Rurik was dressed in a battle robe. He was covered in chain mail reinforced with iron plates, and even his face was protected. This defensive armament was excessive, and the heavy armor made him an unyielding iron man. He stood majestically on the front line of the battle with his sword in hand, setting a firm example for the soldiers.
An arrow had already hit him, and he muttered contemptuously: "This is not even scraping!"
Behind him stood a group of fierce men. Grund and his men were covered in iron armor with only one pair of eyes exposed. Their bloodthirsty swords and evil axes were already trying to lick human blood.
The arrows of the Ross army are outputting very normal firepower. This is normal for Ross, but it is a "gift" that other forces cannot bear.
If the opponent's fighting will is average, their confidence will be shaken by the constant and precise sniping from the crossbow, and continuing to attack will often force them back.
If the battle becomes a close-quarters battle, even a well-defended warrior will suffer losses due to various bizarre reasons. As long as the battlefield is kept at a distance and one's own long-range weapons continue to kill the enemy, one's own tired arms and the opponent's corpses can be left everywhere. .
Rurik had contempt for his Karelian enemies, but his opponents' behavior could be described as reckless.
"They actually resisted my arrows? They are really brave, but it's a pity..."
There were shouts of killing everywhere, and Rurik was unable to convey orders verbally. He has a more efficient method, which is flags and drums.
The sound of the leather drum became compact, and the melee soldiers prepared for the final fight.
Let's look at the leader of the Karelian army, Kaskuwe. He no longer cared about his face being scratched by the arrow blade, and continued to lead the charge with his sword and shield. A group of his soldiers fell to the ground, and more people still rushed to the front line.
The inferior spears of the soldiers of the Qatari army moved forward in unison. People's minds went blank, and they even ignored their companions who were wounded by arrows, just like tools that could only kill.
They wanted to poke the spearhead into the body of the Ross invader, but...
Medvet, the captain of the Slavic banner and the governor of Novgorod, faced the danger with a stern face, and his eyes were even filled with contempt. He stayed in his military formation and gave orders, and then the halberds that entered the woods were lowered. The Slavic warriors holding the halberds were like the Macedonian phalanx a thousand years ago, suddenly lowering the wall of spears in front of the attack of the Qatari army.
When the running soldiers realized that the situation was not good, there was no time to pause.
The flesh and blood body hit the halberd, which was very pitiful. The spears of the Kazakh army were not as long as the halberds of the Russian army, and the Slavic flag troops standing in a dense formation could guarantee that three halberds could deal with one enemy.
This is a powerful weapon made for killing people. The spearhead of the halberd is sharp, followed by an angular bleeding groove. It is more like a thorn than a spear. If it pricks the enemy, it will create a blood hole that cannot be healed.
The soldiers in the first two rows were poking randomly, and the soldiers in the third row were pecking from the sky with the blade of their halberds. The leather hats of the Kajun soldiers can keep out the cold, but they are meaningless in terms of defense. Those who were hit but did not die immediately were cut open by the ax blade...
If he hadn't stumbled and fell into the snow, Caskuve would have been stabbed with bloody holes by the Russians' unique spear.
He chewed the snow and regained his consciousness, then rolled back and crawled back.
He is not greedy for life and afraid of death. This retreat is an instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. When he regained consciousness and wanted to reorganize his team, he found that his own people had suffered heavy casualties!
Look at the situation on the entire battlefield!
The uniformly dressed Russians poked at the wall of spears, and the shields formed the wall and stabbed with swords. They formed an unshakable wall. There were only dead Karelian warriors in front of the formation, and this wall was advancing slowly.
The soldiers behind did not know the purgatory ahead, and they were still rushing forward wildly.
"You guys retreat quickly! Go to the rear and form a team to fight again!"
In the chaos, Kaskuwe almost shouted at the top of his lungs, but it was just an incompetent roar.
No one heard the chief's cry. There were shouts of killing everywhere. One person's cry had long been drowned, and there were only red-eyed warriors from both sides on the battlefield.
Although the Russian army rushed to fight, the enemy's mistakes and the influence of snow delayed their advance, giving the Russian army a short and extremely precious formation time. Due to their numerical superiority, the Slavic warriors became the real main force of the Romanian army, and the wall formed by their halberds became a solid center of the army that remained unmoved.
Arik's first flag team moved to the left wing one after another, and the old guys from the second flag team moved to the right wing with the young guys from the sixth flag team.
Let's talk about those Suomi warriors. They fired arrows into the air desperately from the very safe rear. The chaos they caused forced the Karelian army to continue to rush towards the front.
Even the Torsion Slingshot simply started firing a short throwable spear called a heavy javelin. It was launched with a low charge and used a large parabola to plunder the heads of the fierce battle front line and hit the enemies in the rear.
All this is very similar to the bloody battle that took place on the island of Gotland. The Gotland Islander Army at that time was more brave than the Karelian army, but in the end they were still defeated. The Russian army began to counterattack in a very similar formation, a tried and tested formation.
Rurik signaled his men to wave the flag, and upon seeing this, the sword and shield men on both sides began a tactical encirclement.
The enemy has suffered huge losses. Their troops are all here. The soldiers are so compact that it is difficult to wield their weapons.
This glance is very similar to the Battle of Canning, except that the Russian army is in a position equivalent to the Carthaginians.
The left and right wings were outflanking. At this time, Rurik ordered "Block the bottle cap" to the "Iron Man" Grund and his group, as well as all the Suomi and other long-range soldiers who had assaulted and switched to melee weapons. The command.
Grund the Dane, his armor concealed his ecstasy. He and his brothers don't need shields at all, they are invulnerable with armor.
They took a sleigh and circled directly to the rear of the Karelian army. A group of iron men jumped down, followed by a group of Suomi axe-wielders with disheveled hair.
There was even Tralan, the envoy from Saaremaa who was staying in New Ross Fort, and his companions who went into battle as soldiers of the Russian army.
Tralan had to believe that the war he personally participated in was completely beyond his knowledge. There were people fighting and shouting everywhere, and there were corpses scattered everywhere.
Prince Rus has an armored army. The prince himself is quite young but also covered in armor. Ross's army is very good at killing people, and they can even organize a large army to carry out expeditions in a short time! Telalang was very grateful for his status as a servant. If he had foolishly become hostile to Ross, the village back home on Saaremaa Island would have been easily annihilated by them.
As for Telalang's entourage, they are all members of the Ross tribe who were expelled in the old era. So much has changed in the past few decades. Ross has indeed changed and become a powerful force.
The Ross army's arrow support has ended, and the encirclement has been completed.
Poor Chief Caskuwe, it is almost impossible for him to die in battle for his country.
He howled like a wild boar, and his whole body was squeezed into the crowd by what his companions said was protection.
The surviving Kajun soldiers faced the bloody swords and spears on the inner wall of the Ross army's encirclement, and then the monsters were covered with iron. They were extremely scared. There were obviously thousands of people holding weapons, but they were desperately squeezing towards a central point. In theory, they have the ability to fight hard to break out of the encirclement, even if it costs a lot of death.
They were indeed so scared that in order to avoid being stabbed and killed, some even rushed to use the shoulders of their companions as stepping stones and climbed on top of people's heads...
A large group of people were like an indescribable lump of flesh. They went from extreme arrogance and bravery to the current cowardice in just half an hour.
In the wars of the old era, the strength and weakness could be roughly distinguished in the moment when the two armies were fighting in the wilderness, and then it was just a matter of waiting for time to ferment. There is no such thing as an infinitely powerful Hulk who can turn the tide against ten thousand enemies. Those with more people, better equipment and high morale are almost certain to win. The Ross army came to this far north hoping to fight a decisive battle, and they seized the opportunity. There is no longer any suspense. The Russian army has paid some negligible losses. Like a meat grinder, the army is slowly strangling the encircled Karelian army.
Rurik was just outside the array. He did not issue new orders, but stood and watched the enemy being annihilated.
This was indeed cruel, but Rurik was convinced that his men would fall into the hands of the Karelians and, at best, become slaves.
Don't look at the opponent who has suffered a fatal loss now. After all, they are also the little overlords in the north. Ross must establish authority for all servant forces and lead everyone to fulfill their alliance obligations.
"Perhaps you still have more troops. If you continue to resist resolutely after two major defeats, I will have no choice but to inflict another heavy loss on you." Rurik muttered in his heart. He did not believe Karelia at all. Ahren has sufficient human resources.
Dealing with a group of people who have given up resistance, killing them is no longer honorable. But warriors from the Ross tribe and various Viking tribes regard their enemies as a kind of sacrifice and need to use their blood to priest Odin.
I am afraid that only the Suomi and Vips have an unforgettable hatred for the Karelia people. They are taking the most violent revenge for the tribesmen who died in conflicts in the past generations and for the tribesmen who were kidnapped and used as cattle and horses.
The Russian army stepped on the enemy's corpses to shrink the encirclement. Karelia's most serious defeat was a foregone conclusion!
When there were only a hundred or so people left alive, Rurik belatedly gave the order to stop.
The last living person in the encirclement was captured. The Ross army easily found a well-dressed man. After all, this man was a member of the opponent's nobles.
The interrogation had a major result almost as soon as he was captured. It was entirely because this person had to maintain his integrity at the last moment. After he was knocked down by the halberd, his whole body was tied tightly with ropes by the swarming Suomi warriors. He struggled like a wild boar captured alive, but could not escape the fate of being pulled away.
This man was howling angrily: "I am the great chief of Karelia. Even if you kill me, it won't be your turn!"
From this bold statement, he did not have to be dragged along like prey, but was directly escorted to Rurik. After being kicked a few times by the Suomi warriors, his knees ached and he knelt directly on Rurik's head. before.
The battle has ended, and the soldiers are sorting out the wounded and collecting the dead. A large number of armed soldiers are searching for loot and giving the enemy's wounded a satisfying blow.
Rurik had taken off his heavy armor, and the people's faces were full of joy after the victory. It was the first time for many young children to participate in a "large-scale battle." At first, everyone was nervous, and some even humiliated themselves to wet their pants. Now that they have won a great victory, their fear has disappeared. However, the ecstasy after the victory still caused many people to feel uncomfortable. He was trembling, and the smile on his face couldn't be stopped even by a slap.
Flag Captain Fisk has finally become a fierce general. With today's military exploits, he has surpassed his father who died fighting for Ross fifteen years ago. After all, he was from Ross, and he was the one to be promoted. Naturally, Rurik did not miss him. This man had indeed grown into a ruthless person.
Fisk was asking for credit and did not shy away from his words: "I stomped on twenty more heads. I swear to Odin."
"I fully believe that dealing with these idiots is not something you should boast about."
Fisk was stunned at first, and then laughed very arrogantly: "It seems that I need to kill some Danish warriors before I can show off."
"That's natural. Listen!" Rurik looked sideways meaningfully: "You won't have to wait too long for this opportunity."
"Ah! Are you finally going to launch a full-scale war against Denmark?"
"Will do."
Rurik naturally did not think about when to launch a full-scale revenge against Denmark. The current situation is really one-off, and an all-out attack on Denmark now is too much. If it takes a year to reorganize the internal civil and military affairs, by the time Ross If the army takes action again, its combat effectiveness will probably be doubled.
While Rurik, Fisk, and Knuf were chatting, the unlucky man was pressed over and fell to his knees.
"Who is this person? Let me guess, it can't be their leader?"
"His Majesty, Your Majesty!" Suomi warriors immediately agreed.
"Is he really their leader?"
This question was not reported by the soldiers. The man who knelt down directly revealed his identity viciously: "I am Kaskuwe, the chief of Karelia, the most noble person in the northern snowfield. You Russians who trample the forest will be punished. Cursed by the forest god, you will be killed by the ice and snow god, and even the air god will suffocate you."
This man's ferocious face was full of provocation, and his eyes were more murderous, which made Rurik extremely uncomfortable.
Although it is Karelian, in today's era, the language is only slightly separated from Old Finnish. Rurik probably understood and learned that this was a malicious curse from a king.
Rurik lowered his face and bowed and asked, "Do you know who I am?"
Kaskuwe was startled: "You actually understand what I say? Call your leader, I will insult him!"
"Our leader?" Rurik spoke calmly, and there was laughter around him.
Rurik smiled and patted the man's head, and tugged on his fluffy hair: "Fool, I am the only leader of Rus. It seems that I should make you understand. I am Rurik, from the Principality of Rus. The supreme leader Rurik, the conqueror of Suomi and Tavastia, the leader of the Vips. You must know these tribes I mentioned, and now I will take them to avenge you. How about it? Look at the corpses all over the ground. , your people are everywhere. You are defeated! Your sneak attack is meaningless. I can spare your life, I will cut off your hands and feet, as long as you can be a deer and keep kneeling. I I’ll also cut off your tongue so that you can no longer curse.”
"You're humiliating me!" Kaskuwe simply spat.
"It seems you don't appreciate it. Your saliva is dirty, just like feces that smells bad."
"Then you kill me!" Kaskuwe just wanted to die quickly, but...
The leader who captured the enemy is said to be the chief of the so-called "Karelia Emirate". How dare a group of arrogant weaklings from the north call themselves a country? Rurik had sufficient reasons for the conquest, precisely because this so-called country was attacking its own servants. Since they were one country, this made Ross's conquest very formal.
This is a war between countries, and it has developed into a war to destroy the country.
The real battle is indeed over in half an hour, and the rest can no longer be regarded as a battle. By noon, most of the cleaning work on the battlefield was completed. The soldiers were quite dissatisfied with the capture. The poverty of their opponents was shameful. However, a group of brothers who were busy chasing brought a large harvest - an astonishing number of reindeer.
At least 10,000 deer were found, as well as a large number of sleds. It was Arik. He and his brothers had been chasing the remnants of the enemy. Following their footsteps, they found the Karelian camp not far away. This time they captured a small group of people.
Why celebrate?
The Ross army sacrificed twenty reindeer to the fifty brothers who died in the battle. Even though there were many Suomis among them, and even though there was not a single Ross native among them, according to the Nordic etiquette represented by Ross, Rurik announced that the souls of the dead were all dead. When you go to Asgard, you will wait for Valkyrie’s approval at the gate of Valhalla. This statement at least gave an explanation to the dead and the living. The living people immediately began to slaughter the reindeer and reward themselves with the captured deer meat and roast it.
It's not over yet!
One king does not kill another king? absurd!
In the early morning of the next day, under the sound of morning drums, all the Russian soldiers participating in the battle were watching a spectacular event!
The number of captured Karelian warriors was extremely small, and they were willing to work as slaves to escape the fate of being killed. The Ross people disdain this kind of slaves, but the Suomi warriors are willing to buy a batch of squirrel skins. The Suomi people had good reasons, and this was an act of anger.
The prisoners also pointed out a concept, that is, their new camp - a large camp between two large lakes.
Therefore, the soldiers of the Ross army were very happy to invade their camps and capture more prisoners, especially their women. Perhaps the happiest were the Slavic warriors.
The Karelian women captured in the last war became the wives of Slavic warriors, and most of them had just given birth to children. The Rus and other Varangians looked down upon such short women, and the Slavic warriors also disliked them in principle, but unfortunately they had no better choice.
Everyone was eager to plunder, and before that, they were observing an execution.
Many people murmured that this arrogant sneak attacker should be given to the Blood Eagle, and some Slavs said that he should be beaten into pulp by one person and a stick. The descriptions of various strange punishments are really horrifying.
Rurik is not a murderer, and brutal punishment will not bring him pleasure. He came to be the executioner to further establish the prestige of the warriors of various ethnic groups under his command, nothing more.
Poor Kaskuwe never imagined that he would die at the hands of what appeared to be a young man, who was blindfolded and awaiting his final moments.
Maybe, be decapitated with an axe?
Rurik did not cut Caskuve's neck with a sword, just like killing a deer during a sacrifice. The man collapsed and pulled out wildly. With this final fatal struggle, the onlookers of the Russian soldiers cheered.
Without looking at it, he handed the sword to the attendant and wiped the blood on his hand with snow.
Kaskuwe died, knowing who he had defeated before he died. Even though he felt remorse, he finally realized the terrifying fighting power of the Russian invaders, as well as the forest god, lake god, sun god, and other gods who did not stand in the camp of the Karelia people.
A huge number of enemy corpses have been pulled away. It will take time to bury them. How can we dig the earth now that the ground is frozen hard? The corpses were pulled by sleds to the distant forest and dumped randomly. The dead would eventually turn into bones. At least for that period of time, the stench would not spread to the bear altar. It would only be due to extreme bad luck that the hunters of the Principality of Ross would stay away.
Only the war dead of the Principality of Rus were uniformly burned and turned into ashes.
Rurik did not have the time or energy to give all the corpses a proper ending. It was considered a courtesy to bury the enemy. The most he could do was dig a hole and bury Caskuve.
After a short period of preparation, the Russian army gathered its elite troops and rushed forward on sleds. Under the guidance of the prisoners who begged for their lives and decisively led the way, the army rushed to the main camp without any surprise.
Along the way, they even intercepted several Karelian reinforcements. When they rushed to the big camp, the locals thought they were people returning from the war.
As a result, all that awaited was ruthless looting by the Russians.
Poor Kaskuwe's wife was killed for not doing so. The "Big Tent" tribe in Karelia (the core is actually the "Eastern Tent" tribe) suffered a devastating disaster. Most of the people left behind were old and weak. Except for the young women, they were all killed and all their property was looted.
The spiritual core of the Russian army is the Vikings. What is the difference between riding a sleigh and riding a long ship?
Rurik did not miss the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to destroy the country. Although no gold or silver was captured in this battle, as many as 2,000 women were captured! Naturally, this fatal blow to the Karelian camp also killed more than 5,000 people.
Just as history should have happened, this blow should have been done by Igor, the third-generation prince of Russia, but the current time and space was historically completed by the first-generation prince Rurik.
After this battle, the Karelia people were destroyed in an era of strong power. Their emirate was only in the first year of its existence, and it was destroyed by the Principality of Rus.
Rurik did not win the surrender of the Karelia people after all, because the dead cannot surrender.
Most of the warriors who participated in the war had snatched a woman, either as a concubine or as a slave, and Rurik could be sure that they would all become de facto concubines.
Ross returned in triumph, bringing with him more than two thousand captives, an astonishing amount of leather, bone arrows, and even some bone flute instruments, and drove a hundred thousand reindeer happily south along the shoreline of Lake Ladoga. After all, the weather was getting warmer and the army was burdened by so many trophies. Rurik did not dare to risk walking on the ice for fear that the trophies would fall into the lake.
Karelia has not disappeared. Their remnants have become small family blood clans scattered into dust. It is no longer possible to condense into a settlement of tens of thousands of people to form an emirate. Their spines were historically broken!
At this point, there is no longer any threat to the north of the Principality of Ross after just one winter of conquest.
