Saxon 01 - The Last Kingdom by Cornwell Bernard

Author:Cornwell, Bernard [Cornwell, Bernard]
Format: epub
Tags: General Interest
Published: 2009-12-28T22:13:54+00:00

Halfdan called the Danish leaders together and they talked for a long time, evidently disagreeing about what should be done.

Some men wanted to attack uphill and scatter the enemy where they were, but others advised fighting the West Saxons in the flat river meadows, and in the end Earl Guthrum the Unlucky persuaded them to do both. That, of course, meant splitting our army into two, but even so I thought it was a clever idea. Ragnar, Guthrum, and the two Bernard Cornwell The Last Kingdom earls Sidroc would go down to the lower ground, thus threatening to pass by the enemy-held hill, while Halfdan, with Harald and Bagseg, would stay on the high ground and advance toward the dragon banner on the ridge. That way the enemy might hesitate to attack Ragnar for fear that Halfdan's troops would fall on their rear. Most likely, Ragnar said, the enemy would decide not to fight at all, but instead retreat to Æbbanduna where we could besiege them. "Better to have them penned in a fortress than roaming around," he said cheerfully.

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