[M2TW - Britannia Campaign] British Kingdom of Norway *COMPLETE*

[Adanlohrd2]

Part XIII - Central Conflicts


1351 A.D

39. Yorkshire is again attacked.


Sigurd of Grenaa made a real cleanup on the borders of Yorkshire, exterminating the English and preventing them from regaining their old city. Apparently all was well, until a Welsh general named Iago Madog came quickly and besieged the city. It came from Nottingham, another former English site now in the possession of the Welsh.


Iago was a young man, in his 25 years, but very undisciplined and not loyal to the king. All this was due to the successive defeats that Wales was going through, and mainly because a Norwegian general (Edmund Hviid) killed a king and a prince. Iago was in a real mess.


As the infantrymen and archers faced each other, Sigurd had sent his cavalries behind the lines of attack and directly hit Iago. It worked, and Iago was killed. His troops, who were as disloyal as he was, were morally low and confused, unable to organize properly to fight, and then the "orphan" army was massacred.


Many prisoners were made, but Wales did not want to pay for an army in which his not-so-cool general was killed and the troops were also disloyal.

1352 A.D.

40. Conflicts in Cheshire. (B8-B15)


Snorri, the patriarch, adopted, for the royal family, Ulfhedin the Honest, and he adopted Ulrik Tvoroyri, and he had a son named Inge of Tvoroyri. Inge is a young general who, through the migration from Norwegian Ireland to the wars against Wales, met the adopted of Gustav, Yngwie Hildetand. This one was acting in Cheshire, but lacked contingent for a forceful defense. Behold, Inge comes with heavy troops to his aid.


A Welsh captain named Tegonwy was about to invade the town of Chester, until Inge came to support Hildetand.


Due to the large number of Tegonwy, even the heavy Inge troops did not serve to end the formation of the enemy, but it was enough to resist until the arrival of the support of Hildetand, that when attacking by the flanks completely disarticulated the enemy formation, and as a consequence killing the captain himself.


The woods of Cheshire were filled with bodies, in a sinister and macabre scene in which a landscape of a war was seen that only brought misfortune and death to those who were in it, but above that was the glory of a name, and that name was Norway .
Inge and Ywingie won the battle, exterminating the enemy army on the battlefield.


The refusal to pay the ransom of Iago's soldiers generated a commotion in the kingdom of Wales, since they thought that Iago was only a "boy" and that his troops had nothing to do with their disloyalties. Then in an act of repentance the Kingdom of Wales accepted to pay for the troops of Tegonwy.

1353 A.D

40.1. The second battle of Cheshire.


In the high parts of England was the city of Chester. The Welsh had at first risen from their principalities to conquer that territory and so many others, thanks to the policy of Norwegian exploitation that took a lot of money from the English coffers and made it impossible to fight against this wave that came from below.


Now that same wave comes against Norway, but they meet men much stronger and more prepared.


As the Welsh ran through the frigid environment that hung over the
Cheshire, the crossbowmen were ready and they fired as much as they could, killing countless.


The captain of the army is killed by the cavalry, which will pick up the enemy wherever he is.


Inge and Yngwie make a dynamic pairing, beating all the enemies ahead. Cheshire is safe again.


At the end of the battle, the king again paid for his prisoners, gaining confidence among his own, but losing the confidence of the great banks, which must bear the cost of lost battles.

1354 A.D

41. The plague is ended, however, the war continues.


In the year of the good news that an enemy of the soldiers and the people had died, the Plague was also the year of the sad news of the death of the hero of Norway, Edmund Hviid. He died of old age at Caernarvon, his triumph.

Meanwhile, already sick at a time, the father of Karl Bogense, Jens Bogense, died by the plague. Karl lost his father and his great friend Edmund. A really sad year.





42. Montgomery, the historic unprotected capital.


Karl of Bogense, along with Edmund, had conquered the principality of Gwynedd, of which the Welsh were weakening their defenses in other points to try to recover. To the surprise of the Norwegians, the Welshs checked out that which was their most precious city and center of resistance against the English, Montgomery.


Karl headed south, taking the unprotected city, for her contingent was allocated to the northern mountains, where a Welsh general glimpsed how he could reconquer Caernarvon.


Karl had invaded and found no resistance. The city was massacred.



43. The third battle of Yorkshire.


Sigurd of Greena, valiant general, continues his resistance against the English and Welsh attacks in the city of York.


Powerful troops were trained to serve in that unstable area.


The noble Phelip of Deheubarth, as well as its precedents, was able to gather great troops to enter Yorkshire and to try to reconquer the city of York. All logistics were directed toward this goal. But again, like his precedents, he failed. His destiny was death, just like his predecessors. No one can survive the new order being against it, so the future of the Welsh is death as long as they try to stop this irresistible progress.


Sigurd had won the battle and executed all his enemies, arbitrarily.

[Alwyn]

Good chapter, it looks like the British Kingdom of Norway is thriving despite the challenge of so many battles! I noticed that Sigurd's treatment of his prisoners was very different from how the captives in earlier battles were treated. I wonder if this is an indication of Sigurd's character or a sign that the British Kingdom of Norway are tired of ransomed soldiers re-appearing.

[Adanlohrd2]

Thanks for the comment, Alwyn. Let me explain this: Sigurd was defending Yorkshire with all his forces, and was hopeful that victories could serve as warn for those who think to invade it again. I think he didn't see any hope in those general who insisted to brought his men to the death, so he execute them because this is the new warn.

[Adanlohrd2]

Part XIV - Enshrouding the Welsh

44. The son of the nobleman died.

Died of natural causes, the son of Snorri, Ulfhedin, the honest. Not to be confused with Prince Ulfhedin.

45. Niels of Varde undertakes voyage to the east coast.


Niels of Varde left Newcastle Upon Tiny and traveled by boat to the east coast in Norwich, which was under the power of Wales. Other Norwegian generals already took charge of the front in the central parts.


Niels of Varde conquers the little town of Norwich without much resistance. The few citizens who resisted were massacred.





46. Third Battle of Cheshire


Inge and Yngwie guarded the city of Chester when a Welsh force came to try to recover. The captain's name was Gwrgenau, who died in battle. The accounts of the battle are not very precise, however it is known that Inge's great friend died,


Yngwie Hildetand, the one adopted by Gustav, died, laboriously, in battle.


Yngwie was wild, for he had gone off with another regiment of cavalry to confront the captain, but unfortunately he was caught unawares and came to die.


Even with this loss the battle was defeated, and the enemies were massacred. Cheshire was protected again.



47. Hunting for the King of Wales


After the death of King Ivor, and Prince Madoc, the successor was King Adaf, who took refuge in the city of Shrewsbury, was besieged by the Norwegian forces from Montgomery. Captain Godafrid killed the king at Gustav's orders.


In addition the population was massacred for not accepting the authority of Gustav.


Norway thus reached the main Welsh territories, of which they left in search of fortune, glory and revenge against the English. Both are together for the same purpose, to destroy Norway and to reclaim the lands.

[Adanlohrd2]

Part XV - Convulsions


1357 A.D.

After Adaf's death, the Welsh nobles dispersed. Where they are surrounded, they defended themselves, and where they were distant they plotted plans to regain their possessions.


Norway is still found in the central part, battling and conquering territories. The only one that has a step forward, more than others, was Niels of Varde, who used the maritime transport to the coast of Norwich, a city that is far beyond the capabilities of terrestrial Norwegian for now. From Norwich came information from remote territories behind the possessions that can not be overcome by land, yet.


The Welsh, then, have to divide space with the English, they preferred to guard in their respective fiefs and to await some plan coming from the new King.

48. Yorkshire in danger.


Yorkshire is bordered by two regions, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire, one of the Welsh and one of the English. The English were resentful because they lost York to the Welsh, and they were resentful because they lost York to the Norwegians.


Although both kingdoms were allies, two generals were in a hurry to get to York and see who would get the city. The English general, on his way to York, was called Lewes of Alcester, a general with little experience of battle. And a little while ago came the Prince of Wales, Owain.


Probably they did not know Sigurd of Greena's fame for the defense of that land, to dare invade with so few men.


Inge of Tvoroyri, who had lost his friend Ywngie, recently in a battle, left the most central part to go to York, to make a campaign to invade Nottingham and the city of Lincoln and happened to meet the two generals. Sigurd had already assembled powerful soldiers to repel the invasion, but now with Inge the battle was going to become a massacre.


Together with the English general Lewes came an old but experienced general named Roberty Mylles, a man who devoted his whole life to the service of poor England.




48.1 The Battle of Yorkshire (1357 AD)


With the invasion of the Welsh and English in the Norwegian lands of York, Sigurd and Inge were forced to intercept them.


The Norwegian crossbowmen hid in the trees and massacred the enemy soldiers, giving them no chance of defense.


Sigurd had faced two enemies alone, but still he was able to capture the old Robert Mylles.


With Inge's intervention in battle, the Welsh prince with his few soldiers perished in battle, putting an end to yet another bundle of hope for the Welshmen in a legitimate and organized succession. The successions were going from hand to hand. Those who accepted to call themselves legitimate were considered brave, for all kings and princes were dying, and Owain was one of those who bet on his kingdom and perished.


Lewes managed to escape.


So the battle is over. Sigurd had lost a little less than half of its men, since it had faced the three generals alone before the arrival of Inge.


At the end, Robert Mylles was in captivity. Sigurd and Inge decided to end his life and that of his soldiers, since the policy of war since the battles of Cheshire was to execute the prisoners.


The remaining Welsh troops were also executed.

1358 A.D

49. Shrewsbury captured (by the English!)


Shrewsbury was where in AD 1355 King Adaf had isolated himself to flee the forces of Godafrid, who had invaded and massacred Montgomery. Captain Robin came with a large number of men along with another captain just behind, and began to attack the city. It had been a long time since the English had seen their old city. Many others were still under Norwegian or Welsh rule, but this victory for them was a light at the end of the tunnel to glimpse the resumption of power.

1360 A.D.

50. Welsh Principalities in debacle


Wales has emerged through four principalities: Gwynedd Principality (Caernarvon), Powys Principality (Montgomery), Morgannwg Principality (Cardiff) and Deheubarth Principality (Pembroke).


All of them were captured by Norway, except for two: Deheubarth and Morgannwg.


That changes when Thorgeir, the Mad, grandson of Snorri (adopted by Ulfhedin, the Honest) comes with a mighty army invading the last known Welsh principality in the town of Pembroke. There he meets Captain Owain who with only 535 men will attempt to defend the castle against 1,911 angry men.


Obviously it is not possible to defend Pembroke, so the victory is clear.


Even with much of the British conquest islands the Norwegians, English and Welsh are convulsed in the remaining territories. Norway has taken over the legacy of the Scottish and Irish lands, building an empire and oppressing other oppressors. From here the stronger will be the last to be destroyed.


To be continued...

[Alwyn]

It looks like the British Kingdom of Norway is making continuous progress towards defeating the Welsh. I wonder how significant the loss of Shrewsbury will be and whether its new owners will try to make additional gains.

[Adanlohrd2]

Part XVI - Sir Edmund Bjornsson

1360 A.D.

51. Edmund Bjornsson for the reconquest

The British, after the reconquest of Shrewsbury, felt more confident of launching further attacks on the Welsh regions. It should be remembered that both England and
Wales were allies. Norway was being used as a pretext for each to take old territories from each other. King Gustav observed this fragile condition of covenant.

The English sent a captain to the principality of Powys in order to besiege the city of Montgomery. The truth is that the English, throughout the war against Wales, never set foot in that symbolic city of the Welsh. They were already very demoralized, since Norway had won it first, but they did not give up. In intercepting an English captain, Edmund Bjornsson defeats him, heading for Shrewsbury.

1361 A.D

51.1. The bloody reconquest of Shrewsbury (E2 - E19)

Edmund went from Powys Principality to the Shropshire region, and there the HQ was concentrated for the new English reconquest, so upon arriving there he found a large number of soldiers assembled. An army had already withdrawn to the north in order to reach the Cheshire region, already pacified, but very disputed.

As the more recent victories of the principalities of Wales occurred very quickly, Edmund was to come and settle down to form a new army, but thanks to the boldness of the English it was not possible to wait so long, hence because he hired thousands of mercenaries Welshmen of the region who were willing to fight under the aegis of any flag by a handful of florins. Edmund would face three captains with large numbers of soldiers. He did not expect to have such a big challenge early in his military career, but by the King he accepted. The Welsh archers, as well as the English, are well known for their longbow and their accurate shot. They also have the custom of cutting stakes on the ground to protect themselves from enemy cavalry. Knowing Edmund these peculiarities, he used in his favor.

With the large number of archers, many Englishmen died before even reaching the Norwegian front. This first lead that was ineffective in winning the battle was Captain George's army. After him came Captain Hubert. They came down the flank, and as George was already slain, Edmund ordered his army to go to the side from where he saw Hubert. This was done.

After the turn the Norwegian army remained, managing to kill Captain Hubert. Another demoralized army, but much was to come.

The heavy armor soldiers, as well as the Light Armor and the Welsh spearmen, were loyal to their general, not giving up the battle, while the more fragile Welsh archers fled almost all, for they had no more arrows to shoot.

The enemies began to retreat, afraid of the morality emanating that general named Edmund Bjornsson. In this deadly race those who could not escape went against death, because together with the will to kill came along the anger of the loss of Shrewsbury.

Tracks of blood and men made up the landscape. Hundreds at the feet of the weapons of war and the spears set to kill the knights. The guns, instead of ammunition, were surrounded by bodies.

The flag of Norway was set as high as possible, for those who looked back to remember who their enemy was.

At the end of the battle all captured enemies were executed coldly.

After this battle Edmund became known as Cruel and Cunning.

[Caillagh de Bodemloze]

I don't know whether 'Cruel and Cunning' is accurate, but Edmund certainly seems ruthless!

[Alwyn]

I agree, the report of the battle and the stark images show the effects of these events well. I look forward to seeing what the Cruel and Cunning commander will do next!

[NorseThing]

I just sat down and read and looked in awe at the pictures! I never have won with Norway in the Britannia Campaign. Maybe it is because I just liked playing the Scots and the Welsh so much more. In any case you deserve many cookies for this AAR. Timing alone with a now known upcoming SAGA issue related to this but a few hundred years earlier. I cannot wait. Your AAR satisfies in anticipation. Well done to this point and more to follow! I like the 'puppets on a string comment by you earlier in this saga. It seems that if there are puppets, they are the Welsh and not the English.

[Owlparrot3]

Ah,this was an easy to read story.I read about more than half of it in a single reading sitiing in a nice caf'e.
Excellent work.Plus rep.

[Adanlohrd2]

Part XVII - The Nordic Triumph
(final part)

52. The annihilation of the lands of Wales

Wales was born with the set of four principalities (Gwynedd, Deheubarth, Morgannwg, Powys) under a single king, Llewelyn. The fate of Norway and Wales seemed to be quite different from each other, since Norway had more economic than political interests, since Wales has a more political than economic interest, which was to gain its autonomy from the clutches of the powerful England, now subjected to the humiliation of having few lands. Even with all power Norway have only three of the four principalities, because Morgannwg was in English hands, but it is well known that Wales no longer held what he had created.

52.1. New technologies

The Welsh were still trying to reclaim their lands, sending large armies to fight Norway, but King Gustav had already sustained more weapons policies for the Norwegian army, and more men from the island of Norwegian Ireland, which was a gold mine for the logistics of the empire. From there came cannons and soldiers of the best kind.

Gustav learned of a new cannon that had come from there, called Serpentine. He found superb the destructive power and reach of the iron balls. He wanted to test the newly arrived army against the Welsh, therefore.

52.2. The Powys massacre and the use of Serpentine for the first time

King Gustav positioned himself in the highest mountains of Powys (Montgomery, which is the city of that region, is in the lower part, behind the Norwegian army) and there he positioned the cannons in a way that the entire enemy army was targeted.

The eight serpentines shot all at once, and a crash made everyone feel, both from the mountain and from the bottom. After many shots and deaths, the Welsh army became increasingly dispersed to flee the "serpent" of fire, and the crossbowmen were sent immediately to shoot those who dispersed.

As the cannons kept firing, the cavalry that served Gustav was behind and killed many archers hiding in the woods.

And finally, the last maneuver was to send the Gotland footmen, the most powerful soldiers of the Norwegian Empire.

With the clash the enemy captain was killed and the remnants fled, but Gustav did not want anyone left, so the army continued to attack and kill.

All the prisoners were executed.



53. The Final Conquest

Inge Tvoroyri, who had a pair with Yngwie, who was killed in 1355 in one of the battles to protect the city of Cheshire, was preparing to make an attack on Nottingham Castle, but his plans were changed by orders from King Gustav.

Inge left York for Norwich, a city newly conquered by the Norwegians, which gave access to the regions behind the fronts of battle.

On his way from the coast to the city of London, the main target of the Norwegians and former English capital, he encountered a great challenge. Since Wales had been expelled from its principalities, the force was concentrated in these scattered regions, and there was a Welsh general named Robert, a boy of 16 who in fact, despite his age, was already a great general. With him was Prince Madoc, who had fewer attributes than the boy. And to support them an English footman accompanied them, fighting alongside their Welsh executioners, who destroyed the English honor and both now suffer by the hand of the valiant Gustav.
In battle Inge quickly killed English captain Leonard, leaving the rest of his troops with a low morale and scattered army. Since the enemy is the one who came to attack, Inge organized a large "wall" of soldiers and archers to hold the great enemy wave. The beginning was extremely hard to handle.
Prince Madoc went to the front, and was killed by some of the Norwegian soldiers. Countless Welsh princes were killed by the Norwegians.

The boy Robert had also been killed.

The great Welsh troop had fled back to London to take refuge from Inge's war machine, which alone had been able to detain two armies.

The prisoners were executed.

In the same year of 1362 Inge leaves for another attack and enters the city with few casualties, thus conquering the territories necessary for the final conquest of
Norway.

The population of London was massacred!


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THE EMPIRE OF NORWAY IS CONSOLIDATED ONCE IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS, ITS ENEMIES ARE NOT CAPABLE OF ANY REACTION, KING GUSTAV IS THE LEGITIMATE KING OF THE NORWEGIANS AND THERE IS NO OTHER FAMILY THAT CAN DOMINATE BUT THE HAKOONSSON FAMILY.


THE END.

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54. Financial Overview

• Norway's main income was the taxes collected from its citizens to finance the war and the economy.

• The second source, not very honorable, was corruption.

• The third major source of income was trade in which its merchants had freedom of movement throughout the kingdom and thus the whole region was a large
free-market zone.

• The fourth source of income was agriculture, an important factor for logistics in wars.

• The fifth source of income was the autonomous merchants who moved money between cities.

• The sixth was a salary to which the King was entitled, and which was used for public purposes.

• The seventh and last source of income was mining, still very weak business.



55. Overall Rating

The Kingdom of England began with the advantage over all other reigns. Until the rise of Norway (turn 33) the greatest reigns were those of Ireland, Wales and England. Scotland had already been destroyed.
The fall of Ireland occurred at the time of the rise of Norway, and the other falls were due to different factors.


56. Military Ranking

The factions that most had a boom of soldiers were Wales, Ireland and Norway, whereas England did not have a significant increase. The falls were abrupt in
relation to all, all due to the numerous battles and executions of prisoners.



57. Production Ranking

Scotland, the first to disappear, was the first to produce the most. For a long time England was considered the most modern kingdom among the other kingdoms, but with the fall of England and Wales Norway took the title.
It is interesting to see that in the wars against Ireland, Norway did not produce so many things like that, but even so it was able to win.



58. Territorial Ranking

In proportion to Scotland lost territories while Norway gained. Ireland, meanwhile, also gained territory on its former island, because it was partly "colonized" there. The war between Wales and England was manipulated by Norway for this boycott it financially.



59. Financial Ranking

Ireland, a band of barbarians, did not know about the financial capacity they had, so they accumulated a lot and did not invest in their own freedom, so they
perished. Just like Scotland, but they even tried. England had a steady economy. Wales and Norway were the ones who spent the most.



60. Population Ranking

The Norwegian population only grew during the years, while the others, because of the wars, had sudden falls.



61. Overview

I lost a few battles, won many cities (so I started to make more money). Prince Ulfhedin is the son of Gustav.

[Caillagh de Bodemloze]

Well, I'm feeling rather sorry for those few British people remaining alive in the British Isles! Their Norwegian overlords seem rather fond of massacring them...

It was interesting to see the statistics at the end as well as having the story of the campaign to read.

[NorseThing]

I second seeing the stats and your interpretation for how they help explain the end results. Your effective end use of the charts sums up everything nicely. A great AAR!!!

[Alwyn]

There are some great images here and this is a suitably dramatic ending for your AAR, the British Kingdom of Norway is an impressive realm!