Rise of Rurik

Chapter 580 Like a sheep entering a wolf pack

With a large number of canoes heading north, the Suomi people are full of the huge harvest after the victory, and the optimism spreads throughout the group, completely ignoring the risks involved.

So, three thousand reinforcements are enough?

The Nuoli group who fled to the Suomi people, they lacked understanding of the Rus army that invaded the territory, and they still lacked confidence as to whether the reinforcements invited by betrayal of sovereignty would be able to win. However, they have no choice.

The lakeside group covering the whole of central Finland is like a water tower, full of glacial lakes and moraine lakes, which absorb the winter snowmelt of the whole region, and then pass through dozens of large and small rivers such as the ocean everywhere.

This very special geographical structure allows the Suomi people to roam freely in the rivers of the inland areas, but they can only row canoes in the calm waters.

There's always someone out there trying to grab the top spot, and more than two dozen canoes are leading the pack.

These brave men, or rather dazed men, really listened to the descriptions of the fugitive Tavastians, that the so-called intruders who crossed the sea had been neglected.

In this way, whoever can attack these invaders first will be the first to get rich spoils.

The total of more than 150 people who had left the main force was rowing hard, because the trade was mutual, and they knew the detailed waterway to Tavastalu, the center of the Tavastian sacrifice.

And the follow-up troops have become bloated. In the end, the leader Uko is not an absolute monarch with dictatorship, but a foreign speaker elected by many villages. He wanted to make the fleet neater, but after all, everyone was in a mess.

Fortunately, the sky is beautiful, the weather is sunny and sunny these days, and the comfortable weather has increased everyone's self-confidence.

A huge army is approaching Tavastalu under the Rus' rule.

In the past period of time, all Tavastia villages have sent messengers, or their successor village chiefs have come and surrendered in person.

compassion? Can't commit.

Rurik gave these vanquished some harsh requirements, offering tribute to buy the promise of peace was just an uprising, and the biggest requirement was to ask them to hand over a group of women.

Compared to all the Norse-speaking Viking women, the Tavastian women were some "dwarfs". They mainly have North Asian ancestry. In fact, he is quite accepting of Rurik's inherent aesthetics. As for whether his burly clansmen accept it, it is naturally no problem to look at their anxious appearance.

The warriors of the wilderness wanted to satisfy their desire to conquer. They never complained that their wives and concubines were in groups. When they got a chance, it was like possessing a woman.

Rurik simply met their realistic demands, and put forward the harshest conditions on the surrendered leaders: "Now, hand over all your 15- to 30-year-old women, and not a single one is allowed. Every tribe must hand over Fifty people, otherwise it will be a rebellion, and I will lead the army to crusade."

They don't have a population of more than 20,000. It is estimated that their original population structure is probably an equilateral triangle. Since they can gather 5,000 men who can take up arms, they should have a similar number of women.

The woman Rurik asked the submissive to hand over could be described as the best reproductive age. He really knew that his subordinates would have a relationship immediately once they got a new woman. They are not slaves, but to give birth to a new generation of Russ, their personal safety must be protected, so that the Russ can quickly explode. Therefore, a woman who is too young cannot have it, and a woman who is too old cannot have a child because of her lack of beauty.

Almost all the men were lost, and the villages that surrendered were not chosen.

Large numbers of young women were brought by their own people to the Rus army camp in Tavastalu.

Many fighters have already caught the woman with their own hands, but there are still a large number of fighters with empty hands.

Unpaid warriors like to see their dukes set up a bazaar according to the tradition accepted by everyone. This is not a slave market, but a very strange "matchmaking place".

Russ army soldiers eager to try, not to mention Russ, Balmerks, Melarens, and even Kewen. They get together and pick the women one by one.

Things quickly came to an understanding, after all, this is the holy place where the Tavastians worship the gods, and there are women's moans and strong men's breathing everywhere...

The scene was very chaotic for a time. Considering that this place would not be entrenched for too long, Rurik decided to sign a "Submission Treaty" with all the submissive village leaders, which was bound to be detrimental to the Tavastians. He indulged his subordinates.

Because, Expedition to Britain is a great meditation! Russ people and allies, everyone felt that they should not continue to procrastinate in this place.

At this critical juncture, things changed.

It was a Ross fishing boat that rushed all the way to the further south lake area. Several fishermen held a leading battle boat, which was simply used as a trawler.

These people each got their own new wives. Although they looked like a girl's movie and couldn't understand the language, they were all smart and knew how to accept their new destiny. They were still tied to their feet by their own men, who tied knots of ropes that were difficult to untangle, and were forced to work as paddlers. It could be said that their legs were sore from serving, and their hands were sore as a lottery draw.

All of a sudden, a group of canoes burst out of the cover of the woods along the coast.

The vigilant Rus immediately suspended their trawls.

A strong man suddenly roared: "All stop! Immediately close the net! Men, take up arms!"

These Rus men themselves are young soldiers of the First Flag Team, they are young and vigorous but have also experienced many bloody battles. During the battle, their minds became extremely sharp. When they saw the sudden appearance of the canoe, they immediately decided that it was a hostile force, but they only had one boat now.

In a hurry, someone slapped the head of the woman who was still paddling, and pressed all the women in the cabin.

"What are you idiots looking around for! Watch out you get killed!"

Ross men are also kind. They watched the canoes that suddenly appeared and rushed towards them like crazy. If it was not malicious, it might be possible!

"Carlsson! Sail down!" a man shouted.

"OK!"

The Hengfan with the sails folded almost fell down, and after a short while, the large hemp rope net that was thrown into the water was dragged up with more than a dozen bass. It has to be said that the fishing resources in this lake area are really rich. The usual trawling method of the Rus people is really a kind of predatory sweeping.

There is a big ship out ahead? They are setting sail! They are running away!

For fear that Su Omi, who was afraid that the fruit of victory would run away, was reckless, they rowed frantically and roared in battle.

They were shooting arrows at the Rus' dragon-headed warships, although the arrows all fell into the water because they didn't have enough range, which said it all.

The huge heng sail has been put down, and the warm Nanfei gives the ship a lot of power.

The leading warship marched forward on the waves, and a clear track line appeared behind it.

"It seems to be safe now." Someone looked back at the pursuer behind him and breathed a sigh of relief.

There was also a soldier with a look of unwillingness. He held up the wooden crossbow in his hand: "I also want to shoot an enemy with precision. So, who is the attacker?"

"Maybe other Tavastians."

"They? Their women are all in our hands." After that, the strong man kicked the women who were still huddled in a ball: "Ladies, get up, we are safe."

The women couldn't throw the Norse language, and they probably understood from each other's body language, so they started slowly.

The wind blows the ship all the way to the south, and people are talking about these reckless archers. Do you really think they will challenge the Rus army with this simple armament? The long ship set off early in the morning, and it was not even before noon. As long as the long ship sailed for a while, there would be allied troops everywhere.

But what about Suomi's de facto vanguard? They are afraid that the cooked duck will fly away!

Sure enough, the odd fleet of canoes was spotted by Ross boats fishing near Tavastalu. From a distance, those boats are really similar to the captured Tavastiya canoes.

The situation is still brewing, and a large number of Rus feel that one of their brothers is being chased by a group of attackers. Is that the last warrior of Tavastia?

The battle has broken out! The floating ships were suspended, and even though there were not many people on the bed at the moment, the brave Russ, Melarens and Balmers, they began to spontaneously cooperate again.

At the same time, Rurik was lying comfortably in the "Chief's Palace" that was supposed to be the comfort of Chief Watkad. This was just a big grass hut. Therefore, both he and Carlotta in his arms can accept it.

Pick another concubine in this conquered territory? Rurik had no such idea, but arranged wives and concubines for his young men as a duke.

Just like bald Fisk, this bitter child now has a third wife and concubine. Compared with the rudeness of other brothers, he is much gentler towards his new woman, which naturally attracts her obedience. Of course, because he was already a comrade-in-arms fighting side by side with the Kewen teenager Telavis, Fisk learned some Kewen language, and naturally he could communicate with his new Tavastia woman, and it was easy to talk and talk. .

Even more amazing is that Rurik also stuffed a young woman with John Invall, who was with the army. As the saying goes, "Are you still a cleric now? You are destined to be a warrior of Odin from birth." Anyway, he has broken the precept and shoots arrows at the enemy with bows in his hands. In this way, the Dane who believed in the Lord, because of his ungodly faith, now enjoys a second wife and concubine.

Yevlo was the most trustworthy confidence, and Rurik demanded that he must break into the battalion commander to inform himself if something major happened outside.

Yevro burst in suddenly, his face extremely serious.

"What's the matter with you? Is this going to be a war?"

"Yes, my lord! Allow me to take the liberty of an enemy attacking our ships?!"

Hearing this, Rurik lifted the leather bedding, stood up, and hurriedly put on the linen blouse he had thrown aside.

"What did you say? Attack? Who's attacking us."

"Probably another Tavastian."

"Bah!" Rurik was still busy wearing leather pants, and this time he sat down directly: "They have surrendered to me, what if they still have a large number of men? Tavastia is no longer capable of fighting. Yes. Now, how many attackers are there?"

"Ah this...there are more than ten canoes?"

"That's it?" Rurik's hand slapped his face, and Carlotta, who was wrapped in a leather blanket, giggled immediately.

Rurik shrugged again. "You see, even the Duchess of Ostara thinks it's a foolish enemy. Well, since they are so brave, Yevro, we should respect them."

"Honor? How was that?"

"You go out on the Mercury, and let these canoe warriors see our big ship. Remember, try to catch the ones alive, and I'll see if they're brave or reckless."

"Okay, my lord. It's almost noon, and when you eat the porridge, I will bring the captives before you."

Yevro left in a hurry, and Rurik lay down again. Carlotta also came up casually, playing with his man's golden ponytail, and said his own opinion: "Maybe it's someone from further south?"

"Who is that?" Rurik asked.

"Fin."

"Fen? Isn't it..." Rurik suddenly widened his eyes, "Are you sure?"

"I'm not sure."

"You don't make wild guesses either."

"I'm not sure," Carlotta giggled again, sitting directly on Rurik, "like I don't know if a new Duke of Ostara is bred. My bull, you're ready. Yet?"

"Then go on..."

On the other hand, Yevro took Rurik's order, and he immediately gathered his mercenary brothers, and then quickly formed five ships headed by the Mercury and rushed to the battlefield.

Yes, the battlefield.

Every man in the Ross army has a record of beheading. In the face of an obvious weak enemy, they do not go to war but participate in hunting.

So that Yevluo didn't go to war, just to finish off for the other brothers.

The battle was over soon, and the one hundred and fifty Suomi people were like sheep entering a pack of wolves! Their archery was extremely futile. The arrows either didn't have enough range to fall into the water, or they were stopped by the opponent's shield.

On the other hand, the Russ, the accurate shooting of the crossbow, made the unprotected canoe a living target.

After a chaotic battle, the eighteen longboats and wooden shields of the Rus who participated in the siege had a large number of arrows stuck in them, and some people suffered minor injuries. On the other hand, the opponent's Suomi, one hundred and fifty people. There was no escape, and as many as seventy people were directly captured.

The Suomi didn't fight to the end, and when they found that they could not escape, they simply gave up their resistance. Originally, the Rus people didn't want to kill them all, so it would be a good thing to capture a group of male slaves.

The captives were tied with ropes, and when it was, to the captor's shock, the Mercury, which ran on a hybrid of sails and human propellers, appeared.

Yevro lay on the bow and looked down: "Brothers, is it a group of Tavastians again? You still have some prisoners!"

Then someone shouted excitedly: "It's Brother Yevro! Help us tell Lord Rurik that the attackers have been subdued, and they don't seem to be Tavastians."

"No? Who is that?"

Suddenly, Yevro had an idea and shouted to the captive in words that both the Kovins and the Tavastians could understand: "You! Who are you?!"

As soon as the prisoners heard the language, they understood it, and then they looked up and saw a man with black hair and a beard standing on the big boat.

Some of the captives felt that this was a chance to survive, and hurriedly and skillfully said: "We are Suomi! We come from the south! We are just businessmen."

merchant? Ridiculous. But Yevlo was also shocked.

"Who are you? Suomi?"

"Yes!" said the captive again, "are you too?"

"I..." At this moment, Yevlo was already trembling, until a brother slapped him on the shoulder to calm him down.

Yevlo did not say much, he was indeed Suomi himself.

The signs now showed that the Suomis were involved in the war, and he shouted to his brothers: "Lord Rurik has ordered all the prisoners to be escorted back, and the Lord will interrogate these prisoners in person."

Now that the Duke has an order, the brothers will stop dawdling...

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