Rise of Rurik - Chapter 748

[Chapter 749]

A battle ended with a complete victory for Rose, so logical that Rose won, so much so that the warriors clamored that they did not get the honor of fighting.

After all, the existence of the brothers belongs to the reinforcements, and there are also brothers who belong to the first banner team in the fortress.

The sled team entered the city like a step, and immediately received warm hospitality from the guards.

When the centurion entered the fortress, he joked to another centurion who was guarding the fortress: “I really didn’t expect you to issue a war alarm because of the siege of a group of weak people. You can completely destroy them by your own strength.”

The guards were also very speechless, because there was no real hand-to-hand combat, and everyone could not draw the conclusion that the enemy was surprisingly weak.

The guard, the centurion, didn’t comment, and immediately asked: “Where are the prince’s reinforcements? You will never be the only reinforcements.”

“Of course not. We don’t know the prince’s intentions. We are from Kaijisalmi. We learned the news from the fugitives you sent out while hunting. We came first when we were closest to you.”

In this way, everyone had nothing to say, and the guards welcomed the new brothers. After a while, the weapons collected from the battlefield, especially various arrows, were packed into bundles and carried into the fortress.

It wasn’t until they entered the fortress that Telavis didn’t know what capital this group of soldiers, who actually had a lot of troops, had to guard the fortress but not go out to fight. They really had enough food and water to wait for a month of exhaustion!

What should we do next?

It is a fact that the Karelians assembled a large army. They were obviously unwilling to withdraw after successive setbacks. They just hid in the woods further north, and perhaps adopted more insidious tactics after learning the lesson.

The number of guards has increased, and everyone has reached a consensus: rushing into the forest to surrender, our army is likely to be at a disadvantage, and we should wait until the prince’s real reinforcements arrive, and then surrender with the advantage of strength.

There was a tacit understanding between them. When the small-scale battle broke out, Rurik had already completed the assembly of the army. The very large sled team was advancing, and there were only five days left to reach the fortress of Bear Festival Town.

However, Rurik had no idea that Xiongji Town had been rescued by a small group of reinforcements.

The next thing seems to be only the clearing work.

Unless, the Karelians decide to gamble the fate of the entire nation and have a final battle with the Principality of Ross.

Coincidentally, either rebellious or simply passionate, when someone persuaded Kaskuwei to retreat, he was severely reprimanded by him, and he waved his sword and threatened that anyone who dared to say retreat would be executed.

The principle set by Kaskuwe is that he must fight to the end. He is unswervingly gathering troops to pull all the men from the new camp over to fight the Ross people.

He couldn’t think of any reasonable tactics at all, he just thought of waiting for more people to gather before launching a group charge.

Even though the Ross people have advantages in many aspects, once the battle turns into a real melee, the result will always be in their favor.

Instead, he led people to actively take certain measures in the forest, so the forest began to shake, and a large number of small pine trees were cut down.

The Karelians cannot be said to be completely single-minded. After learning the lesson of failure in hand-to-hand combat, they are making spears wantonly.

Cut down the small pine tree to leave the top part, peel off the bark and sharpen the top, and even tie a bony spearhead.

Such a spear can be made very long, but because it is made for assault, the toughness and rigidity of the wooden pole are not superior.

In a true zero-distance fight, the Kajun will suffer a great loss. If they poke at a certain distance with thousands of spearheads, the Ross people will definitely suffer a big loss!

This kind of tactic is promising in terms of thinking, but it’s just that the people of Ross don’t understand what Kaskuwe realized normally?

The Karelians still did not encounter the main body of the Russian army.

A very large sled team came in a mighty way. Considering the possibility of encountering the enemy, the commander Rurik had ordered the 20 sleds of the vanguard to be loaded with torsion slingshots and ready to go.

The reinforcements from the real Principality of Ross arrived, and the 1,500 soldiers selected by Rurik were unexpectedly and quite inevitably joined forces with the 800 reinforcements from Fort New Rose.

The army of 2,300 people is nowhere to reinforce Xiongji Town, it is really heroes from all walks of life who regard this reinforcement as a kind of hunting carnival.

Rurik only needs to look at the reinforcement structure organized by his brother to know that they are a large group of hunters. Among them are a surprising number of black-haired Suomi. On the surface, they describe that they want to attack Karelia for the revenge of their ancestors. To plunder the enemy’s reindeer.

The Suomi people, they have indeed maintained a hostile relationship with the Karelians in a long history, revenge and plunder.

It was Rurik who did not believe that they would engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. In addition to being heavily equipped with hand axes for self-defense, snow tents with daggers tied, they were short wooden bows and heavy steel cluster arrows in leather quiveres.

They are very good archers, but the bows they use are still too ordinary, no different from the enemy’s bows, but they have a huge advantage in arrows.

The attitude of the Russians, Viking immigrants, and Slavs is no longer revenge, and the war has become pure plunder.

The siege battle that Rurik expected did not happen, but there were a lot of corpses and blood frozen into lumps lying on the ice, obviously there had been a fierce battle here.

Look at the Bear Festival Fortress, where the Ross flag flies.

Arik, who was wearing sunglasses, spurted blood, looked at the frozen body and asked the prince and brother: “Rurik, it seems that the defenders can defeat the enemy without our reinforcements. Their alarm was too cautious.”

Rurik also thinks the same way now, the danger is so wise that he is wise enough, and he deliberately warned: “Don’t take it lightly, for fear that the Karelians set traps.”

“Trap? You are looking at them again. If there is a trap, it will come. I brought hundreds of men of all kinds to eat the snow and blow the cold wind. If there is a big battle, come quickly. I will stand in the snow and let them attack. That saves me the trouble of finding them out myself.”

Arik’s words are full of domineering, but Rurik actually has similar thoughts.

The whole world seems to be very quiet, and the enemies don’t seem to be hiding in the forest. Could they run away with their tails between their legs?

The army arrived at the castle of Elrond Castle smoothly, the thick wooden door was opened, the drawbridge was lowered, and hundreds of defenders walked out of the fort with enthusiasm to meet the prince.

Looking at the faces of these people, who would have imagined that they had experienced bitter battles?

Hundreds of furry men with weapons lined up to welcome the prince. Most of them were brothers from the first banner team, but they lacked formal uniforms to show their identities. They still looked like hunters, especially those wearing white bear fur coats. It’s almost like ordinary people lying in the snow nest can’t find it at a glance.

Behind Rurik was a large army and more than a thousand panting reindeer.

He proudly asked: “I heard from those who retreated that the fortress was besieged by thousands of people, and you must stay and die with the fortress. It sounds really tragic. I’m afraid that you will all die in battle, so I can only do it as quickly as possible.” What’s going on? What about the enemy?”

The situation became so embarrassing that the two centurions present were explaining.

The so-called enemy did launch attack after attack, and they were all defeated, and finally withdrew to the forest in the north to hide.

According to the organization of the First Banner Corps, there are two Centuries, and half of them miraculously become the defenders of Xiongji Town. Did they just come here to hunt and get involved in the war by accident?

As Telavis, who appeared seemingly by accident, emerged from the crowd to report to Rurik, the truth gradually came to light.

The small fortress couldn’t accommodate a large army with a strength of nearly 3,000. The army camped outside the city, and immediately buried the stove to cook wheat for hot meals. As for the settlement of the sled reindeer, they first fed a batch of oats and then grazed on the spot.

Xiongji Town was originally the gathering place for the second round of the crusade against Rurik. The relatively open area was suitable for gathering, and naturally it was also suitable as a battlefield.

In an instant, Xiongji Town became extremely lively, with hundreds of banners resounding in the strong wind.

Rurik regarded this battle as a national war. Most of the combatants of the Ross Army wore uniforms. The white robes became an excellent camouflage in the snow, and the blue patterns on them were quite eye-catching.

The army that had just settled down still had to remain vigilant. That night, in order to avoid possible sneak attacks by the enemy, the Ross army not only deployed sleepless sentries, but also set up a large number of suspicious soldiers in the area centered on the fort. A large number of bonfire booths were densely set up. There can be as many as five hundred stalls.

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The starlight in the sky is ruined, and the night visibility of the whole world is still good, but the bonfire illuminates this glimpse transparently.

The Karelians had also assembled 3,000 people. Their spies saw the situation in Xiongji Town from a distance, and hurriedly informed their chiefs of the news.

“The bonfire is as secret as the stars in the sky? It’s not true!” Kaskuwei couldn’t believe what the sentinel said.

He didn’t feel sleepy at all, so he led a group of cronies to sneak in the forest, and he couldn’t help taking a breath when he saw the dense flames from a distance.

Fear, anger, astonishment, complex emotions welled up in my heart.

His subordinates are all asking how to deal with the new enemy, hesitating and defeatist remarks have become taboo, and his cronies are doing what they like, advocating the need to fight to the end without mercy.

Even so, Kaskuwei personally gradually strengthened his belief that he must fight under the instigation of his cronies, that is, it is a question of whether it is appropriate to go to war.

Besides, my current military strength is not an absolute advantage.

Of course he could have waited a little longer, and it was at this time that someone said: “They must have traveled a long way to get here. They must be very tired and need to rest for two or three days to recover. If we can launch a surprise attack, I have the advantage.”

What a wonderful plan!

Kaskuwe found out the young man who made such bold words, and when he saw that he was a brother of the same tribe, he happily named him a chief.

He thought about it again. Since he was going to launch a fierce surprise attack on Ross, all soldiers would be required to do their best. A large-scale canonization before the battle was necessary to boost morale.

He went back to the big Karelian camp and gathered the men who couldn’t sleep through the night.

Those in the team who are popular, burly enough, or born in a big clan are all named chiefs by him, which is equivalent to “the leader of a small tribe”.

Since they all have this honorable status, and the status is bestowed by the greatest chief of the emirate, how can there be any reason to be lazy?

Kaskuwe addressed them: “We attacked at dawn, and all marched lightly. We stormed their camp while they were still standing, and killed the iron tools that the enemy took from them when we met. This is a once-in-a-lifetime gift from the satyr god. The opportunity, the opportunity to avenge all the dead clansmen has come, I will lead the charge, and all of you will follow me…”

The Karelian army actually had a large number of troops. It was the first time for a large number of men who had not yet entered the battlefield to see such a large number of tribesmen, even Perm from the east. They had never seen such a large-scale gathering of soldiers.

This is the strongest army in the concept of the Cajun Army, and it is naturally invincible in the known world with its simple cognition.

Excited emotions affect the mind, and even sleepiness disappears without a trace.

The Karelian army has no intention of waiting for reinforcements from follow-up personnel. No one wants to give up the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. They also started to advance at night, preparing to launch a dawn raid!

A large group of figures were lying in the snow or hiding in the forest to hide their existence. They waited quietly until the dark sky turned deep blue, and the hiding people stood up one after another.

Everything was silent, and Kaskuwei led his troops forward with the iron sword in hand.

The figure of the great chief was so unique that three thousand people obeyed his request and began to rush forward with as many as three thousand spears of varying quality made by surprise.

They made no unwanted noise, and the snow absorbed the noise to a great extent.

The Karelian army’s raid had already begun, and so far the Rus hadn’t noticed the imminent danger.

But the sky was getting brighter and brighter, and the sentries who took turns standing guard had already carried the firewood for the fire. While preparing for the vegetable stew for breakfast, some sentries finally saw the abnormality in the distance.

The first sentry rubbed his eyes vigorously to make sure he wasn’t dazzled by embarrassment.

Is the open land in the north a herd of reindeer moving?

It’s like a pack of bears.

Do not!

That’s humans, and there are plenty of enemies!

Judging by this posture, the enemy is clearly about to fight a decisive battle!

“Everyone wake up! It’s an enemy attack!” The terrified sentinel was like a cat whose fur had exploded. He kicked the other sentries violently to wake them up first, calling for everyone to issue a battle alarm.

Anyone who sees the crowds approaching from a distance will realize that something is wrong. Those who hold horns puff up their cheeks and blow the horn, and some people find the cowhide drums accompanying the army and beat frantically.

As soon as the awakened people heard the enemy’s attack, they got up out of breath and hurriedly put on leather armor and chain mail, put on white robes and jumped out of the camp with weapons in hand.

The Rus did the best they could, and a great number of warriors awoke to prepare camp.

There was a big commotion here, and from the standpoint of the advancing Karelians, it was clear that their actions had been exposed.

Great Chief Kaskuwe has two choices before the fierce battle: fight or withdraw.

The sneak attack strategy had lost its tactical advantage due to exposure, but he had no choice, just like an arrow that left the string and couldn’t fly back.

He raised his sword and shouted: “Brave Karelian, follow me!”

He began to take the lead in shouting, leading the others to follow suit.

They relied on shouting to gain momentum, and even the snow could not absorb the roar.

The roar made the Ross soldiers, no matter how embarrassed they were, become vigilant. Many of them wiped off the snow with the snow at their fingertips, and started to line up with swords and shields.

Seventy percent of the Slavic flag team participated in this battle. They had the experience of crusade against Karelia, so naturally they were not afraid of this group of attacking lunatics.

They also led the team under the leadership of Medved, and the spearheads of each halberd moved forward.

Thanks to the snow, it gave the charging crowd some obstacles and bought time for the Ross Army to assemble and build a tactical formation.

However, another traditional skill of the Russian army is already in the containment of the enemy’s offensive momentum.

After all, a large number of torsion slingshots have been unloaded from the fleet for maintenance. They have been repaired, and a battle is just to test the results of the repair.

Fifty slingshots are arranged on the outskirts of the camp, and they are mounted on sleds. The reindeer take off their saddles to rest, and the sleds become fixed firepower points.

The Torque Slingshot is already free-firing, firing light javelins with high range that swirl down from the sky.

The Cajun army began to suffer losses. Facing their companions who were pierced by javelins and fell to the ground, the soldiers could only stare like copper bells in astonishment, and continued to charge with spears.

I don’t know if it’s a slingshot, but the bull trebuchet is also throwing stones. Those who are hit must have broken bones and died. In the face of high-speed moving cluster targets, they don’t have more attack windows.

At last the distance reached the range of the Carpenter’s range of the Cajun, and a weak north wind was in their favor. The Cajun bowmen threw arrows into the sky, and the Ross army finally began to suffer losses.

Bone cluster arrows could not penetrate the armor of the Rus army, but some Suomi accidentally shot arrows at each other with bows.

Wearing a thick leather jacket can weaken the damage of bone clusters, but some people who are really unlucky are shot in the eyes and necks with arrows, and immediately fall to the ground bleeding profusely.

The poor wounded was dragged behind by his companions regardless of life and death, and the others still shot arrows to fight.

Until the Karelian army rushed within the range of the crossbow…

[End of this Chapter]