In an instant, the city of New Ostara assembled all the cavalry forces of the Duchy of Ross!

Riding a spear to the sky like a dense forest, the assembled horse team has formed an unprecedented behemoth. After the necessary rest and recuperation, all the horses were fed large amounts of oats, all the soldiers ate their own dry food, and also ate the cheese and butter made by the Ostala people.

Carl has learned to walk, crying to his father with milk in his milk.

The child's eyes were full of ignorance, he was just over one year old, and he was indeed from a noble birth.

In the attention of many warriors, Rurik personally assured that his son, father and son, both rode on horses, parading around the wooden wall of Ostrava. The child is very obedient, and his immature legs are not riding a saddle at all, but barely sitting on it. He doesn't cry or make trouble, it seems that his mother Carlotta has been trained on weekdays, so there is no fear of horses here.

The intimacy with Carl is ultimately short-lived, as is the intimacy with Carlota.

In the city of New Ostara, Rurik is the real supreme ruler. Facing the monarch, Duchess Carlotta could not help throwing away her leather shirt.

Rurik did not bring any wives and concubines, nor even any female attendants. He lived directly in Carlotta's palace and did what everyone knows.

Although the title of the duke can only be inherited by one person, it is reasonable that noble families have more male and female descendants with inheritance rights.

From a purely political point of view, the people of Ostara need one or more of their duchess to make multiple insurances.

For Carlota herself, she is a woman!

She got what she wanted, and the people knew what happened.

Although he was tossed and walked a little swaying, Carlotta enjoyed it, visited all the stables with his man, and checked the two hundred horses allocated to the Ostala.

The shelters of all the horses appear to be quite dense. The feed for the horses is mostly hay, and there is also a batch of oats.

Rurik could see that Carlotta did not feed the fodder. This is definitely not her problem, but the grazing habits of the Ostara people since ancient times, and the fodder they feed is almost only hay. As the winter comes to an end, the amount of hay fed will inevitably decrease due to inventory consumption. This is the so-called "green and yellow period". Feeding oats on a large scale is purely a behavior of the local tyrants, which will keep the horses strong throughout the year.

Naturally, Lurik could only be willing to invest high-value feed on the active and reserve warfare of the standing army, and he could not store an astonishing number of horses, and the huge consumption of the Principality simply couldn't bear it.

Carlota talked about her experience in raising livestock, and especially pointed out: When spring comes, all horses, cattle, deer, sheep, and goats will be released from the pens. They will eat the newly grown grass. They are about to become strong. They will start to breed, and the number of domesticated livestock here will increase a lot."

"So if you want to add more pens, you also need more people to take care of the huge herd?" Rurik deliberately smelled, but his wide right hand couldn't help but caressed Carlotta's lower abdomen.

What this means is clear though.

Carlotta blushed instantly and looked up at his man's face, showing a happy smile from the heart.

In order to ensure a certain success, during the rest of the stay, Rlik reluctantly did it a few times.

Carlotta is satisfied herself, and did not forget to give Rurric a major reminder that she thinks: "Don't forget my sister Ella."

How could Rurik forget Ella? The seventeen wives and concubines around him are really unforgettable.

Perhaps it will become eighteen soon, because Kagan made it very clear that Pechenegg Khan intends to strengthen the connection with Rose through political marriage, and Princess Pechenegg is afraid that she will arrive in Rose as soon as next year.

According to Rurik's vision for the Duchy of Rus in 839 AD, in principle, Rus would not take the initiative to conquer other countries this year. The main task of the Duchy is still to accumulate strength and develop agriculture, shipbuilding and purchasing within its territory. Clearing farmland and large-scale logging are important events as important as war.

Just like last year, Rose didn't want to take the initiative to initiate a national war. It never meant fear of fighting. Small-scale battles will be done. If the enemy comes to the door, then change the conservative strategy and launch a mobilization order to gather strong teachers to conquer them.

The initiative of the war is always in the hands of the Duchy of Ross, or in other words, in his own hands. Some relatively peaceful extraterritorial environment has been achieved, and now Ross does not have to worry about encountering a powerful enemy's attack and destroying the country in World War I.

The country needs self-cultivation and development, and the royal family should also develop.

Rurik remembered that it was ten years ago when Dad Otto picked ten little girls in this big lake and sent them to him in a brainstorming manner, so...

He took the opportunity to reveal his thoughts to Carlotta very obscurely: "I have heard people say that I have caused too many wives and concubines, just like the bull in April. Fortunately, I finished spring ploughing in April this year. I'll just be a bull."

As for whether Rurik is a bull or not, Carlotta's answer is naturally affirmative.

When Pang Da's cavalry unit left the city of Nova Aostara, Carlotta stopped riding to send off because of a backache.

The cavalry will continue to parade, rushing to the west bank of Lake Ilmen to target those native Slavic tribes with great brilliance!

He knew that, except for the two small tribes, the calf and the angler, who supported the Duchy of Ross with iron rods, although the other lakeside farm tribes did not participate in the rebellion, they did nothing but wait and see behavior. They didn't support the king at the first time, and their behavior of waiting and seeing was not very different from rebellion. They are a large group of strong leaders. They don't want to use violent means to profit for themselves, but they just want to lie down and win.

Since it is a strong head, it is easy to control it, now it is necessary for them to take a look at the cavalry team of the Duchy of Ross and deter potential rebels.

The cavalry walked past every native farm and attracted the villagers to stop and watch.

The owners of all the farms sent one of their sons to be cavalry soldiers. They were in the army. The children had to take off their hats and sunglasses when they passed by their hometown, so that they could show their faces to pay tribute to the fathers and elders of the hometown. Although they were from the same farm, the children who became cavalry were full of pride, and the people who watched the cavalry felt awe the most.

Rurik saw the expressions of those people clearly. Most of them looked at them with serious faces. The bad people poked their heads and squeezed out their smiling faces, curious and worried.

As for the cavalry team arriving at the angler farm and the calf farm, the situation is completely different. It is like surrendering to the White Tree Manor early. The correct actions of these two manors during the counter-insurgency war allowed them to enjoy more post-war benefits. When the princes were about to form a cavalry team, these two manors were also happy from the beginning. Few males select qualified offspring to contribute to the prince.

Nowadays, the offspring have really become the mighty and domineering generation, so that their parents can't believe that the soldier riding on the horse is their own son.

The work of patrolling Lake Ilmen ended beautifully. The cavalry did not have the qualifications to fight the enemy. Kagan was very fortunate that the Ross cubs he trained did not have any horse falls along the way, even if the entire horse team remained quite safe. The speed and uniform speed, there is no disaster along the way, which fully proves that the young soldiers have learned to control horses.

Rurik went through the rest and reorganization of New Ostara and took away all the cavalry stationed there.

The cavalry of the Rus Principality completed a total assembly outside Novgorod. They rode their horses into a dense fence and received Rurik's victory instructions.

"You have successfully completed your patrol of Lake Ilmen. I am very pleased that you have steered the horses! But the good days that belong to you are over! Then you will receive real cavalry training, and many people will be injured. Are you afraid?!" His question was shocking.

The soldiers all replied that they were fearless.

Rurik nodded with a smile, and then asked loudly, "No momentum! Be louder!"

"Fearless!" everyone said in unison.

"well said!"

No matter, Rurik tightened the reins and rode the horse into Kagan who was watching the show: "Brother, my people are very powerful. They want to receive better cavalry training, so they can be treated as your riding slaves. Train to be a good soldier."

Kagan sighed softly: "A good cavalry needs long-term training." Gu

"Then be strict and do high-intensity training every day. Don't worry, I will pay you more."

"No. We are brothers, it's nothing to train you."

"I'll accept it. I will give you some iron horseshoes. As for the horseshoe nailing, you can take it back to the grassland and do it yourself."

Kagan didn't really want nothing, he subjectively wanted to act as a magnanimous elder brother. Since Rurik mentioned the reward of iron horseshoes, this kind of good thing is naturally the more the better.

The stars shifted, and the warm period belonging to the Ilmen Lake area quietly arrived.

Time has finally entered March, and the ice floes on the lake have become thinner. It is already quite dangerous to run the reindeer sleigh on the ice lake. The ice layer is thinning every day, and soon, cracks and cracks appear on the ice surface.

Although a spring snow comes, after a short spring snow, it is not a bitter cold at all, but an annoying cold and wet.

The whole world has become damp, and the air is extremely humid.

No one thinks this is terrible. The majority of farmers seize this critical moment, repair their farm tools, inspect their crops, and make the final preparations for spring plowing.

Every year, spring plowing occurs at the beginning of April in the Julian calendar. Now Novgorod and surrounding areas have officially entered the annual melting season of snow and ice. The lowest temperature throughout the day is also higher than the freezing point. This can be done outdoors. The fact that the water in the bucket does not freeze proves that in principle, such a climate can already be planted, but the extreme muddy of the farmland will kill the wheat seeds.

Everyone is waiting silently, only the cavalry is still training.

Even though they were only ten years old, those who were qualified to become cavalry because of their parents donated money, they had to learn to fight cavalry like Pechenegge slaves.

Pechenegs are real nomads on horseback. Boys and girls of five or six years old are required by their parents to learn how to ride horses. As for the riding slaves of the nobles, the young slaves trained more hard. They had no choice. If they didn't listen to the master's words, they would not only be whipped but also hungry.

Ross has at least one faith buff bonus here.

Prince Rose is a great task blessed by the gods. It is the greatest honor of his life to be a soldier appointed by him. If he is timid or even quits during training, it is the greatest shame to himself and his family.

According to the reward system established by Rurik assault, in principle, all cavalry fighters who complete the cruise on Lake Ilmen will be rewarded with a recurve bow.

However, Kagan brought only one hundred new recurve bows, and other Pechenegg warriors also had their own bows, and Rurik was really embarrassed to ask for them.

The newcomers are four hundred cavalry fighters, who will get this hundred bows?

There is nothing better than passing a cavalry exam and getting a fair reward.

Although the examination system is an invention of the wisdom of the Easterners, the Vikings have also had violent competitive games since ancient times, and even **** fair duels in the tribe's campaign for the chieftain.

Rurik knows that the immigrants of the Ross and other Viking tribes are really idle in winter, especially during Hanukkah, waiting for the fire tower or huge bonfire to light up, relying on some competitive games to pass it. time.

The bet may be a jar of honey or a barrel of ale, or even some roasted meat. What they are passionate about is still the game of using the bottle with bare hands. The clay pot is easy to break in the fight, so use leather and hay to make a bag, and everyone will **** this thing. This is the most primitive rugby sport. Men who are good at forcing men who are good at collision are thought to be able to become warriors in war.

The Russ are all Viking tribes who have a foundation in this area, so they should be carried forward.

Given this idea, Rurik felt that he could simply make things bigger.

At the end of March, some news spread throughout the Ilmen Lake area, and people in various settlements received the news.

The prince is going to hold a provincial capital before spring plowing? People who want to be able to go to Novgorod must come and see?

It is true that capable people arrive in the big city without fear of the muddy snow, vying to see what entertainment the prince engages in.

I saw that a flat wasteland along the Volkhov River was already dry, and soon it would be covered with grass, and the wasteland would become a pasture for grazing. Wooden poles resembling fences have been erected on the wasteland. They are arranged in a line to form some passages at first glance.

A large number of cavalry wandered outside the field, especially those prairie cavalry wearing pierced armor is the most eye-catching.

The Ross cavalry were all present, all dressed in leather garments sewn from white bearskins, and they all held slender lances.

People have always lacked entertainment activities, and more than 10,000 people gathered outside Novgorod, making this area a little cramped.

Kagan saw it, and looked around, there were people in leather jackets, and furry fur caps were dangling everywhere. In fact, Rurik invited Kagan to join the cruise around Ilmen Lake, which is also to show off the muscles of the prairie brothers. Kagan saw the dense crowds of people, and fully understood that the Ross people did indeed control sufficient fur resources.

So many people came to watch the big show from Shili Baxiang, which made the "cavalry exam" too lively. Merchants took the opportunity to make transactions, and ordinary farmer families also set up small stalls selling their own handicrafts or practical wooden utensils. The whole scene felt like a temple fair.

The lively scene proved the peace and stability under Rose's rule.

Rurik also engaged in a set of sacrificial activities. His maids, numbered from A to J, were priestesses. They also completed the spring priests in Novgorod on the vernal equinox.

The weather is not very cold. The public saw ten young beauties all dressed in plain clothes and crowns made of newly sprouted red pine branches. Under the command of Prince Rurik, they performed a small sacrifice with the examination site.

The ceremony made the beginning very solemn, as if the gods would look down from the sky.

Undoubtedly, King Bjorn of Sweden and other Swedish nobles will not let go of this cavalry exam conducted by the Russ. The cavalry of the Russ has been blazing for some time, although they are all a group of cubs, how is the riding skills of this group of cubs?

They also focused on the rituals of the Ruths. Undoubtedly, King Bjorn was drooling and jealous when looking at the gorgeous young priestesses. They were priests, and they were also the wives of Rurik, Prince Rus.

It's said that Carl from the past has the best beauty. Isn't Rurik even more extreme? The beautiful reality lies here, which man does not envy?

As the ceremony was going on, Rurik reiterated the principles of the test in public: "This is a competition. You will be divided into four groups, and the 25 winners of each group will get an excellent recurve bow! "

The newly recruited cavalry still hasn't been trained in riding and shooting~www.mtlnovel.com~ even though Kagan and his party will go home after the spring ploughing by Ross. They were trained to have one and only one, that is, carrying a very long spear, riding a horse forward and hitting the target with the spearhead.

The squirrel skin bag was placed on the wooden stake, and the young cavalry quickly attacked from the starting point.

Amidst the sound of horns and the cheers of the onlookers, young cavalry rushed on their horses. People saw the doorway, and stab the target with a spear and immediately detonated cheers. Those who didn't stabbed and gained were all boos.

Exams, or competitions, last from early morning to late afternoon. Of the four groups, each group was the first to complete the stabbing twenty-five people, waiting for their reward-a recurve bow.

But the test lasted for a whole day in multiple track test rooms, which fully proved that the results of assault training were not ideal. The horse runs fast, and the spearhead of the spear is in the front. It is not easy for young cavalry to use such a weapon to accurately stab smaller targets.

Still have to train! The spears of the Polish hussars are six meters long, and the current three-meter spears of the Ross cavalry are still too short.

Rurik imagined that the Ross cavalry would not follow the Frankish cavalry's set. They had to carry out a spear charge, and they had to carry out a cavalry and shooting to defend against the enemy.

However, Kagan is no longer needed for training in the future. The huge corps of Pecheneg and Kievans will return to their hometown. The first 80 cavalry of Ross are good coaches, and another ten belong to Rurik. Pechenegg rides slaves as a coach. Whether it is the cavalry or the new soldiers of the Imperial Guard, they will be completely out of production in addition to learning basic cultural knowledge in the future. Their daily life is to learn how to fight and **** the enemy. After a warm season of high-intensity training, everything will be fine.