Rise of Rurik Chapter 395

Wars in the Middle Ages in Europe often took place in the summer. This was never an intentional agreement between the two warring parties, but was completely matched by nature.

The latitudes of all countries are very high, so only the summer has long daylight hours and the climate is also warm. Such climatic conditions are suitable for military operations. Wars are often stopped or suspended with the approach of winter. After all, in winter, the army cannot continue fighting when the daylight hours are often less than six hours and the temperature is below freezing.

Even if winter operations are necessary, a force can only organize a small group of troops to carry out military operations.

Olekin revealed the decision of the war to the Rus in advance, and Rurik concluded that the shortest day of expedition would be one month later.

Rurik did not have the foresight, and his decision even overestimated Origen.

This is in the Middle Ages! Even if the various tribes have the convenience of ship navigation, they organize troops, prepare weapons, and make personnel adjustments, even if they generally do not pay special attention to logistical issues, the above preparation issues will inevitably consume too much time for them.

Compared to other forces, Rurik felt that his Rus tribe was better than them in terms of organization and execution. However, he couldn't think too highly of his Ross tribe, he could only say that at this stage everyone was still half-hearted. The Russians will continue to strengthen their internal affairs and will have a stronger organization and mobilization power in a few years.

The two long boats were ordered to leave Lake Mälaren urgently, and the rowers rushed to their destinations with a letter from Chief Ross.

The fleet departed early in the morning, and they arrived at Tombstone Island in the afternoon of the second day only by the warm south wind.

The commander's war orders spread throughout the settlement in an instant, and a group of fighters with rich combat experience held up their battle axes and responded to the leader's call. According to the opportunity, thirty of them, with their heavy weapons and equipment, planned to quickly go to Lake Mälaren and land on Gould Island to report.

The fleet continued to move northward, riding on the broad sea, riding the waves with the help of the strong south wind. They surpassed the speed of ten nautical miles in a short period of time, and they soon encountered the Ross fishermen who fished daily.

They took the risk to sail day and night, and rushed to the gate of Roseburg Fjord in a mere two days. The two boats parted ways here, one headed to Fort Elon in the north, and the other returned to their hometown.

Otto on Gould Island, he trusts his subordinates to complete the task properly, and now he is waiting for the day of the alliance.

That day is not far away.

However, on the agreed day of the alliance, which is before May 1st in the Julian calendar, the Rus and Mellaren will take the lead in completing the negotiated preliminary agreement.

Olekin didn't want to overstate the matter of importing Ross weapons. He dispatched a capable mercenary team leader named Svald. This person brought Olekin's latest "certificate" to do it. Good about this. On the evening of April 29th in the Julian calendar, ten long ships left the port of Mälaren in a low-key manner under the banner of doing business.

They did not encounter any accidents. When the other merchant ships all left, the fleet arrived at Gould Island quite unexpectedly.

The usual night patrol, that is, circling Gould Island, which is only a little larger than the two football fields, obeyed the Rose mercenaries, and found these unexpected guests who suddenly broke in. As a warrior's instinct, they decisively drew out their buzzing steel sword, which really attracted the idea of ​​Swald, who is also a mercenary.

"Don't get me wrong, we are the leader of the leader! We fulfill the contract on behalf of the leader!"

Listening to this, the watchful Ross mercenary took the weapon.

Before long, the mercenary captain Jeflo came.

"What's the matter with you?"

Swald pointed to the ship calling at the port: "My master asked me to accept those goods. Please let us see Chief Ross."

"That's it?"

"Yes it is."

Jeflo thought for a while: "Let your men stay here. You can warm up around the campfire, but you must temporarily remove all the weapons. Especially you, remove the weapons. I will take you to meet my master. ."

Since Otto used Gould Island as his own "palace", all management has actually been tightened under Rurik's instructions. For example, the patrolling personnel became mercenaries or simply Ross fighters. They are organized into groups, and they change groups every five times they walk around the island at night. This is a kind of clear whistle.

Rurik also arranged a secret whistle, which was the people who were ordered to station on the wooden wall. They also took turns on a regular basis. The task was to open their eyes and raise their ears to detect all abnormalities.

Even the Aphrora with its sails gathered and **** by a large number of ropes was also assigned some sentinels to protect the largest ship of the Russ.

At this moment, Otto, Liurik and others are enjoying their sumptuous dinner-roasted lamb leg with sizzling oil.

Otto's own appetite is quite a lot, not to mention that the Gould family's dining custom is to "nourish the fat boy". The burnt roast lamb plate is accompanied by whole wheat bread slices, which tastes really good.

Otto and his entourage arrived in Gould Island for three or four days. He is actually a guest living in the “base” where the Gould family has been operating for decades. He has fallen in love with the delicious food here, and he is still impressed by the big boat and the small river , Every day has an unprecedented fulfillment.

Rülik played a new trick on eating. He cut off a piece of lamb for use with a knife, and cut off two slices of bread. The lamb was sandwiched between the bread, and he sprinkled a little salt powder on the meat, and a little sliced ​​cheese, which was nicknamed "Rossberg-style meat bread." The name seems a bit weird, and Rurik can call it a "hamburger." However, considering that this kind of "Western hamburger" was originally a specialty of the Hamburg region and thus earned the name "hamburger", since the inventor of the time and space became a Ross native, it should be called "Rossburg".

Being able to eat several products together reasonably, Otto took a bite of his son's masterpiece, and he couldn't stop it. It was really more complex and diversified than when it was separated.

Otto is thinking about the upcoming alliance. When the leaders of the tribes gather together, will it be a bit embarrassing for everyone to meet?

Otto needs political assistance from Gould to help him understand the political ecology of the region.

Jeflo's hurried placement interrupted Otto's meal.

He put down the third "Rossberg", which he had eaten half of, and ordered his son and Carlotta not to continue making it.

"What's the matter, has something serious happened?"

Evlo, who was on one knee, solemnly reported: "Big Chief, Mellaren's messenger is here, and he is here to pick up the goods."

"Cargo?" Rurik looked up suddenly, "Dad, those weapons."

"Oh, so it was picked up? Okay, where is the messenger?"

"The man is waiting outside. He is the only one."

"Then let him in quickly."

Swald, the captain of Mellaren's mercenary squad, had never seen Otto, but Rürik. At a glance last year, a boy with a golden ponytail caught his attention, and he did not think that the boy was indeed noble.

Swald, who entered the restaurant, couldn't help but glanced at Rurik. He was moved by the smell of the room, and he was also a little unhappy. With a scheming look, Chief Ross received himself in the restaurant. Does it represent disrespect to the messenger and Mellaren?

Swald still complimented: "The great Rose is the leader. In Lower Swald, I am ordered by the master, that is, by the great and glorious king, to obtain the weapons and transport them tonight."

This person is already calling Olegin the king! Otto's complexion did not change, his deep eyes revealed fierceness, "You raise your head and let me see your face."

Seeing the messenger's face, Otto could determine that this person was a soldier, and he must have killed someone from the look of the messenger's face.

Since many things kept secret from others are not secret to the Ross people, Otto asked bluntly: "When the war started, did you follow your master to the battlefield?"

"Yes! That is my destiny, and it is my responsibility."

"Very good." Otto Huan stood up and said to Gould on the other side of the table: "I'm full, now I'm going to solve a major issue. Come with me..."

As a veteran, Otto didn't want to have any dullness now, so the conference hall on the island quickly became a place to fulfill the contract, and it was here that Otto officially received the messenger.

A large number of wooden boxes were carried into the chamber by Ross warriors in chain mail. They were all boxes made of pine wood, which were fitted with each other with tenon and tenon and **** with twine rope.

All the weapons are here, and a batch of boxes are opened with wooden lids and inspected by the messenger Swald.

At first, Svald was excited, but when he really saw the goods, especially the axe, he couldn't help frowning.

Why? These hand axes are not very big.

For a moment, he thought that the Ross people might have been with the Mellaren people.

"Great Chief Ross, are these all weapons?"

Svald's frowning brow was a kind of protest. Otto deliberately asked: "Do you have an opinion? Say immediately if you have an opinion. You are a soldier and not a businessman."

"Yes! These axes are different from what my master imagined. They are small overall."

"Huh? Really?"

"Maybe the axe should be bigger, so that it can effectively kill the enemy. And there is no hole in the middle of these axe pieces to go through the wooden handle..."

Otto didn't want to listen anymore, he stomped his foot vigorously: "Couldn't it be enough for Oleg to be young?"

"Ah! I didn't mean that."

"Does he think that only huge weapons can kill the enemy? You have to understand that our weapons are not comparable to the garbage of the Granites."

Rurik, who was on the side, estimated that the messenger must think that the Ross people were potential profiteers, and that the strength of the father was more like covering up a guilty conscience. To be fair, Rurik himself is not very satisfied with these axes and spearheads. They are all made by Cowen's gray squirrel tribe. The locals have to make a large number of them in a limited time, and naturally they can't move too much material.

However, even the only quenched ferrochrome is far beyond ordinary wrought iron.

Rurik stood up and deliberately said: "Please don't look at our weapons with the eyes of mortals. These axes are designed to be like this, and they all have a purpose. We Rus are in the north with the most terrible bears and mysterious giants. There are unexplainable monsters fighting with these weapons. Do you think they are not good? You can try it. Any weapon here can cut your iron sword directly. Oh, if you have a sword."

test? It must be tested! Swald, who was ordered to pick up the goods, did not want to return to life with a pile of rubbish. He did not want to be the object of his master's anger.

His iron sword was temporarily kept by the Ross people, and he simply took it as a "sacrifice."

No, Swald took a hand axe casually, and in front of his own brother, he waved his arm vigorously, and his sword was rammed into a deep dent. After all, he is a veteran warrior, not only good at chopping, but also good at paddling, but the fencing has been scrapped, and he broke into two completely with a split.

Just a random axe to complete such a crit? Is it possible that only fifty silver coins can be exchanged for this treasure? Swald's three views were subverted in an instant.

Swald left quietly with all his weapons, just like he came quietly.

Olekin stayed in his mansion, and he lingered to sleep in order to wait for the shipment.

Finally the goods were shipped back. Facing these shameless hand axes and spearheads, he suddenly felt that he had been brushed by the Ross people. However, when Swald easily destroyed a pile of ironware, these special Ross ironware, which was blackened as a whole, completely conquered Olegin.

What is their scale?

Olekin calls it "black iron" based on its color, and black iron weapons are considered elite.

The next day he assembled all the mercenaries, that is, a team of up to 800 people! The gathering of so many people shocked the leaders who had arrived in Mellaren ahead of time and had stayed with a large local family. It's not that they don't know the rumors of the war, but they dare not believe the news yet.

It's good now, Olekin is just assembling the team, as for what he wants to do is not known.

Olekin is actually completing the team's outfit change. No, all mercenaries, that is, his personal guards are all equipped with imported Ross weapons. He is not in the blackened ironware. 26% of the composition is chromium, a metal that has never been seen by the Mellaren people for hundreds of years. This is also the reason for the overall blackening. He only knows that these weapons can turn ordinary iron into rubbish, and its price is not very expensive.

In this way, he felt that the dagger he bought with two hundred gold coins was the most loss-making business.

Olekin's bodyguards changed their outfits. In addition to a standard buckler and a long-sword iron sword, these fighters also added a black iron hand axe and a black iron short spear.

The Guards also generally have leather armor that has been blackened by carbon, and black leather helmets with copper or iron plates. Only the most elite of less than a hundred people have chain armor.

Black leather armor accompanied by black weapons, and even black leather boots, the whole team looked quite neat at first glance, but the order was shocking. It's just a close observation that they can find that their dresses are only similar in color, and they are varied in other aspects.

The Vikings quickly appeared in the posture of "Ma Run". They jumped off the boat to fight directly, or jumped to fight on the sea. Under such a special environment, they tended to be swords and axes. But when the army is organized to adopt land combat mode, the spear becomes very important.

They quickly came to have a long-handled battle axe, so-called based on the support of the brothers arranged in a shield wall from the rear, and let the axe drop from the sky to smash the enemy's head.

Right now, the black iron spearhead of the Ruth is essentially a sheet, and the prefabricated groove allows it to be quickly tied to the wooden stick.

This time, Olekin's guards were stunned that a batch of mixed weapons of spear and axe appeared, that is, the length of the halberd generally reached two stikas, and the black spearhead deepened its sense of horror.

Everyone knows that as long as there are wars involving the Mellaren, the guards of the chief family should be the core combat force.

After completing the changeover, Olekin's self-confidence exploded. He ordered his team to form a column and cruised the entire Mellaren under his own leadership. He walked through the main streets, especially the long stretch of street in the bazaar, in order to show everyone his martial arts.

After all, he must stabilize his position by demonstrating his military strength. He must deter the big family members of the tribe and hint them through this form: When I lead my troops to fight~www.mtlnovel.com~ Those of you who stay in your homeland, don't expect too much. Can have the strength to challenge my power.

He also showed his strength to the leaders of other tribes who arrived early, suggesting: Seeing my army, you can only believe that we will win.

Olegin needs to further demonstrate his strength. The agreed meeting day will be tomorrow. Of course, that is also the first day of the initial meeting. It will be a grand sacrifice until May 2nd in the Julian calendar.

A group of capable generals are already dealing with all matters related to the confederation and the sacrifice. Together with his son Karl, he was ordered to take care of the slaves needed for the sacrifice, and ultimately result in these special sacrifices in the sacrifice.

Because war requires blood sacrifice, it must not be the snow of cattle and sheep, it must be the blood of enemy chieftains.

This group of changed soldiers will be assembled again tomorrow. Olekin wants to let all the leaders in the alliance, especially the stronger Yilmalen, Ankras, and Uppsala people see Mellaren. People are the strongest of real goods.

Of course, except for the Ross people, the alliance of tomorrow, the Aphrodite ship of the Ross people will also dock at the port of Mälaren, thus indicating in form that "Oligen can only be equipped with this ship", of course this is somewhat self-made Passionate.

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