Chapter 502： Raiders of the Øresund Strait

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On a new day, the early morning Aphrora took the spearhead and continued to sail westward on the waves.

The route ahead is becoming more and more dangerous, and the big ship that is alone in danger will encounter the strength of the Danes at any time, and the soldiers of the entire ship have to maintain a state of preparation.

Now that it is impossible to keep a low profile, Rurik no longer expects a giant to fantasize about others and ignore it.

Look at the status quo!

Standing on the bow of the ship, Rurik looked north. Even if the world was blurred by the faint sea fog, he could still see the dim outline of the land.

He ate the dried fish, his keen eyes gazing at any abnormality in the coastline.

From the approaching Biyuni, his little brother knew everything about the road ahead.

"Lurik, if we continue to the west, we will be able to reach the end of the world smoothly?"

"Not really." Rurik mumbled lightly.

"why?"

"Because there will be many obstacles ahead."

"Is it the Danish obstruction?"

"They? Can't stop us. Brother, we can see islands or land again after sailing for a while. Listen, soon we will make a choice."

Rurik didn't say any more, but a goal soon appeared in front of him.

At this moment, the sailor riding on the top of the mainmast had already seen the gloominess of the western sea level. He couldn't judge whether it was land or not. In short, it looked like land. Only one target is particularly conspicuous. It is a sailing vessel, which is clearly a solid cargo vessel.

Looking at the approaching goal, Rurik clenched his fists in a smile.

He hurriedly yelled at the eager brothers: "The prey is here! A cargo ship! Let's seize that ship to search for the cargo!"

The desire to plunder is exciting, everyone is in their place, the torsion slingshot is full of power, and the arrows are filled from the arrow slots of the crossbow.

With the help of the wind, the Aphrodite rushed toward the lone cargo ship, and the battle was one-sided development.

The ship's gunwale is on the enemy, and the torsion slingshot and crossbow fire in a round, so that the enemy who tries to counterattack loses any courage to fight.

With its huge posture, the Aphrola after orbiting the slow and swallowing enemy ship for a week, followed the wind and directly let the ship's sideboard top over. Jeflo took his brother and jumped into the enemy's cargo ship one after another, capturing all the shivering guys alive.

The two boats gathered together and swayed on the sea after their sails were reeled.

Rurik slid down a rope to the opposite ship, and immediately asked: "What kind of goods are they transporting?"

"It's wool!" As Yevlo spoke, the blade was still on the neck of a captive.

"It's actually wool? The whole ship's linen pocket is full of wool?"

"It looks like it is."

At this moment, the brothers Bijuni and Froki also boarded the captured merchant ship. Bijuni approached Rurik: "These are Danish merchants? What about your decision? Capture the goods and kill them?"

"Of course. There is still a lot of space in our cabin. Look at these woolen sacks. They are our trophies. Our brothers should divide them equally. As for these Danes, we will kill them now."

Rurik knew that what he was doing was piracy, and the so-called mercy was really superfluous.

Is mercy necessary? If you fall into the hands of the Danes, you will end up dead.

"Yevlo!"

"in."

Rurik screamed: "Kill these Danes!"

As Jevrodling was about to beheaded, the captured men wailed almost in unison: "We are not Danes! We are from Bergen."

"Wait!" Biyuni was taken aback, and he stepped forward and directly pinched Jevlo's sword-holding wrist, then turned his head to look at Rurik; "They, are they really Danes?"

"if not?"

The captives were still claiming to be from Bergen and had been to Oslo, all clamoring desperately that they had nothing to do with the Danes.

"Listen, my brother. We have not yet reached the point of meeting the Bergen swordsmen."

"Are they from Bergen?" Rurik said in surprise. "Are they not enemies with you?"

"But the war never broke out. I don't want to be the instigator of the wrong war."

Seeing Bijuni's firm eyes, Rurik revoked the beheading order.

After a simple interrogation, the captive confessed completely in order to survive. They not only explained where they set off from, stopped at those ports, and how they paid tolls to pass through the sea pass controlled by the Danish leader, and their final destination-Hezeby. However, there was no proof, and Bijuni asked a few more questions, and it was confirmed that the merchant ship was indeed from Bergen.

The captured ship boss survived the attack of the Aphrora. This person didn't have time to take care of his two sons who were shot. He needed to make every effort to ensure the survival of others.

He pointed to the northwest and said with a trembling mouth: "There is a pass of the Danes. Any merchant ship that passes through has to pay fifty silver coins."

"The toll for half a pound of silver coins? That Hafgen is really greedy for money." Rurik said with emotion. He didn't care what the gray-bearded man thought of himself, and continued to ask: "How do you go to Hazeby?"

"Just go south and enter the huge bay there, and you will soon reach Hezeby. It is a big coastal city. You... see it from afar, and you will never get lost. Young heroes, we Just a businessman, please forgive our lives."

An old guy begged him bitterly, and at this moment he ordered the raising of the butcher knife? Rurik shook his head, his heart softened.

"Old man, what is the price of your wool?"

When asked so, all the captured people were stunned.

"A pack of wool is a hundred pounds. We plan to sell a pack of fifty silver coins in Hezeby."

Rurik nodded, "I'll buy you two bales of wool. Also, I'm sorry for the innocent dead in this conflict. I saw you died four people, and giving you two pounds is a compensation. Listen, You have no bargaining qualifications. I can forgive you because you are not Danes. You even pointed me to the exact location of Hezeby and the location of the Danes. I will give you another pound of silver, which is considered as buying news. Money."

People successively climbed the rope ladder back to the Aphrodite. Just as Rurik himself climbed, the boss of the merchant ship with four pounds of silver still couldn't understand what kind of pirate he had encountered. He courageously asked; "You guys. Who is it? You have huge ships. Your sails are very unique, do they come from the warm sea in the south? You can speak Norse..."

Rurik paused. He wanted to say something, but after all he shut up.

The Aphrora resumed its voyage, and Rurik on board consciously made the right choice. Of course, many people think that they shouldn't be kind to those guys. After all, this is an encounter on the vast ocean. It doesn't matter if you do anything cruel, because the only witness is the sun in the sky. The sun is the incarnation of Odin. Based on faith, everyone wants to believe that Odin is happy to see the killing and fighting of mortals on the earth.

Compared to killing those merchants and seizing their goods, the information provided by those people is invaluable. Both Bijuni and Rurik were very surprised to encounter a businessman from Bergen in this sea area. Based on the confession of the other party, Rurik fully understood the origin of the wool-Oslo.

Merchants in Bergen transported crude iron ingots to Oslo to buy local wool, and then traded the wool to Hezeby to buy various goods from Europe, such as slaves, and finally brought them back to Bergen. Although it is necessary to pay a sum of money to pass through the pass of the Danish leader, compared with the profits from trade, what are those tolls?

Land finally appeared in the West, and the imprints in Rurik's brain and the confession of previous merchants all allowed him to confirm his current geographic location.

The sailor yelled, and the soldiers also participated in the work of pulling the rope.

The big ship began to sail in a wide waterway leading to the northwest, and the strong south in the afternoon gave the big ship extremely strong power.

The Aphrora was unstoppable, her speed reached ten knots at one point! The ship in this posture is "racing" on the sea, and its powerful potential can make her an unstoppable monster.

The plan to attack the Danish fishing boats began to be implemented, and many targets appeared in the narrower waterway ahead. Rürik completely put away his mercy, and he wanted to wreak havoc near the Danish pass.

Rurik knew he had entered the Øresund Strait, which was also the core area of ​​the Robard tribe of the rumored Danish leader. But Rurik knows another name for this place better, namely Copenhagen.

Copenhagen did not exist in the ninth century, or it was only the rudiment of a miniature fishing village.

Rurik’s eyes did indeed see a small fishing village on the coastline. The scene there was indeed different from the lush woods. A white beach was very unique, except that he had only one boat and forty brothers. The destruction he could do was Take the initiative to attack the fishing boat.

The Aphrora was desperately attacking fishing boats, and the boats it attacked were all from the same fishing village. The village is called Malholm (Malmö), and the chalky soil is rich in calcium carbonate, hence the name. Only in the era of large-scale manufacture of cement and glass, these chalky soils have great use value. Nowadays, local people are just a group of fishermen.

The Aphrodite is like a monster, and its purpose is to cause destruction. Her attack ended at night when all the fishing boats escaped. After giving the fishing village a fatal horror, Rurik ordered the anchor to drop. The brothers ate the captured fresh herring, reserving their energy and waiting to cross the Danish pass tomorrow.

A terrible big ship is destroying everywhere!

The horrible news was spreading, and it reached the ears of the guards at the pass the first time.

Danish leader Hafgen, the main part of his Lobad tribe is located in the northernmost part of Jutland Peninsula. The so-called Oslo people are separated by the sea. The area under his direct rule is also scattered across many strait passes. The Great Bell Strait, Little Bell Strait, Øresund Strait, and the three Baltic straits leading to the Atlantic Ocean are all controlled by the Robard tribe, and Hafgen is actually inherited and consolidated. This hegemony of collecting tolls. In other words, the Danish leader has the right to have this power. Any ships of the Danish tribes that join the tribe can pass freely immediately after paying a nominal toll. As for the ships of other tribes, Hafgen asks for a lot of silver coins as usual.

Three generals guarded the three strait passes. A man named Halik married Hafgen’s sister and became more and more reused. This person placed his family on the pass to build a military castle, and sent troops to patrol every day to collect tolls. Later, the full amount was turned in to show loyalty to the brother-in-law Hafgen. Because Hafgen was almost forty years old, his concubine did not give him a son. Who is the future successor of the Lobad tribe, Harik feels that his son has a lot of opportunities.

The intelligence of the crazy attacker reached Harlick's ears overnight. This man who loves beef and is as strong as a cow, makes his beloved wife love and hate him furious! He strangled the two Saxon slave girls in the extreme anger after learning the news, and his anger was vented. Of course, this kind of thing made his wife the most happy.

A big ship came to provoke? Killing the fisherman in Malhom Village?

Harik was not sleepy, a string of torches lit up on the head of the wooden fortress, and all the soldiers were awakened, and even the men of the Lobad tribe who settled next to the fortress were summoned overnight.

The angle of view turned to the Aphrora, which was anchored in the strait.

The sleeping Rurik was invited by the night watchman to see a wonder.

Rurik squinted his eyes and saw an extremely obvious fire in the distance.

"My lord, what is that?" His brilliant mercenary speculated carefully: "I suspect it is the enemy's alarm."

Rurik nodded: "It seems that our actions were too aggressive. Are you afraid? I am going to fight their guards."

The mercenary smiled: "I have followed you for many years and have participated in all battles. I am not afraid of fighting, but..." The mercenary suddenly laughed.

"why are you laughing."

"My lord, I want to get a woman, and I also want to have a family."

This remark is really thought-provoking. Rurik wondered that his savvy mercenary had indeed experienced all the foreign wars of the Ross people in these years. They are not native of the Ross people, but they have paid too much for the benefit of Ross.

"Woman? Good."

"Oh, thank you, my lord."

"But not now. You are very young and strong, and women will only affect your speed at drawing your sword. Continue to follow me, and when you are almost 30 years old, I will find at least two young and beautiful women for each of you. There. Before, listen to my orders and fight hard."

Thirty years old? The mercenary’s heart is hard to tell. For example, the mercenary leader Jeflo is already twenty-eight years old. The situation now seems like this man is not like a woman by nature. In essence, it is not allowed by the host of money. . However, whenever the mercenary brothers have been to Elronburg, they have a short-term relationship with the women who are longing for men when you are. Unfortunately, it is not home there, and those women are just greedy for the strong muscles of mercenaries.

The sky was getting colder, and at dawn, Rurik summoned everyone on the deck.

He stood at the bow of the ship holding a sword and shouted: "Brothers, I learned that Denmark is prepared. They lit a bonfire overnight, and they must have organized a fleet to try to prevent us from entering the barrier. For the Danes! We must fight high-profile! This has nothing to do with the vengeance of King Olekin who died in the battle. This is the courageous battle of the Rus and Balmerks. I just want the Danes to see how powerful we are."

Everyone roared happily, and the flapping shields slammed their feet, and even the sailors felt that they were warriors.

Rurik's sword reaches the east again: "The sun is about to rise, and the sea breeze will be fierce. Odin is watching us. I ask you to be merciless, not afraid of any danger, and do your own defense. Remember! I ask you not to Any injury, do everything possible to kill the enemy."

There are any number of enemies ahead, and the people of the Aphrora are fearless. Past battles have proven, and new battles will continue to prove The Aphrodite is the nemesis of any long ship!

People are even imagining that the Red Dragon, the legendary leader of Denmark, will also participate in the containment.

People are eager to try, because sinking the red dragon is to brag about the glory of a few lifetimes.

With the belief of victory, the Aphrodite suddenly soared to 11 knots under the strong south wind. Of course, the waves should not become a little bit violent. The sea breeze roared, which is a tribute to the hero.

At the same time, Halik, who was stationed at the Strait Pass, organized more than 300 people, divided into ten long battleships, and organized them into a group of ships, waiting in the sea near the strait.

As the day dawned, they squinted to avoid the golden light of the rising sun, and saw a huge sail on the sea, which formed a golden light spot, and they were about to rush towards the ship.

"It's that murderous monster. Brothers, took the big ship and dedicated it to our adults! Fight for Hafgen!"

Harik, who is as strong as a cow, personally beat a calf leather drum, and the sound of the drum drove the whole ship group to carry out their self-determined interception...