Rise of Rurik

A plunder is over? Is the appetite of the Viking army satisfied?

Edinburgh, which is mainly built with wooden materials, is developing rapidly and irreversibly. The looting people were almost looking for useful property in the fire, and finally all had to evacuate outside the city.

The Viking warriors who died in the fierce battle, or the wounded, could not get help in the chaos.

Biyuni took his people and retreated with all the soft ones they had caught. The group of them was the last to withdraw. Bijuni and Frocky, the two brothers' heads were drenched in sweat by the fire, and they evacuated with their teeth. Obviously, they are very indifferent to the barrenness of the treasures plundered today. satisfaction.

Didn’t you say that the people here are very rich? The legendary Jinshan Yinshan does not exist.

Withdrawing with the limited treasure looted mainly from the monastery, Bijuni is still hungry.

As night fell, Edinburgh, which was on the high ground as a whole, ignited a huge fire.

The whole city is burning fiercely, as if the ground is cracking and magma is gushing out.

The flames illuminate the darkness of the night, and people are sitting outside the city, panting and discussing the gains of today's looting with their friends.

Some people regret that they didn't bring back their brother who died in battle.

A heavy piece of news circulated in the temporary camp of the Viking army, and a large number of people also went to the forest camp chosen by the commander-in-chief Rurik personally to find out in order to verify the reliability of the news.

Sure enough, an unnamed corpse hung from the top of an unnamed tree. It is said that the deceased was the chief of the burning city.

His name is James? Or is it called Edward? No one cares about the name of the Earl of Edinburgh in Northumbria, just like those other defenders whose names are not worth mentioning.

Some people still doubt the authenticity when they see the corpse, until they see the enemy's flag and the seizure of exquisite swords.

These tokens are enough to prove that it was Rurik who killed the enemy leader himself!

He was the one who destroyed the enemy's drawbridge with his cronies and attracted the army to quickly attack the city. He is still the leader who killed the enemy.

When Biyuni took the people into the camp, he heard a variety of discussions, the most important of which was the praise of Rurik.

"Listen. Our little brother is the real hero." After hearing the news, Biyuni patted his brother Froky's head with the blood on his face.

"Rurik is a hero. However, the information he provided was wrong."

"Yes." Biyuni sighed, "looting here, we are not rich in a battle. Let's go, I want to talk to him."

Before long, Bijuni stood at Rurik's camp.

At this moment, Rurik was lying peacefully on the grass, taking a nap with Erlang's legs tilted, waiting for his intimate work to come and find.

Finally, Biyuni and his gang returned.

"Why are you so dull? At one time I thought you were engulfed by your own arson." As he said, Rurik stood up.

Biyuni was examining the hanging dead body and yelled: "The rumor is true. Did you kill the enemy chief?"

"Yes! No. This person is a nobleman and died in the rebellion. I am afraid your people killed him, but it doesn't matter. Brothers, come over and talk."

Rurik waved his hand in exchange for the Bijuni brothers, then opened his mouth and asked: "Edinburgh has turned into a sea of ​​flames, and every brother must have made a fortune."

For this matter, Biyunni is quite upset. He noticed that there were more horse-drawn carriages and a lot of sacks in Rurik’s camp. He just sat down cross-legged and asked, "These sacks are all wheat?"

"Yes it is."

"Huh? Didn't you take part in the looting? Have you ever gotten a lot of gold and silver?"

"No." Rurik denied, but he had no regrets on his face.

"Ah! You just... don't regret it?"

"Unfortunate? There are some. Edinburgh is not as rich as it seems. You Balmerks are busy searching for gold and silver. I can only take the opportunity to save a batch of food before the fire destroys the granary. Bijuni, it seems. You are not satisfied."

"Of course." Biyuni sighed again and sighed: "I took the guys and got a few chests of silver in the monastery..."

"Ah! Silver? How much?"

"Four boxes and five boxes are obviously not enough to pay for our purchase of a large ship."

"This is the main wealth of the people of Edinburgh?" Rurik asked cautiously.

"Probably so. The coins are to be distributed to my guys. I have died more than 20 brothers, and the living and the dead have the right to divide the money equally. According to the rules we set before, these silver coins are all Mine. And Brother Geiger. Those Vashobi guys also grabbed a bunch of treasures. As for the others, they got nothing but iron, cloth, and food. Now you see, the city is already there. Burning, I dare say that no one is satisfied."

Bijuni said this, and his meaning couldn't be more clear.

Rurik's eyes stared at his brother Bijuni earnestly: "Then find a new goal!"

"Okay! We are already here. If we attack inland, we can ransack nearby villages. At least we can get another batch of sheep and wheat to fill our stomachs."

"That's okay? I... I can't believe that you have lost your desire for gold and silver."

"Are you questioning me?" Biyunni slapped his thigh fiercely, and simply complained: "You said that everyone can be rich by looting this place. Obviously this is not the case. You should... really set a new goal."

Rurik smiled awkwardly, then he slowly stood up and pointed his right hand to the south.

"I asked the good news from the locals. There is an island in the south, and that is their temple (referring to the monastery). There are many treasures there. We should rush over and take it for ourselves."

"Ah! Wouldn't the locals lie to you? Their so-called wealthy crowd is just a boast?"

"Probably not." Rurik shrugged and smiled deliberately; "I learned that about thirty years ago, someone looted there and took away a bunch of treasures. According to my analysis, it was the Bergen people at the time. Good work. They took away a group of gold and silver and slaves, which attracted a large number of sea warriors to conquer. Our Shetland allies also moved to the islands because of this."

How does Bijuni understand these news immediately? The core of what Rurik said is to give everyone new good news.

Bijuni was too lazy to continue thinking, he and his brother Froki were exhausted from hacking and killing, only thinking of taking good care of their heads and hands by the stream flowing into the sea.

"Enough! Let's attack a new target, presumably all the brothers are very welcome. This place is a sea of ​​flames and it is not suitable to stay for a long time. I plan to take a rest and set out tomorrow. What do you think?"

"Alright." Rurik nodded: "I don't worry about the enemy's regular counterattacks. I don't think we will. We don't need to fight or stay here. The new target I learned is Lindisfarne. Island, please tell this news to your brothers as much as possible."

"Okay. Why don't we organize another meeting tomorrow morning for a chat." After that, Bijuni stood up, took his old brother Frocky and left.

Rurik's territory finally fell into tranquility. As the hung pottery urn cooked the wheat, Rurikza put the salt and began to taste the food.

The captured Paul is now a slave, and this person is just a "skilled serf" under the Earl of Edinburgh. Compared to the previous treatment, the current situation is not very bad.

Rurik had no intention of persecuting this "useful tool in the future", so he allowed him to eat wheat. After hearing that he was unable to marry because of poverty, he promised to arrange for him to marry a female slave after he arrived in the far north. As for the slave girl, she was probably also a woman taken from the kingdom of Northumbria.

Thinking of these things, Paul was even relieved. He even began to think about things from the standpoint of these sea barbarians, and began to compare the differences between his new master and the old master.

During the day, Paul was still a humble grain officer, preparing food to be shipped to the south. Now, he has become a slave to the Vikings of the sea barbarian tribe.

The huge change did not destroy his heart. Anyway, the poor himself was a slave for his whole life. Apart from faith, there was nothing that he could not lose. And his new master, this beautiful young man who calls himself Rurik, not only does not reject his beliefs, but in the midst of this young man also knows something about the sacred beliefs?

In short, Paul is possessed by Stockholm syndrome.

In the barbarian camp, he received no abuse, except that he could not leave freely. As for the once noble Lord Earl, his current situation is simply a salted fish hanging up.

In order to survive, it was Paul who revealed something about Lindisfarne Abbey. He also realized after thinking about it! It turns out that in PR 792, a group of barbarians who attacked and looted the monastery, and the barbarians who destroyed Edinburgh in the first battle today, they must be a family after forty years!

Explain to the enemy that this matter may be a rebellious God?

He can't take care of that much anymore. The new master not only won't take away his faith, but also promised a lot of rewards after doing things, just because the new master urgently needs a knowledgeable food officer. He has never been a saint, if betraying the news of that holy place can be exchanged for the abundance of his future life, he betrayed without hesitation. This is the so-called dead Daoist but not the poor Dao. He firmly believes that because of this move, he will get something unprecedented from the new master.

How true is Paul's initiative to provide information?

Rurik was willing to believe that 97% of what he said was true.

In this era, the whole of Britain is poor. The Saxons continue to conquer the country, and the whole of Britain is in continuous internal friction. Therefore, they can be defeated by various Viking colonists, and finally be gnawed down into the big Danfa district. . Their main wealth is concentrated in the monasteries everywhere. Ordinary people are struggling with food and clothing. Due to the poor nutrition and sanitation, the locals have a high rate of infant mortality. Every time a woman gives birth, she is on the line of life and death. Go, so the population is also maintained at a low level.

It is not only the creed of thrift and abstinence passed by the priests that forced the farmers of Northumbria to be content with poverty. The most critical factor is that there is no foundation for improving their lives at their roots.

Their spiritual life is still calm, as if this short life, apart from paying taxes to the nobles, taking farm tools to serve in wars, and going to the monastery regularly to listen to the talks of the priests.

Poor those few captured women, they were tossed by the Viking conquerors all night, and in the early morning, many people were tortured to death.

Those who did this kind of thing, including the men of Vashobi, were clearly planning to take these women back to their hometown, but they never thought that their overnight indulgence would kill them. As long as there are still women alive, their mental breakdown has become a complete waste. In the end, Geiger regretfully ordered the guys to give the mentally disordered a happy life.

At dawn, the Vikings who slept messily rose one after another in the rising sun.

People saw that Edinburgh’s fire was still scarce, the blue sky was blowing from the south, and huge plumes of smoke still rose into the sky.

All the family leaders who participated in the battle, the bravest fighters, and the representatives of the Shetland people.

A total of more than thirty people stood in Rurik’s camp. Everyone sat in front of the horrible corpse of the gray and white Earl of Edinburgh that was still hanging, and listened to Rurik explain what happened next.

Before that, the parties had also reported losses to each other. A siege war ended. Including the fighting in the city, the army had killed forty brothers in total. Sadly, the corpse had been turned into ashes in the fire.

Of course, some people say that the brothers who died in battle are also to be burned to ashes in the open. Where the deceased died, they died in battle, and their souls must have gone to Valhalla.

A pair of eyes were staring at Rurik's handsome face, and Rurik glanced at the group of Balmerk allies, their deep gazes revealed greater ambition.

"You are a group of sea wolves who can't get enough to eat. Obviously you still can't be satisfied after we successfully destroyed Edinburgh. I heard that most of you didn't grab any gold and silver jewelry?"

Having said that, everyone immediately expressed their unwillingness.

"Don't be angry. I plan to attack a place in the south called Lindisfarne."

At this moment, Geiger of Vashobi bluntly interjected: "Please tell my brothers, is there any gold and silver there?!"

"Oh? It's my Geiger brother, and your father Oster expects you to take your guys to make a fortune in a battle." To be honest, Rurik was quite unhappy with this son's interruption, but the savages are indeed about to make a fortune. Full of desire. "You continue to believe me, attacking that Lindisfarne will get a lot of gold and silver."

Rurik immediately slapped his chest like everyone else and promised: "If there are no treasures there, the Bergen people who returned with a load decades ago can't explain it. It's still very rich there, and we will occupy it and take the gold and silver. If there is no treasure there. We have completed a new victory. You are still not satisfied. We can continue to go south. We are strong and can attack all the towns we encounter along the coast of the British Isles this summer, until our ships can no longer carry more trophies. ."

"Then do it!" Geiger suddenly pulled out his iron sword, "I plan to leave after eating the wheat~www.NovelMTL.com~ I agree." Biyunni agreed.

Soon everyone deeply agreed that everyone was afraid that they would be a step late and would be defeated during the looting.

Seriously, Rurik didn't think that his noble status would really make these guys take it seriously. Only the Rus and the servants of Rus would firmly believe that their Lord Rurik was deeply blessed by Odin, and the reason for them to believe firmly was that the most ordinary Russ did indeed get great economic benefits from it.

In the same way, all self-proclaimed nobleness is to win over others to do words with oneself. If you say too much and you believe it, it would be too stupid.

The current situation left Rick with a hint of tension, that is, if this group of substantial pirates are not satisfied, they will be furious, and it is not impossible to suddenly tear up the covenant. After all, the Magnuth family is not the ruler of the supreme power of the Balmerk tribe. Those families will only continue to recognize the Magnuth family's status and identify with the Bijuni brothers if they benefit from it. He is the commander-in-chief of the Magnuth son-in-law.

Rurik now drew another big pie. Obviously, all the elites of the Balmerks, once again for the sake of making a fortune, agreed with the legitimacy of their rule.