Rise of Rurik - Chapter 944

[Chapter 946 Battle on the Weser River]

“Why hit me. Are you… going to be a coward?”

“You… oops!” Arik stomped his feet angrily, and simply said angrily, “I won’t stop you if you want to fight them desperately, but if you want to drag a lot of cubs to death, I’ll give you another shot.” Fist. Fool, turn your head and take a good look! See how many of them there are.”

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Because, there is not much time left for the Ross-Saxon army, and those refugees, old and weak, women and children, no longer cared about carrying heavy luggage, jumped on the long boat as soon as possible, and even climbed onto the boat when wading through the water.

There were many wheelbarrows, ox carts, and pony carts, still loaded with sacks of oats that had not yet been transferred to the larger ships.

The oatmeal in the ten cauldrons was still bubbling.

Seeing that the cavalry is becoming more and more overwhelming, the little Konusson is also scared all of a sudden.

persist in?

Pooh!

Look at those cavalry!

They reflected the strong sunlight, which proved that they were all wearing iron armor.

But it is not surprising to wear armor, and the Russian army also wears armor in large numbers.

However, their number of cavalry is too outrageous.

The refugees, men and women, were clamoring that the visitors were Frankish cavalry.

Some people even threatened that it was the cavalry of the King of Franks who came to kill them.

The Ross-Saxon warriors who were still on the shore hurriedly brought their personal belongings, especially their weapons, and quickly pushed the longboat into the river. of the Weser River.

As for those who were still swimming, they climbed into the running long boats nearby.

There was no time to untie the ropes on the stakes that fixed the big ships, the warrior held the Nordic forest axe, and hit it hard to fix it.

Konusson felt his stomach was bruised after receiving that punch.

He didn’t blame Arik for being too rude now, because the enemy’s cavalry had already been killed!

Yes, the Frankish cavalry launched an attack after arriving about three hundred meters from the Ross-Saxon camp.

Iron Man was riding on a white war horse, and his extremely long lance was aimed forward.

Earl Robert took the lead, which well reflected the self-cultivation of a great Frankish nobleman.

He was so brave that he instantly impressed the elite cavalry from Regensburg who were only loyal to Ludwig himself, and they were willing to accept his orders unconditionally.

On the contrary, it was Harald Clark, the deposed king of Denmark. He brought his brothers so that he would not be so stupid as to fight desperately with the Ross, the current Nordic overlord.

He had already thought of an excuse for himself—our war horses are bad horses, can you expect bad horses to fly?

All the big Ross ships had floated on the Weser, and all the torsion slingshots on the sides immediately took off their tarpaulin jackets.

The sailors didn’t care too much, grabbed a handful of gelatinous seal oil, applied it to the chute, and inserted it into a javelin.

The ratchet winch rotated wildly, the mechanical sight stared at the densely packed enemy cavalry, and a torsion slingshot driver fired.

All the ships were fleeing, but those who were reluctant to part with supplies were a step behind.

There were Saxon refugees who could hardly part with their new wheat. They tried their best to carry the sacks and rushed to the river, but the last long boat had drifted away quickly.

The refugees on the boat didn’t care about anything, they grabbed the long oars and rowed hard together with the Ross people on the boat, everyone behaved exactly the same when it came to saving their lives.

No matter how the people on the shore call, the boat will not stop.

At this moment, Arik and little Konusson, like monkeys, followed the rope net thrown by the big ship and quickly climbed onto the deck.

Arik, who had just settled down, had no time to rejoice.

Just as little Conusson had just yelled, it would be a coward to run away without fighting.

Then fight for a while before withdrawing!

Now that the brothers have all entered the waters, is it possible that those cavalry can still float on the water?

“Crossbow! Torque slingshot! Shoot me!” he growled.

Now, densely packed cavalry has swept across the camp just now. From the appearance of the tiny phantom of the cavalry to the arrival of the huge cavalry group, the whole process took less than ten minutes.

Pity those Saxon refugees who are reluctant to get rich. They can’t swim, and they don’t even have the ability to swim and escape, so they are directly stabbed to death with spears. The Frankish cavalry just want to kill the Norman pirates, so they regard the people in front of them as pirates. Give yourself a chance to justify yourself.

It is very subtle that because the cavalry rushed too fiercely, some cavalry braked suddenly when they were close to the river, and they were slammed by the brothers behind them, and they fell into the Weser River with their horses.

The Frankish army suffered casualties so uselessly, because the horses could quickly run back to the bank wet, and the armored cavalry fell into the river and drowned directly to the bottom.

For the quick escape of the Norman pirates, Earl Robert was so angry that he could only curse on the shore.

The Frankish cavalry did not have the multifunctional features of the Eastern Roman cavalry. The latter carried hard bows and long arrows and could be used as cavalry archers. Unfortunately, these Frankish cavalry had almost no bows.

The so-called soldiers with bows and arrows are also private actions, and the bows and arrows are purely for hunting and tooth sacrifice during the war.

On the other hand, the Ross army is waiting for this opportunity.

There are three large battleships left on the Weser River, they are to declare the majesty of the Russian army, but also the existence of the supply ship.

There are also many standard armed cargo ships, whose job is simply to transport refugees.

Now, because these ships are equipped with different numbers of torsion slingshots, everyone waits for the enemy cavalry to catch them by surprise when they reach the river.

After all, when Bremen was burned that year, the brothers also fought a wave of defensive counterattacks against the Frankish cavalry who were chasing them by the river.

This time, Arik was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of strength. If he hadn’t made an appointment, he would rather abandon all the Saxon refugees and run away by himself.

Now that reckless Arik has changed greatly, he has become considerate of the overall situation, and now he has become one of the protectors of the new Principality of Saxony.

Basically, all the torsion slingshots were launched at the same time, and the javelins rushed towards the horses of the Frankish army one by one. The sharp barbed javelins made the chain mail of the Frankish riders meaningless, and the powerful dynamic potential directly shook the entire cavalry. Overturned.

After all, this is close-range shooting, aimed at a target about fifty or sixty meters away, and the accuracy and power of firing a javelin are extremely high.

There are more than 30 slingshots on the sides of all the ships, and more than 200 soldiers with crossbows and short wooden bows.

The single-piece short wooden bow is made of extremely cheap oak, which can be described as a favorite weapon and hunting tool for sailors, even for shooting fish.

The short distance between the two armies made the short wooden bow useful.

And because the Weser River was blocked, the Frankish army could only be beaten passively.

In many cases, too many troops is a big trouble, and now it is extremely difficult for the commander to convey the order.

Robert is now in prison, and he has seen the enemy’s ship flying a lot of javelins, his army is breaking down, and any armor is like a layer of cloth!

Not only that, a large number of enemy arrows fell from the sky, and those arrows seemed to be ineffective against Jiayi, but his subordinates were all screaming and hit the arrows.

Until even Robert himself was shot by an arrow.

When he was nervous and couldn’t feel obvious pain, he angrily pulled out the arrow stuck in the chain mail under the shoulder guard of his left arm, and only then did he see the clue.

Cooperating with this kind of arrow cluster is a kind of thin needle?

!

In an instant, he understood that the enemy came prepared.

Did your own cavalry regiment take advantage?

Do not!

He shouted: “Get out! Those Saxons have lied to us, it’s a trap!”

The chaotic retreat of the cavalry corps has begun, that is, the retreat is disorderly.

The cavalry behind did not understand the pain of the cavalry in front, they retreated slowly, while the cavalry in front who was being beaten turned their horses to squeeze hard.

It was their retreat that was quite chaotic, and the Ross army seized the opportunity to shoot continuously.

Arrows and javelins are shot out at the fastest speed, regardless of whether they are killed or not, even if they are injured.

Until, the cavalry corps left some corpses of people and horses or the wounded, and fled beyond the limit range of the javelin.

“Damn it, there are still a lot of things being taken on board. Forget it…” Arik stopped muttering and planned to retreat quickly.

At this time, little Konusson hurriedly took Arik’s arm and pointed to a place very close to the upper reaches of the river: “The Stone Pier Bridge! We must destroy it! We cannot let this group of cavalry cross the bridge quickly afterwards.”

The matter was brought up by Konusson the Younger, who himself ordered the destruction of the bridge.

So a long boat rushed upstream, taking advantage of the opportunity of the retreat of the Frankish cavalry, to put a rope on the wood, and the soldiers bravely paddled and dragged the logs to the Weser River.

As for destroying the stone pier, everyone has no ability.

At least the bridge is temporarily destroyed. Even if the enemy wants to repair the bridge, he has to cut down some big trees first, which will take a certain amount of time.

Arik didn’t dawdle anymore when he saw this, and let the soft things on the shore be left there if he couldn’t take them away.

Indeed, oatmeal boiled in an iron pan cheapened the enemy.

What are those supplies? If I don’t tell my king’s brother the news of the enemy’s attack, it will be too late!

[End of this Chapter]