While Ragnar and his forces were bogged down auditing the scorched assets of Nottingham, General Bjorn had a much easier time restructuring the competition in Leicester.
The West Saxons here had not resorted to liquidating their own inventory to defeat him.
Thus, at the moment, Bjorn was currently engaged in a field merger with the enemy.
Bjorn had deployed Thane Leofric's militia to protect the flanks of his heavy infantry while they marched in their lines into negotiation distance.
As for his cavalry, they were waiting on standby for their orders to execute a hostile takeover of the rear.
At the moment, Bjorn's Steam-Assisted Field Guns were in position and had just begun their bombardment upon the enemy army, which was between 5,000 - 6,000 men strong.
As the cannons hissed and popped, sending high-explosive shells pounding into the enemy lines, the West Saxons did not panic.
