Rise of Rurik

The completely breached Pine Needle Manor showed its soft abdomen to the wolf-like Ross army, and cut it with a sharp blade, which was immediately heartbroken.

The manor's army was completely defeated, and the last resisters were all cut off, and even their courage was eliminated.

The Ross army who entered the manor slaughtered recklessly, and the whole scene was like hell...

Is this the revenge the villagers yearn for? Svetlana stood outside the manor holding a crossbow. The corpses of the enemy were all around her, and the girl's heart was strongly shocked. She has been suppressing the discomfort in her stomach, in order not to be embarrassed to persevere with willpower, but it is completely impossible for her to enter the manor to do more damage.

Rurik was carrying a dagger, and seeing that the main force had already entered the manor, he deliberately entered with his trusted guards.

"Lanna. Go! Go see all the enemies of your manor being annihilated by me."

Rurik's words were very cold, and he glanced sideways at Svetlana's indifferent, wide eyes, and saw the girl's panic.

"What? You don't dare now?"

"I...I'm afraid."

"Afraid? You have no right to be afraid. The women around me must be all Valkyries. If you want to be my wife, just follow me! Otherwise..."

Rurik thought for a while, and it was obvious that the girl was frightened, so he was too lazy to say anything. He took the sword and grabbed Svetlana's elbow, forcibly dragging her forward, as if he was insisting on letting her see He for tragedy.

The girl's legs trembled and finally entered this former restricted area. Like the folks in her hometown, she had a natural dislike for Pine Needle Manor. The fact that her old father, Rigus, went to the Rus people was never something she could control as a girl. . At least for now, Lanna has no scheming. She just wants to please Rurik, the new leader of Ross, according to her father's request, and have an intimate relationship at the right time to have another child.

She never imagined that she would have to take part in a bloody battle as a female warrior, using deadly weapons, and even her boots were stained with blood mixed with many dead people.

Here, the winding road is like the terrifying underworld described by the priests, and the ears are full of screams and wailing.

There are tragedies everywhere. Is this the revenge of the manor, or the method of the Duchy of Ross against traitors?

To tell the truth, the tragedy was imminent, and Rurik was shocked to see it.

His heart was once again shocked, but after having experienced many bloody battles, he was no longer afraid.

"Do you know where their granary is?" Rurik asked Lanna.

The girl shivered violently, and hugged Rurik's arm tightly with a look of horror.

"You? Really don't know?"

"I... don't know. I've never been to their... estate. In my opinion, the biggest building is probably the granary. And..."

"what else?"

"Every household has surplus food. I...want to get out of this hellish place."

"That can't be done." Rurik threw his hands away to completely throw her away, and ordered sharply: "Woman! Don't blame me for being ruthless, you have never been and will not be a cowardly girl, experience the battlefield well, and your will will be firm. , I will not be afraid of some things in the future.”

Svetlana was noncommittal, her nodding feeble.

"Forget it." Rurik shook his head, recruited two cronies at will, and ordered them to pay special attention to this overly nervous girl to ensure that she would not encounter any possible attacks.

There will be many warriors who will see Lord Rurik and his wife in person on the killing field!

What Rurik needs is this face brushing effect, but finding the granary of Pine Needle Manor is the most important.

In the bloody battle outside the manor, the army of Pine Needle Manor and its allies was almost wiped out. Only a small number of their armed farmers had the experience of jointly hunting bears, and most of them were on the battlefield for the first time. This is the first time that a large army has been assembled to fight, and what they have encountered is the main force of the Russ army that has swept across Finland, the Nordic seas, and Britain.

When the army rushed into the farm, there were fewer than 3,000 old and weak women and children alive in the farm. The main force of the Ross army had an amazing military advantage at this moment, not to mention their extremely powerful weapons.

The disaster at Pine Needle Manor is still intensifying, and some women and children are running away frantically with a small number of petites. As a result, just after they left the farm, they encountered road reinforcements from the Rus.

The white tree, the calf, and the fisherman, these hardcore allies of the Principality of Ross, they saw the collapse of the Pine Needle Manor with their own eyes, like a piece of fat appeared in front of their eyes, how could the brothers not take a bite?

To be honest, the White Tree Manor was crowded out, and the days of the calf and fisherman manor also depended on the face of the most populous Pine Needle Manor. As the saying goes, the Varyagros people only come for a short time every year, but their Pine Needle Manor is always there.

The eight hundred of them saw the escaped refugees, and all the men shouted: "Kill these people! Loot the property!"

They shouted any slogans, and all kinds of weapons were also aimed at the front, and a large group of people trotted all the way, forming a large and disorderly formation to charge away.

As a result, those who tried to escape have been completely cut off.

The sun hangs in the west, and the sunset glows blood red.

Following Svetlana's advice, Rurik directly led people to the largest building area of ​​the manor, which was actually the mansion of the leader Vadim.

Some huge thatched cottages standing on a matrix of wooden piles were all in front of them. The thick wooden doors were kicked open by the soldiers. Through the dim light, I saw stacks of sacks.

Rurik got in and took a look. He subconsciously thought that this was the oat warehouse, and stabbed it with his sword. The sword became a "grain scout", and a large number of grains of wheat spewed out like a stream along the bloodletting trough of the dagger.

"Haha! Lanna, you are right, there is indeed a granary in such a spacious place!"

Looking at Svetlana again, the girl smiled awkwardly.

Of course, it was a pleasure to find a large batch of wheat, but the entire bloody manor was too terrifying. She felt that the ghosts of the murdered were wandering everywhere, and she wanted to leave quickly.

Grain warehouse after grain warehouse was discovered, and as the inspection deepened, some warehouses for leather and cloth also appeared.

Because of the area around Lake Ilmen, thanks to the great lakes and rivers, this area is suitable for the cultivation of oats and hardy flax. As a group of pure agriculture, the Novgorod of the Ilmen Slavs has been self-sufficient.

Rurik's subordinates even found some pottery urns, although they were covered with wooden stoppers, as long as they put their heads close to them, they could smell the sweet smell that tickles the heart.

The armored mercenary happily opened the cork, held the pottery urn and opened his mouth, letting the sticky honey flow.

Honey is almost the only sweet substance that the Nordics can touch in this era.

Slavic women married to Rosberg have been brewing kvass in small quantities alongside ale in recent years, and the sweetness of the kvass makes their Rusian men ecstatic. Where can Kvass have pure honey to make people crazy?

The mercenary soldier ate a belly of honey, and even if it was so sweet, the discoverer tried his best to pour it into his belly.

When they were full, they licked the corners of their mouths and dedicated the remaining honey to their masters.

Rurik didn't want to be involved in the killing of his subordinates at all. He brought more than 50 subordinates into the walled mansion area, and he felt more and more that this should be the home of the local leader, otherwise there would not be a large number of captures.

Indeed, this must be the mansion!

The subordinates are counting the amount of food, cloth and other materials seized.

He continued to hold Lanna's hand and entered the interior of the mansion, and really smelled the breath of life.

The screams of killing outside seem to have nothing to do with this place, and there is no sense of horror here like the existence of the wall.

Lanna breathed a sigh of relief, "It seems that the people here have already escaped, but they must have just escaped. Rurik, look at the clothes scattered on the wooden floor..."

"It was indeed a hasty escape. Damn, maybe this is Vadim's home."

"Did you kill that man?" she asked urgently.

"Maybe. He'd better die, but I still haven't found the man's body..."

Rurik's attention was now off Vadim, a leader who had lost everything was no threat, the man's political life was over.

"You clean up the place first," Rurik added.

"Me?" Lanna was a little surprised.

"Yes. Be my good woman. Throw away the scattered clothes and sundries. I will meet the soldiers who have made meritorious deeds here tonight."

"All right."

...

The slaughter ended at the end of the evening, and the Russ army, who had won a great victory, cheered for a while, and then they did it again because of exhaustion.

The rest is up to them to do what they want. Rurik is deliberately indulging his subordinates. Tonight, they can loot as much as they can, and this benefit also brings together those allies.

People holding burning sticks broke into residential houses and turned boxes, those who were hiding were found, and the killing followed. The surplus grain was taken away, as were all kinds of pots and wooden utensils. Especially the army from White Tree Manor, the revenge of a hundred years has been avenged today. They are still poor, so they frantically plundered everything that could be used from the corpse of the enemy, and the methods were extremely meticulous, such as a variety of daily necessities. They all intend to move back to the White Tree Manor home for their own use.

In comparison, the methods of the Rus and Balmers are a bit rough. They are not short of daily necessities, but food and money.

Of course there is not much money to be plundered from a group of farmers, but the oatmeal is plundered!

They used the found sackcloth to make cloth pockets, as well as the bunched-mouth backpack they were carrying, and now they have all become large sacks for carrying wheat grains.

Some madmen were stunned to loot a hundred pounds of wheat, and the whole person laughed like a 200-pound fool. Because, even if the Duke of his hometown sells wheat on a regular basis, the cheap wheat is not expensive. However, each person has a limited purchase amount. Now the 100 pounds of wheat plundered is his own. The chance of plundering so much wheat at one time is too great. rare.

So, who is the biggest winner in this battle?

In terms of looted property alone, Rurik was naturally the big winner.

As soon as the sun went down, Otto and some old buddies walked into the mansion of the former leader of Borudne, where Rurik and Svetlana were now.

Coming here again, a strange sense of sigh came to Otto's old head.

Goodbye Drurik's elite mercenaries not only controlled the mansion, but also determined that a large number of materials were seized and belonged to the duke, and a sense of relief was born spontaneously.

He clenched the hilt of his sword and walked into the lobby of the mansion where a lot of oil lamps were lit. This place was clearly the place where he had discussed with Borudne before. Here, he was delighted to see his son Rurik sitting proudly cross-legged, and the third Svetlana, once a female warrior, leaned on her man's shoulder.

"Rurik, do you know where this place is?" Otto, who suddenly appeared, deliberately asked.

"Father, are you here? This is probably the residence of a leader?"

"Of course. This is the mansion of Pine Needle Manor. I brought my brothers to make a scene here many years ago, and I was assassinated some time ago. Ah... everything is over. This manor, which is known to be disgusting, was taken by you and my father and son. completely eradicated."

There seems to be a lot to be nostalgic about here?

Rurik invited his father to sit down, and with a shake of his neck, a mercenary smiled and presented a pottery urn to the old Duke Otto.

"This is honey? So much?" Otto was taken aback.

"It's honey."

"Damn it! Damn Borudne and stupid Vadim, why don't we pay tribute to these delicacies earlier?"

Otto didn't care about getting his hands dirty, he stretched out his hands to dig honey to eat. After he was satisfied, he gave it to the old man beside him to enjoy it. Then he stuck out his tongue and licked his fingers, and even raised his beard and licked his beard again.

They were busy eating honey, and Rurik casually explained the next arrangement: "We won the war, and I will hold a meeting here. I will govern the entire Novgorod myself, and I will let the army rest on the spot. The most important thing is The place is! I'm going to do a clean up here."

"Purge?" Otto was a little surprised, "This rebellious manor has been annihilated."

"More than that."

"You?" Otto suddenly had a bad feeling, "Are you going to kill more people?"

"Some people must die! Father, if the insurgents are not completely eliminated, it is not really to put down the rebellion, and I am not really to rule directly. I just want to prevent possible new rebellions in the future, and I must not let the new Rosberg There are any threats around."

"So, to whom will your sword be struck?"

"I don't know. But I know that there are still many rebels who should have joined the Vadim guy's army. I'm afraid our army is moving too fast and they haven't had time to participate in the rebellion. They just simply didn't act. , they must die."

"So, are you going to kill them with troops? I advise you to be careful. It must not be your intention to kill innocent people indiscriminately."

"Yes, I have a plan in mind, which requires the cooperation of Fisherman's Manor and Calf Manor. I think they will tell me which other manors are hardcore rebels who happened to be not involved in the war."

Otto shrugged: "As you wish. It's not enough that you're going to have a meeting tonight, I'll let it go! Fighting is more tiring than logging, and you stay here and don't know that there are people resting in place outside the walls. Tomorrow Our army will officially and comprehensively clean up the battlefield, and as your father, I know best about the aftermath."

"Father, I am a child." Rurik said solemnly.

"Yes, at least with your woman. Svetlana is the woman I chose for you, and I've always had a good eye. Listen, you're the real duke, and you'll have to enjoy it when you banish the fakes. Mansion, the two of you will spend the night here tonight."

"Never mind." Rurik let out a sigh of relief as he lay down and let out a sigh of relief.

That night, Pine Needle Manor was completely in ruins in a sense.

A group of soldiers have been spontaneously cleaning the battlefield. For the time being, they just pulled the corpse out of the farm, and they are still in a more terrifying battlefield at will. As for how to deal with the corpse afterward, it is natural to bury it in the ground according to the Slavic custom.

The army of Ross has no respect for these enemies, but no further humiliation is intended. The dead are not Vikings, and are not worthy of being burned to ashes, and even burials are not worthy of tombstones.

The Russ Army is quite experienced in dealing with the corpses of the enemy. For example, in the Glacier War in the Eastern Land, seven hundred soldiers were killed by the unsubmissive Kewen army, and their bodies were buried in the ground for safety.

Tomorrow, the victor will dig a batch of big pits and build some graves, which is already the kindness of the victor.