Rise of Rurik Chapter 613

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Tamworth has been the focus of regional strategy. Some local lords of Mercia have learned that the capital is besieged. As for sending troops to the king, the king must do it, but the buildup of troops is a big problem.

Where did the enemy come from? Who is the enemy?

Serious problems first bothered the Earl of Leicester, the nearest to Tamworth.

Fifty armored warriors and more than four hundred armed farmers were assembled, and this is the force the earl can produce in a short time. In fact, he has done a lot of work for the King of Qin, and nearly five hundred fighters have consumed a lot of his energy.

Of course, this army could not be assembled in two or three days at all. When the messenger informed the earl with extremely tragic news, and took him to complete the initial assembly, four days have passed.

Only the earl and a few rebels rode on horses, and the rest of the soldiers walked on the muddy ground after the rain. They walked on the dirt road leading to the royal city, and this was the only way to the royal city.

Realistic troubles plagued the recent Earl of Leicester. Considering his own situation, the Earl planned to go to the Kingdom Standing Army camp in Birmingham first.

Looking at the current situation of the Earl's Army, many peasant soldiers are still barefoot, not without boots, but because they are worried that their precious boots will wear out due to the march. The warrior's weapons are so bad that even the wooden forks used to feed the sheep have become weapons.

The morale of these fighters cannot be said to be high or low. The sergeants from top to bottom didn't know what kind of enemy they were facing, and the farmer didn't have much idea about whether they died in this battle.

Because the situation is really in crisis for Messiah, the messenger can only notify the lords in the southeast direction. As for the western lords, they are no longer able to communicate.

The bridge was cut, the messenger was unable to spread the bad news to the west, and the lords of Cambridge and Oxford knew nothing about the siege of Tamworth.

The heavy rains in the past few days have made most of Mesiah and even the people of Wessex in the neighboring country lazy, all staying at home and damp company.

Lords everywhere did not know that the kingdom's army was defeated at the northern border, and even Earl Lindsay was killed.

They didn't know that Earl Lindsay changed hands, nor did Earl Peksett directly loyal to Northumbria, and even the attitude of the northwestern Earl of Chester became ambiguous.

In a short period of time, the scope of Britain's strength is being reshaped!

The predicament of the march tortured the Northumbrian army. No wonder the Viking King Magnut of York felt that the Northumbrians had the possibility of rebellion, and it was indeed possible to save people. If the Vikings' water hurricane is normal, it seems that the opponent's land march has become a snail crawling.

King Enred of Northumbria, if there were no Viking invasion, his 2,000 armored infantry and 500 cavalry and flag squadrons were enough to protect his kingship from being coveted by neighboring countries and the northern Pict tribe.

His army withered, and now the army under his control is actually more, but his strength has plummeted.

He successfully incorporated the Earl of Peksett, and in order to show his respect, he directly promoted him to the Duke of Northumbria.

But doing so caused the newly promoted Duke of Peksette to have an ambiguous attitude towards the new king. In the end, Peksit gave a batch of supplies to the Northumbria army, and immediately took out more than 300 men to form a team and deliver it to Erinred.

The Northumbrian army rested in Peksit for two days, and the Viking fighters such as Jeflo also received a good meal. Of course, the Peksites didn't even know that there were Vikings in the new king's team. Not only did Jeflo disguise himself in orange kingdom army costumes on the ship, he even hid the bucklers painted with pine gum and chalk mud. At first glance, they are the burly guards around Erinred, which is indeed very pompous.

Ernred really hopes he has such a group of brave guards, but he knows himself that these people are guards, as well as supervisors and deterrents.

Once developed to fight side by side with the Vikings, the situation is not terrible.

A messenger from Northumbria rode straight to Chester. When the messenger arrived, he saw that the Earl of Chester of Mercia had already taken the army to confront the Earl of Manchester of Northumbria.

It's just that the confrontation is very subtle.

The two earls are both local lords. For the power struggle between the kings, the two of them will stand in line with their own kings only in necessary battles.

Now the situation is abnormal. When a large number of northern refugees enter his territory, the Earl of Chester feels more and more dangerous.

"What terrible thing scared the civilians in the north to flee to my territory?"

Congratulations to the earl from a favorite, this is God's blessing, and it is the earl's benevolent attraction for the people of Northumbria to enter the wasteland.

It's all pretty bullshit, but it sounds comfortable.

When the Earl of Chester arrived at the border with his troops to clarify the situation, he was trembling with fear. And this move also shocked the Earl of Manchester to come to "confrontation".

There was no war between the two sides, and the two earls who were in charge simply sat in a camp to exchange information.

The so-called army of Vikings almost defeated Northumbria, and Ernred became a servant. Now the all-out war against Mercia has begun.

The Earl of Chester couldn't believe it too much. If so, he didn't intend to give his life to King Wiglav (his family territory is in the northwest border, and he was originally excluded from the noble power). Since the Vikings are so terrible, if he joins the surrender The Vikings of Northumbria may be able to avoid Bingxuan.

Because, the Earl of Chester is on the west coast of Britain. Vikings have appeared on the opposite side of the coast. Those savages and the same savage Irish Picts were beaten to the fore. They should also consider the possibility of being attacked by the Vikings. He used himself to save people, and made an estimate based on the treaty that the British feudal kingdom saw. If his territory is attacked by Vikings sooner or later, if he forms an alliance with another powerful Viking, his territory should be safe.

With the arrival of the Northumbrian messenger, the heart of Count Chester of Mercia was shaken even more.

He declared: "If your coalition with the Vikings defeats the Kingdom Army of Tamworth, I will join Northumbria. I want to get the title of Duke, and I will guarantee that my army will not leave the station during this period. , I will give you some wheat as rations. You also have to promise that no matter what happens, you are not allowed to attack my territory."

It's understandable that the Earl of Chester is strong.

However, the crisis of the Earl of Manchester was substantially eliminated, entirely because the alliance between King Ernred and the Vikings was real and effective, and the Earl of Manchester should also lead the war.

Einred didn't have time to wait for news from the northwest. He didn't wait for the messenger to bring information, and after rest and recuperation, he continued to march south.

However, they still have to walk on the rugged dirt road and rush towards Tamworth, even if it is not a long distance geographically.

Finally, the exhausted army of Northumbria arrived at the Mecsiah capital of Tamworth after walking up the Tam River for two days.

On this sunny autumn day, the dry wind quickly dissipated the dampness and coldness of the rainy past.

Many soldiers saw the flags flying on the wall.

Evlo was overjoyed, and immediately ordered the food officer Paul to translate to Einred: "That is the flag of the Rus, and the Viking army has already broken through Mesiah."

Einred's eyesight was inferior to that of people like Jeflo. He squinted his eyes and looked carefully, and he couldn't believe it.

"The flags of the Ross and Messiah are too similar. I want to take a closer look."

Indeed, Rurik's so-called Ross Oars flag style is basically a replica of the Ross Andre naval flag, and he did it intentionally.

Like the King Mercia flag, the cloth strips are stitched diagonally. As for the flags are similar, more reasons are easy to make.

A large army of chirps appeared, they raised the orange and white banners, and the Ross and Balmerks recognized their identities.

"Report! Your lord, the king of Northumbria and his army are finally here."

"Got it. Damn, a bunch of dull guys..."

Rurik motioned to the guard to retreat, and asked the Queen Mary to accompany her.

"What the **** happened?" Mary asked as she changed her clothes.

"It's Ernred and his army."

"I know him. It's the King of Northumbria." Mary was a little surprised.

"Yes, you are all nobles, you should know him."

Rurik didn't care about these words, in fact, the queen Mary did know Ernred herself, and she was quite jealous of her.

"I do know him," she said, "not a good person."

"Ridiculous! In your opinion, there is no good man in this world. That man does not matter to me whether he is good or bad, he is just a loser. Do you think I am a good man?" Rurik stretched out his white back and asked casually. .

"I don't know, maybe you are a good person. At least you didn't force me, and..." Queen Mary smiled secretly and said nothing.

"It doesn't matter. I really didn't expect you to be so obedient, as if it was not my army that destroyed your kingdom."

"Is that so? Why did the ridiculous country be destroyed for me? I fell into your hands and either killed me or took me away. I have no nostalgia for Mercia either."

Queen Mary speaks quite decisively, and it is precisely this kind of rhetoric that makes Rick more puzzled. Is it that her heart is really as cold as ice.

"Let's go." Rurik changed his clothes and stood up. Looking back coldly: "You are such a strange woman. Now follow me, maybe your appearance will scare Erinred. Oh, yes. If you are willing to follow me, follow my orders."

"Also."

In Rurik's view, this woman's brain was broken before she was captured, or that she felt that she was sinful after experiencing those things. If this body must go to **** after death, then there is a real demon in the world. It doesn't hurt to have a contract.

The arrival of the Vikings destroyed the secrets in Tamworth Fortress, and the conqueror is more appropriate than the devil, which is of course only for her personally.

How can a beautiful and handsome boy be a villain? The boy knew Latin and was a duke from a foreign land. His beliefs were strange, and he was noble.

He is also not like a purely powerful person, except that he angered him at first, and then if he didn't mention it or didn't allow him, he would not take the initiative like the bull in April.

The fact of men and women is secondary, and the heart of the Queen Mary has been captured by Rurik. She is very willing to maintain an intimate relationship with a handsome man, and this handsome Rurik truly admits that he is an aristocrat, a noble who deserves some power.

The Queen Mary didn't need any restraints. Her obedience made the Ross warriors amazed, and the people in the royal city who were still under control, especially the priests, were cursing the Queen Mary for being a scumbag and going to hell.

Rurik gathered a group of brothers, and saw that Balmerk's allies were also gathering forces.

The Viking army assembled a group of people to welcome the Northumbria army that had arrived in Tamworth.

They didn't wait too long. With a look of shock, Ernred, who had a broken arm, finally stood in front of the Viking army, and turned his face subconsciously, seeing the flag of the Russ flying on the wall.

Rurik, the boy with the golden ponytail was standing in front of the army.

Einred got off his horse. Before that, Jeflo took off his orange coats with his brothers, and restored the clothes of the Ross people and returned to the owner.

"My lord, I have completed the task you ordered."

Rurik nodded: "You leave it temporarily and take your brothers to rest."

Then, he took a group of guards to meet the king of Northumbria and even the so-called kingdom fighters who were tired and nervous.

warrior? Pooh! All are a group of armed farmers, poorly equipped and haggard, they feel like a beggar.

Ernred has a thousand words, he just wants to confirm one fact now.

"Rurik of Rose, did you really break this city? This is the capital of Mercia."

"We did it." Rurik held his head high, and from the corner of his eyes he saw Magnut and Bijuni approaching aggressively. "Einred, now you can talk to the King of York."

Magnuth came, not only did he come, he also slapped his chest and boasted of the bravery of the Balmerk army. If so, the cruel relics of the war are on the wall, and Ernred is not a fool. He can see that the two sides of the war must have fought a desperate battle for the city. I am afraid that the Viking army has lost too much force.

Magnuth could speak all Gnostic, and Erinred could hardly understand it. The translator of the food officer Paul could understand it roughly.

"You, actually annihilated the royal family of Mercia?" Ernred cared about this the most, and wanted to make sure of it the most.

"It was not completely annihilated. For example, we didn't find King Mercia, the hateful Wigraf. However, we beheaded their prince." Rurik said calmly.

He speaks quite calmly, but Ernred is not calm.

"I took the army all the way to pursue the Mercia army. I don't know where their king fled. You have killed their prince now. I am afraid that the Mercia royal family is extinct. If... you want, just be patient to find Wigraf, once Kill him and Mercia will basically perish her country."

"The royal family has not been wiped out." Rurik smiled and made a gesture. A young girl lifted the coarse cloth robe, got out from behind the guard Rose, and walked closer to Rurik again. Slowly raised his head.

"Ah! It's you? You're Mary! You..." Einred was speechless, and then suffocated for a long time: "Rik, you really left a woman's life. Did you know that she is the most important thing in Mesiah? beautiful princess?"

"Really? She is indeed very beautiful." Rurik casually ordered: "Mary, kneel next to me."

Looking at the Queen Mary, not only did she immediately kneel on her knees, she then sat down on the ground with her legs in her arms, her cheeks were still tightly pressed against her cloth trousers.

"Einred, have you seen it? Now she is my woman, the most beautiful princess of Mercia you call, and now she is fully obedient to my orders, just like a hound following its owner."

Ernred was surprised, but it was an episode.

What worries him most is that the Viking army actually broke down Tamworth, the stronghold of the city, during these days when he was marching! Look at this destructive combat power, I am afraid that only the legendary Roman legion can match it. However, the deeds of the Romans are legends, and Ernred can't believe it too much, at least he has to be in awe of the Viking's intrepidity.

He quickly saw an astonishing number of captured people, all of them Messiah. What continued to surprise him was that the Vikings did not behave like demons now. He saw with his own eyes the Vikings cooked the wheat and rewarded them to the prisoners of war!

It was about noon, and the exhausted Northumbria Army and a group of more than 3,000 people, when they sat on the ground to rest, Rurik could easily see that this so-called army was called a suture monster. The so-called army swarms all kinds of men, including some small and thin young boys. It is conceivable that Ernred will go south this time, and on the way he will also temporarily catch the strong man to fight for himself. But how can such an army talk about combat effectiveness? At best, it can be a good show to others-King Ainred is not really down.

Rurik generously gave this group of "beggars" some wheat, and the food was only half full and only one meal.

Magnut and a group of people thought it was meaningless kindness. In Ernred's opinion, he already liked the Rurik of Rose quite a bit.

That night, the inner castle of Tamworth, the royal palace of the Kingdom of Mercia.

In the stone chamber on the upper floor of the tower made of stone, Viking King Magnuth and Prince Biyunni of the Kingdom of York, King Ernred of Northumbria, Duke Rurik of Ross, and Peksite who have just been canonized The Duke made a solemn discussion on the ownership of Tamworth and the ownership of the captured Mesiah people.

The so-called negotiation basically took a long time.

Einred got the entire city of Tamworth, a city that had been looted. As for the captured people, all the young women were taken away by the Vikings, and the remaining old and weak were thrown to Erinred.

Even so, the generosity of the Vikings exceeded his imagination. Even if Tamworth became an empty city and planted the flag of Northumbria to declare sovereignty, Mercia would have to admit it. Because this is the punishment for them.

He actually wanted to move the temporary capital of Northumbria from Roydis to Tamworth. In this way, he was taken away by the Vikings, and by gnawing down the territory of the Kingdom of Mercia, he got a new one. , And wait for the nobles of Chester to swear allegiance to them, then the territory of Northumbria controlled by their family has hardly shrunk!

Due to practical reasons, Ernred did not dare to take a political adventure. The true state of Northumbria was already in jeopardy, and he had almost no risk of capital.

Especially since Wigraf is not dead yet, even if his person is killed, the other nobles of Mercia can still recommend a new king, and Mercia suffered such a big defeat, why didn't King Wessex send his troops northward? The last time the Wessex went northward to force themselves to surrender was only five years ago.

Northumbria must now surrender to the Vikings, especially the Kingdom of York, which the Vikings built on their homeland, and declare to accept its protection, so that they can continue to maintain their kingship.

Humiliation is real humiliation. Ainred has lived for a long time, and now he has eaten enough of the great loss of volition. Compared with the dead crown prince King Mercia, he himself has great hope. Ella, the sole heir to the throne of Northumbria, may be the successor to the throne in this generation, and the kingdom can be rejuvenated.

Einred very simply respected Magnut as the "Brother King". This title is actually very imaginary, in fact, according to the habits of the Vikings, Magnut is called the eldest brother. There's really no psychological irritation about this name Ernred, because Magnuth is really older.

He also immediately acknowledged the control of the Kingdom of York over the Lindsey area, and both Magnuth and Liurik acknowledged Northumbria's control over the Peksite area.

What kind of concept is this? After the two parties were redrawn, the Viking Kingdom of York occupied the east coast of the central area of ​​the British islands, and the Kingdom of Northumbria occupied the west coast of the central area. The two sides basically had a clear boundary line, that is, the Uth River and the Territory. The Lent River (including the upper Tham River) is designated, the Hexi is the Kingdom of Northumbria, and the Hedong is the Kingdom of Viking York.

The territory of the current Viking Kingdom of York is basically close to the early scope of the "Denmark Law District" on another plane. Of course, the Dan Law District is not arbitrarily demarcated in this way. It relies on the Uth River to enter the sea. The excellent bay is centered and spreads around. This unique harbor is simply a natural harbor for the landing of Viking immigrants from all walks of life.

Up to now, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com Magnuth solemnly announces that his territory of the Kingdom of York, established by the Balmerks, has been settled, and a large-scale immigration wave will follow.

What else can Einred say, can only wish "Big Brother King" Magnut a good life.

Of course, this year's war will not end easily. The two sides are discussing the division of the land of Messia. The orthodox king of Messia does not know where he wanders, so he is recruiting troops if he is not in order!

Do the Vikings still help Northumbria go to a decisive battle with the Messiah?

Magnuth really despised the King of Broken Arms, and Rurik only used Ernred as a useful tool.

In fact, the two sides did not seem to have formed an alliance, but the Viking Kingdom of York unilaterally promised not to invade Northumbria based on the "Non-aggression Treaty". As for the war between Northumbria and Mercia, didn't the two sides have fought for hundreds of years? Then continue to fight, what to do with others?

Rurik remained silent, but Magnuth gave out something carelessly: "If you are beaten and you want to subdue your country, climb up in front of me and ask for my help, I am willing to give you some help."

Chapter end