The sacrifice is over, and the nights will gradually increase in the coming days, but the climate will become warmer and warmer.
This warmest gathering, the Gulf of Bothnia, which once was several meters frozen, is now no longer cold and has become a good place for swimming.
It's just that the situation this year was too tense. After the sacrifice, the Rus people had three full weeks to prepare for war. The time was neither long nor short. No tribesmen were willing to play and recuperate. The whole tribe took action and became full strength.
machine.
Although the tribe was upgraded to a principality, it was only a nominal upgrade, and even outside Sweden's sphere of influence, neighboring kingdoms such as the Frankish forces and Britain would not recognize it at all.
Because, she is still a tribe.
Rurik knew that he needed to build at least a relatively effective management system, that is, some kind of "supervision system" to enable the thousands of people in Rus to operate in coordination with each other.
But the actual situation was as precise as machinery. Rurik issued a mobilization order to the tribesmen, which was warmly welcomed by everyone. When the implementation of various resolutions began, he had to issue a large number of general orders.
Of course, even if it is a general order, as long as the tribesmen do it, even if the work efficiency is not high enough, the organization and mobilization shown are much higher than that of Ross' allies.
Even the Melalen tribe, which has a huge population, cannot completely organize the entire tribe's population. The Rus people have done it unprecedentedly.
In the name of "Duke Rus", Rurik appointed some people as lower-level organizers in production.
For example, Fisk's mother, this woman was officially endorsed by Rurik. She was responsible for commanding most of the married women in the tribe, engaged in important tailoring work, and relied on craftsmen to provide new clothes to a large number of Rus warriors.
As well as repairing old clothes. They rushed to accept the tasks assigned by Rurik because it not only supported the tribe's war, but also allowed them to quickly obtain tangible benefits.
Women tailor linen and leather, repair their husbands' leather armor, mail and shields, push large pottery urns to the seaside to boil salt, and smoke dried fish on a large scale in smoke-filled longhouses that are as dry as wood.
Harold Zossen, who is old and often forced to stay behind in his hometown, is doing similar work, but he is also a man who has experienced hundreds of battles and is a natural candidate for military commander. He should lead a Russian army and organize
He joined a larger military formation. He managed as many as five hundred soldiers. The task Rurik gave him was to train the military formation according to the traditional set. He also had to take time to cut down trees and dig into the mountains every day.
When mining, they also have to find time to do heavy fishing operations. They are the strongest labor force of the tribe and the strongest fighting force. Naturally, they have to undertake the heaviest labor, and their physical fitness gradually becomes stronger during the labor. As the saying goes, digging
Mine workers have been easier to train into a strong army since ancient times.
There is also a group of older men who can actually hold an ax and fight again. After all, time is not forgiving. They really want to wear the armor of the past, and in the end they simply die on the battlefield. Unfortunately, they are weak.
Their bodies could no longer withstand the storms at sea and the battle after landing. Their participation in the war was equivalent to adding a burden to the Russian army, but in their hometown, they could still provide their own support.
The elderly were assigned miscellaneous tasks by Rurik, such as fishing in the sea, mixing clay, processing wooden shafts and arrow shafts for spears, etc.
They can do these low-physical tasks. Not only can the children who have been raised by Rurik for more than two years, they are also more organized and disciplined.
Rurik knew very well that if his young men grew up, they would be the most useful talents.
The children worked together to complete the work of the adults. They used two-man saws to cut down trees, wielded axes to hit stones that were hot and splashed with sea water, and relied on new technologies of thermal expansion and contraction to quickly dig iron ore. They also carried fishing rods.
After boarding the fishing boat, he also squatted on the ground and used a knife to cut the special arrow shaft for the crossbow.
Rurik's mercenaries, when they are not practicing during peacetime, behave like fishermen and lumberjacks, but more than 90% of the profits from their labor are taken away by Rurik. Now they have recovered
In addition to continuing to work as fishermen and lumberjacks, they also divided into groups and took turns to work as helpers in the blacksmith shop.
Who is the real berserker? Just select a strong man and put on the scale armor with huge armor, is he a Ross-style berserker?
Of course they must be strong and must have unwavering belief in Rose's victory.
They must be people Rurik trusts.
The earliest batch of mercenaries had been accepted by Otto as Rus' people. After undergoing a ceremony, they became Rus' warriors who "lacked blood". They could only get commissions from the leader's family, and all their food and drink expenses came from their sponsors.
, which means they must be attached to the financial owner. These mercenaries have received very interesting supplies from their owners.
Who will be the armored berserkers? First of all, the first batch of outstanding mercenaries meet all the requirements. Then if the mercenaries go to the blacksmith shop to help, isn't it the same as making armor for themselves?
In the war preparation plan issued by Rurik, all projects are for war preparation. Works such as processing amber, glass beads and making silver jewelry have been completely suspended. Making storable food, weapons, and charity ships have become the three most important tasks.
There is actually a high degree of commonality here, which is the need for large-scale timber.
Fortunately, in the area near Fort Ross, the giant trees used for shipbuilding have long been cut down. The remaining small trees are not easy to build ships, but they are good materials for repairs.
The best wood comes from the north of the bay, and Ironburg can certainly provide a large number of amazing lengths of pine wood, but to transport this wood back, the Russians need the sea to freeze into ice roads.
Making charcoal blocks only requires ordinary wood. No, a number of new charcoal kilns were quickly built, and even wooden strips were covered with earth and smoldering in the open air.
Time has quietly entered July, and the entire Rossburg is immersed in smoke and fire all day long.
Men and women, a large number of laborers, wantonly cut down the trees around Fort Ross, and the woods where Rurik used to train the young warriors were soon cut down into bare flat land by these young warriors.
The vegetation of Rossburg contributes a steady stream of energy to this operating "war machine". Rurik is not worried about everyone's destruction of the vegetation, because the most indispensable thing in the world is wood! On the contrary, massive logging is also the cause of Rossburg.
The way people ask for living space from mountains and rivers.
The order issued by Rurik definitely did not only affect Fort Ross.
Some ships went straight to Ironburg in the north, and when they returned, they brought back fifty people.
Including the appointed current city lord of Ironburg, Mechasta from Kovin. He is young and strong. This time he passively responded to Rurik's call with weapons. In this way, the strong man of Kovin's Iron Squirrel joined the army completely.
In addition, all the Russian fishermen who settled in the north also responded to the assembly order issued by the leader.
A longboat broke into the Oulu River Basin in the eastern part of the bay, and the messenger handed the order to recruit troops to Rigus of the Salmon Lord tribe. The old guy was helpless. He had no intention of fighting any Gotlanders. He just wanted to fight with the Gotlanders.
After paying the tribute, he continued to live his ordinary life.
He had no choice, so he personally led a hundred warriors to fight side by side with the Russians again. Soon some longships docked at the mouth of the Oulu River, and those who were about to be drafted only held short wooden bows and bones.
They took away the soldiers of the Salmon Lord tribe with the spear. When they arrived at Fort Ross for the first time, the first thing they did was to change their weapons and equipment. They replaced the iron spearheads with wooden crossbows modified from short wooden bows.
, and a large number of iron cluster arrows, the combat power is instantly improved.
Rurik did not expect to recruit all the Kovin tribe. Although all these people surrendered, the Rus people actually conquered the two tribes of Gray Squirrel and Salmon Lord, and there were three more tribes. In the Battle of the Glacier that year
Seven or eight hundred of them were killed, and their backs had already been broken. It might be a bit far-fetched to use the fighting power of those guys.
Times have changed. Due to geographical barriers, the current hatred between the two Kevin tribes has been completely eliminated because there is no direct stake. After all, the Salmon Lord tribe has essentially completely monopolized the salmon fishing industry of the Oulu River.
Their food has been guaranteed as never before. As for the population lost in the previous war, it would be better to just ask the surviving women of the tribe to give birth to a large number of children. Now a large number of newborn children are already babbling.
Just arrived in July, an unexpected but reasonable rain fell on the entire Baltic Sea region. Mudslides even occurred in the area where Roseburg is located! Black mud wrapped around tree branches, and rocks sprayed out from the mountains, and finally broke into the fjords.
inside.
Fortunately, no one was stupid enough to go mining in the mountains during heavy rain, and the Russians also suffered some losses.
Some houses with simple structures collapsed due to rainfall, and someone was accidentally killed. Such deaths were attributed to the fate of the deceased. The deceased was hastily buried, but the majority of Russian people were not afraid of the rain and were still preparing for war.
Summer rains come and go quickly, and this rain has also brought very adverse effects to some areas.
Some wheat that was about to head fell down!
The place where the incident occurred was on the island of Gotland. Perhaps the area was not suitable for growing wheat. The fishermen forcibly opened up some barren land and sow the seeds roughly. They did not expect the land to be highly productive. In other words, for them, the wheat grains produced on the island were
An addition to life.
In the south is the cucumber-like island of Öland, in the center of the island is Borgholm, which has become a gathering place for the Swedish army.
The war was suspended, and the main force of the Swedish army was recuperated here.
King Olegin immediately built a stone boat altar on the island, so as to worship the sun on the summer solstice on the spot.
As for the Saxons of Borgholm, they have never forgotten the beliefs of their ancestors. On the day of the summer solstice, when the sky entered a brief period of darkness (Oland was already outside the extreme daylight zone), the Saxons held high the smear sign.
Torches of rosin and seal oil kept dancing in circles around their "sacred tree totem", and the Saxon priestess also tore her hoarse throat and entered a strange state of madness.
Olegin really couldn't understand such a custom, and he didn't want to interfere with the new group of Saxons who were working for him, just like the Saxons didn't care about the sacrificial activities of the northern guys. Both sides played their own roles.
The summer solstice has passed, but the preparation of the army and the digestion and absorption of the spoils still need to be processed. Especially now that a large amount of wealth has been seized, people's inertia is getting stronger and stronger, and the brave warriors hope to take a longer rest.
As the rains hit in early July, a disease quietly spread among the Swedish troops stranded in the south.
Although this disease was not a huge crisis, it did cause many people to suffer from diarrhea and collapse, and some soldiers died of it. In fact, they just ate the captured dried fish, and they had no idea that a lot of dried meat was placed there.
It took too long and caused some minor corruption due to improper storage.
People in the north dare to eat shark livers that taste amazing, and they dare to eat the caught fish regardless of the smell. But they don't realize that many of the seized dried fish they eat today are contaminated with botulinum toxin, and the amount is certainly very high.
The little boy also made trouble and more and more people fled. How did Olegin know how his army suffered such a disaster? He was very angry and speechless.
When the sun reappeared, the wet earth began to dry out quickly. He had to perform a sacrifice on the spot, randomly selecting a person from the captives, and sacrificing blood to the great god Odin in order to end the disease.
He felt that the blood sacrifice had paid off, and there would be fewer and fewer stomach upsets in the army in the future.
This incident brought a lot of trouble to the Swedish army in the south. It really disrupted Olegin's war rhythm. However, the attack on the southern Silver Castle to seize the legendary "Silver Mountain" must continue, and he still had a large number of soldiers and generals.
, even if we encounter some slight resistance, they are just obstacles that can be quickly overcome in the destined great victory.
At least the rainfall had little impact on the Malaren and other tribes in the lake area. The local wheat did not fall down, and the rain soaked the earth. The world became warmer after the rain and it was sunny. It unexpectedly had an impact on the food production in the Malaren Lake area.
The help! This meaningful main force made Gould, who personally took a boat to the lake area to recruit troops, very happy!
The negative impact of the rain on the Ross tribe's war preparations quickly dissipated, and production quickly returned to normal.
It is already the fifth day of July in the Julian calendar. In the past seven days, despite the impact of rainfall, Roseburg has still produced a considerable amount of equipment.
Two hundred spearheads of average quality were made, and the matching wooden poles about three meters long were cut. All that was left was the final gluing and binding work on the spears.
The Gohu blacksmiths also completed the production of fifteen pairs of "fish scale armor". When a strong man put on the armor, Rurik felt that this man was like an ancient armored fish. It really had no scales.
The beauty is obviously that a large number of large armor plates are hung on the chain mail. When the strong man jumps up, the armor plates also make a clanging sound.
Instead, the armor was covered with very thin silver, making it a bit white overall, which also gave the armored warrior an extremely eye-catching appearance.
The strong man's torso was strongly protected, and it was precisely because the strong man had the ability to carry such a heavy armor. The so-called armor makers, the blacksmiths, discussed it, and they added shoulder pads and armor with additional bent pieces of armor.
Crotch protector design.
So with such a strong "silver scale breastplate", does the berserker still need a shield for defense? Rurik felt that the strong man in front of him only needed two axes to break into the enemy formation and create huge chaos.
Fort Ross can provide a large amount of war supplies, and most of the soldiers who are in urgent need of expedition are also gathered here.
Rurik seemed to only need to supervise the production, maintenance, and verification of various materials, as well as the pre-war drills of the soldiers.