Rise of Rurik Chapter 1397

After a long assault, the militiamen in Semigalia were out of breath.

Facing the already lined up Ross coalition army formation, the great leader Namisis could only see the whole picture of the enemy clearly when he was close to the distance. He was subconsciously timid and had to order "sudden brake" when he was about to kick the door.

In fact, he couldn't help giving the order. The militia fighters in the front row slowed down when they saw that the Varyags were lined up neatly, and even the spears were lined up like trees.

The front row was slowing down, and the speed of the fighters behind was also forced to slow down.

The militiamen panted heavily, facing the clearly prepared enemy, even though they seemed to have more troops on their side, they were deeply worried about the future of these farmers, fishermen and all kinds of people who were forced to fight.

Excitement, fear, helplessness... Complex emotions are reflected on their faces.

They urgently need time to do some rest and adjustments, but the Ross coalition will not give them more respite.

Because the forwards of both sides have entered the land of a stone's throw.

Stekander learned some combat experience. He gathered all the bow-wielding soldiers of the whole army, even those Latvian militiamen who only held hunting bows, gathered behind the thin shield wall of the forward on a large scale.

Immediately he gave the order for free fire, and a volley of arrows fell from the sky.

Those Semigalia militiamen who had suffered a lot correspondingly put their small wooden shields on the heads of the whole country, and the falling arrows immediately began to cause damage. All this reminded them of the attack that just happened, and the initiators of the attack, The Varyag cavalry were clearly watching the show.

"If you continue like this, you will die in vain!"

"Fight with them!

Brothers, let's go! "

Amidst the chaotic humming, the soldiers of Semigalia tried to take the initiative to launch a full-scale assault while calling for friends and companions, but they were subtly unwilling to be the first to charge.

They have lingering fears about the Varyag's shield wall, and they feel a strong visual shock at the large number of flags behind the enemy.

However, from the perspective of the Ross-Latvian coalition forces, the expected "immediate fight" did not appear, and those enemies who ran a long way turned out to be passive targets? !

This greatly enhanced the psychological advantage of the Latvian militia who were fighting head-on and poking spears.

"That's good, let the hunters' arrows continue to weaken them. Yes! The arrows that were originally intended to be sold to the Ross people are now being used..." Many people thought this way, and the fear on their faces quickly turned into rejoice.

The so-called as long as the enemy is weakened by the arrows and wounded one after another, it is like hunting a lame wild boar. Even if the big beast has thick and ferocious hide, it is not very difficult to kill it.

The hunters and the cavalry of "Pig Nose" Sven on the left flank of the army formation, they were desperately throwing fire into the air. The recurve bow of the cavalry team is superior in that it has a large draw distance, and it can shoot a light arrow at an extreme distance. Swain's headquarters is in an absolutely safe area, and he doesn't want to provoke chaos yet.

"Hey, a group of weak people. In your camp, you guys are being shot by arrows. Don't you want to charge now?" Sven was full of contempt for the enemy, and his eyes lightly glanced further away , The friendly army who ambushed the army: "Boss, when are you going to attack?"

Although the Orions of the Semigallians also began to fight back,

However, these counterattacks became futile compared to the intensive use of Russian archers. Because, when one side's projectile can hit the other side, and vice versa, the arrow density and strike depth of both sides are completely different.

More Semigallians had to protect their heads with small shields, and their forward and deep fighters were all doing this, making the scene messy and the tired fighters could not get a good breather.

Finally, the projection of Ross's coalition forces reached a threshold, and the Semigallians finally started their late general charge. At the same time, the shooters on Ross's side also began to have sore arms.

The Okshtet army was behind, and they pushed the Semigalia army to continue to attack, and a powerful force led to the decisive battle.

The land of an arrow is only 100 meters, it is very short and very long.

The great leader Namisis had no way out, and his cavalry did not directly participate in the chaotic battle, but the soldiers were already rushing forward. No one was worried about whether they had armor or whether they could not be easily killed in the chaotic battle. The spears moved forward in unison, and they rushed towards the shield wall of the Ross people.

"Here they come! Danes! Protect yourself!" Indeed, he called himself Denmark more appropriately.

When the vast area of ​​the Baltic Sea entered the era of peace under the rule of Ross, going to the core area of ​​Ross to discuss life has a huge attraction for those Danish world residents who have only recently restored peace.

In 843, when the sea ice completely melted, a small group of free fisherman families from Zealand and Jutland rowed to Riga, where they joined the local Danish community as soon as they landed.

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Boats from the Laren and Götaland regions drifted to Riga to join the local Ross community.

Riga has a very good business atmosphere. The Gulf of Riga has always been calm and the herring resources are sufficient to feed a large population.

There was a handful of newcomers in the Danish army in Strkander, but their numbers were still too small, and only time would increase them.

The warriors protected their torsos with deliberately thickened large round shields, and the male and female warriors also locked their helmeted heads behind the shields.

When they put on helmets and protected themselves with plate armor and chain mail, it was difficult to see from the appearance that there were still a large number of female warriors among them.

There are a group of female soldiers on Ross's side, and there are more female militiamen in the Semigalia army. The chaos finally started.

Rough spears stabbed fiercely at the shields of the Russian coalition army, and many harpoons were thrown as spears.

The Semigallians were so bad at bows that it was considered difficult to shoot wild boars.

They do know how to use spear throwers to throw everything that can be called a javelin, but the range is very worrying.

Crude javelins flew over the heads of Stekander's men, and the Latvian militiamen behind them immediately suffered from the sudden piercing damage.

The javelin pierced the body of the unarmored soldier, easily puncturing the heart and lungs, and the militiaman immediately vomited blood, coughed up blood, quickly lost consciousness, and died silently in convulsions.

The Latvian militias stood very densely, and they were no different from the militias of their opponents. Soldiers in the formation cannot escape, only the marginal ones seem to be able to try to escape.

The Latvians moved their spears forward in unison, and their spears were of much better quality than their enemies.

These people are just rings of life

The environment is short of iron, as long as there is enough scrap copper and rotten iron, Latvian blacksmiths can quickly create suitable tools and weapons. The weapon that belonged to the Smolensk people more than half a year ago has suddenly become a spear in the hands of the Latvian army.

The two sides immediately launched a chaotic piercing, the shouts of killing were loud, and the people squeezed in the chaotic battle had no way to escape! The fighters on both sides are empty-headed. Look at the current situation. Both sides are facing each other's spears with their own flesh and blood. If you don't want to be stabbed, then kill the enemy first!

Strkander's figure was sandwiched between hamburgers like patties, and the shield wall defined the battle line for the allied forces.

These blond-haired male and female warriors resolutely hid under the big shield. They did not dare to show their heads. After all, even with the protection of iron helmets, once their faces are exposed, they are likely to be unlucky in the crazy stabs of the enemy. The enemy only needs to be brave. No matter how brave the fighters fighting alone will be killed immediately.

Strkander had clearly seen some of his people being killed like this, his whole face turned into a red and white paste...

"Everything is well hidden, use your sword to poke forward, don't care about what you poke! You must not expose your body!" He shouted heartbreakingly behind the shield, his body was already soaked in sweat, and there was obviously an arrow in front of him. The enemy's corpse and the grass were completely turned into a rusty mud mixed with black mud and blood.

At least, the Ross-Latvian army not only withstood the enemy's random poking, but also pushed forward properly.

However, there are a large number of allied forces in Semigalia. When they are red-eyed and their minds become blank, the timid guys in the past have become extremely brave-born human beings, killing

His **** instincts were fully stimulated.

The cavalry of the great chief Namisis remained motionless, waiting for a suitable opportunity.

Finally, he felt the opportunity was ripe.

The battered cavalry suddenly began to move north of the field, with behind them the warriors of Streva's Aukshtet corps.

From the perspective of Namisis, the south of the battlefield is the Lielupe River, and it is absolutely impossible to attack in a roundabout way.

There was no other way but to strike north, which in his view was a deadly right hook to the Varyags and their Latvian accomplices.

However, Stekander, who was in the chaos of the battle, couldn't immediately notice the changes in the battle situation. The enemies in front of him were messy, and both the enemy and us were stabbing with cruel spears. To fear for your own life.

This time, Strkander rarely felt that he might be killed.

But Ross Cavalry Swain's Division clearly saw this change, and saw a cavalry team leading a group of infantry behind to attack their position.

"Oh? Damn, who is surrounding who?!"

Sven was taken aback. He immediately tightened his grip on the reins and ordered his warriors to retreat temporarily.

Sven didn't need to be responsible for the Latvians. As Ross's standing cavalry, he and his soldiers were only responsible for the Ross king, and on this battlefield, he was responsible for Fisk, the commander-in-chief of the cavalry.

The cavalry had to get out of the way very unreasonably, and retreated after throwing a round of arrows at the enemy who had hit the "right uppercut".

Swain's headquarters is in the northern part of the Ross coalition army formation, the so-called left wing of the army formation.

He was just evading tactically, and this emergency maneuver completely overwhelmed the Latvians.

The left flank of the sub-militia gave way to the advancing opponent.

"Are you on the run?" The chief Namisis was overjoyed when he saw it, and the nearly three thousand militiamen of the Okshtet Army behind him also fell into ecstasy.

"Great, with one valiant charge we can push the damned Latvians into the river, and the Lielupe will drown them all." Streva The militia that was assembled was at least better than the Semigalia allies in terms of quality - at least all male fighters.

The same is the "Spear Wave", now the time belongs to the Okshtet Army!

The sudden blow was unexpected by a left-wing Latvian. People didn't even have time to desert, and the two armies clashed fiercely.

The flanks of the militia were badly wounded, and many were pierced even. However, these Latvians who died in a pool of blood also used their flesh and blood to win the opportunity for their companions to fight back.

Originally, because Strkander looked down on the Latvian friendly army too much, this allowed the young general Eric Spuutsson to take his Saarema Island army to stand behind the army and prepare for the Latvians. Be a deserter.

However, the rapid development of the situation not only made it impossible for Latvia to escape, but the Saarema Island Army who wanted to kill the deserters also had to point their swords at the enemies who were rushing from the flanks.

However, an ambush of the Varyags, showing the enemy with their unique and iconic round shields, undoubtedly shocked the Okshtet army who had fully joined the battlefield.

The young player Eric has never thought about this scene, but it's okay, the young man already has a strong sense of being the supervisor of the team.

There was a fierce conflict, and now the enemy has no choice but to draw his sword and kill Odin, the blood sacrifice.

The young man drew out his steel sword and pointed it straight at the sky. He shouted in a voice-changing tone: "Russians! Follow me! Kill them all!"

Almost all the people in Strkander are of Danish origin. Although they are part of Ross in terms of law, the armed men still follow the old rules.

The young general Eric is the real Ross army. Even though many people are recruited pirates, they have been recruited for ten years, and the real pirates have completely become Ross soldiers. The position of the Saaremaa Island Army is more like a non-staff citizen soldier. Eric is destined to inherit his father's title. As a new generation of Ross, he needs military exploits to consolidate his power.

Without hesitation, the young general led his army to form a shield wall to coerce him.

At this moment, Swain's cavalry, who deliberately kept a distance from the enemy, saw that the guys in the supervising team had given up their posts and fought the enemy desperately, so they had no choice but to curse and join the battle.

Swain had no choice but to join in, for the enemy cavalry charged with the utmost audacity.

The leader of Namisis, his sons and sons-in-law are fighting with the Ross coalition forces on the front line, and their lives and deaths are uncertain, and I really have no time to take care of them.

Considering that this may be the decisive battle of Semigalia, which has been sung for thousands of years, in the name of his own family and the whole family as a bet, Namisis has already made a desperate move.

The chief led the charge, and Semigalia's only cavalry rushed towards the shield wall.

The young general Eric stared wide-eyed. Just as he gained confidence, his shield wall was smashed to pieces by the cavalry.

At only thirteen years old, although his height is already shocking

Man, but his thin body was only rubbed by a horse, or fell and gnawed at the mud. If it weren't for this plate armor and body protection, his ribs would be completely broken.

The leader of Namis succeeded once, and his men suffered minor casualties, but still quickly left the battlefield. He didn't know how many enemies he ran into, maybe two or three, in short, the cavalry bravely broke through the Varyag's shield wall, and the cavalry's reputation was greatly shocked.

But just when he had the idea of ​​chasing the Varyag cavalry, precise and dense arrows flew towards him.

Swain's troops passed by quickly, and the soldiers attacked the enemy cavalry with precise shots. The cavalry archers quickly passed by, using the Parthian tactic of "shooting from the face", like an eagle swooping down to attack a rabbit, launching a deadly attack in an instant. hit.

The soldiers of the Saarema Island Army got up as soon as possible, and immediately joined the fight with the enemy cavalry...

"Damn it, retreat quickly, let's retreat quickly!" The leader of Namisis quickly regained consciousness. He broke up some cavalry men, and thanks to the chain mail, the arrows were not very deep.

Chainmail gave the Semigallian cavalry critical protection, but not much.

Most of the people who fell from the horse were shot in the face, but in fact, Namis was almost shot through the neck. The cluster of arrows pierced through the chain armor and pierced his collarbone, but luckily it didn't cause a very troublesome clavicle fracture. In a state of excitement, he felt no pain for a while, and seeing the terrifying arrow in his chest, he broke it and ordered to retreat.

Maybe if you persist a little longer, the SemigaliAukshtet coalition forces will complete the encirclement of the main force of the Ross coalition forces, and they will be able to compress them on the bank of the river and force them to rely on the Lielupe River to resist.

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If it is replaced by a stronger army, the tactics of the big leader Namisis will be effective. Perhaps the Latvian militiamen who dived for their lives will trample on each other, and the corpses will be able to block the Lielupe River...

But the wounded Namis decided to retreat.

He chose to withdraw, and Eric, who had recovered his strength, immediately counterattacked with the still-moving Ross Army of Saaremaa Island, and counterattacked with the power of Swain's cavalry.

The sword and shield fighters were in the front, and the cavalry and archers were in the back. Eric and Sven reached a tacit understanding. They couldn't catch up with the retreating enemy cavalry, so they rushed to the left flank of the army in a wedge formation, which was in chaos again.

As the supervisor of the battle team, Eric's troops became the offensive side, and he really gave the timid Latvian militia a way to escape.

However, those deserters with spears saw their own people, the Ross, and the Danes fighting fiercely. Even if they escaped alive, how could they face them later?

Deserters do exist, but no one really escapes.

Under the leadership of their leader Streva, the Okshtet army, which had already been fighting for a while, did not smash the opponent's flank in one go. On the contrary, the Varyag's sword and shield fighters suddenly appeared. The extremely disgusting ambushes were dispatched. Once he was frustrated in the first battle, the battle became ruthless and turned into a war of attrition again.

Encirclement and anti-encirclement, just under the inner city of Mezot, on the right bank (north bank) of the Lielupe River, which used to be called a wheat field, the battlefield is like two chess masters playing Go, both sides want to eat Each other, so they are stabbing each other's side ribs.

Subjectively, UU reading www.uukanshu. The leaders of com Namisis and Streva don't want to fight a rout, any battle is not as happy as an annihilation battle. right

For these two, as long as the enemy is pushed into the river and replaced by water, the empty Latvian region will be opened up for everyone after the war, and the great goal of once dominating the northern region will be realized after this war.

Even if you pay a lot for it.

As everyone knows, the goal of the Ross-Latvian coalition forces has not completed the annihilation of the Semigalia army, but the war has already begun. Based on the consistent behavior of the Ross army, it will fight annihilation war if it wants to fight, even if it is not in the commander's plan.

At this moment, Commander-in-Chief Fisk seemed to disappear, even though there was a chaos involving more than 10,000 people on the banks of the Lielupe River, the figures of the two Ross cavalry seemed to disappear out of thin air.

Fisk never disappeared. After taking a break, the soldiers let go of the mighty enemy infantry calmly and calmly, and they were ready to attack at any time when the end of them was gone.

Fisk calmly waited for an opportunity. The so-called tired enemy became even more tired after a chaotic fight. At that time, it was the time for the 600 cavalry of his two flag teams to show up.

The time is finally ripe.

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