Rise of Rurik

With Olegin's actions today, Rurik always felt like he was in a child's play, that is, the so-called proclamation and founding of the country were really too casual.

Since his decision has everyone's support, the Russ will naturally express their support.

No, Rurik squeezed his father's hand.

"What's wrong?" Otto asked in a low voice.

"According to...that. We...have the warrior salute."

The two sides did have a secret contract, and it was necessary for the Rus to perform a political performance in public to show their recognition of the kingship. Although Otto was a little displeased, he took Rurik's hand and knelt on the ground in a very abrupt manner, even with Carlotta on one knee.

Otto complimented: "Congratulations on becoming the king of the entire Svealan, we Rus people, and even the Ostara people, recognize your power."

The leader of Ross, even with his successor, salutes Olekin as a warrior?

Such a sudden scene shocked the leaders into a dilemma. They saw Origen, a thin guy, looking arrogant, with his raised chin up against the beam of the house, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

In fact, Origen spent a huge amount of money in order to get the warrior gift from the Rus people at the moment. However, at this age, this person is not particularly concerned about money. He needs power and prestige, which is something false.

"Thank you for the support of the leader of Ross. You Otto!" Olegin leaned over and said: "I canonized you as a princes. And you, Carlotta, I also canonized you as a princess."

These nouns do not excite Otto because it is also part of the secret covenant. Even half-kneeling for such an old guy, he would not be willing to do it if he hadn't won a huge rib for the Russ.

But Rurik is now holding back the wild laughter in his heart. He has to admire this Olegin for being a somewhat lame admirer of the Frankish kingdom, but the word "princeps" is unusual this time. Its original meaning is "first citizen". , was also the first name invented by Augustus, and it's a little fun to appear here.

but? After getting this canonization, which feels quite casual, Rurik felt that the Ross tribe could hold a big sacrifice in their hometown, and then give all the residents a pound of wheat (like the triumphant Caesar inviting all the residents of Rome to eat), warmly. Celebrate the birth of the Duchy of Rus.

It is the current era, the various lords of Frank, they are essentially from the ancient Germanic tribe leader family, they naturally chose such a noble word for themselves in the wasteland of Rome. Even in the history of another plane, the title "Prince" held by the rulers of Kievan Rus at the beginning was essentially "princep" in the Slavic language,

Until it was replaced by the title "Vladimir".

Olegin continued: "In this way, you are only one level lower than us and that's all." After that, he immediately turned around to the various tribal leaders who were in a trance and looked confused: "Give me a warrior salute, and I will confer you dukes. Otherwise, there are only some inferior titles."

The tribal leaders who were unwilling to lag behind others, whether they liked it or not, are now half-kneeling on the ground.

It was also at this time that people finally realized that the "king" and the "leader" are different! After all, there is no warrior salute in the face of the leader of the alliance.

If he wasn't immersed in serious scenes, Rurik wanted to laugh wildly at this casual and absurd "big drama" of proclaiming a king, establishing a country, and side seams. Fortunately he held back.

In any case, Rurik believed that by kneeling, the tribes knew that the king was more noble than the duke, and at least he could receive the salute of soldiers from other people.

Rurik really doesn't think there's anything clever about being king if that's all there is to it.

Unless everyone in this area can realize that the title of the king is more noble than the title of the leader.

In the Frankish kingdom, only a few relatives of the king enjoyed the title of duke, or "princeps".

Origen is good, he canonized all the leaders in the original alliance to satisfy everyone's vanity. This time, there are three or four hundred people in the tribe, and the scale is only a village head-level tribe, and the leaders have all become dukes.

Of course, Olegin did not forget to give his son Karl, who was not here yet, a title, that is, the successor of the king, the so-called crown prince. .

Excited, he said arrogantly: "My son Carl, he will be your king in the end. For our kingdom, you and your descendants must support his power."

Listen, no one speaks out to support it, and no one stands up to oppose it. Everyone keeps their mouths shut and doesn't want to talk nonsense. Because many leaders know that Carl is unreliable, and besides, everyone does not think that even if the alliance is upgraded to a kingdom, the status of the king will always be hereditary to the Origen family.

The strange farce soon ended, and everyone sat down again.

Olekin's smiling face showed that he was still reminiscing about the happiness just now, "Now you are all dukes, and you are all very noble. In this way we are as noble as the Franks from far away, and the Danes, the Gotlands, And those guys on the highlands, they are all inferior. But these inferiors attacked us! We will fight back, destroy them in the form of a kingdom, take back what we lost, and make them return double."

Olegin said, and his emotions became more and more excited.

Regarding the war, Origen had drawn up a plan by himself. He had not told anyone before, and now he was so excited that he suddenly made a surprising speech.

"Brothers." For a while, he was still in a vulgar tone: "I learned some information that they established a market in the old Ostara and the old Gran, and even named it Norrkoping (that is, Northland). Köping), this is a great disgrace! We must burn it down! However, our revenge must be extended!"

Expand the war? Hearing this decision, everyone was excited. They didn't dare before, but now, with the support of the strong Melalen people, they dared to attack the enemy's hinterland directly.

A discerning person can also see that Olegin, who is actually the king, needs a big victory to lay the foundation for his kingdom, and even gain the foundation of the people's hearts and minds of "family world".

The war will be deliberately expanded by the kingdom, who doesn't expect it?

Olegin pointed out a new point of attack, a new territory that the inhabitants of the Svealan Plain had not touched: "We do not attack Gotland, we go south along the coast to attack the seaside settlement called Karma, that It's the Danes. Let me say, we don't have to attack the Danes' lackeys, we'll attack the real Danes, I'm going to burn Karma, I don't need homomorphic revenge, I want more victories! And you , brothers, go and take everything we need!"

The leaders had only officially confirmed that the war was bound to happen today. They were worried, but now everyone's emotions have been mobilized by Olegin.

In fact, Olegin has no magic power. What makes everyone excited all comes from their own desire for wealth and power.

Big clans want to make huge fortunes, and small clans want a piece of the pie.

The flamboyant parade of Olegin's "Black Army" was a boost to the leaders, and the visit of the Rus and their ship was a surprise.

"You are all happy? Do you fully support the war I have decided?" Olegin asked deliberately.

This time, it was the Gran people who were so weak that they were actually attached to the Yermalen people. Their leader announced loudly: "I support. There are some wolves in my old territory. We must destroy them and take me back. Cow's Meadow."

"Very good. What about the others?"

The small tribes expressed their approval, so the larger tribes with a little worry in their hearts could only follow the crowd wholeheartedly.

"Exactly, let's discuss the issue of sending troops. But there is one thing I must say before, this war, the Rus and their fleet, will be responsible for the transportation of our materials."

Origen's words are puzzling. For example, the head of the Uncles tribe, who was in the mood because of the "defection" of the Gould family, Ungriff stuck his head and asked Otto: "Huh? Russ, don't you want to fight with us? "

Otto originally intended to go back, but when he thought of the contract, he slowly said in a calm and coercive tone: "Maybe I need to listen to the king's arrangements for these things, because he is the king."

"Whatever." Ungriff shrugged, "Anyway, you made a fortune close to trade."

In fact, in terms of making a fortune, or obtaining silver coins in a narrow sense, how can there be money from looting in this time and space? The material productivity of the Rus people has indeed improved a lot, and its potential is huge. For a period of time in the future, launching wars and looting is nothing less than an efficient method, although it is cruel.

Rurik was too lazy to philosophize, he knew he had to be tough. Some necessary evils are to be done and even have to be ordered by themselves. How to do? Knowing that you can't see if you close your eyes.

For example, in this plan, Olegin regards "burning Karma" as an important strategic goal.

In Rurik's view, Karma, located on the southeastern coast of Scandinavia, is a historic city, even though she was also ravaged by war. Because of geographical estrangement, the Viking world has formed three power groups with exactly the same language, and they have coalesced into one country, which is the Karma Alliance.

The union was also a matter of later, and now Rurik sees Sweden and Denmark rattling swords.

Origen slapped his thigh vigorously, ending the chatter of all the leaders.

"Okay, listen to me! This battle can be described as the battle of our nation. We must fight with prestige, so we must organize a capable army. I have decided that we Melalen will send 1,500 troops!"

One flick of the hand is 1,500 troops? Is this a kind of army?

Rurik was not much shocked, the surprised eyes of other leaders explained too many problems.

Considering that the Melalen tribe is a "behemoth" of more than 20,000 people, Olegin can quickly assemble such a team.

He arrogantly said: "What do you think? Leaders, how many people do you decide to send?"

Everyone hooked their heads subconsciously, not knowing what to say for a while. Does Melalen show off his military strength? No, if there is really a large-scale battle, can they still continue to assemble a large army, or even organize an army of 5,000 people?

For example, the strong Yermalen tribe and the Uppsala tribe, two factions with similar populations, their leaders knew that even if they assembled all the men who could hold an axe, their strength would barely exceed a thousand. people. What is the strength of such an army?

Everyone has no memory of the Melaron expedition, and never thought that Origen would make a big deal on the first expedition in his life.

Can't help but give him a face, right?

The Yermalen people were the first to answer: "We dispatched five hundred people, the elites of our tribe!"

The Uppsalas then gave the same answer, five hundred warriors.

The population of Onkras is a little smaller. Seeing this battle, Ongriff didn’t want to spoil his vitality, and he was afraid of being despised by others, “Just like this, I will send 300 people. My population is small, so I can’t send too many people. soldier."

Some other small tribes, they actually have more than ten giants. It is an indisputable fact that the population of the Orgran people is small, and the leader Oak decided to dispatch a mere fifty people. Seeing this, each small tribe will send fifty troops, so even if there is a loss in the war, the loss is acceptable. The total strength of these small tribes is only 500 people.

At this point, everyone was staring at the reaction of the Russ, with a pair of eyes looking at Otto's face.

"Oh? Are you waiting for my answer? Ask me how many troops I will send? Our Ross people's job is to transport materials such as a batch of rations, and my people are responsible for supporting the army, that's all, do you still want us Ross Thousands of troops? I'm willing to obey the king's arrangement."

Otto directly threw the pot to Olegin, which integrated Olegin's meaning.

"The Russ will protect our logistics to a great extent. Have you all seen that big ship? That ship is enough to transport a large amount of food."

"But aren't the Rus a powerful tribe?" Ungriff of Unkrath questioned sternly, "they must send troops, not a handful of men as transports. Also, since we all recognize Aosta The female leader of the Ra tribe, Ostara also sent troops."

Olekin frowned: "The Russ will send two hundred troops, I think that's enough."

"That's it? Too few! They have more people than me."

"But there are not many people who dare to fight." Rurik suddenly spoke on behalf of his father.

The scene suddenly quieted down, and eyes were fixed on Rurik's face.

Ungriff directly pointed out his right hand and said, "Child, you have no place to speak here."

"How dare you threaten me?" Rurik's blood boiled over, he just couldn't stand this chattering guy, and he pulled out his bright white dagger in an instant, "I know exactly what's going on with you Ankras, there's no round here. until you teach me."

"You!" Ungriff felt greatly offended. His anger was not for no reason, because Gould did not send a fleet to Deep Anklath. After encountering the dilemma that the merchants did not come to visit, he was no longer complacent about the evacuation of the Gould family, but regretted with remorse.

Otto coughed hard and ordered his son not to speak.

Here, Otto is not stupid enough to tell everyone that the elites of Ross went to the East to collect taxes, and even actively build the New Rose Fort. The fact of the expansion of the Rus, the leader of their group, it is best not to know for the rest of their lives.

Otto simply pretended to admit counsel and made up a nonsense, that is, his so-called "confession" acting skills were really exaggerated, and even another kind of show of "business skills".

"We Rus are good at doing business, that's all. We are not as brave as your warriors, so when the war starts, we will not fight with you for the spoils." Hearing the eyes of many leaders brightened, some people questioned the Rus' plan what? Even if you send 200 troops, you will send troops. Is it just a transport team responsible for shouting and cheering? Or is it that the Russ actually made some kind of agreement with the Mellarens?

Some people have guessed this. When they think of the large grain trade between Russ and Melalen last year, and even a large number of black iron weapons flowed into Melalon, they estimate that there is something tricky in it.

Everyone seemed to have some kind of suspicious call, and Olekin clapped his hands vigorously: "Now I understand. Our coalition will have 3,500 people! What a huge army!"

Hearing the exact statistics, the people who were complaining just now have nothing to do.

Olegin continued to declare: "As king, I will distribute the spoils of war among the tribes after the war according to the strength of the troops sent by each tribe. The Rus who send less troops will naturally share less, and if I send more troops, naturally I will share more. I am You must obey my orders, kings. And before the expedition takes the spoils, I will bring wheat based on your army. A great deal of wheat will be transported by the great ships of the Rus."

This decision dispelled everyone's concerns, and some tribes even regretted reporting that their troops were low. After all, it doesn't matter who said anything on the battlefield, it's the last word that only uses one's own weapons to grab the spoils.

Ungriff's mood was much more comfortable, and he was mocking the Rus people in his heart, because the other party only sent 200 people.

As everyone knows, everyone really doesn't know about the conspiracy between the Rus and the Mellarens.

Olegin concluded: "You all look happy! We will all be rich in the future, and I will order my son Karl to be the war chief of Melalen, and you should appoint your own generals. Tomorrow, we will be by the lake. The altar to celebrate the birth of our kingdom, you all congratulate me for becoming king. You will have a month to prepare for this war, I plan to go on June 1st, I think you have enough time to prepare personnel and weapons."

At this point, the affairs of the first day of the alliance have basically been announced, and the leaders who have been promoted to dukes only need to participate in the grand sacrificial event tomorrow, the new power will be stabilized, and the "Kingdom of Sweden" will become official. The presence.

Otto's eyes lit up, the day of expedition was indeed a month away. Although the Russ sent very few troops, they made preparations early. This preparation was based on the sea battle. Does my son wishful thinking that the Ross fleet would wait for the enemy to attack and win a big victory? It's ridiculous, isn't it?

Wait a minute! Perhaps he has foreseen the future, and a wise man should not doubt, because it is an oracle and cannot be blasphemed.