The defenders, whose spirits were almost broken, resisted in vain against more and more invaders. They soon lost their garrison on the city wall, allowing the subsequent Viking warriors to climb ladders and climb over more smoothly.
These Balmok Vikings fought their first real siege battle, and victory was already within their grasp.
The most ordinary warriors also have the urge to possess gold mountains and kick the gold into their arms. They all feel that there must be mountains of gold and silver hidden in the spire monastery piled with neat stones.
The once very brave centurion of the defenders also lost his fighting spirit after the stone wall was breached by the enemy. In the futile resistance, he was chopped off with an ax and his head was dismembered, which ended everything.
The officers have become soldiers, and the resistance of their comrades has no effect!
The last twenty or so people alive rushed into the monastery with the priests, and the thick solid wood door was tightly closed.
The archbishop looked sadly at the towering cross in the room, knelt on the burlap mat, and prayed sadly while holding the parchment he took out of the gold box.
The monastery is like a ball cage, and the entire tidal island is a ball cage.
Priests and soldiers, more than fifty people gathered together. They prayed to God for salvation in this tragic moment. Unfortunately, in the eyes of the Vikings, these guys were just a group of cowardly rabbits hiding in caves. Or a fat sheep in the sheepfold.
All buildings outside the monastery were searched by the invading Vikings, and anyone who hid was hacked to death. Only violent and bloodthirsty barbarians remained in the entire outdoors.
Biyongni’s heart was beating wildly. He was very angry that he was already standing within the stone wall but did not get the gold and silver immediately.
However, the brothers have already seized a batch of ironware and cloth, and these materials are still valuable when brought back to their hometown.
"Brothers! Follow me! Smash the wooden door!" He roared and led the charge with a crossbow.
More than fifty soldiers under Biyongni responded immediately. Among them, the strong men armed with heavy axes began to smash the wooden doors.
Sawdust flew everywhere, but the situation became increasingly abnormal.
After a while, Geiger and his men also participated in the final fierce battle. Seeing his brother's procrastination, the eager man directly yelled: "Are your men hungry? Why don't you have the strength?" Break the door open?"
"Don't talk sarcastically! Let your people break it open."
"Hey! How to divide the property?"
Bi Yongni smiled wildly: "Of course the brothers will rob it based on their ability. Listen, whoever gets it will get it. We brothers can't fight among themselves."
Geiger nodded, raised his small hand ax high and shouted at the brothers behind him: "Men of Washobi, break down the door for me! Whoever grabs the property inside will belong to him."
More than twenty soldiers armed with two-handed wood-cutting axes began to smash the door, but they did not know that the wooden door of Lindisfarne Abbey was its last line of defense. NorthumbrianThe wooden door was made of hardened oak that had been dried for an unknown amount of time, and there were multiple bolts inserted into the back of the door.
The strong men were sweating profusely, but the damage done to this door was like scraping.
“Are we going to smash down the sunset?” Geiger said with a helpless expression on his face.
Biyongni thought of a countermeasure: "Brother, ask your people to follow me."
"You? Have a plan?"
" Come with me."
A group of soldiers who were besieging the monastery ran to the stone wall gate. They already knew that the reason why the siege vehicles could not break through the gate was because there were a lot of people piled in the doorway. Stones and other debris.
Byonyi was already carrying stones. He shouted to the guys: "Only Rurik's weapons can knock down the wooden door. Brothers, move away the debris and let the siege attack vehicles Come in!"
Everyone roared, and all kinds of debris were cleaned up at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In the end, due to the excellent effect of climbing the ladder to break the city, the stone wall gate that had been idle was directly knocked open by the siege truck.
At the same time, Rurik, who was waiting for the good news from behind, saw this moment keenly.
"They are finally done!" Yevro pointed his sword pointedly, "Sir, it's time for us to go in."
Rurik nodded, feeling close to each other, fearful and nervous. Paul, who was very guilty, dragged him to his side.
What did the captured grain officer think? Rurik had already guessed that the relationship was close to ten.
In the concept of people in this era, the Kingdom of Northumbria was only the kingdom of the king, and it almost only had taxation and military protection relations with ordinary subjects. When subjects felt that life was unsustainable or did not want to live as serfs, they dared to escape.
However, it is difficult for them to give up their beliefs and deny the three views that have been shaped since birth. Of course, they are even more afraid of falling into hell.
Rurik couldn't care less, he gave a serious order: "Now! I want to enter the monastery! You have to lead me the way."
"Ah! I don't like this place... Familiar."
"It doesn't matter. I want you to help me find holy objects! Listen, I'm not interested in ordinary gold and silver. Holy objects are more important, such as some parchment books. It’s something else, I want to take all of this away.”
Paul was confused. He especially heard that this young barbarian leader was pursuing the “Parchment Book”, which was really shocking. shock.
Paul thought carefully and said hurriedly and stumbled: "There is a sacred book in the monastery, which is known to everyone in the kingdom."
"Oh? What book?"
"The Gospel of Lindisfarne"
"A kind of Biblio?"
Hearing this word, Paul was shocked. He shouted hurriedly: "Even though I am of low status, I know that it is indeed a treasured Biblio. I heard that it is written in Latin and is a sacred relic of the kingdom.""
"That is my sacred object! It will be kept by me from now on. "Rurik was very ambitious. Compared with ordinary gold and silver vessels, a "Biblio" written in Latin, which is the original version of the Bible, has great cultural value.
For scriptures Rurik himself was not interested in the described faith, but the Russians had the need to learn from its cultural and artistic qualities. Since it was written in classical Latin, it should be taken as their own. , is still an important diplomatic language in southern Europe. The most important thing is that the Latin vocabulary in this book will greatly expand the vocabulary of the Ross people and become the cornerstone of the rise of the Ross Principality.
Rurik happily ran towards the open gate with his cronies, and he was shocked to see that the siege vehicle had already rushed in.
On the other hand, more than forty people rushed in. Biyongni became the commander of the group.
The car was aimed at the tight wooden door full of ax marks. All the corpses and debris in front were cleared away, leaving a trail. Only the bloodstained stone road remained.
“Brothers! Go ahead! "
Biyongni gave an order, and hundreds of Viking warriors roared one after another. The people controlling the ram seemed to gain endless power. They pushed the ram faster and faster, and before the collision, At this moment, everyone got rid of it.
The heavy charging car did not really knock open the thick and hard oak door, but cleanly knocked down the door frame, the wooden door with the door frame, and some. The stone collapsed completely.
The people in the monastery began to scream, and some people continued to kneel in despair, crossing their chests and waiting for death.
p>The Vikings who rushed in had no nonsense. They saw any black monks killing them wantonly. Their minds were controlled by rage and greed, and they became crazy during the killing. No one even thought about capturing prisoners and taking them back. Become slaves.
They were killing for the sake of killing, and the holy monastery was soaked in blood.
Rurik wished he could find Lindisfarne as soon as possible. "Gospel" was held in the arms of the bishop himself. How could such a sacred object be defiled by the sea barbarians?
However, this bishop always showed a solemn temperament despite his neat clothes. He was stared at by Biyongni. The two warriors did not kill him, but were restrained.
The Gospel fell to the ground, and a sharp iron sword was placed on the neck of the bishop who had closed his eyes and was waiting to be killed.
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Biyongni punched him awake, and then asked in Norse, the dialect of Narvik Port: "Gold! silver! storehouse! Where are they all? ! ”
The bishop did not want to cooperate at all, nor did he want to make any resistance.
A soldier built the golden box that contained the gospel and proudly presented it to Bishop. Yongni. The soldier knows very well that if he pleases the boss Biyongni, he will benefit from it in the future.
Biyongni was overjoyed when he found the gold box: "I don't know what kind of treasure this precious gold box is going to contain."
He winked, and his men directly pressed the bishop against the wall.
Biyongni kept asking questions, but the bishop himself couldn't understand Biyongni's shouting, and he just wanted to die quickly.
"You are so stubborn, let me ask you again! Where is the most precious treasure?!"
The bishop's eyes occasionally glanced at the gospel book that fell on the ground, and the holy relic was actually The barbarian warriors trampled on them at will (actually it was because the relatively dark interior made it difficult to see the books clearly).
Biyongni became angry and randomly ordered his men to perform corporal punishment.
The bishop's hands and feet were cut off, and then he was tied with hemp rope and tied to the wooden pillar of the monastery.
Biyongni personally carried an ax and approached the poor man, "Tell me the most precious treasure, otherwise I will chop off your kneecaps now."
Seeing that the other party was still there, He gritted his teeth and refused to express his position, so Biyongni had no choice but to suffer corporal punishment.
A middle-aged man was screaming in pain. Rurik, who had already entered the monastery, suddenly saw what his Biyoni brothers were doing.
The holy monastery became a hell, and Paul, who accompanied him, was almost in a coma. He was only thankful that he was wearing a white cloak with blue stripes, which he said could prevent him from being hacked. But in this situation, he felt that he was the biggest sinner and he might as well be killed.
Rurik approached Biyoni and saw that this brother was doing meaningless and disgusting things. He couldn't help but became furious: "Give them a happy death without any torture."
"But this person refused to take out the sacred treasure! Brothers, we are here to find the treasure!"
Biyonyi gave Rurik a big reminder, if you look at this again, you will die. Poor man with that wonderful Mediterranean hairstyle, his identity is already clear.
"The Gospel of Lindisfarne! Where is it!"
"I want a Biblio! Give it to me!"
Rurik repeated these two words loudly With these words, the bishop was finally shocked to open his eyes. The bishop stared directly at Paul, who had just picked up a book in the chaos.
This look in his eyes was like a curse to Paul: "You, a traitor, will definitely go to hell." He was so shocked that the book he was holding fell to the ground.
"Paul?" Rurik turned his head suddenly and saw something similar to a book at his feet. His hair trembled with shock on the spot.
Paul hurriedly picked up the book again. He himself could not read Latin, but he just felt that this strangely dropped book had extremely exquisite patterns, and thought that there should be many books in the monastery. This one Although it is not sacred enough, the owner will definitely find new love.
He presented it to him, and at this moment, the dying bishop was cursing heartbreakingly.
A person who was supposed to be an elegant and easy-going person is now being insulted and polite. His unprecedented abuse fully illustrates one thing.
Rurik noticed that on the coverThe extremely gorgeous painted patterns are definitely a Celtic style! He could not have imagined that the most precious holy book in this monastery would be so simple except for the pattern on the cover. He opened the book, and page after page of parchment was densely written with extremely neat and artistic calligraphy. There are also some paintings in the book, but these pictures are really abstract.
Rurik noticed all the text that was obviously a title. Even if it was a strange artistic style, he still recognized some key words.
That’s it! Correct!
Rurik closed the book excitedly and hugged it to his chest, then asked Paul to speak on his behalf.
Paul stumbled in extreme nervousness and said: "My master, Rurik of Rus, will always keep this sacred book."
Hearing this, he fell into the final madness. The bishop fell silent for an instant. He stared at Rurik's face in disbelief and really didn't know what to say.
Rurik also pretended to make a sign of the cross on his chest and bowed slightly, not wanting to talk to the tied man anymore.
After all, it was Rurik himself who commanded the army to fight here. Besides, the Kingdom of Northumbria is really a great evil person, and what he said is superfluous.
Rurik turned to look at Biyongni and showed the tree in his arms: "That's enough. In fact, this Biblo is the most important treasure."
Naihebi Yongni shook his head in confusion: "What is it? Brother, only gold, silver and precious stones are treasures!" Then he continued to ask the bishop where the gold was.
Rurik really couldn't bear it, and spying on Biyoni's ignorance, he solemnly ordered Yevro: "That's enough, give the trapped man a quick death."
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“What are you doing!” Biyongni stomped his feet angrily, “Brother, I haven’t asked about the whereabouts of the warehouse yet.”
“That’s enough. Take a good look. Come on!" Rurik pointed at the people running around in the monastery. They had indeed obtained more or less gold and silver.
At this moment, the two brothers Geiger and Esbjorn, and even the brother Floki who was ignored by Biyongni, all came out of a side door. Then five suitcases were brought out, and as the ax broke open the bronze lock, there were shining silver coins inside, each with the face of Charlemagne printed on it.
"Brother! We are rich!" Geiger shouted excitedly.
Seeing this, Biyongni's anger disappeared instantly, and then he hugged the silver coins happily, scratching the coins in the suitcase and laughing while listening to the crisp sound.
Rurik really couldn’t laugh, as if robbing gold and silver really had nothing to do with him. As the saying goes, only rogue pirates are obsessed with gold and silver. Really strong people know books and the huge amount of information they carry.The key to the rise of power.
He casually ordered Yevro and other close mercenaries: "Don't worry about the gold, silver and jewelry, find books for me. Search the entire monastery and don't let go of any books. Find the books and give them to me. There’s a big reward!”