Chapter 70: The Capture of Vladimir
The Great Chiefdom of Vladimir was the southernmost chiefdom in the Rus' region, and Vladimir was very modest compared to Novgorod, the capital of the Rurik dynasty.
They didn't even have a decent castle, and their method of defense was to build a very rudimentary wooden castle out of wood, which is not an exaggeration to describe it as primitive.
"Da-da-da, da-da-da"
"Drive, drive, drive!"
"Da-da-da, da-da-da"
General Qixin led 25,000 "Rouran Rangers" of Qixin County to a forest near the Great Chiefdom of Vladimir.
The general Qi Xin did not let the soldiers rush out, and he ordered his son Qi Yi, the junior general, to lead 500 cavalry to lure out the tribal warriors of the Great Chiefdom of Vladimir.
"Yes, the last general commands!!" In the forest, the young general Qi Yi knelt on one knee and clenched his fists to lead the order. He mounted his horse and led five hundred cavalry at a gallop towards Vladimir's wooden fort.
Qi En looked at the five hundred cavalry who had left the dust, and calmly opened the wine jug and drank wine to warm up.
"Da-da-da, da-da-da"
"Drive! Drive! ”
An hour and a half later, Qi Yi led five hundred people to a stop near Vladimir Wooden Fort, Qi Yi looked at these five hundred people and asked:
"Which of you speaks Rus!?"
"General, we will all do!!"
"Well, okay, you guys teach me some swearing Rus!"
The group smiled and nodded:
"No problem, General!!"
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A quarter of an hour later
Qi Yi said with difficulty:
"Quack, quack? Whoa! ”
The soldier corrected:
"No, General, that's what you should say: Gurg, grunt, croak, croak."
Qi Yi looked at them and said:
"Gurgling, gurgling, croaking!"
The soldier shook his head and said again:
"General, it should be said like this: grunt, gurg, croak, croak!"
Qi Yi hugged his head loudly and shouted:
"Ahh
Qi Yi waved his hand, "Don't learn, don't learn." You will follow me to Vladimir Wooden Fort, you look at my gestures, and as soon as I wave your hand, you will shout at the inside! Do you hear me clearly?! ”
"Yes, General."
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Inside the wooden fort of Vladimir, the guards guarding the gate were talking. Suddenly they heard the sound of horses' hooves, and when they looked out of the door, they saw a cavalry of several hundred men running towards the wooden fort.
The captain of the goalkeeping squad hurriedly ran to inform the Grand Chief of Vladimir, Goya. Vladimir.
Goya. Vladimir was training his son shirtless with a stick in the backyard when the squad leader suddenly barged in and told him that there was a cavalry outside.
"Oh? Is it, we still have people here who can look at it? ”
Goya. Vladimir turned around and looked at the squad leader with an eyebrow.
"Great Chief, do you want to go and see?"
Hearing the squad leader's question, Goya. Vladimir put on clothes made of animal skins, picked up his son and walked towards the city gate. "Okay, let's go! Let's check it out! ”
Moments later, Goya. Vladimir held his son on the wall of the wooden fort and looked at the cavalry outside, looked at the squad leader in an unkind tone and asked, "This is the cavalry you are talking about!?" Are you kidding? That's four or five hundred people at most, do you need me to come and see it in person? ”
Outside the Vladimir Wooden Fort, Qi Yi saw someone looking at them, he made a gesture, and the five hundred cavalrymen immediately shouted loudly in Rus':
"Disgusting, filthy bedbugs up there, you're a bunch of garbage. Hahaha! ”
"Huh?"
Goya. Vladimir frowned and looked at the hundreds of cavalry below in confusion, he really couldn't figure out why these hundreds of cavalry would come here and shout at them with dirty words.
The squad leader got together to Goya. Vladimir flattered and asked, "Great Chief, do you want us to go out and get rid of them?" ”
Goya. Vladimir waved his hand, "No, leave them alone." They love to say what they want, how they say it. ”
After saying Goya. Vladimir was about to carry his son back to the backyard, and outside the wooden castle Qiyi saw Goya. Vladimir was about to leave, and he made another gesture.
The cavalry nodded, and then scolded loudly in unison:
"Look at that disgusting and filthy bed bug up there, that garbage was scared away by us, hahahahaha! What a coward, garbage, hahaha!! ”
Goya. Vladimir looked back at the following, and he thought suspiciously:
"Huh? What exactly are these people trying to do? Could it be that there is an ambush down there? Are they going to trick us out and take us down? Well, quite possibly!! ”
"Great Chief, these people below are so arrogant, please allow us to arrest them!!"
Goya. Vladimir saw the angry look of the squad leader, as if he understood something, and he felt that the cavalry outside the wooden fort must be intending to provoke them to go out and ambush them. "There's no need, don't bother with them. Just keep watch in peace. ”
"Great Chief, I, we can't bear it, please allow us to go down and take them down."
"It's not necessary, it's not necessary, what if they are out in an ambush?"
The squad leader heard Goya. Vladimir's words, think about it, too, those people outside must be planning to ambush them.
Goya. Vladimir saw that the squad leader seemed to understand what he meant, and he nodded and carried his son back to the backyard.
When Qi Yi was shouting and scolding outside the Vladimir Wooden Fort, Qi Xin's general Qi En led more than 24,000 cavalry to quietly come to the back of the Vladimir Wooden Fort.
Zien ordered them to smear the wooden walls with oil, and because of Qi Yi's containment, the rest of Vladimir did not notice them.
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When it was almost dark, Qi Yi's voices were almost hoarse. Zien looked at the sky, and when the time came, he said in a loud voice:
"Light the fire, release the arrow!!"
"Boom, boom, boom, boom"
Arrows were fired at Vladimir's oiled wooden walls, and in an instant Vladimir burst into flames.
Goya. Vladimir saw that the walls of the wooden fort were on fire and hurriedly called for the extinguishing of the fire.
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"General, I didn't expect you to attack with fire? You didn't tell me a word, I thought you really wanted me to lure them out!! ”
Qi Yi's five hundred people and Qi En's army converged, and Qi Yi didn't expect Qi En's purpose to be like this. The corners of Zien's mouth rose and said:
"Hehe, wait, when the fire is extinguished, it's time for us to attack!"
After more than an hour, the fire on the walls of Vladimir was finally extinguished, and the general Zien, knowing that the time had come, drew his sword and pointed at the wooden fort
"Attack and take here!!"
Goya. Vladimir saw that the fire on the city wall had been extinguished, and he ordered all the people in the city to follow him into battle, and he was to take the five hundred.
Goya. Vladimir led them outside, when he saw the twenty-five thousand troops. He finally understood that this was the other party's conspiracy.
"Those who descend do not kill"
"Those who descend do not kill"
Qi Xinjun shouted at them loudly in Russi.
Goya. Vladimir sat down on the ground in despair, muttering:
"We Lost"
"We Lost"
Goya. Vladimir knew that they were no match for each other, they were actually exhausted after extinguishing the fire, and they could easily take it if there were five hundred people on the opposite side. But there are tens of thousands of people on the other side, and they are no match at all.
"We surrender, we surrender!!"
Goya. Vladimir ordered the warriors of the tribe to surrender, he did not want the tribesmen to die in battle, and the tribesmen understood that they were no match for each other, so they surrendered.
The general of Qixin took Vladimir without a single soldier.
At this time Goya. Vladimir asked loudly:
"I wonder, who laid this plan? I want him to come over and let me see him! ”
Zien rode out of the army and then jumped off his horse to walk towards Goya. Vladimir on the side of their chieftaincy warriors.
"Father, no."
"Nothing! Get out of the way! ”
Qi Yi was about to stop Qi En, Qi En raised his head and glared at Qi Yi, Qi Yi saw Qi En's resolute attitude, so he had to obediently get out of the way.
Zien calmly walked to Goya. Vladimir in front of him.
"You're not afraid I'll kill you now?" Goya. Vladimir looked at Zien.
"Hehe, you won't."
Goya. Vladimir stared into Zien's eyes, and Zien was not afraid to fight with Goya. Vladimir stared at each other.
Moments later, Goya. Vladimir shook his head and said:
"yes, I won't. I surrender, can you tell me which tribe you belong to? ”
"It's not a tribe, I'm from Huaxia Kingdom."
"Huaxia Kingdom? Haven't heard of it. ”
"It doesn't matter if you've heard of it or not, you just need to know that you're also from Huaxia now."
"yes!"