Rise of Rurik

In the evening, Otto arrived at the village by the river with his army carrying a large number of loot.

The sky gradually darkened, and a large number of bonfires were gradually lit in the villages under the control of the Rus.

Since the attack was not the real target, Otto, who felt deceived, could not wait to lead the stupid dog out and beat him.

The so-called stupid dog is Voima Kashad, who led the way.

When Otto came to the village, he saw the deer farmers who had prepared a lot of firewood, and also saw the left-behind people who had found the ale hidden by the Kewen people and drank it for themselves.

Even Rumia, the girl was already stewing meat in the clay pot she found.

Otto was very satisfied, Rumia was cooking the bear meat that she hunted before, this is her own dinner.

Rumia built a small stove with stones outdoors. At this moment, the bonfire has boiled the soup pot, and you can smell the aroma of meat when you get close.

Seeing the victory of the army, Rumia immediately stood up and asked all the deer breeders to greet the Rus army.

Otto was in a good mood. He approached the boiling soup pot, pulled out the sword and inserted it directly into the bear's meat, and fished out a lump of meat. He took a bite and was satisfied.

"Rumia, you did a great job."

"Thank you... Chief." Rumia said timidly.

"Next, your master will give you a present too."

As soon as Otto finished speaking, Rumia suddenly saw her Rurik emerge, and in his hand, he was pulling a little brown-haired girl.

"Rumia, I'm back." Rurik put on a warm smile, it was the current scene that made Rumia a little strange.

"Masta, I'll prepare dinner for you soon."

"Don't worry. Get to know this girl first." After saying that, Rurik pushed the little girl whose face was full of fear to him. Then a force, pushing her directly towards Rumia.

A child slid and rushed towards him, Rumia subconsciously opened her hand and grabbed her.

"She... who is she?"

Rurik raised his chin high: "Everything is fate.

Her name is Rumi, the same as yours. She's a Kewen, and I'm sure your language is exactly the same as hers. "

Rumia was taken aback, she listened to Rurik's words, and immediately asked in ancient Sami.

It was at this question that the little girl Lumi, who had been in a state of fear, suddenly felt that she was in the arms of a big sister of the same clan.

"Are you my clan?" the little girl asked cautiously.

Rumia froze for a moment, then hugged the child tightly. Because at this moment, Rumia thought of her long-dead sister. If her sister was still alive, she would probably be at this age.

"I am your clan." Lumia responded enthusiastically: "In the future, you will be my sister."

Hearing that, the little girl Lumi was already in tears.

In fact, in a sense, Lumia and Lumi, two girls belonging to different ethnic groups, are essentially a family, and they all know the word "Suomi" because the Sami and Kewen people who raise deer , and even the Tavastians and Karelians are essentially Suomis and Finns.

So the looks of the two girls have a natural similarity.

Rurik was very happy to see such a warm scene, which was a kind of psychological comfort for the war that had just ended.

He said loudly, "Rumia, she will be your maid in the future. I need you to train her."

Lumia couldn't understand the master's arrangement: "masta, I am your servant, can a servant also have a servant?"

The problem is that there are some nesting dolls, Rurik thought about it and said directly: "She is the granddaughter of the leader of this tribe, her name is the same as yours, everything is fate, it is the will of God. You are destined to be sisters. , so I need you to train her into a second priest."

At the end of this, Rumia completely understood, "masta, I'm not disgraceful to my mission."

Rurik nodded, in fact, his real intention was to further expand the team. Of course, priests are not alone. Priests need a group, a group that is only loyal to themselves. Therefore, Rurik feels that every lower-level priest who constitutes this group needs to be selected by himself at this stage.

It wasn't just Rumia who got servants, Kawi also got his own servants.

Specifically, ten boys.

The language gap is not a problem for the time being, because Kawi can speak a little Finnish vocabulary, and in the future, he only needs to teach these boys to speak Norse.

At the end of the day, Kawhi was happy that Rurik and Otto gave him the opportunity to expand his team of blacksmiths. He originally thought that his blacksmith shop had more helpers and apprentices, and he needed the big chief Otto to go to Novgorod in May to bring back a group of boys for him.

The condition of these Kovin boys was no worse than that of Kamne.

Besides, Kamne is from Rurik, and these Kewen boys are the little blacksmiths that their family can control and cultivate all the time.

Kawi is about to train ten selected boys to be blacksmiths, to the surprise of Kaihas, the leader of the Salmon Lord tribe.

blacksmith! Entire tribes of blacksmiths can be counted on one hand, and to make matters worse, the blacksmiths have already been killed in battle. If the tribe wants to develop, it must have a blacksmith, and secondly, it needs to get ore.

Kaihas couldn't help thinking, that young Ross man claimed to be the best blacksmith of the Ross tribe, and that a group of boys from his tribe was selected, I am afraid it is also a good thing for the boys. They should have lived a peaceful life, but if they became blacksmiths, everything would be different.

Also, Kaihas believed that the boy of his tribe, the man who came to the home of the Rus, would never forget that he was the lord of the salmon.

He even began to fantasize that if the Rus did not come aggressively, or attacked by force without negotiating. The two sides will negotiate first, and they will also choose to surrender because it is profitable.

Kaihas understood the situation, and it might be beneficial to cooperate with the Rus.

More than a dozen semi-crypt houses were crowded with all the surviving Kowen tribesmen. Their morale had already collapsed, and they had lost the courage to resist the Rus. They saw the reality clearly, that is, they had exhausted the fighting strength of the entire tribe, as well as the defensive advantage of the stone wall of the mountain fort, and they were still beaten by the Rus people like chopping melons and vegetables.

At least until now, the Rus conquerors have no plans to kill again.

The leader Kaihas said that as long as everyone surrendered and handed over some leather to the Rus people every year, they would not be attacked again.

Even, the Rus made a very tempting promise-you are all slaves of the Rus, whoever attacks you is an enemy of the Rus, and the Rus will surely crusade.

The men of the Salmon Lord tribe who were gathered together couldn't help but whisper, and everyone's attitude gradually reached a unity. Although a large number of clansmen died, so what? Life has to go on.

Because women and children are now controlled by the Rus.

But the leader Kaihas is also controlled by the Rus, and it seems that some other things need to be discussed.

Hopefully, the leader can win some benefits for everyone in the tribe.

Otto, who came back victorious, intended to find out and condemn the guy who led the way, but what he saw was the fact that he was negligent in his duties and the fact that the leader had disappeared.

After slapping the guards a few times in the face, he had no choice but to feel that he was naive and actually listened to the dog.

Kaihas has been following the big leader of Ross, and he only heard about it.

Being deceived, Otto was furious. He slapped his hands, suddenly turned around and grabbed Kaihas's neck, and said viciously, "One of my dogs ran away, how about you? Will your dog betray?"

After listening to the translation, Kaihas was already scared to diaper.

Otto rolled his eyes and saw something dripping from the other side's floppy legs.

"I don't dare to forgive you. Go! Take me to your parliament."

There is a special council house in the Salmon Lord village, if there is, it is Kaihas's own home.

Even as the head of the village, his semi-crypt house was too unbearable in Otto's eyes.

Because of Otto, he has adapted and liked the "Novgorod-style woodcut" that his son built for him. To put it bluntly, it is a wooden house with a modern aesthetic. If electrical equipment is installed, then the wooden house is appropriate. Twentieth Century Architecture.

Otto scoffed at the series of thatched cottages in this village, but he couldn't deny that since the clansmen had found a lot of furs, he felt that this year's "north hunting" should do his best to search.

Otto and several Kongwu warriors became the new owners of the village chief's house.

Kaihas didn't dare to offend these madmen. The tribe was completely defeated. All he could think of now was to use the women of the tribe to "reward" these madmen. But things are very bizarre, these madmen don't seem to be interested in women.

Kaihas didn't believe it, he asked his wife and daughter-in-law to "take care" of Otto.

To be fair, Otto was in his fifties, and he was still a powerful man. Of course he was attracted to these women, but as he lived for a while, reason had already prevailed.

Otto is indeed rational. When he thinks that if he fails to control it and causes his son to have a younger brother, wouldn't that add chaos to his son's future power? The current situation is that, even for Rurik to consolidate his future power, the child does not need a young brother at all. Rurik already has a group of loyal peers around him, the older Arik and Kawi, who are now his forces.

Otto's intimacy, which was obviously a last resort attempt, to send away Kaihas's female relatives made Kaihas very moved.

What surprised Kaihas even more was that there were still a group of non-combatants in the Varyag army. There are not only women but also children in their group.

Things became very strange, and he didn't know what other plans the Russ leader had. The more he thought about it, the more uneasy he felt in his heart. Sitting in a house where things were different, Kaihas was on pins and needles.

After a while, Rurik accepted the call and came to this half-crypt wooden house.

In contrast to the quiet indoors, the outdoor world is already full of hilarity, with Ross warriors gorging on their meals and having a chance to drink a handful of wines brewed by the locals.

"Dad, is there something important?" Rurik asked as he entered the door.

"Come here and sit beside me."

Rurik nodded, and with the help of the oil lamp, he glanced at the sullen-faced village chief and saw the man's trembling eyes.

Rurik quickly sat down in front of his father, and he suddenly felt that the whole scene had a "tribal meeting" meaning, as if to discuss the next step.

Yup! The Salmon Lord Tribe has been conquered, and the next step is to continue to expand the victory, or to return home?

Rurik firmly believed that not only the father, but all the clansmen wanted to expand the victory.

But the village chief of the conquered tribe is sitting here, what can this man do?

Otto felt the time was ripe, and he asked Yevro to translate his words truthfully.

"Kaihas, we Rus planned to attack the grey squirrel tribe, and now my leader has escaped, and I need a new leader. You! You must know a lot of information."

Hearing these words, Rurik had determined that after a very short rest, the clan army must take the initiative to attack the gray squirrel clan. The battle will continue, inevitable! Rurik clenched his fists, knowing that he now had only one option - to take part in a new operation as the leader of the tribal army. Certainly a military adventure, it was well worth it.

Kaihas's mind turned desperately, and in a short speech, he understood the true intentions of the Rus people.

Moreover, when it comes to the gray squirrel tribe, Kaihas is angry.

"Russian, I know that tribe. We have a great hatred with them."

hatred?

Both Rurik and Otto understood, and this was a positive sign of the other party's intention to cooperate.

Rurik then lied: "We Rus are the masters of all the northern deer breeders. They are our slaves. They keep deer for us, and give us a batch of deer every year. We give them security. However, that The gray squirrel tribe's expedition attacked our deer keepers, and many people died. They were my slaves. We sent troops to rescue a group of people, but the anger could not be quelled. This is the reason why we sent troops, we want to crusade the gray squirrel tribe. ."

Rurik's words were deliberately spoken in Norse, and he needed to pass the interpreter, Yevlo, to tell Kaihas the exact words.

The main thing, Rurik was talking about his own father.

A large hand suddenly covered Rurik's golden head, and Otto admired his son in his heart, feeling that he had found an excellent reason for the war.

Otto said loudly: "We organized an elite army to crusade the gray squirrel tribe, but the gray squirrel captive told us that you are the gray squirrel. Our battle today is very sudden and perhaps avoidable. All of this is the gray squirrel. What the hell is the tribe!"

Kaihas served as the leader of the tribe not because of his age, he could hear the meaning of the Rus. There are two meanings here. The first meaning is that the war is a misunderstanding that could have been avoided, and the Rus people have no absolute malice towards the Salmon Lord Tribe. The second meaning, I am afraid that behind this war, the gray squirrel tribe is provoking it.

The more he thought about it, the more he raised his eyebrows, the more he trusted his own judgment.

Gradually, he showed an expression of grief and indignation, looking at the big-waisted Rus conqueror in front of him: "The great Rus. The gray squirrel tribe is the root of all evil! They usually attack our hunters and destroy our hunting traps. Too many years. We've killed a lot of hunters, we're hungry for revenge, but we don't have the power. We can't beat them, and now we've lost a lot of men, we're at a huge disadvantage."

"Do you desire revenge?" Otto asked deliberately.

"I want to! I want to dream."

"So, do you want revenge on us? After all, we killed a lot of you."

Hearing this, Kaihas' face suddenly turned pale.

Otto smiled disdainfully: "Forget it! You are weak, and we Ross people are very strong, and will only become stronger in the future."

"Yes! I have no guts, we are just your loyal hounds."

Rurik listened to everything, and it was clear that the meeting itself had enough say.

Rurik picked himself up, facing Kaihas and decisively revealed his identity: "Korvin! I, Rurik! I am the future leader of the Rus people, who is blessed by the gods. You say, you will To be our loyal hound, how can you see it?"

"I...we are indeed loyal." Kaihas said hastily.

"No." Rurik shook his head: "We will go to crusade the gray squirrel tribe, we are going to take revenge. Your war with me was a misunderstanding, but you failed completely and became my servants. I hope you will because of my advice. consider properly."

"Please... please speak."

"If you can't beat your opponent, join them."

"This..." Kaihas has moved: "My little master, you mean, let me send people to participate in a new battle? Let our men fight for you?"

Rurik smiled and nodded: "Not so. The men of your tribe will take up arms again, and we will form an army. Your men will be engaged in a whole new battle under my command. Listen, yours People are my people. You will be rewarded by your masters for your loyalty."

Otto felt that his son's words were very domineering. Looking at the expression of Kaihas, it was a rigid old face, and now he obviously had the urge to smile.

Otto asked in a strong baritone voice: "I am the leader of the Rus, and my tribe has ten thousand people! This time I organized three hundred elites to participate in the battle. Now you give me a clear answer. Whether to join or not? Our troops go out to hunt down the gray squirrels?"

Kaihas knew that he had no other choice, and based on the status quo, the request put forward by the Rus people was not only acceptable, but if there were Rus people involved in the war, they would definitely be able to defeat the hateful gray squirrel tribe.

"Great Russ, all men of our tribe who can take up arms will fight for you. Even some women, if you will, can take up arms and fight for you."

Otto laughed happily. "Women? Forget it! I just want men, like your nasty archers. You're very smart. Now, tell us about the status of the Grey Squirrel tribe."