Rise of Rurik Chapter 1356

What Rurik didn't expect was that just the high-intensity output of ten torsion slingshots could crush the opponent with just the force of throwing javelins?

After all, they are also immigrants from the north. They are obviously organized to form a shield formation, and they should be more resistant to the attack of the Ross army.

Unless, those who escaped were not northerners.

From a relatively long distance, what Rurik saw were countless escaping black figures, like a large group of ants scurrying under the white snow. That being the case let the cowards who are so numerous let them go! They fled the battlefield spontaneously, and saved the Ross army from wasting arrows.

The torsion slingshots were still firing javelins, of which the Ross army was well stocked, and they continued to slice through the air, humming at the enemy. Because there is still a group of people who are rock solid!

Beside Rurik, a large number of cavalry soldiers are jumping forward.

Those crossbowmen sitting on reindeer sleds are also looking forward to the opportunity to fight.

They were all waiting for Rurik's order.

Although the cold wind hit his face, Brody was hot physically and mentally. He sat restlessly on the saddle, poking his head out from time to time to observe the rapidly changing battle situation. "Your Majesty, those Danes are running away?"

"They're not Danes." Rurik didn't change his face: "At most, they are descendants of Danes. Tch, they have lost the perseverance and cunning that northerners should have."

"I don't think so." Brody shook his head. "Those who escaped should be local Slavic villagers. The real Danes are still setting up shield walls there."

"I can see it, so they are not Danes. How can this group of people stand there passively and be beaten? If I have enough javelins, I will slowly kill him all like this."

shoot. So, we had to get close and shoot their heads with bows and arrows. "After that, Rurik looked around.

The majority of soldiers were on fire, and many of them blushed due to excitement and anxiety.

The restlessness in the army is already evident, and the enemy's collapse continues to develop.

Now, Rurik buckled the iron helmet hanging on the saddle on his head. This was a positive signal, and the restless warriors cheered up.

Rurik drew his sword suddenly, and with the buzzing wind of the sword, he ordered loudly: "Cavalry! Archers! Let's attack!"

The soldiers ordered, and everyone let out a deafening cry. Accompanied by the Viking battle cry, there were long and deep horns and high-frequency drums.

The four infantry flag teams were arranged on the spot in four phalanxes and stood by. They waved their flags and surrounded by a huge herd of working reindeer and sleighs. At first glance, they looked like huge monsters with unknown strength, so they appeared to be aggressive. Mobile units are small vanguards.

All the shooters of each flag team were drawn out, and they were divided into two parts to participate in the mobile attack together with the cavalry.

Rurik has also been flexible in the face of sudden changes in the battle situation. How about mobile troops attacking infantry arrays that are rigidly arrayed? See if the current situation is the time for classic Parthian tactics to unfold.

Now, Rurik leads the left wing, Brody leads the right wing, and the highly mobile attacking force is divided into two!

The torsion slingshot finally stopped its deadly throwing, and the twisting torsion ropes had cracked slightly. As the battle continued, the range of the javelin would become shorter and shorter, and eventually the breakage of the torsion rope would temporarily damage the slingshot.

Of course with the rope village mention

Hand-wrought cables of acceptable quality are supplied, and oiled and used to restore these heavy weapons is no problem.

They stopped projecting, just as the cannon stopped roaring.

And what comes next is the highlight.

The king's personal conquest, he really took the lead!

This kind of thing is rare in Rurik's combat career. In the past, he could not lead his brothers to fight with swords when he was young. Now that he has grown up, although the kingdom is so powerful that the king no longer needs the king to be a fighter himself, this kind of The pride of the king personally leading an army to fight head-on was enough to drive the morale of the soldiers to its peak.

Because, the king will fight with what he thinks is the strongest army, and if he can fight side by side with Rurik, everyone is the strongest.

The minds of the young warriors were blank, and timidity did not exist at all.

The distance of more than 200 meters is not far, and it is not close. The cavalry accompanied by reindeer sleds advances on the snow at a relatively fast speed. It is close to the speed of the dragon-headed warship paddling. In fact, it is only true for infantry. great advantage in combat.

"Don't shoot those who run away! Kill the Danes who continue to form!" Rurik ordered loudly.

As the cavalry was about to stick to his face, he could clearly see all the clues of the enemy.

They were a group of blond-haired warriors, even though the round shields covered most of their bodies, it was only when they were in front of them that they saw their classic Nordic faces.

For a moment, Rurik felt a little regretful: "If, instead of following Gore, you had left this community and joined me, you...wouldn't have died here."

Rurik didn't bother to give Gower any room for explanation, even after the army arrived near Pskov, he decided that "

That man is dead."

Gore's life and death seemed to be irrelevant, as long as the Danish army holding the round shield in front of him was wiped out, Gore's life would be the same as dead. Rurik also believed that the man was most likely hiding among these formed crowds.

The craziest battle the Pskov Danes had ever seen was now underway.

Soldiers know what to do without any orders.

Including Beja Hill, fifty Pecheneg soldiers led by her also joined the battle, forming a unit with the Ross Second Cavalry.

Her team followed Rurik, which made the cavalry fire on the left flank stronger and more accurate.

The well-preserved recurve bow showed its beautiful bow body, and the tapered armor-piercing arrow with quenched rocket clusters rested on the outside of the left hand holding the bow and rested on the back of the left thumb. The bony finger hooked the bowstring, and the warrior drew the bow to the full, and then shot close to the face.

The sword was back in its sheath, and Rurik himself held the recurve bow. Although he is the king, he does not spend most of his time in military training like his subordinates. He didn't have superb archery skills, but facing the rigid formation of Pskov fighters, he only needed to draw the bow to shoot at the group of people, and aiming was secondary.

The first cavalry passed by the two wings, accompanied by the whizzing sound of a large number of arrow feathers, those armor-piercing arrows directly pierced the wooden shield, although the entire body of the arrow did not penetrate the shield and penetrate into the soldier's body, it immediately shook their defenses.

The left arm was holding the wooden shield, but it happened that the left arm was shot through the wooden shield by an arrow.

Some Pskov fighters were even more unlucky. They were shot precisely in the face by Pecheneg fighters in the Ross Army, and they died in an instant.

Ushered in immediate death, and then the deflated ball fell to the ground and died.

The cavalry passed by like wind and clouds, and three hundred and fifty cavalry shot out a thousand arrows in a short period of time!

And this is where the disaster begins.

The reindeer sled transported a total of nearly 500 crossbowmen!

Yes, any flag team of the Ross Army has a centurion part-time crossbowman, and the amount of individual long-range weapons of various colors is specially required to account for a quarter of the number. Of course, if the majority of soldiers are willing, they can also buy a single wooden bow to enhance their combat effectiveness, and then improve the combat effectiveness of the entire banner team, but all expenses in these aspects are at their own expense.

Almost all the self-purchased single wooden bows are purchased from bow makers in Novgorod. Those local Slav craftsmen are not good at making war bows, but they are good at making hunting bows.

Now it is a mobile face-to-face shooting. Even a low-pound single-piece wooden hunting bow can show strong combat power when paired with the standard arrows of the Ross Army.

Rurik did use all the long-range weapons to the extreme. Except for the steward, the people sitting on the sled aimed their bows and crossbows at the stunned enemies after being attacked by the cavalry.

Heavy steel-armed crossbows need to be wound by a winch, and stepped wooden-armed crossbows also require full body strength, so strenuous because they shoot special heavy arrows that are shorter and thicker.

The half-pound crossbow is designed for close-range shooting, and only a heavy steel-armed crossbow can bring it to a terrifying tactical effect.

On the two flanks of the enemy army, the sled teams lined up in columns, and the soldiers with crossbows swept across the enemy line one after another with their weapons in hand, and then pulled the trigger one after another.

The arrow was so heavy that the soldiers were shocked, and the heavy arrow hit the soldiers

Under the gaze of the enemy, he smashed away the enemy's wooden shield with a powerful impact, which was as easy as tearing a piece of paper.

It was indeed too heavy. Under the strong kinetic energy, even the shaft of the arrow broke after hitting the wooden shield. The quenched collared arrow clusters smashed into the enemy's body in a messy shape, and what's more, they directly broke through the enemy's leather clothing and drove them into pairs.

The technology of collar-mounted arrow clusters lags behind that of sleeve-mounted arrows, but Ross mass-produced collar-mounted arrows for rapid production.

The wood chips for the tail fin and the arrow body are ordinary pine wood. The arrow clusters are glued to the collar with pine glue and then tied with hemp rope. This is a consumable crossbow arrow.

After the reindeer sleigh team finished their round and only round of shooting, they followed the cavalry and temporarily left the battlefield.

The sled team seized the time to charge the crossbow on the side of the battlefield, and it was still time for the cavalry to perform.

Rurik glanced back at the people sitting on the sled, it would take some time for those subordinates to return to the battlefield. He also noticed that more fleeing Pskov villagers could have been pursued, but they did not. It is also possible to rush into the already undefended big city on the spot, but they still haven't gone up.

The soldiers stood on the sled and were busy stepping on it and manipulating the winch.

The two-winged cavalry continued to shoot three times in a circle, and the cavalry passed by again. A considerable number of people who suffered from the powerful blow of the crossbow arrows had no time to protect themselves with their round shields.

The battle actually developed into a back and forth run. Rurik and Brody exchanged glances, and then returned to the battlefield with their respective cavalry. The quiver on both sides is stuffed

Full of arrows!

Gore has never seen this kind of tactics. He was stunned at first, and now he is falling into deep despair.

Even with the shield wall, the soldiers on the periphery are still being shot and knocked down by magical arrows, and the strength of the Danish immigration army in Pskov is constantly shrinking.

"Boss, maybe we should withdraw!" Swade clenched his teeth and raised his shield above his head, yelling at Goyle.

"Withdraw? How can we withdraw? Besides, where else can we withdraw?"

"If we don't withdraw, we will all die."

"No. I can't withdraw!" Gore said righteously.

If Gore was really a coward, it would be impossible for him to hold power in Pskov for several years. He relied on his personal bravery to defeat the competitors in the whole community, although it was he who began to reject the system of electing chiefs and opened the The first of its kind, no one will deny the bravery of this man.

This bravery is his last stubbornness. He always held his shield to protect his head, and he was not killed in the initial battle because he was caught in the middle of the team.

Now, a tall and strong man is aroused.

Gore roared angrily: "The Danes! Be brave and fight them!"

He was the first to awaken, and this courage infected many brothers in desperate situations.

After paying the price of a large number of casualties, the Pskov Army, with less than 200 warriors left, finally launched a counterattack under the leadership of Gore.

But... this counterattack is more like a cornered animal struggling in despair.

Rurik noticed this and immediately ordered: "They are starting to fight back, everyone keep a distance, don't fight them head-on!"

Ross cavalry can draw their swords for melee combat, and even drive their mounts to directly hit the enemy

Seven meat and eight vegetarian. He did not dare to do this because he cared about horsepower. After all, the ultimate plan for the cavalry was to use it to shine in the Frankish world. Besides, after many times of turning back and forth, he was already tired of riding and shooting war horses.

The cavalry and sled team deliberately retreated under the command of the commanders on the left and right wings. This was an extremely cowardly act in Gower's view.

"Come on! Why are you running? Come and fight with me?!"

A man holding a wide-edged iron sword stood among a group of wriggling wounded soldiers, surrounded by Pskov fighters who had just germinated their fighting spirit and were quickly discouraged.

It was this man's cry that made Rurik pay attention to him.

Rurik held the reins and looked at the armed men with contempt.

Beyahir rode forward in a rage, "Khan (she still called Rurik), that man...couldn't be your enemy, Gore of Pskov?"

"Maybe."

"Send someone to talk to him? Maybe there is no need to kill them all. Besides, you see, the soldiers and horses are a little tired." Beja Hill said very euphemistically, cavalry archers high-intensity archery is very harmful to physical strength, and the same War horses are also unlikely to withstand such frequent back and forth runs. There is even a point that the quiver stocks of various cavalry fighters are running out.

Rurik shook his head: "Your kindness is too much. In order to avoid future troubles, I must kill you."

Then a "wheat field" suddenly appeared at the position of the enemy's army. The so-called "wheat ears" were all arrow feathers made of poultry feathers, and a man stood in it. Rurik heard that the man was indeed yelling, he was not angry, and did not attack again.

"Brothers!" Rurik roared, "Hold your bows

! Get ready to fire at that yelling man! "

Even the crossbowmen who obeyed the order raised their weapons and put their cheeks on the shoulder pads to complete the aim.

Rurik drew his sword suddenly, and suddenly the blade pointed directly: "Sjutar!"

A man in chain mail confronts a group of cavalry with an iron sword in his hand, such as Goyle.

This was the bravest moment, the most heroic moment, and the most tragic moment of his life.

He didn't know why King Ross killed himself until he died.

To the end of my life, I can't figure out that the villagers here will collapse without fighting.

To the end of his life, he didn't know that his army of Sorgon and his brothers who immigrated from Denmark could fight so uselessly in the final battle.

The sword was not stained with any enemy's blood, but was stained with his own blood. The blood flowed from the wound all over his body to his right hand, and then flowed into the blood-stained snow along the bloodletting groove of the sword like a stream.

Gore couldn't believe that there were already a lot of sticks stuck in his chain mail.

No! That is a deadly arrow!

Cavalry archers and crossbowmen used Goldan as a fixed target, and the chain armor made of countless iron rings became meaningless. It is also thanks to Gore that he is worthy of being a brave man. After being hit by so many arrows, his body was almost brought down by the power. He endured the pain to stabilize his balance and then stood firm.

He vomited blood and realized that he was going to die. He wanted to pick up the sword and make a final roar at the enemy, but found that his right hand could barely exert strength.

Finally, with all his strength, he raised his proud iron sword. He pointed the sword straight at the cavalrymen, standing like a monument on the battlefield full of corpses, as a final protest, just to express my own

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With the last mouthful of old blood gushing out, the iron-like Goyle collapsed.

Seeing that the boss died in battle like this, the morale and fighting spirit of the Pskov Danish fighters who were still fighting in the corner suddenly lost.

No matter how you look at the man in armor who was shot and killed by random arrows, he was a high-ranking official. Seeing that he was about 40 or 50 years old, it was very likely that he was Gore himself. Rurik was not happy, but kept calm.

If Gore is dead, the Ross Army, which already has an absolute advantage, should spare the remaining fighters.

but…

According to Norse etiquette, when these soldiers enter the battlefield with weapons, everyone is ready to die. Because, being killed on the battlefield by the strong also has the opportunity to enter the Hall of Valor. Based on this set of warrior beliefs, even if the boss of Gore is dead, the remaining warriors still hold their shields.

"Kill them all! Shoot!" Rurik finally ordered.

All the soldiers ordered that the last Pskov soldiers who were surrounded were shot freely by crossbows from all directions. The earth forms appalling differences.

Chapter end