Rise of Rurik Chapter 454

Siegfast, the commander of the Gotland Army, ran away with the remaining hundred soldiers.

Those who ran the fastest had just arrived at the camp in the forest, and were immediately fired with precision from the terrifying crossbow arrows.

The standing Arik resembles a pine tree, and the sword held in his right hand is pointed at the enemy.

Without any slogan, he just made this action, and the Ross warrior who was waiting for work was shooting with a crossbow. Although the light wood crossbow is poorly charged, it is also good for lightly equipped targets.

More than a dozen Gotland fighters fell to the ground with arrows. The rest of them waited in consternation and saw the Russ army that had lined up the shield wall.

Look at these enemies. They are completely uniform, and there is a blue and white wall in the woods. They are indestructible.

"Receive the crossbow! Swordsman! Attack!"

Arik gave the order, and his soldiers chanted the same rhythmic chants and pushed forward like a wall to the fleeing Gotland army.

Siegfast was at a loss. He was so startled that the sword fell to the ground.

He staggered down to pick up the sword, who knew he didn't want to stand up when he got down.

The defeat of this Gotland army is already inevitable. There is an unshakable wall in front, and a large group of Ross chasing soldiers behind, and the Gotlanders have completely lost the opportunity to break through and escape.

Is it going to scurry on the wild grass? That would again become a moving target for Rose's archer.

Grund's knees pressed directly on Siegfast's back, and he roared in the Norse dialect of Denmark: "Brothers! Don't give them your life! We're going back!"

The boss said so, the living Danish mercenary clenched the sword, and slammed the Gotland in front of him.

Siegfast saw that his subordinates were unexpectedly stabbed back. The perpetrator was actually his own mercenary? !

He gritted his teeth trying to get up, but he couldn't get up at all. He yelled: "Grund, you are a traitor. You are betraying the king, you are betraying me. You are...the dog of the Ross people!"

"That's better than dying." Grund was a little guilty, and he could only go all the way to the end.

"You! Don't you care about honor? How can a mercenary betray the gold master."

"No, I have not betrayed. I have not betrayed the Danish people, it is not betrayal. Now, my brothers and I are looking for the Ross people to continue to make money."

The Danish mercenaries were motionless, they were completely defensive. As for the Gotland fighters, their futile resistance quickly collapsed under the blow of the Ross army.

"No mercy! Brothers, it's time for revenge!" Arik commanded loudly, and his fighters knew what to do.

All the soldiers of the Gotland Army present were mortal enemies, and the Ruths quickly annihilated this group of enemies with absolute strength.

However, those who carried the raven-patterned shields actually built a circular line of defense. See if they don't look like they are going to attack, and they don't want to defend. It's as if the fight in front of them has nothing to do with them.

The Ross warrior who rashly attacked rushed forward. After a fight, the Ross warrior was kicked out with a big foot. The armored warrior holding the raven shield obviously had no intention of killing.

Many of the challengers were expelled. They were unharmed, and the blood on their bodies came from dead Gotland soldiers.

It stands to reason that the three hundred elite Ross fighters should crush these more than ten people like a mudslide. Everyone didn't do this, but kept about ten positions away from the enemy, waiting inexplicably.

Arik was squeezed out of the ring and cursed: "What are you doing? Destroy all enemies, hurry up!"

Afterwards, he ordered his men to leave a way and enter the inside of the ring formation.

Look at the all-colored raven shield, and the reliable chain mail that the warrior wore.

"Ah! I know you! Elite fighters in the Gotland army, you beat me so badly!" As he said, Arik was about to bit his lip, and the command to gather and kill was ready.

At the crucial moment, Grund stepped out of his own array.

He knelt on one knee in front of Arik, put his sword and shield on the ground, and finally took off the iron helmet.

This is a soldier's act of surrender!

The enemy elite was so, Arik immediately changed his tone: "You... are you going to surrender? Who are you?"

"My name is Grund, Grund of Vattel, Denmark."

"What? Are you... a Danish?"

"We are indeed Danes." Grund raised his head, his bearded face unchanged. He described the location of the settlement of Vattel, that is, in a small bay called the Land of Jutland, the tribe is indeed part of the Danish League.

With bruises on his face, Arik said fiercely: "If that's the case, you guys are even more damned."

Grund has no fear, or the fear of the situation is meaningless now. He looked calm: "If death in battle is my destiny, we can accept it. It is meaningless to escape and fight. You Ruths are powerful opponents. I didn't intend to be your enemy, everything just obeyed the orders of the gold master! Now, I decided to take my brothers to seek refuge with you."

"What?" Arik looked up to the sky and laughed, and then scorned the guy who was kneeling on one knee: "You want to take refuge in us? Are you worthy?"

"We are willing to be the warriors of the strong, and..." Grund hinted to his men that the hapless Siegfast anthology was taken out and held by the Danish mercenaries.

During the battle yesterday, Arik never saw the face of the Gotland commander, but the clothes he wore were very gorgeous, which impressed him deeply.

The guy who was pushed to the ground was the idiot who spoke badly yesterday.

"This thing is not dead yet! It's great." Arik was overjoyed, and he took a sword and stepped directly on Siegfast's face with one foot.

Such an insult made the person angry and cursed: "Arik the Ross man, you are not only a coward, but also a sordid coward. And you, Grund, you are a sordid traitor."

Siegfast could still curse, but soon it was a heart-piercing scream.

It was Arik, he fulfilled his own words, the boss of Gotland must be tortured to death.

The sinews of Siegfast's hands were cut off. Although he didn't bleed much blood, he didn't want to connect the sinews with the current witchcraft-like Nordic medicine. His hands holding the sword were scrapped.

"Call it! Fool! In the end, you will be made a blood eagle!"

Hearing the word blood eagle, Siegfast trembled all over, and then everyone present smelled a bad smell.

The leader of the Gotland was so frightened that he made the Ross soldiers laugh.

The enemy leader had today's remnant, the enemy's elite knelt down and wanted to return, and Arik's anger disappeared instantly.

A Ross soldier made a key reminder, and Arik temporarily closed his hand: "Okay! You Danes, I am Ross' Arik. You have been captured. Now put down your weapons and wait for our Duke Ross to send you off. You caught it. The leader of the Gotland, everyone will survive because of this credit. If you can tell the detailed information on Visby, maybe the Duke will admit your refuge."

Yes, the Danish mercenary soldiers unarmed.

Grund was betting that he was betting that the Ross people could listen to them during a crisis.

The opponents are uniformly dressed, and the combat methods are meticulous and effective. They actually have the meaning of a Frankish army. Grund had heard many legends of Charlemagne in his hometown, especially those of the Saxon refugees who crossed the border wall. They described the Frankish army as an iron helmet and blue gown, fighting uniformly, and also making good use of cavalry and archers. .

The geographical limitation is that Gotland only has a very small number of pony horses, and horses do not exist in other places, and even if there are, they cannot be ridden.

The Ross people have no horses and they are well-trained in combat. With this army, Visby is only a few days away from being breached.

Grund won the bet. The Ross people are fierce but reasonable, and the Danish mercenaries are currently free from death and not humiliated.

The main battlefield of this outpost was already full of the dead bodies of Gotland soldiers, and those dying were killed by the Ross army's knife.

The soldiers had already begun to condense the enemy's body, although everyone felt that Rurik's order was a bit redundant.

It is the right way to condense and cremate the corpses of your own soldiers who have died in battle. But the enemy's corpses are scattered all over the huge battlefield. Can the victor be tossed about it? Just stop the corpse in the wilderness!

Rurik still gave the order, and the people who did it were mainly Corvins and Slavs.

At first glance, the current Medvedt is obviously a Varangian warrior, but his Slavic language is exposed. The Slavic warriors from Novgorod tasted an unprecedented victory. The Slavs' spear wall killed a large number of Gotland Valanges, and now they are actually collecting their opponents!

The **** corpse with the hideous face was dragged away and began to be piled up into small hills.

The arrows on the corpse and the enemy's weapons were recovered. Leather boots, blood-stained linen clothes, broken armor, and even key iron helmets, chain mail, useful leather belts...

The Slavic and Corvin warriors did nothing but took away everything available from the enemy. Those stacked corpses are just like the white sand dunes on the grass in the forest, they are so dazzling and weird.

Rurik himself pardoned all Danish prisoners who should have been executed.

To be pardoned by a beautiful blond boy, could there be something more magical than this?

Grund and his brothers knelt in a row on one knee to accept this pardon, and at the same time they had to face the fact that Siegfast's Gotland army was defeated by such a boy commanding an army. .

He slowly raised his head and looked at Rurik's beautiful face: "Could it be that you are the Duke of the Ross people?"

"Yes! No. Not for the time being, but the future is." Rurik's words were a bit ambiguous. Seeing the other side's doubts, he explained: "The Duke of Ross is leading the next two thousand troops. Soon, they will enter. This battlefield. I am the son of the Duke, Rurik, blessed by Odin, and the commander of the Ross army. Visby is destined to surrender to my feet. Do you hold the raven shield? Now, I am the right one. Master. Because I am the one loved by Odin."

This is really domineering, and it shouldn't be something a child can say.

But the reality is unreasonable, and Grund had to accept this reality—the Russ army indeed had three thousand soldiers, and when they landed on the island, the Gotland had already been defeated.

For Rurik, the Danish surrenders can be described as a surprise.

Generally speaking, Lurik has a strong resistance to killing prisoners. The elite of the prisoners or the strongest will be killed. As for ordinary prisoners, it is the most cost-effective to think of working as a slave for ten years to redeem. .

But these Danes are different!

Regarding feelings, Rurik himself has no hatred of the Danes, but just resists them with the crowd. The entire Swea tribe alliance is against the Danes, and now the alliance has become the Kingdom of Sweden dominated by the Mälaren, and it will go directly to war against the Danish forces.

Are the Mellaren people a reliable ally? Do not! It's just a business partner. Forcing the Ross people to move from Lake Mälaren to the present Roseburg, these guys are the main instigators.

A long time ago, the Russ would also go to the Uppsala Temple (controlled by the Uppsala tribe, offering sacrifices to Odin, Uber, and Sola, and Uppsala nouns are also derived from the gods they worship) to make sacrifices. After being expelled, the Ross people entered the land of bitter cold. Any faith gave way to the worship of Odin. Only Odin can bless everyone to resist the blow of the cold.

After experiencing so many things in Mälaren, Rurik did not have a lot of affection for the nobles of Mälaren. He was just the oats, linen and wool of the Mälaren people.

Since these Danes intended to use money as mercenaries. Okay! This group of people can use it.

It's just use.

They betrayed and captured their master as a token of surrender, and they were more willing to report everything they knew about Visby. These guys have betrayed their gold masters. The first time, wouldn't there be a second time?

They can never become cronies, but they can become the intelligence tools currently needed by the Russian army.

Based on these thoughts, the Danes' raven shields were all confiscated. They would not be slaves, but they would not have any arms. These people would not enter the battle line in future decisive battles.

Rurik needed them to provide key information, and when Otto led a large group of troops to come, it was up to the group of Danes to explain Visby's situation plainly.

As for that Siegfast...

Most of the Russian soldiers had already rested on the spot. The Slavs and Corvins who carried the dead bodies gathered together and took the field trophies they had obtained, sitting together happily talking and laughing.

The old rule is that the ordinary weapons, equipment and property seized by the soldiers on the battlefield should be taken by themselves, and the valuables should be handed over to the commander in chief.

The Slavs and Kovins, the soldiers themselves are fellow villagers. Since they are fellow villagers who know each other, the trophies they seized by the villagers in the village have been exchanged in a coordinated way. It's not guilty to leave Ricardo to intervene. For example, the Slavs, these fighters rely on capture. Not only did they improve their weapons and equipment, but now they all put on leather boots and washed the **** armor, mail, and linen in the stream. Defensive power has also improved.

Some warriors don't exist here, some warriors are dressed in general clothes, and some warriors are dressed in mail armor. The equipment level of the Slavic fighters is highly unified, and the combat power level of the entire flag team has been comprehensively improved. The Corvins were the same, except that they cared more about archery, so they took away the Gotland's archer's equipment. Look at brothers! Everyone puts on delicately sewn leather gloves (an excellent product of Viking craftsmen) on their hands that control the strings, and the hooked deer bone fingers are also put on the gloves. Archers no longer need to worry about palm scratches.

In this way, Siegfast, the leader of the Gotland, does this guy have any meaning?

Have! Of course there is.

A noble guy hastily beheaded, or Arik threatened to be a blood eagle in order to be executed, the action is too hasty.

I won't kill him for the time being, but the pain of flesh and blood is indispensable.

Siegfast had his front teeth knocked off, and he was beaten with a bruised nose and swollen face by the Ross soldier. He was hung from a tree, lost all his gorgeous clothes, and his upper body was covered with fur. Arik stabbed the word spelled in **** Rune letters with the tip of his sword.

The Ross soldiers onlookers applauded the barbaric venting. If Arik hadn't asked him to vent his anger, Siegfast had already been cut off from his body with a single stab.

The battlefield is basically cleaned up, and a lot of blood can be clearly noticed in the crushed dead grass.

Those white-sand-like bodies have been covered with a large number of newly felled pine trees, and the surrounding weeds have been cleaned up by the Ross people and stacked on the "wood tower" that needs to be burned.

The so-called pit killing, one description is that the dead bodies on the battlefield are piled up in a large pit to collectively bury them, and the other is that they are stacked and covered with soil to make an open-air mound.

In Jutland ~www.mtlnovel.com~, which is the main gathering area of ​​Danes, most Danish tribes practiced mounding in the open air. The noble chief, his tomb is almost a "pyramid" made of earth. ". The same goes for the warriors who died in the battle of the tribe.

Is this a view of building Beijing? Rurik didn't know the Danes' sacrificial and funeral customs.

He then cremated the dead in accordance with the customs of the Rus. It would take a long time to burn so many dead bodies.

None of the cremated dead were from the Russian army.

Using the right tactics and attacking at the right time, it is normal for the Russ to play such a crazy battle loss ratio.

Rurik is not proud. He will not be excited by the blood of the enemy. He just wants to win the decisive battle early and take away what he really needs-the various materials that make the Ross tribe rich, as well as a hegemony.

The main force of the Rus army finally arrived on the battlefield. At this moment, the wood-stacked Otsuka was already ablaze, and a lot of terrifying smoke was emitted.

The soaring smoke column became the best sign, and Otto's Ross follow-up troops slowly arrived on the battlefield.

Chapter end