Ella led a team of fifty people to Rurik's castle to discuss the passage of the army. This team of fifty people was composed of her lords who were good at magic and the most skilled soldiers.
Everyone wore tattered coats as a cover-up, but in fact, they were wearing the most expensive armor under these clothes.
In addition, she also ordered an army to follow quietly not far away. The army was divided into two parts, each part keeping a certain distance from the front. The number of the group closest to Aila was around 200 people,
The other branch has thousands of people. Once Ella is besieged, they only need to form a circular formation and hold for a moment, and reinforcements of 200 people will arrive immediately to counter the siege. And if the enemy still insists on resisting under attack from the front and rear,
Just wait a moment, and an army of thousands of people will arrive soon.
She informed the priests of her itinerary plan before they set off, and this was the bait she arranged. There are only three methods that the priests can adopt after colluding with Rurik. The first is to ambush halfway, which is the simplest.
, is also the easiest to deal with; the second is to wait until she talks with Rurik to take action, but Ella is not prepared to really get into the trap, and will only lead her troops to stop outside the city and negotiate with Rurik separately.
The meeting place, and once the meeting ended, the "dead" priests were actually expelled by Aila; the third method was not to use assassination, but to rely on Rurik's military strength and the influence of the priests to conquer
Ella, this is the most troublesome, but it shouldn’t cause a big storm. The most terrifying thing about the rebellion is that you don’t know when and where it will happen suddenly. Once the time and place of occurrence are determined, it will just happen.
Just a small conflict.
"But, Rurik actually participated in the plans of those priests?" Ella said to herself.
Ella still vaguely remembers Rurik. Two years ago, Rurik participated in the plan to assassinate Ragnar under Alfred's persuasion. After the failure, he disappeared. There were also other people who disappeared with him.
Jon. Since there is no news, Ayla has always assumed that he has been killed by Ragnar. According to her understanding of Rurik, Rurik has no interest in the territory of the Pirate Kingdom. His ambitions are in the east.
On the prairie.
Soon, Ella entered a coniferous forest. A few steps forward, a large group of people suddenly rushed out from the surroundings. The people around Ella immediately formed a circular formation, protecting Ella in the center.
The ambush team surrounded Ella and her team. Einar walked out of the crowd with a sinister smile and shouted to Ella: "King of Sweden, you are desperate!"
Ella asked Einar calmly: "Where did the soldiers around you come from?"
"These are all warriors of gods, given to us by the Asa clan!"
"Then what do you want to do?"
Einar raised his crutch high, like a judge who was passing sentence on a sinner: "God's punishment for the unbelievers!"
"Your Majesty... they actually chose the stupidest method." Amy complained in a low voice, "They didn't even build a trap. With just a few people, it feels like more than fifty people are redundant."
"You forced me to do this." Ella said, "From today on, my territory no longer welcomes priests from the Asa Clan!"
This sentence was addressed to the lords surrounding Ella. However, Einar still did not realize the danger and said in an imposing manner: "From today on, there is no longer a place for you in the Pirate Kingdom! You
His ashes will be evenly sprinkled into the sea to avoid staining the holy land!"
Before Einar finished speaking, the first wave of reinforcements arranged by Ella arrived. Einar only brought about 200 people. When he saw more than 200 people suddenly appeared in the distance, his face turned blue.
: "You...you plotted against me?"
"You choose the road yourself." Ella waved her hand forward, "Execute these priests on the spot! Then bring their bodies back to the army and show them to the public for three days!"
Unexpectedly, before Ella's men could take action, a soldier behind Einar suddenly swung an axe, and knocked Einar to the ground with one blow. This incident was completely beyond Ella's expectation. She was stunned.
He watched as the soldiers brought by Einar took action and killed the group of priests one after another.
"We are here to assist the King of Sweden and execute the rebels." The first soldier walked up to Ella, bowed his head and saluted, "King of Sweden, Grand Duke Rurik invites you."
Ella followed the group of soldiers for a while with full of suspicion, and a wooden city wall appeared in front of them. The wall was built in the style of a pirate kingdom, just like a big pig pen.
"Your Majesty, we'd better be careful." Amy whispered to Ella.
Ella nodded and stopped outside the city wall.
"King of Sweden? Why are you stopping here?" Rurik's men made a "please" gesture, "The Grand Duke has prepared a sumptuous banquet for you inside in advance."
"I won't go in." Ella said, "Can you trouble Grand Duke Rurik to walk a few steps to meet me here?"
A burst of hearty laughter suddenly came from the grassland on the side: "King of Sweden, look at your little thoughts, are you worried that I will assassinate you?"
A wild boar walked in the distance - to be precise, it was a man carrying a wild boar. But due to the distance, the man's body was almost invisible compared to the huge wild boar. When the man walked closer,
Only then did Ella see that the man was Rurik.
Rurik walked up to Ella, threw the wild boar to the ground, and said with a grin: "In order to make tonight's banquet more lively, I went to kill a wild boar and brought it back! Why, the King of Sweden is so cruel
Trust me?"
"It's not distrust, it's just...awe." Ella carefully planned her words, "I don't understand why you want to kill those priests? Don't you believe in Thor?"
"Priest? What kind of thing are priests? I came all the way to Novgorod and I still have to obey their orders?" Rurik made a "hum" sound in his nose, "You are clearly a servant of your own god.
But their magic level is not as good as mine. In the final analysis, they are just a group of profit-seeking guys. Why are you still standing here? Let’s go! Let’s slowly discuss at the banquet how to attack the Republic of Liguria later.
.”
Ella was even more confused: "Fighting the Republic of Liguria? Are you going too?"
"Go! Of course everyone should go for such a good thing! I have been unhappy with the Republic of Liguria for a long time! It's not just me, there is also a distinguished guest inside!"
Suddenly another shout came from the castle: "Brother! My good brother, the King of Sweden! You are here!"
"Brother? Who?" Ella felt increasingly confused, "When did I have a brother in Novgorod?"
Running out following the voice was a man whom Ella had never seen before. As soon as he ran to Ella, he excitedly grabbed Ella's hand: "Of course we are brothers, as long as you send troops to fight against Liguli
In the Republic of Asia, we are half-brothers from different religions!"
Ella's logic completely collapsed: "This... this... your surname is also Scipio?"
"He is the Khan of the Khazar Khanate." Rurik couldn't stand it anymore and explained from the side.
"Khan? Khazar Khanate?" Aila lost her voice in shock. The Khazar Khanate was a nomadic country to the north of the Qiqiu Empire. It was sometimes an enemy and sometimes an ally with the Qiqiu Empire. It was an extremely powerful force. Aila
When La took the Volga River to the Black Sea this time, he was prepared to pay tolls to the Khazar Khanate. But why did the Khan of the Khazar Khanate appear in Novgorod?
"Although he is said to be Khan, he only ascended the throne a few days ago. There are still many people competing with him for the position of Khan." Rurik said in a low voice, "The Republic of Liguria has a man named Dast.
A powerful guy. In just a few months, he shot and killed three Khans of the Khazar Khanate. No one in the Khazar Khanate could succeed him, and a civil war had begun."
