Rise of Rurik - Chapter 768

[Chapter 769 A lattaque!]

The fire in Bremen will only intensify further, especially with St. Peter’s Church completely engulfed in flames.

The bodies of those who died in it, as well as those who fell on the winding road, will be reduced to ashes in the fire, and will have a cremation ending.

They seemed to be buried for the whole city, and their death was like countless slaps, slapping the face of the local lord deafeningly.

Earl Hunter desperately led his troops back to Bremen. There was still some distance from the city, but the pungent burnt smell was already pervasive enough to be smelled clearly.

The cavalry soldiers covered their mouths and noses one after another, looking at the fire and smoke in front of them, the whole army couldn’t help slowing down because of their astonishment.

People can try their best to keep calm, but the war horses have never seen such a scene.

War horses are more fearful than humans, and some horses dare not move in panic.

The family members of a large number of cavalry are in the city. Doesn’t it look like all the family members were killed?

Just like the raging flames, thinking of the possibility of these disasters, the anger in the soldiers’ hearts is also bursting and burning.

Gradually, they could feel the heat of the flames. As they entered the farmland area near the city, the cavalry stood on the bare harvested wheat fields, staring at the burning city with bloodshot eyes, and dared not move again.

The temperature was already cooler, and the cavalry dismounted one after another. Just standing here, everyone could feel the unprecedented heat, which was more intense than the summer heat, just like the scene of purgatory that the priest said.

Priest?

Behold the minaret rising in flames!

It was St. Peter’s Church!

Coincidentally, while the crowd was watching, the masonry tower finally collapsed due to the load-bearing wooden pillars, and the tower collapsed as a whole. The vibration and roar caused by the collapse were directly felt by the cavalry’s feet.

Accompanied by the collapse, thicker gray smoke and dust rose up, and red flames sprayed into the sky, as if there was a crack in the earth, and the monsters from hell were about to rush out.

Many soldiers were so frightened that they sat on the ground and retreated one after another, and many people knelt on their knees, threw their spears and kept making crosses on their chests.

Seeing such a horrific scene, Earl Hunter couldn’t speak of fear, nor even anger.

He looked dazed, none of this seemed real, but a hateful nightmare.

Gritting his teeth hard, he realized that all this was reality.

Here they watched until night fell, when the sky was reddened by the unending fire of Bremen.

The Earl of Bremen’s headquarters rested in place, and the city fire provided sufficient lighting, but the supplies that everyone urgently needed were either looted by the Normans or burned to ashes in the flames.

The war horses gnawed on the scattered wheat stalks, and then went to a farther place to gnaw on the reeds.

The soldiers had no choice but to sit down. They ran in such a hurry that they didn’t even have any cooking utensils, and the supplies came to nothing when they returned to Bremen. This time, they could only take out a small amount of raw rye from their cloth pockets and chew them to satisfy their hunger like horses. Even if it is easy to make a stomachache.

This night, many soldiers took a nap on the scorched ground.

Many people couldn’t fall asleep at all, and barely woke up until it was almost dawn.

On a new day, the fire in Bremen is still going on, and it looks more like a fire-breathing dragon drilled out of the ground.

Indeed, some soldiers shouted “drae de feur” looking at the sudden whirlwind of fire, and fell down again in a coma.

The Count was expecting a rain to end the damned flames, but the weather was clear today.

“No more cowards! I must take revenge!”

He learned from the pain, endured the pain of stretching his legs before, stood up holding the iron sword, and called on all soldiers to stand up.

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He made a speech of impassioned speeches before the weary and mournful warriors, and insulted the Normans with foul language.

A very important strategic judgment is mentioned: “The Normans set fire recently, and I dare say they have not been away for long. They must have looted a lot, and it may take a lot of time to remove it by boat. Now we have This is a good opportunity, we must catch up with them and attack bravely, we must not let this group of barbarians escape.”

Must assault!

Must fight!

As for how to arrange after the war, no one cares at present.

Or is the mourning soldier sure to win?

The morale of the cavalry, inspired by anger, was high.

Although the earl was obsessed with revenge, he still clearly understood that he didn’t have much capital on hand.

The cavalry has strong combat effectiveness but requires a lot of material maintenance. In particular, to maintain the combat effectiveness of the horses, a large amount of oats and rye must be fed. Simply grazing on the spot cannot maintain the efficient combat of the horses.

The Frankish nobles have a set of methods in using cavalry, so the earl is not willing to squeeze horsepower crazily.

Knowing that he was powerless to fight the attackers for a long time, Earl Hunter decided to bypass the burning city and advance downstream along the river.

In this way, the horses can eat rushes and reeds all the way, and barely maintain their combat effectiveness. As for the soldiers, they naturally have to rely on their willpower to endure.

After all, he provided an optional direction for the cavalry. It is said that once they are empty, the whole team will go directly to the territory of the Earl of Flanders, report the bad news to him, and also rent a batch of food for emergency.

He really doesn’t have the money to buy it at the moment, but he can cut off part of his territory as a price.

On the other hand, the flames in Bremen lit up the night sky fiery red, and the soldiers of the Russian Allied Forces who rested on the shore laughed at it.

The cooks had already boiled a large amount of captured rye, which was just cooked before being dug out of the urn into bowls by eager men, sprinkled with a handful of salt and chewed.

The cooks are also full of mixed tastes, but what is the price for being able to eat salt in the barbarian camp?

No, the soldiers from Saaremaa Island have already rushed forward, took the group of cooks away, pressed them to the ground, and only cared about their own happiness.

Arik and the other organized Rose fighters disdain to have relationships with these women who need to be responsible after the fact. The biggest reason is faith.

Maybe the people of Saaremaa will not care about it at all.

The coalition forces continued to camp on the river beach where they had stayed. Of course, they could continue to withdraw, but the coalition forces needed a longer period of time to rest.

A great victory, a large Frankish city was “burned at the stake”, and even Ross was the first to achieve such a loud voice.

With seven hundred warriors defeating a city ten times its population, the brothers suddenly felt contemptuous of the Franks.

Large-scale handling of spoils in a short period of time requires all fighters to rest for a long time.

Maybe this river beach is not safe, but there is nothing more open than this river beach in a vast area.

More than 700 people camped on the river beach. The two teams met here a few days ago and almost got into a fight by misunderstanding. Now, the two teams are already comrades-in-arms.

Arik, who was lying on his side by the bonfire, looked lazy, and he teased as he pleased: “Don’t be Danes in the future! You will be completely cut off from that Danish king. You come to Ross, and we will be brothers. Your people are my people. From now on Wouldn’t it be fun for us to go to war and eat meat together.”

Ragnar was also lying on his side and talked eloquently: “As long as your brother agrees, of course I support it.”

“Of course he supports it. He didn’t want to fight with the Danes for a long time. If there is a chance to do business peacefully, who would want to fight. He can even make you a war chief, and your people form a banner team. If there is a big Large-scale battles, your team participates in the battle together, and you can always get a lot of spoils after the battle…”

At this moment, Arik really doesn’t regard Ragnar as an outsider, and Ragnar is equally happy about it.

Both of them are the most traditional Viking men with the most loyal nature.

After the two men of similar age finished talking about the war, they couldn’t help talking about women and even children.

Two boys were carried by Ragnar to the campfire, one was just walking, the other was severely disabled.

Look at the boy’s legs, weak and thinner than his arms.

Arik was taken aback, because in the traditional life, disabled children have no right to life at all, and a boy with shrunken legs would be killed when he discovered the condition.

“What’s going on here? He…” Considering that he would say some offensive words next, Arik simply shut up.

“Are you surprised?” Ragnar smiled: “It doesn’t matter, you let him speak for himself. Ivar, you speak for yourself.”

Ivar is almost six years old, so he can speak naturally.

The cub said in a slightly milky way: “Odin chose me and let me live. Odin must do something, and now I don’t know. I can’t walk, my arms and brain are normal. I Really just can’t walk.”

The more Ivar emphasizes something, the more he feels inferior to it.

Indeed, a warrior with a broken arm can still fight with one arm, how can he fight with weak legs?

These words are more than deja vu?

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Arik sat up straight in surprise, and smiled again: “Is it really a destiny? My brother, Rurik, the prince of Ross, is also a man chosen by Odin. Our Ross is rich and powerful because of his achievements.”

“It’s so?!” Ragnar also sat up straight, holding the young Ivar in his arms.

“You must arrive at Rose. If Ivar has divine help, he is destined to be extraordinary.”

“That’s a good thing. When have you decided to leave?”

“Let’s stay here for another two days. Brothers can also take a rest.” Arik said casually, and Ragnar didn’t think it was inappropriate, so he acquiesced.

The two chatted a lot, and then Blue Fox and Spueut also joined in.

When they got together, the known information was gathered and exchanged, and many unknown information also burst out.

The Russians learned that the Danes are essentially a mess. The leader who truly admired all the Danes is Godfrey, who has passed away for thirty years. Other successors are not convinced, especially the current Danish King Horik. The lord left Denmark voluntarily, so that the strength of Danish immigrants in Norway’s Bergenfjord, Oslofjord and other regions, as well as the Götaland region in southern Scandinavia, expanded rapidly.

Ragnar also learned that the leader of Ross’s royal pirates is Spyuth sitting here, and the order to “annihilate the ships encountered” was issued by the Prince of Ross, and everything was to vent his anger.

But the prince is very smart. Since he learned of the Franks behind the scenes, he instantly adjusted his strategy to attack Frank.

All of you sitting here are Viking lunatics who have made extraordinary achievements, and now we all burn down the city of Bremen together.

Their rest was still going on, and on this river beach, everyone quickly entered a peaceful and stable life, holding a huge amount of wheat, and said that they felt no sense of security.

But Arik wasn’t so arrogant that he didn’t even set up sentries.

Rurik did not design an “Army Manual” for the principality, but the army was actively summing up past successes and failures.

The Russian army will always be aware of the enemy’s sneak attack, so setting up sentries is particularly important.

The five sentinel groups were ambushing in the forest. Of course, they were not hiding in the dead branches and leaves, but they were resting on the big tree and sensing the vibrations around them.

The deep vibration of the earth appeared suddenly, and a sentry put his ear against the tree trunk, and gradually felt that the source of the vibration was approaching.

With a keen sense of the battlefield, the sentinel team ran out of the woods one after another.

They looked at each other and instantly decided that it was imminent danger.

They ran, yelling, towards the beach camp.

The people who were waiting for the meal noticed the running sentry. At first, everyone was in a daze, but as a dark figure suddenly appeared from the forest, no matter how dazed they were, they became vigilant.

“Damn! It’s actually cavalry! Damn the pursuers, how did they find us?!” Ragnar cursed to himself, and then looked at Arik’s reaction.

There are more and more cavalry. From the standpoint of the cavalry, Earl Hunter was also very surprised: “Normans, you are hiding here, you hateful demons, I am very hard to find. You… so many people?! And Those… are all big ships?!” Looking at the flags hanging on the masts of the big ships, they immediately understood that this was the Ross army.

Hunter finally saw the Ross fleet. Although it was very unbelievable, what the envoy named Joseph Blue Fox said was true.

Is this enough to scare the proud Frankish cavalry?

Hunt called for the cavalry to assemble in Frankish, and the cavalry who rushed out of the forest came in line.

In the forest, the five-meter-long riding spear can’t be stretched.

In order to avoid accidental injury, each rider kept a distance, and the rider held the front of the spear, and most of the wooden poles of the spear were dragged behind.

The Frankish cavalry were returning to their original heroics, and the forest of spears was terrifying.

Ragnar’s troops were afraid of these damned cavalrymen, and he didn’t dare to show timidity in front of Rose’s allies, so he called the women and children to retreat to the boat, and the men immediately formed a shield wall, standing on the riverside with the honor of men to fight against the enemy.

But he watched as the Ross people only built a thin shield wall, and more people were actually climbing rope ladders to board the ship?

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This scene caused Arik to yell: “Aric, are you Ross people going to retreat? If you retreat, we will follow?!”

Arik immediately explained: “Who said we retreat?! Don’t misunderstand! Continue to maintain the front line, we have to adjust heavy weapons, and kill all these damned cavalry! Do you understand? Kill this group of cavalry!”

Indeed, when the Frankish cavalry was busy lining up the forced loose teams in the forest to sit on the fence, the Ross Allied Forces also had a valuable window of combat readiness.

Fighting this group of cavalry with infantry, if you really do this, the Ross coalition army will even be wiped out.

Because the Frankish cavalry generally restrained from rushing over the wall due to the relative lack of horses, but after the cavalry approached the formation, they stabbed and killed the enemies in the formation with super powerful spears.

In a sense, this style of play is the phalanx of spears against the phalanx of swords and shields, but the cavalry comes and runs fast, and the flexible and flexible poking is really a classic Frankish tactic.

Therefore, in Hunter’s view, the Normans finally stopped fleeing and dared to line up to fight against themselves.

They are so stupid…

And look at the fleet lined up in a long snake formation. All the torsion slingshots on the side were moved to the starboard side of the enemy. In this way, the fleet assembled as many as eighty torsion slingshots. To control so many weapons, the Naturally, a lot of manpower is required.

To deal with cavalry, most of the heavy weapons are also a one-shot deal, the key lies in the first battle!

Torsion slingshots are equipped with cast iron bullets one after another. It is a deadly weapon that can break armor against enemies at short and medium distances.

The crossbows are also stepping up and charging, and they are inserting arrows one after another, waiting to be used in line.

As for the fifty Finnish archers, under the leadership of Evro, they all stood on the ship and seized the commanding heights.

The Ross people reacted quite quickly. As the other side, Hunter noticed this situation. He had a premonition of a crisis, but he didn’t know what it meant. He could only order his people to line up as fast as possible, and then destroy Norman The human infantry shield wall can achieve the chaotic killing that cavalry craves.

But the Ross people were one step ahead of the enemy and prepared for battle, so it was not in vain to waste the previous heavy weapons on standby.

Hunter had no intention of waiting any longer, he raised his iron sword and suddenly ordered: “Cavalry! Spear forward! Kill the Normans! à l’attaque!”

The cavalry charged!

A super long riding spear, the sharp and shining spearheads move forward in unison.

Both men and horses have heavy cavalry with leather armor and mail armor in front, and light cavalry without any armor behind.

Three hundred cavalry spears were aimed at the Ross coalition army, and a cavalry corps attacked the navy and marines.

A wall rushed in, and Ragnar was not afraid of danger. He had to stand by the river for honor. Moreover, he and his people had no way to retreat, because there was a fleet like a wall behind them.

Suddenly, a high-pitched roar: “Hjutraaaaah!”

It’s Aric, and he ordered it!

All the torsion slingshots fired at the same time, this is a volley of heaven and earth!

[End of this Chapter]