Chapter 272 The decisive battle on the ice

The difficult siege made the Russians full of resentment. Just when they were worried that they could not vent their anger, enemy reinforcements arrived.

The horn transformed from a horn sounded a terrifying sound, and the large number of civilized people who came for reinforcements were encouraged by the sound of the horn.

Now, on the ice not far away, a large group of weirdos gathered there.

Although it is a hazy world, the shapes of the chainmails and metal helmets worn by the Russians are really unique. In addition, they used a large number of round shields. The reinforcements of the Covin people took it for granted that the guys in the distance were the enemies.

The reinforcements got off the sled one after another. They wore special leather boots so that they could move forward more smoothly on the ice.

Most of them are armed with short spears, and the spearheads are made of a variety of materials.

A small number of people's spearheads are made of iron or bronze, while the majority are made of obsidian, flint and bone.

They also carried many bows and a batch of arrows.

In addition, only a few personnel were equipped with iron swords purchased from the southern Finns or made by themselves.

They are so powerful in numbers, but their weapons and equipment are so crude. It is their huge number that supports their strong self-confidence.

This is because the tribes in the upper reaches of the river have organized such a large army for the first time in history.

Of course, the number of enemy troops is a challenge to the Russians and Otto.

Otto, who shouldered the responsibility of being a leader and stood in the front row of the battle, calmly warned his young subordinates: "Brothers, we may have a thousand enemies. Don't be afraid. They Very weak."

"They will rush over like crazy! Remember our battle tactics, let them rush and stab them in the neck and stomach without mercy!"

This is the first time Otto has seen such a formation in his more than fifty years of life.

The Russians are ready here, and their large bucklers fit into each other to form a wall. But he lacks mobility! Otto himself did not make any innovations in the tribe's traditional combat formations. The warriors in the formation lacked further education in formation changes, so the current formation of the Russians lacked mobility.

They seemed to have formed a fortress on the glacier. Otto couldn't wait for the enemy to come and fight in person, so the Russians could just wait and work and give full play to their advantages.

The situation is of course changing. Otto has not innovated the traditional formation. Rurik has taught his young guys many new tricks.

The so-called top priority among new tricks is complex formation changes.

By shouting different words or waving a few flags, those childrenWe can make formations such as square formations, line formations, and hollow formations.

They are children after all. After Otto saw with his own eyes that those children could make complex formation changes, he was first relieved by his son's ability. Before encountering a real opponent, Otto Can't understand the superiority of those strange formations.

After Otto completed his instructions, the soldiers held back their breath. The shields covered half of the faces of the soldiers in the first row, and pairs of sharp eyes stared at the dark crowd on the ice in the distance.

Otto also asked Jevro and other mercenaries who were in front of the formation.

"Yevluo, you can launch it once, and then get into our formation."

"Big boss, we can launch it at least twice." Yevluo suggested. .

"No! You only have one chance. You are not archers. Remember, only swords and axes can solve problems in wilderness battles."

Otto's words were actually meant for Ruri. Ke Ting, he felt that his son had hired a crossbow and a bow a little too much, although these two long-range weapons did perform well in siege warfare.

He always asked Rurik to stay behind him and mix with the archers.

The Ross army formed an arc-shaped formation. Otto knew that the two wings of his formation were weak, so during combat, the two wings could shrink inward, and the final formation turned into a solid ring.

Otto feels that the most difficult time for the team is actually the moment when they are attacked by the enemy. As long as the team is not overwhelmed, the rest is a constant counterattack.

But now the situation has become very delicate.

In the glacier under the haze, the cold wind kept blowing the snow on the ice. The temperature was very low, and the air-conditioning cut the bearded face of the soldier like a knife.

The Russians were fully prepared here. As the Kewen reinforcements saw their opponents clearly, they clearly felt an indescribable sense of fear.

Several leaders who led the team felt the danger. After some discussion, they did not rush to attack. Instead, they sent five people who had been to the distant port of Narvik to explore the way first. .

The Kewen reinforcements have just arrived, and the leader is trying to negotiate with the opponent. If the negotiation fails, it will not be too late to start a war.

The huge number of people formed their self-confidence, and the five envoys shouldered the missions assigned by their respective leaders.

In the final analysis, the leader's request is: put down your weapons and leave our land, otherwise you will all be killed.

That was eight hundred warriors. The combined strength of all the tribes shocked the Tavastians. Even though the legendary Varyags are strong men, and no one has ever seen them, their own strength is obviously very large, and the balance of victory is obviously tilted towards the Kovin people.

In response to this mentality, the five envoys, holding short spears (marching staffs), swaggered towards the Russian formation. Suddenly, all the Russian people became nervous.

Especially Yevlo, he gotThe order was to shoot all enemies approaching the formation.

Jevro turned his head hurriedly: "Big leader, they are coming. Do you want to attack?!"

"Attack!" Otto said without hesitation.

Ross did not want to have any form of negotiation with the other party. Otto felt that this was not only unnecessary but also ridiculous. These Kevin people have no right to negotiate terms with the Russians.

As for the two armies fighting without killing the envoys, this tradition does not exist in the Viking world.

The five people were already close to the effective range of the crossbow. Jevro personally picked up the crossbow and ordered the other mercenaries to be ready.

"Aim at the target each!"

"Remember, the aiming mark on the reed is aimed at the enemy's body!"

"Launch!"

Those messengers were actually eighty meters away from the crossbow position, and Yevlo was nervous and ordered the launch in advance. Even so, these crossbows fully demonstrated their tactical advantages.

The powerful high-stretch steel arm drove the half-pound heavy arrow to fly out, and the powerful recoil also made the shooter's body jerk back.

Deliberately tilting the bonded feathers causes the flying crossbow arrow to spin desperately.

Even though there was a cold wind blowing on the entire river, the rotating heavy crossbow arrow hit the swaggering man in just over a second after being launched with its strong wind resistance and strong potential energy. Five people.

At this distance, the steel-armed crossbow developed by Rurik was still very powerful. Before the five messengers knew what was happening, they saw that their bodies were filled with strange things, and then they were shot in the huge He collapsed to the ground in pain, and died after pulling out.

Both sides fighting could see this scene clearly.

Rurik, he never thought that his weapon could still achieve precise shooting at such a long distance. The reality was so simple. The enemy did not get up after he fell. dead.

Soon, Rurik was drowned in the cheers of his tribe. The warriors knocked on their shields with their swords, and everyone shouted at the top of their lungs.

The Russians' great momentum not only boosted their own fighting spirit, but also angered those Kewen reinforcements.

The courier who knew a lot of the local language of Narvik Port and was expected to contact the strange Varyag people died inexplicably in front of the Varyag people.

The Kewen reinforcements were stunned at first, and then all the leaders raised their iron swords high and gave the order to attack with ferocious faces!

The calm Otto shouted when he saw this: "They are coming! Jevlo, pull back!"

"No! Chief, we can continue!"

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After that, Yevro ordered his men: "Everyone kneels down and listen to my orders with crossbows in hand!"

However, it was the bows and arrows of the Kovin people who took the lead.

Arrows began to fall on the ice not far from the Yevlo formation. Although it was safe, he would soon be within the enemy's range..

Facing the dark enemy rushing towards him, Yevluo nervously ordered: "Raise up! Shoot!"

So those who knew how to use a bow figured out how to shoot arrows at a 45° angle , the arrow has the greatest range. Everyone knows this experience for both warring parties.

Twenty crossbow arrows rotated in a low parabola and hit the dense formation of Kewen's reinforcements. They fell, quickly inflicting serious injuries on as many as fifteen of the enemy's men. The injured did not know what had happened. The extreme pain forced them to stop charging and huddle on the ground. As a result, many of the injured were trampled to death by their own people.

"Come back quickly!" Otto shouted.

Jevro wanted to string it again with his bare hands, but the soreness in his arm forced him to pause. The key was that the enemy's arrows had begun to fall in the Russian formation.

Jevro led his men to withdraw into the formation. The next step was to hold the shield high, not only to defend his master Rurik, but also to defend himself.

The arrows of the Kovin people began to crackle against Ross's big buckler, and the archers of the servant troops also began to suffer casualties.

The archers of the Salmon Lord counterattacked on Otto's orders. They fired arrows into the air at a high angle of elevation in order to use an exaggerated parabola so that they inside the formation could shoot down the enemies in front of the formation.

Archers on both sides relied on the number of archers to carry out probabilistic attacks. However, the long reloading time of the most lethal crossbowmen prevented the Russians from having the opportunity to shoot for a long time, even if Rurik The man also has a thousand crossbow arrows on hand.

War is like Otto's and only sword and ax can decide who is the winner.

Otto shouted calmly: "They are coming! Prepare for the impact!"

Those relatively short Kovin warriors, holding short spears, fearlessly rushed towards the Ross people. Beautifully painted buckler, as are many of the Kovan warriors.

They jumped bravely, and many of them rushed into the Russian camp. As a result, these brave men were stabbed to death by the prepared Ross sword and shield bearers.

The Covins at the front crashed into the Russian shield wall, and those running behind bumped into their companions in front.

The entire formation of the Russians moved backwards. They still withstood the strong attack of the Covins. Otto no longer needed to roar and command what happened next.

Roaring has no meaning anymore, because all the combatants are roaring.

Ryurik, who was in the formation, felt that he could not help at all, and the same was true for the servants of the Salmon Lord.

Realizing that the enemy was deliberately attacking both wings, the Russians began to spontaneously shrink their formation. When the formation completely turned into a circle, a large number of corpses were lying under the feet of the Russians.

The shields were stained with blood, the chainmail was stained with blood, and the beards of the warriors in the first row also turned a terrifying red.

The Russian steel swords are full of lethality, and each sword suddenly strikes from the gap in the shield., the extremely sharp sword can easily penetrate the enemy's leather clothing, and a single stab can kill an enemy. The splattered blood has bathed the heavy infantrymen in chainmail fighting in the front line in the dripping blood of the brutal killings.

They are covered in the blood of their enemies, and it is like a catalyst for madness.

Sixty elites wearing chainmail, they had no casualties in the previous battles, but now they have big bloody mouths and their faces are covered in blood, they look like man-eating monsters. .

Otto was extremely happy that his people had entered a state of madness.

The large number of Korvins surrounded the circular shield wall of the Rus. According to the ideas of the Korvins, as long as they continued to attack fiercely, the strange Varyags would definitely collapse.

As a result, those who were the first to advance have all died.

As too many people were killed and injured, the following Covin people finally realized what had happened.

They were holding their own short spears and were stunned.

Having this opportunity, Yevluo urgently ordered: "Crossbowman! Shoot!"

Rurik admired his Yevluo's on-the-spot reaction ability. Luo Dairen held up the crossbow with both hands and fired the arrow from the gap in the shield.

The wind brought by the flying crossbows was also felt by the Russian warriors. Because the arrows flew right past their ears.

While the Kewen people were stunned, twenty people suddenly fell injured.

From the eyes of the enemies, Otto saw clearly their fear and confusion. It happened that a group of his own warriors had gone berserk. The warriors needed to vent their anger through crazy killings. It is also a way to prove one's strength to the gods.

Because the eyes of the gods are not blocked by haze.

It can be said that the winner of this battle was decided the moment the Russians withstood the enemy's collision.

Otto gave an order: "The gods have seen your bravery! The children blessed by Odin are by your side! Berserker! Destroy all the enemies!"

Get this At the command, the Ross warriors who were still shield-to-shield suddenly disbanded their solid formation.

The Russians began a full-scale counterattack. Even though their troops were still at a disadvantage, facing a large group of poorly equipped Kovin reinforcements whose morale was shattered, what was left was a Kovin battle. The unprecedented brutal killing they encountered was a carnival of war for the Russians.

Who doesn’t want to get the honor of “Berserker”? Being called a berserker by the big leader, every young warrior hopes that he can be worthy of this honor, even if no one carries the strange mushroom sauce made by the high priest. Even without the use of a rare maddening potion, the red-eyed Ross now just wants to destroy all the enemies in front of him who are dying.

The morale of Kewen people was high just now, but what about now?

More than a hundred people have been killed in contact battles, and the casualties of the Russians are, however,Several servants of the Salmon Lord's archers were wounded by arrows.

The Russians, who had superior armor, weapons and physique, began a crazy counterattack!

Everyone is willing to believe that the fateful battle of "North Hunt" predicted by the high priest is actually this battle.