Rise of Rurik

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In the cool breeze of early winter, more than a thousand people gathered together. Each of them carried a spear on his shoulder. As long as they gathered together, they would become a forest of spears.

Regardless of their fighting prowess, these people are very intimidating just standing together.

The farmers standing in the team gather together with a large number of companions. The presence of others not only reassures them, but also inspires each other's courage.

The Avanet and Shannon banners stood here, so named, and the composition of their warriors was disrupted.

There are more than a hundred soldiers who have brought their own ancestral armor and weapons to accept the call. Such people have good physical fitness and good equipment, so they should be placed in the front row when queuing up.

Those warriors who were born as serfs only had civilian clothes and leather. They had almost no protection and could only be placed in the back row.

Originally, Reglaf planned to place some of his veterans among these infantrymen. Since there were already local soldiers serving in the army, he could directly promote local farmers with financial resources to become junior officers.

In this way, his elite strength will not be weakened.

Old Eric took more than 20 brothers as coaches, and what they taught was what they knew as the "Slavic Flag Team Training Method."

There is a special army in the Russian army composed entirely of Slavic peasants. Their personnel are relatively short and each of them lacks armor, but they have a large number of people and each one has a spear.

They were gathered together like a wild boar with stiff bristles. The way they attacked was to move their spears forward in unison at the command of the officer. Everyone shouted the slogan and moved forward step by step.

In this way, the army advanced very slowly, but the jungle of spears advanced steadily, like a stone mill slowly crushing grain into powder.

This is completely different from the Frankish infantry's usual tactics of group charges that drag the battle into a chaos.

So when Old Eric and other old guys who had served in the Ross Army started training, the new recruits immediately seemed extremely uncomfortable.

Everything was new, the recruits were asked to stand in a row in groups of ten, and the yeoman farmers of Avanet Village were to stand with the serfs of Xiang Village. A group of ten people, including the captain and vice-captain.

Then three rows stood together, with the captain of one team also serving as captain. The reason for this term is that a long boat usually holds thirty people.

Four ships formed a centurion, and one of the captains also served as centurion.

The Centurion, with a full strength of 120 men, is a unit of the Russian army that can perform general combat. If four centurions unite, a flag force can carry out very complex military operations.

In this era of sparse population in Europe, an army of 500 people could make a noble dominate a large area.

However, when training started, the disappointment was enough for the veterans to cover their faces with regret.

Regraf stood aside and observed the team that was in excellent condition, thinking that his father didn't have so many problems when training the troops.

In the evening, the recruits finally rested completely. They ate some dry food they had brought with them and were allowed to go home.

Under the setting sun, the figures of these guys left in succession, and many of their families were watching the fun near the training ground.

The wife took the children to welcome her husband back, took out the prepared food from the basket, and gathered together to eat and drink on the deserted land.

This had never happened before. After the nobles recruited soldiers, the men left home one after another with weapons and equipment. After a brief gathering, they all left. The so-called leaving means a large group of people carrying weapons and following the noble cavalry and flags. They can't be said to be an orderly team. It is just the straight branch line of the Roman Avenue that forces the scattered team to gradually move into order.

The onlookers noticed that their men had to advance neatly with spears in the training ground. The blond Norman warriors seemed to be getting increasingly violent, punching and kicking soldiers who seemed to be in the wrong team.

What the villagers observed was a messy situation. They wanted people who had never been trained in organization to just keep the team in order. It was useless to rely solely on persuasion. Veteran soldiers who had served in the Russian army relied on beating and scolding to train the soldiers. .

Don't want to get whipped with a stick? Then follow the orders and distinguish the left and right, and the ten soldiers must move in unison.

And this is just the beginning.

Reglaf sits on the land at sunset

On the top, the flag of the King of Mercia is still flying behind him.

The trumpet representing disbandment had already blown, and Old Eric came back to report his work with a disdainful mood. Even after seeing his king, this mood did not change.

The old guy sat down, and without Lauregraf asking, he began to criticize harshly: "I feel like they are just a bunch of idiots! They can't tell the right from the left, and they can turn in any direction after giving an order. There are actually idiots who dare to listen to me, why? There is no need to give orders from southeast to northwest."

"Is there such a thing? I saw you beating someone in anger." Reglaf joked.

"Do you think I did a bad job?"

"That's not true. Just be merciful and don't beat people to maims."

"Don't worry, I have my own sense of control. The stick will hit the calf of the violator. Besides, I can't beat these guys. If I don't do it right now, they will be a bunch of fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered on the battlefield." Old Eric The disdain in his words remained the same.

"It's time to fight. We only have four months. If it snows suddenly, training will be put on hold." Regraf reminded.

Old Eric consciously got the hint, and he nodded deeply: "I will train them more fiercely tomorrow, but..."

"how?"

"What if someone gets timid? What if someone wants to run away?"

"What else can we do?" Reglaf shrugged and stretched his right hand to his neck to make a knife-like gesture: "They are soldiers voluntarily. If anyone escapes, they have betrayed me. This kind of guy is a traitor during training. He must be faster than anyone else on the battlefield."

Old Eric suddenly had a fierce look on his face and his eyes were sharp: "I understand. According to the rules of the people here, we set up a gallows. I will tell them tomorrow that those who do not train well are traitors, and the punishment for traitors is death!" Even if he is hanged, he will be hung up all winter."

"Just do it! I don't think any fool will seek death." Regraf clenched his fists: "Barbarism is also good for them now. I hope that the gallows will not hang unlucky people."

The first snow could fall at any time, and Reglaf and his veterans had to rush for quick success against the new recruits.

So the next day, the recruits returned one after another after a day of initial training. They gathered together with faces full of decadence.

They discussed yesterday's hardships, an atmosphere of complaints began to spread among the army, and they were also discussing something like a door frame that suddenly stood on the wasteland.

"That thing looks like a gallows?"

An ominous atmosphere gradually filled people's hearts.

Regraf and his veterans were standing here. Old Eric and the instructors waited for the people to basically gather and then controlled those guys who were late.

These latecomers were controlled by the blond warrior. Old Eric publicly announced: "Look at these ten people! The sun is already high, but they are late. Can you go to the battlefield to fight with the enemy, and can you allow some people to stay?" Are you in the military camp? You fought **** battles with many casualties, and the cowards who were left in the military camp came to **** the loot. Is this appropriate?"

In everyone's mind, the noise at the scene has stopped. Everyone still doesn’t know what the Normans mean, which is the standing gallows...

Old Eric publicly declared: "The punishment for cowards on the battlefield is the death penalty! You see, that is the gallows!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was an uproar, and the recruits were in an uproar.

Looking at the dozen or so people who were being controlled, they were struggling wildly, shouting all kinds of words to excuse their tardiness, and many of them had tears in their eyes.

Regraf stood at the scene and observed everything with a dull face. His attitude seemed to be that he was determined to kill people to establish his power, which was completely different from the benevolent image he had shown before.

He won't kill people for no reason, and being late is a trivial matter for the time being.

He raised his right fist to signal to Old Eric.

After the latter ordered the entire army to assemble, he publicly announced: "Today, thanks to the mercy of the king, these latecomers are exempted from the death penalty! Those who are late will be beaten with twenty army sticks! All members of their squad will be beaten with five army sticks!"

When everyone was quiet again, Old Eric said again: "You all remember, everyone pays attention to your teammates. If one person makes a mistake, the whole team will be punished."

The military training system is completely new, and it is also a harsh regime that makes recruits feel very painful.

The so-called military stick will not beat the skin to the flesh, but using a small stick to beat the calf will make the leg swell and hurt. The beating is very painful, but there is often no blood afterwards, and the pain lasts for a long time.

As for whether you will be hanged if you make a mistake, the gallows is standing on the training ground after all...

It is better for a wise person to remain absolutely cautious and not make mistakes.

A small mistake will result in a beating, a big mistake will lead to death. With this simple and crude method, what is different from yesterday's recruits being lax is that after today's show of force, the atmosphere of the whole army has changed drastically!

It takes some time for the peasant soldiers to distinguish left and right. After a day of training, they can already follow orders and turn left and right.

What's the use of doing this?

At sunset that day, Reglaf called on all the temporary centurions, temporary captains and temporary squadron captains who had accepted his fate, and dozens of people gathered together to listen to the King of Mercia's sermon.

They were exhausted. Although they knew that the king had his own ideas, they did not dare to complain about the rigorous training, so they could only make a small demonstration with embarrassed expressions.

"I can see that you are exhausted. There is nothing you can do about it. You must go through this if you want to become good warriors. Because this is how we Normans train, so my veterans are invincible.

Don't listen to any of your complaints! Go back and tell your men that the training is strict now and there will be no bloodshed in future battles.

Today I strictly order you to practice turning left and right, so that when you fight with spears in the future, the entire flag team can turn quickly. Then, if your enemies attack you from anywhere, you can point your spear at them. "

These junior officers looked at each other and recommended Paul to speak.

Regraf saw the eagerness of these people to try and said, "If you have anything to say, tell me."

"Okay, I'm willing to represent everyone."

"Paul? You say."

"Yes." Paul paused and said, "We are all willing to be loyal to you. This is our oath. But... we have been walking for two consecutive days of training, which seems like a month. By the afternoon we feel tired. , we consume a lot of food..."

Regraf nodded: "I know all these situations. I know you take care of your own food, but... I don't have much leftover food. I know you are worried about not having enough food, so don't worry too much! Go back and tell your people , I will find a way to raise more food. Don’t worry, I won’t let you suffer.”

During military training, each recruit must eat a large amount of food. They must eat both wheat and meat!

Regraf and his veterans were well aware of the Russian army's wartime ration system. Each soldier had to eat two pounds of oats a day during the march, and on combat days, the ration would be increased to three pounds.

These wheats are the guarantee of military rations, and other supplementary foods and meats are not counted. In other words, once the Russian army enters the combat period, the military rations must be abundant to ensure combat effectiveness.

After staying in the Tours area for a long time, Reglaf felt that the ration system that the Russian army should have was extremely luxurious on the Frank side.

He couldn't do this, and he insisted on training a thousand war warriors. Even if he promised to reduce the tax burden, such conscription would be an act of militarism and further consume the resources of the fiefdom.

But my father also gave other plans for raising supplies.

Regraf's head got hot again and he promised: "I will provide you with free military rations, even fish and meat, and I will also get you enough salt. This will take some time."

Since it was the king's promise, even the king of Mercia was willing to sit down and have a heart-to-heart talk with the peasant soldiers. If he doesn't want to fulfill his promise, why bother talking to low-class people like himself?

The reason why only Paul represents everyone comes from the farmers' fear of those hereditary nobles. Especially those who were born as serfs, they were convinced that as long as the king wanted to, he would not even need a reason to execute his entire family.

Of course, Reglaf has a big heart, and has the mentality to establish his achievements and show them to his father, to prove that he is a born hero and will not kill his own soldiers for no reason.

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The training remains the same, but things have quietly changed.

Regarding Reglaf's training, Bruno and his men were training in archery in the wasteland not far away. They saw everything that happened clearly, and then started chatting again.

This set of tricks that Bruno was promised as a good brother was originally a Russian military training method, and the executioners were old guys who had served in the Russian army.

Bruno has a small number of people and plans to use all of them as archers to assist during the war. In addition, he already has a small number of Danish warriors on hand. The army can always set up a shield wall to fight. There is no need to do it in training. Too harsh.

He didn't expect that Reglaf would ask him for help due to military ration supply issues.

Since it was his brother-in-law's request, Bruno agreed without even thinking: "Catch more deer, right? I feel so bored throwing arrows at the target, why not I take my brothers into the forest to hunt. The deer and wolves we shot , wild boar or other things, the extra will be given to you. As for the benefit fee, there is no need."

Reglaf was extremely grateful, and he was also very happy to see that his brother-in-law soon began to deliver gifts—a batch of skinned deer, wild boars, and even wolves.

The skins of the animals were peeled off, and a variety of red meats were brought over. It took some sorting to identify which animal they were mixed with.

The Shannon Forest is very large and contains a wide variety of mammals. In the past, people were prohibited from hunting large mammals, resulting in large populations of various mammals.

So much so that Regraf completely ignored that there was a "granary" hidden in the forest. UU Reading www.uukanshu.net means taking risks to obtain food.

The hunters in the village of Fontaine in Sologne have made a living by poaching the property of the Count of Orleans since childhood. If the nobles encircle them, they will flee into the forest as a whole.

They seemed to be the masters of the forest. As long as the men were armed and gathered together, no beast in the forest was their opponent.

The Count of Orleans' encirclement and suppression army was unwilling to enter the dangerous forest to exterminate this group of savages.

They sold high-quality animal skins to Tour in exchange for other daily necessities. Tour knew where these things came from, so they happily bought them and collected heavy taxes.

Now these hunters who moved to Shannon have been given hunting rights, and they don’t have to pay taxes! Such rewards all come from Lord Reglaf. People's hearts are all made of flesh, and they are also willing to give those hunts to Reglaf, believing that the latter will be happy, and if they can't keep it all, they can give more rewards.

Since Lord Reglaf asked everyone to hunt more with a pleading attitude, is there any reason for neglect?

So, a large pottery urn was set up in the village of Shannon every day, and the various lean meats hunted by the hunters every day were brought in, deboned and chopped, then thrown in, mixed with the last fresh mushrooms that could be collected before the snowfall, and other vegetable leaves. .

The salty porridge that people enjoy during the Halloween carnival is resurrected! It’s just that there is less boiled wheat and more meat!

Even though the salt is very precious and makes the broth taste bland, it is still a delicious meal that the recruits love to see!

Perhaps because they started eating broth, the morale of the army improved significantly. Reglaf saw them holding spears and shouting slogans. The trumpets were sonorous and powerful, and they made deep footprints step by step. Such morale made people sigh: "If I continue to train like this, I will have a strong army of my own. Dad." , you can’t think of it?!”

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