Rise of Rurik

This is an opportunity!

The envoys of the Danish lords in Zealand can communicate face to face with the great Russian nobles to obtain the true attitude of the Russian people.

Likewise, Aric couldn't ignore this opportunity.

"We, Ross, need to establish a new type of diplomatic relations with Denmark. Ross is not really against Denmark, but against those who instigate war. We are both Odin's warriors and should unite, because the real enemy in front of us is Frank People and their hounds, what you call King Horik of the Danes. King Rus has asked me to deliver his message to contact all those who oppose Horik. It’s you! Rus needs to get in touch with the master of your house.”

Now everyone understands that this great Russian noble is trying to unify the front with everyone.

Undoubtedly, the united front is what the lords of Zealand are happy to see.

However, everyone still had doubts about this. One messenger stood up and asked bluntly: "You? Are you really worthy of belief?!"

"Of course. You..." Arik stared sharply: "What is your name? What is your tribe?"

"I am Bada of the Langebals tribe."

This person has a very casual name, as casual as the name of his tribe means "wood stick".

Although Arik felt in his heart that these people were figures, the top priority was to make the many Danish tribes behind them adopt a wait-and-see attitude towards Ross's expedition.

"Okay. Friends of the Langbars tribe..." Aric paused, "and everyone sitting here. Since you are all envoys, you must have inquired a lot about Bornholm Island. Get to know us Russians. I tell you clearly! This is a war! Remember! It is a war!"

The atmosphere became extremely serious. Arik stretched his head like a bear, and opened his mouth to reveal his fangs.

"Now, Ross has occupied Götaland. Our Ross army has 10,000 people. Now we have captured Gothenburg. All the local Götaland people have surrendered. The king also ordered that the next step is to cross the strait and attack Jutland directly. ! If Horik is there, we'll land and kill him. Then..."

Arik's eyes were once again fixed on Ragna who was present.

He has always had some special feelings for Ragnar, and he has some complaints about his brother the king's insistence on promoting a down-and-out noble to be the leader of Denmark.

Now it is better to open the skylight in advance and say it clearly: "The King of Rus hopes that after killing Horik, Ragnar will be your king of Denmark. This is absolutely true."

In an instant, a pair of eyes stared at Ragnar with a resolute expression, as if they were looking up to a king.

In this regard, Ragnar no longer concealed: "Yes! I had an appointment with King Rurik. I will be the king of Denmark, and then end all the battles with Ross and Sweden. This is why I am recruiting warriors here. .”

Ragnar and Arik's singing together is simply reiterating some established facts, which is tantamount to talking nonsense.

It is these "nonsense" that have positive diplomatic significance, which is to tell the envoys that the Russian nobles and the Danish heroes have already unified their attitude.

Aric took advantage of the situation and emphasized: "Danes! You must not hesitate, return to your tribe immediately, tell your lords to support Ragnar, or at least clearly oppose Horik, so that in the upcoming war, On behalf of the Russian Army, I promise that I will not harm you in the slightest. As long as Zealand does not support Horik in Jutland, there will not be a single ship of the Russian Army operating in Zealand. We Russians guarantee it with our honor. .”

The good words ended here, Arik also threatened: "Of course, you can sacrifice your life for Horik. The result will naturally be collapse under the blow of 10,000 warriors."

Looking at the dozen or so envoys, they all stood up one after another. They completely ignored the military threats behind them, because their ability to sit here was an expression of their strong desire for peace. They all spoke on behalf of their lords. Although they did not immediately admit that the legendary and brave Ragnar would become the future King of Denmark, they at least expressed an attitude of irreconcilability with the trespasser Horik.

The messengers collectively wanted a promise, at least a written proof inscribed on a wooden board. There was Aric who swore to Odin that the so-called tribes of Zealand would not use force against the Ross army, and the Ross army would not use force against Zealand.

This is really a win-win situation. Arik feels that if things continue to develop smoothly, half of the Danish world will be completely stripped away, and the army's conquest of Horik will be very smooth.

Convincing the lords of Zealandia not to participate in the war and sit on the sidelines was an unexpected "side mission" for Arik.

Here he began to point out the biggest task of his trip, which was to stop at Bornholm Island. After obtaining fresh water supplies from the island's springs and fishing supplies from the shore, he took a group of captured prisoners and captured trophies with him. , as well as the wounded soldiers of the Russian Army and the Swedish Allied Army were withdrawn to Tombstone Island in the Åland Islands.

After the squadron completed the unloading of personnel, it immediately brought the Slavic reserve army and more supplies.

Arik will hardly have any rest. After arriving at Tombstone Island, the fleet must pick up Medved's Slavic army as quickly as possible, and then form a large fleet to rush to the northernmost part of the Jutland Peninsula and meet the Rus' army. The main force completed the rendezvous.

Rurik gave his eldest brother a list. For Arik, he only needs to use the list to ask for the goods on Tombstone Island.

The military plan was formulated early, and Medved's Slavic troops began to arrive on Tombstone Island one after another after completing spring plowing. As many as a thousand men who were not seasick were stationed on Tombstone Island waiting for the order to march. Before receiving the order, these people made a living by working.

A large amount of goods also arrived on Tombstone Island. A warehouse was built on the island, which stocked new arrows, new cables and linen, replacement parts for heavy equipment, barrels of lubricating oil, some alcohol distilled to the technical limit, and ignition materials. Fire salt, or even a lot of soap.

As long as his ability allows, Rurik will naturally have to work harder on logistics. The production of various logistical materials greatly stimulated the people's enthusiasm for production. They were paid through production, and the sufficient materials produced maintained the combat effectiveness of the Russian army.

The problem is that so far, mass production and mass combat have been a very expensive job.

The Russian army can only make up for its immediate losses by plundering more wealth. Of course, the result of the war was that Rus conquered Götaland and restored peace in Denmark. It was also cost-effective to spend a lot of real money for this strategic goal. If there is an opportunity for war and plunder, the opportunity should not be missed.

Arik is not a king, and he does not need to calculate the accounts of "war economics". As the saying goes, the Russian army conquered the Gothenburg area of ​​​​the Göta River basin and immediately plundered the local people to make up for the war losses. Rurik wanted to conquer the people here and make long-term plans for the future, so he did not do such a short-sighted and exhaustive move. .

There is always someone who has to pay for the losses of the Rus' army and the Allied armies. If it is not the general public of the Rus' Kingdom, it must be King Horik of Denmark.

There is a natural reason to attack Horik, just like swatting an annoying mosquito to death. The economic problems behind this are also one of the reasons that prompted Rurik to use force against Denmark this year.

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Arik's fleet did not even stay at Bornholm Island for a full day. After he dismissed the meeting with everyone, he immediately requested supplies, and the fleet pulled anchor and set sail early the next morning.

The whole operation was flawless, and the Danish envoys were stunned and prepared to row out to evacuate.

The meeting achieved significant results and the entire island of Bornholm took action.

Arik's fleet has disappeared under the sea level. More than a dozen envoys rowed long boats and rushed westward back to Zealand Island with Arik's specially engraved wooden board. Spyut, Ragnar and the others A large number of troops were launched, and in theory the next day they would set off north to conquer Silver Castle.

All parties started taking action, especially Spyut and Ragnar. After all, it was an attack on a walled city! Although everyone does not think that businessmen really have any moral integrity to fight, if they are forced to a life-and-death situation, they will probably fight even though they are trapped.

Can Yinbao be persuaded to surrender obediently with just one mouth and his personal reputation?

Ragnar was willing to accept the truth and did not place all his hopes of victory on it. He will definitely become the king of Denmark, but he will only be supported by the Russians. What is the difference between this and "Horik, who was supported by the Franks"? He needs a real army to support his face, and then he can seize the Silver Castle to gain military exploits, and rely on his prestige to make Zealand Island surrender to him. With this achievement, I am afraid that I will be able to gain most of the Danish world power by relying on my own ability without the support of the Russians.

Ragnar began to expand his army aggressively, recruiting warriors including fishermen who simply came to catch fish.

There were as many as 500 Danish exiles supporting him, and even several miserable tribal leaders who had completely lost their tribes and territories hoped to take advantage of this opportunity to regain their territories. They were all people who had been severely harmed by the tyrant King Horik. Not only did they not miss this opportunity for revival, but they were more active than Ragnar, catching all the Danish fishermen swimming nearby, and Forced to bring their own weapons and ships, they followed the army northward to attack Silver Castle.

Therefore, together with the elderly Swedish fishermen and Saaremaa pirates who fished here, Ragnar and Spuyut gathered together more than 800 warriors.

In order to avoid accidentally hurting each other during the war, they made the Russian flag as much as possible, which was to pull out a square piece of white cloth and sew blue cloth strips diagonally.

If there is no blue fuel, you can just apply simple toner to form an "X" pattern.

Only a few people put on decent Ross shirts, and most of them were dressed like typical Vikings. It is summer now, and the annual summer sacrifice is approaching. To capture Silver Castle and destroy its city is undoubtedly a sign of Odin. of sacrifice.

The climate is mild, and many soldiers take off their coats, exposing the exaggerated and domineering tattoos on their backs, showing off their strong arm muscles, and paddle hard in the vast sea.

Spute's flagship "Salmon Chief" was extremely armed, with a total of twenty torsion slingshots on the left and right sides of the ship. She was a warship with excessive energy, and she was surrounded by leading warships and small sampans.

Ragnar took his own armed cargo ship. Although he only had the right to use it, the ship was his own inside and out. A white flag with an abstract raven hanging high on the mast made the ship look out of place in the fleet.

The fleet, which mainly flew the Ross flag, set off from Bornholm Island and headed directly north with the help of the warm southerly wind. With the help of oars, the speed reached the limit that it could reach.

The fleet surged forward in the sea. Since no ship had contacted Yinbao this year, everyone was mentally prepared to fight the local ships, although no one thought that Yinbao would take the initiative to launch a counterattack.

However, something strange happened! ! !

The lookout sitting on the mast used the above insights to see the coastline in the distance. It was a huge and vague arc, which is the so-called Hane Bay.

A lone longship caught the lookout's attention because it was flying the flag of Ross.

This was an unexpected encounter. The so-called "long ship flying the flag of Ross" was the messenger sent by "Bald" Fisk to contact Bornholm Island before the general attack.

Since they are their own people, there is no need to fight. For these envoys, it must be the blessing of the gods to encounter their own people in the vast sea and see the big ship and the clear ship number marked on the side of the ship.

Today Si Puyute felt that he was lucky. When the rope ladder was lowered, he immediately asked the people on the longboat to take a good nap.

Soldiers wearing standard Ross uniforms boarded the ship. They themselves missed the decisive battle due to a huge failure in the lottery, and drifted boredly at sea for a day and night. Now they feel that they are lucky.

"Which army are you from?" Sipuyut asked bluntly with a smile.

A young man clapped his chest with joy: "Are you Uncle Si Puyute?!"

Indeed, today's Sputnik is no longer young, and the new-born old Ross boys have become rookies.

"It's me. Boy, you are very young. How dare you call me... a kid from the fjord?"

"Exactly. We are all the king's regular soldiers. It was Boss Fisk who asked the brothers to come to you."

"What? It's Fisk?! Right here? You... couldn't have suddenly jumped out of the sea?! You didn't follow the king's actions."

The messenger hurriedly pointed to the north: "Fisk asked brother to bring you a message. The partial division we led is attacking Silver Castle. It must have been captured by now. He wants you to bring troops over and take a look."

"Silver Castle? Has it been captured by that boy Fisk?!"

At this moment, the messenger couldn't see that Fisk was so frightened that his whole face was suppressed to be red.

"It should have been captured. We have four hundred brothers, as well as the prairie woman that the king married, and a group of Götaland allies that my friend brought from Växjö." Now it was the messenger's turn to ask: "Uncle , your large fleet is obviously going all the way north, it’s not going to Silver Castle, right?!”

"Damn! What a coincidence!" A big hand covered Spuyut's red face: "It's Arik! Arik with two swords, he conveys the king's order. As you can see, this army is to capture Silver Castle Yes, your Majesty wants me to inquire about your news."

"That's really Odin coming down to bless you."

"That's fine. The gods bless us! Let's go! I'm going to Silver Castle to see that brat Fisk!"

So, as the fleet continued to move north, after spending a night at sea, the fleet continued to move north early the next morning, and more and more fishing boats appeared in front of them. These ships vary in size, but all have the Russian flag on their masts.

The fishermen were all allies of Växjö. Seeing the large fleet arriving, they took it for granted that this must be King Rus' fleet. They were so frightened that they all retreated towards the mouth of the river. Spuyut ordered to follow these ships and soon found a very suitable anchorage at the mouth of the river. From this position, he could clearly see the small cliffs standing on the edge of the river. The walls of the Silver Keep, and a multitude of flying flags.

The two armies, one from the south and the other from the north, met here. When a large number of soldiers waded ashore, they were greeted by the majestic Ross cavalry and Fisk's arrogant smile.

Looking at Fisk, he was not even willing to dismount. He looked down at his seniors and said jokingly: "Uncle, if you hadn't seen our flag, I would have thought you were Danes and wanted to take away the Silver Castle? But I can confirm that you are indeed here to attack Silver Castle. You are too late! I have already captured this place."

"Fisk!" For a moment, Sipuyut didn't know what to say. He could only nod his head to show that this kid was really a talent.

Silver Castle and the surrounding area immediately turned into a large military camp, where Spyut, Ragnar, Fisk, Kanuf, Beyathil, and other elites gathered together.

Here gathered the Rus' standing army, Bornholm's Rus' pirate army, Ragnar's Danish allies, and the Växjö alliance.

All combatants put together have exceeded 2,000 people!

Originally, Fisk, who had reached the seaside, was at a loss after conquering the Silver Castle. He needed to find the king or the nearest Ross force to find a new mission.

He thought he would wait for some time, but obviously a new task was right in front of him!

The elites gathered together again for a meeting. Since King Rurik was about to use force against the Danish trespasser King Horik, and the Danish lords throughout Zealand were against the trespasser Horik, the troops remaining in Silver Castle belonged to The kingdom's elites have no reason to leave the team at the decisive moment. But the main force of the kingdom is in Gothenburg on the Göta River, which is geographically far away from Silver Castle.

Because they had maps and understood the geographical structure of the small world of Northern Europe, Fisk and Spyut knew their current positions and could estimate the distance from the main force of the Kingdom's army. However, for most warriors, this was an elusive long distance.

It may not be appropriate to directly reinforce the king, or everyone can find another way.

In a sense, Ragnar has classified himself as a general of the Ross Army, not a simple Danish ally.

He pointed out a plan: "We might as well march along the coast! The fleet goes along the coast, and the cavalry marches along the coast. We can reach Zealand directly, and even recover many Danish villages that don't want to fight along the way. When we After arriving in Zealand, facing our huge army, the local leaders will definitely give up resistance! After all, we and these leaders have a common desire, which is to overthrow the trespasser Horik. And you can also get it in Zealand For supplies, you can also easily contact King Rurik. Or..."

Having said this, Ragnar's eyes shone brightly: "We can even recruit some more warriors in Zealand! We formed a coalition starting from Zealand, landed directly in Jutland, and then attacked Horik. !”

If you do this, the army as a partial division may make great achievements.

Fisk and Kanuf are pointless, both young men who don't think much. Spyut estimated that Ragnar was trying to use the military power of the Ross Army to expand his own strength, but this behavior was okay, so he pretended not to care.

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After the converging armies completed a major rest, they shipped a large amount of silver coins captured from the Silver Castle. These coins were dedicated to the king.

A group of captured craftsmen were immediately integrated into the army's logistics service, and all the captured women were also brought along to serve as cooks. Up to now, the Växjö Allied Forces and the Jönköping Allied Forces are basically useless. They still have to continue to participate in the war, and most of the personnel do not need to participate.

So Silver Castle had a new owner, and the people from Växjö suddenly became the new Silver Castle people. Because they did not voluntarily enter the inland lake area to live, for these people, if the war is eliminated under the rule of King Rus, and the brothers return to the sea to fish, cook salt, and farm, life will be better than in the inland lake area.

The army was streamlined. A total of 1,500 combat troops and nearly 500 general logistics personnel constituted a 2,000-strong army. They began to advance by sea and land along the southernmost coastline of Scandinavia towards the current city of Malmö. .

It is foreseeable that this army will reach the throat of the Oresund Strait and raise the flag of Russia to firmly control it. The army is here, and all the Danish lords of Zealand must also express their attitude.

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