Terravis originally thought that he would persuade them until the afternoon. Apparently fearing the terrifying strength of the Ross people, the female leader of the Vips announced her surrender.
Those who were hiding did not go far. Seeing the old lady calling for everyone to come out, the tribesmen also walked out of their hiding places.
On the other hand, the longships of the Ross Squadron also began to land.
Terravis met the conquerors just offshore.
Arik was very surprised. This boy actually convinced the Vips with just one mouth. He really won their submission without resorting to war.
Arik, who is relatively single-minded, was surprised, but this is a fact.
He ordered his men to exercise restraint and not to commit plunder unless they refused to pay tribute.
The development of the matter was completely beyond expectations. Five hundred extremely tall and strong Russian warriors stepped onto the Kekisalmi of the Vips. The women of the Vips were actually moved!
There is no clear marriage relationship between them, and the children born by a woman are the children of the entire tribe. Their lives are actually a bit chaotic, but women are always giving birth frequently and face an alarming infant mortality rate.
I saw a group of strong blond young men jumping off the huge ship. They were so strong that the children born from the fusion of their bones and blood could successfully escape the persecution of death.
Arik had not expected this kind of thing. The actions of the Vips women were clearly begging his subordinates to have sex with them. This kind of thing is really familiar to him. The same thing has happened in the Kovin community. So much so that in the Elon Orava Castle in the Principality of Ross, the women of the Iron Squirrel tribe are already holding a group of women who don’t know who their father is. tawny-haired mulatto child.
This was tacitly approved by the leader Kartenaka, and even her granddaughter was brought out. The shy girl was given to Taravis by her grandmother herself.
The girl Hayasta, whose name is "Fragrant Breath", is just a girl who has just grown up to be a mother. Even so, she insisted on telling Travis that he was her man.
How can Tyravis, who is like a newly grown bull, be controlled? When he held this reasonable girl under the soft deerskin cushion, he was still elsewhere and really fell in love with this proactive girl, even though he knew her purpose.
At night, Arik felt that this strange Keki Salmi was full of indescribable absurdity and beauty!
The warriors could feast on roasted reindeer meat and have sex with a group of women. The young warriors are not picky, and many of them have even done the same thing as the Corvin people in Ironburg. It is said that the newly arrived Vips and the Corvin people are one family, at least in this aspect they are really a family.
Both sides have their own needs, so to attack these guys who are so surrendered is just out of mind.
Arik had his own principles. He rejected the approach of all women and went to the camp to have an in-depth understanding of the situation with Kartenaka, the leader of the Vips.
Tyravis, who had finished his work, let the girl Hayasta lie on his lap. He acted as a translator, and he also desperately wanted to know the news that the Karelia people believed more.
The female leader faced it calmly. She saw and confirmed with her own eyes that the entire Vips tribe had no ability to resist in the face of the Ross army. She had chosen to defect to the Principality of Ross with her whole family, and then she began to introduce the details in a slightly nagging way. The situation of the Karelia people…
The female leader spoke quite garrulously, and due to the inability to interact with the language very smoothly, Taravis tried her best to extract key information from it, but she also received shocking news.
If the "Karelian Bear Altar" revealed by the captives at the beginning was a fabrication, the female leader would describe it again and it would be confirmed.
"Bear altar? Do they actually worship bears?" Aric asked about Terravis.
"They hunt bears for sacrifice. I'm afraid that place is not a village, but a simple altar."
altar? Arik naturally thought of the Stone Ship Altar in his hometown of Fort Ross. That place was indeed a sacred place, but if there were no important festivals, no one would visit it. It was not that it was a restricted area, and it would be no fun to go there just for non-holidays.
Arik followed his own thoughts and speculated.
Taravis shook his head: "That's absolutely not the case. She mentioned a lot of tents, and there will be a lot of people trading there. That's the area around the lake. If... we launch an attack, we might be surprised."
When Terravis proposed a sneak attack, he hesitated, but when the words explained it, Arik was really interested.
"Sneak attack? Just what I want. In the camp by the lake, a group of weak guys actually call themselves brave bear hunters. It's really ridiculous. Keep asking, I want to know the details of Karelia!"
With Arik's urging, Tyravis had to keep asking questions.
The female leader did not dare to offend this group of madmen who were covered in iron (referring to chainmail). In her eyes, even if these iron men were not messengers of God, they were noble and irresistible existences.
They are strong men, but they are all men.
I am the weak one, but there are many women.
The Vips women tried to please these Russian conquerors in their own way, and the tribe continued to bet on their fate, betting that the Russians would not suddenly turn their backs.
Based on this idea, the female leader mentioned one thing in particular: "When the ends of the pasture begin to turn yellow, when the lake breeze becomes cool, and when the newborn deer begin to eat grass, the tribute envoy from Karelia will arrive. .”
Terravis was full of doubts when he first translated these words. After thinking about it again, wouldn't it be early autumn when these three conditions can be met?
Early autumn is already around the corner!
The Karelian envoy will come to collect twenty deer, and will ask the Vips to hand over a beautiful girl to be offered as a slave to the Karelian leader.
The female leader's voice was hoarse and her tone of voice was very calm.
Taravis trembled all over after hearing this. At this moment, the girl Hayasta was still clinging to him, but she was the one who would definitely have her hands tied and follow the Karelian envoy away in a certain year...
After learning this information, he looked at the woman next to him, and a strong desire for protection suddenly swept through his entire head.
I, got to save her. I have her, she must be my woman!
Thinking rationally, Telavis increasingly felt that this was the old leader's plan. An astonishing number of tribal women had relations with the Rus conquerors. The old leader was clearly conniving at all the women to have sex with them, perhaps hoping to gain strength through it. The bloodline of warriors can lead to the birth of more healthy children, or this is another way to save lives.
It was at this moment that the girl in her arms spoke calmly: "You will protect me."
"Protect you. I will protect you."
Arik couldn't understand what they said. When he asked impatiently, he immediately came up with a clever idea.
The young and promising warrior cheered up: "Telavis, I don't care how many deer the messengers come here to collect or how many women they catch. I'm just afraid that this woman already has your baby in her belly. I don’t want her to be captured either. But let me tell you, only the Rus’ people in this world collect tribute from others. If you dare to collect tribute on Rus’ territory, the Karelia people will die!”
Indeed, the Principality of Rus had no choice but to take the initiative to attack the territory of the Karelia people when it was seriously threatened by New Ross Fort. This was blameless in this basically unethical Northern Europe. However, in order for the warriors to burst out with strong combat effectiveness, it is best to use some means to stimulate the anger of the warriors. Once they become angry, their combat effectiveness will often reach its peak, and they will not be afraid of the horrific killings they participate in.
Helping the bullied servant force Suomi attack Karelia may make the warriors angry enough to fight.
Now, Arik just wants to tell his brothers that there is a group of guys who are not afraid of death and are rushing to collect the tribute from Ross's servants. They really deserve to die!
This place is very strange. It is obviously a quite wild place. The men and women are all short in stature and have extremely weak military skills.
But this is also a strange holy place. Any Rus warrior who shows off his white chest, muscle texture and flowing golden chest hair can easily attract local women to take off their fur robes.
It was already the third day that the squadron had been anchored here. Arik had already learned some extremely crucial information from the female leader. When he decided to gather some of his overly leisurely brothers, he keenly noticed that some of them had become sluggish. .
The First Banner rallied to the sound of fart drums, each centurion gathering his men, who formed a square matrix in front of all the Veps.
They were dressed exactly the same, wearing white robes with blue stripes over their mail armor, and their weapons and helmets shone with blue light.
Arik was clearly showing his strength to the Vips. As for some brothers who were feeling sluggish, he really didn't want to say anything more.
The cool lake breeze blows into this lakeside fjord, and the wind from Lake Ladoga blows all the way to Lake Vulsi.
Arik felt a chill. Since the so-called "Karelian Messenger" hadn't arrived yet, those people should obviously arrive in a while.
He gathered his troops and stood on some wooden platforms to give orders.
"Now let me tell you something outrageous! These Vips are already our servants, and I see that you are all very close to their women. Don't worry, this is my permission for you."
At this point, the tense nerves of the soldiers who were suddenly nervous were instantly relieved.
Arik continued to yell: "I'm so angry! This is already the territory of our Ross Principality, and the Vips are all our servants! You know the meaning of servants and the meaning of territory."
He paused deliberately to attract everyone's attention: "However, the Karelia people sent envoys to enter our newly conquered territory without authorization and force our servants to pay tribute to them. Take away the women you loved. Let’s go! Do you agree?!”
I emphasized a lot earlier, all for the final twist.
At first, everyone was a little confused, but as some people began to react, rage began to take over their minds.
"Do you agree?" Arik continued to yell.
"No!" Someone finally responded angrily in a vented manner.
"Let's do it! We'll ambush them. Then..."
Arik laughed out loud in front of everyone, and even turned into an arrogant laugh. He was excited and ecstatic. After calming down a little, he roared loudly: "I also learned that the Karelia people have a city where there are a lot of reindeer, a lot of leather, and a lot of women. Don't think you can rob it. How many silver coins are there, these guys have no silver coins in their hands. What they have most is leather, and what we are robbing is leather!
The Duke did not forbid us to fight with them, only to be careful. Is it suitable for you?
A few years ago, I led you on our first attack on Gotland, and we won a great victory. We can have an even bigger victory this time, and we'll come back with a lot of hides that will make us rich when we get to New Roseburg! "
People started shouting and banging on their shields with the backs of their axes and swords, and their emotions rose when they mentioned killing the enemy and getting goods.
They do not expect to steal silver from the Karelia people, but leather is also a substitute for currency, and the Rus tribe has been relying on leather processing since ancient times. No one values leather more than them.
Arik's preaching is not entirely pie-in-the-sky, some of the things described are facts.
The First Flag Troop of the Russian Army announced that it would attack Karelia first, targeting the so-called "Bear Altar". If they want to do this, they must wait and kill the Karelian envoy.
Until she fully understood the intentions of the Ross people, Kartenaka, the female leader of Vips, deeply felt the most bone-piercing fear she had ever felt in her life.
Because Arik, the leader of the Russian conqueror, has decided that the Vips must prove that they are true servants. There are three tasks that must be completed. If one of them is not completed, the Russians can go crazy.
First: The Vips must send a group of guides to guide the Ross army directly to the Bear Altar.
Second: They must be armed and cooperate with the Russian army to intercept and kill the Karelian envoy as a pledge of surrender.
Third: The female leader Kartenaka must go to New Roseburg in person to meet the Duke of Rose himself, and then confirm many contracts between the servant and the monarch.
The Vips can only organize a team of more than a hundred men. They are generally short and fat, and being short and fat is an illusion. These people are not strong without their thick leather hats. They could only use flint, antlers and natural volcanic glass to make spearheads, oak and hemp rope to make bows, and wooden shafts, bone fragments and feathers to make swords.
This is what they are armed with. When the "soldiers" gather together, Arik can only feel a headache secretly when he looks at these guys.
Of course Arik looks down on these guys, but he has acknowledged his status as a servant on behalf of his brother. The servant army resembles a group of beggars. The most important thing they need to do now is to completely change their weapons.
If the Vips are like this, the Karelia people must be better than them.
The female leader mentioned that the Karelian people had a lot of iron weapons, but finally there seemed to be no more advanced weapons.
The Russians began to wait and wait under Arik's arrangement. He knew very well that his brother was determined to launch an attack during the period when Novgorod's grain and grass were extremely abundant after the wheat harvest. There was still a little time before August in the Julian calendar. He speculated that the interception would The messenger's attack on the Bear Altar will probably take place in early August. These affairs do not conflict with each other, and I even have some time to spare.
The envoys who collected the tributes were under the orders of the Karelian leader, and the three major tribes obeyed one person as their chief.
The power of Karelia is in the historical transformation period from tribal alliance to chiefdom. The "Bear Altar" already has the significance of a capital. Collecting tributes from neighboring small tribes or uniting to attack neighbors are all promoting a country. The birth of.
The entire Ross Army squadron moved into the lake downstream of the Vukshi River. This is a hidden place and a basically unexplored place.
A huge trawl net was thrown into the lake, and the flagship Mercury began to pull the net to sweep out the abundant European bass in the lake. Those long boats were also anchored on the lake, and people put down fishing lines and fished with steel hooks. The advanced fishing level and the abundant volunteers in the local lake area not only solved the food problem of the Ross army, they could even reward the Vips servants with the extra fish they caught.
It is this fishing technique that shocked these local residents.
Even moved.
Because the Karelian people were just asking for it, the Russian conquerors seemed friendly. After all, they really rewarded them with a lot of fresh fish.
Finally, the Vips "receiver" who was watching in the distance finally waited for the tribute envoy from Karelia.
The "receiver" did not disclose the conquest of the Russians, and still greeted the envoys of more than 20 people respectfully as in previous years.
These twenty people are quite domineering. The leader is shouting all the time, asking the Vips to donate all their beautiful girls. The twenty people must have twenty girls to serve at least one night, and the most beautiful one, please be careful. Dedicated to the greatest leader.
The envoys were all having sweet dreams, but when they entered the Vips village, it was surprisingly quiet.
what happened? The "receiver" lied that everyone was scared and hid, and then asked to go and call out the hiding tribesmen in person.
The envoys didn't care. Similar things happened every year. They regarded this as a sign of the majesty of the strong.
But when the "receiver" rushed into the shadow of a wooden shed, he reported the message to the hiding armored Russian warriors and a group of vips armed men.
The Karelian envoy came in a big way, and several "receivers" who were watching from a distance quickly ran back to the camp to explain the matter, and the Rossweps coalition forces were also prepared in advance.
"Let's do it!" Arik gave the order, and the berserker wearing a battle robe suddenly came out.
The charged crossbows were suddenly launched in clusters, immediately stunned the group of envoys who were walking and covered in flaws. They fell injured and wailed, and then were stabbed to death by the swords of the Ross army...
The matter is not over yet. It is the Russians who easily deal with this group of envoys, and the Vips still have to submit a letter of surrender.
A steel sword was stuck in the mud, and Arik ordered the nervous Vips warriors, "You cut off the messenger's head to prove that you are a servant!"
Terravis translated it truthfully, and they looked at each other and really started to do it.
They didn't just behead the heads. A group of people saw the terrifying fighting power of the Russians up close, and they all proved their loyalty. Everyone took the sword and cut the messenger's body into pieces. Smear it on your face, and this is their name.
Arik laughed, and the brothers laughed too. Finally, the group of Vips warriors whose faces were covered with blood also laughed stupidly.
At this time, the men and women of the Vips have completed the servant contract in their own way, and then they will pursue the victory.
