The Russians blew the horn, and the dull sound carried a terror from the ocean.
Wearing white shirts, they looked like a group of death-seeking gods. Under the scorching summer sun, the cold light of their swords and spears shone extremely brightly.
A large group of people were lying by the lake, with arrows stuck in their bodies, and the rain of arrows was like ears of wheat waiting to be harvested, but the grass by the lake was soaked in blood.
Stone bullets and cast-iron bullets smashed people's bones into pieces, and some of those who were hit by the bullets died quickly. The Russians who rushed in did not hesitate to add a sword to kill them, cleanly and without any delay.
The mission of the one thousand people who landed on this landing was very clear-kill.
Since it is killing, they should pursue maximizing efficiency. They all transform into berserkers, and they just want to kill all the cowards who are escaping like felling wood.
The landing beach was easily occupied by the Russian army. During this period, hunters from Pine Needle Manor shot arrows. Unfortunately, the bone cluster arrows fired from the low-pound wooden bows only lightly pierced the Russian skinned wooden shields, and were subsequently captured. Dial it out.
The opponent's resistance inspired the strong fighting spirit of the Russian army. There were a thousand soldiers from the two flag corps. During their full pursuit, their leather boots stepped on the green seedlings of the oat field.
This is a reorganized flag force, gathering the strongest warriors of the Ross Army. They are very organized, and each of the centurions carries an additional wooden-armed crossbow. This lightweight standard shooting weapon is a killing weapon against unarmored enemies.
The archer stood with the crossbow and fired, then immediately strung up the string, inserted the light arrow in his mouth into the arrow trough and fired again.
They didn't have many shooting opportunities, because the brothers with excellent physical fitness had already rushed to the end of the fleeing enemies with their steel swords raised high.
After all, rabbits bite when they are anxious!
The zero-distance fight officially began. When the Ross people, whose minds were occupied by the desire to kill, faced off against the Pine Needle Manor army whose minds were occupied by the instinct of resistance, the battle was obviously horrific and bloody.
The battle was out of order. The Ross army had no time to build a shield wall at this special moment. Every soldier was fighting freely, and anyone who did not wear a white robe with blue stripes would be killed!
Even though the opponent was in the end, howling and covering his face with his hands, the steel sword and ax were still slashing at him.
The white robes of the Ross warriors were stained with thick blood, their helmets were also stained red, and their sword blades were dripping with blood.
They also began to suffer some negligible damage. The armored warriors had large shields to protect themselves. The enemies who were unable to escape and were still fighting could hardly inflict fatal injuries on the Ross warriors, but they could still cause some scratches on their elbows.
Some soldiers are covered in glory, but they are so overwhelmed with adrenaline that they don’t know what pain is. In other words, even if they are hit by the rusty iron anchor of the Pine Needle Manor Army and their intestines are taken out, the violent soldiers will still fight until they die. Bleeding out.
It seems that they exist just to fight, to let the flower of life bloom on the battlefield in order to sacrifice themselves to Odin.
Outside Pine Needles Manor, a melee was raging.
Pity this group of Slavic warriors who lost the chance to escape and were forced to resist desperately. They were fighting bloody battles with the Rus fanatics, but they were betrayed by their companions.
The main force of Vadim's assembled army was escaping into the village as quickly as possible.
As the "Prince of Novgorod" and the commander-in-chief of a huge army, he was personally abducted by his cronies and fled to the village first.
At this moment, the people left behind, especially the women in the manor, who had learned that the Russian army was invading and that they were on the run, saw that thousands of his female compatriots were standing on the winding streets of the farm. In the alley, he was holding a variety of weapons, even a wooden stick.
Vadim, who was once frightened by the terrible arrows of the Russians, suddenly became clear when he saw that a woman of his own tribe wanted to participate in the defense battle.
"You all let me go! I can't be a coward!"
Sure enough, the companions let go of their hands one after another.
Seeing the trembling and nervous expressions of the women who gathered spontaneously, Vadim could not say anything. He did not even have time to run back to the mansion and order his women to hide.
There's no way to escape! Although he didn't want the battle to be like this, today was indeed a matter of life and death for Pine Needle Manor.
Although the Russians have used force for decades, no elder has ever seen such a situation. The Russians clearly want to level the manor and kill everyone!
Clearly aware of this, Vadim suddenly became bold, even though his boldness and cowardice were cheap.
He held up the captured steel sword, glared angrily, and shouted at the fleeing people: "Don't run away! Stop and point the spearhead at the enemy!"
He also ordered his cronies to do their best to capture the fugitives, and asked the women to quickly gather to the east of the manor.
I saw these pure Slavic women, who wore their long braids on their heads. Many of them simply tore half of their skirts, just to keep their clothes out of the way during the subsequent fight. Many women hold nothing more than a wooden fork for cutting grass balls, or even a barely sharpened wooden stick.
A lot of "spearheads" were unanimously exposed to the outside world. Ironically, the women of Pine Needle Manor became the last wall to defend the manor, and actually became the de facto supervising team.
Seeing how brave the women were and seeing that they had entered the village, the panicked Slavic warriors of Pine Needle Manor calmed down. They stopped, turned around, and pointed their swords, spears, and axes to the east again, which was the direction where the Ross fleet landed.
Thousands of armed men and women were gathering, and even some boys and girls were joining them.
They are pure Slavs. At this moment, they are completely fighting like brothers and father and son.
As the commander-in-chief, Vadim had no reason to retreat to the rear of the array.
People hunched over spontaneously and looked warily at the brothers who were fighting with the Russians not far ahead.
It is a pity that those who escape slowly will die in battle, but they are great and paid a bloody price for the reorganization of the Pine Needle Manor army to rebuild morale.
Vadim stood in front of the formation and shouted loudly: "We have no retreat! Behind us is the manor we depend on for a living! Either life or death! Fight with them to the last man!"
People began to shout, and the army was loud and powerful. But the ferocity of the Russians was clearly seen by everyone. They were howling desperately, but no one took the lead in counterattack.
Even if Vadim shouted some heroic words, after regaining his consciousness, he knew that if he took the lead in the charge, he would easily die in the rebel army and be hacked to death by the Russians.
The Pine Needle Manor Army and their allies, men and women, gathered together and gathered six thousand people in the eastern part of the manor! Even though they had killed nearly a thousand people.
Finally, the first thousand men of the Ross Army landed, resolutely obliterating the initial resistance of the Pine Needle Manor Army without any loss of life.
The number of casualties on Vadim's side has exceeded a thousand. Seeing the cruel losses, the armed men of Pine Needle Manor were frightened. Their fathers and brothers died in front of them. Tears welled up in their eyes, and their emotions of grief and anger were reflected in the battle situation. , the desire for revenge has completely overwhelmed the fear. Their war cries were clearly cries of grief and anger.
Arik and Khelafed eliminated a group of resisters, and they stood panting among corpses with many of their subordinates.
Even if both of them are strong men, rowing hard, running and attacking, or even fighting hard, this ancient battle requires extremely high physical endurance of the warriors. Many Russian soldiers were panting, but they still carried the bloody prisoners of war, held their shields against their chests, and spontaneously marched towards the enemies who were already in formation.
But the two flag captains were not fools.
Arik shouted at the top of his lungs: "Everyone stop and form a formation! Wait for the follow-up troops!"
Hellafed made the same decision, but it was not easy to contain the rebels in a state of complete chaos.
The blood-stained blue feathers on the flag captain's helmet were extremely beautiful. The two gathered some of their subordinates to stand in the pile of corpses, and forcibly confronted the enemy formation not far away.
Those who rushed too far forward gradually discovered why the other brothers were behind, and then realized what decision the flag captain had made.
Just like the driver of a running heavy truck slamming on the brakes, the truck stopped despite being filled with smoke and even flames. The offensive momentum of the leading troops of the Russian army was also forcibly braked in this way. It was not until the soldiers really stopped that their blank minds gained some sense.
The enemy formed a wide defensive array around the manor. Even though they did not carry effective shields, their weapons and equipment were rudimentary.
Considering the strength of his troops, if he led his brothers in such a wild charge, many of them might be beaten to death by the enemy with sticks.
The bad experience of armed reconnaissance in Gotland made Arik afraid. In order to show his momentum first, he also ordered his men to form a thin and narrow array.
He did not forget to go to Hellafed himself: "Brother, go to my decision-making office and ask your people to form a wide formation."
"Okay! Brother Arik, your people haven't suffered any losses, right?"
"Nothing to lose!"
Hellafed gasped and laughed: "My situation is just as good. In my opinion, it is better for us brothers to continue the attack and kill them, so that you and I can take the lead in finding the loot."
"No. Brother, I have more combat experience than you. I see that the Slavs have united. If we charge recklessly, people will die. Let's wait for the follow-up troops!"
Since Arik did not continue to attack, he and a group of hometown warriors should not recklessly seek death, and Hellafed also completely chose to confront them.
Just when a melee broke out on the shore, the leading Russian troops chose to calmly confront each other, and Vadim's Slavic army regained its strength. The follow-up troops of the Russian army were delayed for some objective reasons, and they finally began to land.
The major ships lowered their side boats one after another, and men with heavy weapons began to arrive in the boats and paddled to the shore.
A batch of ship-borne torsion slingshots were unloaded, and all bull trebuchets were loaded first.
The Shooting Flag Team and the Slavic Flag Team were also waiting for new ships to land. It happened that the long rowing boats that had landed on the beach were rowed back to the big ship by the extremely limited sailors on board.
Rurik stood on the side of the Avlora, and there was a melee on the shore. He desperately hoped that his long-range firepower could provide more favorable support, but if the slingshot continued to fire, he would definitely hurt his own people.
People who were eager to land gathered at the side of the ship. Once a small boat moored beside the ship, a group of people clamored to get on board.
The chaotic scene was inevitable, and Rurik was stamping his feet anxiously when he saw it. Unfortunately, even if he cursed and urged him, it would be meaningless.
The thirty longships finally floated back, and Rurik no longer cared too much. He took his sword and personally grabbed the cable and rowed out to the longships. After the people in the boat were almost disembarked, everyone paddled together to hit the beach again.
The water surface of more than a hundred meters is not too far away. If the bottom of the lake is not deep, Rurik will order the army to directly wade into the water and land.
It was also not that far away, and the chaos when we boarded the boat didn't last long.
Otto Liurik and his son set foot on solid ground, and a group of heavy weapons and shooters' banners landed one after another. The last one was an army of 800 people from the Slavic banners of Medved in the White Tree Manor.
There are corpses everywhere, the grass is stained with blood, the grass has become muddy, and the air is filled with the fragrance of grass and the strange smell of rust.
Svetlana, who was once busy throwing arrows on the ship, was now dressed in fresh and capable attire. For example, she put on pants, and landed in the posture of a young female warrior carrying her heavy steel-armed crossbow.
But she is not a real female warrior! Seeing a large number of dead bodies lying on the ground, the horrific scene scared her to the point where she knelt down in fear. She held the crossbow and made vomiting motions. Finally, she controlled her embarrassment with willpower.
"Get up, sister." Carlotta grabbed Svetlana's clothes and pulled her up, then said: "Hurry up and charge the crossbow. Remember! You are a warrior, not a weak woman! It's you who kills the enemy now. The only mission!”
Svetlana, she desperately wants to prove herself in front of Rurik. She hung the capstan's hook on the bow string and turned the capstan with her eyes closed to charge the crossbow. Say silently, "Dead bodies are all wood."
Many shooters were accumulating their strength. They did not install their arrows immediately after finishing their work, but they were just worried about accidentally shooting.
Rurik completely ignored these dead people. He glanced sideways and found that no one of his was lying dead, and he felt extremely relieved.
Standing on the battlefield again, the aging Otto felt that he suddenly looked thirty years younger. He ignored his aging body and held his patterned steel sword high, like a flag in the army, leading many soldiers to follow him.
Soon, the gold-trimmed flag of Duke Rus was flying beside Otto, and the flag bearer was none other than Rurik himself.
The flag bearer naturally has a glorious meaning, Rurik's clothes are conspicuous enough, and his flag is the most eye-catching beauty.
There was more than one flag for the Ross army that landed. Numerous flags with white backgrounds and blue stripes fluttered in the wind. The flags increased their momentum and also served as an intimidation to the enemy.
Without him giving an order, the entire landing party followed the flag and rushed towards the leading troops already in formation.
Arik and Khelaphid did not rush into the farm immediately, which was inconsistent with the orders he had given before. However, his cousin Arik had been fighting over the years, and he had learned some tricks no matter how bad the situation was. He and his brothers stayed put. There is a deep meaning.
The follow-up troops of Ross's army came in force, and the soldiers in the vanguard were overjoyed.
look! Those spears are like moving woods, they are the warriors of the Slavic Banners, the Avengers of the White Tree Manor, and Medved who can fight like the Russians.
The strength of the Slavic flag force is close to that of two Russian standard flag groups. It is not necessary to maintain such a large establishment. However, the soldiers are already very familiar with each other. Rurik did not order the splitting of this huge flag force when the war was about to happen. Now the team is just right It can serve as the backbone of the Rus' army in a decisive battle with the enemy's main force, just like the decisive battle on Gotland.
Rurik and Otto quickly rushed to the front of the vanguard with a small group of cronies, and they could clearly see all the details with their naked eyes.
"Are they just standing there waiting for us to attack?" Otto couldn't help but be surprised.
Rurik felt strange: "Are they hiding something?"
"Rurik, you are the commander-in-chief. I don't think these guys can set any traps. Just listen to me and you will order the attack. Don't worry, I will also supervise the troops in battle."
Rurik glanced sideways at his father. He admired this old warrior, and he was afraid that this battle was the last battle that Otto could participate in in his life.
The end of a Viking warrior's life might be death on the battlefield. It is impossible for Otto to have such a vigorous end. He should enjoy his old age in peace, but today this old guy has lost the physical strength to continue fighting. Brave warriors will eventually grow old, and all old warriors are slowly withering away.
The two armies were in a strange confrontation. The Russian army seized the opportunity and took advantage of Vadim's Pine Needle Manor army to be inexplicably stunned. It used a once-in-a-lifetime fighter opportunity to quickly gather the scattered armies. The leader who had previously participated in the melee The troops also took the time to rest on the spot.
Both Arik and Khelaphid came to ask how the battle would proceed.
Rurik pretended to be calm and summoned the most critical officers.
He came back after making some formations, and it seemed that as long as he followed his arrangements, the army array would be quiet and organized.
He was still worried, so he said firmly: "We want to repeat history, we want to repeat the battle on Gotland."
Sure enough, this is what the Ross Army did, but this time the army has more troops and better weapons and equipment. The Ross Army can definitely achieve a better record.
