The Russians grabbed a lot of wheat, but they couldn't resist their greed.
Since all the delivered goods belong to everyone, everyone's attitude is very clear whether food such as wheat and peas, which are very precious in daily life, should be eaten on the road or taken home. Wheat has only one destination, which is your own belly. For safety reasons, it must be stuffed into it as soon as possible!
The army will rest on the beach all day.
On the way home, if the fleet does not stop at Semeriya and other places, it will still take at least five days to return home all the way north.
All seventy captives had a new destination after this night, and they were divided up by the Russians!
Those young women who had given birth before were very popular among the young warriors.
A group of little girls among the captives were eventually taken away because they could be used as domestic servants and were excellent tool workers who could speak Norse. These young Russians rob houses as a side job to make money, and their main job is still fishermen.
Since you are a fisherman, you know how to take a long shot to catch big fish.
Their father and brother died in previous attacks by their counterparts on Gotland. This revenge was very successful, and Gotland women were captured in large numbers. Possess them, train them, and finally become your own wives and concubines. The Russians are already doing this, not only to meet their own needs, but also to demonstrate the success of revenge.
For the prisoners, things weren't so bad.
Daytime came again, and their hands and feet were still free, but they were collectively guarded on the beach, with more than a hundred soldiers closely guarding them.
The Russians were not so much looking after the prisoners as they were looking after their warships.
According to the plan, when a new night comes, the tide rises, and when the tide is about to recede in the early morning, the army leaves.
The women gathered around the bonfire on the beach, taking large quantities of pine branches handed over by the Russians to keep the fire going.
A large number of women are still pounding stone mortars to make more flour.
They were ordered to spend a whole day making mature wheat cakes from as much flour as possible. As payment for their work, they were free to stuff their bellies with wheat cakes.
There are more than a hundred people in charge of the camp on the beach, and Harozov is very relieved about this.
After discussing with Arik, he took 200 people to take advantage of the warmth of the day to explore the inland areas.
Everyone is convinced that this area, which is much warmer than Roseburg's hometown, is really strange that no one is taking advantage of it.
As far as Harozov knows, many small settlements have been formed on the island of Semerya, not far from here, and on the land on the other side of the island. Although those people did not have much communication with the Russians and the Siya Alliance, their relationship with each other was quite mild.
There are still more than 300 brave warriors in the army, and it seems that they can gain a lot of benefits by attacking Semeliya Island and looting it.
Harozov gave up the idea, but he had already reaped the huge benefits! He plundered Gotland with troops, gold, silver, two women, and the joy of venting his hatred. After enjoying this kind of fun once, he longed for more.
While the Semerian islanders are potential allies, this part of Courland is full of unknowns.
He and Arik discussed and reached a consensus, and the others followed their "war leaders" for a reason, went deep into the interior to find the strongholds of unknown people, and wielded their battle axes to plunder everything they could, such as furs and linen.
As a result, approaching a full day's exploration, they found nothing interesting.
If there is any gain, it is the gain for the archers.
There are large pine forests and oak forests here, as well as some small swamps and small plains among the forests.
This place seems to have never been visited by anyone, with hares scurrying around and turtle doves flying around. Isn’t it a holy place for hunting?
During normal hunting times, hunters will set up some traps to improve hunting efficiency. Time was urgent, and among the entire army, only twenty professional hunters with bows and arrows had the ability to capture a large number of hares.
Although time was short, the hunters still caught fifty hares.
The Russians cut down some branches and hung the rabbits one by one on the branches with hemp ropes or temporary vines they found. They lined up in a long line, sang ancient songs in the sunset, and returned to the beach to live a wonderful life of eating wheat cakes with their left hand and eating rabbit meat with their right hand.
"This place is really wonderful." Harozov admired while leaning on the bonfire: "Why don't those Gotlanders build a town here? I want to continue to rob it."
"Since they don't want it, why don't we build a settlement here?" Arik asked.
"We should talk to the big leader about this matter, but looking at the current situation, the big leader still wants to build a town at the mouth of Lake Ladoga."
"Alas..." Arik sighed slightly, and boldly chewed off half of the rabbit leg. After chewing it roughly, he swallowed it. "There are a lot of rabbits here. We should really build a stronghold here. Let's capture all the rabbits here." , and all Ross men get comfortable rabbit skin hats and gloves. And delicious barbecue!"
Harozov knows very well that Courland is a geomantic treasure land that continues to develop. Due to practical factors, development? Very unrealistic.
"Forget it. Although this place is good, it is too close to the Gotlanders, too far from our alliance, and even further from our Roseburg."
"So we won't develop it?" Arik asked, "Could it be that if we build New Roseburg in Ladoga, it won't be further away from our hometown."
"However, it is closer to our servant Novgorod. Alas... after all, we are not strong enough. If we had more warriors, we should swear power on the beaches where the fleet docked and order the locals as servants . So..." When the words came to this, Harozov's old face looked at Arik again: "Boy! More boys! Arik, you are the hero of the tribe, and the tribe also needs more heroes. You only have one wife. If it’s not enough, you should think about it carefully, haha! Just like me..."
Harozov casually handed the half-eaten rabbit to his two newly acquired women.
Aric's eyes widened as he watched the women pulling their wives to gnaw the meat together, wishing he could suck out the rabbit's marrow. He knew that Harozov had succeeded.
"So, what should we call this place?" Arik suddenly asked.
Harozov looked at the sun that was about to sink into the sea and said casually: "Let's call it Rabbit Beach. After all, we caught fifty rabbits here in a short time."
"Okay. What if we build a town here in the future? Let's call it Rebiburg."
Harozov shrugged: "It's a strange name, forget it..."
Perhaps from this era, the Russians began to take a keen interest in this beach. Now, Arick just thinks that the local rabbit fur is a very good resource. As long as they really take root, they will soon find another wonderful place.
The so-called "Rabbit Castle Beach", also known as "Rabbit Castle", is a deserted place.
The long coastline facing Gotland is also uninhabited by locals. In Riga, which is far away from the beach, a large number of tribes originating from the Baltic people have established large and small settlements. The mouth of the Daugava River forms a city, which is the core of the Riga people.
Basically, all the river estuaries around the Baltic Sea have the potential to become human settlements.
Not far to the northeast of "Rebiborg Beach", the Russians who were on their way a few days ago discovered a bay formed by the mouth of a river. The place was densely forested and there was not a single boat in sight. There are various indications that this bay is deserted.
The Rus people who were busy on their way did not even land to explore. They knew better that the river flowing into the small bay was called the Winda River.
The entrance of the Wenda River to the sea is not simple, because in that plane, the powerful Kievan Rus knew that the Wenda River occupied by the Riga people, the port formed by it entering the sea is a port that does not freeze all year round! Some of the locals living in the Riga area migrated here and became part of Livonia during the Northern Crusaders' era. When the declining Kievan Rus regained its hegemony with a new attitude, this natural ice-free port was named Windusk.
When Latvia was restored to its own state, the city was renamed Ventspils. No matter how she changes her name, she will always be named after the Winda River, because the bay is an ice-free port, and Germans, Vikings, and Russian warships and iron hooves come in droves, just to gain a huge advantage in trade and obtain a comprehensive A natural harbor for docking.
Kievan Rus fought the Khazar Khanate for the security of the southern estuary, and fought bloody battles with the Finns and Livonians for the northern estuary. The war for access to the sea and ice-free harbor even lasted for a thousand years!
The sun went down and the temperature dropped sharply. A large number of people gathered around the campfire and made a shack to sleep soundly.
Together with the prisoners whose bellies were also full of food, the situation of the Russians was even better. It's not that the Russians are benevolent, the most fundamental reason is that they don't want to lose an available resource for no reason. It would be too bad if the captives got sick from cold or died of hunger.
A warm night passed quickly. Harold Johnson, who got up early, banged his wooden shield and shouted: "Brothers, wake up immediately, we are leaving now."
Someone snoozes? No.
The strength of the Russians and their peers lies in their willingness to obey a strong commander and maintain a high level of organization.
Everyone knows that if we wait for a while, the tide will recede and we will have to wait until the next high tide.
No one was paying attention to the still-burning bonfire. The Russians who got up kicked the lazy prisoners awake one after another, no matter how big or small, and then ordered them to board the ship immediately.
The prisoners got some wheat cakes they had baked yesterday in their hands, but they had been left out for a long time and the cakes had become hard.
Their hands and feet were still free. Forced by shields and swords, they quickly finished their cakes and climbed onto the boat one after another.
"Everyone, try your best!" Arik, who was barefoot, was swimming in the shallow water, and he and his brothers pushed the boat into the sea.
"Be careful not to let anything scratch the ribs."
"The keel clears the sand and we climb aboard."
Arik directed his own actions, as did the other ships.
A boat enters the sea and floats, with a large number of oars stretched out. Another long hemp rope is thrown to another boat that was deliberately stranded. The hemp rope is tied to the leading target on the bow of the boat. The front boat is dragging the rear boat. Drag to the sea.
The Rus showed the operational efficiency that a Viking tribe should have. They successfully sailed the entire fleet into the vast sea before the tide ebbed.
Twenty warships lowered their sails, and only the captured ships they towed continued to have their sails tied.
With the help of the gentle south wind, they could move slowly at a turtle speed of two knots.
If this were the case, they would have had to spend four days of non-stop movement to reach the Åland Islands, the throat of the Gulf of Bothnia.
In order to go faster, everyone had to paddle to help get to the Åland Islands in just two days.
In addition to the desire to return home early, people floating on the sea currently have to face the possibility of an attack from the Gotlanders.
Many young people are full of illusions about the future.
The short life of the young warriors lacked setbacks. This time they participated in the first "major battle" in their lives and achieved a great victory. Sitting on a huge sum of money and women, it is strange that their mentality is not upbeat.
Look at them! In order to relieve fatigue while paddling, they actually kept bragging about themselves, saying that they were invincible strongmen, and slandering the Gotlanders as idiots who were only worthy of being slaves.
Harozov didn't want to pay attention to their nonsense, so he gave a few words of warning: "Brothers! Pay attention to the situation in the sea and be careful if you find any ships."
He had reminded him many times, which made Arik a little annoyed.
"Uncle, what are you worried about? Are you worried that Gotland's fishermen will attack us and steal our property?"
"What do you think it is? Arik, we accidentally deviated and were targeted by the Gotlanders. Your father died in this sea."
"Then let them come!" Arik's eyes were filled with the desire to continue fighting, "My revenge is not over yet. I wish now that a group of enemy ships would appear on the sea, so that I can achieve greater achievements."
"Naval battle? Wait." Harozov sighed, "Fight them when they come! I hope we won't encounter them."
Harozov really doesn't want to encounter the enemy now, but he is not absolutely optimistic.
After all, the army burned down a large settlement of the Gotlanders in the south. At the end of one night's battle, the corpses left behind by the other side may have exceeded 500.
The actual situation was certainly more tragic than Harozov's prediction. The surviving residents of Skenberg fled north in a state of destitution. They spent a whole day evacuating to the north of the island, and the terrible news spread throughout the island.
After all, there are 20,000 people living in Gotland, and all Gotlanders firmly believe that this matter is the action of the Sivia Alliance. They believe that because their own people landed in Jotalan to open up wasteland, small-scale conflicts with the Siyan Alliance, especially the powerful Melalen people, have never stopped over the years. The Melalen people had every reason to entangle some people in launching a brutal sneak attack!
Don't look at the young Russians describing the Gotlanders as fools and cowards, using all the despicable words they know. Harozov is now worried about colliding with the ships of the Gotlanders who are filled with revenge. Only when his fleet rushes to the Åland Islands can it be said that the Russians are safe.
However, the Gotlanders are already frantically looking for enemies who will attack and burn Skokenberg. The north of the island is on full alert, and a large number of warships from Gotland have already left the port!
To organize troops to fight back against the Siya people, this matter still needs to be considered in the long term.
There are several large and wealthy families in the north of the island. They know that the entire island united cannot resist the all-out attack of the Sivia Alliance. The only way to win is to seek help from Denmark, that is, to the leader of the alliance respected by the Gotlanders. , Denmark’s “Lion King” Hafgen asked for help.
Until then, Gotland is on the defensive.
A large number of warships moved to the south of the island, and many Gotlanders from the port of Kalmar in the Götaland region also participated. A group of warships quickly appeared in the strait from Kalmar Port to Gotland Island. Firstly, they were to prevent the northerners from raiding the large fleet. Secondly, they were searching for the suspected "vanguard fleet" and annihilating it at the opportunity to vent their anger.
The news became more and more sinister as it spread, making everyone in Goth panic. It seemed that the enemy who attacked Sikkenborg was just the vanguard of the enemy. Some people even believed that the plan of the Northern Sewia Alliance was to bloodbath the entire Goth after the sea ice completely thawed. Tran.
Some ships rushed to Denmark in an emergency, and rowers risked vomiting blood just to deliver an intelligence that was passed on many times and became a "battle alert."
Some ships also began to move to the waters east of the island, but most of these ships were responsible for exploration and warning.
What is supposed to come will come, and Harozov is not surprised at all by the white sails appearing on the distant sea.
"The enemy finally appears! Pay attention to the sail in the distance, that's the enemy!"
Harozov muttered, and the other oarsmen also stopped what they were doing.
Suddenly, Arik's once relaxed heart returned to tension: "Uncle, what should we do?!"
"What else can we do? We can't try to avoid the war, the war is already coming!" After saying that, Harozov stood up suddenly, hit his wooden shield with his ax, and shouted crazily: "Brothers! Goths! The Lan people have come for revenge, let us rush forward and eliminate them all!"
Suddenly, the young people on the flagship screamed, their momentum was high!
This momentum immediately infected other ships.
Harozov continued his order: "Arik, you and the others should take in the sails."
"Why?!"
"Young man, aren't you afraid that the enemy will burn our sails?! Do it quickly. Next, we will row over and fight in gangs! Listen, there are many of us!"
Appearing far away from the Ross fleet was the Danish reconnaissance fleet. Their strength was actually small, with only eight ships in total.
The eight white sails are eight ships. Harozov conservatively believes that the enemy's strength is about 240 people.
This old guy has been following Otto for more than 20 years and has participated in many battles without being seriously injured. He thinks this has something to do with Otto's lessons.
"Don't treat your enemy as a fool." This was Otto's lesson. Harozov knew that his side had an advantage in strength, but the enemy really had 240 people. It was unrealistic to gain an overwhelming advantage after the battle. .
This naval battle cannot be avoided. Even if there is a chance to escape, the young soldiers will still fight. Avoiding is a cowardly act! Who wants to be a coward?
There is no way to avoid war, so let’s fight it.
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Chapter 135 Enemy Ships Off Rabbit Beach
