Rise of Rurik - Chapter 712

[Chapter 713 Rain Is Odin’s Will]

Although the course of the fierce battle was not satisfactory, the Ross people still defeated the enemy in a down-to-earth manner.

The Ross people were immersed in the joy of victory, and the blue fox wiped the congealed blood on his face, accepting the respect from his subordinates.

“My lord, you actually killed the enemy like a soldier.” The old mercenary’s respect came from the heart.

The battle just now really scared the blue fox, and now the raging fire not far away made him even more worried.

“Kill an enemy, my sword still falls below.” He complained.

“It doesn’t matter. Let’s jump down the rope to repair the swords of those who are dying, and then fish up the sword of the lord.”

“Then go quickly. We also have to prepare some measures to deal with their new attack.” Lan Hu Ling said.

In this battle, no one was killed on Rose’s side, and of course the opponent’s casualties were actually not many.

A group of farmers and merchants who were mobilized to rob and expect them to work unconditionally for gangsters and foreign big shots is ridiculous.

They can be masters in fighting with the wind. When the attack is frustrated, life-saving is naturally the first priority.

There were more than 30 people lying under the wooden wall, some of them were still wriggling with difficulty, or they were still clutching their wounds in weakness.

Ross’s mercenaries with dusty robes jumped down, like a group of white demons seeking their lives, holding steel swords or short spears and stabbing those lying on the ground.

The wounded were killed, and the bodies of the dead were still splintered.

They sweep the battlefield for all available weapons, especially to recover the arrows they fire.

In fact, everyone felt strange from the very beginning of the fierce battle. This group of Danes set up a rainbow army formation for a while, why didn’t they shoot arrows to cover when they attacked?

The Ross mercenary felt that the matter was very strange, and very suspected that the opponent deliberately hid his archer in the snow.

His subordinates explored under the wall, throwing available weapons into the wooden wall at will.

Blue Fox observed all this, he squinted his eyes especially when he saw the broken wooden pole, and couldn’t help sweating.

He shouted to his subordinates under the wall: “The wall is damaged, move the enemy’s corpse here to reinforce it!”

Everyone under the wall ordered that the bleeding dead body become a kind of soft brick and stuck to the damaged part of the wooden wall, and it was difficult to move when the rigor appeared.

Some arrows broke, most are still reusable.

The Rus recovered their arrows as best they could, and saw more than fifty short spears left in the field, and planned to use them as throwing spears.

The weapons seized were far more than the dead bodies on the ground, and the enemy was beaten to the ground?

As night fell, the Ross people, who were worried about the enemy’s night attack, still stood guard on the wall.

The north wind that started to hang made these guardians instinctively perceive the danger.

The blue fox took back his steel sword. Unfortunately, the haze began to appear in the afternoon, and the sunset in the evening did not exist, so he couldn’t see the beautiful reflection of the steel sword.

However, the flames not far away still made the sword extremely shiny.

They lit a bonfire in the small courtyard and cooked oats in urns on the spot.

Soon, the smell of wheat in the fortress of the Ross store filled the air. This salty barley porridge mixed with wheat and oats and crushed thyme is the best way to replenish everyone’s energy.

The dinner was really delicious, and while the brothers were feasting, some people began to worry.

Some old mercenaries sitting on the ground doubted whether the next battle would be meaningful: “Their strength is beyond our expectations. If the prince is here, he will definitely dispatch thousands of people to fight them. We only have ninety people, and we will continue to consume them.” We will fight to the death.”

“It’s okay to die in battle. But, do you want us to retreat quickly?” The old mercenary who had always advocated melee combat was full of energy.

“Isn’t it correct to retreat? There are no valuables in the store, and there is no treasure to hold on to. Now the weather is bad, and the effect of our rockets is very good. The fire is still going on. We should take advantage of the chaos to evacuate. This is an opportunity. .”

“If I want to withdraw you, retreating now is hurting my honor. My guys and I want to kill more enemies, so what’s the point of killing more than 30 enemies?”

“But we’ve created enough chaos that the enemy is now in retreat.”

“That doesn’t work either.” The old guy who mainly fought in hand-to-hand combat arrogantly threatened, “I want to kill those enemies in armor and on horseback with my own hands, kill their generals, and dedicate their heads to the prince.”

The words are really grand, but those with a clear mind don’t think it is feasible.

The mercenaries all know that their small victory is nothing to brag about. The brothers have seen the world and know what it means to be littered with corpses, but what is this?

Blue Fox sat by the bonfire, and now the gorgeous clothes gave way to armor. He assassinated an enemy today and was called a “real warrior” by his subordinates.

Perhaps!

After calming down, he thought about it and felt scared, but the fear of fighting has disappeared a lot.

The mercenaries were subconsciously divided into two factions. Although there were ninety subordinates, they were actually divided into three “ship groups”.

One “ship” supports the continuation of the fight, while the other “ship” hopes to accept it as soon as it is good.

They hope that Blue Fox will have an idea, and Blue Fox is also ambiguous now.

The crucial third “ship”, Vady Zdalovic and his guys, the attitude of these thirty people becomes crucial.

“Vardy, what do you think of today’s fight?” Blue Fox deliberately asked the wheat eater’s attitude.

“Very well, we’re taking revenge.”

“Just that? Are you… eager to continue fighting?”

“Our brothers would rather die in battle. Before we die, we must try our best to hold down an enemy and die together, in order to avenge their destruction of our village.”

“You are not Odin’s warrior, so you don’t need to work so hard.” Blue Fox was slightly curious.

However, Wadi laughed happily: “We just want to take revenge, thanks to the Lord for giving our brothers a chance.”

“But if we evacuate now, you will have more opportunities for revenge in the future.”

“No! Brothers can’t wait anymore, we are eager to kill another batch of enemies.”

Blue Fox nodded, and now the voices advocating continuing to fight are the most.

For him, he can take advantage of the bad weather and the fire to retreat, and if he continues to hold on to prepare for the war, the logistics supplies can continue to be maintained.

“Then continue to spend here.” He issued a clear order, “This is the path we chose, and if I die in battle, it will be my fate.”

At this moment, the fat little blue fox has some faith in Odin.

The flames in the nearby shed area continued, and the northerly wind that started to blow after nightfall began to intensify the fire.

If there is no wind, the fire will not spread very widely, but the situation began to change at night.

The north wind gradually became more violent, which dealt a greater blow to the rout troops who retreated to the safe zone to rest.

Stad was furious at the unauthorized retreat of the group of bandit troops and temporarily recruited peasant soldiers, and he gathered the gang leaders to curse mercilessly.

This scolding doesn’t matter, there will be gangsters quitting on the spot.

His so-called subordinates lost more than 200 people at once, and Stad had no intention of obstructing them, because he had already said harshly: “You run away! When King Horik’s army arrives, you cowards will be punished.” .”

Those who should evacuate still have to evacuate, because the cold north wind has become warm, but this warmth has become hot.

Gray Wolf Karl also wanted to withdraw, he was afraid that the area he was in would be engulfed in flames.

He is a person with greater goals. What is Stad, who has a heavy army but incompetent organization, is he considered a master?

Wait until the new king Horik arrives and then try to curry favor with the king, which is more promising than curry favor with Stad.

Carl held back Stad’s insults, and casually said with a nonchalant attitude: “I wanted to withdraw at first, but now I changed my mind. I will continue to attack the Ross people.”

As soon as this remark came out, Stade stopped scolding directly, and instead demanded: “Many people are fleeing, and your fellow gangsters can ignore it. You will try your best to drag the recruited farmers back. If you dare to escape again, you Kill directly!”

Gray Wolf Karl was a little surprised. Killing the runaways in order to maintain the morale of the army, Karl had never done such a thing before, and he didn’t even understand it.

However, he saw with his own eyes that the armored fighters of Stad started to fight, and it would be inappropriate not to do it himself.

Those gang troops who were the first to evacuate saw the situation changed. They saw the army under the new king of Denmark killing their own people. They were astonished and feared that they would also be slaughtered. They shouted that they were fooled. It’s not as good as the dead Hafgen, who immediately ran for his life at full speed.

Those armed farmers who wanted to evacuate were assassinated, and the corpses lying in a pool of blood completely shocked the other farmers under the flames.

Stad used violent means to stabilize the morale of the army, but the flames continued.

He didn’t allow birds and animals to disperse, but everyone would be engulfed by the flames if they stayed still. He led the army to actively evade, and began to worry that the fire would really engulf the whole of Hedeby.

Until the second half of the night, a new situation happened again.

A rain falls at the end of midsummer, this is northern Europe, rain means that the temperature has plummeted!

First, the north wind helped the fire, and people felt warm for a while. However, when the heavy rain fell, the bound farmers and soldiers drenched. How could their thin linen clothes keep out the cold? .

When the fire became completely out of control, a rain doused the possibility of burning the whole city.

The cold weather in the supermarket also brought discomfort to the people of Ross. Instead, they evacuated into the empty buildings like shops. The wooden floor of the wood-carved building perfectly avoided the wet ground. rest.

No one believed that the enemy would attack in this kind of weather, and such a thing as a night attack was impossible in a cold and rainy day.

The oil lamps were lit in the house, and the mercenaries gathered together, which made the entire large empty house overcrowded. The body temperature of the people was enough to make the house quite warm, which was completely different from the cold outdoors.

This rain has long been foreshadowed. After all, during the fighting day, anyone with a discerning eye can see a dark cloud gradually drifting from the north.

The weather in Denmark is like this, because there are no tall mountains running from east to west, and the central mountains of Scandinavia running from north to south are like the diversion baffle of the cold arctic current. As long as the north wind sweeps across northern Europe, the Jutland Peninsula will be hit. The Arctic cold sweeps away Denmark’s warmth.

To make matters worse, this cold snap came at a really bad time!

The constrained farmers couldn’t help but tremble, and were extremely worried about their own land purchases.

It is almost the time of wheat harvest, and the heavy wind and heavy rain are likely to blow a large number of oats and rye that have just headed to the ground, and it is inevitable to reduce agricultural production.

The farmers felt that the natural disaster was related to the wrath of the gods. They went home to see the condition of the fields. Even though they knew that they were powerless, they didn’t want to shiver here.

Those buildings that had just been burned began to collapse again in the rain, and the empty wooden sheds that had not been burned became the refuges of the soldiers. They searched for everything that could keep out the cold and persisted in the damp and cold environment, waiting for the new attack order from Stad .

So Stade doesn’t want to hurry up and continue to attack?

He had no experience in attacking in the cold rain, and many of his subordinates also opposed it uniformly. The so-called fighting in the rain is too ridiculous, and the mud will make it difficult for soldiers to gain a foothold.

They had to suffer, and there were fears that the Rus would take advantage of the bad weather and flee.

escape?

Where can I escape?

Now the sea is very windy and the waves are rough. People in various sheds to shelter from the rain can only hear the sound of rain and the sound of violent waves.

Many people who fled knew that there was a war in Hedeby, but now they fled back, just to pull all the moored fishing boats to the shore and fix them firmly to avoid the wind and waves.

This kind of measure is very limited. The ocean suddenly set off a six-meter wave, and a group of fishing boats with keels were constantly beaten by this wave and eventually disintegrated.

There are also fishermen who rescued the boat and were drawn into the sea, eventually becoming fish feed.

The cold snap will last for many days, and the blue fox has also experienced this situation in other regions.

The Ross people continued to hide in their houses, and the rain continued outside.

There were also soldiers who were worried about the enemy’s sneak attack and ran barebacked to the cold outdoors where the temperature had dropped to 8°C. They climbed up the wet ladder and boarded the wooden wall scaffolding to observe the situation outside. All they saw were the depressing fields and Hedeby in the gray.

There are indeed some people wandering around, they seem to be armed, but they have no intention of attacking.

The people who ran out had another task, which was to take off the twisted Ross flag hanging on the wooden pole, and then unfold the flag full of water, and stick it directly on the wall to show that the Ross people would not withdraw. , continue to provoke the enemy with the flag.

Is this provocation enough?

Of course not enough.

The heads of more than thirty slain enemies were beheaded, stuck on wooden sticks, and stood on the previous battlefield.

The eyesight of the Nordic people in this era is very good. Even in rainy weather, a discerning person can see a group of hideous heads standing abruptly.

With the flag on and the head on, if someone told the Stadros people would take advantage of the chaos to evacuate, he would definitely not believe it.

“This is good, we have no chance to withdraw now.” The person who was ordered to go through the laneway to check the situation at the exit reported so when he came back.

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Blue Fox and the other brothers are eager to learn about the situation in the sea. Now, Blue Fox just wants to hear a more detailed report.

“Now there are sea monsters in the sea, and the sea is very violent. I saw some ships destroyed by the waves. If we decided to evacuate before, the ships would capsize and we would all die. Only our Ross ship can withstand this kind of wind and waves. …”

The situation described by the scouts is convincing. The brothers are not cages. Everyone can hear the sound of the violent waves. Even standing on the archery platform on the roof and looking into the distance can feel the strangeness of the sea.

As a result, even those who advocated evacuation have completely abandoned their claims.

The blue fox looked up to the sky and sighed: “The rain is Odin’s will! Brothers, we may only sacrifice our own lives to fight them to the end. Odin forbids us to retreat, and we will exchange death for the prince’s revenge!”

Everyone looked at each other.

They all laughed in relief…

[End of this Chapter]