Rise of Rurik

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The Gotlanders need the opinions of the kings and nobles, and they need them to lead everyone to defeat the enemy, so as to avoid the loss of everyone's wealth.

So, when Haken in the council, a group of big businessmen and village leaders who have fled, how did they feel when they faced the increasing number of people who gathered? Up to now, their superficial idea is still "supporting the war", but their hearts are already messed up.

The weather was already very cool, the people in the chamber were full of sweat on their foreheads, and Haken's anxiety was swirling everywhere.

A group of merchants watched the king's anxiety wandering, making them equally irritable, and people began to talk to each other.

"What the hell is going on? Haken, people are saying the Roths are just east of the mound."

"Not really, I might..."

"What? You want to escape, who can escape? The Danes don't dare to save us now."

"This is a slander. My family is here, how can I escape? I still think about how to contact the Danes."

"And what about the shadows of the Danes? Have we been fooled again? The sea is full of scammers."

"It's not that the Danes don't want to, it's the guys from Melaren who are holding the Danish army back. We have to face the Rus alone."

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The big businessmen and village leaders quarreled endlessly, and the voice of the main battle faction was the loudest during the quarrel, even though there were more unfavorable news now.

Those who shouted were saying that Siegfast's team had been wiped out, and there were rumors that he had been killed.

The ten White Sand Harbor men who claimed to have escaped from the clutches of the Rus were captured by the Danish mercenaries on the patrol, and they were sent to the court as they were sent to court. One of them displayed a beautiful saber belonging to Siegfast, and another presented a hat, and a very crucial amber necklace.

"What?! My eldest son is really dead?!" Haken stomped his feet in anger, he suddenly drew his sword, and stabbed the man in Baisha Port who brought in the eldest son's "relic".

At this time, someone took out a wooden board from the clothes: "The leader of Visby, the leader of Ross asks you to fight them. Siegfast is not dead, they ask you to exchange him for money."

"What? He's still alive?! That's great!" The furious Haken's spirit improved dramatically,

Then he grabbed the plank.

He glanced at Runwen on the board, then his head dizzy, and then he sat down on the ground with a dramatic thud.

He was helped up by the merchants present, with blue veins on his face, and he cursed in a low voice, "Damn Ross, how vicious."

Another nervous businessman picked up the board, out of the habit of being highly sensitive to numbers in business, but at a glance the amount of the ransom.

The businessman didn't care about Haken's extension, and asked coldly: "The Rus people want you to pay two hundred pounds of silver to redeem your son. It's crazy. Can't you pay for this money?"

"Bullshit! Your son was kidnapped by them. As a father, why don't you get him back? I'd rather spend money."

"Oh, that's your business. Haken... oh no, Your Majesty, this is still dangerous. Since the Russ let you go in person, the brothers will not bring anyone to join for the time being. Since you have to choose to fight them , brothers will naturally accompany you. This matter..."

"Shut up!" Haken reluctantly stood up, "I'll take someone by myself, this is my personal business, and I don't need you to take action. I'll take my private soldiers tomorrow, and you can stay with Visby and continue to rectify the team. I I will try to talk to the leaders of the Rus people and ask them what they want. If I can give these bastards a sum of money to get them out, I am willing to pay, as for you."

"I'm willing too." Some businessmen echoed without hesitation, and then more and more people expressed the same attitude - if the price of buying peace is not too much, of course everyone can accept it.

The warriors certainly don't discuss such things, but they are all merchants, and in their view everything can be bought and sold, including war and peace. They don't feel ashamed to buy peace and send the Rus away, unless the Rus are under-fed whales. If so, the merchants of Visby did not hesitate to fight to the end.

The irony is that the so-called main war faction also advocates the idea of ​​peace in their hearts. They are more pragmatic than the previous main peace faction. The so-called preparation for the decisive battle is the surest way.

To negotiate with the Rus, King Harken has claimed this extremely dangerous job.

The merchants present sighed deeply, and then praised Qi Haken's courage.

Of course, in Haken's view, the praise of his friends for him is really false. Look at these people, if it wasn't for the enemy to hit the door, who would care about who? Ask yourself, you are the same as them, but the fact that the eldest son was captured happened to you.

With mixed emotions, he began to prepare for the ransom. Maybe it's wrong to buy peace, but winter is coming soon and the Rus can't afford to delay any longer. Let the Rus go back, and then the Gotland will be able to get in touch with the Danes. When they get the support of the Danish army next year, will the Rus dare to make a comeback? Shouldn't be.

Maybe it's never been better for the Rus to get involved, so that Hafgen in Denmark and his army can kill the main force of the Rus in one battle, and then most of the Gotlanders can be safe again, at least the merchant families can still be Happy to accumulate wealth.

The life and death of ordinary people have nothing to do with the merchants. The money lost by the merchants can be quickly recovered. In this case, according to Haken's own estimation, the so-called force of force forced the Rus people to dare not fight, and then released the idea of ​​buying peace. , they should agree to withdraw with the money.

All of this needs to be brought personally and ransom money to have a good talk with the leader of the Rus.

I am afraid that it was a complete mistake to ask Siegfast to take people to inquire about the news from the beginning. In the end, the useful information was not inquired, and it was bad news.

The family's property and wealth still need to be inherited by the eldest son. If he is really lost, the heir of all these should be inherited by the second son. Haken never felt that the business level of the second son was higher than that of his elder brother, and, I am afraid that what the second son is looking forward to now is the hope that the Russ will cut off the elder brother.

Haken took out two hundred pounds of silver from his own treasury overnight, which was not a lot for his family, but not a lot.

He has summoned most of the private soldiers he has raised, and he has also recruited more than 200 strong men.

The plan to redeem his son could not get the support of other businessmen, so Haken had to take his own men and organize a small army to personally lead the team away from the heavily guarded Visby in the early morning.

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The merchant families sent their own spies, disguised as starving refugees fleeing, and followed Haken's team to the bottom of the hills.

Some big businessmen are already plotting something, what should everyone do if Haken dies. Smart businessmen always predict the worst outcome of things in advance, so as to prioritize a set of response plans. Their plan was very straightforward, and if Haakon died on this trip, a second king would be elected.

At the beginning, many merchants supported the war. It is said that the 500 soldiers who crossed the mound were wiped out. Many people were shaken when they heard the news. Now Haken has brought more than 400 warriors to negotiate with the Rus people. If Haken and his team are destroyed, the war and peace will become unknown again.

If you lose without a fight, no one dares to mention this kind of stupidity rashly. The businessmen don't say it on the surface, but their inner meaning has been implicitly hinted to others. One by one, they were filled with righteous indignation and assumed a posture of fighting to the death with the Rus people. The so-called "Harkon's sudden death and the election of a new king to continue the battle" is to hide their inner thoughts of riding the wall by being tough. Of course, the biggest role of this new king is probably to be responsible for putting an end to the surrender of the Gotlanders.

After all, once Haken died on this trip, it meant that before the decisive battle, Gotland had permanently lost a total of 900 soldiers who would safeguard the interests of the merchants. In this way, no matter how many people are recruited, their own qualities are mixed, and there is a great possibility that they will be defeated by the Ross army.

They are all peers, and Haken has already guessed the mentality of the businessmen.

Haken also has his own worst plan, which is that his captured son will be torn apart.

In any case, the Rus will definitely send someone of high status to negotiate. To ask their purpose, of course, you must protect your own safety.

The elderly Haken didn't have the habit of eating greasy all day long, he was just a little fatter than the average person. He put on the attire of a warrior, and deliberately put on two layers of chain mail on his upper body. The Russ people's archery skills are amazing, and two layers of mail are already excellent defense.

Haken was also afraid of his opponent's hidden arrows hurting people, so he made a big deal, equipping his hundred mercenaries with chain armor, and they carried wooden shields painted with raven patterns, proving their identity as Danish mercenaries . .

As for those brawny guys who are casually supporting the scene, they are mostly shirtless, showing gorgeous and hideous tattoos, their blond hair is scattered, and they are equipped with wooden shields and battle axes.

The sky is a little gloomy, I am afraid there will be no rain, but the weather is not very good today.

Rurik slept on the top of the hill with the party demanding the ransom, and when everyone woke up, they realized that their hands and feet were cold.

The wind direction has changed, the mild southwesterly wind has been suspended and replaced by a bleak northerly wind, and the Nordic world has already started autumn ahead of schedule.

The chilling atmosphere made Rurik feel bad.

Today was the agreed day for the exchange of prisoners, and Rurik and Arik together made a plan for the worst. Although it was a cloudy day, if everyone felt that it was already afternoon and the opponent had not sent someone to exchange money for prisoners, Siegfast's throat would have been slit, and then he would be hung from a tree to shock and provoke Gotland. people.

The worst plan did not become a reality, and the Ross army did not wait long, a mighty army appeared.

Most of them wore helmets that covered half of their faces, all of them carried shields, and many of them were shirtless.

Arik, who was extremely sensitive to combat, ordered his brothers to be ready to attack at any time with the instinct of warriors, and warned his brother Rurik: "You shouldn't have extravagant expectations on them. You asked their king to bring a hundred people with him. Guard, I think he's bringing an army. We're ready to fight, and I'll arrange for some brothers to lie in wait and shoot."

"Don't be impulsive." Rurik stretched his head and glanced at it a few times, then turned to his cousin and asked, "That's it? It counts as an army? We have 300 veterans, and it's not difficult for me to annihilate them."

"I think so too, all our troops should be the first to strike."

"Still not. Our task is to get the ransom first. If you want to kill the enemy, at least get the gold and silver. As soon as the money is in hand, you can wait for my order to do it. Don't worry, I have no mercy for these people."

"Maybe I'm too sensitive?" Arik shrugged disdainfully: "I'm afraid they won't carry a single copper coin. It shouldn't be a big deal for their king if a sigfast dies. Maybe this group of people came here. To challenge us, we are temporarily inferior in military strength. I am still willing to take the initiative and shoot them directly by surprise. Isn't this what you want most? If they bring money, the money is still ours. Rurik, You must know that even if you have Odin's blessing, Odin will tolerate you to die at will. You stand in front of your opponents rashly, and be careful of being killed by them."

Ask yourself, Rurik was really planning to assassinate the king of the Gotlanders directly at first. However, in order to carry out the decisive battle smoothly, their king could not be stabbed to death. As for his own safety, Rurik is not a cautious person these days.

"Listen to my decision, Arik. You and I show up to them with a hundred brothers, and the other warriors lie in ambush, and if we are in danger, stand up and shoot arrows ruthlessly."

In the end, brother or commander, Arik felt that this decision was too risky, and still agreed.

Arik undid the twine, and his stitched left arm was now tied with a wooden shield. It seemed that it was really God's blessing and Rumia's medical skills. Arik was excited that he was in good health and spirit, and the wound was still a little sore, other than that there was no serious problem.

God blesses himself once, and obviously will bless him many times.

Because, Odin needed him to protect Rurik in a dangerous place, and it was this child who had forgotten that he was not yet an adult and was not a reassuring warrior.

A flag-bearer appeared carrying a "Ross Paddle Flag". In the world of yellow and black, a white cloth appeared impressively, and there was a very obvious blue X-shaped strip on the cloth. Around the standard-bearer stood many warriors in chainmail, and Yevro was their commander-in-chief. They are also Rurik's elite mercenaries. No matter what accident they encounter, they will swear to protect the gold master Rurik to the death. They have already reported the favor. Of course, they have a more straightforward idea-since Rurik has been blessed by God, To die for him is to get a letter of introduction to enter the Hall of Valor.

"It's the Russ! Brothers, be on your guard, watch out for their sneak attack!" Haken saw the situation in the distance, and his subordinates obeyed the order and removed their shields to protect most of their bodies, vigilantly observing everything around them.

Haken and his men finally saw the figures standing in a row in front of them, and then looked at their uniform blue and white clothes, and a group of wooden shields painted with chalk mud and partially nailed with blue cloth strips. Russ or what? !

However, seeing Haken, the Russ in such a attire, was just incredible.

"You group of butchers at sea, is every man trying to advertise himself as a Russ? You are gorgeous." Haken gritted his teeth, he had to admit that the small group of opponents he appeared did indeed have something to say Unclear momentum.

Haken stretched out his right hand, and the entire group stopped.

Wearing double-layered mail, he walked out of the shield wall. In order to show his peace and no threat, he deliberately pulled out his saber in public and slammed it on the ground, took off his helmet and handed it to his subordinates, and approached the Rus people with open arms.

Up to now, he did not dare to show his majesty as a king in front of a powerful enemy. Any so-called arrogant action would lead to the murder of his captured son and the immediate general attack of the Rus. He didn't believe that it was most of the soldiers of the Ross army who stood up, but only a small group of people who came to negotiate. He subconsciously looked up at the pine forests on the hills and swallowed deeply. The pine forest will cover up many things, such as covering up the main force of the Ross army.

Maybe the Russ, like their gauntlet, hoped for an upright decisive battle, but Haken couldn't guarantee that they would not launch a surprise attack, such as a surprise attack against themselves.

Thinking about it this way, this small group of guys in front of me, all dressed in extremely bright clothes, from head to toe, are telling anyone that they are Russ people, Haken looks at them again, they look like cod bait, maybe I was that big, fat cod.

Before seeing the nobles of the Rus, the cautious Haken spoke first: "I am the king of Gotland! My Haken! I brought what you want, where is the leader of your Rus!? "

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