Chapter 914： bloody drama outside silver castle

Nearly one-third of all residents who once lived in Vaxjo chose to run away. They escaped too hastily, leaving behind a large number of estates, houses and pots and pans, which were immediately occupied by those who did not evacuate, and now with the endorsement of the Rus conquerors, this possession has been certified.

In this era, the life of ordinary people is like a must. A small illness or simply a hunting injury can kill a able-bodied person. Death and disaster always come suddenly, people have long known it, and can only think that this is fate.

All the surrendered villages died, and they got a lot of wealth from plundering. People can be reborn when they die, because each village forms a community of interests, the loss of the population is the shared loss of everyone, and the wealth gained is only shared by everyone, and the small family of the deceased can be compensated.

The villages felt that they actually made a lot of money after weighing it, but General Ross Fisk ordered everyone not only to hunt down the fugitives, but also to attack the Silver Fort in the south. The villagers who had assembled in an emergency were armed, and they cheered at the same time. Very tangled, and the cheers were more echoing the Rus army.

The fugitives ran hastily, and the newly formed Växjö confederates must be as hasty in their assembly and action.

The villages have taken out some reserve grains and prepared some fish catches. Their logistical sustenance is inadequate, unless the army drifts to the sea and fishes for food. So they deliberately brought more fishing nets and rattan baskets.

At the same time, the Silver Fort by the sea welcomed a large number of refugees, and the whole city was in chaos!

Even in the absence of Silver Castle, the city is still the easternmost stronghold of the Danish world in Scandinavia.

After the painful experience ten years ago, this main city built a more persistent wooden wall in a small coastal city on the cliff.

The merchants in the city and the villagers who settled in the nearby area saw a large number of fleets coming from the north. They didn't even want to acquiesce that this was an enemy attack.

Until the Danish businessmen among the refugees revealed their identity.

The merchants who once fled to Vaxjo have always maintained economic ties with Silver Castle, so the waterways are well known and they escape quickly.

The merchants who knew each other got the slogan, and the Silver Fort only allowed thousands of refugees to camp outside the city, but if they wanted to enter the city to receive the protection of the city wall, they could only pay a sum of money.

At the gate of the largest city, a group of mercenaries are on duty here, and a leader keeps roaring: "Hand over ten silver coins to enter the city!"

So the fleeing businessman dragged his family and brought his family, paid the city tax to all family members including the baby, and even paid the last private soldier to enter the city.

And those poor village refugees from the main war camp can only watch from outside the city, except for these two types of people.

When a group of people is in distress, the rich look for potential slaves among the refugees.

The silver castle merchant, who was gorgeously dressed with feathers and feathers, brought his entourage into the refugee group sitting on the ground. Seeing that the merchant was coming, the parents launched their boys and girls, hoping to be bought by the merchants as slaves, but if they got the money, they could take refuge in the city. .

The Silver Fort is not big. The merchants control the parliamentary court of the Silver Fort. They have already made a negotiation that everyone can bring people in from the city, but it is limited to slaves.

The young girls were carefully screened by the merchants. They deliberately chose the attractive ones who wanted to be their slaves, and then took them away from their parents with very little money.

The overweight is only one silver coin. Obviously, according to the Danish world market price, the price of a beautiful slave also has fifty silver coins.

Are you still not happy to be merciful and give a silver coin? ! How the hungry people who fled all the way resisted the blows of the strong private soldiers of the merchants, they were forbidden to hunt, their fishing boats were confiscated, the cry of refugees called for more money, and the young women were taken away crying.

Young and beautiful women will be slaves, and young and promising boys will be servants.

Due to the fiasco, there were not many sturdy woodcutters and fishermen from the fleeing villagers. They were immediately absorbed by the merchants as armed slaves because they were strong enough. Compared with young slaves, this kind of person is very powerful and valuable, so even his wife and children have become slaves of merchants.

The village refugees of the main war faction did not get asylum in Silver Fort, on the contrary, the organization of the traditional commune continued to disintegrate as the last elite were withdrawn.

A large group of refugees appeared outside the city, and the people of Silver Fort did not care about their safety, nor were they willing to help thousands of people.

Because, the city has become crowded just by gathering its own people.

The villagers nearby have been providing wheat, dairy products and fish to the wealthy people in Silver Castle, and the craftsmen in the city have provided various consumer goods to the merchants.

Silver Fort is a city of merchants, and it is also an internal republic. A self-contained community of interests has to exclude a large number of refugees for its own rights and interests, especially since the Danish world is currently in an era of "great fragmentation", Silver Fort must build a stronghold to protect itself.

On guard against the refugees, they arranged manpower to patrol the port area, sinking any refugee boats trying to fish to feed their hunger, manned the city walls, and set up torches at night.

They also set up patrols outside the city, and if the refugees tried to hunt and destroy nearby crops, the armored warriors left to attack.

As a result, the refugees felt that their wishful thinking was to seek refuge. Unfortunately, most of them now have no strength to even leave.

The incident of the Russ attack shocked all the people of Silver Castle, and they thought of the horror of that year without hesitation. But compared to these, the thousands of refugees in front of them are a threat again. I am afraid that the Russ army has not yet killed them, and the hungry refugees will take the lead in attacking the city.

The gate of the Silver Fort is locked, and there are many sorrows in the city. In the council hall in the city, wealthy people from all over the city crowded into this large longhouse, and the atmosphere was anxious and fearful.

Those businessmen who managed to escape from Vaxjo are the focus of attention, and these people will introduce the recent horrors in Vaxjo.

Regarding the fact that Vaxjo was attacked and the 2,000 troops sent out were wiped out, the Silver Fort side had to believe it.

Someone stood up, shivering, and he endorsed the businessman who fled back: "It can only be a Russ! Massacre, only they can do this kind of thing."

"So, our fortress will be besieged by them, and they will kill us too?!" An old man covered his head and shouted in horror: "Just like in those days! The Swedes attacked us! But this time, there is no King Havgen. help us!"

This statement caused more pain.

King Hafgen had been dead for eight years, and at that time the de facto tyrant was king, and he led the Danish army to attack everywhere, making the army tend to return to the great leader of Godfrey, a long, long time ago.

When the king died, he was killed by the leader of the Rus. From the position of Silver Castle, King Hafgen helped Silver Castle repel the Swedish attack. He was the king supported by the people of Silver Castle, but unfortunately he died.

A lackey from the Franks has seized power in Denmark with a strong army, but two years ago, the Rus army defeated the new tyrant Horrick.

Denmark no longer has the most powerful leader, and it is good that the tribes can take care of themselves. If Silver Fort is attacked, no one thinks that foreign lords will send troops to help. To make matters worse, who can guarantee that the reinforcements are real reinforcements, or people who take advantage of the situation.

Silver Fort merchants were convinced that they would be attacked by the Rus, and in the crisis someone shouted: "Or, let's go!"

Leaving Silver Castle? It is indeed an option, but the price is to give up your mansion and settle in a brand new area to face all kinds of dangers alone.

The old man who missed King Havgen continued to speak, and he made his attitude clear: "I have no objection if you want to leave. I want to stay here, this is my final destination, if the Rus people come to attack, I will defend here."

"Then who wants to leave?" someone went on to suggest, "I'm going to leave. Maybe the gods have cursed the Silver Fort, and I'm leaving here. Jutland and Zealand are in chaos, Burnholm's side. They are all traitors who surrendered to the Rus. I plan to leave with my family and private soldiers. I will go to Pomerania. The local group of people is very weak. I want to control a piece of land and continue to live. "

Going to Pomerania? There was a commotion in the house.

Geographically, go due south at Silver Fort at the southern tip of Scandinavia, and when you see the coastline, there are Pomeranians and Obotelidites.

In fact, Pomerania is the homeland of the Danish nation. When the Anglo immigrants immigrated to Britain, the Danes resolutely seized the vacant living space. Unfortunately, their homeland was soon invaded by the West Slavs, Pomerania. people occupied.

The Danes have ancient memories of their homeland, and merchants have always traded with the Pomeranians there.

Not many people support the escape to Pomerania, after all, it has become someone else's territory, as an intruder, unless everyone can defeat them militarily. This pair of silver castles with limited troops simply cannot complete it.

So to Zeeland (where Copenhagen is today)? The local lords would probably confiscate the property and slaves brought by the merchants without hesitation. Maybe the merchants’ family also became slaves.

Any escape plan is questioned, and the opponents are not against escape, but worry that they will be slaughtered as a big fat sheep.

However, when the Vaxjo businessman who successfully evacuated explained the details of the Rus army, the people who had been arguing became unbelievably quiet, their bearded faces turned ashen, and the chamber fell into dead silence.

"It's ridiculous! How is it possible?!" Someone suddenly slapped his thigh and stood up, "I don't believe it! Only the Franks have cavalry, and those Russ pirates have better ships than us. How could they have cavalry. You..." The speaker went on to say Pointing to the person who fled back: "A lie! A complete lie. You are trying to find a reason for your defeat. Have you ever seen a cavalry?!"

This remark really stabilized people. To be fair, the Vaxjo merchants who fled back did just listen to the original refugee's description of the matter, and they couldn't prove themselves that they really saw the cavalry.

But there is no doubt about one thing, Vaxjo really died 2,000 people, and even the 300 mercenaries in armor have not returned.

Could the Silver Fort gather a thousand armored warriors?

Silver Fort has no standing troops, and the armed men patrolling are crowdfunded by businessmen in the parliamentary court. Now the city is facing a huge crisis. Even if some people decide to stick to it, some people feel that the danger is coming soon, and they decide to sell their properties and evacuate their homes after the meeting is over.

But for some people, isn't this an opportunity to buy the properties of the mansion at a low price?

Even the businessmen magically overturned all the previous discussions because they didn't really see the Rus people.

"Maybe Vaxjo is really screwed! But I haven't seen the Rus army, they may or may not come, they just have the possibility of attacking. But who are we outside the city? You talk a lot about the Rus. , don't worry about those crazy hungry guys attacking us?"

There is some truth to this.

People always want to see what they see now, and only want to believe what they believe. There are too many refugees in Vaxjo. They are a group of hungry wolves who actually surround the Silver Fort. Only the port area faces the sea and provides everyone with an escape route.

The Chamber of Deputies adjourned, and the merchants did not discuss what would happen if the Rus were killed. The only consensus they came to was to watch out for Vaxjo refugees who were actually besieged.

And consume them! As long as this group of hungry ghost silver castles are consumed to death, they can be saved.

Therefore, the Silver Fort was still mobilized, and the farmers, fishermen, and craftsmen were all armed, and the merchants contributed their own private soldiers and slaves. Those unemployed mercenaries who were once injured or could not find a gold master because of their old age are now all re-employed.

Given the opportunity, merchants were reluctant to leave their long-run mansions without a fight. In any case, the silver castle was looted by the Swedish army after suffering from a poor wall, but now the solid hardwood wall is standing, even if the main force of Ross comes, it must be attacked slowly.

All the militants received such a request, "People from outside are not allowed to enter, but if anyone tries to enter the city, you will kill him."

At the same time that the silver coins were set up to protect themselves, the merchants all thought of the way back. There is a short distance between the pier and the fortress, and all the long boats for escape have been prepared. If there is an emergency, the merchants can walk out of the city through the small gate and jump on the boat and paddle away.

Some people have a back way, and some people can only pray to the gods to bless the silver castle.

However, the Rus army they least wanted to see appeared! All the talk about the existence of cavalry, there is no need to say more now

The cavalry and the Växjö allies suddenly appeared, and the large number of Rus flags held up showed that the army was full of murderousness.

The Confederate soldiers tried their best to hang the self-made Ross flag on the spear and let it flutter in the wind, in order to show their surrender and avoid being accidentally injured in battle.

The long and narrow fleets of the Allied Forces entered the Baltic Sea one after another, which is already the broad Denmark Strait, and they immediately stretched out the array to fish on the spot due to lack of supplies. In the face of so many ships flying the Ross flag, the patrolling Silver Castle was scared to advance and row back to the port to avoid the war.

Check it out! What a fantastic sight it is. The owners of boats large and small are all Vaxjos. They deliberately raised the Ross flag to fish, not only ignoring the Silver Fort on the small cliff, but also the people sitting on the ground outside the Silver Fort.

In the eyes of the people of Silver Castle, the Ross Navy, which is terrifying, is going to blockade the port and is going to attack the city with all its strength!

But in the eyes of Vaxjo refugees, the murderous Rus cavalry was so powerful that they had to kill everyone to stop.

Now, Fisk is in control of life and death.

"That's the Silver Fort." Haverus, who got off the boat, pointed at the fort with a wooden staff. "Sir, are you...do you fight?"

"There is actually a wall, and my iron hoof can't flatten them. Damn, I don't even have a chance to make great contributions."

Fisk is too helpless. He has more than 400 people who are really capable of fighting, and he has no heavy weapons for siege, and no naval wandering. It's too bad that army supplies don't last long.

He knows his current geographic location, and now he needs to find the king to report his situation, and he should also try to find a ship to contact Burnholm's allied forces and his own people.

At this moment, Kanuf came aggressively: "Brother, the opportunity to make merit is here. I want to fight, do you want to accompany me?"

"You want to attack the city?" Fisk, who was riding a horse, asked.

"It's not impossible! Do you know that Arik's boast is that he took more than 400 brothers with him back then..."

"Stop. I understand this matter. But the king warned me to cherish the cavalry, and we should not leave to attack unless necessary."

"I'm afraid they will find a way to escape when they see us. In my opinion, it's still a fight. Do you see a lot of people sitting there?"

Fisk glanced at it. "Indeed."

"Anyway, people who are not us are not allies. My sword told me that it would drink blood, and we rushed to chop and slay the people of Silver Castle to force them to surrender."

"It's a way, let's discuss it quickly."

Up to now, Fisk has no idea what the identity of the people who are staying outside the city is. Anyway, they are not allies and allies. If they attack and kill them, the Ross Army has absolutely no need to worry.

Most of the true Växjö confederates came ashore, and there were still large numbers of boats loitering and fishing.

"You only need to go ashore and wave your flags, and cheer for us! The rest is only the battle of our Rus." Fisk ordered Hagrid and Haverus to contact the village leaders of the Allied forces who were present to build a building. Seaside camp.

Allied troops and non-combatants will naturally not participate in the battle. They are currently serving as the atmosphere group, which mainly shows that the Rus' army is strong.

So, the cavalry and infantry were assembled.

The cavalry formed a very wide cavalry wall to the sound of the horns, followed by the infantry.

Seeing this terrifying scene, those who didn't believe that Ross had cavalry were all dumbfounded also woke up in an instant. The horns were loud here in Silver Fort, and all the armed men who were ready for battle decided to stick to the city, while the merchants all slipped home and started to run away.

This is very hard for the hungry refugees. Some of them were so hungry that they ate the bark of reeds. Now they were really lacking in physical strength, they barely stood up and moved towards the Silver Fort in panic, begging the guards to open the gate.

However, the refugees were greeted by arrows fired by the Guardians of the Silver Keep.

Seeing casualties, the refugees retreated, but the Russ cavalry attack had already begun.

The tired and hungry refugees were caught between two breads, they had no time to think, just because the cavalry's sword had been chopped up, the well-trained cavalry began to kill in the sun.

They shouted "Ulla" and "Odin", regardless of the specific identity of the slain, the cavalry used this to sacrifice blood to the gods.

The scene of the massacre stunned the defenders of the Silver Fort. It is better to see the cavalry killing a hundred times. They are glad that they are protected by a wall, and they put down their bows and arrows to simply watch their appetites. Dressed classic Rus soldiers are slaughtered and become a **** drama...