The villagers believed it. After all, they really had land and relatives. These Frankish yeoman farmers were indeed ethnically different from the Flemish people. They did not think that those mixed-race guys (Walloons) and Flemish people were different from themselves.

What a family.

The Count estimated that once the situation became critical, he could assemble another 1,000 militiamen, and finally managed to scrape together a team of 1,500 people. This was Lamonteau's most optimistic estimate.

However, as refugees continued to appear in the border villages of their fiefdoms, the peaceful residents of Liege Parish were dragging their families into the country. The terrible news they brought spread quickly to Namur.

People in the city were suddenly panicked.

This is supposed to be an era of limited information.

The terrible news spread faster, and the news became extremely distorted when it reached the ears of the earl.

The earl's steward told his master all the information he had learned, and explained with trembling bows.

The earl became more and more anxious as he listened, and even stamped his feet anxiously: "Is this true? I have never provoked them! Are the Normans devils? They actually want to attack me along the small Meuse River? They really think highly of me, as if

I have endless gold in my hands.”….

"They are indeed devils. And they are...short-sighted devils." The butler's words were very rude, and his angry aura undoubtedly revealed his fear. "Even if there is a piece of half-eaten black bread covered with mud, those promise

The Man would also bend down to pick it up and eat it."

"Absurd. How can people be like this? They have never seen bread?"

"Only the poorest beggars would do this, and the Normans are a group of murderous beggars. Once they come to us, they will kill all living creatures and eat them."

There was something in these words. The earl suddenly widened his eyes and kept approaching his butler. He asked tremblingly: "You are well-informed. Could it be that the Normans are man-eating demons?"

"What if? They have turned Maastricht into a living hell."

"impossible?"

"All the escapees say so. Sir, we must be prepared."

"Yes! Defense. Mobilize! All must be mobilized." The Count nervously tightened his grip on the hilt of his sword. He fell into deep fear, and then turned his fear into strength.

As the saying goes, priests can flee. Gilbert's family was already the ruler of Ramengau during the Merovingian era. There was no way he could leave this ancestral land, and he would risk his life to defend it with his whole family.

He was devastated by what happened to Liège and Maastricht. If the local Maasgau nobles still existed, they would not have been easily attacked by Norman pirates.

But what is horrifying to think about is that after the priests replaced the local noble lords, the defense was outsourced to the king's regular army. Those royal soldiers should have more combat effectiveness, but they were easily defeated by the Norman attack?

The count began his own deployment of troops. He did not dare to take the initiative to attack, so he could only assemble the army to protect himself. At the same time, he sent an envoy to Brussels on horseback, hoping to get military help from the local kingdom's general Tristan.

However, when the refugees personally brought the horrific news to the Count of Ramongao, the Ross coalition had already completed the plunder of Liege.

The people fled in a hurry. They took away as much valuables as possible but still left behind a large amount of property. All these properties were pocketed by the Jotalan noble army who looted after the war.

Every surviving soldier got some money, but not much.

The ordinary soldiers were relatively satisfied, but the five nobles were not satisfied after facing the unexpected loss of troops.

The elite of the Russian army did not enter the city of Liège. Long boats were dispatched. The fortress bridge was tied up with ropes and towed by ships, and was directly hit. The wooden bridge had collapsed. According to the battle plan, the final destructive action of the Blue Fox on the Meuse River had been completed.

Finish.

More than 100 people were killed and 200 casualties. In the end, 300 people were killed and injured, which reduced the strength of the expeditionary force.

Unlike the Rus' and Swedes' customs of cremation, the Götalans are more accustomed to burial. Soldiers who died in battle or were seriously wounded were buried in the mud along the Maas River along with their own weapons. Those who were lightly wounded were buried

After being briefly bandaged, he continued to participate in the following military operations.

The Ross coalition returned, leaving behind empty towns, empty military fortresses, and a patchwork of dead bodies in the open space just north of the fortress. The corpses quickly rotted and stinked under the scorching sun.

The Viking longships sailed away, and behind the army was a fire that was gradually burning.

In the town of Liège, the fortress was maliciously set on fire, and the flames grew stronger and stronger as if they were paying tribute to the fallen soldiers.

They are heading towards Maastricht, and the next step is to take on Aachen.
Chapter completed!