Rise of Rurik

The fortress of Koblenz was burning, and the densely packed houses not far from the fortress were completely engulfed in flames.

For Quentin and his army, the best way to clean up the Norman hiding place is to set fire to it.

He didn't know where the locals had fled to, and he didn't bother to care. According to the authorization of King Lothair, he can take a series of decisive measures here. In the final analysis, what the king wants is the control of this land and a fortress guarding this important place.

The fire became more and more fierce, and even a fire tornado appeared with the south wind.

The strong heat of the fire forced the Zhongwang Army to retreat here. The soldiers knew very well that this move was ordered by the banner captain, although they lit the fire themselves, so they were not considered responsible.

But the flames will inevitably turn the monastery in the residential area into scorched earth. Many soldiers were deeply frightened by the fire dragon rising into the sky.

The fire tornado is too conspicuous, and the red-hot sky under the night curtain cannot be ignored!

The closest monastery to Koblenz is not far to the northwest geographically. The Abbey of Wallendal, supposedly under the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Trier, was taken over by the Diocese of Cologne during the civil war.

Ordinary priests continued to live their peaceful lives day after day, and the noble wars had nothing to do with them.

Only a small number of people live around the monastery and pay tithes to support these priests.

This night, their peaceful life was completely broken.

No one can ignore the burning red sky. When you boldly walk through the forest and stand on the banks of the Rhine, you can see the city of Koblenz engulfed in flames not far away.

The people had never seen this scene before, and they chanted words such as "hell fire" and "hell dragon" and hugged their heads and fell into madness.

Based on their cognition, the scene in front of them was clearly a gap in the ground, and a **** fire dragon rushed out.

The riverside was illuminated quite brightly, and people's cheeks were flushed.

The people here basically don't care about the situation in other places, but the priests of the Wallendal Abbey can know the changes in Koblenz over the years. There has been incorporated into Nassau, and the monastery where he lives has changed ownership first.

Whether the cooperation between the Diocese of Cologne and the Normans is unjust or not is up to God to decide. Whether the archbishop is guilty or not is a small monastery in Wallendal, and the priests are not qualified to criticize it.

They knew very well that Nassau took Koblenz by means of war, and the priest could estimate the cause of the fire just by thinking about it a little.

The priest tried his best to settle down his people, and held a small mass overnight, so that the flames would not spread to himself on the other side of the Inn.

It's like a giant bonfire ignited on the ground, even if residents farther away see a bright red area in the sky, they know that something abnormal has been discovered.

Even the priests and missionaries as far away as Bonn noticed the strange celestial phenomena. They may not have thought that the vision came from the raging fire, and the priests recorded what they saw and heard truthfully.

Due to the terrain, the curvature of the earth, and the forest cover, it is difficult to see the strange sky in the far-away area in Cologne, unless you stand on a high place such as the city wall or the bell tower of the church.

The night watchmen of Cologne were paid by the church, and they wandered on the city walls. Some priests guarded the bell tower, waiting for the dawn to ring the bell as usual. ....

Standing tall, they all noticed the scene in the distance. The news was transmitted to the archbishop layer by layer, which shocked Hudbold, who had just fallen asleep, to get up suddenly.

"Southeast? The sky is red? It seems to be burning?!"

He instinctively questioned the junior priest's report.

"Papa, I'm... worried that something happened to Bonn."

"Ridiculous!" The archbishop crossed himself subconsciously. He was already disturbed by the disturbed dream. Hearing such outrageous speculations, his heart beat wildly away. "God help me, but it must not be Bonn."

He put on his robe in a godly way, didn't bother to tie the belt, stepped on his boots and rushed to the church bell tower, the highest point in the city.

The vigil priest saluted him, but the archbishop had no time to respond.

Harder's eyesight is not very good,

This is related to the fact that he often read the Gospels on parchment at night, and he also often wrote something.

He was short-sighted, but now he is also suffering from presbyopia.

Even so, standing on the highest point of Cologne and looking southeast, the sky there is indeed red. His personal perspective is a bit vague, but with his own rich experience, he can judge that it was definitely not Cologne who had the accident.

Everyone believed that there was a fire somewhere, if not Cologne where? Maybe the forest is alive.

That night the archbishop could not sleep again, he was anxious but did not try to take the initiative to understand the situation.

Compared with the vision in the sky, he cared more about the Normans who left during the day yesterday.

It is true that on the day that the King's team arrived in Koblenz, Blue Fox and his special fleet also left Cologne on the same day.

Some priests pessimistically suspected that those Normans were determined to loot a certain place and then set it on fire, which might cause forest fires.

The Normans had a lot of criminal records, even if they were converted to God, but their terrible display of irreverence in Cologne Cathedral made everyone sick and spit on them.

Hadbold asked himself to be quiet, and he couldn't completely ignore the possibility.

After all, it was a vision from a distance, and the civilians in the city could not see anything unless they climbed the city wall, not to mention that it would be even harder to detect the abnormality once it was daytime, and life in the city would not be affected.

He immediately ordered the night watchman to strictly check the idlers wandering in the city at night. Even though they could turn a blind eye in the past, the curfew must be strengthened now.

But for the Blue Fox side, they bought some supplies in Cologne, all of which were delicious meals that could satisfy their appetites, such as cheese, butter, and honey.

Sailing against the current requires non-stop paddling, which is a test of people's physical strength. They deliberately bought these delicious meals that can make them physically strong, and when they rested on the shore at night, they lit a bonfire and cooked wheat porridge with fat and honey in clay pots.

I saw someone in the city selling freshly picked thyme, and the Ross people bought all the goods from the seller arbitrarily, which made the locals lack seasonings, but the Ross people paid real money, and the seller got the best Frankish silver coins. It quickly turned into a flattering smile.

The purchased bundles of thyme are now dry, they are rubbed and thrown into the urn, and finally sprinkled with a handful of salt. This is the most ordinary marching meal of the Blue Fox Special Fleet.

It is actually quite delicious, and people can't help talking around the campfire after eating it. ....

They praised this region for being warm and therefore rich in products, and lamented that the north lacked such enjoyment.

There are also some people who advocate arrogantly: "We want to control a larger land and let the Franks do our best. I will make my home here, and my children and grandchildren can enjoy it."

The lit bonfire dispelled the cold in early summer nights. After all, the Laine River is still in a high latitude. Although the climate is not very cold, the chilly feeling is still uncomfortable.

All the long boats were all attached to the river bank, stakes were nailed to the soft mud, and the cables were tied tightly to all the boats.

Blue Fox and the others spread out a layer of deerskin mats, wrapped themselves in a layer of woolen blankets, and began to fall asleep around the bonfire.

On the river is a long night fishing boat parked, the cables are tied to the tree, and the anchor is thrown down, and it lights a torch when it is anchored on the water, intending to catch a batch of fresh fish with the trick of fishing fire at night, so that the brothers can join together tomorrow morning. enjoy.

It is also they who notice the red sky in the distance, how can nervous people catch fish again?

The sleeping blue fox was shaken awake. At the beginning, the old fox was not quite sure: "What are you doing? I just saw a forest. Where is the fire?"

"But Boss, you'll know just by looking at the river."

"I wish I could see some anomalies, instead of being dazzled by you fish-eating guys." He jumped into the longboat angrily, and when the boat drifted into the middle of the river, the southeast anomaly was indeed obvious.

Immediately, Blue Fox sat down in astonishment, he was pulled up by his subordinates and trembling: "Ah! Could it be that something happened to our Koblenz?"

How could something happen to Coblenz?

Blue Fox didn't want to believe it, but he had experienced many battles over the years, the initial

In the Battle of Haydeby, the entire trading city was engulfed in flames, and what appeared was a sky that was burned red. Afterwards, we experienced the battle of Wesingerse Island in Lake Vänern and the battle to attack Denmark. Arson is a traditional tactic for any design to destroy settlements, and a red sky will appear in every action.

His intuition told him that something big had happened in the direction of Koblenz.

He was worried that this was a counterattack by the Frankish army. The reason for his judgment was that the city was captured by the Ross army by violence, and the enemy might retaliate at any time.

But he was lucky: "Maybe some forest hunters set a bonfire in the woods and ignited a forest."

It is not surprising for the blue fox to speculate, because the Suomi tribe in Finland deliberately destroyed the forest with this trick, and then sprinkled a piece of oat seeds on the scorched map for harvest in autumn. Next year, the trick will be the same, and another round of slash-and-burn farming will be carried out on another forest. This most primitive agriculture is much better than pure fishing and hunting, which is why the Suomi tribe can support 20,000 to 30,000 people.

That's not the case with Frank, is it?

However, the blue fox fell asleep again with a disturbed heart, and the news did not tell everyone. Those so-called "people with fish" continued to catch fish at night. They ignored the red-hot sky, but suddenly saw a small The flames of fire appeared on the river.

what is that? It is a small boat.

The boat was ordered to go forward by night, so adventurous that it had firm orders from its owner.

The boat was illuminated by the only torch, and the people on board were even more courageous. When the boat turned a river, they saw a bonfire in front of them. What's the situation? Although there are still some villages in the riverside area, who will settle by the river? Even the surface of the river was lighted. ....

The small boat has never been aware of the danger, and both sides were taken aback when they were quickly captured by the long boat suspended from fishing.

On one side was a genuine Norman, on the other a young priest in a black robe and a dull, timid fisherman.

The blue fox had been asleep for a while, and when he was woken up again, he was so angry that he pulled out a burning stick from the campfire and smashed it on the ground.

"Is it over?!"

"But boss, we caught a weirdo." While speaking, his subordinates pushed the nervous priest over.

The man immediately knelt down on the ground, covering his head with a look of horror.

"You? Why be afraid? We are not the apostles of Satan." Blue Fox spoke Latin skillfully, and the effect of the words was immediate.

The priest let go of his timidity a little: "You? Are you Normans who can speak Latin? Aren't you... the legendary Ross?"

"When did we become legends? Who are you? Never from Nassau? I don't know you."

The blue fox held up the torch and took a good look at the man's face: "I know the faces of all the priests in Nassau. Are you from Coblenz?"

Speaking of Koblenz, the priest looked even more alarmed: "Not Koblenz. I'm from Wallendal, but..."

"Valendar? What's that?"

"Wallendal Abbey in Cologne. Not far from... and Nassau. But something really happened in Koblenz."

"What could be the matter? Could it be a fire?" Blue Fox's words became urgent.

"Fire! Hellfire! The whole city is burning! A dragon came out and probably everyone was burned to death. The priest sent me to Cologne to tell the archbishop about the disaster." The priest's eyes widened It seemed that the eyeballs could pop out, and he was terrified.

Dragon? Satan? Burning city?

Is it possible that the estimate has come true? At this moment, Blue Fox didn't take any pleasure in his intuitive judgment, he wished he could make a mistake in his judgment.

"Is there a war? Can you see the battle?"

The terrified priests did not know what to ask so far. Even if they kept asking, they could only say that although the Walendal Abbey is close to the river, it is just a small monastery hidden in the forest. It's purely because the sky is burning red, and I really don't know anything else.

The matter could no longer be ignored, and the news quickly reached all

Sleeping Warrior.

At this moment, Lanhu was extremely worried about his younger brother, younger brother and daughter-in-law, as well as the remaining brothers. The third child, Black Fox, had already proved himself on the battlefield last year that he was not a coward. Even though he was fat, he would become vicious even if he lived with a lot of ruthless people.

Even if those who believed in Odin converted to God, it was a kind of "tactical conversion". Their aggressiveness and ruthlessness were consistent. If the enemy attacked Koblenz, these guys would have to fight with weapons immediately.

"Boy, I'd rather you be cowardly this time. Don't get hacked to death!"

But sailing at night is too risky, and the brothers are quite tired after rowing for a day, even though this area is not far from Koblenz.

Blue Fox insisted on acting at dawn, and he was already sending people to cook the morning meal immediately, fighting for the dark blue sky for everyone to eat, and continued to advance before the sun rose. ....

He was rather annoyed that he had brought 150 soldiers with him, even including himself and the two young cubs, the number was less than 160. The brothers are also escorting a batch of production tools to be transported to Nassau, the most important thing is the huge amount of silver coins paid to the Robert family who are eager to leave, especially the latter must not be missed.

"If I bring enough troops...it's still too late!"

After waking up, the blue fox slapped his face vigorously, and he made a risky decision-shaking people.

A boat of thirty soldiers was temporarily ordered to go down the river, and this trip directly arrived at the Ross army stationed in Rotterstadt.

This group of brothers got this task: bring my password and paper documents, and order the first banner team of the standing army and the seventh banner team of the infantry to dispatch! Order the red fox to continue to stand still. The Counts of the Netherlands and Flanders must not be informed of this matter.

Blue Fox writes and draws on the usual hard paper, and writes words in the most traditional rune script that ordinary priests can't understand, so that people will never have misunderstandings and doubts.

"What if the captive priest is talking nonsense? If the matter is true but not serious? What if I misjudged it?" When a long boat rushed down the river and quickly disappeared from sight, even though the blue fox still had doubts, You can only stick to your own judgment.

He gave the subordinates who were ordered to report the news three days to rush to Rotterstadt, and asked the ordered army to rush to Nassau with all their strength within one week. On the road, always tired but also to arrive quickly.

At most ten days, eight days if it is fast, the time cost is not very high.

He made this judgment based on his years of traveling and fighting experience, and after thinking about it again, his old friends and his brother's family, and even Earl Robert's family from Ingol, if a fire broke out in Koblenz, They will all suffer from adverse effects. Another bad thing is that Koblenz has a large population.

The Nassau side will not be insane and burn down the houses of the people in the area under its control, and the people will not be insane and destroy their homes.

The only reasonable explanation is that there was a powerful external force causing damage, so the Russian army stationed in Nassau, which had swelled to 600, was difficult to organize.

Except that the Frankish army in the Middle Kingdom is capable of doing this, UU Reading www. uukanshu.com Who else? It is not guaranteed that Lothair will take advantage of Koblenz this year.

The blue fox has no insight into the battlefield and does not know the enemy's situation, so today he can only make strategic adjustments based on his own speculation.

Aachen was going to sneak attack, because Koblenz was attacked, so it was even more necessary to sneak attack on Aachen to vent his anger. What's going on in Nassau and Koblenz? Are there enemies? How strong is the enemy?

When someone attacked, he summoned reinforcements to fight back directly. Blue Fox couldn't think of a better way, and decided to use the most traditional and brave tactics that soldiers liked the most to deal with.

Another thousand reinforcements were invited, of which five hundred were absolute heavy armored infantry. If the younger brother Heihu's people have no obvious losses, and then organize the villagers of Nassau, it will be no problem to piece together two thousand soldiers in the end.

The existence of two thousand troops, only in this way can the blue fox really feel at ease. .

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