Chapter 593： When Rülik marched into the mouth of the Ouse River, Einred and Wei...

Chapter 593 Einred and Wigraf stared with big eyes as Rurik marched into the mouth of the Uth

The coalition of Balmerk and Ross ransacked Bamburgh a year ago, and a group of local female prisoners have been pulled to the Narvik Fjord.

Bamburgh Castle and the surrounding area suffered damage, and the people flee from life or death, so that Northumbria regained Bamburgh after seeing the Viking army leave. The reconstruction work was like a snail crawling due to lack of manpower.

Most of the people fled to Jevering, where the kingdom’s army handles it. This is a military fort named after the javelin. The people naturally believe that the army here will guarantee their own safety. This is true, but that's all.

Because this military fortress is now resisting the harassment of the Picts going south, when it was learned that the Viking army was stronger than last year, it simply came to a comprehensive defense to preserve its strength.

Rurik and others didn't know about this, and they didn't even know that the military fortress was only about 30 kilometers west of their camp.

At night, most of the soldiers of the Viking Allied Forces went to sleep in the ruins of the city, erecting sheds.

From the beach to Bamburgh, the distance of more than two kilometers is littered with bonfires.

The warriors caught the horses that the craftsmen were pulling materials. However, they were really and oily in their stomachs, and the Balmerk warriors directly killed the horses and roasted the horse meat.

The Ross people in the nearby waters caught a batch of herrings. Although the number was not large, everyone was able to bolster their stomachs.

The coalition is not short of rations, but for this battle, the fleet that kept Rick carried a large amount of wheat. He will not provide wheat to allies. The existing oatmeal only feeds his 1,000 people a pound a day for a month.

Will there be a food crisis? Once the main coalition forces arrive, the fishery resources in the waters near Bamburgh will be immediately plundered.

This is the North Sea, where fishery resources have always been abundant.

But anyone who has eaten wheat will fall in love with the wonderful taste. In this era of barrenness and lack of exploration, who would reject high-carbon food?

Rurik didn't live in the city, he just couldn't stand the ruined walls, and knew that a huge construction site couldn't get oil and water.

He ordered the Russian army to camp outside the city, light a fire, roast fish and cook oatmeal.

He stayed in the tent for one night, but the next morning, a cool breeze broke into the shed.

"Damn it, is it raining? Britain is really Britain!"

Rurik put on his clothes and stood outdoors, sighing at the haze and sudden cold weather.

The rain still started around noon, and the patter was the light rain that made the world muddy, and it also brought a sense of desolation.

The large number of residential houses and barracks in Byamburg that have experienced soldiers, the coalition forces just built some wooden slats, and then piled up rags and grass to shelter the houses from wind and rain.

Especially the Balmerks, they all know that their people will move to this place on a large scale. The brothers are a group of explorers. They should carefully check the land of this generation and explore the fields and pastures.

Everyone must hide, hide in a shabby house and cook on the fire, and then listen to the rain outside and expect the rain to end sooner.

The rain lasted for three days, it was just a cloudy rain, but the sea was relatively calm.

When the haze is over, the sun also lazily drilled out of the clouds.

The soldiers who were suffocating their madness left their shack one after another, leaving Bamburgh, and carrying swords, spears and bows to survey the surrounding area.

Because there were Balmerk warriors standing at the head of the ruined city, and they looked out into the distant village under the sun.

"Go! Go to the village over there! Grab cattle and sheep, wheat, and their women!"

The city of Bamburgh was suddenly bustling, and the Bijuni brothers also complied with the brothers' enthusiasm, first informed Rurik of his own ideas, and then took all the Balmerk brothers to explore.

"Go! Go...I guess you won't get anything." Standing on the muddy grass, Rurik looked at their back and sighed regretfully.

"Why do you see it?" Jeflo asked. "Maybe our army has to search for some spoils."

"Forget it. Those villagers have escaped clean, let's go..." Ruriek shook his head, "Go and see the surrounding fields. There may be edible wheat."

Rurik didn't think much about harvesting wheat, but the facts were not so.

I saw a lot of hanging oat ears among the many weeds, and they were all withered and yellow.

Jeflo took his people to the idea of ​​harvesting immediately, "My lord, at least we can get some supplies."

"These wheats cannot be eaten."

"Why see?"

"It's all sprouted." Rurik shook his head, grabbed the ears of wheat and rubbed them a little bit, but saw that the wheat was not sprouted, but had mildew on the kernels.

"Damn it! Some wheat grains have gone bad. This is all abandoned farmland, so don't imagine it."

Yevlo sighed, "It seems that it was because we killed too many of them last year."

Biyuni and his men had nothing to gain, and the thatched huts in those villages were also unpopular, and they were simply abandoned.

Biyuni came back and yelled at Rurik, "This is no longer where the rich are located. It seems that we have to build from scratch."

"This is also a good thing. At least those Northumbrian farmers will not compete with you for farmland."

"But brothers are still hungry for gold and silver. It seems we have to go to York soon. So, do we really know the way?"

"How difficult is this?" Rurik shrugged, "We can reach it along the road in the middle of the woods, but our advantage is the navy. Paul, whom I captured, knows the river where York is located, and our army marched against the current and approached the city."

"Then act now! Leave some people to build the landing field. I don't want to wait for my father anymore."

"It's okay. Wait for them. I want to fight steadily in this battle. Northumbria must be completely succumbed to in a battle, so as to save trouble."

Bijuni couldn't hold back his clever brother-in-law, and his army temporarily needed the Russian warship to transport troops, so he really had to obey Rurik's orders.

The elite vanguard of the coalition army was dormant in Bamburgh, and this wait was seven days!

Finally, the four sail destroyers that were trawling and fishing on the sea saw the approaching fleet, and they finally arrived so slowly, but the warriors on the ship continued to criticize them.

King Magnuth of the Balmerks is here, and this leader leads his slow force of 2,500 people. The road is bumpy again, and it's raining again, after all There was no storm, and the army finally arrived at Bamburgh, dragging its exhausted body.

The newcomers landed and fell asleep, and when Magnut learned of the current situation in Bamburgh, he was really disappointed.

Temporary wooden beams were installed in the old house of the Earl of Bamburgh. However, the monastery has collapsed, and everyone can only accommodate this small place to pursue major events.

There is no shortage of food for everyone, and everyone can chew fish jerky for a long time.

But the army is eager to know fresh meat and wheat. It is best that the king of Northumbria provide a group of women to make everyone happy.

The barbarians, although they are tired, looking at the bonfire is really a ball of fire in everyone's eyes.

Magnuth introduced the experience of his main force, and couldn't wait to tell his son and son-in-law, as well as the many brave soldiers in the army, and all the family chiefs' urgency.

"I intend to leave tomorrow. Brothers will go ashore and rest overnight, and tomorrow will take the sea route towards York. Rurik, you know the waterways that enter York."

Everyone's eyes focused on Rurik, and he nodded, "It's true. As long as we find the mouth of the river, we will immediately go downstream. In fact, we can attack York long ago. Father, I'm waiting for you."

Magnuth enjoyed the feeling of Rurik shouting to his father, and was moved by the honor he gave himself to attacking York.

He thought for a while and asked, "If you can, there must be a reason to wait for me."

"Yes, because it was an attack on inland rivers. Our Ross fleet is adapted to naval warfare. Inland navigation is not as good as traditional long ships. York is their capital, and we must be cautious. We must gather at least three thousand main forces so that we can win the game. ."

Magnu nodded characteristically, and the leaders of the villages had no objection.

They quickly made a decision, that is, the Balmerk army assigned one thousand men to guard the Bamburgh landing field, and the remaining three thousand troops set off to attack York at noon the next day.

This night, the exhausted army slept deeply, and many people found it was almost noon when they woke up.

The order was that the army should board the ship again, but it was late afternoon.

The size of the coalition forces has shrunk, but the three thousand army is still a powerful and dangerous force in Britain.

How powerful is this? Even the strongest Kingdom of Wessex, although their population is close to half a million, due to the sparse conscription system and military system, they can gather up to 10,000 troops in one month, and they are dominated by farmers.

Although the Vikings who landed are not professional soldiers, at least Rurik allowed his Rose men to live a military life for many years. They have become **** veterans in many years of war...

This battle gave Rurik a sense of slaughter, and he was afraid that Northumbria would directly perish if he tried too hard.

But this is not a bad thing. If it really destroys the country, it won't be enough to support a puppet king.

Thinking about it this way, if the coalition forces didn't sack York, it would be too sorry for the Balmerks and their Ross expeditionary brothers who had been sailing for more than half a month.

Huge coalition forces desperate for wealth, power, and a better future are heading south against the coastline, trying their best to find the mouth of the Ouse River that leads to York.

Magnuth thought too much more than Rurik's idea. Along the way, he increasingly felt that his army was invincible. Why should Northumbria cede territories to pay tribute? It is better to replace it by yourself, destroy the royal family of Northumbria, and become the king yourself.

This old guy's sudden burst of ambition, Liu Rick also noticed, can his father-in-law succeed?

I am afraid there is no problem with success. The sudden landing of this 4,000-strong army firmly controls a piece of land, so as to establish a kingdom of Vikings and then Magnut will be the king. As long as he wants, he can do it. Easy to do.

In 833 AD in northern Britain, the meandering Ouse River was not yet a waterway structure a thousand years later.

The ancient riverbed that dried up and turned into farmland, and now the Us River still flows quietly on it. York is not the York of a thousand years, she is adjacent to the current Ouse River, located on its left bank.

As the capital of a country, York seems to be a very safe place here.

The people live their lives year after year, surrounded by farmers living in this small city. They have just completed this year's oat harvest, and they have just finished husking the wheat kernels with shackles.

They paid the king's taxes for this year, as well as taxes for next year and the following year!

This is true for the people near York, as are the people who live in other nobles, and even pay heavier taxes.

All because of the defeat in Lindisfarne last year and the disasters in Edinburgh and Bamburgh. The kingdom was facing a huge war crisis, and the military expenses suddenly skyrocketed, and King Ainred had to step up to exploit his people.

The kingdom army paid its blood and ushered in a sudden defeat, and the king also broke his arm.

News that is not conducive to the kingdom spread across the island immediately, even if the kingdoms began to invade and looted the Vikings of all sizes, it would be more troublesome to deal with the Vikings, but in the heavily damaged Northumbria region Cut meat, some kingdoms have already begun to move.

Even the kingdom of Northumbria is undercurrent. The young nobleman Osbot is ready to move, but he is smart. In this special period, he focuses on the overall situation and uses the javelin town Yeweiling as his base in the north. , Desperately to absorb the farmer who flees, secretly expand his power.

All this, how did the King of Broken Arms Ainred know?

But the situation in the kingdom was so turbulent. Soon after the group of Vikings left, the Picts of Sogera began to go south again. If there is no resistance from the Osbot family, I am afraid that the north of the nations will be directly lost. The so-called "out of York" means Pique. Special kingdom.

Northumbria was originally the merger of the two kingdoms. As a descendant of the royal family of another kingdom, Osboth was also eligible to compete for the throne of the entire Northumbria.

Ernred is the real king, and the legitimacy of the family's rule has been approved by the Pope in Rome. What's more, the real reason for his control of the kingship is the army in his hand.

Now, King Wiglav of Messiah restored Mesiah for three years, but the kingdom's army is still strong.

Over the past few years, the Kingdom of East Anglia, annexed by Mercia, has rebelled. The old king died in battle, and the new king died in battle again. Mercia, whose military strength suffered a major blow, was suddenly attacked by the Kingdom of Wessex!

The world in the north is really not peaceful!

In 830 AD, Egbert, the bathing king of Wessex, attacked the north in an all-round way.

At the same time, the king of Northumbria, Enred, who has a healthy arm, and the Bathing King who supports Wessex, are the Supreme Lord, and East Anglia also hopes to be protected by surrendering. Only the group of Romanized Britons in the Welsh area who survived the Roman era, their resolute resistance led to the imperial conquest of the Bathing King.

The surrender Wigraf, who seized the opportunity, immediately brought his old Mercia back to the restoration, and also used this feat to stabilize his kingship.

The Bath King did not defeat Wales, and Einred, who saw Northumbria, no longer respected the Bath King as the supreme.

The nominal unity of England lasted only one year! By the year 831 AD, it almost returned to the same old style.

It was exactly this year that an unprecedented war broke out in the Baltic World. Although the newly born Sweden lost to Denmark, the Russians born out of Sweden have greatly expanded their power by this war, and their rise has become unstoppable.

How does the struggle for power in the Baltic Sea relate to the game of power on the big island of Britain?

Einred never dreamed that his kingdom would soon be under the city of the Viking army, especially the Viking army led by the Rus. But what makes him feel uncomfortable now is that neighboring countries demand territory from him, so-called a piece of land must be returned to Mercia.

Rurik’s fleet had already rushed to the large bay at the mouth of the wide Uth River. It was so wide and so easy to distinguish. The fleet set off at noon that day. Although the entire fleet was a bit slow, it still arrived in the bay on the morning of the third day. The next step is to rush into the Uth River to push York and attack the city.

The horrible news of the Viking army's invasion and directed at York has already been sent to the country of York with the new Earl of Bamburgh.

The whole city fell into panic, and the surrounding farmers immediately dragged their families into the country to take refugeYork has become a huge refugee camp. The only advantage is that the country can mobilize a large number of farmers to arm, at least they will. Fight for the kingdom to protect his wife and children.

If you stick to the country with tall stone walls, people still have great hope. If the King brought back the army from the south, he should be able to repel the invading Vikings.

So, where is Ernred with the broken arm?

Many messengers rushed on horseback, and their destination was only one-Dole Village (Sheffield) in the south.

Because the main force of the Kingdom Army, more than 2,000 elite infantry and 200 cavalry who are good at field operations, and more than 3,000 armed farmers who were recruited just after harvesting the wheat are stationed there, under the control of the king himself, and the same imperial conquest. The Mercia King Wiglav, who has demanded the territory of Northumbria, confronts him. This army is almost the last elite of the entire Northumbria, and it is also the biggest trump card of Ernred, whose arm was broken.

But Mesiah is not worth it. Since the opponent put up an army of 5,000 people, Mesiah King Wiglav also quickly entangled an army of the same size on the border of Chen Bing.

The war between the two kings seemed to be on the verge of an outbreak, but now that the two sides have begun to figure out that once the decisive battle, they are afraid to directly complete the bathing Eberlett of Wessex.

It's just that everyone is a man of good looks, and the two sides have negotiated, but whoever retreats first admits that he is a coward.

How should Ernred with his broken arm withdraw first? It was so miserable that he had broken an arm. He had to use strong means to maintain his power. He was stuck in the Dole Village barracks like a nail, like an eagle, hoping to bore the opposite Wigraf and force him to evacuate. .

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