Rise of Rurik

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The lagoon is forming and will evolve into a closed body of water in the future, much later.

The island of Bol stands in the bay and has always served as a barrier to the city of Relic.

The island can greatly alleviate the erosion of the port by the tide, giving the local area an advantage in developing commercial trade, but it has also encountered covetousness from stronger players.

Now, the ruins of Relic City have been called the "cursed place". The locals were either killed or fled. A good land that is conducive to business must not be without a new owner, but the immigration wave led by the great nobles of Lübeck has also It is impossible to rebuild on the ruins of the old city of Relic.

The newcomers simply abandoned the developing lagoon and built a new city - Wismar in one of the bays.

Wismar, originally means "Western Great Water". It is clearly located to the east of Lübeck, so why is it called "Xishui City"?

Because this area was named by the Slavs, it was called Wismar, but Relic took the name later.

More than 200 years ago, Slavic tribes from the upper reaches of the Oder River rushed towards the sea with their families. After reaching the sea, one group went to the east and the other to the west.

"People who left the Oder River" are the names of Obotelit. People who moved westward built large settlements with Ljubice Island as the core, and the nearby area was called Lübeck.

When Charlemagne's Frankish army arrived, the Naconid family of Lübeck, together with most of the tribes that recognized it as the "Great Chief of the Alliance", collectively surrendered to the Franks.

Because of this smooth surrender, the brutal destruction of the Frank army did not occur. On the contrary, the Nakonid family led multiple Slavic tribes to assist the Frank army and help it defeat

He acquired the Saxon chieftain Widukind, directly participated in the persecution of the Saxons, and also obtained some western territories.

As a price, the Oberlitid nobles headed by Lübeck must convert to God and be given a title.

All the men, women, and children of the ruler Nakonid family converted to God, and the first monastery in Lübeck was built on Ljubice Island.

However, the Nakonid family did not force their own people to abandon the traditional Slavic gods by force. The family also converted out of many considerations. It was impossible to remain pious under such a conversion attitude.

The Naconid family acted very smoothly, but this behavior of surrendering without a fight and abandoning the gods caused rebellion among the eastern tribes who once recognized them as the "big leader".

Once upon a time, the Chizini people, who had the right to govern the city of Relic, took the lead in raising the flag of rebellion and pulled the Kesina tribe of Rostock to rebel with them. Then the Terrennes tribe on the Oder River also joined the rebellion, but the islands of Rügen and Wolin remained outside. The local Slavs watched the whole process because they had become Vikings.

For a time, all tribes on the left bank of the Oder River became rebels.

The rebels no longer recognized the Nakonides of Lübeck as "descendants of heroes" and as hereditary leaders of the alliance.

The rebels formed an alliance themselves, and the name was Liutitzen, which comes from the same word as Liubitze in Lübeck, where the Nakonid family lived.

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Such arrogance is clearly saying "we are the real Lübeck", but in the eyes of the Naconid family, they are all traitors and must conquer important forces when the time is right.

The new guy to rule.

Therefore, if the Danish army sacked Relic City in the past, the army from Lübeck would have helped the local Chisini people resist foreign humiliation. Since the Chisini people rebelled first, they were massacred by the Danes instead of Lübeck. Happy to see.

The Danes do not have the strength to attack Ljubice Island, which is deep in the bay and in the Travo River. The entire Lübeck area is densely populated, and the militia is recruited very quickly, and... Lübeck has been Frankized, especially in the army. .

The entire Oberlidit led by Lübeck is not good at shipbuilding. The existing ships only dare to fish offshore and never dare to enter the islands controlled by the Danes. At sea, fishermen from Lübeck were prey for Danish pirates.

If you go to land, the situation is completely different!

After all, when the Nakonides were fighting together with the Frankish army, their Lübeck army saw the powerful Charlemagne's heavy cavalry with their own eyes, and saw the Saxon infantry array destroyed in a single group charge.

Since then, the shocked Naconid family began to train their own cavalry, doing their best to imitate the Frank heavy cavalry to form their own heavy armor force.

Half a century has passed. After the death of the aging Charlemagne, the all-powerful Frankish Empire finally led to a national civil war in the endless internal fighting among its unscrupulous descendants.

Lübeck, as the count, persuaded all the forces in Oberlidit not to participate in the Frankish Civil War in any form. As long as they did not participate in the war, there would be no excuses.

Especially the great melee in Saxony that took place from the summer of 840 to the spring of the following year.

Lübeck, the eastern neighbor of the Principality of Ksen, can accept some Saxon refugees. As for whether they are willing to go back after the war... that is another matter.

The Slavic army in Lubeck never participated in the war, and pairs of eyes were watching the outcome of the war.

They were shocked to find that the Frankish army, which was all-powerful back then, had actually fallen.

In addition, the Sorb tribe, who are also Slavs, have never recognized Lübeck as the "big leader".

The Sorbian tribe became its own country and was annexed by the Franks. Thousands of Sorbian men were forcibly recruited into the army, and almost all died in Hamburg on the Elbe River.

The heavy cavalry that Frank was so proud of was broken on the banks of the Elbe River in a daze.

All kinds of information were put together, and a corrupt picture was placed in front of Mistuy, the patriarch of the Naconid family, the ruler of Lübeck, and Count Oberlidit.

As the news came back one after another, and what happened after the war, Mistui felt that the whole situation became more and more weird.

"This is not a Saxon-led victory at all! That Westphalian count Liudolf was also a traitor. He betrayed Frank and beat Frank severely. That Liudolf's victory clearly came from the help of the Danes and the Russians. The Russians Man, where did these barbarians come from? Are they the same as the Danes?"

"The Rus? It seems that most of the Baltic Sea belongs to them, and even the Danes have allied with them. Now that I have learned that the Saxons are allied with the Rus, does this mean that if I launch a war against the Saxons again, I will encounter the Rus? s attack?"

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“Tens of Thousands of Frankish Troops Died in Elbe, Bremen

was razed to the ground. They are all Ludwig's people. Didn't this Duke of Bavaria frequently attack barbarians on horseback at the borders of the empire? Aren't you very good at fighting? Why did you suffer such a defeat here? Is the Ross man too strong, or is he just showing off. "

"Now the civil war in the empire has really broken out! Huh? A strange army attacked Aachen? It was actually the Danes who did it? Roman Emperor Lothair, can you do it?! If you can't even defend your own capital, why should I? Want to defer allegiance to you just like my grandfather was loyal to your grandfather? The Saxons are now supporting Ludwig, not you Lothair."

"I learned that the two of you are now entrenched in Alsace with large armies. You are fighting a battle with no outcome. Do you want the civil war to be completely divided? Aren't you brothers? When you kill each other, it is extremely **** and barbaric. .”

"What's going on? Something happened in Aquitaine! The Count of Tours actually organized a coalition to attack Paris? Why do I remember that the Count was just a little boy? The family of the Count of Tours is going to be extinct. Did the **** of Frank give that family a gift? A young strongman? Haha, if the guys from the south of the empire capture Paris, the next step should be to attack Metz. Lothair, I think you are running out of advantages, so you should throw away the title of Roman Emperor."

In the past few years, Count Mistuy and his Obert Liddit have been closely watching the changes in Frankish politics. As the news continues to come, his mentality is also changing, especially the awe and fear of Frank have disappeared. , now more contempt.

When he inherited the family business, he was still "pious"

Louis the True became Emperor.

Louis' fiefdom was in Saxony. Although he was a Frankish nobleman, he unexpectedly managed the Saxon world well. The conflicts caused by Charlemagne were greatly alleviated under his rule. The nobles from all walks of life were willing to surrender to this man based on their own interests. A foreign noble.

But after becoming emperor, the old Louis eventually became feeble in his later years, the struggle between his sons for power, and the old father's favoritism towards his younger son finally led to a civil war.

When Louis was in charge of Saxony, the entire Oberlitidite had to keep their tail between their legs. Mistuy had seen that Louis - as the son of an earl, he and his father escorted tributes to Lord Louis.

Now Louis is dead too. The civil war in the empire had already begun when the old emperor was dying of illness. Didn't the current war period give Lübeck the opportunity to develop the entire region?

As a Slavic nobleman, as a nobleman who was forced to surrender to the Franks, Mistuy subjectively did not want to personally participate in the Frankish Civil War.

He is now very satisfied with his decision not to participate at all during the previous great melee in Saxony. He is still legally and nominally loyal to Lothair as the "Roman Emperor", but no one takes this seriously on weekdays.

The entire Oberlidit is already in a state of de facto independence, with a strong cavalry force and thousands of militiamen. If this coastal Slavic force suddenly comes to an end, no matter which side they support, they can give that side Bring powerful support.

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So, what practical effect did it have on Obert Liddit that the army left home and crossed the Saxon territory to participate in the Frankish Civil War?

Is it any benefit?

As for the fact that he is still a count, Mistuy is certainly angry. This title was conferred by Frank. If the civil war depleted Frank's vitality and even the "second Roman Empire" was destroyed, the nobles it conferred would be How much gold content is there?

"Even the Roman Emperor Lothair, whose army was defeated again and again, did nothing but tarnish the sacred title. Although I am a count, I have a strong army to protect myself and expand externally. I don't need to participate in their civil war, but I am somewhat interested in attacking the Oder River to recover those guys who betrayed my family."

Even so, Liudolf, the former Count of Westphalia, turned into the Duke of Saxony after the war in 841. This man inherited the honor of Widukind due to his irrefutable bloodline and restored the title of Duke. .

"Bah! Am I not as powerful as him? Liudov, you led your army to participate in the Franks' civil war. Under the protection of the Russians and Danes, I ordered that I cannot take advantage of the empty space in your rear to attack you. Now I still A count, I would rather be called a duke by you."

For their part, the entire Widukind family was dissatisfied with their inferior title under the Frankish system.

Mistui rationally believes that the situation is still unclear. Lübeck and all the allied tribes must continue to wait and see calmly to preserve their strength, because they will always have a victory or defeat, and their strength will be crazily weakened, and the battle will reflect the Austrian Bethelite was so strong that he would have enough strength to ask the "Roman Emperor" at that time for greater privileges.

On both sides of the Rhine

As Ranke's civil war continued to expand, Lothair's supporters and the imperial nobles had to fight on two fronts.

In the south of Aquitaine and the Kingdom of Tours on the Loire River, these southern forces opposed Lothair for their own interests. Even though Charles, the youngest son of the late old emperor, did not seem to have great talents or great ideas, he could be used as a banner against Lothair.

The originally powerful Turbine Kingdom and the nobles in the Aquitaine region did not have many interest exchanges in the past, but now they are completely different. None of them wanted Lothair to win the civil war, and they hated the imperial nobles under his command for exploiting the southern nobles. It would be great if all those imperial nobles could be killed in the civil war.

North of the Rhine, the situation had long been out of Lothair's control, and completely out of the control of Ludwig, Duke of Grand Bavaria.

Saxony, the Netherlands, Flanders, Thuringia, and this Obotelite. These forces that were once conquered by the Frankish army have now actually regained their freedom.

Because Ludwig publicly declared that those who helped him win would recognize his high degree of autonomy, and it was not impossible for him to become a small independent kingdom and nominally submit to Frank.

However, this Ludwig's identity is the "Grand Duke of Bavaria". Has his ambition developed into usurping his eldest brother's "Roman Emperor"? What is the value of Ludwig's promise? The northern princes who are willing to support him are concerned about "a high degree of autonomy". After all, Lothair, who is on the other side of the civil war, has no commitment in this regard. It is precisely if Lothair wins the war, the future liquidation will be cruel.

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With that in mind, Sack

Liudolf of Mori and Thakurf of Thuringia couldn't help but think of the fact that their ancestors were deliberately massacred by the Frankish army, which forced them to die.

But no matter how the world in the south changes, and all kinds of bizarre news are transmitted back to the count's palace on Ljubice Island, Mistuy remains calm like a turtle.

Rather than participating in the civil war, think about spreading the authority of Lübeck to the Oder River in your lifetime!

The once-rebellious Kesina tribe has now returned, and the Chizini people have moved inland. It is now difficult for them to go to the forest to find their leader to force him to surrender for a second time.

On the contrary, the ruins of Relic City lost by the Chizini people have potential for development in the area where they are located.

Mistui sent his eldest son Anadog to guard the newly built city of Wismar.

It is more appropriate to say it is a city, or a large military camp for armed immigrants. Relic City has been dead for thirty years, and the local trade atmosphere has disappeared. However, a harbor has practical significance for the future of Obotelite. From another perspective, the Naconid family has never directly ruled the territory of the Chizini tribe, even if they did not rebel back then.

Ljubice Island is not big, and there are some mounds covered with pine trees in the surrounding area. The forest in the entire area is too dense and there is little cultivated land and the quality is not good.

Even so, under the stable governance of Mistuy and his father, Oberlidit actually welcomed more than thirty years of peaceful development in troubled times. Even if the land was bad, he opened up a new land with the help of people. Despite the new living space, the grain yield per acre is still poor. Only by increasing the planting area can we feed the expanding population.

Although there is no science

The statistical data, close to Mistuy's feelings over the years, can also detect the expansion of the population through the "statistics around us".

The cost of destroying forests and transforming the soil environment into farmland is quite high. To survive the expanding population, we must find new living spaces, especially areas that have been developed by others. Waging war against the Saxons to **** their living space seems to be nothing but trouble, so it would be better to expand to the east.

Wismar, a bay area that originally meant "Western Waters", is an ideal new home. After all, it became a truly unclaimed land after Relic's disaster.

The eldest son will inherit the position of future family head and the title of earl. The young people need experience, so they are sent to the eastern region where conflicts are more acute.

The city of Wisma, which faces the eastern forest and the Varno River that flows through it, is guarded by the eldest son Anadog. On the one hand, it monitors the Kesina tribe, and on the other hand, it is also on guard against the counterattack of the Chizini tribe.

However, the entire Oberlidit did not expect that they lived like a turtle under the leadership of the Earl, and now the Russians came uninvited.

Not far outside the city of Wismar, the Ross army suddenly came to the city... For the fastest updated and error-free novel reading, please visit your mobile phone: