The Russian ship took advantage of the wind and ran away!
Vadim did not expect this, nor did he expect that he had discovered and seized the opportunity, and the assassination was going smoothly, but the sword was only blocking Otto's armor.
He had never seen such precautions before. His sword was obviously polished so carefully that it could cut blood with just a touch of his finger. This sharp thing was meaningless.
The angry people of Pine Needle Manor chased him by the lake for a while, but finally gave up because they were unable to enter the lake.
They calmed down a bit and kept breathing heavily. After settling down for a while, they began to help their dead and wounded.
Even, the Russian body was shot again.
The people were clearly expressing their anger that had been pent up for decades. Most of the rioters had their families kidnapped or their houses burned down. They had a very legitimate hatred for Ross, especially Otto himself. They kept poking and killing.
From the body of the Russian soldier, the deceased's armor, leather jacket and shirt were all stripped off.
Because Vadim has long said that everyone involved in the uprising has the right to grab the spoils of war based on their ability.
The poor farmers were most in need of iron tools. Some held their captured axes and steel swords high, while others used wooden poles to pick up the bloody chainmail they had just removed and screamed.
As for the bodies of the deceased, the people were venting their anger wantonly, and in the end they were smashed to pieces and turned into horrible pieces.
The assassination attempt clearly failed. Some Russians died, but the people of Pine Needle Manor suffered even more casualties. Many people were killed and injured by arrows and stone bullets. Vadim had not expected such a thing to happen.
A young and energetic brat, his plans were hasty and not thorough, so he was able to summon hundreds of people to take action.
Vadim wakes up, and now he has to face not only the mess after the uprising, but also the rage of the Russians!
Borudne never dreamed that his son would take action so early!
There were other people's blood stains on his body, and his beautiful clothes gave him a kind of terror. He was unconscious in the house for a while, mixed with a group of dead people.
The dead included Ross and the sons of Pine Needle Manor. The initial battle broke out in the manor's meeting room. Blood stains seeped into the ground along the cracks in the wooden floor, and the whole room was covered with blood stains.
Borudne was so frightened that his legs were paralyzed and he crawled away from the house, but he saw more corpses outdoors!
In fact, a young boy was lying flat on his back looking at himself with dull blue eyes, and the fatal wound on his chest was as horrifying as the trunk of a large tree that had been almost chopped off...
He finally cheered up and trembled when he saw the corpse. Thinking about it must have been his son Vadim, his legs trembled even more when he thought of this.
He found a broken short spear and stood up, when he suddenly heard someone moaning.
Is... a Russian?!
A dying old warrior vomited blood and muttered in the Norse language: "You... will be killed to death..."
After a moment, a farmer with a brown beard broke in, followed by a group of armed men.
Everything was in chaos, and Borudne yelled: "This is my home! You despicable serfs, who let you in?!"
Unfortunately, the armed men with spears didn't care about Borudne at all. They inspected the corpse with short spears. When they found the Russians, they stabbed them to death with spear points, then stripped the corpse of its clothes and took away the weapons.
Borudne looked at the whole scene with a pale face, feeling that he had become an outsider.
In other words, from today onwards Borudne has become an outsider, and his era of ruling Pine Needle Manor is over.
Vadim took his still-living buddies to clean up the battlefield outdoors, some old friends died, and his plans to kill Otto and seize (or destroy) the ship were not accomplished.
He couldn't be happy, but the mobilized people and little soldiers started doing crazy things one after another!
Some people cut off the heads of Death Rus warriors and skewered them on wooden sticks to show off their power. This horrific scene seemed to the Slavs as a good show that should be cheered. They completely forgot the purpose of the battle and seemed to just kill a few people.
A Russian warrior is a great victory!
The armed crowd chanted Vadim's name and demanded that he become the new owner of the manor.
Young warriors surrounded the hesitant Vadim, and someone shouted excitedly: "Brother, you are the prince! We won! We defeated the Russians!"
Someone else shouted: "Russians are just like that. As long as we unite, there is nothing we can't do."
Just like a good show of wearing a yellow robe, a young warrior suddenly knelt down on one knee, which soon attracted many people to kneel down.
After all, they had a lot of contact with the Rus and other Varyags, and they didn't know what the warrior ceremony was.
Many people unanimously asked Vadim to officially be crowned prince, and eventually it turned into a large group of people asking for his order.
Vadim, he has never been so glorious in his life.
The great glory struck him, and he forgot his failed assassination for a moment. Surrounded by the armed people, on the corpses of the Russians, he held up the captured Russian steel sword and openly declared that he was the leader of the entire Ilmen Lake Novo.
The only Princip in the Vgorod region!
Vadim is the prince! Theoretically, this title is the same level of noble title as the Duke of Rus.
He then led a group of young and old men and went home aggressively with some of the weapons they had just captured. Before them, a group of armed farmers rushed in advance, and there was a scene that Borudne saw.
Vadim counted his old comrades and found out that the eighty "heroic generals" who started the uprising turned out to be forty dead after a fierce battle.
The fighting power of the Russians is indeed amazing, but the corpses of Russian soldiers lying on the ground also indicate a lot of problems.
"If I unite more people to fight with them, I still have a chance of winning." He thought as he proudly returned home with his brothers.
After the battle was over, the people who had fled to the woods fled back one after another. They were shocked at first when they saw the large number of corpses, but they were also relieved to find that many people were holding the heads of the Russians and cheering in the winding lanes of the village.
Vadim's face was stained with blood and his body was dirty. Borudny saw that his son was in good condition, and he was more relieved than angry.
No, he actually pointed his sword at his father in public, and immediately said: "Father, your era is over. Now I am the owner of the manor, and I will take Pine Needle Manor and other manors to resist the Russians."
tyranny!"
Vadim looked at his father with a cold eyebrow, and Borudny also had a pale face.
"You! What are you going to do? Resist me?"
"Yes! Father, the people have abandoned you, and now they have chosen me. Pine Needle Manor and the entire Novgorod can no longer be slaves. I will completely eradicate the Russians and the group of traitors in White Tree Manor."
Borudne was so angry that his teeth itched. He stretched out his hand and pointed: "Stupid! You are leading everyone to your own death!"
"That's better than being slowly strangled by the ropes of the Russians! Besides, we will only be finished under your stupid governance. I dare say that when I raise the temperament of resistance, everyone will support me. Let's fight them.
This is a decisive battle and we must win!"
"You! This is so ridiculous. You don't have this ability!"
"War is inevitable, father! Now that I have angered the Russians, they will definitely attack. If you are so afraid of them, just run away and flee to Smolensk. I will take the children of the Ilmen Lake God with me
Defeat the Russians. Father, if you are really brave, resist them like me! Think about my sisters, are you worthy of them?"
"You! Stupid! So stupid..." Borudne finally realized that his son not only wanted to assassinate the leader of the Russians, but also wanted to seize his own power.
This was an untimely coup. Originally, the owner of the manor belonged to this boy, but he didn't expect that he couldn't wait any longer.
Now that the deal was done, Borudne had nothing to say. He let out a long sigh, lamenting not only the absurdity of today, but also his own miserable fate.
"Okay, I'll leave everything to you. I don't care about anything, you can do whatever you want!"
Borudne is delegating power, and Vadim has already thought about it. Even if he does not decentralize power, he will definitely have to monopolize it.
But regarding calling yourself a prince, some special operations are required.
He decided to gather various manors and order the manor owners to support his authority. If they did not agree, he would bring armed farmers to force them to support.
A sacrificial event is about to be carried out, and all the manor owners who support them must participate to witness the birth of a prince. These only support must come up with a group of warriors to resist the Russians' revenge.
Vadim is about to take action.
On the other hand, White Tree Manor.
Otto came back suddenly with anger. Rigus and others felt that the Russian tribute collection operation was too smooth, and the entire Lake Ilmen was plundered in just one day.
However, when these old Russian warriors got off the ship, he realized something was wrong.
Fighting? This group of soldiers had clearly just fought a battle.
Both Rigus and Medved noticed the warrior's anger, and looking at their appearance, they clearly lost the battle.
Rigus walked towards Otto on crutches: "Sir, something bad happened?"
"You?!" Otto raised his foot and kicked Ligus, hitting the old man directly.
This kick shocked all onlookers.
Otto immediately yelled and accused: "You idiot! Why didn't you tell me that the guys at Pine Needle Manor rebelled? We were ambushed and I almost died!"
Ligus was confused, hesitating and not knowing what to say.
Medved hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Duke, are you telling the truth? Are those guys rebelling?"
"Exactly!"
"We don't know anything about this matter. Sir, we have no intention of deceiving you. There must be some conspiracy in this."
"I don't care!" Otto was not someone who easily lost control of his emotions. He suppressed his anger and said fiercely: "They chose war, they are seeking their own death! Medved!"
"exist!"
"Assemble your flag troops immediately and be armed for defense. The entire White Tree Manor is very likely to encounter their fierce attack, and you must remain alert. I will contact Fort New Rose immediately, and a reinforcement will arrive soon. I will also
Inform Rurik and ask him to come to Novgorod first and assemble at the White Tree Manor! Do you understand? If you cannot hold it within ten days, your manor will be overthrown by them!"
"I understand! But... old Duke, aren't we going to attack Karelia in the north?"
"Fight the traitors first! Then fight Karelia! Rurik must listen to me on this matter. The Russians have always wanted revenge, so hurry up and prepare!"
Otto's work efficiency was first-class. That night, the sailing destroyer Neptune floated along the Volkhov River to the Great Lakes with the warning from Novgorod. Otto's message was very simple, that is, he ordered Fort New Ross
Conuson took at least five hundred people with him. Whether they were Rus, Ostara, or Slavs, he took five hundred people and rushed to White Tree Manor to put down the rebellion.
The round trip from Novgorod to Novorosberg at the mouth of the Neva River is almost 700 kilometers!
For the Ross people who now had large ships, such a journey was not extreme. Otto considered that it would take some time to assemble the army at Cornuson, so he gave New Rossburg a relatively relaxed time.
He himself is not sure enough, but White Tree Manor is different from before. They enjoy exclusive attention from the Principality of Ross. Not only is the population larger than before, but a small group of Ross people have always settled here. The settled Ross
Human beings are almost existences that can be counted on one hand, and the main purpose of their existence is actually surveillance.
Once Otto arrives, it is equivalent to the arrival of the real master at White Tree Manor.
The Neptune returned overnight to convey the message, and the next day, Otto ordered the people of the White Tree Manor to gather.
He stood on an ox-drawn two-wheeled cart and preached in Norse to the more than 2,000 people who had gathered. The old Russians who stayed behind were beside him to translate in real time.
Otto's preaching made ordinary people tremble. They didn't expect that those guys at Pine Needle Manor actually chose war. Maybe there were signs of war many years ago, but now the war has broken out.
His words also deliberately touched the pain of the people of White Tree Manor. They originally lived by the lake, but were driven here by the greedy guys from Pine Needle Manor, so that everyone was wary of entering Lake Ilmen to fish.
In these years, we have completely joined the Russian ship, and it is obvious to all that everyone's life has suddenly improved.
Fight together with the Ross people, completely destroy Pine Needle Manor, hang the traitors, and make life more stable.
Otto gave this group of people a very tempting promise, that is, White Tree Manor and Ross would form an alliance, and if they finally defeated Pine Needle Manor, they would not only regain their life by the lake, but also seize the loser's property, and pay a very low tribute.
The requirements remain unchanged!
For Baishu Manor, which relies on agriculture for its livelihood, there is nothing more tempting than seizing the fertile mature fields by the lake.
They have seen Otto wandering around the manor every year for more than 20 years. After all, White Tree Manor is the first stop of the Ross Sorgon fleet every year. As the saying goes, they are not very afraid of them after seeing them for a long time. Otto grew up as a young man
As he became an old man, the power of the Russian people also expanded.
Most people in White Tree Manor have never seen Rurik. They only know that he is a blond boy who is handsome but also fierce, very young and very good at war.
Rigus's two daughters are both married to Rus. People are expecting Rurik to bring Svetlana to White Tree Manor. Maybe this war will force Rurik to bring an army with him.
arrival?
Otto's messenger indeed carried this request: the army to attack Karelia should not go north first, but first go south to attack the rebels.
No, White Tree Manor suddenly gathered more than 400 soldiers of the so-called Slavic Banner Corps, and Medved took up his old job as a banner captain.
The Slavs' fighting principles are the same as those of the Varangros. If there is war, women will also take up arms.
As long as we guard it closely for ten days and protect the farmland and other property, everything will be safe.
The men and women in the entire White Tree Manor were actually armed, even with sharpened wooden poles.
Otto was here, and he realized that he had actually organized an army of more than 600 men in one day. Even though he had killed as many as thirty old brothers, the soldiers in front of him had actually been to Gotland to participate.
The decisive battle. They have seen the big world, but they are much more stable than the courageous farmers of Pine Needle Manor.
However, the guys at Pine Needle Manor are reckless precisely because of their limited knowledge. They don't know what it means to die suddenly in battle, and they must be enthusiastic about war when they think about it.
For the sake of caution, or mainly because he is old.
The Ottoling Sperosvilia led the Eubite and Saturn, and the three ships directly guarded the mouth of the Volkhov River in Lake Ilmen. Firstly, it was a force deterrent, and secondly, it was also to detect the enemy.
trend.
In White Tree Manor, Otto has become the current supreme commander, and Medvedt is following his lead. He has 600 elite soldiers. In theory, all the people in the manor are soldiers, all men, women and children who can hold an axe. The optimistic military strength has reached
More than a thousand people!
Vadim, who had seized power, had no idea about the radical plan that the Russians suddenly adopted after the attack.
In other words, Vadim is also actively running his own business. At least this young man has not continued to visit every house. He has begun to act like a real prince, and has personally led his followers to "arm" counterclockwise along the lake shoreline.
Lobbying" to recruit troops for one's own cause.
No one on either side is naive, Otto never appeases, and Vadim has no illusions in his heart because there is only hatred.
A war is inevitable, but Vadim has no say in how the war is fought.
Because neither Otto nor Vadim is the protagonist.
When the attack occurred, Rurik was about to begin his eastern expedition, and a courier bearing the bad news of the rebellion of the Novgorod natives was already waiting in Novovsburg.