Rise of Rurik

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Once it enters the wet season, the length of the Radilovskoye River on the watershed of the Luga Heights will soar to 20 kilometers, and its maximum width can also expand to five kilometers.

It is the lake with the highest altitude in this area, although its altitude is only 140 meters above sea level.

Like a water tower, it is actually an important source of water for the Scherren River, which eventually flows into Lake Ilmen.

But its depth is very shallow, and the deepest part can barely submerge an adult's head. Especially during the high water season, there are lakes flooding people's knees everywhere in front of them, and the mud on the lake bed can swallow the whole person.

There are some fish species in such lakes, but living by such muddy lakes is a real challenge.

This is why the former Pskov explorers discovered it but stopped here. On the one hand, they felt that they came to the wrong place when they faced the endless mud pond, and on the other hand, they were driven away by the endless mosquitoes when camping. Walk.

Only stuff, such a rotten place is the way.

The whole army assembled on the frozen lake, and Rurik issued an order requiring the banner teams to straighten out their troops immediately after leaving the forest. The order must be carried out to everyone!

The most popular, the personal situation of the soldiers was reported step by step, who was injured, who had a stomachache, or other miscellaneous problems were sorted out by the captains of each banner and reported to the king.

Some people have sprained feet and injured their limbs due to frostbite because they did not cover them properly while sleeping. They even boldly took off their velvet caps, causing their naturally large earlobes to become red and swollen from the cold.

All kinds of wounded soldiers rushing away are all minor problems.

"Fortunately, no sled was lost, no one was missing. Less than ten horses died, and fifty

The first deer, the loss is not too big. "

If there is any loss that makes him feel distressed the most, it is the loss of the war horse.

The saddles of the horses, which had obviously been unloaded, were completely led by the reins and moved together with the sled.

Obviously, the Turkic horses that are good at running on the grasslands, no matter how hardy they are, the current path used by the entire army is obviously more suitable for the habits of the reindeer. Perhaps for the as many as 5,000 reindeer serving as envoys in the entire army, they really regarded the operation as a winter migration.

The annual winter migration of wild reindeer herds is a large spatial shift in the forests of the extreme north. It's just that their migratory movements stop and go very slowly, but now they have been facing the Yufu's whip, and they are facing a lot of pressure while dragging load-bearing materials and maintaining a high place.

These big animals all fell and broke their legs. In the current environment, such injuries are fatal.

The reindeer are killed immediately, and the spare deer are immediately replenished.

Once the war horse broke its hoof, Ross would kill him immediately according to the customs of the prairie people. It's just different from the leather and venison of the wounded reindeer after execution, which will be used as food, and the dead horses will be abandoned on the marching road. After all, the warrior who loves his mount can't bear to split its muscles, and the death steed is integrated with this huge Luga Forest...

The good horses do not die in battle, but in the forest march, and if the road is smooth they will not stumble and die.

And this, in Rurik's view, is the biggest price paid for this expedition.

In a sense, it is indeed not a small price.

Thanks to the snow and ice all over the world, the Russian army was able to camp in the lakeside area for the final push

rest.

The lake is simply named "Mud Lake". Now people believe that as long as you go all the way east and find the waterway at the eastern exit of the lake, you will be one step away from home.

Although the soldiers had endured many days of marching in the forest, they had survived the heavy mental torture, and now they were refreshed in the open field. They no longer needed to eat dry food, and their morale returned after eating a mouthful of cooked hot food.

The wide ice made it unnecessary for the recovery marching army to form a single file.

The Russian army formed a wide formation, and Rurik kept each sledge at a distance from each other.

After all, the overall climate is picking up, and the average thickness of the ice surface of this muddy lake is actually not ideal after investigation. How deep is it? After cutting the ice, insert the wooden pole to detect one or two.

Although the water depth is very limited, once the whole sled sinks, there is no need to get out. Only the personnel can salvage the cargo and squeeze it together with other sleds.

In order to avoid this dilemma, a large distance between the sleds is still maintained, just to avoid the ice layer encountering a large overall pressure in a small area and causing a tragedy.

Then all the cavalry mounted their horses, and the centurions dispersed likewise.

The cavalry lined up in a wide formation to lead the mighty sleds in the rear, and the row of the Ross Army gradually became dispersed, and finally forcibly created an "offensive front" about a kilometer wide.

Of course they are not fighting, but they seem to be fighting wits against the air.

The whole army set out in the morning, and by noon it had completely left the eastern edge of the lake during the wet season.

Finally, there is no need to worry about sledges falling into ice holes, because there is already solid snow-covered ground under the horses' hooves. Or rather, this

It is a meadow area by the riverside of a small river with an obvious channel that is extremely twisted.

The reeds and rushes are covered with snow, and the soft meadow has been frozen hard.

In such an environment, when the muddy season begins in early April, this slightly wider riverside area becomes painfully muddy.

At night, the whole army has camped at the small river in the position.

After investigation, the water of this river must come from the mud lake, and its water flow is also towards the east.

Optimism permeated the entire camp, and many people became anxious because people were talking about one thing—in three days, we reached Lake Ilmen.

The bonfire was crackling, and the soldiers were chatting happily, and the air was filled with the aroma of cooking porridge.

Beyahir leaned beside Rurik, waiting for the wheat in the iron pot to boil together with other cronies.

The whole day's action can finally come to an end, and everyone finally has time to recall today's fantasy adventure in the sunset.

Now everyone can be sure that the future is bright, but where we are currently is really unknown.

Both Olafin and Boom became Rurik's guests and were entitled to dine with the king.

This seems to be a great honor, but now Rurik feels like an explorer to them. In addition, the light on the king's body has worn away a lot from the wind and frost of the journey. Just like this, the sense of vicissitudes acquired by Rurik made the two senior explorers admire even more.

"If your team arrived at the mud lake with small boats back then, you could continue to move eastward. Maybe you could reach my city." Rurik muttered with great interest.

He tried to open up the chatterbox and break the idle waiting for dinner.

Chat, since the king intends to chat, everyone here will follow the nonsense.

Olafin shook his head, pretending to be pitiful and said with a smile: "If it wasn't for the damned mosquitoes, we would really have cut wood to make a raft and went to the east to have a look."

"But who knows what will happen? If there is nothing, wouldn't those of us who want to do business be busy in vain?" Bohm said this, and he couldn't help but recalled his youth.

A huge force is called the Ilmen Slavs. How can such a force not be known to outsiders?

The Danish immigrants in Pskov all came from the direction of Riga. Their behavior was not like the natural population expansion of the Krivich Slavs, but had always been purposeful.

The settlers wanted to find a new way to communicate with Lake Ilmen and complete business with the locals.

In fact, these Danes have found the right way to reach Lake Ilmen half a century ago - to reach the huge Valdez, or go west to Smolensk, or go north to take the Lovati River and enter Ilmen lake.

Slavs everywhere call them Varyags in general, but they are almost all Danes, and they are inextricably linked with the largest Danish community in the Bay of Riga area.

On this issue, although the Rus has the title of Varyag, they have played a small role for a long time.

Until the great family immigration in 831.

Ross did not give up his old place, but the elite population migrated on a large scale, and joined forces with the Ilmen Lake Slavs to form a brand new ethnic group.

Plenty of boys and girls thrived, and when Olafin and Boom learned from Rurik that there had been three

With a population of 100,000, this number has already surpassed their cognition.

A thousand men holding shields is already a colossus, how about ten thousand such warriors? They can only think that "the Ross army is like Jormungandr in the sea, powerful and unpredictable."

Ordinary people from various Viking tribes are Mu Qiang. In the harsh north where the living environment is harsh, only by relying on a powerful leader can they live well.

It seems that the area under the rule of Ross is as beautiful as the legendary Asgard. "Painting big cakes" is one aspect. Now these small Danish communities who intend to immigrate have been feasting on the road, and everything shows Ross's wealth.

In a sense, Pskov and Ross are running in both directions.

Hearing these two not-so-young fellows reminisce about the past, Rurik gradually regretted it in his heart.

"If I had known this, I might as well have resorted to a conspiracy to assassinate Gower, and the rest of the staff would be recruited directly. Now I have killed too many Danish immigrants, and Pskov is really cheap for the locals. Well, things have already been done for me I don't regret it. Besides, I don't have time to spend any more time there." Rurik thought silently...

The wheat finally rotted, and every grain of wheat was boiled and burst.

Pour some crushed dried salted fish into it, and then stir vigorously with a wooden stick. Everyone who is waiting for the meal will get a big bowl of this delicious salty porridge.

Rurik held a wooden bowl that would not burn his hands, and chatted happily with his brothers while eating. In the end, the treasured wine has no meaning of preservation, and now I just take it out to share with you.

After taking a few sips of strong wine, I felt extremely comfortable in my stomach, and Olaf and Boom became more talkative in the feeling of dizziness.

"I hope Your Majesty will allow me to

The family intends to live in the fabled Novgorod. I want to live a comfortable life and continue to work for the king in the future. "Following the strength of the wine, Pom spoke the truth.

"Very good. In the past, you were an emissary, and our encounter on the Luga River was also a fateful encounter. Your victory in conquering Pskov has been established. Could it be...just to be an ordinary person living a comfortable life?"

"Your Majesty intends to reward me?" Bohm raised his head vigilantly.

"Not only you, but also those brothers you are close to. The rebels have died in the rebel army, and the few who survived who went to New Rose Fort, the king intends to offer it to you. You!" Rick suddenly pointed at Bom's face and said with a smile, "You can be a boyar! A boyar with a territory and some servants."

"Oh! Thank you so much, my lord." Boom responded with a smile. After all, he thought that the lord who drank strong alcohol might have made the decision to slap his thigh. Besides, his cognition of the concept of "boyar" was still vague. .

This word mainly exists in the meaning of "leader's cronies and guards", but it has become the name of lower nobles in Ross. Precisely because he had lived in New Roseburg for half a year and experienced the customs of Ross, Bohm knew very well the power behind Boyar.

It’s just that Orafin, who has achieved great success, won the title of earl. In the end, King Ross entrusted this guy to the muddy settlement of Lake Lubans. There is no benefit in such an entrustment. Leading some people to go to the blue thread?

Presumably, King Ross appointed himself and those good brothers as boyars, intending to appoint the brothers to develop the bad land.

Boom's

Ke didn't dare to say it in person, his guess was actually completely correct.

Rurik noticed the old man's trembling eyes, and asked deliberately: "You... hesitated for a while. Did you disagree with my plan?"

"I can not."

"It doesn't matter. I won't force you to say that any dissent is your freedom. Compared with Olafin, Bohm, your merits are not as good as his, so you have no right to enjoy the title of earl. But you have done meritorious service, and you are awarded As a hereditary boyar, you may suffer a little bit, but your children will always enjoy the glory and wealth, isn't it wonderful?"

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty." Pom forced a smile on his face. Since King Ross didn't want to break his guess, he had to apologize.

Objectively speaking, Rurik's fireside conversation was a whim, but it is also in Rurik's plan to confer titles in new areas and install new hereditary nobles to entrust management.

As long as the army continues to run along the Unnamed River to its terminus, it must surely reach the west bank of the huge Lake Ilmen.

The geographical structure of Lake Ilmen determines the distribution of residents along the lake. Today, the majority of residents are mainly distributed in the three major cities of Novgorod-Mstisk-Youth City on the north bank, and there are more than 30 Slavic collective farms on the east bank. On the south bank of the Great Lake is the city of Ostara and as many as ten Boyar old manors.

On the east bank of the lake, there are only Angler Manor and Calf Manor.

Quite subtly, the two manors themselves were also designed to avoid the danger of war, heading north from the southern shore of the Great Lake along the safer eastern shore.

If the east bank of the Great Lakes was a good place, the Pine Needle Manor, once the hegemony of the region, would have developed it long ago, not in the east.

The mouth of the Musta River in the northern region built their vast settlements.

The reason why the east of the lake is a rotten place is that its overall environment is exactly the same as the mud lake that the Ross army just passed.

The entire Ilmen Lake has the most muddy land on the east bank, and it is also the most densely populated rivers flowing into the lake on the east bank. Among those rivers, only the Xielong River is a larger river, but there are so many small rivers and streams. These small waterways have the strongest nourishing ability, which makes a series of meadows in the east of the lake completely unsuitable for living.

In the end, the two manors of fishermen and calves, whose combined population has just reached 2,000, collectively live on the banks of the small river Wallonda. Because the river is backed by a pine forest, a camp in a rare and large area is really suitable for new settlements. .

As for the area on both sides of the Xieron River, forget it...

Therefore, wanting to arrange for the local Slavs to explore and set up settlements at the Xieron River, Rurik knew that if he forcibly emigrated those people would definitely go back, but the resistance he encountered would be huge.

Back then, when a group of young men and women were moved to the south to build the Great Luki, they had already met with great resistance from the villagers. Without these gentlemen, the family suddenly lost a labor force. Repaying your kindness" was the only way to stop many people's mouths.

Rurik's plan is consistent, he still intends to move some young people who have received education and can eat the king's salary to explore and settle on the Xieron River. This plan will have to be implemented sooner or later. If it is meaningful to start the pre-action in 843, the most critical issue is who will be sent to explore the site of the new settlement.

The locals have resistance and are not easy to serve, so send a

It is a good plan for some new defectors to explore, and the real power after Xu Zhiyi's exploration, isn't it done for them?

People like Bohm were once reduced to an outcast in Pskov in the past.

In Ross, only such a prince can grant his family the right to become hereditary minor nobles. Let him lay a foundation first, and then distribute it to some local youths in the future. Such a small boyar manor has sprung up.

In the past, this plan was to develop the environmental resources of the Sheron River, but now it has new value, the so-called "Pskov Novgorod Inland Transport Line", this line with development potential needs to be garrisoned.

On a new day, the whole army moved on.

Everything was completely within Rurik's estimation. The small rivers flowing eastward, large and small, would eventually either flow into the Luga River or the Xieron River.

In fact, the unnamed river that the Ross army marched was the small river Hitnia, which was just an ordinary small river.

Until, the river merged into a wide river.

"Where is this place? The Luga River? The Sheron River?" Rurik, who was riding a horse, suddenly faced a wide waterway that obviously extended to the east.

"Maybe it's the Xielong River?" Cavalry Captain Brody hastily suggested, "We can dig out the ice to determine the direction of the water flow."

"No need~www.readwn.com~ Rurik waved his hand, "Order the whole army to move on, let's see where the river flows down to the ground. "

At this point, the Ross Army, who was not exploring in the unknown, finally ushered in the end of the expedition.

Because there were obvious fishermen on the ice, it was precisely those fishermen who did not have the slightest fear in the face of the scout cavalry, and even waved vigorously.

very

Soon the truth will come to light.

The fishermen were carried back to Rurik, who had been marching fast, by the cheerful scout cavalry. When they saw the king himself, the fishermen were also taken aback, and asked, "What a miracle. Why did the king appear on the Xieron River?"

All speculations have been settled, the river is the Xielong River, and these fishermen are from the Fisherman's Manor.

Just like the name of this estate, the locals will never forget their old job of fishing.