Rise of Rurik - Chapter 653

[Chapter 654 The Battle of Humiliation]

The Slavic flag team was in the middle, and Vadim, who was on the opposite side, was taken aback by surprise.

He had known for a long time that the traitors in White Tree Manor had been trained by the Ross to use spears well, but he never thought they could use spears like this.

Compared with these bizarre spearmen, the amazing number of Varyag sword and shield bearers is clearly a truly terrible character.

Their bodies were generally covered with blood, and their round shields were also blood red.

The strength of the first and third banner teams has been further increased now, because a lot of old guys from the second banner team have joined in one after another.

The formation of Rurik’s army resembled a historical reenactment of the decisive battle of Gotland, and he himself actually regarded the rebellious thousands of peasants as a powerful enemy.

The Russian army further deployed, and all soldiers with bows and crossbows were raised to receive new orders.

The spear array is in the middle, and shield walls have been built on the left and right wings.

It’s just that there are several gaps in the shield wall, and the warriors holding the crossbow are quickly passing through these gaps to enter the front of the array.

A hundred crossbowmen were placed in front of the shield walls on the left and right wings.

The shooting corps has as many as two hundred crossbowmen in front of the spear-bearing Slavic corps.

Due to the hasty arrangement of the battle, only twelve torsion slingshots were transported here. They were carried by the soldiers together and placed in front of the formation, using the dead bodies of the enemies as carriers.

The extremely young warriors were directly lying on the blood-stained grass. Carlotta, Fisk, Kanuf and others, even Svetlana, these boys and girls are now warriors. Their positions It is also the front line of the fierce battle.

They lay on their stomachs with steel-armed crossbows, heavy arrows already installed in the arrow slots.

The blood of the dead bodies gathered into a terrifying stream. The corpses were all the war dead of Pine Needle Manor, and they were Svetlana’s enemies in essence.

She was trembling unconsciously, she never thought that such a thing would happen to her after being a soldier for a while today.

Her clothes were already stained with a lot of mud and blood, and she couldn’t care less about cleaning and burying her. She was at the most dangerous front line, and she knew exactly what to do next.

“You are trembling.” Carlotta, who was lying on the side, said calmly.

“I… I’m afraid.”

“It’s normal to be afraid, and you will get used to it in the future. Those standing in front of you are the enemies of your manor, and it is your duty to kill them!”

Carlota told some Viking-style wise words, and Svetlana was terrified when she heard it, and she would hide her fear with an awkward smile.

On the big ship before, Lanna just lifted the heavy crossbow and threw it. As for whether she killed the enemy, she really couldn’t know. Now, she was about to see the enemy killed by an arrow in front of her.

Her arm was still trembling, and her trembling right hand was pressed against the trigger, as if she could accidentally fire at any time.

“Girl, stay calm, your man is watching you. If you want to be his woman, you have to act like a warrior.” Carlota’s continued words eased Lanna’s tension slightly.

While the two girls were talking silently, the Ross Army Arrow Array seized the opportunity of the opponent’s inexplicable stupefaction and completed the deployment.

Even Rurik, who was much shorter than other strong men due to his age, easily entered the front of the battle.

A boy in a white fox fur cap is here, he is also protected by a heavy special chain mail with patches, he holds a steel sword in his right hand, and a flag is actually blocked on his left arm!

Rurik is now at the front of the battle with this image, he sees Svetarana’s cautiousness, and he also sees the fighting desire of his cronies and friends.

He also saw the stupidity of the enemy not far away. What kind of army was there? It was clearly a group of farmers with wooden sticks and inferior farm tools. The weapons and equipment were extremely inferior. Only the huge force made them look weak.

Of course, in ancient wars, the number of troops in the army is generally positively related to the direction of the battle.

Standing here, Rurik didn’t feel that the opponent had the slightest advantage because of his large number of people. His eyes were very sharp, and he could see that the opponent’s camp was clearly divided and a large group of women had mixed in.

Are they mobilizing the whole estate?

That’s okay, let them die and die.

Rurik didn’t think he would encounter any sneak attack, and he himself needed to show the prince’s bravery in front of all Rus’ elite and servant troops.

The simple Vikings will always admire a brave warrior, and will not even hesitate to elect such a warrior as the leader of the group.

Rurik carries the flag himself, which can demonstrate his bravery, glory, fearlessness, and nobility as a “son of God”.

All of this was especially appreciated by the group of old guys from the Second Banner Team, who laughed and muttered that this kid was a born king.

He didn’t have any guards around him, and for safety reasons, he wouldn’t really be too far away from the main force.

On Vadim’s side, all the rebels gathered in the Pine Needle Manor realized that they had reached the front line of a decisive battle for everything. The sun is shining today, and many people may not be able to see the sunset today.

The final morale of these Slavic rebels comes from the huge force. The army huddles together to keep warm and encourage each other. Since Vadim has resolutely stood at the front line of the array, this person, as the commander of the army, has set a good example for his subordinates , it is fair to say that Vadim is not a real brave man, and now he is indeed a brave man.

In fact, seeing Ross’s army of divine soldiers standing in front of him and building a wall, he was extremely terrified.

A young man on his shoulders walked out of the Ross army. He was dressed in noble clothes, and the metal armor on his body was shining brightly in the sun.

Is this the messenger?

Vadim was still confused, and Rurik raised his head and stretched his neck and shouted vigorously: “I! Rurik of the Principality of Ross! The real Duke of Ross! The rebellion of Pine Needle Manor, today will be your death day!”

Rurik pronounced the “death sentence” of the Pine Needle Manor Army in Slavic. This statement not only shocked Vadim, but also made people wonder why the other party could speak Slavic.

Estimating that the opponent might be fooled, Rurik started to yell again: “Today, you will all be killed by us!”

“You are all going to die! Remember, I am the one who killed you! Rurik, Duke of Ross! Be angry, I allow you to abuse me in the afterlife!”

“Your estates will be burned! Men and women will be killed! Your poultry will be killed! Your cattle and sheep will be killed! Your farmlands will be confiscated! All traces of your existence will be erased, It’s like you never existed…”

Even, Rurik yelled some more vicious words, and some unsightly words came out of his mouth, which surprised Svetlana.

“Unexpectedly, you, a handsome man, are as rough as other men in your heart?!”

Wanting to annoy a normal man in an instant, Rurik consciously used some “special arts” from the East for the best results.

Originally, the fierce battles in the ancient East also maintained the tradition of scolding. One way to force the enemy who put up the no-war card to rush forward was to scold for three days and three nights, and then it would not be difficult to subdue a ramming bull with traps.

Rurik insulted the other party as a man without the dignity of a man, and insulted the lowliness of the other party’s woman.

Otto was overwhelmed by some unsightly metaphors and parallel sentences.

In fact, the vocabulary of swear words in the languages of various ethnic groups is very limited. People need these words but subconsciously reject this kind of indecentness.

Rurik took out a set of swearing combination punches, and the series of insults showed the special cultivation of a irascible old man. This is a “swearing war tactic”. Vadim and many of his subordinates have already been scolded. It’s like drinking a catty of spirits.

Vadim is not really a bull that can be easily provoked, he has his own special countermeasures.

He blushed and ordered several subordinates, and after a while, some hideous heads with gray beards were displayed on the wooden sticks.

This is Pine Needle Manor’s counterattack to the scolding war, and it is undoubtedly more insulting than the “art of language” Vadim directly showing the head of the dead.

Those are the heads of the Ross people who were killed before!

The Ross army that witnessed all this fell into a violent turmoil, and everyone began to roar wildly, swearing hoarsely that they must kill these despicable traitors.

Seeing the effectiveness of his insult, Vadim walked out of the army with a strong sneer, held a wooden stick to rest his ferocious head, and kicked it like a ball in front of the Ross army…

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“Crazy! They’re all crazy!” How could Otto endure such humiliation from the enemy?

Otto directly pushed away the soldiers in front of him and walked out of the army formation. He walked straight to his son Rurik, grabbed the flagpole with one hand, and strangled Rurik’s neck with his other big hand.

Without the gentleness of a father, Otto yelled sharply: “The people of Ross cannot be insulted like this. I will declare war now instead of you!”

“Father!” Rurik, who was held down, hastily defended himself, saying that he deliberately made this move to prepare for the heavy weapons of the army, and he was buying time.

Otto didn’t listen at all, and ordered the Ross Army to take the initiative to attack just to take his son back.

It was the appearance of Otto, and the arrogant Vadim paused on his feet.

“It’s Otto! The old man!”

Hearing this short Slavic provocation, Otto stopped and let go of his hand, and looked back angrily with Rurik.

But seeing Vadim, he inserted a steel sword into his head and raised it high, continuing to curse: “Otto, you will die in this battle! I will annihilate you Rus! I will use all of your heads as my official Become a sacrifice to the prince!”

On the surface, Otto just froze on the spot, but in fact his heart was beating wildly, and the rage in his heart forced his blood pressure to 180. If it wasn’t for his strong body, he would have fainted from anger.

Seeing this lunatic, Rurik judged that this man was the leader of the enemy.

“Hey! Idiot! Who are you?!” Rurik demanded sharply.

“Vadim! Brave Vadim! Vadim who will behead Otto himself! I swear!”

Rurik glared at Vadim again, and said silently: “Your name, I have written it down…”

The father and son did not dawdle any longer, and Vadim and his men watched helplessly as the leader of the Rus returned to the army without doing anything.

What can be done?

The business of Pine Needle Manor is farming and raising livestock. There are not many hunters in the manor, and most of the hunting depends on setting traps and a group of people holding short spears and throwing guns to hunt.

Of course they knew how to use bows, but due to the poor quality of production, shooting arrows would not be able to hurt the Ross army formation that “happened” to be out of range.

As soon as Rurik returned to the array, a hoarse “Hjutra” announced the start of the war.

He ordered the arrows to be fired, and it is said that three arrows are fired before the battle, and this is how Rurik positioned his crossbowmen.

The lying soldiers immediately pulled the trigger. Svetlana completed the operation with her eyes closed, unable to estimate the mud and blood stains on her body. After shooting, she stood up and rushed back to the formation with a heavy crossbow, and retreated all the way to the formation after.

After the soldiers in the first row fired, the half-kneeling shooters in the second row fired immediately.

The second row is over, and the third row is the last round of shooting.

The arrow flew away, and the arrogant Vadim fell to the ground with a loud cry.

Fortunately for this kid, a light arrow pierced through his left arm.

If it was a heavy crossbow arrow, the person’s entire left arm would be useless, and it was inevitable to die of excessive bleeding in a short period of time on this battlefield.

Because his cronies were too in the front row, they were killed one after another in the “three-stage strike” attack of the Ross people.

Those hardened carbon steel crossbow arrows with a conical surface that can easily penetrate the thick fur of polar bears and even bear skulls can easily cause terrible blood holes on the body of the arrow.

Those torsion slingshots were also fired at the first time, and they were all firing javelins in a nearly flat shooting state, so it is not surprising that one of the strange casualties in Vadim’s array was a javelin stringing three people.

But after all, it was three arrows before the battle, and Rurik couldn’t guarantee that the enemy could still stand stupidly after being hit by the arrows. His order to his subordinates was to retreat to the formation after the attack.

This has something to do with his two women and good brothers being placed on the front line as shooters. He wants his women and brothers to make some achievements in public, and he must also ensure that they accept them as soon as they are good to avoid unnecessary casualties. .

After the archers have withdrawn to the formation, it does not mean that the war has nothing to do with them. The archery master Fraser, who was appointed as the temporary captain of the archer’s flag team, gathered soldiers with various long-range bows and crossbows to form a matrix. Throwing arrows for reinforcements is to critically hit the enemy’s head at a near vertical angle!

Not to mention those bull catapults, the pebbles flew over the top of the Ross army formation, and further smashed the armed farmers of Pine Needle Manor at the rear of the enemy army formation.

A large number of people means an advantage in strength, and it also means that it is easier to cause large-scale casualties under the blow of heavy weapons.

Falling arrows, javelins, and stones have no eyes, and Vadim’s men don’t care about men and women, and being hit is basically fatal.

Vadim really deserved his life. He was dragged into the army by a few surviving cronies. Hundreds of Pine Needle Manor soldiers watched as their leader was shot by arrows. Unfortunately, their brains were all frightened by the sudden death. Blank.

The hateful arrows were still being fired, and the landing points were basically at the end of the Pine Needle Manor army, and some arrows even landed in the so-called safe area where no one stood.

But is it really safe?

The deadly arrows of the Ross people almost blocked everyone’s escape route!

Suddenly, all the leather drums and horns of the Ross army appeared, and the dull roar was quickly given over to the Viking battle cry of the entire Ross army, including the spears of Medved, who was dominated by men in White Tree Manor. Great army, they shouted their Viking battle cry as New Russians.

Of course, the young cronies brought by Rurik and all the elite mercenaries, they have already roared the new “Russian Viking battle cry” confirmed by Rurik.

They roared Ulla, and the spear-based Slavic flag team took the lead in aiming the forest-like spears at the front, arranging a dense formation and slowly marching forward in a hedgehog formation.

The left and right wings of the Ross army moved a little later, and a wedge-shaped formation dedicated to breaking the formation was being constructed macroscopically, and the Ross army used this formation to attack the enemy in an orderly manner.

The Pine Needle Manor army fell into the final madness. In fact, even if Vadim was not present, thousands of armed people would inevitably throw themselves into a full-scale war out of instinct.

Some unknown men charged violently with weapons, and immediately led to the charge of the entire army formation.

Thousands of armed Ilmen Slav men and women braved the arrows and stones of the Russians and rushed towards the uniform Russian army formation.

In a sense, this is a history repeating itself.

It was as if their ancestors on the Vistula River bravely rushed to the Roman legion in shield formation hundreds of years ago, they were so violent and fearless.

But what he was facing was the cruel lore of the Duchy of Ross, who wanted to call himself Augustus at the right time and become the new Rome.

The final decisive battle to determine the dominance of the entire Ilmen Lake was fully launched on this June afternoon under the scorching sun.

[End of this Chapter]