Chapter 1096: King Lothair robbed me, too.
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An uneasy atmosphere permeated the entire Col, and ordinary villagers sensed what the inhabited Rus wanted to do.
In this little place with no stories, a little thing can be known in a short time.
war? Capture the city of Koblenz on the other side?
Those Rus people have inadvertently revealed this information, or it has been rumored as early as the arrival of the first Rus people.
However, this kind of siege and fortification is something that nobles like to see and hear, so why do they have to do with ordinary farmers? Could it be that if you are ordered to fight the war for the master, you can still get the spoils of war?
The days of Nassau villagers are still the same. It is about the time of wheat heading, and they are already preparing for the annual wheat harvest.
The mountainous area is the only place where grain can be grown locally. Unfortunately, the poor planting environment severely limits the maximum yield per mu of wheat and oats. However, the villagers sowed the seeds in a rough way, and they depended on praying in the monastery as much as they could produce.
Neither the blue fox nor the black fox are agricultural experts. As ancestral businessmen, they can still make more money by buying and selling to earn the difference.
The leather in the north needs to open the big Frankish market, and the wine in the Frankish territory is bound to be snapped up when it is transported to the north.
The two brothers stared at the local mountain grapes and felt that this economic crop deserves to be expanded, but it takes time to ferment for greater benefits.
With the addition of a group of Flemish people who joined Utrecht later, and the Nassau farmers who could be summoned, the two brothers determined that they could assemble an army of seven hundred people.
The local farmers are all making up the numbers, and the real brave ones are actually 300 people. They were the Old Rus, the Unkras and the Mélarens of Sweden, and the Gothalans of Gothenburg. They were true Vikings, and they are now converted to God as a means of legal robbery.
The other group of people were mostly Saxons, they converted early, and they had a grudge against their attitude towards robbery and making a fortune, but that was all. The strength of this group of people is weak in terms of physical fitness, at least the blue fox and the black fox feel that this group is not suitable for the first choice of main attack force.
To put it bluntly, the brothers voluntarily followed the blue fox boss to the hinterland of Frank to take risks, not just to make a fortune by looting.
There is a saying that rabbits don't eat grass at the edge of the nest, and this group of brave people are not rabbits. They are a pack of hungry wolves, and now it is because of many things that the madness has been stifled. For example, the situation in Nassau is completely stable, and it is time for the brothers to take the orders of King Ross.
The Rus army began to assemble and began to extensively make new wooden shields and repair their weapons.
The whitened pine wood is assembled into a Nordic round shield, and the front is painted with a black cross mixed with turpentine. The prepared white cloth came in handy, and it was smeared with carbon black to form a large number of cross flags.
Everything is done according to the earliest methods of the blue fox, and now it is almost creating a crusade.
The news naturally reached the ears of Father Conrad, who deliberately turned his deaf ears out of the window. He was restless, terrified when he thought that these ruthless people were going to kill.
"There are a group of devils living beside me. Even if they convert, they will kill... I have fantasies about them!"
Conrad has lived according to the scriptures since he was a child. He is a peaceful person who just wants to serve God with his whole life. His secular thoughts have been annihilated by the years. He did not reject all wars. If the army who believed in God fought against the foreign savages, he would have to pray for Mass. But! These Russ are going to attack Koblenz's friends!
Conrad is very worried about one thing. The Rus people are wild and unchanging. Once they fight, they are likely to kill the friends of the monastery on the opposite bank. He didn't care about the civil war of the nobles, what he cared most about was the safety of the church members.
Even though Nassau Abbey was de jure adjusted to be administered by the Northern Church, it has been governed by the Diocese of Worms (Mainz) for the past two hundred years.
How is Koblenz? Since the locals were converted, they have been included in the diocese of Worms. The priest of the local monastery and Conrad are friends. Although they have little contact with each other, they will definitely have a good chat with each other during the grand mass in Worms Cathedral.
Just as Conrad hesitated, the black fox and the red fox visited him personally.
Conrad sat again in the confessional, pompous across the fenced window.
"Hey! Old man, you are too pedantic." Blue Fox's words were vulgar and severe.
Conrad was startled: "This is a holy place, don't make any noise."
"Don't talk nonsense. Conrad, find a place where we can have a good chat."
"Talk? Talk about what?"
"Are you acting stupid? We're so busy grinding our POWs that you're really turning a blind eye? We're going to attack Koblenz, you're a local, and we need some news from you."
"It's… okay! okay…"
Disaster is inevitable, and it is useless to pretend to be stupid. But then I thought that since I might be highly involved in this matter, I might be able to try my best to maintain peace by myself.
The monastery is a place of solemnity, and Conrad changed to a wooden house to chat with the two of them.
At this moment, the blue fox looked calm, and the young black fox's eyes were burning with fire.
Both were beasts, and Conrad remained cautiously silent.
"You know the news." Blue Fox is no nonsense. "We are going to attack Koblenz. My plan is to take it down, and then we will station troops there. What do you think?"
"Me? I dare not oppose or support. I'm just a priest."
"Don't play stupid." Blue Fox shook his head, "We need specific information on Koblenz. How many troops are there? How many villages are there nearby? What kind of nobles are the defenders?"
"You!" Conrad stared at the blue fox with trembling eyes, faintly angry: "I am a priest, I don't care about this. I am a servant of God."
"So you don't know?" Heihu asked, sticking his head.
Lanhu didn't believe that set of words at all: "It's impossible for you not to know. The priest is the local elite. Although you are not a noble, you must know a lot about the situation of the local nobles?"
Conrad made a ideological struggle on his face, and he slowly raised his head: "I do know something. I can tell you, but you must also tell me what you want to attack Koblenz."
"Hehe. Of course it's money, food, all kinds of treasures, and the city of Koblenz!"
The blue fox's answer satisfied all Conrad's thoughts on the robbers. As for them wanting to occupy the city, the meaning became different.
"You want to dominate? That's what cuts the flesh on the Middle Kingdom. You'll get revenge!"
"Retaliation? Retaliation from the Middle Kingdom? Hahaha..." The two brothers patted their stomachs and laughed, they laughed arrogantly.
The blue fox continued: "If this can arouse their revenge, this completely satisfies the requirements of King Ross for us. But I do like that city. It is more suitable for garrisoning troops than here. You know!"
The blue fox has bright eyes: "I am the Earl of Gothenburg in the north. I have 30,000 people under my command, and I can organize an army of thousands of people. We like warm places. Nassau is a good place, but he is my brother's. Territory, I want to benefit myself, I want Koblenz and the surrounding area. Take it! I own it!"
"You... can really do it?"
"Naturally."
Conrad never expected this blue fox to be so ambitious. If he hadn't reiterated his identity in a high-profile manner, he would have forgotten that this man was a northern earl. Obviously, he really had soldiers, and he could do whatever he wanted.
The strict rules can only keep the self-disciplined people peaceful, and they have no binding force on the rude nobles. Once a fight occurs, the priests have to follow the bloodthirsty nobles for their own safety to find excuses for their evil deeds.
Since war was inevitable, Conrad sighed and began to turn the tide of his own.
Conrad put forward the condition: "This war, I will personally participate."
"Ah?" Lanhu was taken aback, then wanted to laugh again.
The black fox asked back: "What are you planning? Do you want to be a warrior?"
"No." Conrad said with an old face, "I hope you can curb the hand of indiscriminate killing. Don't want to kill, if it's just looting, don't hurt ordinary people. You must not loot the monastery, there are all my friends. Also, I see that you are very good to the villagers of Nassau. You should continue to maintain this kindness, and you should continue this kindness after taking Koblenz, so that the local people will pay you taxes, which is comparable to indiscriminate killing. Be good."
The blue fox listened carefully and thought about it carefully. He replied: "It makes sense. I will not kill indiscriminately unless they resist resolutely. Since you want to join in, it is a good thing. If you can convince the locals to surrender, I will swear to the Lord that I will not hurt anyone. Convince the city defenders to take the initiative. Hand over the belongings, and I will not loot. You can also persuade the local monastery to persuade, and I can promise not to destroy the monastery."
As if an opportunity for a peaceful resolution of a major war had arisen.
Immediately, the stalwart images of many saints floated in his mind, and Conrad felt that he would be a brand new saint. Bridging a war by one person is a great feat.
"I trust you," he said. "Now, I will tell you what I know."
So Conrad started gushing about what he knew about Koblenz.
The so-called Koblenz, which is at the confluence of the Moselle River and the Lein River, is a strategic location for water and land transportation, so the Romans built military camps here in the old days.
A large number of old stone buildings in Koblenz were expanded on the basis of the Roman military camp. The so-called small stone fortress rose on the mound, and there were a number of residential buildings relying on it.
The size of the city is small, it still maintains the size of the old Roman military camp, and there are a number of villages to the south of it. The villagers provided taxes to support the priests and the army in the city, but there were no nobles in this city.
There may be two hundred troops in the city, under the command of an infantry flag captain. Captain Banner has a fief in his hometown, and although he is a knight, he is a personal soldier trusted by King Lothair.
Koblenz was originally assigned to Charles the Bald in the West according to the old treaty, but Lothair the Great rejected the treaty and annexed it. This annexation happened only two years ago, when Charlie the Bald pleaded guilty to evacuating his men, and the Middle Kingdom troops moved in.
A series of explanations Ling Lanhu confirmed that this Conrad has always been pretending to be a lake smear. This person knows too much, and he really picked up a treasure before the war.
The two brothers listened carefully and found the big problem.
Lanhu smiled: "Since that place was not originally from the Middle Kingdom, it was stolen by Lothair! If he can rob it, why can't we rob it."
"Yes! Grab it." The black fox showed his fierceness.
"So, what flag are you going to snatch? I know you're making a lot of cross flags and taking it in the name of the Lord?" Conrad asked.
"Indeed, there should be a decent name. This will also make it easier for you to try to persuade them to surrender." Blue Fox said while pinching his beard.
The black fox immediately grabbed the words, he patted his belly: "I have a good appetite, I want to take it. Brother, you still have to go back to the north after completing this business, and I will make the decision here. So I have the right to deal with Cobb. Lentz decided."
"You savage boy, you are right. If I hadn't been your brother, I wouldn't have done this for you. To put it bluntly, you have done a good job here, and the materials in the north can better open up the situation in Frank. You... have Got an idea?"
"Just do it under the banner of the Baron of Nassau. Who can say no to that name? That's how I want it. Of course my allegiance is to King Ross. And Nassau is nominally owned by Henry of the Netherlands. Count Derain is loyal to the Duke of Saxony, and the Duke of Saxony is loyal to Ludwig of the Eastern Kingdom. We are all in one camp, and we will not object to acting under this banner."
The nobles are loyal to each other, and the vassals of the vassals are not my vassals, and the chaos blue fox is too lazy to think about it.
"Then play the banner of the Baron of Nassau, and then Koblenz will enter. If the King Lothair wants revenge, then fight! I can't ask for it!" Blue Fox said.
The two brothers have finished discussing, and now Conrad chooses to shut up if he wants to say something.
What does the expansion of the baronies have to do with the clergy? Conrad just wanted to avoid the killing of war, and it didn't matter who the lord was.
It is fair to say that although the people of Nassau Village support Joseph Blue Fox and call him a good man, he is really willing to give alms to the villagers. Of course, those who have benefited are grateful for the long-term benefits. Simple ideas, will definitely do things for the blue fox.
Conrad held back for a while, and then asked, "So, are you calling the farmers in this village to fight? I know, you actually have this idea."
"Haha. Of course I have this intention. After all, we northerners try our best to fight in battle, and everyone will share the benefits after the war. How are the villagers here? I don't think they are qualified fighters, but the flags held high shout for me and beat drums. It's enough for the opponent to collapse in fear. I will try my best to mobilize all my strength, and rely on absolute strength to force him to surrender." Lanhu said.
At the end of the small meeting, Conrad's heart could not be calm at all. The Baron of Nassau has never taken the initiative to attack, and now it has changed to an actual lord, and people here can take the initiative to decide their own destiny?
Do not. People here have vacated their cages for birds, and the old villagers are also Normanized. It is because there are too many Normans here, and there can only be more in the future.
"At least they have converted, at least they have to face, at least my words are still useful." Conrad comforted himself.
As a result, Blue Fox assembled a brand new man. Since he wanted to assemble all the fighting forces according to the traditions of the North, even if the ten-year-old boy was not going to fight with an axe, at least he had to wave the flag to cheer him on.
Nearly two hundred local men gathered, and their attitudes were very tangled when they heard that they were going to swallow Coblenz under the banner of the Baron of Nassau. Participating in the war can divide the spoils, and the blue fox promises that the war will end quickly without delaying this year's wheat harvest.
But the war may die, and the villagers do not have any hatred for the locals in Koblenz, attacking them, their conscience can't handle it, but everyone has to want to make a fortune.
Fortunately, the blue fox made an agreement with everyone, the Normans started, and the Nassau people cheered, especially the latter has the right to refuse to fight and can be exempted from this year's 11th tax afterward.
To get the spoils or to loot in disguise, UU read www.uukanshu. com is really disconcerting, but tax exemption is another story. The villagers clamored to participate, which was a spectacle for the priest.
The villagers, dressed in different clothes, put handy vines on their hats to ensure their identity, and got together to practice how to collectively beat drums.
Then, in Conrad's eyes, these villagers had fallen, and from their greedy eyes, they were just like the Normans.
What about the real Normans? This group of people is basically uniform in clothes, all wearing iron helmets with huge nose protectors, and some people have chain armor face protection. There are many people with upper body chain mail and iron reinforced chain mail, but the stomach is covered by cloth robes.
They usually keep secrets, and when the war is approaching, they will dig out all their treasures.
Looking at their true colors, Conrad felt that this group of people could really swallow Koblenz alive, and only he had the ability to avoid meaningless killings.
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An uneasy atmosphere permeated the entire Col, and ordinary villagers sensed what the inhabited Rus wanted to do.
In this little place with no stories, a little thing can be known in a short time.
war? Capture the city of Koblenz on the other side?
Those Rus people have inadvertently revealed this information, or it has been rumored as early as the arrival of the first Rus people.
However, this kind of siege and fortification is something that nobles like to see and hear, so why do they have to do with ordinary farmers? Could it be that if you are ordered to fight the war for the master, you can still get the spoils of war?
The days of Nassau villagers are still the same. It is about the time of wheat heading, and they are already preparing for the annual wheat harvest.
The mountainous area is the only place where grain can be grown locally. Unfortunately, the poor planting environment severely limits the maximum yield per mu of wheat and oats. However, the villagers sowed the seeds in a rough way, and they depended on praying in the monastery as much as they could produce.
Neither the blue fox nor the black fox are agricultural experts. As ancestral businessmen, they can still make more money by buying and selling to earn the difference.
The leather in the north needs to open the big Frankish market, and the wine in the Frankish territory is bound to be snapped up when it is transported to the north.
The two brothers stared at the local mountain grapes and felt that this economic crop deserves to be expanded, but it takes time to ferment for greater benefits.
With the addition of a group of Flemish people who joined Utrecht later, and the Nassau farmers who could be summoned, the two brothers determined that they could assemble an army of seven hundred people.
The local farmers are all making up the numbers, and the real brave ones are actually 300 people. They were the Old Rus, the Unkras and the Mélarens of Sweden, and the Gothalans of Gothenburg. They were true Vikings, and they are now converted to God as a means of legal robbery.
The other group of people were mostly Saxons, they converted early, and they had a grudge against their attitude towards robbery and making a fortune, but that was all. The strength of this group of people is weak in terms of physical fitness, at least the blue fox and the black fox feel that this group is not suitable for the first choice of main attack force.
To put it bluntly, the brothers voluntarily followed the blue fox boss to the hinterland of Frank to take risks, not just to make a fortune by looting.
There is a saying that rabbits don't eat grass at the edge of the nest, and this group of brave people are not rabbits. They are a pack of hungry wolves, and now it is because of many things that the madness has been stifled. For example, the situation in Nassau is completely stable, and it is time for the brothers to take the orders of King Ross.
The Rus army began to assemble and began to extensively make new wooden shields and repair their weapons.
The whitened pine wood is assembled into a Nordic round shield, and the front is painted with a black cross mixed with turpentine. The prepared white cloth came in handy, and it was smeared with carbon black to form a large number of cross flags.
Everything is done according to the earliest methods of the blue fox, and now it is almost creating a crusade.
The news naturally reached the ears of Father Conrad, who deliberately turned his deaf ears out of the window. He was restless, terrified when he thought that these ruthless people were going to kill.
"There are a group of devils living beside me. Even if they convert, they will kill... I have fantasies about them!"
Conrad has lived according to the scriptures since he was a child. He is a peaceful person who just wants to serve God with his whole life. His secular thoughts have been annihilated by the years. He did not reject all wars. If the army who believed in God fought against the foreign savages, he would have to pray for Mass. But! These Russ are going to attack Koblenz's friends!
Conrad is very worried about one thing. The Rus people are wild and unchanging. Once they fight, they are likely to kill the friends of the monastery on the opposite bank. He didn't care about the civil war of the nobles, what he cared most about was the safety of the church members.
Even though Nassau Abbey was de jure adjusted to be administered by the Northern Church, it has been governed by the Diocese of Worms (Mainz) for the past two hundred years.
How is Koblenz? Since the locals were converted, they have been included in the diocese of Worms. The priest of the local monastery and Conrad are friends. Although they have little contact with each other, they will definitely have a good chat with each other during the grand mass in Worms Cathedral.
Just as Conrad hesitated, the black fox and the red fox visited him personally.
Conrad sat again in the confessional, pompous across the fenced window.
"Hey! Old man, you are too pedantic." Blue Fox's words were vulgar and severe.
Conrad was startled: "This is a holy place, don't make any noise."
"Don't talk nonsense. Conrad, find a place where we can have a good chat."
"Talk? Talk about what?"
"Are you acting stupid? We're so busy grinding our POWs that you're really turning a blind eye? We're going to attack Koblenz, you're a local, and we need some news from you."
"It's… okay! okay…"
Disaster is inevitable, and it is useless to pretend to be stupid. But then I thought that since I might be highly involved in this matter, I might be able to try my best to maintain peace by myself.
The monastery is a place of solemnity, and Conrad changed to a wooden house to chat with the two of them.
At this moment, the blue fox looked calm, and the young black fox's eyes were burning with fire.
Both were beasts, and Conrad remained cautiously silent.
"You know the news." Blue Fox is no nonsense. "We are going to attack Koblenz. My plan is to take it down, and then we will station troops there. What do you think?"
"Me? I dare not oppose or support. I'm just a priest."
"Don't play stupid." Blue Fox shook his head, "We need specific information on Koblenz. How many troops are there? How many villages are there nearby? What kind of nobles are the defenders?"
"You!" Conrad stared at the blue fox with trembling eyes, faintly angry: "I am a priest, I don't care about this. I am a servant of God."
"So you don't know?" Heihu asked, sticking his head.
Lanhu didn't believe that set of words at all: "It's impossible for you not to know. The priest is the local elite. Although you are not a noble, you must know a lot about the situation of the local nobles?"
Conrad made a ideological struggle on his face, and he slowly raised his head: "I do know something. I can tell you, but you must also tell me what you want to attack Koblenz."
"Hehe. Of course it's money, food, all kinds of treasures, and the city of Koblenz!"
The blue fox's answer satisfied all Conrad's thoughts on the robbers. As for them wanting to occupy the city, the meaning became different.
"You want to dominate? That's what cuts the flesh on the Middle Kingdom. You'll get revenge!"
"Retaliation? Retaliation from the Middle Kingdom? Hahaha..." The two brothers patted their stomachs and laughed, they laughed arrogantly.
The blue fox continued: "If this can arouse their revenge, this completely satisfies the requirements of King Ross for us. But I do like that city. It is more suitable for garrisoning troops than here. You know!"
The blue fox has bright eyes: "I am the Earl of Gothenburg in the north. I have 30,000 people under my command, and I can organize an army of thousands of people. We like warm places. Nassau is a good place, but he is my brother's. Territory, I want to benefit myself, I want Koblenz and the surrounding area. Take it! I own it!"
"You... can really do it?"
"Naturally."
Conrad never expected this blue fox to be so ambitious. If he hadn't reiterated his identity in a high-profile manner, he would have forgotten that this man was a northern earl. Obviously, he really had soldiers, and he could do whatever he wanted.
The strict rules can only keep the self-disciplined people peaceful, and they have no binding force on the rude nobles. Once a fight occurs, the priests have to follow the bloodthirsty nobles for their own safety to find excuses for their evil deeds.
Since war was inevitable, Conrad sighed and began to turn the tide of his own.
Conrad put forward the condition: "This war, I will personally participate."
"Ah?" Lanhu was taken aback, then wanted to laugh again.
The black fox asked back: "What are you planning? Do you want to be a warrior?"
"No." Conrad said with an old face, "I hope you can curb the hand of indiscriminate killing. Don't want to kill, if it's just looting, don't hurt ordinary people. You must not loot the monastery, there are all my friends. Also, I see that you are very good to the villagers of Nassau. You should continue to maintain this kindness, and you should continue this kindness after taking Koblenz, so that the local people will pay you taxes, which is comparable to indiscriminate killing. Be good."
The blue fox listened carefully and thought about it carefully. He replied: "It makes sense. I will not kill indiscriminately unless they resist resolutely. Since you want to join in, it is a good thing. If you can convince the locals to surrender, I will swear to the Lord that I will not hurt anyone. Convince the city defenders to take the initiative. Hand over the belongings, and I will not loot. You can also persuade the local monastery to persuade, and I can promise not to destroy the monastery."
As if an opportunity for a peaceful resolution of a major war had arisen.
Immediately, the stalwart images of many saints floated in his mind, and Conrad felt that he would be a brand new saint. Bridging a war by one person is a great feat.
"I trust you," he said. "Now, I will tell you what I know."
So Conrad started gushing about what he knew about Koblenz.
The so-called Koblenz, which is at the confluence of the Moselle River and the Lein River, is a strategic location for water and land transportation, so the Romans built military camps here in the old days.
A large number of old stone buildings in Koblenz were expanded on the basis of the Roman military camp. The so-called small stone fortress rose on the mound, and there were a number of residential buildings relying on it.
The size of the city is small, it still maintains the size of the old Roman military camp, and there are a number of villages to the south of it. The villagers provided taxes to support the priests and the army in the city, but there were no nobles in this city.
There may be two hundred troops in the city, under the command of an infantry flag captain. Captain Banner has a fief in his hometown, and although he is a knight, he is a personal soldier trusted by King Lothair.
Koblenz was originally assigned to Charles the Bald in the West according to the old treaty, but Lothair the Great rejected the treaty and annexed it. This annexation happened only two years ago, when Charlie the Bald pleaded guilty to evacuating his men, and the Middle Kingdom troops moved in.
A series of explanations Ling Lanhu confirmed that this Conrad has always been pretending to be a lake smear. This person knows too much, and he really picked up a treasure before the war.
The two brothers listened carefully and found the big problem.
Lanhu smiled: "Since that place was not originally from the Middle Kingdom, it was stolen by Lothair! If he can rob it, why can't we rob it."
"Yes! Grab it." The black fox showed his fierceness.
"So, what flag are you going to snatch? I know you're making a lot of cross flags and taking it in the name of the Lord?" Conrad asked.
"Indeed, there should be a decent name. This will also make it easier for you to try to persuade them to surrender." Blue Fox said while pinching his beard.
The black fox immediately grabbed the words, he patted his belly: "I have a good appetite, I want to take it. Brother, you still have to go back to the north after completing this business, and I will make the decision here. So I have the right to deal with Cobb. Lentz decided."
"You savage boy, you are right. If I hadn't been your brother, I wouldn't have done this for you. To put it bluntly, you have done a good job here, and the materials in the north can better open up the situation in Frank. You... have Got an idea?"
"Just do it under the banner of the Baron of Nassau. Who can say no to that name? That's how I want it. Of course my allegiance is to King Ross. And Nassau is nominally owned by Henry of the Netherlands. Count Derain is loyal to the Duke of Saxony, and the Duke of Saxony is loyal to Ludwig of the Eastern Kingdom. We are all in one camp, and we will not object to acting under this banner."
The nobles are loyal to each other, and the vassals of the vassals are not my vassals, and the chaos blue fox is too lazy to think about it.
"Then play the banner of the Baron of Nassau, and then Koblenz will enter. If the King Lothair wants revenge, then fight! I can't ask for it!" Blue Fox said.
The two brothers have finished discussing, and now Conrad chooses to shut up if he wants to say something.
What does the expansion of the baronies have to do with the clergy? Conrad just wanted to avoid the killing of war, and it didn't matter who the lord was.
It is fair to say that although the people of Nassau Village support Joseph Blue Fox and call him a good man, he is really willing to give alms to the villagers. Of course, those who have benefited are grateful for the long-term benefits. Simple ideas, will definitely do things for the blue fox.
Conrad held back for a while, and then asked, "So, are you calling the farmers in this village to fight? I know, you actually have this idea."
"Haha. Of course I have this intention. After all, we northerners try our best to fight in battle, and everyone will share the benefits after the war. How are the villagers here? I don't think they are qualified fighters, but the flags held high shout for me and beat drums. It's enough for the opponent to collapse in fear. I will try my best to mobilize all my strength, and rely on absolute strength to force him to surrender." Lanhu said.
At the end of the small meeting, Conrad's heart could not be calm at all. The Baron of Nassau has never taken the initiative to attack, and now it has changed to an actual lord, and people here can take the initiative to decide their own destiny?
Do not. People here have vacated their cages for birds, and the old villagers are also Normanized. It is because there are too many Normans here, and there can only be more in the future.
"At least they have converted, at least they have to face, at least my words are still useful." Conrad comforted himself.
As a result, Blue Fox assembled a brand new man. Since he wanted to assemble all the fighting forces according to the traditions of the North, even if the ten-year-old boy was not going to fight with an axe, at least he had to wave the flag to cheer him on.
Nearly two hundred local men gathered, and their attitudes were very tangled when they heard that they were going to swallow Coblenz under the banner of the Baron of Nassau. Participating in the war can divide the spoils, and the blue fox promises that the war will end quickly without delaying this year's wheat harvest.
But the war may die, and the villagers do not have any hatred for the locals in Koblenz, attacking them, their conscience can't handle it, but everyone has to want to make a fortune.
Fortunately, the blue fox made an agreement with everyone, the Normans started, and the Nassau people cheered, especially the latter has the right to refuse to fight and can be exempted from this year's 11th tax afterward.
To get the spoils or to loot in disguise, UU read www.uukanshu. com is really disconcerting, but tax exemption is another story. The villagers clamored to participate, which was a spectacle for the priest.
The villagers, dressed in different clothes, put handy vines on their hats to ensure their identity, and got together to practice how to collectively beat drums.
Then, in Conrad's eyes, these villagers had fallen, and from their greedy eyes, they were just like the Normans.
What about the real Normans? This group of people is basically uniform in clothes, all wearing iron helmets with huge nose protectors, and some people have chain armor face protection. There are many people with upper body chain mail and iron reinforced chain mail, but the stomach is covered by cloth robes.
They usually keep secrets, and when the war is approaching, they will dig out all their treasures.
Looking at their true colors, Conrad felt that this group of people could really swallow Koblenz alive, and only he had the ability to avoid meaningless killings.
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, the fastest update to the latest chapter of The Rise of Rurik!An uneasy atmosphere permeated the entire Col, and ordinary villagers sensed what the inhabited Rus wanted to do.In this little place with no stories, a little thing can be known in a short time.war? Capture the city of Koblenz on the other side?Those Rus people have inadvertently revealed this information, or it has been rumored as early as the arrival of the first Rus people.However, this kind of siege and fortification is something that nobles like to see and hear, so why do they have to do with ordinary farmers? Could it be that if you are ordered to fight the war for the master, you can still get the spoils of war?The days of Nassau villagers are still the same. It is about the time of wheat heading, and they are already preparing for the annual wheat harvest.The mountainous area is the only place where grain can be grown locally. Unfortunately, the poor planting environment severely limits the maximum yield per mu of wheat and oats. However, the villagers sowed the seeds in a rough way, and they depended on praying in the monastery as much as they could produce.Neither the blue fox nor the black fox are agricultural experts. As ancestral businessmen, they can still make more money by buying and selling to earn the difference.The leather in the north needs to open the big Frankish market, and the wine in the Frankish territory is bound to be snapped up when it is transported to the north.The two brothers stared at the local mountain grapes and felt that this economic crop deserves to be expanded, but it takes time to ferment for greater benefits.With the addition of a group of Flemish people who joined Utrecht later, and the Nassau farmers who could be summoned, the two brothers determined that they could assemble an army of seven hundred people.The local farmers are all making up the numbers, and the real brave ones are actually 300 people. They were the Old Rus, the Unkras and the Mlarens of Sweden, and the Gothalans of Gothenburg. They were true Vikings, and they are now converted to God as a means of legal robbery.The other group of people were mostly Saxons, they converted early, and they had a grudge against their attitude towards robbery and making a fortune, but that was all. The strength of this group of people is weak in terms of physical fitness, at least the blue fox and the black fox feel that this group is not suitable for the first choice of main attack force.To put it bluntly, the brothers voluntarily followed the blue fox boss to the hinterland of Frank to take risks, not just to make a fortune by looting.There is a saying that rabbits don't eat grass at the edge of the nest, and this group of brave people are not rabbits. They are a pack of hungry wolves, and now it is because of many things that the madness has been stifled. For example, the situation in Nassau is completely stable, and it is time for the brothers to take the orders of King Ross.The Rus army began to assemble and began to extensively make new wooden shields and repair their weapons.The whitened pine wood is assembled into a Nordic round shield, and the front is painted with a black cross mixed with turpentine. The prepared white cloth came in handy, and it was smeared with carbon black to form a large number of cross flags.Everything is done according to the earliest methods of the blue fox, and now it is almost creating a crusade.The news naturally reached the ears of Father Conrad, who deliberately turned his deaf ears out of the window. He was restless, terrified when he thought that these ruthless people were going to kill."There are a group of devils living beside me. Even if they convert, they will kill... I have fantasies about them!"Conrad has lived according to the scriptures since he was a child. He is a peaceful person who just wants to serve God with his whole life. His secular thoughts have been annihilated by the years. He did not reject all wars. If the army who believed in God fought against the foreign savages, he would have to pray for Mass. But! These Russ are going to attack Koblenz's friends!Conrad is very worried about one thing. The Rus people are wild and unchanging. Once they fight, they are likely to kill the friends of the monastery on the opposite bank. He didn't care about the civil war of the nobles, what he cared most about was the safety of the church members.Even though Nassau Abbey was de jure adjusted to be administered by the Northern Church, it has been governed by the Diocese of Worms Mainz for the past two hundred years.How is Koblenz? Since the locals were converted, they have been included in the diocese of Worms. The priest of the local monastery and Conrad are friends. Although they have little contact with each other, they will definitely have a good chat with each other during the grand mass in Worms Cathedral.Just as Conrad hesitated, the black fox and the red fox visited him personally.Conrad sat again in the confessional, pompous across the fenced window."Hey! Old man, you are too pedantic." Blue Fox's words were vulgar and severe.Conrad was startled: "This is a holy place, don't make any noise.""Don't talk nonsense. Conrad, find a place where we can have a good chat.""Talk? Talk about what?""Are you acting stupid? We're so busy grinding our POWs that you're really turning a blind eye? We're going to attack Koblenz, you're a local, and we need some news from you.""It's okay! okay"Disaster is inevitable, and it is useless to pretend to be stupid. But then I thought that since I might be highly involved in this matter, I might be able to try my best to maintain peace by myself.The monastery is a place of solemnity, and Conrad changed to a wooden house to chat with the two of them.At this moment, the blue fox looked calm, and the young black fox's eyes were burning with fire.Both were beasts, and Conrad remained cautiously silent."You know the news." Blue Fox is no nonsense. "We are going to attack Koblenz. My plan is to take it down, and then we will station troops there. What do you think?""Me? I dare not oppose or support. I'm just a priest.""Don't play stupid." Blue Fox shook his head, "We need specific information on Koblenz. How many troops are there? How many villages are there nearby? What kind of nobles are the defenders?""You!" Conrad stared at the blue fox with trembling eyes, faintly angry: "I am a priest, I don't care about this. I am a servant of God.""So you don't know?" Heihu asked, sticking his head.Lanhu didn't believe that set of words at all: "It's impossible for you not to know. The priest is the local elite. Although you are not a noble, you must know a lot about the situation of the local nobles?"Conrad made a ideological struggle on his face, and he slowly raised his head: "I do know something. I can tell you, but you must also tell me what you want to attack Koblenz.""Hehe. Of course it's money, food, all kinds of treasures, and the city of Koblenz!"The blue fox's answer satisfied all Conrad's thoughts on the robbers. As for them wanting to occupy the city, the meaning became different."You want to dominate? That's what cuts the flesh on the Middle Kingdom. You'll get revenge!""Retaliation? Retaliation from the Middle Kingdom? Hahaha..." The two brothers patted their stomachs and laughed, they laughed arrogantly.The blue fox continued: "If this can arouse their revenge, this completely satisfies the requirements of King Ross for us. But I do like that city. It is more suitable for garrisoning troops than here. You know!"The blue fox has bright eyes: "I am the Earl of Gothenburg in the north. I have 30,000 people under my command, and I can organize an army of thousands of people. We like warm places. Nassau is a good place, but he is my brother's. Territory, I want to benefit myself, I want Koblenz and the surrounding area. Take it! I own it!""You... can really do it?""Naturally."Conrad never expected this blue fox to be so ambitious. If he hadn't reiterated his identity in a high-profile manner, he would have forgotten that this man was a northern earl. Obviously, he really had soldiers, and he could do whatever he wanted.The strict rules can only keep the self-disciplined people peaceful, and they have no binding force on the rude nobles. Once a fight occurs, the priests have to follow the bloodthirsty nobles for their own safety to find excuses for their evil deeds.Since war was inevitable, Conrad sighed and began to turn the tide of his own.Conrad put forward the condition: "This war, I will personally participate.""Ah?" Lanhu was taken aback, then wanted to laugh again.The black fox asked back: "What are you planning? Do you want to be a warrior?""No." Conrad said with an old face, "I hope you can curb the hand of indiscriminate killing. Don't want to kill, if it's just looting, don't hurt ordinary people. You must not loot the monastery, there are all my friends. Also, I see that you are very good to the villagers of Nassau. You should continue to maintain this kindness, and you should continue this kindness after taking Koblenz, so that the local people will pay you taxes, which is comparable to indiscriminate killing. Be good."The blue fox listened carefully and thought about it carefully. He replied: "It makes sense. I will not kill indiscriminately unless they resist resolutely. Since you want to join in, it is a good thing. If you can convince the locals to surrender, I will swear to the Lord that I will not hurt anyone. Convince the city defenders to take the initiative. Hand over the belongings, and I will not loot. You can also persuade the local monastery to persuade, and I can promise not to destroy the monastery."As if an opportunity for a peaceful resolution of a major war had arisen.Immediately, the stalwart images of many saints floated in his mind, and Conrad felt that he would be a brand new saint. Bridging a war by one person is a great feat."I trust you," he said. "Now, I will tell you what I know."So Conrad started gushing about what he knew about Koblenz.The so-called Koblenz, which is at the confluence of the Moselle River and the Lein River, is a strategic location for water and land transportation, so the Romans built military camps here in the old days.A large number of old stone buildings in Koblenz were expanded on the basis of the Roman military camp. The so-called small stone fortress rose on the mound, and there were a number of residential buildings relying on it.The size of the city is small, it still maintains the size of the old Roman military camp, and there are a number of villages to the south of it. The villagers provided taxes to support the priests and the army in the city, but there were no nobles in this city.There may be two hundred troops in the city, under the command of an infantry flag captain. Captain Banner has a fief in his hometown, and although he is a knight, he is a personal soldier trusted by King Lothair.Koblenz was originally assigned to Charles the Bald in the West according to the old treaty, but Lothair the Great rejected the treaty and annexed it. This annexation happened only two years ago, when Charlie the Bald pleaded guilty to evacuating his men, and the Middle Kingdom troops moved in.A series of explanations Ling Lanhu confirmed that this Conrad has always been pretending to be a lake smear. This person knows too much, and he really picked up a treasure before the war.The two brothers listened carefully and found the big problem.Lanhu smiled: "Since that place was not originally from the Middle Kingdom, it was stolen by Lothair! If he can rob it, why can't we rob it.""Yes! Grab it." The black fox showed his fierceness."So, what flag are you going to snatch? I know you're making a lot of cross flags and taking it in the name of the Lord?" Conrad asked."Indeed, there should be a decent name. This will also make it easier for you to try to persuade them to surrender." Blue Fox said while pinching his beard.The black fox immediately grabbed the words, he patted his belly: "I have a good appetite, I want to take it. Brother, you still have to go back to the north after completing this business, and I will make the decision here. So I have the right to deal with Cobb. Lentz decided.""You savage boy, you are right. If I hadn't been your brother, I wouldn't have done this for you. To put it bluntly, you have done a good job here, and the materials in the north can better open up the situation in Frank. You... have Got an idea?""Just do it under the banner of the Baron of Nassau. Who can say no to that name? That's how I want it. Of course my allegiance is to King Ross. And Nassau is nominally owned by Henry of the Netherlands. Count Derain is loyal to the Duke of Saxony, and the Duke of Saxony is loyal to Ludwig of the Eastern Kingdom. We are all in one camp, and we will not object to acting under this banner."The nobles are loyal to each other, and the vassals of the vassals are not my vassals, and the chaos blue fox is too lazy to think about it."Then play the banner of the Baron of Nassau, and then Koblenz will enter. If the King Lothair wants revenge, then fight! I can't ask for it!" Blue Fox said.The two brothers have finished discussing, and now Conrad chooses to shut up if he wants to say something.What does the expansion of the baronies have to do with the clergy? Conrad just wanted to avoid the killing of war, and it didn't matter who the lord was.It is fair to say that although the people of Nassau Village support Joseph Blue Fox and call him a good man, he is really willing to give alms to the villagers. Of course, those who have benefited are grateful for the long-term benefits. Simple ideas, will definitely do things for the blue fox.Conrad held back for a while, and then asked, "So, are you calling the farmers in this village to fight? I know, you actually have this idea.""Haha. Of course I have this intention. After all, we northerners try our best to fight in battle, and everyone will share the benefits after the war. How are the villagers here? I don't think they are qualified fighters, but the flags held high shout for me and beat drums. It's enough for the opponent to collapse in fear. I will try my best to mobilize all my strength, and rely on absolute strength to force him to surrender." Lanhu said.At the end of the small meeting, Conrad's heart could not be calm at all. The Baron of Nassau has never taken the initiative to attack, and now it has changed to an actual lord, and people here can take the initiative to decide their own destiny?Do not. People here have vacated their cages for birds, and the old villagers are also Normanized. It is because there are too many Normans here, and there can only be more in the future."At least they have converted, at least they have to face, at least my words are still useful." Conrad comforted himself.As a result, Blue Fox assembled a brand new man. Since he wanted to assemble all the fighting forces according to the traditions of the North, even if the ten-year-old boy was not going to fight with an axe, at least he had to wave the flag to cheer him on.Nearly two hundred local men gathered, and their attitudes were very tangled when they heard that they were going to swallow Coblenz under the banner of the Baron of Nassau. Participating in the war can divide the spoils, and the blue fox promises that the war will end quickly without delaying this year's wheat harvest.But the war may die, and the villagers do not have any hatred for the locals in Koblenz, attacking them, their conscience can't handle it, but everyone has to want to make a fortune.Fortunately, the blue fox made an agreement with everyone, the Normans started, and the Nassau people cheered, especially the latter has the right to refuse to fight and can be exempted from this year's 11th tax afterward.To get the spoils or to loot in disguise, UU read www.uukanshu. com is really disconcerting, but tax exemption is another story. The villagers clamored to participate, which was a spectacle for the priest.The villagers, dressed in different clothes, put handy vines on their hats to ensure their identity, and got together to practice how to collectively beat drums.Then, in Conrad's eyes, these villagers had fallen, and from their greedy eyes, they were just like the Normans.What about the real Normans? This group of people is basically uniform in clothes, all wearing iron helmets with huge nose protectors, and some people have chain armor face protection. There are many people with upper body chain mail and iron reinforced chain mail, but the stomach is covered by cloth robes.They usually keep secrets, and when the war is approaching, they will dig out all their treasures.Looking at their true colors, Conrad felt that this group of people could really swallow Koblenz alive, and only he had the ability to avoid meaningless killings.Provide you with the fastest update of The Rise of Rurik, the star fruit reborn by the great god, so that you can check the fastest update of this book next time, please be sure to save your bookmarks!Chapter 1096 The King Lotaire robbed me too. Read it for free. https://
