Chapter 964： Let the Ross flag be planted in Rotterdam

Rurik was looking for a suitable area for his new Ross store in Flanders.

The so-called Rus shops, in this area, are the concessions of the Rus.

It must depend on the river or the sea, it must be suitable for shipping, and it must be easy to retreat immediately in the event of a major disaster.

There is no doubt that the port of Durist has become his chosen target, even if the port has been turned into ruins.

After a short rest, the Rus-Danish coalition began a new operation.

The fleet is divided into two groups. The main force will return to the mouth of the Amstel River and continue south along the coastline. After all, the main force is all large-scale communication. Of course, it is possible to forcibly enter the inland waterway and turn into the Rhine River. This is obviously unnecessary.

Most of the combat troops have withdrawn to the estuary, and after boarding the ship, they began to sail south.

Rurik and Ragnar, with their elite troops, took a renegade and traditional longboat with oars, and went south of Utrecht in the inland waterway, heading straight to the main Rhine river and to the ruins of Durist.

Even if the weather is getting colder, the next step is to attack Antwerp. It is said that there is a lot of wool, grain and money there. Although the soldiers who participated in the war have been tired for half a year, when they think of targeting a big city in the south, they can loot unscrupulously, and they can be ordered three times. The day is not closed, and the fatigue disappears without a trace.

The soldiers drifted on their long oars and couldn't help singing the songs of their hometown.

This took a toll on the fifteen fief knights and the baron of Groningen. They were sullen and so-called forming a servant army, but very few responded. Each knight only had two or three personal retinues to accompany them. They could have recruited more farmers and herdsmen to fight for themselves, but the next so-called war was to follow the Normans to do evil, and it was impossible to recruit many people.

They must also go, and if they dare to object, it will be regarded as resistance. The Baron of Utrecht, whose whole family was killed, is a proof that this expedition is the name of their group of lower nobles to save their lives.

However, they were also forced to betray their beliefs...

"Bishop Arbery is fine, we have to regret it every day."

It is wishful thinking to make this group of lower-level nobles and Antwerp residents desperate, Rurik and Ragnar are also worried that they will really pull a team with more troops. ". Now that they came almost alone, they were more in control. So no one blames them for not having soldiers on hand.

Such a stretched army with great symbolic significance was even established.

As an earl of Henry Nassau, he knew very well his position in the next action.

In the short time in the past, he has experienced too much. After the three views of the whole person have been refreshed, considering that he is now hanging out with the Normans, there is no way to justify it. "Since I've committed a big crime, there's nothing to worry about. Since God doesn't punish these Normans, I'll just kill them..."

Although there are only a few people in hand, the wealth of Antwerp and Ghent is even known to Henry Nassau, a small noble who originally lived in the European inland region.

The vast and sparsely populated Flanders region has its own elite areas, especially in Ghent and Antwerp. The soothing areas of Dozer-by-the-Sea are really suitable for grazing. Once it fogs up, it is salt fog. The grasslands in the huge area absorb the salt, where The green grass is so wonderful that it is a pity not to use it for grazing cattle and sheep.

Frank has a considerable amount of wool produced in the Flanders region, and its southern region produces a large proportion.

Henry Nassau decided to loot with the Norman army. He was not a Frisian, and he had no psychological burden for looting. As for "God's Punishment", let it all be damned! In order to see the genuine "voice certificate", King Ross needs to make a fortune.

For personal gain, Nassau decided to kill.

The first thing they arrived at was the ruined port of Durist.

In autumn, the wide-ranging Rhine River estuary is overgrown with reeds, and a lot of green grass has turned yellow, which makes the broken walls and ruins here even more miserable.

The autumn wind is bleak, and the cold wind makes people who are very thickly dressed still feel cruel.

Rurik stood up and held tightly to the head of the bow: "Is this the Dane's Durist?"

"Obviously yes," Nassau replied cautiously.

"It should be your first time here."

"I'll come here often. I heard from those knights that any place that can see a large area of ​​ruins is Durist. Alas... a cursed place, I even feel that there are resentful spirits roaring."

"It's the wind." Rurik shrugged, feeling mentally unwell too.

At that time, Ludwig took his cavalry directly to kill him by land. After passing through Utrecht, he rushed forward along the north bank of the river. At that time, the old King Louis had not passed away, just as Ludwig, who was strong and strong, stepped down Durist, and finally set it on fire.

Originally, the strong man and his family had returned to Denmark with Boss Horrick, and the people who stayed in Durist were all pirates without owners, and even a small number of people. When Horrick evacuated with the main personnel, the commercial value of the place has been lost.

It was because Horlick's arrogance in Denmark caused the latter's crusade. The cavalry took the port lightly, and Ludwig issued an order to kill indiscriminately. After all, all the pirates were killed, and the kindness to the pirates was the cruelty to the people. In this crusade, the army of the Counties of Flanders, which has suffered from harassment by pirates, also participated in it, but it was more involved in a play-watching attitude.

Want to fight with pirates? The Boguo army is not stupid, but the Boguo country in the cracks must have both sides, sending troops and providing food and grass, and finally did not really participate in direct combat.

Pieces of shacks turned into a lot of blackened wooden piles, and the Viking longhouses piled up with mud and wood were left with low earth walls, and at that time they could make up their complete outlines.

The trestle pier was deliberately damaged, and only some deep wooden piles stood abruptly in the waterway.

The weeds were growing wildly and withering yellow. The arrival of the fleet disturbed some waterfowl. The ducks who wanted to continue flying south for the winter were disturbed and flew away.

Two longboat friends, Rurik met Ragnar.

"What do you think of this place?" Rurik asked.

"I feel like a ghost is crying." Ragnar pouted, obviously not in a good mood.

"This place is Horrick's former lair. Our possession of this place is a greater victory."

"That's right, but... this place is really bad. I don't want to set up a foothold in a cursed place. Why don't we continue to drift downstream. It's closer to the ocean, and it's easier for us to do things later."

Feng shui is full of mysteries. If feng shui is not good in one place, people in this environment will always feel psychological discomfort. Rurik thought about what Ragnar had said. Since many people say that this place is not good, let's find another place.

This other place also quickly came to Rurik's eyes.

Or rather, it is the mouth of the Rhine itself.

When the Rhine entered the lowlands, it split into more than ten tributaries of various sizes. Small tributaries can be waded through, and there are three large tributaries, namely the Lake River, the Maas (Old) River and the Great Southern Channel.

The coalition forces took the Lake River channel in the far north, where they reached the estuary.

The main fleet that took the ocean route had already anchored at the mouth of the sea, and they were waiting for the king's army to arrive. Seeing the phantom of a large number of long ships, these ships hurriedly lifted anchor and rushed towards the river.

Attacking Antwerp, looting and making a fortune can be said to be the last goal of the coalition army going south.

If this plan is shelved due to weather factors, the coalition forces will find an area to turn into a "lease area".

The coalition forces wanted to find a suitable area to house shops and military bases. Henry Nassau needed to find a good base for his Norman allies to support him in the future. The three parties eagerly searched for good land in Flanders, and they chose an area with extremely flat terrain.

There is a small river from the north such as the waterway, perhaps this is the last tributary of the Rhine, or it is also a small waterway that splits from the main waterway.

There is no doubt that this flat area is suitable for grazing or building a large number of houses.

So, the long-headed longboat rushed straight to the beach of the small river visible to the naked eye, the boat began to wash the beach, and then fell into the mud and could not move.

Rurik exclaimed, puzzled, the previous good at beach landing is not working anymore?

"Damn! My ship can't move?!"

The longboat was stuck in the mud, and half of the ship was still in the river. I thought that I would land on the unnamed small river with a gentle flow, and park all the traditional longboats on this beach, but it turned out to be like this.

"Damn it. Brothers, get some people down and push the boat back into the river."

As soon as Rurik gave the order, a capable warrior seized the opportunity to make a contribution, busy taking off his boots, pulling off the foot-binding cloth, and jumping into the icy mud to push the boat.

In between, those Danes with abstract raven coat of arms painted on the white cloth also rushed to the beach with a loud roar. As if they didn't want to admit defeat to the Rus, they put their heads in the mud, and they all ended up unable to move, causing people to laugh.

Someone shouted, "Are those Danes blind? Now they're also mud-footed giants."

"It must be that they feel that they can go ashore easily and ignore our situation at all."

"Let's see how they get out."

But Rurik had no intention of watching the play here, and continued to greet his men pushing the boat.

More than a dozen fighters jumped into the mud, and were immediately immobilized by the icy mud that didn't reach their hips. Not to mention pushing the boat, they couldn't get out by themselves, and the more they moved, the deeper they fell.

A simple work of landing on the shore in the evening is so troublesome in his life, and even if these brothers are not pulled up quickly, the cold mud can ruin their legs.

"Damn it! Stop moving. Others, follow me and pull them up."

After a lot of work wasted, the hapless warriors were dragged aboard one after another. Their lower bodies were covered in grass-smelling mud, and they were shivering from the cold, and their injured legs were as cold as ice.

Rurik also tried using a large oar as a crowbar, and everyone worked together to help the boat escape. This had some effect, until the big ship came to help.

With the help of the wind, the sail cruiser zigzagged to the upper reaches of the waterway, and anchored on the river at a suitable position. Only then did the small boat with the cable rush to the beach to meet the king in the mud. The cable was tied to the stern of the boat, and the big boat finally pulled the small boat out of the mud.

Doing the same thing, all the longships that got stuck in the mud were able to escape.

Although this was a farce, the behavior of the Rus people using a big boat to tow a small boat still made the small nobles of the accompanying servant army dumbfounded.

Originally, the fifteen knights of the fief felt that the cargo ship that broke into Utrecht independently was the largest ship they had ever seen in their lives, and they were unparalleled in using the word "ark" to describe it.

Now, there are big ships everywhere. All the great ships form a fleet, flying exactly the same flags, even the same patterns on their sails.

After much trouble, Rurik finally completed the landing.

They landed on the Leyte channel, the northernmost main channel of the Rhine. The current is fast here, all the big boats anchored nearby, the paddle boats forced the beach again, and dropped the ropes to lay down the wooden stakes on the shore, so that all the boats were firmly fixed.

After experiencing the ordeal in the evening, everyone stood on a fairly solid coastal land.

"Now, I understand why Durist Port was not built here." Rurik sighed.

"Either the water is turbulent, or there is too much mud." Ragnar thought of another thing, "It should be a dry season now, and the Rhine is still a bit turbulent now. Wouldn't it be worse when it is a wet season?"

"So that muddy beach needs to be remodeled. I also understand one thing."

"What's the matter?"

"It is not easy to enter the inner area along the Rhine to reach the hometown of Nassau. We lead the army to take a shortcut by water to attack the Frankish hinterland, and it takes a long time to row. Although it is feasible, our soldiers will be very tired."

Ragnar didn't care at all, or he basically didn't understand what Rurik was saying, and instead asked a rather retarded question: "Could it be that we can attack our greatest enemy, East Francia, by going upstream in this waterway? That arrogant king, the king called Ludwig?"

"Exactly. Directly attacked his military camp."

"Then do it immediately. We should kill you!" Ragnar's eyes lit up with fire, and his whole body jumped with excitement.

Rurik was more than half a head taller than the old man, and closed his eyes to speak for him.

He simply rejected: "It's too late! We really have to make a sneak attack when the weather is warm, and now I even worry about where the army will spend the winter. I don't even expect the army to return to their hometown. I will withdraw when Antwerp is over. , I don't want to be trapped in the frozen sea."

"Just give up the opportunity?"

"I'm going to attack you." Rurik shook his head deeply.

Unexpectedly, his anger was like an encouragement. "Can I try? Anyway, I was running around in Frank's territory back then, and they couldn't catch me at all. Hehe."

"I'm talking about the Bremen time. If it wasn't for my squadron meeting you by chance, you would have been hacked to death by their cavalry long ago, and there would be nothing to burn Bremen."

"But I did not die, which means that Odin won't let me die. My life is revenge! It was that Ludwig's conspiracy that caused me to be almost wiped out, and I will take revenge at all costs. Besides, my revenge is a good thing. "

"What do you want?"

"Let's sit down and have a good talk."

Some people are pure slaughter madmen, and Rurik felt that he had indeed missed the mark, thinking that Ragnar would be at ease as a king and do a good job in internal affairs. Obviously self-indulgent.

Ragnar may not know what a king means at all, this guy still wants to be a rogue. Indeed, many men feel that the ruthless man who dares to go deep into the enemy camp and kill the Quartet is the real king. Such a king is at best a chieftain, a brave Viking warrior, and a downright unscrupulous.

The King of Denmark is such a character, and it is in Ross's interest.

However, Rurik also suddenly thought of a possibility, perhaps because he was worried that he did not have too much prestige among the Danish nobles, and directly attacked Frank and killed the Quartet, showing real achievements, in order to force those noble lords to really surrender.

What's more, there are hundreds of die-hard fans who are following Ragnar now. Although these guys are from many tribes, they are really willing to continue fighting with their ruthless king.

Maybe they can spend the winter in the Frankish hinterland? If they mess up Frank, it's just as good for Ross.

The whole army spent the night on the shore, and they will sail again tomorrow morning. If it weren't for the delay due to many reasons, the fleet would have rushed to the vicinity of Antwerp at full speed this evening.

Relying on the fire, Ragnar continued to advocate his "winter raid" plan. Even if the Russ army did not join forces, he had already made up his mind. After robbing Antwerp, he would continue to penetrate the Rhine River.

"I want to test the flow rate of this big river. If it is convenient for us to row and sail, and we will attack in the future, you Ross must send troops to participate."

Ragnar was serious, but Rurik was very happy to see this kind of exploration, so he encouraged: "I need your information, and we will robbery together in the future. You... don't be trampled to death by their cavalry."

"Haha. Gods bless me, I am invincible. Now, let's give this place a name. We will build a town here in the future."

"Okay. What I can feel the most is the mud by the river, which almost made me unable to walk. To be fair, this open and flat grass is really suitable for building a fortress." Rurik said.

"It's called the muddy land?" After saying that, Ragnar laughed out loud for the name he chose casually.

"The apt name is still fresh in my memory. That's it...I don't care."

If a town arose here, it would be named Rotnastadt in Norse. The slush here is so vivid that in Frisian or Old Low German, it is described by the word "rotia", which is mentioned by the accompanying knights of the fief.

Although the name was actually unpleasant, Rurik recognized it for the first time.

Because this area should have a city called Rotterdam. The original meaning of Rotterdam is "a dam built on a muddy river".

Rus' shops will be built here, and Rus' forces directly control the estuary of the Rhine River.

However, this area is a coastal no-man's land, and history gave Ross a chance.

Ross, who will be the first settlers in Rotterdam, build a prosperous port town here, fly a blue-and-white flag, build a naval base, and more.

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