Rise of Rurik

Those Rudi women were temporarily kept under guard, and since they were all taken to Novgorod, they had to be purified first to adapt to their new life.

All their old clothes were thrown away, and they were collectively pushed into the steam room to wash in the sauna, washed their bodies with soap, and then rinsed in the shower.

Thanks to the help of the Finnish Suomi people in the guest city, the purification work was carried out smoothly.

It is this kind of bathing behavior that is an unprecedented experience in their lives. Many women get soapy liquid in their eyes and are stung and scream.

At first, they were nervous, fearful, and curious, and they got used to it after a few visits.

They were uniformly distributed with clothes and trousers, and even leather jackets with excellent cold protection effect.

They were able to eat wheat biscuits that they had never eaten before, as well as a lot of broth, vegetable soup, and even honey water.

The submissive female leader Rudi did not understand very much. Is this the attitude of the Rus people to the so-called "own people"? Will all Rudi people have a similar life experience after surrendering to Rus?

This old lady went to the village to take a hot bath, but she felt like a new life. Now that she had surrendered, she had to show further submission, and she happily changed into the white bearskin coat given by the Rus, and the fox fur hat with glass beads.

The lined clothes are softer and fitter, and the more wonderful soap and toilet paper such as sanitary products, the old lady quickly learned to use.

The female leader was only fifty years old, but she looked like she was eighty years old.

The Ludi people live in such a bad way of life that it is rare for both men and women to survive to the age of fifty.

The new-looking female leader was authorized to visit the huge city wall, and her visit was deliberately sent by Rurik to guide her. The purpose was to deeply shock the old lady and swear the absolute power of the strong.

She saw a large number of giant ships moored at the Frozen Wharf, and rows of long ships that were deliberately towed up by the Frozen River, and then pulled to the shipyard to watch the construction of the large ships.

Because the ice and snow will melt in at most four months, the Ross Navy is unmatched when entering the Great Lakes.

She saw the training of cavalry again, and the heroic appearance of the horsemen. She had never imagined that the old lady had never even seen a horse, and thought that the men were riding a giant deer without horns.

It's amazing to be able to shoot arrows while riding a "Julu"! Do not! They can also run wild on "giant deer" with spears held high.

It was a "giant deer" without horns, and the number seemed to be numerous. However, it was far inferior to the crowded reindeer herd, and the female leader was deeply shocked. She never dreamed that not only the Rus people were raising deer, but what the Lapps who surrendered to Rus early were true, and the Rus people had innumerable deer!

Why intuitively reflect the strength of a tribe? The Ludi people simply take the number of domesticated deer as the first criterion.

She can only think of the concept of "many" as how many ships and irons the Ross people have. She fainted almost immediately after seeing the huge herd of deer.

"The Russ are a powerful force that I must not neglect..." She thought...

With this thought in mind, the female leader Rudi hurriedly met Rurik after the visit to report what she had seen, heard, and thought. She sincerely apologized for the wrong battle, even though the Ross Bear Hunt was the real intruder.

Rurik sat in the high hall, and the humble female leader sat cautiously on the ground.

"Now you see my true power, the city. How?"

"As powerful as a stag, we are as humble as a squirrel." The female leader also did not have very good words to describe it.

Rurik nodded: "Is this your answer? Very well. I didn't call you to listen to your praises!"

At this point, Rurik's eyes suddenly sharpened: "There are only you and me here. You must know very well that if you do any disobedient behavior in the future, you will be punished the most severely by me."

"Yes! How dare we disobey. We are your servants."

"Okay. Since you are a servant, you should act like a servant. I have a plan, and now I need to hear your opinion."

"Ah? Me? I am a humble servant, how can I have an opinion."

"You are a wise man!" Rurik declared. "The Karelians are my enemies, and they must be killed by me when they attack my servants. As you said, a group of Karelian exiles came To your east, there is another great lake, is there really such a thing?"

"There is such a thing."

"That big lake, called Onega in your language?"

"So it is," she said with surprise.

Rurik nodded: "Obviously, our Ross's territory must be expanded to Lake Onega. As for those who happen to live by the lake, I will be rewarded for submitting to me, and disobedience will be punished after submission, and resolute resistance is clan annihilation. I will send troops to conquer there. You! And you Rudi people, must pay the obligation of submission!"

The so-called obligation is that the Ludi people must send troops to fight. Even if everyone knows the bad nature of the so-called Ludi soldiers, their sending troops is exactly the same as the name.

This kind of behavior is like the Austro-Hungarian Empire forcing the Principality of Liechtenstein to send a "strong army" of 80 people. Although this person is destined to fish the whole process, the political symbolism is the most important thing. This is the emperor sent his subordinates. The Duke's "dramatic performance" of the emperor's power.

But the Rudi people will not only have performance value.

Although Rurik was well aware of the existence of Lake Onega, he also knew that there were small runoffs that led directly to the White Sea.

Soviet Russia built canals on the basis of tiny runoffs like streams on the surface, so that the Gulf of Finland and the Arctic Circle have navigable waterways. It was a canal of limited depth, and it was impossible to travel by warships.

At this time, the people of the Principality of Rus did not even know about Lake Onega, and the White Sea was also an ethereal regional concept. But even if he knew it, Rurik was convinced he had to do some fieldwork before digging into the natural resources there.

At least he knew that Tsarist Russia built a city where the shallow runoff of Lake Onega was at the mouth of the White Sea, and the ice-free port of Arkhangelsk was also built around the White Sea.

One of the characteristics of the White Sea is that it does not freeze on a large scale in winter. It is the eastern tip of the North Atlantic warm current, but to the east is Novaya Zemlya, which must be covered by the vast Arctic Circle ice cap, and it is also the geography of the Arctic Ocean route. end.

The female leader continued to be instructed to describe the cultural conditions around Lake Onega, pointing out that there were new large-scale Karelian camps by the lake, and there were also some scattered and free Karelian clans in the northern world. He also pointed out that to the south of the lake is another force called the Perm people. They live around a large market in the far east, and the free Perm clan has set foot in many places.

Perm is the Pan-Finnish-Ugric word meaning the commercial center, where the natural conditions are not really bad.

The female leader mentioned a situation. The so-called Karelians launched an expedition and recruited a group of Perm herdsmen to join them. There were indeed Perm people in the battle with the Rus.

"The Perm people? Another tribe to be conquered by me. Unfortunately, I just want to destroy Karelia now and speak my anger for my servants."

The political sense of the female leader immediately smelled the magic, co-authoring that the Rus people plan to go on an expedition to achieve justice for their servants? Pooh! To vent for the servants is the result of the expedition, the Rus are greedy, they are to rob.

Fortunately, Rudi has surrendered.

Rurik issued an order that must be executed: "You must send men to fight, and I will give you a certain amount of armour, so that you have not lost my face. Your men are all guides, leading our army to find the remnants of Karelia. The camp is a great achievement and will have the right to participate in the looting of the final spoils."

This does not sound like a difficult job, on the contrary, Rudi enjoys a part of the war dividend. They live in extreme poverty, such as those women who laugh with joy when they eat a little oatmeal. They have an extreme desire to improve their lives, and as for morality, they only have the most primitive and simple morality - not my master, family, friends, it doesn't matter if I die.

Leader Lu Di will not only send troops, she herself is the first guide. This is not the end, at the upcoming meeting, she must participate as a representative and explain her situation to the generals, officials, businessmen, etc. of the Principality of Ross. This matter is very important. If it is not communicated in advance, it would be a misunderstanding if the Ludi people come to New Roseburg to do business and be robbed by savages.

Rurik issued a plan for a winter expedition, which was very sudden, and the people in the city were generally surprised.

Why did the prince suddenly make such a statement? Isn't it appointed that there will be no war this winter? After all, wars always come uninvited, and the world is never peaceful.

The most powerful first flag team scattered everywhere to hunt, flag leader Arik was playing with his beloved wife Aslaqi, and playing with the children.

Such as Ragnar and his brothers, they took up jobs as lumberjacks on the spot, which were odd jobs for shipyards, buying leather on the spot for daily wages. He is an ambitious man, and so are his brothers. Naturally, it is impossible to play for three days a day, even if there is a lot of fun in New Roseburg.

The city was full of men eager to rob and get rich, and the news quickly turned into ecstasy.

Only Prince Kagan of Pecheneg was quite surprised: "Winter is not a good time to fight, and the Rus must now conquer the people in the extreme north?"

Kagan received a request for a meeting, and the brother who wanted to come to him asked Pecheneg to send troops together. He bravely participated in the meeting, he did not intend to make any objections, just worried that the cavalry team would freeze to death. In the same way, he has never seen how the Rus people fight, and in his heart he really hopes to see the Rus army perform killing.

The female leader of Lu Di entered the Russ Duma parliamentary court next to Harvest Square. On the other side, this geographical location was the Senate of the Tsarist Russia, and it was indeed the place where the aristocrats discussed politics.

A crowd of eager people entered the venue, and the whole scene was quite noisy, with bearded people vying for bloody mouths, vowing to plunder new spoils.

Before the meeting, when Arik got the news, he first issued a summoning order, requesting the soldiers of the First Banner Team who were hunting in the north to return.

Most of the army was in Novgorod in the south, but Novorossi had a good number of men.

The governor's son, Conuson, was able to quickly recruit an army of 300 people, plus other miscellaneous personnel. According to Rurik's winter plan, a team of 500 people was enough.

With Rurik's entry, the noisy parliamentary court fell silent for a moment.

Everyone listened attentively, and when they learned that the prince planned to organize 500 people, they couldn't help but feel disappointed.

The venue became chaotic again, and Rurik waved his hand to maintain order.

"I'm angry if you don't let all of you loot? It's just the Karelian remnants that I want to destroy. It's not worth sending a large army. Besides, I will pay for the military expenses of this expedition. You can also send private soldiers. All the expenses are your own. Take it. I will personally order the troops to crusade the enemy's remnants, and then explore the brand-new Lake Onega..."

This description is not very convincing, and Rurik added: "Don't think too highly of the Karelians, we have not won a good trophy twice in a row, and this time is the same. The significance of exploration is higher than War, businessmen who want to make a fortune in one fell swoop, our army can make a small fortune at most, I advise you to stay in the city."

Those who were eager to try finally settled down, and a small old woman was ordered to stand up tremblingly.

Surrounded by a group of strong people, the old lady tried her best to keep calm, but she couldn't speak for a while. She stumblingly described the situation in the Rudi dialect of Old Finnish, which everyone heard like a bird.

Thanks to the translation of the deer breeders present, the scene was not embarrassing.

As the female leader said, the Karelian remnants were poor and had nothing but to bring out some reindeer.

Then the question comes again, isn't it very boring to crusade them? Could it really be the exploration mission that the prince insisted on?

People who imagined fighting to get rich gave up, and even Arik felt that it was superfluous. He is the blood cousin of the prince, and it is necessary to support his younger brother, but he no longer expects the glory of the expedition.

But there is a good one. The trio of Arik, Ragnar, and Blue Fox, who have partnered on the expedition to Bremen, gathered together, and the partnership expedition again can also enhance friendship.

On an expedition of 500 people, Rurik thought of the incident of 800 Cossacks killing the Siberian Khanate. Who are the Cossacks? It is not the nomadic armed gang formed by the mixed blood of Turks and Slavs in various southern Russia regions, and the Pecheneg people are one of its ancestors.

In a sense, the "Oriental Expedition" organized by Rurik, which mixed Vikings such as Rus, Pan-Finnish, Slavs and Pechenegs, was similar in nature to the Cossacks' exploration of the East.

Because of the special purpose of the expedition, the meeting caused no sensation, and consequently no sensation in the city.

The army assembly operation has begun, and the soldiers belonging to the Slavic flag team stationed in Novososburg begin to assemble. The first flag fighters formed by the old Rus who got the news began to return.

A group of Viking warriors from other tribes in the city sent in, and Rurik even leased a small group of private soldiers loyal to the foreign merchants.

The five hundred people were quickly assembled. Among them, the core combat strength of the army was one hundred and thirty cavalry. As for the other four hundred people, the composition was complicated, and there were too many ruthless people.

Old Rus, Balmerks, Melarens, Yermalens, Suomis, Slavs, deer breeders, Veps, Danes, Pechenegs.

Rurik assembled the main national warriors in the principality and the warriors of the Hakkas, mixed into an army, and spoke in Norse and Slavic.

The personnel seem to be too complicated, but after a closer look, the main force of the army is the Vikings! Of course, the old Rus were Vikings, and they were still quite a strong part.

Ragnar, as a Danish aristocrat, has only 30 brothers, but they are all war madmen screened by the Danish civil war, and their strength should not be underestimated.

They uniformly changed their clothes, put on white robes, and sewed blue stripes to prove their identity. The crowd gathered to make this army menacing.

Super long spears are not needed for this battle, but portable short spears can be used as wooden staffs, and swords and hand axes are indispensable.

Ross' crossbow and torsion slingshot are the best weapons. Bows and arrows need a lot of equipment, and ordinary warriors must at least take short wooden bows.

After all, it would be a brand new place for Ross, and no one believed that a small group of weak locals would be able to grab leather resources recklessly. If the Ross army fought over it, if they could hunt and kill the red squirrel recklessly, the opportunity should not be missed.

Rurik made a plan to go on a sleigh ride in groups of ten during the march, with 400 people having a hundred reindeer sleighs. There are a lot of real vehicles, some of which are loaded with oatmeal and lots of pre-made oatmeal. There are also materials for field tents, as well as charcoal blocks for fire, soil nitrate combustion materials, large iron pots, pottery and other objects.

The principle that the troops and horses go ahead with food and grass gave Kagan a strange feeling. He felt that the prince was traveling and brought too many things.

After all, Kagan is the son of the prairie. When the Pechenegs go out to battle, their horses are their own sustenance. They can continue to fight with a pinch of mare’s milk when they are hungry, not to mention the high-energy milk cubes and butter they make. A lump of pure fat can naturally have "super long battery life".

No, Rurik, lectured to his cavalry, who had just been trained for three months and finally ushered in their first actual combat.

It's time to test the results of these three months of intense training. The young fighters are full of confidence, and it is Pecheneg who is skeptical in the team.

Kagande's men pointed out this concern: "As we are used to, going out in winter is very bad horsepower."

Rurik explained: "I will do a good job of keeping the horses warm, and the supply of feed will be three times the usual amount. You don't have to pay for all the sub-expenses. You are only responsible for fighting and killing the enemy as much as possible. After the war, you can grab the spoils with your skills. . If the warhorse I bought dies, it is also my business, and if your warhorse dies, I will also pay a sum of money."

Is this clearly treating himself as a mercenary? Kagan didn't say much, because being a mercenary is also good. Besides, a lot of leather here in the Rus is popular, but it still costs money to buy.

Don't the enemies also have a lot of leather? Russ thinks it's nothing, those are the furry goodies that Pecheneg people like. To loot as much as possible, take the load back to New Roseburg, and sell it on the spot for money to continue to buy salt.

Kagan listened to the promise and had no worries. He played such an abacus and lamented that his brother, Prince Rurik, was a generous khan.

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