Regular Frankish troops would not attack villages, pirates and bandits had no such concerns.

For half a century, the Archdiocese of Trier and the surrounding area have been calm, and there is no need to talk about relaxation if there is no military equipment. In fact, only the city of Trier had four hundred guards arranged by King Lothair, and the rest of the area was defenseless.

Another example is a town like Dawn Valley, which does not legally belong to the Diocese of Trier, and the Archbishop of Trier, Herto, is too lazy to manage how the locals live.

But these villages along the Moselle River are like fruit trees growing along the river, like big fat sheep.

The fact is that as long as the Rus army continues to loot, they can eat the roasted fat sheep that are slaughtered in the Trier area.

Although the fog and rain stopped, the whole world was still wet. The Ross warriors spent a dry night in the town of Dawn Valley, but they still couldn't make a fire, and their clothes were only slightly dry.

Clothes were all packed, and the soldiers continued to row shirtless on a massive scale.

The indigo camouflage had been washed away, and the blond, fair-skinned men were rowing bravely, while still emitting steam.

Although the fog and rain have stopped, the weather is still not good. The hazy weather is depressing. It is early autumn, and the peaceful residents naturally feel chilled, and an unnamed sense of sadness arises spontaneously.

Each village delivers 1/10 of the collected wheat to Trier. Although the life of the villagers here is simple and even boring due to a series of strictly enforced rules and regulations, but without the exploitation of military noble lords, the taxes they pay lower than that of foreigners.

Heto, Archbishop of Trier, was himself an "ascetic". Like the priests, he thought extravagant life was blasphemous, and he didn't know how much gold and silver should be used to worship the gods, so the balance of the tax collected was exchanged with other places, slowly in the form of gold and silver. balance.

Heto thus paid special garrison rates for the Bruno Banners guarding Trier, with clinking silver and copper coins, and meals provided by the church.

The defenders also took the cash salary issued by King Lotaire. With double income, it seemed that this was a good job to manage food, lodging and additional allowances.

In fact, it is not the case. The mighty Frankish soldiers have a bird in their mouths. They can only eat oatmeal and hard bread every day when they are stationed here. As for meat, they basically don't have much dairy products. All the church can provide is these clean grains. It is forbidden for the defenders to go hunting by themselves. They go to the village to buy cattle and sheep, and they do not sell them. At most, they can buy some eggs and cheese to improve their lives. Salt is extremely precious.

When the weather clears, the Diocese of Trier will also make every effort to prepare supplies for the winter.

There are a lot of new wheat piled up in the city, and the resident priest in each village is responsible for the collection of the eleventh tax. This vertical rule makes the organization of the parish very high. The tax collection work is thus done quickly and well. According to this system, they should be able to do the best military mobilization work, but they subjectively refuse, at least because of their pure beliefs.

This is just the stubbornness of the Diocese of Trier, and it is not like the Diocese of Cologne will be flexible.

The clergy used their organizational superiority to collect taxes and do Mass, and now the Normans are here.

Another village was destroyed, and the Russ easily dealt with the local villagers like slaughtering sheep. Those who fled quickly did not pursue, and the army was replenished on the spot in the village.

At last they started a fire, and the wet clothes were propped up to dry. They took the captive women to the bonfire to play with, and planned to release the captives tomorrow in accordance with the blue fox's requirement of "doing nothing".

But the riverside area has become a large sheep slaughtering site. People brought the seized Tao Weng to cook the seized wheat, and roasted the **** mutton on the fire. The hungry people ate the dripping blood.

The farmer who fled yesterday did not know where he went, and the blue fox was too lazy to pay attention to it. In the new day, since the world is dry enough, arson will become a logical thing.

With his arms outstretched and twisting upwards, he yelled at the torch-wielding subordinates: "Go on fire, burn everything. Then, let's go!"

The burning wood sticks are removed from the campfire and thrown directly onto the haystack dwelling. The haystacks were also ignited, but the interior was still damp, and the slow-burning haystacks first transpired into a violent white mist, followed by the naked flames, and the smoke gradually turned black.

Yesterday's prisoners were released on the spot, but the cows and sheep that could not be taken away by milk were directly assassinated, the lamb legs with good meat were chopped off and kept as rations for future operations, and the sheepskins stripped last night were also left behind.

Behind the Ross fleet were burning villages, black smoke rising. The blue fox was too lazy to consider whether the smoke caused the city of Trier to be alert, he didn't care at all.

Compared to the fugitives reporting the attack, the plume of smoke in the air was the first to show the difference.

In the peaceful city of Trier, few people looked at the distant sky, but the smoke was quite conspicuous. When someone noticed it, he immediately informed the bishop who was staying in the cathedral.

"There is smoke in the north? It's like a forest burning? It's ridiculous, it's definitely raining." Archbishop Heto found his crucifix and walked out of the cathedral with a stooped back.

Heto is not too young. He has been a priest since he was a child. This piety is worthy of the respect of other priests, but it is impossible for him to be promoted to the Pope at such an age.

The smoke and dust in the distance are extremely obvious, as if cracks appear in the ground, and flames rush from the ground.

"Is the forest really on? Did the lightning strike the forest? Or... fire spewed from the fissures in the earth?"

The phenomenon of volcanoes is really rare. Heto knows some ancient legends, and he believes that this is because the people's heart is not pure, which leads Satan to think that there is an opportunity. The devil of **** will bring the fire of purgatory out of the earth to cause destruction, and the disaster will eventually be suppressed by the power of divine faith.

Heto immediately met with Bruno, the captain of the garrison flag, to discuss the vision in front of each other, and intends to send Bruno to send someone to the lower Moselle River to see the situation. Considering that there may be gangsters at work, Bruno thought that he had eaten sour food for half a year, and that he was angry with the priests and didn't bother to leave now unless he paid more.

"Okay, an extra allowance for you guys."

"Give each of our brothers ten silver coins, and give me a pound. Hand over another twenty sheep, and we're going to improve our lives. Otherwise, don't go."

Heto closed his eyes and secretly criticized the greed of these people, and finally agreed. "Okay, you send someone first, I'll give it."

"No. You have to pay first."

"What? Are you worried that I will refuse to pay."

The flag captain Bruno just smiled without saying a word, the distrust in his heart was on this smiling face.

But Heto was indeed unhappy in paying the reward, and Bruno was also very clear. The brothers could go and see what happened. If they didn't eat the fat sheep and didn't hold the bonus, they just didn't go.

Archbishop Hetto can't say anything, otherwise, he is guilty of arrogance among the seven deadly sins. This requires consultation with other cardinals to determine whether to give, how much to give, and when to give.

In the midst of this dawdling, the Ross fleet was still advancing.

Trier dawdled for a whole day, and the next day, they blatantly saw a brand new plume of smoke rising, which seemed to be approaching Trier City like a beacon tower.

The priests finally felt the fear, and the flag captain Heto could no longer ignore it. After all, the latter was a general of the regular army. He realized the danger, and first ordered his subordinates who were armed and galloping to increase their vigilance and enter a state of preparation.

No one knew what was approaching Trier, and no scouts or fugitives reported what had happened. The fact that the hills and forests obscured what was happening in the north also blocked the escape routes of those fleeing the attacked villages.

The fugitives must flee to Trier for refuge, but unfortunately they can't match the speed of the Ross Longship.

From Koblenz to Trier, the meandering waterway is 200 kilometers long. The Moselle River in the dry season is soothing enough that although there is light rain, it does not have a substantial impact on the flow rate.

The blue fox group has reached the final stage. As they crossed a big bend in the river, a riverside city with obvious stone walls appeared - the same is true of the old town of Trier on the east bank of the river.

The world suddenly opened up, and the oarsmen screamed and screamed with excitement, knowing that the opportunity to make a fortune was just around the corner.

The blue fox looked very calm after a hundred battles, but his brother Heihu was so excited that his arms were shaking.

"Silver coins! Gold coins! All of them are ours. I will make a fortune immediately, and I can do whatever I want." The black fox seemed incoherent.

Seeing this, the blue fox reprimanded with a calm face: "Before eating meat, you have to slaughter the sheep, be careful not to let the horns top. Don't try to kill the enemy first, it's not your chance."

That's all, Lanhu supported the alien beast at the bow and shouted to the ships in the rear: "Get your weapons ready! Immediately after landing! Now hang up the cross flag again to deceive them! Let's go! Remember to be fast."

The cross flags flew from the masts again, showing that they were actually a fleet of ships that believed in God. People in the distance could not see the general situation of the ship, and they knew very little about the Norman longship. As everyone knows, all the villains are sitting on the boat.

The small pier by the river has a small open-air market, where fish, eggs and some vegetables are traded on a small scale. Trier's commerce is minimal, and the priests oppose commerce but it is necessary, so they allow the existence of transactions at the gate of the city.

The few people watched curiously and dumbly at the approaching fleet, without the slightest fear because of the flags hoisted.

Suddenly, the boat forcibly washed the beach, and the first group of blond shirtless men with a round shield bravely disembarked and rushed to the market.

The conflict came so suddenly that it wasn't until someone's head was chopped off that others realized the disaster was coming.

For a while, screaming and crying, the wandering civilians instinctively ran towards the city gate. The guards guarding the gate were originally watching the fleet with the mentality of watching the excitement. Faced with the sudden killing, what they thought was not to draw their swords, but to close the door as soon as possible.

Lanhu looked anxious: "Damn, I have to seize the opportunity quickly. Shooter, shoot the guy who gets in the way."

The soldiers with bows and crossbows shot arrows in the direction of the city gate. The first group of people who were hit with arrows fell one after another, and many wounded people who had arrows in their backs continued to flee in panic.

Some lucky people have already rushed into the city, and there are indeed more than 200 people crowded at the gate. One is to seal the door, and the other is to embrace in order to survive.

How can a few guards withstand the push and shove of so many people, and the instinct to survive brings powerful strength.

The thick wooden door was forcibly pushed open by Trier's own peaceful residents, and behind them were the Ross Berserkers in the frenzied killing.

The blue fox was overjoyed when he saw it, and he did not expect the raid to be so smooth.

"It's so smooth. There's no need for a battering ram."

All the landing fighters joined the siege, and the gates of the Trier-faced river were quickly crowded with Ruth fighters. The residents blocking the door delayed the advance of the warriors, hacking and slashing further increased the chaos, the corpse became an obstacle, and the gate could no longer be closed.

At the same time, the flag captain Bruno, who noticed the abnormal shouting, brought more than a hundred subordinates to check the situation. They were completely unaware of the situation until they saw a large number of civilians running towards the safe and sound east gate in the streets.

The crowd ran wild while crying, chanting words such as Satan, danger, murder.

Bruno immediately grabbed a frightened man. The man trembled and pointed at Simon, who looked at the river, and said, "The barbarians get off the boat! They are killing people everywhere."

It sounded like his head had been pounded, and Bruno was taken aback and felt that he might not have enough troops on hand.

Fight or flee? At a critical moment, even if the life of Trier was not very good for the first half of the year, in the end, the glory of the military forced him to bring his brothers to fight against the enemy.

Bruno drew his sword: "Warriors! Defeat the barbarians, follow me!"

Although the sergeants were surprised, they should be heroes in times of crisis, and they resolutely guarded the city of Trier.

Only two people were ordered to immediately mobilize most of the troops from the barracks guarding the royal palace as messengers, and then planned to arrange a hundred people to guard the church in the south of the city.

Bruenor decided to stick to the streets to buy time for the reinforcements. He charged forward with fearless momentum, and soon saw a steady stream of barbarians breaking in.

It was a group of shirtless ruthless men, each with blonde hair but with a visible difference from the locals.

At least a lot of people in Bruno's team wore leather armor with iron sheets, and most of the people on the Blue Fox side didn't wear armor in order to make the assault faster.

The two armies met in the streets behind the city gate, and there was no time to think, and then they fought.

"Shield Wall!" someone shouted in Norse, and a solid wall appeared.

This scene really startled Bruno, he didn't care about anything, he took the lead in charging with a broad-bladed sword, and more than a hundred people fiercely charged against the shield wall.

The hand-to-hand battle has begun, and the rest is just random killing between real men. Thrusting and slashing, many Rus warriors continued to fight even without armor, ignoring their wounds, the shield wall advanced steadily, and the Frankish defenders were suffering casualties.

More Russ invaded the gate, and Blue Fox noticed the melee in the city and realized his recklessness.

"Quick! When you put on your armor, you cut it! Remember, one person in front is lying on his stomach as a stepping stone, and the one behind jumps over to break through the formation."

A group of extremely sturdy ruthless people must be worthy of the usual food and drink. They urgently changed into heavy armor, their helmets only exposed their eyes, and they rushed into the city gate with two axes in hand.

But it is said that some fighters raise their wound crossbow over their heads and shoot, killing the enemy and then disrupting the enemy's front.

Bruno was struggling, he felt that he should be able to carry it until the reinforcements arrived, but some dark shadows actually rose into the air.

With a majestic cry, the five heavy armored soldiers stepped on the back of their classmates and "flyed" into the formation, and then fell into a frenzy of slashing.

Even bring down multiple enemies, and if you get up a little, you will be hacking.

How did Bruenor expect this group of wildlings to have such a trick? Twenty heavy-armed Berserkers completed the leap~www.mtlnovel.com~ The Frankish army who blocked the gate was in chaos, and many flaws appeared, and the Rus army took the opportunity to complete a fatal charge.

The Viking hook axe abruptly broke Bruno's unarmored calf, and the wound went deep into the bone. He instinctively slashed the iron-clad warrior in the nest. Obviously, it was only a scratch on the armor.

Bruno was brought down by the hooked axe, and then his face was smashed.

The flag captain Bruno was killed in battle, and the Rus army had entered a land of no one.

No one knew that they killed a flag captain, and the Ross army entered the city. They clearly saw two tall stone buildings, and immediately rushed to the largest one - the royal palace.

But the blue fox noticed the cross at the top of the smaller building.

"Follow me! Go to the church!" He greeted his old entourage, Vardy, and gathered nearly three hundred people. Ling Heihu followed closely and went straight to the church. And Eric "Big Tooth" continued to kill the biggest one with another group of brothers.

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