Rise of Rurik - Chapter 1398

[Chapter 1497: The Lübeck Army’s Poaching at Magdeburg]

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While the Ross army was busy advancing, the Army of the Count Oberlitt, who was also on an expedition, led by Count Mistuy, the ruler of Lübeck, was advancing as fast as possible towards Frankfurt on the Main.

They had to travel to Magdeburg and cross the river safely using local bridges.

After crossing the river, the army must move westward and continue southward after finding the upper reaches of the Elbe River.

Mistuy knew the distribution of the border areas in the eastern part of the empire. He just understood that this was the first time he had tried it in his life.

The action was as tentative as a machine gun. Objectively speaking, the army was flexing its muscles around the border area like an armed parade.

Because he was a Slavic nobleman, he had a large number of Slavic relatives in the border area.

The power of Obert Lidite has never ruled them, and the various tribes of Wenderslav on the frontier of the empire are also strangers to Obert Lidite.

However, both sides have similar ancestry, a completely common Slavic language, and both have converted to God in faith.

Mistui also has his own special ambitions: “Frank will rot. If it is destroyed, the era of my Naconid family will come. My family will take care of all the guys on both sides of the Oder River. That’s okay.” Take down all the Wende tribes. In the future, I can control the entire Magdeburg, so that I can counter-encircle the rising Saxons in the east and scare the Thuringians.”

A powerful Slavic ethnic state with a large base and a large population appeared in the north of the Frankish world. It will be ruled by the Nakonid family.

Seeing the Russians showing off their power further north, Mistui also wanted to imitate them.

Obertliddy, with the Lübeck Army as the absolute main force

The special forces marched toward Magdeburg along the Elbe River with a full cavalry formation.

So far, the local area has nominally surrendered to Ludwig. The populous Slavic Sorb tribe, a large tribe under the influence of the Wende people, is Ludwig’s die-hard supporter. Even three years ago, They suffered extremely heavy losses in the defeated battle.

But then I thought about it, this might not be a “legal deduction”.

Although the Sorbians adhere to the old tradition of using all the people as soldiers, and sent out five thousand young and middle-aged men to fight and almost wiped out the entire army, the Sorbs do not have the possibility of rebellion at present. They have lost a lot of strength, and even if they rebel in the future, their strength will be reduced. Greatly weakened.

Mistui guessed that these guys had hatred in their hearts. After all, after five thousand people died, how many years would it take to recover from the population loss?

They died fighting against the rebellious Saxons, and their hatred must have fallen on the Saxons and Normans such as the Danes.

The loss was huge and Ludwig was not appeased. Isn’t this a point that can be exploited?

Although there was a motive for parting ways with King Ross from the city of Hamburg, Mistuy could not turn back. After he calmed down, he had to continue walking on this long circuitous road.

He also noticed that there was resentment in the hearts of the soldiers. This resentment was mainly due to the arrogance of the Russians and Saxons, and they must also have the helplessness of being forced to follow the adults to take a long way around.

“Fighters who are loyal to me! I will take you to see the world! When we arrive at Magdeburg, we must take a rest. There are many of our relatives there. They have suffered great suffering. Now we are going to help as saviors. them. we will be there for them

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Become a hero in your heart!

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“We will show our might in Magdeburg, and we will continue to move eastward and show off in the villages of the eastern Saxons. We will also enter the territory of the Thuringians and tell them that you are the strong ones. The entire eastern world Everyone will know about our existence, and you will shock those nobles.”

Mistuy tried his best to cheer people up. He didn’t care much whether the warriors were inspired or not. At least he was very high-spirited.

Just as he estimated, a huge army suddenly came to the small city of Magdeburg, and there was chaos in the place.

Because not all Sorbs were willing to be ruled by the powerful Frankish army, those who refused to accept the power and were unwilling to convert were immediately strangled by the Franks and the local surrendering nobles.

Fortunately, there are forests everywhere in this area. The dissatisfied people fleeing into the forests are like fishes swimming into the sea. If you want to go to the forests to capture the guerrilla rebels, the cost is too high.

However, the Frankization of the entire Sorbian tribe was inevitable, and people who converted to God longed for stability.

Of course, they have to pay more taxes and provide a large number of servants in case of war. The price of cooperation is high and must be endured. They cannot bear the revenge of the Frank army. The entire tribe lives under high pressure, although they cannot see it. The future variables are at least stable and tolerable.

Those who refused were marginalized and turned into gangsters.

They raided the villages on both sides of the river, even though they clearly knew that most of the people living in the villages were members of their own race.

They plundered grain, cattle and sheep, and captured young women to be village wives. There were some bandit dens in the dense forests.

That is a matter for the Sorbians themselves. Ludwig in the past period did not

The Sorbian nobles who are willing to send troops to help quell the chaos and surrender should resolve the chaos themselves, and no less tribute must be paid every year.

The gangster activities were maintained within a certain range. They were unable to cross the river to attack Magdeburg. The city’s wooden walls were the best barrier. The guards hired by the local church were well-equipped and resolute in defending the city.

Under special circumstances, the church also had to assume the obligation of protecting the people like a feudal lord, instead of relying on the gospel written on parchment and an impeccable tongue to educate the people.

A huge cavalry regiment suddenly appeared in the north of the city. It shocked the monastery and beat the bells on the tower frantically. City mercenaries stood on the city wall one after another to guard against the unexpected. A large number of people outside the city dropped everything they were doing and fled into the city like crazy, just like forest bandits. As if coming.

Magdeburg’s importance stems from the fact that it has a bridge, giving it a strong strategic significance.

There is also a Frankish royal palace in the city. The bridge was built on the order of Charlemagne, and the palace was also built on the order of the emperor.

The palace is just a stone building, and legally its ownership still belongs to the “Roman Emperor” Lothair. Since the entire region declared its surrender to Ludwig, the right to use the palace fell into the hands of this prince.

However, the kings after Charlemagne never paid attention to it. Unwilling to let the building be abandoned and collapsed, the Magdeburg Church maintained the palace building and transformed it into a part of the monastery, and used it when disaster struck. A refuge for the people.

The strange army approached the bridge. The residential area on the other side of the bridge quickly emptied out. People poured into the city of Magdeburg like a tide, and then poured into it again.

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She took refuge in vacant barns and monasteries.

Bishop Hartwig put on a full robe and stood at the top of the city, and even put on a triangular bishop’s hat. He finally saw clearly the horsemen raising the cross flag, and the tension suddenly dissipated, and then another thought came to him. Confuse.

The old man clenched his fists, frowned and muttered silently: “Where did the army come from? If it is the Saxons, their Duke has already led the army to the south. Is there a second army? Something is wrong. The Duke was lost in the war. It was so heavy that it was impossible to organize a large number of cavalry. They were still…cavalry in chainmail.”

The local bishops who can serve in border areas are not devout people who only fast and chant scriptures. The Sorbians and other Wende tribes need to be civilized. Those barbarians may rebel if they do something.

Compared with other local bishops, Magdeburg had to pay attention to the life safety of the priests, and it was familiar with making excessive defensive reactions.

The fluttering cross flag made everyone shaken, and pairs of eyes stared at the bishop standing high up.

“A strange army, at least not barbarians.” The bishop made up his mind: “I decided to leave the city and stand on the bridge to chat with their nobles. Who of you… is willing to come with me.”

As soon as he finished speaking, many of the summer priests standing at the top of the city were so nervous that they retreated one after another.

“Cowardly? Why are you so timid? Okay…” The bishop pointed at a few people and immediately made these people tremble with fear.

In the end, only Bishop Hartwig walked out of the half-open city gate like a martyr. The accompanying priests were trembling and could only follow the bishop mechanically.

Hartwig disagrees

The letter writers are evil people, otherwise they would not be holding high the multiple cross flags.

At the same time, Mistuy also clearly noticed a bishop wearing a high hat suddenly standing on the empty bridge. Under the bridge was the cold and cold Elbe River flowing quietly.

At this moment, the north wind has begun to blow, and the sky has become more hazy. It seems that it will rain in a few days.

Mistuy, who was riding a horse, narrowed his eyes and tilted his head and sighed softly: “What is the name of the Bishop of Magdeburg? It doesn’t matter. He is standing there without even a guard. It seems that he intends to negotiate with me directly. Mr. Bishop (Bishop Adam of Ratzeburg), do you know?”

Adam was also surprised by this. The continuous riding made the archbishop feel uncomfortable. Due to Mistuy’s request, he could only continue riding to ensure that he was always with him.

Adam thought for a while: “I don’t usually have any correspondence with Magdeburg. Maybe it’s called Sutegel, or something else.”

“It’s okay. This person wants to meet with me. To avoid embarrassment, you come with me.”

“You…” Adam assessed the situation: “Will you ensure everything is safe? Your army will not cause trouble in such a sacred place, right? After all, this place used to be Charlemagne’s palace.”

“Are you looking down on the great me?” Mistui glared back: “Only the Russians will plunder this place, but I will not. I am a pious person.”

The words were very hypocritical. Since the Lübeck army claimed to “support the enfeoffment of the late king and law and order”, even if they wanted to plunder, they could not go wild in the territory of priests and nobles loyal to Ludwig.

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The army was standing across the bridge. Mistuy took off his helmet to reveal his brown hair, and lowered his head to show respect.

Just take off your horse and take off your sword.

Facing the unknown bishop, he opened his arms and smiled to show that he meant no harm.

Then he walked forward accompanied by Archbishop Ratzeburg, who was wearing a bishop’s hat and holding a cross-shaped wooden staff.

In terms of level, the Archbishop of Ratzeburg is responsible for the faith affairs of the entire Oberlidit area, while Magdeburg is only a local bishop, one level below. This does not mean that Ratzeburg can be arrogant.

Both belong to the Benedictine order and cannot violate the seven deadly sins of pride.

Seeing that there was no ill intention, the Bishop of Magdeburg boldly walked forward. He first looked at the unnamed bishop with respect, and then walked in front of the unnamed nobleman.

“My child, where do you come from? Are you… also a Saxon noble?”

This question almost aroused Mistuy’s anger. He knew that the other party meant no harm, so he lowered his head and made a cross on his chest, and then said: “I am Count Aubert Lidit, the ruler of Lübeck. Behind me is the army from the north, and I am loyal to Lord Ludwig, Duke of Bavaria.”

No more words were allowed to be said at this point, and the Bishop of Magdeburg suddenly realized.

“It’s actually… you guys?!”

“It’s us. I received the call from the Duke. I fulfill my vassal moral obligations and come to the Duke’s aid for the sake of true justice. Therefore, when passing through your parish, I will avoid the army from causing trouble. If it makes you feel uncomfortable, This is my sin. I will confess it to you… in the monastery.”

What a high-sounding speech, the first impression is extremely important.

The Bishop of Magdeburg knew that the other party was a

As a Slavic nobleman, I didn’t expect that this convert showed piety in his words, and he didn’t seem to be pretending.

Archbishop Ratzeburg was standing here. He rolled his eyes inadvertently and complained silently in his heart: “Have you really become a pious person? Or are you pretending? I hope you will really repent.”

Even in disguise, Mistuy at this moment has conquered the supreme ruler of the Magdeburg Diocese, local Bishop Hartwig.

So the city was opened to the huge Lübeck army, which successfully crossed the bridge and was stationed on the left bank of the Elbe River (the current section of the river is the west bank).

Everything seems to have returned to forty years ago, when Charlemagne’s parade was stationed here and a palace was built.

It was only natural for Magdeburg to provide supplies to this noble army that was about to go south to participate in the war. Although he was reluctant, the bishop opened the granary and took out a large amount of food to feed these expeditionary troops. This was the only way. This can truly prevent them from grabbing food on the spot.

The bishop did not dare to expect that these guys would not commit robbery because of their faith and morality, so he had no choice but to spend a large amount of property and pretend to provide free help to friendly forces.

The bishop, these guys will leave soon. He lacks understanding of the most well-equipped Slavic army coming from Lübeck. They are really experienced. The longer they stay, the more they will spend.

Obviously, the bishop misjudged the situation. With the free food provided by the local church, Mistuy was very happy. At the same time, he immediately launched some special operation in the local area because of the poor weather conditions.

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The cavalry camp was just outside the city. He claimed that he wanted to provide more food and fodder for the horses, so he ordered the soldiers to

The grass was cut and baled on the spot, and the plan was to load it on horseback for subsequent operations.

The cavalry therefore ran farther, and the soldiers who were ordered to take action openly announced in Slavic that the locals generally understood: “You go downstream along the Elbe River, and when you reach a castle called Essen, you go north. We will soon reach the territory of Lübeck. There, you will all be happy, and the great earl will allow you to farm safely and only need to pay tithes.”

These mounted warriors made it a point to pay very light taxes if they immigrated to Lübeck.

The tithes accounted for one-fifth of the peasants’ harvest, thus fulfilling their obligations to the nobility and the church.

This is a very ideal situation. However, for the Sorbians, because of their status, they have to pay more taxes in each village and act as thugs in wars, even if most of the wars are against the interests of the Sorbians themselves. No relationship.

The horse-riding warriors all spoke Slavic, emphasizing that the rulers of Lübeck would not collect taxes indiscriminately, but also emphasized that they would only lead men who could ride horses to wage war. The implication was that the Sorbian villages who intended to immigrate would only You need to be assured that you will be taxed at a fixed rate when farming, and you will not be messed with anything else.

It’s just that the new rulers treat the common people better than the old rulers. The Sorbian tribe, which has been under high-pressure rule for at least thirty years, can quickly tell who has a future with them.

Count Aubert Liddit was here, with his army all on horseback, all speaking in Slavonic language that everyone could understand.

Do you still need to remember your hometown?

This is neither home nor home.

Such poaching is destabilizing the Magdeburg Church.

District finance and taxation foundation!

Each village has a file at the church. Although the church is not able to count the exact population of the entire parish, it remembers clearly how much food tax each village can provide.

What will happen in the future if a large-scale exodus occurs in some villages?

In an instant, Bishop Hartwig realized that this Slavic earl from the north was not well-intentioned and that his words on the bridge were full of hypocrisy.

It’s a pity…what else can be done?

A huge army surrounded Magdeburg. It is said that they went south to support Ludwig, and there was no sign of leaving for many days. Instead, people on horseback spread the news everywhere to promote the benefits of immigrating to the north.

The bishop chatted with the Bishop of Ratzeburg who came from afar, but made no progress in trying to stop this propaganda of abducting immigrants, because the matter was not under the jurisdiction of Bishop Ratzeburg.

But the Bishop of Magdeburg learned something even crazier.

“Just have fun! My friend. The soldiers in Lubeck at least believe in God, and they will not plunder wantonly here. If there may be five thousand or more Russian troops passing through your parish, I’m afraid All the villages will be sacked, and Magdeburg will be burned down. But those Russians also claim to support Ludwig. Now…only God knows what the outcome of the civilized world will be.” At this point, Archbishop Adam of Ratzeburg was no longer able to speculate any further.

The reality forced Bishop Hartwig to almost suffocate.

Because letters among priests have been flying all over the sky for a long time, about the Norman army sacking Nijmegen, Aachen, Maastricht, Liège, and Trier. Countless horrific things gradually became clear from the fog. The so-called The Normans did not

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It is only exclusive to the Danes anymore, UU Reading www.SonicMTL.net The Russians who suddenly appeared are also a branch of the Normans, and their aggressiveness seems to be ten times and a hundred times that of the Danes.

Only a fool would believe that the rebellious Saxons defeated Ludwig’s 30,000-strong crusade on their own.

There was obviously significant help from the Danes and the Russians, especially the Russians.

After all, the Northern Archbishop Eskil provided a large number of letters, which were shared by the entire online church system, which also clarified Eskil’s identity – he was not a traitor who betrayed his faith and mixed with the Norman barbarians. .

On the contrary, Eskir always stood beside the barbarians as a pious man, ready to be martyred at any time. Therefore, he recorded a large amount of precious information, which made the Rus people become clear from ghosts.

So much so that the small parish of Magdeburg on the remote eastern frontier also knew the Russians’ reputation for murderous brutality.

It happened that such an army also entered the Frankish world under the banner of supporting Ludwig, and the Principality of Saxony and the Archdiocese of Cologne opened their doors to it.

What if the door doesn’t open?

As Mistuy explained: “Then they will go upstream along the Elbe and cross from your city. Magdeburg will be burned and everyone will be killed. Because they do not believe in God, Instead, I believe in the evil god in the north. The more killings there are, the happier the evil god will be.”

“It’s Satan! Ah! Lord Ludwig, is this a deal with the devil…” Bishop Hartwig no longer dared to think about the prospect.

In this way, looking at the Lübeck army who are frantically poaching in their own parish, the comparison between the two sides does not seem too abominable.

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