Rise of Rurik Chapter 897

A major battle ended with the complete victory of the Rus army.

On the flat and barren land of the narrow island of Visingosser, a large number of war dead lay in various places. Some of the dead have begun to stiffen, and some of the seriously wounded are wriggling.

A group of Ross warriors walked on the battlefield with weapons. They carefully examined the corpses, kicking a few kicks regardless of life or death. So, if it feels like kicking a stone, it is kicking down a dead body. They were either seriously injured or pretended to be dead.

Prisoners naturally have to be caught, not everyone is qualified to be a prisoner.

The soldiers gave all the wounded a merciful patch, except for a small group of wounded female fighters who were pulled out of them.

As a victor, Rurik deliberately walked on the battlefield, the blood of the dead soaked the ground, and the dark red mud stained his leather boots. He was not determined to be terrified, but only sighed that one Carl could mobilize thousands of people to fight against him.

He subconsciously sighed: "Will my expedition inevitably face such a scale of battle? Will the Jotarans resolutely stop me?"

The king seems to be feeling the enemy's will to fight?

It was the soldier around him who boldly said, "Don't worry about my king, any enemy will be wiped out by our army."

Rurik glanced at the soldier and shook his head: "You are all standing troops, and this attack on Karl has done a good job. Listen to you, Grund captured that Karl. Let's go! I want to see this determined not to surrender. The guy has nothing to say now."

After all, it has been a while since the battle ended. The Ross Army first gathered its wounded and inspected its dead.

There will be losses in any battle, the difference is limited to the amount of local losses.

The third flag team encountered the enemy's most powerful counterattack. Even if the enemy broke out of the gap, Ross's victory could not be shaken. The soldiers of the Third Banner Team paid the price of more than 50 casualties and resisted. It is fair to say that if the brothers had reliable armor and built a tight shield wall, the loss of personnel would only be more.

Thirty brothers died in battle, almost all of them were stabbed at the weak point of the neck, and slammed with blunt weapons.

Of course the other teams also suffered losses, but those casualties were minimal.

Almost all the corpses of the enemy lay on the ground. The javelins on them were like saplings, and the arrows were densely packed, and their arrow feathers were like wheat ears waiting to be harvested.

This kind of casualty is very weak for the entire Rus army. After the First World War, Rurik won the victory with an exaggerated battle loss ratio, and thus captured a large number of people.

The soldiers were celebrating the victory, and the looting of the enemy began immediately. The enemy was poor because of the intelligence, so the soldiers never expected to find any treasures from the dead and the occupied fortresses. A batch of iron weapons and tools were seized, which met the soldiers' lowest-level needs for loot.

Rurik wanted to take another look at the defeated "Crazy Bear" Karl. He actually hoped that this guy would die in the chaos of the army and die as a soldier.

Unexpectedly, this once outrageous guy was actually captured!

Because of Carl, I really felt that I might survive.

Surrounded by hundreds of fighters, Grund unloaded his armor and duel with the desolate Karl. The duel wasn't fair, and Karl couldn't have escaped no matter what the outcome was.

Carl lost so thoroughly that Grund felt that this down-and-out fellow was somewhat similar to who he was nine years ago. "Maybe Karl can be used by the king."

Surrender was a wise choice, so Carl was skinned by a bear, and his hands were tied with only a single shirt. He knelt on his knees on the blood-stained battlefield, and was closely guarded by the Ross Berserker armed to the teeth.

Grund put on his armor again. Wearing this exaggerated weight of iron armor required a lot of strength. After the battle, he could have stopped ravaging his shoulders, but now he deliberately smeared some enemy blood on the armor in order to take credit.

Grund was crimson red and gave off a fishy aura. Such a face could scare the ignorant woman into fainting. As the king, Rurik naturally saw through this guy's performance.

"It's over! Why don't you wash your armor. Grund, take off your helmet and talk to me."

"Ah!? Okay."

Grund acted swiftly, drawing the king to look down on the kneeling defeated man without any hesitation.

Rurik took off his helmet and let his golden horse flutter in the wind. He's tall, and looking down at this Carl is like looking down at a marmot that just came out of your hole.

"Karl, you are defeated! Look at what you have done, you still want to fight against me even if you know you are lost, but I hope you will die in battle for your own morality. I didn't expect that your brothers are almost dead, and you are the only one who is still alive... …”

It's really a gem of a sentence, that is, Karl, who was defeated in battle, was never qualified to call himself "Odin's warrior".

Carl felt uncomfortable hearing this, but he still didn't give up hope of survival.

"I... I want to live. I can serve you and be your subordinate. I must be useful to you."

"..." Rurik was really speechless.

At this moment, Grund, who had taken off his heavy armor, came over and said, "Your Majesty, it may be useful to you to leave this man dead. After all, this guy has ruled this lake area for ten years, and he can be used as your tool to manage on your behalf..."

"Huh?" Rurik couldn't believe his ears. He looked straight at Grund with reproach: "Who asked you to say this?"

"I'm doing this for the king's sake."

"You tell the truth! Oh no, I'll ask you later."

Rurik guessed that there was something tricky about it. Grund was a renegade Dane, and he couldn't absolutely trust him, even if he had already shown great loyalty. He guessed something seventy-eighty-eight, and Grund was not the only one who hoped to spare the life of Karl "Crazy Bear". In other words, Grund was used by some nobles.

How to deal with Karl, Rurik had already made up his mind.

"Pull Karl down first. Remember, he must be closely guarded! Tie a rope to his mouth to prevent suicide by biting his tongue. Grund, let you handle this matter, Karl can't die!"

"As ordered."

Sounds like you are saved from death? Hearing the humiliation just now, Carl felt that he might as well just die in battle. It's good now, even the means of suicide is gone, tied like a wild boar being hunted, and he is dragged aside by the victor.

That night, the Rus army went to the Fortress of Wiesingerser to hold a celebration banquet!

Although the islanders were poor, they raised a group of cattle and sheep, and these livestock were slaughtered.

The nobles gathered to eat half-cooked roast meat to celebrate Ross's victory in the conquest of the entire Lake Wettern.

Looking at them, it is clear that the king's direct troops contributed the most, and the nobles of the Swedish Allied Army enjoyed the joy after the victory.

Longstall danced with joy, holding a half-baked leg of lamb in his left hand and right hand, in front of the bonfire, like an abstract dance performed by priests.

People watched this happy guy like a clown.

"That's all right, my worries have been overcome. Now as long as we defeat that Jonkoping again, we Yiermalen people can freely graze their herds again."

Longstall's words directly resonated strongly with as many as five clan leaders.

The names of these five tribes are quite casual, and their respective strengths are also a joke. The leader has the title of duke, and he worked hard to pull some young boys up, only to get to the lower limit of about fifty people to send troops to accept the king's call. They were all Swedes who evacuated from the northern shore of Lake Wettern back then, and they won by standing on the shoulders of giants.

"Your Majesty is wise and martial, my family can move back now."

"Your Majesty is young and promising, and he has done things that the leaders of the Swedish Alliance in all generations could not do..."

They complimented and praised King Rurik, who ate barbecue with everyone.

Rurik nodded: "It's alright for you all to come back, we're going to revive the Swedish settlement here. I can't believe that the rest of the Gotharans will surrender and not think of rebelling, and now I don't know if the cavalry I sent out won it. Jönköping. Your so-called Lake Wettern has been pacified by our army is not accurate."

While he was talking, he was watching Bjorn of Melalen, and the two suddenly looked at each other and ended with Bjorn's eyes suddenly looking away.

"Bjorn, it looks like you have something to say!"

"Yes! I... do have something to say."

"But it doesn't matter."

"It's about Carl's disposal. Many people think it's okay to kill with an axe. He attacked us with thousands of people. Our army killed at least 2,000 people and captured a group of fishermen who were forced to fight. Carl is reasonable. He said he should die, but if he is killed, will the rest of the Jotarans make trouble in the future?"

"Oh? What do you want to say?" Rurik's eyes sharpened, he pondered that Grund's comments in the afternoon were probably taught by this Bjorn.

"If you keep him, you can seal him a position and manage this lake area on your behalf."

"Oh? Don't you think it's ridiculous?"

"But this is a smart move. Your army will continue to conquer Gothenburg, right? There are still many Gotaland people in the lake area. Either you kill them all, or take them all as slaves, or you need to send someone to govern them. You are merciful, so my advice is to leave Carl's life and let him do things for you."

Ridiculous! It sounds like Björn is taking the benefits of Carl's real money.

This is absolutely impossible! Unless this is done in favor of the Meralen clan and in favor of Bjorn.

At this moment, just looking at Ronstall's stern face again, Rurik guessed seven or eight again.

"Then raise your hands to vote! You Swedish nobles, one counts as one, raising your right hand means asking Karl to live, and keeping quiet means letting him die."

In this way, a funny scene appeared. A strong embarrassment accompanied Bjorn. The Swedish nobles, big and small, were here, and it was Bjorn who really supported Carl's life.

"It's clear at a glance, Karl is still going to die!" Rurik shrugged, and since he had already figured out all the reasons, he didn't mention it at all.

The nobles continued to discuss what happened next. First, the army had to reorganize and prepare to continue fighting, detour into Lake Venern to attack Gothenburg, which is only known by its name; second, count the spoils and transport a group of prisoners and wounded by water to the tombstone. Island and Lake Mälaren; the third army had to go to the south of the lake first, and in any case had to take Jönköping to end the battle for the entire Lake Vättern.

Rurik decided to kill Karl, but his captured men could live. After all, it is a group of strong laborers. It is a pity to be decapitated with an axe. It is better to send them to the northern mines as cattle and horses to dig ore for a lifetime. There is no need to do things absolutely, promise them to mine for ten years and restore their freedom, so they have to have hope.

The captured fishermen, men and women, were young and old. Including the large number of children who were easily captured after Arik broke the city, the total number of prisoners of war was close to 3,000. Children and women account for a high proportion. It is cruel for such personnel to stay on the island and continue to let them fish for a living. Their ships were destroyed by the Rus army and thrown on the island to force them to die.

It's better to divide all the islanders, stuff them into ships and transport them to the rear. The Rus Duchy of the Natural Kingdom has the right to choose the largest share, especially children and women. Rurik intends to sell only most of them to himself in the far east. The subjects of the Slavic ethnic group, in order to win over and stabilize the local strong men, also change the local population structure.

The defeated Karl was a sheep to be slaughtered, and Rurik decided to execute him himself. As the saying goes, benevolence seeks benevolence. Before the war began, he was refused to surrender. Now it is too late to ask for surrender!

Rurik decided to set up a battle the day after the war, holding a double-bladed Nordic forest axe, chopped off Karl's head like a log, and then showed it to the soldiers by standing it on a wooden pole.

Things took a turn for the worse.

In the morning, a oars boat was suddenly intercepted by a Ross boat that had ended the night capture. The Ross Navy thought it was an enemy ship. If they hadn't seen the flying Ross flag clearly, there would have been a misunderstanding.

It was the dismounted Ross cavalry. They transformed into oarsmen. They took the captured longboat and started to set off yesterday afternoon. They slept on the lake and continued to move, and finally successfully and quickly arrived at the island of Wessingase. Ross Barracks.

He was very pleased with the visit of the dismounted cavalry to Rurik.

He didn't care about washing or eating, so he hurriedly greeted his subordinates who had just landed on the island.

The dozen or more dismounted cavalrymen knelt down on one knee and saluted when they met the king. The Pecheneg, who was the first one to start a serious business, briefly described the attack on Jönköping by Fisk and three hundred cavalry in a very strange Norse language. It's a big success with no losses.

"Ah! Our army won without any losses? Jonkoping has raised my flag?" Rurik was overjoyed.

"Exactly. Fisk wants you to see it for yourself."

"I'm going! Of course I'm going. This Fisk is really a good general, and he really gives me a face!"

After inquiring in more detail, Rurik presented a gratifying result. Fisk is not a person who kills indiscriminately. Perhaps it was his cousin Arik who attacked Jönköping at that time. Or replace it with Yermalen, I am afraid that Longstall will burn the entire Jonkopf to the flames because of the tribal hatred of the king.

The city was not seriously damaged. Many armed soldiers died and a large number of merchants survived.

There are even other information about the Gotaland community, which Rurik did not expect.

"Vaxj Ten Village Alliance", is there such a Gotaland community? The dismounted cavalry, citing Jönköping's interim correspondent Hager Haraldsson, was said to be targeting some distance south of the lake.

Conquer! Must conquer!

Rurik gathered a group of elite soldiers, especially his own 300-strong standing army infantry soldiers, and then pulled the young and handsome old Ross Jun in the sixth banner team to form a strong army with blonde hair and blue eyes, and floated to Yanchang in a big boat. Köping gives the conquered natives a big eye.

So, "Crazy Bear" Karl's final place is here!

Carl was **** and carried on the ship. This was his first and last time on the Ross ship.

The sails of the Ross fleet were huge and eye-catching. The war in Jönköping was all over. After all the local people surrendered, they served the conqueror masters one after another. Even the commander, Fisk, could not help but enjoy the service of his new slave.

The cavalry saw the arrival of the fleet and saw the "King of Ross Flag" on the flagship, which was decorated with different textures than ordinary flags.

Fisk was taken aback, the emergency trumpeter blew the horn to assemble, and he also shouted: "The king is here! The cavalry is in formation to welcome you!"

Rurik finally saw Fisk, who had not seen him for a long time, and saw the still majestic cavalry troops, as well as a large number of people who were driven to the dock.

Completely unlike the ruined residential area of ​​Weisingose ​​Island, the city of Jonkoping built on the mound, the buildings are the most traditional Viking longhouses, they do not show signs of damage, it is difficult to imagine the cavalry ever The raid here killed hundreds of enemies yesterday.

He docked with a small boat, and most of the other soldiers were swimming ashore.

A big beast that was carried like a scalded wild boar, upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a man.

After the man was carried ashore, he struggled on the spot...

Rurik knew that his Fisk had a thousand words, "You're here! I'll talk about anything later. This is Jonkoping? You gathered all the inhabitants to me."

"Your Majesty, what does this mean?"

Rurik kicked the squirming Karl again: "This man is the so-called Crazy Bear Karl."

"Ah? It's like a maggot."

"Yes, feel free to despise him. I think the people of Jönköping will definitely recognize him. I want to execute this person in public. Go and gather the people. Remember you found a local person? Call them together."

"As ordered."

In this way, Hagrid Haraldsson could not have imagined that the arrogant "Crazy Bear" Carl would become such a field, and Rurik, the conqueror of Ross King, did not seem to be a ferocious person, but a very handsome and tall man. Men, their army also has a completely different momentum than those of Carl's private soldiers.

Hagrid is a businessman, and he thinks that a real king will not be stupid enough to kill a businessman, but actively win over the businessman to cooperate with him.

"You're the leader here?" Rurik pointed at Hagrid, who was not very good-looking.

"It's me. It's... Lord Fisk asked me to be the talker. I report the truth. In the past, our talker was actually..." Hagrid pointed at the wriggling Carl: "It's this guy, we're just a group of people. The sheep that he cuts every year. You killed him, you are a conqueror, and we are willing to pay tribute to you."

Really, who is the king to pay tribute to? Things got simpler.

So, Carl was tied with a rope around his mouth, his eyes were covered with sackcloth, and he was stripped of his shirt and tied to a tree.

The merchants, craftsmen, farmers, and fishermen of Jonkoping were all willing to pay some tribute to the conqueror Rurik. Most of the tribute has been collected by Fisk, and Rurik is very happy with two boxes of real gold and silver in front of him.

Therefore, it is necessary to show the local people what the new conqueror is like.

Real Vikings worship strong men. Rurik also took off his shirt this time, letting the sun shine on his fair and muscular arms.

"Crazy Bear" Carl? forget it. Ross' berserkers all had terrifying bear heads on their heads, and the people in Jonkoping, who were ordered to watch the execution, shivered.

They also saw the noble King Ross holding a forest axe, and suddenly heard the cry: "You are all optimistic!"

The big axe directly cut down Carl's neck, and his head was immediately separated.

The onlookers in Jönköping were very addicted, regardless of the power of the new master, the Kingdom of Ross or the Swedes. Anyway, this guy Carl is a wicked person who doesn't dare to take three tributes every year~www.mtlnovel.com~Carl was killed Everyone should be happy.

Rurik immediately threw the axe, without wiping off the blood that was splattered on his face, these respectable industrial masters, craftsmen, and well-informed businessmen who looked at Jönköping: "This king Rurik! It's your master! In the future, you can pay tribute to me once a year! Hagrid Haraldsson among you, you will serve as a spokesman for Jonkoping. You will all be subjects of this king, as long as you surrender, your life will be saved Secured. Now! Kneel down and surrender to me!"

The order came suddenly, Karl had been beheaded, and the merchant Hagrid simply knelt on the ground, shouting that he would pay tribute every year, and that the greatness of King Ross was unparalleled. Seeing this, the people in Jönköping knelt down one after another, like a large group of sheep swarming around the shepherd.

This is Rurik's choice!

Yermalen and the other five tribes felt that the Gotaland people of Lake Wettern were greatly weakened, so they could expand their living space here.

Therefore, Bjorn of Melalen was worried that the strength of the tribes in the south would grow rapidly, and he would squeeze the power of the Melalen people, so he tried to save the life of the mad bear Karl so as to check and balance the Yermalen people.

Carl must die. After all, this guy is largely a supporter of the northern invasion of the local Gotaland people. His death is an explanation for the Yermalen people. After all, this is one of the reasons for the Rus army to go on the expedition.

But the long and narrow Lake Wettern should not be occupied by the Yermalen people. They can naturally restore their settlements in the northern part of this lake area. They should share this lake with the Götaland people of Jonkoping over there. The north and the south should check and balance each other, which is a practice that takes into account the feelings of many parties.

Chapter end