A battle ended with Ross's victory. Ross won so naturally that the soldiers complained that they did not get the glory of the battle.
After all, the existence of brothers is reinforcements, and there are also brothers who also belong to the First Flag Team in the fortress. The sleigh team entered the city leisurely and was immediately warmly received by the guards.
When the centurion entered the fortress, he jokingly teased another centurion on the guard: "I can't believe that you actually issued a war warning just because a group of weaklings were besieging them. You can completely destroy them on your own."
The defenders were also speechless, because there was no real hand-to-hand combat, and everyone could not conclude that the enemy was surprisingly weak.
The centurion of the defender did not comment and immediately asked: "Where are the reinforcements of the prince? You will not be the only reinforcements."
"Of course not. We don't know the prince's intentions. We are from Kekisalmi. We learned the news from the fugitives you sent out while hunting. We came first as we were closest to you."
At this point, everyone had nothing to say. The defenders welcomed the new brothers. After a while, the weapons collected on the battlefield, especially various arrows, were bundled and carried into the fortress.
It wasn't until he entered the fortress that Terravis realized what the resources of this group of soldiers with a large number of troops were to guard the fortress without going out to fight. They actually had enough food and water, and they could spend a month just waiting for work!
What to do next? It is a fact that the Karelia people gathered a large army. They were obviously not willing to withdraw after successive setbacks. They just hid in the woods further north. Perhaps they would adopt more insidious tactics after receiving a lesson.
The strength of the defenders increased, and everyone reached a consensus: If we rush into the forest to clear the enemy, our army will most likely be at a disadvantage. We should wait until the prince's real reinforcements arrive, and then use the superior strength to clear the enemy.
They had a tacit understanding. When the small-scale battle broke out, Rurik's army had already assembled. A very large sleigh team was advancing. There were only five days left to reach the Bear Festival Town Fortress.
However, Rurik had no idea that the siege of Bear Festival Town had been relieved due to the support of a small group of reinforcements.
The only thing left seems to be the settlement work.
Unless the Karelia people decide to bet on the fate of the entire nation and have a decisive battle with the Principality of Rus.
Coincidentally, either out of rebelliousness or out of pure passion, when someone tried to persuade Kaskuwe to retreat, he was scolded sternly and brandished a sword, threatening that anyone who dared to retreat would be executed.
Caskuve's principle is that he must fight to the end. He is unswervingly gathering troops to pull all the men in the new camp over to fight the Russians.
He couldn't think of any reasonable tactics at all. He only thought of waiting for more people to gather before launching a group charge. Even though the Russians have advantages in many aspects, once the battle turns into a real melee, the result will always be in their favor.
Instead, he led people to actively take certain measures in the forest, so the forest began to shake and a large number of small pine trees were cut down.
The Karelia people cannot be said to be completely single-minded. After learning from the failure of hand-to-hand combat, they are making spears on a large scale.
The top of the felled pine tree was left, the bark was peeled off, the top was sharpened, and a bone spearhead was even tied to it.
Such a spear can be made very long, but because it is made for assault, the toughness and rigidity of the wooden pole are not superior.
If they really fight at close range, the Qatari army will naturally suffer a big loss. If they open a certain distance and use thousands of spearheads to poke them, the Russians will definitely suffer a big loss!
This kind of tactic is promising in terms of ideas, but what Caskuve realized normally is not something that the Russians understand?
The Karelians still had not encountered the main force of the Russian army.
A very large sled team came in force. Considering the possibility of encountering the enemy, Commander Rurik had ordered the 20 sleds of the vanguard to be loaded and loaded with torsion slingshots to prepare for departure.
The real reinforcements from the Principality of Ross arrived, and the 1,500 soldiers selected by Rurik unexpectedly and inevitably joined forces with the 800 reinforcements from New Ross Fort. The army of 2,300 people was not intended to reinforce Bear Festival Town. In fact, heroes from all walks of life regarded this reinforcement as a kind of hunting carnival. Rurik only needed to look at the reinforcement structure organized by his brother to know that they were a large group of hunters, including an astonishing number of black-haired Suomi people. On the surface, they described that they wanted to avenge their ancestors and attack Karelia. To plunder the enemy's reindeer.
The Suomi people have indeed maintained a hostile relationship with the Karelian people for a long time, and they do both revenge and plunder. Even Rurik didn't believe that they would engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. These people were equipped with hand axes for self-defense, snow marching tents with daggers tied around them, short wooden bows and heavy steel cluster arrows in leather quivers. They are very good archers, but the bows they use are still too ordinary. They are no different from the enemy's bows, but they have a huge advantage in arrows.
The attitude of the Russians, various Viking immigrants, and Slavs is no longer revenge, and the war has become pure plunder.
The rescue battle that Rurik expected did not happen. Instead, there were a large number of corpses and blood frozen into lumps of ice lying on the ice. It was obvious that a fierce battle had taken place here.
Look at the fortress of Bear Festival, where the Ross flag is flying.
Wearing sunglasses, Arik's blood surged. Looking at the frozen corpse, he asked the prince: "Rurik, it seems that the defenders can defeat the enemy without our reinforcements. Their alarm was too cautious."
Rurik now thinks so too, and he is so dangerous that he is wise enough to deliberately warn: "Don't take it lightly, for fear that the Karelia people will set a trap."
"Trap? You are looking up to them again. If there is a trap, it will come. I brought hundreds of men of all kinds here to eat the snow and blow the cold wind. If there is a battle, come quickly. I will stand in the snow and let them attack. This saves me having to hunt them out myself."
Arik's words were domineering, but Rurik actually had similar thoughts.
The whole world seemed very quiet, and the enemies didn't seem to be hiding in the forest. Could they just run away with their tails between their legs?
The army successfully arrived at the castle of Ironburg. The thick wooden door was opened, the suspension bridge was lowered, and hundreds of defenders enthusiastically walked out of the fortress to meet the prince.
Looking at the faces of these people, who would think that they have experienced hard battles?
Hundreds of men dressed in furry clothes lined up with weapons to greet the prince. Most of them were brothers of the First Flag Team. However, they lacked formal uniforms to show their identity and still looked like hunters, especially those wearing white bear skins. Almost lying in the snow nest, ordinary people can't find it at a glance.
Behind Rurik were the eyeing army and more than a thousand panting reindeer.
He asked arrogantly: "I heard from the people who retreated that the fortress was besieged by thousands of people. You have to stay and live and die with the fortress. It sounds really tragic. I'm afraid that you will all die in battle. Only in the fastest way can we Du has come for reinforcements, what's going on? Where are the enemies?"
The situation became very awkward and the two centurions present were left to explain themselves. The so-called enemies did launch attacks again and again. They were all defeated and eventually retreated to the woods to the north to hide.
The First Flag Team has two hundred-man teams according to its establishment, and half of the troops have mysteriously become the defenders of Xiongji Town. They simply came here to hunt and accidentally got involved in the war?
As Tyravis, who seemed to appear unexpectedly, emerged from the crowd to report to Rurik, the truth gradually became clear.
The small fortress could not carry the garrison of the approaching three thousand troops. The army camped outside the city and immediately set up stoves to cook wheat and eat hot meals. As for the settlement of the reindeer pulling the sled, they first fed a batch of oats and then grazed on the spot.
Bear Festival Town was originally the gathering place for the army to gather for the second round of the conquest war approved by Emperor Rurik. The relatively open area was suitable for gathering, and it was naturally suitable as a battlefield.
In an instant, Bear Festival Town became extremely lively, with hundreds of flags ringing in the fierce wind.
Rurik regarded this battle as a national war. Most of the combatants of the Russian army wore uniforms. The white robes became excellent camouflage in the snow, and the blue lines on them were also quite eye-catching.
The army that had just settled down still had to remain vigilant. That night, in order to avoid possible sneak attacks by the enemy, the Ross army not only set up sleepless sentries, but also set up a large formation of suspects in the area centered on the fortress. A large number of bonfire stalls were densely placed, with a total number of There are as many as five hundred stalls.
The starlight in the sky was destructive, but the visibility of the entire world at night was still acceptable, but the bonfire illuminated this glimpse clearly.
The Karelia people have also gathered three thousand people. Their spies saw the situation in Bear Festival Town from a distance and hurriedly informed their big leader of the news.
"The bonfire is as dense as the stars in the sky? This is not true!" Caskuwei couldn't believe the sentry's statement.
He was not sleepy at all, so he sneaked in the forest with a group of cronies. He couldn't help but take a breath when he saw the dense fires from a distance.
Fear, anger, and confusion, complex emotions surged into my heart.
His subordinates are all asking how to deal with the new enemy, hesitant defeatist remarks have become taboo, and his cronies are doing what they want, all preaching that they must fight to the end without mercy.
Even so, Caskuve personally gradually strengthened his belief that he must fight under the instigation of his cronies, that is, the right time to start the war was a problem. Besides, his current military strength does not have an absolute advantage.
Of course he could wait a little longer. It was at this time that someone suddenly said: "They must have traveled a long way to arrive. They must be very tired and need two or three days of rest to regain their energy. If we can launch a surprise attack , the advantage is mine.”
What a wonderful idea!
Kaskuwei found out the young man who made this bold statement. When he saw that he was a brother of the same tribe, he happily made him a chief general. He thought about it again. Since he was going to launch a fierce raid on Ross, all soldiers would be required to fight tooth and nail. It was necessary to conduct a large-scale canonization before the war to boost morale.
He returned to the large Karelian camp and spent the night gathering the men who could not sleep at all.
Those in the team who were popular, tall enough, or from a big clan were all named chiefs by him, which was equivalent to the concept of "the leader of a small tribe." Since they all have this distinguished status, and the status is bestowed by the greatest chief in the emirate, how can there be any reason to be lazy?
Kaskuwei spoke to them: "We launched the attack at dawn, and everyone moved forward lightly. We took advantage of their unsteady footing to overwhelm their camp, killed the enemy and took away their iron tools. This is a once-in-a-lifetime gift given to us by the forest god. The opportunity has come, the opportunity to avenge all the people who died. I will lead the charge, and all of you will follow me..."
The Karelian army actually has a lot of troops. A large number of men who have not yet entered the battlefield have seen such a large number of tribesmen for the first time. Even the Perm people from the east have never seen such a large gathering of warriors. This is the strongest army in the concept of the Kajun Army. With its simple understanding, it is naturally invincible in the known world.
Excited emotions affect the mind, and even sleepiness disappears without a trace.
The Karelian army no longer wanted to wait for reinforcements from the follow-up personnel. No one wanted to give up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. They began to advance at night, preparing to launch a dawn raid!
A large group of figures lie down in the snow or hide in the forest to hide their presence. They wait quietly until the dark sky turns deep blue and the hiding people stand up one after another.
Everything was silent, Caskuwei took the iron sword and led his troops to start moving forward.
The great chief's figure was so unique that three thousand people obeyed his request and began to charge forward carrying as many as three thousand spears of varying quality and made by surprise.
They made no unnecessary noise, and the snow absorbed it to a great extent.
The Karelian army's raid had already begun, and so far the Russians were unaware of the approaching danger.
But the sky was getting brighter and brighter, and the sentries taking turns to stand guard had already moved the firewood. While preparing the vegetable soup for breakfast, one of the sentries finally saw something unusual in the distance.
The first sentry rubbed his eyes vigorously to make sure he was not dazzled by embarrassment.
Are there a large herd of reindeer moving across the open fields to the north? Or like a big pack of bears.
No! That's humans, a massive enemy! Looking at this posture, the enemy is clearly planning a decisive battle!
"Everyone wake up! It's an enemy attack!" The frightened sentry was like a cat with hairy fur. He first violently kicked the other sentries awake and called for everyone to sound the battle alarm.
Whenever he saw the crowd approaching in the distance, he realized that something was wrong. Those holding horns puffed up their cheeks and blew the horns, while some found the cowhide drums accompanying the army and beat them wildly.
As soon as the awakened people heard about the enemy attack, they got up and hurriedly put on their leather armor and chain armor, put on their white robes, and jumped out of the tent with their weapons in hand.
The Rus did their best, and a large number of warriors awoke and prepared the camp.
There was a big commotion here, and from the standpoint of the advancing Karelians, it was clear that their actions had been exposed.
Warchief Kaskuwe had two choices before the fierce battle: fight or retreat.
The sneak attack strategy had lost its tactical advantage due to being exposed, but he had no choice, just like an arrow that had left the string and could not fly back.
He raised his sword and shouted: "Brave Karelians, follow me and charge!"
He began to take the lead in shouting, leading the others to roar. They built their reputation by shouting, a roar that even the snow could not absorb.
The roar made the Ross warriors, no matter how embarrassed they were, alert. Many of them wiped off the snow they had at their fingertips, and started to line up with swords and shields in hand.
Seventy percent of the Slavic flag force participated in this battle. They had experience in the crusade against Karelia, so naturally they were not afraid of this group of attacking madmen. They also lined up under the leadership of Medved, and the spearheads of each halberd moved forward.
Thanks to the snow, it gave the charging crowd certain obstacles and bought time for the Ross army to gather and build a tactical formation.
However, another traditional skill of the Russian army is already curbing the enemy's offensive momentum.
After all, a large number of torsion slingshots have been removed from the fleet for maintenance. They have been repaired, and a battle is just the right time to test the results of the repairs.
Fifty slingshots were arranged outside the camp. They were installed on sleds. The reindeer took off their saddles to rest, and the sleds became fixed firepower points.
The torsion slingshot was already firing freely, launching a light javelin with a high range that swirled down from the sky.
The Qatari army began to suffer losses. Facing their comrades who were pierced by javelins and fell to the ground, the soldiers were stunned and could only stare with their eyes like bells as they continued to charge with their spears in hand.
I don't know if it was a slingshot, but the bull trebuchet was also throwing stones. Those who were hit must have broken bones and died. Even in the face of high-speed moving swarm targets, they did not have more attack windows.
Finally, the distance reached the carpentry shooting range of the Kajun army. A weak north wind was in their favor. The Kaban army's bow holders threw arrows into the sky, and the Russian army finally began to suffer losses.
The bone arrows could not penetrate the armor of the Russian army, but some Suomi people accidentally hit the arrows while shooting at each other with bows.
Wearing thick leather clothes can weaken the damage caused by bone clusters, but some people who were really unlucky were shot in the eyes or necks, and suddenly they fell to the ground struggling with blood flowing. The poor wounded man was pulled back by his companions regardless of life or death, while others still shot arrows to fight.
Until the Karelian army rushed within the range of the crossbow...
