The Russians were actually very close to the battlefield. No, he could hear the enemy's shouts clearly.
"We are Danes! You Gotlanders, don't act rashly, you cannot disturb the peace."
Hearing this, Karl laughed loudly: "Hahaha! You scum. I! The invincible Karl, the destined King of Sweden, I will kill you!"
In fact, the Voskas and Danes should not stop doing anything, even if the formation is in a mess, they should attack with all their strength, so as to have a chance to drive the invaders into the sea.
However, after a period of dilly-dallying, the unsteady Melalen Army calmed down and made full preparations for battle, and the ships of the allied forces behind it were clearly visible.
"Brothers! Attack!"
After Karl gave the order, the Malaren army spontaneously shouted chants and pushed the shield wall forward in a relatively orderly manner, and the battle officially broke out!
The next battle was a fierce battle with a sense of order amid chaos.
The long-handled axes of the Mellaren army fell from the sky, suddenly smashing the enemy's head, and the spearheads of the soldiers in the back row kept poking forward like crazy.
The well-equipped black-clothed warriors, Olegin was pleased to see that the private soldiers he supported were now really bursting with powerful combat effectiveness. Although some private soldiers died, the entire front was still stable.
The performance of the recruited peasant soldiers also surprised him. This group of poorly equipped guys who used short spears in large numbers actually became a powerful force when they got together.
The Malaren Army has been advancing slowly and spontaneously expanded to the two wings.
There are many Voskas warriors defending their homeland, but they have never encountered such a battle. The enemy has too many troops, and many people have been stabbed to death by their spears. If they continue to fight, the whole army will be annihilated.
When they thought of their wives and children, and saw their relatives and friends who had been killed, their morale collapsed before they could hold on for long.
A group of people began to flee with their weapons, and it was at this moment that other members of the coalition finally arrived!
It turned out that the Danish mercenaries were still struggling to maintain a front line relying on heavy armor, and a group of rebellious Voskas warriors were also holding on. Unexpectedly, more enemies suddenly arrived, and they had landed in an unguarded place!
Realizing that if the battle at the port persisted, even if the Grand Master wore thick armor, the whole army would inevitably be annihilated. The Danish mercenaries had no choice but to abandon their fallen companions and began to retreat while fighting.
A huge fighter plane was placed in front of him. Realizing that friendly forces had landed, and the next step was to compete with his own side for victory, Karl gritted his teeth and ordered his tired men to fight hard again.
He shouted at the rebels: "Capture their fortress and knock down their walls! The wheat, meat and women are all yours!"
This is what the warriors of Mellaren need. They are now playing the role of a group of pirates who have landed. Don't talk about any ideals for them. These guys are not only tired but also hungry. Even if they want to eat, they must win quickly. .
The Malaren Army took the lead in pursuing the initiative, and behind it, another two thousand friendly soldiers attacked separately.
Karl and Olegin felt that it was a waste of time to loot the houses of ordinary residents. "A despicable person is a despicable person. He leaves the enemy's gold and silver mountains untouched, and actually focuses on the common people's copper coins." Although Olegin himself is at the rear of his own camp, he feels that his arrogant son Karl has now become a "sunset sun" The God of War below."
At least in terms of fighting, Karl showed all the qualities of a brave general. The current battle of the Malaren Army requires such a strong commander.
It can be said that the old Olegin made a good decision.
Look! The brothers were already climbing the slopes to attack their fortress.
Situated on a hill, Voscarburg is a typical early medieval castle. The original purpose of the local people building it was to enclose a safe area with wooden walls. It must have the ability to withstand wind and snow, and also block enemy attacks.
In fact, the most direct motivation for them to build the castle was that in the summer two years ago, the coalition organized by the Danish leader went north along the Kalmar Strait to attack the enemies in the north. Although the huge army did not stop at Voskas for supplies, the powerful lineup It has made everyone in the entire settlement feel in danger.
They carefully expanded the existing wooden walls to suppress everyone's inner worries, but the war still came.
The morale of the Voskas warriors who were the first to flee was shattered. They entered from the main entrance of the fortress with strong fear and told the women, children and wealthy merchants inside about the terror of the enemy.
Until now, they don't even know the specific identity of the attacker. However, a small businessman from Gotland who bought wool and was kidnapped into the fortress guessed part of the truth - maybe the guys from the north were seeking revenge.
A large number of their own armed men withdrew, and the Danish merchants, knowing that they could not withdraw, had no choice but to defend their fortress.
A fat businessman stood on the scaffolding of the wooden wall and called in a rich voice: "Don't be afraid, everyone! At least we still have a solid wall, they can't destroy it! We hold on! We have a lot of food, and we will distribute it to You! Fight for your women and children!"
The businessman was very smart. He emphasized the strength of the "wall" and promised to distribute food to everyone. As for protecting one's wealth and family, that is a man's job.
The panicked people calmed down, and warriors with spears and bows boarded the scaffolding one after another.
In fact, there are two small gates in Fort Voska, through which women and children can evacuate quietly. However, the women were unwilling to withdraw with their children. This was not because they were loyal, but because they saw that the enemy's method was to kill indiscriminately, and the enemy's military strength was beyond imagination. Rather than fleeing, leaving the fortress meant being caught and killed by them.
Rather than die a tragic death like that, it would be better to defend the city with her husband.
However, the Voskas soldiers whose morale had recovered were ready to defend the city resolutely. Standing on the wooden wall, they saw the Danish soldiers fleeing under the setting sun, as well as the huge enemy!
Voskas wept as they saw their longhouses on fire. Those intruders were like monsters emerging from the sea. They didn't know what they had done wrong, and they suffered such a disaster today.
At the same time, the attacking tribesmen such as Angkras and Yermalen were sweeping the enemy's houses. Sure enough, they found a lot of dried fish that they had not taken away. Compared with continuing to fight, filling their stomachs became the top priority.
There were also soldiers who found nothing useful to eat and simply set fire to vent their anger!
The burning longhouse became a special light source, and they all moved towards the wooden castle, so they burned all the way. The swarming landing soldiers were walking on the "Burning Road" and had no time to care about the enemy's corpses, dying enemies, or even their own wounded.
Seriously injured in battle? oh! That is destiny, and no one can refuse death from God.
The attacking troops lying dead and wounded were all from the Melalen Army, and there were as many as fifty casualties in the bloody battle just now.
As the opponents, the Danish Army and the Voskas Army retreated. The so-called falling behind means being killed. More than 200 of them have died.
Barely 500 people escaped back to the wooden castle. Even the Danish mercenaries, who prided themselves on fighting bravely, had never participated in today's battle in their lives until they entered the wooden castle and saw the heavy wooden door being closed. They hung My heart was slightly relieved.
It was not time to rest yet. Only a hundred of the two hundred mercenaries escaped, and the rest were killed.
The Danish businessman was shocked that the thugs he had raised, who were armed to the teeth, could not help but fight. Even when he was angry, he could only continue to order them to defend.
This actually does not mean that the Danish mercenaries are weak. Their coalition army only has 700 people of all kinds. The Malaren Army alone had twice as many troops as they did, with better weapons and equipment, and a better way of fighting. That is to say, Karl unconsciously launched a pincer offensive in accordance with the battle situation, scaring the enemy's morale to collapse.
Those who fled into the fortress had only a moment's respite before the attackers were already at the gates.
Siege? How to siege a city? !
The red-eyed Karl held up his sword stained with the enemy's blood and pointed directly at the wooden door of the enemy's fortress: "Brothers! Break it open for me! Other brave men, climb the wall for me!"
The so-called Fort Voscars, its core is more than thirty thick tree stumps deeply inserted into the earth, and then a large number of thin tree stumps are staggered and bundled with hemp rope, using the thick wooden stumps as the base points to form four wooden walls.
It can be said that its weakest point is the wooden door. Karl and the majority of Melalen warriors can see this weakness.
No, there are forest cutters who have been recruited, holding their huge two-handed axes, and rushing towards the wooden door menacingly.
A group of "black warriors" hurriedly followed up. They held their bucklers high and yelled curses while resisting the stones, clay pots, and even wood thrown by the enemies on the wooden wall.
The average height of wooden walls barely reaches four meters. What is such a height?
There are brave warriors who are good at climbing. They carry wooden shields on their backs and hold swords in their mouths, climbing up through the gaps in the wooden walls like monkeys. The companions of the brave man raised their swords and spears to cheer, and a small number of archers approached, shooting arrows at the enemy on the wall, but the effect was negligible.
None of the brave men climbed the wall successfully. The soldiers below the city hoped that the brave men could kill the enemies at the top of the city, jump into the wooden wall, and smash down the huge wooden stakes holding up the wooden door latch. Unfortunately, the warriors who were stabbed to death by the short spears fell one after another, and at the same time, the enemies on the wall also uttered taunts.
"Damn it! You actually called us idiots?!" Seeing that the chaotic army could not capture the fortress immediately, Karl, who was so furious that he almost fainted.
To make matters worse, a bone arrow hit the iron plate on Karl's helmet. He was startled and subconsciously thought that the enemy had a sharp archer, so he quickly protected most of his body with a round shield and subconsciously retreated.
Olegin's private soldiers all wore black clothes. Those peasant soldiers were unreliable, and gradually they became the main offensive force.
A soldier in black approached Karl cautiously and admonished: "Prince, the enemy's wooden wall is strong. If we continue to fight like this, our brothers will suffer too many casualties."
"Damn! Are you afraid of death? Haven't the wooden doors been broken open yet?" The furious Karl's sword blade was directly pressed against the man's neck.
The warrior in black said without changing his expression: "I am Krafteg (meaning great strength), the brave Krafteg, a warrior your father values and I am not afraid of death!"
"Then knock down that damn wooden wall!"
The black-clothed warrior Kafteg just glanced at the blade of the Ross steel sword and suddenly thought of something. He continued: "There were brothers who broke open the gap, but they were stabbed to death by spears. Prince, we can't let our people die anymore. Look at the reality! At least fifty brothers died! We Mellaren people continue to die. , we can’t fight anymore.”
Kafteg's last words woke Karl up. He looked at the rock-solid wooden wall again, and gave the order to retreat in grief and anger.
The Mellaren army, which had failed to attack, retreated completely. Behind them, the enemies on the wall began to taunt with obscene words.
It seemed that the resistance of the residents of Port Voskars was effective, and the people who had once lost their souls saw the hope of victory.
However, the appearance of another group of warriors put their good ideas in jeopardy.
It was the Hjelmalen Army, the Onkras Army, the Uppsala Army, and even other small tribe warriors. They all ate some dried fish and cured meat during the robbery, and after recovering their physical strength, they began to focus on attacking the wooden castle.
Wenderson, the leader of Yermalen, prides himself on being calm. When he saw the angry look of King Olegin, whose attack was obviously frustrated, he did not dare to make any sarcasm.
He knew that the king needed to win. The battle must have been fought not just for wealth, but for the victory of will. Taking down an enemy fortress was of great political significance to the new Swedish kingdom.
"Don't worry! King, we will work hard to break through their wooden walls."
Under the setting sun, Olegin didn't know where the guy in front of him got his confidence. When he thought about being defeated by them, wouldn't the blood he had paid pave the way for them? Looking at the wooden wall again, Olegin felt that things would not go well.
Olegin actually thought of a plan. When his resentful son and his brothers temporarily retreated, he boasted that he had seen the enemy's weaknesses clearly, and then began to adjust his tactics.
It's okay, it's also a good thing to have a large group of stupid greens to continue to hold back the enemy and continue to consume the enemy's physical strength.
Olegin encouraged: "Then attack! I believe you can do it."
Although the words were simple, Wenderson felt that he was full of power, so he fixed his helmet and led his tribe to the battlefield to attack the city by force.
So, if the castle cannot be conquered by the Malaren army, others can quickly attack it?
The residents of Voskas are fighting a life-and-death struggle. They have the advantage of the terrain. Even if they poke with spears from a high position, they can force the attackers to not dare to approach.
The Yermalen army also did not have any siege weapons. The rate of their warriors wearing mail armor was very low. Half of the warriors only wore cloth clothes and were all protected by a round shield.
No, what the Yermalen army saw was a pile of dead bodies under the city wall, including friendly soldiers and defeated city defenders.
They approached in a thrilling manner, and were soon hit by a large number of stones. Some of them were stoned to death for no apparent reason.
The chaotic army tried to surround the entire wooden fort in order to find a suitable breakthrough point, but in the dim light they found that the fort was simply "invulnerable."
The focus of the attack was still on the largest wooden door. It was indeed punched with a hole by the attacking force's axe, but the wooden door did not open.
Under the wooden door lay the corpses of as many as ten strong men. They were assassinated by spearheads protruding from the holes.
Yermalen's axe-wielding warrior bravely smashed the door and was quickly stabbed to death.
Then the Uppsala Army and the Unkras Army also sent people to challenge in order to show their martial prowess. Even the Glan people's army of only fifty people also sent people to knock on the door. The natural result was that all the strong men on all sides were suddenly stabbed to death with multiple sharp spears by the Danish mercenaries who were waiting for work behind the door.
At this moment, the battle has dragged on until the sun sets!
Look at the battlefield now. Without the light from the burning houses, the battlefield would have been dark.
The wooden wall cannot be attacked for a long time, and the offensive and defensive sides consume a lot of energy. In comparison, the attacking side cannot afford it. The fact is that if the Swedish army cannot capture the fortress within two days, everyone will face the dilemma of running out of food, and they will have to go home if they are collectively hungry.
