Terravis originally thought that he would persuade them until the afternoon. Apparently fearing the terrifying strength of the Russians, the female leader of the Vips announced her surrender.
Those who were hiding did not go far. Seeing the old lady calling for everyone to come out, the tribesmen also walked out of their hiding places.
On the other hand, the longships of the Ross Squadron also began to land.
Terravis was just offshore to welcome the conquerors.
Arik was very surprised. This boy actually convinced the Vips with just one word, and really won their submission without resorting to war.
Arik, who is relatively single-minded, was surprised, but this is a fact.
He ordered his men to exercise restraint and not to commit spontaneous plunder unless they refused to pay tribute.
The development of the matter was completely beyond expectations. Five hundred extremely tall and strong Russian warriors stepped onto the Kekisalmi of the Vips. The women of the Vips were actually moved!
They do not have a clear marriage relationship, and the children a woman gives birth to are the children of the entire tribe. Their lives are actually a bit chaotic, but women are always giving birth frequently, and they also face an alarming infant mortality rate.
I saw a group of strong blond young men jumping off the huge ship. They were so strong that the children born from the fusion of their bones and blood could successfully escape the persecution of death.
Arik had never expected this kind of thing. The actions of the Vips women were clearly asking their subordinates to have sex with them. This kind of thing was really familiar to him. The same thing had already happened in the Kovin community, so that
In the Ellon Orava Castle in the Principality of Ross, a group of women from the Iron Squirrel tribe were already holding a group of tawny-haired mixed-race children who did not know who their fathers were.
This was the tacit approval of the leader Kartenaka, and even her granddaughter was brought out, and the shy girl was given to Taravis by her grandmother herself.
The girl Hayasta, whose name is "Fragrant Breath", is just a girl who is just old enough to be a mother. Even so, she clings to Taravis and keeps saying that he is her man.
How could Tyravis, who was like a newly grown bull, be able to hold on? When he held this reasonable girl under the soft deerskin cushion, he really fell in love with this active girl, even though he knew
the other party’s purpose.
At night, Arik felt that this strange Keki Salmi was full of indescribable absurdity and beauty!
Warriors can eat roasted reindeer meat and have sex with a group of women. Young warriors are not picky, and many even did the same thing in Ironburg and the Covin people. It is said that the newly arrived Vips and
The Kewen people are a family, at least in this aspect they are truly a family.
Both sides have their own needs, so to attack these guys who are so surrendered is just out of mind.
Arik had his own principles. He turned away all women and went to the camp to have an in-depth understanding of the situation with Kartenaka, the leader of the Vips.
Taravis, who had finished his work, let the girl Hayasta lie on his lap. He acted as a translator, and he also desperately wanted to know the news that the Karelia people believed more.
The female leader faced it calmly. She saw and confirmed with her own eyes that the entire Vips tribe had no ability to resist in the face of the Ross army. She had chosen to defect to the Principality of Ross with her whole family. Then she started to chatter a little and introduced everything in detail.
The situation of the Karelia people…
The female leader spoke quite garrulously, and due to the inability to interact with the language very smoothly, Taravis tried her best to extract key information from it, but she also received shocking news.
If the "Karelian Bear Altar" disclosed by the prisoners at the beginning was a fabrication, the female leader would describe it again and it would be confirmed.
"Bear altar? Do they actually worship bears?" Aric asked about Terravis.
"They hunt bears for sacrifice. I'm afraid that place is not a village, but a simple altar."
Altar? Arick naturally thought of the Stone Ship Altar in his hometown in Fort Ross. That place was indeed a sacred place, but if there were no important festivals, no one would visit it. It was not that it was a restricted area, and there would be no visitors there even if it was not a festival.
pleasure.
Arik followed his own thoughts and speculated.
Taravis shook his head: "That's not the case. She mentioned a lot of tents and a lot of people trading there. That's the lakeside area. If...we launch an attack, we might be surprised."
When Tyravis proposed the sneak attack, he hesitated, but after explaining it in words, Arik was really interested.
"Sneak attack? Just what I want. In the camp by the lake, a group of weak guys actually call themselves brave bear hunters. It's really ridiculous. Keep asking, I want to know the details of Karelia!"
With Arik's urging, Tyravis had to keep asking questions.
The female leader did not dare to offend this group of madmen who were covered in iron (referring to chainmail). In her eyes, even if these iron men were not messengers of God, they were noble and irresistible existences.
They are strong, but they are all men.
I am the weak one, but there are many women.
The Vips women used their own way to please these Russian conquerors, and the tribe continued to bet on their fate, betting that the Russians would not suddenly turn their backs.
Based on this idea, the female leader mentioned one thing in particular: "When the ends of the pasture begin to turn yellow, when the lake breeze becomes cool, and when the newborn deer begin to eat grass, the tribute envoy from Karelia will arrive.
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When Terravis first translated these words, he was full of doubts. After thinking about it again, wouldn't it be early autumn when these three conditions can be met?
Early autumn is already around the corner!
The Karelian envoy will come to collect twenty deer, and will ask the Vips to hand over a beautiful girl to be offered as a slave to the Karelian leader.
The female leader's voice was hoarse and her tone of voice was very calm.
Taravis trembled all over after hearing this. At this moment, the girl Hayasta was still clinging to him, but she was the one who would definitely have her hands tied and follow the Karelian envoy away in a certain year...
After learning this information, he looked at the woman next to him, and a strong desire for protection suddenly swept through his entire head.
I, saved her. I have taken possession of her, she must be my woman!
Thinking rationally, Telavis increasingly felt that this was the old leader's plan. An astonishing number of tribal women had relations with the Russian conquerors. The old leader was clearly conniving at all the women to have sex with them, perhaps hoping to gain strength through it.
The bloodline of warriors can be used to give birth to more healthy children, or this is another way to save lives.
It was at this moment that the girl in her arms calmly spoke: "You will protect me."
"Protect you. I will protect you."
Arik couldn't understand what they said. When he asked impatiently, he immediately came up with a clever idea.
The young and promising warrior cheered up: "Telavis, I don't care how many deer the messengers come here to collect or how many women they capture. I'm just afraid that this woman already has your baby in her belly.
I don’t want her to be captured either. But let me tell you, only the Russians in this world collect tribute from others. If you dare to collect tribute on the territory of the Russians, the Karelia people will die!"
Indeed, the Principality of Rus was seriously threatened by New Ross Fort and had no choice but to take the initiative to attack the territory of the Karelia people. This is blameless in this basically unethical Nordic country. However, in order for the soldiers to burst out with strong combat effectiveness, it is best to use some kind of
The tactics arouse the anger of the warriors. Once they are furious, their combat effectiveness often reaches its peak, and they will not be afraid of the horrific killings they participate in.
Help the bullied servant force Suomi attack Karelia, which may make the warriors angry enough to dare to fight.
Now, Arik just wants to tell his brothers that there is a group of guys who are not afraid of death and are rushing to collect the tribute from Ross's servants. They really deserve to die!
This place is very strange. It is obviously quite a barbaric place. The men and women are all short in stature and have extremely weak military skills.
But this is also a strange holy place. Any Rus warrior who shows off his white chest, muscle texture and flowing golden chest hair can easily attract local women to take off their fur and cloth robes.
It was already the third day that the squadron had been anchored here. Arik had already learned some very crucial information from the female leader. When he decided to gather some of the brothers who were too leisurely, he keenly noticed that some of them had become sluggish.
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The First Banner assembles to the sound of fart drums, each centurion gathers his men, and they form a square matrix in front of all the Vips.
They were dressed exactly the same, wearing white robes with blue stripes over their mail armor, and their weapons and helmets shone with blue light.
Arik's words were clearly showing his strong strength to the Vips. As for the sluggishness of some brothers, he really didn't want to say anything more.
The cool lake breeze blows into this lakeside fjord, and the wind from Lake Ladoga blows all the way to Lake Vulsi.
Arik felt a chill, as the so-called "Karelian envoys" hadn't arrived yet, and those people were obviously due to arrive in a while.
He gathered his army and stood on some wooden platforms to give orders.
"Now let me tell you something outrageous! These Vips are already our servants, and I see that you are all very close to their women. Don't worry, this is my permission for you."
At this point, the tense nerves of the soldiers who were suddenly nervous were instantly relieved.
Arik continued to yell: "I'm so angry! This is already the territory of our Principality of Ross, and the Vips are all our servants! You know the meaning of servants and the meaning of territory."
He paused deliberately to attract everyone's attention: "However, the Karelia people have sent envoys who will enter our newly conquered territory without authorization and force our servants to pay tribute to them. They will seize the women you have loved.
Let’s go! Do you agree?!”
I emphasized a lot earlier, all for the final turning point.
At first, everyone was a little confused, but as some people began to react, furious emotions began to take over their minds.
"Do you agree?" Arik continued to yell.
"No!" Someone finally responded angrily in a vented manner.
"Then let's do it! We'll ambush them. Then..."
Arik laughed out loud in front of everyone, and even turned into an arrogant laugh. He was excited and ecstatic. After calming down a little, he roared loudly: "I also learned that the Karelia people have a city where there are a large number of reindeer.
There is a lot of leather, and there are a lot of women. Don't think about how many silver coins you can grab. These guys don't have any silver coins. The most they have is leather, and what we grab is leather!
The Duke didn't forbid us from fighting them, he just asked us to be careful. Is that appropriate for you?
A few years ago, I led you on our first attack on Gotland, and we won a great victory. This time we can achieve greater victory, and we will come back with a large amount of leather, which will be shipped to New Roseburg and we will all be rich!"
People started shouting and banging their shields with the backs of their axes and swords, and their emotions became high when they mentioned killing the enemy and getting goods.
They do not expect to steal silver from the Karelia people, but leather is also a substitute for currency, and the Rus tribe has been relying on leather processing since ancient times. No one values leather more than them.
Arik's preaching is not entirely pie-in-the-sky, some of the things described are facts.
The First Flag Troop of the Russian Army announced that it would attack Karelia first, aiming directly at the so-called "Bear Altar". If they want to do this, they must wait and kill the Karelian envoy.
Until she fully understood the intentions of the Russians, Kartenaka, the female leader of the Vips, deeply felt the most bone-piercing fear she had ever felt in her life.
Because Arik, the leader of the conqueror of Rus, has decided that the Vips must prove that they are true servants. There are three tasks that must be completed. If any of them is not completed, the Rus can go crazy.
First: The Vips must send a group of guides to guide the Russian army directly to the Bear Altar.
Second: We must be armed and cooperate with the Russian army to intercept and kill the Karelian envoy as a token of surrender.
Third: The female leader Kartenaka must go to New Roseburg in person to meet with the Duke of Rose himself, and then confirm many contracts between the servant and the monarch.
The Vips can only organize a team of more than a hundred men. They are generally short and fat, and being short and fat is an illusion. These people are not strong without their thick leather hats. They can only use flint and antlers.
And natural volcanic glass is processed into spearheads, oak and hemp rope are used to make bows, and wooden shafts, bone fragments and feathers are used to make swords.
This is what they are armed with. When the "soldiers" gather together, Arik can only feel a headache secretly when he looks at these guys.
Of course Arik looks down on these guys, but he has acknowledged his status as servants on behalf of his brother. The servant army is like a group of beggars, and the most important thing they need to do now is to completely change their weapons.
If the Vips are like this, the Karelia people must be better than them.
The female leader mentioned that the Karelian people had a lot of iron weapons, but there seemed to be no more advanced weapons.
The Russians began to wait and wait under Arik's arrangement. He knew very well that his brother was determined to launch an attack during the period when Novgorod's grain and grass were extremely abundant after the wheat harvest. There was still a little time before August in the Julian calendar. He speculated that he would intercept and kill
The messenger's attack on the Bear Altar will probably be in early August. These affairs do not conflict with each other, and there is even some time left.
The envoys who collected the tributes were under the orders of the Karelian leader, and the three major tribes obeyed one person as their chief.
Karelia's forces are in the historical transformation period from tribal alliances to chiefdoms. The "Bear Altar" already has the significance of a capital. Collecting tributes from neighboring small tribes or uniting to attack neighbors are all promoting a country.
The birth of.
The entire Russian squadron moved into the lake on the lower reaches of the Vukshi River. This is a hidden place, and it is also a basically unexplored place.
The huge trawl net was thrown into the lake, and the flagship Mercury began to pull the net to sweep out the abundant European bass in the lake. The long boats were also stationed on the lake, and people put down fishing lines and fished with steel hooks. Advanced fishing
With the level of fish and the abundant volunteers in the local lake area, not only can the Ross army's food problem be solved, they can even reward the extra fish they catch to the Vips servants.
It is this fishing technique that shocked these local residents.
Even moved.
Because the Karelian people were just asking for it, the Rus' conquerors seemed friendly, after all, they really rewarded them with a lot of fresh fish.
Finally, the Vips "receiver" who was watching in the distance finally waited for the tribute envoy from Karelia.
The "receiver" did not disclose the conquest of the Russians, but still greeted the envoys of more than 20 people respectfully as in previous years.
These twenty people are quite domineering. The leader is shouting all the time, asking the Vips to donate all their beautiful girls. The twenty people must have twenty girls to serve at least one night, and the most beautiful one, please be careful.
Dedicated to the greatest leader.
The envoys were all having sweet dreams, but when they entered the Vips village, it was surprisingly quiet.
What happened? The "receiver" lied that everyone was scared and hid, and then asked to go and call out the hiding tribesmen in person.
The envoys didn't care, as similar things happened every year. They regarded this as a sign of the majesty of the strong.
But when the "receiver" scurried into the shadow of a wooden shed, he reported the message to the hiding armored Russian warriors and a group of vips armed men.
The Karelian envoy came in a big way, and several "receivers" who were watching from a distance quickly ran back to the camp to explain the matter, and the Rossweps coalition forces were also prepared in advance.
"Let's do it!" Arik gave the order, and the berserker wearing a battle robe suddenly came out.
The charged crossbows were suddenly launched in clusters, immediately stunning the group of envoys who were walking with flaws. They fell injured and wailed, and then were stabbed to death by the Ross army's swords...
The matter is not over yet. It is the Russians who easily deal with this group of envoys, and the Vips still have to submit a letter of surrender.
A steel sword was stuck in the mud, and Arik ordered the nervous Vips warriors, "Cut off the head of the messenger to prove that you are a servant!"
Terravis translated it truthfully, and they looked at each other and really started to do it.
They didn't just behead the heads. A group of people saw the terrifying fighting power of the Russians up close, and they all proved their loyalty. Everyone took the sword and cut the messenger's body into pieces, smashing the snow into pieces.
Apply it on your face, and this is their certificate of submission.
Arik laughed, and the brothers laughed too. Finally, the group of Vips warriors whose faces were covered with blood also laughed stupidly.
At this time, the men and women of the Vips have completed the servant contract in their own way, and then they will pursue the victory.