At the critical moment, Mechasta didn't care so much. He saw that his son was still on the tower trying to shoot the enemy soldiers who hit the door.
He shouted at the tower: "Telavis, go shoot the enemy archers, pay attention to the strange people, and eliminate them!"
Telavis Si heard his father's call. He raised his head from the tower and soon saw a group of strange people standing upright. Because, he saw with his own eyes strange guys shooting strange arrows, and the tribesmen on his city wall suffered new casualties.
Rurik's mercenaries have fired seven rounds in a row, and the Gray Squirrel tribe has suffered very heavy losses.
Rurik was very curious. Could it be that the damage caused by the crossbow arrows was too weak? Someone was always defending the enemy city, making it impossible for his own people to climb the wall and succeed.
In fact, there were as many as forty corpses under the city wall, and each of the dead had weird and terrifying crossbow arrows embedded in them.
Telavis on the tower picked up an iron cluster arrow, but there were actually not many arrows in his hand, especially since there were only five iron cluster arrows left.
He noticed that the small figure who looked like a child seemed to be the commander of a group of weirdos.
"Maybe if I kill him, my people will feel better."
The tower where Terravis is located has never attracted Rurik's attention. Now, he wants to do this Pay the price.
An arrow flew towards Rurik without any warning, and then hit Rurik less than half a meter away from his feet at a high angle.
Rurik, who was already holding the crossbow, suddenly broke into a cold sweat and dropped the injured crossbow.
"Damn, someone is attacking me! Who is it?!"
Rurik shouted while looking for cover, and he thought of the shield.
Immediately afterwards, another arrow fell into his crossbow formation. It was obvious that it landed where Rurik had just been.
“Danger!” Jevro threw down his crossbow and rushed towards Rurik while holding a shield. He protected his master in a lying posture, and a whole cluster of iron arrows appeared behind the shield.
Seeing this, Rurik, who was well protected by Jevro, was sweating all over his body.
"Master, I told you, it's very dangerous here." Yevluo said calmly.
Rurik was trembling all over, feeling that death was so close to him: "The enemy, want to kill me?"
"I'm afraid so. But now the problem It’s not serious anymore.”
Rurik rolled his eyes and saw with relief that his mercenaries picked up their shields and formed a shield wall.
“Did you see the enemy archer?” Rurik asked nervously.
"Probably in that damn tower."
"Damn it, why didn't I pay attention there?"
Jevro smiled optimistically: " Maybe you were so focused on shooting turtle doves that you neglected bigger prey."
"Then shoot that owl down, quickly! "Rurik said fiercely.
"Yes! "
Telavis only had the last iron cluster arrow left. He noticed the enemy's abnormal reaction and thought he had succeeded.
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More than a dozen crossbow arrows were fired at the tower, and the relatively thin wooden boards were penetrated. The sudden attack scared Terravis and curled up into a ball. He was wailing, so he simply said this. Crouching also allowed him to save his life.
Jevro fired two rounds. To be honest, everyone's arms were already quite sore. Even though the steel arm of this crossbow was deliberately made very long, it was after all. Steel arm, the archer still needs all his strength to wind it up.
Yevlo withdrew and told Rurik: "Brothers are very tired, next... we need to rest our arms. "
"No! "Rurik carried the three arrows that almost killed him and said loudly: "We have the pulley rope with us and use it to wind it up. ”
“However, the speed will be very slow. ”
“Do it quickly! We must give our brothers cover before we can breach the enemy's walls. "After that, Rurik gave Yevluo a push.
Yevluo was very moved by the master's request. The master is indeed a brave man. When he grows up, he will definitely be the leader of everyone. The trustworthy king.
Jevro shouted: "Have you heard the master's order? The battle continues, and we still have a lot of arrows! Go get the pulley rope, let's keep fighting! ”
Getting this opportunity, Tyravis, who was so frightened that he wet his pants, climbed down from the crumbling tower, followed his father’s order, and evacuated with his sister. There were a large number of people who died from arrows within the city walls. They fled to the wooden house with fear and fled to the tribe's shaman.
Now, the refugees can only pray for some psychological comfort from the shaman and pray for a miracle to happen.
Otto, who led the troops to attack the city, was busy hitting the city gate. He had no way of understanding how much damage the archers had caused to the enemy.
Otto felt that he was fighting a useless battle. How come a battering ram that should be useful can't break open the enemy's city gate? In fact, the city gate has been severely deformed. Because there are a lot of heavy debris behind the city gate, such as a lot of ice, the existence of these obstacles makes it difficult to hit the door. It was indeed in vain.
However, the entire wooden wall was loose, many of the hemp ropes binding the tree trunks were broken, and some of the tree trunks that formed the wall had serious cracks.
Just continue. If it hits it, there will be no problem with the city gate, but the collapse of the entire wall.
Otto could not estimate that he could knock down a wall, and he became more and more impatient, as if this was a siege. Another failure.
On the other hand, the Gray Squirrel tribe is only one step away from psychological collapse.
Because they have suffered serious casualties as a defender of the city. Those who have lost the ability to fight and continue to fight will soon run out of arrows.arrow.
Once all the arrows were used up, all Mechasta could think of was to use their short spears to make a final stand against the enemy.
It was at this critical moment that a low clarion call came from the distance.
The sound of the horn is like the dawn piercing the darkness.
Both sides of the battle heard the trumpet sound!
The attacking Ross army was taken aback, but the struggling Gray Squirrel tribe warriors suddenly gained energy.
The frowning Mechasta suddenly became excited: "Brothers! The mountain gods and river gods have protected us! Reinforcements have finally arrived!"
Otto clearly realized that the enemy had cheered up. , and the sound of horns kept ringing in my ears.
Almost instinctively, Otto realized the huge crisis, and he did not hesitate to suddenly order a retreat.
The order to retreat was so sudden that it even puzzled a group of soldiers.
Kawei was shocked: "Big leader, we are one step away from success, why are we retreating?!"
"Idiot! Are you deaf?"
"What?!"
Otto hit Kawei's helmet with the hilt of his sword: "It must be enemy reinforcements! We don't want to attack this turtle shell anymore, we have to fight their reinforcements."
After that, Otto shouted again: "Brothers! Don't hit the wall again, save some strength, their reinforcements are coming, let's destroy them!"
In this way, many The puzzling warriors understood, and everyone began to retreat in a more organized manner. During the evacuation, they also tried their best to pull away the injured. As for the deceased, let's not care about it for now.
Of course Rurik also heard the sound of the horn, and the continuous dull sound caused the entire forest to tremble.
"Yevluo, what happened? Could it be that they have reinforcements?"
"It's very possible! My master, kill them?" Yevluo deliberately smiled.
Although the situation is not clear, and the enemy's phantom cannot be seen.
Rurik clearly saw that his tribesmen who were attacking the city were retreating towards the camp, thinking that his father had already made a plan. In line with everyone's dignity as Vikings, Rurik believed that the only people who could escape here were the servants of the Salmon Lord tribe.
Rurik immediately assigned Yevro a task: "Take two brothers, restrain the guys who catch salmon, and tell them that no matter what happens, they must fight for the Russians."
After a while, Otto returned to the camp with the siege army and all the equipment. When they came back, they still tried their best to pick up the arrows on the snow. They said they would need them later.
"Dad, does the enemy have reinforcements?" Rurik asked knowingly.
Otto didn't waste any time: "It can't be wrong, the next step is to kill the new enemy."
Otto retreated based on intuition, and he found his servant Keha. Si, while learning an important piece of information, he also understood what the guys on the city wall were saying.
"My master, maybe the tribes in the southeast came together because the horns were only sounded for the decisive battle. It was the horn sound that represented the joint battle when we Corvin people resisted the Tavastians."
Otto nodded, looked at the survivors showing off their power on the city wall with disdain, spat and said viciously: "Wait until your reinforcements are eliminated, and then continue to deal with you."
To be honest, The Russians suffered very few casualties in the siege, especially the heavy infantrymen who attacked the city. Their leather armor and chain mail gave them a huge combat advantage. And this combat advantage will be fully demonstrated in frontal slashing.
Otto took all the soldiers, including the servants, out of the forest, and everyone began to rush towards the frozen river simply because it was an open space.
Otto believed that since he came all the way along the glacier, the so-called enemy reinforcements must also follow this path. Since Kejas's men performed well in the battle, Otto became more convinced of this man's words, that is, reinforcements would come across the glacier for the purpose of admonition for action. Kejas even claimed that the reinforcements were likely to drive reindeer sleighs.
On the other hand, a reinforcement of up to 800 people came in a reindeer sleigh.
Four reindeer pulled a larger sleigh, with more than ten, or maybe three or four people crowded on it. In all, as many as a hundred reindeer sleighs were coming.
Although these tribes living near Lake Oulu are dissatisfied with the Salmon Lord Tribe’s monopoly on the “salmon tide” and squirrel hunting, they actually don’t particularly like the Gray Squirrel Tribe.
The tribes are in a competitive relationship, and they maintain close relations with each other only because they oppose the attacks of the Tavastians.
Everyone knows the truth of the situation, so the three tribal leaders spent some time negotiating and finally decided to send troops.
After all, the messenger would not make such a joke.
It must be true that the Varyags invaded.
The reinforcements heard shouts of killing on the glacier approaching the gray squirrel tribe, and the army suddenly became nervous.
After all, these Kovin tribes living in the interior, very few of them have seen the local tribes in Narvik Port and know that the locals know how to smelt iron. Maybe the Varyags and them Is it a similar existence? The legendary Varyags are a people who use a lot of iron.
To fight such an enemy, a single warrior will inevitably feel frightened, but once the number of people increases, the situation changes.
The three tribes went out in full force, and most of the young and strong men joined them. Many people hoped that through a counterattack, they would prove that they were brave men who could defeat the Varyags and make themselves popular among the villagers. Become a person of status and honor in front of them.
It can be said that the army of 800 people is an unprecedentedly powerful force assembled by the three tribes. If everyone defeats the Varangians, the next step is to actively find the Tavastians to counterattack and regain what they have lost. land.
The number of people supported theirconfidence.
But for the Russians, it was all in vain.
After all, the Ross army here is extraordinary. Four hundred Rus warriors dared to attack a settlement of 2,000 people that also belonged to the Vikings, and they won. What does a mere 800 scientific and cultural reinforcements mean?
Here, I am afraid only Rurik is more cautious.
In a sense, Rurik's cautious plane is somewhat redundant. He still has as many as a thousand crossbow arrows, which is enough to support the terrifying combat effectiveness of his mercenaries.
As the mercenaries panted triumphantly, everyone's strength was also recovering.
As the Russians encircled the servant troops, more than three hundred warriors gathered on the ice.
In the distance, a large, dark crowd appeared.
"It's the enemy! They are here to die." Kawei said excitedly, holding up the steel sword.
Otto frowned and said impatiently: "I saw it! Boy! Get ready to fight!"
Otto immediately ordered the troops to set up a traditional shield wall, and those wearing locks Zijia's heavy infantry is the backbone force that exists on the front.
On both sides of the shield wall are warriors with slightly worse equipment. Of course, the "slightly worse" here is only compared to other Viking tribes, but it is still a huge advantage for the Kovin people.
All archers are required to be behind the shield-wielding warriors. Otto already understands the tactical advantages of using a large number of bows and arrows, but the next step will be a fierce frontal battle, and the archers may not be of much use.
Everyone’s leather boots are non-slip, and their postures holding swords and shields are indescribably powerful.
Rurik gave his father new advice.
"What? Your mercenaries want to shoot arrows outside the formation now?"
"Of course! This is the true value of my crossbow." Rurik said confidently.
This self-confidence made Otto feel reassured, but he held his son's shoulders firmly: "Let Javro go fight, you stay."
"Dad! You ...Are you afraid that something will happen to me?"
"Yes!" Otto said bluntly: "There are many enemies, and the next step is our killing. You must retreat."
Recognizing the reality, Rurik knew that it was not his turn to go into battle now, but he still had new ideas.
Jevro had already left the formation with his crossbowmen, and not far away, people got off the sleds one after another, consciously forming a group of enemy reinforcements that were advancing steadily.
Rurik rushed to the side of the servants, stood next to Kehas, and shouted in a language that the locals could understand: "Now, you are all free!"
Suddenly, everyone shouted in confusion.
Kejas didn’t even know what his master meant.
Rurik put on a serious face: "Didn't you understand what I said? We fight side by side! If we win, you will be free! From now on, your Salmon Lord tribe is no longer mine. Slaves, but my allies, your women and children also deserve it.To freedom! ”
“Fight for freedom? Kejas asked excitedly.
"Yes!" Fight for freedom. " Rurik said firmly.
The slaves never dreamed that the Russians would decide to release them. The premise was of course to complete the victory of the battle. Although Otto was dissatisfied after learning of this situation, since he was the slave He had no choice but to agree with Rick's determination.
The only thing that pleased Otto was that the morale of these servants seemed to be at an all-time high.
With morale, the Russians were invincible. !