Rise of Rurik

A blizzard is hitting the entire continent, sending huge waves at sea and bringing snow inland.

Such bad weather forced people who arrived in Lukiholm to calm down. People hid in houses, horses and livestock were locked in pens, and they looked forward to the world returning to peace.

Lambard was killed, and Fisk, who was able to calm down, had to lament Carlotta's methods.

She wanted to directly rule Polotsk in the second year, specifically occupying the local population for her own use. I was afraid that when she really rushed in with her cavalry to purge the local nobles, a bloody storm would inevitably occur.

Fisk also understands this woman's attitude towards ordinary people. Anyone who obeys her is treated as a tribesman regardless of ethnicity. If anyone dares to harm others, they will attack in groups. She is actually quite a contradictory existence.

The weak will be eradicated by potential enemies. As long as you become strong, you don't have to worry about being attacked by others.

The world is vast, and strong enemies may appear at any time. In order to avoid being attacked, after becoming stronger, they will take the initiative to attack the nearest aliens, forcing them to surrender, and then use this as a springboard to continue to expand, reaching unknown distances.

This is Carlotta's mentality.

The Vitebsk stronghold is too far into the south, making it difficult to supply it from the rear, and it is not easy to get supplies from allies in the direction of Kiev.

The great enemy was the Smolenskians, and Vitebsk was already too close to them.

Because of this, she could not accept the existence of a semi-independent existence within her control area. She did not believe that the Polotsk nobles really surrendered to Rus, especially that they did not surrender to the Principality of Ostara. This was not acceptable.

Lambard died, apparently from an overdose of alcohol.

When many people were laughing at this unlucky guy, old Harold, whose real name had been revealed, realized the inside story. What does this have to do with yourself? It's better to serve this fierce woman.

Lukiholm is a permanent town. The city has been transformed into a fortress. However, in the first year of its establishment, it could not handle the winter needs of a large population.

This city alone attracted the attention of Stekander, the boss of the Danish community in Riga. He was full of yearning to go to Novgorod. After keeping his money in mind, he shouted to his followers: "We will buy it when we get there." Some good stuff. You have to spend your money, but also remember not to cause trouble."

He saw clearly that the Duchess of Ostara was a fierce woman.

Maybe this shouldn't be done. If you think about it for a moment, the survivors after the entire family was killed would either have a mental breakdown and become madmen, or become as crazy as the perpetrators.

Falling in, this woman is a hundred times braver than her biological father who was killed.

Karl sat in the corner and Carlotta sat behind. The mother and son rode on a horse together and led the Ostara cavalry away with the large army returning from the north.

As many as five hundred men are still stationed at Lukiholm, and General Svalgard is staying here this winter.

The mighty cavalry went north along the banks of the Lovati River. At this time, the cold wave sweeping the north had passed, and the world turned white.

The freezing process of the Lovati River began rapidly, and the ice layer in some sections of the river was enough for war horses to run.

Most horses have horseshoes with tiny anti-slip ridges, but those that simply transport goods do not. For safety reasons, the cavalry team did not walk on flat ice roads to prevent the horses carrying the goods from falling and injuring their legs, thereby increasing losses.

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The mighty cavalry formed a long and narrow column, which stretched for more than three kilometers.

In this way, the strong horses in the front can make the snow solid, and the heavy-loaded pack horses in the rear can save a lot of energy.

All the armor was removed, but the horses were still dragging the small sleigh. Some large sleds have also been prepared, and the current ice and snow world just has a place to use them.

The cold-resistant Turkic horses have limited shoulder height and amazing endurance. They have very long manes. At first glance, each of them looks very burly, but in fact they are an interesting kind of puffy.

The same goes for the soldiers who took off their armor. Each one of them was wrapped in thick leather and wore clothes made of wool felt. It looked like each of them had gained dozens of kilograms.

Dense snowflakes hit my face, and the wind like a knife from the north made my face hurt.

It was really bad when snow hit the eyes. Some people simply lay down on their horses, and some people sitting on sleds collectively covered themselves with big cloths.

Those who were worried about walking in the wrong direction simply took out their treasured Ross sunglasses. It was strange to still wear sunglasses even though the sky was dark. The weak light was enough, so there was no need to worry about having your eyes damaged by the terrible snow.

Worrying about going astray was unfounded. The huge cavalry kept walking along the Lovaj River, and the river course was almost due north.

The river has frozen, and the riverside area, which was soft in summer, is now frozen solid. The horses walked along the hard riverside covered with withered yellow reeds. The horses only needed to gently push aside the snow with their mouths to graze on the grass. In order to avoid unnecessary complications, the grain tribute received from Polotsk came in handy. While the horse teams were resting, the cauldrons or cauldrons were unloaded from the sleds, and oil-rich pine trees were cut down to light a fire to cook wheat rice. The unloaded wheat is fed to each horse, mixed with a little coarse salt.

The rest of the journey is familiar to most people. The dense snow caused the world to turn white. The visibility was very poor but there was a river in front of us.

The cavalry followed the correct direction, encountered no new cold currents along the way, and successfully arrived at the southern gate of New Ostara City.

A long wooden wall was built in the Kongwang area. If a large army wanted to move north quickly, it would have to walk on a flat road and pass through this pass.

There are always sentries on duty in the towering city tower. Since the sentries further away have already contacted their Duke, when Carlotta acts as a guide to lead the huge horse team, the city gate is already open in front of her, and there are a large number of onlookers wearing furry clothes. .

Against the sound of the wind, the duchess took off her hat and let her golden pony tail flutter in the wind.

She's imitating Rurik! Fisk felt it really.

"My friends! Keep walking! Welcome to Ross, welcome to my new Ostara!"

After passing the towering city gate, you officially entered the core area of ​​​​the Rus Kingdom's rule. What greeted outsiders was a huge settlement.

Looking around, there are wooden houses everywhere, as well as snow on the roofs, and a large amount of chimney smoke that seems endless.

There are many people and more livestock here. Quetzal, the Pecheneg nobleman, can clearly see that there are horses being driven around. Look at the wool, isn't it the horse from his hometown?

After returning, the Duchess performed the duties of a landowner.

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All the returnees had to enjoy a hearty meal, including barbecue, wheat porridge and a lot of salt. She deliberately made a luxurious meal, claiming that she would satisfy the belly of any big eater.

Since the Duchess had spoken first, everyone started to eat with open stomachs.

After all, conditions were limited in Lukiholm. Nobles from all parties gathered together, and Carlotta ordered a real meal and wine.

Including that killer vodka.

No one discussed Lambard's death, and several Polotsk followers in the team became officially deceased. Carlotta had no intention of killing these guys. They firmly believed that their leader died because he "couldn't drink the holy wine." This idea was enough to save his life.

Discussing things in the meeting hall is too serious. People become talkative after drinking a little bit of wine, and it is easy to spit out the truth.

Carlotta intends to continue the banquet and chat with everyone. She knows that each noble has the most direct purpose.

"Just ask about anything," she said.

"I want to see the distinguished King of Rus." Stekander, who was old and eager to talk, put down his wine glass and raised his head: "We Danes in Riga have surrendered to Count Saaremaa and to that Spuyut. The King of Rus should know this. Thing! Moreover, we actually worship power. Since King Rus is blessed by the gods, as the leader, I need to be loyal to him as soon as possible."

"Don't worry, you can. Where are the others?" Her eyes caught Quetzal.

"I am a brother of the Khan clan. I was ordered to meet King Rus and run our shop on the grassland in Novgorod. There are also fifty elite soldiers I brought with me. They were given to the princess by the Khan. Gift Bejasil, I will give it to you with my own hands.”

"It's no problem. I have a suggestion."

"What does the Khan mean by his condescension to Carlotta?"

Carlotta thought for a while: "I am a sister to your princess. We fought side by side and slept together in difficult times. She accompanied the king to a more distant capital, and her son was temporarily placed in Novos. Gorod. If she comes back from the capital, she will stay here with me. You, Quetzal..."

"Is there such a thing? Khan..."

"You can build your Pecheneg shop here. Although there are dense forests nearby, there is a large area of ​​meadows in this area, and even a good place to raise cattle and horses, but it is now covered with snow and cannot be seen clearly. A lot of cavalry will be stationed here. The people you bring are strong troops, and you are even more warriors. I need you, and Beyathil needs you too."

"That's fine. I heard from Khan that the environment here is superior, and I am willing to stay here. I still want to see King Rus and explain my situation to him."

There was no language barrier between Carlotta and Quetzal, just because she had to deal with the grassland people from time to time, so she simply learned the Turkic language of the Pecheneg dialect. Bejahir was also a teacher in this regard. It was precisely because there was no language barrier that Quetzal completely trusted this distinguished female khan.

Wladyslav, a native of Kiev, has no additional demands. His intention is extremely simple. He just wants to sell a large amount of local products brought from the south, buy some goods and leave next spring. He also had the desire to meet the King of Rus. It was not an extravagant request, he just wanted to report to the king his identity and the affairs of his father Sakoyin.

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Everyone wanted to see Rurik, King of Rus, and Carlotta wanted to see him even more, and even lay in his arms to report on the southern expansion.

What is certain is that the king will remain in the capital until Hanukkah.

Everyone had to wait a while longer, and this wait would inevitably last until 842 AD.

Novgorod has to celebrate the festival on its own. It has become a tradition to build a huge tower out of flammable pine wood in the open space and then light it. It is also the most important part of the festival.

Go to the capital New Roseburg in person? If you simply want to see King Rus, there is no need.

However, everyone does not have to wait idlely. The transported goods can be directly taken to Novgorod for sale, and the horses existing as goods can be immediately received by the governor and get money as soon as possible.

The King of Rus had an agreement with the Pecheneg Khan and the Kiev Horse Team. Commercial horses would be accepted as soon as they arrived in Novgorod. Whether the best horses were male or female, there was an agreed upon agreement for various types of horses. Price list, everyone is smart. Nowadays, the Russians are also experts in horse-making. At what price a horse should be purchased, the governor can send someone to do it.

Governor Medved was authorized to do so as a loyal relative of the royal family, and many of the standing cavalry were his compatriots. He kept an eye on all matters, both public and private, in order to relieve the worries of the busy king.

The huge cavalry rested in the city of Novoostara for three days, and then ran along the frozen lake to Novgorod in the north.

At the mouth of the Volga River, the tribes of the Pecheneg Tribal Alliance were lined up in the riverside grasslands like chains. The river had become very wide. On one side was a huge body of water and on the other side were densely packed tents. Quetzal felt a hint of his hometown. means.

Soon, he realized that he was too naive.

Due to terrain problems, the cavalry followed the east bank of the lake, which was only a small arc, and objectively passed through densely packed villages, attracting people who lived in winter to come over to see the huge cavalry, which was never seen before.

They were all Slavs, Quetzal was not sure, he thought they were Rus and was shocked by their huge population. Looking further ahead, there are still villages there. I really don’t know how many people live here.

What is even more terrifying is that such a prosperous place still does not lose the capital of Rus. The Khan said something, and the tribesmen in the team who fought for King Rus also said that the ships of Rus were as tall as mountains. "I really want to meet you."

Quetzal, who was used to seeing tents, wooden sheds and herds of horses, followed the horse team through a very large village. It was larger than other villages and even had a wall.

This village is very strange, with densely packed boats parked on the edge of the snow-covered lake, it is more massive than what you see in New Ostara.

Where have you been? It turns out that this is Mstisk where the real Russians settled.

On the other hand, a strong man knocked on Arik's door.

"What's the matter?" He was quite unhappy as he was teaching his two sons how to play swords in the courtyard of his home.

"Boss, could it be that you can't hear the noise outside?"

"What's wrong?"

"The cavalry! The cavalry is coming!"

"Cavalry? Could it be the king?"

"It's from the south. It's them..."

The interest he had just mentioned dropped again, and Arik scratched his beard: "It's just the grassland people and the Kiev people, they are here to sell horses again."

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"But they are extremely large in number. Boss, maybe you should take a look. Fisk and Carlotta are also there, and they brought a lot of things. Some brothers ran out to stop them from leaving. This is a good opportunity to buy things. , don’t let it go.”

"Is it necessary? You are still stopping them." Arik realized that this was inappropriate. He was the Lord of Mstisk, and he would be responsible for any trouble. "Nonsense! Let them go."

"But boss, don't you want to get some more wine? They can bring other flavors of kumiss and a lot of cheese. Now the women have gone over with money, and we don't want to hurt them..."

"Forget it! I'll go take a look."

Arik suddenly changed his clothes, hung two long swords on his belt, and was accompanied by two boys, one large and one small.

Asgard, who is already a young adult, and his youngest son Gil, who is at a naughty age. The brothers were trained as warriors by their father, and practicing swordsmanship in the winter snow was a formidable necessity in life. Now the brothers have changed into leather clothes and put on amber necklaces to show their nobility.

Just by the river, the passing cavalry was surrounded by real Russians. There were a large number of women here, and everyone talked so much that the scene was extremely noisy. Men and women came with silver coins, and they were staring at the prairie people's local products.

At the beginning of the period, Quetzal was shocked. The main population of Novgorod is Slavs, not much different from the guys in Kiev. The real core of Rus is the Rus people, hence the name of the country.

Since the people living in Mstisk are real Russians and they have such enthusiastic desire to buy, it is better to sell them locally.

He had no idea what the real Russians would buy. This group of people had a strong desire for cheese, kumiss and honey. The transaction has begun, and even if the offer is slightly higher, these people are still willing to pay.

"What a bad luck. I would have brought more cheese and kumiss." Quetzal's mind got a little brighter and he knew what to bring more next time.

Just when there was a commotion, the melodious horn sound came, and the chaotic scene calmed down. After a while, a strong man with two swords hanging on his waist came with a group of followers and a fierce aura.

"A powerful warrior? Who is he?" Quetzal asked the bald Fisk cautiously.

"He? Double Sword Arik, the king's cousin, at least a thousand enemies died in his hands. He is very powerful, haha, it seems that he has completed the Eastern expedition a long time ago." Fisk specially praised Arik. , after all, he also wants to be such a powerful person.

"He is indeed a powerful warrior. Maybe I should kneel down and salute him."

"No need, just tell yourself your identity. Let's go, you and him can become friends."