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What' s more, it was now harvest time. So, with who knows what misgivings and uneasiness, on September the 8th Harold demobilised the fyrd and sent the soldiers home. He was right to feel uneasy. Just 11 days later Harold had a very nasty shock his younger brother was back. Tostig, together with the Norwegian King, Harold Hardrada, had landed in Northumbria with as many as 12, 000 men. Tostig had spent his time in exile looking for allies to pursue his vendetta against Harold. And it was a real coup for him that he' d finally enlisted the support of the awesome King of Norway. Hardrada was quite simply the most feared warrior of the age. Built like a Norwegian cliff face, he had a reputation for superhuman strength and elaborately creative cruelty. Hardrada also had a flimsy claim to the English throne that went back to Canute, and he wasn' t one to flinch at a military challenge that could win him for disputed crown. |
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gèng zhòng yào de shì, dāng shí zhèng zhí fēng shōu shí jié, yīn cǐ, wèi liǎo jiě chú dà jiā de dān xīn hé bù ān. 9 yuè 8 rì, hā luó dé jiě sàn le mín bīng, lìng tā men fǎn xiāng. tā què shí yīng gāi bù ān, jǐn shí yì tiān hòu, hā luó dé dé zhī yī yōu xīn qiě zhèn jīng xiāo xī, tā de dì di huí lái le. tuō sī tí gē, lián tóng nuó wēi guó wáng hā luó dé hā dé ěr dá, dài zhe yī wàn liǎng qiān míng shì bīng zài nuò sēn bǐ yà dēng lù. tuō sī tí gē zài liú wáng qī jiān yī zhí xún qiú jié méng, sì jī bào fù hā luó dé, yú tā ér yán zuì zhōng yíng de wěi dà de nuó wēi guó wáng de zhī chí, chéng jiù le tā zhè yǒu xiào de yī jī. hā dé ěr dá shì dāng shí zuì lìng rén shēng wèi de yǒng shì, rú nuó wēi líng lì de qiào bì bān gāng yì. tā sù yǐ guò rén de qì lì, hé gè zhǒng cán bào shǒu duàn wén míng. zhuī sù dào kǎ niǔ tè shí qī, hā dé ěr dá rèn wéi zì jǐ, duì yīng gé lán wáng wèi tóng yàng yǒu jì chéng quán, wèi le zhè shàng wú dìng shù huáng guān, hā dé ěr dá yòu zěn huì wèi jù chí chěng jiāng yì. |