Rise of Rurik

Remember [new] in one second! Rurik's knowledge of Rügen was extremely limited. It would be another matter to talk about Stralsund, the wars about it, and the prosperity that did not exist in this era.

He had full knowledge of the narrow waterway between Rügen and the mainland.

The Ross Army camp in the bay was already bustling before the sun rose. It was very cold this morning, and the soldiers who were forced to get up early were told that they might have to fight through the water channel today.

The sky in the east is getting brighter and brighter, and the soldiers who have finished their meals in the bustling bay are quickly cleaning the cooking utensils with sea water, and then throwing the iron pots onto the long boats to prepare for action.

Rurik then munched on the dried fish and waited for the wheat grains in the urn to be cooked in front of the blazing bonfire.

"I still thought about it. This time I am personally in charge of the navy. I will personally lead the army through the waterway."

Rurik's sudden decision seemed to come on a whim, and Goldlund quickly asked: "The king wants to directly command the battle after the battle breaks out? This is your unquestionable right, but..."

"Still have questions? Do you think my request is too abrupt?"

"Don't dare." Goldlund shook his head.

"It doesn't matter. I have always stressed that the entire army may have a battle to fight today, and I don't want to take the initiative to provoke a battle and then get involved in it. I have thought a lot..." Rurik put down the half-eaten fish and looked at the few people sitting in front of him. Flag Captain: "I'm afraid that once you encounter an enemy attack, you will fight back wildly. You are all strong-blooded people, and brothers are more passionate about fighting. If you can't help but love fighting, I will be the only one who can pull you out of the mud pit. "

Everyone looked at each other and thought it was right.

"Waiting for wheat

When the seeds are cooked, let's share them and eat them. After that..." Rurik looked at the east again and reminded: "The water channel is narrow, and all ships must be on guard. Today's wind direction is not favorable to us. Your brothers in each flag team are now rowing to act as the tow of the battleship. "

Once entering a narrow waterway, the sail advantage of a large ship will be greatly reduced. By raising your thumbs in the air, you can estimate the wind direction today with this simple method. In this era without diesel engines, you want to survive in a tight space and the wind direction is unfavorable. In the waters, only human-powered rowing boats can lead the entire fleet out of the environment.

The captains of each flag communicated with each other, and while waiting for the meal, they quickly completed the plan on how to allocate boats and personnel to tow various warships.

There were four sail cruisers, and they had no problem towing with two long boats. Eight sail destroyers towed by one longship were enough.

As for the large number of armed cargo ships, these ships are larger than the longships, but not much larger. They can be towed by oars, but they can still lower their sails in narrow waterways to catch the limited and erratic wind.

Only the largest ship, the Sea Monarch, had to be towed by at least four longships.

Rurik intended to exhaust the strength of all men involved in the sea campaign, and those blacksmiths who accompanied the army had to join the army of oarsmen.

There will be a small fleet of armed longships at the vanguard of the entire fleet. They will clear the way for the navy, and they are not all navies.

The 300 brothers of the Second Cavalry Division of Brody's Division. Although the soldiers are young, a full year of experience has made them all veterans.

. The four cavalry teams are all standing troops. Although horseback fighting is their main method of combat, they also play the role of oarsmen and can fight in the most traditional infantry form when necessary.

Cables were thrown from the big ship to the longboat, and the ropes were tied to the stern.

At first, the reasonable paddling of the sixty brothers of the two long boats can only cause the big boat to move slightly. As long as the paddling continues, the overall speed will become faster and faster, until the combination of two small boats and one big boat can maintain a speed of about five. knot speed.

Their abundant physical fitness and endurance can maintain this speed throughout the day. In fact, if the entire army can really maintain this speed and does not encounter setbacks on the way, the Russian army can evacuate and leave the Stralsund Waterway before sunset.

"Now, let's go!"

Rurik tapped his belly and stood up satisfied.

He randomly selected a light warship, the sailing destroyer Mercury, which had been equipped with a propeller.

The human propeller proved to be a very cost-effective experiment. When it comes to cost-effectiveness, it is better to install a paddle wheel and pedal system in the center of the ship. But even the paddle wheel system has proven to lack practical application on the sea, because in most cases a big triangle sail solves the problem of high-speed navigation, and there is no need to consider the special need of passing through narrow waterways. Make large-scale changes.

Rurik just liked the name he gave the ship. Mercury, the messenger in Roman mythology, is also the name of Mercury. The characteristic of God Mercury is that he can run extremely fast, which means exactly what the Russian army needs.

He boarded the Mercury in a small boat and hurriedly stood on the straight bow deck, with the

Behind them are three torsion slingshots on each side with the slides moving forward in unison, as well as a few bow-wielding sailors standing on the stern of the ship.

Now it is not so much that he commands the entire Russian navy, but that the navy is temporarily divided into two. Goldlund is still the admiral of the navy and commands the absolute main force, but his status is more like the "Royal Marine Transport Captain", just like Goldlund's task in peacetime - supervising, dispatching, and commanding the Fang's transport fleet to complete the northern Transportation of various materials from the mine to the capital.

Rurik personally commanded a small fleet, which still numbered more than 300 people.

Eight longships were ahead, two longships towing the Mercury.

For a moment, the drums and horns roared, and the Mercury's sails were furled and the bare mast was flying a Ross flag "trimmed with gold". From a distance, this flag was no more conspicuous than other flags, and all the soldiers knew that the king was really this time In the imperial command, he personally conquered and cleared all obstacles for the entire fleet.

The horse and reindeer teams were on the shore.

When people on land operations on the shore heard the sound of the trumpet not far away, it was a positive signal, which meant that the land forces could march ahead without waiting for the navy.

"Let's go!" Fisk on the shore gave an order, and the cavalry on the mainland coast took the lead in marching on behalf of the entire Russian army.

It was because of the end of the last glacial period that a large amount of seawater suddenly broke through the ice of the Denmark Strait and fell. The entire inland was dug and filled, and the Baltic Sea was born. The Stralsund Waterway is also formed by ice erosion, but due to the continuous erosion of the land by the sea, this waterway will be filled with sand and gravel in the long term, and the island of Rügen will be integrated with the European continent.

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The average depth of the waterway reaches ten meters. If the seabed is not modified at such a depth, a ship of 10,000 tons cannot sail. There is no need to consider the issue of grounding for the Sea Monarch, which has a full load displacement of more than 1,000 tons.

The ship with the deepest draft in the Ross Army is slowly advancing under the tug of four long ships. With her as the core, the main force of the entire fleet is slowly accelerating towards the waterway. For this reason, the fleet entrenched in the bay was made of noodles stretched from dough, and the navy had to plunge into the waterway with its long, narrow and soft body like a snake.

As a result, the navy's flank is facing danger. Considering that there is a friendly cavalry team clearing the way along the coastline of the main road on the port side of the fleet, and directly in front is a small fleet led by the king to clear the way, the brothers only need to aim the torsion slingshot and crossbow on the starboard side. In the direction of Rugen Island, you can repel any possible sneak attack by your opponent.

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With the weak sea breeze blowing on his face, Rurik was satisfied to see that the cavalry was doing its best to keep the same speed as the fleet.

The size of the reindeer herds has shrunk somewhat, and they are being driven by reindeer herders to stay with the cavalry as much as possible.

"You shouldn't encounter any battles. I heard that Stride Village is a small island in the waterway. The cavalry can at most eliminate small settlements on the coast of the mainland." After talking to himself, Rurik's eyes Then he glanced at the Rügen Island, whose outline was already very obvious.

"The green-grey rocks and lush forests on the island. If you hadn't told me that there was a small Slavic kingdom hidden here, I would have thought it was an uninhabited island. Strangely, I can't see any residential buildings on the east coast. Is my vision blurry? No! It’s also the rocks on the beach over there that are too

too much. "

The coastal rocks on Rügen Island are readily available, especially the large stones that are eroded by the sea tide and turned into a large number of small, smooth and easy-to-carry stones. They are often suitable for building houses and city walls.

Because of the cover of the forest, even people with excellent eyesight riding on the towering mast of the Sea Monarch cannot see the largest settlement on the island, Zhiyaromar Fort. However, if you look carefully, you can still see farmland and some hidden treasures in the distance. Unlivable settlement.

There are now lookouts riding on the mast, and the existence of some residential buildings in the distance proves that it is not an uninhabited island.

However, the Ross army has officially entered the increasingly cramped waterway. So far, Rurik, who is in the vanguard, has not seen any living person on the other side.

Simply standing on the railing at the bow of the ship, Rurik shouted at the top of his lungs to his oarsmen: "Be careful! We have entered the waterway, and the ships must be careful of collisions. Get your bows and arrows ready in case of any eventuality." "

There is a place called the "Drig Peninsula" in the waterway, which narrows the already narrow waterway to only 900 meters.

The peninsula is unknown to the Rus in modern times, and the Slavs of Rügen gave it a fitting name - barrier.

The so-called "barrier peninsula" is the barrier of Straide Island. As long as you pass through this peninsula, you can have a panoramic view of the island and the fishing village of Straide.

Because the west entrance of the waterway is a developing sandbar area, and there is this peninsula to the east of the waterway. Thanks to them, the enclosed Straide Island can almost ignore the damage of any large-scale sea tide, and the wide enough waterway will not affect the sea. The enemy goes out to sea to fish.

Strider and by

Stralsund, which it developed from, exists in such a unique seaport environment.

Now, the Rügen Island militia with strong execution ability has completed preparations for war overnight.

Anyone who can afford weapons has the obligation to defend his or her own home due to their different living circumstances. If the fishermen of Stryde Village do not defend their small island, do they still expect the people of Jaromarburg who live on the big island to help them fight the war?

The big leader, Uzlaw, stood on the seaside with some militiamen to supervise the "tactical blockade" of the Straide villagers. This was his best effort.

Most of the ships have withdrawn to the bay northwest of the island. Many areas there are sandy areas where water can flow directly at low tide. After the early tide receded, most of the ships that had evacuated to the area had been stranded. Such an environment also made The islanders are convinced that if the enemy attempts to land on the island from here, they will sink into the sand and cannot escape until the tide rises in the evening. By that time, the islanders' armed forces will already be waiting to work.

Because there are also more than a thousand people living in Strlade, although the local big families support the ruler of Jaromarburg and the great leader Uzlaw, these people still carry out regional autonomy in peacetime, and Uzlaw also There is no need to go to the seaside to prey on his own relatives. He has not caused any enmity, and he cannot have absolute control over the entire Stride.

In this small Slavic kingdom on the island of Rugen, Uzlaw has never been the king of real power. It is just that the families continue to support his late father and continue to support this man who has never had any military exploits.

As for Uzlaw, he actually looked forward to actually fighting the Russians who had strayed into the waterways, so that even if he was

If he is forced to retreat to the fortress, then no one will ridicule him for not knowing how to fight and not being a real man.

He is a man! I don’t want to live in doubts, and I don’t want the families to make excuses about their late father anymore.

Uzlaw wants to be a hero, even a tragic hero...

Not everyone doubts that there will be a war. After all, we just saw an abnormal celestial phenomenon last night. How can we conclude that the Ross army invaded? Everyone is getting nervous.

The people of Stride Village waited until the sun was high in the sky but did not wait for the enemy to arrive. Their mood gradually became optimistic, but soon a small boat left the so-called barrier peninsula like crazy and rushed to the armed islanders who were waiting not far away to report. My own horrific experiences.

A huge fleet is attacking the barrier peninsula!

They were filled with dragon-headed longships everywhere, their number was indescribable!

Behind the longships are some indescribable behemoths, like some giant ships, larger than the legendary Red Dragon of the Danish King!

The news first reached the fishermen on standby. With all the preparations, they urgently boarded their dragon-headed longboats with various weapons. Now standing on the shore, Uzlaw had given up all illusions.

"Could it be that the Russians really came here?!" Uzlaw's cronies trembled with trembling lips, looking cowardly and frightened.

"Are you scared?"

"I'm not afraid."

"It's better to hold on a little longer." Uzlaw also swallowed hard and comforted: "Just because they have more people doesn't mean they have stronger fighting power. Besides, we just lure them ashore and then stone them to death, so we still have an advantage. ".

Uzlaw is also trying to comfort himself, but the battle

Because the "active provocation" of Stride fishermen is inevitable.

At this moment, the small fleet led by Rurik was considering the sudden bends and constrictions of the waterway ahead or the hidden dangers. He ordered the small fleet to actively accelerate, thus throwing off the large fleet and even the land cavalry.

So, around the corner, I encountered a city and a fleet that was always dressed in a clearly Danish style.

"What did I see? Is that a Danish longship?" Rurik was shocked, but saw that the ships were obviously heading in his direction, and he couldn't help but think of the confessions of the five guides.

It is said that if it were not for hair color and language, the locals of Rügen would be very close to the Danes.

The similar living environment made the people of Stryde Island become Vikings. After all, the dragon-headed longship is the most commonly used ship type in this area. The people of Rugen Island are completely different from their relatives on the mainland in this regard. They can build longships themselves, and there are still unfinished longships in Stride. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com

Twenty longships were occupied by nearly 500 Rugenslav militiamen who looked like Vikings. Under the leadership of a family leader, they took the initiative to attack the Ross small fleet.

While paddling hard, these people prepared weapons for gang fighting.

Just because they noticed that the Ross fleet that suddenly appeared was not much different from the Danes. Their side clearly had the numerical advantage, so why should they fully implement the big leader's tactics of luring the enemy deeper?

Everyone wants to lose face, even if they pretend to be defeated on the bright side, it is a kind of failure.

The Russians seem to have ten longships, and the islanders have twenty longships. Even if the Russians have one big ship, what is a big ship? Isn’t it giving

Do you give any gifts?

Suddenly, the islanders armed with the mentality of "I have the advantage", their ships are getting faster and faster, and they are looking forward to using their absolute ship superiority to hit the longship Ross, and continue to jump with their absolute numerical superiority. He won a great victory in the battle.

The islanders' fleet was making a big impact, and the Ross army's small fleet had seen it clearly. The thirty captains sitting on each ship each commanded their own men, and the small fleet began active tactical movements.