The place where Ross's army is stationed is really the land of thousands of lakes. It is a continuous lake area, and it seems that there is no limit to catching fish in the lake.
A large number of long boats turned into fishing boats, and the large nets made of hemp rope they usually carried came in handy immediately.
The Rus and Balmoks immediately restored their true nature as fishermen. They fished and cast nets, and fishing seemed quite easy, especially when they parked their boats on the breezy lake at night. With an oiled lamp and a cast net, it's easy to catch plenty of bass and pike.
This huge catch was enough to shock the captives under control.
Especially the female prisoners, who were forced to serve their new men and process the fish they caught, so that they also received rations. When the man has eaten and drank enough, he will inevitably lie down obediently and serve him.
No matter what pride the Tavastians once had, they, the duckweeds in troubled times, could only survive in this way.
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Because they are women, the Ross army is not stupid enough to harm their new women. If you have meat to eat, women should also eat meat.
But the Rus are still conquerors, and they have occupied the sacrificial center Tavastalu for many days. The reason why Rurik did not leave with the loot was mainly because he was waiting for the new leaders of all the local villages to meet him. , Kneel down and surrender to him, the Duke of Ross.
A "huge tribal alliance" of 20,000 people killed 5,000 men in battle. The strength of the entire alliance was almost gone. Do the survivors still have the ability to continue to resist the Ross army? According to common sense, since Ross extended an olive branch, they should surrender. As the saying goes, join if you can't beat them.
But things are changing!
A large number of Karelian tribes live on the northwest shore of Lake Ladoga.
The Karelia people are nomads on the lakeside, and their ethnic name is also "herdsmen". They raised reindeer and herded them. In order to find more grazing space, conflicts naturally broke out among their relatives, the Tavastians. Because they only belong to the Karelian people of the western branch. Further north and east of Lake Ladoga, there are other Karelian people who speak the same language.
Even Perm, which is very far to the east, actually means "big market".
Be it Pan-Karelia, Tavastia, Kovin, Lapp (deer herders), Suomi (Finn), Estonian or even Perm. They spoke a very similar language and had the same constant disputes.
Times have changed. The powerful Varyag and the large number of Slavs invading from the south are constantly compressing their living space.
At this point, even the soft belly of the powerful Tavastia has been cut open by the sharp blades of the Russians...
With hundreds of men in the lake area in the eastern part of the territory, Nuori, heThey cruised the lake in more than a hundred canoes, guarding against a sudden invasion by the Karelians on the other side of the lake.
A messenger canoe suddenly came quickly from the waterway in the west. The messenger found their eastern stronghold camp and informed Nuori, who had been promoted to the new chief of the alliance, of a bombshell news.
The messenger was out of breath from the constant paddling. There were three people coming in the same boat.
They knelt down in front of Nuori's battalion commander, showing their hands with missing fingers one after another, and then told their misfortunes and the failure of the alliance with serious tears.
All this was like a bolt from the blue!
"You mean, Watkard was defeated? Only 300 of our 5,000 brothers survived?"
Nuoli couldn't believe it at first. But the messenger continued to cry: "The attackers came across the sea. They are very powerful. The sacrificial center has been occupied. They knocked down the idols and burned the houses. All women were controlled by them and suffered humiliation all day long. Those who disobeyed were killed... …”
The messenger went overboard. Although what he said was basically true, the rhetoric was indeed a serious exaggeration.
They said a lot just to explain the term "Russ" and pointed out that this is the name of a powerful enemy. In the long history of Tavastia, the hostile Kovins and Karelians, to put it bluntly, they are their close relatives, have encountered the Rus, a branch of the Varyag (Viking) people, for the first time.
My hometown is occupied by an enemy with strong military strength! He and hundreds of brothers are already the last remaining force in the alliance.
Some people were furious: "Watkard is dead, Nuori, you must lead your brothers to fight back and take back our homeland."
Some people immediately refuted this unfairness. Smart suggestion: "Is this possible? Five thousand brothers have been defeated. Just expect five hundred of us to be killed by the enemy as soon as we arrive. If the Karelians come back and kill us, everything will be over."
People fell into panic and learned the bad news that their wives and daughters had been occupied by the invaders, and most of their brothers had been killed in battle. The last Tavastians cried heartbreakingly in the dark night forest.
Finally, in the midst of extreme anxiety, Nuori made a decision that seemed surprising but actually reasonable.
At this juncture, why are we still guarding the eastern border? Tavastia has collapsed! The only thing the last men can do is to find friendly forces, bring in reinforcements to fight against the invaders, and do their best to recover.
They did not hesitate to regard their business partners, the Suomi (Fins), as the only ones they could trust.
The army of canoes suddenly dispatched, and they formed a fleet and cruised on the lake. This move also startled the Karelian sentries who were ambushing on the other side of the lake to watch. They were so startled that they thought Tavastia was about to launch a surprise attack.
The attack did not happen. The Tavastian fleet suddenly turned around and headed south, finally disappearing into the lush green of the early summer forest...
The Nuori people drifted in the long lake area for five days with heavy hearts before they safely arrived at the northeastern edge of the Suomi controlled area.
The Suomi people are also guarding against encroachment by the Karelians, but they also face another pressure - the invasion from the Varyags.
What are the Varyags? To put it bluntly, they are the Old Gotland Islanders, Bornholm Islanders, Saaremaa Islanders, Mälaren and Rus people, these people who speak Norse.
The Nuori group immediately revealed their identities to the locals, and were willing to hand over their weapons in order to see the village leaders of Suomi.
Why did the Tavastians from the north suddenly become so weird?
Based on the mutual trust in trade established over decades, the fishing Suomi people led these de facto disarmed people to the Suomi trading center on the island in the lake.
Kupa Boka, the name is simple and straightforward, its original meaning is "market". This is like Birka (Mälaren Market) in Sweden, Hedeby in Denmark, and Bergen in Norway. They are all trade markets.
Trade brings people together, and most of the Suomi people live around their large bazaars.
Naturally, Kupa Boca also became the political and cultural center of the Suomi people.
For ethnic groups that emerged due to trade, it may be difficult for them to have a monarch with the highest power. The villages and large families of Suomi elected a chief like their northern neighbors the Tavastians. The main job of this chief is actually to lead his brothers to arm themselves to resist when there is a military invasion.
The chief’s name was Ukonirma. His mother gave birth to him during a thunderstorm, and he was named after the thunderstorm.
People often call it "Wuke". Of course, the names used to address each other have lost their original meaning and become simple code names.
A large group of Tavastian men came in canoes. They were not here to do business, but to report news of a war?
Many village leaders rushed to the market Kupa Boka and gathered at the meeting place to listen to the cries of their northern neighbors.
The faces of the people in Nuori looked as embarrassed as if they had been constipated for half a month. This time, Chief Uko felt that his neighbor was frustrated by a sneak attack by the Karelians, and he came to bring reinforcements.
"I just learned that you have been attacked. Do you want me to help you fight? If our brothers support it, of course. However, you also have to pay some price."
Nu'uli hasn't spoken yet, but he didn't expect the Suomi people to be so generous?
Wait a minute! These guys also covet some treasures.
Now that things are done, Nuori accepts the idea of ceding some things to allow Tavastia to survive.
Nu'oli said with snot and tears: "We were attacked by enemies coming across the sea. They are very powerful. WeThe battle was defeated and most of the men were killed! The territory was occupied, the deer and cattle we raised were captured by them, and all the women became slaves of the enemy. They lived in misery every day..."
The words are getting more and more outrageous, and the core of it is There is only one meaning, and that is that the Tavastians, who "punched Karelia and kicked Kovin" in the Suomi people's minds, have perished.
Chief Uko and his friends are embarrassed. His smile became extremely stiff.
“So, you want us to gather an army to help you defeat your enemies and restore your country? ”
“Exactly. ”
“Is this...really...very necessary?” ”
Obviously, since the enemy can beat a strong person into such a state, how can Uko think that his people can be defeated and expelled? Looking at the eyes of other village leaders, everyone is not like Seeing the other party retreating, Nuori became anxious and shouted angrily: "Don't you know that these waters are connected? There are many waterways here, from the rivers owned by the Kovin people in the north to the rivers you Suomi people can connect directly to the sea in the south! Now that the attackers can attack us, their next step is to attack you. "
This statement hits the Suomi people's heart. Why can't they understand the truth of death and coldness?
Uko suddenly asked: "So, who are these invaders and the Varyags? What's the relationship? ”
In fact, Nuori was not sure, so he simply shouted: “It may be more powerful than the Varangians. In short, if you don’t resist now, you will be attacked and destroyed by them sooner or later.” Now they are busy enjoying their spoils and ravaging our homes and our women. They must be unprepared. If we form a huge coalition and go north, we will be able to catch them off guard. "
Nu'oli said this again, and the eyes of Uko and his guys began to light up. Although the risks of fighting a powerful enemy were extremely alarming, they smelled the benefits and the risk was worth it.
Uko changed his retreating attitude and suddenly asked bluntly: "If we send troops, what will you give away? "
Nu'uli was overjoyed, but now he only has more than 500 men left, and nothing else.
"That's the reindeer we raised to help us defeat Enemy, give you three thousand! "
"Three thousand heads? no. Too little. "
"What about that? "Nu'uli guessed their huge appetite.
"Five thousand heads. ”
“Yes. ”
“This is not enough. Another village leader suddenly added, "Don't you claim to have killed five thousand men?" Does it mean five thousand women lost their husbands. Give us women, at least we speak the same language to each other, and I'm afraid our ancestors did too, your women are our women. "
"This..." Although it sounds like the requirements of this group of Suomi people are no more demanding than those of the invader Ross.People are restrained, but now Nuori has no good choice.
Whether there are five thousand reindeer or whether the women in the occupied homeland are safe, Nuori has no exact information.
If they do not support what the Suomi people want, they will definitely send troops passively.
"I agreed! We will organize a mixed team, and I can meet all your requirements."
Uko's eyes lit up with fire, and when the village leaders heard this Up to 5,000 women can be shared, all risks ignored!
The Suomi people have no hope of becoming bigger. Their coastal villages are always facing attacks by the Varyags. In recent years, there have been more Varyag ships cruising in the southern ocean, and the number of ships It became weirder in appearance and larger in size. There are legends that a fierce war broke out among the Varangians. Maybe the internal strife between these enemies can bring a moment of peace to the Suomi people? But there were also brave sea-crossers who paddled canoes to the other side of the bay (Gulf of Finland) and found the local Estonian tribe. They learned that the locals had been horribly massacred by the Varyags and hundreds of people were killed.
If the resources of the Tavastians can be obtained, Suomi will be able to protect herself in a complicated world.
Uko decided to command the army to join the battle, and news of the battle began to spread quickly.
Thousands of people saw this as a huge opportunity. What’s the point of fighting a powerful enemy? As long as you win the battle, you can get a lot of fine iron tools, and you can also ask for a woman. That is the promise of five thousand women!
The Suomi people paddled canoes and gathered at their market. In just three days, they gathered nearly 3,000 people.
Seeing that men from other villages are out in force, how can your own village neglect it? All was astonished as the Tavastians had shown themselves, and most of the men were gathered together in this group of Suomis.
Compared to the Tavastians, the Suomi ships are better. The Suomi people are good at making large canoes and smelting iron. The ancient Finns were two strong people. Tavastia has declined after the war, and the Suomi people have become all hope.
Seven or eight people were sitting in one canoe. They gathered more than 400 canoes at once. The paddling warriors each had short spears, axes, short swords, throwing javelins, short wooden bows and Arrows were piled on the boats, and some of the men were carrying slings. They were very proud of the large number of ships and felt that this huge army was invincible.
At least when fighting on the lake, Suomi is worthy of anyone. Their brisk canoes can quickly gather and spread quickly, launch arrows at the enemy ship and circle the enemy, and finally kill the people on the enemy ship. Achieve victory. As for ship collisions and gang-hopping battles, the Suomi people are not willing to engage in these tactics that are not beneficial to them.
The military strength brings everyone strong confidence, just like the Tavastians did more than a month ago. In addition, there are 500 Tavastia warriors as guides. They are actually a coalition of the two ethnic groups. As the commander-in-chief of the army, commanding an army of up to 4,000 people, Uko felt that heLife has reached its peak.
This was the first time that he led so many men (the team was mixed with a group of women and teenagers) on an expedition, and the glory was indescribable.
After a sacrifice to the God of the Lake, the Suomi army marched north, attacking the entrenched Rus along the waterway leading to Tavastalu!