Rise of Rurik Chapter 793

The power of the Rus people is expanding towards the White Sea, especially based on the fortress of Bear Sacrifice in the north of Lake Ladoga. The bear hunter holds a heavy weapon such as a sled loaded torsion slingshot, and directly fires a javelin to accurately strike the wandering polar bears. .

As long as you don't let the bear get close, hunting bears loses its danger like shooting an arrow. Some hunters have fun in the killing.

Each bear skin is sold to the prince, and at worst you can get ten silver coins, and generally you can sell up to twenty.

As long as you kill a bear, you will get two hundred pounds of oats. This is a real deal.

Even with powerful weapons, bears are not as often seen animals as squirrels. What's more, the use of a reindeer sleigh to shoot bears with a torsion slingshot is very restricted by climate and geography.

There are freshwater seals in Lake Ladoga. The wandering polar bears will flee around the lake, looking for the cracks created by the squeezing of the ice, and wait for the seals to catch them. They even look for arctic foxes and mink caves to actively capture them, find wandering reindeer hunting bravely, and look for dormant beehives. They eat everything, but the black shadows that are coming to this ice surface are always on the sidelines.

Then, he was hit by a sudden flying javelin, and he fell to the ground after walking a few steps by the frozen lake.

The hunters from the town of Bear Festival faced the vast unknown land, especially the large area of ​​forest in the east, which did not seem to be the activity area of ​​the destroyed Karelians.

There was a bear hunting team of more than twenty people, driving their own reindeer sleigh, and under the leadership of two deer-keeper guides, they drove down along the east bank of Lake Ladoga.

Their empty sleds began to show gratifying goods, which were cut off bear skins, beheaded bear heads and paws, and some huge chunks of meat that had been frozen hard. They even cut the **** bear meat into strips and skewered them on the spot, so that even if the meat is frozen like a stone, it can be cooked quickly when it is grilled by the bonfire.

In fact, they themselves wore heavy leather jackets made of polar bear leather tanned and tanned. The leather was even cut into a hood, and they were made of fox fur as gloves, and their feet were stepped on deerskin boots made with the special craftsmanship of Slavs. They even wear wooden framed sunglasses. They are really a group of "people in a sleeve". It is precisely this kind of dress that makes them extremely weird and absurd, even terrifying.

Because they saw a larger human settlement!

"Where is it?" the leader asked.

Although the deer breeders who led the way were not quite clear, they racked their brains and thought of a possibility-the Ludi camp.

If this army is always large and the army directly launches an offensive, this settlement can be conquered in a short time.

However, there are only more than 20 brothers, and what is worse is that everyone is generally getting older. But even a powerful 20-year-old boy, even wearing iron armor, did not dare to launch an attack hastily.

This is because the people in the settlement who were suspected of being Ludi fought back, using an absolute number of advantages to beat them with wooden sticks, and they could also kill all the brothers.

However, if the brothers go with the purpose of trading, the situation may be different.

The Rudi people lived their lives. In the past, they paid tribute to the powerful Karelians year after year, and even handed over some women as slaves. They existed as survivors, and now they knew from the fugitives of the great disaster in the north, the powerful Karelian tribal alliance fell apart, and the shackles around their necks seemed to be gone.

The Ludi people no longer have to pay tribute. They also know that the remaining forces of the Karelian Alliance moved east along a river, and a small number of people have joined the Ludi tribe.

The Karelians who fled in were accepted, but the war stories they told were too fantastic.

Mighty Karelia fell apart overnight, the invader named Rose was too powerful and the methods were too harsh.

Such descriptions scared the female leader of the Lu Di people. She hopes that these are ridiculous. If this is the truth, where will the Lu Di people go? Could it be moving again?

How can it be so easy to move?

The whole tribe drove the deer to migrate here, a major factor is to avoid fighting with the Perm Alliance to break free from the living space. Although the tribe was still conquered by the Karelians, the feng shui treasures now stand firm. Now that their master has died, everyone has been absolutely free.

They knew that a group of fleeing Karelians had fled to the West Bank of Onegahu. Those people had lost their authority as masters, but the Rudi people did not have the strength to rebel against the host. The two sides once again made contact, and a land trade line connecting Onegahu and Lake Ladoga was born.

Maybe today should be an ordinary cold winter day.

The priests of the tribe held a solar sacrifice a few days ago, and the days later became longer and longer.

The Ludi people are simply the product of multiple clan families living together. They graze reindeer in the ice and snow pastures near the settlement, and many people hide in the wooden huts and wait for the arrival of spring.

However, some white shadows appeared on the ice, which at first glance seemed to be a group of white bears constantly approaching.

The vigilant tribesmen began to gather, and this move undoubtedly caused the Ross Bearhunting team to adopt military alert.

"Boss, does the slingshot charge up?" someone asked.

"Charge! Install the javelin! Some listen to my orders." The leader said, and immediately ordered the two deer-raising people who thought of it: "Are they Ludi people? You probably understand their language, let me explore the wind." ."

Originally, the deer-raising people did not want to deal with the tribesmen at all. Although the two of them only knew the existence of the Rudi people, it was just that they were the servant forces of the Karelians, that is to say, the two sides were naturally hostile. At least the deer breeders are repelling Karelia and its servants in groups.

The two took off their bearskin hoods to reveal their black hair, and they walked towards the village with short spears like walking sticks. They are messengers, and they are very afraid that the other party will use a knife if they don't agree with each other.

In fact, the village was already within the throwing range of the torsion slingshot, and the north wind screamed bitterly above the ice lake, and the Ross Bears parked on the ice layer unloaded their shields and held their swords to watch the excitement.

Gradually, more than one hundred tribal people gathered with sticks. This is their settlement. They want to guard their homes. Seeing that the other party seemed to have sent a black-haired messenger, it seemed to have nothing to do with the image of the "golden snow-skinned giant" described by the exiles, and the tense nerves couldn't help but relax.

The two cautiously walked into the village and were immediately surrounded by a group of armed tribal people.

At the beginning, the Burakumen's negotiations were still polite, until the two of them explained their clear identities-the Ross people.

The atmosphere of peace was immediately broken, and the two Ross messengers were directly held down. If it weren't for the large number of tribesmen, the Ross Bears watching from a distance would find that their messenger was arrested, which was a sign of hostility.

The Ross hunters at least saw that the originally orderly tribesmen suddenly became chaotic.

"Are our messengers being welcomed by them?" someone asked.

"Who knows?" The bear catcher shrugged: "We will see you later."

"I'm afraid that the messenger will be chopped down by them. When the vast ice field encounters a village, if we have a lot of people, we will kill it directly. However, we will only have 20 people..." Someone said with teeth.

"You have something to say." The leader asked again.

"Now that we have few people, why don't they take the initiative to attack us?"

"How can they be so bold? Unless they die."

"Why not? No matter who they are, they are on the east side of the Great Lake. We must report this matter to the prince. This is a great achievement. In my opinion, we continue to stay alert. If there is a fight, I will... war."

Even the violent big bears are not afraid of war. This group of aged bear hunters slashed Wushuang when they were young, but still refuses to accept the old, so they bravely hunt for bears in winter.

The bear leader heard this explanation, and ordered all the reindeer sleigh tails to face the village, and the vehicle-mounted torsion slingshot to adjust the direction and shooting angle.

The other brothers picked up the wooden-armed crossbow and were ready to accumulate their power, especially the two steel-armed crossbows in the team.

Looking at the two captured messengers again, I learned that a group of despicable strangers had appeared on the ice, and all the people who stayed in the tribe had appeared.

The messenger was twisted to the leader's room, and then he was interrogated by wheels of many tribal elders, that is, the elders of various clans.

But does the interrogation really make sense?

At the interrogation venue, the Karelian representatives fleeing out in anger. They demanded that these messengers be sentenced to death because they were servants of the Rus.

As for the small group of Ruths on the ice, there is no reason to negotiate with them, it is better to kill them with soldiers.

The messenger was taken aback. He didn't expect that this place was indeed a Rudi, and even the Karelian remnants were still "making suggestions" for the Rudi?

A messenger who realized that he was in danger was furious, and even if he died, he had to complain to potential opponents: "Luddy people! Are you a bunch of idiots? You can kill me, but the Ross people will fight back with all their strength. How many of you are there? They will kill you all, and even burn your bones to ashes."

But look at the representative of the Karelian, an old man with a moustache in hair: "Don't listen to this man's nonsense. The Ross people are strong, and now we are clearly dominant. Now is a once-in-lifetime opportunity, and you must support as before. US."

"Who do you think you are?" An elder of the Ludi clan furiously: "Your clan is finished and is no longer our master. Whether to fight against the bear-hunting Ruths is our business."

They actually quarreled by themselves? The messenger who was aware of the opportunity hurriedly took out the "carrots", and at the same time was scolding the Karelians who were there.

The messenger simply screamed, and his emotions were basically out of control: "Karelia are the saboteurs, and despicable cowards, they have declined to the extreme, are you still surrendering them?. The Rus are the most merciful conquerors. .Listen well, everyone who submits to Ross will be rewarded and guaranteed. Ross has discovered you. If you resist, you will all be killed unless you all run away. Listen, Ross is your true master. "

This description came from the mouth of a black-haired deer breeder, which caused the elderly female leader to cry out loud.

"You obviously speak the same language as us, so why do you want to speak to those Roths? Are you Roths?"

Through these words, the two messengers saw the female leader's changing eyes and realized that she was vacillating, and now it was the moment to pursue victory.

"Because, when we surrendered to the Ross people, we became the new Ross people, and all the people got a good life. We paid some live deer every year to exchange for salt and iron. We can freely enter and exit the settlements of Ross without suffering any damage. harm."

"It really doesn't seem to be true. Do the Ross people only want some live deer as tribute?"

"Of course!" The messenger gave another example directly: "Do you know that the Vips people? They have already surrendered to Ross. They don't have to take out women and deer to hand over to the Karelians as tribute. The Ross people don't need these at all. The people of Sri Lanka have already lived a good life because of the act of surrender. Why don't you do that? You are just a small tribe. Is it more painful to surrender to Roth than to surrender to Karelia? Tell you a secret, the high priest of the Roth is our deer-raiser woman , The Rus will regard the survivors as friends and family. Chief! Look at the Karelians around you, they take you too much as reindeer to exploit you, and the next step is to replace you and conquer your entire tribe."

When the messenger received death threats, the negotiating expert suddenly possessed his body. It was really a painful complaint with the female leader of Ludi, and deliberately instigated the relationship between the Ludi and the Karelian exiles.

Suddenly, the Karelia representative, who was said to be blushing, flew into a violent rage. He picked up the meat-cutting knife and rushed towards the eloquent Rose envoy who was **** and sitting on the ground, directly facing his neck. Stabbed several times to kill it. When he wanted to kill another person, he was held down by the surprised Lu Di.

The female chief of Lu Di, the old lady screamed while holding her aging head, but she saw the guy who was being held down screaming: "Now, you must listen to the opinions of our Karelians, and you must fight them!"

The exiles engulfed the entire Ludi tribe in this violent way.

Some things cannot be completely changed overnight. For example, the remnants of the Karelians who have been fatally hit and almost destroyed still feel that they are powerful kings, and the Ludi people who have been servants for a long time still have not really adjusted their positions.

The Rudys at least know what the Karelians are, but what are the Russ?

It's true that the Ross people are crazy killing monsters. They are also very kind to the survivors, which is really questionable.

Fortunately, everyone has no doubts at present. Anyway, one of Ross's messengers is dead, leaving the life of another messenger. It's time to assemble the men with weapons and burst into the Ross Hunter squad.

From the standpoint of the female leader, she didn't want to start a war at all, or that the Lvdi people as a whole repelled war. However, it is impossible to not fight now, at least a lot of iron objects and precious salt can be seized from the corpses of the Ross people.

The leaders of the clans have never seen a real Ross warrior, and they are very optimistic because they have not seen them. Those sayings such as "terrible giants" are legends after all, except for a group of frightened Karelian exiles who have seen them?

Optimism is spreading in the settlements, and the people have heard that the Ross Bear Hunt has a lot of iron tools and other good things. They attacked them by their ability to grab them. The clans are all scrambling on this issue.

The tribal men were mobilized. They wore deerskin clothes and looked brown-gray overall. Warriors generally carried spears with sharp deer bones and wooden shields covered with deerskin. They also have short wooden bows, which are of average quality, and their bone cluster arrows are so inferior that they appear to be even worse for realizing bows.

At least they have an advantage in numbers, don't they?

The entire tribe quickly assembled a "robbing army of more than 300 people~www.mtlnovel.com~ They don't need a special sounding reason to start the war, anyway, the bear hunting team has iron weapons, which is the most adequate reason.

The Ludi people blew the antlers, and the men gathered for it. In the face of such a situation, the female leader can only delegate power to the clans to do it. At least she arranges for the manpower to detain the last messenger as a reserve.

There is no doubt that the act of blowing the horn is a signal of war.

The Ross Hunters who had waited for a while became more and more bored, hearing the sound of the horns, of course their sluggishness disappeared.

"Damn it! I guessed it right, they must be looking at us with fewer people, and they want to annihilate us!"

"Thanks to you. Brother!" The leader of the bear hunter immediately summoned his staff: "It seems that the messenger was chopped off by them. We could have left now, but we are not cowards. Let's kill a hundred of them and offer sacrifices to Odin. !"

As soon as the voice fell, everyone banged on their shields and let out a viking roar.

Unfortunately, the roar was blown away by the lake breeze...

Chapter end