Rise of Rurik - Chapter 763

[Chapter 764 We Unite]

Pairs of vigilant eyes stared at the lonely visitor. Everyone saw that the man was imposing, and he clearly showed no sign of timidity in the face of the mighty Ross army.

Ragnar was a ruthless man slashed out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. His first murder was to kill the leader of a neighboring tribe.

It was a very fair duel, at least that’s how the duel was, and both sacrificed to Odin, so that the onlookers would all serve as witnesses.

At that time, Ragnar was wearing thick woolen trousers that were resistant to snake bites. His clothes were quite special, and it seemed that the woolen trousers had such magical powers.

A fledgling teenager hacked his opponent to death, thus qualifying for the Danish Grand Champion.

But at that time, Hafgen boasted that he would win at the last moment. This man cheated and stopped the duel by relying on his absolute military strength, thus becoming the leader of Denmark and becoming king.

That was ten years ago…

Ragnar is not an old man, he is only twenty-six years old, and he is in the golden age of Viking warriors.

It is a pity that the limited population of his tribe cannot support the great dream of a young hero, and now it is very difficult to just survive.

Even if he is in trouble, he will not sell some dignity in exchange for the support of others.

Under the night, two people holding torches meet.

Yefro asked first with a calm face: “It seems that you have made up your mind and want to talk to us.”

“Talk? Ah, we really need to talk.”

If the Rus wanted to attack, they would not delay until nightfall.

Ragnar has never fought against a real Ross in his life, and based on the bad information he has heard, he is even more afraid to venture forward.

This time I finally entered Rose’s riverside camp. Even though the light was dim, many wonders rushed straight into my mind.

He frowned and realized that this group of guys were indeed difficult to defeat, at least in a fight, his own people would definitely lose.

But wouldn’t those Franks also lose?

Ragnar could see clearly that the Ross people were busy cooking a delicious meal around the campfire.

The alluring aroma comes from a huge iron container!

The Ross army has an “iron content” beyond his understanding of the concept, as if iron is a common thing in their community.

Those characters who seem to be ordinary soldiers, each carry multiple weapons, and at the same time use special iron digging tools to level the ground of the shack where they sleep tonight.

They also have large and small sacks of sackcloth, which are wonderfully designed, and the straps are also used to tie the sacks.

This in itself was no surprise, until he noticed someone pulling recognizable bread from a bag.

That’s not black bread, but brown wheat bread, which is a high-end food in the territory of the Franks, let alone this group of Russians in the north?

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Some warriors sat down holding their swords. Their eyes were like torches, staring at Ragnar passing by with provocative eyes, and then fiddled with the blades, letting the dancing flames shine brightly on them.

There are also soldiers who use tree branches as supports to light up their chain armor as a whole and hang them together with their helmets.

No one would wear heavy chain mail all the time. The chain mail shining brightly by the flames is a silent show off and mockery to visitors!

Fear is out of the question, Ragnar just envied them for having so many protective gears, he couldn’t help imagining that once his army had these, they would have the ability to fight fiercely with the Franks, and they wouldn’t even lose their homeland in Denmark.

Yevro deliberately took Ragnar for a walk around the camp. This was considered an offensive move, and it also directly exposed part of the strength of Ross’s army.

There are risks in doing so, but the Ross Army’s self from top to bottom has turned into arrogance, especially when facing a group of Danes, it is even more necessary to support it.

The brothers did not take off their pants to laugh and taunt, they had already tried their best to restrain themselves.

“Have you seen it? Once you start a war, you will definitely lose.” Yefro said arrogantly abruptly.

As for how Ragnar would behave like this, he knew very well that he had no advantage, at least not in words.

He purposely asked back: “If you take off your armor, aren’t you afraid that my men will attack suddenly? Fighting at night, you don’t have a full advantage.”

“Hehe. Do you dare? I still warn you!” Yevro turned around abruptly, his face still arrogant, and he pointed his big hand at the parked warship: “Our heavy weapons are always on standby. As long as you dare to attack, many people will You will die on the way to the charge. I don’t know what you have encountered. From my judgment, you have a serious shortage of fighters, and even children and women are forced to take up arms. Stop it! Danes! This river beach has been destroyed Our Rus army is firmly in control.”

“I want to see your leader immediately.” Ragnar suddenly changed the topic.

“You will see soon.”

Soon, Ragnar sat by the unremarkable bonfire, and the elites of the Ross army sat on the left and right.

Aric looked provocatively, and deliberately clenched the hilt of the sword with his right hand, just to test the reaction of the so-called Ragnar.

However, Ragnar responded with an eye for an eye, clenched the hilt of his sword but did not take the initiative to attack.

Because he saw that the people sitting by the bonfire were all ruthless people. Not only did he have no chance of winning in a real fight, but if he angered the Ross people so much, his own people would die on a large scale.

After a stalemate for a while, Arik let go of his grip on the hilt of the sword, and the atmosphere eased: “Yes, you are a warrior. My brothers and I allowed you to hold a sword to see you. We thought you would be a coward praying for peace, but you didn’t I lost the courage to break up and fight.”

Ragnar held his head high, looking at the scene, he would definitely not be safe, so he wanted to win face for his clansmen.

He observed the young man who was talking: “I heard that the leader of your Ross people is young and promising. You must be the leader? I can’t even figure it out. How can you go to the territory of the Franks to rob the Franks if you don’t attack the old enemy Denmark?”

“I… am not Chief Ross.”

“You? You’re not?”

Arik smiled, with a trace of sourness in his smile.

Who doesn’t want to be the prince of the entire Ross, but he is not a person chosen by God, let alone the ability to govern a big country.

He is just a fool.

“The prince of the Principality of Ross is Rurik, and I am the prince’s elder brother. The prince of Ross has received the blessing and favor of the great god Odin, so our entire Ross tribe, and all the tribes that rely on Ross to accept the rule have benefited.”

Ragnar narrated without changing his face: “Indeed, the real northern warriors are all blond, and there are obviously many black-haired people in your team, and the Finns who should have been slaves have become warriors. So there are legends that the Rus conquered Is it true that the land of the East (Finland)?”

The words were a little aggressive, because he didn’t know Yefro’s identity.

In this way, Gevro will hold his head up and put on a show: “You! Ragnar the Dane doesn’t know my noble status at all.”

“You? How noble are you? My friend…”

“You call me a friend? Maybe we have a peaceful meeting today, and we can be friends in the future. I am the Count of Finland, Gevlo, and I am loyal to the Prince of Ross. My tribe has more than 30,000 people, even though it may seem to you Weak brigade, I can indeed gather 10,000 Finnish warriors. We Finns are not good at fighting, but best at archery. Together with the Rus, we are already rich and strong. This time, I am following the order of the prince to attack the Franks…”

Yevro showed off, but Arik showed off his achievements again.

It is necessary to point out my own resentment, and the example of taking 400 warriors to avenge the evil enemy and winning a big victory at the age of nineteen.

As an absolute powerhouse, Ross Army is willing to show off his great achievements, firstly, for psychological self-satisfaction, and secondly, for shocking the audience.

The Nordic community culture has a tradition in this regard. A warrior should show his achievements to the guests. Many times, he takes various nicknames for himself, which are honorary titles in nature. No nicknames refer to a single achievement. , You can talk freely for three days and three nights.

Ragnar was quite surprised. In the past, he could only get a few words about the Rus people from the mouths of a group of losers. This time, he was told by a senior member of the Rus army. He was sure that he had obtained the most accurate information.

Co-authoring the battles that the Ross people have experienced in the past is not on the same order of magnitude as my own understanding of war?

The Ross people always try to choose large-scale decisive battles. Once they fight, the strength of both sides always approaches 10,000 people.

They claimed that the Ross army may have killed 50,000 enemy fighters over the years. Even if this number is watery, even killing 10,000 soldiers would be extremely vicious.

The only decisive battle in his memory was when he, as a member of the Danish Allied Forces, led two hundred of the most elite fighters to encounter Svealan (Swedish) King Olegin by chance. merit.

He didn’t want to focus on this matter, because he thought that Ross and Svealan had a very close relationship, and speaking out might anger them.

But the Russians are already bragging that they killed the old Danish king Hafgen who led the counterattack against Svealan, and the “killing of Olegin” was actually a tooth for a tooth.

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The strange thing is that the attitude of the Ross people is all ambiguous.

Looking at Arik’s expression, Feifan was not angry, but showed a smile of praise: “Odin doesn’t like warriors who lie, you can’t take this joke, I believe you killed Olegin. Very good! I have read it a long time ago. That man is not pleasing to the eye, I want to kill him with my own hands! Now we have nothing to do with Svealan, they were defeated by you Danes, and now they are no longer able to compete with our Ross Principality for the power of the North Baltic Sea. So what about you? Your tribe is clearly in exile.”

Arik the Ross is a generation of nobles, and he only speaks heart-to-heart words, and he can’t hide it from Ragnar’s standpoint.

Ragnar was ruthless and simply told the truth, but the content described in this opening was something Arik and others had never heard of.

It turned out that when Denmark and Frank fought against each other near the Great Wall of Schleswig, Ragnar had already taken advantage of the chaos and entered the territory of Frank to rob.

Looting and making a fortune is one purpose, and opening up new battlefields for strategic revenge is the biggest reason.

However, Horik, the once tough new king of Denmark, suddenly gave up. According to Ragnar’s blunt and embellished description, the situation is like this.

“Horik was originally a hound raised by a Frankish nobleman. Later, the dog decided to be a man again, which caused dissatisfaction with the dog owner. The dog fought back for a while, but finally became a good dog again. I heard that the man took off his battle robe, as if The plucked wild boar knelt at the feet of the great Frankish nobles and kissed their toes. They even begged for forgiveness, even if they were eunuchs for atonement, as long as they could continue to be the Danish nobles under the Frankish rule…”

Just hearing Ragnar say that made him feel uncomfortable.

Arik’s hairs stood on end, then he burned with rage.

The most annoyed one was the blue fox. He simply yelled: “Bastard! The man who killed me destroyed the shops in my capital. He is so brave, yet he surrendered to Frank in such a way!”

What the blue fox said immediately caught Ragnar’s attention.

Going back and forth to Ragnar was quite a surprise, because in the past peaceful days, the “Stonewall” tribe did buy some high-quality and cheap ironware and a batch of high-quality leather in Hedeby.

There were rumors that the owner of the shop was from Ross, and no one in the free Hedeby cared about this. The Ragnar tribe who got the good goods had doubts, but pretended to be confused.

Unexpectedly, the person sitting in front of me is the shop owner!

This also solved the real reason why the Ross fleet suddenly rushed into the Weser River.

Ragnar continued to explain his own story, the so-called Horik was forgiven by Frank, in which he must have sold certain interests in exchange for peace.

The reason why he concluded so was that after the truce, Horick suddenly turned his troops and horses to charge towards the “Stonewall” tribe.

They received the support of the Franks in terms of weapons, and their strength and weaponry were superior. After crossing the sea, they killed the Stonewall tribe with great losses.

Horrick is the enemy!

Although the survivors still call themselves Danes, in their view Denmark has been essentially occupied by Frankish lackeys.

They have seen the deeper contradictions. The so-called tribe’s biggest enemy is Frank!

They lost their homes and had nowhere to go. In the near future, the cold winter is coming. The brothers can only take the remaining manpower and row into the nearby territory of East Franks to rob them to survive, but things are not going well.

When the words came to this point, Ragnar, who was already very excited, twisted his hands into fists, slammed the ground fiercely, and said viciously: “We lost everything, and now we can only be pirates. Many women and children were killed by them , regardless of the fact that they are also Danish. Many lords have left Denmark, and everyone is unwilling to be loyal to a Frankish dog. Now I have more than 400 men, and there are only 300 men who can fight. Actually… There are Frankish pursuers behind us. We didn’t grab much supplies, because those Frankish peasants transported most of the things to Bremen. Can go hungry.”

Looking at this description, Arik heard the betrayal and suffering they experienced, and immediately felt empathy and burst into tears.

Blue Fox didn’t need to do that, he understood Ragnar’s deep begging buried in the language with the mindset of a businessman.

As for Yevro, what he thought of most was to win over, and at worst, these refugees could become allies of the Principality of Ross.

“Have you figured out where to go in the future?” Arik asked, wiping away tears.

“Maybe it’s Flanders, try your luck there. Let’s grab a village and settle down first.”

Yevro took the opportunity to speak: “Ross and you have no reason or need to fight. Horik and the Franks are our common enemies. We should unite. Why don’t you go to Ross!”

Arik slapped his thigh: “It should be like this. Ragnar, bring your people to join us. I admire you as a hero, and heroes should not fall into trouble.”

In this way, the blue fox also followed the words, his brain was more active, and his words were very clever: “However, the arrogance of a hero cannot be tarnished. This time our Ross fleet is ordered to attack Bremen. Ragnar, what is in front of you now is Two paths.”

“What is it?” Ragnar still liked the words of the merchant Blue Fox.

“First, don’t accept us. If you leave tomorrow on your own, we will treat you as if we don’t know you. In the end, we Russ attacked Bremen. Second, we formed a coalition and shared the spoils after conquering Bremen (in fact, it was based on I can grab it). After the event is completed, we will form a fleet and return to Ross for the winter. I choose you to choose the second path, because the Principality of Ross is employing people, and I can reveal to you a big secret. The Prince of Ross has long been tired of the relationship with Denmark. War. The Danes are different from the Danes. For people like Horik, they must be crusaded! As for you, when you choose a peaceful attitude, we can be friends. One day Horik will be expelled, and we Going to do business with friendly Danes, which I suppose you are.”

“Then unite!”

To everyone’s surprise, Ragnar’s words were very decisive. Arik was stunned for a second, and when he came back to his senses, he must have thought about it a long time ago, but he didn’t want to pull down his face and ask for a union because of face.

The so-called alliance is by no means that Ross should help, but Ross still took out a day’s rations for his army.

This is actually not a problem, because Rurik’s paranoid emphasis on logistics has made this Ross army buy supplies before sailing, so that even if the operation fails, at least the brothers will not be hungry.

Taking out a day’s rations, Ragnar’s men couldn’t afford it, but they paid the price anyway.

The two teams joined forces to fight against Bremen, forming a larger inland river fleet and sailing against the current to the city of Bremen.

According to the plan, Ragnar’s people will be the main attack force, and the Ross army will provide more fire support and use heavy equipment to smash down the wooden city walls of Bremen.

Ragnar must have suffered huge risks, but after the city was broken, they were the first to enter the city, and theoretically the best property was robbed by them.

Although Arik felt that this arrangement would make the group of Danish bereaved dogs cheaper, the blue fox emphasized the real purpose of this operation: “Why bother with gold and silver, they can’t eat when they are hungry. We need to find warehouses to plunder wool And food. It’s warmer here than our northern European homeland, and the Franks have just finished their wheat harvest. Ragnar said that farmers took refuge in the city with their grains, so that they couldn’t grab anything, so a lot of wheat is in the city, what we have to do It is to follow the order to pull away the wheat as much as possible!”

[End of this Chapter]