Rise of Rurik - Chapter 808

[Chapter 809 You are not allowed to escape]

The short battle was over, and when Swind returned to his island, he saw that the bodies of the soldiers who had been shot had begun to be carried away by the Ross people.

He looked anxious, not knowing what Prince Ross was really thinking.

But the mass landing of the Rus’ army had already begun.

A huge fishing village is in sight, and the defeated people are fleeing with all their might.

Rurik landed with his sword hilt in his hand, but he still couldn’t laugh because it wasn’t what he wanted to see.

The body of the deceased is being dragged and appears to be thrown straight into the sea.

He did not stop him, and met with those who had landed earlier on the battlefield.

Arik panted heavily, his eyes full of longing: “A large group of cowards have escaped, what are you going to do? This fishing village is now ours.”

“What else can we do? We entered the fishing village to plunder, and the army needed a stable residence. The Bernholm people provided it for us, and our army must accept it.”

“But there are still a large number of people who escaped. Our army should pursue them.”

“No need.” Rurik shook his head, “I understand this island better. Just let them escape! They have nowhere to escape. They don’t even have fishing boats, how can they survive? Let’s control this port and let the boats cruise around , Those who escape will surrender voluntarily.”

“Isn’t this too slow?” After finishing speaking, Arik pointed to the stone hill in the center of the island, “Maybe they can still rely on the hill to resist.”

“Are you planning to attack by force? There is no need.” Rurik thought for a while, “We can send this guy Swind to persuade him to surrender.”

“Happy as you want.” Arik shrugged, and left with his sword in his hand.

Is there a lot of treasures in the fishing village left by Bernholm?

Things have come to this point, Rurik is too lazy to restrain his subordinates.

Ross’s army was ordered to loot the fishing village, and everyone took what they needed according to their ability, and there was no rule that arson was strictly prohibited.

War is not Rurik’s original intention, but plunder is the true intention.

According to his plan, even Bernholm, who surrendered peacefully, must pay a large tribute to pay the occupation fee of the Ross army.

Now the army is tired, and the funds are collected by themselves.

The soldiers all felt that this was a good opportunity to make a fortune, but when they actually entered the fishing village, their longing gradually turned into disappointment.

What does the fisherman’s house have?

Broken wooden utensils, some tattered leather, linen, and some dried fish meat, it seems that there is nothing left.

What about silver coins?

What about copper coins?

Almost impossible to find.

Disappointed, the people had to take the dried fish and the salt they found, at least to fill their stomachs first.

There are also a large number of people expecting to take captives, as there are no captives like silver coins that do not exist.

The whole fishing village is almost empty!

But there are three distinct big families who are desperately resisting.

The mansion protected by the wooden wall was surrounded by the Ross army. The armored soldiers ignored the trapped beasts and tied the wooden wall with ropes, and everyone pulled it down forcefully.

The patriarch of the big family rose up with his family and private soldiers to resist, and even the slaves they raised were fighting desperately to protect themselves.

They tried to kill some Ross invaders, even if they died in battle, it would not be a bad loss.

However, the Ross army had already prepared for it.

Fisk is already in the prime of his life, and the cubs of the Sixth Banner Team under his command have also grown up.

He was ordered to take part in the operation with the able-bodied people in the flag team. Every boy is eager to make contributions, and he is actually a super fighting force in the army.

Half-kneeling soldiers lined up in three rows holding crossbows. When the wooden wall was pulled down, the defenders who decided to fight to the death were shot into hedgehogs by crossbows.

At this point, a round of volleys broke down the resistance, and all that was left was for the sword and shield hands to swarm up and chop melons and vegetables.

The female family members of the defenders were pulled out and bound hands and feet, and the rest were all killed.

Soldiers poured into the mansion in search of treasure, and only then did they pull out valuables such as silver coins and leather.

But the big fortune everyone longed for did not appear, and people quickly reached a consensus-the island was poor.

The Russian army captured nearly a hundred female prisoners in the fishing village. They were stripped of their clothes and thrown by the bonfire, where they were played wantonly by the conquerors.

The fleet stopped at the port of the fishing village, and all the ships parked here were captured.

Why keep some small boats?

Scuttled immediately.

The big traditional longboats are also used for their own use.

After Rurik personally supervised the confiscation of the ship, he really entered the fishing village and saw the women being played around by the campfire.

The capable mercenaries around him couldn’t help but say some vulgar words, and bluntly said that they were eager to try.

But the situation made Svetlana really speechless. As a woman, she couldn’t see other women living like animals.

“Ridiculous!” Rurik was furious: “I want to control the people here and transport them to the east. These brats treat them like animals? Grund!”

“Ah! Here!”

“The person who restrains you shut up, stop delusional, you go and control those women. Listen, only I can decide where they all go.”

“But those brothers seem to be having a good time.” Grund muttered casually.

“Don’t talk nonsense, go quickly.”

“As ordered.”

Now Rurik had to issue another order prohibiting the torture of prisoners. To his relief, all those captured by Ragnar’s troops were properly guarded.

He also noticed that Ragnar’s move was not kind, he had a strong subjective choice, and the captives he could control were all young women.

What is the situation of the down-and-out Stonewall tribe?

There are too few women and children, and too many strong men.

Ragnar is going to arrest people to revive the tribe.

The farce soon died down, and the bonfires in the fishing village were brightly lit.

Rurik ordered that the army should set up a deceitful bonfire. It cannot be a bonfire with ten people, and everyone must light a bonfire.

This is the case on the shore, and the Ross ships anchored on the sea are also used as fishing lights.

The former is an order that has to be completed, while the latter behavior is simply fishing at night.

As many as 2,500 people in the fleet arrived in Bernholm. A considerable number of people joined in the fun to gain benefits. They participated in the plundering of entering the fishing village, that is, they did not get any benefits, so they had to plunder the local fishery resources.

Such a large number of people is at a disadvantage for the entire Bornholm islanders. If the people of the whole island unite to fight to the death, it may not be really tough, and it may cause great harm to the Ross people.

However, they have never had a real powerful leader. Swind is a slightly convincing person, and he is now in the Ross army, so there is no one to talk to the Bornholm Islanders.

The last courage of the islanders without a commander was gone, and they became a mob, rushing instinctively to the rocky hill, where there were still some defences.

The fleeing people gathered in Yuqiu, and when they saw the bonfire in the fishing village brightly shining like stars in the sky, rumors spread all over the place.

Some people said that the Ross people went crazy this time, and they wanted to hack and kill the whole island, and everyone would die.

It is also claimed that there are still some small fishing villages on the island, where there are boats to escape from.

There was opposition to the initiative because there were too many refugees and too few small boats available.

The patriarchs of the big families gathered together to discuss what to do next.

“The Ross people wanted to kill us all, and Swind was definitely cut off by them.”

Someone murmured sarcastic words: “Maybe it was Swind who brought the Ross people this time, otherwise how would they know how to block our fishing village? Now everyone can’t escape.”

“Can’t we be trapped here?”

“You guys think of a way? How about we send someone to talk to the Ross people, maybe we can make peace?”

“Make peace? How easy is it? They clearly want to kill us. We still have to find a way to escape.”

“Escape? Where? To Denmark in the west? That Horik’s notoriety is no less than that of the Rus. The Pomeranians in the south don’t welcome us. Maybe we have to go to the Silver Castle in the north.”

The so-called Silver Castle, this trading town by the sea in the Götaland region once had a war, and the Swedish king Olegin died here.

The islanders of Bornholm also sent troops to fight in that war, and now the locals at least do not reject the islanders.

The escaped families brought very limited treasures, but over the years, they were either tossed by the Ross people, or by the new Danish king Horik, and even the landlord’s family was short of food.

There are many people in the big family, and there is no need to care about the life of the free fisherman’s family.

The bad news of the night spread throughout the hill camp, and the free fishermen no longer wanted to resist. They did not trust the big families and had only fear of the Ross army.

Despair spread in the camp, and someone hanged himself with a rope that night.

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Naturally, some people thought of fleeing. Some trees were cut down under the dim light of the moon, and the families who lost their fishing boats decided to build their own rafts to forcefully cross the sea.

If they want it, the big family wants it even more.

However, those big families decided to use the most violent means to get the ships, that is, to fight against the small fishing villages under the stone hill.

At such a moment of life and death, people who are eager to flee for their lives can’t care too much.

On the other side of the Ross camp, it is well known that the escaped islanders camped on the stone mound, as evidenced by the fact that there are many bonfires lit there.

Swind gnawing on the salted fish was tasteless, and he was even worried that his head would be chopped off by the Ross people.

Moreover, all his family members escaped cleanly, and now his life and death are uncertain.

Rurik ate and drank enough, roasted the bonfire and preached his policy to the frightened Swind.

“The battle is completely avoidable. It was your people who started it first, so I had to fight back with all my strength. I didn’t expect your people to withdraw so easily.”

What hypocrisy!

With such a sigh, Swind really couldn’t say it.

He tentatively asked: “I am still useful now? What else can I do for you?”

“Oh? Don’t you think you are useless? Will my head be chopped off? I never mean that.”

“What will I do? You…how do you plan to deal with the escaped people.”

Rurik shrugged. “They can’t escape, can they?”

“Well, the Bernholms are small, and if they can’t finish their catch, they will starve to death very quickly.”

“Then they will surrender to me to avoid starvation, won’t they? As I said, I didn’t want to fight, and I planned to take them in as my subjects. Are they all on that rock hill? I can give They have a chance.”

Swind was startled suddenly: “You want me to persuade you to surrender?”

“certainly.”

“tomorrow?”

“No, wait.” Rurik felt that this matter should not be rushed, and asked again: “Is it important to camp on the stone hill? Why did they do it?”

Swind had no choice but to answer: “There are some of our defense facilities and some supplies there.”

“There are still supplies? There are a lot of them?”

“If you want to feed thousands of people to take refuge, you can’t last for a few days. Moreover, it was funded by a big family. I don’t think anyone is willing to give it to the group of free fishermen.”

Rurik nodded, and the people who warmed up by the same campfire also heard the clue.

“This is the capital for camping on the hills? It’s really stupid. They are defending the Jedi. However, this kind of thing can also force people to fight to the end.” Following this line of thought, Rurik ordered his elites to take it easy.

“You think highly of them.” Arik said fearlessly.

“I don’t want to underestimate the enemy.”

Ragnar said again: “These islanders may be stronger, but now they are obviously weakened by you. Prince Rurik, in my opinion, your army might as well go straight to Denmark, and you can cut off the head of the king of Denmark. You are too strong.”

“The time is not yet ripe.” Rurik sighed.

“I’m going to besiege them, and take the opportunity to plunder the local fish directly. We also have to let them find a boat to escape forcibly, and sink all the ships that don’t fly our flag! Kill all the people on it! I will We must force them to surrender with such strong means.”

Speaking of this, Rurik paused and said again: “At that time, they who are hungry and dare not escape will definitely accept surrender very easily.”

Facing Rurik’s gaze, Swind could only respond with an embarrassed smile.

Those islanders began to build rafts one after another, and a large number of people were watching.

Even some magical scenes happened.

Some women who have lost their husbands take the initiative to commit themselves to the big family as slaves, and there are also parents who sell their children.

Even desperate families have killed their own children and then hanged both.

The big family that is also in a desperate situation seems to have a way to survive, but in fact they are also busy sharpening their knives, planning to exchange the lives of other islanders for the survival of the family.

The early morning light illuminated the entire island, and the Ross Navy left the port under Rurik’s order.

Except for the flagship Aurora, which continued to berth, the other fifteen large ships began to cruise around the island and take care of fishing.

There are also a large number of longboats doing the same thing, and a large number of people are floating on the sea, which seems to be extremely empty in Rurik’s current camp.

Rurik also sent the group of guys out of the tiger and down the mountain, which also left him a retreat by boat to avoid the sharp edge.

But the islanders have no way of retreat, because most of the boats in the fishing village have been taken away.

The big Ross cruise ship was ready long ago, and the Ross people generally felt that the cowards decided to flee, even if they lacked a boat, they would still continue to flee.

In the northern part of the island, some ships appeared on the sea surface.

This is a large fleeing family. They evacuate at full speed with their old, weak, women, children, and slaves. The land on the ground is victory.

The price of this miserable voyage to Scandinavia was paid by others, with fugitives robbing other people’s boats and killing small fishing villages.

However, the terrifying “triangle sail” of the Ross people suddenly appeared, rushing towards it like a sea monster.

The big ship galloped along the south wind to complete the interception, and continued to talk about simple killings. Finally, the bronze rammed the long rowing boat directly in the middle.

Those who fell overboard were not rescued in any way, and now from the stand of the big Ross ship, they were doing it like an interesting hunt.

They laughed and shot arrows into the water, or stabbed with extremely long spears, enjoying the fun of killing.

Scenes of similar scenes happened one after another, and those who were the first to escape into the sea were killed one after another.

Those who planned to evacuate by raft saw the situation and fled in a hurry. The people gathered on the northern beach retreated one after another, leaving behind a rough raft.

They actually retreated back to the Shiqiu camp.

Another group of people entered the stone hill, because the fishermen in the small fishing village were also brutally attacked by the Ross people, and even those who didn’t know it now knew that they were facing disaster.

The helpless people can only report to the group to keep warm. They start to envy the smart people who left the island in the past, and how stupid they are who are greedy for local fish resources.

What else can I do?

After a whole day of “sea hunting”, the Ross army used their strength to kill the islanders’ impulse to escape. The number of surviving islanders was still extremely alarming, and almost all of them gathered on the stone hill.

And all this is what Rurik wants to see.

[End of this Chapter]