Rise of Rurik Chapter 823

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The Danish king Horlick took his city and fled! The cavalry he was proud of suffered huge losses, and even greater losses came from the casualties of the infantry. Those wounded were destined to be unable to escape and became prey of the Rus. The fugitives fled in all directions, chasing an unknown destiny.

The situation was not in a mess. When the terrible collapse occurred, there were still thousands of Danish fighters who managed to escape from Godfreyhagen.

They were deserters, but Horrick, who was also on the run, had no right to reprimand them.

The fleeing people almost lost all their treasures. Once upon a time, they transferred the wealth they collected in Flanders to Denmark, to this new type of city, in an attempt to live a good life.

They could not take a large number of soft ones. The fleeing people mostly only had a piece of clothing, a shield tied to their arm, and an axe carried in their right hand.

The entire city is occupied by the Russian army, but any participant in the battle can see that the casualties of the Russian army in a **** battle are also staggering.

"Meat grinder" is a perfect fit to describe the battlefields inside and outside the city.

Everywhere were the deceased's stiffened corpses, and the black sandy ground became foul and muddy due to the infiltration of a large amount of blood. The blood and water of the dead and the war horses mixed together and even formed a terrifying semi-solidified paste, which converged into a stream of blood and flowed to the sea under the stone mound.

The blood on Rurik's face has dried up, his beard is still red, and the armor on his body looks like a rainbow.

The Ross army seemed to have won. He watched the Danish king, who should have had his head cut off, slipped away. So this battle cannot be said to be a great victory.

Look at this terrifying battlefield again! The casualties of the Ross army are right in front of him, although he has the consciousness in this regard, he did not expect that the heavy casualties would come from his own negligence.

The final bravery of the Danes can be described as a brave act, which objectively caused heavy losses to the Russian army.

"If I had anticipated this situation earlier and had been on the flanks to stay vigilant, this would not have happened."

The fact is that a group of Slav fighters and Balmerks died in battle, and they were ferociously crushed by the death horses. Even if some people can't die for a while, the wounded are ignored due to the anxiety of the battle, and some people who could have survived are now dead.

Looking at their subordinates again, they booed at the escaped cavalry, as well as extremely vicious curses and verbal mockery.

The army outside the city is seriously lacking land mobile units, and naturally cannot pursue Horrick.

The fleeing Danish king and his remaining cavalry have disappeared from everyone's sight, and the fighting in the city continues at this moment.

Facing his happily subordinates after the victory, Rurik panted and issued an order: "You all go into the city and help the other brothers kill the enemy."

After all, the Ross army devoted all its combat forces to the Danish infantry, whose morale collapsed.

The Danish infantry was escaping from the city and rushed to the deserted beaches and forests in the west. After a short pursuit, the Russ stopped.

If the Rus also brought the cavalry, without Lauririk's personal order, the hunt would take place spontaneously.

The exhausted fighters even lack the strength to search for treasures. For a considerable number of fighters, such a tragic battle has not been experienced for many years. The veterans of the First Banner of the Russ Army did not want to go to the battle of Gotland six years ago.

There are densely packed dead soldiers lying in the place where they look, and the land stained red with their blood...

When the battle was completely terminated, Rurik deliberately kept his face covered with dry bloodstains. He took a rest and entered the city through the breach in the city wall aggressively.

Now, the victorious army finally begins to sweep the battlefield.

The soldiers didn't care about ethnicity. They rushed to all the houses to check carefully, put all valuable and take away treasures into their pockets, and directly destroyed the things that could not be taken.

They deliberately sabotage, and do nothing but no arson.

Arik's veterans and Ragnar's allies, these two teams participated in the most anxious battle in the city. Thanks to better defenses and better weapons, they did not have a lot of casualties.

Because there is a group of madmen fighting for this group of gold and precious guys, and the heavy armored Grund group left the shield wall at the last minute. Every "iron man" is literally invulnerable, brandishing The spear double-edged battle axe pierced and rounded again.

Perhaps two hundred people were chopped into meat by their axes, and the enemy's heads became pulpy.

There were a lot of red and white things on the battlefield. When some soldiers realized what it was, their strong nausea even surpassed the murderous aura.

Grund and his heavy armored warriors and mercenary team suffered extremely huge losses. This is the price of becoming a berserker.

As for the armed slaves who were promised to fight and get free, their dreams have become nothingness with the passing of their lives. The more than two hundred broken bodies lying on the ground were armed slaves. They died, but they did not forget to stroke the heads of their enemies hanging around their waists.

The veterans of Arik's First Banner and Ragnar's Confederate forces, they actually enjoyed the priority of looting.

After taking a rest, Arik led his brothers to the largest building in the inner city, which must be the palace of the King of Denmark.

The brothers didn't even have time to take care of the injured companions, but after pulling them out of the dead pile, they carried weapons to looting.

What they rushed into was the real palace, a tall house different from the traditional long house.

"Brothers! Take away what is destined to belong to you! Except for the silver and gold coins to be handed over to the prince, the rest is yours!"

In this way, the soldiers swarmed to clean up, and a cellar was successfully discovered. The entrance to the local cellar was opened, and everyone knew what might be hidden inside.

Ten wooden boxes were moved up, and someone struggling to smash them, the boxes could be opened, and the densely packed silver coins were dazzling.

The veteran with a beard in three braids laughed from ear to ear, and stretched out his bloodstained hand to grab the silver coin.

Someone murmured: "That's not right. We have to give some silver coins to the prince."

"What's wrong? The prince said earlier that the spoils of this battle are to be grabbed by strength."

"But, our brothers embezzled so many silver coins, the prince must know afterwards that he will punish us. Arik also said..."

The veteran warrior with the special beard thought for a while and called on the brothers: "Then leave five boxes to the prince, and we will divide the rest."

Each of them stuffed a handful of silver coins into a cloth bag, basically taking a pound in one grab.

The first banner team barely reached the size of 300 troops this time. After the **** battle, there were casualties. There were still two hundred and fifty people who poured into the palace.

Even the Danes are accustomed to storing various materials in a decimal format, including coins. A box of silver coins weighs almost one hundred pounds, and the box itself is not too big. Even with the wooden box, the total weight is just over forty kilograms. People have two hands, one hand grabs once, and five boxes are grabbed clean in this way. In the end, let's not say that it is unfair. The number of silver coins that can be grabbed depends on the size of the palm. Because the hand is small and the grasp is small, then it can only be said that this is fate.

Arik watched all this the whole time, he would not have the slightest obstruction, just as a supervisor and arbitrator watching the robbery of his brothers.

There were also veterans who felt that the flag captain Arik was too inappropriate as a spectator, so they gifted the captured pure gold cup.

Accept? Why bother? A cup of pure gold is not rare in its own right, and it must be as rare as his brother Rurik.

"Just keep it. This is not a treasure that the prince cherishes. You can keep it for yourself or sell it to buy food to subsidize your household. If you are really willing to give it, you can give it to the family of the dead brothers."

Arik's words were pertinent and generous, but the veteran thought for a while and decisively stuffed the small gold coin into his pocket.

Maybe this prince has a lot of treasures? The brothers searched the house upright, except for some precious metal tableware and wine utensils, but also some excellent-color Frankish silver coins.

They spurned the poorness of the Danish king, and even the cowardly menstruation of the Danish army's escape.

The same is looting, Ragnar and his Danish exiles constitute a vengeful army, and the looting posture is even more pragmatic.

They entered their homes in the inner city and collected useful and easy-to-take daily necessities for their own use, so that as many as ten hand axes were hung on the leather belts of some soldiers, and they didn't feel tired.

They also looted some property, so in terms of proficiency, they can't compare with Arik's well-trained robbery army.

The two sides were able to get what they did, and they also kept their isolation on the issue of looting quite tacitly.

This was done deliberately by Ragner, and even if it is now victorious, it does not mean that the Danish exiles have retaken the Denmark that should have belonged to them. A true leader is rising, and Ragnar sees an era that belongs to him in the sea of ​​blood in the corpse mountain, but now, he must maintain the necessary humility to ensure that there is no friction with the powerful allies of Ross.

There are three male lions fighting the most fiercely. One is tired to rest on the battlefield, and the other two eat the fattest meat of the prey.

When the lion is full, a group of wolves and vultures come to eat the residual meat.

Slavs, Balmerks, Swedish fishermen, Saaremaa militia, and the Finnish army entered the city one after another.

Godfrey Hagen said that big is also big, and that small is also small.

In Lurik's view, the capital of a country is roughly the size of three residential quarters that are generally felt. The original residents who lack the technology to build high-rise buildings can at most produce double-storey buildings. The square and the main road are quite cramped in other places.

The army wanted to find the prisoners, but only a handful of wounded Danish soldiers were found. They were terrified, and the injuries on their bodies seemed impossible to save.

According to the order of the prince, such a captive can be exchanged for a pound of silver.

forget it! Why bother to bandage the wounds of the prisoners in exchange for more money? It's better to chop another axe and replace your head with fifty silver coins.

The "decapitation operation" has been carried out in the pile of corpses, and it is not difficult to distinguish the heads of the brothers who died in battle and the enemy. What the soldiers regretted is that the Danish army corpses left on the battlefield were destroyed in the war, and it was not easy to find a good head.

After all, there was still a group of "vultures" with their cut off heads, seeing the prince coming from all over the world, hurriedly covering his swollen money bag, and then tied together like a lot of flat pumpkin heads to the prince warrior. .

"It's all your results? Okay! Okay... You are worthy of being the veterans of the First Banner Team." Rurik's praise came from the heart. After all, he has to fulfill his promise and send the money to the old Ross tribe. The veteran warrior is very happy.

The soldier asked carelessly: "When will we get the reward?"

"Soon! A comprehensive sweep of the battlefield is about to begin, not to mention that we have to write down their names for the cremation of the brothers who died in the war. At that time, we will give credit to each of you!"

The surrounding soldiers were overjoyed, and at the same time Arik walked in spirit.

Arik's pockets were empty, he only had two steel swords that had been wiped clean. He pushed away from the crowd, snapped his fingers, and a kind of soldier came with a wooden box.

"Brother, this is the baby I found. It's all silver coins, I'll give it to you!"

The boxes were opened one after another, and the silver coins in the sun looked so eye-catching.

Rurik's heart was in ecstasy, obviously he could use this money reward on the spot to chop off the subordinates of the first level. Or if you have extra money, you can reward it on the spot.

He knows his cousin's old habits. Although everyone loves money, Arik is not greedy. The more he goes through wars, the less he likes money. In other words, this guy is to be a magnanimous warrior.

Rurik can also advertise that he is not greedy. The taxes he collects and the spoils he receives are all for the expansion of the Rus Principality and the construction of prosperity. As an arbiter and ruler, why talk about greed?

"I have all this money. You..." Rurik asked cautiously: "You didn't lose much, brothers?"

"Fortunately, more than ten brothers died, and more than ten were injured. The wounded are fine."

Arik had just crawled out of the pile of corpses, he was such a ruthless person, and his words were completely calm.

Rurik's heart tightened when he heard it, his brows frowned: "So many people died? They are all veterans!"

"After all, this is a decisive battle! Have you cut off the head of the King of Denmark?"

"Damn, I almost made it!" Rurik had gritted his teeth.

"Maybe this is fate." Arik shrugged: "You can't defeat the Kingdom of Denmark in one battle, but look at this battlefield, a large number of Danish fighters have also died here. For many years, I have experienced a fierce battle again. This is the best sacrifice to Odin.” Speaking of excitement, with a steel sword reaching the sun, Arik faced the scorching sun with emotion: “Odin, you will recognize me now! We! Those who are chasing heroes, we want to have a place in Vallaha!"

"Why are you excited?" Rurik simply laughed, and sincerely faced everyone: "I am the one blessed by Odin. The moment you fought for me, in Valhalla and with you The position of... don't have to linger, go and pull out the sacrificed brothers, I will sacrifice for them, and their souls will go to Valhalla."

After the war, the sweeping began in an all-round way, which was also the most elaborate loot hunting operation.

Just in the inner city, the Granary of the Kingdom of Denmark was found. There are hemp bags of oats and rye, and the overall storage condition is still reasonable.

The autumn harvest in Jutland, Denmark is about to begin, and as a result, the most powerful King Horrick is now like a bereaved dog. Rurik can estimate that the Danish region will enter a state of flurry of demons. Perhaps Ragnar will intervene strongly at this time and can't really convince the crowd. Rurik also didn't know whether Horrick who had fled could make a comeback, but now the Ross army has no time to hunt down.

Because time is becoming unfavorable for the Russian army.

The army must withdraw quickly. Now that the Danish region is about to usher in the wheat harvest, the wheat harvest in the large granary of the Rus Principality and the Novgorod region around Lake Ilmen will also begin. A large number of strong men stood in the Danish capital to looting and looting beyond the plan of action. The war was relentlessly expanded. Even though it had achieved great results, it is now gradually detrimental to the Duchy of Ross.

Maybe after three days of plundering according to the Eastern style, now facing this city, what Rurik is thinking is to withdraw tomorrow.

It would be too sloppy to evacuate tomorrow. He thought about it, and he would simply do a sacrifice tomorrow, when all the dead on his side were turned into ashes, and the ashes would be collected in wooden boxes and transported to Fort Shilla for burial.

The cleaning operation has achieved great results. Although the seized oats and rye are in stale grain, they can hardly fill the cabins of a large ship such as the Aphrora, with a total weight of about forty tons.

There is also a small batch of baled wool, which is small but necessary.

A major seizure was weapons. The axe, bent iron sword, and spearhead of the Danish army were all piled together. The easy-to-use portable weapons have been taken away by the victor, and all that can be turned in are garbage. Rurik was not picky, after all, in his opinion, these weapons were all rubbish. They are at least weapons made of iron and bronze, and they are processed again after being returned to the furnace, which is far more efficient than burning ore from scratch.

Rurik took down these seemingly tattered metal objects, which were actually treasures, and immediately took out the seized silver coins to present their rewards to the enemy's first-class fighters.

Because he gave the real silver coins to the Danish exiles of the alliance, the Saaremaa militia, and even the Finnish shooter who smashed the enemy's head. Five boxes of silver coins were given away clean, thanks to the destruction of a large number of heads, otherwise it would really be bleeding.

There are also statistics on the casualties, and Rurik is really worried about the loss of the elite troops of the Principality of Rus. Nearly 20 veterans of the First Banner Team died, and more than a hundred mercenaries killed as many as 60%. This was an extremely appalling loss.

As for the loss of Ragner and his Danish exile allies, Rurik is not concerned. After all, they actually surrendered to the legendary Ragner. Gna.

More than 30 Slavic fighters died, and Balmerk fighters died more than 20 people. There was also the Saarema Island militia led by Spuyute, and more than ten people died in the fight outside the side city.

He had already won a group of mining experts, and Rurik actually felt softened. He realized that the slave soldiers were brave, so he planned to grant them the status of "New Rusman" after the battle was over and the slave soldiers could work for a year. Distribute farm tools to open up wasteland. They all died in battle, and their bodies were blurred.

Since these people died for the glory of Ross, they should let their souls enjoy the glory of Valhalla forever as Ross fighters.

The corpses of the war dead that could be found were piled together, forming more than ten corpse mounds at once, and each corpse mound on the beach was covered with a large amount of fuelwood.

Rurik held the torches personally and lit them one by one.

When starting from Fort Shilla, the Russian army mobilized 1,800 men. Except for non-combatants, there are also 1,500 people who can go to the fight. After the assault on Bornholm Island and the assault on Godfrehagen, the Russ army has achieved a huge victory. The enemy who died in the hands of the army by various factors may be as large as five thousand people. The unrecoverable loss of the Russ army also reached two hundred men.

"You were just destroyed by me. I destroyed thousands of people. I have lost two hundred brothers! You cannot forgive your sins!"

The fallen soldiers were burning, their souls went to the temple, and the soldiers who watched them "leave" believed that there was a paradise for the soldiers.

Rurik looked at the flame, and the anger in his heart grew stronger and stronger.

The Russ army will not pursue the enemy, and the army will divide its forces after leaving Godfreyhagen~www.mtlnovel.com~ Especially Spuyut has to use the Salmon Chief to go to Britain and take Regla Tell the nobles of the local kingdom about the husband's possession of the royal power of Mercia, and then bring back the tribute wheat that he asked for.

Rurik himself is going to take the spoils and go away. He will not attack any Danish targets anymore. The plan is to rush to his hometown to grab autumn grain.

As for Ragner and his Danish exile allies, their strength still seems weak, and they dare not keep relying on Denmark because the time is not yet ripe. They will return to Bornholm. Everyone believes that they will have a huge reputation in this war. There will be more exiles dragging their families to Bornholm. The fortress of power.

Therefore, the parties reached a consensus-Godfrey Hagen must be burned!

No one collected the bodies of the Danish soldiers who died in battle, and even the horses that died in the battle were gradually turned into ashes in the city's fire and thick black smoke.

As if an ocean volcano suddenly erupted, in the violent and skyrocketing smoke, it was the back of the triumphant victory of the Ross and Ragnar fleet.

Chapter end