The elderly Vilia is highly respected in the tribe, and she has always maintained a friendly relationship with the leader Otto.
You know, for men and women in this era, it is a miracle that they can live to the age of fifty, especially for women, just giving birth is a hurdle. The main reason why the Ross tribe has more males than females is that they died during childbirth. This situation generally occurs throughout Europe in this time and space, but the environment in Northern Europe is more harsh and the situation is worse.
As the head of the priests, Vilia has been full of hope for the child since Rurik was born soon. A few years have truly proven that Rurik is far more intelligent than his father. Now the situation has changed again. Rurik is simply the best child born in the Ross tribe since its existence.
For seventy years, Villa witnessed the entire development history of the Ross tribe.
When she was young, her tribe had just captured this fjord from the Ural people and began to build settlements here. Later, the tribe found a waterway to the east, so that the tribe did not need to compete with the Danes in the south for wealth, and it no longer completely needed its Sithian friends.
The population of the tribe has increased somewhat, but the development of the tribe has been in trouble.
In a huge area, this fjord is already overcrowded. Leaving the fjord to establish new settlements inland? That's the craziest move! Without the protection of the mountains near the fjord, the cold winds in winter could freeze anyone who leaves the fjord to death.
Trapped in Fort Ross in this fjord, the tribe could only maintain the status quo. Unless everyone in the tribe takes a boat and leaves here forever, just like the people a long time ago, they have moved to the south with their families.
Villa had mastered a batch of "books" from the Ross tribe, so he learned about some major events that had happened in this land.
She even understood another thing, that is, those people from Gotland attacked the tribe's returning fleet many years ago, which led to hostility between the Ross tribe and the Gotlanders.
What about reality? Those in Gotland are almost all Danes.
There used to be a large number of people on that island. Hundreds of years ago, under the leadership of a leader, they all took a boat to the south. Some sources claim that they established their own country and obtained the vast, fertile and warm land. land.
The priests of the Ross tribe are almost all women. After all, under the influence of warrior culture, the men of the tribe are most willing to be loyal to fighting. Only the women have a lot of time to quietly sort out the knowledge left by their ancestors, and use the runes of the tribe. Letters, imprinting some ancient stories on wooden boards.
Therefore, Villa is a priest, and she is also the wise person of the tribe. There is no other person in the tribe who understands the history of the tribe better than her.
The huge longhouse of the priests stores a large number of wooden boards with inscriptions on them. In a sense, it is also the library of the tribe.
Of course, a large amount of knowledge is monopolized by priests. In fact, Vilia is very willing to let the children of the tribe obtain the information recorded on the wooden boards. Unfortunately, only a few people are willing to take a look over the years.
When Otto was still a child, he was coaxed to look at the wooden planks by Vilia, a junior priest, with a little honey. To Villa's delight, Otto learned his own alphabet system and also learned the knowledge on the wooden boards.
So Otto was able to become the leader. First of all, he was a strong warrior. Secondly, he learned knowledge from the priests. His explanation of the myth naturally won people's support.
Vilia has some ideas, and she will implement them when Otto's fleet returns.
Until then, she will remain a bystander, observing what young Rurik can do with a group of children.
A new morning has arrived, it is so ordinary, and the feeling given to everyone in the tribe is nothing more than cold.
In contrast to this coldness, young children left their wooden houses happily after eating a simple breakfast, carrying their own wooden shields and wooden swords.
Why are they so happy? Just because of a bet about a salted fish.
A piece of salted fish is not something of great value, but many children have already staked their honor on it!
The humiliation of the human wall being broken made everyone very unhappy. For the whole day after that, everyone trained hard just to ensure that the human wall would not be broken through again.
The children gradually gathered on the mound to the west of Roseburg. More and more of them gathered. Rurik, who had arrived early, saw that almost all the people had arrived. After giving the order, the children followed the order very naturally and formed their own groups. Neat team.
As usual, Rurik inspected his men with his little hands behind his back. Just because everyone is a child, the whole scene seems a bit funny.
But for some adults to see this scene clearly, I am afraid they will only feel surprised.
Because, throughout the history of the Ross tribe, no leader has asked his tribe warriors to line up neatly and form a matrix. They don't even have the concept of this!
There were only forty-five of them, and after standing in line, Rurik could see at a glance that everyone was already here.
Still following the old routine, it was still the same this morning. It was said that Rurik personally led the team and took everyone on a walk around the hill. Firstly, it was a warm-up, and secondly, it was to exercise the coordination and discipline of the entire team.
The sun rose, and the smiling children finally waited for the moment they had been waiting for.
Looking at everyone, Rurik raised his wooden sword and gave a very straightforward signal: "I know everyone is looking forward to that! Let's start now! Kanuf! Fisk! You two come out!"
Both of them approached Rurik with great confidence, showing that they would not fail.
"Obviously, you're all ready?"
"Yes! I can still break through the wall. It all depends on strength. I am very confident in myself." Fisk said confidently.
Kanuf nodded: "Maybe he is very strong. This time, we should be able to withstand it."
"Then work hard!" Fisk patted Kanuf on the shoulder and encouraged him, "I am still confident in myself."
Fisk is a man of great brute strength. Rurik looked at him and estimated that in another twenty or thirty years, this child would grow into a bearded, muscular body with an extremely stocky body, wielding a huge bronze war weapon. Ax man. This person has such potential.
It was understandable that Kanuf was afraid of him, but Rurik didn't think that brute force would be of much use.
"Hey! Kanuf, look at me!" Rurik ordered.
"Um."
"You and the other brothers all know the key points from yesterday's training. Don't think too much and follow the key points strictly. Tell everyone that if there is anyone who is afraid of running away, we will kick them out today."
Kanuf was still worried about the rampaging Fisk, and it wasn't until he was in the wall that he regained his confidence.
Now that Fisk claims that he can break through the human wall, the composition of the human wall has also undergone some changes.
It is also composed of three layers of personnel, with fifteen people in the first two rows and fourteen people in the back row. Each child is like a brick, sticking closely to each other, especially those in the first row, whose backs are supported by wooden shields by their descendants. They truly form a wall.
After Kanuf in the human wall shouted in his childish voice, he led the entire human wall to roar rhythmically, showing an intimidating momentum.
At this time, a tall man held a shield in his left arm and a wooden sword in his right hand. His eyes were narrowed and his attitude was serious. Suddenly, the straight man rushed towards the human wall.
Upon seeing this, Kanuf shouted: "Attention everyone! Accept the impact!"
For a moment, Kanuf, who was in the first row, clearly felt the force acting on his back. It was the people in the second row pushing gently with their shields, and the third row was also pushing the second row.
Rurik stared at what happened with wide eyes. All the children bowed slightly and raised their wooden shields, especially in the first row. The shield completely covered the entire upper body. After all, compared to their current bodies, the wooden shields made as toys are still too big.
There was no more time for them to make more detailed preparations, and the "bald" Fisk, who was holding a shield, slammed into the wall with his shield.
There was a loud bang of wooden shields, the entire wall shook violently, and the formation was almost scattered. At the part of the human wall that suffered the impact, the children subconsciously moved backwards, but they still held up their shields. After the people in the last two rows withstood the impact, they immediately pushed the wooden shields and tried to push the former back to the battle line.
Fisk failed. He made a strong impact with the run-up, and his power was completely diluted by the wall of people. He was almost pushed down by the rebounding wall of people.
But it wasn't over yet.
Rurik, who was observing while having an idea, suddenly shouted: "Wall! People on the left, people on the right, move! Surround Fisk!"
His orders were very simple and everyone understood them clearly. The human wall quickly began to change, and the rhythm was so fast that before Fisk could react, his back was surrounded.
Eventually, Fisk was pinned against a group of shields, rendering him unable to move. He tried his best to escape, but in the end he was unable to escape by himself from the tight encirclement formed by forty-four children with wooden shields.
While Fisk looked gloomy and struggled to separate, Kanuf smiled very unkindly: "Haha! Fisk, you are like a fish caught in a fishing net now. You lose!"
After another struggle, Fisk finally realized that he had no hope of escaping. He couldn't help but smile bitterly and threw the wooden sword to the ground to give up.
"It's all over!" Rurik ordered, and the children who had surrounded Fisk three times dispersed happily.
The bet had an obvious result. Fisk failed, which also represented the attempt to break through the human wall with brute force. In the end, it was completely suppressed by the highly disciplined human wall. Not only that, the brute force rushers were even surrounded by human walls.
They are children but not fools. Their daily game is to practice fighting.
At this moment, all the children realize the benefits of the human wall and will remember it for the rest of their lives.
They know that if everyone is an adult, and the one who rushes into the battle is an enemy combat master. Even if that person is very powerful, he will eventually be held up by dozens of shields, and then killed by the stabs of more than a dozen sharp swords.
