Rise of Rurik

The Danish world has been divided. Those tribes that still believe in Odin have no choice but to leave with their people when they see that they are unable to win.

Zealandia and the smaller island of Funen are options.

Taking into account the strength of the "Usser" Horik and the support of the Franks, everyone needed to stay together for warmth, so most people moved to the largest island of Zealand.

People in long boats built new settlements on the island and tried to expand their horizons, hoping to find some friends.

However, the international situation they find themselves facing is heartbreaking.

Zealandia is neither big nor small.

The island has a flat terrain with lakes and streams, so you don’t have to worry about fresh water supply when living here.

The islands also have many fjords, which are suitable for people to build fishing villages.

This is an isolated place, with each fjord creating a small world where fishing villages can maintain basic self-sufficiency by living their own lives. Although their "lonely time" will inevitably be crushed into powder under the wheels of the great era, they do not want to be killed and eliminated by more powerful forces.

When Jutland, the main settlement, was occupied by strongmen, it was completely penetrated by Frankish forces for the first time since the construction of the border wall eighty years ago.

People who did not want to be slaves or betray Odin poured into Zealandia in large numbers, and the living space of the entire island became extremely limited in an instant.

It seems that everyone still needs to continue to find a place to survive!

Some immigrated to northern Scandinavia, joining fellow tribesmen who were already expanding their villages there.

Some attempts to establish villages along the Oberliddite and Pomeranian coastlines to the south met with strong opposition from the locals and were abandoned.

In the past, rowing to Bornholm Island not far to the east would have been a good choice.

Where that island is located, the surrounding waters contain extremely rich fishing resources.

Many Danes did this, and then they encountered the Russian war against the entire Bornholm...

But the situation after the war became very delicate. The Russian victors did not occupy the entire fishing ground. They acquiesced to Danish fishing boats fishing here.

The initial fear turned into vigilance, and finally the village sent envoys to the occupied Bornholm Island to ask the local Rus people what they meant.

mean? Means nothing.

As long as the Danes do not attack the Russians and Swedes fishing here, the latter will not attack Danish fishing boats.

The two sides did not sign any peace treaty. Although they saw each other from a distance at sea, they had a tacit understanding to avoid direct contact. The two sides were in this state of neither embarrassment nor awkwardness. As time went by, when the Jutland Peninsula was undergoing large-scale "Christian transformation", Danish villages in Zealand heard the news one after another, and the so-called "Christian transformation" Rurik, the leader of Rus with the blessing of Odin, has been crowned king in a luxurious ceremony at the most glorious Uppsala temple in Sweden.

No matter how many disputes there were in the past, the Russians regarded Odin as their main god, which naturally attracted everyone to him.

On one side are the Frankish forces with strong hostility and their fellow tribesmen who betrayed Odin. On the one hand are the foreigners who believe in Odin and also speak Norse and show a cooperative attitude.

Caught in the middle, the Danes in Zealand and its affiliated islands must choose sides.

So in AD 840, the legendary hero Ragnar returned like lightning.

He returned, even bringing with him an army and the goodwill of King Rurik of Rus.

The Danish people in Zealand, who were eager to find value recognition, decisively supported Ragnar to become the new King of Denmark. In this way, the Danes who believed in Odin could justifiably fight fiercely with the "Usser" Horik and the Frankish forces. They could also sign a treaty with the Kingdom of Rus and join forces to attack Odin's enemies.

Mahobi (Malmö) became the temporary capital of the kingdom, and the powerful mixed army of Rus, Denmark, and Växjö set up the raven flag here.

Lords from Zealand, as well as village leaders who had lost their territories, gathered in Mahobi. They told Ragnar and others their difficulties and reported on the current situation in Jutland.

The situation they described shocked Ragnar. He could not have imagined that his homeland had become like this!

Especially in Lindholm, the leader led the people to flee, and just this year he also sent a ship to his hometown to find out what happened.

"A stone city appeared on the hill behind us! My village was stolen by outsiders! My envoy saw with his own eyes that the flag of the Franks was flying on the hill. It was the Three Lions flag. Charlemagne's ghost finally succeeded. ! Chief Godfrey’s efforts ultimately fell short.”

Harold, Lord of Lindholm, whose territory has always been adjacent to the powerful Robard tribe. I recall that when King Hafgen was still there, this village was a die-hard supporter of Hafgen. Times have changed, but in just a few years, he has become a bereaved dog. Looking at the current situation, I am afraid that it is impossible to regain his hometown alone. It's impossible even for a hundred years with my own strength.

This Harold is hinting at one thing. If you want to restore Odin's faith to Jutland, you need to unite and use the power of outsiders.

Ever since, Ragnar has become the hope of all Denmark!

A new Danish kingdom was established, and Ragnar's kingdom seemed like a joke for the time being. The Danish population he could control was very limited, probably only 50,000 people. He clearly could control more of the Danish population, so he had to go to remote islands to find local villages and ask them to recognize his royal power.

In the past, a force of fifty thousand people could be described as a huge force.

As a man who has seen the power of Ross, Ragnar has broadened his horizons and truly feels that he currently does not have the strength to speak on an equal footing with the Kingdom of Ross.

Thanks to the brotherly loyalty he had accumulated in the past, and because the young man Rurik was a smart man who talked well, he felt that he had to do something immediately.

It is said that Rurik and his main force were in Gothenburg, at the mouth of the Göta River.

Ragnar knew this geographical location, but in his knowledge, the local Götalans did not welcome the Danes.

There is no time to hesitate, especially now that the summer solstice has passed and the warmest days of the year have arrived, which also means that winter is not far away.

Ragnar, Spyut, Fisk and others gathered together for a meeting. Ragnar himself proposed that in the new Kingdom of Denmark, King Ragnar himself should go to Gothenburg to find Rurik, preferably in a few days. Complete recognition between countries and even sign a treaty within days.

The Ross ship moved again after being anchored for a few days, and Ragnar personally took several Danish lords from Zealand on the ship to sail north.

At the same time, Spyut wants to report the news about Silver Castle to the king, as well as matters about the cavalry. How to report to the former, presenting boxes of silver coins captured during the war is worth a thousand words. As for the latter's report, let the young and promising "bald" Fisk speak for himself!

The large ship sailed very arrogantly in the wide Kattegat Strait, and her presence immediately alerted the watching offshore patrol boats of Horik.

Some things cannot be hidden, such as the sudden appearance of a huge fleet by the Russian army. Even if Rurik wanted to hide it a little, the armed cargo ship and fishing boat flying the Russian flag, fishing aggressively in Kattegat, directly frightened The fishing boats of the Drobard tribe did not dare to fish here anymore, which directly caused problems in Horik's food acquisition. It also alerted Horik and the Frankish forces of Liudov who built a castle and planned to stay there for a long time.

No one is most familiar with this route!

He felt as comfortable sailing in Kattegat as walking in his own yard, and he did not forget to introduce the various fantastic drifts in his past to the lord of Zealand, who was aboard a Ross ship for the first time and had seen many strange things, which attracted praise from him.

This is the first time for the lords to meet directly with the senior personnel of the Ross people. Spyut is not a bossy person. He is well-informed and the so-called bragging seems to be true. The Danish lords felt that this middle-aged man spoke very reliably, and his speech was clearly no different from theirs, except that his Norse accent was a bit strange. This was probably the Russian dialect.

The perspective is on the Russian and Swedish coalition forces stationed at the mouth of the Göta River.

A new city was built here, and a dock was built with deep wooden piles at the mouth of the sea.

Gothenburg no longer describes the cramped place where the Götalanders settled, but as redefined by the Franks, the "burg" suffix has become a dedicated suffix for large cities.

Gothenburg finally became a city. It would have walls, a count's residence, a council chamber, a temple, a warehouse, a market, and other public buildings.

The Götalans in this region were forcibly pulled into a new era. Their village alliance was replaced by the "County of Gothenburg" and the people entered the feudal era. Based on the current era, entering the feudal era will inevitably mean an increase in productivity and organizational power, and it also means that local people have a strong backing.

The locals' cooperation was not really a humiliation. They had endured it, but they were quickly defeated by absolute force.

Rurik did not intend to kill excessively, and the battle was fought. He allowed the Jotalans to surrender honorably, and immediately exchanged the current peace situation.

The glory of victory belongs to Rurik! Belongs to the Ross Army!

It seems that it has little to do with the Swedish Allies.

Duke Bjorn of Mälaren, until now, has not brought enough trophies with his thousands of warriors, especially as all the people in the Göta River Basin have surrendered, and now he wants to indulge his army in plundering , which is tantamount to killing each other, so he can only restrain his own army.

Rurik followed the local customs and held a summer solstice ceremony in Gothenburg. The ceremony won strong favor from the locals.

What to do next?

The Russian army is going to attack Denmark, and the people of Gothenburg, who have a "slave-hunting hatred" with Denmark, hope to retaliate in kind. The Swedish Allies were unwilling to get no spoils. They convinced themselves that they had no choice but to continue the war to the end if they did not want to return empty-handed.

The Rus' army unified its thinking. Rurik's fear of breaking through the Götaland allies and disbanding did not happen. The newly conquered people organized the "Count of Gothenburg Army". This move consisted of a thousand warriors. And was directly assigned to the commander-in-chief of Earl Blue Fox Gouldson.

Luo Jun took the time to rest. Considering that the next step was to enter Denmark, everyone could guess with their toes that there were a lot of tough battles to be fought.

Time was limited, and Rurik hoped to maximize the results before winter, and was committed to supporting war with war, plundering the resources of the Jutland Peninsula, and trying to directly penetrate the entire peninsula and enter Frankish territory.

The army wasted no time in preparing dry food, and large quantities of fish were caught and processed into bacon jerky.

The local Jotalan people were organized, handed over their own reserves of inferior arrows, and used bone wood poles from local materials to make a large number of bone cluster arrows for hunting.

A batch of new flags are also being made. White burlap is smeared with woad juice, and temporary Ross flags are being mass-produced. The army will raise them after landing in Denmark to ensure that the troops do not get into trouble.

Although he sent his elder brother to order the garrison in Bornholm to share the military pressure of the main force of the Ross army if there was a war, he also brought back reinforcements and a large amount of supplies on standby from the rear.

Even for the cavalry sent out on special operations.

When dealing with these armies that cannot be controlled in time, in this era of extremely inconvenient information communication, Rurik is convinced that his current actions cannot really count on their participation. It's best if they work together. Even without them, you can still penetrate the entire Denmark.

He was still busy sharpening his knife, and the good news actually came!

The sea is full of standard Russian armed cargo ships. These large ships lay out large hemp rope fishing nets and rely on high-intensity navigation to sweep the sea areas and catch herrings with high efficiency.

Seeing these real family members, Spuyut easily entered the hiding place of Ross's army.

The big ship entered the mouth of the Göta River in reverse direction. Here, everyone on the ship saw a huge military camp standing along the river.

This place is overrun with flag hunters, and there are warriors everywhere you look!

Seeing this, Ragnar was so shocked that he was dumbfounded, and the Lord of Zealand Island who was accompanying him almost fell into a coma.

Rurik never dreamed that his reinforcements would appear, and they were an unexpectedly strong reinforcement force.

And, a man who set himself up as a king...

Ragnar disembarked and was greeted by Rurik himself.

After a brief exchange of greetings, Ragnar mentioned his new identity: "I have gained the support of a large number of Danish nobles, and I have become the new King of Denmark. I am here to fulfill my contract with you, and quickly recognize me as the King of Denmark. I want to form an alliance with you!"

This was certainly something that had been discussed before, but Rurik could not have imagined that Ragnar would declare himself king without asking him.

He was a little dissatisfied in his heart, but he still wanted to smile on the face of it.

Rurik was not in a hurry to speak. He noticed that there were many middle-aged men wearing mink armor here. These people could not be said to be sloppy or gorgeous. At least they looked more respectable than ordinary Vikings. These must be what Ragna meant. The Danish lords spoke of it.

Compared with these people, Rurik's clothes were not only neat but also gorgeous. His followers were all elites of the standing army, wearing chainmail and each of them wearing a ferocious bear's head.

"Are you Danish... nobles?" he asked.

After this question, many lords ignored the etiquette and rushed to Rurik. This enthusiastic move was immediately stopped by the guards.

Suddenly, Harold of Lindholm shouted: "King of the Rus! Since you are a hero who believes in Odin, you should help us regardless of past grudges! Help us! Remove the Danish land occupied by the Franks. If we take it back, if you do this, we will be friends forever!”

Harold really felt this. He did not think that after the establishment of a new Danish kingdom, the Danish king Ragnar could help him regain his territory. Now that the powerful Ross army is deployed across the Kattegat Strait, to help them regain their homeland, they can only rely on the King of Ross.

Of course, because of the importance of the first sight, the lords saw the fierce king of the Rus for the first time. They all knew Rurik's name to some extent, but now they saw that he was a handsome man.

He is a tall, strong man with blond hair and blue eyes. He is tall and powerful, with deep eyes and sharp eyes. His golden beard is very neatly trimmed. The armor was inlaid with gold and hung with some gemstones.

The lords could not find a more suitable adjective in their limited knowledge. They called "this is the god-man from Asgard who came to the world."

Did the Danish lords start showing off their hospitality when they first met each other? At this point, Rurik is no longer a person who can be easily moved. If the other party is so flattering and groveling, it means he has a huge request.

Now that the Kingdom of Denmark is done, these lords are Ragnar's vassals.

Rurik also noticed that his general "Bald" Fisk was also present. This could only prove one thing, the cavalry had arrived at Silver Castle.

Everyone held a meeting in the temporary conference hall, with more than fifty participants!

King Rurik of Rus, generals of Rus, Earl of Finland, Earl of Narvik in Norway, Dukes of Sweden, new nobles of the Götaland region, representatives of the Växjö people, representatives of the King of Denmark and Danish lords...

This is not a meeting for mutual recognition between the Kingdom of Rus and the Kingdom of Denmark, but an out-and-out military fraternity. At the same time, it is also a combat meeting to discuss the war against the Danish forces in Jutland after joining forces.

Who is the enemy? Who are friends?

By now it's obvious.

The simple Gothenburg Parliamentary Court still needs further improvement, but Rurik stood up to attract everyone's attention.

"Denmark has been divided! In addition to Horik, our enemies also have the Frankish forces that have invaded Denmark! Those Danes who believe in Odin are our allies! Those who believe in Frankish gods and God are our enemies! Of course! , and the Frankish army are the enemies we must destroy!"

Rurik said a lot impromptuly, and it was like a eloquent essay to fend off the enemy.

Then take this opportunity, in order to ensure the success of subsequent operations and even establish the purpose of the next phase of the war, Ross must form an alliance with New Denmark.

Speaking of which, he and Ragnar, the new king of Denmark, have long been brothers. Ragnar's two sons are not only in his hands, but also receive special aristocratic education, and even affectionately call him uncle.

There is no need to form an alliance by blood, or it is a waste of time to hold an alliance ceremony.

As for Denmark, the current New Denmark almost only has a corner of Zealand, and the most important Jutland Peninsula is still in the hands of the enemy. When Denmark fully restores the territory created by Chief Godfrey in 808, the historic formal alliance with Ross will be the most important, and the alliance ceremony will be held with great fanfare.

But now, informal alliances must be made.

So, Rurik swore here in front of many nobles: "I! Rurik! King of the Kingdom of Rus! King of the Kingdom of Sweden! Ruler of the Eastern Slavs, ruler of the Finns! I declare! I Recognize Ragnar Sigurdsson as the King of New Denmark! I declare a military alliance with New Denmark to jointly attack the people who betrayed Odin and the Frankish invaders! Ross will work with Denmark to reshape Odin's influence in the world. majesty!"

The bold words immediately aroused the crowd's excitement. Looking for Book Garden www.zhaoshuyuan.com people frantically knocked on objects and made noises, and they also screamed.

Seeing this, Ragnar was furious. He tried hard to suppress the ecstasy in his heart and the involuntary tremors in his body, and announced: "King Rus! You are the wise king. I! Ragnar Sigurdsson, King of Denmark! I declare that we will cooperate to fight against those who betrayed Odin and against the Franks. When we complete the victory and Denmark and Rus enter eternal peace, we are all Odin's warriors! We are as close as brothers!"

People shouted and yelled. Although the written alliance treaty was not signed, most of the top nobles in Northern Europe had gathered in this simple and unfinished meeting hall. In this era, the effectiveness of oral oaths was not as obvious as that of written treaty documents. difference. In other words, the written treaty document was originally a supplement to the oral oath and became a memorandum passed down to future generations.

After this meeting. There are five groups of Nordic Vikings: Rus, Swedes, Götalanders, Narvik Norse, and Danes. Because of the common belief in Odin and the common Frankish power, the five parties have formed a strategic alliance today.

A military operation to conquer the Jutland Peninsula and plan to cross the border and invade the Frankish hinterland to retaliate and sabotage was already on the horizon.

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