Rise of Rurik - Chapter 652

[Chapter 653 Outside Banner Hunting Manor]

The Russ blew their horns, and the muffled sound had a sea-like terror to it.

Dressed in white battle robes, they looked like a large group of gods of death seeking their lives. Under the scorching summer sun, the cold light of the swords and spears shone extremely brightly.

There was a large group of people lying by the lake, with arrows stuck in their bodies, and the rain of arrows was like ears of wheat waiting to be harvested, but the grass by the lake was completely soaked in blood.

The stone bullets and cast iron bullets shattered the bones of people, and those who were hit by the bullets did not die quickly. The Ross people who rushed to kill did not hesitate to make up a sword to give death, cleanly and without delay.

The task of the thousand people who landed this time is very clear-to kill.

Since it is killing, it is the pursuit of maximum efficiency. They all turned into berserkers, just wanting to kill all the cowards who are fleeing like logging.

The landing beach was easily occupied by the Ross army. During this period, some hunters from Pine Needle Manor shot arrows. Unfortunately, the bone cluster arrows fired by the low-pound wooden bow were only lightly pierced on the skinned wooden shield of the Ross people. was dialed out.

The opponent’s resistance aroused the strong fighting spirit of the Ross army. The two flag teams consisted of a thousand soldiers. They chased with all their strength, and their leather boots stepped on the green shoots of the oat field.

This is the reorganized banner team, which gathers the strongest fighters of the Ross Army.

They are very organized, and one of the centurions carries an additional wooden-armed crossbow, a lightweight standard shooting weapon that happens to be a killing weapon against unarmored enemies.

The archer stood and shot with the crossbow, and then stepped on the string immediately, inserted the light arrow in his mouth into the quiver slot and shot again.

They didn’t have many shooting opportunities, because the brothers with excellent physical fitness had already rushed to the end of the fleeing enemy with their steel swords held high.

After all, rabbits bite people when they are in a hurry!

The zero-distance fight officially started. When the Ross people whose minds were occupied by the killing heart confronted the Pine Needle Manor army whose heads were occupied by the instinct of resistance, the battle was obviously terrifying and bloody.

The battle is out of order, and the Ross army has no time to build a shield wall at this special moment. Every soldier is fighting freely, and anyone who does not wear a blue-striped white robe will be killed!

Even if the opponent was in the end, screaming and covering his face with his hands, the steel sword and ax still came to chop.

The white robes of the Ross warriors were stained with thick blood, the helmets were also stained red, and the blades were dripping with blood.

They also began to suffer some negligible damage. The armored warriors had large shields to protect them. The desperate opponents could hardly inflict fatal wounds on the Ross warriors, but it was still possible to cause some elbow scratches.

Some fighters are covered in colorful paint, but they are full of adrenaline and don’t know what pain is, or even if they are now hit by the rusty anchor of the Pine Needle Manor Army, and their guts are pulled out, the berserk fighters will still fight to death Bleeding out.

It seems that they exist just to fight, to let the flower of life bloom in the battlefield, so as to sacrifice themselves to Odin.

Outside Pine Needle Manor, a scuffle is raging.

Pitiful for this group of Slavic warriors who lost the chance to escape and passively resisted. They were fighting with the Ross fanatics, but they were betrayed by their companions.

The main force of Vadim’s assembled army is fleeing into the village as fast as possible.

As the “Prince of Novgorod”, the commander-in-chief of a huge army, he was the first to flee to the village under the auspices of his cronies.

At this moment, Vadim saw thousands of his female compatriots standing on the winding streets of the farm, especially the women of the manor. In the alley, he was holding all kinds of weapons in his hand, even a wooden stick.

Vadim, who was once stunned by the terrible arrows of the Ross people, saw the women of his tribe wanting to participate in the defense battle, and his head instantly sobered up.

“You all let go of me! I can’t be a coward!”

Sure enough, the companions let go of their hands one after another.

Looking at the trembling and nervous expressions of the women who gathered spontaneously, Vadim couldn’t say anything. He didn’t even have time to run back to the mansion first and order his women to hide.

There is no escape!

Although he didn’t want the battle to be like this, today is indeed the time of life and death for Pine Needle Manor.

Although the Ross people have used force for decades, none of the elders has seen such a situation. The Ross people clearly want to flatten the manor and kill everything!

Clearly aware of this, Vadim suddenly became bold, even if his boldness and cowardice were cheap.

Holding up the captured steel sword, his eyes were wide open, and he shouted at the fleeing people: “Don’t run away! Stop for me, and point the spearhead at the enemy!”

He also ordered his cronies to do everything possible to hold back the fugitives, and asked the women to quickly gather to the east of the manor.

I saw these pure Slavic women with their long braids on their heads, and many of them simply tore their skirts in half, just to keep their clothes out of the way in the subsequent fight.

What many women hold is basically a wooden fork that is forked with grass, or even a wooden stick that is barely sharpened.

A large number of “spearheads” were unanimous to the outside world. Ironically, the women of Pine Needle Manor became the last wall to defend the manor, and actually became the actual supervisory team.

Seeing how brave the women were, and seeing that they had already entered the village, the panicked Slavic warriors calmed down one after another.

They stopped, turned around, and pointed their swords, spears, and axes to the east again, which was the direction where the Ross fleet landed.

Thousands of armed men and women are gathering, and even some boys and girls are joining them.

They are pure Slavs. At this moment, they have completely achieved the battle of brothers and fathers and sons.

As the commander-in-chief, Vadim has no reason to retreat to the rear of the array.

People spontaneously bowed their bodies, looking warily at the brothers who were fighting with the Ross people not far ahead.

It’s a pity that those who escape slowly will die in battle, but they are great, and they paid the blood price for the reorganization of the Pine Needle Manor army’s reorganization and morale.

Vadim stood in front of the battle and shouted loudly: “We have no retreat! Behind us is the manor we live on! Either live or die! Fight them to the last man!”

People began to shout, and the army’s majesty was greatly shaken.

But the ferocity of the Ross people was clearly seen by everyone. They were howling desperately, but no one took the lead in counterattacking.

Even if Vadim yelled a lot of grandiose words, he recovered his mind and knew that if he took the lead in the charge, he would easily die in the chaos and be hacked and killed by the Ross people.

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The Pine Needle Manor Army and their allies, men and women, got together and gathered 6,000 people in the east of the manor!

Even though they have already killed nearly a thousand people.

Finally, the 1,000 strong men who landed first from the Ross Army resolutely obliterated the initial resistance of the Pine Needle Manor Army at the cost of no deaths.

Vadim’s side has already killed more than a thousand people. The armed men of Pine Needle Manor were terrified by the cruel loss. Their fathers and brothers died in front of them. Tears welled up in their eyes. The desire for vengeance had completely overwhelmed the fear.

Where is their battle cry, it is clearly howling in grief and indignation.

Arik and Hailafeld dealt with a group of resisters, and they led many subordinates standing panting among the corpses.

Even if both of them are physically strong, paddling hard, running and attacking, and even fighting hard, this ancient battle requires extremely high physical endurance of soldiers.

Many Ross soldiers were out of breath. They were still carrying blood-dripping prisoners of war, holding their shields against their chests, and spontaneously marched towards the enemies already in formation.

But the two flag captains were not idiots.

Arik yelled hoarsely: “Everyone stop and line up! Wait for the follow-up troops!”

Hailafeld is making the same decision, but it is not easy to contain the chaotic army in a state of complete chaos.

The blood-stained blue feathers on the helmet of the captain of the banner are extremely beautiful. The two gathered some subordinates to stand in the pile of corpses, and forcibly confronted the arrayed enemies not far away.

Those who rushed too far forward gradually realized why the other brothers were behind, and only then did they realize what decision the flag captain had made.

It was as if a rushing heavy truck driver slammed on the brakes, but the truck stopped despite the smoke and dust and even the flames.

The offensive momentum of the vanguard of the Ross Army was also forcibly braked in this way. The soldiers didn’t come to some sense in their blank minds until they really stopped.

The enemy lined up a large defensive array around the manor, even if they didn’t carry effective shields, their weapons and equipment were simple.

Considering the strength of his troops, leading his brothers in such a mad rush, many of them might be beaten to death by the enemy.

The bad experience of armed reconnaissance in Gotland made Arik fearful. In order to first show his momentum, he also ordered his subordinates to form a thin and narrow formation.

He didn’t forget to go to Hailafeld himself: “Brother, ask my decision-maker to make your people form a wide formation.”

“Okay! Brother Arik, your people have nothing to lose, right?”

“No loss!”

Hailafeid panted and laughed, “My situation is just as good. In my opinion, it’s better for us brothers to continue to attack and kill them, so that you and I can take the lead in finding the spoils.”

“No. Brother, I have more combat experience than you. I see that the Slavs have united. If you charge recklessly, you will die. Let’s wait for the follow-up troops!”

Since Arik did not continue to attack, he should not be reckless with a group of fighters from his hometown, and Hailafeld also chose to face off completely.

Just when the scuffle broke out on the shore, when Ross’s vanguard chose to calmly confront and Vadim’s Slavic army regained its strength, the follow-up troops of the Ross army were delayed by objective reasons for some time, and they finally began to land.

All the big ships put down the side boats one after another, and people carrying heavy weapons began to arrive at the small boats and row to the shore.

A batch of ship-borne torsion slingshots were unloaded, and all bull catapults were loaded first.

The Shooting Flag Team and the Slavic Flag Team were also waiting for new ships to land, just as those rowing boats that landed on the beach were rowed back to the big ship by the extremely limited sailors on board.

Rurik was standing on the side of the Aurora, fighting on the shore. He very much hoped that his long-range firepower could provide favorable support again, but if the slingshot continued to fire, it would definitely hurt his own people.

People eager to land gathered at the side of the ship. Once a small boat was moored beside the ship, a group of people clamored to get on board.

The chaotic scene was inevitable, and Rurik stomped his feet anxiously watching it, but it was a pity that even cursing and urging him was meaningless.

The thirty longboats finally floated back, and Rurik didn’t care too much. He took his own sword, grabbed the cables and rowed out to the longboats.

After the boat had almost disembarked, all the people paddled together and rushed to the beach again.

The water surface of more than 100 meters is not too far away. If the bottom of the lake is not deep, Rurik will order the army to wade directly into the water and land.

It is also not far away, and the chaos when boarding the boat did not last long.

Autorurik and his son set foot on solid ground, a group of heavy weapons and archer’s flag team landed one after another, and the last one was an army of 800 people from the Slavic flag team of Medved in White Tree Manor.

There are corpses everywhere, the grass is stained with blood, the grass has become muddy, and the air is filled with the fragrance of grass and the strange smell of rust.

Svetlana, who was once busy throwing arrows on the boat, was now dressed in crisp and capable attire. For example, she put on pants, and landed with her heavy steel-armed crossbow in the posture of a young female warrior.

But she is not really a female warrior!

Seeing a large number of dead bodies lying on the ground, the terrifying scene frightened her to kneel on the spot, and instead held the crossbow to make a vomiting motion, but her willpower finally controlled the embarrassment.

“Get up, sister.” Carlotta grabbed Svetlana’s clothes and pulled them up, and said, “Hurry up and charge the crossbow. Remember! You are a warrior, not a weak woman! You are the one who kills the enemy now.” The only mission!”

Svetlana, she desperately wanted to prove herself in front of Rurik.

She hooked the capstan to the bowstring and turned the capstan with her eyes closed to charge the crossbow.

Recite silently “Dead corpses are all wood”.

Many archers were charging their energy, and they didn’t install arrows immediately after finishing their work, just worried about accidental shooting.

Rurik completely ignored the dead. He glanced sideways and found that there was no one of his own dead, and he felt extremely relieved.

Standing on the battlefield again, the aging Otto felt thirty years younger all of a sudden.

Regardless of his aging body, he held up his patterned steel sword like a banner in the army, leading many soldiers to follow him.

Soon, Duke Ross’s gold-edged flag was flying beside Otto, and the flag bearer was none other than Rurik himself.

The standard bearer naturally has the meaning of honor, and Rurik’s clothes are conspicuous enough, and his flag is the most eye-catching beauty.

The Ross army landed with more than one flag. Many flags with blue stripes on a white background fluttered in the wind. The flags were flying with great momentum, which was also a threat to the enemy.

Without asking him to give an order, the entire landing team followed the flag and rushed to the vanguard already in formation.

Arik and Hallafield didn’t rush into the farm immediately, which was inconsistent with his previous orders, but his cousin Arik had been fighting all these years, and no matter how bad he was, he had learned some resourcefulness. He led his brothers to stand still. Have deep meaning.

The follow-up troops of the Ross army came in mighty force, and the soldiers in the vanguard were overjoyed.

look!

Those spears are like moving woods, the warriors of the Slavic Banner, the avengers of White Tree Manor, the Medved who can fight like the Ross.

The strength of the Slavic flag team is close to that of the two standard flag teams of the Russian Army. It is not necessary to maintain such a large establishment. However, the soldiers are very familiar with each other. Rurik did not order this huge flag team to be dismantled when the war was imminent. It can be used as the backbone of the Ross army in a decisive battle with the enemy’s main force, just like the decisive battle on Gotland.

Rurik and Otto rushed to the vanguard with a small group of cronies, and they saw all the details clearly with their naked eyes.

“Are they just standing there waiting for us to attack?” Otto couldn’t help being surprised.

Rurik felt strange: “Are they hiding something?”

“Rurik, you are the commander-in-chief. I don’t think these guys can set any traps. Listen to me and you will order the attack. Don’t worry, I will also supervise the army.”

Rurik stared sideways at his father, he admired this old soldier, and he was afraid that this battle would be the last battle that Otto would be able to participate in in his life.

The curtain call of a Viking warrior’s life may be to die on the battlefield.

It is impossible for Otto to have such a vigorous end. He should enjoy his old age in peace, but today the old guy has lost his physical strength to continue fighting. Brave fighters will eventually grow old, and all old fighters are slowly withering.

The two armies were in a strange confrontation, and the Ross army seized the opportunity. Taking advantage of the inexplicable stupefiedness of Vadim’s pine needle manor army, they quickly assembled the scattered army with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The vanguard also seized the time to rest on the spot.

Both Arik and Hailafeld came to ask how the battle would proceed.

Rurik pretended to be calm and summoned the most critical officers.

He made some formations and came back. It seemed that as long as he arranged according to his arrangement, the formation of the army would be in order.

He was still worried, so he said firmly: “We want to repeat history, we want to reproduce the battle in Gotland.”

Sure enough, that’s what the Ross Army did. It’s just that this time the army has more troops and better weapons and equipment. The Ross Army can definitely achieve a better record.

[End of this Chapter]