Rise of Rurik

"Rise of Rurik ()"!

Telavis properly retells another piece of information just learned.

"Vipslane? Veps? Are they still servants of the Karelians?" Arik pinched his beard and thought for a while, and told Terravis, "Forget about killing this kind of servant."

"Is it really necessary?" Telavis looked embarrassed.

"What? Kind? Like my brother."

"No. My lord, since they have given the information, we can spare their lives. Do you want to destroy their camp, my lord?"

"Why not. They are weak beings. When they meet me, they should accept the fate of death."

"Is it really necessary?"

Telavis dared to be brave, and he was not false in his heart. He himself only admired Rurik, but he had no high regard for this arrogant Arik.

Rurik was a clever hero, and the guy in front of him was a slaughtering reckless man.

These captured women and children are like weak rabbits, and they have no ability or willingness to resist, so why execute them?

But this fighting maniac, Arik, stopped him forcibly because he was afraid that he would not eat this trick at all. Besides, I'm really soft-spoken.

Telavis thought about a trick and said deliberately: "If you choose to kill ruthlessly, I will tell Lord Rurik afterwards that the captain of the first banner killed the tribe that intended to surrender, resulting in a loss of tribute income for the duchy."

"You!" Arik, who was originally bloodthirsty and arrogant, was agitated by these words, and he frowned hesitantly. He really ordered not to do anything.

Arik walked into Telavis aggressively and grabbed the boy's neck.

"You are brave."

But looking at Telavis, he squeezed out a meaningful smile in the pain, and reluctantly said: "Kill those who do not resist indiscriminately, and they will die tragically."

With that look like a murder, Arik shook his head and shoved his right arm, pushing Terravis to the ground. "Forget it!" he said, "Just spare these people, tell me, what are your plans? If their clansmen really choose to surrender to Ross and are willing to pay tribute honestly, it's okay to spare their lives."

This Arik is a lunatic who wants to exhaust his pond and fish.

Telavis got up. He really couldn't bear to be with this madman, and just wanted to quickly end the mission and return to Rurik's command. He hurriedly negotiated with the captives, and told them in the most serious manner of the horrors of rebelling against Ross.

He mentioned the terrible death. It was not an ordinary death, but men, women and children were left alone, canoes were destroyed, houses were burned, and finally grass covered the settlement, as if no one had ever been here, and all traces of existence were obliterated.

In order to survive, the captives chose to cooperate, but they did not know whether they were introducing wolves into the room.

Seeing that Telavis had been sitting down and talking to the captives in a language he didn't quite understand, Arik asked impatiently, "Have you negotiated terms with these guys? Hurry up, if you don't cooperate, kill them now."

"They have agreed."

"Very good. What's your strategy?"

"That's it." Telavis settled down: "Our fleet arrived directly near their camp, and I took a small boat to negotiate."

"You? Are you planning to persuade them to surrender? You are looking up to yourself."

"It's okay, I'm confident."

Arik shook his head. Seporava, one of the women of his brother Rurik, was this kid's younger sister. This kid almost shot Rurik in the war, so the holiday brother could let him go, but Arik couldn't let it go. It was because of this factor that Arik couldn't really regard this Kewen kid as his buddy.

But this kid shouldn't make mistakes, if something goes wrong, my brother is to blame.

Arik warned cautiously: "You choose to log in to negotiate with them, I have no ability to protect you."

"I understand! You still intend to kill them directly and loot a lot of property. After all, you have no psychological burden to rob Karelian servants."

"That's right." Arik smiled and slapped his chest: "I can guarantee that I won't rashly choose an all-out attack, but..."

"I understand." Telavis knew that he was also betting his life, "I will convince them. We try to get close to their camp in the morning. If I don't return in the evening, it means that I was killed by them. At this time, it doesn't matter if you burn the camp to coke."

"Oh...that's how it was arranged. Boy!"

"Um?"

"Don't die."

When he said this, Arik actually had a smile on his face? This is abnormal, and Telavis just feels disgusted.

The captives account for a definite settlement, the existence of a named Keki Salmi.

What does this song mean? It was easy for Telavis to understand that the name of the settlement was meant to be simple and crude—a marshland beside a large fjord.

(Kikisalmi, Priozhorsk on the northwestern shore of Lake Ladoga today)

The captives claimed that the Vips were split from the Karelian community some time ago, and they were well-populated, living off a herd of reindeer, hunting, making canoes and fishing.

This kind of life is not surprising, because the Kewen people lived a similar life in the past.

The exact same production mode, the exact same face, the same hair color, and even the basic interoperability of the language. Telavis firmly believes that these people must be of the same origin as his own Kewen community!

After all, he was very close to Rurik, and as he got to know the Vikings, he learned that the Rus, the Swedes, the Danes, and even the people of the West were like separate brothers.

In this way, the Kovins he knew were a splintered tribe from the Tavasthian community, and it was clear that the Kovins and the Karelians were also one.

Should we be called brothers if we have a common ancestor? not necessarily. The Danes and the Swedes fought their blood, and the Rus bloodied the Gotlands.

What Teravius ​​was most worried about was that the leader of Keki Salmi would refuse to surrender, and finally killed himself and resisted resolutely.

Against the Ross invaders? Bravery is real bravery. However, is it not wise to rashly resist and cause the entire clan to be wiped out in half a day?

Telavis didn't have time to think any more. He boasted that he could go to Haikou alone to persuade him to surrender, and he no longer had the qualifications to hesitate.

Kaikisalmi is just a regional name, and her original intention is to describe the geomorphological features of this area.

A waterway leads from the lake area in central Finland. She is the Vukshi River. Just as it is about to enter Lake Ladoga, the river in the flat area quietly expands into a lake, and finally condenses into a waterway into the big lake.

The special geographical structure has resulted in a large amount of wet grassland by the lake, creating a suitable pasture for feeding the reindeer.

It is in the constant migration that the Veps find this lush land of water and grass. The east of this place is a boundless lake, and the surrounding environment is surrounded by dense pine forests and fir forests, creating this closed world. This is their small world.

Hence the name Kiki Salmi.

A matriarchal clan settled here, and their tiny population of 800 people is all of the Veps!

An old lady named Kartenika is the most noble existence of this tribe at present. She is the high priest of the Veps, the highest wise man, and the witch doctor of the tribe.

Men and women, young and old, obeyed her teachings, and regularly gave some reindeer in the form of tribute to the envoys of the arriving Karelian leaders in exchange for each other's protection.

It was as if the disputes outside this region had nothing to do with them.

Even some fishermen explain some strange sightings in the southern part of the Great Lake, claiming that some ships as large as icebergs have appeared there. The clansmen regard this as a joke, and some people take it seriously, and the most honorable grandma Kartenika's explanation is very mysterious: "Some mysterious outsiders must have broken into our world. If you don't provoke them, you won't. disaster."

She foresaw the disaster, but did not foresee the disaster coming uninvited.

No, when the morning fog on the lake dissipated, people in the entire settlement saw the giant floating on the east lake.

The men squinted at the sun, the light blurred the image of the giant, and they instinctively recognized that it was some ships.

Especially those who had spied on the suspicious presence are now running around screaming and running around the settlement's villages.

The men spontaneously picked up stone spears and iron spears, and the bow-holders ran to the lake with wooden bows.

An elderly woman, escorted by a young woman, walked out of the tent, leaning on crutches and urging everyone not to panic.

However, when she saw the moored ship with her aging eyes, this existence beyond her three views also scared her back one after another.

"Quick! Let the women and children avoid! Take the deer into the woods to hide."

"Men, don't provoke them hastily."

"Everyone retreats slowly!"

She thought of avoidance, and avoidance is not shameful. Men and women also lack the consciousness to fight hard, they all just want to live a peaceful and quiet life, not to mention that these strange giants are not like human beings, maybe they are messengers sent by the lake god!

What a coincidence! That's what Granny Kartenika thought, and she became more and more certain when she thought of it. The tribesmen can avoid it, and they have to stand here and contact the messenger of the lake god or the lake god himself.

On the other hand, Arik restrained his subordinates, and the squadron could easily see that this settlement was not a small one. Based on the experience of the expedition in Finland, he estimated that the inhabitants of this camp were indeed only about a thousand people. .

"It's all shack tents, but there are quite a few deer."

Arik sighed with emotion, and asked Telavis and the captives who had already boarded the longship: "Boy, are you ready?"

"Okay! Lord, remember our agreement!"

"Of course. Boy, don't you die..."

Four Corvins accompanied Telavis, as well as as many as eight prisoners. The sails were lowered, and the longboat rushed to the soft lakeshore water grass at an inclined angle. They disembarked along the bow, stroking the bow dragon head.

This is home, the captives returned to their own homes, but there was no warmth to return home.

The clansmen have all evacuated, and the captives are very pleased with the clan's smart choice, after all, there are hundreds of terrifying warriors eyeing them.

"This is your camp? It's Kekisalmi?" Telavis asked.

Someone immediately responded: "Yes. I hope you don't do it."

"It depends on whether you cooperate or not. Russ people are ferocious monsters. Annoying them will result in disaster. Let's go. Look at this village, people seem to have fled."

This was not the case, and Telavis quickly saw the edge of the settlement, where a man with crutches stood silently, accompanied by his entourage.

"That's our old leader," someone pointed out.

"Looks like an old granny?"

"It's Grandma Kartenika."

The name meant the yellow flower, and Terravis was glad he could easily understand the meaning. He held his head up, the Russ warrior attire made him look valiant, especially the leather helmet on top of his head, which shone in the sunlight.

It was his own clan who came with a strange lander. Could that be the messenger of the Lake God?

Kartenika remained calm until contact with the messenger.

She asked respectfully, "Messenger of God, may I ask, did you come to my camp for a will?"

Messenger of God? absurd.

Telavis took off his leather helmet, revealing his face and his tan face.

Although similar in appearance to the natives, his physique was rather strong and he was surprised.

"I am not a messenger of God."

The old lady could understand the words, and she couldn't help but open her squinted eyes: "You...you...are you an envoy from Karelia?"

"Not really."

"Who do you represent?"

"I represent Ross. I heard that you are the leader of the Veps, Grandma, maybe we should have a good chat. Listen, it's about the lives and future of your people."

Telavis remained serious, his words revealing murderous intent.

The old lady was not stupid, and immediately invited the young man into her wooden shed to have a good chat.

For a tribe with a very weak population and strength, it is not shivering to admit it and pay tribute on a regular basis. The Karelian people are strong, they are the servants of Karelia, and the Tavastians are strong, they are the Tavas Tia's servant.

Cowen people? who is it? Who are the Rus?

In the wooden shed, Telavis introduced the relationship between his Cowen ethnic group and Tavastia and Suomi, and then also introduced the powerful Principality of Ross.

He didn't have to explain too much, but focused on a fact: "The Principality of Rus is about to assemble an army of 5,000 people to completely wipe out the Karelian forces, and you must change to a new owner."

Five thousand people? This number challenges the mathematical limits of the Veps. Telavis used "fifty one hundred" to describe the military strength of the Rus army, but he was surprised to find that it was difficult for the Veps to understand the number of this scale.

Maybe Grandma Kartenika understood?

They had given their names to each other, and she was horrified by the presence of Telavis.

"Now, five hundred strong Rus are ready to land, and they order you to surrender immediately and recognize Rus as new masters. They will land, and they will be safe as long as they pay tribute. This year the Karelians will be destroyed, You will continue to live under the protection of the Rus..."

The grandmother was in a dilemma. Not only did she not find this young and handsome boy disgusting, but she admired the boy's strong muscles at a young age, as well as his honest and courageous character. This kid has something that tribal men lack—the courage of a warrior.

Those captives who returned nervously explained what happened to them, and now the grandmother gave up completely.

The Vips surrendered and immediately declared the Rus as their new masters.

In exchange, the Rus conquistadors can receive immediate tribute, but must ensure that all Vips are not harmed.

Granny Kartenika sighed deeply about the fate of her tribe and accepted this new fate.

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