The thick fog filled the whole Lake Mlaren. Before the mist evaporated, Rurik, with a lot of sleepiness, had already followed his father to the Mlaren Bazaar again.

Early in the morning, the Aphrodite docked at the Merlaren Wharf, her "huge" figure attracted a large number of local people watching the excitement. At this moment, the Ross warriors who were ordered to garrison became vigilant. They stood on the trestle with their sword hilt tightly, so as not to allow other people to come closer.

Everyone knows that there will be a grand sacrifice in Mlarenburg today. As long as you pay attention to the bonfire burning around the altar, you will know the big move planned by the leader.

The conclusive news of the war spread throughout the settlement, and the alliance that has claimed to be king wanted to summon 1,500 Merlaren fighters for an expedition! The men who had prepared Mellaren for a long time wished that they were selected. They might be a little timid for a moment, but they thought that thousands of people would form a coalition to start a war. They had never seen such a scene in their entire life. In the concept of "One Thousand" is an extremely huge number, and many ordinary people think of a glorious victory. .

what! When the lake was covered with long boats assembled on standby, thousands of warriors holding swords, axes, and spears loudly shouted that victory belongs to the Kingdom of Sweden and belongs to the Mlaren tribe. .

Then, gaining wealth from victory, especially important food, has become extremely important at a time when life is quite difficult.

When the surplus food was exhausted, the wife urged her husband to take up arms and participate in the war.

The second and third sons of a large number of families who are destined not to inherit their own property are the most active people. They are barefoot and are not afraid of wearing shoes. They have no possessions except a physical body. As long as you win the battle and get the spoils, you can leap into wealth and even grab a woman to be your wife on the battlefield. This is a great opportunity for life to turn around.

The hearts of the entire Mlaren tribe were agitated, and soon, when news of preparations for war reached the ears of other tribes, the entire Kingdom of Sweden would be boiling.

Leaders from all walks of life landed one after another, and Rurik also arrived at the altar of the Mellaren under the **** of his own guards.

It was a permanent altar to cover the construction. Looking at it so close, Rurik felt that it was similar to Roseburg.

The altar is still a ship-shaped piece made of a large number of granite stones. It is even larger, and in the center of the altar is a permanent altar stacked with blocks of stones.

"It's rough enough, and evil enough."

Rurik's gaze penetrated through the gaps in the guard wall, and he saw some shirtless male priests with black stripes visiting some bronze trays, and some priestesses in plain robes were also walking away with some best products. Come.

The leaders gathered here one after another, and they all brought their own guards. Compared with the status quo of the "basically uniform dress" of the Ross people, their clothes are varied, and it can't be said that they are noble.

The Ross people really looked particularly dazzling among the more and more crowd. Even the guards wore white cloth cloaks with blue cloth strips stitched across them. The blue-and-white robes of the Ross people are unique in the gray-black "ocean", as if they were not the same as other people.

Before long, some strong men in black came carrying sharpened wooden stakes, and their appearance caused the leaders of the theater to cheer.

I saw that they were manipulating a huge wooden hammer, slamming the stakes close to the soft mud by the lake.

They had erected five wooden stakes, and seeing that now Rurik couldn't figure out what they wanted to do.

"Dad, what are they doing?" Rurik grabbed Otto's big hand hard.

Otto turned his head down with a solemn expression: "Someone will die today."

"Ok?"

"It's a human sacrifice."

"Ah! Do they want... slaves?" Rurik reacted instantly.

"Yes. It's a slave. This is their tradition. After each alliance, blood sacrifices should be made to the Lake God, Sea God and Odin."

Otto couldn't explain too much, and Rurik quickly saw the so-called sacrificefive men bound by ropes.

They are slaves, so it is very likely that they are people from Britain acquired from the hands of Norwegian merchants. They staggered, their arms and backs were written with charcoal blocks. There was only despair in their eyes, so there was no resistance when they tied it to the stake. Maybe they are all from Northumbria? Or the northern part of Scotland? The invasion and plunder of the Vikings began decades ago. It is not surprising that a group of slaves from Britain appeared in Mellaren, but it is rare as a blood sacrifice.

Finally, the two important figures of worship, with their extremely gorgeous clothes, came arrogantly surrounded by a group of "black warriors".

Origen, his raised chin was almost towards the sky, and it was the moment when the fog reached its peak, making his arrogant toes obscured.

But in the mist, a man dressed in ferret fleece showed his sword. He was Karl standing on the stake, and he was the most critical thing for this sacrifice.

Just in the fog, Ollie made a generous speech. He angrily denounced the brutality of the Danes, the betrayal of the Gotland, the tragedy of Ostara's allies, and the praise of the new kingdom of Sweden, or Said it is his own boast.

He especially shouted in high-profile: "Glorious people, we are the masters of this sacred land, the enemy covets our land, they kill, they destroy. Now I am your king, I will take you to defeat the enemy. Soon. , When the sun pierces the fog, let the blood of these slaves pay homage to the gods. Odin, Poseidon, and our great Mellaren woman, the gods will bless us to victory!"

The morning sun finally tore through the mist, and the sun appeared. It was like a curtain on the sacred altar. The holy light shone on every priest and male priest, making his crown shine brightly.

The time was ripe. After Origen gave the priest a color, the bald high priest of Mellaren began to chant the most crucial prayer.

At this moment, Carl also showed his sword.

Carl, he enjoyed the weird happiness in the killing, he cleanly separated the slave's throat, and deliberately let blood stain the land of the altar.

Rurik witnessed all this with breathlessness...

"It's **** again. How do I feel a bit like a battlefield? I'm also nervous on the battlefield now. Hey! Do you use people to prove your strength? Or do you think it's very necessary. It's a waste of labor, it's too pure."

What Rurik did was because of human sacrifice and sacrifice, which is a stupid waste of labor. The East has gradually abandoned this practice since the pre-Qin period. By the time Hanwu arrived, even some corporal punishments that were obviously to destroy the labor force of the strong were also abolished. It cannot be said that this measure is purely humane, after all, it seriously hurts the country's strength. Several generals of Qin Mugong were buried for him. As a result, Qin lost several generals. The consequences of the unexpected loss of generals quickly manifested in the later war.

According to Rurik, he did not ask Origen to go back and respect any human rights (Olegen could not respect things that he did not understand), even if it was to respect a labor force, he should not do so.

But that's what he did, and the leaders were dumbfounded.

The leaders did not think that human sacrifice was really stupid, but generally felt that using five slaves in one breath, apart from Origen's ostentatious meaning, was it really a sacrifice to the gods?

In the Viking world, offering sacrifices to gods with the blood of enemy chiefs is not uncommon. Really made Rurik guess it right, "generously" using multiple slave blood sacrifices is a rare stupidity.

The sacrifices to the Zameralun people ended in the cheers. They were eager to see blood and eager to fight, because what they thought was not death, but the opportunity to reap great wealth.

When the sacrifice was over, the bodies of the slaves were thrown into the big lake, allowing them to slowly drift into the sea, which was regarded as the last sacrifice to the gods of the lake and the sea.

The Mellaren tribe has now begun the most critical preparations. They reorganized their military and counted ships, and Origen and his Karl were energetic.

As early as on the altar, Origen announced for the second time that Karl will be a member of the Mellaren Army and will surely make great achievements.

Obtained a great honor, as the crown prince of the kingdom, Carl was also very young and powerful, so he naturally took the lead in his wife and concubine to vent his ambition that was about to explode. He longed for a huge victory, and he had better behead the heads of several Danish enemy chiefs himself, and then use the skull as a bowl. As a result, a wife and concubine died...

Carl's affairs can only be said to be a glimpse of the manic Mellaren tribe. The whole tribe is preparing for an unprecedented battle. One after another, strong men are selected by Origen and absorbed into the expedition team.

All the tribes are actually so excited. The vast majority of people will try this war as a chance to make a fortune, and look forward to the triumphant triumph of the autumn with a huge amount of spoils, harvest wheat again, and live a good trip. winter.

The Rus tribe has also fallen into this pre-war enthusiasm, but compared to other tribes, the Russ can be said to have been the initiators of war in summer and winter in the past two years. Many men, they don't think it is difficult to defeat the Gotland and the Danes, because they have fought many times and won.

Besides, why do ordinary Ross people listen to Origen's bewitching? They only follow the arrangements of their chief leader Otto and even the "son of God" Rurik.

Since the arrival of the first preparation order, Roseburg has taken action.

The young subordinates of Rurik, they are just a group of children, what can they do for this war? Since the leader needs a large number of crossbow arrows, they have all learned the crafting techniques of crossbow arrows in winter, and the new production begins immediately.

With the sudden delivery of the second order, the children's work efficiency improved again.

Both boys and girls, according to the previous standards, they cut pine branches to make arrow shafts, and they are crazy to use cast iron and glass to make arrow clusters. The use of feathers as the tail is too extravagant, and a large number of crossbow arrows are the tails of glued veneer.

I have to praise the technology of the Ross people here.

The blast furnace was re-burned, and pig iron began to be produced. They were poured directly into a large number of prefabricated clay molds, and arrow clusters were being produced at an extremely fast rate. Cast iron is certainly not a good material for arrow clusters. If these arrow clusters are burned in an ordinary furnace for a while, everything will change. Part of the carbon element is lost, and a layer of high-carbon steel material appears on the surface of the arrow cluster, which is a kind of tool steel.

The Ross blacksmiths regarded Professor Rurik's "atomic theory" as standard and regarded it as "the truth of God." Not to mention, the practice made in accordance with this theory, especially in metal processing, is the blacksmiths who are most adept at exploring technology in practice. They not only explored the means of making high-carbon steel by using the frying steel method, but also directly It is used as a large number of tools for fine processing. For example, drill bits and chisels.

Of course, it is really suitable for use as an arrow cluster, especially after surface quenching again, it is really incredibly hard.

Due to previous war consumption, the Ross tribe needs to equip more arrow clusters. The Ross tribe must have been qualified to seriously consider "national defense construction". What Rurik can think of is to make a large number of arrow clusters in winter, whether it is bones. , Glass or iron, there is no distinction between what can be used.

The absoluteness of Rurik's order, at least 20,000 format arrows, as well as the cast "cannonballs" and javelins of the torsion slingshot, all test the Russian armament capacity very much.

Hundreds of food lords have been in charge for many years, even if they are in love, they are very willing to contribute to their masters. But the most critical task is still the one-ticket craftsman of the Ross tribe, especially the potters and blacksmiths among them.

Children can only make arrow clusters and small-scale processing of javelin rods.

The Roths actually need a lot of arrow delivery equipment, which really makes Clavasson almost unable to sleep. More than a dozen carpenters have undertaken the manufacture of the new torsion slingshot, and only a few castings are in charge of the blacksmith.

The Ross people actually need a lot of crossbows, but the best steel-armed crossbows cost too much and the production time is too long. Wouldn't it be the same if the steel arm is replaced with flexible wood if it is just in the attitude of being able to shoot arrows effectively. They used the leftover oak material from shipbuilding to make the bow, and pine wood to make the crossbow body, and the precision crossbow machine needed Kravassen to put out his own mold that had been processed into high-carbon steel, and only made it by bronze casting. .

In order to accomplish his goal, Kravasson even sacrificed his own bronze oil lamp holder. The news reached the ears of Niya who was left behind, and Niya informed Lumia of the embarrassment. At this point, a spectacle appears at once!

The priest's longhouse contributed a batch of bronze utensils, and even the bronze cauldron was shot out. The high priest Veria, whose physical function was already very bad, she was so angry that she told Lumia that for the victory of the great war that the Rus participated in, these bottles and cans can be thrown away!

Under normal circumstances, it is obvious that this happens when the war is extremely anxious and the supply of materials is difficult. The situation of the Ross people is very similar. The time given by Relic is too little, especially the delay in transmitting information for many days, and a lot of time is wasted. This caused the Rus people to make a bad move. After the war, the Rus tribe would surely show up a lot of iron supplies to replace the former.

In this way, a large number of bronzes were brought back to the furnace, and they were all turned into the core of crossbows and torsion slingshots, and even used to strengthen leather helmets.

It can be said that if there is no active preparation for the winter, the Russ will not be able to explode a lot of weapons in this summer war.

All the clansmen have noticed that the weapons required by the leader are all long-range weapons, not the most common swords, axes and spears. Some smart people have realized that this is what Rurik himself meant, the so-called "I can kill you from a distance, why should I pick up the axe myself?". However, there are still many veteran warriors who feel that this method is not appropriate. Real warriors should fight blood with swords.

According to the second order, Roseburg must prepare all the weapons on the list by May 20th, and two hundred soldiers must also be in place. A fleet of personnel, huge amounts of armaments, food and other materials will take the lead to head to Tombstone Island and then enter Lake Mlaren. They must deliver personnel and ammunition to Gould Island on May 26.

It is a stress test of the potential of the Rus tribe's warfare. Sometimes Rurik feels that this order is too ruthless. However, after thinking about it, the intensity of the war will inevitably escalate and everything will become severe. The Rus people feel that the war will not burn Can you sit back and relax in the extreme north of Roseburg? That's so naive.