Rise of Rurik - Chapter 661

[Chapter 662 The Situation Is Changing]

An army was gathering, Arik’s First Bannermen.

There were almost no casualties in this army in the previous battles, the wounded were settled temporarily, and the rest of the strong fighters still exceeded 470 people.

They received an important task – armed reconnaissance.

Speaking of reconnaissance, if they suddenly launch an attack, they can achieve huge results if they think about it.

Rurik reminded his brother: “If there are few enemies, you should attack them. If there are many of them, don’t rush to land and fight them.”

How should we understand this?

Aric understood.

There is no need for the huge Russian fleet to stay on the Volkhov River. Except for the Slavs who stayed in Novgorod to continue construction, the real Russian army should return to the original plan and gather at the mouth of the Neva River.

Rurik was about to leave, and Arik’s First Banner was merely the first to evacuate.

However, a heavy summer rain came unexpectedly!

The slightly hot air suddenly dissipated, and it rained heavily amid thunderstorms.

The people welcome this heavy rain in summer. Experience tells them that wheat seedlings that have not yet headed will grow better if they are moistened by heavy rain.

The rainstorm came and went quickly, and the next day there was only a drizzle, and it was obvious that the sky was not far away.

After a delay of two days, the first flag team boarded the ship in the clear morning.

This is an armed reconnaissance to discover and attack the Karelians, and it is obviously inappropriate to use large ships.

The Mercury, the only sailing destroyer with human propeller power, became the flagship of the squadron, followed by the Venus and the Mona.

There are as many as ten traditional longships following.

From any point of view, the combat effectiveness of this fleet cannot be underestimated. If the Karelians also have a fleet, the enemy’s rash attack would be self-destruction.

Rurik didn’t think that the group of Karelians who domesticated reindeer were very smart at all. I’m afraid their military ability is not the same as that of the annihilated Tavastians.

How can the Karelians get the attention of the Rus if they can fight the Suomi evenly?

The squadron furled its sails and drifted north along the river.

The soldiers sang songs, talked and laughed, and ran towards the huge Ladoga Lake. They planned to establish a camp at the mouth of the Great Lake and the Neva River, and then move on.

The trip of Alik and his party was very smooth. They landed, stepped on the gravel lake beach, and lay down on the lakeside like animals to drink the cool lake water.

Some people even jumped in to take a bath, or took out soap to wash linen clothes.

The bonfires were lit one after another, and someone caught a fatty burbot, and the largest one was immediately dedicated to Arik.

Why not accept gifts from brothers?

Arik was feasting on the boneless fish with both hands, and someone chatted here: “I heard that the old prince also wants to build a town in this place, so that the supplies brought from Novgorod can stop here first. I don’t know Will Lord Rurik execute it?”

“Do you think it’s feasible?” Arik said casually.

“Why not?” the man explained, “The lake area here is like an ocean, and we haven’t even found out its northern end. There are a lot of fish here, and we can kill them easily.”

“Yes, there are a lot of fish. Brothers!” Arik emphasized his voice: “Let’s look at the northern end of the Great Lake this time. There must be Karelians there. We found them and attacked immediately.”

“Ah? But my lord, the Duke told us to be cautious.”

“Be cautious? It’s not like binding your hands and feet with ropes. Many of you followed me to attack Gotland, and there were more than 400 people at that time. Were you ever afraid at that time? Now the flagpole hesitates?”

Everyone who speaks like this has nothing to say.

Arik emphasized again: “My brother’s words are just for reference. Brothers, if we annihilate the Karelians, the greatest credit will be yours! Listen to me, I will play by ear.”

They left an obvious trace, and the ruts of the longboat keel were also left on the sandstone lake.

The fleet passed through the mouth of the Neva River and entered here. The thirty Kewen longbowmen accompanying the army, who were not like the Ross people, began to feel inexplicable worries.

Will disaster befall the army?

No, they are simply entering into completely unknown territory and feeling pure fear.

On the Novgorod side, a great and famous city is under construction.

The Slavic men sweated with their arms outstretched, and they sweated a lot, but a lot of salt was spilled into the oatmeal, and no one worried about the loss of salt.

Even this day of eating salt every day is unprecedented for the entire White Tree Manor.

On a clear evening, the soft light of the setting sun sweeps across the lake and the forest, and the people who have worked all day become lazy, but the Varyag people are still high-spirited.

Simply because Rurik had given the order that the army would return to New Roseburg to assemble.

Regus’ home, a warm and dry place.

Svetlana is looking forward to the birth of a new life, although the possibility is relatively low.

There is always no result in having a relationship prematurely, which was entrusted to her by her mother.

But after the wedding was officially completed, she had to leave White Tree Manor and follow her husband Rurik closely.

Even in war.

war?

She is not afraid.

With Lanna who really participated in the battle, she felt that the Ross Valkyrie Sperosvilia had given her strength, and the heavy steel-armed crossbow would make new achievements.

The mentality of the girl is changing rapidly, turning into a Varyag female warrior.

She even looks forward to personally participating in the new conquest war and fighting side by side with Carlota.

Rurik is not in his beloved wife’s boudoir, the men sit together and gather together on the eve of the expedition.

Old Otto drank half a glass of strong wine, and he was sure in a daze that he uttered the truth after drinking.

“I won’t leave this time! Rurik, according to your arrangement, go to your hometown and bring those women of yours here to do important things. Bring your mother and daughter. I just want to retire here.”

Old Ligus was very supportive of Otto’s decision, and now it seemed that this aging old soldier no longer made him afraid, and his mumbled words were even somewhat amiable.

With Otto in charge, it means that the aura of the Ross people is in White Tree Manor, and the manor has a respectable aura to deter dissatisfied.

They chatted a lot, especially that the ten maids would go back to their hometown to count the area of the fields, something that Regus had never heard of.

The old guy was surprised and puzzled: “Can they…can do it? They are just women.”

“They were trained by me personally, they are not ordinary servants at all. Regus, they are my scribes.”

The Duke looked determined, and Rigus didn’t dare to say much.

He still doesn’t believe that those women can make great achievements, but their parents will be shocked when they come back in a beautiful state.

The next day, the departure day.

The Ross army was gathering by the river, and except for some old guys who planned to spend the whole summer with Old Otto in Novgorod (actually they also planned to immigrate and settle down), the rest of the Varyags would temporarily evacuate.

Only one ship, Sperosville, was moored in the river to show its majesty, and soldiers from other ships boarded the ship one after another.

This time it was not Sorgon, the fleet unloaded a batch of rewards instead.

However, the army gained a lot of wealth through the war at Lake Ilmen, so naturally they couldn’t fight while dragging the spoils, so the army moved lightly.

Rurik climbed aboard the Aurora holding his wife’s hand. Seeing his daughter leaving again, Rigus, who looked up, was full of thoughts.

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A few years ago, the Ross ship was not so huge, and the eldest daughter boarded and left.

Wait a minute, are the eldest daughter and grandson in New Roseburg now?

It’s time for the eldest son-in-law Kawei and the eldest daughter Lilia to come back to visit relatives.

The younger daughter now looks exactly like her sister, and she has become a queen.

Noble status is just worthy of this big ship.

The heavy anchor was put away, and the Aurora slowly went down the river.

The people on the shore cheered, and Otto stayed in the crowd. He saw and heard these Slavs cheering and seeing off from the bottom of their hearts.

The Slavs had no fear but goodwill, and finally, the Rus became the masters of this lake area.

The huge fleet successfully arrived at the mouth of the Neva River on Lake Ladoga, and there were obvious signs of fire on the shore. A little investigation showed that this was the work of Aric.

Rurik has long taken a fancy to the strategic value of this place. A permanent fishing village should be built here, and she should be the town of Ladoga or another name.

This will be inevitable, as long as the Karelians are conquered, the entire Ladoga Lake will be completely safe, and the expanding population of the Ross Principality will spawn multiple settlements along the lake.

They did not linger here long, and when the fleet entered the slightly turbulent Neva, the voyage accelerated.

They arrived, and when Rurik landed, they found something strange about New Roseburg!

Rabbit Island is still overgrown with green grass. Opposite the island is the large wall and pier trestle of the main city of New Roseburg.

The entire fleet docked here, and the grand occasion attracted the residents of the city to come out of the city to watch, and even the city wall was full of people.

A group of black-haired dwarves greeted them, and the leader was not Evro himself?

“Who is that? It’s strange.” Svetlana asked curiously.

“This is the Finnish army I enlisted. This way we have a large force and we will win.”

Svetlana didn’t say much anymore. She didn’t believe that these black-haired men were very powerful in combat. Looking at their short stature, they were far weaker than the strong Ross.

Rurik got off the boat, and instead of talking to Governor Konuson, he immediately negotiated with Evlo.

As for Konusson, his son has happily reported to him the counter-insurgency war he participated in.

“How many troops did you bring?” Rurik asked.

Yevro said proudly: “There are currently more than 400 people.”

“Huh? That’s all? It’s not bad, I just ask you to organize a flag team.”

“Listen to my explanation, my lord. Now I rely on only one ship to continuously transfer soldiers from Helminki. You can’t expect their canoes to sail in the sea.”

Rurik nodded, “What is the attitude of the local leader?”

“My father-in-law? They… my lord. We can discuss this in detail in the council hall.”

“Alright. I’m tired, let’s discuss things first, and then I’ll take a good bath…”

The meeting hall in New Roseburg is now also hung with the “RUSDUMA” signboard.

Rurik had a meeting with the ministers here, and he had no intention of lingering and ignoring the politeness, and insisted on asking Yevro about his experience.

He has good news.

“Hehe, I really didn’t expect that old guy to be so cooperative!”

“After all, the Karelians were annihilated, and the Suomi…are the Finns. The Finns have no worries.” Yevro continued to explain.

“So they’ve started the offensive?”

“That’s true. All the men of Suomi have invaded the inherent territory of the Karelians and began to harass their strongholds. It’s just my lord, you must not think that the Suomi people are very powerful. If it’s not my lord, you will lead an army to crusade , They dare not attack by themselves.”

Rurik nodded. The Finns he defined now almost only refer to the Suomi people. Their population is at most 30,000, and all men who can fight are assembled, and their military strength is at most 10,000.

They only had a canoe navy and no navy, so they had to rely on Ross ships to gather at Fort New Rose.

With Evro’s guarantee, Rurik believed that those people joined the war as a whole family, but he didn’t believe that the Suomi could win alone.

This group of guys is an atmosphere group if they are not trained!

“Gavlo, are the people you brought here training?”

“Yes, I trained them to shoot arrows. My lord, they are not tall, so maybe they are suitable to be organized as spearmen. But they are all good at shooting arrows, and with a good crossbow, they will have good combat effectiveness.”

“Crossbow? Forget it. Let them shoot arrows with traditional bows, and I’ll reward them with arrows from iron clusters.”

Yefro understood, he realized that the Duke still couldn’t fully trust the Suomi people.

This is very normal. How can you trust people without the experience of fighting side by side?

It was for this reason that Yevro successfully persuaded the Suomi people to join the war en masse.

On a macro level, the “Finnish Army” has assembled an army of 20,000 people!

When Yevro said this number, everyone burst into laughter.

There are at most 5,000 people with a little fighting power, and most of the rest are cheering.

Even so, Yevro still explained his ambition.

“I intend to bring 1,000 people to form two Suomi banner teams. I train them to shoot arrows, shoot arrows on a big ship, and shoot arrows on land. They will definitely be able to effectively support other brothers.”

The words sounded cheering, but Rurik immediately became worried again: “So many people? What about the food? I have no obligation to give food to the servants.”

“Don’t worry about this. I towed some canoes and they fished and hunted rabbits near the bay. My lord, they have paid more than a thousand rabbit skins as a tribute!” Evro said, and Conuson immediately agreed. support.

A group of servants who bring their own dry food and can fish by themselves are here. Their strength can reach a thousand?

This is not the so-called number of people, but a real thousand people.

Yevro provided the most crucial information.

“My lord, I learned about the core of the Karelian people in Suomi’s hometown.”

Rurik trembled all over: “Where is it?”

“North of the Great Lake, indeed. I know that the Karelians have several allied tribes. The largest probably has a city near the lake. They are good at hunting bears.”

“Do they dare to claim to be good at catching bears? Well, their core is called Bear City?”

“This, I don’t know.”

Yevro also said a lot, and his information and recruitment work is very gratifying.

Rurik was very satisfied, and it was indeed suitable for this man’s heir to be the hereditary earl of Finland.

The fog of the Karelians gradually lifted, and their figures became more and more clean.

Now Rurik fully believes that the Karelians are indeed large Tavastians, and they will be very courageous, but they are on the edge of human civilization, and they don’t know that there are powerful enemies everywhere outside the Great Lakes.

Rurik took a comfortable bath in New Roseburg. He just wanted to be alone in the hot water and steamed softly in the sauna.

This big city has a clear plan. Nevsky Avenue runs through the entire city, Harvest Square is in the middle, and the rest of the place is mostly residential buildings neatly arranged along the street.

The most valuable thing is that some ditches have been excavated in the city as a drainage system, and most of the residents are Viking immigrants who care about hygiene.

Every household has dry toilets, and people dare not dump feces and garbage on the road out of face.

Paving roads with stone materials is a huge project, and laying cement roads is theoretically feasible, but the cost is too high.

Fort New Rose needs to further expand the farmland to reclaim wasteland, and then solve the enemy’s troubles before further urban construction.

It is here that Rurik gathers his army.

At this time, the Ross fleet began a new operation.

The explorer Spueut took the big ship Gray Squirrel, led two ships Ubit and Mars, and the three ships went straight to Britain, asked King Ernred for food tribute, and brought the sincerity of the Duchy of Ross to the Viking Kingdom of York greeting.

The Salmon Chief sailed directly back to Roseburg’s hometown, and Ella and the ten maids would arrive here and be sent directly to Novgorod, to the hometown of those maids.

Many matters are under the careful control of Rurik.

Only the hapless Karelians, who only recently sensed the crisis on the frontier, began mobilizing their men to fight back against the rare incursions of the Suomi.

Unexpectedly, a deadly attack is about to come across Lake Ladoga, which is larger than the sea…

[End of this Chapter]