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Let's say the Danes utterly rout the Anglo-Saxons at Englefield, killing Earldorman Æthelwulf and the majority of the Anglo-Saxon force. Forced interrogation of a prisoner later reveals where the King and Aetheling are located, and shortly thereafter the Danes march on Æthelred and Alfred, killing both along with the majority of their army.
What happens next? Suffering two major defeats within a week of one another, losing the King and Crown Prince, losing two large armies, what do the Anglo-Saxons do now?
Would the Danes be able to entrench their hold over the OTL Home Counties? Would Wessex fold and concede territory just like the Mercians did? Is this the end to major Anglo-Saxon opposition to Danish rule? Does England stay disunited, perhaps with three major Danish states (Jorvik, the Southeast, and the Five Boroughs) and three major Anglo-Saxon (Rump Mercia, Rump Northumbria, and a weakened Wessex), with neither side having the strength to completely dislodge the other?
What happens next? Suffering two major defeats within a week of one another, losing the King and Crown Prince, losing two large armies, what do the Anglo-Saxons do now?
Would the Danes be able to entrench their hold over the OTL Home Counties? Would Wessex fold and concede territory just like the Mercians did? Is this the end to major Anglo-Saxon opposition to Danish rule? Does England stay disunited, perhaps with three major Danish states (Jorvik, the Southeast, and the Five Boroughs) and three major Anglo-Saxon (Rump Mercia, Rump Northumbria, and a weakened Wessex), with neither side having the strength to completely dislodge the other?