"coup?"

Graheide, who was called to the flying zodiac, thought carefully for a while after listening to Ella's analysis.

"The Knight King is very popular in England, and even if a few people are dissatisfied, it will not cause any storm. If there is any possibility of rebellion, then there are only Scotland and Ireland he has conquered recently."

"Scotland and Ireland? I know that Scotland used to be the territory of Hafdan, and Ireland was the territory of Ivar, the boneless man. Was it their men who did it?"

"It may be possible. After all, many of the lords in these places are old subordinates of Ivar and Havdan. England and the pirate kingdom have a covenant. The Knight King felt that it would be not good for all these pirates to kill them, so he let them retain their territory. But I think the possibility is not very high. After all, those who dare to resist have died on the battlefield, and these retained lords all surrendered voluntarily. What's more, without Havdan and Ivar, even if these lords organize to resist, the Knight King has an absolute advantage. Unless..."

"unless?"

"Unless there is a powerful leader who can unite these lords. But even so, with the remaining strength of these remnants, I don't think the Knight King is necessary to ask for help from the Swedish King..."

"That's strange." Ella frowned. In fact, when she saw Alfred's scabbard, her first reaction was the attack of the apostle. But looking at the messenger covered in bruises, she immediately denied the speculation. But since she was not an apostle and there was no Alfred's opponent inside and outside Britain, what was the matter with this scabbard?

"The enemy is unknown, so we have to act carefully." She ordered "the clutch that was sent to investigate in all directions, and the hot air balloons are used. Once a suspicious force is found, come back and report to me immediately!"

This sailed towards Britain for several days. As the reconnaissance forces brought news about the enemy, Ella's fleet would take half of the full voyage.

The clues found by the enemy were a hot air balloon reconnaissance team. Due to the wind direction, they landed in the waters on the side of the Ella fleet, and were then picked up by the fleet specializing in recycling hot air balloons to the flying Zelan.

"The three small boats were discovered, which should be the enemy's reconnaissance troops!" The reconnaissance team reported to Ella, "They tried to attack us with bows and arrows. After they found that the arrows could not reach our hot air balloon, they turned around and drove to the southwest!"

"Southwest? What's there?"

"I don't know! Because of the wind direction, we can't chase them!"

"Then what is their captain? You always see this clearly?"

"It's a long boat! It's exactly the same as our boat!"

So Amy said from the side: "It seems that His Majesty's previous analysis is correct. In the entire North Sea, we are the only ones with the long ships, as well as the remnants of Ivar and Hafdan."

"But Graheide said that these remnants did not have the strength to resist Alfred. And now they are still a long way from Britain. Will they be too ease to deploy a fleet here?"

Ella's doubts became increasingly deeper. She asked the hot air balloon reconnaissance team to rest on the flying Zelan, and then sent a small reconnaissance fleet to explore the direction they pointed. Five days later, the information came back: there was indeed an enemy ship in the southwest waters, which was quite large, and it was about three days away.

"What kind of ship is it?" Ella asked again.

"It's a long boat! It's exactly the same as our boat!" the soldiers replied with some fear, "If they hadn't been skilled in sailing, we wouldn't have come back!"

"This is impossible!" Graheide couldn't help but shout, "Even if the lords of Ireland and Scotland gathered up such a fleet, they should be dealing with the Knights' fleet now. What are you doing in such a sea area as far away from Britain?"

"Isn't this obvious?" Dust shrugged, "It's right that the enemy's reconnaissance team was discovered five days ago, right? It means that the opponent is also reconnaissing our situation, and their target is us. If they dare to do this, I'm afraid that the Knight King's fleet is gone."

"What are you talking nonsense?" Graheide grabbed Dust's collar, "The Knights' fleet was specially built for Hafdan and Ivar. How could it be said that there was nothing?"

"I was wrong, I admit defeat!" Dust raised his hands high, "You British archers are all gods. They use bows faster than mines with swords. I surrender and surrender unconditionally!"

"There is no need to argue here. Since the enemy has been discovered, just catch a few people and ask." Ella looked up at the sails filled with wind, and then calculated in her mind for a while, "If the information from the reconnaissance team is correct, the enemy fleet will only have eight days at most."

On the other hand, after the failed reconnaissance team pursuing Ella, the "enemy fleet" that Ella mentioned had entered a state of war. As Ella expected, the general who commanded the fleet was the remnant of Hafdan. Influenced by Hafdan, the general also liked to wear white clothes. Before discovering Ella's reconnaissance team, he was lying on the deck and listening to his subordinates recited poems. The news that Ella's reconnaissance team successfully escaped was shocked and he tore off the collection of poems.

"Can't listen to poetry anymore. After staying in Scotland for a long time, he won't even drive the boat!" He shouted back and forth on the deck, "That queen is really bringing troops to support! Whether you or you, you will all get nervous! A fierce battle is coming! Practice more in the past few days to get back the feeling of driving the boat!"

"Boss, don't we chase after him?" asked the soldier who had previously held the poems, "'It's better to take the initiative than wait for others to attack. Only those who have mastered the attack can truly master the defense.' Don't Boss Hafdan often say that?"

"Yes, I know the boss often says this. But the boss was killed by that queen three years ago!" the general shouted, "Defend honestly! Forgot? Our mission is not to win, but to hold Swedish reinforcements for a month!"

"Boss, if it's just for restraint, I think we should find a few narrow places..."

"A narrow place? Are you crazy?" Before the soldier could speak, the general roared again, "Boss Hafdan was killed when he was attacked by the fire in the narrow waters!"

"I haven't finished talking yet. It's not really a decisive battle in the narrow sea, but arranging suspicious soldiers and pretending to have ambush." ​​The soldier said, "The last time Hafdan was the attacking party, so he fell into an ambush. But this time the queen was the attacking party, and they were in a hurry. Even if a suspicious soldier could only be dragged for a long time, it was our victory."

"Yes, yes! It's reasonable!" The general nodded repeatedly, "If you delay a suspicious soldier for a long time, then I will set up sixty suspicious soldiers for a month? You said this very much like the boss of Hafdan!"

"Wait a minute, boss, you can't calculate that!" The soldier hurriedly stopped him, "Sixty suspicious soldiers will definitely be found in a few places, and I can't hold on for a month!"

The general bulged his eyes: "Then what should you do?"

"To be on the safe side, at least ninety suspicious soldiers will be arranged!"
Chapter completed!