Chapter 903： The blue fox Gouldsson von Goth, canonized as the Earl of Gothenburg…

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The large-scale landing operation of the Rus army has begun!

As the saying goes, it is impossible to conquer the world immediately, but the Rus people now use fleet expeditions to send "Ma Run" to land and crusade, and use swords and arrows to solve all kinds of infidels.

Today, the Gotharans who conquer Gothenburg on the Gota River must be more precise in their tactics, and they must avoid being so frightened that they think they are going to be killed and are forced to resist to the end.

The Rus army all landed and stationed by the barren lake, and this situation showed the strategic advantage of Rurik's large amount of logistical materials prepared in advance.

Not only did the army not worry about food and drink, but the food was quite good.

The army set up a huge battle near the estuary by the lake, and the villagers who were frightened by the bonfires hurriedly fled back. All the nobles and generals were ordered, because the head of the local people has been canonized as the Earl of Wienernstad, and the army is stationed in this earldom. Any harassment of the residents of the earldom is tantamount to betrayal of the king. .

This is a matter of principle. Under the same aristocratic system of the Rus Kingdom, one nobleman cannot interfere with another nobleman, otherwise the king will launch an army to fight, and this is the key to maintaining internal peace in the kingdom.

Needless to say, the largest army of the Principality of Ross in the kingdom, Bjorn, the Duke of Melalen, who now has thousands of people, can only order his subordinates to stay by the lake and threaten to behead any illegal looters. .

Nobles and generals restrain their subordinates, and all kinds of cross-border behaviors are threatened with torture.

Thanks to sufficient logistical support, the Ross Army made no mistakes this night.

The huge Lake Vänern is open to everyone. People who master night fishing techniques are instructed to keep their boats anchored on the quiet lake, light oil lamps on the sides of the boats and sink a large net, and wait for the European perch to gather in groups. fish out.

Even if the army is entrenched at the mouth of the lake, their existence is a great threat to the villagers. There is a sword hanging over his head, and if he does not do things well, the sword will be approved.

The actions of the Rus army were very fast, from contacting to the canonization of a local person as a noble agent, to the landing of the army and encampment, all these things were completed in one day.

The fishermen who fled at first acted just as quickly, and the news of the enemy attack went down the river with the boat, and it drifted to the mouth of the Yota River that day.

This was known to all the Jotalans on both sides of the river, especially the inhabitants of the south, who learned that a great army from the north had come unkindly and that war might have broken out.

The Yota River is not long, but most of the area is undeveloped. Twenty large and small villages are scattered along the riverside and in the forest, which are very separated from each other.

In some villages, the news was blocked, and they were unaware of the arrival of the Ross Army. Some villages take it for granted that this is another attacker similar to the Danish pirates, and many people think that it is only the "mad bear" Karl from Wessingers Island who has come to ask everyone to hand over tribute and bring out a beautiful daughter.

Those who really know the truth are only limited to the five villages on the shore of Lake Venern. The three villages are small and the messengers are small, and there are more than 4,000 people gathered together.

The messenger of the newly-appointed Earl Gorm ran fast and entered those villages overnight in order to face it.

"You don't have to be afraid, the Rus people or the Swedes, they don't want our lives, but they want to attack the Danes. The king of Rus recognizes us as brothers. They all believe in Odin, exactly like us..."

The messenger explained everything in this way, and some people even made fun of themselves and praised the Russ as good conquerors. One of the most obvious proofs is that they only camped by the lake, and they did not even ask for some gifts in the village.

The messenger's words were a little reassuring, but they also disgusted many people. What is it that makes the guys from Lakeside Village speak up for the Rus from afar? Is it still a good thing to surrender to them?

However, Ross's warning was terrifying. Those villages that refused to send their leaders to meet the king would be slaughtered, and the situation did not allow everyone to hesitate.

The councils of the villages held a meeting overnight, and they also rushed to elect a speaker to be appointed with full authority, and they would gather at Linhu Village early tomorrow morning.

Is it just to let the talker go by himself? Without even bringing some tributes? Even if the messenger from Linhu Village quoted King Rus as saying that tribute was not required, what if it was a lie?

The village had to pay tribute, so the villagers gathered together, and in order to avoid the disaster, they had to take out some cattle, sheep, some wheat, and even unmarried women in the village.

The girls were dressed up while crying and their cries made their parents feel distressed. Parents still do their best to dress up their daughters to please the conquerors.

There are also warriors who are gearing up for it, claiming that it is a shame to do so. The village is not so embarrassed that it needs to take out a woman to ask for peace. It is better for the warriors to gather and fight them to death. The Rus people come from afar and don’t know the terrain. They use writing tactics, in case the brothers win.

These brave ideas were regarded as reckless by the old men in the village, but what the warriors said was not a lie. The village council has adjusted their plans one after another, just as there are warriors escorting gifts, it is better for the brave to bring weapons and try their best to assemble, at least let them see that the village is not a coward.

All the villages made these decisions at the same time. The cattle and sheep, Maizi and Meiji were the tributes, and the armed villagers who escorted them had to adapt accordingly.

The villages made preparations with both hands, and when the morning fog was thick the next morning, the villages, large and small, helped the old and the young to take refuge in the forest. The car dragged the trolley and moved to the village of Linhu on the winding forest road.

The young woman wore a newly woven flower crown, and her pale face was ashen. The village warriors were very nervous. They didn't want to fight, but they didn't want to be humiliated. They couldn't believe what the messenger said, unless the village of the lake was intact.

This is not! When a team began to enter the village, they were dumbfounded.

army! Huge army! These troops are by no means from Linhu Village, they are outsiders!

Rurik has arrived ahead of schedule, a squadron is going down the river, five large ships are anchored in the river as a sturdy background board, a large number of long ships have their jibs, and more than a thousand soldiers are guarding Rurik. He and most of the nobles and generals arrived at his loyal Lakeside Village.

And Count Gorm immediately changed into the robe given by the king, his old belt was tied around his waist, and the imperial sword was specially hung.

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Back in the evening of yesterday, along with the landing of the Rus army, Rurik landed with his new plan.

Although everyone who was exhausted by boats and cars had to rest, Rurik still held a "bonfire meeting" non-stop.

The nobles of Sweden looked at him, the generals of the Principality of Ross looked at him, especially the blue fox who succeeded in persuading him to surrender.

On the boat, the king nervously told himself that there would be a great reward, so as not to lick his face and take credit.

What exactly is the reward? Lanhu didn't dare to ask questions, and only hinted at Wang with his eyes.

Some people are very happy, some people are deeply boring.

Rurik was in no hurry to preach, he was the king, and Bjorn was the abdicated king.

"Bjorn, how do you think this king did? I won without relying on force."

"Your Majesty is wise." Bjorn had no choice but to compliment.

"You perfunctory me."

"I respect you, but..."

"how."

Bjorn shrugged: "So what exactly are we doing here? Is it really an expedition? There is no need to fight now. We made an appointment and we will go back after solving the Gotaland problem. Now it seems that the problem has been solved, the local Everyone surrenders to you, what's the point of me and my people staying here."

Of course Rurik wanted to say, "You have to witness my success," but he still held back and said, "You Swedish nobles here, but you need to have a good chat with the Gottaran nobles here. A huge kingdom needs For internal peace, we will all be brothers in the future, disputes between brothers should not be resorted to force, but should be resolved through negotiation."

"I hope so."

Bjorn's tangled attitude represented most of the Swedish nobles, and Rurik simply stopped talking and announced his great decision.

"As we conquered the Götaland region, we were at peace with the natives. Before us was the Götälän, which led into the Denmark Strait. We were all the nobles of the North, and we discovered the calm inland waterway from Lake Mälaren. We can use the route into the Denmark Strait from now on. The Jota River can be used by us to do business in Denmark in the future. This is a very safe inland river route.”

The Swedish aristocrats knew that the king was no longer hostile to the Danes, or that everything was for profit. In the past, the contradictions between everyone and Denmark were probably about the right to fish in the sea and trade security.

"Now that we can peacefully solve the problem of the natives of the Göta River, we have saved a lot of time, and the next step is to attack Denmark. I advise you not to back down, because I have contacted some Danish nobles, and a new Denmark will be established. New Denmark is no longer an enemy of Ross and Sweden. After all, we are all Odin’s warriors, Thor’s craftsmen and Frey’s merchants. We are essentially no different, so we should unite. ."

"Your idea...is great. If it succeeds, you are...the real son of Odin. It cannot be questioned." In order to conquer Denmark, it would be foolish not to participate as the duke of the populous Duchy of Melalen.

Bjorn has always been a man who understands current affairs, and does not struggle with the so-called warrior culture, and pragmatism is king. He was not completely persuaded, and asked his heart, he didn't want to miss a provincial capital.

"I can say that in three or four days, the Gothalans of Gothenburg on the Gota River will be our friends, and I will make a new nobleman, called the Earl of Gothenburg. The city is firmly controlled by the kingdom."

A new earl?

Bjorn hurriedly asked: "Is the new earl still selected from the locals? With all due respect, many people questioned that you made that Gorm the earl."

In Arik's view, Bjorn is a guy who looks ahead and wants to gain benefits without much effort. This kind of person can also be a noble, but it is not a threat to the kingdom. But let the Jotaland people be the nobles in the Jota River area, and they don't know the bottom line of them. How can I rest assured?

Arik immediately echoed: "I think what Bjorn said makes sense. We are not here to travel. If we conquer them, we have to control them. Otherwise, what is conquest?"

For a time, the nobles and generals had different opinions.

Rurik slapped his thigh: "I know you are questioning this, why don't I think this is inappropriate? So, what do you think of Blue Fox Gouldsson?"

Blue Fox?

Blue Fox himself is sitting here.

The nobles and generals immediately understood, does the king want to canonize the blue fox as a noble? He is a businessman. He has been a soldier in recent years, but he is still a businessman in essence. When everyone thought of the blue fox, they thought of the fat man as fat as a seal in Old Gould, as well as the fat men and women of the Gould family.

On the contrary, this blue fox has become an outlier in the family, and he has lost weight.

The blue fox trembled with excitement. He already understood what the king was going to do, so he hurriedly gave Rurik a half-kneeling warrior salute.

The blue fox is like this, and Rurik sees the nobles here again, simply by the roaring bonfire, under the stars, the blue fox Gouldsson, the son of the merchant, canonized as the earl.

It was another ceremony of putting the back of the sword on the shoulder, and the back of the sword was finally placed on the blue fox's sky inspiration: "Feng! The Earl of Gothenburg of the Rus Kingdom, commanding the lower reaches of Gothalan, building the Gothenburg fortress and port, and reviving the king's Rus shop, Reviving trade with Denmark."

Hearing that, the half-kneeling blue fox suddenly realized! His family was originally from a businessman of Erdao, and he gambled his life with the Rus people. He got his current status by being loyal, but he was still a businessman after all.

The white fox, the eldest of the family, became the governor of Stockholm. Legally, he was just an assistant to the king. Although he was promised hereditary, he would be at risk if he did not have a fief.

If you become an earl, you don't need it at all. With a fief, you become a hereditary noble.

The blue fox also understood that he was an unusual earl, and his real name was never entrusted by the king to rule the southern tip of the Scandinavia peninsula in the lower reaches of the Yota River, facing the corner of the Denmark Strait.

Revive Rus' shops, as a distribution center for Rus' goods and dumping into Denmark to make money, and as a port in and out of the Danish Strait that is firmly controlled by the Rus Kingdom. Absorbing the tragedy of Hezeby's torch, Ross made a fortune in trade with Denmark, and he must have a port that is easy to control, and there must be an army stationed and a fleet patrolling.

Thinking of this, the blue fox trembled with excitement.

"From now on, you are Blue Fox Gouldsson von Goldberg."

A brand new long name. To be honest, Blue Fox quite likes the name of his fief.

"Goethe" and "Gothic" are the same word, which means "God", which is a general term for Odin and the gods in Nordic culture. All kinds of Vikings always advertised themselves a great name. The Gotharans claimed to be "loved by the gods", the Swedes called themselves "Holy Land", and the Rus, born out of Sweden, named themselves after "the oars". .

The blue fox lamented that the way his fief name was pronounced was quite similar to his family name Gould, especially when he was drunk, his mouth was not easy, and "Gould" could be pronounced as "Goethe". This is fate.

At least Blue Fox is not an outsider. His family has been doing business in Sweden for too long. The nobles are no strangers to this family, especially Old Gould is about to die soon, and his cubs have inherited the family. For their own interests, the nobles still have to. Deal with members of the family.

The blue fox is by no means a waste for nothing, and his experience of escaping from Frank was written into a pamphlet, and it was also compiled into a poem. Although the literary creation of the bard is greatly distorted from his personal experience, the story has become legendary and popular.

A businessman fought to the end and escaped miraculously, freed Frank to make friends with nobles, and then looted the city with information. The nobles who know Old Gould don’t say it now, but they envy this guy behind their backs. I lament why my son doesn’t have such a risk-taking ability.

The nobles fully agree with the canonization of the blue fox, but he has not yet won the fief, and the local people have not surrendered for the time being.

Everything is only temporary.

Rurik brought his elite army and most of the nobles to the village of Linhu in the early morning.

Since he has surrendered, the Earl of Gorm is the protector of the villagers, and everyone's fear of Rus' conquerors has disappeared.

On the contrary, because of the "big coin-spending" behavior of the daring urchins, they couldn't tell the difference between glass beads and natural crystals. They really thought that King Ross was a good man. When the Ross army landed, they subconsciously thought that the rich man was coming again. Now, Fenfen came and yelled at Frey, the wealth **** of King Ross.

Since throwing money is effective, then throw some more, anyway, it's some worthless copper coins seized from Wiesingerser.

The act of throwing money caused chaos and noise. After all, the people all picked up some money, and their attitude towards the Rus army was full of gratitude.

And those warriors were all young and tall, with extremely neat and uniform clothes and beautiful decorations. Rurik deliberately brought the remaining standing army and the younger sons of the Sixth Banner Team, all of them strong men in their twenties, which really attracted the favor of the unmarried village girls in the village.

Favor but favor, arrogant Ross warriors only like beautiful women, even if they capture captives, they are also picky. In the face of some women who spontaneously greeted them, they drove them away. After all, the king had orders not to interact with the locals.

So, Rurik brought the nobles to meet the Count Gorm who had changed his clothes, and the elite elders and young men of the village behind Gorm.

"Very good! Your people have all surrendered, and you, the earl, have to manage a lot of people. Have you done everything you told me to do?"

"Yes! The messengers have been dispatched Gorm said cautiously.

"Will they come?"

"Be sure to come back. Otherwise, Your Majesty, you will punish you. At that time, I will also organize the King of Warriors to serve and punish those who are disobedient."

"Well said. Now I can wait. I will restrain the army from wandering around. You and restrain the villagers not to have any intersection with us. Listen, don't cause misunderstanding."

Is it true that Qiu is innocent? Gorm was so excited that he wanted to laugh, and said: "I would like to serve the king, let's go to the court first."

"Alright. Most of the nobles from Sweden and Rus are here. I can wait for those men to meet. Let's go."

So Rurik and the nobles stepped forward, and his army infiltrated the village.

The troops were stationed in groups, essentially surrounding the village. Soldiers do not interact with the locals, they remain vigilant, guarding against the villagers and even more against outsiders.

As a result, some Rus troops welcomed the first foreign village envoys. If these armed envoys shouted that they were here to submit to Rus, and showed the tribute and women they were sending, and the villagers of Linhu Village shouted that they were not the enemy, This will avoid a misunderstanding.