The people trapped in the haystack hut are trembling!

The attack came out of nowhere, the cavalry rushed into the settlement as soon as they appeared, and then there was the present situation.

The precious chain mail can't resist the deadly arrows' missed shots, and the thick leather clothing he wears lacks resistance, which feels similar to wearing a layer of cloth.

"Leader, we... what shall we do?"

"Who are they? Are we just going to stay in silence?"

The armed entourage was at a loss. Many of their brothers had died, and only a dozen people survived and hid in the wooden house. It was hard to say how many troops the enemy had outside. It seems that there are legendary Ross cavalry everywhere.

Heda closed his eyes tightly. He had never seen this scene before. Even though he claimed to be well-informed, his legs were trembling inadvertently.

"I can't just sit and wait. I'd rather fight them to the death, at least die like a man." Someone boldly muttered.

This Digu was immediately retorted by his companions: "You want to go out? If you go out, you will be shot and killed by their random arrows."

"Then what should I do? I'm so useless?!"

"Stop talking!" He Dada, who was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, scolded, and then whispered: "Everyone keep quiet. Listen, you are not allowed to act first without my order."

It was the first time Heda had seen this scene in his life.

Although he is the leader, he is very ashamed that he really has not seen much of the world. Before Vadim was at the altar, he participated in the activities as the leader of Viadzic, and only then did he witness the assembly of a huge army.

If only four thousand armed villagers were assembled, the Vyadzic could certainly do it.

However, the Viadzic tribe lives in a relatively scattered manner. In addition to two large settlements, there are also a large number of small villages. What situation will force Viadzic to organize an army? I am afraid that there is only one case of Ross invasion.

However, the invasion has already occurred...

Heda needs a lot of time to think, and it is estimated that the opponent will not be too slow.

Indeed, he refused to take the initiative to respond with the attitude of a tortoise, sticking to this haystack wooden house, really like a turtle lying in a pottery urn.

At the same time, Rurik, who had heard the news, personally led troops to surround the room.

The assault on the large settlements in the entire delta area ended in an instant, and the people who had no fighting spirit collectively put down their weapons and surrendered, and carried out small-scale killings. The Ross army can claim that Yartsevo has been captured.

As for going to some remote villages to order them to submit, it will take some time.

Outside the cabin, Fisk and Rurik whispered a few words.

Rurik didn't want to dawdle any longer, because he suspected that the legendary Heda was really hiding in it, so he boldly went up to it.

A stalwart man stood in front of the wooden house, his "golden ponytail" and golden beard trembled violently in the cold wind, and there were constant whistling sounds in his ears, and the whole world was filled with chills and a sense of killing intent.

Rurik cleared his throat vigorously, motioned for others to be quiet, and gestured again, so that a large number of dismounted cavalry soldiers turned into infantry archers. Nearly a hundred people stood behind Rurik, and their arrows were missing from the handles of their bows. In order to ensure the safety of the king, they could shoot rapidly at the "armored enemies" who rushed out at any time.

"Hey! Can the people inside understand me? Can they understand Slavic?"

"Heda! The leader of the Viadzic people, Heda, are you here? Don't think about running away, Ross already knows everything about you. Come out now! As long as you surrender obediently, Ross will guarantee you and your life is safe."

"I am Rurik! Rurik, the supreme leader of Ross, the most noble Rurik. I have conquered Smolensk, and Alan is now in my hands. Heda! You have nowhere to go Escape, surrender is a correct choice, I will treat you, the defeated one, kindly.

"Are you talking back? Are you dumb, or can't understand Slavic? Do you want the Varyag army on horseback to overturn the house and chop you all into pieces?"

"Heda! Hurry up and surrender, Ross's patience is limited. Come out and surrender when I'm in a good mood,

Otherwise, 10,000 Rus warriors will completely destroy your Viadzitch! "

At this moment, Heda, who was hiding in the wooden house, looked like an ant on a hot pot. Although he didn't understand how a group of Ross bandits could speak Slavic proficiently, he took off his fur hat, and his slightly curly hair was smoking wildly under the watchful eyes of his entourage, which showed that he was in a dilemma.

"Leader? Or, let's surrender." Someone still suggested.

"You are stupid." Someone immediately retorted, "This is all a conspiracy by the Ross people. They are all liars. If we go out, we will be killed by them."

That's the case, but the person standing outside who has never met and claims to be the supreme leader of Ross has made a final threat. Heda doesn't believe that Ross is really capable of destroying the entire Viadzic. Thinking about it carefully, since they can take Smolensk lightly, they are launching a brutal offensive against other large settlements...

After all, from the current position to continue to the upper reaches of the Dnieper River, you will reach the Vyazma River in a few days, and the next step is the largest settlement in the north of Viadich - Vyazma. Or rather, entire settlements arranged linearly along the river.

And then with Vyazma as the center, you can advance along the river to Lezovka (Rzhev) in the north, and you can reach Kodno, an important southern town of Viadich in the south. As long as the Ross people want to, they probably dare to do it.

Heda vaguely thought of the fastest result, but based on the immediate predicament...

After some psychological struggle, he decides to surrendereven if it's a cowardly decision that makes some of his entourage "idol-shattered."

The followers did not expect that the iron-hard leader would surrender.

Suddenly, Rurik who was standing outdoors heard a slightly hoarse voice. Listen carefully, it seems that someone is declaring surrender.

"Hey! The people inside speak louder. Heda! I know it's you, speak loudly to avoid misunderstanding!"

Of course, Rurik was not sure, and what he said made Heda himself in the wooden house a huge misjudgment. He estimated that the Smolensk people who were defeated and surrendered had already told their details. After all, those local nobles are profit-seeking businessmen who dare to do anything to survive (although he doesn't know that the nobles have been **** and cleansed).

The closed wooden door opened a small crack, and then the broad-bladed Frankish sword and hook ax were thrown out.

This surprised everyone including Rurik. Everyone who has fought in the Frankish world certainly knows the French equipment. It is really surprising to see the iron sword with a distinct Frankish style in the Eastern New World (actually it was a few years ago. As much as a treasure from a deal in Smolensk).

"Heda!" Rurik yelled again: "It's time to show up! Get out of the cabin, bring your people to kneel down to me, and give me a warrior salute. In this way, you will all survive, and Ross will not treat you in the future. You Vyadzic shot."

"Is this true?!" A loud middle-aged male voice came out.

"Gods in heaven, I will not break my promise. Heda, you have no choice, this is your only chance to survive."

[In view of the general environment,

Therefore, in the eyes of everyone, the noble King Ross is too nonsense, and the warriors who have been holding bows do not understand how noble the enemy King Peter is who keeps persuading him to surrender.

Fisk couldn't stand it anymore, he whispered a few words to his subordinates, and he was ready to deliberately set fire to the house.

If Heda is still dawdling, Rurik will also take extreme measures. The reason why he is so dawdling is that he really hopes that the war will be restrained. As a newly emerging tribe, Viadzic will sooner or later be included in the Russian territory, but not now. Ross must focus on the overall situation at present, and cannot create new enemies for the time being.

This thought made him decide to switch to a more gentle strategy once he was captured.

The door finally opened, and a middle-aged man walked out with more than a dozen armored men who put down their weapons.

As soon as they went out, they were shocked by the sight in front of them!

There are soldiers everywhere, they are too neatly dressed, everyone is wearing a sharp sword, and the bow they raise can shoot everyone into hedgehogs at any time.

a great

Standing here is a tall young man with deep blue eyes and hair and beard like gold. He is very well dressed, gorgeous and at the same time revealing a strong sense of bravery.

This man was very different from the Varyag merchants Heda had seen.

"You are Heda?" Rurik narrowed his eyes slightly, pointed and ordered, "Come up to me, and do the soldier's etiquette to me. I hope, you understand."

"You? The supreme leader of Ross? You defeated the army of Smolensk leader Vadim?"

"It seems that you know everything. You are indeed Heda."

"What if?" The middle-aged man asked again: "Can my surrender really get you not to attack? Can it really ensure the survival of me and my people?"

"That's natural. You remember! Rus is not a bandit. Rus is the overlord of everything in the north, the leader of all Varyags. As long as I give an order, 10,000 Varyags can come to your Viadzitch to do it." If the business is busy with me, ten thousand Varyags can destroy all your trading towns."

There was nothing left to say, the current Heda even threw away the butcher knife hanging from his waist, and then took off the chain mail on his upper body. He also ordered his subordinates to give up their arms completely, and stretched out their hands to indicate that there was no sharp weapon and no killing intent.

Heda approached Rurik with cautious steps, even at this time he still didn't know the name of the supreme leader of Ross.

He imitated the appearance of the Varyags, half-kneeling down in the attitude of a northern warrior representing submission, covering his chest with his right hand and hooking his head deeply.

Suddenly, a boot was pressed directly against his mouth.

Rurik still squinted his eyes expressionlessly and ordered the mechanical version: "Kiss my boots, further proof of your submission."

Immediately, Heda was furious, but just looking at the current situation, he was holding back his anger but knew that he had no choice.

He really kissed the finely crafted boot, hoping there would be no further humiliation.

Speaking of which, Rurik will undoubtedly humiliate this person again. Since it has been confirmed that this person is Heda, it is a good choice to make him a relatively free prisoner of war in the current situation.

"You get up." Rurik ordered again: "I admit your surrender, so that Ross will not kill you, and will not shoot your Viadzitch."

Can the promise be trusted? Let's just believe it.

A stone in Heda's heart fell slightly, and his heart was still not calm. He just stood up and faced Rurik only to find that he was a full head shorter than this young man, and had to face it with an upward attitude. Now he felt that he finally had a relatively equal opportunity to talk to the Ross people.

"You... are the leader of Ross? I am Heda, the leader of Viadzic, Heda. We have no enmity with you Rose, and there is no reason to fight each other."

"Oh? I gave you permission to talk to me like this?" Rurik put on a contemptuous face, and couldn't help clenching the hilt of his sword with his right hand.

"Why bother? You are Varyags, and we Vyadzitch can do business with you. Since you agree with my submission, you certainly don't want us to be destroyed. We can be friends, just like brothers. You Ross are Big brother, we Vyadzic are younger brothers. I can give you some tributes. If you have enemies to target, we can also send some soldiers to help. Great leader, since you have already captured Smolensk, you must ask for it What you want is to rule, and we Vyadzitch can immediately become your vassals."

Seeing what he said, Rurik's disdainful eyes became kind again. He didn't expect that this guy named Heda was still a sensible person who knew the times. This person was not frightened at all, on the contrary, he began to express his interests and interests like he was familiar with it, and tried his best to prove that he and the forces under his command had a clear use value for Ross.

"You are very smart, this cleverness will make your Vyadzic safe. Good! I admit that you are still the leader of Vyadzic, and you are the vassal of Ross. You!" Rurik suddenly stretched out his right hand and directly Covering this guy's head, it was like stroking the head of a loyal dog and rubbing it deliberately: "Now I will tell you my name. I am Rurik! King of Rus Rurik Ottosson, I am the King of the North, Rule the northern world to the sea at the end of the world. Countless tribes surrendered to me, and they all lived under the rule of Ross

It keeps getting better and better. And you! Will give your Viadzic a better life because of your right choice. Now, you are the king's guest. "

Heda turned from an unlucky fugitive into a guest of King Ross's tent.

From this person's point of view, things developed too magically, so that Heda completely ignored the shame of being patted on the head by a young man like a dog's head.

He is the king of Ross, and the title of Kanog is probably more advanced than the Slavic title of Skoi (the greatest leader).

King Ross does indeed have strong military strength to support his nobility.

Heda is undoubtedly aware of current affairs.

For a long time, the Krivich people in Smolensk have been the dominant force in the region. There are many large settlements and densely packed villages along the river. Four thousand troops.

Heda, who lived here as a guest, knew exactly what was going on. The nobles from all walks of life had an ambiguous attitude towards Vadim's expedition.

If Smolensk is serious, a militia of 10,000 people can be organized in a short period of time. Such mobilization speed and population mobilization are beyond the reach of the Viadzic tribe.

This is why Heda and the entire tribe did not submit to Smolensk in name, but they existed as long-term neighbors and allies, so that in fact Viadzic had already worshiped Vadim as the "boss".

But such a powerful Smolensk suddenly collapsed under the attack of the Ross army.

Since it is necessary to recognize the boss, it is better to recognize a stronger one, even if you have to pay some price, it is worse than leaving the remnants of the endless wild east after the defeat. Besides, maybe this is still an opportunity.

For example, Heda clearly noticed that the Ross cavalry is huge and well-equipped, and iron is not a rare thing for themthey have already used metal arrow clusters so extravagantly.

Since it is a vassal, the next step is to do something to vote for a certificate.

Rurik briefly asked Heda about what happened these days, and the situation was probably expected, but Rurik did not expect Yartsevo to fall into civil war.

Co-authored a large number of refugees who have become "New Viadzitches" under the instigation of Heda? This man's wrist is really not to be underestimated.

It was this guy who led a group of armed villagers and still couldn't beat the local residents of Alan. The two sides drew a tie, and the locals withdrew into the Wally River and relied on the mounds as a barrier for defense.

Do you want to get used to them?

The Ross cavalry joined forces with the so-called Viadzic army, and Heda had to prove himself to the Ross king. The two sides formed a coalition and rushed to the within reach of the Wally River the next day.

There was no disturbance in the military action. Rurik ordered Heda's refugee army to take the lead, and two groups of armed villagers immediately fought.

Then came the four cavalry units under the command of Rurik, who entered the battlefield exhausted by the two groups of militiamen.

The cavalry defeated the local villagers in Yalan without any effort, brutally killed a group of people, and made the frozen Wally River scarlet everywhere~www.mtlnovel.com~ The rest threw down their weapons and fled in all directions. The cavalry pursued the victory, Pursue along the river until the village is never seen again.

Of course the action was resolved, each village in Aran had to surrender to King Ross, offering food as a tribute to prove their submission in exchange for their lives,

At this point, Yartsevo was in Rurik's pocket.

Unexpectedly, it was Heda's surrender.

Of course Kheda couldn't leave. As the leader of Viadzic, this man had reasons and qualifications, and he had to go to Gnezdovo in person to attend the grand funeral of the defeated Vadim.

Likewise all Smolensk refugees who entered Yartsevo had to leave, they could no longer go to Vyazma, they had to go back to Smolensk to fill the place where there was a huge population loss due to the war. However, no matter what their previous identities were, their future identities will only be serfs in name, and they will actually be subjects loyal to Ross and obeying the governor of Smolensk. Their future life will be

Live an honest life and just produce food for Ross.