Rise of Rurik

The angry peasants wanted to kill the villains who had burned their homes, and the fleeing Frankish soldiers had to fight.

In the initial battle with the shield wall, both sides in the fierce battle were wearing armor. Even if it was a more advanced Ross steel sword, the sword edge would only leave marks on the iron pieces of the cloth armor of the Frankish soldiers, unless it was such as the neck. Vital points such as the face were severely injured. At this time, the losses of both sides were very small, until the situation of being surrounded and annihilated was formed, and the physically exhausted Frankish army suddenly collapsed after reaching a critical value of morale.

Soldiers who had difficulty escaping fought with peasant soldiers. Although they were killed in the end, some enemies had to be killed in a deadly battle.

More than 200 Koblenz militiamen were killed or injured, most of them fatally wounded. The so-called medical method is to bind the bleeding limbs with hemp rope. As for the injuries to the trunk, they can only let the blood flow out and die in pain.

The Koblenz people whose homeland was burned in the north paid a high price, and they won the victory. But when everyone calmed down a little on the battlefield, some people of insight couldn't help thinking about what we should do in the future.

"I have no choice but to leave here and live in the safety of Nassau."

Some people developed such an attitude that they picked up useful spoils on the battlefield to make a new home in the Lahn River Valley where Nassau is located. Of course, the valley plains of Nassau Village naturally do not welcome outsiders, and it is not a bad idea to open up new spaces in vast areas.

A **** battle came to an end before evening, and Robert couldn't help laughing at the corpses all over the floor.

He washed his face by the river, mounted his horse and inspected the battlefield with his followers.

He himself did not participate in the whole battle, but he followed the front closely. He witnessed the young Russian soldiers shooting the strong cavalry with bows and crossbows. Kill the fleeing soldiers.

In the end, Robert personally arrived at the final battle site.

Looking around, there were iron men everywhere, and he rubbed his eyes vigorously to make sure that what he saw was indeed a monster covered in metal. It was just in the afternoon when the sun began to slant to the west, and the increasingly orange sunlight shone on these iron men, showing the large-scale blood stains on them, the air was filled with a stench, and the strong sunlight reflected on the stomach.

Looking at the ground again, there are corpses of Frankish soldiers who have been hacked to death everywhere, but some of them were captured alive and are sitting on the ground now, their legs and feet are **** with cables, one and two are dull-eyed, looking sluggish. Stay fat sheep.

Take a closer look at what those Ross people did!

It was still in Lanstein at that time. Robert saw the turtle-like armor on the carriages and carts. He did not expect that it was really a "turtle cover". The front chest and back were a whole piece of plate armor. Proved his strength in actual combat.

Robert was amazed to see it, and saw that this group of guys were holding characteristic long-handled "thrusting battle axes", chopping melons and vegetables at random, and finally picked up the blood-dripping head.

"How unreasonable is that?! Barbaric! Too barbaric!"

The landless earl's eyes were bloodshot, he gripped the reins and quickly approached the blue fox who was chatting and laughing with his subordinates.

He jumped off his horse, and because of his angry words were very rude, he pointed to some soldiers who were committing atrocities and asked, "Why bother? You shouldn't destroy the corpses. These are Frank's standing army. Even if they lose the battle, they will all be buried."

Blue Fox ran to the nobleman who had happily participated in the grand event after the war. Since this guy had a strict attitude, he also lowered his face: "But we are Normans, aren't we?"

"But you have converted. Why order soldiers to behead dead bodies? If you do, their souls will not be able to go to heaven."

"Heaven? Can you ignore the anger of the local peasants? They would rather these soldiers go to hell. Besides... this part of the Russian army has never believed in your gods."

"This..." The words directly choked Robert to death.

He thought about it again, and it was true that the newly arrived thousand Ross reinforcements all believed in their Odin and the Nordic gods. From my own perception, this group of Nordic savages was very brutal before and after the war, but I never imagined that the too young Ross recruits I saw on the battlefield would be as merciless as their father and brother in chopping meat with an axe.

Seeing his hesitation, Blue Fox signaled his subordinates to bring a special wooden stick, on which a broken hideous head was frighteningly stuck.

The blood stained the whole stick, and when the blue fox held the "maul", his own hands were also full of the enemy's blood.

Robert was taken aback by seeing the ferocious face of the head: "This is not the one just now..."

"It is said to be called Quentin? The commander of this army? He is dead, and now his head is in my hands."

Suppressing the tension, Robert asked again: "Our army has won the final victory. I saw you destroying corpses everywhere, why bother? Or... you Ross people have a new plan?"

"Of course. Our army is cleaning the battlefield, collecting the corpses of our army, and treating the wounded of our army as much as possible. The dead of the local people are buried according to your rules. The dead of our army are buried in God, and those who believe in Odin are burned to ashes. As for the enemy, All the bodies were thrown into the river, and all the heads were collected."

"Brutal! It's too barbaric! Destroying a corpse is only possible if one's mind is controlled by Satan."

"You can say whatever you want." The blue fox shrugged, squinting his eyes impatiently: "Robert, you have nothing to do with this matter. You are about to go to Tours. I don't care what you do or say. But these heads we It will be presented as a special gift to King Ludwig who temporarily lives in Mainz."

"Ah!? Are you planning to scare him? Or provoke him? Or..."

"It's a proof! Only the heads of these dead soldiers can prove that we have indeed won the Battle of Koblenz. If he is afraid, how can he be considered a king? Besides, even I am a passerby here. This is my brother's territory, Many things still require my younger brother Paul Heihu to negotiate with Ludwig in person."

They asked themselves that there was really no reason for Robert to stay here any longer. When he asked when he would leave by boat, Blue Fox readily gave a very close time.

three days! Three days later, the murderous Ross army will withdraw.

Rather than evacuating, it is better to start a new expedition. Robert didn't ask much at first, but now he has to ask about the real intentions of Rurik, the king of Ross.

He knew that people like Blue Fox and even his army, since they were the standing army of the Kingdom of Ross, of course the generals of the expedition must have their own opinions, and the general direction of action must be in accordance with the orders of King Ross! Especially for a young monarch like Rurik who is very purposeful.

A very large Norman army was entrenched at the mouth of the Rhine River. They definitely did not come to arm the colonists. With their usual characteristics, they must storm a certain big city this time.

Who is the target? When the blue fox bluntly revealed that our army will be ordered to attack Aachen, after the initial panic dissipated, Robert was relieved.

Yes, it is this Paul Blue Fox who robbed Trier last year and led more troops to attack Aachen this year. It makes sense no matter what you think.

But what did they have to do with their own family when they looted Aachen? The Robert family is not the Carolingian royal family, and if they destroy Charlemagne's tomb, it will be their fault.

The immediate priority is to go to Tours at his father-in-law's house. Although the father-in-law passed away, his brother-in-law succeeded him. It is good to take the whole family with you and hold a huge sum of money. Wouldn't it be better if you bring a group of soldiers with you.

The Normans also beheaded corpses, which was extremely shameless. He could quickly count fifty prisoners of war. He was worried that these people would be used as sacrifices and burned alive to ashes to sacrifice to their gods.

The battle was over, and a large number of broken bodies were thrown into the Moselle and Rhine rivers nearby.

The river engulfed them, and a few corpses washed up on the riverbank. The residents of the Varendal Abbey came across a headless corpse. At first they thought it was a drowned cow, but it turned out to be...

Most of the dead bodies were eventually swallowed up by the sand and disappeared without a trace, as if they had never been there before. Their armored stomachs and weapons were all stripped off. These were the spoils of the Ross army, and the rest of the debris was almost divided up by the Koblenz militia. .

What did the people of Koblenz get after the war? The houses of the knightly lords were burned, and the monastery and nearby villages lay in ruins. The only good thing is that the intruders did not trample on the young crops, and the people will not worry about losing their harvest this autumn.

The Koblenz delta plain has been turned into a place of right and wrong, and there may be ghosts howling in the middle of the night, and the militiamen who have temporarily put down their weapons do not want to stay here, even if this place is their homeland.

The more pragmatic choice is to leave. The wailing of ghosts and malicious persecution are frightening. Another realistic fear is the fear that the Frankish army will attack again. Their choice means the betrayal of Lothar by the entire population of Koblenz! If that man really wants to emulate his grandfather Charlemagne...Charlemagne has carried out revenge killings against Saxon civilians, only because the locals formed militias to fight on a large scale. Will Lothair follow suit?

Now with the Norman army as their backer, these civilians have won another definite victory. They are not afraid of fighting, but they are worried that the war will destroy their living capital. Obviously, there are only Nassau and Lyingau on the north bank of the Yin River now, but everyone is safe because of the big river.

The peasant soldiers who died in battle were buried in the traditional cemetery of the residents of Koblenz, and they left their hometown by boat with their loot and eyes of reluctance.

Now Lanstein is the temporary residence of all refugees. Of course, this place is still a cramped place, only a small number of residents can live there, and more people have to find new land to live on.

Regarding how to get these people and how to settle them, negotiate with the black fox after the blue fox arrives. The young black fox has his own ideas, and he got a positive answer after hearing the news from his brother, so he felt relieved.

Having completed their revenge, the refugees let out a sigh of relief, and they learned of their destination in Lanstein.

Although the Nassau Baronie was small in the past, his subordinates were also led by knights. However, all the knights died in battle. In the end, even the Baron Henry Nassau was almost killed.

The area is still this area, even though it still bears the name of "Nassau", the nobles have completed a major change.

The fishing village of Lanstein at the mouth of the river was originally a knightly collar, but now there are no nobles. Limburg on the upper reaches of the Lahn River has a very small population, and even so it is a knightly leader because of the convenience of the ferry.

There is no one to inherit the vacant knight fief, but Nassau has been upgraded to an earl country!

The Countess of Nassau-Koblenz-Leingau, after the war, ushered in the de jure Countess Sophia.

This ten-year-old girl tried her best to behave gracefully in front of countless soldiers and peasants, and she also dressed up gorgeously, just because she wanted to take advantage of the national excitement of the victory of the war to personally implement a great thing-canonization of new nobles.

Can a woman also hold power? The traditional Frankish nobles including Robert and the Adelaide couple also knew that Sophia's most important task in this life was to give birth to a male heir to the title, and now it was her husband Paul Black Fox who really controlled the power of the Earl. She has become a ceremonial existence, and the current canonization ceremony cannot do without her.

Look! The soldiers were neatly dressed, and the blood stains on the armor's stomach disappeared without a trace.

The Ross garrison in Nassau, the local aristocratic army, and the militiamen dressed as neatly as possible were urgently disciplined. They stood upright facing the "court of the conferring ceremony".

The real Ross Kingdom Army, the two flag teams appeared purely as cheering guests. They held up the Ross flag majestically, the flags fluttered, the gorgeous feathers on their helmets swayed with the wind, and their uniforms were neat and mighty. It was announced that this canonization ceremony was recognized by the Kingdom of Ross.

But when it comes to individuals, the young Askad and Regalaf, both of whom have the same noble identities, are in themselves a compliment. The two paid more attention to the "canonization" itself, and they couldn't help but whispered a lot.

Especially Regalaf, as the legitimate king of Mercia, one day he will personally confer a group of nobles to defend his kingdom.

As for Askad, he couldn't help imagining what kind of title King Ross, his uncle, would give him in the future, and he was even a little anxious.

The canonization ceremony was witnessed by the nobles and presided over by two priests, Conrad and Bachbert.

Especially Conrad, in the past Henry Nassau canonized the nobility or rewarded the common people, he personally presided over the ceremony in his capacity. Now that he is older, it is really an honor to preside over the ceremony for his daughter again. He has experience in this field, and there is nothing wrong with this canonization.

The knighthood is like this, now some five knights are all upgraded to barons, and the fiefs remain unchanged.

The general under the black fox, the old Eric canonized as Baron Koblenz-Lanstein, is in charge of the junction of the Lahn River and the Rhine River. Another general, Wadi, was canonized as Baron Limburg an der Lahn, managing the almost undeveloped upper plains.

All parties are very satisfied with such enfeoffment, and what's more, it's still to come.

All Ross soldiers stationed in Nassau since last year were all canonized as knights, and even those who died in battle were posthumously knighted.

Knight is a class, it can have no fief. For these newly canonized knights, they naturally have no fiefs, and their personal lives still require their own labor to a large extent.

All of these are promises made before the war. Even if there is no fiefdom or subordinates, it is absolutely impossible to be a civilian garrison. They must have a proper status if they live here for a long time.

They have even more thoughts, because the new earl country still has a huge amount of wasteland, and the local area has been developed one after another, and some landless knights may also have the opportunity to obtain fiefdoms. Only knights who have made real military exploits can get fiefs, and the black fox takes this as a prize to maintain the combat effectiveness of the garrison as much as possible.

This dazzling canonization ceremony forced the little girl Sophia to repeat the ceremony holding the steel sword inlaid with gemstones.

All the new canonization ceremonies must go through the process again. Facing the soldiers kneeling in line, her arms with the sword were sore, and her back hurt from standing for too long. The little girl was so tired that she was absent. Celebration dinner.

Fire towers of pine logs burn in the dead of night, covered with fallen Rus warriors.

Askad imitated his adult appearance and paid homage to his fallen brother with local specialty wine.

The wine was spilled onto the blazing fire, which seemed to intensify the flames.

"Brothers! You go to the Hall of Valor first! We will meet in the end..."

These young Ross warriors had just come of age, and they died in the first battle of their lives. People believed that their souls went to Valhalla, and their deaths also deeply educated the Seventh Banner Squad who had just entered the battlefield.

Who really wants to die suddenly? Everyone hopes to become a warrior who has experienced many battles. Even if he dies in battle, he must sacrifice himself for victory in large-scale battles at a young age, which is definitely not the case now.

They are still fanatical about war. Everyone is very optimistic about the prospect of the army that annihilated the Middle Kingdom, but they are also more vigilant and rational.

After the war, the recruits who paid a certain blood price grew a lot.

Everyone knew that their stay in Nassau was drawing to a close, that on the third day after the battle the dead would be left in ashes and the whole army would leave by ship.

For the Robert family, the nobles and followers were waiting for the boat, and there were fifty more soldiers under Robert's command. They were none other than the captured soldiers of Quentin's banner.

What is the end of the captives? Either work as a slave in Nassau, or sell to Ludwig as a commodity to make some money.

Of course, the most enjoyable way is to sacrifice blood to Odin, and this matter is just a matter of talking about it, which is impossible to do in reality.

The black fox would definitely not want these guys, and if they kept them as slaves, they might be killed by the Koblenz refugees in revenge afterwards.

After some discussion, the fox brothers considered it as a favor, and gave the prisoner of war to Robert, who had turned into a "polished veteran", to add face.

But the prisoners of war had to pay a certain price. No, their left little fingers were cut off. This was an insult to vent their anger, and it would not affect this group of people who would serve Robert in the future.

So what is the identity of the current Robert family? It seems to be just a lost earl, wandering with a large sum of money and a small army.

On the appointed day, the ashes of the fallen soldiers of the Ross Army were packaged in a pottery urn, and a piece of paper with the names of the dead was stuffed into it. The urn will be transported back to Fort New Rose for burial in the cemetery.

The rest of the soldiers boarded the ship one after another, and all the longships that had been moored at the ferry near the Wallendal Abbey were all transported to Lanstein, just as they came, and now the whole army is drifting away.

The difference is that there is still Blue Fox leading the team this time, personally leading the Robert family to start the first voyage.

A pottery urn full of Leingau soil, he couldn't take his family burial with him, and he was sure no one would destroy it, unless they burned the monastery in Wiesbaden.

This urn was his last thought about his hometown, until he got a new fief in the southern world, he knew that as the brother-in-law of the Earl of Tours, he must need the help of his brother-in-law and nephew.

He also has helpers by his side. Bruno, the eldest son of the Duke of Saxony, is waiting in Utrecht at the mouth of the Laine River, and Regalaf, the legitimate king of Mercia, is in the fleet. The two young men are emissaries of various forces, and the Robert family has an extra responsibility for this—to ensure the safety of these two young nobles. In this regard, his wife Adelaide is the most critical, because she is the second sister of the current Earl of Tours.

Publicly so, privately, this elderly lady admired the boy Legolaf, not only because of his status, but also because of his temperament mixed with courage and melancholy, which objectively mobilized her motherhood. Adelaide wished that his son would have a future like this boy, and now, taking advantage of the opportunity, it was still too late for the two boys to get stronger.

Three days ago, the battlefield was still being cleaned. Three days later, the Ross army disappeared without a trace, leaving only traces of its existence on a large scale.

"Now I'm left alone." The black fox pinched his waist and couldn't help puffing out his fat belly, watching his clan's fleet disappear on the Rhine River.

Sophia clutched his arm subconsciously~www.readwn.com~After experiencing this war, she was directly upgraded to an earl, and the territory she controlled was greatly expanded. Her face was still immature, but her eyes were more determined.

"Next, what should we do?"

"Hurry up and go to Mainz."

"Don't you want to take a break? I'm...a little tired."

"Rest for one day at most." The black fox sighed softly, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The heads of those enemies are smelling, and it won't last long after some lime is sprinkled on them. We can't wait any longer. All the wooden boxes carrying the heads are sent to Mainz , we want to show Ludwig a good look! Listen, your title and our titles have not been recognized by Ludwig. He has to recognize us, so you and I have to go."

"Okay. I'll listen to you. You..." Sophia raised her head slightly: "You have more thoughts than that."

"Of course. I will not stop fighting. You are the de jure count, and I am the de facto count. This time, I must get some benefits from Ludwig and let him know that I am stronger than my brother. "