Rise of Rurik

"The Rise of Rurik ()"

The huge coalition forces lost their vigor, and they could rely on the long-headed ship to cover their weakness at sea, and they all leaked out after landing.

In the war to conquer Gotland, all the men of the Ross tribe who could fight were sent out in full force. Almost all the young warriors left Roseburg for the first time in their lives. It was also on the island where the principle came from and saw the warriors of the allied tribes.

Youdao is that the first impression is extremely important. They listened to the description of the elders. For example, the warriors of the Melalen tribe are elite. Today, I can see that the ally warriors Fela are unbearable, and there is no fighting spirit in their eyes, and some are just thirst for food.

Origen of Melalen became the first king of Sweden. He assembled an army of nearly 4,000 people and rushed to the south of the Silver Fort to attack the Danes. This feast of robbery deliberately repelled the Rus people, asking for mercy, and the Rus army freed up to attack another enemy.

There is no need for any words to explain now. Karl, who wears a golden crown, is a stubborn duck. He does not want to admit the failure of the coalition, but he lost two-thirds of its troops. How is this not a complete failure?

Ross's army returned to their camp in a mighty manner, and Rurik and Otto briefly summed up, and distributed the empty houses in Visby's inland area to the allied soldiers. A batch of cattle and sheep was given to them out of sympathy for the time being. Of course, these guys were not polite. When they got the cattle and sheep, they immediately chopped down with swords and axes.

Hungry people simply drank the warm sheep blood with a strong smell of mutton. They quickly processed beef and mutton, put them on the branches and roasted them on the campfire, and started to devour them regardless of whether they were thoroughly cooked or not.

Are these the soldiers of the Alliance? A bunch of hungry losers!

Didn't they go to conquer the Silver Fort? Look at the longboats they push ashore, almost empty inside!

The Ross warriors opened their eyes wide to observe, their three views were rapidly refreshed. Melalen is a powerful and large clan, the supreme of the alliance. Uppsala has a huge temple, and its people claim to be loved by the sun. Yermalen and Onkras, their population is small but they cannot be underestimated...

All the previous cognitions have been overturned. In the eyes of the young Ross warriors, why should the brothers care about the opinions of their parents?

Look at the Ross army! The brothers experienced the most tragic battle. Visby, with tens of thousands of people, was a bunch of lonely ghosts except for the hundreds of women and children who were captured.

People began to question the legitimacy of the Mellarens to continue to have internal hegemony, and some even began to think that the Duke of Ross had a reason to upgrade again and become the king of Sweden.

People have all kinds of ideas, but they lack sympathy for their down-and-out allies.

In the council of the locals in Visby, this longhouse was originally a place where Visby's most powerful equals and wealthy businessmen gathered to discuss specific matters, and now it has ushered in a new owner.

Should the Nordic system of tribal democracy still be implemented?

The new king Carl, he naturally felt that it was unnecessary.

However, Carl could not enjoy any honorable seats. All the tribal leaders, or the dukes, still gathered together and sat cross-legged.

Although Karl wore his father's crown on his head, Otto and Rurik had no intention of giving him any courtesy.

Olegin is also the old leader of Melalen, the old leader of the alliance, and Otto is conscious of giving this old guy some etiquette. But Carl, forget it.

Only Olegin deserves a little respect, what about the rest of the kings?

Otto completely assumed the attitude of a king, and his momentum completely overshadowed Carl, which made Rurik, who was sitting next to his father, feel really good.

"Karl, your subordinates, I graciously give them accommodation. And you..." Otto raised his chin slightly, looking down at the dukes of other allied tribes with the coercion of the king, "We are allies, the cattle we seized I'll give you some of the sheep. All Swedish soldiers don't have to worry, everyone fills their stomachs and rests for a few days before setting off.

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Although it was a little uncomfortable to be looked at by the old guy Otto from a bird's-eye view, after all, it seemed that he didn't have to pay for his gift, so everyone had to greet him with a smile.

At least the Russ are a little better than the Mellarens, right?

The dukes of the various tribes laughed wryly, but of course Karl couldn't laugh.

In front of everyone, Carl slapped his chest a few times to attract everyone's attention.

Otto immediately changed a gentle attitude: "Karl, it looks like your father really died in battle."

"Yes, absolutely."

"Ah..." Otto sighed, to be honest, he never liked Olegin himself.

The old guy is also a bit headstrong, but he is willing to organize his brothers to attack Denmark, and Otto respects him as a man.

"Olegin is a brave old soldier, so please tell me what happened to the coalition forces at Silver Fort? A... A defeat?"

Hearing the word "failure", Carl clenched his teeth and clenched his fists.

Rurik keenly saw his performance, his hideous expression was clearly full of anger and unwillingness.

"Karl, what's going on?" Rurik asked bluntly.

"Shut up! You! It's not a child's turn to talk here!"

"No! You're wrong." Rurik was a little fortunate that Arik was busy with his Aslaqi, and if Aric was here, Karl's head might fly off his neck. He still stood up, pinched his waist, and announced, "I am the commander of the Ross army, and my father has put too much power over me. You think you are talking to a child? I! The Duke of Ross."

"But, I'm the king!" Carl was not to be outdone.

"You are the king?" Rurik burst out laughing, "Yes, you inherited your father's power, and you are indeed our king. It's just that your king is different from the previous king."

"how do I say this?"

Seeing that the dukes of the main tribes in Sweden were all here, Rurik simply explained the words clearly. "You have obviously failed. The Meralon tribe has to bear a lot of responsibility, and we Rus have completely defeated the Gotland people, and we will definitely enjoy greater power in the kingdom. Karl, I can admit that you are the king, But you have no right to dictate other clan actions as you wish. We are still allied, but such as starting a new war, we Rus! I, Duke of Rus, must have a greater say. So, after you tell us the Silver Fort Before what really happened, I want your answers."

Carl listened half-understood for a while: "You...you...what do you want me to admit?"

"It's very simple." Rurik sat down again, patted his legs and looked at the dukes of each tribe confidently: "My friends, the cattle and sheep distributed to you are not free. I don't need your money, I just want to get a promise from everyone here. When our tribes meet again in the future, the Meralon people who are still the strongest have the highest right to speak, so we Rus people must have the second right to speak."

As soon as the words fell, Wendsen of Yermalen and Ungriff of Ankras, the two dukes fully agreed with Rurik's proposition.

Some people open up, and others support it.

This is immeasurable by Carl. Sitting here is clearly a boy with a golden ponytail. He is not even old enough to marry a wife. How can he speak so magically?

Carl just didn't know that following the Melalen tribe to fight against the various small tribes in the world, they suffered heavy losses in the war. Someone must be responsible for this failure, and the biggest responsible person is of course Origen, the old king has died in battle, then his successor Karl, who inherits the throne, must also inherit the shame of the failure, especially the economic debt. .

Carl gritted his teeth, the only thing he was glad was that the Rus did not claim the kingship.

In the court of the Gotland people, he was a king who couldn't show the aura of a king at all. Then who can blame? This is the land occupied by the Rus, and the Meralen army that landed was left with a group of tired farmers and fishermen.

Carl did not say anything, but he actually had to face another severe test. That is, after returning to his hometown, he will naturally inherit everything in the family, but he has lost the protection of five hundred black-clothed mercenaries. How can his power be maintained stably? "I still want to be happy with women! I still have to enjoy being a king! I'm still young, and I have to reorganize my troops quickly. In a few years, when I regain my strength, I can suppress other clans and command the armies of various clans. I'm going to settle accounts with the Danes."

His revenge plan was buried in his heart. After this failure, Carl's personality changed dramatically. He became more forbearing and became aware of current affairs under the blow of cruel reality.

Karl, who agreed with Rurik's idea.

With the approval of the second king, the Rus enjoyed a second right to speak in the Kingdom of Sweden.

So, why not always fight for the first?

Fight for the first? Of course it is. It's just that the current Ross tribe can't achieve all-round strategic advantages, not to mention that the Ross army destroyed Gotland Island. Will Gotland's allies, the Danes, really give up? Losing this northern supply of wool and leather, the Danes, whose economic interests have been damaged, will definitely take revenge.

Rurik felt that he was really black-hearted, and he had already conceived the idea of ​​handing over Gotland, or Visby, to the Mellarens, specifically Karl to rule. Let this man who has experienced failure and is eager to wash away his shame own Gotland, let him inherit the chicken feathers here, and meet the wrath of the Danes.

And the Rus people are happily counting money in the rear, and continue to expand their territory in new areas.

Now, Karl finally reluctantly opened his mouth, and with the descriptions of other dukes, Rurik and Otto finally learned in a thrilling way about the detailed encounter of the Swedish coalition forces at Silver Fort.

Because the Danes were never fat sheep to be slaughtered, they were a pack of sea wolves!

In this era, Jutland and its affiliated islands were filled with settlements large and small in the fjords. Denmark was the main source of the Viking movement.

King Hafgen of Denmark, his power is indeed cut out by force.

In 818 AD, Godfrey, the leader of the Danish alliance, died of illness. During his lifetime, he desperately fortified the "Danish Wall" that spanned the entire Jutland peninsula to the south of the port of Hazelby, and also gathered and sheltered tens of thousands of Saxons. A large number of Saxons gathered in the small harbour south of Hazelby, all of whom belonged to the same clan, who escaped the attack of the Franks and escaped into Denmark. They are not all the people of Odin or Frey, they believe in Sirius, and when they began to settle down, they named their new residence Sirius Harbor, and Schleswig developed quietly.

The forces of the Danes, large and small lords, merchants, and their beliefs are varied.

In 826, after listening to the preaching of the Archbishop of Reims, the Danish leader Harald Clark became the lamb of the Lord, and was therefore expelled by the leaders of all tribes. Odin's beliefs are still the mainstream, and the lords, big and small, can't accept a person who betrays Odin as the "boss." It was this year that Harald Clark took his nephew Holrick and some brothers to escape Frank, Became a Christian barbarian mercenary of Louis the Pious.

There was a huge vacuum of power in Jutland, and a small civil war broke out between the tribes.

Hafgen, who gained hegemony by force, was very fond of power, and even knew that his power was completely maintained by the powerful force of his tribe.

Now, the Svearans are doing something crazy. As the fugitives sent one terrifying information after another, even if it was not a good time to go out, Hafgen decided to "go on a personal expedition".

Because the battlefield is not far from the hometown of Hafgen, and the army of the Svealan Alliance is already attacking the Silver Fort, the local tribes and merchants are struggling to support relying on the low wooden walls and the rugged terrain of the fjord. If it is delayed, Denmark's wealth will suffer a lot of losses. The most unbearable thing for Hafgen is that if he can't keep the silver castle and the wealth of the local people, the lords of Denmark will question and challenge his power.

Of course, the beliefs of the lords are varied, and the competition for interests and the garrison are exactly the same. Even if they become lambs after listening to the words of the missionaries, once the real interests are damaged, their Viking souls will be awakened instantly.

The lord of the south, Sigurd, and his eldest son, Ragnar, set out on an expedition with five hundred elite warriors. They bought brand new leather armor, chain mail, and plenty of brand new battle axes from Hazelby, a market farther south. Although this set of equipment does not seem like much to the "Iron Man" of the Russ who are covered in fish-scale plate armor, it can be said to be the elite of the elite in the Danish forces.

Ragnar had great ambitions, because he was located in the south, and his father also participated in the construction of the "Danish Great Wall" under the command of the leader Godfrey when he was young. He obviously knew more about the Franks than others. To loot and make a fortune in Southern Franks, he is already devising this great plan.

But the guys in Svealand didn't stay in their territory, and they dared to attack the traditional territory of the Danes. What's more, if the Danish army fails, it means that the huge Öresund fishery has become the property of the northerners?

This cannot happen! The loss of the Ores fishing grounds meant a terrible famine for the Danish forces.

No one believes that the guys in Svealan can take away the vast fishing grounds? At least they are already robbing the gold and silver of the Silver Fort. If Denmark does not interfere or fails to intervene, the Svearans will take it, go up the river, and take possession of the Gotaland village of Porsche. , so the Danes' leather supply can go wrong!

Ragnar fought for the courage of the warriors, and his father Sigurd, while paying attention to courage, made it clear that this ill-timed war was to preserve Denmark's present and future interests.

The expedition of the Swedish king Olegin is equivalent to taking a knife to cut the fat on the Danes.

The Danish lords share the same hatred! It was clear that the oat harvest season was coming, and Hafgen gave an order and easily gathered an army of nearly 4,000 people!

More than 200 long ships rushed to the Silver Fort, and a decisive battle on land and sea broke out!

In the autumn of 831 AD, the first war between Denmark and Sweden broke out.

The strength of the two sides was compared, and the Danes had an obvious advantage.

The Swedish army did not immediately lay down the Silver Fort. Of course, Olegin knew the threat of the Danish reinforcements. While he gritted his teeth and insisted, he also realized that without the strong support of the Russian long-range weapons, the Swedish army's ability to siege the city suddenly. reduce.

The various tribes in Sweden have suffered damage, the largest of which is naturally the Mälaren.

The Danish reinforcements they least wanted to see came, with huge sails moving against the wind. Armored Danish troops disembarked one after another, and fighting broke out with the Swedish troops on the beach in the fjord.

It was during the melee that Ragnar's warriors charged the fiercest.

The young Ragnar, his keen eyes fixed on a golden crowned man among the enemy, commanded his brothers like a sharp spear.

In the melee, the old king Oregin was seriously wounded in the chaos. Some brave Melalen warriors pulled the old king who was vomiting blood to the rear. Origen, when he was dying, handed the bloody crown to Karl's head. And asked: "Remember! Avenge me! One day, you will defeat the Danes, and one day, we will become the kings of this sea."

At night, the two armies truce.

During the day's fierce battle, both sides suffered losses. Obviously, the Swedish army suffered heavy casualties. Warriors of various tribes are stuck on the beach, and the Danes have lit a large number of bonfires.

After some inventory, including the wounded, there were still 1,300 living people left in the Swedish army. Horrible casualties were placed in front of everyone, the king himself died in battle, and Carl became the new king on the battlefield, but this was clearly a failure!

The Danes' silver fort is still strong, and even if there is a mountain of silver hidden in it, it has nothing to do with the Swedes.

Recognize the current situation! Counting the Danish reinforcements, there are also a lot of losses, and the balance of strength between the two sides has been completely out of balance.

The war against the Silver Fort had been going on for several days, and the arrival of Danish reinforcements instantly destroyed all the hopes of the Swedish army.

In order to avoid the annihilation of the whole army, Carl had to obey the demands of the dukes of the tribes to withdraw.

They left the bodies of the war dead, and didn't even have time to cremate them, but Olegin's body was taken away. They were renovated at Boryholm on the island of Öland, where the Saxon fortress was cremated for the dead King Oregin.

The Swedish army left, leaving the Saxons full of doubts about the future. The leader, Stein, didn't know what to do. He once provided supplies to the Swedish army. Now the Swedish army has been defeated. What should the already weak Borgholm do? Stein made the difficult decision to turn to the Danes again.

Rurik and Otto finally understood what happened to the Swedish army.

If it's not an outright fiasco, what is? Perhaps, Visby and the entire Gotland's living forces were almost wiped out.

How powerful are the Danes? Rurik became cautious again. He didn't want to proudly announce that the Rus army had wiped out a thousand Danish mercenaries.

Now it seems that the Swedish army has proved two things about the brutal loss of the Rus: first, the Danes can quickly assemble a large army, which is more than the current Rus' ability to assemble. Second, the army composed of pure Danes is really strong.