The completely breached Pine Needle Manor showed its soft belly to the wolf-like Ross army, and cut it open with a sharp blade, instantly severing the heart and intestines.
The manor's army was completely defeated. Those who resisted at the end had their heads chopped off, and their courage was also wiped out.
The Ross army who entered the manor killed wantonly, and the whole scene was like hell...
Is this the revenge that the villagers longed for? Svetlana stood outside the manor holding a crossbow. The corpses of her enemies were all around her. The girl's heart was deeply shocked. She has been suppressing the discomfort in her stomach and persisting with willpower in order not to be embarrassed, but it is completely impossible for her to enter the manor to cause more damage.
Rurik was carrying a dagger and saw that the main force had entered the manor, so he deliberately entered with his trusted guards.
"Lanna. Let's go! Go and see that all the enemies in your manor have been wiped out by me."
Rurik's words were very cold, and he looked sideways at Sweet Lana's impassive, wide-open eyes revealed the girl's fear.
"What? You don't dare to do it now?"
"I...I'm afraid."
"Afraid? You have no right to be afraid, the people around me are Women must all be Valkyries. If you really want to be my wife, come with me! Otherwise..." Rurik thought for a moment, and it was obvious that the girl was scared to death, so she was much too lazy. After saying that, he put away the sword and personally grabbed Svetlana's elbow and forced her forward, as if he was determined to let her see what a tragedy it was.
With trembling legs, the girl finally entered this once restricted area. Just like the folks in her hometown, she had a natural dislike for Pine Needle Manor. The fact that her old father, Rigus, had never been around a Russian It's not something she, a girl, can control. At least for now, Lana has no scheming intentions. She just wants to please Rurik, the new leader of Rus, according to her father's requirements, and to have an intimate relationship and have children at the right time.
She never thought that she would have to use deadly weapons to participate in a bloody battle as a female warrior, and even her boots were stained with the blood of many dead people.
Here, the twists and turns of the road are like the terrifying underworld described by the priests, and the ears are filled with shouts of death and wailing.
There are tragedies everywhere. Is this the revenge of the manor, the way the Principality of Ross deals with traitors?
To be honest, Rurik was shocked to see the tragedy right in front of his eyes. His heart was shocked again, but after having experienced many bloody battles, he was no longer afraid.
“Do you know where their granary is?” Rurik asked Lanna.
The girl shivered violently and hugged Rurik's arm tightly with an expression of fear.
"You? You really don't know?"
"I...don't know. I have never been to their...manor. In my opinion, the largest building may be the granary. And..."
"What else?"
"Every household has surplus food. I... want to leave this hellish place."
"That's not possible." Rurik shook his hand hard and threw her away completely, sternly He ordered: "Woman! Don't blame me for being ruthless. You have never been and will never be a weak girl. Experience the battlefield firsthand. Your will will be firm and you will not be afraid of something in the future."
Sweat Lana was noncommittal, her nod was weak.
"Forget it." Rurik shook his head, randomly recruited two cronies, and ordered them to pay special attention to this overly nervous girl to ensure that she would not encounter any possible attacks.
There must be many warriors who will see Lord Rurik and his wife coming to the killing battlefield in person!
What Rurik needs is this facial brushing effect, but finding the granary of Pine Needle Manor is the most important thing.
In the bloody battle outside the manor, the troops of Pine Needle Manor and its allies were almost completely wiped out. Only a small part of their group of armed farmers had experience in hunting bears together, and the vast majority of them were simply the first to hunt bears. Once on the battlefield. This was the first time that a large army was assembled to fight, and what they encountered was the main force of the Russian army that had swept through Finland, the Nordic seas, and Britain. How could it not be a big defeat?
When the army rushed into the farm, there were less than 3,000 old, weak, women and children still alive in the farm. The main force of the Russian army had an astonishing advantage in strength at this moment, not to mention that they were extremely armed.
The disaster at Pine Needle Manor was still intensifying. Some women and children were running away frantically with a few children. As a result, as soon as these people left the farm, they encountered land reinforcements from the Russians.
White Tree, Calf and Fisherman, these die-hard allies of the Principality of Ross, saw the collapse of Pine Needle Manor with their own eyes, like a piece of fat meat appearing in front of them, how could the brothers not take a bite?
To be honest, the White Tree Manor was squeezed out, and the Calf and Fisherman Manor had to live by the face of the Pine Needle Manor, which had the largest population. As the saying goes, the Varangros only come for a short time every year, but their Pine Needle Manor is always there.
The eight hundred of them saw the refugees escaping, and a group of men shouted: "Kill these people! Loot their property!"
They shouted any slogans. , all kinds of weapons were pointed forward, and a large group of people trotted together again, forming a large and chaotic formation and charging away.
As a result, those who tried to escape have been completely cut off.
The sun hung in the west, and the sunset glow turned blood red.
Rurik followed Svetlana’s suggestion and led people directly to the largest construction area of the manor, which was actually the residence of the leader Vadim.
Some huge and spacious thatched houses standing on a matrix of wooden piles were in sight. The thick wooden doors were kicked open by the soldiers. Through the dim light, they could see that they were full of stacked sacks.
Rurik got in and took a look. He subconsciously thought this was an oat warehouse and stabbed it with his sword. The sword became a "food spy".The grain of wheat is measured like a stream, and it gushes out along the bleeding trough of the dagger.
"Haha! Lana, you are right, there is indeed a granary in such a spacious place!"
Looking at Svetlana again, the girl had an awkward smile on her face .
It was certainly a joy to find a large amount of wheat, but the entire bloody manor was too scary. She felt that the ghosts of the murdered were wandering everywhere, and she wanted to leave quickly.
Grain warehouses were discovered one after another. As the inspection deepened, some warehouses storing leather and cloth also appeared.
Because the area around Lake Ilmen is blessed with large lakes and rivers, this area is suitable for growing oats and cold-resistant flax. As an ethnic group that started out purely in agriculture, the Novgoro of the Ilmen Slavs Virtue has always been self-sufficient.
Rurik's men even found some pottery urns. Although they were covered with corks, you could smell the sweet and itchy smell just by putting your head over them.
The armored mercenary opened the cork with great joy, held the pottery jar and opened his mouth, letting the sticky honey flow into his mouth.
Honey was almost the only sweet substance accessible to Nordic people in this era.
The Slavic women who married in Rossburg have been making a small amount of kvass while brewing ale in recent years. The sweet kvass makes their Russian men ecstatic. But where is the pure honey in kvass that makes people go crazy?
The mercenary warrior ate a lot of honey. Even though it was very sweet, the discoverer tried his best to drink it.
When they were full, they licked the corners of their mouths clean and dedicated the remaining honey to their masters.
Rurik didn’t want to get involved in the killing of his subordinates at all. He led more than fifty subordinates into this walled mansion area. He increasingly felt that this should be the home of the local leader, otherwise it would not be possible. There will be a large number of seizures.
Indeed, this must be the mansion!
The subordinates were counting how much grain, cloth and other materials they had seized.
He continued to hold Lanna's hand and entered the interior of the mansion, and really smelled the breath of life.
The shouting of killing outdoors seems to have nothing to do with this place. The existence of the wall seems to make this place not scary at all.
Lanna breathed a sigh of relief, "It seems that the people here have escaped, but they must have just escaped. Rurik, look at the clothes scattered on the wooden floor..."
"It is true that he ran away in a hurry. Damn it, maybe this is Vadim's home."
"Did you kill that man?" she asked urgently.
"Maybe. It's better for him to die, but unfortunately I still haven't found the man's body..."
Rurik's attention is no longer on Vadim. A leader who has lost everything is no threat. That man's political life is over.
"You should tidy up this place first." Rurik said again.
"Me?" Lana was a little surprised.
“Yes.Be my good woman and throw away the scattered clothes and sundries. I will be here tonight to meet the soldiers who have made meritorious service. ”
“Okay. "
...
The killing ended near the end of the evening. The Ross army who had achieved a great victory cheered for a while, and then stopped due to exhaustion.< /p>
Whatever they want to do is up to them. Rurik intends to indulge his subordinates. Tonight they can loot as much as they can. This benefit also brings together those allies.
Hold it up and burn it. The men with wooden sticks broke into the houses and rummaged through the boxes, and those who were hiding were discovered. The remaining food was taken away, and various pots and wooden utensils were also taken away, especially the troops from Baishu Manor. Today, the great revenge was avenged. They were still poor, so they frantically plundered everything available from the corpses of their enemies with extremely meticulous methods. For example, they all intended to move all kinds of daily necessities back to their homes in White Tree Manor for themselves.
In comparison, the Rus and Balmoks are rougher. They do not lack daily necessities, but only food and money. Of course, the farmers didn't get much money, but they plundered a lot of oats.
They made a lot of use of the linen they found, and they also carried a drawstring backpack with sundries on their backs. They all turned into big sacks for transporting wheat grains.
Some madmen robbed a hundred pounds of wheat, and they looked like fools with two hundred pounds of wheat. Even in their hometown, the Duke would. Wheat is sold regularly, and cheap wheat is not expensive. However, each person has a limited purchase limit. Now the hundred pounds of wheat plundered is his own. The opportunity to plunder so much wheat at one time is really rare.
So, who is the biggest winner in this war?
In terms of looted property, Rurik is naturally the big winner.
The sun has just set, Otto and some. The old man walked into the former Borudne chief's mansion with great agitation, which was where Rurik and Svetlana were currently.
When they came here again, a strange feeling of sadness emerged. Otto's old head.
Goodbye, the elite mercenaries of Delurik have not only taken control of the mansion, but have also determined that a large amount of supplies belong to the Duke.
He gripped the hilt of his sword and walked into the lobby of the mansion where a large number of oil lamps were lit. This was clearly where the meeting with Borudne was held. Here, he was delighted to see his son Rurik sitting cross-legged proudly. , and Svetlana, who became a female warrior for the first time, leaned on her man’s shoulder.
“Rurik, do you know where this place is? "Otto suddenly appeared and asked deliberately.
"Father, you are actually here? This is probably the residence of a leader? ”
“Of course. This is the mansion of Pine Needles Manor, where I led my brothers to make a big fuss many years ago, and some time ago I was assassinated. Ah...it's all over. This rebellious villagerThe garden was completely eradicated by you, my father and my son. ”
Does there seem to be a lot of nostalgia here?
Rurik invited his father to sit down, and with a flick of his neck, a mercenary smiled and offered a pottery jar to him To the old Duke Otto
“Is this honey? so much? "Otto was surprised.
"It's honey. "
"Damn it! Damn Borudne and stupid Vadim, why didn’t we pay tribute to them earlier? ”
Otto didn’t care about his dirty hands. He reached out and dug out honey to eat. When he was satisfied, he gave it to the old man next to him. Then he stuck out his tongue and licked his fingers, and even lifted his beard and licked it some more. .
They were busy eating honey, and Rurik casually explained the next arrangements: "We won the war, and I want to have a meeting here. I want to personally govern the entire Novgorod, and I want the army to rest and recuperate on the spot, the most important place! I'm going to do a cleanse here. "
"Cleaning? Otto was a little surprised, "This rebellious manor has been annihilated." ”
“It’s not just that. "
"You? Otto suddenly had a bad feeling, "Are you going to kill more people?" "
"Some people must die! Father, if the rebels are not completely eliminated, it will not really put down the rebellion, and I will not really rule directly. I just want to put an end to possible new rebellions in the future, and I must not allow any threats around New Roseburg. "
"So, who will your sword strike at? ”
“I don’t know. But I know that there are still many rebels who should have joined Vadim's army. I am afraid that our army moved too quickly and they did not have time to join the rebellion. They simply didn't act, they had to die. "
"So, do you want to send troops to kill them? I advise you to be cautious. Killing innocent people indiscriminately is probably not your original intention. "
"Yes, I thought of a plan, which requires the cooperation of the Fisherman Manor and the Calf Manor. I thought they would tell me which other estates were hardcore rebels who happened to not be involved in the Great War. "
Otto shrugged: "It's up to you. If it’s not enough, you plan to have a meeting tonight, I’ll forget it! Fighting is more tiring than logging. When you stay here, you don't even know that there are people resting on the spot outside the wall. Tomorrow our army will officially clean up the battlefield in an all-round way. As your father, I know the aftermath best. ”
“Father, I am a child. "Rurik said seriously.
"Yes, at least you have to accompany your woman. Svetlana is the woman I chose for you. I have always had a good taste. Listen, you are the real Duke and you deserve to enjoy his mansion after you have driven out the impostor. You two will spend the night here tonight. ”
“That’s okay. "Rurik felt relieved and lay down directly, letting out a deep breath as if a weight had been lifted off him.
That night, Pine Needle Manor was completely in ruins in a sense.
A batch of The soldiers are already cleaning the battlefield spontaneously,For the time being, they just pulled the dead bodies away from the farm, and they were still on the more terrifying battlefield. As for how to deal with the body afterwards, naturally it is to be buried in accordance with Slavic customs.
The Ross army did not respect these enemies, but they had no intention of humiliating them again. The war dead were not Vikings and were not qualified to be burned to ashes. Even if they were buried in the ground, they were not qualified to have tombstones.
The Russian army is quite experienced in dealing with the corpses of the enemy. For example, in the Glacier War in the Eastern Land, the disobedient Kovin army killed 700 soldiers, and their bodies were all buried. .
Tomorrow, the victor will dig a number of large pits and build some tombs. This is already considered the mercy of the victor.