Chapter 847 Swined of Uppsala

The main force of the fleet has completely entered Lake Mälaren, and flags with white background and blue stripes are flying everywhere. The fishermen watching can all see that the Russians are coming!

A large number of fishermen fled spontaneously, and even the soldiers at the Mälaren post on the island at the entrance to the lake watched nervously as the Ross fleet entered the great lake.

Their instinctive fear reminded them that this army might come with bad intentions, and that the Russian nobles might decide to launch a war.

Under intense observation, things quickly took a very wonderful turn.

The fleeing fishermen saw that the huge fleet actually began to form a long snake formation and rushed into a relatively wide river that poured water into the lake from north to south. The Ferris River is currently in the wet season, but the wide river surface slows down the flow of water, and its almost pure north-south direction allows the Ross fleet to perfectly take advantage of the southerly wind to move northward.

This is already the last journey. The almost non-stop sea voyage for seven consecutive days has made everyone tired of traveling and traveling. Now people are finally excited.

Because going is the destination - the Uppsala tribe.

The rowing boats passing by the fleet now do not belong to other tribes, but the personnel come from Uppsala. The people were watching the Russian fleet heading north against the current with astonished eyes. They found it incredible, so they docked their ships one after another, with numb faces, and simply watched the mountain-like ships drifting northward, as if they were paying attention.

King Bjorn, who had not yet abdicated at this time, did not want to come here with a lick of face. He knew that the people of Uppsala only expressed their surrender in name, but when asked about one person, their attitude would definitely be: Bjorn. Not a real king.

Since Karl's assassination, there has been only one formal king in Sweden, and the so-called Bjorn lives more like the mayor of Birka Market.

However, the Uppsala people's attitude towards the Rus was equally complicated.

Duke Swined of Uppsala sent an envoy to the eastern part of Rus to find out what was going on. It has been more than half a year since the envoy left, but there is still no news.

People continue to live their lives, especially in a small lake under their control, and start the traditional work of fishing in the inner lake after spring plowing.

Because of the large temple, the ancient Uppsala people used a large number of giant trees to build this complex of multiple wooden buildings connected together. As a result, the trees in a large area were cut down, and living things were created on the lakeside. Out of a grassland.

They opened up oat fields along the mud-fed lakeside areas, turning the inland areas into pure wasteland. A small number of domesticated sheep and cattle roamed the grassland, but most of the area was simply wild grassland with little development.

Because of the past war, the people of Uppsala followed the then Swedish King Olegin on an expedition to Silver Castle controlled by Denmark. The war was really a bloody disaster for eight lifetimes. Their population was not large, and hundreds of strong men died in the battle, which greatly weakened the vitality of the Uppsala people!

The remaining people tried their best to have children. Although there were many children running around, the death rate of the children was also very high.

The entire Uppsala has reached a population of four thousand people, and the internal population structure is not healthy. The entire tribe of men between the ages of twelve and forty, the so-called warriors who can pick up hand axes and shields to fight, can only Five to six hundred people were gathered. Even if female soldiers are mobilized, up to a thousand soldiers can be mobilized.

They could no longer endure another defeat. They were by no means cowards, but they did not want to vomit another three liters of blood just for the ambition of a fool.

Now here comes the Rus and their huge fleet!

The fleet entered the small inner lake of the Uppsala people. Geographically, this is a component of the huge glacial lake Mälaren, but because it is geographically further north, the small lake is connected to the large lake by the Felice River channel. Connect to form relatively independent sections.

People's fishing boats suspended their fishing operations and made an emergency landing.

A large number of people did not know the purpose of the huge fleet of the Ross people. They had no idea that several Swedish nobles and envoys from various tribes had signed a new agreement in the capital of Ross. They had no idea that Ross had no ill intentions in coming.

What they saw was a huge fleet forming a large wall in the inner lake, rushing toward the Great Temple with overwhelming force.

A large number of men and women walked out of the densely packed houses on the shore. They dragged their families and rushed to the forest area to try to escape.

A group of people fled first, and more and more people followed.

Chaos began in the residential areas of Uppsala and rumors spread. It is said that when someone thinks that the Russians are unkind, they think of war. If they have such an association, they shout out loudly. The people who hear it add fuel to the fire, and it turns out that the Russian army launches a war.

Duke Swynedd was in the prime of his life and was busy training his own private soldiers in his own mansion. Although the people of Uppsala do not want to go to war with other countries, as a noble, they must maintain a small but strong private army in order to suppress the situation in the event of an incident.

The noise outside the wall became more and more serious. Just when Svenned thought something was fishy, ​​soldiers broke into the training ground.

"Master! They are coming!" The soldier's panic made him speechless.

"who?"

"Russian...Russian."

"Russians? What's going on outside?"

"People are running away. Because..."

"What's going on?" The Duke approached menacingly, holding an iron sword.

The fear on the soldier's face has not disappeared: "Ross's army is coming. Like a huge tide pouring into our lake, and like a big wall, they..."

Duke Swinned shook his head and felt that the matter was too strange, "It's strange. According to you, does it mean that the Russians are going to attack us?"

The soldier hesitated again.

The Duke twisted his thick neck and signaled to his subordinates: "Brothers, let's go see what the Russians want to do. Then control those who are running around."

He still didn't know what was happening on the lake. When he led more than fifty of his private soldiers out of the training ground, passed through the residential area and tried his best to control a group of people running around, he finally saw a shocking scene near the lake. One scene.

"Ah! Odin! Could this be an army from Asgard?!"

Swined was stunned, his jaw dropped as he witnessed what else the Ross fleet would do.

The inner lake is not big, and the water depth of this ice-eroded lake is only four or five meters, so the ships dropped their iron spears and quickly hit the bottom. The anchor head was tilted like mud at the bottom of the lake, and the ship was firmly anchored on the lake.

Neither Rurik nor Otto knew Swined, and they only remembered the former Duke of Uppsala. People in this era don't live long, and only a few people who have enough material conditions and are lucky enough can live to a long life. And those brave warriors always ignore the issue of retirement when they grow old, and they would rather die on the battlefield. Therefore, from the standpoint of the Uppsala people, some old warriors would choose to hang themselves under the sacred tree. After death, the priest would perform bloodletting to nourish the tree with the blood, and the remaining bodies would be buried in the cemetery.

The previous Duke had quietly ended his life in this way, pursuing the great glory of their faith.

No one thought this was ridiculous. Even though many people had been lost in previous wars, everyone regretted the heavy loss of soldiers, but not the ending. They died on the battlefield, they died for Odin.

Thanks to the Swedish nobles staying on the flagship, they pointed out to Rurik that a group of armed men were now forming an array on the shore, and the leader was none other than Swined.

Otto's mind was still stuck in the past, so he asked casually: "I remember their leader was an old guy."

The equally aging Duke Angreof of Angcras sighed with a hint of nostalgia for the past: "It's a new one."

"Is that Swinned?" Rurik shrugged, just thinking that man could be a warrior, nothing more.

The entire Uppsala tribe is in sight. Although Rurik came here for the first time, he could see the large temple complex at a glance!

It seemed to be a second assembly of several independent longhouses, forming an arc as a whole. Surrounded by this large arc was a giant tree with obvious width.

The thick trunk of the giant tree can be seen very clearly from a distance. If you touch it up close, how thick should the tree be?

What kind of tree is it?

Rurik cared more about the big trees and the big temple than Swined, who stood by the lake and stared at him.

He even fantasized about uprooting the tree and transporting it to New Roseburg to plant it to highlight the sanctity of the Rose Temple. He was really jealous.

The sailboat began to release the small boat, and the Russian soldiers in uniform wore glass strings on their bodies. Some of the well-prepared people inserted wild goose feathers on their white bear furs. Carrying linen sacks, bucklers, and leather helmets, they paddled toward the river.

As for those iconic cargo ships, Rurik's order to these ships was to directly beach.

The small lake owned by the Uppsala people is full of silt, or the entire Lake Mälaren area is lacking in stones. It is not a bad thing for ships to wash up on the beach without restraint. Besides, all the customers who ordered ships are here, especially Swined. Swynedd had absolutely no idea that the emissary he sent with authority had ordered a large ship for Uppsala.

It’s time to show the real Party A the power of the product!

From Swinned's point of view, he could see large ships with slender hulls, not relying on any oars at all, and taking advantage of the southerly wind to wash up the beach fiercely and quickly.

The hard oak keel bit deeply into the mud, and the bows of the ship washed into the mud with a small amount of grass, but most of the hull was still soaked in the water. The ship was deliberately beached, and many people immediately appeared on the deck.

That was a Ross sailor wearing a linen turban. He belonged to the professional team controlling the ship and was also a non-combatant.

Swined felt that the person who came was not malicious, so he tried his best to control his emotions and tried to stop the trembling of his legs by willpower.

He raised his neck and shouted: "What are you Russians here for?!"

He asked three times, but the sailors wearing turbans were busy with their own business.

Next, something extremely strange happened.

Only strange deer heads were seen protruding from the deck of the ship. At first, Swined thought they were specimens used only as ceremonial guards. As the deer heads kept twisting spontaneously, he realized that they were actually heads. Live deer.

Some standard cargo ships were used to transport soldiers. They walked out of the cabin and threw the rope ladder from the bow of the ship. Russian soldiers with various equipment and uniform clothes disembarked one after another.

People arriving in rowing boats started to land one after another, and finally Swined saw some familiar faces.

He recognized the Swedish King Bjorn who landed ashore at a glance. When he saw this man, all his worries disappeared, but he also became more angry.

He hurried away and saw that Bjorn was clearly tired from traveling.

"Bjorn, you should know better than to send such a fleet to my territory. You are acting against the rules!"

Bjorn himself was wronged, especially when he was criticized by Swined when he first arrived in Uppsala. He pointed at one big ship after another and said very unceremoniously: "Open your arms." Take a look with your eyes, don’t you recognize these flags?”

"I know. You are the king of Sweden, and the Russians listen to you. You! You are the king supported by the Russians."

This was said very rudely. In fact, Swined had no ill intentions towards the Principality of Ross. He simply disliked Bjorn, who had no military exploits but was very happy with them. A regicide assassin became king and named the market after himself. His success was only possible with the support of the Russians, which was already an open secret.

Bjorn was so angry that his beard trembled, and he said with frustration: "Forget it! I am no longer the king. The Russians have decided to be the king themselves. Svened, are you satisfied now?"

"What? A Rusian will be king?"

"Prince Rurik of Ross will be here soon, and old Otto, who you have met a few times, go talk to them! And I am just the Duke of Mälaren, so don't make fun of me anymore."

Swinned rubbed his head and was confused: "What did you say? So... the Russians sent the fleet to my inner lake just to claim the throne in my temple?"

"Exactly. You are really smart."

"It's really strange. I just sent an envoy to buy their ship. Why..."

"Are you really smart or stupid?!" Bjorn pointed at the large ships washed up on the beach with a mocking and bitter smile: "Look, the ship you want to buy is here. Your envoy has helped you It’s settled, all you have to do is pay with wheat.”

"Wait a minute, you were the mastermind behind the boat purchase, and I saw you doing it, so I followed suit. How many boats did you buy?"

Bjorn unceremoniously opened his right hand, and his fingers grew extremely large. "Five ships. We Malaren people bought five ships. You may not like me, but we Malaren people are still the strongest in Sweden."

"Maybe." Swined shook his head disdainfully: "The Russians don't want to pretend, they want to be the king themselves. Well, at least that Rurik is a real man. It's a pity that we are in the war against the new king of Denmark. It is a great loss of honor that the Uppsala army did not join in person."

Soon, Swinned met Rurik himself.

This was actually the first time he saw Rurik in person, and it was the first time he met him, and a deep sense of inferiority stung his heart.

In fact, he had met Rurik and Otto a few years ago. Although Otto looked older at that time, he still felt high-spirited. At that time, Swinned was just a follower beside his father. Although he was not young, he was still somewhat insufficient to inherit the title of Uppsala.

Today's Otto is very old, and his aging appearance is really worrying.

What happened to Rurik? A beautiful little boy back then, with a golden ponytail hanging on the back of his head like a little girl, is now a strong man with beards?

Swined's inferiority complex lies in the fact that this Rurik is really young and has such a tall figure that he is almost a head taller than himself. He was young, wearing mail armor and bearskin.

Each of Rurik's guards was extraordinary. They were well-dressed and hung with a large number of gems (actually glass beads). They wore huge iron helmets that protected their noses. Each helmet was additionally equipped with a white bear's ferocious fangs. Maxilla.

The two generations of Princes of Rus were guarded by a group of bear warriors. The guards were all tall and strong and unstoppable.

Looking further, there were actually a large number of women and some children standing beside Duke Ross. These young, beautiful and extremely gorgeously dressed women must be Rurik’s female relatives?

Rurik walked straight towards Swined with a calm face, and after being introduced emphatically by the messenger from Uppsala, he made his first contact with him by the lake.

"You? Rurik of Rus?"

"Exactly. I know you, Swined, the new Duke of Uppsala."

"Ah! I also know you, the hero who killed the old king of Denmark, and you almost killed the new king of Denmark last year. You are our hero in Sweden. I heard that you want to...be king."

"Where did you get the news?" After saying that, Rurik glanced at Bjorn, who deliberately turned his face sideways, and said: "You have seen my large fleet. This fleet attacked Denmark last year. I commanded to kill At least three thousand soldiers of the new king of Denmark were killed, and their capital city was burned down. This is my great achievement, and I will use this victory to sacrifice to Odin. You tell me! I have such achievements, am I a king? ?”

"You should be king. Find Shuyuan www.zhaoshuyuan.com" Swined said without hesitation.

"I must be the king of Sweden, and I must be enthroned in your great temple in Uppsala, so I am here. I can estimate that you will worry about many things. Before all our nobles negotiate my enthronement ceremony, I am now I can make a guarantee to you. Our Russian army is in Uppsala and we will not let you suffer losses. We are responsible for all the problems of food and accommodation. When I finish the ceremony of proclaiming myself king, I will leave on my own."

Indeed, if this is the case, the Russian nobles' actions of not disturbing the people will indeed not cause trouble to Uppsala, and the people can even get some benefits through helping labor during the ceremony of Rurik becoming king. If Rurik is indeed like this, this is a major difference from the actions of Sweden's supreme rulers in the past. A king who never makes a mistake, supporting him will definitely be beneficial to Uppsala.

Even though Rurik is young, old Otto is here. Immediately recognizing Rurik as king, Swined had no qualms in his heart.

Suddenly, Swinned shouted grandly: "Then! Please invite Rurik of Rus, the new king of Sweden, to visit our Great Temple in Uppsala! You will be here! Enthroned under the sacred tree as the king!"

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