Rise of Rurik

Chapter 581 You actually pushed us to fight the Varyags

The captives were shoved ashore and escorted ashore, sitting vigilantly unaware of their fate.

There is one thing they are very clear about, the so-called invaders are here, and they are actually Varyags.

It was the stupidest decision to try to fight them. Looking at the situation now, there is no possibility of escaping.

Rurik was busy eating, and Yevlo entered his house with his cronies with mixed feelings.

"My lord, I'm back." Yevro asked through the leather curtain.

"Why don't you come in? When did I make you cautious?"

"Yes, I'll come in here."

Yevro was indeed in a complicated mood, and they went into the house to meet their master, a face that really made Rurik suspicious.

"What's wrong with you? You can't tell me you lost?"

"No. The brothers dealt with them easily, but..."

"What's the matter?"

"Because of those enemies..."

"You're hesitating." Rurik stood up.

Yevlo sat down quietly and nodded his head, which was indeed very abnormal. "They are Suomi, my kindred."

"Really Finn? Carlotta, you're really right."

Carlotta sat aside and giggled, and Rurik motioned for Yevro to stand up, and then changed into his leather jacket: "Come on, let's see what's going on with your Suomi."

But Yevlo didn't get up. "My lord, I have something to ask for."

"Please say."

"Please spare them. If they are willing to surrender, spare them. It seems that this is just a vanguard, and they have many others to follow."

Rurik paused, he could not have imagined that Yevlo, who was decisive in killing, is now...

"You mean that our army has defeated their main force, and we don't have to kill them? Then, if their status calls, will they be kind?"

"This...maybe not."

Suddenly Rurik hesitated. In these years of war, his heart has gradually turned into steel, and his methods have become vicious, so that the Ross people can survive. But back to the beginning, how did he want to be a slaughterer?

Rurik thought for a while, and then said: "Whether they are kind or not depends on whether they are obedient or not. You make it clear to the attackers because you are a Suomi. Well, you will control them for the time being. If something goes wrong, You are responsible."

Yevro calmed down, and followed Rurik to meet the prisoners.

Another group of idiots who give away their heads! Ruth warriors brushed swords and axes, flaunted their terrified captives, and laughed when they saw their captives tremble with fear.

"Get out of the way!" Rurik came aggressively, dispersing the crowd of onlookers.

He saw the prisoners who had been in one place, and he saw that almost all of these people had black hair, and they all had a rather strong Asian appearance, but they also had some European colors. But they are all small, and the Russ will naturally take advantage of this kind of person in close combat.

Rurik then conducted the interrogation on the spot in a language that the Suomi people could understand.

In order to survive, the prisoners did not hesitate to explain the facts of the follow-up large force.

This news alone was enough to make Rurik's scalp tighten.

Even if the enemy is a group of turkeys, it is an army of 3,000 people. Even if it is 3,000 wild boars, it is quite difficult to eliminate them in one day.

The cooperative attitude of these Suomis is really gratifying, and Yevlo was ordered to reveal his true identity at the critical moment.

Let's take a look at the performance of this group of Suomi people!

Like grabbing a life-saving straw, they lay on the ground one by one, smiling and saying that they were useful because they respected this Yevro brother as their eldest brother, accepted his command, and were willing to be servants to the Varyags.

So you can harvest a large army of servants? If all Suomis were so obedient and flexible, there would be no need to fight again.

itself,

Rurik knew about the existence of the Suomis, and conquered them with troops, at least not this year.

But the opportunity is fleeting, the army of Suomi came uninvited, and the army of Ross is here. It would be too stupid to give up the historical opportunity.

How long until the enemy arrives? Maybe just one or two days.

Rurik urgently worried all the centurions and flag captains, and held a military meeting in the council of the occupied Tavastians.

At a gathering of people, the Rus people really talked and laughed at each other. They all knew that a group of Suomis were coming, but they were all talking about entertainment with their new woman.

They laughed wildly, complimented each other that the other was a real man, and then said that their new woman was a docile lamb, or a stubborn one, as long as they held their necks...

"Stop laughing." Rurik appeared with a loud shout with a serious face.

The scene quieted down, and Arik said casually: "Brother, I heard that there is another group of people to die? It's been too long since my double swords drank blood."

"But the third sword below you has already drank blood." Rurik said casually with a sullen face, causing everyone to burst into laughter.

Arik was not embarrassed at all, but raised his chest, and the laughter of his brothers was a compliment to him.

Because Arik chose a pair of good-looking sisters from the captives, and then...

Arik thought so, his family needed some servants. The so-called servants can also give birth to some children, so that they can become side branches of the family.

Rurik signaled everyone to be quiet again, and said: "It seems that you all know the matter! Those who were captured claimed that they were only the first troops, and there were 3,000 people in the rear. The enemy came by boat, obviously to attack us. war."

When it comes to the phrase "water warfare", everyone becomes eager to try again.

Rurik waved his hands again: "They dare to start a water war with us, this is their own death. Brothers, we should make preparations to annihilate them in one battle. Odin blesses us, and the gods reward us with a chance. , this year we will conquer the entire lands of the East!"

The entire eastern land? People heard it with excitement.

This is indeed the case. The so-called eastern land probably refers to what is now Finland, but this vast area has been eroded by the Rus for several years. At the beginning of the period, the Rus and even all the Swedes living in the Svealan Plain only understood the concept of "Eastern Land", but lacked understanding of the specific geographical situation.

Rurik had drawn out the geographic outline of the real world, and the Rus knew what the Land of the East was before everyone else.

The Corvins and Lapps (deer breeders) have become reliable servants, and Tavastia has fallen in the First World War and will soon submit to Rosnagon as well.

As for the Karelians, they are no longer people who live in the "lands of the East", but residents of far northeastern Europe.

As long as Suomi is conquered, the Rus can be said to have conquered the whole of the East, conquered the whole of Finland.

Then, the lake war that will happen in the future will determine the direction of all history.

Standing at a critical juncture in the historical trend, Rurik felt more and more thrilling the more he thought about it. Look at your brothers, everyone is enthusiastic.

Rurik immediately deployed tactics. Since the wind on the lake is not as good as the sea, the oared longboats of the Russ just have strong maneuverability.

The Mercury has a human propeller, which is auxiliary power, and really relies on the wind. She is still the flagship of the fleet, and may not be able to show too much power in lake battles.

According to those prisoners, the tactics of the Suomi were that the archers on the boat would release arrows after the canoes approached, relying on the advantage of the number of people to win.

They seem to think that the war is a big hunt, but...

The advantage of the Rus army is that the leading warships have the dual advantages of maneuverability and defense. What's more, the Rus army also has this heavy weapon, whether it is a bull catapult or a torsion slingshot, they can be immediately carried to the long ship and become a special ship-borne weapon.

Since it was a water battle, the Suomi felt that archery could solve most of the battles, and Rurik simply asked his subordinates to equip more bows and arrows.

The short wooden bow is at least a good thing for hunting. It takes a lot of work to process wood, rattan, and animal tendons into a short wooden bow. It was captured through a fierce battle with the main force of the Tavastians. The bow and arrow equipment of the Rus people volume has increased substantially.

To put it bluntly, now every soldier has his own long-range weapon. Even if many people only know how to draw a bow and shoot arrows by luck, once the large-scale use of "barrage" is used, there will always be arrows to kill the enemy. Twenty leaping dragon-head warships became the main force of the battle, each with a torsion slingshot or catapult, and the rest of the rowers were all equipped with a set of bows and arrows.

The leading warship was filled with 40 people, and 800 soldiers formed a mobile fleet that could rampage.

This was not the end, the rest of the longships followed the sailing destroyer Mercury, and although this force was no longer a mobile fleet, the fleet would still be a thousand men, a potentially slow and indestructible being.

The tactics have been arranged, and the Rus army is determined to take it easy, and will hold Tavastalu and wait for the enemy's main force to appear.

The main force of the Suomi people only appeared on the lake at noon the next day.

Uko, the chief of Suomi, who could see a large number of ships floating on the lake in the distance with his eyes, instinctively told him that these enemies were very strange.

However, all the village leaders who are eager to win have recklessly led their men to rush forward regardless of everything.

"Hey! Are you guys going to be heroes? There's something wrong with the enemy!"

"Come back, let's move forward together!"

Wu Ke shouted, but in exchange for the ridicule from several villages: "Brother, what are you doing? Come with us, the spoils are all ours."

Uko clenched his teeth, he actually wanted to rush, but he felt more and more strange about this. He simply gritted his teeth and stomped his feet. Even if someone called him a coward, then he should.

Most of Suomi's canoes are waiting for the leader's message. If Uko's flagship canoe doesn't rush, the brothers should not rush.

Another twenty canoes went to challenge, and the excited village chiefs saw that the brothers behind were all cowards, and the scolding people calmed down now.

"What's going on? We agreed to attack together, but our brothers became the first-timers."

Someone asked cautiously, "Boss, aren't we now scouts?"

"Keep paddling and see what's going on in the distance. You're all on your guard, and shoot arrows as soon as you get closer."

That being said, the canoes of this group of Suomis were running wild on the calm lake, but they didn't know anything about their opponents. The only thing they could judge was that the blurry silhouettes of enemy ships were emotional enough as the distance approached.

The sight in front of him immediately shocked everyone.

It's not that they're fools because they're reckless, because those ships are clearly...

"It's the Varangians!" The reckless village chief was immediately shaken, and all his courage was lost.

"Stupid boys, turn the bow! Let's run!"

On command, all the canoes turned their bows.

However, the twenty motor warships of the Rus army, with as many as thirty rowers holding the large concave oars of the Rus, have allowed the longboat to reach a charging speed of ten knots because of their strong physique, but It can maintain this rapid attack for more than half an hour!

Su Omi's reckless behavior has no escape.

Although Yevro hoped that his comrades could disarm wisely, the battle was still inevitable. The Rus army had already been dispatched, and only a group of lightly wounded people remained on the shore to control the camp. The Rus army was also full of enthusiasm for this decisive battle. Respect.

First, the stone flew over and smashed water near the canoe. Then the clay-fired cone of the Torsion Slingshot leaped with a low whistling sound.

The galloping dragon-headed warship galloped against the south wind. As the distance approached, the shooting of the heavy weapons became more and more precise, and the crossbowmen on the ship also began to exert their strength.

The Suomis, who were rowing frantically trying to escape, felt that it would be safe to mix into the main force, so they had to fight back.

They became live targets one after another, and some people started to fall into the water with arrows, and some canoes were hit by high-grade cast iron projectiles that suddenly flew into the woods.

There is no suspense in the battle until now. Ross's longboat, which had the advantage of the water battle, caught up with Suomi's canoe, and the merciless killing started immediately.

With no casualties, the Russ used torsion slingshots to easily dig holes for enemy ships, and then used crossbows to accurately shoot people on board, and they also used long-handled halberds to stab and chop those who fell into the water.

The slaughter happened in front of the main force of the Suomi people, and Uko couldn't be relieved that he didn't rush with the main force, but saw those dragon-headed warships raging like hungry wolves, and immediately became confused.

The surrendered Nuoli was on Uko's canoe, and the messenger immediately became the target of venting.

Uko punched the boy, and he immediately bleeds from the corner of his mouth.

"You lied to me! The attackers who crossed the sea were the Varyags! You actually urged us to fight the Varyags!"

Nuoli is also very strange: "They are Rus!"

"No! Stupid, they're Varyags. I'm crazy to fight them and Suomi will perish for it!"

But then again, the Varyag people are obviously cruising in the southern waters. In the past, they repeatedly attacked the coastal villages of Suomi to loot wealth and population. Uko is not mentally retarded, he can see that those "sea wolves" are the long ships decorated with sea snake heads that the Varyags are used to.

Seeing his own clan being annihilated, Uko thought of escaping, but it was not appropriate for him to escape if he was weak. The Suomi people were dispatched in full force, and when they saw the Varyag army in the lake group, everyone was in a very complicated mood.

The situation is more serious than it seems at first glance. Uko saw that the raging Varyag warships clearly saw that the large group of canoes that the Suomi army threw on the lake had no tendency to attack further. This is not timid, I am afraid it is. Waiting for the large troops behind it? !

Uko narrowed his eyes and took a closer look. He counted twenty dragon-headed warships in front of him. Not far from it, there was a very huge ship that was approaching with more warships!

"Don't panic!" he yelled.

The roar calmed down the nervous people, and the restless spirit of the Suomi Army stabilized. The canoes instinctively moved closer, and no one was a deserter.

Does the two sides have to fight, and they have to fight with the Varyag people to death? If the Varangians wanted to kill, the Suomis would have faced extinction many years ago.

Maybe through some special means, this war can be avoided?

However, as the big ship got closer, the huge crossed blue stripes on the triangular sails had made many Suomis in the army clearly realize that they had encountered that group of Varyags.

"Actually...it's them!" Uko was so shocked that he trembled all over, and he was trembling when he spoke.

Nuoli wiped the corners of his mouth and asked, "Do you know them?"

"How do you not know each other? Their large fleets wander in the bay every year, always encountering our sea fishermen, but they have never attacked us Suomis. How..." Suddenly, Uko was born A bold and dangerous idea, but one that fits the Suomi more trade-oriented.

Since they have met each other at least many times, there has been no conflict before.

If the war crisis can be dealt with through negotiation, wouldn't it be the safest thing to do?

Someone must be the messenger! Uko was not allowed to be this messenger, but he had to take Nuoli along with him.

Up to now, even betraying old friends is something that has to be done. Besides, most of the Suomis do not regard the Tavasthians as allies. Then, this Nuoli is a bargaining chip in exchange for a truce.

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