The wealth accumulated by the residents of Borgholm was all in the hands of the Swedish army in one day.
Although they paid a heavy price in terms of casualties, the wealth plundered by the army instantly made every surviving soldier rich.
However, the army's high-intensity battle has lasted for more than ten days. They are not tireless gods of war. When the fortress declared its surrender, the soldiers who were tense were discouraged.
Olegin could be sure that his task now was not to attack Kalmar immediately. His team was exhausted and weakened, and without an important repair, attacking Kalmar would be a hit.
He controlled the wealth and food of the entire fortress, and put a lot of effort into distributing the spoils of war.
Even though Karl was not satisfied with his father's distribution strategy, Olegin forcibly completed his decision, and as expected, the result was the support of friendly forces.
He was once the leader of the alliance, and now he is the king. He has never been a puppet of the great landowner of Mellaren!
For example, the Hjelmalen people, who had to pay a lot of casualties, were allocated a lot of spoils, and the other tribes also enjoyed quite generous spoils.
His Melalen tribe sent the largest number of troops and took the lead in fighting vicious battles. It is understandable that they received the largest share of the spoils. However, in order to win over people's hearts, Olegin did not take away many silver coins.
What is Borgholm Fortress? Everyone has indeed fought fiercely in the past few days, but the wealth here is not abundant.
The Danish Kalmar is the treasure land where mountains of gold and silver are piled up!
The Malaren army obtained a large amount of dried fish and cheese, and immediately slaughtered all the cattle and sheep of the Saxons in the fortress to make dried meat for the army.
Like locusts, they swept away all the Saxon property, but they also gave the surrenderers enough food to satisfy their hunger.
However, the existing food is not enough to support possible future wars.
The rain has completely ended, as summer rain always does, it comes and goes as quickly as it comes.
The calm sea is still full of boats, and all Swedish tribes are sending people into the sea to fish. There are also people looking for edible shells on the beach, and going into the sparse woods to hunt rabbits.
Olegin gave the coalition forces a "holiday" and ordered the surrendered Stein to hand over some young women for the army's entertainment.
The Saxons agreed to this humiliating order because they had no choice...
Food, silver coins and women were all Olegin could think of to stabilize the morale of the army.
According to the contract, he did not give the Russians much loot, but only "rewarded" some dried fish and cheese. His stingy behavior made the dukes of each tribe think that Otto would be furious, but the Russians were surprisingly easy-going.
Is there really an ulterior deal between Ross and Melalen?
The Russians with their big ships have been fighting until now, and their huge cabins are empty. What are they trying to do? Is it just the honor of victory?
A lively coastal settlement has turned into a huge military camp. The prosperity of the past is gone. What is left is thousands of eager eyes and an insatiable appetite.
At least Rurik's foresight has made the Russians' military rations now very sufficient. Eating the stored food for a long time will inevitably make everyone feel bored. No, the two cargo ships turned into fishing boats, and they towed the large hemp rope nets they had stored in each.
While swimming up and down the coast, I unexpectedly caught a batch of herrings that were as beautiful as silver.
It was a sunny afternoon, and there were still two days before the new expedition.
Rurik, who was staying at the coastal camp, was bored with the wooden crossbow and led his men to use the targets with rotten wooden boards as a game.
What about Otto? He had just nibbled on a shot shelduck at noon, took another sip of his treasured liquor, and was now taking a leisurely nap in the tent.
Many warriors instantly turned into hunters, especially the Covins. Excellent young archers like Terravis used their superb archery skills to kill but not limited to Nordic shelducks, white-headed loons, and seagulls.
The various long-range weapons widely equipped by the Russians directly dealt a serious blow to the birds fishing offshore. Normally, these vigilant birds are difficult to catch by the locals. Unexpectedly, a few arrows rained down, or a group of squirrels were shot.
Experts arrived, and the Russians soon began to roast the meat of these birds by the campfire.
For a girl like Carlotta, Rurik also gave her a task. Rurik's ten Slavic maids all followed Carlotta, attacking large-scale monsters with axes and knives on the rocks on the beach.
Harvest mussels.
The fishing boat finally came back, and two big bags of fish were left behind by the people on the boat who were laughing like fools.
As night fell, Rurik, who had been playing bow and arrow for a day, sat by the campfire. In front of him was a skewer of grilled herrings, mussels boiled in sea water in the earthen pot, and two roasted wild duck legs.
.
Otto was still holding a bird that was so cooked that it was difficult to see its features and gnawing at it, praising that the island was not as barren as it seemed.
"What a great place. Are those Saxons going to settle here? This duck is too fat. We in Roseburg won't be able to enjoy this taste."
Rurik ate the fish leisurely and said casually: "I'm afraid Olegin doesn't want to stay here. We will attack Kalmar in two days. When everyone returns after the battle, what will happen to Boriholm?
fate?"
"Then it's none of our business." Otto looked disapproving. Rurik, on the other hand, felt inexplicably worried. Otto undoubtedly saw this too.
"Don't have any worries. This is Olegin's war now. We will accompany him to finish the game, that's all."
"Alright alright……"
Rurik didn't want to say something for the time being. He didn't think that the attack on Kalmar's army would encounter setbacks, because intelligence from all parties pointed out that Kalma has a large number of wealthy fish merchants, and only these people can build wooden walls. There is no vicious solidity.
Wooden walls, what do the coalition forces have to fear?
The threat does not come from Kalmar, but from the Danes far away!
Rurik, who has a good understanding of the geographical structure of the region, knows that the southernmost tip of the island we currently occupy is not far from the Jutland Peninsula of Denmark.
When the war reaches this point, are the Danes just pretending to be deaf and dumb and just sit back and watch their people being slaughtered and their interests being harmed?
Rurik was quiet for a while and then suggested: "Dad, we should think carefully about the problem of encountering the main Danish force. Maybe while we are resting here, some Danish soldiers have already entered Kalmar to wait for work."
Otto had never thought about these things. Since the war had been going very smoothly, he felt that the next battle would be smooth sailing.
"You mean, we're going to fight the Danes on a large scale?"
"Maybe!"
"Oh! That's great!" Otto threw away the half-eaten duck meat and started gearing up.
"No! Don't be impulsive. I don't want to have a large-scale fierce battle with the Danes right now."
"Why? We should have settled accounts with them long ago. An opportunity to gain endless glory is before us. Many people will become famous because of it, and you are unwilling to participate?" Otto asked, but in fact he hoped to gain it again in the twilight years of his life.
It's an honor, even if you die in battle, it's honorable.
Rurik didn't want to pursue these things at the wrong time and place. Seeing his father's attitude become serious, his attitude also became serious: "We just want to avoid fighting the Danes unless we have to fight. According to me
Look, after Olegin captured Kalmar, he still wanted to expand his victory. That man became king, and his ambition may have swelled to the point of fully attacking Denmark. If he really has such a plan, I will retreat on the Aurora.
.”
"Huh?" Otto shook for a while, "Escape?"
"Where is the escape? I have to go back quickly. The Russians must all unite to deal with the full counterattack of the Danes."
At this point, Otto said no more...
The conversation by the campfire came to a thrilling end. If Rurik's words came from someone else's mouth, Otto would be too lazy to believe it, but Rurik was so steadfast in his vows that he must consider this possibility. With his current strength,
Do the Russians really have the ability to fight as one family against the entire Denmark?
Maybe in the future, at least not now.
From a macro perspective, Rurik thinks highly of the strength of the Danes, because this is in line with historical facts. The history Rurik knows is that because the Danes control the rare warm zone in Northern Europe, their agricultural conditions are better, so they can afford to raise food.
More population.
In fact, Rurik only knew part of it. The sea area from Jutland to the island of Bernholm is the so-called Ore Sea fishing ground. Herring thrives here, and the end of the fishing ground extends to the entire Kalmar Strait.
This is why the Russians can catch a lot of herring on the spot.
A new expedition is just around the corner. Just the day before the expedition, the Swedish army, which was almost rested, has returned to its former glory. They became very aggressive because Olegin openly publicized: "Kalmar's
Danish merchants are extremely wealthy, and every soldier there can become rich!"
The lowest-level warriors of each tribe are fishermen and farmers themselves. They risk their lives and fight in order to get the spoils of war.
Relying entirely on this group of excited warriors, Olegin felt that he had a chance to win. Sure enough, just as Rurik estimated, Olegin's ambitions were already expanding, and he hoped to gain a large territory through his own conquests!
After all, he is not a pirate. He must always control a large tribe that attaches great importance to agriculture. Olegin always has the idea of expanding territory. In his old age, he can't wait to eat more and more territories.
No, he officially began to re-arm the Voscas and Saxons, and officially appointed Stein as Duke of Borgholm, even though the settlement was almost completely looted.
In exchange, Stein was ordered to organize a huge army, that is, his tribe. From boys over twelve years old to men over fifty, they all took up arms and were incorporated into the army. Suddenly Stein was the organization
With the strength of these people, no one thinks that they are really strong soldiers.
Olegin couldn't care less, and the two servant armies assembled a lineup of nearly a thousand people.
He couldn't completely trust these people, so the weapons he gave them were extremely crude. They couldn't even think about armor, not even a layer of leather. They only had two weapons, short spears and hand axes, which were their only defense.
The instrument is a shield made of wooden boards.
Stein fully understood that he would lead his tribe to participate in the attack on Kalmar and charge forward as an important force. He would have to make a lot of sacrifices in the future. But he really had no choice. Even if he wanted to rebel,
Did the Kalmar people who were attacked understand this clearly, and didn't they just fight back indiscriminately against any armed men who came towards them?
After all this ordeal, the women of Saxony cried so hard that the sound of wailing made Olegin shout out that it was unlucky.
Soldiers from all tribes of the coalition were full of confidence in the expedition tomorrow morning. Each of them had obtained silver coins. When they thought about getting more in the new battle, they were so excited that they could not sleep peacefully. They selectively ignored the possibility of casualties.
Like the Saxon servants who were forced to assemble, a large number of people stayed up all night because of fear. They never thought that they would have to fight those who settled in Kalmar. The two sides had no relationship for so many years, and bilateral trade was normal. Unexpectedly
The two harmonious parties were forced to fight against each other.
The war was not something that a group of Saxons could control. In the early morning of the next morning, the warriors who had woken up ate fish or other food and pushed the boats to the beach to wait for the morning tide to rise.
The Saxons and Voscas boarded their own ships one after another and were closely monitored by the fleet of the Mellaren army.
The Russians also returned to their big ship early. The Aurora once again acted as a perfect follower closely following the Melalen fleet, but in fact it also blocked the cowardly retreat of the servant fleet.
As if being oppressed by the roar of a huge beast, Stein on the boat always felt that the huge ship would easily crash his small boat. In fact, it would indeed be the case once a collision occurred.
Now Stein has understood everything in the previous battle. The owner of the big ship is the Rus, which is also the "hateful Rus" mentioned by the Gotlanders. Three years ago, Arik led his troops to attack Brother
In a stronghold on Teran Island, crazy killings have become a nightmare for the entire island.
This time Stein completely understood where the nightmare of "hateful Ross" came from. These people were indeed part of the so-called Swedish army, but they seemed to be outside. For example, in battle, those damn arrows were almost all
The Russians fired, making the wooden wall an extremely dangerous place.
It can be seen that in the following battle, the Kalmar people will also repay the suffering of being killed by arrows.
It was precisely during this battle that Stein's thinking was completely subverted. Arrows were such terrible weapons!
The army set off in the morning, and because the daylight hours are extremely long, the morning here is actually very early.
The voyage waiting for the Swedish army is actually only thirty kilometers. Even if it is sailing against the wind, this distance is a continuous journey of up to six hours.
Soon, the army began to pass through the deepest part of the Kalmar Strait. Standing on the bow deck of the ship, Rurik could clearly see the land to the east and west, because the current strait was only three kilometers long.
"Everyone be on alert, we will encounter the enemy at any time, be prepared to destroy their ship!" Rurik ordered loudly, but he also stayed at the bow of the ship for a long time.
The mercenaries operating all the torque slingshots roared, as if they were about to start a sea battle with the enemy.
However, looking at the narrow sea, it was empty, with only the Swedish army's huge fleet calmly passing through the narrowest part of this section.
Going to a relatively wide sea area, you can actually still see the land to the east and west, because the width of the strait in front is only about seven kilometers.
The calm sea worried Rurik. He was afraid that the enemy would suddenly emerge from some fjords and catch the coalition forces by surprise. Even if the Russian army was fearless, it would be too sudden for other teams.
"Why are you still up there? This is already a battlefield. Get into the cabin and wait quietly!" Otto, who was standing on the lower deck, roared and hurriedly climbed onto the bow of the ship.
He held down Rurik's head and ordered: "Get down quickly."
"It's too quiet." Rurik said coldly.
"Quiet what?"
"I was afraid that the enemy was already prepared. Logically speaking, there should be many fishing boats in this area, but in the end we were the only ones."
Otto looked optimistic: "That must be because the enemy is afraid. It doesn't matter, we have strong troops, and Olegin is determined to win."
"Ah! Look! That piece of land ahead, I think Kalma has arrived!"
Rurik pointed to a relatively vague area, which was land and showed signs of being developed. More and more people saw the clues in the distance clearly, and Otto, who squinted his eyes, concluded that it was a settlement.
.
"Rurik, if those who surrendered are right, this is Kalma, the ultimate goal of our army. My dear, get down quickly!"
"I don't." Rurik broke free from his father's hand and pointed forward with his sword: "Brothers, prepare to fight. Even if we don't land, we will use the torque slingshot to support the friendly forces!"
The soldiers roared again.
Seeing this, Otto smiled with satisfaction and returned to the lower deck. Yin Te also had to organize soldiers to wait for fire support. The so-called attack on the enemies who might be defending near the shore would make the coalition's landing force operations smoother.
The battlefield became clearer and clearer. Karl led some black warriors and took the lead with three ships. This matter was supported by Olegin. He needed his prince to make great contributions in this "decisive battle" in order to obtain direct victory.
Rule legitimacy, so the risk is worth it.
No, Karl squinted his eyes. He had already seen the panicked people in the fishing village on the other side of Kalma.
"Haha! We still caught them off guard! Brothers, row like crazy, the glory belongs to Melalen! Go for it!" He held Olegin's sword high and stood on the boat as if flying.
The Mälaren Army took the lead in rushing to the beach again, but what awaited them was indeed the residents of Kalmar who had made preparations for war.
It can be said that those Kalmar people who did not evacuate, whether they were Danes, Götalanders, Gotlanders, or Norwegians, would have to fight the attackers for their wealth and industry.
A big war is simply unavoidable. Fortunately, all Swedish military forces have made sufficient preparations for the decisive battle before setting out for the battle. Many people even regard this as the "sacred battle to gain the qualification to enter Valhalla."