With his brother dead and tens of thousands of Viking warriors almost completely wiped out in a day and two nights, Bjorn was overcome with grief and burst into tears.

“Your Majesty, we have not lost yet, we still have allies!” said a Viking chieftain.

These words further provoked Bjorn.

I never imagined I'd stoop so low as to need allies to exact revenge.

He was a Viking king, a Viking who took pride in plundering, yet he had fallen to such a state!

A disgrace, an immense disgrace.

His father, the great Ragnar Lodebrook, the legendary Viking leader, once raided Paris, France, and obtained a large ransom from Charles the Bald.

Ragnar's fame shocked Europe and established the reputation of the Vikings.

As Ragnar Lodebrok's son, he was beaten to a pulp!

Suddenly, a profound sense of humiliation overwhelmed Bjorn, and he thought, "I...I am unworthy to be Ragnar Lodbrok's son, I am unworthy to be king..."

He muttered to himself, "I... I might as well be dead!"

Somehow, Bjorn didn't find the idea scary.

So he drew the dagger from his waist and pointed it at his throat.

"No!" the boneless one cried out.

At the critical moment, Snake Eyes suddenly stepped forward, grabbed Bjorn's arm, and forcefully took the dagger away.

"What are you doing? How can you do this to our father?" Snake Eyes rebuked sharply. "Even the great Ragnar Lodbrok has encountered setbacks and failures."

But will he give up? Will he surrender to the enemy?

We are Viking warriors, we are Odin's soldiers, and we will never lose our courage because of one or two defeats.

His brother's words gave Bjorn renewed courage. "Let's go, let's climb the mountain, let's go up the mountain!"

With that, they dismounted and began to climb Tianmu Mountain.

Yue Fei saw this from a distant hilltop and shouted, "Someone is trying to escape! Go and stop them!"

Dozens of Xia soldiers rushed over. When they got close, they were delighted to see that the clothes on the men who had climbed up were all of high quality. They were eager to capture them alive.

Bjorn secretly groaned, thinking that not only would he suffer a defeat today, but he would also be captured and humiliated.

His brother kept encouraging him, which helped him turn his grief and anger into strength and speed up his climb.

Viking warriors were extremely physically fit and could climb mountains faster than the Xia soldiers.

As a result, Bjorn and his men quickly shook off their pursuers.

Upon seeing this situation, the Xia soldiers no longer cared about capturing the prisoners alive.

"Fire arrows! Shoot them!" an officer immediately ordered.

In the next instant, arrows flew, instantly killing several Viking berserkers on the mountainside.

Unfortunately, Bjorn and his brothers were extremely agile and were able to dodge arrows while climbing.

In no time, they had climbed to the halfway point of the mountain. The range of the bows and arrows was limited, and the accuracy was greatly affected by shooting upwards.

Therefore, not long after, Bjorn and his men rolled over and fled the battlefield.

Then, the generals of the Great Xia Dynasty came up one after another to report their victory to Yue Fei.

In this battle, the Viking army that followed Bjorn in his retreat was completely wiped out. Apart from Bjorn and a few of his brothers, only a few dozen people who were particularly agile and lucky escaped with their lives.

Yue Fei and his men returned to their camp, where their soldiers brought the prisoners in one by one.

By evening, a scout reported that Lin Mo had breached the other towns occupied by the Viking soldiers.

Numerous spoils of war axe, Viking round shield, provisions, and prisoners were captured.

At that moment, scouts reported an urgent message: there were signs of a large force to the west, with more than 30,000 vanguard troops heading east.

Yue Fei leaped up and led a troop of Beiwei soldiers to scout ahead.

After traveling several dozen miles, they indeed saw a large cloud of dust rising ahead.

Upon closer inspection, the enemy cavalry wore steel helmets adorned with small feathers. Their bodies were constructed of iron plates strung together with leather straps, similar to scale armor but with the plates stacked on top for chest and abdominal protection, supplemented by hanging or scale-like plates to protect the waist, hips, and upper arms.

His calves were covered with iron greaves, his forearms with similar iron arm guards, and he wore leather gloves and even chainmail to protect his hands. He was also covered with a wool cloak.

Their warhorses were covered in heavy armor from head to toe.

Yue Fei immediately realized, "These are the Byzantine heavy armored cavalry that our lord was talking about!"

At the same time, Yue Fei also discovered that in addition to the main force of 10,000 heavily armored cavalry, the enemy vanguard also had more than 20,000 light cavalry.

But there were no infantry units!

This means that they only carried a few days' worth of rations with them; the supply troops were still in the rear.

"Hmph, they've got some nerve!" Yue Fei snorted heavily. "They actually only brought a few days' worth of rations to come and provide support!"

Constantine certainly had reason to be arrogant; the Byzantine heavy cavalry were the most expensive cavalry of the time, possessing the best equipment and the highest combat skills.

At its peak, the Byzantine army, relying on its heavily armored cavalry, not only eliminated the threat from the Balkans but also advanced into Asia Minor, conquering Cyprus and Syria.

But Yue Fei had already defeated such heavily armored cavalry.

Wanyan Zongbi, a general of the Jin Dynasty who invaded the Song Dynasty, led his 100,000 troops, 15,000 cavalrymen, and 5,000 iron cavalrymen straight to Lin'an (present-day Hangzhou, Zhejiang), the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Along the way, Tie Futu and Guai Zima were invincible in battle and attack, and they continued their fierce assault all the way to Shunchang on the banks of the Yangtze River.

In the end, this invincible Jin Dynasty heavy cavalry was defeated by Yue Fei's elite infantry—the Beiwei Army!

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