Rise of Rurik

Chapter 582 Smart people choose to cooperate

Rurik sits on his temporary flagship, the Mercury, which is indeed a bit smaller than a large ship like Avrora.

She is small but small, and her combat power can easily annihilate the canoe in front of her. Looking at the "Viking army" under his command, once the two armies fight, the Ross army is not just a knife to kill chickens.

"Benevolent?" Yevlo stood beside Rurik again.

Rurik glanced at him, "Your eyes are flickering, you are worried that our army will wipe them out."

"With our army's ability, victory is just within reach. Our army won the skirmish just now, but..."

"What?" Rurik asked again.

"I still hope..."

"Okay." Rurik let out a sigh of relief, "At least those who surrendered, we can spare their lives. If the Suomi finally surrender to us, I can promise them a peace. However, the tribute is of course indispensable."

"This...this is the best."

Rurik shook his head again: "Maybe you are not suitable for this battle, so avoid it for the time being."

"No need." Yevluo ruthlessly said, "It's like two dueling fighters, as long as they stand here, they must decide the winner. Let's fight, I just hope the fight won't be too cruel."

Rurik shrugged his shoulders and said nothing, and he was concentrating on organizing the manpower, ready to issue orders to all the ships that were spread out.

How to issue an offensive order, the means is "semaphore".

There is no clear flag language system for the Rus people. Rurik just arranges a person to stand on the bow of the ship. He will desperately wave the flag with the "Russ Paddle Flag", so-called to all the ships that see it, issue an advance order.

But is this approach effective?

The reality told the commander-in-chief of the Ross army to command the land troops to fight fiercely, and he could give orders to each centenary through the flag officers and the messengers who ran errands. In the previous naval battle, because the tonnage of the participating ships was relatively large and the number of ships was small, the dispatching also required personnel to wave flags, and most of the time, the personnel shouted to each other, and the dispatch was basically completed.

It is necessary to set up a set of efficient and accurate information transmission means of maritime communication.

Rurik took some time to command the large number of longboat teams. Based on the communication conditions, he decided not to play any tricks, so the army rushed forward regardless of priority, and then there was the random killing on the lake.

At this critical moment, Yi Ye Bianzhou actually broke away from the enemy's large army and rushed towards him.

"What's the matter?" Rurik looked sideways.

"My lord, maybe they were afraid of our military might and sent messengers to ask for a truce. No matter how bad it is, it's still a negotiation." Yevlo said a little excitedly, because he didn't want this untimely war in his heart.

Rurik nodded, "Negotiating, okay. I'm afraid my brothers can't hold back their emotions. Yevlo, you quickly rush up with your brother holding my flag, and you call on others not to fight..."

"And then bring the messenger back?"

"Exactly. You tell the messenger, I am reasonable, and the two armies will not be killed if they fight."

"As ordered!"

Yevlo immediately jumped onto a long boat with more than a dozen people. He personally held the "Ross Paddle Flag" with blue stripes on a white background and stood out from the Ross fleet lined with long snakes.

Looking at Suomi's side.

Uko still doesn't know whether his decision is right or wrong, and his nervousness increases as he gets closer to Varyag's army. A dangerous long ship is coming on the waves ahead. Could it be that the other party has already understood his intention? He was in a slightly better mood.

Yevro slowed down his paddling brothers and kept everyone on the alert. Even if the other party is his own Suomi's clan, he is afraid of being plotted against by the other party.

The longboat deliberately separated a little distance from the canoe, Yevlo shouted vigorously while carrying the flag, reporting his identity and asking the other party's intention.

Now, the round of Uko was taken aback.

"What's the matter, there are still our people among the Varyags.

Could it be that some brothers defected to them and became mercenaries? "The more Uko thought about it, the more he felt that this was the truth.

Things were far better than he thought, the leader of the Varyags decided to meet the emissary of Suomi and promised complete security.

Any hesitation at this point may make the Varyag feel like they are rejecting peace talks. Yes, Uko is here to seek a truce and peace talks.

The Suomi leader stood on the canoe and opened his arms to indicate that he had no intention of fighting.

Yevro then ordered the canoe to follow him, so that it could smoothly pass the heavily guarded Varyag fleet.

The atmosphere was suffocating, and the Suomis who rowed continued to pass out, and their ability to row was just a muscle instinct.

Seeing the Varyag people so closely in this life, they are so full of cover!

Those warriors who came from afar, almost all of them had blond hair, one by one wearing highly reflective helmets, and the extended masks of the helmets also covered half of their faces.

Many of them wore precious chain mail, but what shocked Uko most was that the Varyags all wore uniform attire.

"It's a white Varyag, and it has nothing to do with other Varyag..."

He was muttering in his heart, and had no choice but to hang his head and dare not look at these people.

Finally, the canoe drifted to the side of the Mercury whose propellers were slowly advancing.

This scene is even more bizarre. The big ship has already reeled, and there is no large oars outstretched, and the ship is still moving.

After all, the rope ladder was thrown down, and Yevluo, who was on the long boat, stood on the boat: "Leader of Suomi, you can board the boat. You have enough identity to meet my master. Don't worry, my master can basically understand Suomi's language. ."

"All right."

It's weird again and again, are they Rus, are Rus also part of the Varyags? It's amazing how the Varyag leader actually knows Suomi.

Uko and several of his entourage all boarded the big ship, and saw a group of burly men in chain armor forming a human wall. Fear eroded his mind, Uko took three steps back, and his entourage was so frightened that he almost ran for his life.

When it is, the human wall makes a gap.

The young Rurik walked out of the gap with his arms around his waist. He opened his hands in a welcome gesture, his face was harmonious and did not intend to use force. Of course, how his smiling face made people think that he was really a "human slaughter". .

Rurik cleared his throat and said, "Messenger Suomi, welcome to the big ship. Let me guess, are you here to ask me to beg for mercy, to ask for a truce?"

Was the leader of Varyag a child? Uko felt that his personality had been insulted, and the real leader of the opponent must have been hiding and sent a kid to talk to him.

But looking at this situation, he is a lamb among the wolves, how can he be dissatisfied?

Uko simply revealed his identity. He held his head high and cheered up: "I am the leader of Suomi, and I brought the army back. Now, I want to stop this conflict?"

"Really? We didn't attack you, why did you take the initiative to attack me? My people were provoked, and now you want to stop?"

Rurik's words are right, and it really gives the opponent a chance to defend himself.

Looking at the situation, both sides realize that the negotiation has just begun, and now it is just the initial exchange of information between the two sides.

Uko was stunned the moment he witnessed the Ross fleet at zero distance, knowing that once the war began, his canoe army had only the tragic fate of being slaughtered by them.

He is not as staunch as the leader of Tavastia. As a citizen of the lake who is good at business and trade, everyone is very flexible.

Uko immediately changed his tone, his attitude became a little flattering, he smiled and said: "It's all a misunderstanding." Then he pointed to another entourage: "It's all because of this man, he is the leader of the Tavastians. , urge us to fight you."

"Battle?" Rurik glanced at Nuoli, who was trembling. He didn't know about this person, so he stared into Uko's eyes: "You are the leader, and you came to tell me that you chose war? Well, our armies on both sides are already on the lake. I'll put you back now, and then we'll fight in a grand manner."

These words were loud and clear, and Uko completely understood Rurik's words, especially the key word-war.

war? This is self-defeating.

Uko hurriedly complimented: "I'm really blind, but dare to challenge you. Once the battle happens, we will be wiped out."

"Are you very self-aware?" Rurik smiled, and suddenly took a step forward, "Since you don't want to fight, put down your weapons!"

"Ah this..."

"Do you want to fight? Do you hesitate to surrender? You are the leader of Suomi, make a decision quickly."

"..."

Rurik pouted and pulled out his dagger directly: "Then hold you, I will immediately order the army to attack your team, and I will kill you all without mercy."

A beautiful young man shows ferocity, no matter how handsome he is, he is still a sea wolf!

Ukoben plans to get close to this group of Varyags again, so many Suomi fishermen have seen their fleet cruising the ocean.

It seems that the choice of war is only between one's own thoughts? !

Uko sat directly on the ground and shouted, "A truce! We have a truce! It's just that I have the conditions."

"You?" Rurik said contemptuously, "How to negotiate terms? Are you worthy?"

"There is only one condition, we will surrender, as long as you don't attack us. Besides, why do we have to fight? We... can do trade, how can we cooperate deeply."

"Cooperation? Good. Someone! Give wine! Give meat!"

When the Suomi leader said "request for cooperation", Rurik knew that his flamboyance could be suspended.

They were scared off by the military might of the Ross Army. Of course, these guys are also smart and understand a very wise truth - join if they can't beat them.

Things went well beyond Rurik's plans, and this event completely relaxed the nervous Yevro.

Yevluo knew that his master knew very well about contracts. Since the Suomi people planned to cooperate, and the master also supported the cooperation with the behavior of rewarding wine and meat, it meant that at least the Rus army would not unilaterally tear up the cooperation.

The next thing is nothing more than one thing to do - to discuss specific cooperation.

What is the outcome of the negotiation? Yevro could understand with his toes that the Suomis had to submit to Rus at this time. If they did not submit tribute, war would still be inevitable.

But looking at today's events from the point of view of the vast majority of Rus' soldiers, it is simply a farce.

More than a thousand people sharpened their knives and planned to kill in the sun to show Odin the heroic appearance of a berserker.

It is good now that the assembled army has been ordered to disband, and the Duke has ordered that no one is allowed to attack the Suomi camp.

Uko himself was released, and he claimed to have avoided a horrific killing, and the village leaders from all walks of life also expressed their understanding.

Everyone is a businessman. If you go out to fight and get no profit, what else do you fight for? Who would fight the Varyags to the death for the undead of the Tavasthians? Besides, more than 200 brothers have been easily killed by the Varyags before and after, and as many as 80 people are still under their control.

The 3,000-strong army was very useless and lost 300 people, and the remaining Suomi people generally wanted to escape, just because they didn't want to be the first to run.

In the afternoon, a large number of Suomi's canoes docked, and they camped in a forest on the shore.

In the evening, after some discussions among the elites of the Suomi people, Uko took five bold village leaders and took three canoes to land in Tavastalu, occupied by the Rus, according to the verbal agreement with Rurik. worship center.

Here, it has become a Varyag city!

In the sunset, Uko saw a large number of black-haired Tavastian women being controlled by the blond Rus, and the intruder became the master here!

Looking at the lake again, a large number of long boats with bows and sterns upturned are floating on the lake, and many boats are lit up with flames. What are they doing?

Uko didn't understand the wonders of night fishing.

Will the Suomi people implement the verbal agreement with the leader of Suomi before the battle?

If the pigeons are released, it means that the opponent has chosen war, and Rurik knows that he has obtained a new reason for war. In principle, he was too lazy to expand the war, or he and the army no longer wanted to waste time in this eastern land.

Finally, a guard reported that the canoe had landed.

"It's finally here! It's great." Rurik walked out of the warm house and gestured to his subordinates, "Get ready, let them watch a good show!"

A good show, indeed a terrible good show.

Uko and five other people and a small number of followers, everyone is in the Varyag community, it is really strange, but they also found that they have some commonalities with them.

Many blond Varangians came to watch with their arms around their little women, pointing their fingers and saying some incomprehensible words.

It was Yevro who led them and urged, "Let's go quickly, my master is going to show you a good show."

Why a good show?

Under the setting sun, Uko and the others saw a person bound by ropes. Who was this person who was not Nuoli?

Rurik walked over clutching his waist and pointed at the man: "You are here at last, nobles of Suomi. Now you see, this is the last Tavastian warrior, who will be executed by me."

"This..." Uko's eyes widened and his teeth closed, at a loss.

With a wave of Rurik's hand, as many as four strong men pulled the rope, and poor Nuoli was hanged by the neck, and was gradually hanged in the struggle of crying.

Rurik didn't want to watch the execution process, even though his subordinates were cheering. This is the necessary evil. There are still some Tavastian men who have not been annihilated because they are mixed in the Suomi camp. Except for their leaders, the others are just turkeys without leaders.

With a sullen face, he said to the visitor, "I understand your language and your traditions. You think that the soul is in the blood. Give this person a bloodless death and then he will be buried, and his soul will return. Sea of ​​Souls."

"Yes... that's it." Uko was already trembling.

Rurik shrugged again: "Let's go, I have been prepared for a banquet. Since you are here to seek cooperation, let's discuss how to cooperate. Don't worry, as long as your people don't stupidly attack my camp. , I will not start a war."

"That's great." Uko's smile was very embarrassing, so he cautiously followed behind Rurik's young man, his eyes fixed on the young man's fluttering golden ponytail, and the large amount of inlaid inlaid around his waist. Jewel's dagger, sighing that this extremely young Varyag leader can easily command thousands of strong men to do anything, there must be something else behind the incredible.

They entered the Tavastian Council Hall, where the aroma was already fragrant, and the tempting barbecue smell was mixed with the aroma of wine, how wonderful it was.

Since the Varangians are willing to entertain with barbecue and wine, they should be trustworthy.

Uko is very glad that he chose to cooperate, but he and the village leaders have reached a consensus that the Suomi people will pay for this cooperation.

As for the price, as long as it doesn't touch the bottom line, everything can be negotiated.

The bottom line of the Suomi people is also very simple - they cannot be slaves.

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