Rise of Rurik - Chapter 810

[Chapter 811]

The earth was shaking, and pine trees collapsed one by one.

The two-man saws of the Rus were violently felling logs at an unimaginable speed. Due to the large number of people doing business, the tree collapsed almost at the same time in the forest surrounding the stone hill. cheer up.

What the hell happened?

Those men who were still able to fight struggled to get up holding their weapons. Their lips were covered with folds of skin, and their bodies had become sluggish due to lack of water. What was worse was the headache caused by lack of water.

They are still good, after all, there was a small amount of supplies on the way.

Thousands of people hid in the rocky hills, but supplies were extremely scarce. The food and drinking water stored by the big families had been exhausted. This supply could not even satisfy their own people, so how could they help other fishermen’s families.

The poor fishermen begged for some water and food for themselves, but the big family themselves were tired beasts in the cage.

If the Russian army continues to siege, and the sky does not rain down, thousands of people will die of thirst collectively.

Many people have died, young children in the arms of their mothers who were just as bad.

Even people who can’t bear the pain choose to hang themselves on a larger scale. It is said that even if it is death, suicide is better than dying of pain and thirst, and no one knows when the Ross invaders will attack. If they are captured by those wicked people, they will encounter a more miserable fate than death. .

There were many dead bodies hanging from the trees on the top of the stone hill, and even more horrific tragedies happened.

The corpses had their feet cut off, and the hungry and thirsty people had lost their minds because of their strong desire to survive, and drank the blood of the dead.

At least, that thing can replenish its own water.

After all, there are a small number of people who do this, and more people just lie on the rocks quietly waiting for their unknown fate.

It had been four full days since they fled, and those who hadn’t had a drop of water had died, and those who were still dying had at least received some supplies.

As many as 3,000 people stayed on the top of the stone hill, and now only 500 people can still stand up and raise their weapons.

Five hundred people seems to be a lot. This so-called warrior will be exhausted as long as he tries to slash a few times.

They stood up one after another, and each big family commanded their own people, private soldiers and even armed slaves.

Everyone nervously observed the destruction of the forest, and saw that under the morning sun, the nightmarish spinnaker of the Ross people was still cruising on the sea.

“Will this island sink? We will sink into the sea!”

“That’s better than being trapped to death like this. Why don’t we rush down and fight the Ross people, and we won’t die of thirst.”

“Desperately? Can we fight hard?”

“Then we’ll just die. Damn, they’re not even in a hurry for our chance to surrender. Do we have a blood feud with them? That Horik from Denmark drove us here, and the Russ are going to kill you and us!” The speaker was none other than an exiled Danish nobleman.

The elite of the islanders came together in one place, ranging from extended native families to Danish exiles.

Compared with the two ends of the big families, the exile lamented that he got together with those cowards and fell into the current desperate situation.

“Just fight them! If I die, I will die by the sword.” Another exile said.

The patriarchs of the big family had nothing to say, they didn’t want to die, and they didn’t dare to go down and surrender, so they continued to stand in a dilemma, even if they knew that this kind of stalemate would be their own death.

The Danish exiles reprimanded this group of big families who boasted that they were all-powerful in the past as idiots. Even if the brothers go down to the Ross people to fight for their lives, how many of them have the strength to fight?

While they were ambiguous, new movements began to appear in the logging scene.

Banners with blue stripes on a white background began to appear in large numbers, and soldiers in white robes struggled through the ruins of the collapsed forest, gradually revealing a hideous appearance.

Flags not only show the identity of an army, the number of flags can boost morale and scare the enemy.

Rus warriors were ordered to restore the flag, while blowing horns and beating drums furiously, making as much noise as possible.

The scheduled bonfire began to light, and the addition of soil nitrate made it easier to get twice the result with half the effort.

These white powders from dung are mixed in specially prepared hay balls and paper scraps. The sawdust sparks from the bow drill strike the soil and immediately cause the whole grass ball to turn into a ball of fire.

In the past, the Ross people could not make fire so quickly, but now making fire has become a de facto technique of deflagration.

Rurik watched the bonfires burn with a calm face.

As the saying goes, once soil nitrate has its practical use, the people will accept its existence and generate great demand.

“You guys! I’m afraid no one thought that this thing could be turned into a weapon!”

The technology of casting bronze hand cannons and small cannons is fully mature, and key medicines can also be prepared.

Look at the torsion slingshot that was pressed on the two-wheeled cart and pulled to the scene. Compared with the artillery, the existing long-range weapons are fully sufficient for use.

Rurik divided the army into three parts. He personally led the absolute main force to stand at the foot of the hill, and the other two detachments gathered to control the other area.

Some stragglers holding flags were wandering away, showing that the Ross army had enough troops to surround the stone hill.

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Actually?

Ross and the Swedish fishermen who sailed the entire fleet have now gone ashore. Although a large number of ships are still floating at sea, only sailors are left on them.

Rurik mobilized all the manpower he could, and made a posture that he was holding an army of ten thousand people.

“Do you have to burn the fat fish to ashes?!” Arik still felt inappropriate for what was about to happen, and he confessed to his brother: “It’s outrageous to lure the enemy to surrender just by the aroma of grilled fish? I don’t believe those people would do that Surrender obediently.”

“What if I succeed? You…” Rurik looked at the many elite talents present. Except for Ragnar and Swind, everyone else will have their own important political status in Ross in the future.

“Speak up! Anyone who finds it difficult to lure them to surrender should speak up. Of course, I don’t think this move will be absolutely successful, and it may break their will.”

Speaking of this, Rurik told the two talents who were about to go to persuade them to surrender: “Swind, Ragnar, don’t remember what I told you. Whether you can persuade them to surrender peacefully is up to you! I don’t want to fight .but……”

“I understand!” Swind said impatiently: “There is no point in fighting at all, let everything stop. If those guys are obsessed, I really can’t help it. I just hope that if the situation is irreversible, at least my family’s life will be saved .”

Rurik shrugged: “This matter… depends on God’s arrangement.”

But Ragnar has nothing to say. Now that things have happened, he feels that it is a waste of emotion to join forces with various exiles to oppose the King of Denmark. It is better to call the kid Rurik a brother and brother, and rely on friendship to invite the Ross army to help him win the war. Crown of Denmark.

It would be best if there were still exiles on the hill, but it wouldn’t matter if they were all dying of thirst and starvation.

The soldiers carrying the newly caught large cod were publicly displayed, and the people on the stone hill saw it, and watched those soldiers throw the fat fish into the fire with little saliva.

The drums of the Ross army were still ringing, and soon, the smell of grilled fish permeated the stone hill along the south wind.

Not only cod, but also a large number of herring were burned.

The burnt smell of fish oil rushes into the nostrils of hungry people. It can be said that they sit up in a state of dying, and many dying people stand up!

It was some dangling figures, men, women and children.

They staggered down the hill with weary steps. They were bare-handed, and even if they fell down, they crawled to the scene of burning fresh fish.

Seeing such a scene, Arik was overjoyed: “Hey! Brother, you are right! They really came to surrender.”

Swind and Ragnar were also dumbfounded. They didn’t expect that those people who were about to die of starvation and thirst would come down without needing to waste their words?

Satisfied, Rurik gestured: “Don’t panic, I still have a good trick. Ah! It seems that the torque slingshot was prepared for nothing…”

The person holding the wooden bucket, look at the bucket filled with fresh water.

The Ross army completely controlled the springs on the island, and it was quite easy to get water.

Soldiers scooped up water with both hands and sprinkled it into the sky, and some even went shirtless openly, doused themselves with whole buckets of water, and publicly shook their wet hair.

The deliberate waste of fresh water by the Rus is an even stronger temptation!

More people walked down the stone hill, and Rurik ordered the guarded soldiers to continue to hold their sword handles. If the hungry and thirsty people who rushed down had attackers among them, they would naturally be killed. If they were just grabbing water, let them grab as much as they could. !

Some wooden barrels were placed openly, and the fishermen who washed down did not care about the risk at all. They competed with each other and the land became wet.

“It’s a mess…” Rurik complained.

He couldn’t stand it at all, the chaotic scene was still dominated by the male fishermen, while the poor female fishermen were lying on the ground, licking the wet land, and drinking even the muddy muddy water.

A pair of soldiers rushed over at the order of the prince.

They did not come to control the situation and make the so-called water fetching orderly, but directly arrested the women and children in it.

This move seems strange, but it is actually because Rurik has different arrangements for the people of the islands.

Both women and children were taken to the East, and continued to ease the marriage problems of a large number of Slavic men, especially the many brothers of his own Slavic banner team.

As for the male fishermen, their safety can of course be guaranteed, but they will give up their fishing life and turn into slave labor in mining to start a new life in the north.

A group of women and children were controlled, and these people who could not grab the men were specially supplied with fresh water and food.

The Ross army just watched this group of people eating and drinking. For a group of women and children, although the soldiers had a conversation in Norse, they couldn’t talk about ridicule and contempt.

The ordinary fishermen who could move on the stone hill came down looking for the scent.

Stone Hill still has a large number of people, except for the dead, the real dying, and even those big families and exiles who are still undecided.

Swind inspected these people who came down, and he was very sad that he did not see his wife, children and even servants.

The people who came down also recognized Swind’s face, and they needed him as a backer when they were taken aback.

Swind was originally the person who was recommended by everyone, but now he has returned to his job, Kong Kai announced that eating the water and fish of the Ross people is a surrender, and everyone’s life will be guaranteed.

She doesn’t talk about other things, just talk about survival.

Hearing the life promise of the Drosians, they were even annoyed when they saw that the so-called “killed water takers” were clearly alive.

Surrendering was a wise choice, and I blamed myself for foolishly following the big family to the mountains. If I had given the title earlier, there would have been no disasters later.

The united front work is now!

Appearing in the form of a handsome warrior, Rurik, dressed in splendid splendor, preached to the hundreds fleeing down the hill: “I am the Prince of Rus! It looks like you are just ordinary fishermen. Your foolish flight is asking for your own death. , now that you surrender to me, you will gain stability in the future. Now eat fish and river water to your heart’s content, and I will reward you with a good life.”

They stared at Rurik’s tall and majestic figure in unison. The leader of the vicious Ross people was actually a young man?

Rurik opened his arms with a smile on his face, which represented goodness, and his promise was even more attractive: “You are all my servants, and no one can hurt you now! You will be rewarded for being loyal to me.” Good life. Right here, if a soldier attacks you, it is a crime! I will not allow this to happen. I have learned that you are all free fishermen who are meant to survive on the strong. Now you must depend on me! Only I am your true master!”

This is like a reassurance. Even if there is commotion in the crowd, it tends to be quiet now.

No, some people begged bitterly at the beginning, the so-called stone mound still has a large number of dying people.

Since the prince of Ross is a good man, kill the big families that caused the war, save the poor fishermen, and get more servants in this way.

Is it still possible to persuade them to surrender?

Arik was even more surprised.

A few days ago, the person who either tried to resist or fled with all his strength, now changed his appearance and stood on Ross’s position to protect the interests of Prince Ross?

Arik regards the speaker as a traitorous good dog. This person is obviously a man, and what he does really doesn’t interest Arik.

Instead, he turned his face to look at Shiqiu. There are still a group of stubborn guys there, right?

On the contrary, those people are the ruthless people that Arik feels will never surrender, and they are fighters who can be admired.

What about the facts?

From the standpoint of the big family on the top of the stone hill, although they took up their weapons and watched a group of dying people rush down the mountain, they were still a group of onlookers in essence.

They thought that these people would be ruthlessly killed by the Ross army, but they didn’t expect that they would drink water and eat meat openly.

A gorgeously dressed man was very ostentatious, and those who surrendered sat on the ground very calmly.

The private soldiers and slaves of the big family wavered, and many clamored to go down and surrender.

There was a commotion in the crowd, and the slaves who clamored to surrender were killed immediately. The patriarch used this violent method to forcefully control the precarious situation.

Swind learned that his wife and children were actually still on the hill, and Ragnar also learned that many Danish exiles did not come down.

The definite news reached Rurik’s ears. As the commander in chief, he felt that it was time to make the final blow.

In fact, Rurik doesn’t care about the life and death of those big families. The key point is that there are still a large group of dying people on the mountain. It would be a pity if all these fishermen died.

On the contrary, it is not a pity that the big family and its dependents are so desperate to fight to the death. These people had better surrender quickly and give the Ross army time to rescue them.

Now, Ragnar and Swind finally acted.

Behind them are more than a hundred capable brothers of the First Banner Squad led by Arik.

The men all carried crossbows, bucklers on their backs, and swords at their waists.

Vigilance is necessary. If those people want to fight to the death, the Ross army will immediately counterattack because they have been prepared.

This move is also protecting Ragnar and Swind.

The two envoys were very conspicuous. As the distance approached, the people on the stone hill maintained a high level of alert.

The patriarchs of the big families were shocked by that extremely familiar face.

It’s Swind!

This guy is not dead?

!

When the family heads were shocked, a woman rushed over, pulling the child regardless.

The dignified Swinde panicked, then rushed over happily.

The husband and wife hugged each other, and Swind’s children clung to their father’s clothes.

This heartwarming scene could not move a few people. Aric ordered his subordinates to maintain a high level of alert. Everyone has seen the faces of the recalcitrants. If they shoot arrows, don’t blame the Ross army for reaping their lives with precise shooting…

[End of this Chapter]