Rise of Rurik - Chapter 713

[Chapter 714 Fighting Again]

Did the blue fox really become Odin’s warrior?

how is this possible……

This man’s greatest belief is profit, which can be his own wealth or the family’s long-term interests.

He stayed at Hedeby on purpose, dressing up like a deadly warrior, still for the benefit of the family.

The continuous rain disrupted his plan, and now he can only continue to hold on to wait for the storm to end and the waves to subside.

The wet Ross flag hanging in the rain is the greatest mockery of the Danes. Although the muddy and cold world makes the Danish army unable to attack, for all considerations, they will continue the confrontation.

Everyone knows that as soon as the wind and rain end, the war will start again.

Those men shivering in the rain only cling to the dream of getting rich, and now this dream is the strength that supports them to continue fighting.

However, the disease inevitably began to erode these farmers who were forcibly conscripted to fight.

The Danish tribal fighters will endure all kinds of disadvantages and persist in fighting out of the dual honor of the tribe and the individual.

But these peasants and warriors did not belong to a certain Danish tribe. Some of them were simply Saxon peasants who had fled from the south, so they were not considered Danes.

The cold rain continued to erode their will to fight, and also began to obliterate some of them who were weak.

In such a rainy day, even a strong man may die due to untimely continuous hypothermia.

All the best protection against the cold was taken by Stud and his men, and the horses were well looked after.

The next level is the so-called army of various gangs, who more or less got rags to fight the cold.

As for the peasants and warriors, they couldn’t grab anything to keep out the cold, and some people began to notice that when the cold morning reappeared, corpses began to appear in the camp to freeze to death.

Before the new battle started, his own camp began to move corpses, and there were quite a few corpses.

The dead were all frozen to death without effective food supplies, and the condition of the living farmers and soldiers was also very bad.

No one persuaded Stad to continue to shrink tactics for the sake of the overall situation. The so-called supplementary supplies are listed first. The fortress demonstrates its presence.

Stad and his soldiers had lived in the Frankish territory for a long time, and some of their gangster spirit had receded. They paid more attention to rules and logistics in their battles. They had enough dry food for themselves in this battle.

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Relying on the ability of the local fish and meat, the gang and their people have a material warehouse in Hedeby City, and the brothers can enjoy a batch of dried fish in reserve.

It’s really hard for the farmers, they were never mentally prepared to besiege the enemy. At the beginning, they were promised to finish the battle quickly and have gold and silver to grab, so they brought a small amount of dry food and set off with farm tools.

Many people thought they were forced to fight, and when they thought about it, they became extremely voluntary. Now everyone just wants to run away while the guards are negligent.

It is true that some farmers and soldiers took advantage of the chaos to flee, but how many such people are there?

The dry food had been eaten, and a group of “hungry wolves” began to forage in the city. Under the double blow of hunger and cold, they might not dare to attack the Ross people, but they dared to attack the mansions of some big merchants.

Although Stad promised not to do anything to businessmen who offered advice, and a group of hungry farmers plundered for their lives, he also lacked the subjective will to stop it.

The hungry peasants robbed the mansion of the merchant, and the mercenaries guarding the mansion immediately gave up their resistance and fled when they saw the situation.

The mansion of the “big clever” who had dispatched Stad was also robbed, but he himself had taken the most important property, led his wives, children, and a group of mercenaries out of the city to take refuge in a carriage. There is no valuable property in the mansion.

The looting behavior slightly relieved the morale of the hungry farmers who were about to collapse. They got some warm sackcloth and damp wheat grains. Many hungry people even opened their mouths to eat oats like cattle and horses.

Stad subjectively didn’t want to control these things the farmers did, and in practice he couldn’t control them anymore.

His personal soldiers are naturally very loyal, and they are all old brothers who have trusted each other for many years.

What he needs to unite most is the group of bandit troops who are obviously not very reliable. After all, bandit gangs come to corrupt and are more reliable than the group of temporary farmers.

“The damn rain made me miserable! Ross people, are you determined to die? Will you freeze to death a lot in the rain?”

Stud didn’t know the situation of the Ross people, but he learned that as many as 50 people had died of hypothermia in his camp, and the supplies obtained by the farmers’ looting could not completely curb the continuation of the predicament unless it rained and the weather cleared.

The rainfall process actually lasted for five days, which was really a long rainy day.

When the long-lost sunshine once again shined on the erosive and damp land, the loach-like warriors came out of their hiding places, and they knew that the resumption of the war was not far away.

Stad reorganized his army again. Although he had expected badly, he was really surprised that only a thousand or so fighters stood up in the end.

Except for a group of fugitives, there were hundreds of non-combat deaths in the past week.

The peasants and soldiers were in the worst condition. They stayed in a very short and terrible environment for a week. Their faces lacked blood, and they stood up a little swaying. Many of them even had a fever. Let alone fighting in this situation, they did not die of illness in a short time. Freezing to death is burning incense.

The farmers and soldiers who made up the number were no longer trustworthy, but some of them still maintained good spirits and were taken by him.

quilt

After several battles among the recruited farmers and soldiers, a small group of outstanding ones can always stand out. The land rich and great lords in Flanders have the right to recruit farmers to fight according to the Frankish decree. Promoted to a servant, although a farmer is still a farmer, his social status will increase, and he can even become a full-time worker in one fell swoop, and become a professional guard of the lord.

The Danish world is crueler than Frank’s. This is a world where only the strong can survive. Therefore, Stade has no regrets for his own people who froze to death and starved to death.

The rain stopped, and the whole world was still muddy, which was extremely bad for his secret weapon.

The north wind after the rain is still sharp, but people’s bodies are no longer wet, and the embarrassment of hypothermia has been greatly alleviated.

Troops were severely reduced and the morale of those able to continue fighting was lacking.

Up to now, the legend about Jinshanyinshan has become extremely important.

Stad regrouped his army in the shelter of the ruins. Facing a group of frowning people, he held his sword and proclaimed: “The sea is rough, and God will not give the Rus people a chance to escape with their treasure! They decided to defend the gold and silver and fight to the end. , I want you to kill them, and all the gold and silver are yours!”

That being the case, in fact, he really started to rob Stad. He is expected to plunder more because of his status as a smoker, but in the current predicament, he knows that he will draw a huge pie for his subordinates.

The sluggish morale was boosted, and now the only thing that keeps them fighting is the looting of money. A group of sick people also joined in the shouting, as if their own patients had also recovered.

Their boiling shouts made a lot of noise. They were venting their momentum to their opponents, and they were well noticed by the Ross people.

Here at Rose’s Merchant Fort, the situation hadn’t gotten too serious.

The slightly sloppy wooden wall guards clenched their sword hilts again. Someone jumped deep into the half-dry land and rushed into the room to report to the blue fox.

“My lord, the enemy is roaring, and they are demonstrating against us.”

“Yes! I heard it all!” Blue Fox put on a serious face, continued to wear his chain mail, and muttered to himself: “A new battle is about to begin.”

The sea turbulence caused by the rain directly broke the Ross people’s retreat plan. Of course, they could escape through the roadway, but they just escaped. How to steer the ship to sail on the raging waves?

The mercenaries were speechless to each other. They all wore uniform robes, and Rose’s flag was sewn on the clothes.

They returned to their respective posts and began to stand firm, waiting for the battle of their own destiny.

Some mercenaries were praying to Odin, some just looked into the distance, and some seemed to be okay.

For the future, Blue Fox’s mind is blank.

He actually doesn’t want to die in battle, so it’s not appropriate to attack and believe in Odin.

It would be great if there is a god who can bless himself with divine power and will be safe in the end.

What god would do such a thing?

He thought a little bit about the reply he had with that Eskiel before, the old guy kept admonishing him, and now he should think about it…

However, Stud didn’t give the blue fox more time to think. The wet ground was drying at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the mud was no longer serious.

Stad’s army was shouting, clearly the last mobilization for war.

As the so-called principle of all-in-one effort, fearing that the morale that was finally boosted would drop, Stad had no intention of procrastinating any longer, and announced the start of the second round of attack on the spot.

He rode on his well-maintained tall horse, and led his small group of cavalry to become an outstanding existence.

He continued to swing his sword and shouted: “Attack, all! Take your gold and silver, and you will all be rich! Come with me now!”

Stud really did what he said. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he led the cavalry out of the burnt ruins, and appeared in front of the Ross shop again, and appeared in front of the shop guards.

“My lord, the villains have appeared, and their leader must be the rider.” Someone hinted that the blue fox guarding behind the wooden wall shot sniping arrows.

The blue fox showed its whole head, squinting and grinning at it in the sun: “This distance is a bit far, can you shoot it?”

The speaker immediately smiled: “If you have a torsion slingshot, you can kill him.”

“Your words are farting! Damn it, if I had known this, I would have left a slingshot…”

The lack of heavy equipment would take a toll on the proud Rus, but there was no time to complain now.

listen!

It is the low and chilling roar of the horn!

The blue fox also clenched the hilt of the sword tightly, and the bowman’s arrow rested on the handle of the bow, and the crossbow was also wound up.

An old mercenary thought of a trick: “Brothers hide temporarily, let the enemy move forward boldly and we will shoot them.” The old mercenary called Bu Lao, and most of them had instinctively ambushed.

On the other side of the battlefield, Stade on horseback became angry when he saw the Ross flag flying by his opponent.

Behind him are thousands of warriors eager to make a fortune. People in different clothes walked out of the crooked box, and all kinds of shields began to build a shield wall, and they beat the shields one after another at the request of various gang bosses.

They moved forward slowly amidst the loud noise, and gradually came to the front of the rider.

Behind them, the phantom of siege vehicles gradually appeared.

The wheels crushed the mud, and dozens of people pushed it panting.

It is indeed a heavy tool, and because of its weight, it can still bring a lot of force when hitting a wooden wall at low speed.

In a ragged crowd, a man in armor guarding a large object looks particularly chic.

The Ross mercenaries have seen the big world, and they suddenly realized that the strange thing was the so-called rush car.

Everyone’s hearts tightened, but Blue Fox couldn’t intuitively understand the specific use of that object, but asked his subordinates very curiously: “What are those armored guards guarding? Could it be some kind of weapon?”

“It’s a weapon!” An old mercenary warned with a horrified expression, “That thing is extraordinary. They will push it to hit our wall, and the wooden wall will be smashed down.”

“Ah?! No way!”

“My lord, Prince Rurik is the best at using this weapon. Unexpectedly… the Danes also understand it.”

The blue fox was speechless. He felt that the impenetrable wooden wall had become a piece of cloth that could be easily pierced.

“What can be done about it?”

Blue Fox’s question is exactly the question of everyone, and the old mercenary thought: “If we have enough oil, we can set the fire by pouring the oil, but…”

“Shut up!” Blue Fox said emotionally in desperation, “We don’t have any more oil at all.”

Based on this predicament, most of the old mercenaries were relieved, and some even suggested to Blue Fox: “Once the wooden wall collapses, our brothers will fight with them.”

“Should I join in too? I…will be killed.”

The mercenaries didn’t blame the gold master’s fear at all, so some suggested that the blue fox escape by taking advantage of the chaotic tunnel, while others yelled: “You just accidentally killed an enemy, Odin will not approve of you. We are different, we are Fight for Prince Ross, and after the death of the battle, the soul will directly enter the Hall of Valor.”

Escape alone?

Putting it lightly.

In the past, Blue Fox would run away without hesitation when encountering a disaster, but now he hesitated.

“At least I have to make sure that the fortress can’t be defended before fleeing.”

The mercenaries will not surrender. They are either from Sweden or Finland, and there are even new Slavs.

The captured Swedes will be killed, and the Finns and Slavs may not die. They are also slaves for a lifetime. After all, they are not killed in battle. What awaits everyone is a tragic fate.

Since the opponent cannot give everyone the possibility of surviving, the brothers are also united as never before.

Will Stad really give the Ross people a chance to live?

He has issued the order to shoot to kill, wielding the steel sword with his big hand, and the order to attack regardless of priority has been issued.

Compared with gangsters rushing and slashing in chaos, relying on brute force and numerical superiority to win, Stad has done a little more elaborately on the basis of this major premise.

The number of infantry archers in the regular Frankish army is very low. Most of the time, the archers are just recruited forest hunters. The key to victory is to fight with brute force.

The situation here in Stad was even worse. Among more than a thousand combat soldiers, only fifty bows were gathered, and fifty people were randomly selected to draw the bows.

Something is better than nothing. These archers walked out of the shield wall formation first, and each of them took ten arrows and threw them at the Ross people.

Many people can only attack a rough shot at a target, and there are very few real accurate shooters.

As for how much the projectile can bring is unknown, at least archery can bring the morale of one’s own army.

[End of this Chapter]