Chapter 537 The End of Rurik's Expedition to Northumbria
Those who intended to resist were hacked to death without hesitation, those who threw down their weapons and knelt down to beg for mercy, and most of them were controlled.
Rurik and his elite mercenaries entered the city arrogantly, and King Eynred and the small group of warriors who followed him immediately entered Bamburgh in a very subtle manner.
It was less than a week before he came back to Bamburgh, and it seemed like a whole ten years had passed for Eynred.
A few days ago, he gathered a large army here to fight against the barbaric pirates on the coast.
Now he has essentially formed an alliance with this group of Viking pirates and entered the city as a conqueror.
He hurriedly appealed to Rurik: "Let your people show mercy! The usurper will be killed, and I am still the king. If you have any request, I will order it to be arranged. You don't have to go and rob it yourself, I will send someone to do it."
Delivered to you."
"Of course, you are still doing this. I have arranged people to restrain my subordinates. However, they are a group of vicious wolves and I cannot control them well."
At this point, Eynred had nothing to say.
Fortunately, the Ruriks and Balmoks were well prepared and the Balmok Vikings broke into the city. They were essentially a large group of Nordic fishermen. They did not feel any guilt for the enemy's wanton killing, but they
The ax was pointed at the screaming woman, but they could hardly move.
The Balmoks were full of thoughts of robbery, and they found a large number of women and children imprisoned.
All these women were driven along the chaotic roads, and then more people who were hiding were pulled out.
The leaders of each family are indeed trying their best to restrain their men. They are all watching the actions of Biyongni's men, who have the largest number of troops. Since Biyongni, the leader's son, has maintained great restraint, his side is likely to rob and rob alone.
It's really hurtful.
They did not plunder property for the time being, but instead arrested dejected people everywhere, took off all their weapons, escorted them towards the main gate that was broken open, and then drove them outside the city to inspect them one by one.
The soldiers who were escorted to the city gate were shocked to see the king himself here, so they all knelt down and begged the king to forgive their sins.
But Eynred had already made up his mind, and he had informed Rurik of his attitude towards the subjects of Bamberg: "Those soldiers who participated in the rebellion will be hanged, and those who were coerced will be released. Priests, women and children are not guilty.
of."
Rurik did not mind letting the Vikings do this to kill the rebel soldiers who supported the false king. If these people must die, then kill them immediately!
Although the city was broken, Rurik did not intend to violate the agreement and kill those who gave up resistance. Firstly, he did not want to be a massacre of villains, and secondly, he needed to set a benchmark of trustworthiness among friendly forces and enemies.
There is only a difference between attacking the Kingdom of Northumbria zero times and countless times. The Vikings will definitely visit this place frequently in the future and reach some kind of not-so-bad contact with the local king, which is to prepare for future colonization.
Base.
A group of kingdom warriors who participated in the rebellion were taken outside the city. They were pushed on the grass by the Vikings. The hanging was too slow, and these people were stabbed to death with short spears.
One after another, the warriors of the kingdom who gave up their resistance were led to their end as ignorantly as sheep, and were killed needlessly.
Rurik didn't feel guilty at all about this matter. Specifically, the person who carried out the murder was King Aenred, and the person who carried out the matter was the Balmok people, who had nothing to do with the Rus.
A large number of women and children were driven out of the city, and the farmers, boys and old men who were obviously forced to defend the city were all pardoned by the king.
Due to this, the Balmoks had no intention of using their axes to waste their arm strength on these guys.
Soon, more than thirty Viking warriors vigilantly escorted more than a dozen special Northumbrians who appeared!
These kingdom warriors were protecting a mother and her son, while an embarrassed and injured man was being pulled away by his arms.
Eynred was still standing at the gate of the city. He wanted to witness a large number of people walking out of the door that had been knocked open, wanted to see the rebel soldiers executed, and wanted to see the Vikings keep their promise not to kill ordinary people or priests.
He suddenly saw the small group of warriors walking towards him, and saw his queen's beautiful face in the crowd.
However, after learning the news, this face became even more disgusting. He wanted to cut the prostitute's face into cracks with a knife, put her in a cage, and hang her on the wall of the York Palace for public display.
Crazy thoughts were just thoughts after all, and he wanted to hear what this dirty queen had to say.
But when he saw his son Ella alive and well, his rage was instantly extinguished in half.
Rurik was standing at the city gate, so what would happen if the king and his wife met in such a wonderful manner?
Rurik watched from the sidelines as if he were watching a show. He saw the queen who was indeed very beautiful. She immediately knelt down on one knee when she saw the king. Then she burst into tears and crawled over to hug Eynred's face.
foot.
After being cuckolded, Eynred wanted to kill the prostitute with his own hands. Of course, as a king, he couldn't do this. He raised his foot and gave a sudden kick. Queen Anna was knocked down. Unexpectedly, the little prince Ella ran over and caught him.
With his waist up, he shouted: "Father, don't do this to your mother."
For the sake of the legitimate heir to the throne, Eynred temporarily suppressed his anger.
The frightened warriors of the kingdom threw a man who was beaten up in time, and then they all knelt down on one knee.
One person said bluntly: "Your Majesty, we have all committed a capital crime and were bewitched by John Stockwood. Now, we have captured this traitor and ask you to forgive us."
The false king was captured alive!
Eynred stepped forward, stamped on John, and yelled: "You traitor! You actually covet my throne! Your family is just humble dirt, and you actually want to become noble! I
I want to kill you! Cut off your flesh bit by bit until you are reduced to a skeleton..."
The king vented his anger by yelling abusive words. As a spectator, Rurik was too lazy to intervene in this family dispute.
Finally, Rurik had seen enough and was afraid that this angry king would trample the false king to death, so he ordered Jevro and his brothers to control the king.
Here, Anna, who was crying so much, took the initiative to explain her sins. She did have reservations and pushed all the sins on the false king. This was also the case. Her son inherited the throne, and she still enjoyed the rights as the queen mother.
With great wealth, why bother to use a new king to interrupt the inheritance of his own son?
Everything is the fault of the false king!
How to deal with the false king and how to deal with the queen, Eynred has his own ideas.
The false king John will be publicly sentenced to death. Eynred even asked Rurik what kind of punishment should be adopted for the so-called Vikings as heinous traitors?
"The biggest punishment... is to cut the skin and flesh from the back, break the ribs, and split the ribs. The whole person is hung up like a bleeding eagle."
The handsome young man said calmly, which made the criminal law even more terrifying.
"Do you know the execution method of our kingdom? It is to extract the intestines of the prisoner, use a winch to extract all the intestines, then cut off the hands and feet, and tear out the belly and heart." Eynred said angrily.
Rurik shrugged. This kind of execution was in the style of mutilating livestock in a meat factory. It was really bloody. As for how much of a deterrent effect it has? Anyway, throughout the ages, rebel armies have risked beheading to do things, so they still care.
Torture after failure?
"It doesn't matter." He said, "You can really cut off the flesh of the false king bit by bit. Or you can dig a big pit and put a lot of snakes in it. You can throw the false king in and let the snakes kill him alive.
Bite to death."
"Oh? What a clever idea. Just do as you say!"
Did Eynred do this unintentionally, or did he really do this? Rurik glanced at the young Ella a few times. The name of this ignorant little prince was really familiar to him. Ella, throw Ragnar.
Is it this ignorant little brat that Ella was bitten to death in her nest?
Anyway, Northumbria needs a prisoner to suffer the punishment of a snake's den.
The criminal law for the false king has been determined. As for the queen Anna who cuckolded herself, although she probably did it because of the humiliation, as a king and a man, if you tolerate this, your prestige will be completely lost.
Anna waited for the ending she expected.
If an ordinary woman commits such cuckoldry, whether she is forced or voluntary, she should be beaten to death and thrown into a pond or river in accordance with the criminal law passed down from the ancient Saxon era (this has been discovered by archeology)
evidence).
But she is the queen, and if the king executes the queen, the whole country will be shocked if it happens. Neighboring countries will send letters of condemnation, and even a letter of condemnation from the Holy See will arrive.
Anna's ending is to be brought back to York for trial. She will surely lose her position as queen and will go to the women's monastery in York to spend the rest of her life atonement.
As for Prince Ella, he is still the crown prince.
Because of this incident, Eynred had grounds for divorce. However, he lost his left arm, and the territory of the kingdom was freely accessible by the barbaric Vikings. It was such a shame and humiliation that he had to pretend to be a surrender. He would suppress revenge.
In his heart, things like marrying a new wife were put aside, and he was handling the relationship with the Vikings carefully.
Bamburgh Castle is broken, and all the people under control are like meat on the chopping board.
The Viking armies entered the city one after another. In order to show his sincerity in cooperation, Eynred had to put on a smile and thank the Vikings, especially the Viking army leader Rurik, for helping him regain the throne. He should stay there
At Gram's request, he first pointed out the warehouse where the silver coins were hidden to some Viking "leaders", and then personally led Rurik to the Bamburgh Granary.
It was an area surrounded by wooden walls and filled with fence-style buildings.
This is not surprising. Britain's relatively humid and rainy climate requires such buildings to protect food from moisture as much as possible.
A large number of linen bags were stacked tightly. Jevro was ordered to stab an arrow, and brown oatmeal grains flowed out like water.
As the inspection progressed, Rurik learned that there was also a large amount of rye stored here.
"How much food is there in total?" Rurik asked the king eagerly.
"This...at least one hundred thousand pounds. You took away one hundred thousand pounds..."
"No!" Rurik shook his finger, "I want the whole warehouse."
"Ah? You... can your ship really be loaded with it? It's impossible. You can't take it away."
But seeing Rurik's confident and greedy face again, Eynred felt that he had underestimated the load capacity of the big ship, so he changed to an extremely humble tone: "At least leave a batch of food for our subjects.
Still need to survive the winter.”
"What does it have to do with me? This year, I have no intention of invading your land. If you satisfy us, I will lead my troops back to the north in three days. Afterwards, you can take your people back to York. They are all yours anyway."
subjects."
"Okay...okay."
Can the devil's words be trusted? Are they really about to leave?
Aynred felt secretly happy. He savored Rurik's words just now, and the more he spelled them out, the more unpleasant he felt. What does "not plan to invade this year" mean? Are they going to come back again and again until they occupy the land?
If this is the case, Northumbria will have to build another army quickly.
The once proud Eynred and his powerful cavalry met their great nemesis. Now he has definitely watched the "siege drama" of the barbaric Vikings and boasts that he has a very important understanding of them.
.Based on your own knowledge, you may be able to think of countermeasures within a period of time.
Rurik discovered the granary and immediately ordered his mercenaries to use the captured wooden carts and pack horses to start loading and transporting the grain. This work continued until late at night, and almost the entire granary was emptied! Some wheat had already arrived at the seaside.
There are still a number of trucks carrying grain waiting to leave after dawn.
This night, Bamburgh became a complete Viking city.
People searched for treasures everywhere, and all kinds of things considered valuable were taken away by the Balmoqs.
The gold and silver sacred vessels in the monastery were looted, the holy tomb was inevitably destroyed, and the holy bones were dug out...
Biyoni gained a lot. The suitcases full of gold, silver and copper coins that were unearthed from the count's warehouse were moved out sparsely. A large number of Roman and Frankish silver coins were a very stable hard currency in this land. A rough estimate, the silver coins
There is no problem if the total amount exceeds 200 pounds.
Coins are the property of the Balmok Vikings! No one can be greedy for money! After the money is moved to the hometown, it will be distributed according to the proportion of each family's troops.
But Rick did not take the initiative to ask for all the money, and he even did not need the money himself.
Everything lies in the agreement made during the expedition. Rurik said that for the sake of the alliance between the two tribes, he led a foreign army to win the war and the looted property was a personal favor.
Of course, Rurik was not a good person who wanted nothing. He kept all the food he plundered for himself.
What are coins? How can we rely on coins to satisfy our hunger in the cold winter? Food is the most important thing!
Especially this year, the Lake Malaren region is facing a food shortage problem, and the Ross tribe has also encountered the largest baby boom ever. As a "god king" that people admire, of course, he must find ways to get food for his tribe to survive.
There are also demands from the Shetlanders. These guys also take the initiative to get food, which is one of their needs. The desperate Shetland Islanders lack everything, especially women, which is really extremely scarce.
In Bamburgh, the three parties that constituted the Viking army achieved their demands in a very harmonious manner. The sad thing was naturally the Northumbrian people of Bamburgh.
Those young girls, even young women who had just given birth and were holding babies in their arms, were all abducted by the Vikings.
People from nearby farms fled into Bamburgh with their families, originally to escape the crazy plundering of the barbarians, but in the end they themselves were kidnapped by the barbarians.
Originally, Eynred was worried that he would be scolded for ordering 300 young women to be "marriage", but now he didn't have to worry at all.
The rebels in Eynred's eyes were the righteous men who defended the city in the eyes of the people. They saw the defenders being killed by barbarians and fell into great panic. They were afraid that they would suffer the same fate, but they were powerless to restrain the chicken.
You are just a fat sheep to be slaughtered.
Now, the eyes of the people are filled with intense hatred.
The painful daughter was taken away, and the father howled hopelessly. The wife was even taken away with her infant child in her arms, and the husband knelt on the ground and grabbed the ground with his head.
Take away three hundred women?
No! The Vikings kidnapped more than 600 people at once, and all the young women and children among the people of Bamburg who were under control were kidnapped.
If everything goes as planned, Rurik does not intend to plunder too much, and will end the robbery with two hundred pounds of silver, one hundred thousand pounds of wheat, and two hundred women.
Bamburgh was essentially captured by the Vikings. After the city was breached, the Vikings naturally did whatever they wanted.
The warriors in the Viking army who had no families were all assigned a woman. Poor girls from Bamburgh became women overnight. Not only that, they would also spend the rest of their lives as Vikings. However, what happened?
Is it good or bad?
There is no reason to stay any longer. A large amount of wealth has been plundered. As a result of continuing the action, firstly, the ship cannot really hold the new plunder, and secondly, the sea will become violent when the weather becomes cold.
After staying in Bamburg for three days, Rurik ordered the return voyage, ending the great summer expedition.
The Aurora was loaded with approximately fifty tons of wheat, and more than a hundred captive Bamburgh women were stuffed into the cabin. A number of iron items were also seized.
The other people's longships all carried a large amount of cargo. The Vikings rowed hard, while the woman whose hands and feet were tied sat dumbly, speechless and choked.
A huge fleet left Bamburgh Bay and headed north.
Have the sea barbarians left?
Looking at the huge triangular sail of the largest ship, Eynred intuitively felt sad in his heart, and a gust of cool wind made it even more sad.
He knew that everything was just the beginning. After experiencing the most miserable "Assumption Day" in his life, the days to come would only be more severe for him and the kingdom. The boy named Rurik now has the ability to command a thousand
With the strength of a barbarian to fight with him, I am afraid that this boy will become the king of the sea in the future.
"God! The barbarians took away our gospel. I hope your truth can influence the barbarian leader Rurik and turn him into a devout saint! Let him and his people stop being barbaric...