Rise of Rurik

The longships were gathering, and the owners of as many as one hundred longships responded to the king's order.

Rurik owns some traditional leading longships as his private property, and he is naturally proud of the navy and large warships. Due to the particularity of this operation, the traditional longships became the main force.

Some families spend huge sums of money to order a new longboat and hire some idlers as sailors. They often gather a dozen or more small teams to go fishing in distant places, and they also carry out armed expeditions. This is how they discovered Lu The source of the Ga River, which led to the birth of the first canal in the Kingdom of Ross.

Their voluntary journey was to make a fortune, and for this purpose, the fishermen turned into militiamen, and it was clear and promising to help the king's army take the opportunity to make a fortune.

Naturally, the navy will assist in this operation, and those fishermen who brought their own long boats have become temporary navy sailors.

The Gray Squirrel, the Lord of the Salamanders, and the two Aurora-class sailing cruisers became the main ships of the fleet. The two ships did not participate in the naval battle. This operation was used as a transport ship to carry a large amount of military supplies and logistics.

The first four ships of the planetary-class sailing destroyer, Mercury, Venus, Mona, and Mars, the four ships have to transport military supplies, and they must enter the battle with a more dexterous posture.

Torsion slingshots, bull trebuchets, a large number of cast iron projectiles, and a total of 50,000 arrows of various types were lost.

Soldiers had to carry their own food, while larger warships carried more wheat.

The dry rations stored by the army were enough for a thousand people to consume for half a year, so Rurik had to spend a lot on this. War is really a risky investment. The expeditionary force should try its best to achieve the results of the battle, so that it can enjoy a little more than half of the income, and it is worthy of the investment in ships, ordnance, armor, and food.

Today, the floating sea ice is melting at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the continuous good weather is clearly the help of the gods.

When the people began to be busy with spring plowing, the wharf trestle damaged by drifting in Fort New Rose began to be rebuilt. The sandbar at the westernmost point (Golden Vasili Island) and the soft sandy beach were moored densely with long boats waiting to be dispatched.

Although the grand ceremony is over, here, with the golden light in the morning, a small farewell ceremony was held under Rurik's personal auspices.

The soldiers in front of them were neatly dressed, put on all kinds of equipment, and accepted the inspection and lectures of the king with the best image.

At this moment, regardless of their age, the soldiers were already in high spirits. Finally, what exciting words the king said were covered by the rumble of the warm south wind.

Nanfeng is warm and happy, as happy as holding gold and silver.

Until they saw the king draw out the short sword, the blade reaches the south.

The sacrificial deer once again offered sacrifices to the gods, a small-scale sacrifice, and all the soldiers boarded the ship according to the order.

Everything was smooth, they happily dragged the longboat into the deep water area by stepping on the cold sea water near the sandbar.

An average of 30 people is a long boat, and more than 1,000 people enjoy 100 boats. What a waste? Seeing that the first ship entered the deep water, the soldiers immediately stretched out the big oars characteristic of Ross. Thirty people chanted and steered the ship into the deeper waters against the sea waves. Boat towing, towing up to two boats into the deep sea. ....

One ship is the power, and the two ships are pure cargo. Many longships were empty at all, and even the masts were removed. They were equivalent to the "trunks" of the first ship, and their function was only to transport the spoils of war looting.

Everyone is full of expectations for the prospect of war, so a large number of vacant longships drift into the sea, and the brothers are full of confidence in making a fortune.

Six large sailing warships, one hundred longships, and 1,400 people of various types, and this is just the beginning.

"You... finally left. Ah! Only God knows when this Frankish civil war will end."

Rurik was talking to himself, the sun shining on his mail armor.

A large number of onlookers were reluctant to leave for a long time, and many fishing boats even continued to follow, sending the expedition soldiers for the last journey.

"Let's go!" The figure of the fleet gradually shrunk like ants, only the mainsail of the big ship was illuminated golden yellow by the morning sun. "We should go back and rest for a while."

Rurik left with his entourage. He could not control the matters of the expeditionary force. The task assigned to him now was still to strengthen the construction of internal affairs and people's livelihood affairs.

This is because the spring plowing in the entire Ross Kingdom has already started this year.

On the other hand, the fleet leaving the capital had already set a precise route, and they would deliberately stop at some ports to replenish key supplies, and by the way, also convey the news of the war to the local lords.

Commander Blue Fox, his identity is the Earl of Gothenburg, and one of the destinations of this trip is also to call a thousand Jianyong from the local area to join the army after arriving in Gothenburg.

He is the commander of the army, the actual "Marshal" at sea, and the "Field Marshal" if there is a land battle.

The king gave full authorization. Even if Lulu absorbed new reinforcements, those nobles must follow King Ross's order and recognize Blue Fox as the supreme commander of this battle.

In the past seven years, the man who was once as fat as a seal has lost weight and looked very strong, and he is.

Traveling around, not afraid of war, talking and laughing with the Frankish nobles, and even having the most convincing feat - making a fortune by organizing fighters to plunder.

It is a fact that he robbed and burned Trier and made a fortune. The entourage who arrived in the capital with him not only brought large sums of cash to make big purchases, but also bragged about his achievements and the achievements of the leader Blue Fox.

In the past, this little fat man was nothing more than a shrewd businessman, but now he is middle-aged and has already experienced to become an excellent war chief.

If it is said that the blue fox just brought the army to stop in Gothenburg for a while, and then directly killed the Maas River, and grabbed all the way to Aachen, things would be easier to handle.

In fact, things are very complicated.

Blue Fox shoulders many tasks, especially in the first battle of this trip, which is to attack the port of Helminki (Helsinki) in Finland with a large army.

The king ordered him to show off the might of the Rus Kingdom's elite warriors and frighten the local Finnish Suomi people, and then directly negotiate with the ruler Yeflo about sending troops.

He was ordered to find the Earl of Finland directly, and this earl was definitely not Yeflo, but his eldest son, Kelha, who was probably eleven years old.

He came with the king's warrant in person, and the paper documents clearly stated that the young Finnish count needed to prove that he could be a count in the future by participating in military operations. ....

Acceptance of the order is actually proof of the submission of the Counties of Finland. Just like in the past, if there is a big war, Rurik will send Evro with his guards into the decisive battle. After all, Evro is getting old, and he should give young people a chance.

Besides, the Gould family that the blue fox originally belonged to was Yevro's old boss. He and that "brother mercenary" used to keep their heads down but never looked up.

The mighty army went straight to the port of Helminki under the guidance of the Finn's ships. The Finns who have worked in the capital city of Ross for half a year must first do some business in the port city, and then enter the inner lake area and return to their own villages.

Once, the inner lake was the core activity area of ​​the Suomi tribe in Finland, but now the center has moved to the port city of Helminki.

The earl's family lived in this port city, and the Finns were the main force for Ross's economic rise. As an earl country that contributed a large amount of labor, the working people continued to bring back wealth, and the port city was also developing in a decent manner.

Suddenly, a huge fleet lay across the port, every ship was flying the flag of Ross, and there were even more large ships that could not be ignored.

"Is Rurik going to fight a large-scale war? He must be calling me to send troops!"

Gevlo, who had his beard continued, was very experienced. He could fully guess Rurik's intentions, so he assembled his guards, and specially brought along his pampered wife, who was already well-fed, and two young children who were thriving. His son Kelha accompanied Sarturi. He reckoned that Rurik would personally attack Frank this time. As for who would attack, he didn't know yet. Looking at the situation, it might be the king who continued to conquer Frank himself.

When Yevro arrived at the pier, the landing of the Russian army had already begun.

The army was ordered to stay on the shore, but it was unexpected that a kind of peddler would come uninvited with a basket.

A large number of rich Ross soldiers disembarked suddenly, how could the opportunity to make money be missed?

abandoned.

What does an expeditionary sergeant need? Food, spare weapons, spare cloth and leather, and even pendants of gods and gems served as amulets.

Vendors are selling some dried meat, smoked squirrel meat, the head has been cut off, the internal organs have been cut clean, the dried meat has been smoked black and hard, because salt is precious, so it is not used, although this special air-dried meat has no salty taste , can be regarded as a makeshift dry food.

The Ross warriors with fresh pictures naturally bought some. As for the arrows provided by the vendors, the warriors bought them all.

They were all "inferior arrows" made of bone clusters, and the arrow feathers were also entangled and bonded with the flight feathers of some unknown bird. Its quality is naturally inferior to the iron cluster arrows shipped in large quantities by Ross. It is better than a good tool for hunting, and it can also be used for harassment operations. Why not buy it at a low price.

The centurion organized his subordinates to buy everything that was useful, and the blue fox was quite satisfied with this scene pinching his waist.

Finally, he keenly saw Yefro's familiar face. This guy brought his family and walked quickly under the guard of guards.

"My old brother."

I saw the blue fox, a strong man with a still big head, unbuttoned his cloak and opened his arms, facing Yeflo, who had added a little white silk to his hair and looked a little older.

"It's you! Blue Fox?! And... Brother Red Fox?"

Yefluo trotted all the way here in a hurry, smiling so much that his old buddy Lanhu gave him a big hug. ....

He let go of his hand, and was delighted to face the bustling scene at the pier: "Why didn't I hear the news? Why are you here? Where is the king? Such a large army, is the king personally marching?"

"Of course not. Brother, it is the king who brought you the order."

"Order?"

After all, Blue Fox took out the document from the bag hanging on the belt: "Look at it for yourself. It's written in old script, you can understand it."

The resulting document, the document in abbreviated runic script, stated Rurik’s request. Evro’s joyful face slowly became serious, and then he grabbed the neck of the eldest son Keerha, and he couldn’t help showing a wry smile: “Unexpectedly, the king really I think highly of this kid. It’s really..."

He wanted to say that one was too dangerous, but he saw another boy standing next to the blue fox. It was Askad, the eldest son of Arik with two swords. This kid also participated in the battle two years ago.

"It's risky, but also full of promise."

"Dad? I... go to war?" The black-haired Keerha couldn't help but raise his head.

"How? King Ross asked you to go. Are you afraid?"

"Bah! I can't ask for more."

As he said that, the kid immediately winked at Askad: "It's either that I haven't participated in the war, or the king didn't call the name. If I get a chance, I will sign up and go."

"Oh! That's good. That's good..." Efro let out a long sigh of relief.

Regarding this matter, the boy's mother was very worried about an accident. After all, the battle was in an area far beyond the knowledge of a woman. Only God knows what will happen to her son. However, the king's document named "the earl of Finland led at least one hundred Finnish longbowmen to assist in the battle." Who is the earl of Finland, the real earl is the eldest son Keerha, he must lead the army to fight.

Therefore, the Ross army, which had sailed for two days, rushed to Helminki in the evening, where they rested all night.

This move was actually done on purpose by Rurik, and he didn't expect Evro to send only a hundred people. With that guy's rather calm personality, he would definitely send more troops to ensure the safety of his eldest son. As in the past, a large number of Finnish longbowmen fought together with the torsion slingshot troops, which has been the habit of the Ross army for so many years.

One hundred people are too few, and five hundred people are too many. Yefro must consider the consumption of military resources, after all, he has to pay for the military resources of the expedition.

Two hundred elite Finnish longbowmen, each carrying one hundred arrows, Kelha officially led the Finnish army to join the Ross Expeditionary Force as the Earl of Finland.

And this is still part of the expansion of the expeditionary force.

Today, the Gould mansion on Tombstone Island has become a public building. The furniture in it has been evacuated, leaving the empty house to the resident

The islanders used it as a parliamentary court.

The large fleet arrived at Tombstone Island in mighty force, where the Blue Foxes immediately met Kawi, the "King of Blacksmiths" who had been waiting for a long time.

Tombstone Island, which is originally a T-junction of the ocean, becomes very lively once the sailing day comes in spring.

The merchant ships from Lake Mälaren learned that Ross's large fleet was active on Tombstone Island, and the good news immediately spread back to the Great Lake. Before long, Bjorn, the Duke of Mälaren, personally brought twenty longships and as many as five hundred soldiers , happily rushed into Tombstone Island. What is the purpose of this guy here? The intention of coming here is exactly the same as that of Kawei who arrived at Tombstone Island with a group of blacksmiths. ....

Everything originated from the strategic deployment made by the king during his inspection tour in the north last autumn. Now is the time for the parties who made the promise to put it into practice.

They chatted happily, after all, on the issue of joint expedition and looting, all parties could easily reach a consensus.

As for the disharmony, Bjorn also complained. The so-called other tribes were afraid of the expedition, but Mellaren felt that the opportunity was rare.

Hearing this slightly drunk guy put gold on his face, Blue Fox also laughed.

It is impossible for Kawi to go in person. His eldest son Kuzneslav, a boy named Kuja, brought a group of northern craftsmen to join the expeditionary force in the name of maintaining and improving the work system for heavy equipment. These young men with thicker arms than their legs either carried tomahawks as infantry soldiers, or fought with fully prepared heavy equipment.

And Bjorn came here with a very straightforward purpose to prove to the residents of Lake Mälaren that an abdicated Swedish king is not a coward!

At the same time, this move is also to prove to Rurik: I have no intention of questioning your power.

First add 200 longbowmen, then add 100 northern craftsmen, and 500 soldiers from the Duke of Mellaren to assist, the army has now expanded to 2,200 people, and this is not over yet.

After a long voyage, the huge fleet passed along the coastline through the narrow Kalmar Strait, passed through the ruined Silver Castle, and arrived in Copenhagen, the new capital of the Kingdom of Denmark.

Meanwhile, King Ragnar of Denmark was making final preparations for his expedition.

Suddenly ~www.readwn.com~ a large number of ships flying the Ross flag appeared in the Øresund Strait, and then anchored in the wasteland south of Copenhagen, and some long ships have already begun to land.

Ragnar was not nervous, and the Ross people were not hostile at all. Such a huge fleet must be docking in Copenhagen for supplies before launching a new attack.

"You guys? Who are you going to attack? Could it be that you also have thoughts about that Wessex?"

The delighted Ragnar was looking forward to the appearance of Rurik himself, and he wanted to thank that young and loyal brother. Both of my sons came back, and even made a wheelchair for Invar, who had a leg problem. The rest of the tribe made a fortune in the hinterland of Ross. Before winter last year, I accidentally got an important supply.

He hastily organized his cronies to greet them. Naturally, the appearance of the mighty army has long attracted the attention of Danish ships fishing in the abundant fishing grounds, and the contact with each other has already begun at sea. .

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