Chapter 847 Swined of Uppsala

The main force of the fleet has completely entered Lake Mälaren, and there are white and blue flags flying everywhere. The fishermen watching all understand that the Russians are coming

A large number of fishermen spontaneously fled, waiting for Soldiers at the Mälaren post on the island at the entrance to the lake nervously watched the Ross fleet enter the great lake.

Instinctive fear reminded them that this army might come with bad intentions, and maybe the Russian nobles decided to launch a war.

During intense observation, things quickly took a wonderful turn.

The fleeing fishermen saw that the huge fleet began to form a long snake formation and rushed into a relatively wide river that poured into the lake from north to south. The Ferris River is currently in the wet season, but the wide river surface slows down the flow of water, and its almost pure north-south direction allows the Ross fleet to perfectly take advantage of the south wind to move north.

This is already the last journey. The seven-day almost non-stop sea voyage has made everyone tired of traveling and traveling. Now people are finally excited.

Because the destination is the Uppsala tribe.

The rowing boats passing by the fleet now are not from other tribes, the personnel are from Uppsala. The people were watching the Russian fleet heading north against the current with astonished eyes. They found it incredible, so they docked their ships one after another, with numb faces, and simply watched the mountain-like ships drifting northward, as if they were paying attention.

King Bjorn, who has not yet abdicated at this time, does not want to come here with a lick of face. He knows that the people of Uppsala only express their surrender in name, but when asked about a person, their The statement must be that Bjorn is not the real king.

Since Karl's assassination, there has been only one formal king in Sweden. The so-called Bjorn lives more like the mayor of Birka Market.

However, the attitude of the Uppsala people towards the Rus is equally complicated.

Swined, Duke of Uppsala, sent an envoy to the eastern part of Rus to find out what was going on. It has been more than half a year since the envoy left, but there is still no news.

People continue to live their lives, especially in a small lake under their control, and start the traditional work of fishing in the inner lake after spring plowing.

Because of the large temple, the ancient Uppsala people used a large number of giant trees to build this complex of multiple wooden buildings connected together, causing the trees in a large area to be cut down. Clean and living, a grassland is created beside the lake.

They opened up oat fields along the lakeside area nourished by lake mud, and turned the inland area into a simple wasteland. A small number of domesticated sheep and cattle roamed the grassland, but most of the area was simply wild grassland with little development.

Due to past wars, the people of Uppsala followed the then King of Sweden Olegin on an expedition to the Danish-controlled Silver Castle. The war was truly unlucky for eight lifetimes. Their population is not large, and hundreds of young men were killed in the battle, which greatly weakened the vitality of the Uppsala people.

The remaining people tried their best to have children, although there were a lot of chaos.Children who run away have a high mortality rate.

The entire Uppsala has reached a population of 4,000 people. The internal population structure is not healthy. All the men in the entire tribe between the ages of 12 and 40 are said to be able to pick up hand axes and shields. Only five or six hundred soldiers could be gathered to fight. Even if female soldiers are mobilized, up to a thousand soldiers can be mobilized.

They can no longer endure another defeat. They are by no means cowards, but they do not want to vomit another three liters of blood for the ambition of a fool.

Now the Russians and their huge fleet are coming

The fleet entered the small inner lake of the Uppsala people. Geographically, this is the huge ice lake of Lake Malaren. However, because it is geographically further north, the small lake is connected to the large lake by the Felice River waterway, forming a relatively independent plate.

Public fishing boats suspended fishing operations and made an emergency landing.

A large number of people did not know the purpose of the huge Russian fleet. They had no idea that several Swedish nobles and envoys from various tribes had signed a new agreement in the capital of Russia. Ross meant no harm here.

What they saw was a huge fleet forming a large wall in the inner lake, rushing toward the great temple with overwhelming force.

A large number of men and women walked out of the densely packed houses on the shore. They dragged their families and rushed to the forest area to try to escape.

A group of people fled first, and more and more people followed.

The residential areas of Uppsala began to be chaotic and rumors spread. It is said that when someone thinks that the Russians are unkind, they think of war. If they have such an association, they shout out loudly. The people who hear it add fuel to the fire, and it turns out that the Russian army launches a war.

Duke Swynedd is in the prime of life and is busy training his own private soldiers in his own mansion. Of course, the people of Uppsala do not want to go to war with other countries. As a noble, they must maintain a small but strong private army in order to suppress the situation in the event of an incident.

The noise outside the wall became more and more serious. Just when Svenned thought something was fishy, ​​soldiers broke into the training ground.

"Master and the others are coming." The soldier's panic made him speechless.

"Who"

"Rosians."

"What's going on outside the Rosses"

"People are running away. Because"

"What's going on?" The Duke approached fiercely with an iron sword.

The panic on the soldier's face still lingers "Russ's army is coming. Like a huge tide pouring into our lake, and like a big wall, they"

Duke Swinned shook his head and felt that the matter was too strange, "It's strange. According to you, it means that the Russians are going to attack us."

The soldier hesitated again.

The Duke twisted his thick neck and signaled to his men, "Brothers, let's go see what the Russians want to do.Then control those people who are running around. ”

He still didn’t know what happened on the lake. When he led more than fifty of his private soldiers out of the training ground, passed through the residential area and tried his best to control a group of people running around, and finally approached the lakeside. The land saw a shocking scene

"Oh Odin, this is an army from Asgard"

Swined was stunned, his jaw dropped. See what other actions the Ross fleet is taking.

The inner lake is not big, and the water depth of this ice-eroded lake is only four or five meters, so the ships dropped their iron spears and quickly hit the bottom. Like the mud at the bottom of the lake, the ship settled firmly on the lake.

Neither Rurik nor Otto knew Swined. They only remembered the Duke of Uppsala from before. People in this era don't live long, and only a few people who have enough material conditions and are lucky enough can live to a long life, and those brave warriors always ignore the issue of retirement when they get older, and they would rather die on the battlefield. From the perspective of the Uppsala people, some old warriors would choose to hang themselves under the sacred tree. After death, the priest would perform bloodletting to nourish the tree with the blood, and the remaining bodies would be buried in the cemetery. The former Duke has quietly ended his life in this way to pursue the great glory of their faith.

No one thinks this is ridiculous, even though many people were lost in the previous war, everyone regrets it. Although the soldiers suffered a lot of losses, they did not regret the outcome. They died on the battlefield.

Thanks to the Swedish nobles who stayed on the flagship, they remained. Rick pointed out that the leader of a group of armed men who were forming an array on the shore was Swined.

Otto's mind was still in the past, and he casually asked, "I remember them." The leader is an old guy. "

The equally aging Duke Angreve of Angcras sighed with a hint of recollection of the past, "It's a new one. "

"Is that Swined?" Rurik shrugged, he just thought that man could be a warrior, that's all.

The entire Uppsala tribe All before his eyes, even though it was Rurik's first time here, he could see the Great Temple complex at a glance

It seemed to be composed of several independent longhouses put together twice, forming a circle as a whole. The arc, surrounded by this large arc, is a giant tree with obvious width.

The thick trunk of the giant tree can be seen very clearly from a distance. If you touch it up close, the big tree will appear. How thick is it?

What kind of tree is it?

Compared with Swined standing by the lake and staring with big eyes, Rurik cared more about the big tree and the big tree. Temple.

He even fantasized about uprooting the tree and transporting it to New Roseburg to show the sanctity of the Rose Temple.

As for those iconic cargo ships, Rurik’s order to these ships was to directly beach.

The small lake owned by the Uppsala people is full of silt, or the entire Lake Mälaren area is lacking in stones. It is not a bad thing for ships to wash up on the beach without restraint. Besides, all the customers who ordered ships are here, especially Swined. Swined had absolutely no idea that the emissary he sent with authority had ordered a large ship for Uppsala.

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From Swinned’s point of view, we can only see large ships with slender hulls. , not relying on any oars at all, taking advantage of the south wind, rushing fiercely and quickly onto the beach.

The hard oak keel bit deeply into the mud, and the bows of the ship washed into the mud with a small amount of grass, but most of the hull was still soaked in the water. The ship was deliberately beached, and many people immediately appeared on the deck.

That was a Ross sailor wearing a linen turban. He belonged to the professional team controlling the ship and was also a non-combatant.

Swenned felt that the person who came was not malicious, so he tried his best to control his emotions and tried to stop the trembling of his legs by willpower.

He raised his neck and shouted, "What are you Russians here for?"

He asked three times, but the sailors wearing turbans were busy with their own business.

Next, something extremely wonderful happened.

We saw strange deer heads protruding from the deck of the ship. At first, Swined thought they were specimens used only as ceremonial guards, and the deer heads kept twisting spontaneously. , only to realize that they were live deer.

Some standard cargo ships were used to transport soldiers. They walked out of the cabin and threw the rope ladder from the bow of the ship. Russian soldiers with various equipment and uniform clothes disembarked one after another.

Those people arriving in rowing boats came and landed one after another, and finally Swined saw some familiar faces.

He recognized the Swedish King Bjorn who landed ashore at a glance. When he saw this man, all his worries disappeared, but he also became more angry.

He hurried away and saw that Bjorn was clearly tired from traveling.

"Bjorn, you should know that you shouldn't send such a fleet to my territory. You are acting against the rules."

Bjorn himself is also very It's unfair, especially when I was criticized by Swined when I first arrived in Uppsala. He pointed at one big ship after another and said very rudely, "Open your eyes and see. You don't recognize it." These flags?"

"I know. You are the king of Sweden, and the Russians listen to you."

This is very rude. In fact, Swined had no ill intentions towards the Principality of Rus. He simply disliked Bjorn, who had no military exploits but was very happy with them. A regicide assassin became king and named the market after himselfNaming, he can succeed only with the support of the Russians, which is already an open secret.

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"Why should a Rusian be the king?"

"Prince Rurik of Rus' will be here soon, as well as old Otto, whom you have met several times. Go and talk to them. And I'm just the Duke of Mellaren, don't make fun of me anymore."

Swined rubbed his head and was a little confused. "What did you say that the Russians sent the fleet to my inner lake? Do you want to be king in my temple?"

"Exactly. You are really smart."

"That's weird, I just sent an envoy to buy their ship, why?"

"Are you really smart or stupid?" Bjorn pointed at the large ships washed up on the beach with a mocking and bitter smile. "Look, the ship you want to buy is here. Yours The messenger has made the decision for you. All you have to do is pay with the wheat."

"Wait a minute, you are the mastermind of the ship purchase. I also saw you doing this, so I followed suit. . How many ships did you buy?"

Bjorn opened his right hand without any politeness, and his fingers grew very large. "Five ships. We Malaren people bought five ships. You may not like me, but we Malaren people are still the strongest in Sweden."

"Maybe." Swined Shaking his head disdainfully, "The Rus don't want to pretend, they want to be the king themselves. Well, at least that Rurik is a real man. It's a pity that our Uppsala army did not personally join in the war against the new king of Denmark. It's really What a loss of glory.”

Soon, Swined met Rurik himself.

This was actually the first time he saw Rurik in person, and it was the first time he met him, and a deep sense of inferiority stung his heart.

In fact, he met Rurik and Otto a few years ago. Although Otto looked older at that time, he still felt high-spirited. At that time, Swinned was just a follower beside his father. Although he was not young, he was still somewhat insufficient to inherit the title of Uppsala.

Today Otto is very old, and his aging appearance is really worrying.

What happened to Rurik? He was a beautiful little boy back then, with a golden ponytail hanging on the back of his head like a little girl. Now he is a strong man with beards

Si Wyned's inferiority complex lies in the fact that this Rurik is really young and has such a tall figure that he is almost a head taller than himself. He was young, wearing mail armor and bearskin clothing.

Rurik’s guards are more extraordinary than the others. They are well-dressed and have a large number of gems hanging on their bodies, which are actually glass beads. They wear huge iron helmets with nose protection, and each helmet has an additional The upper jaw of a white bear's ferocious fangs.

The two generations of Princes of Rus were guarded by a group of bear warriors. The guards were all tall and strong and unstoppable.

Looking again, there were actually a large number of women and some children standing beside Duke Ross.. These young, beautiful and extremely gorgeously dressed women must be Rurik's female relatives

Rurik walked straight to Swined with a calm face, and after being introduced emphatically by the messenger from Uppsala, First contact with me at the lakeside.

"You Rurik of Rus"

"Exactly. I know you, Swined, the new Duke of Uppsala."

" Ah, I also know you, the hero who killed the old king of Denmark, and you almost killed the new king of Denmark last year. I heard that you want to be the king. Where did you get the news?" After saying that, Rurik glanced at Bjorn, who was deliberately tilting his face, and said, "You have seen my large fleet. This fleet attacked Denmark last year, and I commanded to kill Denmark. The new king sent at least three thousand soldiers to burn their capital. This is my great achievement. I will use this victory to sacrifice to Odin. Do you think I am the king if I have such achievements?"

"You should be king." Swinned said without hesitation.

"I must be the king of Sweden, and I must be enthroned in your great temple in Uppsala, so I am here. I can estimate that you will worry about many things, after all our nobles negotiate Before my enthronement ceremony, I can now make a guarantee to you. Our Russian army in Uppsala will not let you suffer any losses. We will be responsible for all the problems of food and accommodation. We will also do it when I finish the ceremony. "Leave."

Indeed, if this is the case, the Ross nobles' actions of not disturbing the people will indeed not cause trouble to Uppsala, and the people can even participate in the ceremony of Rurik becoming king. , get some benefits through helping labor. If Rurik is indeed like this, this is a major difference from the actions of Sweden's supreme rulers in the past. A king who never makes a mistake, supporting him will definitely be beneficial to Uppsala.

Even though Rurik is very young, old Otto is here. Immediately recognizing Rurik as king, Swined had no qualms in his heart.

Suddenly, Swined shouted grandly, "Then please invite Rurik of Rus, the new king of Sweden, to visit our Great Temple in Uppsala. You will be here in the Holy Tree." "Ascend the throne and become king", please remember:, free and fastest update, no anti-theft, no anti-theft