Rise of Rurik

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Ten horses marched in hardships, and the down-and-out Count Eberhard of Jülichgau was in the most difficult moment of his life.

He continued to lie on the horse in a daze. Many cumbersome things were discarded, but his gold-embossed sword could not be discarded.

They were sleepy and hungry, and some soldiers managed to cross the river by luck, but serious hypothermia still caused them to fall off their horses. The night covered up the situation. When Eberhard woke up and decided to go into the woods to rest, he discovered that he was missing his subordinates again.

They spent this miserable night in a state of confusion. When the next morning, they found that a soldier had died quietly under a big tree, while the horse was still leisurely gnawing on the dead grass...

During the pursuit, they had eyes full of anger and believed they could win, but now Eberhard was being carried away by his own horse. If the horse hadn't remembered the way back to the camp, only God knows where the defeated army would have retreated. Then, Eberhard will undoubtedly die.

Archbishop Hatgar of Liège had not waited for the cavalry to pursue the enemy for a long time. There was no news for many days in a row, which made him worried.

Because the cavalry did not carry any support, if the battle could not be resolved quickly, the hunger would be enough to kill them.

Hatgar organized some militiamen and marched along the Alzette River with some pieces of bread broken into pieces as much as possible, in order to find the cavalry and inquire about the information. Giving them supplies was a secondary purpose.

During the day, Eberhard, who was in a trance, discovered traces of the village. Unfortunately, it was a charred ruin. Fortunately, the remains of sheep with their limbs chopped off were found here.

"It's food. Food!" Based entirely on instinct, Eberhard jumped off his horse, crawled forward to find the sheep carcasses, pulled out his dagger and started cutting them.

Cut the smelly meat and stuff it into your mouth.

Fortunately, the weather was cold enough now, and the sheep were roasted by the fire again. The charred cooked meat could even be stored for two weeks in this environment.

The sheep carcasses showed signs of being gnawed by foxes, and all the good meat had been eaten. The beasts had given up on the animals because they were badly burnt. Eberhardt and the rest of his group could not care about these, so they had to endure the discomfort and eat some.

As for where the leg of lamb went, it had long been deliberately cut off by the Ross cavalry and driven away.

Thanks to the unpalatable mutton, the cavalrymen regained some strength, and then rode their horses leisurely munching on dry grass upstream along the river, where they met the militiamen who were looking for them.

There are obvious differences in the attire of the Frank cavalry and the Ross cavalry, but the clues can be seen if you look closely. The militiamen were alert and thought they were guerrillas belonging to the Ross bandits. They laid an ambush and had the cavalry approach before they got up from the grass.

"Sir, you...what exactly is going on?" The young leader of the militia couldn't believe that the noble knights and nobles were so embarrassed.

Eberhard was still lying on his horse. Originally, he would have scolded such a lowly militiaman when he was questioned. Now he didn't want to say anything. He just weakly told us: "Take us back to the Luxembourg camp quickly." He said no more. .

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Earlier, when the savage fighting had just ended.

Early in the morning, the Russian army had just received a war warning. The entire army built defenses mainly to prevent cavalry as quickly as possible. It was precisely because of the hasty construction that some Frankish cavalry successfully broke through the formation in the afternoon battle.

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The Russian army suffered as many as twenty casualties, ten of whom died of their wounds. There are many among the dead who have just withdrawn.

Most of the young people in the Seventh Flag Team are soldiers from Nassau.

The wounds of the wounded soldiers were treated urgently, and the skin and flesh were tied tightly with cloth strips to stop the bleeding. They were then violently injured while the soldiers screamed, and finally the skin and flesh were violently sutured. The priestesses who acted as healers were still in Koblenz, and the people on the battlefield in Trier had to help each other.

Only those whose limbs were injured by riding spears and iron swords could be treated. Although the plate armor is good, if it is hit hard by cavalry or spears, only the overall thick plate armor can withstand such violent impacts. Those whose torso is seriously injured will definitely die.

People may die in battle, and the Ross Army has reduced casualties to a minimum, although they can continue to reduce casualties if they are more prepared.

After a brief exchange with the captured Gilbert, Rurik ordered bonfires to be lit everywhere, and then ordered: "All the soldiers in the army are going to cut the horse meat, and cut off all the edible parts to use as military rations! Bake them into dried meat." spare."

The horse meat was far less rough than the delicate mutton, and there were corpses of enemy war horses everywhere. The horse meat was full of blood and made it extremely smelly. Even if it was cooked, you would just hold your nose and swallow it.

Although the cavalry of the Mongolian Empire can even drink horse blood to satisfy their hunger, the material reserves of the Russian army have not reached such a level and there is no need to be so extreme.

Rurik must prepare for a long battle and must not give up any opportunity to get food.

The tired warriors used big axes to smash the horse corpses, and the entire battlefield suddenly fell into a more serious stench. Now, the stimulating smoke caused by the burning pine trees in the campfire covered up the stench, making the battlefield no longer Disgusting.

The enemy's lightly wounded soldiers and those pretending to be dead were disarmed.

After loading, they gathered together and each of them got a piece of hard black bread. They were taken to the other side of the river and detained without any further help.

In the main city of Trier on the east bank of the river, all Brody's troops who had been searching in the east have returned. It is a pity for the young general that he did not fight the Frank cavalry. Now he is responsible for guarding the prisoners. If there are subsequent prisoners of war, he will still be temporarily managed. , and was authorized: "If anyone escapes, kill him immediately. No rescue can be done to the wounded, and the new dead will be taken away tomorrow."

Rurik would not really rescue the enemy's wounded soldiers. Anyone who survived the night basically proved that the wounds were healing on their own and they could survive. In his plan, all captured people would not be taken away as slaves, but as a kind of bargaining chip.

Because those who can be cavalry are either knights or knights' retinues, it is possible to find baron-level nobles among them.

Being a knight's retinue was not considered a peasant under the Frankish system. The more powerful a noble's retinue was, and the nobleman might be in a good mood after a battle and make the retinue a knight under his command. Even if they are the knight's retinue, the nobles can spend money for their own use.

Rurik felt that he had penetrated deep into the Frankish hinterland and could wreak havoc on peasant villages. Compared with killing nobles, extorting money from them was more profitable and less costly.

Especially the young man Gilbert!

That night Rurik remained in the fortifications on the right bank, where the current main force of the Russian army still gathered.

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Gilbert is probably a rebellious person, and if you use strong tactics against him, you will probably get nothing.

The campfire crackled, and Rurik, who sat down to warm himself by the fire, refused to invite others to invite the blue fox alone.

"Your Majesty, there is a new heavy

Big deal? "

"You sit down first." Rurik raised his head and signaled. After he sat down, he said, "Where is Ramengao?"

Blue Fox was shocked: "Is your Majesty going to make a big fuss about Gilbert?"

"Yes. Tell me the detailed location of his territory and what cities are in it? The more detailed the better."

"Yes, Blackbird has said something about this guy. Gilbert kidnapped her sister and imprisoned her in his city of Namur. Namur is Gilbert's main town, and everything else belongs to him. The town may not be worth mentioning. It is Brussels, the border fortress of the County of Flanders, and the northern border of La Mengau.”

Rurik closed his eyes and thought for a while. Based on the current intelligence, he had estimated the location of the county. It was in the southwest of Belgium and must be very close to Aachen.

Blue Fox continued to quote Blackbird: "My fiancée's brother-in-law, he really wants Maastricht. The place has completely become a bishopric without the lord, and he wants to take over as Count Maasgau instead."

Rurik felt quite ironic when he heard these remarks: "Ha! This kid kidnapped the princess and asked for new territories within Frank. How can this kid be like us?"

"Are you praising me?" Blue Fox smiled.

"So be it. You also mentioned that this guy is your fiancée's brother-in-law, and you are my title of Earl of Gothenburg, which is the same level as this kid."

Blue Fox sneered and shook his head: "I am stronger than him, and... I won't be so reckless as to fight."

Rurik took a deep breath: "I really want to instigate this person."

"For the use of our army? Let him be loyal to you? Is this possible?

some difficulty. "

"It's absolutely impossible!" Rurik explained the logic seriously: "I don't need the loyalty of such a person, and he will never be willing. Even if he kidnapped Lothair's daughter, he is still Lothair. Son-in-law. If such a person announces his betrayal of Lothair, it must be a huge mental blow to that guy."

"Your Majesty, do you still care about this?"

"Making that guy upset may have unexpected effects on the future battlefield."

"Do you expect Gilbert to lead troops to attack his father-in-law one day?" Blue Fox shook his head helplessly.

"You, you are so smart, how can you not understand?" Rurik patted the blue fox on the shoulder and continued to explain: "Gilbert does not have to lead troops in the future. We only need to let the enemy know that this person has betrayed Lothair. It doesn’t matter to me who people are loyal to. Remember, our main enemies are those legendary imperial nobles, and Gilbert is probably one of them. His rebellion may bring about major changes, and we can fish in troubled waters."

The blue fox really didn't understand this level, "Your Majesty, your Majesty. So, what can I do if I don't know exactly what to do?"

Rurik thought about it again: "You and Black Fox are here, you brothers go together. I don't have the time to talk nonsense with a defeated enemy earl, but you two have some relationship with this kid in some sense. This Very advantageous. I want you to find out their specific strength, garrison situation, general weapons and equipment, and combat intentions. Then, instigate him to rebel."

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"The former is easy to handle. I can make him confess by using a little trick. As for the latter, I'll try my best." After saying that, Lan Hu, who was not confident enough, patted his chest hard.

Then he said, "I'm going to do it now."

"Very good, prepare some honey water for him."

"Why bother?"

Rurik smiled: "You don't want to talk nonsense with a weak idiot. There is no need to rush this matter. Let him calm down tonight and let him think about it carefully. You can discuss it in detail tomorrow."

"All right."

As a result, the Ross Army camp was bustling with excitement, and the victors happily seized a large amount of loot. The enemy corpses were pulled clean that night.

"Bang, like a deer with its mane permed."

"But it's not deer, it's inedible, and it's very disgusting."

"Then get your work done quickly. Wash your hands after you're done. Let's have a good rest tomorrow."

The soldiers who were ordered to dig pits chatted with each other. They did not dare to complain about why the king was so anxious to deal with the enemy's dead bodies, so they had no choice but to dig pits in the soft mud by the river. As for why it was not thrown directly into the Moselle River, because tens of thousands of people and 10,000 troops in the Coblenz area of ​​the Russian Army still needed river water, and Rurik did not want to cause trouble.

Rurik asked the entire army to be completely on the defensive tomorrow. The soldiers were allowed to sleep everywhere without taking off their armor, but they were only required to get up and fight as soon as they heard the battle alarm.

Arrows and javelins were recycled on a large scale, and the torsion slingshots were continued to be oiled and maintained, and then covered with oil-soaked hoods.

The Russian army arranged light and dark sentries as usual, so that soldiers were ordered to go up the mountain overnight holding torches, then extinguish the torches and calm down to observe the situation in the west.

Thanks to these sentries, they successfully rejoined the pursuers who were returning one after another. Fisk returned happily and presented the 200 horses and 150 prisoners of war he captured, as well as the most critical intelligence.

—The last enemies should have drowned in the cold river.

Therefore, the originally quiet camp suddenly boiled, and Fisk's military exploits shocked the entire army.

At the same time, in a tent, the Blue Fox and the Black Fox continued to instigate Gilbert. Some important information had been learned. The Blue Fox was quite satisfied and surprised by the boy's ambition.

Now that the three of them have switched to Frankish to talk, the truth about many things that troubled Gilbert seems to have come to light.

Gilbert never imagined that the murderer who attacked Aachen, Liège, and Maastricht was right in front of him.

He didn't get angry because of this, and his tied feet prevented him from moving around. He drank the honey water and recovered a lot. Now he raised his head and closed his eyes, laughing bitterly.

"Why are you laughing? There's nothing funny." There was a sudden noise outside, and Lan Hu ordered his younger brother to go outside the tent to see what was going on.

After a while, the little fat man came back and said bluntly: "It's Fisk's army. He captured many enemies." He was so arrogant that he informed Gilbert of this situation.

"Oh! The eight hundred cavalry were defeated. The noble knights will be kidnapped as slaves by you. All the nobles in my earldom collapsed in one battle. I became your prisoner. If you... are men, kill me, no Humiliate me again if necessary.”

"Kill you?" Blue Fox shook his head: "As I said before, my King Rus gave you a way to survive. As long as you are loyal to Duke Ludwig of Bavaria in the East, your title will still be the same. No matter what... you will raise your family in the future. Move east and continue to be an earl."

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"But...I don't have a chance."

Gilbert didn't refuse categorically. The blue fox noticed this and thought that he had already dried up.

After a while, the boy learned that he had figured out something.

Blue Fox struck while the iron was hot and tentatively informed: "It may be difficult for you to surrender to that man. You and my king do not believe in the same god. King Rus does not need your surrender and does not want to kill you. You are a noble. As long as you don't do anything We guarantee your life safety and will release you after the war. King Rus is benevolent, and you only need to do one thing to get these safety guarantees."

"What's the matter?" Gilbert's attitude was obviously urgent.

"At least, you have to declare your allegiance to Lothair."

"Ah? This!"

"You hesitated?" Blue Fox's face was sullen, his beard almost touching Gilbert's nose: "I can tell you another thing."

"What is it?"

"Gisla. Your beloved sister-in-law, Gisla, is now my fiancée. She did not die, she just converted to our god. She is now the adopted daughter of King Rus and the princess of our Kingdom of Rus. A few years later, That is my wife, the Countess of Gothenburg.”

"You? It's you again." Things were already too absurd, and now Gilbert felt that there could be more such dramatic things, and he was looking forward to it.

"That's me. Besides, Gisla is in Koblenz now, and she will arrive by boat soon. You should have seen her. I think that when Gisla met you in Trier, she didn't want her brother-in-law either. Too stupid not to cooperate with our Ross.”

"That's ridiculous, you kidnapped her."

"You are tough." The blue fox shook his head unmoved: "You kidnapped and imprisoned Princess Izhgard. The princess has given birth to a child for you. For this reason, Lothair can only admit this.

Reality. You are not qualified to speak of justice on this issue, let alone accuse me. "

Gilbert didn't insist any more, he just bowed his head.

Blue Fox continued: "We all kidnapped the princesses, and the princesses also made their own choices. Do you really love Izhogard?"

"Love! From the first time I saw her!"

Gilbert raised his head sharply, what he said must be his true thoughts.

The blue fox smiled and said: "I am different. Lothair's whole family does not like Gisla, the little daughter. I wanted to give her to Ludwig, but that man knew she was his niece, but he just refused to admit it. You guys They all thought that Gisla was killed by me, but on the contrary, we Russians are not despicable enough to make Charlemagne’s great-granddaughter a slave. And you, you and my wife are biological sisters, maybe our relationship does not need to be so tense."

Gilbert's heart was already shaken, and he rushed to speak: "But you don't believe in God."

"Really?" Blue Fox calmly pulled out a sterling silver cross from among the many small pendants of gods from his collar. "My Christian name is Joseph, and my godfather is Eskil, the Saint of the North."

"And I." Black Fox quickly joined in, playing with his cross: "My godfather is also Eskil, and I am Paul."

The blue fox was very happy for his younger brother's assist: "That's why King Ross asked me to have a good talk with you. Is Lothair important to you? You should think about what would have happened to Princess Izhogard if you hadn't kidnapped her. She will spend the rest of her life miserably in a women's convent. You are helping her! Instead, Lothair is the bad guy. This war could have been avoided because Lothair was stupid enough to order to deprive his brothers of their power.

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This forced the Duke of Bavaria to raise an army. If Lothair wins ~www.readwn.com~ he will be the next Charlemagne. He is so narrow-minded and will definitely retry you for kidnapping the princess. However, Lothair will lose. My friend, you should think about your future. "

The words struck a chord in his heart, and Gilbert asked himself, he had forced Emperor Lothair a lot on the princess issue, and he was afraid of retaliation afterwards, so he hoped that King Qin would make a great contribution to atone for his crime.

Blue Fox continued to speak: "This is war! There is no justice for the nobles to be their own masters. We are here for wealth, and we are fulfilling treaty obligations by helping Ludwig. Now that Lothair is in trouble, Ross will continue to attack May In the south, the armies of Aquitaine and Tours were also victorious, and the nobles loyal to Lothair were defeated one after another. Gilbert, you don’t want Princess Izhogard to become a widow! She is Lothair's daughter, after Lothair was defeated, you were unfortunately executed by our army for not cooperating. Think about your wife and children... Your wife will be sent to a women's convent by the victor, and your son may be murdered. The whole Ramon Gao has changed his master..."

"You...stop talking!" Gilbert was already suppressing his blush. A grown man closed his eyes to hide his tears.

Blue Fox was very satisfied with what he said: "You have informed me of your armed forces in Brussels, which means you have become a traitor, but King Ross will be very happy with your cooperation. Gilbert, please think about it again."

Blue Fox stood up and was about to leave. He turned his back and muttered inadvertently: "By the way, even the Earl of Siegburg Palace is now married to Ross."

In the alliance, the nobles are all looking for their own future and are abandoning Lothair. You think about it carefully, and we hope you can think about it tomorrow. "

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