Rise of Rurik - Chapter 795

[Chapter 796 Towards the East]

Those Ludi women were temporarily put under centralized surveillance. Since they would all be dragged to Novgorod, they had to be purified first in order to adapt to their new life.

All their old clothes were thrown away, and they were collectively pushed into the steam room for a sauna, where they were soaped and showered.

Thanks to the help of the Finnish Suomi people living in the city, the purification work was carried out smoothly.

It is this kind of bathing behavior that is an unprecedented experience in their lives. Many women have soap liquid in their eyes and are stung so much that they scream.

At first they were nervous, fearful, and curious, and after a few times they got used to it.

They were uniformly distributed with clothes and even leather jackets with excellent thermal insulation effect.

They were able to eat wheat biscuits they had never eaten before, as well as plenty of broth, vegetable soup, and even honey water.

The surrendered female leader Lu Di didn’t understand very much. Is this the attitude of the Ross people towards the so-called “own people”?

After the surrender of Ross, can all Ludi people have a similar life experience?

The old lady took a hot bath as the Romans did, and felt as if she had been reborn.

Now that she had surrendered, she had to show her surrender further, so she happily put on a white bearskin coat given by the Ross people, and a fox fur hat with glass beads hanging on it.

The lined clothes are softer and fit better, and the old lady quickly learned how to use sanitary products such as soap and toilet paper.

The female leader is only fifty years old, but she seems to be eighty years old in appearance.

The Ludi people live in that harsh way of life, and it is rare for men and women to live to the age of fifty.

The brand-new female leader was authorized to visit the huge city wall, and Rurik deliberately sent someone to guide her visit. The purpose was to deeply shock the old lady and swear by the absolute power of the strong.

She saw a large number of huge ships moored at the frozen pier, rows of long boats deliberately towed up by the frozen river, and was pulled to the shipyard to observe the construction of the big ships.

Because the ice and snow will melt in at most four months, the Ross Navy is invincible when entering the Great Lakes.

She saw the cavalry training again, and the heroic appearance of the riders never occurred to her. The old lady had never even seen a horse, and thought the men were riding a giant deer without horns.

Riding a “giant deer” can also shoot arrows, it’s amazing!

Do not!

They can also ride the “Giant Deer” and run wildly with their spears held high.

It was a “giant deer” without horns, and there seemed to be a lot of them.

However, it was far inferior to the black herd of reindeer, and the female leader was deeply shocked.

She never dreamed that the Ross people were not only raising deer wantonly, but what the Lapp man who surrendered to Ross early on said was true. The Ross people had countless deer!

What is an intuitive reflection of the strength of a tribe?

The Ludi people simply regard the number of deer raised as the first criterion.

How much iron and ships the Ross people have, she can only think of it as “a lot”.

She almost fainted immediately after seeing the huge herd of deer.

“The Ross people are a powerful force that I must never neglect…” she thought…

With this in mind, the female leader Lu Di hurriedly met Rurik to report what she had seen, heard, and felt after finishing her visit. She apologized from the bottom of her heart for the wrong battle, even though the Ross Bear Hunters were the real intruders.

Rurik sat in the high hall, and the humble female leader sat sideways cautiously on the ground.

“Now you see my true power, and this city. How?”

“We are as powerful as a stag, and we are as humble as a squirrel.” The female leader did not have a very good vocabulary to describe it.

Rurik nodded: “Is this your answer? Very good. I didn’t call you here to listen to your praise!”

At this point, Rurik’s eyes suddenly became sharp: “There are only you and me here. I think you know very well that if you behave disobediently in the future, you will be punished severely by me.”

“Yes! How dare we disobey. We are your servants.”

“Okay. Since I am a servant, I should act like a servant. I have a plan, and now I need to hear your opinion.”

“Ah? Me? I’m a humble servant, how can I have an opinion.”

“You are a smart man!” Rurik said clearly, “The Karelians are my enemies, and they must be wiped out when they attack my servants. As you said, a group of Karelian exiles ran To the east of you, there is another great lake, is this true?”

“There is such a thing.”

“That great lake, called Onega in your language?”

“That’s true,” she said with surprise.

Rurik nodded: “Obviously, our Ross territory must be expanded to Lake Onega. As for the people who happen to live by that lake, I will be rewarded for submission, and sanctions will be imposed for disobedience. Exterminate! I will send troops to conquer there. You! And you Ludi people, you must pay the obligation of surrender!”

The so-called obligation is that the Lu Di people must send troops to fight. Even if everyone knows the bad nature of the so-called Lu Di soldiers, it is exactly the same as the act of voting for their names.

This kind of behavior is as if the Austro-Hungarian Empire forced the Principality of Liechtenstein to send 80 “strong troops” to the expedition. Although this point of people is destined to fish the whole way, the political symbolism is the most important. A duke’s “drama” of the emperor’s power.

But the Rudys won’t only have show value, either.

Although Rurik is very aware of the existence of Lake Onega, he also knows that there are small runoffs that can directly lead to the White Sea.

Soviet Russia built canals on the basis of tiny runoffs like streams on the surface, so that the Gulf of Finland and the Arctic Circle have navigable waterways.

It is a canal with limited depth, and it is impossible to take warships.

At this time, the people of the Principality of Ross didn’t even know Lake Onega. As for the White Sea, it was also an illusory regional concept.

But so what if he knew, Rurik was convinced he had to do some research before exploring the natural resources there.

At least he knew that Tsarist Russia built a city at the mouth of the White Sea where the shallow runoff of Lake Onega flowed, and the ice-free port of Arkhangelsk was also built around the White Sea.

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One of the characteristics of the White Sea is that it does not freeze in a large area in winter. It is the eastern end of the North Atlantic warm current, but to the east is Xindi Island. It must be covered by the vast Arctic Circle ice cover, and it is also the geographical end of the Arctic Ocean route. .

The female leader continued to be ordered to describe the cultural situation around Lake Onega, pointing out that there was a new large Karelian camp on the lakeside, and there were also some scattered and free Karelian clans in the northern world.

He also pointed out that to the south of the lake was another force called the Perm. They lived around a large market in the far east, and the free Perm clan had set foot in many places.

Perm is a pan-Finnish-Ugric term that refers directly to a commercial center, where the natural conditions are not really bad.

The female leader mentioned a situation. The so-called Karelians launched an expedition and recruited a group of Perm herdsmen to join them. There were indeed Perm people in the battle with the Rus.

“Perm? It’s another tribe that I want to conquer. Unfortunately, I just want to destroy Karelia and vent my anger on my servant.”

The female leader’s political sense immediately sensed the mystery. Is the co-author Russ planning an expedition to bring justice to his servants?

Pooh!

Venting for servants is the result of the expedition, the Ross people are greedy, they just want to rob.

Fortunately, Lu Di has surrendered.

Rurik issued an order that must be executed: “You must send men to fight, and I will also give you certain weapons to show that you have not lost my face. Your people are all as guides, leading our army to find the remnants of Karelia. The camp is a great achievement and will have the right to participate in the plundering of the ultimate spoils.”

This does not sound like a difficult job. On the contrary, Rudy can enjoy part of the war dividend.

They live in extreme poverty. For example, those women laugh happily when they eat a little wheat cake.

They have an extreme desire to improve their lives. As for morality, they only have the most primitive and simple morality-not my master, family, or friends, and it doesn’t matter if I die.

Leader Lu Di will not only send troops, but she herself is the first guide.

This is not over yet, at the upcoming meeting, she must participate as a representative and explain her situation to the generals, officials, and businessmen of the Principality of Ross.

This matter is very important. If it hadn’t been communicated in advance, it would be a misunderstanding if the Ludi people came to New Roseburg to do business in the future and were robbed as barbarians.

Rurik issued a plan for the winter expedition. This happened very suddenly, and the people in the city were generally surprised.

Why did the prince suddenly make such a statement?

Isn’t it the imperial rule that there will be no war this winter?

Well, wars always come uninvited, and the world is never peaceful.

The most powerful First Banner Team scattered to hunt everywhere. Banner Captain Arik was having sex with his beloved wife Aslaqi and playing with his children.

For example, Ragnar and his brothers started working as lumberjacks on the spot, and now they are doing odd jobs for the shipyard, earning daily wages to buy leather on the spot.

He is a very ambitious man, and so are his brothers. Naturally, it is impossible to play for three days a day, even if there are many fun in New Roseburg.

The city was full of men eager to rob and get rich, and their news quickly turned into ecstasy.

Only Prince Kagan of Pecheneg was quite surprised: “Winter is not a good time to fight. The Russians must conquer the people in the extreme north now?”

Kagan received a request for a meeting, thinking that his brother asked Pecheneg to send troops together.

He bit the bullet and participated in the meeting. He didn’t intend to make any objections, but he was worried that the horse team would freeze to death from frostbite.

Similarly, he has never seen how the Ross people fight, and he really hopes to see the Ross army perform killings from the bottom of his heart.

The female leader Lu Di entered the Russian Duma Council Chamber next to the Harvest Square. On another plane, this geographical location is the Senate of Tsarist Russia, and it is indeed a place for nobles to discuss politics.

A large group of people eager to try entered the venue, and the whole scene was quite noisy. People with beards competed with bloody mouths, vowing to plunder new trophies.

Before the meeting, Arik got the news and issued a summoning order, asking the soldiers of the First Banner Squad who were hunting in the north to come back.

Most of the troops were in Novgorod in the south, but Novorosberg had ample numbers of them.

The governor’s son, Konusson Jr., was able to quickly recruit a 300-man army, plus other miscellaneous personnel. According to Rurik’s winter plan, a 500-man team would be enough.

With the entry of Rurik, the noisy parliamentary hall fell silent for an instant.

Everyone listened attentively, and they couldn’t help being quite disappointed when they learned that the prince planned to organize 500 people.

The venue was in chaos again, and Rurik waved his hands to maintain order.

“Are you angry if you don’t let all of you go to rob? I want to exterminate only the remnants of Karelia, and there is no need to send out a large army. Besides, I will pay for the military expenses of this expedition. If you send private soldiers, you can pay all the expenses yourself. .I will personally order the troops to attack the remnants of the enemy, and then go to explore the brand new Lake Onega…”

This description is not very convincing to the public, and Rurik said again: “Don’t think too highly of the Karelians. We have not won the gratifying spoils twice in a row, and this time is the same. The significance of exploration is higher than War, merchants who want to make a fortune in one fell swoop, our army can make a small fortune at most, I advise you to stay in the city.”

The people who were eager to try finally settled down, and a small old woman was ordered to stand up tremblingly.

Surrounded by a group of strong men, the old lady tried her best to remain calm, but she couldn’t speak for a while.

She stumbled and described the situation in the Rudi dialect of Old Finnish, which everyone heard like birdsong.

Thanks to the translation by the deer breeders present, the scene was not embarrassing.

As the female leader said, the Karelian remnants were poor and had nothing but some reindeer.

Then the question came again, wouldn’t it be very boring to crusade against them?

Could it be that the prince insisted on exploring the mission?

People who imagined fighting to make a fortune gave up one after another, and even Arik felt that it was too superfluous.

He is the prince’s blood cousin, and it is necessary to support his younger brother, but he no longer expects the glory of the expedition.

There is a good thing, Arik, Ragnar, and Blue Fox, the trio who joined together on the expedition to Bremen, gathered together, and another joint expedition can also enhance friendship.

After dispatching 500 people to explore, Rurik thought of the event that 800 Cossacks killed and conquered the Siberian Khanate.

Who are the Cossacks?

Isn’t it just a nomadic armed group formed by the mixed blood of Turks and Slavs in various southern Russian regions, and the Pechenegs are one of their ancestors.

In a sense, the “Oriental Expedition” organized by Rurik, a mixture of Vikings such as Ross, Pan-Finns, Slavs, and Pechenegs, was similar in nature to the Cossacks’ exploration of the East.

Due to the special purpose of the Eastern Expedition, this meeting did not cause a sensation in the city, and consequently it did not cause a sensation in the city.

The army mustering operation has begun, and the soldiers belonging to the Slavic banner stationed at New Rose Fort have begun to assemble.

The soldiers of the first banner composed of the old Russians who got the news began to return.

A group of Viking warriors from other tribes in the city sent their men, and Rurik even rented a small group of private soldiers loyal to the merchants.

The 500 people were quickly assembled, and the core combat force of the army was 130 cavalry. As for the other 400 people, the composition was complicated, and there were really many ruthless people in it.

Old Russ, Balmerks, Mälaren, Jermalen, Suomi, Slavs, Deermen, Vips, Danes, Pechenegs.

Rurik gathered fighters from the main ethnic groups in the Principality and fighters from the foreign ethnic groups, mixed into an army, and spoke in Norse and Slavic languages.

The staff seems to be too complicated, but after a closer look, the main force of the army is the Vikings!

The Old Russ are of course Vikings, and they are still quite a strong part.

As a down-and-out nobleman in Denmark, Ragnar only brought thirty brothers with him. They were all battle madmen selected from the Danish civil war, and their strength should not be underestimated.

They changed their uniforms uniformly, each of them put on a white robe and sewed blue stripes to prove their identity, and the gathering of the crowd seemed to be a menacing army.

Extra-long spears are not required for this battle, portable short spears can be used more as sticks, swords and hand axes are indispensable.

Ross’s crossbow and torsion slingshot are the best weapons. Bows and arrows need to be equipped in large quantities, and ordinary soldiers must at least take short wooden bows.

After all, it would be a brand new place for Ross. No one believed that a small group of weak locals could wantonly grab leather resources. If Ross’s army fought there, if they could hunt and kill the big red squirrel wantonly, the opportunity should not be missed.

Rurik made a plan to march in groups of ten in sledges, four hundred with a hundred reindeer sledges.

The vehicles appear to be many, some of which are loaded with oats and a large number of pre-made wheat cakes.

There are also materials for field tents, as well as charcoal blocks for fire, soil nitrate combustion aids, large iron pots, pottery, etc.

The principle that soldiers and horses go before food and grass gave Kagan a strange feeling. He felt that the prince was traveling and brought too many things.

After all, Kagan is the son of the prairie. When the Pechenegs go to war, their horses are their own supplies. If they are hungry, they can continue to fight with a sip of mare’s milk, not to mention the high-energy milk and butter lumps they make. Eat A lump of pure fat can naturally have “super long endurance”.

No, Rurik spoke to his cavalry. This cavalry, which had just been trained for three months, finally ushered in its first actual battle.

It’s time to test the results of these three months of intensive training. The young fighters are full of confidence, but Pecheneg in the team is suspicious.

Kaganda’s subordinates pointed out this doubt: “According to our habits, going out in winter hurts horsepower.”

Rurik explained: “I will do a good job of keeping the horses warm, and the supply of feed will be three times the usual amount. You don’t have to pay for all the expenses. You are only responsible for fighting to kill the enemy as much as possible. After the battle, you use your skills to grab the spoils. .If the war horse I bought dies, it is my business. If your war horse dies, I will also pay a sum of money.”

This clearly regarded himself as a mercenary?

Kagan didn’t say much anymore, because being a mercenary is also pretty good.

Besides, a lot of leather here in Ross is high-end goods, but it still costs money to buy.

Don’t enemies also have a lot of leather?

Rus people don’t think it’s a big deal, those are good, fluffy things that Pechenegs like very much.

Loot as much as possible, load it back to Fort New Rose, sell it on the spot for money and continue to buy salt.

After listening to Kagan’s promise, he would have no worries. He had such a calculation, and lamented that his brother, Prince Rurik, was really a generous khan.

[End of this Chapter]