Rise of Rurik - Chapter 792

[Chapter 793]

The power of the Ross people is expanding towards the White Sea, especially based on the fortress of Bear Festival Town in the north of Lake Ladoga. Bear hunters wield heavy weapons such as torsion slingshots on sleds, and directly fire javelins at wandering polar bears. Precision strike.

As long as the bears are not allowed to get close, hunting bears is like archery dressing up, losing the danger, and some are just hunters having fun in killing.

Every bear skin sold to the prince could get ten silver coins at worst, and usually twenty silver coins.

Kill a bear, and you’ll get two hundred pounds of oats, which is a surefire deal.

Even with their powerful weapons, bears are not as often seen as squirrels.

What’s more, using a reindeer sled to shoot a bear with a torsion slingshot is very restricted by climate and geography.

There are freshwater seals in Lake Ladoga, and the wandering polar bears will flock around the lake, looking for the cracks created by the ice layers squeezing each other, and waiting for the seals to catch them.

They even seek out the dens of arctic foxes and martens to hunt actively, find wandering reindeer to hunt bravely, and look for dormant hives.

They eat everything, but always wait and see the approaching shadows on the ice.

Then, he was hit by a javelin shot suddenly, and fell to the ground after walking a few steps by the frozen lake.

The hunters from Bear Festival faced a vast unknown land, especially in the east and a large area of forest, which did not seem to be the active area of the defeated Karelians.

There is a bear hunting team of more than 20 people, driving their own reindeer sleigh, and led by two local reindeer guides, along the east bank of Lake Ladoga.

Their empty load sleds began to produce gratifying goods, which were severed bear skins, severed bear heads and paws, and some huge pieces of frozen meat.

They were even clever enough to cut the bloody bear meat into strips and string them up on local twigs, so that even if the meat was frozen like a stone, it could be roasted quickly by the campfire.

In fact, they themselves were wearing heavy leather jackets tanned and tanned from polar bear fur. The leather was even cut into hoods, gloves made of fox fur, and deerskin boots made by the Slavs on their feet.

They even wear wooden-framed sunglasses uniformly. They are really a group of “people in the covers”. It is this kind of attire that makes them extremely weird and absurd, even terrifying.

Because, they saw a larger human settlement!

“Where is there?” the leader asked.

Although the deer breeders who led the way were not very clear, they racked their brains to think of a possibility—the camp of the Ludi people.

If this is a large army, the army can directly attack and conquer this settlement in a short time.

But there are only more than 20 brothers, and what’s worse is that everyone is generally old.

But even a twenty-year-old boy in the prime of his life would not dare to attack rashly, even if he was wearing iron armor.

Because those settlement people suspected of being Ludi people fought back vigorously, ramming them with wooden sticks with absolute numbers, and they could kill all the brothers.

However, if the brothers go with the purpose of trade, the situation may be different.

The Ludi people lived their own lives. In the past, they paid tribute to the powerful Karelian people every year, and even handed over some women as slaves.

They exist as submissives, and now they have learned about the great disaster in the north from the mouths of fugitives. The powerful Karelian tribal alliance has fallen apart, and the shackles around their necks seem to be gone.

The Ludi people no longer need to pay tribute, and they also know that the remaining forces of the Karelian Union moved along a river east, and a small number of people joined the Ludi tribe.

The Karelians who escaped were accepted, but the war stories they told were too fantastical.

Powerful Karelia fell apart overnight, the invader named Ross was too powerful, and the methods were too cruel.

Such a description scared the female leader of the Ludi people out of her mind. She hoped that these were absurd. If this was the truth, where would the Ludi people go?

Do you want to move again?

How can moving be so easy?

The whole tribe migrated here with the herd of deer, one of the main factors is to avoid fighting with the Perm Alliance from breaking away from the living space.

Although the tribe was still conquered by the Karelians, the current Feng Shui treasure land is considered to be stable. Now that their master has died, everyone has gained absolute freedom.

They knew that a group of fugitive Karelians had fled to the west bank of Onegahu, and those people had lost their authority as masters, but the Ludi people had no strength at all to turn themselves into masters.

The two sides reconnected, and an overland trade route connecting Onegahu and Lake Ladoga was born.

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Perhaps today should be an ordinary cold winter day.

A few days ago, the priests of the tribe held a sun sacrifice, and the days after that became longer and longer.

The Ludi people are basically the product of multiple clan families living together. They graze reindeer in the ice and snow pastures near the settlements, and many people simply hide in the huts and wooden sheds quietly waiting for the arrival of spring.

But some white shadows appeared on the ice layer. At first glance, it looked like a group of white bears were constantly approaching.

The vigilant tribal people began to gather, which undoubtedly caused the Ross Bear Hunting Team to put on military alert.

“Boss, is the slingshot charged?” Someone asked.

“Stand up! Install the javelin! Some listen to my orders.” After the leader said, he immediately ordered the two registered deer breeders: “Is that Ludi people? You probably understand their language, let me find out Explore the wind.”

Originally, the registered deer breeders didn’t want to deal with those tribal people at all.

Although the two only knew about the existence of the Ludi people before, it was just that they were the servants of the Karelian people. Even so, the two sides were naturally hostile.

At least the deer breeders are collectively repelling Karelia and its servants.

The two took off their bearskin hoods to reveal their black hair, and they walked towards the village with short spears like walking sticks.

They are messengers, and they are very afraid that the other party will use a knife if they disagree with each other.

In fact, the village was already within the maximum throwing range of the torsion slingshot, and the north wind was howling above the ice lake, and the Rossi bears who were parked on the ice took off their shields and held their swords to watch the excitement.

Gradually, more than a hundred tribal people gathered with sticks. This is their settlement, and they want to guard their homeland.

Seeing that the other party seemed to have sent a black-haired envoy, who seemed to have nothing to do with the image of the “golden snow-skinned giant” described by those exiles, he couldn’t help but relax his tense nerves.

The two entered the village cautiously, and were immediately surrounded by a group of armed tribesmen.

At the beginning, the tribal people’s negotiations were polite, until the two of them explained their identities as Ross people.

The peaceful atmosphere was immediately broken, and the two envoys of Ross were directly held down. If it weren’t for the large number of tribesmen, the Ross Bear Squad who was watching from a distance would find that the envoys they sent had been arrested, which would be a signal of hostility.

The Ross hunters at least saw that the originally orderly tribesmen suddenly became chaotic.

“Is our messenger being welcomed by them?” someone asked.

“Who knows?” The bear leader shrugged, “We will find out in a while.”

“I’m afraid that the envoy will be cut down by them. If we meet a village in the vast ice field, if there are too many of us, we will kill them directly, but there are only twenty of us…” Another person bared his teeth and said.

“There is something in your words.” The leader asked again.

“Now that we have few people, why don’t they take the initiative to attack us?”

“How dare they be? Unless they die.”

“Why not? No matter who they are, they are on the east side of the Great Lake. We must report this matter to the prince. This is a great achievement. In my opinion, we will continue to maintain our vigilance. If there is a battle, I…will spare no effort. war.”

Not even the violent bears are afraid of war. These aged bear hunters slashed and killed Wushuang when they were young, but they still refuse to accept their old age, so they bravely hunted bears in winter.

The bear leader believed this explanation, and he ordered the tails of all the reindeer sleds to face the village, and the torsion slingshots on board adjusted the direction and shooting angle.

The other brothers held up the wooden-armed crossbows and were ready to charge at any time, especially the two steel-armed crossbows in the team were on standby in case of accidents.

Looking at the two captured messengers again, they learned that a group of despicable strangers appeared on the ice, and everyone who stayed in the tribe appeared.

The envoy was sent to the leader’s room, and then was interrogated by many tribal elders, that is, the elders of each clan.

But is the interrogation really worthwhile?

On the interrogation hall, representatives of the fugitive Karelians glared, and they demanded that the envoys be sentenced to death because they were servants of the Rus.

As for the small group of Ross people staying on the ice, there is no reason to negotiate with them, so it is better to kill them with troops.

The envoy was taken aback. Unexpectedly, there were indeed Ludi people here, and even the remnants of Karelia were still “making suggestions” for the Ludi people?

Realizing that he was in deep danger, an envoy was furious, and even if he died, he would tell his potential opponents bitterly: “Rudy people! Are you a bunch of idiots? You can kill me, but the Ross people will fight back with all their strength. How many of you are there? They will kill you all and burn your bones to ashes.”

But look at the Karelian representative, an old man with hair and a mustache: “Don’t listen to this person’s nonsense. The Russians are strong, and now we are clearly superior. Now is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. You must support as before us.”

“Who do you think you are?” An elder of the Ludi clan was furious: “Your clan is finished, and you are no longer our master. Whether to fight against those bear-hunting Ross people is our business.”

They actually quarreled by themselves?

The messenger who realized the opportunity hastily took out the “carrot”, and at the same time scolded the Karelians present.

The messenger simply roared at the top of his voice, his emotions basically out of control: “Karelia is the destroyer, and the despicable cowards, they have declined to the extreme, do you still want to submit to them? The Rus is the most merciful conquest All of you. Listen carefully, those who surrender to Ross will receive rewards and security. Ross has found you, and if you resist, you will all be killed unless you all flee. Listen, Ross is your real master .”

Such a description came from a black-haired deer breeder, which caused the elderly female leader to be puzzled.

“You obviously speak the same language as us, why did you speak to those Ross people? Are you a Ross person?”

Through these words, the two envoys saw the changing eyes of the female leader, and realized that she was wavering, and now is the moment to pursue the victory.

“Because we surrendered to the Rus and became New Rus, and all the clansmen got a good life. We pay some live deer every year in exchange for salt and iron. We can freely enter and leave the settlements of Rus without any penalty. harm.”

“It doesn’t seem true. Don’t the Ross people just want some live deer as tribute?”

“Of course!” The messenger directly gave another example: “Do you know the Vips? They have surrendered to Rus, and they don’t need to give women and deer to the Karelians as tributes. The Russ don’t need these at all. Vips The people of Sri Lanka have lived a good life because of their surrender. Why don’t you? You are just a small tribe. Is it more painful to surrender to Rus than to surrender to Karelia? Let me tell you a secret, the high priest of the Rus is our deer breeder woman , The Rus will regard the followers as friends and family. Chief! Look at the Karelians around you, they are too exploiting you as reindeer, and the next step is to replace you and conquer your entire tribe.”

When the messenger was threatened with death, he was suddenly possessed by a negotiator. It was really a confession of interests with the female leader of Ludi, and deliberately sowed the relationship between the Ludi people and the Karelian exiles.

Suddenly, the representative of Karelia, who was blushing at the words, was furious. He picked up a small saber for cutting meat and rushed to the eloquent Ross envoy who was tied up and sitting on the ground, and directly aimed at his neck. Stab it several times to kill it.

When he was about to kill another person, he was held down by the startled Ludi.

The female leader of Ludi, the old lady screamed with her old head in her arms, but saw the guy who was held down bared her teeth and scolded angrily: “Now, you must listen to our Karelian opinions, and you must fight against them!”

The exiles engulfed the entire Ludi tribe in this violent way.

Some things cannot be completely changed overnight. For example, the survivors of the Karelian people who have been fatally hit and almost destroyed still feel that they are powerful kings, while the people of the Ludi people who have been servants for a long time still have not really adjusted their position. .

At least the Rudi people know what a Karelian is, and what is a Rusian?

It is true that the Rus are bloody monsters, and it is doubtful that they are very kind to their subjects.

Fortunately, there is no need for everyone to doubt at the moment. Anyway, one of Rose’s envoys is dead, leaving the life of another envoy. It is time to gather the Ross hunter team, which is armed with weapons and blasts the invaders.

From the standpoint of the female leader, she doesn’t want to start a war at all, or the Ludi people as a whole reject war.

However, it is impossible not to fight now, at least if you fight, you can seize a lot of iron tools and precious salt from the corpses of the Ross people.

The clan leaders have never seen a real Ross warrior, and it is precisely because they have not seen that they are very optimistic.

Those tales of “terrible giants” were legends after all, and who but a bunch of terrified Karelian exiles had ever seen them?

Optimism spread in the settlement, and the people heard that the Ross Bear Hunters had a lot of ironware and other good things, and attacked them to grab them according to their ability. The clans were all scrambling for the first on this issue.

The tribal men mobilized. They wore deerskin clothes and were brownish-gray overall. Warriors generally held spears with sharp deer bones and wooden shields covered with deerskin.

They also have short wooden bows, the quality of which is quite mediocre, and the poor quality of the bone cluster arrows makes the bow even worse.

At least they have a numerical advantage, don’t they?

The entire tribe quickly assembled a “robbing army” of more than 300 people. They didn’t need a particularly high-sounding reason to start the war. Anyway, they had iron weapons to fight the Bear Hunting Team, and this was the most sufficient reason.

The Ludians blow their horns, and the men rally for it.

Faced with such a situation, the female leader could only delegate power and let the clans do it. At least she arranged for manpower to detain the last messenger as a backup.

There is no doubt that the act of blowing a trumpet is a signal of war.

The Ross hunters who had been waiting for a while felt more and more bored, and when they heard the sound of the horn, their sluggish mood naturally disappeared.

“Damn! It seems that I guessed it right. They must see that we are few and want to annihilate us!”

“Thanks to you, brother!” The bear hunting leader immediately summoned his men: “It seems that the messenger was cut by them. We could have evacuated now, but we are not cowards. Let’s kill a hundred of them and sacrifice to Odin Taste!”

As soon as the words fell, everyone knocked on their shields neatly and let out a Viking war cry.

Unfortunately, the roar was blown away by the lake wind…

[End of this Chapter]