The sacrifice is over, and the nights will gradually increase in the days to come, but the climate will become warmer and warmer.
This warmest gathering, the Gulf of Bothnia, which was once frozen for several meters, is no longer cold and has become a good place for swimming.
It’s just that the situation this year is too tense. After the sacrifice, the Rus people have three full weeks to prepare for war. The time is not long or short. No tribesmen are willing to play and recuperate. Get up and become a machine running at full speed.
Although the tribe was upgraded to a principality, it was only a nominal upgrade, and it even went beyond Sweden's sphere of influence. The neighboring kingdoms such as the Frankish forces and Britain would not recognize it at all.
Because, she is still a tribe.
Rurik knew that he needed to build at least a relatively effective management system, that is, some kind of "supervision system" to enable the thousands of people in Rus to operate in coordination with each other.
But the reality is as precise as machinery. Rurik issued a mobilization order to the tribesmen, which was warmly welcomed by everyone. When the implementation of various resolutions began, he had to issue a large number of general orders.
Of course, even if it is a general order, as long as the tribesmen do it, even if the work efficiency is not high enough, the organization and mobilization shown are much higher than that of Ross' allies.
Even the Melalen tribe, which has a huge population, cannot completely organize the entire tribe's population to do things. The Rus people have done it unprecedentedly.
In the name of "Duke Rus", Rurik appointed some people as lower-level organizers in production.
For example, Fisk’s mother, this woman was officially endorsed by Rurik. She was responsible for commanding most of the married women in the tribe, engaged in important tailoring work, and relied on craftsmen to provide a large number of goods. The Rus warriors provide new clothing as well as repair of old clothing. They rushed to accept the mission assigned by Rurik because it not only supported the tribe's campaign, but also allowed them to quickly obtain tangible benefits.
Women tailor linen and leather, repair their husbands' leather armor, mail and shields, push large pottery urns to the seaside to boil salt, and smoke and dry it on a large scale in smoke-filled longhouses. Wood smoked fish jerky.
Harold Johnson, who is old and often forced to stay behind in his hometown, is doing similar work again, but he is also a man who has experienced hundreds of battles and is a natural candidate for military commander. He should lead a Russian army and organize it into a larger army formation. He manages as many as 500 soldiers. The task Rurik gave him is to train military formations according to the traditional method. He must take time to cut down trees and go into the mountains to mine. He must also take time to do it. Heavy fishing operations. They are the tribe's strongest labor force and the strongest fighting force. Naturally, they have to undertake the heaviest labor, and their physical fitness gradually becomes stronger during the labor. As the saying goes, mining workers have been easier to train into a strong army since ancient times.
There is also a group of older men who can actually hold an ax and try again. After allTime is not forgiving. They really wanted to wear the armor of the past, and finally died on the battlefield. Unfortunately, their weak bodies could no longer withstand the storms at sea and the battle after landing. Their participation in the war is tantamount to adding a burden to the Rus' army, but at home, they can still provide their own support.
The elderly were assigned miscellaneous tasks by Rurik, such as fishing in the sea, mixing clay, processing wooden shafts and arrow shafts for spears, etc.
They can do these low-physical tasks. Not only can the children who have been raised by Rurik for more than two years, they are also more organized and disciplined.
Rurik knew very well that if his young men grew up, they would be the most useful talents.
The children worked together to complete the work of the adults. They operated a two-person saw to cut down the wood, wielded a draft ax to hit the hot and seawater-splashed stones, and relied on the new technology of thermal expansion and contraction to quickly mine iron ore. They also carried fishing rods and boarded fishing boats. They also squatted on the ground and used knives to cut special arrow shafts for crossbows.
Rurik’s mercenaries, when they are not practicing during peacetime, behave as fishermen and woodcutter, but more than 90% of the profits from their labor are taken by Rurik. Walk. Now they have returned to their old profession. In addition to continuing to work as fishermen and lumberjacks, they also divide into groups and rotate to help in the blacksmith shop.
Who is the real Berserker? Just by selecting a strong man and putting on the scale armor with huge armor, can he be regarded as a Ross-style berserker?
Of course they must be strong and must have an unwavering belief in Rose's victory.
They must be people Rurik trusts.
The earliest batch of mercenaries have been accepted as Rus by Otto. After undergoing a ceremony, they became Rus warriors who "lacked blood". They can only get commissions from the leader's family, and all their food and drink expenses come from the benefactor, so they must be dependent on the benefactor. These mercenaries received very interesting supplies from their master.
Who will be the armored berserkers? First of all, the first batch of outstanding mercenaries must meet all the requirements. Then if the mercenaries go to the blacksmith shop to help, isn't it the same as making armor for themselves?
In the war preparation plan issued by Rurik, all projects are for war preparation. Works such as processing amber, glass beads and making silver jewelry have been completely suspended. Making durable food, weapons and charity ships have become Three most important tasks.
There is actually a high degree of commonality here, which is that large-scale timber is required.
Fortunately, in the area near Fort Ross, the giant trees used for shipbuilding have long been cut down. The remaining small trees are not easy to build ships, but they are good materials for repairs.
The best wood comes from the north of the bay, and Ironburg can certainly provide a large amount of pine wood of amazing lengths, but to transport this wood back, the Russians need the sea to freeze into ice roads.
Making charcoal blocks only requires ordinary wood. No, a batch of new charcoal kilns were quickly built, and even the wooden strips were covered with earth and smoldering in the open air.
Time has passedJuly has quietly entered, and the entire Roseburg is almost immersed in smoke and fire all day long.
Men and women, a large number of laborers wantonly cut down the trees around Roseburg, and the woods where Rurik used to train the young warriors were soon cut down into bare flat land by these young warriors.
The vegetation of Fort Ross contributes a steady stream of energy to this operating "war machine". Rurik is not worried at all about everyone's destruction of the vegetation, because the most indispensable thing in the world is wood! On the contrary, large-scale logging is also the way for the Russians to ask for living space from the mountains and rivers.
The order issued by Rurik definitely does not only affect Fort Ross.
Some ships went straight to Ironburg in the north, and when they returned, they brought back fifty people.
Including the appointed current city lord of Ironburg, Covin Mechasta, who is young and powerful, and passively responded to Rurik's call with weapons. The strong man of Coven's Iron Squirrel has completely joined the army in this way. In addition, all the Ross fishermen who settled in the north also responded to the assembly order issued by the leader.
A longship broke into the Oulu River basin in the eastern part of the bay, and the messenger gave the order to recruit troops to Rigus of the Salmon Lord tribe. This old guy was helpless. He had no intention of fighting with any Gotlanders. He just wanted to pay the tribute and continue living his ordinary life.
He had no choice, so he personally led a hundred soldiers to fight alongside the Russians again. Soon some long boats docked at the mouth of the Oulu River, taking away the conscripted warriors of the Salmon Lord tribe who only held short wooden bows and bone spears. When they first arrived at Fort Ross, One thing is to change weapons and equipment. They replaced the spearheads made of iron, wooden crossbows modified from short wooden bows, and a large number of iron cluster arrows, which instantly improved their combat effectiveness.
Rurik did not expect to recruit all the Kovin tribe. Although all these people surrendered, the Rus actually conquered the two tribes of Gray Squirrel and Salmon Lord, in addition to Three families, they had seven or eight hundred people killed in the Battle of Glacier. Their backs had been broken long ago. It might be a bit far-fetched to use the fighting power of those guys.
Times have changed. Due to geographical barriers, the two Kewen tribes had enmity. The current enmity has been completely eliminated because there is no direct stake. After all, the Salmon Lord tribe has essentially completely monopolized the salmon fishing industry in the Oulu River, and their food has been guaranteed as never before. As for the population lost in the previous war, just bother the surviving women of the tribe to give birth to a large number of children. A large number of new children are already babbling.
Just in July, an unexpected but reasonable rain fell on the entire Baltic Sea region. There was even a mudslide in the area where Roseburg is located! Black mud carried branches and rocks and sprayed out from the mountains, and finally broke into the fjord.
Fortunately, no one was stupid enough to go mining in the mountains during heavy rain, and the Russians also suffered some losses.
Those are some houses with simple structures.Someone was accidentally killed due to landslides due to rainfall. Such death was attributed to the fate of the deceased, who was hastily buried, while the vast number of Russians were still preparing for war despite the rain.
The rain in summer comes and goes quickly, and this rain has also brought very adverse effects to some areas.
Some wheat that was about to head fell down!
The place where the incident occurred was on the island of Gotland. Perhaps the area was not suitable for growing wheat. The fishermen forcibly opened up some barren land and sown it roughly. They did not expect the land to be highly productive, or in other words, for them, The wheat grains produced on the island are an addition to life.
The cucumber-like Öland Island in the south, Borgholm in the center of the island, has become the gathering place for the Swedish army.
The war was suspended, and the main force of the Swedish army was repairing here.
King Olegin immediately built a stone boat altar on the island to worship the sun on the summer solstice.
The Saxons of Borgholm have never forgotten the beliefs of their ancestors. On the day of the summer solstice, when the sky entered a brief period of darkness (Oland was already outside the extreme daylight zone), the Saxons held high torches coated with turpentine and seal oil, and danced in circles around their "sacred tree totem" , the Saxon priestess also tore her hoarse throat and entered a strange state of madness.
Olegin really couldn't understand such customs, and he didn't want to interfere with the newly recruited Saxons who served under him, just like the Saxons didn't care about the sacrifices of the northern guys. Activity. Both sides spent the summer solstice on their own terms, but the preparation of the army and the digestion and absorption of the spoils still needed a process. Especially now that a large amount of wealth has been seized, people's inertia is getting stronger and stronger, and the brave warriors hope to take a longer rest.
As the rains hit in early July, a disease quietly spread among the Swedish troops stranded in the south.
Although this disease was not a huge crisis, it did cause many people to suffer from diarrhea and collapse, and some soldiers even died of it. In essence, they just ate the seized fish jerky. They had no idea that many of the jerky had been left out for too long, causing some minor injuries due to improper storage.
People in the north dare to eat shark livers that taste amazing, and they dare to eat fish caught even if they smell stinky. But they don't realize that many of the seized dried fish they eat today are contaminated with botulinum toxin. Although the amount is small, more and more people are making trouble. How did Olegin know that his army suffered such a disaster? He was so angry that he was speechless.
When the sun reappeared, the wet earth began to dry out quickly. He had to make a sacrifice on the spot, randomly selecting a person from the captives, and sacrificing blood to the great god Odin in order to end the disease.
He felt that the blood sacrifice had achieved results, and there would be fewer and fewer stomach upsets in the army in the future.
This incident brought a lot of trouble to the Swedish army in the south. It really disrupted Olegin's war rhythm. Then attack the southern Silver Castle to snatch the legendary "The battle of "Silver Mountain" must continue. He still has many soldiers and generals. Although he encounters some slight resistance, they are just obstacles that can be quickly overcome in the great victory that is destined to be achieved.
At least The rainfall had very little impact on the Malaren and other tribes in the lake area. The local wheat did not fall down, and the rain soaked the earth. The world became warmer after the rain with sunny skies. It unexpectedly had an impact on the food production in the Malaren Lake area. Help! This meaningful main force made Gould, who personally went to the lake area by boat to recruit troops, very happy!
The negative impact of the rain on the Ross tribe's war preparations quickly dissipated, and production quickly returned to normal. .
It is already the fifth day of July in the Julian calendar. In the past seven days, despite the impact of rainfall, Rosberg has produced a considerable amount of equipment.
Two hundred spearheads of average quality were made, and the matching wooden poles about three meters long were cut. Only the final gluing and binding work of the spears was completed.
The five blacksmiths also completed it. Fifteen pairs of "fish scale armor" were made. When a strong man put on the armor, Rurik felt that this man looked like an ancient armored fish. It really had no fish scales and was obviously a large number. The large armor plate was hung on the chainmail, and the strong man jumped up, and the armor plate also jingled.
The armor plate was wrapped with a very thin silver, and the whole thing was a bit dull. The white color also gives the armored warrior an extremely eye-catching posture.
The strong man's torso is strongly protected, which is precisely why the strong man is capable of carrying such heavy armor. Or, the blacksmiths discussed it, and they added the design of shoulder pads and crotch protectors with additional bent armor pieces.
With such a strong "silver scale breastplate", the Berserker became more powerful. Do you still need a shield for defense? Rurik felt that the strong man in front of him only needed two axes to break into the enemy's formation and cause huge chaos.
Rossburg can provide a large amount of war supplies, which are urgently needed. Most of the soldiers are also gathered here.
Rurik seems to only need to supervise the production, maintenance, and verification of various materials, as well as the pre-war drills of the soldiers.
But he still has to wait for Gould's return.