The Russian Sorgon fleet headed east. Based on past experience, Rurik felt that his father's return this time would theoretically be early October at the earliest.
Even more pessimistic estimates suggest that the fleet will return in mid-October.
In short, they will never return until the end of October, and the reason is very simple. That is, in early November every year, the Gulf of Bothnia and the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea will begin to freeze. Eventually, the ice layer can be up to fifty centimeters thick, making it a place where you can run stably, but it is also a nightmare for sailing.
What’s more, parts of the sea were frozen in mid-October.
Shortly after the fleet set off, an autumn rain hit Fort Ross.
What is certain is that this autumn rain must have had a certain impact on Otto's fleet.
The Russians were not afraid of the autumn rain at all. They rowed in the cold, so that when the rain stopped for a moment, the oarsmen could clearly see the heat coming out of each other's bodies, especially when wearing hats and taking off their velvet hats. Like a pot of water about to boil.
The temperature dropped sharply, and Rurik could feel the cold wind as he stood at his door.
It was just an autumn rain, and the situation could only get worse.
The autumn rain lasted for five days, and Rurik did not know whether everything in the fleet commanded by his father was normal or whether anyone was suffering from illness. After all, they are sea warriors. Once they leave their home port, survival or destruction depends entirely on their own abilities.
The Russians have already been mentally prepared for the huge risks of sailing.
At this point, if the fleet encounters disasters such as heavy snowstorms, hailstones, and huge waves, causing most of the crew to die at sea, and even Otto himself to be swallowed by the waves, the tribesmen can only accept their fate.
Compared with previous eras, today’s Russians are more risk-resistant.
Because the tribes no longer need to compete for the position of the big leader through competitions.
Times have changed and there is no need for this at all.
Could it be that a mortal, even if he is powerful, dares to compete with the "Son of Odin" for power?
What's more, this person who has received the favor of the Great God is indeed the descendant of the Holy Son.
Today, quite a few tribesmen are still accepting Rurik's favor, especially the boys in the tribe.
After all, there are only 4,000 people in the tribe, and more than 150 boys between the ages of seven and nine have become Rurik's buddies. The parents of the younger boys are also eager for their young children to immediately Became Rurik's brother.
People are always very realistic, and the parents of the children understand that any tribal boy who is younger than Rurik will be rewarded with food as long as he obeys Rurik's orders.
Look what the children are eating? Every day is a combination of wheat cakes and meat. The richness of the food makes adults salivate!
Most people are happy to see that their younger sons can have the opportunity to have enough to eat, and by the way, it can also reduce their own family expenses. It can be said to be a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.
Only a few knowledgeable tribesmen realized that Rurik's methods were much better than those of his old leader's father.
So far, even in rainy weather, delicious meals are still provided.
Even those tribal girls who were ignored or even dispensable were organized by Rurik.
It is already the end of September, and those orphans from Mälaren and refugee girls from Ostara are receiving favors from Rurik every day. Even though some refugees have been taken in by their tribesmen, refugee girls are still given food.
Rurik is indeed a benevolent saint, and this sainthood is based on the huge wealth that Rurik spent a whole year making.
The children's food expenses cost Rurik twenty silver coins every day. At present, he can fully support this expenditure. That's what the so-called "big money box" does! Rurik felt that he was using money from the "tribal treasury" to provide nutritious meals to the children of the tribe. The tribesmen could not understand it. All they could recognize was that Rurik was really a saint.
After nearly four weeks of training, the skinny figures of the begging and semi-starved girls have changed a lot.
They eat much more food every day than their peers from other tribes, especially their intake of carbohydrates and fats. They are completely different from when they first arrived in Roseburg.
Their little faces became plump and rosy again, and many of them had baby fat. Their golden hair was carefully washed and tied into a uniform and delicate braid.
They wore custom-made linen clothing, which was exactly the same style as Rurik's original ten maids.
Rurik's new maids from the Mellaren tribe. They all wore a silver medal necklace with the words "Loyal to Rurik" engraved behind the name of Rurik's gift.
Rurik racked his brains just for this name. Twenty that begin with the letter A, twenty that begin with B, another twenty that begin with C, until the servant at hand is given a name.
As for the meaning of the name, he had no time to worry about it. After all, the name was a codename that he could easily recognize.
As for the refugee girls from the Ostara tribe, their identities are free and they naturally do not need nameplates or other objects.
But if they receive protection, they must fulfill their responsibilities and obligations to protect the Ross tribe.
Yes, this is the obligation that Rurik asked Carlotta, the female leader of Ostara, to fulfill.
So everything became clear in an instant.
Giving food to a scrawny child is a kind of "sheep raising" in a sense. Now, the flock will be organized in order to become some kind of special fighting force through training.
Rurik, when the earth becomes harder after the autumn rain, the plan hidden deep in my heart to train a team of female soldiers has finally come to fruition.
September 25th, the autumnal equinox.
The sky on this day is still hazy. Rumia, who has become a key priest in the sacrificial activities, stayed in the priest's longhouse last night. Now she is following the enthusiastic instructions of the high priest Vilia, who wears a deer-antler helmet and holds two wooden sticks to support her body. Next, the work of the Autumn Equinox Sacrifice was carried out.
As for Rurik, it was this morning that a large number of girls accepted the summons order and gathered at the door of the leader's house.
A large group of girls who had finished breakfast, they gathered together like a swarm of chirping sparrows.
"They should all be here. Carlotta, you are their leader." Rurik teased slightly at the dinner table.
Carlotta swallowed hard: "Rurik, I'm...a little nervous."
"Huh? You have to choose revenge, and the Ostara people must also have a team."
"Could it be that women can do it too?!"
Carlotta tried hard to convince herself that the so-called female warriors were still powerful characters on the battlefield. However, when she saw the strong men in the Ross tribe with big shoulders and round waists and stubble on their faces, she felt that her idea was a bit naive. I am also worried about whether Rurik's decision is reasonable.
Female warrior? How powerful can it be?
At this time, Niya suddenly stretched out her right hand and covered Carlotta's head: "My child, listen to Rurik's words, you can do it."
The girl's heart felt more at ease. She knew that the Ross and the Ostara people had a common enemy, and only the Ross people would really help the Ostara people.
She stood up and stood at the door under Rurik's guidance. The only people standing around her were girls in uniform clothes and uniform hairstyles.
Among them, the ten maids who were first given names were ordered to stand in the front row. They enjoyed the highest level of favor, and when they saw their master, they all looked at them kindly.
Suddenly, Rurik pulled out his sword, and a metallic buzzing sound instantly stopped the children's noise.
"Girls!" he shouted in a childish voice: "Starting from today, I will train you! You will no longer be weak women. I! Rurik! I will train you into female warriors who can fight. , this is your destiny!
I am the one blessed by Odin, and I am also blessed by Thor and Frey, and you are my Valkyrie.
Now, I name you, and you are my Valkyrie Legion. "
The Russians don't know the legend of the "Amazon Warrior", but everyone knows Valkyrie. Even this group of children who were once in trouble also know these legends.
In the northern legends, although the details are varied, the core parts are similar.
Valkyrie is not a Valkyrie, but a group of goddesses. It is a group of female warriors who are the maids of the great god.
Rurik wanted to organize as many tribal girls as possible to form a female soldier team to defend the tribe in times of crisis. However, due to the tribe's inherent prejudice against women, he naturally wanted to give the troops composed of them a domineering name.
The Valkyrie Legion, now and in the future, is made up of the women of Rus. Maybe its name is a bit too good to be true, but the men in the tribe will definitely fall for it.
Some girls are aware of the resounding name of this name, and there are also many who are destined to be the sand and gravel carried forward by the torrent of the times. They just want to obey their masters.
In short, the saint who gives daily food is giving orders. He is such a beautiful, heroic and kind boy!
The girls cried out spontaneously to express their support and recognition.
The way they cheered was noticed by the Finn Jevro who was watching from the sidelines.
"Rurik, is your charisma innate? I really followed the right person." Yevro felt secretly happy. He leaned on a dead tree, folded his arms, and paid attention to the subsequent changes in the crowd.
Jevlo also knew that his next job was to teach those boys who could walk at an unusually neat pace very practical and powerful single-fighting skills. In short, "one man could cut ten and he would not get a single scratch". No damage” Nordic martial arts.
Jevro knew even more that he would soon have to teach Rurik all about his fighting skills. The future leader of the Rus must lead by example and become a strong warrior who understands his responsibilities as a "teacher".
Even if it is for the money and the good food and drink every day, you must abide by your professional ethics.
What instructor Yevlo saw was the overwhelming response from the girls. He didn't think it was a good thing to train a group of little girls into berserkers who could slash with a shield. If they insist on participating in combat, why don't female warriors control other weapons?
For example, throwing short spears and shooting arrows with a bow.
Yevro vaguely remembered that when he was in his hometown, the women of the tribe also had to pick up sticks and stones to fight against the hostile tribes, and even against the Varyags who made surprise attacks.
In fact, he does not think that the various Varyag people are evil. Specifically, people outside his own tribe are not sure.
The Varangians were indeed guilty of being captured as slaves, but their own tribe would also take the initiative to attack others and plunder people as slaves. Life is like this, full of crises, and as a mercenary captain raised by Gould, Jevro increasingly understands the thinking of a businessman.
There is no clear distinction between good and bad, everything is for profit.
So now Yevro really knows that everything Rurik does is for the benefit of the Russian people. If the Ross tribe under this child's rule is not strong enough, powerful enemies will come. Even if the Ross people are already very powerful, powerful enemies will come looking for them.
Rurik felt that the atmosphere had been created very well, and he suddenly handed the sword into Carlotta's hand.
"Girls! She is Carlotta! The female leader of the Ostara tribe! Now I declare that she is the commander of the Valkyrie Legion!"
Here, Rurik gave Carlotta the name "Commodus", which comes from Latin and originally meant the commander of the army.
As for the inherent title of "War Chief" among the Rus, let it be called history. Even the word "fohera" of the great chief may become history.
Carlotta was a little frightened when facing the silent crowd. She looked at the steel sword in her hand and felt that she was obviously holding a sacred object.
She raised her right hand very stiffly to restore the steel sword, and her expression was quite solemn.
"Sisters, I am you...your commander. Daughters of Ostara, and children of Mellaren, it was Rurik, the son of Odin, who gave me this...this power. Now, Please follow me."
She finished speaking, but the scene was still quiet. Because everyone really didn’t know what to cheer for.
Rurik, who was staying next to Carlotta, noticed that a group of children were looking at him. At this moment, there were also many adults who were watching, and they were also casting curious glances.
They are all waiting for further orders from their true master.
The steel sword was still clutched in Carlotta's hand, and the current situation made the girl very embarrassed.
The fierce man Rurik stood with her hand, grasped her sword-holding right hand, and raised it high.
"Valkyrie! Carlotta! Ula!"
"Carlotta! Ulla!"
…
Rurik shouted three times, and then a group of girls shouted Carlotta's name. Unfortunately, they didn't understand the meaning of "Ula" and simply didn't shout at all.
Just like that, Carlotta fell into a mental trance. She couldn't control it. Her nose was sore and her eyes were full of tears.
She felt that the Ostara tribe she had destroyed was resurrected! Even though they are girls, they are all cheering for their names!
In a daze, she suddenly remembered the words of the merchant Gould - even if there is only the last woman left in Ostara, the entire tribe can be revived, because you are a woman.
Is the "Valkyrie Legion" the force of revival?
In this way, a military force composed purely of women in the Ross tribe has now been established.
It still seems extremely ridiculous. No one currently takes a group of seven or eight-year-old girls seriously, and there are only a handful of wise men who truly think they have potential.
The team is established, and the next step is training.
The establishment of this "women's organization" caused an uproar among the tribes. Everyone was eager for some interesting talk, but here comes the talk.
Rurik and Carlotta led more than 140 girls to the traditional training ground in the western hills with the tribesmen watching and commenting. There, the boys had assembled and began their daily battles with weapons.
The boys lined up in a human wall with their wooden shields intertwined. Afterwards, everyone shouted slogans and collided with another team in unison, violently.
Training has become a dangerous game, and boys who prefer to fight bravely like this kind of game.
Because on the battlefield, uniform formations attacked, Rurik believed that if it was just an infantry war, not many enemies in the world could withstand such an offensive. There are actually only two key points here, discipline and strength.
Although ancient warfare required one force to defeat ten skills, discipline is always the key to winning a war.
An undisciplined army is still a rabble, even if it is equipped with magical weapons. This principle applies at all times.
The formation training and human wall collision training that the boys received continued throughout the warm season. Although they were only children, knowledgeable old guys knew that as long as these little boys were given another ten years, the Russians would become extremely powerful. the power of! On this point, the old guys have reached a consensus in the chat.
What's more, these boys have also learned a lot of grappling techniques, and as a result, the pattern of the Russian wrestling game has changed! No longer relying on pure brute force, everyone began to ponder the techniques of hands and feet, and even delved into techniques such as lying on the ground and chokeholds. Because, on special occasions, these moves are terrifying techniques for killing enemies with bare hands.
The boys did not suddenly become able to obey orders and act in unison.
It all starts with queue training.
The new girls were naturally no surprise.
Rurik is here, but today’s training is different.
The boys no longer need to train in formation collision before winter. Instead, under the guidance of Yevluo, they learn the most advanced single-headed skills. As the saying goes, if the formation is too chaotic to recover, everyone will be broken into pieces. They can all become berserkers among the enemies. They must learn from Jevlo the "I can hit ten" skill.
As for Rurik, he had already trained the first ten maids how to line up, and now they are leading the captains, with Carlotta serving as the commander of the legion. As for her sister Ella, this obviously weak girl, she will just be a "little soldier" for the time being.
Rurik took action, and now he was obviously giving military training to a group of primary school students.
Just like how I trained the tribal boys last year, although it was very difficult at the beginning, it actually requires a week of high-intensity training. This group of girls will definitely be able to move in a uniform manner. If he had been armed with a weapon such as a wooden stick at that time, it would have shocked the men of the tribe.
Rurik's most urgent task at present is to train these girls to line up in a neat queue, with her neat steps, and form a formation on the beach to welcome the triumphant fleet. Here is the "new trick" he made for his father Otto.
As for the ultimate goal, that is to control, to control the girls of the tribe, and to make the men of the tribe realize that their daughters will never be a burden, but treasures cherished by the future leader.
Eventually, boys and girls will grow up, and their parents will grow old. The Ross tribe will be able to complete a very strong metabolism in the next twenty years.
The tribe does not need the old guys now. Rurik knows that the group of boys and girls he controls who shout the same slogans and walk in neat steps are the future of the tribe.
