Chapter 1023： Triumphal Parade, Funeral and Salute to Odin

Preparations for a huge war began in 839. When the dust settled, the entire northern world had completely changed.

The Rus Kingdom did its best to bring out almost all its elite soldiers and the entire fleet, and went into the war with the momentum of swallowing mountains and rivers. If Ross loses, the kingdom will still exist, of course, she has to continue to hide in the ice and snow in the far north, licking the deep wounds, and it will take some years to get out of the bitter cold.

Ross won the National Luck!

In 840, from early spring to early summer, the Rus-Swedish coalition swept the Gotaland region, and Scandinavia, except for the settlements of Norwegian tribes such as Oslo and Bergen, were all included in the Kingdom of Rus.

Those Norwegians were not adversaries, on the contrary, they were allies who could communicate from abroad. Because the Viking York kingdom that emerged on the British island is the power of the Norwegians, people who worship the brave and chase the warmth can't control so much, they spontaneously rush to Britain to immigrate to Viking York. And because of the problem of unbroken trade links, the Norwegians in Oslo have no objection to Sweden, Götaland and Rus, and other powers on the peninsula.

For these reasons, Rurik's large army did not conquer Oslo, nor did they conquer the Norwegian fjords one by one along the coastline.

The recovery of all Norwegian power is not the purpose of this war, not even a secondary purpose.

From the early summer to early autumn of 840, Rurik's coalition finally encountered a real challenge in Denmark. The coalition began to suffer great losses, and after paying a great price, the Danish problem that plagued the entire Baltic Sea was resolved in the first battle!

A new kingdom of Denmark that believed in Odin was born. Denmark immediately reached a historic reconciliation with all northerners such as Rus and Sweden. Finally, the Baltic Sea was the Baltic Sea for all Vikings, and the civil war between them ended. Of course, there is still the problem of pirates. Those are desperadoes who find them and kill them. The existence of such bandits cannot shake the peace treaty and alliance treaty at all.

But the big alliance in the northern world directly undermined the wishful thinking of the great Frankish nobles. When ordinary Franks knew little about Vikings, King Ludwig of the Eastern Kingdom knew exactly what a strong north meant.

Beginning in the autumn of 840, the Frankish army took the initiative to launch an attack, which was mixed with the elements of the restoration of Saxony.

The expanding Rus and the territorial Franks will inevitably break out once the territories border. Rurik didn't want the war of the century with Frank to come so early, but the so-called "potential" existed, he followed the trend, and the Winter War broke out.

Russ-Swedish-Saxony alliance to attack the Eastern Kingdom.

The three wars of Bremen and the World War II of the Elbe, the war was won, and the kingdom of Rus paid the largest casualty price in history.

Like Ross, the Saxons suffered even more.

As for the Eastern Kingdom, where the labored divisions attacked far away, they lost an army of 30,000 people. The main force of Ludwig's glorious heavy cavalry disappeared, and a large number of infantry died in battle. He was no longer able to pacify the north, and what was even worse was to use the remaining army to carry the armed forces from his elder brother Lotaire. Without humiliation, it was necessary to surrender a large amount of benefits to the victor before the prisoners of war were restored to the throne.

In this way, the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth flag teams that constitute the core strength of the Rus army are all composed of old and new Rus people who directly obey the king.

Especially the first and second flag teams, not only from the old Ross clan, but also very rich in combat experience. They are the main force in combat, and they are also commanded by the king's favorite cousin, Arik, who is very popular. Exactly so, the loss of troops of the two flag teams is extremely exaggerated. Although some miscellaneous personalities were added during the war, when the flag team returned to the capital, it was originally more than 500 people, and the veterans of the two flag teams were only left. people.

The situation of the other four flag teams is relatively better, and there are also half of irreparable losses.

In addition to this, the newly established standing army has both cavalry and infantry damaged.

Ross's elite troops lost as much as 1,000 people. A large number of ruthless men with years of combat experience who broke through the sea of ​​corpses and blood, eventually perished with the sturdy Frankish heavy cavalry in the far south. Such a vigorous death in battle satisfies the long-cherished wish of a senior Viking to die in battle. Those who survived felt sorry for the death of their comrades, but also comforted themselves—their heroic spirits had already gone to the temple.

But to be fair, more than 5,000 Frankish heavy cavalry were all killed in one winter, and even Ross achieved a huge loot by pulling out the iron armor of the dead and stripping the horses.

The massive loss of elite veterans, as well as the death of a group of young warriors who had just joined, undoubtedly weakened the kingdom's military strength.

Is it really so? Absolutely not.

The kingdom of Rus is no longer the kingdom of the Rus tribe. When the men of the tribe married women of Slavic and Finnish ethnicity on a large scale, the kingdom's "pure-blooded northern Germanic" descendants were few and far between.

The crazy war gave the Finnish and Slavic flag teams great confidence in the war. They suffered little damage due to their duties and tactical factors, and they were the main force in the crucial decisive battle.

The governor of Novgorod, the king's brother-in-law Medvet, led an army composed of his hometown in the final decisive battle on the Elbe River. He was the absolute main force of the Rus army in the coalition army. In this battle, even the humblest warriors can raise their chests and tell their fellow countrymen: "Actually, I am a Rus warrior, and I am no different from the Varyags."

When the mind changes, everything becomes different.

At least nearly a thousand Slavic warriors triumphed, and the buyers all carried a lot of loot on their backs, possessed a lot of silver coins and cash, and also had a mouth that could tell the whole process of the war. They no longer consider themselves serfs who are subject to the Rus, and from now on, they are the Rus! In the future, when the king raises troops again, he will be the core combat power.

A nation named Rus is being born, and the children of North Germanic, East Slavic and Pan-Finnish blood are growing up.

Even according to the Slavic tradition, a boy is an adult when he reaches the age of twelve. He has the obligation to defend the farm and is qualified to marry. Instead of counting anniversaries, they counted the year of birth as the first year, and at twelve, the boy counted as an adult.

The large-scale marriage that began that year officially showed its strong staying power. Beginning in 841, the second batch of men and women of the baby boomer generation came of age, and the boys were the source of the kingdom's soldiers.

In Novgorod and Novgorod, each of the settled households raised at least three children, and their births continued. This is particularly the case in the agricultural area of ​​Novgorod, where families have Five children is not surprising at all.

All this was unimaginable in the past. Because of Rurik's hard work and war dividends one after another, the core population of Rus has been growing rapidly, but the previous huge number of children was a huge pressure. Now, Rus officially enjoys Huge human resources, enjoy the demographic dividend.

In the next ten years, at least 30,000 so-called Varyag warriors will be born, and a considerable proportion of them have the blood of the old Rus tribe, so-called common ancestors with King Rurik himself. Anyone with old Rus blood is the first class of the kingdom, and they are logically the core members of the royal family.

In addition, the extremely large-scale Slavs must be the majority of the people at the grassroots level of the kingdom. They are the object of the necessary marriage, another force that can be mobilized.

After all, they will become a whole, but people with old Ross blood can enjoy more social resources and status. Hierarchy is necessary, otherwise such a huge kingdom would collapse in this day and age.

In this way, those soldiers who have made meritorious deeds must be rewarded. The entire kingdom needs to enjoy the war dividends after victory. The closer the bloodline is to the old Ross, the more dividends will be enjoyed.

In the kingdom, the Slavs from the old Ross clan (including the admitted follow-up members) and the White Tree Manor are the first-class people in the kingdom. The second is the Vikings of other origins, and the third is the large-scale Slavs.

The three classes of people are now just a conventional saying, and there is no law to define it.

Hierarchy is not based on ethnicity, it is essentially a class division, a top-down feudal hierarchical society is evolving naturally, and Rurik, as a king, can feel him personally, and he will undoubtedly do it. any interference, unless it threatens its own power.

Because he is the biggest beneficiary!

Rurik has two hands, the left hand holds the Viking force, and the right hand holds the Slavs force. Both hands must be firmly grasped, and then clasped together.

So this is the real reason for the triumphal parade, the fire tower return ceremony and the mass burial ceremony in the capital.

The Viking army, the Slavic army, and even the army of the self-governing country of Finland, must form a phalanx to parade around the city, receiving cheers from people of different ethnicities.

And mass burial is more particular. No matter what ethnicity the deceased is from, many of the deceased are even the Gotharans and Danes who joined during the war. They all died in battle, and now the remaining ashes are eligible to be buried in one place.

The elite troops have suffered a lot, and the kingdom needs to train a lot of new recruits, especially those 12-year-old and 13-year-old mixed-race children to be added to the flag teams. These cubs are only young, their physique has nothing to do with immaturity.

This situation is only reflected in New Roseburg. Although the capital city is a major commercial town rising from a deserted beach, the earliest settlers have lived here for more than ten years. She has always enjoyed the dividends of the rise of Rose. The children who live here have grown up and lived well. Their physique is far better than the ancestors who grew up in Roseburg Fjord. Most of them are only twelve years old. He is tall, and looks like he is only thin.

Only because they were the same height as the vast number of Frankish peasant soldiers, this was Rurik's so-called self-confidence that a twelve-year-old could be a soldier.

Just to face the Frankish peasant soldiers, after this group of brats have given some military lessons, they can take swords and spears to kill.

The Triumph Parade is on schedule!

The berserker with the bear's head on his head held a flag to open the way, and right behind was a "military band" carrying a skin and playing bone flutes and horns.

Rurik was dressed in full costume, accompanied by the high priest, and walked at the front of the procession with his wife, concubines and children by his side. They rode their horses to the cheers of the people.

Next, each flag team dressed in a full set of uniforms was arranged in six columns, marching in the formation of each flag team. Each carried a round shield and hung a dazzling array of weapons on their belts. They went to great lengths to adorn themselves, with shields repainted, armour buffed, and helmets wrapped in patterned hides and even dyed feathers for personal preference.

Unsurprisingly, these warriors were all dressed in clean blue cloth robes. There were inevitably a lot of holes in the robe, some were stitched and repaired, and everything was deliberately left. Such battle-damaged attire also proved on the other hand that they had experienced **** battles, which further strengthened their sense of bravery.

The Finnish flag team is also dressed in Ross style. Most of them wear velvet caps made of squirrel skin. The big red squirrel's tail is a symbol. The leather quiver at the waist and the longbow of the same height are another feature.

Their overall stature is short, and now they don't have the slightest inferiority complex. Because the cheering crowd included many fellow Finns who lived in the capital throughout the winter, and if you listened carefully, you could hear the praises chanting in their native dialect.

Because the leader of the Finnish flag team is none other than Count Yevlo and his eldest son Kelha.

Even the kingdom's artisan troops participated in the parade. Kawi, along with his son Kuzneslav, and more than fifty Slavic blacksmiths who only served the king, formed a special team with hundreds of professional sailors. . They brought heavy equipment that had made special achievements ashore, and pushed and dragged on-board torque slingshots and bull catapults to open the eyes of the general public.

Many people recognize this group of blacksmiths, and they will have to deal with them if they want to order swords and even a variety of tools in the future, and most of the metal utensils sold in the New Roseburg market are from this group.

In the end, a forest moved in the city in full view.

The halberds were spliced ​​into a complete state, and the Slavic flag team wore their proper uniforms, and they all wore their own trophy Frankish chainmail. They carried extremely long halberds, and the wiped heads of the halberds shone brightly in the sun.

Their attire is no different from that of the Varyag warriors. This time, they all put on the captured Frank helmets and modified them. No one dared to doubt that they were not elites.

The triumphal parade attracted all the people of the capital to crowd into the inner city, and there were people admiring the army with wide-eyed eyes everywhere. There were also spectators sitting on the roofs, city walls and even some trees.

Harvest Square is where the parade starts and ends. Rurik wanted to make a public speech, but after all, his voice couldn't contain the noise of tens of thousands of people.

A brand new wooden pagoda was built outside the city. When the parade ceremony was over, the wooden pagoda was also built and could be ignited.

Today Rurik has a lot to do. After the entire army has completed the parade and arrived at the Harvest Square, the entire army will leave the city and head straight for the tomb area in the south of the city.

Not only the army, but the people of the whole city went south collectively.

This is the Valhalla in the world, where everyone lives. Regardless of the beliefs of the subjects, as long as they are willing, they can be buried in this huge national cemetery after death. And the ashes of those who died fighting for the country, as long as they were able, were brought back to be buried here.

Rurik is deliberately imitating Arlington National Cemetery, which is Ross's National Cemetery. Most of the people who had been buried before had erected stone tablets, on which were engraved the epitaph of Runwen, as well as some abstract depictions. For example, there are people who believe more in Thor, the **** of thunder, and his tombstone is engraved with such a picture - the **** Thor holds the hammer in his left hand, and captures the giant python of Yemengad in his right hand.

Now nearly 2,000 "wooden box coffins" will be buried, the earth pits have been excavated overnight, and the wooden signs marking the identity of the deceased have also been prepared. Because the identity of the deceased is recorded by the flag team, the deceased also has their own identification plate, so the kingdom will determine their tomb and erect a monument to it. More than a thousand people have clear identities, and the rest of the hundreds of dead are those who joined the war and died in the kingdom. For the latter, it is a decent burial.

As king, he himself made short speeches.

"They have won eternal glory, their souls have gone to the Hall of Valor, and their bodies have been buried like this, forever receiving our reverence..."

At this moment, Rurik appreciates the eulogy given by the group of Catholics to the deceased.

He then ordered the horn players on standby to blow their horns together, and ordered the arriving warriors to strike their shields together again, and roared a few battle roars rhythmically.

Those who came from Novgorod were buried and sealed by their families in person, and the rest came from Novgorod, and the dead were buried by their comrades-in-arms.

Few people cried, and the whole scene was solemn.

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There were people half-kneeling everywhere. The whole scene shocked the city people who arrived one after another. It infected more people. After all, the entire capital paid tribute to the dead.

When night fell, a fire tower burned rapidly, and the flames rushed to the stars.

A whole hundred reindeer! Rurik, the king, stabbed them to death one by one in public as a sacrifice to the gods.

He stopped the most important job that the high priest had to do. As "a person blessed by Odin", at this moment, there is indeed no one more qualified than him.

The flames shone on a little girl's face, and Velika watched her father assassinate the deer one by one.

In the end, the father was shirtless and raised the sword in his hand to the sky.

Rurik was doing a performance art in front of tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians. The people instantly kept a terrifying silence, with only the sound of wind and the crackling of flames beside their ears.

A loud voice was worn far away, and the great king's cry was heard: "O Odin, king of the gods! Ross has done it! Thank you for the victory you have bestowed upon us! Receive our gifts! Grant us prosperity! Grant us new Victory!"

In the end, it was Rumia who held up a split deer liver and solemnly announced to all those who participated in the final sacrifice: "Odin heard it and saw it! Odin is very satisfied! Odin will reward us with a new victory!"

This night, the entire capital fell into a carnival, and the bonfires burning everywhere seemed to set the earth on fire... March, early spring.

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The gloomy sky was gray and black, showing a heavy depression, as if someone had spilled ink on the rice paper, the ink soaked the sky and smudged the clouds.

The clouds layered on top of each other, blending with each other, dispersing one after another of crimson lightning, accompanied by the rumbling thunder.

Like a **** roaring, echoing in the world.

Please download the iRead Novel app to read the latest chapters for free without ads. The blood-colored rain, with sadness, fell to the mortal dust.

The earth was hazy, and there was a ruined city, silent and lifeless in the red rain of blood.

In the city, the walls are broken, everything is withered, and collapsed houses can be seen everywhere, as well as blue-black corpses and pieces of meat, like broken autumn leaves, withering silently.

The bustling streets in the past are now desolate.

The sandy road where people used to come and go is now no longer noisy.

There was only blood and mud mixed with minced meat, dust, and paper, which could not be separated from each other, which was shocking.

Not far away, a mutilated carriage was deeply immersed in the mud, full of mourning, only an abandoned rabbit doll on the hull of the carriage hung on it, swaying in the wind.

The white fluff has long been soaked into wet red, full of eerie and eerie.

The turbid pupils seemed to have some resentment left, staring alone at the mottled stones ahead.

There, there was a figure lying there.

This is a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy, dressed in tatters, covered in dirt, with a torn leather bag tied around his waist.

The young man squinted his eyes and remained motionless, the biting cold from all directions penetrated his tattered coat and spread all over his body, gradually taking away his body temperature.

But even if the rain fell on his face, he didn't blink, staring coldly into the distance like a falcon.

Following his gaze, at a distance of seven or eight feet from him, a skinny vulture was eating the carrion of a wild dog, occasionally observing the surroundings alertly.

It seems that in this dangerous ruin, it will vacate in an instant with the slightest disturbance.

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After a long time, the opportunity came, and the greedy vulture finally completely submerged its head into the belly of the wild dog.

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