Rise of Rurik Chapter 135

The Ross people grabbed a lot of wheat, but couldn't bear his gluttony.

Since all the delivered goods belong to everyone, such as wheat and peas, which are usually precious food, whether to eat on the road or take them back to eat, everyone's attitude is very clear. Maizi has only one destination, that is, the belly he has. For safety, he must be put in immediately!

The army will rest on the beach all day.

On the way home, if the fleet does not stop at Semelia and other places, it will take five days to return home in the shortest way.

All the seventy prisoners had a new home this night, and they were divided up by the Rus!

Those young women who have had childbirth experience are very popular among young soldiers.

And a group of little girls among the captives were finally taken away because they could serve as servants of the domestic helpers, and they were an excellent tool person who could speak Norse. These young Roths robbed their homes as a sideline to make a fortune, and they still work as fishermen.

Since he is a fisherman, he knows how to put a long line to catch big fish.

Their father and brother died in previous attacks on Gotland. This time the revenge was very successful, and the Gotland women were taken prisoner. Occupy them, train them, and finally become their own concubines. The Ross people are already doing this, not only to meet their own needs, but also to demonstrate the success of revenge.

For those prisoners, the situation is not bad.

When the day came again, their hands and feet were still free, that is, they were guarded on the beach as a whole, and they were closely guarded by more than one hundred soldiers.

The Ross people are not so much to take care of the prisoners, but more importantly to take care of their warships.

According to the plan, when the new night arrives, the tide will rise. When the tide is about to recede, the army will leave.

The women gathered by the bonfire on the beach, taking the large number of pine branches handed over by the Ross people and burning the fire vigorously.

A large number of women are still desperately pounding the stone mortar to make more flour.

They were ordered to use as much flour as possible throughout the day to make mature granola. As a reward for work, they are free to stuff wheat cakes into their stomachs.

There are more than one hundred people in the camp on the beach, and Kharosov is very relieved.

After discussing with Arik, he took two hundred people to take advantage of the warmth of the day to explore the inland areas with common sense.

Everyone believes very much that this area, which is much warmer than the hometown of Roseburg, is really weird without being used.

As far as Kharosov knows, there are many small settlements on the island of Semelia not far from here, and the land on the opposite side of the island. Although those people didn't have much exchanges with the Ross people and the MindAsia Alliance, their relationship with each other was quite gentle.

Today, the army still has more than 300 brave fighters, attacking Semelia Island and looting it, which seems to be able to reap a lot of benefits.

Kharosov gave up this idea, but he has eaten a huge sweetness! The army looted Gotland, gold, silver, two women, and the joy of venting the hatred, he wanted more after enjoying such a pleasure once.

The Semelian islanders are potential allies, and this area of ​​Courland is full of unknowns.

He negotiated with Arik and reached a consensus. Others followed their own "war leaders" to go deep inland to find strongholds of unknown people, and swung their battle axes to loot everything they could have, such as fur and linen.

As a result, approaching a daytime exploration, they did not find anything interesting.

If there is any gain, it is the harvest of the archers.

There are large pine forests, oak forests, and some small swamps and small plains between forests.

It seems that this place has never been set foot before. Hare scurrying and turtledoves flying around. Isn't it a holy place for hunting?

If in normal hunting time, hunters will arrange some traps to improve hunting efficiency. Time is urgent. In the entire army, only twenty professional hunters with bows and arrows have the ability to catch a large number of hares.

Despite the time rush, the hunters caught fifty hares.

The Ross people chopped down some branches, and hung the rabbits on the branches one by one with the hemp rope they carried or the vines they found temporarily. They lined up in long lines, singing ancient ballads in the sunset, and returned to the beach to live a good life of rabbit meat on the left hand and wheat crackers on the right hand.

"This place is really wonderful." Harozov, who was leaning on the bonfire, exclaimed: "Why don't those Gotlanders build a town here? I still want to grab it again."

"Since they don't want it, why don't we build a settlement here?" Arik asked.

"We should talk to the chieftain about this, but looking at the current situation, the chieftain still wants to build a town at the mouth of Lake Ladoga."

"Oh..." Arik sighed slightly, gnawed half of the rabbit's leg boldly, and swallowed his belly roughly, "There are a lot of rabbits here, we should really build a stronghold here. We captured all the rabbits here," All Ross men can get comfortable rabbit skin hats and gloves. And delicious barbecue!"

Harozov knows very well that Kurland is a treasured place of feng shui that continues to develop. Due to practical factors, development? Very unrealistic.

"Forget it. Although this place is good, it is too close to the Gotlanders, too far from our alliance, and farther from our Roseburg."

"So it's not going to develop?" Arik asked back: "Could it be that we are building Fort Shilla in Ladoga, not farther from our hometown."

"But it is closer to our servant Novgorod. Alas... after all, we are not strong enough. If we have more fighters, we should swear the power on the beach where the fleet is docked and order the locals to serve as servants. So..." When the words arrived, Harozov's old face looked at Arik again: "Boys! More boys! Arik, you are the hero of the tribe, and the tribe needs more heroes. It is not enough for you to have only one wife. Think about it, haha! Just like me..."

Harozov handed the half-eaten rabbit to the two newly acquired women.

Arik's eyes widened, watching the women pulling their women to gnaw meat together, wishing to **** the rabbit bone marrow out. He knew that Kharosov had succeeded.

"So, what should we call this place?" Arik asked suddenly.

Harozov looked at the sun that was about to sink into the sea, and said casually: "Let's call it Rabbit Beach. After all, we caught fifty rabbits in a short time here."

"Well. What if we build a town here in the future? It's called Lebiburg."

Harozov shrugged: "A strange name, forget it..."

Perhaps from this era, the Ross people began to have a keen interest in this beach. Now, Arik just thinks that the local rabbit fur is a very good resource. As long as they really take root, they will soon find another wonderful place.

Just this so-called "Rabyborg Beach", also known as "Rabbit Fort", is a deserted place with people.

The long coastline facing Gotland is also not inhabited by locals. In Riga, far away from the beach, a large number of tribes originating from the Baltic have established large and small settlements. The mouth of the Daugava River forms a city, which is the core of the Riga people.

Basically, all rivers around the Baltic Sea enter the sea and have the potential to become human settlements.

Not far to the northeast of "Rebyborg Beach", the Ross people who threw on the road a few days ago found a bay formed by the mouth of a river. They saw dense forests, and there was no boat looking around. There are indications that this bay is uninhabited.

The Ross people who were busy on their way did not even land and explore. They knew better that the river flowing into the small bay was called the Wenda River.

The entrance of the Wenda River to the sea is not easy, because that plane, the strong Kievan Rus knows that the Wenda River, which is occupied by the Riga people, is a port that enters the sea and forms an ice-free port all year round! Some locals living in the Riga region migrated here and became part of Livonia during the time of the Northern Crusades. When the fallen Kievan Rus regained its hegemony with a new attitude, this natural ice-free port was named Windusk.

When Latvia was restored, it was renamed Ventspils. No matter how the name was changed, she was named after the Wenda River, because the bay is an ice-free port. Germans, Vikings, and Russ' warships and iron hooves are coming in in succession, just to gain a huge advantage in trade and get a comprehensive one. A natural harbor for docking.

Kievan Rus, it fought against the Khazanian Khanate for the safety of the entrance to the sea in the south, and the Finns and Livonians for the entrance to the sea in the north. The war for access to the sea and the possession of an ice-free port even lasted for a thousand years!

The sun went down, the temperature dropped sharply, and a large number of people gathered around the bonfire to sleep in a shack at will.

With the stomachs of those prisoners stuffed with food, the situation of the Ross people is even better. It is not that the Roths are benevolent. The most fundamental reason is that they don't want to lose a usable resource for no reason. It would be too bad for a captive to die because of cold or sickness or starvation.

A warm night passed quickly, and the early Harrodsson knocked on his wooden shield and shouted: "Brothers, wake up immediately, we are going to set off now."

Is someone snoozing? No.

The Ross people and their peers are stronger than they are willing to follow a strong commander and maintain a high degree of organization.

Everyone knows that if the ocean tide recedes for a while, it might be time to wait for the next high tide.

The bonfire that was still burning was left unattended, and the rising Ruths kicked up the lazy prisoners no matter how big or small they were, and then ordered to board the boat immediately.

The captives crooked their hands to get some of the wheat cakes they had baked yesterday, but after a long time, the cakes became hard.

Their hands and feet were still free. Under the pressure of their shield and sword, they quickly ate their bread and climbed onto the boat.

"Everyone!" The barefoot Arik dipped in the shallow water and pushed the boat into the sea with his brothers.

"Be careful not to let anything scratch the ribs."

"The keel left the sand and we climbed onto the boat."

Arik directs his actions, as do other ships.

When a boat drifted into the sea, a large number of oars were stretched out, and another long twine was thrown to another boat that was deliberately stranded. The twine tied the leading target on the bow of the ship, and the front ship froze to tow the back boat. Drag to the sea.

The Russ demonstrated the efficiency of action that a Viking tribe should have. They were very successful in driving the entire fleet into the vast sea before the low tide.

Twenty warships lowered their sails, but only the captured ships they towed, and the sails continued to be tied.

With the help of the gentle south wind, they can move slowly with two knots of tortoise speed.

If so, they must spend four days of non-stop exercise to reach the Aland Islands, the throat of the Gulf of Bothnia.

In order to be faster, everyone had to paddle to help, and rushed to the Åland Islands in only two days.

In addition to eager to go home early, at present, people floating on the sea must face a possibility, that is, an attack from the Gotland.

Many young people are full of illusions about the future.

Young fighters lacked setbacks in their short life. They participated in the first "major battle" in their lives this time and achieved a remarkable victory. It is strange that they are sitting on huge sums of money and women and their mentality is not floating.

Look at them! In order to relieve fatigue when paddling, they have been boasting, describing themselves as invincible strongmen, and slandering the Gotlanders as idiots worthy of slaves.

Harozov didn't want to worry about their nonsense, so he reminded a few words: "Brothers! Pay attention to the conditions of the sea, and be careful when you find any ships."

He had reminded it many times, and it made Arik a little tired of it.

"Uncle, what are you worried about? Worried that the fishermen in Gotland will attack us and looting property?"

"What do you think it was? Arik, we strayed unexpectedly and were targeted by the Gotlanders. Your father died in this sea."

"Then let them come!" Arik's eyes were filled with the desire to continue fighting, "My revenge is still not over. I am now anxious that a group of enemy ships will appear on the sea, so that I can achieve greater success."

"Naval battle? Wait." Harozov sighed. "They'll fight when they come! I hope we won't encounter them."

Kharosov really didn't want to encounter the enemy now, but he didn't have absolute optimism either.

After all, the army burned down a large southern settlement of the Gotland people. After the end of the night of the Great War, there may be more than 500 corpses left by the opponent.

The actual situation is of course worse than Harozov's prediction. The living residents of Sikeenberg fled northward in a state of poverty. They retreated to the north of the island for a whole day, and the terrible news spread throughout the island.

After all, there are 20,000 people living in Gotland, and all the people in Gotland firmly believe that this is the action of the Mind Asian League. They believe that because their own people have landed in Jotaland to open up the wilderness, and are allied with the thinking people, especially the strong Mellaren people, the skirmishes have never stopped over the years. The Mellaren people entangled some people for a cruel sneak attack for every reason!

Don't look at the young Ross people as idiots and cowards, using all kinds of unbearable words they know. Harozov is now worried about colliding with the Gotland ships whose heads are full of revenge. Only when his fleet rushes to the Åland Islands can the Ross people be said to be safe.

However, the Gotland people are already frantically looking for the enemy who will attack Sikenberg, the north of the island is fully guarded, and a large number of warships from Gotland have left the port!

To organize troops to counterattack the Mindya, this matter still needs to be considered for a long time.

There are several large and wealthy families in the north of the island. They know that the entire island is united and cannot resist the all-out attack of the Mind Alliance. The only way to win is to ask Denmark for help, that is, to the leader of the Gotland people. , Denmark's "Lion King" Hafgen asked for help.

Until then, Gotland will take a defensive position.

A large number of warships moved to the south of the island, and many Gotlanders from Kalmar Port in the Götaland region also participated. In the strait from Kalmar Port to Gotland, a number of warships quickly appeared. One was to prevent a large fleet of northerners from raids, and the other was to search for the suspected "pioneer fleet" and choose an opportunity to annihilate it to vent its anger.

The news became more and more wicked, making the Goths panic, as if the enemy attacking Sikkenberg was just the enemy's vanguard. Some people even believed that the Northern Siwa Alliance's plan was to wash the whole brother blood after the sea ice was completely thawed Tran.

Some ships rushed to Denmark in an emergency, and the oarsman rowed the boat at the risk of vomiting blood, just to pass on information that had been passed on many times and became a "campaign alert."

Some ships have also begun to move towards the seas east of the island, but these ships are mostly responsible for detection and security.

The time came, and Kharosov was not surprised by the white sails appearing on the distant sea.

"The enemy finally appeared! Pay attention to the sails in the distance, that's the enemy!"

Harozov murmured, and the other oarsmen also suspended their work.

Suddenly, Arik's once relaxed heart regained his tension: "Uncle, what should we do?!"

"What else can we do? We can't try to avoid the war, the war has come!" After all, Harozov stood up suddenly, hitting his wooden shield with his axe, and yelled crazy: "Brothers! Goth! The Lanren are here for revenge, let us rush forward and destroy them all!"

Suddenly, the young people of the flagship screamed, their aura is high!

This momentum immediately infected other ships.

Harozov continued to order: "Arik, you and the others put the sails away."

"why?!"

"Young man, you are not afraid that the enemy will burn our sails?! Do it quickly. Then we row over and jump to help fight! Listen, we are crowded!"

Appearing in the distance of the Ross fleet is the Danes' reconnaissance fleet, their strength is actually not much, there are only eight ships in total.

The eight-sided white sails are eight ships, and Kharosov conservatively believes that the enemy's strength is around 240 men.

This old guy has been following Otto for more than 20 years and has participated in battles many times without being seriously injured. He thinks this has something to do with Otto's lesson.

"Don't treat your enemy as an idiot." This is Otto's lesson. Kharozov knows that his own forces have an advantage, but the enemy really has 240 people. It is really unrealistic to get an overwhelming advantage after the battle. .

This naval battle cannot be avoided, even if there is a chance to hide, the young soldiers still have to fight, and avoiding is a cowardly act! Who would like to be a coward?

There is no way to avoid a war, so let's fight it.

Chapter end