Rise of Rurik - Chapter 656

[Chapter 657 This is the strangulation after breaking the city]

The Pine Needle Manor, which was completely breached, showed its soft belly to the wolf-like Ross army, cut it with a sharp knife, and immediately broke its heart.

The army of the manor was completely defeated, and the heads of those last resisters were all chopped off, and their courage was also wiped out.

The Ross army who entered the manor killed wantonly, and the whole scene was like hell…

Is this the revenge the folks long for?

Svetlana was standing outside the manor holding a crossbow, surrounded by the corpses of her enemies, the girl’s heart was strongly shocked.

She has been suppressing the discomfort in her stomach and persevering with willpower in order not to be embarrassed, but it is completely impossible for her to enter the manor to cause greater damage.

Rurik held the dagger, saw that the main force had already entered the manor, so he deliberately entered with his trusted guards.

“Lanna. Let’s go! Go and see that all the enemies in your manor have been wiped out by me.”

Rurik said this very coldly, and he glanced sideways at Svetlana’s impassive, wide-open eyes, and saw the girl’s panic.

“What? You dare not now?”

“I… I’m afraid.”

“Afraid? You have no right to be afraid. The women around me must be Valkyries. If you really want to be my wife, follow me! Otherwise…”

Rurik thought for a while, and obviously the girl was already frightened, so he didn’t bother to say anything, took the sword away, grabbed Svetlana’s elbow, and forcibly dragged her forward, as if insisting on letting her see what happened. For the tragedy.

The girl’s legs were trembling and she 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 had a relationship with the Ross people was never something that a girl could control. of.

At least for now, Lanna has no intentions. She just wants to please Rurik, the new leader of Ross, according to her father’s request, and have an intimate relationship with her to have a child at the right time.

She never imagined that she would have to participate in bloody battles as a female warrior, using deadly weapons, so that her boots were stained with blood mixed with the dead.

Here, the tortuous road is like the terrible underworld described by the priests, and the sounds of killing and wailing are everywhere in my ears.

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

To be honest, Rurik was shocked to see the tragedy right before his eyes.

His heart was shocked again, but he has no fear after having experienced many bloody battles.

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

The girl shuddered and hugged Rurik’s arm tightly with a frightened expression.

“You? Really don’t know?”

“I… don’t know. I’ve never been to their… estate. The biggest building, I think, is probably the granary. And…”

“What else?”

“Every household has surplus food. I… want to leave this ghost place.”

“That can’t be done.” Rurik shook her hand vigorously to throw her away completely, 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, your will will Be firm, and you won’t be afraid of something in the future.”

Svetlana was noncommittal, her nod was feeble.

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

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

What Rurik needs is such a face brushing effect, but the most important thing is to find the granary of Pine Needle Manor.

In the bloody battle outside the manor, the army of Pine Needle Manor and its allies was almost wiped out. Only a small part of their group of armed farmers had the experience of hunting bears together, and most of them were on the battlefield for the first time.

This is the first time that a large army is assembled to fight, and what they encounter is the main force of the Ross army that has swept across Finland, the Nordic seas, and Britain. How can there be no reason not to lose a lot?

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

The disaster at Pine Needle Manor was still intensifying. Some women and children were fleeing frantically with a few small things. As a result, as soon as they left the farm, they encountered land reinforcements from the Ross people.

The white tree, the calf, and the fisherman, these hard-core allies of the Principality of Ross, saw the collapse of the Pine Needle Manor with their own eyes, and it appeared like a piece of fat in front of them. How could the brothers not take a bite?

To be honest, White Tree Manor was squeezed out, and the past days of Calf and Fisherman Manor also depended on the face of Pine Needle Manor, the most populous manor.

As the saying goes, the Varyagros people only come for a short time every year, but their pine needle manor is always there.

When the eight hundred of them saw the escaped refugees, all the men yelled, “Kill these people! Loot their property!”

They shouted all kinds of slogans, all kinds of weapons were aimed at the front, and a large group of people trotted all the way, forming a wide and chaotic formation and charging away.

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

The sun hangs in the west, and the sunset glow is illuminated into blood red.

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

Some spacious and huge thatched houses standing on a matrix of wooden piles are all in sight. The thick wooden door was kicked open by the warrior, and through the dim light, one can see that there are stacked sacks inside.

Rurik went in and took a look. He subconsciously thought that this was the oat warehouse, so he stabbed at it with his sword.

The sword became a “grain spy”, and a large number of wheat grains gushed out along the bloodletting groove of the short sword like a stream.

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

Look at Svetlana again, the girl has an embarrassed smile on her face.

Of course, it was something to be happy to find a large amount of wheat, but the whole Scarlet Manor was too scary. She felt that there were ghosts of the murdered wandering everywhere, and she wanted to leave as soon as possible.

Grain warehouses were discovered one after another, and as the inspection deepened, some warehouses for storing leather and cloth also appeared.

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

Rurik’s subordinates even found some pottery urns, although they were covered with wooden corks, as long as they put their heads close to them, they could smell the sweet smell that made people tickle.

A mercenary in armor happily opened the cork, held the pottery urn and opened his mouth wide, letting the sticky honey flow out of his mouth.

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Honey is almost the only sweet substance accessible to Nordic people in this era.

The Slavic women who married into Roseburg had in recent years been brewing small amounts of kvass alongside their ale, and the sweetness of the kvass delighted their Ross men.

Where can kvass have pure honey that makes people crazy?

The mercenary warrior ate a stomach full of honey, even if it was sweet, the discoverer tried his best to pour it into his stomach.

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

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

Indeed, this must be the mansion!

The subordinates are counting the approximate amount of grain, 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 shouting outside seems to have nothing to do with this place, and the existence of the wall seems to have no sense of fear here.

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

“It is indeed a hasty escape. Damn, maybe this is Vadim’s home.”

“Did you kill that man?” She asked urgently.

“Perhaps. He’d better die, but I haven’t found the man’s body…”

Rurik’s attention was not on Vadim now, a leader who had lost everything was not threatening, the man’s political life was over.

“You should tidy up this place first,” Rurik said again.

“Me?” Lanna was a little surprised.

“Yes. Be my good woman and throw aside the scattered clothes and sundries. I will meet the soldiers who have done meritorious service here tonight.”

“Ok.”

…

The killing came to an end at the end of the evening, and the Ross army, which had won a big victory, cheered for a while, and then stopped due to exhaustion.

What to do with the rest is up to them. Rurik deliberately indulges his subordinates. Tonight they can plunder as much as they want, and this benefit also brings together those allies.

People holding burning sticks broke into the houses and rummaged through the boxes. Those who were hiding were found, and the killings followed.

Surplus food was taken away, as were all kinds of pottery pots and wooden utensils.

Especially the army from the White Tree Manor. The century-old hatred has been avenged today. They are still poor, so they crazily plunder everything available from the enemy’s corpse. The methods are 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 Ross people and the Balmerks are rough.

They have no shortage of daily necessities, but food and money.

Of course there is no money to be robbed from a group of farmers, but oats are plundered in large quantities!

They used the linen cloth they found to make cloth bags wantonly, and the girdle-shaped backpacks that they carried on their backs filled with sundries have now become large bags for carrying wheat grains.

Some lunatics snatched a hundred pounds of wheat in a daze, and laughed like a fool of two hundred pounds.

Because, even in his hometown, the Duke sells wheat regularly, cheap wheat is not expensive, but each person has a limited amount of purchase, and now the 100 pounds of plundered wheat is his own, and the opportunity to plunder so much wheat at once is too great. rare.

So, who is the biggest winner in this war?

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

As soon as the sun set, Otto and some old buddies aggressively walked into the mansion of the former chief Borudne, where Rurik and Svetlana were currently located.

Coming here again, a strange sense of sigh floated in Otto’s old head.

Goodbye, Rurik’s elite mercenaries not only took control of the mansion, but also confirmed that a large amount of supplies were seized and belonged to the Duke, and he felt gratified.

He grasped the hilt of his sword and walked into the lobby of the mansion where a large number of oil lamps were lit. This place was clearly where the discussion with Borudne was held before. Here, he was delighted to see his son Rurik sitting cross-legged proudly, and the first Svetlana, once a female warrior, leaned on her man’s shoulder.

“Rurik, do you know where this place is?” Otto, who suddenly appeared, asked intentionally.

“Father, are you actually 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 fuss here many years ago, and I was assassinated some time ago. Ah… everything is over. This manor, which has always been against people, was ruled by you, my father and son Complete eradication.”

Doesn’t there seem to be a lot of nostalgia in there?

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

“Is this honey? So much?” Otto was taken aback.

“It’s honey.”

“Damn! Damn Borudne and stupid Vadim, don’t we pay tribute to these delicacies sooner?”

Otto didn’t care about getting his hands dirty, so he dug out honey and ate it. After he was satisfied, he returned it to the old man around him to enjoy. Then he stuck out his tongue and licked his fingers, and even lifted his beard to lick his beard again.

They were busy eating honey, and Rurik casually explained the next arrangement: “We have won the war, and I want to hold a meeting here. I want to govern the entire Novgorod myself, and I want the army to rest on the spot. The most important thing is The place is! I’m going to do a cleanse here.”

“Cleaning?” Otto was a little surprised, “This rebellious manor has been wiped out.”

“More than that.”

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

“Some people must die! Father, if the rebels are not completely wiped out, the rebellion is not really put down, and I am not really ruling directly. I just want to prevent possible new rebellions in the future. I must not let the people of New Roseburg There are no threats around.”

“Whom, then, will your sword strike?”

“I don’t know. But I know, there are many rebels, they should have joined the army of Vadim guys, I am afraid our army moved too fast, they have not had time to participate in the rebellion. They just simply did not move , they must die.”

“So, do you want to send troops to kill them? I advise you to be cautious, killing innocent people indiscriminately must not be your original intention.”

“Yes, I have thought of a strategy, which requires the cooperation of Fisherman’s Manor and Calf Manor. I think they will tell me which manors are hardcore rebels who happened not to participate in the war.”

Otto shrugged: “As you like. If you don’t plan to have a meeting tonight, let me forget it! Fighting is more tiring than logging. You don’t know that there are people resting everywhere outside the wall. Tomorrow Our army will formally and comprehensively clean up the battlefield, and as your father, I know best about the aftermath.”

“Father, I am a child.” Rurik said seriously.

“Yes, at least you have to accompany your woman. Svetlana is the woman I chose for you. I have always had a good eye. Listen, you are the real prince, and you should enjoy the rest after driving out the fakes. The mansion, you two will spend the night here tonight.”

“Forget it.” Rurik lay down on the ground with his whole body relaxed, and let out a long breath as if he had unloaded a heavy burden.

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

A group of soldiers were already cleaning up the battlefield spontaneously. For the time being, they just dragged the dead bodies out of the farm, and left them at the more terrifying battlefield at will.

As for how to dispose of the corpse afterwards, it is natural to bury it in accordance with the customs of the Slavs.

Rus’s army did not respect these enemies, but they did not intend to humiliate them any further.

The war dead were not Vikings, so they were not eligible to be burned to ashes, and even if they were buried, they were not worthy of a tombstone.

The Ross Army has quite a lot of experience in dealing with the enemy’s corpses. For example, in the Glacier War in the East, seven hundred soldiers were killed by the disobedient Ke Wen army, and their bodies were buried in the ground.

Tomorrow, the victors will dig a number of large pits and erect some graves, which is already considered the benevolence of the victors.

[End of this Chapter]