Great news everyone. We've got enough geld to pay for shields and Stout Mercians* to hold them for a tenth of the old Leaky dyke left by loser Offa! Great stuff. That's Gloucester safe from the ravages of the Welsh. Or maybe Chester. Depends if we start at the Dee or the Wye. After all this is a Dee Aye Wye shield wall. And you're all part of it. Let's see if we can make it to Worcester now. Or Shrewsbury. After all looking at those places, they've clearly suffered enough. Great to have your support, keep forcing geld out of your serfs. They don't need it.
*Skinny Mercians, of a female persuasion, can stay with me in Tamworth and I'll protect them.