has already led his troops to the battlefield of Mainz. Henry should personally lead the Nassau army to join the battle.

He didn't, or his daughter who stayed in Nassau's hometown was already holding up the Nassau banner to serve King Ludwig. Someone has already played on behalf of Nassau, so I should continue to stay in Utrecht to live a comfortable life.

Just as the Earl of Flanders suddenly had a mercenary team of Danish fishermen, Henry Nassau also had a guard of only a hundred Danes.

The Principality of the Netherlands does not need to support a large number of troops at this stage. The Danish Ross people are already allies with themselves, so no one can threaten the security of the region anymore. Raising troops is really expensive.

Henry Nassau maintained this standing army with a number of less than 500. He deliberately imitated the system of the Ross Kingdom. Anyway, his fief has a large population and he is an earl, so it is suitable enough to support a Ross standard standard team.

A small number of soldiers must be fine, and based on the habits of the hometown, this flag team should develop into a cavalry unit where everyone can ride a horse.

The Danish guards are good at sailing, which makes the Netherlands have a pocket-sized sailing combat capability.

He needed horses very much, so when the victorious Ross allied forces began to send well-trained, prime-age, all-mares war horses to the Netherlands, Henry gritted his teeth and bought them all even if he had to pay a lot of food. Almost in an instant, his standing army has everyone with horses, so is this enough?

Enough already!

"What else should I worry about? The south, the north, and the east are all friends, and the west is the endless sea. I have rich products here, and my subjects are many. This year, the Duke of Saxony did not ask me to go to war, nor did King Ludwig ask me to go to war." Combat. I just need to live comfortably here, and nothing will disrupt the good life of my family."

He feels that his life has reached the limit of his imagination, and he is not too young now, the edges and corners of his youth have been smoothed away, and he should enjoy the blessings after being poor for the first half of his life.

By sending agricultural products to Rotterstadt, Henry Nassau found that his fortune could increase steadily. This time, the largest sale of agricultural products in the Netherlands is underway, and the new wheat he transported can indeed ensure that tens of thousands of Danes spend the winter in the settlements at the mouth of the Rhine River.

As for Lothair's third daughter, Gisla, this girl Henry didn't know at all, and didn't need to know.

When Blue Fox took advantage of the opportunity to visit and mentioned this matter, he really asked all three questions without any cover-up.

"Strange, both Baudouin and Henry showed their attitudes. Could it be that Gisla is not an important person as a princess? Oh? Lothair really doesn't love this daughter? The nobles don't know this girl, it's really pitiful. "

Blue Fox had to think about it, maybe Ludwig, as an uncle, didn't bother to talk to this niece.

After all, Blue Fox was only left out in the cold in Regensburg, not under house arrest. He inquired about some news that Ludwig himself had also given birth to a bunch of children.

So what if Gisla was not taken away by her uncle?

Who knows?

Blue Fox had no intention of changing his mind. He ordered the army to rest and lick the **** wounds after the war at the mouth of the Laine River, and wait for September before returning.

Thus, Princess Gisla's life under house arrest finally came to an end.

She has no worries about food or drink in a comfortable house, but Naihe is like a canary in a cage, unable to fly freely even without chains. However, even if he walked out of the house, where could he go? The place is full of Normans, and the Frankish authority is gone.

"Uncle, will you take me in? If you take me in, will you marry me to some great nobleman in a few years? I... am alone now."

These days, Gisla has no fun at all. She is willing to believe the promise of the Norman nobleman Joseph Blue Fox. As for actually going to her uncle, it may be transported from one cage to another.

But what else could be done? What about royal princesses? It's not the same as civilian women, no one can decide their own destiny independently.

On the contrary, Gisra was somewhat envious of his former maid, Alicia.

She didn't know how long she had been under house arrest, but that night she was told that tomorrow was the day to leave. The strong Norman man who broke into the house threw down some clothes rather rudely, and then closed the door.

After all, it was also new clothes, without jewels or gold embellishments, the style was very simple but rather neat.

This is a burqa, the so-called want to give the princess a face, the blue fox specially found the archbishop from the Utrecht Cathedral to spend money to buy a nun's clothing, and then made a surprise cut and wore it in Gisla body.

Under the **** (or surveillance) of Ross warriors, she approached the pier in a posture resembling a female monk, where she met the blue fox who had changed into a gorgeous dress.

The breeze was blowing on the girl's face, she slowly took off her burqa and looked up at the blue fox's not disgusting smiling face.

"Now... shall we go?"

"It's today. Gisla, you look good. Are you ready?"

"Preparation...I don't care about preparation. Who knows what will happen in Mainz."

"Silly boy, don't think about things very badly." Blue Fox shrugged: "You have to understand that we are allies with your uncle, and I will definitely not harm you. As long as you are obedient along the way, everything will be fine."

"Okay." She nodded.

"Come on board with me now." After saying that, the blue fox grabbed Jisra's slender arms, and both of them stood on the longship that was the flagship.

In fact, Blue Fox doesn't think that Jisla is really noble, or whether noble or not mainly depends on his own military strength. She is a noble girl who is tightly controlled by him, Jisla had better be obedient and obedient, and if she is being rude, she should be tied up.

Fortunately, this girl is really obedient, this time she got on the boat and sat down without saying a word, neither smiling nor sad, just like a piece of wood, it seems that it doesn't matter how it is placed.

This fleet of long galleys began to move, with the oars flying up and down, and the flag of Ross fluttering from each mast. The blue fox and the entourage were still wearing the necessary armor. They urgently wore white linen shirts, and at most they put on white-and-blue-striped robes.

When the continuous paddling made the soldiers hot, many of them took off their shirts spontaneously, and the sun shone on their golden hairs, which also showed the arrogance of the various tattoos.

There was a small surprise in Jisla's heart, but she remained calm. Compared to being so frightened at the beginning, I have been in contact with the Normans, especially the Ross people for a long time these days, and I gradually feel that they are not pure demons.

Not a demon, nor a good guy. Gisla didn't want to have any dealings with ordinary Normans, but Joseph Blue Fox, a nobleman, had to communicate with him. Latin was the tool of communication between the two parties, and it was precisely this language that made her believe that Joseph Blue Fox is indeed a noble man.

Of course, Blue Fox can also speak Frankish, and in order to show off his extraordinary, he also speaks Latin.

The only way to continue sailing was to rest at night. She was amazed at the endurance of the Normans. They seemed to be rowing all day long. In such an environment, how embarrassing it is for a woman to be in it.

It was okay at first, but in the evening, Jisla, who had endured the journey, looked forward to going to the toilet urgently while resting on the shore.

The blue fox noticed that the princess had been subconsciously clutching her stomach during this period of time, and her originally calm face also showed distress.

"Ghisla." He asked, "Stomach pain? Stomach?"

In the past, no one dared to ask herself such a vulgar question, but now she didn't speak, and nodded silently in response.

"The fleet won't wait for anyone. It's hard for you to board our longship as a woman. Hold on, it's time to dock soon."

Isn't it just an order from Lanhu that it's suitable to rest on the shore? Of course, he would not favor such a girl. As long as the fleet continued to sail, Jisla had to endure. This move was the intention of the blue fox to suppress her potential vigor.

It was about the same time, the soft light of the setting sun turned the sweaty backs of the soldiers who were paddling hard into orange.

The Horn sounded under the instruction of Blue Fox, and the fleet docked in a place full of reeds.

The blue fox's big hand pressed on Jisla's shoulder, causing the staggering girl to look sideways.

"Follow me after you get off the boat. I will give you dignity, and you don't try to escape. I won't harm you, and the wolves in the forest don't care so much. You are a smart man, let's go."

Although he wanted to keep the dignity of the royal family members, Jisla clutched some soft paper given by the blue fox, clutched his stomach and ran straight to the bushes

It was in a secluded place that she was able to solve her personal problems, and it was just now that she had a chance to escape?

Really want to run away? Only God knows where this is.

If you escape into the forest, you will be attacked by wolves, but if you escape into the forest, you will be truly free.

Finally, the relaxed Jisra stood up, hesitating. Walking into the forest, you have to face the unknown, and your life may end in the forest at this location. When he returned to the riverside, he still had to live an arranged life and return to the birdcage.

She closed her eyes gently, and two lines of hot tears could not help but flow down the corners of her mouth and fall to the ground.

She wiped her face, and finally came out of the bushes, toward the camp.

And a man is waiting quietly.

The Blue Fox Ling fighters built their own camp, and he personally waited for Jisla to make a choice, and now the girl has reappeared.

"I gave you a chance to escape, it seems that you have made your own choice."

Gisla subconsciously covered her chest, and looked at Blue Fox's face with mixed feelings: "Are you waiting for me? You know I dare not run away?"

"Of course you can escape. But you are a smart woman. In fact, there is no token to prove that you are a princess. If you meet a forest hunter, you will only be treated as a lost child. Maybe you will be taken in and become an ordinary peasant woman." .The noble princess becomes an ordinary woman, will you accept it?"

"I...I don't know. I'm...just afraid of wolves."

"So you are still a nobleman, now follow me." After finishing speaking, Lan Hu turned around and left with a flick of his neck. From the corner of his eyes, he also noticed that the girl hooked her head and hurriedly followed his footsteps.

Gisla actually didn't think too much about it. What she was afraid of was not becoming a peasant woman, nor was she really afraid of wolves (never seen a wolf before), she was just afraid of an uncontrollable unknown.

It's unbelievable that even my parents didn't care about my feelings, but it was the Norman Joseph Blue Fox...

An indescribable comfortable feeling came to mind, and Gisra didn't know what it was.

On a new day, everything went on as usual. With experience, Jisla deliberately drank less water. When he was on the boat, he changed his image of a dull face. Instead, he curled up and slept directly, like a kitten nestled in the blue fox side.

Everyone felt that the voyage was boring, so the Ross people sang the folk songs of their hometown, and then chatted about some things.

"This child... If I get married as early as my elder brother, if I have a daughter, I will probably be as old as Jisla. It's ridiculous, my two younger brothers are married. Anyway, I have to look for it when I go back this year. "Thinking a lot, Blue Fox couldn't help but look at the girl's face more.

In a sense, her treatment of such a little girl does have a bit of a father's treatment of his daughter.

The Gould family has been separated, and even though he has the title of earl and a letter, it is a fact that he has no family records. Being "alone", he felt a little sympathetic to the princess. The Lothair family all went to Strasbourg, and it was hard to imagine her high status in the royal family with just such a young daughter staying in Aachen.

After continuous voyages, Jisla's mental state is not good under the exhaustion of boats and cars. She has been living in Aachen since she can remember. It can be said that she has almost no understanding of the huge Frank. When will the long Rhine end? Where is the Ross fleet now?

A new day is a new nap, but today is different.

Gisla, who was taking a nap, was awakened by the blue fox: "Son, get up and have a look. We have arrived at Koblenz and Nassau."

"Huh? Where?"

"Coblenz and Nassau! We don't have to spend the night outside tonight. Haha, my brother is here."

At least Gisla knew Coblenz, but only by name.

Here, she was shocked by a city that had turned into scorched earth, and the horror memories not long ago were awakened. Her body trembled unconsciously, her eyes widened and she subconsciously covered her mouth.

"Son, are you scared?"

"What... what's going on? Who destroyed the city? You? You Normans did a good job? I... I know Coblenz, you destroyed the city."

"Oh? You know Koblenz?" The blue fox was a little surprised, and sighed a little: "It is indeed a princess. But this city was not destroyed by us, it is a trace of war. Loyalty to your father's army is the same as loyalty to your uncle Your army fought here, the city died with it, and if you blame it, you blame your father."

"This... I can't believe it."

"Don't forget, attacking Aachen is also part of the war. Your father wants to kill your uncle to become the only king, and your uncle can only fight back with all his strength. You live in Aachen and know nothing about the outside world! You don't know the whole world The world is at war, and you really don't need to know."

"Is it all true?" Gisla was a little convinced.

"It's all true."

Blue Fox thought that his younger brother Black Fox had been honestly leading Nassau after the Battle of Koblenz. He planned to rest the fleet in the town of Lanstein, where the Lan River flows into the Rhine River, and take advantage of the situation to discuss with his brother. Reminiscing about the past.

At that time this was a small fishing village, but now due to the influx of a large number of Koblenz refugees, a large number of wooden buildings rose from the ground during the warm summer period, and the village became a town.

Blue Fox's fleet came swaggeringly, and the dock very cooperatively accepted the fleet's berthing.

He got off the boat and helped himself by his belt, shouting to the locals: "Let you be in charge! Me! Earl of Gothenburg! Your Lord Blue Fox is back!"

There were quite a few Ross people present, and they felt very cordial when they saw the howling of the blue fox, and when they saw that there were many vacant ships in its fleet, they fully understood its intentions.

Soon, Blue Fox's old subordinate Vardy came happily.

His appearance was a surprise: "You? Isn't your fief located in the small river, upstream of Nassau Village?"

"That's right." Wadi smiled naively: "But the brothers have just finished an expedition, and many soldiers are still training. Besides, there is still the matter of wine..."

"Wait a minute, you said expedition? What's going on here?"

Vardy briefly explained the so-called Saar River looting and the destruction of the Sarabrcken Bridge. The blue fox was unaware of this matter. After Vardy explained it well, he knew it was Ludwig's conspiracy again.

"This Ludwig, are you using us as swords? We seem to be fighting for him?" Blue Fox's complaints are just right. In the final analysis, Ludwig has passively obtained a lot of benefits, which is really conducive to his civil war.

Looting the Saar River has wonderful benefits, such as cider, cherry wine, and plum wine. These wonderful fruit wines are the characteristics of the Saar region and are unique and rare in the north.

Speaking of wine, it just so happened that Lanstein had set up some barrels full of wine, including captured cider.

It was here that the blue fox drank the extremely sweet and fragrant apple cider for the first time in his life, and immediately realized the great opportunity in it when he had a good time.

There is this fine wine on both sides of the Saar River, occupying it and owning it, and making money by continuously sending strange fruit wine to the north.

He thought so, Wadi and Eric the "Missing Teeth" who came later, the two wanted their former boss to explain the recent ambition of the little fat black fox, saying that since the brothers can easily sweep the Saar River , it is also possible to hold it in your hand.

The younger brother Heihu's thoughts coincided with his own, and Lanhu also learned more news here. The amount of information made him have to adjust his mentality.

The little girl Sophia Nassau became the earl, and the blue fox knew about it. Why did the younger brother, the black fox, become the so-called Baron of Wiesbaden?

Blue Fox didn't know about the attack on Sarah Brcken. This was a new secret agreement with Ludwig after his younger brother Black Fox.

That is a key bridge ~www.mtlnovel.com~ It seems that it collapsed, and the Middle Kingdom army stranded in Kaiserslautern was blocked from retreating, and its reinforcements were also unable to come. There is also a granary there, and a fire destroyed a town. Will the army of the Middle Kingdom run out of food?

What is Ludwig going to do?

The answer is ready to come out - the decisive battle! Just this year! Just this month! It's now!

Because of Black Fox and Sofia, the young couple happily went to Mainz with their spoils.

"Boss, you are still one step too late. As long as you come two days earlier, you can leave with the black fox." Wadi said pertinently.

"It's not too late now! In my opinion, Ludwig is going to fight a big battle this year. He is really crazy! Well, I can just tell him that I looted Aachen."

Blue Fox had no intention of staying in Lanstein, so he put down the vacant ship. The next morning, the streamlined fleet consisted of only four long ships. Pack the money box, hang the cross flag high to avoid misunderstanding, and run to Mainz as fast as possible.