Rise of Rurik - Chapter 644

[Chapter 645 A Young Tyrant]

Vadim organized more than 200 people. Since he took the power of his father, his style of doing things is indeed different from that of his husband Borudne.

This young man’s sudden support from a large number of people shows that he has indeed done something right.

The family held some property, and even if Borudne questioned it publicly, Vadim still deliberately entangled a group of people to gather at the door of his warehouse.

He summoned the people and said: “We will fight the Ross people! We can’t defeat them on the water, but we have many people on the shore! I will arm you, and I will lead you to defeat them forever. First, you go in and get your weapons! ”

The thick door was opened, and a large number of farm tools were stuffed in this warehouse.

A sickle for mowing, an ax for logging, and even a collection of pure weapons.

Borudne hugged his head, he wanted to scold his son for being a pedophile, but it was a pity that he had lost his power.

However, he was happy to see his son so brave. If Vadim could completely defeat the expulsion of the Rus, the anger in his life would be released.

Many farmers mounted sharp metals on their wooden sticks, and a large army of spearmen was born.

The assembled crowd was buzzing, and they looked confident of victory.

At that time, Borudne approached the crowd. He still maintained his arrogance, raised his head and said solemnly: “Farmers! This is a reward from my family. You must fight with my son if you get a good weapon! Stop, those who dare to be cowardly are traitors. The wives and daughters of the traitors will be… will be expelled!”

Borudne has figured it out, and he is building momentum for his son.

Unexpectedly, Vadim was very dissatisfied with his father’s sudden interference, even if it was for his own good.

Vadim blatantly issued a more radical order: “All the people of Pine Needle Manor, high and low, men and women must take up arms. If anyone is cowardly or a traitor, their children will be killed! Their property All the fields will be confiscated! He will be tied up and burned to death!”

Vadim’s eyes were wide open, and the armed people thought that this kid dared to attack the Rus, what else would he not dare to do?

This warning is absolutely serious!

Everyone has no choice but to join the war!

As expected, he did what he said, so he took the so-called elite group of 200 elite soldiers consisting of old friends of the same age and old private soldiers under his father’s command, and took the lead in recruiting troops at Pine Needle Manor.

Men between the ages of twelve and sixty are included in the conscripts, and young women must also take up arms.

But there are always people who feel that this so-called counterattack against Rose is a complete mistake.

At the beginning, it was just someone complaining, but Vadim’s minions heard the complaints, and immediately arrested five people to try to make an example to others.

People from the Pine Needle Manor and neighboring manors gathered in a sparse forest and stood in this grassy field.

The five people were tied to tree stumps, and ropes were tied around their mouths so that they could not speak.

Many people estimated what was going to happen, and they whispered, unable to do anything about what happened to the chained people, they could only feel that some things really couldn’t be said.

Borudne and even his in-laws are now powerless to stop Vadim.

“Is this kid crazy? Instead of attacking the Ross people, kill people on the farm first? Is my daughter married right?” The father-in-law can only whisper now.

Borudne was very worried. He opposed Vadim’s indiscriminate killing. Even Liwei, what is the difference between this violent method and the Varyags?

Vadim knew what he was doing, and he knew that there was no turning back.

He was wearing a captured Rus war robe, with a leather helmet on his head and a steel sword in his hand. In the eyes of everyone, this kid looked like a real Varyag.

“Children of the God of Lake Ilmen, when I was going to lead you to resist the tyranny of the Ross people, some traitors actually jumped out! I said long ago that those who refuse to fight are traitors. Today, these five traitors must die!”

Public opinion was in an uproar, but the people were afraid of Vadim’s private soldiers and did not dare to act rashly.

The tied people struggled vigorously. Whether they cursed or tried to justify themselves, the five people with ropes tied around their mouths were powerless.

Vadim had to do more than just execute five people.

“Bring those people! Let the priests come!”

After a while, the armed men escorted more than a dozen people, including women and children. They were driven away crying, and then all sat on the ground.

Some people even fainted directly.

Ten male priests pulled some firewood, and some were armed and pushed a cart full of wood blocks.

Soon, a pyre was built.

Everyone doesn’t know what Vadim is going to do, maybe just a sacrifice?

wait!

Is this guy asking for human sacrifice?

The people who realized this were retreating because of fear, but Borudne stepped forward in shock, trying to persuade his son not to go too far.

As a father, Borudne supported Vadim’s shoulders and shook wildly: “Are you crazy? There is something wrong with your head! In the manor I rule, I will not be stupid enough to kill my own people!”

“They are traitors!” Vadim bared his teeth like a bear, “Traitors must die, and so must cowards.” Immediately he pushed his father away.

Borudne pointed at the women and children, “Aren’t you still going to kill them?”

“I said it! The families of traitors and cowards must die too. The war is imminent, and I will not allow cowards in the army!”

Listen, Borudne is furious.

With a sullen face, Borudne stretched out his right hand to give Vadim a big slap in the face, and this palm directly knocked over the captured helmet.

Vadim was knocked down, he got up and suddenly drew his sword, and stabbed his father Borudne fiercely, just like the assassination of Otto a few days ago, but his own father did not have a well-protected iron armor.

Borudne couldn’t believe it at all. Seeing the fatal wound on his body, he spurted out a mouthful of old blood in a hurry. After a while, he rolled his eyes and fell to the ground suddenly…

The crowd that was still humming just now was silent for a moment, and everyone was dumbfounded, even including the soldiers who obeyed Vadim’s orders.

Who would have thought that this kid would actually kill his father?

When Vadim saw his father’s motionless body, he woke up from the rage, but it was too late.

He pulled out the blood-dripping sword and threw the blood sacrifice away.

When it was done, he would make mistakes and immediately announced in public: “He is stopping me, he is not worthy to be my father! I! Vadim Borudnovich, is your prince! My orders are absolute. , all those who try to justify traitors and cowards must be killed! Only then will we really have the courage to defeat the Varyags!”

Vadim looked at the crowd in a daze, then turned his head and ordered to the stunned subordinates: “Execute! Kill these women!”

They dared not refuse, and were completely intimidated by the young Vadim’s aura.

As everyone knows, if these private soldiers stand up to assassinate Vadim, the fear will dissipate.

They will not oppose Vadim against their own interests, and start a public murder with an ax in their hands.

The onlookers turned their faces away, secretly calling Vadim a butcher, as if he was a butcher wearing Ross clothes.

Many people simply passed out at the scene, and some fled directly.

The five people who were tied up watched their family members being killed. They shook their bodies violently and even scratched their bodies with the hemp rope.

The bloodied corpses were thrown on the firewood, and the priests lit the fire while shivering, while the thick smoke covered their trembling bodies, and the crackling of the flames also covered their stuttering prayers.

Vadim knew that there was no retreat at all, and as a tyrant, he would do it to the end.

He also ordered that all five people be killed with spears in a short while.

The traitor and his family members were all executed, and the blood and fire made Vadim’s tyrant true colors!

Under the threat of this madman, the entire Pine Needle Manor and neighboring farms were mobilized, and no one dared to say any words of rejection.

Vadim now directly has a theoretical army of 3,000 people, and his conscription is still in progress.

The army of Pine Needle Manor issued orders one by one along the lakeside. In fact, Vadim sent messengers to visit each manor after assassinating Otto.

Regardless of whether those manors figured it out or not, Vadim arrived directly with the army.

He stood in front of the village and ordered the people to appear en masse.

Vadim pointed at the local manor owner with his sword: “I give you two choices, either organize all men to join my army to fight against Ross, or be killed by me!”

However, did Vadim, a patricide fanatic who claimed to be a prince, really want to beat the Rus people?

Besides, everyone just paid tribute to the Ross people and the years will be peaceful, so why fight them?

Going to war against Ross was clearly an adventure at Pine Needle Manor, and it was this lunatic who took everyone to jump into the fire.

It’s a pity that my own strength is really weak.

Under pressure, the manor owner could only announce that he would form an army of 200 men, claiming that this was the only force that the weak farmer could produce.

Soon, a group of new armed men stood up. This was a “big army” supporting Vadim, who was dispatched by him in principle to fight against Ross.

On the surface it does.

Vadim didn’t think much about it, he inspected the new armed men, and led the army to the second farm and the third farm…

There are as many as 20 farms around Lake Ilmen, and the number of residents by the lake has actually reached 50,000!

If you count the farms hidden in the surrounding woodlands, the population of the entire Novgorod region is as high as 200,000.

Their population is huge, but it is a plate of scattered sand, broken like cracked and hardened land.

Vadim didn’t have time to gather people from afar, he recruited troops by the lake.

Bad news always comes at the first time. For example, the mouth of the Volkhov River is guarded by a large Russian ship, and Ross has already taken war alert!

Secondly, the viciousness of Vadim’s patricide and murder of priests spread all over the lake. Even if he had the purpose of killing the traitor Liwei and integrating the army to fight back against Ross, the way he did things was really ruthless!

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Borudne is a greedy and mean person, and he has a brutal attitude towards other manors. Unexpectedly, his son will go further and become a tyrant directly.

The various manors said they would support it on the surface, but how did Vadim know about this behind the scenes.

However, a group of special businessmen actually jumped out!

They have blond hair and are mostly dressed in colorful cloth.

They hold iron swords and battle axes, everyone has a huge round shield, and the leather helmet with a large nose guard directly shows their identity.

They are also Varyags.

But they are another group of Varyags different from the Rus.

Vadim has led the team to the southernmost tip of the huge Ilmen Lake. There is a river here. After going upstream to the source and walking for another day, you will reach the Dnieper River, not far from Smolensk.

The new Varyag merchants did not come from Novgorod.

This group of merchants came in two long boats by a waterway leading to the west.

When the leading warrior saw that Vadim and his men were actually wearing clothes similar to their own, they immediately felt a sense of intimacy.

A man named Harold Androdson had swapped his merchant clothes for combat attire.

They temporarily lived in this farm to sell their own things, and they were interested in the news that they might start a war with the Ross people.

They pushed aside the people of the farm and stood proudly before Vadim.

Harold Androdsson held out his ax and yelled directly in Norse: “Look at you, are you also our brother?”

Vadim immediately spoke back in Cyrillic.

Harold and his group of armed merchants all knew Slavic, so they simply asked and answered in this language.

“You came with an army, are you a noble from this lake area?” Harold asked.

“Exactly! I am the prince of Novgorod, and I am the only ruler. Are you Varyag merchants?”

“Yes.” After that, Harold had to take a closer look at the young man. He looked into the young man’s eyes, and he could be sure that this young man had blood on his hands, and he was not an ordinary person.

Vadim was also looking at the other party. He heard that the Rus people entered the lake area in this way a long time ago, but they showed their fangs later, and everyone had to pay tribute every year.

The Varyags are dangerous, and if they can be exploited, the situation will change.

Vadim had an idea: “I allow you to do business in my territory, please tell me where you are from.”

“From where? Pskov! We come from Pskov in the west.”

It was Pskov, which was rare.

Vadim knew Pskov, a lakeland settlement in the west that resembled the inhabitants of Lake Ilmen.

A group of Slavs who speak the same language live on the banks of Lake Chud, where Varyags have long been patronized.

It’s just different from Novgorod. Mrs. Psko hasn’t let the Varyags succeed, and hasn’t been searched every year.

Vadim gave a statement: “A group of Rus and our traitors formed an army. They want to attack us and occupy this lake area. They will kill people everywhere. Once the Rus succeed, you should not think about doing business.”

“Ridiculous! We have to do business, and anyone who dares to stop us will kill them!” Harold said these words deliberately, and deeply concealed his surprise.

Vadim thought that this group of people were cautious about fighting, but in fact he was more worried.

“Okay, you join my army and we will fight together.”

Harold nodded, but there are benefits to being a mercenary.

He asked: “War for you, young prince of Novgorod, what benefits can you give our brothers?”

“What do you want? I respect you, you are all great fighters.”

“We want lots of honey, calico, hides. And, slaves.”

“These are not problems.” Vadim replied very decisively, “The northernmost Pine Needle Manor is a shameful traitor, but they have many beautiful women. I plan to destroy them. As for the prisoners, they are all yours. You can make a big fuss Windfall!”

Harold was moved on the spot, and then looked at the more than 30 brothers under his command. Everyone looked at each other and then laughed.

“Do you… have any opinions?” Vadim asked blankly.

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“We’ve done it! Who are we going to fight with? The Rus? I’ve heard some news that the Rus are a tough enemy. You dare to fight them. Boy, you are brave.”

“I have no fear!” Vadim held his chest high, not knowing that Harold, the Varyag from Pskov, had something to say.

As a free Varyag businessman, or a group of Vikings who are mainly engaged in eastern trade, Harold and his group don’t know that it is impossible for the Ross people.

As the leader, he dared to take risks, but the Ross people killed the king of Denmark and let them occupy a large area of the sea, making the adventures of him and the old buddies very frightening.

Harold asked again and again, and established that the young prince Vadim wanted to fight Ross.

It is stupid for the brothers to fight against Ross. Which Varyag does not know the Rose Principality that has risen in recent years?

The arrogant Danes have to bear it now.

The western trade terminal of Harold and his group is Hedeby, Denmark (near Schleswig), and the local group of guys who worship Sirius like oriental goods.

They were active in Pskov, Novgorod, and Smolensk, and escorted captive Slavic women along the Dnieper River to sell at the Sevastopol market controlled by Eastern Rome.

They had to beware of the sneak attacks of the Slavs along the coast, and the Khazars on horseback when they entered the grasslands, and they had to keep a low profile after arriving in the Roman-controlled area.

Harold really knew that the group of black-haired nobles in Rome liked “golden cats”. Abducting Slavic women was easy to be beaten and killed by local manor residents, and they always did things quietly.

Now, there is still such a good thing to attack a farm justifiably, kidnap women and transport them to Rome in the south?

Vadim didn’t understand that it was true that Harold and the Varyags fought wars, but they took advantage of the fire to loot.

But he didn’t care about that much, he needed a strong army to join, even if it wasn’t many.

[End of this Chapter]