Rise of Rurik

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The Blue Fox and his party finally left Bremen, and they continued upstream on the Weser River. The wind from the north penetrated the river, and the three boats with their sails down finally did not have to row backwards.

Their voyage had a destination, the ferry town of Minden on the upper Weser River.

Viscount Minden was a local lord. The tiny city had only three hundred inhabitants, but the surrounding villages had quite a large population.

This is already the inland area of ​​the Franks. Before the rise of the kingdom, Minden was the area controlled by the Franks. Earlier, it was the northern contact area between the Roman Empire and the Germanic tribes.

Although Minden is in a dense forest, relying on the three tributaries of the Weser River, farmers have developed agriculture here, making this small town and the surrounding fief villages also considered rich.

The ship sailed to this point, and the Count of Hamburg, in his noble capacity, asked the Viscount Minden to provide a supply, including horses and carriages.

Although the tributaries that continue along the north-south trend can take advantage of the north wind to quickly travel south to reach Frankfurt, there are only small villages and no larger cities in the upstream of the tributaries.

It was in Minden that a bad late autumn rain not only made the world cold and damp, the haze almost pressed the earth, and the atmosphere was oppressive and cold, which bards and traveling merchants were willing to leave.

Viscount Minden is naturally not a vassal of the Earl of Hamburg, and giving some food and beverages is considered a righteousness. However, the Bishop of St. Eskil is very famous in the North, especially in Saxony, and it is an honor to meet the Bishop himself today.

They sheltered here from the rain for five days, before the journey resumed until the sun reappeared.

After what happened in Bremen, Blue Fox had to keep a low profile, and he was silently writing down what he saw and heard, paying attention to the "Franken River Transport Trade Route" that he had experienced in the past, and estimating whether Russ merchants could trade here, Russ said. Whether the army can invade along the river, and if it is successful, what kind of property can it loot?

The blue fox paid particular attention to the Weser River wooden bridge in Minden City.

"The construction is very skillful, the arch is too small, the Ross ship must not pass through, but the long ship can..."

The three boats were simply put here. They were the property of the Earl of Hamburg. The Earl took this as a mortgage and rented a carriage from the Viscount. Together with the accompanying horses and the dismantled carriage parts, they assembled them together and sat in the four carriages. On the road, along the dirt road stomped by the people, go south along the tributary of the Weser River, and the next stop is Frankfurt.

This is the first on-the-spot inspection of the Frankish Kingdom by the Principality of Rus, and the glory belongs to the Blue Fox.

No Swedes or Russ have ever penetrated so far south. There were countless words describing Frank's warmth in the south, but the blue fox felt gloomy and cold on his own skin.

It is indeed warmer than my hometown in the north, but only a little warmer.

The carriage was hung with the two flags of the Earl of Hamburg and Prince Ludwig. They did not need to conceal their identities, especially when they entered the Duchy of Alemany, they had to make their identities clear.

Because Frankfurt has only His Royal Highness the Marquis, until now the title of Duke of Alemany is still vacant. The whole area was under the control of Prince Ludwig, and the Count of Hamburg displayed his banner to prove that he was the prince's great loyalist.

The world is empty, even in the Frankish kingdom with a population of 10 million, in Alemanny and Bavaria, the dense forests here affect the development of villages, and obscuring people's vision. Almost all of the strongholds were built along rivers, and there were essentially no-man's-land areas in the city and city.

They finally found out for the cavalry patrolling the marquis. After confirming their identity, the initial surprise disappeared, and they sent the distinguished guests to Frankfurt with enthusiasm.

"This... is Frankfurt?" Lan Huang, who was looking at Gundam's Stone City Gate, sighed and muttered in his heart. The so-called storming of the city is not easy to fight.

Charlemagne's crowning of Frankfurt as a center of faith was second only to the capital, Aachen, during his reign.

Because Frankfurt is the land of dragons of the Frankish tribe,

It is the place where Frankus, the greatest chief in the legend and the mercenary general in the northern part of the Roman Empire, was stationed.

The city is so grand, and the stone city walls are wide, strong, and tall. The blue fox prides himself on seeing a lot. Facing this city, he appears to be as small as an ant.

And even more magnificent is the south, where there is a wall in the sky, and the clear air cannot block the majesty of the huge mountains.

"What is that? Mighty Mountains?" the blue fox asked Esquil.

"Great mountain! The Alps! Beyond this mountain is Italy, it is Rome! The Pope is in Rome."

Esquil was moved by real feelings, and the blue fox couldn't understand it, he just felt that this mountain was simply insurmountable.

In this geographical position, the Danube is almost rushing to the southeast along the mountains. Where the river will flow, even the Frankish nobles do not understand.

St. Eskil's status is naturally lower than that of the Archbishop of Frankfurt. The northern sage made a work report and directly caused the priest's nervousness about matters in the Danish region.

Secular affairs will be handled by nobles, and priests will not be discouraged. If the appointed next Eskil is responsible for spreading the faith to the Norman barbarians in the north, the task of the Archbishop of Frankfurt is to spread the gospel to Bohemia and Poland.

Such behavior will meet the resistance of the local people to some extent, and countless priests will continue to call for their faith and honor. As for using force to force the barbarians to believe, this is not allowed, at least they are subjectively reluctant to use force.

The Blue Fox and the Earl of Burger have had to accommodate the old man, Eskil, and will only resume their march when their festive mass is over.

They stayed in the great Frankish city for ten days.

The ten days of the blue fox are not like staying in the monastery every day to eat boring brown bread. He can visit the city with the local priest, but all actions are low-key. With the previous lessons, he does not dare to set foot in the key areas of the city.

There are no friends of Earl Robert here, and if Eskil doesn't help, he will suffer.

He deliberately went to the two markets in the city to observe the commercial transactions and the expressions of the people.

He saw the beggars and the patrolling soldiers driving the beggars. There are thieves who are stealing, and there are thieves who are caught by mistake.

He even saw the public hanging in the city square, where three thieves were hung like salted fish and made their final struggle under the boos of thousands of onlookers.

Frankfurt is not as grand as her tall stone walls, and the world within the city is inexplicably chaotic. The nobility here does not love his people, and the priests only appear on festivals.

The commercial atmosphere of the city is more intense, and the materials traded here are obviously more prosperous than the Viking trade points such as Roseburg, Birka, and Hazelby.

There is no slave trade here, there is a lot of trade in cloth and pottery, and many expensive wines from the north are traded at much cheaper prices.

The blue fox is greedy, but unfortunately because he has to pretend to be devout, he can only be accompanied by black bread and water every day for the foreseeable future.

There is no oil or water in his belly, and the fat man who ate the whole leg of lamb in one meal is now so thin that his cheekbones are clearly visible!

Blue Fox is passively losing weight, and the dramatic change in his body shape can be reflected in the reduction in the size of his clothes.

A first snow fell on Frankfurt, patrolling soldiers cleaned up several dead bodies early in the morning, and some priests went to the mass graves to offer their final prayers to the dead.

At least in the Principality of Rus, this situation is to be avoided. The prince is no worse than his subjects who died violently in the snow and ice outdoors because of poverty.

The priest's mouth is full of kindness, but those believers are dying in pain. The Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary did not give alms. Only when people become frozen corpses will they appear...

"Their beliefs are very hypocritical, and their lords just sit and watch the people die for their own selfish interests. Those people can't give their lives to the nobles, and Ross has an opportunity."

Lanhu unparalleledly remembered the horrific things he saw, and kept silent on the bright side.

The wagon team arrived in Frankfurt, and before leaving, it became a fleet again.

It was actually the Normans in Denmark who were in a commotion, and the crisis of war in the northern border of the kingdom forced the Earl of Hamburg to report in person, and even the northern saints were in the team.

The Marquis decided that the matter was very difficult, and in order to avoid accidents in the middle of the team, an army of fifty people was ordered to escort by boat, in case the Earl of Hamburg and the Saint encountered river bandits on the way.

Compared with the new crisis in the north, the legally unowned Duchy of Alemany has spawned a large number of bandits, and the ownership of this place is contested by two princes. It seems that Prince Ludwig has seized power, but in reality, Lotai Prince Er is also active in secret operations.

Some soldiers seem to be soldiers and soldiers, and when they are in a secluded place, they turn into gangsters.

Because of their Prince Lothair's people, the prince could not compete with his younger brother, so he sent people to make trouble in Alemany to create tension. As the so-called "I can't get it, little brother Charlie can't get it, and you Ludwig can't get it."

The fleet formed a serpent array and floated quietly on the Danube, it seemed that this could not be calmer.

Lanhu relaxed his vigilance. He had been eating poorly for the past two months, and now it was October, and it was only when he put on his winter clothes that he realized that he had lost weight.

He wanted to eat Zizizao's meat, but he had no choice but to eat black bread.

He pulled on his burqa hat and rested against the rumbling of his stomach by leaning against the ship's mast.

Most of the soldiers were lethargic, the afternoon sun warmed the world a bit, and Robert, the Earl of Hamburg, was snoring comfortably.

The team lost almost all defenses, and suddenly, there was a swish from both sides.

Soldiers who were napping were shot through the cheeks with arrows and even hit an artery in the neck.

Some of the wounded fell into the icy Danube, and the woolen coat to keep out the cold was instantly heavy, and the whole person fell to the bottom of the river.

The Count was no longer sleepy. He picked up the wooden shield and pulled out his steel sword to greet his own people: "Go! Quickly row!"

They were unable to fight back at all. The army of the marquis who was ordered to escort did not bring a bow at all. The cramped river became a battlefield. No one could determine the true face of the attackers. It was absurd and insane, but it turned out to be the case.

The so-called saint Eskil was so frightened that he was diapering. The blue fox had experienced war and was naturally not afraid of this. He picked up a scattered wooden board from the boat as a shield, and only heard a sound, a cluster of arrows with barbs. The board has been pierced.

"Ah! Sin! The bandits actually attacked the priest, and their souls will go to hell." Esquil was already trembling as he spoke.

"Forget it! Eskill, your life is the most important thing now."

"Oh! No, Joseph, I'm going to stand up. I'm going to lift the cross and persuade the bandits to stop attacking."

"Did I hear it wrong? You dare to stand up, stupid! Vardy, hold on to this old guy, don't let him get hurt."

"What about you?" Vardy asked fearlessly.

"You can only defend yourself! Damn it, these Frankish warriors didn't run for their lives and dared to land?!" The blue fox hurriedly took out the gift that was supposed to be a "tribute" to Prince Ludwig from the rolled up leather blanket. Baojian, this is Lanhu's own saber, the sword that kills the enemy is like drinking blood, and he suddenly has the confidence to hold the steel sword.

Under normal logic, the drifting fleet should speed up to escape when attacked, but the Frankish warriors all did the opposite, and even the Count of Hamburg himself landed ashore with a roar.

The arrows were still flying around on the river, and the archers were very unreasonable. Even if they saw the priest in black robes, they were still able to aim and shoot.

The blue fox hung the sword in his waist, holding the wooden plank in both hands as a cover. Eskil was still obsessed with the luggage he put on, and Vardy was not used to it, grabbing the old man's clothes and grabbing it ashore.

The forest gave cover to the soldiers who abandoned their ships, but chaos broke out in the forest again.

A group of green forest heroes dressed in rough clothes were clearly prepared, and when they rushed out of their hiding place aggressively, the battle-hardened Earl of Hamburg knew that something was wrong.

The Earl is the most noble noble here, and he is also the military commander in the north. Naturally, he has some skills in commanding battles.

"You fools who have lost their heads because of the war, the enemy came prepared, and you jumped into the trap yourself. Now listen to my command, get together and clench the sword, everyone is not allowed to run around."

Most people were very willing to listen to the earl. The fifty escorts sent by the Marquis of Frankfurt had already killed many people at the moment of the attack, and several more were killed in the melee on the shore.

The earl organized about fifty soldiers, including his own cronies, and he was surprised to find that the blue fox from Rus, who had lost a lot of weight, even took off his burqa and held a sword in his hand.

"It's you! Joseph Blue Fox, you are actually a warrior?" The count was taken aback.

"I have no choice."

"What about the saints?"

"Eskil is fine, just frightened. Your men have him surrounded and protected."

A Converted Priest Becomes a Soldier? Perhaps this blue fox was also a Norman warrior before. The Count couldn't think about it too much. Now the situation is special, and there is one more soldier to take care of.

The army of the Frankish Kingdom also pursued the barbarian style of play. First, they formed a shield wall to attack, and the enemy was crushed by individual soldiers. The reason why the Frankish army was strong for a while was the cavalry it had. Compared with the cavalry, the role of the infantry was becoming like a supplement.

Earl Robert formed a circle in the woods near the shore, and the sword-bearers in sackcloth rushed up with a roar. The two sides started a chaotic war. Although they did not have any grudges against each other, and even though they did not know the identity of the other party, Earl Robert felt that he had encountered a critical situation in his life.

However, when the battle broke out, the count realized that those guys who seemed to be armed farmers were actually wearing leather armor inlaid with iron pieces under the coarse cloth.

Could it be that the Marquis of Frankfurt attacked? I can't! Most of the guardians here are the soldiers of the marquis.

Perhaps the only explanation is that these gangsters are not gangsters, they have a very pure purpose - to kill everyone in the fleet.

Maybe they are those people...

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