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Alfred the Great阿尔弗雷德大帝;Alfred the Great (849 – 26 October 899) was King of Wessex（韦塞克斯） from 871 to 899;Alfred the Great阿尔弗雷德大帝;Alfred the Great阿尔弗雷德大帝;Alfred the Great阿尔弗雷德大帝;While he was busy with the burial ceremonies for his brother, the Danes（丹麦人） defeated the English in his absence at an unnamed spot, and then again in his presence at Wilton in May.The defeat at Wilton smashed any remaining hope that Alfred could drive the invaders from his kingdom. He was forced instead to make peace with them, according to sources that do not tell what the terms of the peace were. Bishop Asser claimed that the pagans agreed to vacate the realm and made good their promise。;Indeed, the Viking army did withdraw from Reading in the autumn of 871 to take up winter quarters in Mercian London. Although not mentioned by Asser or by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle（编年史）, Alfred probably also paid the Vikings cash to leave, much as the Mercians were to do in the following year. Hoards dating to the Viking occupation of London in 871/2 have been excavated at Croydon（克罗伊登，英格兰东南部城市, ）Gravesend, and Waterloo（滑铁卢） Bridge. These finds hint at（暗示） the cost involved in making peace with the Vikings. For the next five years, the Danes occupied other parts of England ;In 876 under their new leader, Guthrum, the Danes slipped past the English army and attacked and occupied Wareham in Dorset. Alfred blockaded（封锁） them but was unable to take Wareham by assault（攻击）. Accordingly, he negotiated a peace which involved an exchange of hostages and oaths（誓约）, which the Danes swore on a holy ring associated with the worship of Thor.The Danes, however, broke their word and, after killing all the hostages, slipped away under cover of night to Exeter in Devon.;Alfred the Great阿尔弗雷德大帝;Alfred blockaded the Viking ships in Devon, and with a relief fleet（船队） having been scattered by a storm, the Danes were forced to submit. The Danes withdrew to Mercia. In January 878, the Danes made a sudden attack on Chippenham, a