Chapter 647： Rage against the rebels

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In nominal terms, due to the addition of the Calf Manor and the Angler Manor, Otto's armed men increased by 300 people.

Are the newcomers a trusted fighter?

Pooh! A barefooted single-clothed farmer with a spear is also considered a warrior? They are untrained, their weapons and equipment are poor, and their physical fitness is equally unbearable.

Their current task is to defend, and Otto arranges them to temporarily serve as flankers.

But Otto was surprised. They were so armed that they raised a lot of cows, and a lot of wooden cages were stuffed with a lot of chickens.

Poultry is a good thing. They don't need to be carefully raised, and they won't fly if they shed their feathers. They are free to prey on insects near the farm in the posture of walking chickens. Such poultry can't eat too fat and grow slowly, and the advantage is that they don't have to deliberately feed grains.

Otto allowed the two estates to eat a part of the original Pine Needle Manor after the victory of the war. Naturally, he had to pay some price before that.

They are all raising chickens, as in White Tree Manor, as are the newcomers.

The two manors provided 1,000 chickens. As a reward, Otto gave them more than 30 rusty spearheads to improve their weapons.

Ross's veteran soldiers were busy eating chicken, roasting chicken wantonly to eat only the bones.

The feathers of the chicken wings are gathered, although there are no large and long flying feathers, other feathers are still good materials for making arrow feathers.

The three manor houses of Baishu, the calf, and the angler are all actively preparing for battle under Ross's rule. The men with spears have been on guard, and the women are mobilized to do military logistics.

For example, the performance of using Shintoku feathers is generally one-time bone cluster arrows and so on.

The reinforcements from Shilla Fort finally arrived.

With his father’s instructions, the young Conusson led a gathering of as many as four hundred human forces, rowing a traditional long boat against the Volkhov River.

These twenty boats washed up on the mud flat, they pulled down the long ropes, and tied the cedar trees on the shore to fix the boats.

A group of classic Viking warriors disembarked?

Not only that, but also a large number of New Russ who speak Lislavian.

It was the so-called people who had defected to various farms, and there were even men who had defected from Pine Needle Manor.

Otto had a lot of trust in this group of people. They all paid the tax on wasteland and farming in Shilla Fort, and their family members are all in the north. Their loyalty can be trusted.

Even so, Otto didn't want to take the initiative, his plan was still to wait in the White Tree Manor.

Little Conusson reported to the old duke with a new force, and when Otto was there, he reported his situation on the spot. He put forward a bold suggestion: "There are rebels on the shore of the Great Lake. In my opinion, I brought some brothers to land on the beach, and I will surely annihilate all rebellions."

"No! You are too impulsive." Otto didn't seem to think about it. He rejected the young man's proposal for the first time, and even warned: "I am the most powerful person here. You have to restrain your friends, who If you dare to attack rashly, you will be convicted afterwards."

"But, do we really have to wait? We should act first to be stronger!" Little Conuson is still working hard, and he is eager to make a big contribution in the new battle.

Otto shook his head and pushed him abruptly, ordering: "Don't attack rashly. We stay on alert. When to attack, wait until Rurik comes. By the way, have you seen Rurik's fleet?"

"I... I don't."

"No? How is this possible."

Little Konuzon did not lie. After all, Otto and Lurik were acting separately, and they didn’t even communicate clearly before they acted, so that when a rebellion broke out in Novgorod, Lurik was ready to go with the army. Shilla Fort.

There is a subtle time difference here, but fortunately, the difference is not extreme.

Otto was moved by little Conuson's initiative to invite him, and even what this person said was very constructive.

According to the existing information, Otto can determine two things: First, Vadim, the father-slayer tyrant of Pine Needle Manor, can only control the people of his manor well. Second, most other estates have very ambiguous attitudes towards war.

So who is the main enemy? Naturally this pine needle manor.

If you send a small team to launch a surprise attack and directly behead Vadim, will you quickly wipe out the local opposition?

It must not be so, I am afraid that the entire Pine Needle Manor should be uprooted, and the bane of this rebellion should be completely removed, so that the entire Novgorod can really obey.

Otto feels that he is old, and he has lost a lot of courage to forge ahead in recent years. He has become more and more interested in holding and fighting, especially for war. Otto actually has an inferiority complex. He feels that he has never been capable Land commanded too many troops to fight large-scale wars.

Obviously, only Lurik has the ability to command an army of 10,000.

Although the young Conuson was forbidden to carry out a sneak attack with hundreds of brothers, investigative work against the enemy is still necessary.

Vadim threatened to gather 10,000 fighters. Regardless of whether there is water in it, Ross has never participated in a battle in the past to face 10,000 enemies. Otto has a very good mentality, even if someone would call him a tortoise with his old age, so be it.

On the other hand, due to the large number of troops, non-combatants accompanying the army, and a large amount of supplies, Rurik's fleet sailed at a really slow speed.

Rurik had considered this situation from the beginning, but due to the actual situation, he arrived in Shilla Fort on the first day of June, one day after the scheduled time.

Before that, the fleet approached Gogeland Island and Kronstadt Island to take a look. Even a sail destroyer undertook a special task, which was to collect a batch of fist-sized granite stones that were weathered and rained on the spot after landing on Gogran Island, and used them as stone bullets for the catapult.

The three larger islands in the Gulf of Finland are excellent references for the Ross Fleet.

During the voyage, Evlo was ordered to take a group of soldiers and leave the team on sail destroyers. Their goal was the city of Helminki (Helsinki), and then went against the river to enter Kupaboka, the core living area of ​​the Suomi people in Finland in the inland lake area, and announced the order of the Duke of Ross to the local nobles.

In other words, the Jeflo couple went to Kupaboka as the earls of Finland, especially their infant son Satuly, who is the real earl of Finland.

Rürik gave Yevlo a lot of discretion. As a canonized nobleman, Yevlo had the right to recruit Suomi and Tavastians who were willing to fight for Ross throughout Finland to organize Finnish servants. military. This servant army has unlimited strength, but weapons, food, transportation, etc. are all at their own expense. The servant army will reap the benefits in the war, and every soldier can earn the spoils by his ability.

However, they didn't even know that something happened in Novgorod.

The Lurik plan is to serve as an excellent army gathering place on the flat land near the mouth of the Neva River, and then rest the army and send scouts to search for intelligence, intending to find the core of Karelian rule, destroy it in one blow, and seek to fight against the enemy. Decisive battle, complete the final conquest.

The war model of this era is like this. For many tribal groups in Europe, as long as they destroy the core similar to the capital city, the entire political entity will quickly be destroyed.

The arrival of the huge Ross Fleet did not surprise the people of Shilla Fort. When Rurik's men disembarked one after another, the soldiers were surprised at the tall walls and solemn towers of this big city, and they were also surprised at the stern faces of the people watching.

Carlotta frowned on the side of the ship, and she slapped Rurik: "It's strange, the atmosphere is a bit depressed, don't the people here seem to welcome us?"

"How is it possible." Rurik smiled awkwardly. "Maybe, there will be a little bit. We have too many people here. Maybe they are worried that our big appetite will eat the local hares clean."

The girl couldn't help but chuckled, but the seriousness of the scene is a fact.

Something must have happened here! Shilla Fort could not have been actively attacked by the Karelians. Rurik had to be suspicious. Based on finding the local governor, Cornusson, he asked questions about strategy and even the situation of his father Otto.

Rurik got off the ship, and more than a thousand soldiers had landed before him. Many Balmerks, especially Helafide Bryngodson, rubbed his eyes vigorously, looking up at the flag of Ross flying in the wind on the heavy wooden wall, and the city itself, just like old Like Roseburg's experience, he once again felt his own insignificance.

Many fighters are close to the local kinsmen right after they disembark. Due to the lack of information about the outside world, they are happy to share their experiences with others. This question is terrible, and news of a serious rebellion in Novgorod spread like wildfire.

The rebellion initiated by Vadim was almost only the rebellion of Pine Needle Manor engulfing other manors. Most of the rebellion engulfed was a nominal support for the rebellion, and he was very entangled in his heart.

But the messenger sent by Otto arrived at Fort Shilla, and the message was subconsciously added to the vinegar, and Conusson explained it to Rurik, which turned into a terrible geopolitical event: a barbaric guy assassinated Otto, and The assembled army vowed to expel Ross from his rule.

Conuson, standing on the trestle bridge, explained this very urgently, which instantly made Rurik, who was smiling, frowned.

"What? Otto was almost killed in the assassination?!" How does Rurik believe this?

Conusson pledged with his gray beard: "My lord, I have never lied to anyone in my life for so long. In my opinion, this news is absolutely reliable. My son has taken four hundred brothers to Nov. Gorod's reinforcement of your father can make Otto-sama so eager. I am afraid that the situation in Novgorod is worse than I thought."

"Otto is still alive?!" Rurik asked cautiously.

"He is very good. The armor suit is a great defense."

Rurik asked, "Who is the perpetrator?"

"That's Vadim. Now this person claims to be the Principe of the entire Novgorod. Your lord, that crazy man is clearly provoking you. There can only be one Principe in this area, and that's you!"

Hearing this news, as an iron-blooded noble who relied on hard power to fight, Rurik's blood pressure came up. He has faded away from his innocence long ago, and now it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a cruel noble.

"Assassinated my father, betrayed Rose and dared to call himself Principe (Duke), this person must die. It seems that I will behead a group of people in Novgorod, and kill all the rebels and their families!"

Rurik said something cruel, he really planned to do this during special times.

Is there anything more disgusting than this? When Ross assembled a heavy army and contacted allies with the intention of conquering Karelia, Shilla Fort became an absolutely safe place. It was this crucial historic period that the Slavs of Novgorod turned their backs!

Rurik has no intention of visiting Shilla Fort, or seeing his palace and the rammed-earth "Harvest Square" at the door.

Right here in the chamber, he had just landed and convened a meeting with all the flag captains under his command on the same day.

It is not an exaggeration to scold Novgorod's rebellion in the most vicious tone, but reason has overwhelmed Rurik's emotions after all.

The rage did not dissipate, but turned into a plan to conquer the traitors.

The most intolerable of Arik, Helafide, and Frazer are traitors. When they heard that the servants dared to rebel, the three of them thought of exactly the same as Rurik—the priority was to counter the rebellion.

Moreover, this situation is also related to Sorgon this fall. If the traitors are not strangled and liquidated, I am afraid that in the fall, we will not be able to collect enough grain from Novgorod. This is very important for the Rus Principality, which has a very low self-sufficiency rate of grain for the time being. unfavorable. Many Ross people who speak Gnostic have changed their attitudes towards life. They instinctively pursue a good meal, and now they cannot live without wheat.

Right in the Chamber, he announced his new decision aloud, and at the same time wanted to hear the opinions of the guys: "It seems that the war on Karelia is postponed. What do you think?"

"Fight the traitor first!" Arik said with a sullen face without hesitation.

He said so, and Hellafeld also expressed the same opinion.

The people who participated in the meeting were completely unanimous. There is no need for new discussions here. The conquest of rebellion has become the first choice for everything, and it is worth staying in Novgorod. Even Shiro Fort does not need a new garrison.

Taking into account the population of Novgorod, Rurik, I am afraid that the enemy can assemble an astonishing force, perhaps 10,000 or even 20,000.

Maybe the locals will burst out the grievances that have been robbed of wealth for decades.

The information he has now is very limited, and that's exactly what Rurik said he should be more cautious. If you don't want to gather superior forces to fight, then pull out a team of three thousand people, and Rurik is confident.

Because war is not simply a pile of people, the gap between fighters and fighters can be very large under the combined influence of factors such as strength, armament, disciplinary quality, and logistics.

Since Konuzon's son and a group of soldiers have gone to Novgorod to reconcile with Otto in the White Tree Manor, it is equivalent to saying that Medved's Slavic flag team is full of 800 members.

In this way, the first and third flag teams are 1,000 powerful Viking fighters, and there are also a team of more than 500 shooters.

What is the true capacity of such a military? Already close to the military capacity of the Gotland battle.

Not only that! There are still some people here in Shilla Fort who are now Ostara, and they should accept Carlotta's command to participate in the war. Another group of Slavs who immigrated to Fort Novosibirsk had already been armed and capable of fighting.

What's more, the White Tree Manor, like a dodder, hugged the huge oak tree of the Rus Principality. Novgorod rebelled on a large scale. As the rebel's first offensive spearhead, the White Tree Manor would definitely use all its military strength to protect itself.

The meeting did not last long, and there was not even much discussion. The Ross fighters on the scene demanded the elimination of the traitors and the roots. As the Karelian identity was still accompanied by fog and did not come to the south bank of Lake Ladoga to provoke the Duchy of Ross, Rurik made a bold decision.

He appointed a major order to Cornuson: "Organize your remaining forces, ensure the security of Fort Shilla, and ensure that the Karelians are unable to sneak attacks. You also send a new expedition to explore the north of the lake to collect information."

Conuson nodded and said yes, there are no more critical issues.

The situation was so urgent that Lurik would only stay in Shilla Fort for one night.

His determination made Carlotta excited, because this time the Duchess of Ostara could truly lead her army into the war as the Allied Forces of the Duchy of Ross, even if the total number of men and women who can fight is only seven. Only ten people, based on their extremely weak strength, the so-called Aostara Army directly formed into the flag team, with bows and arrows as tactical support.

Rurik's determination also made Svetlana very pleased. She did not know that when she realized that the rebellion of Novgorod's main manor would surely destroy her family's White Tree Manor, she cried so much that her eyes were swollen with pear blossoms and rain. Up. Ross' army will immediately go south to quell the rebellion, and her pessimistic state of mind is completely reversed.

The next day, the majority of fighters completely gave up their illusions of rest and recuperation. Some non-combatants, such as Arik’s wife Asraki, stayed outside the local area with their children, and all fighters went south.

Old Harald was very happy with the arrival of his daughter and son-in-law, and he was even more pleased with the birth of his grandson. He regarded his son-in-law Arik as his son, and now this powerful young man is going to war again. Old Harald didn't express his position any more, and gave Arik a few pieces of amber and verbal encouragement.

Just like other fighters, Arik is now a hurried passerby. The huge fleet pulls as many as 1,700 soldiers and sailors. This is an extremely powerful combat force that smoothly passed through the Neva River by the wind, and then floated to the Volkhov River on the banks of the Great Lakes.

A large number of troops and necessary equipment forces the ships to no longer be able to go upstream quickly Rulik knows that once he builds his army, there must be a drawback-logistical problems.

The Ross army cannot be stationed for a long time. When the army arrives at the White Tree Manor, it must start training immediately, and even launch a full-scale attack on the traitors a few days later.

Rurik couldn't afford it. Even if a large amount of wheat was unloaded in Shilla Fort, the food was prepared for the attack on Karelia. The time allocated to counter the rebellion has already invalidated more than half of the original plan!

If this battle cannot be quickly resolved, it will directly affect the success or failure of this year's conquest of Karelia.

Finally, on a cloudy afternoon, taking advantage of a wonderful northerly wind, the counter-current Ross main fleet suddenly gained strong momentum, and Rurik’s final voyage was exceptionally smooth. He saw the woodcut and a large number of haystacks in the White Tree Manor. , And even a large number of Viking long boats parked on the river.

People on the shore also all probed, cheering for the Ross flag on the mast of the fleet.

Rurik and his army, as expected, followed Master Otto's request and arrived at the White Tree Manor!