The story begins in June 793 AD. There was insufficient food during the Little Ice Age in Northern Europe, and the food and clothing line dropped rapidly. Someone must take the lead in looting. Given by the British island to the south, a group of Vikings landed on a dragon-head ship and encountered a small phalanx of English spearmen. As a result, the Norwegian pirates wiped out 3 to 40 Englishmen at the cost of one or two dead soldiers.
The first season of the show fully demonstrated the Vikings' tactical details (the second season may be because the history consultant has no money to hire). The British used a phalanx against the Viking swordsmen and axe players. The Vikings lined up to be flexible. After the opponent rushed up, the front row soldiers formed a shield wall to resist the opponent's horses. When the opponent stabs the gap in the shield wall with a spear, it will When the warriors in the second row of Vikings grabbed the spears with their bare hands, the two sides started fighting. At this time, the shield wall would open a wider gap and the Viking archers in the third row would shoot them at close range. You can't escape.
This part gave me a deep tactical impression. I felt that this method tried every possible way, until later I watched a movie about Alfred the Great breaking the Vikings with a triangular phalanx. Ok.
Back to the time in the play, the divided kings of the island of England were humiliated by the Vikings along the coast, including the Irish coast was also attacked by the Vikings.
At the beginning, the Vikings did not intend to open up the battle and fight the English coalition forces. Their core was still naval maneuvering, actively grasping the first mover advantage, and looking for the enemy's weakness to start. After landing on the coast, he quickly attacked the unprepared English patrol. After the victory, he quickly looted and burned the nearby villages, and then loaded the supplies home on the ship.
Vikings can take the initiative to looting and burning any village and monastery near the sea in England, but the other party has no financial means to defend everywhere. Dealing with this kind of enemy can only force several divided small governments in the British mainland to form a coalition force to clear up and suppress their main force. As a result, the British coalition forces find that they can't beat them even if they fight head-on. This is the most angry.
In addition to the tactical part of the film, the actor is online, but the plot is increasingly losing professionalism. To the end of the second season, the performance has fallen into a cliché, falling from an 8-point drama to 7-6 points.
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