Rise of Rurik

"Rise of Rurik ()"!

After leaving the mouth of the Volkhov River, Arik's squadron searched for the correct west bank in the vast Lake Ladoga.

The Mercury led many long ships straight to the west, and on a new morning, after a day's voyage, the dark green and narrow shoreline of the lake was in sight when the fog over the lake was cleared by the sun.

The fleet has landed, setting foot on this unexplored land.

Could it be that the mysterious Karelian people can be spied around here?

Crossbow-wielding warriors were ordered to explore the nearby woods.

The leather boots rustled on the soft pine blanket, and with their keen eyes, they noticed some nimble pine trees jumping and hopping between the treetops.

Suddenly, arrows whizzed past!

That was the accompanying Kewen archer, and shooting pine trees with bows and arrows was already their specialty. It was no one else who shot the arrow, it was Terravis!

"Good job, boy!"

The Ross warriors praised one after another, and the kid stepped forward with a smile and put away the arrow stuck in the pine tree. He didn't have time to deal with the little hand at once, so he hung the tail of a small rope bundle on the belt around his waist.

He was almost fourteen years old, a little older than Rurik, and just because of his height, based on his bloodline, he was obviously unable to look like a golden bear like a strong man like Ross.

He has a slightly flat face, with tan hair and a sprouting beard.

It is said that the language of the Karelian people is similar to that of the Kowen people. It is for this reason that he led the tribe and was temporarily incorporated into the first flag team to participate in this armed investigation.

It was near noon, the warmest time, when the expedition team in the woods returned.

"Have you found any suspicious traces?" Arik asked in a slightly eager tone.

"No, there are quite a few squirrels. This is for you." After speaking, Telavis threw the spoils away.

European red squirrels are very large, and the Nordic red squirrel tail is even more outrageous. Such a large tail helps to climb and jump in the forest, which is also the favorite of hunters.

This pine tree has a broad tail that is almost half a stika, and it is not small.

Arik almost held the huge captured bird with both hands, which also attracted everyone who was resting in the camp to watch.

The brothers gathered, and Arik stepped on a thick dead wood, holding the squirrel's head in one hand and the tail in the other, showing off in public.

"You all saw it! Our hunters have made a major capture! There is no one else in this place, and we can make a fortune here!"

Everyone guessed what Arik meant, and raised their hands to cheer.

Arik is such a person. He has a noble identity, and he also has hardships. The complex and contradictory life experience makes him very concerned about the feelings of his brothers. He is not greedy, and he does not give alms on purpose. He had already made great fortunes, but he also lacked ambition to seize new fortunes alone.

The huge red squirrel moved his heart, and so did the soldiers of the first flag team!

Are squirrels easy to catch? Could it be that the pine forest here is full of these beating little beasts?

Even if they didn't have a clear awareness, the huge amount of loot and hot money poured into the society of the Russ, and the once rare silver coins are now nothing. Although the prices are boiling, everyone has a lot of money in their hands! Even the duke provided a lot of labor opportunities for everyone, and even disabled people had the opportunity to accumulate some silver coins to buy living wheat.

The price of once cheap squirrel skins has risen. Those small squirrel skins are not worth much. It is precisely the large-sized goods displayed by Arik that are worthless! This head alone can make a rat skin hat that is warm, comfortable and gorgeous, and the price of the raw rat skin is two silver coins.

It's still early, and it's necessary for the brothers to explore this area. If the Karelian camp is really found, wouldn't the brothers make a fortune by launching a raid? !

Besides, it's worth it just to prey on squirrels, ferrets (brown in summer), and foxes.

He gave his brothers three days off, and he really did his job as a hunter.

Mokan's first flag team is all young people from the principality, and each of them is an excellent hunter and fisherman.

They are not as capable of shooting bows and arrows directly to shoot down turtledoves in the treetops like their counterparts in Kewen. They are not good at archery.

The wooden arm crossbow, its lethality to the armored enemy is insufficient, but it fully demonstrates what a crazy small beast hunting weapon is.

The vigilant foxes swayed among the fallen leaves in twos and threes, and the suddenly flying crossbow arrows completed the hunt silently.

They even hunted a miniature herd of reindeer, and they carried eight deer back to the lakeside camp in a mighty manner.

Some hunters go for two days at a time. Although they are hunting in an unknown forest, their full hunting experience makes them not lost.

Centered on the camp at the landing site, the soldiers of the First Flag Team explored the lakeside forest with a radius of about 20 kilometers. They have gained a lot from this trip. When everyone returned and called their names, it was confirmed that no one was lost. Everyone showed their prey to each other, nibbling on the half-cooked meat, and quickly came to an obvious conclusion - there is no one here. people area.

They were old warriors covered in iron, and many of them were equipped to kill the enemy. They never thought that they would become wild hunters now, so that the chain armor to protect their bodies became a complete burden.

There are foxes, squirrels, wolverines, martens, and reindeer, among which squirrels are the most caught. Whether it is shooting directly or making a net trap, each warrior has at least one squirrel skin to hunt, and individual hunters, such as the best hunters among the Kewen people, can have ten squirrel skins scratched around their waists.

The young Telavis is such a talent. He tied the squirrel's tail and limbs with ropes, and when it was about to be fully unfolded, he carefully peeled the skin with a steel dagger. The meat was naturally roasted and eaten, and the remaining subcutaneous fat in the leather Scraped clean by him with great care, through such simple processing, the untanned leather has been dried in the shade for a long time without rot.

He thought about it, and after completing this task, he immediately sold the leather for money in New Roseburg.

They got back on board and everyone had a windfall. They were not satisfied at all, but regarded the unknown enemy as a wild animal running around, eager to be hunted by themselves.

Before long, the squadron advancing along the western shore of the Great Lake passed a river into the mouth of the lake.

what river is this? Nobody knows.

Arik admires Telavis' superb archery skills. He was on the flagship Mercury, patted the boy on the shoulder and asked casually, "Do you know what river this is?"

"Me? I don't know."

"Strange, you Kewen people have never set foot in this area?"

Arik's question was really retarded, and Terravis was embarrassed to scold him, so he had to say, "If anyone is active here, it is also a Karelian."

"Really? I think it's clearly a no-man's land. For three days, my subordinates surveyed a large area. The things that move are small beasts, there are no living people or even bears. This lakeside forest is a good place. "

"How about we enter the river and go upstream to investigate?" Telavis asked kindly.

"Forget it. My brother said that the Karelians should be active in the north of the Great Lake. It's strange, if it wasn't for the cold, clear fresh water, I would have thought I was cruising in a new ocean. Where is the north shore of the Great Lake? ?"

"Maybe, this is a freshwater sea..."

Arik shook his head and didn't answer any further.

They passed by the Burnaya River. This river is unusual. As long as they go against the current and follow the correct waterway, they can reach the core area of ​​Finland's Suomi ally. But in the labyrinth-like upstream lake area, how easy is it to find an extremely tortuous waterway? Without a map, ships going upstream would have to go around trying and making mistakes. Even finding the right waterway would have been a very tortuous and time-consuming voyage.

The glacial lakes of central Finland feed thousands of rivers, which turn into large rivers either into the Gulf of Finland, the Gulf of Bothnia or the sea-like Lake Ladoga.

The abundant water resources nourish the dense pine and fir forests, and then squirrels and minks jump freely, and they also nurture large beasts and people.

But the forest is not a place for raising reindeer. Karelia's original meaning is "herders", and they are indeed not stupid to graze in forest areas.

There is a lot of grassland in the north of the Great Lake, which is a good place for natural grazing.

However, not only the Karelians live around the Great Lakes, but other small ethnic groups who speak similar languages ​​are also living their own closed and tranquil days.

Even the chiefs of those small clans had to acknowledge the authority of the Karelian Confederation of Tribes, to serve them, and to offer tribute to the Karelian chiefs.

A nameless near-shore island appeared in front of him, and Arik knew by feeling that it was another uninhabited island.

Uninhabited islands often have their own resources. For example, some birds use this as a habitat. Hunters wait until they can pick up a batch of bird eggs and put them on the hot slate to make delicious omelettes, which are really good for picnics.

They passed the waterway between the island and the land smoothly, and until now, the entire voyage has been shrouded in dullness.

The rowers didn't even have to put in the effort, and many simply put away the oars. The Mercury and the longships behind them all had jibs, and they slowly drifted northward under the warm south wind in summer.

enemy? Does the enemy really live on the shore?

People even began to suspect, speculating that the Duke looked too high on those unknown enemies, and actually regarded the powerful enemies described by the Suomis and Tavastians as powerful enemies.

Ten days have passed since I left the Novgorods. Except for the familiar faces of my brothers, I really can't see the shadows of other people.

They start to be lazy, and it's often the case that something anomalous suddenly appears in the distance.

Arik, who was dozing off, was awakened by the sailor, and he hurried to the high stern deck, and indeed saw the boats floating on the lake in the distance.

"What is that? Is it a canoe?" he asked.

Sailor message: "After so many days, we finally see someone else."

"No. That's the prey, we..." Arik wanted to kill them, but then he thought about it, he has been wandering in unknown waters until now, and he has no idea of ​​the way ahead. Who owns those boats, I'm afraid It's Karelian.

"Come on, let's go at full speed and catch up before the boat escapes!"

Arik immediately issued an order, and the Mercury, which had a human propeller, began to enter its maximum speed.

Those long boats were even more in command. They furled their sails, and their large oars plunged into the water, like a huge water strider dashing fast on the water.

If the boss asks to be caught alive, the brothers will not do it regardless of the severity.

Looking at the canoe, the fishermen on the boat naturally noticed the abnormality, and their instincts drove the fishermen to paddle quickly to escape.

Looking at the squadron that entered the battle state, the fleet was advancing at the fastest speed that could be achieved, and soon, they saw a lonely canoe, and there were actually three in front of them and they were all running for their lives.

The two sides have completely unequal strength, just like a leopard chasing a rabbit, and the result is naturally the victory of the Ross Squadron.

The flamboyant Rus warriors forced the canoe to stop, and the warriors screamed, and even drowned out the questioning and shouting of the accompanying Kowen.

The Cowens saw the terrified fisherman on the fishing boat. There were men, women, and even children, who were shivering with fright, but whose faces were familiar, even cordial, to the Cowens.

There was the hull of a canoe being torsionally catapulted by the projectiles of the large ship, it was quickly silent, and the drowning man grabbed the dropped cable and was pulled to the Mercury.

The other two boats saw the situation, and the fishermen were completely captured. They were easily captured by the Russians who were on board, tied up and twisted to the flagship Mercury.

They were all frightened rabbits. The man seemed calm, but in fact he was as stiff as wood with fright. Only his big open eyes were trembling. The woman was so frightened that she shivered, curled up and hugged the crying child.

Don't give Arik any sympathy for these people. If he starts to kill, he doesn't mind cutting it with an axe.

After all, Arik was very rational on this issue. Even if he started to kill, he had to get useful information before starting.

He nodded to Telavis: "Boy, it would be great if you knew the language of these captives. I hope you can understand Karelian."

"let me try."

This face of Telavis made the captive feel a little safe. He sat down and asked casually. Although the other party's language was a bit strange, it seemed that some words had been modified.

Is it Karelian? The prisoner flatly denied it.

The woman and child were still huddled together, obviously not letting these people cooperate. Only the captured man claimed that he was not Karelian at all.

Who are they? A word called "Vipslane".

Vepslaine? Are they related to the Karelians?

The words of the prisoners are also very clear. They are the Vipslenes, or the Vipses, who exist as servants of the Karelians.

From this, Telavis accurately judged that the Ross Squadron had finally officially entered the control area of ​​the Karelian forces. The Duke's previous estimate was also very correct. The boats of the seemingly powerful Karelians are also common canoes in Finland. This kind of boats are higher than rafts. When encountering a large Ross boat, it is tantamount to shaking a tree.

Perhaps a young child could be trusted, and the captive explained some very crucial information that the entire squadron needs to be aware of most.

The captive explained it clearly, and when Terravis recounted it, Arik burst into ecstasy...

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