Rise of Rurik

In the entire Swedish army, only the Melalen army, who were bent on making money, wrapped the servant army and rushed towards the residences of the wealthy Danish businessmen like a mudslide.

How can the wooden wall be worth the Melalen army with sufficient siege experience? Another big log slammed open the wooden door, and a large number of soldiers who rushed in were ganged up by the wealthy merchant's private army. With absolute superiority in military strength, the Melalonians would defeat the scattered wealthy businessmen one by one, and they occupied everything of the businessmen at a small price.

As a result, only a fat pig-like businessman was kicked out of the mansion by the arrogant Carl. In that wooden house, it was the businessman's dead wife and family.

Carl was ruthless, and his sword was dripping blood. The merchant was kicked into the courtyard, and there was a loud bang and the laughter of the intruder.

Soon, Olegin, escorted by more than a dozen soldiers in black, entered the mansion through the smashed door.

"Karl, you are here. Don't play with your captives, kill them immediately."

"However, this person hasn't told me the location of the silver coins." With that said, Carl's sword had already touched the merchant's neck.

Olegin came to the nature a little, and he approached Carl: "Didn't you find any silver vault?" That's all, he directly kicked down the businessman who begged for mercy.

"Tell me where your silver coins are?"

"It's all... all buried underground. Please, spare my life."

"Forgive me?" Ollie pulled out his dagger, knelt down in front of the lying businessman, hooked his head and fiddled with his dagger: "It depends on your cooperation. Listen, Danes, I want more wealth. "

"Silver coins, gold coins, I'll give you all... I'm all yours... My silver coins are all in the soil below my bedroom."

"Really? No more?"

Olegin always felt that such a person would definitely hide and tuck, as businessmen always do.

The surviving businessman said in a panic, "I know a place, continue to the south, the nearest settlement, Silver Fort! There, all silver coins, you can get silver coins by hitting them."

"Silver Fort?" Olegin didn't know much about this term, but the merchants kept emphasizing that all merchants in Kalmar had to take their fish to the Silver Fort in the south to sell, and a lot of wealth was gathered there. .

It was the first time he had heard such a term, but the Saxons who wanted to be servants also knew the situation south of Kalmar well.

The reason why the Silver Fort is called the Silver Fort must be full of silver coins.

Olegin had a bigger thought, and he took the dagger and stood up.

At this moment, the businessman raised his head and prayed, "People from the north, please don't kill me, I'm still useful."

Olegin didn't say anything, just turned around, and when Karl raised his sword, he said: "Karl, dig out all the silver coins and take good care of them. Then tell the brothers to find food. I think we need to put that Destroy the Silver Fort to gain greater wealth."

If there is an opportunity to get huge wealth in front of him, even if he is facing many difficulties, it is difficult for him to give up. These difficulties must be gritted his teeth and he can persevere in the past, because the opportunity to obtain wealth is always fleeting.

The so-called Silver Fort is exactly Selworth Fort. The local businessmen have indeed hoarded considerable wealth. As for the name "Silver Fort", it is more to describe the wealth of this place.

The Silver Fort is still too far away, let's see how much the army can get in Kalmar!

The Melaron Army became the most terrifying pirates. After landing, they broke into the residences of the rich. They murdered and sold goods, captured the wives and daughters of rich merchants, and basically killed the rest.

A large number of peasants and fishermen in Melalen were acquiesced by the king. Except for gold, silver and jewelry, they had no right to selfishly possess them. The rest of the wealth was largely obtained by their ability.

The warriors went through a long voyage and a series of wars to plunder the planned goal of Kalmar, and the peasants all hoped that this battle would make them rich, and they were almost crushed by the pressure. , also requires a violent catharsis.

Like locusts gnawing away at a tree, the remaining branches are meaningless.

Evacuating the wealth of the wealthy merchants, the Melalen warriors immediately set fire to the setting sun.

Under the blood-red sunset, thick smoke was lit everywhere in Kalmar, and red flames were rampant.

Under the thick smoke and fire, there were the laughter of soldiers everywhere, and the wailing of women who were dragged away by their hair.

The cluttered roads were littered with the corpses of Kalmars and, of course, the corpses of Meralens who had died in counterattacks. In this situation, perhaps the Kalmar people are more envious of those who died, at least those people no longer have to suffer...

Carl took a group of capable people to become pit digging experts. They found four buried boxes under the beheaded merchant's bedroom. The axe smashed the bronze lock, and they saw that they were full of shiny silver coins. Also mixed with gold coins. In the merchant's home, a lot of worthless copper coins were also found.

Everything is just the beginning. If these businessmen are used to burying their money in the bedroom and sweeping all the rich mansions, the people of Melalen will be able to get the most treasures!

That's exactly what Karl did, just as the sun was about to set, more and more boxes were being moved to the bustling beach.

"A group of crazy people, are you also rare for such women?" Karl ignored the actions of his allies, and he didn't know where the allies' warriors got the women. I think they are all conquered Karma people, they have no beauty. But was ravaged by allied soldiers wantonly.

Seeing the strange face of the soldier in black carrying the box, Carl hurriedly reprimanded a few times; "You are also moved by such a woman? Then I'll bring a few sheep, aren't you more moved?"

Hearing that, the soldiers burst into laughter, but their actions of lining up to carry boxes were also seen by many friendly troops. Anyone who sees this scene will suddenly slap their face and blame themselves for confusion. Everyone was busy snatching food and capturing prisoners. Everyone chased and killed them in the forest. These prisoners were caught, and the women and children who were hiding were also caught in one net, but they gave up the opportunity to find gold and silver.

Normal combat begins with a miraculous attack and ends with the collapse of the Kalmars.

The Swedish army, which was supposed to be very tired, had conquered the entire settlement of Kalmar with very little effort, with only a few natives escaping.

The successful escape is only to avoid being killed that day. They face the pure and original Nordic forest. Next, they will fight with wild beasts and hunger.

Origen set up his tent on the shore, and ordered all the soldiers to camp near the shore. The house where the Kalmars are kept can't live, why is there tents everywhere?

Look at the current situation, the Kalmar residential area, the fire is really burning, and the smell of scorch is desperate.

At first, he also planned to let the army directly rob the enemy's house, but the arson that he acquiesced in ended up causing disaster.

The fire is out of control. Even the densely arranged wooden longhouses of the Kalmar people are reinforced by soil (but the smoke is more choking), and the flames intensified by the southwest wind are constantly swallowing up, scaring people who are scavenging for food, urgently. Transfer found dried fish to shore.

The flames scorched the soldiers to sweat profusely. As night fell, the burning Karma was like a purgatory. The dying and seriously wounded were engulfed by the flames, and the dead were destined to be burned directly to ashes. Objectively speaking, it has also become a very significant beacon, so that all ships in a radius of 30 nautical miles can realize that something has happened in Kalmar!

In Olegin's tent, the flames not far away illuminated the sackcloth curtain. Olegin stood in the tent and could clearly see his son's face.

As many as twenty heavy wooden boxes were placed in front of Origen: "This is the treasure I found, a lot of silver coins."

"Ah?! It's all silver coins?!" Olegin danced with surprise.

"very many……"

"Huh? You don't look very happy?"

Carl still had a sullen face and complained: "Who set the fire, those businessmen are pampered, I thought I would live in a comfortable house tonight, but now it's all over! Even the fishermen's shacks are burning, and many of them are too late to take them away. The cattle and sheep were directly smoked and burned to death."

"It doesn't matter." Olegin shrugged with a smile and said casually: "I have a new plan, and I don't care if this Karma burns. Carl, how many silver coins are in these boxes?"

"There may be a hundred pounds of silver in each box, but there's gold and jewels in there."

"It's not just a hundred pounds! Ah, we've made a fortune." Olegin knelt down with a trembling body, and opened a box at random. He looked at it suddenly, and was immediately dumbfounded: "Huh? These things are all copper coins!"

"Yeah, I didn't say it's all silver coins."

"How many silver coins are there?" Olegin asked sideways.

"About a thousand pounds."

"Oh, that's also a profit." Olekin sighed, "I also sent people to get a lot of dried fish, which is a lot of dried and pickled herring. For the time being, our food problem has been greatly alleviated. Brothers caught it. A group of captives, Carl, what do you think...how should I deal with them?"

Weary Karl sat down casually, "Those fleeing enemies? They are cowards, and of course they must be killed."

"Forget it, I'm going to use them. Make them fight for us, make them slaves to farm the land for our family, that's the best thing. I decided to spare their lives, just like those Saxons."

"Okay, as you like."

Carl put on a look of indifference, and now simply fell to the ground.

"Are you tired?"

"Yes. I just want a good rest. Tomorrow, I think we'll have to get out of this hell."

"Let's go just after the shot? You can figure it out." Saying that, Olekin walked over and kicked his son a few times: "Boy, get up for me. Soon all the leaders will gather here, I will give They announced the latest order."

Karl is worthy of Olekin's good son, he stood up nimbly and asked cautiously: "Dad, your plan?"

"I'm going to continue the fight and capture that mountain of silver coins in the south?"

"The silver castle again?" Karl rubbed his head vigorously. "Although I'm a little tired, if I can get more wealth, I want to go. Those allies..."

Olegin smiled: "Maybe they don't want to, I have to convince them. And these wealth, I should also fulfill my promise and give them a batch of silver coins."

"Huh?" Carl was taken aback. "This is what we Melalen people grabbed. I led someone to dig it out myself. Why give it to them?"

"Let's give them some, it's the king's duty. Just like you can't expect mercenaries to work for you without money."

"Whatever you want..." Carl didn't want to say more, so he walked out of the tent, intending to find a few beautiful women from the captives for his own enjoyment tonight.

At one point Kalmar had assembled nearly 2,000 fighters, all of which fell apart in an afternoon of fighting.

More than a thousand people were killed in battle or while fleeing, and the number of captured soldiers controlled by various tribes was only 600.

Of course, they almost arrested the fleeing women and children. The camps of various tribes were full of mourning and the men's wild laughter. The joy after the victory of the army was performed in public at the beach, and the Rus people who were making trouble near the shore always felt that they were provoking everyone.

Seeing the disdainful faces of the soldiers in the sunset, Rurik reluctantly said loudly: "You want the spoils! But not now! According to the contract, we can't rob it in this battle."

No one objected to the contract in public, but everyone's expressions already said everything.

"Let me stress again, we are landing and repairing, don't grab the spoils with them. Everyone gather the arrows as much as possible, and then go back to our camp. If something goes wrong, I will punish you!"

Obviously made great contributions to the victory, the Russ army did not seem to get any spoils, the soldiers complained, and Rurik himself felt unhappy.

However, the participation of the Rus in this war has strong political significance!

War is a continuation of politics, and the tone of the Russ throughout the war is "generous people". Maybe Rurik shouldn't be so "generous", because the Rus people have been on the edge of the alliance system for a long time, and the Rus people are very dependent on the transaction with the alliance upgraded to the kingdom in the temporary stage. At the very least, show the other allies in the alliance that the "Russ are generous" gesture.

But persuading the soldiers to suppress their restless hearts is really wishful thinking. The Rus people also need to vent their suppressed emotions through violence, so the Rus people should choose an enemy on their own, instead of being a follower of the Swedish army.

The Rus built their own camps near the shore, and Rurik ordered obedient mercenaries to pick up arrows and asked them not to talk to their allies. Soon, a batch of arrows that were still in good condition were pulled from the enemy's corpse, and those that were unusable would have been abandoned at the scene.

Not many arrows have been recovered, and the reason is that the arrows have been broken and cannot be used again.

Ross warriors fetch water from nearby streams to replenish the ships' freshwater reserves. They were also in charge of setting up tents, and the Rus's nearshore camps rose up as quickly as allies, and the raging Kalmar fire gave everyone plenty of light.

The Ross Army, who finally got free, gathered around the bonfire to talk about the war that just happened.

Everyone was talking and laughing while eating and talking, all of which came from a large number of conclusive information provided by the mercenaries who gathered arrows.

Some enemies were pierced by arrows in their throats, some hit their hearts, some were smashed by clay projectiles, and some had bullets embedded in their eye sockets...

The terrifying death of the enemy has become the most exciting talk of the Rus people. Most of the arrows are fired by the warriors from Elrond. When they know the terrible effect of their archery, they also laughed out loud.

The Kovins of the Grey Squirrel Tribe knew that they had indeed made military exploits for the Rus people. In exchange, this year's tribute Rurik would have to be wiped off a lot according to the contract.

The war is here, and perhaps this year's war should come to an end.

Rurik, who was eating fish, thought that Olegin would stop here.

He didn't hesitate to inform Otto of his speculation: "Dad, I think the war is over. You see, Karma will soon be in ruins. The soldiers will leave immediately after the raid, and we must follow. ."

"Okay." Otto couldn't help yawning: "It seems that Olegin has grabbed a lot of treasures, don't wait for the autumn harvest, we will ask him now for all the eight hundred pounds of silver coins, and then bring the silver coins to buy wheat. Row."

Rurik nodded: "It's best if he gives money. This year is very warm, and the wheat harvest is destined to be a bumper harvest. By then, the price of grain in Melalen will be very cheap, and our eight hundred pounds of silver coins can buy more grain."

"Okay, hurry up and eat, and I'll ask for it myself after you finish eating."

Just as the Rus people were camping for dinner, a small group of people came over with ten sheep, and the vigilant Rus people stood up one after another.

Xu Fu, the messenger of Melalen, was the familiar Bernardick.

"It's you, you are still healthy after the battle." Otto said casually.

"That's all the merits of the big leader's arrows. Big leader, this is the sheep that my master gave you. I'll treat you with a small gift."

"Bad gift?" Otto didn't disagree with Benardick himself. Since the gift was from Olegin, he said, "Just these ten sheep? Is Olegin humiliating us?"

"No! No!" explained Benadic hastily. "The king said he would not forget the contract, and the ten sheep were only his personal thanks."

Rurik listened to the bleating of the sheep, and hurried over with Carlotta: "Did Olegin let us eat mutton?"

"It's you, my little master." Benadict hurriedly lowered his head while covering his heart.

"The king has other arrangements, presumably another meeting?"

"Yes. He asked two of the Rus... two noble men to go. And the female chief of Ostara, you go together. All chiefs are gathered together, does the king intend to announce a new order?"

"Oh?" Rurik narrowed his eyes. "Can you tell me a thing or two?"

Benardick had ventured north to Roseburg to deliver news during the ice age, and he was treated with great courtesy at the heart of the Rus. He couldn't let go of this kindness, so he revealed what he knew.

At this point, Rurik and Otto were surprised to learn that Olegin had obtained a lot of wealth and was still not satisfied, and the war would continue?

"What a greedy guy, I have to admit that this thin guy is very courageous." Otto couldn't help but admire.

Rurik gave his father a roll of eyes: "Is it courage or recklessness, Dad, can you forget my map? Continuing to the south is the traditional territory of the Danes, and when they spread wildness in their treasured land, the army really has to consider and In a life-and-death battle for the Danes, either the Danes are wiped out, or the Swedes are wiped out."

"But the Danes will lose, won't they?" Otto said deliberately.

"Hey!" Rurik patted his smiling face vigorously, and said angrily: "If Olegin really decides like this, I will announce my withdrawal. He thinks he can win, so let him and his people fight. , we don't bury them with them. At the meeting, I'll definitely make it clear."

Otto didn't say anything, he put his big hand on his son's thin shoulder, patted it a few times, and then said to Bernardick: "I'll take the sheep, let's go now. I want to see Otto. Legin is doing something on a whim."