Chapter 416 Attacking in the Mud

A group of panicked guys withdrew, the Voskas attack was in a mess, and Olegin almost exploded with anger!

He couldn't help the guy who had escaped to argue, so he stabbed a few people with his sword to vent his anger, and then stopped the situation from getting worse with the help of people from the left and right.

"Tell me! What happened?!" Olegin pointed his sword at several people who were almost unconscious, and his sword was dripping blood. The scene was even more terrifying in the dim light.

Finally someone crawled over shivering: "It's oil! They used hot oil! They used stones! And arrows! Many people died."

"Oil? Sure enough, it was oil. !”

Origin stamped his feet in anger. He was not at all happy that his judgment was correct. He looked at the wooden wall not far away, and the wrinkles on his forehead were like cracked earth.

It was still a while before dark, and the rain had basically stopped at this moment. The landing army was very tired. Everyone could see clearly that this fortress must be captured, but today the chance was lost.

The Swedish army occupied all the houses outside the fortress and captured all the fishermen's boats.

The soldiers quickly assigned the houses to the tribes as ready-made campsites for everyone. Only the Russians were deliberately excluded.

With resentment, Karl took a small boat to the Aurora docked near the shore, and relayed Olegin's order to Otto word for word.

Things developed as Rurik expected. The battle situation was so anxious that there was no progress in the two tentative sieges, which was really unexpected.

Karl’s words were thorny, but Otto didn’t have the same experience as this guy, and considering this guy’s new defeat, he responded calmly.

In a moment, the ships of the Russian army rushed directly to the coast very close to the sea, catching the late tide. The soldiers then took small boats and began to land with high-quality weapons that they usually did not want to use.

This is what the battlefield looks like.

Boriholm Fortress is located on a natural lowland convex corner in the middle of Öland Island. It has the sea to the north and west, and gentle slopes to the east and south.

The main force led by Olegin has camped on the north and east sides of the fortress respectively. They have begun to light bonfires to scare the defenders in the fortress.

In this way, the Russians were ordered to station their boats and people to the west coast of the fortress and camp on the shore.

From this point of view, Origen actually left the southern encirclement blank, but this was not the case.

With the strength of the Swedish army, it is indeed difficult to complete the siege. He arranged for more than a hundred people to detour to the slope area southeast of the fortress. These people cut down a number of low pine trees and lit a number of bonfires on the spot.

That was the campsite for these 100 people, but in order to scare the enemy, they lit more bonfires to set up suspicious soldiers.

In this matter, Origen showed his strategy as an old guy, and the atmosphere of terror he exerted really made the fortress of victory in the defense of the cityThe defenders were not happy at all.

Night falls, and the whole world is dark and cold.

The wet and cold Swedish coalition soldiers subconsciously gathered around the campfire to warm themselves and dry their clothes. Everyone faced the bonfire, gnawed on dried meat and ate the few remaining wheat. They also seized fresh cod and seal meat recently caught by local fishermen. Since the meat had only been stored for more than a day, its slight decay was ignored by everyone.

Compared with chewing dried fish, grilled and oily fish is more delicious.

Most of the coalition soldiers did not know that in the second round of offensive during the day, a group of Voskas people were scalded to death by scalding fish oil.

A larger fisherman's longhouse became Oregin's command post. At this moment, a batch of bronze oil lamps were placed in the room to provide enough light, and a bonfire lit in the center of the room gave the house enough warmth.

It was here that Origen called all the tribal dukes to the scene, even the Rus who were ordered to camp farther away.

Soon, Otto came directly with Rurik, and the tent area in the Russian wilderness was also set up.

The fishing village that should have been lively is indeed very lively now, with soldiers wandering around inside and outside the house.

"Damn it, they live in a house and let us live in tents. Is there anything more abominable? Why call us in if you don't want us to get involved?" Rurik complained. I just can't stand Origen's arrangement.

Otto said with a sullen face: "Stop talking nonsense, let's see what that guy has planned."

"What other arrangements can there be? It's just to let us Ross People are covering."

Otto said nothing and just patted Rurik on the back.

Steaming men gathered in Olegin's command post.

As for the failure of the challenge during the day, everyone present actually did not take it seriously. Although Olegin was very resentful, considering that his troops had almost no real losses, those traitors who died would just die when they died. On the contrary, those people made their due contributions as "meat detectives" and used their deaths to Coalition forces contributed intelligence.

"Everyone must know some things. The guys in Borgholm actually dare to use oil. People will be scalded to death and burned by the hot oil. The future battle will be a bit difficult. But I believe that everyone will not I think this is a difficult task, we have strong troops."

"How to fight?" Wenderson of Yermalen asked cautiously.

"Oh? It's Wenderson who is good at growing onions. You ask me how to fight? Okay! I've already thought of the tactics!"

Olegin didn't want to listen to his friendly forces at the moment. Any suggestions, he is the king, and the battle plan will naturally be decided by himself, and he does not even need an adviser. He did not need a staff officer. Looking at the entire coalition, Oleg King felt that he had extremely high wisdom.

If anyone is the second smartest, then Rurik, who followed his father to visit, is actually a smart young man. "It's a pity that this kid is not mine..."

Maybe heRurik would put forward some suggestions for the tactical decisions he had made. Olegin thought about it for a while. He still liked the refreshing feeling brought by the king's power. The king did not need others to tell him what to do.

He made some tactical plans:

First: Tomorrow the coalition forces will launch a full-scale attack. Each tribe will select strong warriors and use the four remaining battering rams (still tied up). of tree trunks) continued to crash against the main entrance of the fort.

Second: Considering that the enemy may use hot oil, soldiers need to wear thick linen clothes and fur clothes and fully wet them with sea water.

Third: Soldiers who do not participate in hitting the wall directly cheer for them from a distance away from the wooden wall.

Fourth: All Russian archers participated in supporting operations, shooting and suppressing the enemies at the top of the city.

"There are people cheering here?" Rurik thought it was very ridiculous, but considering that they didn't have time or even the skills to build a ladder, what else could everyone do besides cheering? If only I could scare the hell out of my enemies with my Viking war cry! It's a pity that the opponent is also the Vikings.

Oligen felt that his tactics were wonderful. Even when he saw the Dukes' eyes trembling a little, he clapped his hands: "My plan will definitely succeed. Let's prepare separately. As long as the weather tomorrow Okay, let’s take action.”

Is this how the pre-war meeting ends?

Rurik felt that he had just walked around the coalition camp, listened to Origen's "smart" tactics, and smelled the aroma of grilled fish, and then he should return to his own place. A crude campsite.

The Russian army had less than 300 people. A few non-combatants remained on the ship, and the remaining 200 or so people landed.

Including Rurik's ten Slavic maids, now they are all commanded by Carlotta. A group of girls have all been equipped with winches, steel-armed crossbows, and they have been given powerful combat capabilities. It's about getting cover.

The soldiers were gathered urgently. Unlike other coalition forces, only the Ross army could line up very neatly.

Those mercenaries and young warriors were the neatest in formation, but the real Ross warriors were a bit stretched out.

There are dark clouds and a cold wind, and it seems there will be rain tonight. In the dark world, the wild flames of the bonfire made a violent trembling sound.

Rurik was given the important task of military commander by Otto. At first, Otto intended to forcefully train his son, but unexpectedly, there was really no second person in the entire army who was more resourceful than him.

Rurik inspected his warriors with a sullen face, then stopped.

He has no intrinsic hostility towards the garrison of Borgholm, simply because this is a crusade, and as long as the enemy surrenders to Denmark, the fighting must continue.

“Brothers, now the king has given us an order to use your arrows to support the battle in the future. We are Rus’ people. We have completed the task of escorting military supplies and supported the Malaren people in their fight. Here we are. Now we are just fulfilling our contractual obligations and helping the king fight, butNo need to fight in person.

King Olegin doesn’t want us to compete with him for the spoils now, so why should we contribute?

Remember, tomorrow you will use those inferior arrow clusters to support the friendly forces’ siege, nothing more. Disbanded now. ”

Rurik’s words instantly caused an uproar, surprising the soldiers who were intent on killing each other. No one expected that Rurik would be so negative.

But everyone was very excited. Through my own situation, I have a deeper understanding of Rurik's words.

Yes, the ground is still too wet, and everyone wants to camp in the wilderness. It's not like friendly forces occupying the local fishermen's land. House.

Aren’t we all deliberately abused by Olegin? Since we are guarding against the Russians, why should we really fight with all our strength? Since both the Duke and Young Master Rurik have a "negative" attitude? , why should I think too much about it? It’s better to end it all and go home...

This night, the drizzle suddenly fell, and the Ross soldiers were wrapped in thick leather jackets and spent their time in the tent. After a muddy and cold night, many people woke up feeling a little dazed early in the morning. It seemed that no one had caught a cold, but everyone had not rested properly at all.

Otto already felt that he needed to rest today, so he simply planned to go back to the big ship to catch up on his sleep. Unexpectedly, Olegin sent a group of envoys.

The battle is inevitable. , even the continuous cold drizzle was what Olegin longed for.

Starting a new battle in the mud?

Otto yelled in the rain: "Olegin, your son. You are a fool, and you are a fool yourself. Fighting in the rain, you can imagine it! ”

Otto’s curse was heard by all the Russian soldiers. Although everyone did not want to fight in such bad weather, but...

The gathered Russian soldiers carried them Crossbows and bows rushed to the battlefield, but he did not carry the powerful torsion slingshot. Even if four slingshots were unloaded from the ship for camp defense due to Rurik's stubborn "necessary camp defense measures", he just did not carry them. .

It can be said that from the beginning, the Russian army did not feel that today was a good day to fight. This was reflected in the weapons they carried.

Isn’t glassware a treasure that can be sold at a high price? This is the case for the Russian people. Using quartz full of impurities to make a bunch of fragile, inferior glass arrow clusters, they are essentially cheap hunting goods, and they don't even have tail fins. These arrows are designed for close range shooting with crossbows. Rick just didn't want to waste the iron cluster arrows.

The light rain made it extremely difficult to make a fire. The faces of the soldiers gathered in the rain were wet, and their clothes stuck to their bodies. No one felt comfortable.

It was the second day of the war. Now the Swedish coalition forces basically understood the details of the Borgholm Fortress through the intelligence of the Voskas people, but the defenders in the fortress knew very little about the enemy.

Is it necessary to send envoys to stand under the wooden wall and chat with the enemies on the wall before the war?

Olegin felt that this was unnecessary. When he saw that his army was almost assembled, he waved his hand: "Let's go!"

The noise outside the wooden castle woke him up. For all those who had not slept soundly, the rain only aggravated their nervousness.

Someone who poked his head out of the wooden wall saw that the enemies surrounding the fortress appeared in large numbers! The alarm immediately spread throughout the fort.

Why didn’t leader Stein think that the enemy was a group of monsters that ate meat but didn’t spit out bones? On a clearly rainy day, are they going to attack the city in the mud?

"Brothers! Let me fight! Hurry to the wooden wall!"

"Stop eating, prevent them from hitting the wall, prepare rocks!"

"Hey! Keep cooking for me!"

Stein struggled to organize his warriors, especially pushing the Gotland mercenaries against the wall.

Just when the Borgholm defenders were not fully prepared, the Swedish army's siege had begun.

The first ones to rush were naturally the Melalen soldiers. They were all wet. A group of soldiers tied the siege ram with hemp rope, then carried it on their shoulders and rushed towards the wooden door in the mud. Even if someone slips midway, he gets up and continues rushing, praying that the water all over his body can prevent possible hot oil erosion.

The Hjelmalen, Onkras and Uppsala armies also carried their own battering rams, but they were attacking wooden walls.

This was not over yet. When the Mellaren army rushed to the wooden door, they pulled away yesterday's gray corpse and dragged away the first battering ram that had sunk into the mud.

Soon, the people on the wooden wall saw that five battering rams began to hit the wall non-stop, and they were holding wooden shields in one hand, making it difficult for the stones thrown down to hit the wall. They deliver the killing blow.

The huge number of attackers did not gather under the wall. They deliberately kept their distance from the wall and kept slapping their shields and roaring!

Suddenly the Gotland mercenaries on the wall were confused. They looked at the five squirming insects under the wall, and it seemed that only hot oil could stop them.

But is hot oil really enough? Wait! Is it possible to cook oil well in such an environment?

In fact, Taiyin knew that he didn't have much oil left. After all, who would usually reserve a large amount of this stuff? The oil has run out, and everyone’s lighting at night has become a hindrance