Rise of Rurik

From the perspective of the marching Quentin Banner, all the nobles who remained in the Koblenz area were traitors, and with the permission of King Lothar, he could attack all the rebels.

There was no resistance all the way, which made him puzzled for a while.

The executed knight families did not resist, and the disarmed knight servants also shouted their innocence. The murderous Frankish army kept them defending, and facing the "exposing order", the villagers also "bited" each other.

Quentin was not a local lord, he was a standing army officer's buddy with the title of knight, and his soldiers were also professional soldiers.

They were the military legacy of Charlemagne to his descendants, and so imitated as closely as possible the standing army of the Roman legions, without hesitation in killing.

Even those to be executed were Franks.

The ancestral origin of the people living in Koblenz is the Mosel department under the Alemanni people, which was defeated by the Frankish annexation hundreds of years ago. More than three hundred years have already made the locals forget the past. They don't understand why ordinary people have to fight for power and profit because everyone was still a subject of Lothair a few years ago. The nobles pay the price in blood?

Quentin didn't care, the order he got was to eliminate the rebellion and cleanse the Normans. The only thing he has to consider is that if he can't complete the task well, he will be deprived of his status as the captain of the banner. The feeling of being relegated to the top soldier is more painful than beheading.

Villagers denounce each other? very good! Anyone who is identified is a traitor! All will be hanged!

The village became a den of demons, and the army still insisted on their victory. The rebels' homes were ransacked, their livestock and poultry were confiscated to serve as military rations, and their houses were deliberately burned to deliberately create flames and thick smoke to deter those enemies who were holding the "German Corner".

The villages in the mountains were "inspected" one by one, and when the army arrived, it would be a disaster.

Burning villages caused smoke and dust, and improper operation even caused a whole village to catch fire.

The ashes are skyrocketing, and the local water vapor has been naturally strong.

In the evening, it rained heavily throughout Koblenz, so the fire was put out, and the ground suddenly became muddy. The people who lost their homes were weeping bitterly. They did not dare to scold the shamelessness of these troops. Now they leaned on the priests and prayed for God's redemption.

What about priests? The priests stationed in the village had to listen to Bishop Koblenz, and they had nothing to say to the soldiers, they could only do their best to appease the lambs who had lost a lot.

First, there was an early warning that the fire and smoke could not be ignored, followed by heavy rain, accompanied by a steady stream of refugees fleeing into the villages and docks down the mountain.

There were three knights who fled with their families. They brought the whole village and arrived at the pier with only limited valuables.

They set up a temporary camp, and the young priests who fled with the team went straight to the monastery, explained the disaster to Bishop Bahubert, and prayed for salvation.

But Quentin's flag team, because they had to inspect the villages one by one and crusade against the rebellious knights, their speed of action was naturally slow. After a rain, the road became muddy, which slowed down their speed even more.

Finally, the new village is right in front of you, and you can even see a larger wooden building.

The situation was extremely strange. The scouts who unloaded their armored stomachs and turned into light cavalry went to investigate, and found that the whole village was empty. The scene was extremely strange, obviously some cattle and sheep were not taken away, but the raised poultry were walking around on the muddy village path.

It was as if the villagers disappeared in an instant.

However, the ruts, horseshoe prints and dense footprints on the ground proved that the people fled.

"Maybe, I did too much?!" Listening to the scout's emergency report, Quentin also re-examined his conscience in an instant.

Your Majesty's orders are absolute!

After some psychological struggle, he held his horsewhip to the front: "Keep going! Rebellious and fleeing in fear of crime, we will camp in the village! Let's eat and drink enough to continue the crusade!"

They slaughtered abandoned cattle and sheep, and soldiers were ordered to search the property of the entire settlement, find out the hidden food and light a fire on the spot to eat.

After resting for a day in Haosheng, all the houses were set on fire according to the principle of crusade.

In the beginning, those houses with thick haystacks were not easy to ignite due to the wet roof. At first, thick white smoke came out. After the obvious flames slowly ignited, the white smoke turned into thick gray and black smoke, and red flames shot up into the sky. Facing this maddening warmth.

Quentin, the captain of the flag wearing armored stomach, was still slashing his sword immediately: "Remember! We are ordered to attack the rebels and the Normans! Show your courage! Don't show mercy!"

He made some war mobilization, and now it is the third day of the crusade, and those soldiers who were conflicted at first have now let go of everything.

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At this moment, a large group of refugees had gathered in the river mouth below the fortress of Koblenz. Hearing that King Lothar's army was coming and killing people wantonly, all kinds of rumors were flying in the sky. The most terrifying rumor was the army of the kingdom. Unbelievably, he pointed the butcher knife at his own people.

Even if everyone didn't believe it at first, the mountain residents who escaped said similar words, and there was no room for everyone's disbelief.

How many people are gathered in the estuary plain area under the mountain now?

At least 2,000 people escaped with limited supplies, and the Hekou area, as an important farming area, has always had a large population.

There are as many as 5,000 people crowded here, which is already an extremely dense place in terms of the current Frankish population density.

Those people who were unwilling to live under the control of the new Nassau ruler left a year ago. These people who managed to escape to the estuary of the mountain not only supported Nassau, but what they needed most now was the salvation of the new lord.

The spontaneous escape of fishermen has already begun. They make rafts on the shore. Even if the limited fishing boats carry a small number of people, they try their best to squeeze out the people and cross the Rhine River with portable boats. Their destination was the fishing village of Lanstein on the opposite bank, which is now the riverside port of the Barons of Nassau.

In this regard, Eric, who was stationed in the fortress, as a Ross, at this moment he and nearly 200 brothers under him transformed from the initial conqueror into the defender of the people.

Could it be that they really regard this group of people running around as their own?

They are not so virtuous, just like a large group of animals that surrender to themselves. The Ross garrison has the right to ask for tribute from them to live. If someone else kills them and deliberately kills these people, wouldn’t it break the life of the brothers? money. They still had the same mentality of the old Roth tribes of regular Sorgon, and it was this mentality that drove these tough warriors to protect the poor.

Spontaneous crossing of the river is perilous. During the flood season in early summer, the flow of the Laine River is faster, and the overloaded fishing boats are at risk. In order to survive, the paddlers have no longer cared too much.

This shipwreck was suddenly revealed in full view, and the people gathered by the river watched the boat frivolously, and witnessed the poor man being swallowed by the river while screaming.

There were cries and screams, but the operation of crossing the river could not stop.

The number of refugees in the fishing village of Lanstein is gradually increasing, and the operation of crossing the river for survival is still going on.

All the boats are used for self-help of the people. The thick smoke not far away perfectly proves that the danger is approaching. People are shouting "the apostles of Satan are going to kill us". The chaos on the ferry never stops. This is Father Bach Bert was not appeased either.

Instead, the Ross garrison left the fort on its own initiative and maintained order with the pier.

They used swords and axes to intimidate the men who robbed the ship. Because they had witnessed the capsized tragedy, in order to prevent another disaster from sinking even the precious ship, Eric simply let them know what tyranny is.

Two men who were crazily snatching the boat were caught and beheaded in public. Eric kicked their corpses into the Inn River and held up their heads high.

He yelled only one word in broken Frankish: "Another snatcher. Kill!"

The frenzied trick of making an example to others did achieve a major effect. The priest Bahubert, who witnessed all this, did nothing to stop him. The priests kept making the sign of the cross to watch silently. Some young priests even knelt on the ground and prayed for God to save them.

However, the archangel did not come down to earth. Suddenly, the people gathered at the pier cheered collectively.

They used to regard the dragon-headed warship as a terrifying monster, and the monster on the bow clearly depicted the little devil under Satan.

Not now, the big oars are like the wings of a seraph, and the solid and wide warship will save everyone.

They were so sure because the Ross warriors stationed in the fortress killed the rebels and at the same time announced to the bewildered people that reinforcements would soon arrive.

No, reinforcements began to approach the pier.

The black fox mobilized ten long boats, with a large number of small barges behind them.

The longboats were full of warriors who were busy rowing, and they wore armor to fight fiercely with the enemy after arriving in Koblenz.

The knights Gilbert and Ballard, as well as Earl Robert, who was about to leave, took out all their personal guards at this moment.

Saving the people from fire and water is the most important thing. This cooperation with the Norman Ross people is for the same goal, and everyone is desperate.

In the eyes of the Ross army stationed in Nassau, a group of outsiders dared to act wildly in our territory, and they must be killed and never returned. This kind of tribal consciousness that disappears in a short period of time makes them have a strong will to fight.

The obese black fox dressed himself like a brave warrior, but the iron helmet was buckled on his head like a fat fish, and the fat was squeezed out. Accompanied by the mustache that he deliberately started, his appearance was too funny.

No one thinks that their boss is really a fighter, and even when they really fight, they have to listen to the actual commands of the old guys Eric and Wadi, but the appearance of him supporting the monster on the bow and holding the steel sword is very spiritual, objective Shan, the fat man, presses down on the slightly tilted bow due to fast paddling, and the sailing is more stable.

The appearance of the long boat caused a sensation, and similarly, the roaring crowd on the other side also opened the eyes of the black fox.

"Hey! Wadi, when did we still have so many people?!"

Blue Fox's old entourage, Wadi, a rescued slave, is now a rare hero of the Black Fox. This guy has no title for the time being, but his title is a certainty.

Vardy didn't know either. He had quite a lot of combat experience. In his eyes, the existence of a large group of civilians was a crazy constraint on combat. They should be gone! The existing fleet must remove them as soon as possible.

"I don't know!" He answered simply.

"Huh? Then what do you know? Give me a suggestion!"

"Remove the people, and move their surplus food and food. After that, it's up to you."

The black fox thought it was true. After transporting the people, they had to feed them. It was the right way to feed themselves with their food. After this chaos is over, they will go back to their respective homes and talk about it later if there are difficulties in life.

But he thought again, "No! What about our Koblenz Fortress? We still have to hold on, and we can't give up without resistance."

"Go to **** with the fortress! Boss, we don't have the strength to fight those people now. Unless they are not a huge thousand people."

"That's right. Then destroy the fort. We set fire on purpose. What we can't get, we can't let them have."

The long boats arrived at the pier one after another, and with what they had done before, no one dared to board the ship, no matter how anxious the waiters were when they faced the big ship like a savior.

The Ross warriors with round shields on their backs wore uniform clothes, and the ten longships quickly became empty.

Without further ado, without caring about cleaning up a lot of mud on the boots, the black fox hurriedly met with Eric, the subordinate who was stationed there, and after some pleasantries, he appointed: "Since you have already started to evacuate, I will leave the rest to you. Longboats carry people to the other side."

Goodbye to his own black fox boss, this young fat man has the decisiveness of his second brother, blue fox, which makes people have to look at him with admiration.

This kid has really grown up after experiencing the war. In fact, this kind of person is extremely important at critical moments.

"So, what about the fort we're guarding?" Eric had to figure out what was going on.

"No more!"

"ah?!"

"Our troops are limited and we will not fight them to the death."

"This! It's not honorable. Brothers are planning to sacrifice Odin with blood!" Eric's words represent the thoughts of many fighters.

Vardy came forward and patted the old man on the shoulder: "This is the territory of the Franks. Don't you and I believe in their gods? Put aside the blood sacrifice and clear this area. We don't have any worries about the decisive battle after that."

"Just do as I decide." Heihu emphasized again: "This is my wife's order. Remember, she will soon be the earl. In the future, you two and brothers will have a higher status here. Later, she will need her canonization confirmation."

It sounds funny, but it's true. The mentality of the Ross people stationed here has changed drastically. It is not a long-term solution to be pirates and adventurers. Everyone still needs a noble status to live!

No, the black fox yelled in a half-joking way: "Vardy, Eric, you will all be barons in the future. Our brothers must be knights at least. Take a long-term view!"

The efficient evacuation operation finally started, the oarsmen were reduced to twenty people, and fifty unarmed civilians could frantically pour into the remaining space. If it was transporting children, one boat could transport a hundred people.

Just sail 200 meters through the waterway of the Rhine River, unload the personnel directly on the barren beach on the opposite bank, and let them walk to Lanstein not far upstream.

Such a short-distance voyage can take some risks of overloading, and ten ships will go into battle together, and the transportation speed can be described as extremely fast!

As if this is not enough~www.readwn.com~everyone wants to be the first to board the ship, they need a stronger existence to stand out and deter them.

Robert is still the Earl of Lyingal until now, and he stepped forward.

Lord Lyingol himself? ! Isn't the opposite area Laiyingao? ! Wasn't Nassau always a vassal of Laingo? ! So we have the earl's permission to go to the other side?

Or even Lord Lyingol to serve as queen for us? !

The majority of civilians have limited access to news, and they don't know that Robert is about to leave, and that Lyingau and Koblenz have merged. They only know that now the big nobles in the north are helping them, and the Normans have become good people.

On the other hand, King Lothair's army was killing indiscriminately, and the thick smoke rising from behind the mountain was invisible to everyone, just like an ax hanging above the head that could fall at any time. It was this situation that was the most frightening.

Because, they have to worry that Lothair's crazy army may rush out at any time to kill the fleeing people wantonly.