Rise of Rurik

"The Rise of Rurik (

No, that night, the people of Revisby saw the redness of the east of the hill. This terrifying vision made the people after the war insane.

The things Harald envisioned happened as expected.

Some guys who covet the wealth of big businessmen are a group of men, specifically a group of pure pirates. They didn't want to sacrifice to defend Visby, they just wanted to find opportunities to steal property from this trading stronghold. Thieves can be described as the oldest profession, now they have become armed bandits!

They began to harass the wealthy businessmen who lost their mercenaries. Some looting was successful. They broke through the wooden walls of the merchant's house, killed the heirs who could not protect the merchant, defiled the female family, and went everywhere looking for gold and silver to destroy them. They are jealous of the wealth of big businessmen on weekdays, and now is a good time to vent their revenge. Encouraged by it, some refugees also joined the looting.

The civilians under fear have become mobs. The five big merchants who fled back, including Harald, will now fight to protect the home! Like the Ruths, they had to use extremely cruel tricks against any attackers. Because the bandits are the young fighters and female fighters in the daytime, the former friendly forces have become enemies, and if they succeed, they will be the genocide of the merchants.

A mound with an altitude of 100 meters separates the two worlds. On the battlefield to the east, thousands of dead corpses lie quietly, some ravens that are active at night pecking at dead corpses, and the Russian army is burning their own war dead. In Visby to the west, the locals are in a civil war. They didn't have many people left, and now they are killing each other again.

In order to protect her home, Aslaqi led her female guards, standing high on the wooden wall with spears to resist the enemy, and to disperse them with bows and arrows. Although only sixteen years old, who can say that she is not a female warrior? Her heroic posture is quite like a Valkyrie, is it true that such a fairy really wants to become a gift for peace? For whom do you ask for forgiveness from the Ross people? These violent people in Visby?

Her father Harald was extremely entangled.

In the face of such a dilemma, Harald was so disappointed with Visby that he even hoped that the Ross people would have killed them and chopped down these guys into surimi.

As for his family, he offered Asraki, he knelt down and pushed all the blame for the war on the dead Harken, and finally declared his allegiance to the leader of Rose, and then took out a sum of money, the family will not be destroyed.

Visby's chaos lasted all night, and there was not much difference between the so-called ruined soldier and the bandit. They failed on the battlefield, knowing that they were in danger of doom, obviously they were doing their last madness before they died. Weiss is like the same purgatory.

When the morning sun shines on the earth and the ocean, the Ross people's fleet continues to float quietly on the sea, arranged like chains, and boats carrying torsion slingshots continue to stand by.

The sun shone on the messy lanes of Visby, shining on the corpses, and a group of half-dead guys.

Jiaoxiang is permeating the alleyway, it is the good taste of the sheep that has lost its owner being boiled.

Those bandits who have become "leaders" cannot get wheat and fish, but fat sheep are at their fingertips. The chubby sheep were supposed to cut wool, and the bandits who are eager to fill their stomachs know that they are now unable to care about the value of sheepskin and wool. It is the last word to eat meat.

Of course they don't want to bury Visby, how can it be easier said than done to escape this targeted city?

They have to fill their stomachs and then watch the changes, looking at the right time to escape.

Visby's inherent natural order was completely disintegrated, and whoever had the big fist now was able to act as the extremely brief boss before the Russ army swept the entire harbor. Those thieves who often hid in the gutter became Visby's kings, but they were still powerless in the face of several large merchants who still had a strong fighting capacity.

No, in the early morning, many businessmen who had been fighting for the whole night evacuated to the beach with some cash boxes. They pushed off the long boat and began to forcibly evacuate. They walked in a hurry, and individual bandits with weapons were staring at them along the way, but they were just paying attention.

Anyone who intends to flee is not stopped, they need these brave businessmen to explore the way.

This is really a death-seeking move, because the Ross people's ships are waiting for them!

It is best for the fleeing businessman to succeed, so that the bandits can take the gold and silver and evacuate this terrible island by rowing a long boat. Even if the success rate of the final escape is not high, they should try hard, at least better than waiting to die.

Except for the Harald of the Hrolev family, who ordered the family to stick to their courtyards, the last four big businessmen and a few of their dependants brought more than fifty boxes of silver coins, and they began to paddle and break the Ross ship. Blockade of the team.

In a critical moment, go to **** with all the stored goods! The fleeing merchants no longer care about those copper coins in stock.

How much value does a copper coin have? More than fifty boxes of coins are full of genuine gold and silver, which is also mixed with a batch of Baltic special gems-amber.

They actually carried very valuable belongings, and they were also the original capital of the comeback that they vowed to defend in the offensive and defensive battle with the bandits last night.

The businessmen are all fantasizing about escaping to the southern waters as soon as possible after breaking through the blockade of the Ross people, stopping at Burnholm to buy some supplies and slaves, and then heading straight to Hezeby to open up new horizons.

The morning sun is a bit dim, and there is still a layer of mist on the sea.

The red light on the island illuminates the sky last night, and Gould used his toes to figure out that something big happened over there. The so-called big event is a decisive battle!

Although Gould did not have any ability to communicate with the Ross army on the shore, he acted completely according to the plan before the decisive battle, that is, he insisted on blocking the Visby Harbor before getting a clear order and must sink all escaped ships.

In the past night, Gould slept very shallowly. Most of the old, weak and armed women on the deck remained vigilant, and the wooden crossbow in their hands was always on guard. The current Ross tribe can only fill the ship's strength with the weakest personnel, and it is their turn to fight again.

Seeing the crowded fleet approaching, Gould's sleepy eyes were suddenly diminished by tension.

"It's really brave! You think you can break through if you act together? Don't you think that merchant ships can't be well armed?"

The flag representing "battle" was quickly pulled to the top of the mast of the Aphrola. Every ship saw this flag. The old and young, men and women, and the people on board went into battle.

To do business with the strong, smart businessmen must pay attention to contracts. To do business with the weak, it is more appropriate to rely on the strong to bully the weak.

Gould imagined fighting as a kind of business behavior, and the opponent seemed to be aggressive but weak in reality. kindness? Do not! They must all be turned into fish feed.

Obviously, there is no such fool who would attack the island-like Aphrodite.

In the eyes of the fugitive businessman, the Aphrodite was indeed too big. She is so big, she must be slow. They take it for granted that the Ross ships that block the port are just cargo ships. What are cargo ships? They are all low-speed goods, and long ships carrying gold and silver coins can quickly pass through and leave the enemy behind. Some people also think of the failure of the previous wave of fugitives, but the new fugitives have selectively ignored them. They are betting their lives, and they can only go to the dark when they leave the port.

Reality ruthlessly crushed their fluke mentality!

The fleeing fleet tried to rush northwest to the south as soon as it left the harbour. It never imagined that the big ship of the Ross people would rush out on the waves incredible, and the splash from the bow could almost overturn a normal fishing boat.

The Aphrora was full of sails. Her copper-skin-reinforced bow horns were like a bronze battle axe. She ruthlessly smashed the first long ship with the pressure of a queen of the sea. Many people on board were directly caught He crushed his skull and crushed his spine and died on the spot.

Then came the second and third ships, and the total of three long ships quickly sank in two on the spot.

Oh no! The long ship did not really sink.

The wreckage of the broken long ship was stuck on the seabed. After all, it was out of Visby Bay and still had to advance two kilometers before entering the deep water.

When he was young, Gould came to Visby by chance. That time he encountered the merchant's business habit. He especially investigated some of the hydrological conditions here. The so-called accidental loss of a merchant ship on a rock was really tragic, and he was afraid of this.

The water depth of the sea area where the naval battle took place is only about three meters, and the current draft of the empty Aphrodite is just over one meter, and the draft of the long ships that fled is even shallower.

The fugitive who fell into the water spontaneously hugged the driftwood and the wreckage of the ship. They choked a lot of brackish water, trying to stabilize their emotions and clarify the situation.

They have no right to rest, only because of terrifying arrows coming one after another.

There was no need for Gould to give orders, and the Roths on board shot arrows.

What are the operating skills of the wooden crossbow? The bow arm weight is low, and the elderly can also quickly wind up. Install the arrow, the wooden support against the shoulder and against the cheek, the archer looks at the rear sight on the circlip and the front sight protruding from the front, aiming and shooting immediately at three points and one line.

The crossbow instantly turned the old and weak among the Ross people into deadly hunters. Those guys with age spots and beards, and the enemies who saw the arrows vomit blood, immediately recalled the bravery of their youth. It was the guy in his hand, the new weapon invented by Rurik, which made the veteran great again.

As the saying goes, the arrows fired by children are as deadly as those fired by adults.

Not only the arrows, but the cast iron projectiles fired by the torsion slingshot of the Aphrodite are also attacking the enemy ships that have not been attacked by penetrating the bottom of the ship with extremely strong penetration.

Only Aphrora, a big ship, blocked the escape route of subsequent enemy ships head-on.

The next battle was completely one-sided, and the heroic actions of the Aphrola attracted other cargo ships to rush in, opening the feast of crashing and destroying the enemy.

All ships have extremely hard bulbous bows. Even without copper reinforcement, the hard nature of air-dried oak is difficult for any ship to resist, including their own.

During the melee, the Aphrodite ran into a rampage. She was not afraid of the enemy at all. She was most afraid of accidental collisions with the red-eyed friendly forces on both sides of her ship. If it is really touched, it shouldn't be a big hole, and it's not impossible even to fall into the water.

Fortunately, today's Aphrodite is really lucky. The wood-carved idol on the bow is really possessed by the Valkyrie, giving the entire ship great combat power.

Archery is the icing on the cake, and the core of combat is still the bulbous bow of each ship.

Like a large group of piranhas attacking a helpless duck, the fleeing merchants who gathered in a group lost all their boats in their wailing. They fell into the water, and their thick clothes absorbed the water and led people to sink. Even if you take off your clothes and float on the water in an emergency, you will encounter flying arrows and even spears poked by people on board.

It is very strange that Gould and this group of businessmen are about the same age. A long time ago, the young Gould visited Visby and had a relationship with some local businessmen. He actually had encounters with these falling water merchants, but unfortunately he didn't remember it, even if he remembered it, it couldn't be a reason to spare his life. Because Gould never owed them any debts, now that all members of the family have immigrated to Roths, they must perform their duties in accordance with the requirements of the Duke of Roth.

A businessman shouted for help with open arms: "Don't kill me! I brought a lot of money to buy my life!"

money? ! A lot of money? !

Hearing this word, Gould, who had a strong murderous heart, instantly turned back into the greedy elephant seal.

The torsion slingshot, which should have been shooting precisely, was suspended, and Gould hurriedly ordered the soldiers of all colors on the deck to stop for the time being.

He lied on the side and licked his pig-headed head arrogantly mocking: "Is your life noble? You are just a fat seal, and you will be killed soon."

"I have money! A lot of money! As long as you can spare me, let me get on the boat!"

"Are you really rich? Where's your money?"

"It's in this water, in the long ship that you hit and sunk! That's ten chests of silver coins, as well as gold and jewels. I will use these things in exchange for my life."

Gould tried to make sure he heard it right, and he asked again, shocked by wealth.

"Ah! It was a fleet of gold and silver that I sank?!" Gould felt in his heart that he had made a reckless battle decision, but when he looked around, the sea was full of legendary Ross ships, low and low. There are also long boats in China, but they lie on the seabed like a flooded forest.

Ten boxes of silver coins, isn't it a thousand pounds of silver? ! If the people of Gotland also follow the tradition of doing business in the vast world, that is, a wooden box wrapped in leather is stuffed with only one hundred pounds of silver coins, then there is a huge amount of money lying on the seabed near the Aphrora!

"How? This money can be..."

"No." Gould crossed his heart, and then slowly stretched out his right hand with a jewel ring on each finger. The soldiers present knew that this was a signal to shoot.

"Why?!" The overwhelmed merchant was shocked, but death suddenly fell.

The Ross people rewarded the big businessman who fled the scene of the decisive battle in Qiao Village last night with a clean death.

The ship-destroying cast-iron projectile of the torsion slingshot directly smashed the businessman's head, and the man was already dead before the nerve signal could give feedback. In a sense, this person's death did not suffer any pain.

But the situation of many people who fell into the water was a tragedy. The wounds made by the arrows on their bodies were not fatal for a time. The wounded struggled desperately, and finally suffocated to death in the water.

A one-sided, unsuspecting naval battle ended when the mist dissipated.

The morning sun diminished the early morning cold, and only the huge triangular sail of the Ross fleet remained in the bay of Visby, and the blue and white "paddle flag" fluttering on the top of the mast.

The people watching the battle on the shore were all shocked. The spies sent by Harald ran back on the ground and reported to his master about the destruction of those big merchants~www.readwn.com~ Harald was fainted on the spot, he It is hard to think that the Ross people are so terrifying, and their naval battles are also merciless.

When his aging head rested on his daughter Aslaqi’s knee, he slowly awakened, seeing her daughter’s fairy-like face, and suddenly muttered: “It seems that I should make peace with the Ross people. Aslaqi. "

"Father... are you okay."

"You...maybe you are the leader of the Ross people, the only way for our family to survive."

Yes, the young female soldier was stunned. The wise Asraki has fully understood her father's intentions, and she naturally refused, but according to the rules, marriage is a means to bring peace to end disputes. Father, mother, elder brothers and younger brothers, as well as the few servants, who live together day and night, how can they be buried for Visby? What's more, the current Visby is no longer prosperous, it is only one step away from the ruins.

Aslaqi's eyes trembled, and she said nothing, then she turned her face aside and cried silently.

So far, Harald knew that her daughter had acquiesced in her decision. And he himself should, in the name of the family, strive to pay the price from the Rus, and buy the peace that belongs only to the Hrolev family. As for the other Visby residents? forget it! This group of bandits just happened to be staying in Visby right now, and the bloodthirsty Ross army would kill them like ants.

"Help me up! Daughter!"

Then, Harald slowly stood up, his hands slapped on Asraki's tender and firm shoulders, although very shameful and shameful, he could only sacrifice his daughter for the sake of the family. He was overwhelmed, and then stared sideways at his tearful wife: "Make her the most beautiful fairy. Soon, I will go and talk to the Ross people in person. I hope they will reward our family peace on the part of the fairy."