Rise of Rurik - Chapter 642

[Chapter 643 A sneak attack on the sixty-year-old veteran]

Otto’s guys all have big beards, they all look like old men, and many of them still have strong combat effectiveness.

Their image awes the people of White Tree Manor and fears the people of other manors.

The old fellows are not the same now, all of them have steel swords, and some crossbows are also equipped.

Many people wore chain mail, and some even spent money to hang iron plates on the armor rings, which are called iron fish scales.

Otto is such an extremely defensive person. He wears a suit of chain armor converted into scales. For the current Otto, its decorative value is actually better than combat, and it has become a symbol of meritorious service.

He is dressed in bear fur and scale armor with thick metal texture. His gray beard flutters in the wind, and he holds a patterned steel sword stuck in the mud with both hands. He is really an image of an experienced veteran soldier.

Even, like a god of war, even though he is old.

Even though Otto is old, he has brought people here twice a year for more than 20 years. In recent years, his actions in the Novgorod area have become more and more outrageous, making the locals even more fearful!

Ordinary farmers don’t know much about the situation here. They only know that the Varyagros are stronger and that the tribute they asked for, that is, the burden on their shoulders has changed from pebbles to boulders.

They have always shown strong forbearance, and it is difficult for native nobles such as Borudne to perceive this. Only Vadim has noticed that this may be a strong force.

Vadim and his men were busy sharpening their knives, and he quickly hatched a plan to suck blood from the knife.

More than sixty people gathered in a claustrophobic cabin sheltered by the woods, young boys each armed with daggers, axes, and even sharpened wooden blades.

Vadim frowned, and under the watchful eyes of everyone, he pulled out his dagger and slammed it on the wooden floor. The dull sound startled everyone and made the oppressive atmosphere even more suffocating.

“Brothers, I have already thought about it. This is a desperate job. Since you all recognize me as the eldest brother, just do as I say.”

The young people looked at each other, they were all close friends, but when it came to the juncture of their lives, it was impossible not to be afraid.

Someone raised his head and said: “Let’s do it. My house was burned by them, my father was killed by them, and my sister was taken away by them. My life is dead. If I can kill a Ross, my revenge will be considered successful.” .”

Someone started, and others responded one after another.

Vadim’s eyes are still wide open, but the brother in front of him can speak harsh words now, even if he really faces the Ross people, does he have the courage?

“Listen to my arrangements now. My father will receive the Ross people in my mansion, and that old immortal Otto will definitely come. Don’t worry, my father’s private soldiers all recognize me as the young master, and they all listen to me. I plan them During the discussion, we rushed to assassinate Otto! Kill the Ross people in front of us at any cost! After we succeed, we will destroy their ships. Then we can publicly say that the children of the God of Lake Ilmen will never be slaves !”

It seems that as long as Vadim’s arrangement is followed, the Ross people who come this year are thinking fools, and everything seems to be going smoothly.

Vadim looked at his fellows again. He noticed the trembling in some people’s eyes and knew that it was a sign of cowardice.

“I think there are still cowards among you. You have never killed people, not even sheep. I will not force you, but cowards are not my brothers, so get out now! Cowards are not worthy to fight with me!”

His words were very severe, and he behaved like a terrible Varyag. No matter how frightened the people in the wooden house were, no one escaped.

Vadim felt that his actions were brave, and he was angry for the entire Novgorod people.

However, the actions of a maximum of one hundred young people should be limited, unless more farmers are called to revolt.

As for how to summon the farmers, Vadim believes that this is something he can do.

He continued to arrange: “When you go back, contact your friends and try to persuade the farmers and fishermen to take up arms, even sticks. Let them be ready, and when we start to move, let them attack the boats of the Ross people .Organize the torches and burn the ship! Or just take their ship!”

This matter is obviously more exciting than assassinating Otto!

Everyone looked at each other and whispered to each other. After exchanging opinions, they all felt that only by doing so could they defeat the Ross people.

Vadim was more cautious: “I will do more than that. I will personally go to the debtors and make them fight to pay off their debts. I will call them right away, I will raise an army. When we fight back I am the prince of Novgorod without the Rus people. You are all my brothers, and it will be beneficial for me to fight in the future.”

Apparently the young Vadim bet on this fight.

Back then, he was kicked to the ground by Otto. The elder brother who died was a coward, and his father tried to make ends meet. The sisters who were taken away by the Ross must have become miserable slaves.

In the past few years, he has been sharpening his knife silently, but as he grows older, the cutting-edge knife is no longer aimed at the Ross people, but also the traitor’s White Tree Manor.

And, his appeasement father, Borudne.

Vadim will also take his place, and finally become the prince in Novgorod in Lake Ilmen!

He is indeed not a dreamer, he took his cronies to recruit death squads after a small meeting.

Everyone in the Pine Needles Manor knew that Vadim would inherit the manor lordship, but this nobleman condescended to visit ordinary people and even debtor serfs, and even live for a long time!

He gathered a group of serfs who owed debts and declared decisively: “Your debts are all forgiven! In exchange, take up arms and follow me to fight the Ross people.”

At first they were afraid, and some people suspected that the young man had not taken up his father’s burden, and his words were not trustworthy.

Unexpectedly, Vadim is still raising the chips.

But for those who participated in the war, all debts were forgiven, and a Ross was rewarded for killing, and the iron tools removed from the corpse were also owned by individuals.

This is still not the end. Vadim explained all the burdens on ordinary people as the plundering of the Rus, and attributed the poverty to the crimes of the Rus.

“They are afraid of us only because we have a large number of people in our manor. They plunder our wealth, hoping that we are all sick and make us powerless to resist. My answer is! Fight! For your women and children, for wealth, and for them Fight!”

The same rhetoric Vadim preaches deliberately around the poor.

And as a nobleman, he promised the people great benefits, which other nobles could not do.

When one armed man faces the Russians or fear, a hundred armed men gather together to cheer each other up and have morale.

So, what about five hundred?

Perhaps the power to destroy everything like a flood.

There is no way, the ordinary life by Lake Ilmen severely restricts the formation of this young warrior, and he has no idea of the true strength of the Ross people!

It is precisely in this way that Vadim has the courage and firmly believes that he has a chance of victory.

Ross Otto and his Sogon fleet will soon enter Lake Ilmen, and enter the so-called urban area of Novgorod, the core area of the so-called Pine Needle Manor.

Vadim didn’t dare to gather fighters too ostentatiously, he was sure that his actions would not be noticed by his father, and of course his time was very limited.

But how is it possible?

!

Borudne knew that his son was planning something. He actually hoped that Vadim would lead his brothers to overthrow the Rus’ hegemony when he grew up. He just felt that the time was not ripe, even if the time was right now.

He wishfully believed that his son was just accumulating strength, and it would be a few years before he rebelled against the Ross people.

Borudne was busy preparing the tribute, hoping to get rid of the Ross people early.

He never expected that Vadim had gathered more than a hundred people from the farm next door.

There is no other reason, Vadim insists on going his own way, so as an in-law, everyone in the farm next door is in danger.

Since the battle is inevitable, I believe that Vadim can succeed, and the residents of the farm next door are tantamount to being coerced into Vadim’s team.

After all, it is self-evident who will get huge benefits after defeating and eradicating the strength of the Ross people, and when Vadim becomes queen himself.

In name, he has a thousand armed men, but it seems that this group of guys can only fight with the wind.

The key to victory lies in my assassination, and Vadim and all eighty young warriors he has painstakingly assembled are ready.

Even if they don’t look like soldiers, they are as simple as wearing simple weapons.

But it’s the sloppy look that is the most deceptive.

On the other hand, Otto stayed at White Tree Manor for three days to recharge his batteries. This time, he took two hundred brothers and continued to sail on the Volkhov River. In front of him is the great lake of Ilmen, and the pine needles that will be the focus of tribute immediately manor.

These old guys didn’t look very old a few years ago. Otto brought so many people on this trip, and he also thought it was just collecting taxes. Pine Needle Manor is a bunch of idiots. He and his brothers stood on the shore, watching Anyone who sees them will be scared to diaper their pants.

The old guys are generally in their fifties, and some of them are still included in the second banner team because of their thick and strong feet.

Rurik felt that the “Sunset Reds” of the Second Banner Team could no longer fight for a few more years. They should all settle down and do what they could, such as teaching young children some fighting skills and life experience, doing some The low-energy work provided Ross with a spare heat.

Even if they are old-age, Rurik claims that he has enough financial resources to guarantee their daily meals.

But they are fighters, and real fighters can’t bear charity, and many of them would rather die in battle when they are old and strong.

The group of their old friends came with the big ship aggressively. When the five large sailing ships headed by the Spellosvillea suddenly appeared on the big lake, the Slavic canoes all retreated.

Many women evaded with their children, and some bold cowherd boys stood on the shore full of reeds, watching the arrival of the Ross people’s big ship dully.

Hearing that the Ross people were coming, Borudne hurriedly recruited his cronies and hosted a banquet in his mansion for Otto.

At the same time, he also sent people to rule over the common people. In order to avoid casualties caused by the sudden fury of the Ross people, men, women, old and children could flee into the forest with their clothes as soon as possible.

Rose’s big ship deliberately chose a slightly steeper lakeshore to drop anchor, and a group of bearded old guys disembarked with shields and swords.

Many people guarded the big boat and set up small camps on the shore. There were more than a hundred of them. Their subsequent task was to support the trolleys of the Pine Needle Manor and transport the tribute to the boat.

Otto was in a good mood. He led more than fifty people in full armor to Borudne’s mansion.

Because I heard some news from the White Tree Manor that Borudne despises the White Tree Manor, and his pet dog is despised, can a dog owner bear it?

Otto and his men walked into the empty village, and they heard the sporadic barking of dogs and the cooing of chickens.

It’s very quiet here, apparently the village name just escaped.

The people of Ross have long been surprised that they are not expensive, because many of their houses were demolished a few years ago because of their fury, and in the following years to collect tributes, the villagers ran to the woods to hide.

There is nothing to say to those ordinary Ottos, his goal is Borudne.

No, Borudne in fur has already waited respectfully with his people.

Otto stepped forward arrogantly, it seemed that only his beard was graying, but his whole body was still strong.

“Are the tributes ready?” he yelled very bluntly in Slavic.

“It’s done. My lord, please enter the room and talk.”

Borudne’s face was submissive, and the face of the armed entourage beside him was livid with fear, as if he had been constipated for many days.

Otto didn’t think much of it, and strode up to the wooden fence with his men.

In the end, they entered someone else’s territory, and the old soldiers took off their shields one after another. This was the instinct of the soldiers, and they all took certain precautions.

Otto entered the house, and Borudne immediately presented a young woman to his service.

But Otto has long been reluctant to approach women, and he choked Maggie’s neck and threw it to Borudne.

“Your wife is dead, and now you have a new love. You’d better play by yourself! I want tribute, I don’t have time to stay here.”

Hearing this, Borudne was delighted, at least the old Otto has always kept his word for so many years.

He was very happy that old Otto patted his clothes and left after taking the tribute this year. The God of Plague might invite him away easily.

However, just as Borudne announced that he would immediately go to the warehouse to lift the prepared tribute, Vadim, who had already prepared, started!

Because there were armed men hidden in those seemingly empty houses, Vadim and his death squad let Otto’s team go, seeing that there were not many of them, they immediately gained confidence.

There was also a group of armed men gathered in the village. Some of them assisted Vadim, and the other part hid in the woods near the berth of the Ross ship. After Vadim took action, he would try to seize the ship.

“Guys, the old man is already in. Come with me, we’ll go in through the back door!”

Vadim led his brothers in covert action, and they were surrounded by guards stationed at the back door of their mansion.

After all, he is the next owner of the manor, and the guards can only accept their fate.

No one can stop Vadim’s actions, plus the sudden appearance of a hundred death squads of the Guard Nevadim.

More than a dozen young men with daggers and axes suddenly rushed into the hall, and rushed at the Ross people who were sitting quietly with weapons indiscriminately.

Everything was sudden. Some veteran soldiers were stabbed in the unprotected neck by a dagger, blood spurted out, and the scene was instantly horrific.

As the messenger of everything, Vadim rushed to the front, and when he saw Otto’s old face, he rushed over with his dagger in both hands.

“Go to hell! Old man!”

His iron sword hit Otto’s side ribs, and just as Otto realized it was too late.

The dagger hit Otto, but it was a deflection, causing Vadim to fall to the side.

Vadim couldn’t imagine that the old man still had an iron armor?

He fell to the ground, intending to continue fighting with the already bent sword in his hand.

Otto had already reacted, the scabbard directly blocked Vadim’s slash, picked up his heavy boots, kicked Vadim again after five years, and his head was buzzing.

The whole hall was in chaos, Borudne’s mind went blank and he yelled.

The fighting young men also screamed and fought the Ross people, and at the same time the whole mansion was surrounded by armed men.

At the beginning, there were debtor serfs who rushed to the outdoors to wait for orders. As for the combat skill, their courage was admirable.

After all, he was a veteran of the Second Banner Squad. The Ross veteran who was attacked by surprise was best at killing and fighting in his life.

A soldier died in a sneak attack indoors, and the cramped house also made it impossible to fight, and the Ross people fell into a passive state.

Otto was dragged out of the dangerous room by his brothers, and he cursed: “Borudne! You are asking for your own death!”

Suicide?

certainly.

In the hall there were the corpses of the Ross people, as well as the convulsed bodies of many young men.

Vadim threw down the bent iron sword and picked up the steel sword of the slain Rus.

His mind cleared up a bit and he threw himself into the fight again, so he didn’t care about his father’s old face, which was defeated like a corpse, and continued to yell at the red-faced guys to continue killing.

But in the courtyard, forty Rus protected Otto within a circular shield wall.

What is this crisis?

Even if surrounded by five hundred people, Otto still has the means to escape.

“Brothers, kill any approachers! We retreat to the ships!”

The Slavic warriors who approached the shield wall were always mercilessly assassinated, and the swords of the old Rus warriors were bleeding.

However, there are also guys who are not afraid of death. Even if their bodies are pierced by swords, they still hug a Ross man and pull them out of the shield wall. This kind of sacrifice is a one-to-one exchange, and the old Ross warrior who lost his protection is killed by an axe. , hammer or other weapons.

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The Rus are taking losses and their evacuation has been slowed down.

Everyone is old, the guys insist on fighting, and Otto is forced to join the fight.

The Ross people retreated while fighting, and there were many dead bodies on the ground.

The Slavic warriors suffered a lot of losses. Their trembling hands could no longer hold their short spears steadily. They did not dare to confront the Ross people head-on, but they pursued them relentlessly under the leadership of Vadim.

On the other hand, a group of people suddenly burst out from the woods, and they attacked Rose’s lakeside camp.

Unfortunately, the sneak attack in this area was quickly thwarted.

How to always win if the Ross people are always negligent.

Just like Otto’s mail armor modified with strong defenses, the Ross people by the lake easily avoided the Slavs’ hidden arrows, and then quickly formed a shield wall to withstand the enemy’s charge.

Otto saw the melee that was breaking out by the lake, and he was not worried about his men, because the old soldiers were fighters after all, and the Slavs were being defeated!

The people on the boat used the torsion slingshot on the side to shoot, and the crossbow used precision strikes to cooperate with the soldiers’ wild killing. The armed men of Pine Needle Manor retreated to the dense forest for the time being.

This is an opportunity to retreat!

Otto didn’t know the situation for the time being. He instinctively judged that this place was dangerous. The best way was to withdraw to the ship and regroup at White Tree Manor to take precautions.

The collection of tributes this year has encountered unprecedented setbacks, and plans for bloody revenge have already been brewing in his mind.

The Russians fired arrows to force back the Slavic pursuers, fearing that they would be killed by strange flying stones, so the instigator Vadim had to dodge.

“Run away! Otto, you are a coward!” Vadim yelled loudly, but unfortunately his scolding was drowned out by the shouts of killing, and Otto, who had already boarded the boat, could no longer hear him.

The big ship hoisted its triangular sails, and the Ross people were powerless to retrieve the dead body, but that was nothing!

Veterans seek benevolence and gain benevolence, and death on the battlefield is really the end result of old age.

Since Pine Needle Manor chose war, the expedition to Karelia this year will have to be changed.

The army must attack the Pine Needle Manor to cleanse the dissatisfied.

Otto supported his old waist, standing on the bow of the ship, in addition to being furious, he also felt emotion for this suit of armor.

“The scale armor made of steel plates and lock rings is really useful! It’s worth the big price!”

[End of this Chapter]