A robbery is over? Is the appetite of the Viking army satisfied?
In Edinburgh, which is mainly built with wooden materials, the fire is developing irreversibly and rapidly. The looting people almost searched for usable property in the fire, and finally everyone had to evacuate outside the city.
Viking warriors who died in the fierce battle, or were injured, could not get help in the chaos.
Biyongni led his men and retreated with all the fine meat they had caught. This group of people was the last to evacuate, Biyoni and Floki. The two brothers' heads were burned by the fire and they were sweating profusely. They evacuated with bared teeth. They were obviously very dissatisfied with the meager amount of treasure they had plundered today. satisfy.
Didn’t we say that the people here are very wealthy? The legendary mountains of gold and silver do not exist.
Withdrawing the limited treasures that the Lord had looted from the monastery, Biyongni still felt hungry.
As night fell, Edinburgh, which was located in the highlands, burst into flames.
The entire city was burning violently, as if the earth was cracking and magma was gushing out.
Fire flames illuminated the darkness of the night. People sat outside the city, panting and discussing the gains of today's plunder with their friends.
There are also people who regret that they did not bring back their brothers who died in the war.
A piece of heavy news spread in the temporary camp of the Viking army. In order to confirm the reliability of the news, a large number of people went to the forest camp personally selected by the commander-in-chief Rurik to find out.
As expected, an unknown corpse was hanging from the top of an unknown tree. It was said that the deceased was the leader of the burning city.
His name is James? Or Edward? No one cares about the name of the Earl of Edinburgh in Northumbria, just like the other soldiers in the garrison, whose names are not worth mentioning.
Some people who saw the corpse still doubted its authenticity until they saw the enemy's flag and the capture of exquisite swords.
These tokens are enough to prove that Rurik personally killed the enemy leader!
He was the one who successfully destroyed the enemy's suspension bridge with his cronies and attracted the army to quickly attack the city. He was still the one who killed the enemy leader.
When Biyongni led people into the camp, he heard a variety of discussions, the most important of which was the praise of Rurik.
"Listen. Our little brother is the real hero." After hearing the news, Biyongni, whose face had dried blood, patted his brother Floki on the head.
"Rurik is a hero. However, the information he provided is wrong."
"Yes." Biyongni sighed, "We did not have anyone to plunder this place." Zhan Fu. Let's go, I want to talk to him." After a while, Biyongni stood at Rurik's camp.
At this moment, Rurik was lying calmly on the grass, taking a nap with his legs crossed, waiting for his intimate work to come to find him.
Finally, Biyongni and his gang are back.
“Why are you so lazy? I once thought you were being manipulated by yourself.Devoured by fire. "With that said, Rurik stood up.
Byony was inspecting the hanging dead body and shouted: "The rumors are true. Did you kill this enemy chief? "
"Yes! Neither. This man was a nobleman and died in the rebellion. I'm afraid your people will kill it, but that doesn't matter. Brothers, come and talk. "
Rurik waved his hand and exchanged the Biyoni brothers, opened his mouth and asked: "Edinburgh turned into a sea of fire, every brother must have become rich. "
Biyongni was very worried about this matter. He noticed that there were a group of carriages and a large number of sacks in Rurik's camp. As soon as he sat down cross-legged, he asked: "What are the contents of these sacks? Is it all wheat? ”
“Yes. "
"Huh? Didn't you take part in the robbery? Have you ever obtained large quantities of gold and silver? "
"No. "Rurik denied, but there was no regret on his face.
"Ah! Are you... not sorry? "
"Regret? There are some, but Edinburgh is not as wealthy as it appears. You Balmoks are busy searching for gold and silver and killing people everywhere. I can only take the opportunity to rescue a batch of grain as much as possible before the fire destroys the granary. Biyongni, it looks like you are not satisfied. ”
“Of course. Biyongni sighed again and said: "I took the guys and got a few boxes of silver from the monastery..."
"Ah! silver? How many? ”
“A mere four or five boxes is obviously not enough to pay for our purchase of a large ship. ”
“This is the main wealth of Edinburgh people? Rurik asked cautiously.
“That’s probably the case. The coins are to be divided among my brothers. More than twenty of my dead brothers, living and dead, all have the right to share the money equally. According to the rules we made before, these silver coins are mine. And the Geiger brothers, those guys from Washobi also grabbed a lot of treasures. As for the others, they got nothing but some ironware, cloth and food. Now you see, the city is burning and I daresay no one is satisfied. ”
When Biyongni said this, his meaning was very clear.
Rurik’s eyes stared at his Biyongi brothers seriously: “Then find a new one.” Target! ”
“Okay! We are already here, and if we attack inland, we can sack nearby villages. At least we can get another batch of sheep and wheat to fill our bellies. ”
“Is this okay? I...I can't believe that you have lost your desire for gold and silver. ”
“Are you questioning me? Biyongni slapped his thigh fiercely and simply complained: "You said that everyone can get rich by looting this place. Obviously this is not the case." You should...really set new goals. "
Rurik smiled slightly awkwardly, then he slowly stood up and pointed his right hand to the south.
"I asked a good news from the locals. , there is an island in the south, that is one of their temples (referring to monasticism)Courtyard), there are a lot of treasures there, we should rush over and take them for ourselves. "
"Ah! Could it be that the locals are trying to trick you? Their so-called wealth is just a boast? ”
“Probably not. Rurik shrugged and smiled deliberately; "I learned that about thirty years ago, someone robbed there and took away a batch of treasures. According to my analysis, it was a good thing done by the people of Bergen at that time. They plundered a batch of gold, silver, and slaves, which attracted a large number of sea warriors to conquer. This is why our Shetland allies moved to the islands. ”
How can Biyongni understand these news immediately? The core of what Rurik said is to give everyone a new good news.
Biyongni is too lazy to continue thinking. Both he and his brother Floki were too tired from hacking, and they just wanted to rest their heads and hands by the stream flowing into the sea.
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“That’s enough! We will attack a new target, and I believe all brothers will welcome it. This place is a sea of fire and it is not advisable to stay for a long time. I plan to rest for one night and then go on the expedition tomorrow. What do you think? ”
“That’s fine. Rurik nodded: "I'm not worried about counterattack by the enemy's regular troops. I guess there won't be any." We don't need to fight, we don't need to stay here. The new target I learned about is called Lindisfarne Island. Tell your brothers as much as possible about this news. ”
“Okay. Why don't we organize a meeting tomorrow morning to talk about it. "After that, Biyongni stood up and left with his brother Floki.
Rurik's territory finally fell into silence. As the hanging pottery urn cooked the wheat, Liurik Urza put the salt and began to taste the delicious food.
The captured Paul is now a slave. This man is just a "skilled serf" under the Earl of Edinburgh. Compared with his previous treatment, he is now a slave. The situation was not very bad.
Rurik had no intention of persecuting this "future useful tool", so he allowed him to eat a lot of wheat. After hearing that he was unable to get married because of poverty, he promised to reach the far north. Later, he would be arranged to marry a slave girl. As for the slave girl, she was probably abducted from the Kingdom of Northumbria.
Paul even began to feel a little relieved when he thought about these things. These maritime barbarians began to compare the differences between their new masters and their old masters. During the day, Paul was still a humble grain officer, preparing to transport grain to the south. He became a slave to the barbarian Vikings on the sea.
The huge change did not break his heart. Anyway, he was a slave for his whole life and had nothing to lose except his faith. , this beautiful boy who calls himself Rurik, not only does not reject his faith, but he also has some understanding of that sacred faith?
In short, Paul has Stockholm Syndrome? Possessed.
He was not possessed in the barbarian camp.Get any abuse except not being free to leave. And the once noble Earl, his current situation is like a hanging salted fish.
In order to survive, even Paul revealed some things about Lindisfarne Abbey, and he suddenly realized it based on thinking! It turns out that in 792 AD, a group of barbarians who attacked and plundered the monastery, and the barbarians who destroyed Edinburgh in a battle today, must be a family after 40 years!
It may be betrayal to explain this to the enemy God?
He no longer cares about so much. Not only will the new master not take away his faith, but he also promises to give him a lot of rewards after doing things, just because the new master urgently needs a knowledgeable grain officer. He was never a saint. If selling out the news about that holy land could bring him prosperity in the future, he would sell it out without hesitation. This is the so-called dead Taoist friend but not the poor Taoist. He firmly believes that he will get something unprecedented from his new master because of this move.
How true is Paul’s unsolicited information?
Rurik is willing to believe that 97% of what he says is true.
In this era, the whole of Britain was poor. The Saxons continued to conquer the country, and the whole of Britain continued to be in internal strife. Therefore, they were defeated by the various Viking colonists, and finally were defeated by the Viking colonists. Chew down the large alchemy area. Their main wealth is concentrated in monasteries in various places. Ordinary people are struggling to survive on the line of food and clothing. Due to poor nutrition and hygiene, the local infant mortality rate is very high. Every time a woman gives birth, she is walking on the line between life and death. Go, so the population remains at a low level.
It was not just the creed of frugality and asceticism passed down by the priests that forced Northumbria's farmers to live in poverty. The most critical factor was that they had no basis for improving their lives.
Their spiritual life is still indifferent, as if in this short life, apart from paying taxes to the nobles, serving as soldiers with farm tools in the war, they regularly go to the monastery to listen to the priests' sermons.
Poor for the few captured women, they were tortured by the Viking conquerors all night long. In the early morning, many of them were tortured to death.
The men who did this kind of thing included the men from Washobi. They clearly planned to kidnap these women back to their hometowns, but they never thought that their one night of indulgence would kill them. As long as there was still a woman alive, her spirit had collapsed and she had become an out-and-out useless person. In the end, Geiger had no choice but to regretfully order the guys to give the mentally insane a good time.
It was dawn, and the sleeping Vikings got up one after another in the rising sun.
People saw that the fire in Edinburgh was still sparsely populated, with gusts of southerly wind blowing from the blue sky, and huge smoke columns still rising into the sky.
All the heads of families who fought in the battle, the bravest warriors, and representatives of those Shetlanders.
A total of more than thirty people stood in Rurik's camp. They all sat in front of the gruesome corpse of the Earl of Edinburgh, which was still hanging, and listened to Rurik explain what was going to happen next. .
Before that, all parties reported their losses to each other. A siege battle ended. Including the fighting in the city, the army killed a total of forty brothers. Sadly, the bodies were already in flames. into ashes.
Of course some people say that even if the brothers who died in battle were pulled out, they would also be burned in the open air to ashes. The dead died in their proper place, they died in battle, and their souls must have gone to Valhalla.
Pairs of eyes were staring at Rurik's handsome face. Rurik glanced at the group of Balmok allies, their deep eyes revealing greater ambition.
"You are a group of sea wolves who can't get enough to eat. Obviously after we successfully destroyed Edinburgh, you still can't be satisfied. I heard that most of you didn't grab any gold, silver and jewelry?"
p>After saying this, everyone immediately showed their unwillingness.
"No need to be angry. I plan to attack a place in the south called Lindisfarne."
At this moment, Geiger of Washoby interjected bluntly: "Please Tell the brothers, is there any gold or silver there? ”
“Oh? It’s my brother Geiger, your father Ostan hopes that you will make a fortune with your men.” Rurik was quite dissatisfied with his son's interruption, but these savages were indeed eager to get rich. "Just continue to believe me. If you attack that Lindisfarne, you will get a lot of gold and silver."
Ryurik then assured everyone, patting his chest: "If there is no treasure there, how could it be possible?" The people of Bergen who returned home ten years ago are still very rich. We want to capture the gold and silver there. If we have achieved new victories and you are still not satisfied, we can continue to go south. We can attack all the towns we encounter along the coast of the British Isles this summer until our ships can no longer carry any more loot."
"Let's do it!" Geiger pulled out suddenly. Tie Jian, "I plan to leave after eating the wheat."
"I agree too." Biyongni agreed.
Everyone immediately agreed, fearing that they would be a step too late and would be at a disadvantage during the robbery.
To be honest, Rurik doesn’t think that his noble status will really be taken seriously by these guys. Only Rus and Rus's servants will firmly believe that their Lord Rurik is deeply blessed by Odin, and the reason for their unwavering belief is that the most ordinary Rus have indeed received great financial benefits from it.
Similarly, all self-proclaimed nobility is just a way of winning over others to do it with oneself. It would be foolish to say so much that oneself would believe it.
The current situation made Rurik feel a little nervous. If this group of de facto pirates were not satisfied, they would be furious and it would not be impossible to suddenly tear up the alliance. After all, the Magnute family is not the supreme ruler of the Balmok tribe. Those families will only continue to recognize the status of the Magnute family and identify with the Biyongni brothers and others if they receive benefits. This Magnu myselfThe commander-in-chief position of the special son-in-law.
Rurik has now drawn another big pie. Obviously, all the elites among the Balmoks once again recognized the legitimacy of their rule for the sake of getting rich.