The Sage of Einar

After advancing for a while through the streets of Dublin, they reached some walls with a style similar to the city walls of Asgard, with an Italian trace design. Einar could feel a feeling of happiness when seeing that.

Because it showed that his father-in-law had confidence in him because although the Italian-style walls might seem weak or easy to attack, they were actually the most resistant walls at that time.

Because they were made to withstand artillery hits, which gave them more defensive advantage than traditional walls.

After passing through the walls, Einar was surprised to see that his father-in-law had started a construction very similar to that of the imperial palace. Vilhelm, seeing Einar's face only laughed.

"When I saw the palace you had built, I promised myself to build a similar one, only with the difference that it is much more resistant and has an important bastion function, although it is a construction that will take years to complete.

Well, I am using masonry and not partitions to be able to build it; I did this intentionally because I feel more secure having a hard stone place around me.

But what do you think? "

Einar looked at the construction quite curiously "Dublin is an earthquake free place, so I think it is a magnificent construction, but it will require a lot of labour force to build it.

I know it can be complicated but I am sure you will be able to make the palace, if at any time you need help with the interior of the palace, such as pipes or heating systems, you can tell me so I can do it. "

Vilhem nodded and walked towards the area of ​​the palace that was built and used as a meeting place, entering Einar noticed the Gothic style of the walls not to mention that there was a lot of Nordic architecture.

Somehow, as a historian, he had a sense of joy and pride, as he had influenced a civilization to create a unique architecture that certainly looked great.

When they reached a large table, Vilhelm took out a map made of sheepskin that was shaped like the island of Ireland.

"Currently, my kingdom is made up of the Dublin region. To the west we have the Athlone region, to the southwest we have the Ossory region and finally to the south we have the Leinster region.

I know that little can be seen, but they were small kingdoms that presented their challenge to be conquered. Now the question we have is where we can expand in the north. We have the kingdoms of Oriel and Breifne.

In the west, we have the kingdoms of Mayo, Ui Maine, Ennis and Thomond.

While in the south, we have the kingdom of Ormond.

All these kingdoms have a large amount of land, but I don't know which way you want to start the expansion. "

Einar stroked his mustache. "We can start the war in the southern kingdom of Ormond. Do you know what kind of terrain is there?"

Vilhelm nodded and pointed to the map. "According to spies it is all plain, so I don't think we will have any problems attacking. What I see a bit complicated is that the other southern kingdom has hills and forests.

So it will be difficult to attack, however it will be easy to defend against Thomond's attacks because they have hills and a large area of ​​swamps, so I doubt their ability to launch an attack. "

Einar showed a confident smile. "Do not worry about that. In 2 months, we will conquer the two southern kingdoms to merge the kingdom of Ireland in the southern part of the island. Later we will advance through the northwest taking any kingdom in our way.

With those kingdoms it will be easy to kill all the Irish because in the north they do not have a safe way to get help from the Christian kingdoms of Britain, but since we decided the path of attack.

It is important that your troops concentrate on the border with the other kingdoms to avoid surprise attacks against us; I know it can be complicated, but my troops will be in charge of controlling the rebels in the conquered kingdoms.

Along with the work of conquering all the enemy lands, so do not worry, if at a certain moment we need more soldiers, it could bring 10,000 more soldiers to be able to pacify the conquered lands.

Although I would like you to start a program to create soldiers so that the kingdom of Ireland has enough troops to take care of itself.

Well, my troops cannot stay long because they must return to prepare for the invasion of Scotland, in any case I will help with the population by taking more than half of them to take them to Iceland.

That way, your kingdom can stabilize efficiently. Just remember to integrate its inhabitants, making them feel Nordic. I will send you priests and Godis to do the job of appeasing the new citizens.

Also, do not worry once we conquer Ireland to send troops to help us, it is better that you take advantage of the time to be able to assimilate everything you can from the small kingdoms of Ireland.

It would only require your help in about 3-4 years. By the time we fully enter Europe, it will be primarily an aid to bring millions of European slaves to the islands.

They will be the basis of our future development, but let's keep the talk in the present. Do you know how many enemies we will fight in the kingdom of Ormond? "

Vilhelm walked over to some scrolls and took one of them that had Ormond's name on it.

"According to some Jewish merchants, it appears that King Dunchad has about 500 soldiers, 250 horsemen and almost 3,000 levy that he can use throughout his territory. He has no political marriages and relations with his neighbors are bad.

Because the king is a drunkard who likes to gamble but not pay his debts, which is why he created a terrible reputation among the kings in the vicinity, the weapons he uses are iron weapons.

But I think the most dangerous thing about that kingdom is the cavalry and the flat terrain where it can run to attack. "

Einar looked confidently at his father-in-law. "His cavalry will be destroyed even before they can get close, but how many fortifications does he have?"

"According to the information of the Jew, it only has two fortresses, the first which is its capital and which has stone walls of no more than 4 meters and the second which is a convent of monks who live secluded in a wooden fortress with walls of 3 meters.

All the rest are towns with some go to prevent the animals from entering. "

Einar opened his hands with joy.. "15 days will be how long it will take to finish off that little king."