Rise of Rurik - Chapter 710

[Chapter 711]

Wooden battens were used to strengthen the wooden walls, and some temporary scaffolding was also started to be constructed.

Old mercenaries with considerable combat experience piled up rocks and soil at the main entrance of the shop and mansion, and pushed the carts carrying goods to the wall, unloaded the shafts and piled up wooden boxes, and used them as temporary standing places, enough for soldiers to carry half a As a probe out.

Blue Fox checked the weapons of his own people. Although most of them were equipped with convenient melee weapons, there were also some crossbows with wooden arms, and another bow of average quality.

The arrows have inherited the consistent tradition of the Ross people. The carbon steel quenched arrow clusters have good penetrating power and are effective against any enemy.

Rose’s shop became a fortress, a tortoise shell made of circular wooden walls.

The timbers of their outdoor stalls were cleared and used as fortifications.

Turning into a turtle and just guarding like this is too passive.

On a quiet night, the blue fox in the house called all the fighters.

Although they were hanging out and deliberately guarding a corner, the soldiers showed a fearless aura, as if they didn’t care about their own death and just wanted to enjoy the fun of killing.

As for the ominous atmosphere in Hedeby City, soldiers can detect it from a high place.

No one dared to approach the fortress of the Ross store. Occasionally, ignorant children poked their heads out and saw soldiers waving their hands and approaching indifferently. The children were immediately taken away by their families, which undoubtedly revealed a clear signal of crisis.

The gorgeous clothes were put aside, and the blue fox also put on a tin helmet.

His face was squeezed into a very distorted shape, but although the helmet was the largest, it could barely fit Blue Fox’s head.

This fat-headed, seal-like young man has a big belly, and he is very suitable as a big businessman brother, so it is too ridiculous to be a fighter.

Absurdity is ridiculous. Under the obvious military pressure of the enemy, businessmen should think about how to protect themselves.

Some veterans took the opportunity to say casually: “No one will be afraid of the Danes. The new Danes are still our defeat. It’s just that we have few people and few weapons in our hands. If we want to kill many enemies, we still have to kill them.” Fight them.”

When it comes to fighting, some veterans immediately retorted: “Stupid! Let us fight them head-on? We obviously have few people, so doing this is courting death.”

“What’s wrong? We are almost certain to die in battle. I hope to look like the heads of a group of enemies in the front, instead of standing on a high place and shooting cold arrows as planned.”

“Do you think it’s not honorable to shoot cold arrows? If the enemy is dead, you will be honored if you are alive. No one cares whether you kill the enemy with an ax or a sword.”

“False. A true warrior should chop his enemy’s head off with an axe.”

“Forget it, if the prince chooses, he will definitely give us brothers a steel-armed crossbow, and let us line up to shoot arrows. The sword and ax will not be stained with blood, and you will get piles of enemy corpses.”

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The old mercenaries can quarrel themselves, they each have their own reasons, and the blue fox is very happy with their aura, but it is not happy at this juncture, and there are still people who want to pursue the so-called duel.

Blue Fox said: “We are not arguing now. I am the commander here, but I am not a fighter, and I don’t know some tactics. But I only know one principle, brothers don’t have to really fight to the last person. I I hope you can continue to kill the enemy without killing anyone on our side. I hope you all give your opinions, keep our wooden wall, and try to think of the idea of killing the enemy through the wall.”

The old mercenary who was eager to break through the wall to kill the enemy stopped talking, and his followers also fell silent.

As for Blue Fox’s proposal, everyone really couldn’t think of any new tricks other than releasing cold arrows.

“You only think of archery? Don’t you have more ideas?”

Blue Fox was dissatisfied, and was unable to make irresponsible remarks on the surface.

That Vady Zdalovich suggested: “How about we prepare some stones, which can also kill and injure the enemy.”

“Stones…we still have some stones left here.” Blue Fox was really speechless.

Vardy asked again: “If we make a batch of slings with cloth rope, small stones will become useful.”

“A sling? Are you good at slinging? That thing doesn’t work at all. It’s a shepherd’s game.”

Vardy immediately beamed with joy: “My lord, do you have any more choices? Our brothers (referring to the Slavs) all know this trick. If the enemy doesn’t have armor, the stone we hit will give them a strong taste.”

“Okay.” Blue Fox shrugged, “At least there is a way. You…” He looked at the others again, “You should try to find some better ideas.”

In fact, some people thought of heating hot water. Some old mercenaries saw the actions of the local defenders when the Swedish coalition forces besieged the Borgholm fortress. What was poured down was hot oil, and then turned into hot water. It hit a group of people in extreme pain and couldn’t bear to look directly at the blow.

But there are many problems with this method, for example, they don’t have much water, and they lack pottery urns and fuel wood.

The Ross store could have used a torsion slingshot, but Blue Fox required that the armed merchant ships returning home must be equipped only in case of accidents when passing through the waters of Burgundy Island, so none were left behind.

Blue Fox has his own considerations. He didn’t want to die from the very beginning, he only wanted to kill a large group of enemies and then take a strange path to escape.

Everyone has no objection on the issue of sniping. As for the order of the blue fox, someone finally came up with a way to make everyone laugh.

“Arrow clusters smear our dung. Your Majesty said that dung is a kind of filth, and there are some invisible bad things in it. When it touches bleeding flesh, it will cause redness and swelling, and finally people will die of fever. If there is no strong alcohol Wash the wound, it is certain death.”

Someone said that, and everyone was really happy.

After all, this is also a method. Since the prince said that this trick is effective and explained the principle behind it, brothers don’t use it for nothing.

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This was a meeting to discuss more ways to kill the enemy, but the results of the research were nothing more than fancy archery and slings with unknown effects.

In terms of tactics, they also developed some new methods, such as making some ladders, and assembling wooden strips on the roof of the houses within the wall to form a platform for soldiers with crossbows to lie down and shoot arrows.

According to this plan, the Ross people will consume arrows on a large scale.

The arrows in Blue Fox’s hand are actually not many. There are forty crossbows and step bows in total, and the arrows can barely make up a thousand.

Since arrows are the main force to kill the enemy, Blue Fox had no choice but to mobilize his men to do more.

How to make more arrows?

Soldiers are good at using their ingenuity in difficult situations.

At the beginning, some long arrows were split in two. Thick iron nails in the wooden sticks, bone pieces from leftover food, and even pottery pieces were all polished and tied to the wooden poles with ropes.

It doesn’t matter whether there are tail feathers or not, these can only be fired with crossbows, and if you can hit them at close range, you will win.

They haven’t reached the point of inventing a single arrow by themselves, but they have realized that a single arrow can be used as a double weapon.

On the other hand, Vady Zdalovich also led the people from his hometown to set up their sling, but it was just a cloth bag tied with hemp rope, and its power was unknown in its simplicity.

They still have a way to get out of the way. Lanhu is a businessman, and he must pay attention to keeping his hand in business.

Big businessmen are often the targets of gangsters and powerful people. If the other party comes to rob them by force, the businessman and rich man must have an escape route to escape.

A laneway was excavated just below Ross’s shop. The interior was pitch black, but the passageway was reinforced with wooden strips.

It wasn’t very narrow, and it was repaired just enough to allow the fat man, the blue fox, to run in one direction, which was enough.

The laneway leads to about 200 meters away. The so-called old guy Gould told his second son Blue Fox at the beginning of the construction of the shop that it was similar to the “three holes of the cunning rabbit”. The excavated soil was placed next to the wooden wall, and the wall was reinforced by the way.

Even if there is an escape route, many old mercenaries are like sharks that smell blood. It can be said that they are ignorant, but they have their own opinions. They always feel that they are not ordinary mercenaries, but soldiers of the Son of God. Let the enemy see the back of his escape.

The Ross people have given up all their fantasies. They stay behind closed doors, and the Ross flag with a white background and blue stripes hangs on the wall. There is more than one flag, which is a mockery of Stad.

Since a group of big businessmen and a group of gang leaders described the legend of Roseburg’s gold and silver mountains, Stad and his brothers are also actively preparing for the battle.

Was it to attack a wooden fortress?

Based on his experience in robbing wealthy landowners in Flanders, Stade is not ignorant of siege.

The rich lords of Flanders, or some villages, would build walls and make shelters.

In a real sense, Horick’s group who invaded Flanders belonged to the first batch of “Norman conquerors”.

It’s just that as Horik led his troops back to Denmark, the territory they occupied in Flanders was destined to decline rapidly, and they did not achieve long-term conquest.

These years of raging have greatly changed the lives of the locals in Flanders. They were afraid of being robbed by the Norman bandits in Durist. The powerful people began to build defensive measures, such as building strong buildings and setting up defensive towers to dig Ditches, buildings to store enough food for many people to survive for a long time, and wells dug.

It was the ravages of the Vikings that led to the “Castle Age” in Western Europe. All capable villages and wealthy lords would build wooden and stone defensive buildings to shelter the fleeing crowd when the Vikings invaded.

The changes first occurred in Flanders, where the locals began to build wooden fortresses, and the Normans began to practice engineering skills while plundering became difficult.

Stud knew two tricks, piled logs on the carts, and used them to smash through walls.

There are also long ladders made to allow soldiers to climb directly into the wall.

Another trick that is generally not easy to use is to throw a rope with a loop to catch some protrusions on the wooden wall, and the brothers rush up and pull the rope to forcibly pull down the wall.

The new Danes, all in armor, are chopping wood?

Gray Wolf Karl, who took participation in the war as a vote of honor, has coaxed and tricked him into summoning 500 people!

A large group of ragged natives with their own assorted weapons formed a menacing army and came to the Stad warriors.

The appearance of a large army really surprised Stud. Gray wolf Karl, with an iron helmet on his head, reported to his new master proudly.

“Look, these are my people. Don’t look at them. They are a bit sloppy. They will be like hungry wolves and mad dogs. They will even use their teeth to bite in order to fight.”

“Crazy dogs and hungry wolves? Why do I feel like they are a group of beggars.” Stud’s words were very aggressive, and Gray Wolf Karl was speechless for a while.

“Forget it.” Stud waved his hand: “I have seen it all. You have a large number of people, and I hope that this group of guys who attack the omens are indeed not afraid of death in war.”

“Ah?! You know everything?”

“You are arresting people in the city and the nearby Saxon villages, and this kind of thing is not yours. Or…”

Stad was in high spirits. He walked into the group of farmers, small traders and even small artisans who had been raided and conscripted, and announced to them: “I am your future lord! You are fighting for me now, and when you win, You will all be rewarded.”

So people began to shout and cheer, and then a group of frenzy arose.

This was an unparalleled momentum, even the Ross people in the distant fortress realized that it was the Viking battle cry of the soldiers, and it brought an abrupt end to the boring days that had been calm for many days.

Is the war finally coming?

Gray Wolf Karl claimed credit without hesitation: “I just said, these people are as powerful as a rainbow, and they will definitely help you win. Then from now on…”

“Don’t worry, we won’t treat meritorious persons badly, you can take them away.”

“Yes. Just…”

“What’s wrong?”

“I have something to ask.”

“What is it?”

“I saw your soldiers chopping wood, and prepared a lot of hemp rope, this…”

Stud didn’t bother to explain, thinking that this leader wouldn’t be so stupid that he couldn’t even attack a city?

Maybe it is.

“You don’t need to ask more questions, you will understand when I decide to go to war. Now I will give you a task.”

“Obey!”

“I haven’t said it yet!”

“Of course my brothers and I obey your order.”

This guy’s attitude is like a pug, I’m afraid it’s more hypocritical and submissive.

It doesn’t matter if it’s pretending or not, Stad ordered directly: “Then prepare more bows and collect arrows.”

“As ordered.”

Is it difficult to unplug that fortress?

The scouts sent by Stade were watching secretly, and those who came back claimed to have seen the Ross people actively preparing for war, and even transformed the roof into a tower.

Stud was quite arrogant at first, but now that the scout reported this unusual information, he had to be serious.

The Ross people are definitely not confident in their field battles. They even think they are good at building defenses?

The dress of their soldiers is quite similar to that of the regular Frankish army. If their strength is comparable to that of the Frankish army, I really need to be cautious.

He began to respect his opponents. The so-called best respect is to use his greatest strength to drive out his opponents.

What’s more, the time is not far from August, the whole of Denmark will start to harvest wheat, and the Danish heroes who are robbing outside will also go home to harvest wheat.

When these people return, they will see that Denmark has changed, but these people are probably the most rebellious people in Denmark. Horik needs some victories to make these people submit to the new king.

Horick was preparing. He sent Stad to occupy Hedeby to declare the right to rule, and also gave him the qualification to annihilate the disobedient ministers.

In fact, Horick is also worried that his department will bring all his own troops, and it will be worse if he stands by Heise than to separate himself.

Horik decided to lead his troops to Hedeby during the wheat harvest season, and occupy the trading city established by his grandfather to show all the Danish lords and pirate leaders what courage it is.

In order to please his master, Stad encountered the disgusting nail of the Ross businessman. If he didn’t wipe them out, wouldn’t he disgust King Horik in the end?

Those big businessmen fooled Stade that there was a mountain of gold and silver to rob, and they gave all their support except help. The so-called mercenaries didn’t cooperate, but kept their wealth and sat on the mountain to watch the tigers fight.

It is impossible for the gang leader and a group of loyal horsemen to go through fire and water in person. The brothers also succumbed to the legend of wealth and waited to grab the money after victory.

In this way, a group of poor civilians were gathered together, almost all of them were forcibly recruited. However, after learning that if they win the battle, they have the right to rob the Ross people of the mountain of silver coins. Really rich.

They have long envied the wealth of the Ross merchants, just because the looting of a weak force is sure to die, and now there is a new Danish king behind him to provide legitimacy for the collective looting, so-called this is not a looting but a fight for the honor of Denmark .

The leaders of various gangs were arresting people, but in the end, a team of thousands of people was gathered in Hedeby and nearby villages!

A group of farmers are very much looking forward to grabbing a fortune from Ross merchants before the wheat harvest, so that the rent they owe to the landlord can be wiped out, or they can get a sum of money to buy new land, farm tools, or even ask for a wife.

It is true that they are farmers, but they are farmers in Denmark. They are completely different from Frank farmers and British farmers. These people are actually shirtless Vikings.

It’s just that their weapons are too poor. The offensive weapons are hand axes, short spears, harpoons, and rusty iron swords, but everyone has prepared a round shield that is enough to protect most of the torso.

Many people are literally shirtless, with weird braids, and even their beards are braided.

Stade said that it is reasonable for them to be like beggars, because Horik’s old subordinates have completely popularized the armor. Although it is made of cowhide riveted with iron sheets, this method is similar to the regular Frankish infantry. Horik’s new Denmark The army can reflect dazzling light under the sun, but the momentum can be compared to a group of shirtless soldiers?

At least they have a large number of people, and the scale of more than a thousand people is completely beyond his expectations. He thinks that this attack will easily win.

Stud even felt that making siege vehicles and ladders was redundant.

[End of this Chapter]