Chapter 898: So the question is not how fast the cavalry takes Vaxjo but...
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Jönköping got its name because the settlement is adjacent to a small river, and "Köping" means "deal", hence the name of the city.
It was originally a natural fishing village, but the hydrological resources in this area of the lake are not as good as those of Weisingose Island, and towns built on mounds must beware of landslides.
A group of merchants and craftsmen entered here, and the town gradually prospered. However, the city's development limit was once choked by the "Crazy Bear" Carl of Sorgon every year. Now the city is suffering from a military disaster.
Hundreds of people were killed, and a group of girls and children will be taken away.
The town was originally formed by the spontaneous gathering of people. It definitely did not start with a blood clan. Even if the Rus army killed many people, as long as the trade route needed this node, Jonkoping would still continue to develop.
Rurik beheaded Karl "Crazy Bear" in public, announcing that the source of all evil was gone, and what was left was the first time in the history of Lake Wettern, and would forever be incorporated into the rule of Ross.
The corpse was collected, and the local people dug a large pit to fill it up, making a mound and erecting it as a large mound.
Those who surrendered all sacrificed their belongings and daughters in order to survive. Smart people did not feel that they were too disadvantaged. If their business could be promised by the conquerors to enter the huge kingdom of Rus, what they are doing now is to vote for the name.
These prominent figures saw the king the most, and they were "invited" to the city council, where Rurik wanted to declare some policies.
Everyone could see King Rurik's face clearly, his young and handsome eyes filled with domineering domineering. The merchants, craftsmen, and landowners shivered, praying in their hearts that the king would never ask for treasures or anything.
"Those of you who submit to me are wise! Since this is the case, I won't go into details."
Having said that, Rurik clapped his hands, and the merchant Hagrid walked into the longhouse.
They all knew Hagrid and his wealth. In the previous period, Hagrid's assets were neither high nor low in Jönköping, but this guy had a good-looking daughter, and he had been hiding and covering him in order to catch a golden tortoise-in-law. Now everyone knows that in order to survive, this guy gave his daughter to the conquistador's general - the "bald" Fisk on horseback.
At the beginning, they were shocked that the Ross conqueror rode the "forest beast" to slaughter. After only two or three days, they saw the horses clearly and realized that this big animal is not much different from cattle and sheep, and they all eat grass. Animals, but can ride wildly.
"It's because he used his daughter as a gift in exchange for the conquistador's trust." Most of the businessmen had this attitude. They began to worry that this guy would replace Carl's rule and become the conqueror's loyal dog.
Rurik raised his chest and solemnly announced: "I know your situation! There is no leader in the whole of Jonkoping, so this king has appointed this Hager Haraldsson as your leader."
This is what everyone guessed, and it is still surprising to hear it.
Seeing their surprised expressions, Rurik also knew what they were worried about: "Don't worry too much. You can continue your past life, and you can still discuss matters in this house in the future. Only this Hagrid has the right to report things to me. This Hagrid is also responsible for raising the annual tribute. Don’t worry, I am a benevolent king. I also know how Carl asked you to pay tribute before, and now I only need one-third of the original…”
Rurik is based on their fairly generous treatment, and for these people, they are thin and they really don’t want to hang out a lot of oil and water, but the city of Jonkoping happens to be stuck at the intersection of land trade and water trade in the Gotaland area. The commercial value of a city is above all else.
There is no need to charge too much silver coins and in-kind taxes for local merchants. The commercial portals in this region are absolutely open. If Ross wants to search for wealth, he only needs to ship goods from the East. By relying on business to monopolize the market here, Ross will not only capture big interests, but also get it. good name.
The merchant Hagrid was appointed as the governor. The merchants, craftsmen and landowners present had the right to participate in the council of the city. If they left the town, they would lose their ability to council. The traditional Viking Nordic culture will continue, and in a sense Rurik has implemented a policy of restraint in this unreachable area.
The huge Rus army has ten thousand people! That's what Rurik advertised. Such a large army alone is to destroy Carl, how can it be so mobilized.
The people present had already learned that the Rus army had assembled all the forces in the north to capture Jotaland in one fell swoop. Killing was not the intention, conquest was the goal.
At the meeting, Rurik established two offensive goals: "I learned that the largest settlement of the Gotaland people is in Gothenburg in the west. Some of you who are familiar with the waterway are just as my guides to help our army. Arriving in Gothenburg without a hitch will be my great reward. I also learned about a settlement in the south called the Ten Village Alliance of Växjö. There are those of you who are familiar with land transportation. I will also fight to conquer the area. be rewarded."
They are all from Gotaland, and the area where they now live was also a settlement of the Swedes a long time ago. Rurik wrote a great article on this, claiming that "we are of the same race", so he won over these businessmen and invited them to lead the way.
They have no major feelings for Gothenburg and Vaxjo. There are local rulers, and they need to pay tribute to do business there.
Listen to what the new conqueror King Rurik had to say? In the future, the Götaland merchants in Jonkoping, rowing into the Baltic Sea, floated to Lake Mälaren, and set up stalls in the Stockholm Free Trade Zone to do business completely tax-free.
This is what the free trade zone means. There is no tax on the surface, and you only need to pay a low "garbage cleaning fee" and "security fee" and you will be fine.
If this is the benefit of surrender, the merchants quickly forgot to kill.
They enthusiastically supported the service of the king, and wailed and called themselves the most loyal servants. Rurik estimates that they are not only surrendering to themselves, they have long surrendered to their financial interests. What they want is the wealth development of their family, and their surrender to the imaginary community of the Rus Kingdom is not credible.
Surrender to money? Dare to betray money? Things got better. Because what Rurik lacked most now was wealth.
Although Hagrid is the governor, in the future, everyone will get together to discuss and do things, and finally Hagrid will be the talker and report to King Ross. With the support of Ross, the merchants and landowners no longer even have to support a large number of private military households, and each family only needs to support a small number of armed slaves. They believe that they will be able to exchange for the military protection of Ross by paying the offerings.
After all, they decided to actively lead the way and help Rus to rule the entire Gotaland region, so that all the forces will be stronger and stronger. Those warlords and tyrants will be beheaded, and the merchants only need to pay tribute to the greatest king. Suspicion, don't have to worry about a strongman overtaking King Russ and claiming tribute.
The people in Jönköping were convinced by the beating, and Rurik was delighted with a group of guides who brought their own food, which was far beyond his expectations.
Governor Hagrid has a new mission. He must organize some people in Jönköping and bring a wooden cart to join the cavalry unit.
No, Fisk, whom Rurik specially summoned, and the new wife he captured.
The girl sat on the ground obediently, and Rurik shook his head: "Fisk, are you really busy catching women during the war?"
However, he saw Fisk smiling innocently: "We caught a lot of women, she is Astrid Hegdot."
"I know her identity."
"She will give birth to a son soon. When the child grows up, she will still serve you, Your Majesty."
"Okay." Rurik smiled slightly: "But the women captured by the brothers are not allowed to go out with the army."
"Yes. I ordered the brothers to have tattoos on the women. If the king wishes, he can take them to the rear or even to Novgorod and Novgorod, and the families of the cavalry will take these women away."
"You?! How did you do this? You've already divided the slaves? It's okay..." Rurik patted his forehead. This method of catching slaves and tattooing them is an old tradition of the old Rus. "But you keep this woman of yours."
"Ah? Are you taking her on an expedition?" Fisk was overjoyed: "Thanks to the love of the king, so I can make her belly swollen earlier."
"Okay! This woman is a lever. Hagrid will lead you to help you attack Vaxjo in the south. If he turns traitor in the middle, you can kill this woman."
"Huh?!" Fisk was shocked.
At the same time, the submissive Astrid shivered and begged with tears in her eyes that she didn't want to be killed.
Rurik shrugged and looked at him indifferently: "Woman! It depends on whether your father is loyal."
After all, he looked into Fisk's eyes again: "Tell me! If Hagrid really betrayed, would you dare to do it?"
Looking at his newly acquired woman, Fisk suddenly felt that he was facing a trial. He gritted his teeth: "I dare! I am only loyal to the king!"
"Very good. I heard that there are a lot of people in Vaxjo in the south, and your cavalry is very strong in combat, but if you really bring them along, you probably won't have an advantage."
Fisk slapped his chest with determination: "I'm not afraid of any difficulties! I'm an old Rusian, and I can't shame my brothers."
"Confidence is very important, you still have to prepare well. Me! I hope your southward action will be gentler."
Fisk was a little surprised: "Your Majesty... what do you mean?"
Rurik stepped forward and patted his shoulder lightly: "Now you and I both know that the Gotharans are not monolithic. Try to negotiate with the Vaxjos and persuade them to surrender to Ross. Don't do unnecessary killings, I want domination, not corpses. Do you understand?"
"I understand."
Rurik let out a long sigh: "The enemies of the Yermalen people were slaughtered, we don't have to slaughter the other Jotalandians. Do it well, a beautiful unmarried woman is found in the local area, you can take it and be you My wife and concubine. I estimate that after the surrender of the Vaxjos, there will be no other hostile forces in the southern Gotaland. Our army may have approached the southern coastline and will contact our Danes allies. You know the map of this small world, you should understand."
"clear."
"However, you still have to prepare with both hands. If the Vaxhe people refuse to surrender, then fight! This king will solve the problem with a large army. Any cavalry is precious, you must not act rashly. "
"As ordered."
"Go down and prepare."
As a result, the Governor's Palace of the Rus Kingdom in Jonkoping was opened. Governor Hagrid brought his family to lead the way for the Rus cavalry. He also gathered a group of people in the city and organized an "auxiliary army" composed of more than 30 men. Thirty people were useless. They turned the ox cart into a horse-drawn carriage and drove south with Ross' horsepower.
The three hundred cavalry Rurik couldn't help but be worried. He brought in some more people from the island, especially the next generation of the governor of Rosburg, who came to "swipe his resume". More than a hundred infantry soldiers.
After all, Kanuf didn't perform well in the island war. As a cronie, Rurik didn't want him to be a soy sauce mission, and Kanuf couldn't just stare at Fisk when he made a remarkable contribution.
The miscellaneous people made up an army of five hundred people. There were ox carts and carriages, as well as a large number of horse-riding warriors.
According to the experience of the merchants, it took four days to walk from Jönköping to the Ten Village Alliance of Växjö, carrying leather goods on foot, and the fastest was three days.
The four-day journey of the traveler is enough for two days of pure cavalry, and even two days of cavalry force can be reached.
Instead of moving south to attack, Rurik authorized Fisk to walk slowly.
The army has to wear gorgeous clothes to show off its power, and then bring some supplies to do business with the local nobles.
Rurik specially prepared gifts, which were glass cups and glass plates for his own enjoyment. He even wrote a letter of persuasion in traditional writing on paper, pointing out the benefits of surrender and the price of rejection.
Rurik is currently living in Jönköping, and he knows what is happening on the island of Visingosser. The bodies of the dead were buried, and Arik and other generals were tapping the spoils, especially the large number of prisoners.
Those young women and young children were largely under the control of the Rus Duchy army of the kingdom, and a group of captured male warriors were attached to shackles, including Carl's remnants, who would be transported to the mines in the north.
The allied troops have their own benefits. After all, the Melalen tribe sent troops to a thousand people, and they also brought some extra ships to transport the spoils. Chief Bjorn was pleased to have captured nearly five hundred men and women, as well as some other spoils of wool, leather, and a few live animals. Especially the captive population, they will serve as the slaves of the Melalen nobles, and the Melalen civilian soldiers who were drawn to serve as soldiers are not bad. They found some iron tools and clothes, enough to improve their lives.
Those noble nobles who have no ambition to take captives are only their own slaves, but Rurik is not the case. The captives caught on the island of Visingose will become subjects, paying taxes for the kingdom, and their children will also fight for Ross. This is a very good treatment for prisoners.
In this way, after the Ross army left, the entire Weisinger Island became a no-man’s land.
There will be a fleet of people and loot to retreat in the next few days.
The fleet is not as simple as retreating! Rurik also had a Slavic reserve of a thousand men, who had probably left by now and had just arrived at Tombstone Island, according to plan.
Novgorod Governor Medvet, commanding the army, awaits new orders. Rurik, who has gone deep into Gotaland, feels that he attaches too much importance to the people here. He only needs the current strength to conquer them, but the Slavs are always mobilized, and it is impossible for military operations to become an exercise for the Slavs. The Slavs in the kingdom will be dissatisfied when the good people and the Finns grab the spoils.
Medved's Slavs must continue to be on standby, why not...
Rurik simply decided to gamble!
"Why do I only need the whole of Gotaland? Crossing the Denmark Strait, I will go straight to Denmark! I now have this strategic opportunity."
Thinking of this, he became excited!
It was another quiet night. Rurik, who was temporarily living in Jönköping, was accompanied by Bejahir, one of his beloved wives. She seemed to be the petite Princess Pecheneg, but what Rurik could not have imagined was that it was her who suggested that the cavalry bypass the rear of Jonkoping to launch a surprise attack. If she were a man, she would be a good cavalry commander.
Now it's not bad, she is her own woman, so she has to play a big role in the operation to break away from the cavalry and continue to move south.
While enjoying the joy of being a woman, she listened to her husband's education: "Fisk and Kanuf are both arrogant. You are the princess of the Pecheneg Khanate, my woman, you are more than They are nobler, and you are wiser than them, and you must command the cavalry well."
"So... I'm a Valkyrie?"
"Forget it! It must be counted. Give me a son next year. You will be respected by all nobles because of your military exploits. Our son will be a cavalry officer. Haha! It's great..."
Bejasil also enjoyed it, she felt that there was a king's seed in her stomach, and the next battle was like the king is always by her side. Moreover, he was trusted by the king, and even the two generals of Ross had to listen to their combat advice. It is a beautiful thing for a female noble to be trusted by the king because of her military command ability, at least other Pecheneg female nobles cannot have this kind of treatment.
The cavalry unit and the infantry that cooperated with the action constituted a mule and horse army of 500 people.
It is a partial division, but in this era, the armored army of 500 people can be described as absolutely elite, enough to support the glory of an earl of Frank.
The strange thing is that Rurik didn't know that when he was expanding in northern Europe, the three princes of the Frankish kingdom, Lothair, Ludwig and Charles, were waging an all-out civil war for power in southern European Frank. After the so-called old King Louis died, the boss Lothair wanted to cut the clan~www.novelhall.com~ nobles from all over the country stood in line with the princes they supported.
The Frankish kingdom is in a frenzied civil war, and their elite warriors are rapidly withering away, including the expelled former king of Denmark, Harald Clark, who is also coerced into this civil war to fight for Prince Ludwig.
An opportunity to plunder the south is not only in front of the Vikings, but even the tribes of the West Slavs have done such a good thing.
Several tribes in Denmark have crossed the Schleswig Wall to raid, or rowed to the west coast to raid.
This situation is beyond the control of King Horrick of Denmark. He is considered a vassal of Prince Ludwig, but his own Danish compatriots are frantically robbing his master. Now Ludwig has no time to take care of the Viking pirates in the north, and Horlick simply lays down and leaves it alone.
However, Rurik revised his war goal, to quickly win Gothenburg and Vaxjo, and after solving the Gotaland problem, he would join forces with the desolate Ragnar, who had accumulated strength on Burnholm Island, as far as possible. Settle the Danish issue this year and restore peace.
So the question is not how quickly the cavalry will take Vaxjo, but how much they can take Gothenburg.
The cavalrymen took a large number of supplies and began to move south. They hunted in gorgeous banners, and their spears shone coldly in the sun. They followed the once fierce forest road over the mounds into the hills of Götaland, and went straight to the Ten Inch Alliance of Vaxjo.
Rurik sent them off for a while, and when he saw the forest overwhelm them, he turned his head and told his entourage: "We are going back to the island. The fleet transporting the loot of the prisoners of war has also withdrawn, and we will leave for Lake Venern tomorrow. Now let's go... "
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Jönköping got its name because the settlement is adjacent to a small river, and "Köping" means "deal", hence the name of the city.
It was originally a natural fishing village, but the hydrological resources in this area of the lake are not as good as those of Weisingose Island, and towns built on mounds must beware of landslides.
A group of merchants and craftsmen entered here, and the town gradually prospered. However, the city's development limit was once choked by the "Crazy Bear" Carl of Sorgon every year. Now the city is suffering from a military disaster.
Hundreds of people were killed, and a group of girls and children will be taken away.
The town was originally formed by the spontaneous gathering of people. It definitely did not start with a blood clan. Even if the Rus army killed many people, as long as the trade route needed this node, Jonkoping would still continue to develop.
Rurik beheaded Karl "Crazy Bear" in public, announcing that the source of all evil was gone, and what was left was the first time in the history of Lake Wettern, and would forever be incorporated into the rule of Ross.
The corpse was collected, and the local people dug a large pit to fill it up, making a mound and erecting it as a large mound.
Those who surrendered all sacrificed their belongings and daughters in order to survive. Smart people did not feel that they were too disadvantaged. If their business could be promised by the conquerors to enter the huge kingdom of Rus, what they are doing now is to vote for the name.
These prominent figures saw the king the most, and they were "invited" to the city council, where Rurik wanted to declare some policies.
Everyone could see King Rurik's face clearly, his young and handsome eyes filled with domineering domineering. The merchants, craftsmen, and landowners shivered, praying in their hearts that the king would never ask for treasures or anything.
"Those of you who submit to me are wise! Since this is the case, I won't go into details."
Having said that, Rurik clapped his hands, and the merchant Hagrid walked into the longhouse.
They all knew Hagrid and his wealth. In the previous period, Hagrid's assets were neither high nor low in Jönköping, but this guy had a good-looking daughter, and he had been hiding and covering him in order to catch a golden tortoise-in-law. Now everyone knows that in order to survive, this guy gave his daughter to the conquistador's general - the "bald" Fisk on horseback.
At the beginning, they were shocked that the Ross conqueror rode the "forest beast" to slaughter. After only two or three days, they saw the horses clearly and realized that this big animal is not much different from cattle and sheep, and they all eat grass. Animals, but can ride wildly.
"It's because he used his daughter as a gift in exchange for the conquistador's trust." Most of the businessmen had this attitude. They began to worry that this guy would replace Carl's rule and become the conqueror's loyal dog.
Rurik raised his chest and solemnly announced: "I know your situation! There is no leader in the whole of Jonkoping, so this king has appointed this Hager Haraldsson as your leader."
This is what everyone guessed, and it is still surprising to hear it.
Seeing their surprised expressions, Rurik also knew what they were worried about: "Don't worry too much. You can continue your past life, and you can still discuss matters in this house in the future. Only this Hagrid has the right to report things to me. This Hagrid is also responsible for raising the annual tribute. Don’t worry, I am a benevolent king. I also know how Carl asked you to pay tribute before, and now I only need one-third of the original…”
Rurik is based on their fairly generous treatment, and for these people, they are thin and they really don’t want to hang out a lot of oil and water, but the city of Jonkoping happens to be stuck at the intersection of land trade and water trade in the Gotaland area. The commercial value of a city is above all else.
There is no need to charge too much silver coins and in-kind taxes for local merchants. The commercial portals in this region are absolutely open. If Ross wants to search for wealth, he only needs to ship goods from the East. By relying on business to monopolize the market here, Ross will not only capture big interests, but also get it. good name.
The merchant Hagrid was appointed as the governor. The merchants, craftsmen and landowners present had the right to participate in the council of the city. If they left the town, they would lose their ability to council. The traditional Viking Nordic culture will continue, and in a sense Rurik has implemented a policy of restraint in this unreachable area.
The huge Rus army has ten thousand people! That's what Rurik advertised. Such a large army alone is to destroy Carl, how can it be so mobilized.
The people present had already learned that the Rus army had assembled all the forces in the north to capture Jotaland in one fell swoop. Killing was not the intention, conquest was the goal.
At the meeting, Rurik established two offensive goals: "I learned that the largest settlement of the Gotaland people is in Gothenburg in the west. Some of you who are familiar with the waterway are just as my guides to help our army. Arriving in Gothenburg without a hitch will be my great reward. I also learned about a settlement in the south called the Ten Village Alliance of Växjö. There are those of you who are familiar with land transportation. I will also fight to conquer the area. be rewarded."
They are all from Gotaland, and the area where they now live was also a settlement of the Swedes a long time ago. Rurik wrote a great article on this, claiming that "we are of the same race", so he won over these businessmen and invited them to lead the way.
They have no major feelings for Gothenburg and Vaxjo. There are local rulers, and they need to pay tribute to do business there.
Listen to what the new conqueror King Rurik had to say? In the future, the Götaland merchants in Jonkoping, rowing into the Baltic Sea, floated to Lake Mälaren, and set up stalls in the Stockholm Free Trade Zone to do business completely tax-free.
This is what the free trade zone means. There is no tax on the surface, and you only need to pay a low "garbage cleaning fee" and "security fee" and you will be fine.
If this is the benefit of surrender, the merchants quickly forgot to kill.
They enthusiastically supported the service of the king, and wailed and called themselves the most loyal servants. Rurik estimates that they are not only surrendering to themselves, they have long surrendered to their financial interests. What they want is the wealth development of their family, and their surrender to the imaginary community of the Rus Kingdom is not credible.
Surrender to money? Dare to betray money? Things got better. Because what Rurik lacked most now was wealth.
Although Hagrid is the governor, in the future, everyone will get together to discuss and do things, and finally Hagrid will be the talker and report to King Ross. With the support of Ross, the merchants and landowners no longer even have to support a large number of private military households, and each family only needs to support a small number of armed slaves. They believe that they will be able to exchange for the military protection of Ross by paying the offerings.
After all, they decided to actively lead the way and help Rus to rule the entire Gotaland region, so that all the forces will be stronger and stronger. Those warlords and tyrants will be beheaded, and the merchants only need to pay tribute to the greatest king. Suspicion, don't have to worry about a strongman overtaking King Russ and claiming tribute.
The people in Jönköping were convinced by the beating, and Rurik was delighted with a group of guides who brought their own food, which was far beyond his expectations.
Governor Hagrid has a new mission. He must organize some people in Jönköping and bring a wooden cart to join the cavalry unit.
No, Fisk, whom Rurik specially summoned, and the new wife he captured.
The girl sat on the ground obediently, and Rurik shook his head: "Fisk, are you really busy catching women during the war?"
However, he saw Fisk smiling innocently: "We caught a lot of women, she is Astrid Hegdot."
"I know her identity."
"She will give birth to a son soon. When the child grows up, she will still serve you, Your Majesty."
"Okay." Rurik smiled slightly: "But the women captured by the brothers are not allowed to go out with the army."
"Yes. I ordered the brothers to have tattoos on the women. If the king wishes, he can take them to the rear or even to Novgorod and Novgorod, and the families of the cavalry will take these women away."
"You?! How did you do this? You've already divided the slaves? It's okay..." Rurik patted his forehead. This method of catching slaves and tattooing them is an old tradition of the old Rus. "But you keep this woman of yours."
"Ah? Are you taking her on an expedition?" Fisk was overjoyed: "Thanks to the love of the king, so I can make her belly swollen earlier."
"Okay! This woman is a lever. Hagrid will lead you to help you attack Vaxjo in the south. If he turns traitor in the middle, you can kill this woman."
"Huh?!" Fisk was shocked.
At the same time, the submissive Astrid shivered and begged with tears in her eyes that she didn't want to be killed.
Rurik shrugged and looked at him indifferently: "Woman! It depends on whether your father is loyal."
After all, he looked into Fisk's eyes again: "Tell me! If Hagrid really betrayed, would you dare to do it?"
Looking at his newly acquired woman, Fisk suddenly felt that he was facing a trial. He gritted his teeth: "I dare! I am only loyal to the king!"
"Very good. I heard that there are a lot of people in Vaxjo in the south, and your cavalry is very strong in combat, but if you really bring them along, you probably won't have an advantage."
Fisk slapped his chest with determination: "I'm not afraid of any difficulties! I'm an old Rusian, and I can't shame my brothers."
"Confidence is very important, you still have to prepare well. Me! I hope your southward action will be gentler."
Fisk was a little surprised: "Your Majesty... what do you mean?"
Rurik stepped forward and patted his shoulder lightly: "Now you and I both know that the Gotharans are not monolithic. Try to negotiate with the Vaxjos and persuade them to surrender to Ross. Don't do unnecessary killings, I want domination, not corpses. Do you understand?"
"I understand."
Rurik let out a long sigh: "The enemies of the Yermalen people were slaughtered, we don't have to slaughter the other Jotalandians. Do it well, a beautiful unmarried woman is found in the local area, you can take it and be you My wife and concubine. I estimate that after the surrender of the Vaxjos, there will be no other hostile forces in the southern Gotaland. Our army may have approached the southern coastline and will contact our Danes allies. You know the map of this small world, you should understand."
"clear."
"However, you still have to prepare with both hands. If the Vaxhe people refuse to surrender, then fight! This king will solve the problem with a large army. Any cavalry is precious, you must not act rashly. "
"As ordered."
"Go down and prepare."
As a result, the Governor's Palace of the Rus Kingdom in Jonkoping was opened. Governor Hagrid brought his family to lead the way for the Rus cavalry. He also gathered a group of people in the city and organized an "auxiliary army" composed of more than 30 men. Thirty people were useless. They turned the ox cart into a horse-drawn carriage and drove south with Ross' horsepower.
The three hundred cavalry Rurik couldn't help but be worried. He brought in some more people from the island, especially the next generation of the governor of Rosburg, who came to "swipe his resume". More than a hundred infantry soldiers.
After all, Kanuf didn't perform well in the island war. As a cronie, Rurik didn't want him to be a soy sauce mission, and Kanuf couldn't just stare at Fisk when he made a remarkable contribution.
The miscellaneous people made up an army of five hundred people. There were ox carts and carriages, as well as a large number of horse-riding warriors.
According to the experience of the merchants, it took four days to walk from Jönköping to the Ten Village Alliance of Växjö, carrying leather goods on foot, and the fastest was three days.
The four-day journey of the traveler is enough for two days of pure cavalry, and even two days of cavalry force can be reached.
Instead of moving south to attack, Rurik authorized Fisk to walk slowly.
The army has to wear gorgeous clothes to show off its power, and then bring some supplies to do business with the local nobles.
Rurik specially prepared gifts, which were glass cups and glass plates for his own enjoyment. He even wrote a letter of persuasion in traditional writing on paper, pointing out the benefits of surrender and the price of rejection.
Rurik is currently living in Jönköping, and he knows what is happening on the island of Visingosser. The bodies of the dead were buried, and Arik and other generals were tapping the spoils, especially the large number of prisoners.
Those young women and young children were largely under the control of the Rus Duchy army of the kingdom, and a group of captured male warriors were attached to shackles, including Carl's remnants, who would be transported to the mines in the north.
The allied troops have their own benefits. After all, the Melalen tribe sent troops to a thousand people, and they also brought some extra ships to transport the spoils. Chief Bjorn was pleased to have captured nearly five hundred men and women, as well as some other spoils of wool, leather, and a few live animals. Especially the captive population, they will serve as the slaves of the Melalen nobles, and the Melalen civilian soldiers who were drawn to serve as soldiers are not bad. They found some iron tools and clothes, enough to improve their lives.
Those noble nobles who have no ambition to take captives are only their own slaves, but Rurik is not the case. The captives caught on the island of Visingose will become subjects, paying taxes for the kingdom, and their children will also fight for Ross. This is a very good treatment for prisoners.
In this way, after the Ross army left, the entire Weisinger Island became a no-man’s land.
There will be a fleet of people and loot to retreat in the next few days.
The fleet is not as simple as retreating! Rurik also had a Slavic reserve of a thousand men, who had probably left by now and had just arrived at Tombstone Island, according to plan.
Novgorod Governor Medvet, commanding the army, awaits new orders. Rurik, who has gone deep into Gotaland, feels that he attaches too much importance to the people here. He only needs the current strength to conquer them, but the Slavs are always mobilized, and it is impossible for military operations to become an exercise for the Slavs. The Slavs in the kingdom will be dissatisfied when the good people and the Finns grab the spoils.
Medved's Slavs must continue to be on standby, why not...
Rurik simply decided to gamble!
"Why do I only need the whole of Gotaland? Crossing the Denmark Strait, I will go straight to Denmark! I now have this strategic opportunity."
Thinking of this, he became excited!
It was another quiet night. Rurik, who was temporarily living in Jönköping, was accompanied by Bejahir, one of his beloved wives. She seemed to be the petite Princess Pecheneg, but what Rurik could not have imagined was that it was her who suggested that the cavalry bypass the rear of Jonkoping to launch a surprise attack. If she were a man, she would be a good cavalry commander.
Now it's not bad, she is her own woman, so she has to play a big role in the operation to break away from the cavalry and continue to move south.
While enjoying the joy of being a woman, she listened to her husband's education: "Fisk and Kanuf are both arrogant. You are the princess of the Pecheneg Khanate, my woman, you are more than They are nobler, and you are wiser than them, and you must command the cavalry well."
"So... I'm a Valkyrie?"
"Forget it! It must be counted. Give me a son next year. You will be respected by all nobles because of your military exploits. Our son will be a cavalry officer. Haha! It's great..."
Bejasil also enjoyed it, she felt that there was a king's seed in her stomach, and the next battle was like the king is always by her side. Moreover, he was trusted by the king, and even the two generals of Ross had to listen to their combat advice. It is a beautiful thing for a female noble to be trusted by the king because of her military command ability, at least other Pecheneg female nobles cannot have this kind of treatment.
The cavalry unit and the infantry that cooperated with the action constituted a mule and horse army of 500 people.
It is a partial division, but in this era, the armored army of 500 people can be described as absolutely elite, enough to support the glory of an earl of Frank.
The strange thing is that Rurik didn't know that when he was expanding in northern Europe, the three princes of the Frankish kingdom, Lothair, Ludwig and Charles, were waging an all-out civil war for power in southern European Frank. After the so-called old King Louis died, the boss Lothair wanted to cut the clan~www.novelhall.com~ nobles from all over the country stood in line with the princes they supported.
The Frankish kingdom is in a frenzied civil war, and their elite warriors are rapidly withering away, including the expelled former king of Denmark, Harald Clark, who is also coerced into this civil war to fight for Prince Ludwig.
An opportunity to plunder the south is not only in front of the Vikings, but even the tribes of the West Slavs have done such a good thing.
Several tribes in Denmark have crossed the Schleswig Wall to raid, or rowed to the west coast to raid.
This situation is beyond the control of King Horrick of Denmark. He is considered a vassal of Prince Ludwig, but his own Danish compatriots are frantically robbing his master. Now Ludwig has no time to take care of the Viking pirates in the north, and Horlick simply lays down and leaves it alone.
However, Rurik revised his war goal, to quickly win Gothenburg and Vaxjo, and after solving the Gotaland problem, he would join forces with the desolate Ragnar, who had accumulated strength on Burnholm Island, as far as possible. Settle the Danish issue this year and restore peace.
So the question is not how quickly the cavalry will take Vaxjo, but how much they can take Gothenburg.
The cavalrymen took a large number of supplies and began to move south. They hunted in gorgeous banners, and their spears shone coldly in the sun. They followed the once fierce forest road over the mounds into the hills of Götaland, and went straight to the Ten Inch Alliance of Vaxjo.
Rurik sent them off for a while, and when he saw the forest overwhelm them, he turned his head and told his entourage: "We are going back to the island. The fleet transporting the loot of the prisoners of war has also withdrawn, and we will leave for Lake Venern tomorrow. Now let's go... "
Jnkping got its name because the settlement is adjacent to a small river, and "Kping" means "deal", hence the name of the city.It was originally a natural fishing village, but the hydrological resources in this area of the lake are not as good as those of Weisingose Island, and towns built on mounds must beware of landslides.A group of merchants and craftsmen entered here, and the town gradually prospered. However, the city's development limit was once choked by the "Crazy Bear" Carl of Sorgon every year. Now the city is suffering from a military disaster.Hundreds of people were killed, and a group of girls and children will be taken away.The town was originally formed by the spontaneous gathering of people. It definitely did not start with a blood clan. Even if the Rus army killed many people, as long as the trade route needed this node, Jonkoping would still continue to develop.Rurik beheaded Karl "Crazy Bear" in public, announcing that the source of all evil was gone, and what was left was the first time in the history of Lake Wettern, and would forever be incorporated into the rule of Ross.The corpse was collected, and the local people dug a large pit to fill it up, making a mound and erecting it as a large mound.Those who surrendered all sacrificed their belongings and daughters in order to survive. Smart people did not feel that they were too disadvantaged. If their business could be promised by the conquerors to enter the huge kingdom of Rus, what they are doing now is to vote for the name.These prominent figures saw the king the most, and they were "invited" to the city council, where Rurik wanted to declare some policies.Everyone could see King Rurik's face clearly, his young and handsome eyes filled with domineering domineering. The merchants, craftsmen, and landowners shivered, praying in their hearts that the king would never ask for treasures or anything."Those of you who submit to me are wise! Since this is the case, I won't go into details."Having said that, Rurik clapped his hands, and the merchant Hagrid walked into the longhouse.They all knew Hagrid and his wealth. In the previous period, Hagrid's assets were neither high nor low in Jnkping, but this guy had a good-looking daughter, and he had been hiding and covering him in order to catch a golden tortoise-in-law. Now everyone knows that in order to survive, this guy gave his daughter to the conquistador's general - the "bald" Fisk on horseback.At the beginning, they were shocked that the Ross conqueror rode the "forest beast" to slaughter. After only two or three days, they saw the horses clearly and realized that this big animal is not much different from cattle and sheep, and they all eat grass. Animals, but can ride wildly."It's because he used his daughter as a gift in exchange for the conquistador's trust." Most of the businessmen had this attitude. They began to worry that this guy would replace Carl's rule and become the conqueror's loyal dog.Rurik raised his chest and solemnly announced: "I know your situation! There is no leader in the whole of Jonkoping, so this king has appointed this Hager Haraldsson as your leader."This is what everyone guessed, and it is still surprising to hear it.Seeing their surprised expressions, Rurik also knew what they were worried about: "Don't worry too much. You can continue your past life, and you can still discuss matters in this house in the future. Only this Hagrid has the right to report things to me. This Hagrid is also responsible for raising the annual tribute. Don't worry, I am a benevolent king. I also know how Carl asked you to pay tribute before, and now I only need one-third of the originalRurik is based on their fairly generous treatment, and for these people, they are thin and they really don't want to hang out a lot of oil and water, but the city of Jonkoping happens to be stuck at the intersection of land trade and water trade in the Gotaland area. The commercial value of a city is above all else.There is no need to charge too much silver coins and in-kind taxes for local merchants. The commercial portals in this region are absolutely open. If Ross wants to search for wealth, he only needs to ship goods from the East. By relying on business to monopolize the market here, Ross will not only capture big interests, but also get it. good name.The merchant Hagrid was appointed as the governor. The merchants, craftsmen and landowners present had the right to participate in the council of the city. If they left the town, they would lose their ability to council. The traditional Viking Nordic culture will continue, and in a sense Rurik has implemented a policy of restraint in this unreachable area.The huge Rus army has ten thousand people! That's what Rurik advertised. Such a large army alone is to destroy Carl, how can it be so mobilized.The people present had already learned that the Rus army had assembled all the forces in the north to capture Jotaland in one fell swoop. Killing was not the intention, conquest was the goal.At the meeting, Rurik established two offensive goals: "I learned that the largest settlement of the Gotaland people is in Gothenburg in the west. Some of you who are familiar with the waterway are just as my guides to help our army. Arriving in Gothenburg without a hitch will be my great reward. I also learned about a settlement in the south called the Ten Village Alliance of Vxj. There are those of you who are familiar with land transportation. I will also fight to conquer the area. be rewarded."They are all from Gotaland, and the area where they now live was also a settlement of the Swedes a long time ago. Rurik wrote a great article on this, claiming that "we are of the same race", so he won over these businessmen and invited them to lead the way.They have no major feelings for Gothenburg and Vaxjo. There are local rulers, and they need to pay tribute to do business there.Listen to what the new conqueror King Rurik had to say? In the future, the Gtaland merchants in Jonkoping, rowing into the Baltic Sea, floated to Lake Mlaren, and set up stalls in the Stockholm Free Trade Zone to do business completely tax-free.This is what the free trade zone means. There is no tax on the surface, and you only need to pay a low "garbage cleaning fee" and "security fee" and you will be fine.If this is the benefit of surrender, the merchants quickly forgot to kill.They enthusiastically supported the service of the king, and wailed and called themselves the most loyal servants. Rurik estimates that they are not only surrendering to themselves, they have long surrendered to their financial interests. What they want is the wealth development of their family, and their surrender to the imaginary community of the Rus Kingdom is not credible.Surrender to money? Dare to betray money? Things got better. Because what Rurik lacked most now was wealth.Although Hagrid is the governor, in the future, everyone will get together to discuss and do things, and finally Hagrid will be the talker and report to King Ross. With the support of Ross, the merchants and landowners no longer even have to support a large number of private military households, and each family only needs to support a small number of armed slaves. They believe that they will be able to exchange for the military protection of Ross by paying the offerings.After all, they decided to actively lead the way and help Rus to rule the entire Gotaland region, so that all the forces will be stronger and stronger. Those warlords and tyrants will be beheaded, and the merchants only need to pay tribute to the greatest king. Suspicion, don't have to worry about a strongman overtaking King Russ and claiming tribute.The people in Jnkping were convinced by the beating, and Rurik was delighted with a group of guides who brought their own food, which was far beyond his expectations.Governor Hagrid has a new mission. He must organize some people in Jnkping and bring a wooden cart to join the cavalry unit.No, Fisk, whom Rurik specially summoned, and the new wife he captured.The girl sat on the ground obediently, and Rurik shook his head: "Fisk, are you really busy catching women during the war?"However, he saw Fisk smiling innocently: "We caught a lot of women, she is Astrid Hegdot.""I know her identity.""She will give birth to a son soon. When the child grows up, she will still serve you, Your Majesty.""Okay." Rurik smiled slightly: "But the women captured by the brothers are not allowed to go out with the army.""Yes. I ordered the brothers to have tattoos on the women. If the king wishes, he can take them to the rear or even to Novgorod and Novgorod, and the families of the cavalry will take these women away.""You?! How did you do this? You've already divided the slaves? It's okay..." Rurik patted his forehead. This method of catching slaves and tattooing them is an old tradition of the old Rus. "But you keep this woman of yours.""Ah? Are you taking her on an expedition?" Fisk was overjoyed: "Thanks to the love of the king, so I can make her belly swollen earlier.""Okay! This woman is a lever. Hagrid will lead you to help you attack Vaxjo in the south. If he turns traitor in the middle, you can kill this woman.""Huh?!" Fisk was shocked.At the same time, the submissive Astrid shivered and begged with tears in her eyes that she didn't want to be killed.Rurik shrugged and looked at him indifferently: "Woman! It depends on whether your father is loyal."After all, he looked into Fisk's eyes again: "Tell me! If Hagrid really betrayed, would you dare to do it?"Looking at his newly acquired woman, Fisk suddenly felt that he was facing a trial. He gritted his teeth: "I dare! I am only loyal to the king!""Very good. I heard that there are a lot of people in Vaxjo in the south, and your cavalry is very strong in combat, but if you really bring them along, you probably won't have an advantage."Fisk slapped his chest with determination: "I'm not afraid of any difficulties! I'm an old Rusian, and I can't shame my brothers.""Confidence is very important, you still have to prepare well. Me! I hope your southward action will be gentler."Fisk was a little surprised: "Your Majesty... what do you mean?"Rurik stepped forward and patted his shoulder lightly: "Now you and I both know that the Gotharans are not monolithic. Try to negotiate with the Vaxjos and persuade them to surrender to Ross. Don't do unnecessary killings, I want domination, not corpses. Do you understand?" "I understand."Rurik let out a long sigh: "The enemies of the Yermalen people were slaughtered, we don't have to slaughter the other Jotalandians. Do it well, a beautiful unmarried woman is found in the local area, you can take it and be you My wife and concubine. I estimate that after the surrender of the Vaxjos, there will be no other hostile forces in the southern Gotaland. Our army may have approached the southern coastline and will contact our Danes allies. You know the map of this small world, you should understand." "clear.""However, you still have to prepare with both hands. If the Vaxhe people refuse to surrender, then fight! This king will solve the problem with a large army. Any cavalry is precious, you must not act rashly. ""As ordered.""Go down and prepare."As a result, the Governor's Palace of the Rus Kingdom in Jonkoping was opened. Governor Hagrid brought his family to lead the way for the Rus cavalry. He also gathered a group of people in the city and organized an "auxiliary army" composed of more than 30 men. Thirty people were useless. They turned the ox cart into a horse-drawn carriage and drove south with Ross' horsepower.The three hundred cavalry Rurik couldn't help but be worried. He brought in some more people from the island, especially the next generation of the governor of Rosburg, who came to "swipe his resume". More than a hundred infantry soldiers.After all, Kanuf didn't perform well in the island war. As a cronie, Rurik didn't want him to be a soy sauce mission, and Kanuf couldn't just stare at Fisk when he made a remarkable contribution.The miscellaneous people made up an army of five hundred people. There were ox carts and carriages, as well as a large number of horse-riding warriors.According to the experience of the merchants, it took four days to walk from Jnkping to the Ten Village Alliance of Vxj, carrying leather goods on foot, and the fastest was three days.The four-day journey of the traveler is enough for two days of pure cavalry, and even two days of cavalry force can be reached.Instead of moving south to attack, Rurik authorized Fisk to walk slowly.The army has to wear gorgeous clothes to show off its power, and then bring some supplies to do business with the local nobles.Rurik specially prepared gifts, which were glass cups and glass plates for his own enjoyment. He even wrote a letter of persuasion in traditional writing on paper, pointing out the benefits of surrender and the price of rejection.Rurik is currently living in Jnkping, and he knows what is happening on the island of Visingosser. The bodies of the dead were buried, and Arik and other generals were tapping the spoils, especially the large number of prisoners.Those young women and young children were largely under the control of the Rus Duchy army of the kingdom, and a group of captured male warriors were attached to shackles, including Carl's remnants, who would be transported to the mines in the north.The allied troops have their own benefits. After all, the Melalen tribe sent troops to a thousand people, and they also brought some extra ships to transport the spoils. Chief Bjorn was pleased to have captured nearly five hundred men and women, as well as some other spoils of wool, leather, and a few live animals. Especially the captive population, they will serve as the slaves of the Melalen nobles, and the Melalen civilian soldiers who were drawn to serve as soldiers are not bad. They found some iron tools and clothes, enough to improve their lives.Those noble nobles who have no ambition to take captives are only their own slaves, but Rurik is not the case. The captives caught on the island of Visingose will become subjects, paying taxes for the kingdom, and their children will also fight for Ross. This is a very good treatment for prisoners.In this way, after the Ross army left, the entire Weisinger Island became a no-man's land.There will be a fleet of people and loot to retreat in the next few days.The fleet is not as simple as retreating! Rurik also had a Slavic reserve of a thousand men, who had probably left by now and had just arrived at Tombstone Island, according to plan.Novgorod Governor Medvet, commanding the army, awaits new orders. Rurik, who has gone deep into Gotaland, feels that he attaches too much importance to the people here. He only needs the current strength to conquer them, but the Slavs are always mobilized, and it is impossible for military operations to become an exercise for the Slavs. The Slavs in the kingdom will be dissatisfied when the good people and the Finns grab the spoils.Medved's Slavs must continue to be on standby, why not...Rurik simply decided to gamble!"Why do I only need the whole of Gotaland? Crossing the Denmark Strait, I will go straight to Denmark! I now have this strategic opportunity."Thinking of this, he became excited!It was another quiet night. Rurik, who was temporarily living in Jnkping, was accompanied by Bejahir, one of his beloved wives. She seemed to be the petite Princess Pecheneg, but what Rurik could not have imagined was that it was her who suggested that the cavalry bypass the rear of Jonkoping to launch a surprise attack. If she were a man, she would be a good cavalry commander.Now it's not bad, she is her own woman, so she has to play a big role in the operation to break away from the cavalry and continue to move south.While enjoying the joy of being a woman, she listened to her husband's education: "Fisk and Kanuf are both arrogant. You are the princess of the Pecheneg Khanate, my woman, you are more than They are nobler, and you are wiser than them, and you must command the cavalry well.""So... I'm a Valkyrie?""Forget it! It must be counted. Give me a son next year. You will be respected by all nobles because of your military exploits. Our son will be a cavalry officer. Haha! It's great..."Bejasil also enjoyed it, she felt that there was a king's seed in her stomach, and the next battle was like the king is always by her side. Moreover, he was trusted by the king, and even the two generals of Ross had to listen to their combat advice. It is a beautiful thing for a female noble to be trusted by the king because of her military command ability, at least other Pecheneg female nobles cannot have this kind of treatment.The cavalry unit and the infantry that cooperated with the action constituted a mule and horse army of 500 people.It is a partial division, but in this era, the armored army of 500 people can be described as absolutely elite, enough to support the glory of an earl of Frank.The strange thing is that Rurik didn't know that when he was expanding in northern Europe, the three princes of the Frankish kingdom, Lothair, Ludwig and Charles, were waging an all-out civil war for power in southern European Frank. After the so-called old King Louis died, the boss Lothair wanted to cut the clan~www.novelhall.com~ nobles from all over the country stood in line with the princes they supported.The Frankish kingdom is in a frenzied civil war, and their elite warriors are rapidly withering away, including the expelled former king of Denmark, Harald Clark, who is also coerced into this civil war to fight for Prince Ludwig.An opportunity to plunder the south is not only in front of the Vikings, but even the tribes of the West Slavs have done such a good thing.Several tribes in Denmark have crossed the Schleswig Wall to raid, or rowed to the west coast to raid.This situation is beyond the control of King Horrick of Denmark. He is considered a vassal of Prince Ludwig, but his own Danish compatriots are frantically robbing his master. Now Ludwig has no time to take care of the Viking pirates in the north, and Horlick simply lays down and leaves it alone.However, Rurik revised his war goal, to quickly win Gothenburg and Vaxjo, and after solving the Gotaland problem, he would join forces with the desolate Ragnar, who had accumulated strength on Burnholm Island, as far as possible. Settle the Danish issue this year and restore peace.So the question is not how quickly the cavalry will take Vaxjo, but how much they can take Gothenburg.The cavalrymen took a large number of supplies and began to move south. They hunted in gorgeous banners, and their spears shone coldly in the sun. They followed the once fierce forest road over the mounds into the hills of Gtaland, and went straight to the Ten Inch Alliance of Vaxjo.Rurik sent them off for a while, and when he saw the forest overwhelm them, he turned his head and told his entourage: "We are going back to the island. The fleet transporting the loot of the prisoners of war has also withdrawn, and we will leave for Lake Venern tomorrow. Now let's go... "
