Rise of Rurik - Chapter 651

[Chapter 652 Unequal Assault]

The Ross Army knew the enemy’s strength more accurately, and the information he had learned before obviously caused Rurik to seriously overestimate the opponent’s strength, which made him feel relieved when he was under some pressure.

Originally, letting the fleet collectively flank the enemy near the shore was to rely on shipboard weapons to try to consume part of the enemy’s troops, so that the pressure of the subsequent landing battle would be greatly reduced.

Pine Needle Manor has gathered 3,000 people?

The manor is the leader of the rebellion, and the other so-called rebels have not sent troops to gather?

Could it be that most of the manors are really on the sidelines, who will win in the end?

In this way, the strength of the Ross army is equal to that of the enemy, and there is no suspense that the victory belongs to Ross.

Victory must belong to Rose!

The vast number of fighters simply regard tomorrow’s war as a feast of killing. Many people don’t think that they can grab many good things in a pure farmer’s village.

Lord Rurik issued an order to exterminate the rebels. Is this decision really appropriate? Obviously, a group of captives can be captured and taken away as slaves.

Many Balmerks in the team have such a traditional idea, but they are now from New Ross and have to obey the Duke’s orders.

What makes everyone hopeful is to plunder food. The rebels have a huge manor, and they must have a lot of surplus food, as well as some livestock and poultry.

No one expects to search for gold and silver treasures, seize grain, cattle and sheep, open their stomachs to eat, and everyone is full of expectations.

Although he knew more detailed enemy information, Rurik was not stupid enough to tell everyone the revised information.

It is natural to despise the enemy strategically, but it is important to pay attention to it tactically. Even a warrior with only a wooden stick has a probability of capsizing the heavily armored Ross army in the gutter.

Rurik decided to stay the same and continue to convince his brothers that the enemy was an army of ten thousand people, so that they would not suddenly underestimate the enemy.

This night, not many people were anxious about tomorrow’s battle.

The weather tonight is not bad, there are obviously a lot of clouds in the night sky, and the stars and the moon appear and disappear from time to time.

Since tomorrow was the big battle, many soldiers fell asleep around the bonfire, and a large camp appeared outside the White Tree Manor, and the snoring of the army kept coming and going.

As for Rurik, of course he lived in Svetlana’s old boudoir.

The moonlight shines on Lanna’s peaceful face through the wooden window. Like other Slavic girls, the war did not let these women go away.

Rurik lay on his arm and just wanted to sleep, but Lanna turned sideways and boldly introduced herself: “Tomorrow, I will also join the battle.”

“You? Be a female soldier?” Rurik was not surprised.

“Yes. Just like Carlota, she is a nobleman, and I am also a nobleman. She can lead troops to fight, and I should also participate.”

“What can you do?” Rurik said bluntly.

“Maybe archery?”

“Forget it, you’re still a child.”

“Huh? As if you weren’t a child.”

Rurik was stunned for a moment, indeed, even though this body started to grow a golden beard, it was still a boy.

“Have Carlotta taught you archery?”

“Other sisters have taught me. We are all your women. You say that I am the most honorable. If I am a fool, wouldn’t it be embarrassing to you. Besides, this is the century-old revenge of White Tree Manor, so you let me join Well.”

“Forget it. You and I are short of a wedding, and it is meaningful for you to participate in this decisive battle. I hand you over to Carlota, remember, you must be brave. To be my first wife must be like a Valkyrie, I just I like you like this.”

Svetlana, who was already in love, suddenly felt an indescribable depression. She cherished the opportunity to be alone with her man in her boudoir tonight. She was ready to do everything a wife can do, but she The man ordered himself to be a female warrior, this matter is even above all else.

She tried to calm down and looked at her index finger and ring finger by the moonlight.

“Maybe I can shoot an enemy tomorrow. I don’t want to kill, but…”

“You have no choice. This is war. If you don’t kill them, they will kill you. Only when Pine Needle Manor is eradicated can this lake be truly peaceful.” After finishing speaking, Rurik reached out and pressed Lanna’s hand. Arm, “Don’t look at your fingers, I’ll give you a crossbow tomorrow, so you don’t need to draw the bow and shoot arrows. Oh? Fraser taught you the Mediterranean archery method? I like you wearing a finger puller to shoot arrows.”

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Lanna didn’t know what to say, so she closed her eyes without saying a word…

Rurik brought a group of young warriors this time, and now Svetarana has become one of them.

Young and old friends like Fisk, Kanuf, and Terrafis are all ordered to join the battle. First, they need to participate in the new war gilding, and secondly, they are all good archers to make Ross’s arrow array stronger.

A group of capable young soldiers are the generals of Rurik’s future army, and they all need to seize every opportunity to accumulate combat experience when they are young.

It was also because of their youth, when other veterans fell asleep, these young cubs chatted a lot around the campfire, and when their eyes were bloodshot, they couldn’t bear to lie down and fall asleep.

At dawn, the poultry brought by the Calf Manor went “crazy”.

The crowing of poultry overwhelmed the snoring of the soldiers. When the waking warriors thought that there was still a bloody battle to be fought today, their spirits were immediately refreshed, and it was impossible to fall asleep when they got up.

Soon, the early farm women hurriedly cooked the wheat while the time was still early, so that the army that was eager to go to the battle was full and went to the battlefield.

Rigus also went all out. Knowing that Rurik had brought a lot of food, he still ordered to take out the food stored in his farm and called on all the families to donate generously, just to get more from the defeated enemy after the war. food and other spoils.

How could Rurik not understand his thoughts?

Rigus was promised that White Tree Manor would receive a large amount of spoils and even higher political power—the right to rule by proxy—because of the feat of full support.

Rurik didn’t say it clearly, but he had already made a plan in his heart. After the victory, he appointed Medved, the successor of White Tree Manor, as the interim governor, and also entrusted this person to mainly solve the mess after the war.

Medved will not be canonized as an earl. The direct rule that is agreed is the real direct rule. The governor is such an official position. If the monarch doesn’t like it, he can change it at any time.

Just appointing a local to be the governor is purely the optimal solution under specific time conditions. In the end, the governor must be a pure Ross.

After breakfast, the assembled soldiers were full of fighting spirit.

The riverside was full of warriors in blue-striped white robes, and their polished iron helmets shone in the golden light of the rising sun.

The huge fleet is moored by the river, and some sailors are already dressed and waiting.

The army has been assembled, and the warriors are like a group of mad bears.

This is indeed the case. Some of Rurik’s elite mercenaries have helmets that cover the entire bear’s head. The upper jaw and fangs of the mad bear are like the brim of a sunshade hat, and their ferocious appearance makes them invincible.

They were madmen who were selected to be berserkers. They were all muscular and wore heavy armor made of thick patches. Their weapons were two battle axes.

This is a group of lunatics rushing forward, and they are the most yelling.

Rurik stood on the Aurora, he took off his hat and put on the iron helmet decorated with gold patterns, and drew out his dagger to openly show his warrior demeanor.

He raised his arms and shouted: “Brothers! Follow me and kill the rebels! Today, Odin ordered you to kill! Blood sacrifice to Odin!”

Three thousand warriors responded to each call. They beat their shields with their swords and uttered Viking battle cries rhythmically from their mouths.

This roar shocked the entire White Tree Manor and the common people felt the horror of the underworld, and the women were glad that this group of iron-covered berserkers were not enemies.

The squirrels in the forest hid in the tree holes one after another, the ferrets hid in the caves, and the birds flew away in flocks in fright.

This roar even caused a gap between the hostile Pine Needle Manor, and both Vadim and the 6,000-man army he had worked so hard to assemble felt a strange tremor.

earthquake?

Maybe something terrible happened today.

Maybe… it’s war!

A group of priests broke into Vadim’s house, and they did not hesitate to express their concerns.

Because the Ross people did not go far, since the enemy attacked yesterday, maybe they will attack again today.

A year-old priest explained the result of his divination in horror: “Today there will be a war.”

war?

Of course there will be a big fight!

Even if the Ross people don’t come to attack, he, Vadim, will choose an auspicious day for a full-scale attack.

Since the priests are all telling about a crisis, I am afraid this is the will of the gods.

Pine Needle Manor began to gather an army, and everyone who could afford a weapon was organized.

No one knew when and how the hostile Russian army would appear. The militants instinctively guarded the farm, and more than 6,000 people gathered into a “super-strong combat group”, objectively adopting a passive defense.

At the same time, Ross’s army has boarded the ship one after another, and they are about to enter the vast waters of Lake Ilmen along the Volkhov River.

A large number of light rowing longboats took the lead, and the thousand strongest fighters of the first and third flag teams entered the vast lake first.

Followed by the sail destroyers led by Aurora, and then the sail destroyers and armed cargo ships at the end also entered the Great Lakes one after another.

It was only in the morning, and the huge Ross fleet began to adjust its formation in the lake.

Last year’s sea and lake battles made Rurik deeply aware of the serious communication barriers in his army. After organizing a large fleet, it became difficult to communicate between ships.

How do the ships clearly understand the flagship’s orders?

A simple set of semaphores has become popular among the sailor community.

Because the traditional Nordic runic alphabet and the Roman alphabet can be converted into each other, this is not surprising, purely because both alphabets come from ancient Greece.

The semaphore system has been born, and each letter has a corresponding semaphore action.

Those sailors who were responsible for pulling the ropes to lift the sails and retract the anchors turned into communication soldiers. Relying on this communication system, the Ross fleet formed a tactical formation.

The four most stocky cruisers are in front, and the destroyers are in the rear.

The traditional long oars are in the middle, and the slow armed cargo ships are in the rear.

The mighty fleet sails in the vast waters, and the huge triangle sails can easily take advantage of various wind directions.

The entire fleet went straight to the slightly hazy Pine Needle Manor on a route close to the lake.

At first, to those on the shore, a strange dark blue shadow appeared on the surface of the lake.

It just so happened that the armed men entrenched in Pine Needle Manor were forced to gather, and some people began to notice the approaching monster, and people gathered by the lake to watch the shadow approaching intently.

What the hell is that?

Some say it’s from Ross, some say it’s ridiculous.

More people are simply watching the theater. They are farmers who have spent their whole lives farming by the lake. They have never traveled far in their life. It seems that the whole world exists around Lake Ilmen. As for the Ross robbers, it is never clear Killed out of the dark place.

They have never seen a big ship, let alone a huge fleet.

Not only them, even the Danes can’t imagine things they haven’t seen, such as the Ross fleet fully loaded.

Finally, the dark blue shadow became clear. It seemed to be a boat, maybe it wasn’t a boat, and many farmers couldn’t tell why.

Compared to going to war, thousands of armed men gathered by the lake, they were so busy watching the incredible western scenery, they even ignored whether this was an imminent danger?

It’s like beach tourists who have never seen the horror of a tsunami, and even point to the strange white line on the approaching sea level and laugh…

But this group of watching the excitement put the entire armed group in danger.

Rurik stood on the bow deck, and the Aurora was ready for battle.

Wooden boxes filled with cast iron bullets were placed on the deck, and some javelins were held by the soldiers themselves.

A group of soldiers with crossbows in the cabin were on standby, including Svetlana who volunteered for the mission. She also cautiously embraced a heavy steel-armed crossbow, and clenched two pointed arrows tightly in her immature hands.

“My lord, I saw a group of people gathered by the lake!” The voice came from the mast, and it was the sailor with excellent eyesight who saw something.

Rurik squinted his eyes and observed carefully. He couldn’t see anything for the time being, but there was a large group of strange shadows by the lake, and behind the shadows was obviously a large settlement of villages.

“Is that Pine Needle Farm?” he asked of the wooden-faced old man.

Otto’s deep eyes saw everything, and he said solemnly, “Your enemy has made a fatal mistake. Have you seen those shadows? I’m sure the enemy is already gathering their forces.”

“They are so brave?” Rurik asked in surprise.

“No! They are reckless. Rurik, this is the opportunity God gave us to kill the enemy, and everything is within our plan.”

It was supposed to be half of the plan canceled when the cannon fired, but Rurik didn’t have wishful thinking to predict that the enemy would foolishly run to the lakeside to stand at the first moment and become a group of targets to be bombarded.

But this is the truth, and the enemy is standing stupidly waiting to die.

Rurik thought of the Russian army standing in Austerlitz and being bombarded.

The Russian army is all Slavs, and the guys who knocked on this group of pine needle manors are all the purest Slavs.

The opponents don’t know why they are standing, but they are looking for death.

Rurik immediately ordered: “Banner! Inform all ships to follow the plan! Change formation immediately!”

The man who tied himself to the top of the mast immediately waved two flags, the notification of the order was very smooth, and the formation of the Ross fleet was changing.

Sail cruisers and destroyers gradually formed a single-column formation. Between the hostile Pine Needle Manor on the east bank of the lake, the single-column column of the Ross Fleet entering the Great Lakes from the north was all facing the enemy on the port side.

For the sail cruisers with the largest deck area, all the twenty-five bull catapults of the Ross people were moved to the overtime place.

Numerous shooters boarded the deck one after another, and the decks of each ship suddenly became crowded with armed men.

All the long-range weapons have been charged, and it is Rurik who is on the flagship to announce when to drop anchor and turn the ship into a firepower fortress on the lake.

Rurik stretched out his thumb to estimate the distance, while the entire single-column fleet headed towards the Pine Needle Manor in a slanted course.

The large crowd on the shore was already clearly visible, and the weapons they carried reflected the light in the sunlight.

Just when it was only about 150 meters away, the Aurora dropped anchor and took in its sails!

The flagship is like this, and all ships follow suit.

At the same time, Vadim, who had already entered the crowd by the lake, had already seen a huge fleet coming into his eyes. He couldn’t believe what he saw, but what fluttered on the towering spruce-like mast was the temperament of the Ross people!

All the big ships fly the same flag!

“It’s Ross! Prepare for war! Fight with them!”

Vadim’s shouts were broken, and some people realized that the war was imminent, but who would have thought that Ross’s army would arrive at the manor in this way?

Very suddenly, there was a buzzing sound like wild bees dancing in the air. The Slavic warriors at Pine Needle Manor raised their heads, and they saw a bunch of flying black lines and a bunch of bird-like shadows in front of them.

What are these strange shadows?

Do not!

They are coming here!

Even when some started to panic, the killing came.

The hum came from Spinfeather’s javelin, fired from a torsion slingshot.

More black shadows are the conical cast iron bullets shot by the slingshot and the pebbles thrown by the trebuchet.

The bullets and javelins fell down with strong kinetic energy, and those who hit them were either blown out of their heads, or were deeply impaled on the ground by the javelins, or even pierced two people with one shot.

Death came so quickly, and the companion died so inexplicably.

The crowd began to panic. Those warriors with short spears and axes had just panicked, and a large number of arrows fell from the sky again!

At such a distance, the improved crossbow with wooden arms can also hit light arrows that lack penetrating power to the crowd at the lakeside. This time Rurik gathered more than 500 archers.

Because the crossbow was charged in advance and the arrows were inserted, the soldiers of the shooting team had just completed the first round of torsion slingshot firing, and immediately picked up the crossbow and launched the projectile.

First, there was a critical strike by projectiles from more than 70 heavy weapons, and then there was a rain of arrows composed of more than 500 arrows.

Not to mention the Slavs by Lake Ilmen, even the Frankish army that fought back and forth with the Danes had never seen this type of combat.

Another army that intends to adopt this combat mode in this time and space is the Tang Army. The Eastern soul in Rurik drives him to use long-range weapons extensively without hesitation.

No, the sudden and tragic casualties caused by this blow caused the morale of the armed men in Pine Needle Manor to collapse. This was an irreparable collapse for Vadim himself!

The second round of torsion slingshot shooting soon came again. Although it became free shooting and the shooting density was seriously reduced, it still further accelerated the collapse of the armed men on the shore.

“Huh? Is this going to collapse? It’s absurd.” Rurik predicted that the enemy would be a fool who would collapse at the first touch.

The majority of the soldiers were quite surprised, they still tried their best to charge the crossbow pedal and twist the lever to charge the torsion slingshot.

Otto urged his son still with a calm face: “Let the landing troops attack and escape like the enemy.”

“Right.”

Rurik hurriedly ran to the starboard side of the flagship, and shouted at the thousand people on standby, holding up their daggers: “It’s time for you to land!”

When Arik saw his brother frantically shaking the dagger, he fully understood that this was the signal agreed by the two brothers.

Thirty longships acted collectively, and the soldiers paddled vigorously. They got out of the gaps between the large ships, and quickly completed the last sprint of more than one hundred meters in the attitude of a landing craft.

The oak keels gnawed deeply at the lakeside of the muddy lake. Wearing leather helmets and wearing identical clothes, the Ross First and Third Banners launched their deadliest attack, and their enemies, the so-called six thousand Vadim The Slavic army led by them has been unable to organize a decent defense.

The grief-stricken Vadim, he has been wrapped up by his cronies and mixed with the fleeing army, fleeing towards the farm…

[End of this Chapter]