Rise of Rurik - Chapter 1397

[Chapter 1496: When the Rhine River is paved with leading warships]

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In the cold drizzle, the vague phantoms of two longships were drifting down the Rhine.

They tied the sails tightly to the only beam, and each boat had a lone long stick pointed directly at the gray sky.

The paddling warriors are already wet. They must keep paddling to ensure that their bodies are warm. Once they stop, the wet temperature will appear.

Fortunately, they did not have to sleep in the rain during this trip. They had a local guide from Nassau and a pass that could directly enter Cologne. They could find a house to stay in Cologne and bake clothes at the same time.

No, they sailed as hard as they could with the orders of King Rus, and successfully arrived at the settlement of Duisburg, which was already de facto controlled by the County of Nassau-Coblenz, three days after setting off.

As a veteran, Eric “Broken Tooth” was temporarily arranged here by Black Fox. Now this veteran finally has his major mission.

The old guy smiled and got on the boat with only a handful of followers, and the number of people in the two boats was finally close to sixty.

“Brothers, I have been staying in Duisburg for three months. I thought I would spend the winter quietly here, but now I have finally met my fate. You all listen to me this time, and I will direct you to Rotterstadt. Virtue.”

The old guy is very senior and has experience in serving in the Russian regular army.

He was a veteran who retired from the entire army due to his age. The old guy was not convinced by his age and was dissatisfied that the king did not grant him even the title of Boyar, so he happily followed the fox brothers who ventured south. Start a career.

This is the most correct choice in life. The old guy turned into a baron.

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Although the current form of the County of Nassau-Koblenz is very rough, the framework of a country is becoming more and more perfect.

I’m afraid I won’t be able to enjoy a few more years of leisure when I get old, but I don’t have to worry about having no battles to fight in this world.

When there is fighting, there is plundering. Compared with honest farming, fishing, and raising cattle and sheep, plundering is the fastest way to make money.

As for betraying Odin and accepting the god of the Franks, is there anything wrong with that?

“I’m afraid Odin’s divine power cannot shine here. The God of the Franks protects the Frank world. Only by believing in God and those angels can the Frank gods protect me and my family.”

God corresponds to Odin, Gabriel corresponds to Thor, and the Virgin Mary corresponds to Freya… When he is extremely bored, the old guy will compare the gods. The gods he is believed in in his hometown in the north seem to be in the Frankish world. There are similar versions.

If you die in battle, your soul will not go to wonderful Asgard, but to the equally wonderful Paradis.

Who knows about the future?

Who knows the world after death?

Only God knows.

However, what can be seen with the naked eye is that the Frankish Civil War gave everyone who wanted to make a fortune and change their destiny a major opportunity. By fighting with sword and shield, they could quickly gain decades of enjoyment in the world, and the descendants of the family could be popular for generations.

He is such a veteran and has unquestioned military exploits. Rurik is more assured that he will lead the team to report to the huge navy that may have arrived in Rotterstad.

The reason for sending two boats was to be on the safe side, and each boat had enough oarsmen to ensure that it was as fast as possible.

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Maybe we can wait until the annoying autumn rain is over before taking action. Rurik no longer wants to waste time.

rub.

Even if the navy has arrived at the mouth of the Rhine, his messenger will waste at least a week on the river, and the letter will be delivered in October.

Even if Blue Fox and Goldlund move quickly, Rurik will probably wait for half a month until the main force of the Russian army completes the rendezvous in Koblenz, which will be mid-October.

Although it is not difficult to plunder wildly along the Moselle River in the form of oars in the winter, the Ross Army has accumulated sufficient experience in winter warfare. It would be great if they could complete the battle and plunder under warmer conditions. , as long as the opportunity exists, you should fight for it.

The leader, Eric “Broken Tooth”, led the team on a wild ride. It only took them three days since they left Duisburg to head to the mouth of the Rhine.

They made full use of the short daylight time, eating dry food soaked in rain on the boat, and also took care of the toilet on the boat. Only after dusk, they sought shelter in the woods.

They do know a town that was once called Nijmegen. It is still a ruin that was looted and destroyed. The ruins of the wharf can be used. Among the ruins, there are many sheds that have mostly collapsed and can still provide shelter from the rain. .

The ruins of Nijmegen were the last stop of the flotilla, and the cold autumn rain was still there. The soldiers endured all kinds of pain, and started the final surge inspired by Old Eric’s victory.

The river began to widen, and the north wind made the rain feel even colder. Under the haze, people couldn’t see any other ships. It seemed that there were only two long ships moving between the sky and the earth, and the trance was confusing.

The forest area was shrinking, and large areas of grassland began to appear in the coastal areas. They even noticed the ruins of Durist Port, and soon

I began to see clear houses and well-anchored long boats moored on the shore.

This is a newly built Danish immigrant settlement along the river. It is a new expansion of the Danish district of Roterstad, which means that the fleet is about to arrive in the Ross district of the city, which is closer to the sea.

“Keep it up! When we get to Ross’s Shop, we will all take hot showers, put on dry clothes, eat barbecue and drink ale and have a good rest.”

After nearly a week of miserable wind and rain, a large number of soldiers were forced to become weak. If they had not been diligent in cleaning with soap or even sulfur soap, their bodies might have developed a fever.

Soon, the densely packed longships docked in the estuary area, and the large fleet of the Russian navy that had been anchored like an army array for two or three years, appeared in front of the listless warriors like Asgard descending from the earth, and their negative emotions were suddenly excited. replace.

They even saw the phantom of a giant ship that could not be concealed by the misty autumn rain.

It’s her!

Sea Monarch, the new flagship of the Kingdom of Rus.

“I really can’t believe that the king really brought the large fleet to the mouth of the Rhine. Do you want to drag the warships to the inland river? How can you drag those big ships by relying on mortal oars? Only the wind of the wind god can blow them wildly in the sea. The navy will not Is that so? Do they think the enemy will try to challenge the fleet? The Franks only have some small sampans in the inland river. Ludwig’s army should rent our ships to cross the river…”

Veteran Eric felt that the Ross navy was unprecedentedly large and seemed to be searching for Jormungandr and then executing the legendary earthly python.

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Since Blue Fox issued an order to return to Hong Kong to take shelter, the entire Ross army and friends who arrived at Rotterstad

The army all entered a long period of rest.

The large ships were anchored on the river with iron anchors. Since the supplies had basically been unloaded, a large amount of open space was left in the cabins except for the ballast stones. The sealed cabins of each large ship had become dry. Some soldiers and thieves simply had to move the cabins. Use it as a rain shelter dormitory.

Especially the largest Sea Monarch. As the de facto largest transport ship, she has an exaggerated size of four decks. She is like a residential building floating on the water. In terms of shelter and accommodation, it can accommodate up to 800 people. There is no problem for soldiers who sleep on the floor or in hammocks.

The chaos caused by the initial rainfall in all aspects soon ended, and the three thousand warriors from Jotaland also found suitable shelter from the rain.

It’s just that this autumn rain feels a little too long.

Soldiers of all colors who had been suffering from the cold autumn rain for a long time and took shelter from the rain. Their ambitions that had just arrived in Hong Kong were extinguished by the autumn rain overnight. People’s mentality became calm, and some people even became inexplicably depressed.

What else can a blue fox do?

After the meeting, Henry Nassau and Baudoin II took their entourages back to their respective homes. It was obvious that the troops they promised to fight would not take place this year. As for whether they would take action next year and the number of troops they would send, it was still unknown.

Blue Fox is convinced that the king will not pay attention to these two families. If he is willing to send troops, he can send troops. If he does not send troops, Ross will not lose anything.

It happened that in this irritating weather, two long ships arrived quietly. If they hadn’t hung the completely wet Ross flag on the bow of the ship, the people who took turns to stand guard as usual would not have instantly become excited.

A burst of crazy footsteps made a loud noise in the Ross Governor’s Palace in Rotterstad.

continuous rainfall

As a result, the blue fox only wanted to stay in a comfortable house and sleep, so it didn’t matter whether it was day or night outdoors.

Lying down for a long time made his bones feel numb, and his head ached due to lack of strength all over his body.

The messenger who reported the news was intercepted by the guards at the gate. He put on dry shoes before running around the house. It was the wooden shoes that the messenger put on that were obviously similar to wooden clogs, and the news finally moved the blue fox.

“It’s strange. It’s been too quiet for so many days. Who’s running around?” He held his head and got up.

“Sir!” A loud report came from outside the door: “The king’s messengers have come in the rain! They request to see you.”

“ah?”

Hearing this, Lan Hu suddenly became clear-headed no matter how uncomfortable he was. He immediately ordered without hesitation: “Quick! Bring the leader of the envoy here. The other entourage will treat you as a distinguished guest.”

“As commanded.”

Blue Fox stood up suddenly, and then felt an inexplicable dizziness. He held on to the wooden table to calm down before picking up suitable clothes and putting them on himself.

At the same time, all Eric “Broken Tooth”‘s men who had just landed entered the dry barn to wait for the permission order.

Since they came from Nassau, all Governor Red Fox’s cronies recognized them, so a lot of red tape was avoided. Dry clothes, good wine and good food were provided immediately. After a week of hard work, they could be considered as having a stable meal. Rick was so indecent that he began to feast.

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Then, according to the order of the Governor’s Palace, Eric put on local wooden shoes and happily went to visit his old friend Blue Fox with a letter written by King Ross.

There is a fireplace in the spacious wooden house, and the room is toasty and cozy.

Ai has already changed his clothes

As soon as Rick entered the house, he saw the very familiar round face of Blue Fox.

“It’s you! Eric! Eric with a broken tooth. I wouldn’t be surprised if you came with a letter from the king.” Blue Fox seemed to be sitting casually, but he was still worried about where he stood. After getting up, I would feel dizzy for no reason, as if I had encountered some kind of curse, just like the autumn rain that had fallen for seven consecutive days was also a curse from some evil god.

In fact, this guy spends most of his time sleeping doing nothing every day. All kinds of tasks have been arranged. When the autumn rain is over, the whole army will set off as planned. In the future, his younger brother Honghu will be responsible for a lot of logistical problems. Because he feels that he doesn’t need to worry anymore. I had no choice but to lie down every day, not knowing that lying down for too long was damaging to the body.

“It’s me. Blue Fox…” Eric sat down and thought for a while before adding an honorific affix to his name.

“Sir Blue Fox, the king asked me to bring you an important letter.”

“Then leave it to me quickly.”

“That’s fine.” Eric took out the completely dry folded paper from his bag and handed it over himself.

The letter was written in Romanized Norse, and look at the smooth writing done by the king.

The content of the letter is also quite concise. There is only one core requirement in the whole text: “Gather all the troops you can control, and when the weather clears, assemble along the Rhine River to the open fields of Koblenz. Our armies will join forces in Koblenz after they are completed.” The large military camp is stationed in Ci.”

Looking at the letter, Blue Fox’s hands trembled with excitement.

“All…all the armies I can control. Is your Majesty going to destroy Frank?” He said with emotion.

“The way I see it,” said Eric Sr.

Excited about this, he also had his own opinion: “When we set out, the king had ordered the construction of a huge military camp in Coblenz. Our army will be stationed there this winter. That is enough housing for six thousand people. By then. At that time, our Nassau-Koblenz army cooperated with the King to fight and cut deep along the Moselle River. All the property we saw was ours. I heard that the King was interested in the road to Alsace for reinforcements. There was little interest in Derwig, but great interest in the southern Franks.”

Blue Fox pinched his beard lightly: “I can see that the king has this intention, otherwise he would not have ordered me to mobilize all the troops. That’s right.”

“You tell me.”

“How many houses has the king prepared? How many troops can be accommodated?”

“Six thousand to seven thousand people, an unprecedented army will comfortably move in.” Eric was still very excited, but saw the blue fox’s forehead gradually wrinkled.

“What? Did I say the wrong thing?”

“No. Seven thousand people live…” Blue Fox shook his fat head and big ears deeply: “Too few. The king’s cavalry and servants, as well as the army I can control, and Denmark who are determined to join us. The king’s army. Our strength has exceeded 10,000! The military camp in Coblenz must be expanded.”

“Ah?! Ten thousand?” Old Eric gestured with his fingers, and finally opened his hands: “One finger represents a thousand people, but our army… actually has ten fingers?”

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“It’s ridiculous.” Blue Fox just thought this old guy was too funny: “It would be more appropriate to count your toes if you drag off your wooden shoes.”

“Ho! An unprecedented army. Even though my eyes are blinded by the rain, I can see the huge fleet clearly. Your Majesty, this is

He really wants to destroy Frank.

”

“Maybe.” Blue Fox shrugged: “The king didn’t mean this when Lübeck divided his forces. Maybe he found that the Frankish world was ruined, which is very beneficial to us.”

“What’s next? Do you want to carry out the order immediately?”

“Don’t worry yet.” Blue Fox waved his hand, “Your Majesty is wise. The letter clearly ordered me to wait until the rain stops before taking action. Your Majesty knows very well that under severe weather conditions, our army will launch operations with tens of thousands of people. If the coordination is not good, it will It will cause a big mess. Just the problem of illness is enough to cause disaster for us. By the way, are there any sick people when your people come in the rain?”

“Yes, but I don’t think it’s a problem.”

“Reckless! But you must not neglect to carry out the king’s orders. Listen.” Blue Fox became serious, “Some soldiers have died of illness, and some soldiers are currently being treated for severe diarrhea. I advise you not to force it. , tell your guys, if you don’t feel well, report to the priests, those beautiful girls who serve the gods are blessed by the gods, and they will do their best to treat all patients.”

“And… such a good thing?” Eric “Broken Tooth” heard this with great interest.

“You should also take a good rest and wait for our army to set off after the damn rain ends.”

The autumn rain continued intermittently for eleven days. After the rain ended, the north wind started again.

Nearly 10,000 warriors who were passively hibernating left various residences one after another. They put on thicker clothes and wore big furry hats on their heads. They were completely different from the compact flip-up hoods of the local Frisians and Brabant people. ——As if the Russians put a fox on their head

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They came from the hinterland of Northern and Eastern Europe, and their attitude towards the extreme cold in the north was used to deal with the overly warm Netherlands and the middle reaches of the Rhine. Their level of protection from the cold was somewhat excessive.

The north wind has two benefits. Firstly, the drier wind from the Arctic quickly dries the mud on the ground. Secondly, in the downstream part of the Rhine River starting from the Cologne end, the waterway extends northwestward, which means that the Ross army can Take advantage of the wind while you’re at it.

So that it can raise the sails of more fully loaded armed cargo ships, use the wind as much as possible to gain critical self-sustaining power, and then fine-tune the direction with the long oars towing her.

If you miss the rare north wind opportunity, you have to wait. The vast number of dormant warriors are almost going crazy. Their limp bodies continue to beat the enemies before they can recover. Since there are no enemies locally, just paddle hard.

The entire army had to go to Koblenz, and the main ships of the fleet stayed in Rotterstad. After the army left, all management rights were transferred to Red Fox.

Now, Verica directed the priests to kill a cow at the still wet temporary riverside altar, which was nominally dedicated to the river god of the Rhine.

Is there a river god here?

have no idea.

It doesn’t matter either.

The cow’s blood actually flowed into the river, and the soldiers felt relieved.

Based on a plan that was planned before the rain started, the supplies of a group of armed cargo ships were never unloaded. Each infantry flag team was responsible for four cargo ships. They piled large and small debris on the ship, and the soldiers boarded the longship lightly. A cable extended from the cargo ship was hung from the stern of the ship. Accompanied by fierce drumbeats and long horn sounds, the Ross Army’s operation quietly began.

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Blue Fox gave the waterway special features and ordered the prepared flag team to deploy immediately

During the operation, Eric “Broken Tooth” brought nearly sixty brothers. If this group of people is distributed, each “unit” can have a qualified guide, so there is no need to worry about the army getting lost.

Even the Gothenburg Army and the Wienerstad Army, these warriors from Götaland were also organized by Blue Fox, and they also towed a group of cargo ships and started to move.

For a time, the Rhine Estuary was full of boats!

Four long boats with sails raised towed a cargo ship with sails also raised. The long boats paddled hard, and the entire “unit” moved quickly against the current.

They must move quickly, otherwise congesting the waterways will cause a fatal ship jam for the advancing army. In this era when overall scheduling is very difficult, once a large-scale march goes into trouble, adjustments will be too time-consuming, especially when a huge number of ships are involved. The possibility of a collision needs to be considered.

Non-combatants stayed as passengers on various armed cargo ships, and Verica and the young priests also boarded the ships to start a wonderful journey on the Rhine River.

At this moment, Blue Fox is still on the shore, and beside him are soldiers standing very densely, eager to board the ship and march.

Red Fox took his guard of honor and said goodbye to his second brother on the shore with a happy mood.

“Brother, UU Reading www.SonicMTL.net I saw the king’s fleet covering the entire river, and our ships were everywhere. This has never happened before! This is the first time! We actually organized 10,000 people army.”

“Boy, are you excited?” Blue Fox asked with a smile.

“I envy my third brother. I feel that his development in Nassau is hundreds of times better than mine.”

“Are you feeling inferior?”

“No, I’m just feeling emotional. I know, in fact, I am also very powerful.” Red Fox did not

You need to be humble, because after the army left, the management of the Ross fleet, as well as some of the naval soldiers who stayed behind, all obeyed the governor.

What an honor this is!

“I will leave soon, and the war is about to begin. Little brother, you are away from the main battlefield but you control Ross’s large granary in the Netherlands, and the naval warships are temporarily under your control. You must take good care of our ships, I The ugly words are ahead, if something goes wrong…”

“I understand!” Red Fox raised his mouth and said hurriedly: “If there is a major mistake, the crime is the death penalty. I will not let down the trust that the king has placed in me, nor will I bring discredit to our family.”

“Do it well! I advise you to actively recruit troops here and convince the Frisians, Walloons, Brabant and Danes to serve as militiamen. Maybe when the war reaches a certain huge scale, the militiamen you recruit can still be As an unexpected reserve team.” As he said this, Blue Fox patted his younger brother on the shoulder to encourage him.

But Red Fox was kept in the dark: “Isn’t ten thousand troops enough?”

Blue Fox shrugged: “It is certainly enough to help Ludwig defeat Lothair, but destroying Frank is not enough. It’s time for me to set off. Little brother, you have to be stronger.” For the fastest updated and error-free novel reading, please visit Please visit:

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