Rise of Rurik - Chapter 1350

[Chapter 1,449 The determination of the small Slavic kingdom of Rügen]

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The sky was burned red, and even late at night, standing on Stride Road in the center of the waterway, anyone could see the unusual celestial phenomena in the east through the clear air.

Legends about Ross have been spreading wildly in this sea area for a long time. In the small fishing village under the small city of Wolin, when they saw the red sky, they decisively thought that this might be related to the Ross army.

The island of Rügen is also in this area. This small Slavic kingdom has a small population and a remote location. Its survival to this day also means that they have two brushes.

“Oh my God! Isn’t that a miracle?”

“It’s definitely not a miracle. The last time this happened, the Russians attacked Bornholm Island with all their strength.” ”

That was an internal fight between the Danes and What relationship do we have? Could it be…”

“The Russians are not Danes. Maybe the Russians have ideas about us. We have to tell the big boss about this. At least we have to consider evacuating.”

…

Stride The Rugenslavs on the island are law-abiding fishermen. In order to avoid encountering the Danes in the vast sea, they take the initiative to stay in the long waterways and fish safely.

In recent years, people have realized that the nearby area has become dangerous. The limited contact between the islanders and the Danes has allowed them to learn some heavy news. They are in contact with the closely related tribes on the mainland and have obtained many danger signals.

So, when the news from Stride Island quickly spread to the large settlements on the island, the big leader Uzlaw, who had always been content with the status quo, could no longer sleep.

“Crazy! They’re all crazy!” A man roared like a lion in the large wooden house. His two beautiful concubines, wrapped in blankets, hid in fear.

”

Naconid of Obotelit has ambitions for me, and the Danes are also interested in me. Why do the Russians take the initiative to find trouble this time? Even the sky is burning red again?”

No matter how much the messenger talks, this Uzi Waff casually put on his fur coat and stood outside, enjoying the wonders of the East with his fellow tribesmen who were also astonished.

“Damn it. Are you going to kill me all of a sudden?” Uzlaw’s lips were twitching and his legs were shaking.

An idea came to mind, and the elderly man suddenly became excited.

“Fight! We can no longer just tolerate it! No matter who dares to set foot in our last fishing ground, we will kill them all!”

Uzlaw, the title of “Big Chief” of the small Slavic kingdom of Rugen Island, died after succeeding him After his father gained power, Rügen continued to retreat under his rule.

People have been afraid of the Danes for a long time because they learned that the powerful Danish chief Godfrey destroyed the city of Relic (today’s Wismar). The Danes massacred there, leaving this neutral city. The commercial seaport of the Zcirizspanis tribe disappeared.

Because of its destruction, the port of Hedeby under the Danish rule rose rapidly, because many forces always needed a free port for trade.

The city of Relic was destroyed, and the low-cost trade between the small kingdom of Rügen and its closely related tribes came to nothing.

Although that was more than thirty years ago, the incident had a great impact on Rügen Island. From then on, although people’s attitude towards Denmark was not hostile, people reached a consensus that they must be highly vigilant against them.

The crux of the matter is that after the death of Godfrey, the former Danish leader, the Danish world also fell into a

continuous . The war lasted for more than ten years. During the war, they worked hard to build and destroyed Relic.

The successful Haizeby Port was also reduced to ashes during the invasion of powerful enemies.

The Rügen Islanders had no time to gloat. Instead, they watched in horror as the situation around them quickly declined towards death.

Death is the slow death of Rügen…

Relic City is no longer there, and a new settlement has been built near the ruins.

The Chipans tribe, which was originally neutral, now had to surrender to the expanding Obertridites, and the whole family gave up their beliefs and converted to Frankish gods, accepting the Frankish Slavic nobles appointed by the conquerors.

The all-out civil war in Denmark came from the invasion of Frankish forces. In the east was the already Frankized Oberliddite. The Rügen Island side could no longer treat them as close relatives, but had the motive and strength to fully occupy the entire island. huge threat.

However, as Rügen Island was extremely powerful for a while, the power of Bornholm Island collapsed overnight, and a deadly threat named Ross came from the east.

Back then, people only heard rumors that the Danish army destroyed Relic City. The news spread for thirty years, so that many new generations felt that it was an unrealistic statement.

But in the distance they saw the tragic scene of Bornholm Island after it was brutally attacked by Ross.

A fishing island with a very large population. After a few days of war, only a few hundred people were left alive out of thousands. In recent years, I heard that the Danes have moved to the island one after another, which has led to an increase in the local population.

The Russians are more ruthless than the Danes!

Over the years, all residents of the tiny island of Rügen have gradually reached a consensus.

But standing on the island of Wolin not far away,

locals claimed that Rügen Island coveted their wealth.

This is a fact.

Rügen Island needs foreign exchanges, but unfortunately there are dangers in its east, north, and west. Directly south is the boundless forest.

The only way to communicate is to go to the Oder River to trade with the local Terennis tribe of the Liutich Alliance, so Wolin Island is the only way to go.

If the island is controlled and integrated with the local Slavic people, all the people of Rügen will have a way out.

This is the escape route envisioned by the big leader Uzlaw for the people of the tribe – if there is a real risk of annihilation and cannot be defeated, the whole tribe can row rowing boats and withdraw into the Oder River, choose an unclaimed land to rebuild their homes, and then find a way to Join the Llutich League and seek asylum.

The big leader had good intentions, but when the residents of Wolin noticed the risk, they immediately showed resistance. The presence of the Danish guards he hired made Uzlaw afraid to take action again.

The core settlement of Rügen is located in the center to the northeast of the island. It is Jaromar Castle and the island’s great altar. Nearly 3,000 residents live here.

With Jaromar Castle as the center, the locals, upon learning of Relic’s destruction, built a circular stone wall around their great altar.

The coastline in the north and northeast of the island is more tortuous and hard granite. It also has a cliff structure, which acts like a barrier to make it difficult for Danish troops intending to invade to land.

Thousands of people continued to build and reinforce the stone wall of Jaromar Castle, which eventually became a solid barrier that they could trust. In the event of a large-scale invasion, the people believed that they could attack from a high position, and then they could use slings to hit

the small stones

The enemy’s skin and flesh were torn to pieces, and he even lifted a large stone to smash the skull of the enemy who was trying to climb the wall.

Because it is where people believe!

In recent years, I learned that the closely related tribes in the south had been conquered one by one and were forced to give up their beliefs and believe in the gods of the Franks.

The island of Rügen was unwilling to give up its faith and pray for a promise not to surrender. Ten years ago, they had predicted the impending war. So in addition to Jaromar Castle, various large families also built stone walls in residential areas, thus creating a A small fort.

Under the cover of the forest, the central part of the island is actually lined with fortresses.

Each stone fort can also take care of each other, store food inside, and even provide direct access to fresh water from some wells.

Due to ice erosion, the island and the mainland are separated by a waterway, but they are actually connected to each other underground. The fresh water obtained by digging wells on Rügen Island comes from the groundwater system of the continental shelf.

They opened up farms on the island, just like other Slavic tribes. The people here also work together as a big family every time they farm. Now that they have completed the autumn harvest, the warehouses are quite abundant.

Compared with the Danish forces not far away, the people here are more united due to their living habits, have abundant valuable logistics supplies, and are also very confident at this stage.

However, their population is really limited.

With the strength of Rügen Island, there is no problem in dealing with one or two Danish tribes. The locals have also become Vikings and are beginning to approach the Danes in terms of weapons and equipment and even combat.

They all know how to organize shield walls, are equally accustomed to using spears and hand axes, and are equally familiar with building flat-bottomed longships. If they hadn’t spoken a Slavic dialect, they would have looked like

another Danish tribe.

That night, the islanders could not sleep.

In Strad, an important fishing port on the seaside, the name has not changed substantially in this thousand years, and its essence is the settlement of Stralsund. Thousands of fishermen live here.

It is one of the only two large settlements on Rügen Island. People who have long been alert to war issues have organized their belongings overnight and started walking onto the island, heading towards Jaromar Castle.

The island has a large span from east to west, but the coastline is winding and flat from north to south. People who landed on the island did not go too far before reaching a large residential area.

With the influx of people, rumors began to spread, and the island quickly fell into panic.

At the same time, the big leader Uzlaw had gathered the heads of the family, and he gathered nearly fifty people to hold a meeting together.

The unusual celestial phenomenon and the dangers behind it made it impossible to sleep peacefully during the time when one should be sleeping soundly.

In the spacious wooden house under the forest, pottery plates serve as lamps, and after injecting fish oil, people hold meetings in the dark.

They were noisy, the parents were filled with indignation, and there were also some who were so frightened that they didn’t know what to do.

“Stop arguing.” The noise suddenly stopped as the big leader Uzlaw entered the venue and banged the wooden floor hard with the handle of his axe.

After a moment, a person asked loudly and impatiently: “What should we do? The evil people from the East are really coming this time.” “It’s

still noisy, right?! Shut up and listen to me!”

Uzlaw shouted like a shout. The scolding made the venue quiet enough, and he also hoped that this stern voice would demonstrate his will and determination.

“Now!” He began to preach easily: “Anyone standing outside can see the red sky in a corner

, and standing on the cliff can see the flames spreading on the sea in the east. Anyone who can do all this I heard that there are only Russians. Those Russians who massacred people on Bornholm Island should have really come now.”

It was the big leader who confirmed this, so all discussions on possibilities are meaningless.

It became a fact, and the whole venue immediately exploded. Many people got angry, and everyone’s questions converged into one sentence: “What should we do?!”

“Everyone, sit down! Everyone, sit down.” Uzlaw could only roar and bang the ax, and he continued to roar: “Let’s keep our strength and fight! Yes! The current situation is that we can only survive by fighting. I can say that the fateful day has finally arrived, Fortunately, we have made preparations.”

“Really…are we really going to fight?” Someone began to ask in a low voice.

“What else?” Uzlaw glared, then faced the clansmen whose faces were solemnly illuminated by the dim lights.

He held his long-handled patterned battle ax with both hands, gritted his teeth and growled: “I believe the Russians will be stronger than the Danes, maybe not much stronger. I heard that they are strong because their ships are good. , if they choose to land on the island, they will have to face the fortress we built. If they come to kill us, then their burial place will be under the stone wall. Don’t be too afraid, we are not just passively beaten. ”

What should we do?” At this point, some people can no longer stand the roar of the big leader.

One person raised his head resolutely and asked: “Brothers chose your father to be the leader because they believe in your father’s choice

. We also recognize your succession to the position. But do you really have the confidence to lead us to resist the enemy’s invasion?” ”

You? You? Are you questioning me?!”

“You seem to have shown courage, but you may lead us all to death together!”

“That’s unreasonable.” Uzlaw rose up in anger, holding the battle ax with both hands in a threatening manner.

The threat was immediately met with a strong counterattack, and the speaker stood up and pulled out his rusty dagger, “Uzlaw! It’s better to save your strength to deal with the Russians! If you want to survive, you’d better listen. My opinion. I think that if there is a chance to evacuate, we should not fight a bloody battle with the Russians, even if they have already entrenched themselves at our doorstep.”

Uzlaw gently put down his axe, and said with a hint of ridicule: “This is cowardice I can’t afford to shame this person for his behavior. You are all here, is anyone really willing to be a coward?”

When asked about this matter, the majority of the heads of the families sitting here were still the main combatants. After a simple discussion After a vote, those who were hesitant voted in favor of alert and fighting, while those who wanted to flee finally shut up.

Uzlaw smoothed his curly hair and beard. He was very satisfied with the result of the vote and said deliberately: “Perhaps, we should tie the coward to the altar and use his blood to sacrifice to the great god. But the blood of the coward may make the god angry. , the matter ends here. Since all of you have chosen armed defense in times of crisis, let’s do it!”

Because Rügen Island has powerful forces in three directions that can annex it, not only have there been wars, but they have already happened in recent years It gets so extreme that the killing ax falls on everyone’s head

.

Either the clan perishes in silence, or it rises in silence.

Although the islanders planned a retreat, they organized a fleet to forcefully enter the Oder River and seek refuge with the Llutich Alliance.

That was also the escape plan after defeat. There was no reason for everyone to surrender without a fight.

Besides, if tactics are used properly, everyone may not be defeated in one battle.

Uzlaw didn’t know the intentions of the Russians. He could only judge that those abnormal celestial phenomena were caused by the Russian army. It was difficult to judge why the Russians came.

But their location is the eastern exit of the waterway, and there is a high probability that they will go deep into the waterway!

The northern part of Rügen Island is winding and full of cliffs. The landing area there is very difficult. Both sides of the inner water channel are extremely flat. The large amount of sand and gravel is very suitable for long boat landing.

Stride Village is an important fishing village, and almost all the ships on the island are anchored there. The fact that the Russians blocked the eastern exit does not mean that the islanders can urgently take a boat to leave through the western exit, because going west will only hit the Danish forces. Ships and sailing in wider seas are not the strong point of the Rügen Islanders at all, and everyone will be wiped out by the Danes in the open sea.

It seemed that Rügen Island was tightly blocked by the Russians who suddenly appeared, like a fish in a small pottery urn.

But Uzlaw also saw another possibility.

“We are fighting a war of attrition with them! We have basically stocked up on supplies for the winter, and it doesn’t matter even if we lose the fishing village this year. We organize a fleet to fight them near Stride Island first. We pretend to be invincible, After a fight, everyone rushed to the island. We guided them to the fortress. Anyway, there was no way they could break through our fortress.

We hard with them here. When the first snow started, I didn’t believe that the Russians would still be there.

Don’t leave here! Maybe the Winter God will freeze them to death.”

In the desperate situation, people felt that this big leader who had never fought in a war was rarely smart.

Everyone completely forgot that severe winter is also a weapon. Now that they suddenly think of it, they feel much more optimistic.

At least the fortresses across the island can accommodate all residents to survive the winter. Can the Russians just build a shack to survive the winter?

Do they have enough food?

Are their bodies really resistant to freezing?

“I estimate that it will only take seven days. As long as we hold on for seven days and kill a group of them under the stone wall, we can force them to retreat and we will be safe.”

People are deeply concerned about who will do the main battle tomorrow .

As a bait, it is natural that the brothers from Strider should be responsible for this task.

In exchange, the warriors pretended to be defeated and then retreated to the fortress. With Jaromar Castle as the core, all the people fought against the landing enemies. When the battle entered a period of attrition, all people from Stride would receive stable food. .

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netMen, women and children, all who can afford arms must defend their homes.

Although the great leader himself had never fought in a war, he had made up his mind that his entire family would go into battle.

Uzlaw had made up his mind, and he decided to lead a group of warriors to stand on the shore and supervise the fleet of Stride villagers to fight the Russians.

When the battle entered a feigned retreat, he led the people to retreat as a big leader to prevent chaos.

The abacus was good, but

the only flaw was that Uzlaw only had hearsay about Rose. He knew nothing about Rose’s reality and was overly optimistic about his own strength.

Similarly, Ross was ignorant of the reality of Rügen, and Rurik even misjudged that they might just be a larger group of fishermen.

It was all a misjudgment, and both sides were on high military alert.

Having no energy to sleep anymore, Rügen Island began an overnight mobilization, and a large number of people began to return to Straide Island.

Uzlaw wanted to gather all the longships of his clan to start a war with the Russians who were likely to break into the waterway. To this end, he and his clansmen rarely showed super strong mobilization and execution capabilities.

[End of This Chapter.]