Telavis's heart was satisfied. He didn't have much logical consideration. He was completely defeated. Obeying the strong was to fulfill his oath. He knelt down to kiss Rurik's boots. Seeing this, his sister Saipolava imitated her brother and did exactly the same thing.
Compared to her brother, Saipolava is just like a leaf drifting on the Oulu River in autumn. She no longer cares about her fate at the mercy of others.
The two children stood up and subconsciously stood beside their father Mechasta.
Rurik opened his arms and took off his helmet, revealing a clean and beautiful golden ponytail. The smile on his face made him feel completely comfortable. But this child has just clearly shown his cold side.
This smile even made Yevro and other people who participated in the "decapitation of corpses" operation find it inappropriate. He was clearly a cute and beautiful boy who acted like that.
Mechasta has lived for so many years, and through this smile, he clearly feels the unfathomable depth of this beautiful boy.
Rurik reiterated: "I gave you one last chance, but you were still defeated. You are brave, and I admire your courage when defending the mountain fortress. We Russians admire the brave, maybe This battle could have been avoided. But it was you who took the initiative to attack my servant. There was a prisoner who claimed to be from the Gray Squirrel tribe, so we came to attack you!"
< p>This statement means that Rurik is looking for a reasonable reason for the Russian attack. This statement was clearly said by Otto to the Salmon Lord tribe first. Now, Rurik finally told these words to the real gray squirrel tribe.Mechasta looked ashamed. He kept his words deep in his heart, but he did not dare to say that it was the expedition team he sent. But this is the reason why the Ross people attack. He had to imagine that if he had not sent the expedition team, and if Woimakshad and those people had all died, his people would not have suffered annihilation.
Now the gray squirrel tribe has been destroyed, and the remaining people will live with new identities.
Next, the Russian army finally achieved the final victory. Their faces were filled with the joy of victory, and they marched to Gray Squirrel Hill Castle in accordance with the agreement.
Even if Mechasta leads the tribe to surrender completely, they still have to pay some price.
That is all the property and materials they have stored. They are the spoils of the Russians and the conditions under which Rurik and Otto can satisfy their subordinates.
The vast number of Rus warriors loyally followed the leader and his son to fight, hoping to get a lot of benefits after winning.
Otto knew this well, and Rurik also knew it.
In this era, don’t expect that you can really restrain this group of barbaric warriors with some kind of restrictions or some kind of awe-inspiring beliefs. Rurik has lost his innocence and experienced this blood-soaked ""Operation Northern Hunting", he really understood that the courage and bestiality of his people were all for the crazy plundering of wealth after the battle.
Inappropriate metaphor, the Russians who entered the mountain fort looked like Becoming a swarm of locusts
They plundered everything of value, focusing especially on finding furs and food
The sun had set, and the young Rus warriors had the right to enter the mountains first. The castle was raided, and Otto played a leading role. He escorted Mechasta, the former owner of the mountain castle, and asked him to identify all the warehouses and cellars.
A large amount of squirrel skins and deer skins were found. , there are even two bear skins and more than a dozen wolf skins
The value of the leather is undoubted, Otto wants to get more good things, but this Mechasta claims that he has it himself. The only valuable items inside were leather and a large amount of hard smoked dried fish.
Otto took it for granted that the man was lying, so he ordered his men to search with all their strength.
< p>This search was remarkable. A wooden pole was inserted into the entrance of the cellar, which attracted the attention of more than a dozen Russian soldiers.As the wooden pole was opened, the smell of smoked fish was revealed in the cellar. It hit them.
For the Russians who didn't think there was anything wrong with eating herring raw, the fishy smell was simply a delicacy. They thought what they found was the local food warehouse, but they didn't think so. Thinking of it, there is actually a big living person hiding inside.
This person is none other than the imprisoned Woima Kashad.
In the claustrophobic cellar, he is carrying a torch. The Ross people deep inside immediately started fighting with poor Voyma Kashad. The guy who tried every means to escape from the clutches of Ross was finally dragged to the ground after being beaten until his face was covered with blood and he was almost unconscious.
Even though there was a lot of blood on this man’s face, people on the ground recognized his identity at a glance.
“It was actually the dog we escaped from. He actually didn't die. ”
“No way! Could it be that they just look alike. "
"No! Go and report to the leader, we have found the escaped dog! ”
After all, Woima Kashad swore allegiance. He is now a runaway slave and deserves to be tried.
At this moment, he has stayed in Mechasta, which belongs to him. Otto in the house has completely become the owner of the mountain castle. The former owner is now just sitting on his knees and doing whatever he wants.
Otto lamented the shabbyness of the locals. He thought about it. After all, they were not Gotlanders, and they did not gain much from conquering them.
While Otto was feeling unhappy, he was also a little worried about Liu who insisted on staying outside the mountain with those who surrendered. When Rick came, a soldier hurried over and knelt on the ground respectfully.
"Big boss, we found a man. "
Otto said casually: "An enemy? Kill him! "After that, he looked at Mechasta who was submissive and said: "We made an agreement that all evacuees areMust be killed. "
Mechasta was a little surprised. He had guessed who the so-called person was.
The soldier who reported the news looked embarrassed: "But, that guy is..."
"What is it?" ”
“It’s your escaping hound. "
"Is it him? ! Voima Kashad, damn the dog! Otto's anger was instantly ignited. He suddenly stood up from the bearskin seat and asked, "You didn't kill that man, right?" "
"Exactly! "
"Let's go! Let's go out and I will publicly kill this unfaithful dog! "
Otto approached the door of the wooden house angrily, and looked at Mechasta with a cold look: "I'm going to kill your people." Remember, the traitor must die. "
Jevlo, who was ordered to be the translator, not only translated Otto's words, but after adding his own facial expressions, the words became full of intimidation.
Mecha Star was so frightened that he hurriedly said that he did not dare to rebel.
Outdoors, a large group of Russians held burning wood and surrounded Woima Kashad, who was obviously beaten. .
Otto walked into the crowd proudly, took off his foot and knocked down the huddled man.
“You are a stupid dog! Now you must die. After that, Otto randomly selected two people: "You two, pull this sinner up, we will publicly execute the betrayer." ”
Because of Woima Kashad’s escape, Otto naturally lacked trust in the gray squirrel tribe. Otto sorted out many events during this period, and he felt more and more that the whole incident Behind the war, there was the operation of this dog.
It was entirely Rurik's idea to pardon the tribe's survivors.
In addition to the others. Except for the young woman, the rest of the tribe should be executed as well, which would cause unnecessary problems in the province.
Otto had never thought of this before.
The mountain fortress. In addition, under the protection of the soldiers left behind, what Rurik did was to comfort the frightened new servants.
Perhaps Rurik, who took off his helmet, gave others the impression that he was beautiful. The boy is a boy who has nothing to do with violence.
Rurik went deep into the vanquished camp with his bare hands. Of course, behind him were a group of warriors holding crossbows.
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The women and children did not dare to act rashly, and the surviving men also remained quiet, looking at Rurik with two hundred pairs of eyes, and then listened to his kind words.
"I am you now. Master, I will take you all away. I will not shame you, as long as you remain surrendered, everything will be fine.
A woman who loses her husband will get a new one. Children who have lost their parents will be nurtured by me. I will keep you all alive if you surrender.
We found an iron mountain in the north. I will order you to dig for ore, and I will send people to teach you.Smelting iron. You won't have to hunt squirrels anymore, all of you will be miners I can trust. If you mine ore and smelt, you will be protected by us Rus people and you will not go hungry.
If anyone dares to attack you, he will declare war on the Rus. When that time comes, we will help you fight..."
Rurik estimated that these people were in extreme panic, and what they needed most was the conqueror's guarantee of the right to life.
He made such a promise and outlined a picture of a better future for the gray squirrel tribe in public.
It was also because of his relatively fluent "deer farmer's language". People in Kewen understood everything he said, and it also created a sense of intimacy.
After Rurik finished speaking, a middle-aged woman with a cane and strange braids appeared. , stood up with a leather drum.
Judging from his appearance, Rurik immediately realized that this person was a shaman.
“I am Bolla. , I am the shaman of the tribe. My child, are you the lucky one blessed by your god? "
Rurik completely understood what this person said. He understood that the original meaning of this woman's name was "owl", and looking at her dress, it did mean something owl.
And so Looking at a strange person, Rurik felt a little strange, because this middle-aged woman really looked like a forest elite, mysterious and ghostly.
Rurik calmed down, she was anyway. You should be more serious about pretending to be a ghost.
“Everything is a prophecy. Our God has revealed that I will have a battle with you. It is also a miracle that I understand your language. ”
No one thought these remarks were bizarre. The survivors of the gray squirrel tribe, including Terravis, who sincerely expressed his surrender, were looking at the arrogant man with shocked eyes at this moment. The arrogant blond boy.
Many people looked at the surprised shaman, waiting for her opinion.
Without the leader, the shaman is the leader of the tribe. The wizard Bolla suddenly twitched, and then while beating the leather drum manically, she made the ghostly sound of an owl.
When the tribesmen saw this, they all knelt down in the room.
"What's going on? ! "Rurik felt very strange, and an inexplicable sense of tension also sat in his mind.
After some owl calls, the female shaman muttered a lot while twitching. Everyone listened. If you don’t understand, it seems to Rurik that this guy is communicating with their god?
In fact, Rurik understands that this is just a "possession" ritual. Unbelievers will naturally not believe it. , but this group of tribesmen made it clear that they believed it.
All the Russians who were watching were at a loss. Rurik secretly muttered: "You are really good at imitating the sound of birds. You really deserve to be called an owl." woman. ”
He couldn’t help but imagine that if there were a few priestesses in his tribe who were good at singing birds and bears, life would definitely add some fun.It can also heighten the sense of ritual when serving as a priest. In fact, the Rus are the same as these Kovin people. Rurik really knows that his people also believe that the mountains, rivers and oceans have guardian gods. Otherwise, they would not have large-scale priests at the seaside every spring.
The shaman finally regained his composure, and the kneeling people also stood up.
The shaman carrying the leather drum separated from the crowd and stood boldly in front of Rurik. Some mercenaries wanted to drive away this guy who was approaching the financial owner, but Rurik stopped him.
"Have you finished communicating with your god?" Rurik seemed to be very knowledgeable after hearing the news.
The shaman nodded in agreement, and then she raised her leather drum high to face the other tribesmen: "The mountain gods, river gods, and lake gods have all decided that this boy will be our master. We need to trust Him! Because he is God!”
Hearing this, Rurik almost couldn’t hold it in anymore. He really didn't expect that there would be such a flattering person, but the shaman's praise of him really saved him a lot of trouble.
Rurik noticed that the fear disappeared from the faces illuminated by the campfire.
The little girl Cyberawa, who had always been obedient and empty-eyed, actually came closer.
The lapel of Rurik's clothes was pulled by this kid with a braided hair, "Master...are you really a god?"
"I..." Liurik Rick originally wanted to deny it, but looking at the current situation, there seems to be no point in denying it openly. "I am a person blessed by God. Maybe I am really a god."
"Then you are a god. My father asked me to be your woman. I can... be your woman. I am very happy." I'm happy. Master, are your promises true?"
In fact, Rurik is much taller than Porava. They are actually the same age, only eight years old.
After all, Rurik is just an eight-year-old body. After all, he is an old guy at heart. Now, he has become more pragmatic.
He stroked the girl's forehead and said in a gentle tone: "I will keep my promise. I am the backer you can rely on. All of you are my tribe."
Saiporava is a little girl after all. She naively believed that the boy could get close to him without any hostility. Little did she know that it was the weapons invented by this boy and the army he raised that caused heavy casualties to the gray squirrel tribe.
Rurik comforted the Saiborava named "Lovely Squirrel" as if he were comforting his own child or his sister. In short, this girl and Terravis are both noble in this tribe.
If you want to control this tribe well, you must first control the noble people, and then the shaman holding the leather drum. As for Mechasta, Rurik felt that this person might not be of great use in the future.
Because the future belongs to young people, that is, my own generation, the young people of Rus under the rule of Rurik and all young servants.
Just as Rurik quickly appeased the six with a series of promises,When the helpless survivors of the gray squirrel tribe convinced them that he was a conqueror who kept his word, Otto gathered a group of warriors, held torches high, and walked out of the nearly collapsed gate in a menacing manner.
The survivors who had just stabilized their mentality were now panicking again.
Rurik hurriedly reassured: "Don't be afraid! I will protect you, I am your master, no one dares to hurt you."
After that, Rurik hurriedly Running closer to his father, he also caught a glimpse of Voyma Kashad who was being escorted.
"Ah! Is it this man? He's not dead?!"
"He will definitely die." Otto glanced at the escorted man and said to Rurik: " Now I’ll give you a task.”
“What is it?” Rurik asked curiously.
"It's up to you to execute this hateful traitor."
"Ah?! Do you want me to execute him personally?!"
" What? You dare not?!" Otto said harshly, "Remember, you are the man who wants to inherit my career. You must kill the traitor."
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Rurik, who originally thought he was strong enough and extremely cold-blooded, hesitated on the spot after hearing his father's order.
"Don't worry. Execution of the traitor is your right and what you must do. Today, you must execute this traitor in front of those servants. You must establish your prestige, Also show your attitude to those servants."
Rurik understood Otto's words. Otto is a very pragmatic old guy after all. He ordered him to execute this man, which not only showed his prestige, but also made him proud. Kill one to serve as a warning to others.
Rurik glanced at the small face and then at the dying Voyma Kashad, who was obviously beaten and dying, thinking that this guy has been really unlucky in the past month.
Execute him personally? With a sword?
Rurik's heart was beating, the weather was cold, and sweat was dripping from his forehead.
A thought suddenly came to mind.
"No! I can't do it myself."
"Huh?" Otto was shocked. "That won't work! You kill him right here. This is my order."
Rurik saw that two warriors had pinned Voima Kashad to the ground. He had completely given up resistance and exhaled indifferently like a walking zombie.
"That won't work either." Rurik thought quickly, "My sword cannot be contaminated by the blood of such traitors. He must die, but he must die in a different way."
"Oh? What do you think?"
"I? I have my own ideas."
After a while, Woima Kashad was tied to a pine tree, In front of him were as many as sixteen crossbowmen lined up in two rows.
All the survivors of the Gray Squirrel tribe were ordered to watch the execution, and the rest of the Ross people and the servants of the Salmon Lord all held up torches and acted as spectators.
Woima Kashad wasA rag blindfolded his eyes and his mouth was stuffed with rags, although Rurik didn't think this man had the energy to curse or anything.
Rurik had already thought about it. Since he was going to execute a traitor, he would make the scene grand and really kill him as a warning to others.
Rurik, holding a short sword, has become an arbiter. No one is dismissive of his short stature and young age, because almost everyone believes that this son is "Odin" Well-wishers”.
The execution of the traitors was supervised by Rurik. Especially under this night, the execution was even more solemn, as if Rurik was completely authorized by Odin and Valhalla.
Rurik faced everyone and said loudly in Norse: "This man is responsible for everything. He led people to attack and enslave the deer herders, and he provoked us and the salmon. He brought the disaster of war to the Gray Squirrel tribe. This man is the source of all evil!"
The same words were understood by Rurik. Repeated in the language, it immediately aroused strong resonance among all Kewen people.
Even if he is a servant, it is a helpless move. Who would want war if they could?
Everyone could not defeat the Russians, so they vented their anger on Woima Kashad.
The dying Voyma Kashad was indeed not that unjust. He originally wanted to watch the Russians fight against the enemies of the Gray Squirrel tribe so as to reap the benefits, but what he ended up attracting was clearly the most ferocious monster. .
Rurik heard a lot of curses in his ears, all of which were accusing Voyma Kashad.
"Alas! You are also a pitiful person, and even more so a hateful person." Rurik shook his head and muttered, turning his back to the tied man.
"Yevlo!"
"Here!"
"Execution!" Rurik ordered loudly.
Jevro personally led the mercenaries to raise the crossbow. With an order, all the crossbow arrows hit the tied prisoner. Voyma Kashad died immediately. A bit useless indeed.
"Everything is over." Rurik raised his head and glanced at his father Otto: "Dad, maybe we can leave here."
"No!" Otto Tuo put on a serious face and said, "It's not over yet!"
"Not yet?!" Rurik asked with his eyes wide open.
"The war is not over yet, unless the remaining tribes are willing to surrender to us. Listen, Rurik, our goal is to conquer all the Kovin people. We are their masters. All Kovin people in the future Literary men must pay tribute every year like the people of Novgorod!"
"Okay, it's just what I want." Rurik didn't say much. After all, he didn't care about this matter. Exactly the same attitude as dad. However, Dad obviously wanted to complete the conquest of all the Kewen people as quickly as possible, and even caused "Operation Northern Hunting" to become "Operation Conquering the Kewen People".
It has been too long since I left Roseburg!
Rurik gained something. He felt that he had finally become a man with animal nature.