Rise of Rurik Chapter 1355

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More than half a year ago, the recruits of the four banner teams were still busy training in Novgorod. Everyone imagined that they could flex their muscles during the expedition to Frank, but they never thought that the war would suddenly break out...

They grew up listening to the "bragging" of their parents, such as expeditions in the snow, long voyages and landing operations, as if the Ross army could launch an attack in various situations.

Now they feel it all, because they have lived through what their fathers claimed.

Beginning with the first snowfall, the recruits embark on a journey to the south. Many people were cowardly at first, but now they have become brave and ruthless people. They are a pack of wolves, bound within the frame of the banner by basic military discipline.

Now Rope Village has completely become the rear of the Ross army. Considering the high speed of cavalry and sleds, the army can't afford to march downstream with a large amount of luggage. Besides, it is inexplicable to enter the battlefield with bottles and cans.

Rurik ordered the whole army to march forward lightly. In addition to carrying combat weapons, most of them were ropes and linen bags. The former is to kill the enemy, the latter is to plunder the spoils.

If Gore is just a village chief, there is nothing wrong with including him. But this kind of weak force has become the boss of Pskov, and if his morality is not worthy, he should be eliminated.

However, Rurik didn't think about where Pskov would go after this faction was really eliminated.

In principle, a governor's district should be established there, but the point of the problem is to arrange who will be the governor.

"It's easy to break it, but it's hard to rebuild it. The arrow has to be fired, and I'll talk about anything

. "With this kind of mentality, Rurik will earnestly do his own conquest.

Before dawn, Shengzi Village is filled with the strong smell of wheat porridge.

At nightfall, Rurik also ordered some reindeer to be slaughtered. The chopped venison and salted fish were boiled together. After a night of cooking, it was made into an oily thick sauce soup, which naturally contains Lots of meat.

A hot bowl of boiled wheat, topped with boiled venison mince, this is the winter battlefield meal that the Russian army likes very much.

Even those villagers who were asked to fight were given this high-fat, high-salt, and high-carb breakfast without discrimination. For the villagers, this was almost the best delicacy they had eaten in their lives.

The war horses and the reindeer pulling the sleds were also fed some cooked and digestible wheat. For the absolute victory of the battle, Rurik was willing to spend money.

The Exalted used to wear an iron helmet with a crown of blue feathers.

According to their status in the army, the fighters of each machine also put decorative feathers on their helmets.

All the folded flags were raised again, and the Ross flag was tied to the wooden poles of each sled. Now there was no need to worry about which troop sled would get lost.

It was not even necessary to dismantle the tent. Rurik left some people with stomachaches and frostbitten limbs, and even separated some people who might be weaker in combat power to stay in the camp, and most of the personnel went into battle.

In each flag team, the soldiers wore a full set of armor, and they sat on sleds to save energy. All kinds of weapons, especially long-range weapons, have been adjusted. The ten torsion slingshots carried by the sled have been coated with new grease, and they can be used at any time.

Can attack.

The sword hangs from the waist and the round shield is carried on the back, and the warrior with the crossbow holds this weapon in his arms.

The mighty sled team lined up in a column in the form of a flag team and marched on the frozen Velikaya River, and in front of it was a majestic cavalry unit.

The soldiers lifted the cover of the recurve bows, they were all strung, and now no one worried that the arms of the bows would be cracked by the low temperature. There are plenty of arrows in the quiver, either duck feathers or chicken feathers, and the arrow clusters are mostly pointed cone-shaped armor-piercing arrows, which are only adjusted based on Olafin's information.

Of course, the so-called Gower thugs did not have the luxury of wearing iron armor on a large scale like the Ross Army. They did not lack leather. Nowadays, a large number of thugs wear tough cowhide clothing, which can indeed resist the attacks of most bows and arrows.

Would it still be able to stop the heavy shot of a steel-armed crossbow?

Rurik thought of the least martial arts mode of combat, which was to rely on Ross's long-range weapon advantage to shoot continuously.

Then the centurions, who were the chief shooters in each standard, were shot up and sat on ten sledges. To a large extent, the existence of these people is a replica of ancient chariots. The snow environment provides great convenience for the mobility of the reindeer sled, and the sled team can achieve tactical linkage with the cavalry unit, and the combat method is shooting.

The Ross army kept marching at a relatively fast speed. The golden sun was on the right hand side of the whole army. The frozen river provided a high-speed passage for the army. When the morning sun shone brightly on the world and even said this, the soldiers of the whole army took out their wooden framed sunglasses .

The world became relatively dark, but the forest in front of it suddenly disappeared, replaced by a huge flat area with extremely

Frozen lakes with high reflection intensity, and the most critical point - the city of Pskov built in the form of a pie beside the river.

"Attention the whole army! Slow down and keep the formation!" Rurik was calm and calm. He stretched out his right hand and clenched his fist, ordering the cavalry team to slow down, and then forcing the following sled team to slow down.

It stands to reason that Rurik could launch a surprise attack with his cavalry directly. After disrupting the great city of Pskov, the whole army can enter this undefended city to fish in troubled waters.

He saw a large number of swaying figures there. With the appearance of the blue-and-white army of the Ross Army, those black figures quickly started to move, no matter how they looked, they were taking defense.

This night Gore slept a little sleepy, and he was shouted by the guards who broke into the house: "Boss, the Ross army! It's really here."

The voices of the guards were trembling, and Gore, who was awake, suddenly widened his eyes like copper bells, and stared at the soldier who reported the news like a hungry wolf, and got angry.

Gorso was sleeping in his armor. He didn't talk nonsense, and suddenly drew his sword and ordered: "Finally, there is still a fight. Brothers, come with me and kill them all."

In the past night, the big city of Pskov suddenly turned into a big army camp. Gore gathered all the fighting forces as much as possible, and even in time he might not be able to gather more soldiers.

It's just that the Pskov army didn't sleep well this night, especially the large number of villagers who were forced to go to the battlefield, and a large number of so-called peasant soldiers didn't sleep all night. Their living conditions were terrible, and many of them were enduring the shivering in the early morning. They could only nibble on the hard, dry bread they brought from home, and eat snow on the spot to replenish their water.

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The amount of villagers fighting for themselves is not obliged to guarantee the logistics of this group of people. Nor would Gore prepare breakfast for his fellow Danish warriors, even if the war was imminent and the whole army, high and low, would all depend on some dry food to satisfy their hunger.

Even so, the morale of the Danish community fighters was still relatively high, but as the Ross Army gradually left the main river and formed its own formation, the situation took a turn for the worse.

The orderly uniform of the military uniform brings an indescribable sense of oppression. The blue and white cloth robes of the Ross Army are put on the plate armor, and the iron helmet is also wrapped with a layer of white velvet hat and leather camouflage (by the way, to enhance the cold resistance), and then It is the huge blue feathered helmet crown.

Gore had never heard that the Russian army was dressed like this, as if these soldiers were brothers of each other, otherwise how could they be so similar? This surpassed Gore's understanding of the army, and so he was still worried that he might be defeated in the face of the army he was rapidly gathering.

"Blow the horn! Assemble!" Gore continued to order, and the melodious sound of the horn wafted through the great city of Pskov.

This sound reached the ears of the Ross army on the other side of the battlefield.

"Are they attacking?" Brody, baring his teeth, looked at the black, ant-like crowd with disdain, and suggested: "Why don't I take my brother to challenge, and my cavalry archer will try it out first. Let's see what they can do."

"No hurry." Rurik stretched out his hand to signal: "Our army is coming quickly to fight a war of annihilation. Let the soldiers of Gore assemble before we start. We will try to kill most of them today to avoid future troubles."

"Well, my lord, it seems that you are not even willing to send an envoy to have a pre-battle chat with them?"

"I don't think it's necessary. I don't intend to talk to dead people." Rurik said casually, tilting his head.

The Ross army began to move more carefully, and the captains of the banners shouted hoarsely, only for the infantry soldiers to get down the sled faster and form an offensive matrix.

Only the archers continued to sit on the sleigh and wait for the king's order.

Ten sledges were deliberately placed side by side, with the reindeer's bridles removed, making them stand on the snow for torsion slingshots.

Two hundred meters, a tall and strong man is just a small black spot to the naked eye, not to mention that the distance between Ross's army and the opponent may be almost 300 meters.

Such a distance is beyond the reach of most bows and arrows. From Gore's point of view, he believes that his army is at an extremely safe distance, but he doesn't know...

Rurik ordered calmly: "Hurry up and load the slingshots. Our army uses javelins. The maximum range! Charge up immediately!"

The soldiers immediately installed the handle of the wooden winch, and then began to rotate.

Because Olafin and Mancheko each brought their own people to help the battle, they were spectators at best, participating in the battle was considered to be gold-plated, and they also saw the might of the Ross army. What a big javelin can do.

On the other side of the battlefield, the Pskov army gathered more and more, and the ones who had an absolute numerical advantage were the forcibly conscripted Krivich villagers. These militiamen wore rough cloth and leather mixed clothes, and the boots were made of whole leather bundles. Everyone looked bloated, but most of them were thin guys.

The equivalent of a short spear was widely used by the militia, and some even used a

Sharpened wooden poles for spears.

Tools made of hardwood are widely used, and hammers made of stone are also treasured by villagers, and they are now weapons.

The militiamen held small shields made of messy wooden boards one after another, and some even cut holes in the wooden boards overnight and then stringed them with ropes, hanging them on the chest and back to strengthen their own defense.

Their positions were in a mess, only the Chinese army composed of descendants of Danish immigrants directly formed a shield wall under the leadership of Gore.

The two wings are full of Krivich militiamen, and the militiamen are more willing to listen to the arrangements of the people in the village than to obey the orders of Gore. It is helpless to stand here and fight for Gore. Now they see the legendary Ross Army His image is like a **** coming down to earth, and everyone is muttering about their situation for a while.

The image of the Ross army is too glamorous, can they still rob the poor themselves?

No one fled spontaneously, or quite a few militiamen were at a loss. They have always followed blindly, and now they are restrained and stay where they are.

"Send someone to negotiate with the Ross people?" Gore then asked the two messengers who were forced to join the battle, implying that he hoped that Swade and Carlot would be the messengers.

But seeing that these two had already been persuaded, considering that he had betrayed King Ross's hospitality, he was afraid that they would be hacked to death on the spot when he walked across.

Swade was also excited because he saw a horse rider who deliberately took off his helmet and showed his blond hair on the opposite side.

"Boss." He pointed and said, "That man is the king of Ross, Rurik himself."

"A blond man? Is that him?"

Gore's eyesight has deteriorated due to age, he squinted his eyes and had to take a closer look.

Admire the majesty of King Ross. Because it is obvious that King Ross's mounts are too small because he is too tall.

"Really, why do we have to fight. I obviously have good intentions for you." Gore said to himself and shook his head. He guessed that these two guys were not willing to be envoys.

Now how to do? attack?

No! The only chance for the Pskov army to win is to continue to maintain this grouping situation. As long as the Ross army is willing to rush in and get into a melee, they will have a chance. Gore decided to stand still, and in everyone's eyes, his side had fallen into complete passivity.

Rurik purposely waited for a while, since he would never send an envoy anyway, he hoped that Goyle would personally or send someone to negotiate, and then inform them of an ultimatum—the battle was inevitable.

Since there was no response from the other party after waiting for a while, Rurik's patience was exhausted.

"Okay, let's launch." His words were very calm.

The ten torsion slingshots had been charged for a while, and the soldiers with high morale pulled out the latch almost at the same time, and the ten javelins swirled and flew forward in a larger parabola with a buzzing sound.

Just after the launch was completed, the soldiers began to reload again in full swing.

Just because Rurik didn't arrange "three shots of extreme rapid fire", anyway, there are plenty of javelins, and the Ross army is in an absolutely safe position to cover the extremely densely packed enemies with firepower, so they should be unilaterally killed.

Strong fighters double-searched to operate the winch, another soldier was responsible for loading the javelin, and the third was only responsible for pulling out the tenon. The cooperation of the three could be very tacit, so that the efficiency of javelin shooting could be as fast as almost fifteen seconds.

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They have entered the state of free fire, and the whole body is like splashing water, throwing deadly javelins towards the Pskov army formation.

At first, people didn't know what the buzzing sound meant, until a group of black shadows came crashing down. The warrior took it for granted that it was a kind of arrow, and subconsciously raised the round shield to cover his face and torso, but he never thought that the heavy javelin would directly smash through the wooden shield, and the quenched sharp cone head had a very strong penetrating force. Power, it was originally designed to deal with heavy armored units, but now it is really overkill for light armored and unarmored militias.

Even wearing two layers of cowhide clothing can't withstand the blow of a javelin that can be used as a short spear. The soldier who was recruited was not only pierced through the body, but the powerful kinetic energy brought the soldier to fall directly.

The soldier who was hit had a horrible wooden pole stuck in his body. He fell into the crowd and didn't understand what happened.

However, on the side of the Ross army, the soldiers collectively let out a rhythmic Viking battle cry, and ten javelins formed an ancient version of the "Gatling machine gun".

Faced with such a bizarre blow, the Danish immigrant fighters in Pskov could still resist with a sense of honor, while those Krivich militiamen who were already weak in fighting, never thought that death could come so hastily, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com Friends and relatives were pierced to death by strange flying spears around him, and this attack seemed to have no focus.

The buzzing sound became the roar of the **** of death, and the militiamen began to commotion, shouting, crying, wailing... The chaotic movements completely suppressed Gore's shouting, and all his efforts to control the situation were in vain.

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The total collapse of the Qi militia began under the "joint splashing water" of ten torsion slingshots.

At the beginning, they were scattered to avoid javelin attacks, and then some village officials led the villagers to escape. When a group of people started to flee, more people followed, and then it turned into a large-scale rout.

All of this, Gore can only watch the situation deteriorate further, and he himself is not having a good time, those **** javelins are fair to everyone, as long as he stands here, there is a probability of being hit again. But he felt that he shouldn't retreat, otherwise even his own central army would turn into a rout because of the retreat, then the battle would be over before the official fight.

Gore just didn't withdraw, he firmly gritted his teeth and persisted.

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