Wooden shields painted in various colors are put together, and often thirty or forty people form a shield wall.
These warriors, dressed in different styles, beat their round shields with wooden sticks, making a huge noise along with the sound of horns. The people holding round shields were in the front, and there were a group of people holding long wooden poles in the rear.
Although the original plan was for many warriors to use sticks as weapons to force away all the fishermen, considering the high probability of resistance from their opponents, the nobles who organized the manpower still deployed warriors with sharp blades.
There are such shield walls everywhere. The soldiers carry standard Viking war cries and rhythmically match the sound of banging wooden shields, creating a majestic momentum, like a mudslide, overwhelming the fishermen.
The nobles went into battle with their whole families armed with sharp swords. They were dressed in gorgeous clothes and clearly came well prepared. Each of the private soldiers they maintained and the men they hired temporarily received a large amount of money, and even hinted at plundering the fishermen's property when they forced them to leave.
it is also fine.
People who are their own masters cannot sympathize with those fishermen. No matter how poor the fishermen are, they always have something valuable, right?
They must stick to their professional ethics and work hard for the good of their sponsors.
The nobles were willing to pay for this matter.
The smart nobles take a long-term view. As long as these fishermen are driven away, Stockholm will be the domain of the king and the business nobles, and everyone will make more wealth in the future.
But the fishermen were kept in the dark about all this.
The fishermen noticed that the situation was abnormal from yesterday evening. Those who tried to escape were driven away by the king's navy. The entire fishing village was surrounded. They comforted themselves that the king had some important arrangements. After all, the entire Stockholm Port was essentially blocked by the army.
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Perhaps, the king is not targeting fishermen?
Now, all illusions are shattered.
The fishermen who came out of the wooden sheds tried to reason with the approaching "shield wall", but the men were kicked down and the women were kicked under their feet.
The soldiers were really rude to children.
I saw parents being kicked and children throwing rocks and breaking tiles. What happened was the shield wall cracked. Suddenly, several burly men rushed out of the wall and tied up the children who dared to throw stones with ropes.
Not just children, anyone who tried to resist, even the weak fishermen armed with iron harpoons, did not dare to fight against the noble army.
More and more people were forced out of the wooden stilt houses. The shield wall passed by these houses. Behind the shield wall were men holding big axes. They did not hesitate to violently attack the stilt houses.
The wooden sheds, which were already structurally unstable, collapsed one after another, and all the bottles and cans inside were trampled.
The warriors of the Malaren nobles stepped on the collapsed ruins and continued to approach the fishermen. The intimidating army simply wanted to kill all the fishermen. They didn't know what they had done wrong. Why should the nobles attack them?
A member of the same race showed his butcher knife?
The fishermen, both men and women, cursed and threw stones and tiles incessantly.
They were throwing away everything that could be thrown away, including pickled fish and even yesterday's excrement in earthenware urns.
Being hit by a jar of excrement is really disgusting! The eyes of the unlucky soldier were full of murderous intent. If it hadn't been for the order from the sponsor, he would have left the formation and hacked him.
"If you leave the team to kill, don't think about the salary if you really kill someone! Remember, we only drive away, not kill." All the land nobles generally use this kind of rhetoric.
This is by no means a sign of kindness from the nobles, but if it really leads to bloodshed, King Rurik will be angry.
However, the nobles are already demolishing the houses in the fishing village and violently driving out the residents, but they are still not allowed to resist?
In the eyes of the fishermen, this group of nobles completely tore off the mask of humanity in the past, revealing the fangs of the monster beneath the skin.
Finally, some fishermen couldn't bear it anymore. They were already thinking about the lakeside very much. The harpoons and hand axes they held in their hands were their last stubbornness.
The fishermen are starting to fight back!
When someone witnessed his companion throwing a harpoon, other fishermen who realized that they had completely broken up and gave up their illusions began to follow suit.
Someone shouted: "You won't let us live! You all should die!"
While shouting, the harpoon was struck.
Soldiers began to be injured, and some even had their chests pierced by sharp harpoons. Death suddenly came, and this was no longer a violent drive, it completely evolved into a battle between two sides!
How many private soldiers of the nobles were stupid enough to only hold wooden sticks and ropes? Seeing that their comrades were constantly being attacked by sharp weapons, and their own side began to suffer losses, they all threw wooden sticks with all their strength in an attempt to hit a fisherman's head, and then pulled them out of their waistbands.
Sharp hand ax.
The soldier clearly shows his axe, which is both a deterrent and a signal of danger.
In the eyes of the fishermen, the actions of the noble soldiers were a sign that they were about to be killed. As the saying goes, this was the moment when the fish died and the net broke, so the fishermen also took the risk.
At first, men armed with weapons charged at the nobles' private soldiers, while women and children were still fleeing towards the lake.
Although the fishermen are busy with their fishing operations all day long, they are by no means cowardly, especially a group of fishermen who left the lake and entered the ocean, transforming themselves into pirates. Some of them even took advantage of the breeze of the Ross fleet and ran to Danish waters last year.
A man who steals fish.
The armed fight turned into a civil war, but no matter how brave the fishermen were, they were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of military strength.
The fishermen's charge to the death was ruthlessly overtaken. When a group of fishermen were brutally killed, the morale of the remaining people collapsed. The battle continued, resistance turned into killings, the fishermen retreated steadily, and the shield wall of the nobles' private army was established step by step.
The fishermen are not without a way to survive, at least as seen on the surface, everyone can still get on the boat and escape quickly.
Some fast fishermen, even if they didn't know what happened, got on their boats with their wives and children, and launched an attack on the Ross fleet that was blocking the port area.
The warships only saw a narrow gap. Although the larger rowing long boats could not pass through the gap, it was not a problem for the small boats to pass through. Of course, they might be blocked, but with many ships running for their lives together, someone could always escape.
But they were wrong.
Rurik was observing the progress of the situation from the attic of Ross's shop throughout the whole process, and he noticed that the expulsion turned into a bloody fight.
It was within his expectation that the situation would turn out this way, but the white fox was shocked.
"Those fishermen and the noble army are fighting. Both sides are fighting for their lives. Wouldn't it be true that many fishermen will die?"
"At least it's not us who did the evil." Rurik said coldly.
Hearing this, Bai Hu felt a chill in his gut. He turned his head and saw some fishermen were already rowing away, and asked again: "Our army is on the shore. Our army originally wanted to intercept these fishermen. Now you just let them leave?"
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"Can they really escape?" Rurik shook his head expressionlessly.
The further development of the situation was just as Rurik said, any fishing boat that tried to pass through the blocked gap was shot at close range by a torsion slingshot.
At this moment, the entire fleet was arranged in a long arc-shaped formation, with slingshots on the sides aimed at the gaps. Although there were only a small number of armed sailors manning each ship, this manpower was enough.
The armed sailors did not shoot at the people, but only fired accurately at the hull of the approaching sampan. The boat was smashed into a big hole and soon fell silent. The people who were beating around the sailors grabbed all the objects that could be grabbed, and they instinctively grabbed onto the boat.
The rope dropped by the man was pulled overtime by armed sailors one after another.
Anyone who was pulled up, whether men, women, old or young, had their hands and feet tied with ropes. They asked what had happened today. While they were yelling, a bunch of linen cloth was stuffed into their mouths, and their mouths were tied with ropes.
Compared to the noble private soldiers on land, the Russians here are a little more merciful after all.
More and more small boats turned into driftwood on the lake, and many fishermen were tied up on various Ross ships.
Seeing that there was no hope of breaking out, a group of fishermen's boats simply drifted near the shore, and more people were trapped on the shore.
Rurik was still observing all this from above, and saw that the encirclement of the noble private soldiers was constantly tightening.
The shacks in the fishing village collapsed one after another. He really admired the nobles' drive to clean up the fishing village and destroy the houses.
The nobles worked very hard, and Rurik could not be said to be happy, because when he asked himself, he was the mastermind of this matter, and he was not qualified to sympathize with the fishermen. But as his kingdom has developed to this point, some things must be done, even if he does it
It doesn't matter if a tyrant becomes infamous.
Fortunately, I saved a hand.
He suddenly asked about the white fox: "Tell me, if these fishermen knew that I was the mastermind behind this, how many new names would they give me?"
"They? I don't think they dare. Anyone who dares to disobey the king can be killed."
"It's okay if you compliment me." Rurik sighed slightly, "Fortunately, I was prepared. Just imagine, if you were a fisherman over there, what would you see?"
"This..." Bai Hu was confused, "I'm a businessman, I don't understand."
"What those fishermen saw was the nobles doing evil. It was the nobles of Mellaren who were killing the poor fishermen! But we, so far, have been blocking the port, and the Russians have not killed anyone."
"But we really won't let them leave."
Rurik nodded: "It doesn't matter even if they think so. After all, it is the nobles who directly committed the evil. They will remember the culprits, and what we have to do is to mediate at the last moment. Now is the time to send a signal to Arik and the others.
Got it!"
Thousands of fishermen were trapped on the pier. The faces of men and women were full of despair, and the children were just crying. Hundreds of fishermen have been killed in horrific armed fights, and their shacks have been destroyed, although there are not many valuable items.
, but most of the food everyone stored has been lost.
What is the king's attitude? Is he colluding with these nobles?
They had no time to think, because the noble troops who were eyeing them were still shrinking the encirclement.
Finally, the situation took a turn for the worse!
The Russian army, wearing white-and-blue-striped jerseys, suddenly appeared. The leader, Arik, summoned soldiers to form a new human wall and stood in front of the helpless fishermen.
The situation became extremely delicate. The fishermen immediately noticed that the Ross army that suddenly appeared had no malicious intentions, just like when they deliberately entered the fishing village for an armed patrol a few days ago, they showed the same good and bad intentions.
At least that's what it seemed, and the next thing they saw was that the Rus' army was literally the patron saint of a group of fishermen.
The shields of the Russian warriors were facing outwards in unison, showing their backs to the fishermen.
Arik stood in front of the formation, wielding swords with both hands and waving them violently, calling loudly: "Noble people, it's over here! You all leave!"
The nobles complained that things had become like this, and even Bjorn complained about why the Ross army suddenly appeared now.
"You are acting as mediators!" Bjorn cursed in his heart. He had already realized the current situation. After all, the peaceful expulsion turned into a bloody expulsion. But so what? The matter has been done. So far, many nobles have
The demands have been met.
As the de facto land noble with the highest status in Mellaren, the abdicated king Bjorn stepped forward.
"Arik, put away your swords. There is no need for us to fight with each other."
"Indeed." Arik nodded, sheathed his sword, and continued to shout: "You are too harsh on the fishermen! No more blood can be shed! You all should leave, and we will handle the rest."
"Is this the end?"
"Yes! Let's stop it here!" Arik was still shouting at the top of his voice, and his meaning was actually quite clear, which was to let the helpless fishermen understand that the disaster was over.
According to the previous agreement, when the Rus declared that the situation was over, the Melalen nobles should evacuate with their people. Arik's voice was loud, and a group of nobles who heard the news had already led their people away.
The originally relatively regular shield wall collapsed, and each nobleman left with his own people. Why stay and continue to confront the Ross army and the helpless fishermen? The confrontation itself was meaningless. The top priority now was to follow the king's tacit approval.
Looting valuable property from the ruins of the fishing village.
Ordinary private soldiers can collect a few copper and silver coins from the ruins, or even edible dried fish.
Naturally, the landed aristocrats don't want these boring pots and pans, what they want is the land under the ruins.
The nobles left one after another but did not disappear. The nobles standing on the ruins in gorgeous clothes were already enclosing the area!
After all, free fishermen are not fools. The fishing village they formed spontaneously is indeed a geomantic treasure for Stockholm. It is a protrusion that extends to the lake on a macro scale, and is uniquely endowed as an excellent port.
The nobles have long secretly hoped that all these fishermen would leave. In the past, they did not dare. Now, with the instruction and coordination of King Rurik, the brothers have joined forces to do it.
Now, all fishermen, men, women and children are under the "protection" of the Russian army.
However, what happened next puzzled them.
The fishermen's boats that were still at berth began to be confiscated by the Russian army on the grounds of safekeeping, and the male and female fishermen were ordered to put down their weapons.
Arik put away his weapon and faced the fishermen with open arms. He seemed kind in person, but behind him were thousands of mighty army soldiers!
The severely frightened fishermen were in shock, and the helpless children were still crying and shouting.
"Put down your weapons and accept the king's arrangements! Pay attention! Your village has been destroyed by them, and you have nowhere to go. But the king is kind and will provide you with a way to survive. As long as you stop resisting and obey, you can all survive.
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What Arik said were all the words given to him by Rurik. There are no more promises here, only one core principle: only by obeying can you survive.
No, Arik shouted like this: "Women, think about your children. Men, think about your women. Only by obeying the king can you survive."
Their defenses were completely breached, and anyone who resisted dropped their weapons and allowed themselves to be dealt with by the Russians.
Soon, the Ross ships released each other's ropes, and the blockade of the port area was completely ended.
A group of long rowing boats rushed to the port and began to load the fishermen who had lost all their means of production and transport them to the well-defended Gould Island Fortress.