Rise of Rurik - Chapter 766

[Chapter 767 This is a feast for the Viking coalition forces]

But it was Ragnar who rushed into the city of Bremen with his clansmen. This hard-core ruthless man held an iron sword, and when he saw the fleeing crowd, he led his troops to chase and kill them.

They slashed and killed indiscriminately, and no one was spared.

The morale of the frightened people in the city had already collapsed, and they even forgot to resist, and then they were killed screaming.

But Ragnar didn’t care about the enjoyment of killing. He ordered his subordinates to retaliate cleanly. He wanted to kill one person with one sword. Sending these people in the way would help everyone loot.

Ragnar’s troops fumbled forward in the lanes. At first they ransacked the houses, but except for some daily necessities and a batch of stored grain, they got only a few silver coins and copper coins.

“Scavenge all the wheat, don’t grab the grain, find a pocket and put all the silver coins you find…”

He gave orders in this way, trying his best to control the mad clansman to maintain rational robbery.

Finally, a subordinate told him: “There are a large number of people crowded in the south of the city, and they seem to want to escape. There is also their temple (referring to the church), and it is said that there is a lot of gold there.”

At this moment, Ragnar was overjoyed.

“Then attack the temple!”

More than two hundred Viking fanatics, led by the bloody Ragnar, ran wildly along the road leading to the church.

They entered the city square first, and saw a crowd of civilians running around.

On the other hand, the citizens in the city saw a group of guys holding round shields. Apart from holding their heads and screaming, the only way to escape was to escape.

“That’s right there.” Ragnar pointed his sword straight, “Enter the monastery, kill them, and take the gold and silver!”

Ragnar’s follow-up personnel also entered the city square, and the last 300 elite Viking warriors of the Stonewall tribe rushed to St. Peter’s Church in Bremen under the leadership of the mad leader.

In terms of building scale, this church can be described as the largest wooden building in the city, and it has a history of half a century.

Blue Fox stayed here for a while when he was in distress, and he had a certain understanding of the history of the church, not to mention that he himself was baptized here.

Even so, Blue Fox, who was completely on the side of the intruder, was only a little touched by the church being captured.

As for Ragnar, no one restrained his actions at all.

Even as an ally, the Ross people hope that this group of madmen will kill as much as possible and destroy as much as possible, so as to attract the firepower of the Bremen army and civilians and give the Ross people enough time to grab food.

However, Bremen has completely become an undefended city, and the city is full of scurrying sheep.

Especially this church, it looks like a sheepfold.

On the other hand, the prelate who acted as bishop for Esquier in this church, in times of crisis, remained firm in his faith.

He stood on the podium, covering his chest with the covered scriptures with both hands.

There were as many as 2,000 believers in the audience, some of them sat anxiously on the benches, and more people randomly found an open space to kneel down, listening to the sermon and praying for miracles.

The priests were singing the content of the Old Testament in Latin, the so-called Messiah happened, the prisoners of Babylon were saved, and the aliens were punished by God, and so on.

There is no need to think about logic at this moment.

The city has been breached, and they prayed with great anticipation, hoping that the entire church would become a barrier blessed by the Lord, and that the power of the sacred faith could form an invisible wall to keep the Normans out, and then quietly wait for the flames descended by Seraphim Burn the Normans to ashes…

However, a double-edged Nordic forest ax angrily smashed the bronze lock of the church door to pieces.

The door flew open.

It was not the angel they were expecting to break in, but a group of vicious Normans with blond hair dyed red, shouting for Odin.

Ragnar didn’t think this was a sacred and inviolable place, and he was surprised by the crowd of people in front of him.

He was inspired, if the entire auditorium were filled with soldiers, his current manpower would be difficult to deal with.

Ragnar and his group were attracted by the legend of getting rich. They had long tried to attack Bremen. In the past, there were only thankless attacks. Now, getting rich is today.

As long as a large group of “obstacles” in front of you are resolved, all the treasures will be in the sackcloth pocket.

The cowering crowd screamed in terror, some ran away amidst the screams, some fainted directly, and some knelt on the spot and insisted on praying…

Some Viking warriors involuntarily panicked in the face of the chaotic crowd: “Boss, what should we do? Are we going to kill these people?”

“Are you advising me to be merciful?”

“No! There are too many of them. Once we fight, we may be outnumbered…”

Ragnar shook his head fiercely, and suddenly roared again: “Shield Wall! Kill these enemies! No mercy!”

Knowing that it was a large group of unarmed people, Ragnar, who felt no guilt, recognized all of them as Frankish soldiers.

For very practical reasons, Ragnar could have taken the opportunity to capture many captives and sell them as slaves to make money. Ragnar can’t do this at the moment, so he just kills as much as possible. Firstly, it vents the long-suppressed emotions of the tribe, and secondly, it is also for the new recruits. Allies of Ross see what a madman is.

The shield wall was like a meat grinder, and Ragnar’s troops entered the church and set up a formation to attack it.

The shield wall continued to advance, followed by people lying in pools of blood.

The priests all panicked, and even the crowd rushed out from the side door of the church.

However, the two side doors are not big, causing congestion in a short period of time.

The fear was even worse, and they began to trample on each other again, and many people were trampled to death.

In this closed space, the sacred and noble St. Peter’s Church becomes the territory.

Even Ragnar didn’t expect that he led his troops to kill so smoothly. Behind them were already bloody corpses, and the blood pooled into a river and flowed out of the main entrance of the church.

In terms of the scale of the killings, the tragedy at Bremen in 836 was far more horrific than that at Lindisfarne Abbey in 792.

More than a thousand people were killed, and nearly a thousand people escaped through the two side doors.

Ragnar and his men were also exhausted from killing, but the brothers felt that their achievements were destined to impress Odin, and the dead were all so-called sacrifices to the gods of Asgard.

Although they were exhausted and out of breath, and even their iron swords were curled, their pursuit and killing continued.

As many as ten priests wearing black robes were not directly killed, but were escorted outdoors for use by priests.

Ragnar is not a brainless butcher, he knows what a Frankish “priest” is, and killing such people in public is the best sacrifice.

At this moment, the belated Ross army arrived at the church.

Arik saw the dead lying outside and a dark red river flowing out of the church.

This is the first time Lanhu has seen this scene. Thinking that he has lived here, he never thought that it would become a battlefield.

Ragnar tried hard to keep his head clear, suppressing his beating heart.

Seeing Arik who finally arrived, he proudly pointed to the church where no major problems could be seen on the surface: “I killed a thousand people, which is a huge feat. My people grabbed some gold and silver! Damn, gold and silver piled up The mountain does not exist.”

“Ah!? You only have 300 people, and you killed 1,000 people in such a short time?!” How could Arik not be surprised?

This number is exaggerated.

“I just did it. You! Must admit my bravery.”

“Don’t talk about this yet. Keep chasing them! Let’s go, Ragnar brothers, continue to avenge Frank.” After finishing speaking, Arik patted Ragnar on the shoulder, and led his troops towards the south of the city where the shouts turned into roars… …

Ragnar gritted his teeth, and greeted his brother: “Take the gold and silver you grabbed and continue to fight with me! Kill the Franks, and then we will search slowly.”

The Viking lunatics, covered in blood and sweat, entered the final battle after a short rest. At this moment, they will encircle and suppress the last enemy entrenched in the south of the city by the Ross army.

Arik had already arrived with the team first, and when he saw the huddled people, he became entangled on the spot.

According to their own inherent principles, the women of the enemy should not be killed, they should be tied up and transported to their hometowns and sold. In the end, these women will be recruited by the Ross people and become the mothers of a new generation of Ross soldiers.

Given the Nordic traditional tribal thinking, the tribes should do the same.

When he had a hint of compassion, Yefro suddenly asked: “Aric, do you want to do it now? According to the prince’s order, we must show no mercy.”

With just one glance, Aric’s sudden kindness was fleeting.

“All archers!” he said, “arrive and shoot!”

Arik is indeed different from Ragnar. Having experienced too many actual combats, he has become more and more fond of the strategy of defending the enemy with arrows first. The actual combat has proved that this is an excellent means to reduce his own losses.

But the battle has changed, and even the shooter feels that his attack is not worthy of any glory.

Those running around are unarmed personnel, and their actions are all trying to escape from the city.

They were clearly crowded at the gate and were rushing out desperately, so that the double wooden doors that opened inward could not be opened at all!

Of course, even if it is opened, there is still a hanging door that needs to be pulled up with a winch, and the refugees cannot rush out without pulling this door.

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The city wall was also full of people, and a large number of people wandered in despair.

Arrows flew mercilessly, and crossbows and longbows shot mercilessly at this large group of unarmored targets.

In fact, a group of people have already descended the city wall along the ropes and escaped, and some of them were also injured, dragging their injured limbs to leave forcibly.

There are still more than 4,000 people crowded in the south of Bremen, and the arrow attacks of the Ross people undoubtedly made the already bad situation worse.

“Those who shoot the wall, hurry up!” Yevro ordered.

In terms of combat experience, Yevro is actually better than Arik. When he was younger, he had to fight for the former benefactor Gould, and what he experienced was always fighting to the death with a scale of less than fifty people.

What is important in small-scale battles is to frighten the enemy in terms of momentum, and it is even more important in large-scale battles.

Those who hovered on the city wall in fear of jumping off and falling to their death became living targets. At first, some people were hit by arrows, and then they became hit by arrows one after another, and many people fell for it.

The panic intensified further, and at this moment Ragnar finally arrived with his army.

Without any words, Arik and Ragnar looked into each other’s eyes, and began to cooperate in the killing with a tacit understanding.

This was not a battle between armies at all. Merchants, craftsmen, farmers, and even a large number of women were mercilessly hacked and killed by Ragnar’s Viking warriors.

The same goes for the Rus army.

Even if Arik felt a little compassion for a while, his subordinates had a completely different attitude. They didn’t feel that they were a group of non-combatants, but a group of cowards who didn’t have time to take up arms and fight.

On the one hand, the shield wall constitutes a terrifying meat grinder propelling slashing, and on the other hand, dense arrows drop from the sky.

A large number of those who tried to escape realized that it was meaningless to go through the south gate, so they could only take risks.

Don’t think about falling to death or being injured anymore, a large number of people took the risk of being shot and walked up to the city wall, and then jumped with their eyes closed.

Some people directly broke their necks and cracked their skulls, and such people died immediately.

Some people broke their arms and staggered away clutching their broken arms.

Some broke their legs, even if they crawled, they wanted to escape from Bremen, which had turned into a hell on earth.

Arik saw a strange sight. It has been eight years since he fought for Rose, and he has never seen such a crazy fugitive in eight years.

“Cowards! You dare to jump the city wall and have no guts to fight us!”

This shocking scene aroused his anger even more, and he shouted further: “Brothers! No mercy! Help them jump the wall and fall to their deaths!”

Indeed, a large number of people who jumped over the wall were disabled at first, but a large number of soft “sandbags” appeared under the wall. These are a group of people who fell to death and were shot and fell. The existence of a large number of corpses gave the successor enough buffer.

Like lemmings jumping into the sea, the panic-stricken people of Bremen jumped, and even mothers jumped down angrily holding their children tightly in their arms.

At least there is a possibility of survival by jumping off.

Check it out!

The living people who jumped off before had already run away on the field where there was only a stubble left after harvesting the wheat.

In this way, the killing of the coalition forces ended very quickly, and even because of excessive exhaustion, Ragnar’s troops saw the enemy jumping over the wall and fleeing frantically, so there was no need to swing the prisoners of war with sore arms to kill them.

On the other hand, considering the need to save arrows, the Finns in Gevlo with longbows also suspended their attacks.

At the last moment, the coalition forces watched fiercely as the last hundred or so people jumped over the wall and escaped for their lives.

It wasn’t until this time that the coalition soldiers stepped on the dead bodies and boarded the wooden city wall, watching the Bremen people running away with mixed feelings.

“There is no need to pursue it anymore.” Arik, who was standing on the city wall, couldn’t help but sigh with emotion.

Hearing this sigh, Ragnar immediately echoed: “Killing cowards is not an honor. But I captured ten of their priests, embodied in the sun in the sky, just to sacrifice to Odin.”

“Whatever you want! I don’t like the priests. Have you got a lot of gold and silver?”

“I got some in the church.” Ragnar forced a smile to hide his exhaustion.

“Well, we Ross people didn’t find any other treasures except for a lot of wheat. We have an appointment first, and you have robbed the gold. I have nothing to say. Next, we will use the city square as the boundary to loot separately. Remember to add a sword to the dying person, it is your last kindness.”

“Just do it.”

In the evening, Ragnar held a public sacrifice, and the ten captured priests had their throats cut by him in public.

What’s even crazier is that the blue fox who took off his helmet was at the scene, and the murderous thing was that he deliberately lit up the cross on his chest.

Although he had grown his beard, it hadn’t grown too far in months.

The acting bishop to be executed suddenly recognized the identity of the blue fox.

“Joseph! You are a traitor! You led the Normans to Bremen, and the Lord will punish you! You will be burned to death!” This was the last honesty of the acting bishop.

Blue Fox was unmoved. He participated in the operation as an Odin warrior, but he still wore a cross pendant. He was full of contradictions.

The blue fox himself can understand clearly: “Don’t forget! The Ross people are also Normans! Your king killed many Ross people. This is our revenge! I have no enmity with you, but you must die. Eski Er has been controlled by us, obviously the Lord will not help you anymore.”

When the sacrifice was over, Ragnar’s exhausted warriors roared with joy.

They further searched for spoils, this time they searched very carefully, looking for ironware, copper coins, and silver coins.

The same Rus was also looking for these things, and the two sides made a temporary treaty for this.

The treaty was proposed by Arik, and Ragnar felt that it was fair. The so-called boundary was the central square of the city, with Ross looting to the north and Ragnar to the south.

The reason why Ragnar felt it was fair was because he thought he had picked up a big bargain. He got a batch of gold and silver utensils from the church, but he didn’t know that Ross had a huge harvest.

How much rye stock was there in the captured granary?

Maybe a million pounds, and just moving it is a hassle.

So what does a hundred pounds of wheat mean?

According to the agreement with Prince Rurik, the army can share half of the spoils, and then divide them equally according to the number of soldiers and sailors. On average, each person can get exactly one thousand pounds of wheat.

If this is the case, a family’s annual rations will probably be grabbed.

Even if it is to be exchanged for money, the prince has already said that it will be purchased at the price of ten pounds of wheat and one silver coin, and the settlement will be made immediately.

Looking back at this large granary that was firmly controlled by the Ross Army, Arik, who was holding a torch in the evening, inspected them carefully and couldn’t help feeling: “Maybe I didn’t bring enough ships!”

That night, the coalition forces spent the night in a city full of corpses.

Ragnar’s men found a group of women, who immediately became the playthings of the victors, only to be killed again.

They made delicious meals with the captured grain. Although they don’t know how much the Ross people captured, Ragnar boasted that he made a fortune this time, and he has never been as crazy and happy as he is today in his life. This is the joy of making a fortune, and it is also a big revenge The report is refreshing.

The central square of the city is an obvious open place. Ragnar brought the non-combatant clansmen outside the city into the city, and while sharing the victory, he also gathered people to wait until tomorrow to carry the spoils outside the city.

The Ross side is similar, but since nightfall, the work of moving food has started.

The little wheelbarrow fitted with the torsion slingshot unloaded the slingshot and carried the sacks full of rye with all its might.

A large number of bonfires were lit at the wharf firmly controlled by the fleet for lighting. The tired soldiers rested a lot, and the professional sailors disembarked and began to transport wheat. This work will be carried out all night until the morning of tomorrow, when the awakened main force begins to participate in the operation.

Arik and Ragnar both reached a consensus that it is not suitable to stay here for a long time.

Ragnar has long explained that there are pursuers behind him, so the window period for fighting and looting given to the coalition forces is very short. Even if everyone is very tired, the looting must be completed within two days, and then withdraw to a safe area and take a good rest. Figure out the way out.

[End of this Chapter]