But the residents of Kalmar are not sitting idle or unconcerned.
A large army from the north will continue to march south. After capturing Boriholm, the next target must be Kalmar.
Refugees from the north fled to this offshore "port city". Some of these people were fishermen from Voskasburg, and more were Gotlanders living in Borgholm.
The fugitives landed in Kalma with their belongings. Many people still thought it was not safe enough. After buying some supplies, they stepped up their escape to the south.
Far from being an obstacle to their escape, the sea actually facilitated their smooth escape.
It seems that only the Danish forces can provide everyone with security guarantees, but they are not Danish after all, and they will be investigated and arrested if they enter the core area of Denmark rashly.
Most of the escapees only stopped in Kalmar for a short time to resupply. They used the more difficult Danish settlement in Kalmar called Silver Castle as a refuge because the Danes and Goths there The Dutch immigrants have been living together for a long time, and both sides speak the same Norse language. At first glance, it is impossible to tell each other apart.
However, if the Silver Castle (Selvosburg) south of Kalmar also suffers a terrible blow, everyone has another way to escape, and that is to go up the river. Withdrew to a lake area in the interior of Götaland. Because the dense rivers there resembled roads, the Gotlanders who immigrated to this area named it "Road and Lake", which is Växjö.
Ten immigrant communities built this settlement, and it is a place of choice for new Gotland immigrants to peacefully go.
The refugees from the north have caused great panic in Kalmar. Those Danes who usually make a lot of money from the fishing trade are standing on the cusp of the storm, and they are also doing fierce psychological things. ideological struggle.
Retreat to your hometown? Will so many years of hard work be ruined in one day?
Don’t evacuate? Want to fight the invaders?
Are the brave Danes afraid of the Svealand Alliance in the north?
More than a dozen Danish businessmen gathered together to discuss future matters. This was destined to be a quarrel-filled meeting, because the settlement was just an aggregation of a large group of businessmen and fishermen, and they did not control absolute power. As the arbiter, the meeting turned into a quarrel. The two sides, divided into the escape faction and the decisive faction, broke up unhappy and made their own decisions immediately after the meeting.
Five groups of Danish merchants, along with their families and private soldiers, chose to retreat. They took away their silver coins and most of their fish products, sold their properties and slaves at lower prices, formed a huge longship team, and retreated to Silver Castle, the nearest permanent Danish stronghold.
As for the remaining eight Danish merchants and most of the Gotland fishermen, their choice was to resist resolutely.
No, when Arik made rapid progress as the "pioneer officer", Kalmar's left-behind personnel who were already mentally prepared, heWe have been prepared for a long time!
In recent days, fishing operations offshore Kalmar have completely stopped. The male fishermen armed themselves, and most of the women withdrew their children to hide in the nearby woods.
The businessmen brought out all their private soldiers, but the main force of these private soldiers was used to protect the mansion of the financial owner. As for fighting the enemy in the field, it was not in their plan.
The original resident population of Kalmar has exceeded 4,000, and the threat of war has forced the evacuation of at least 1,500 people!
The remaining 2,500 people include all kinds of people, at least there are only 500 women and children among them.
Just because Kalmar itself is a commercial port, the people who move here wantonly do it for trade rather than settlement. A large number of so-called women are prostitutes. As for children, there are not many children who wander and beg for food, and they only know their humble origins and their uncertain future.
An "army" of nearly 2,000 people was organized. Their clothes were simple and their weapons were rudimentary. It was just that such a large group of men gathered together. The merchants who were left behind were once worried about the future. They even became so conceited that they even expected the enemy from the north to deliver their goods.
All parties became eager for war, and the huge number of people supported the self-confidence of the Kalmar men. However, it was only when they saw the approaching enemies that they began to reflect on whether their optimism was wrong.
The war that both sides expected was simply inevitable. There was no communication between the two sides before the war, so the war broke out in the most direct way!
The keels of the three longships washed directly onto the sandy beach, and Karl jumped down bravely with his sword in hand.
"Karma! Your name is simply tailor-made for me, and I, Karl, are your master!" Karl muttered arrogantly, and was ready to fight against the sudden appearance of the enemy.
Kalmar is not an empty city. The residents here are obviously determined to fight to the end for their wealth, and this is exactly the great military success that Karl desires.
The one hundred landing soldiers were greeted with a special cordial greeting from the Kalmar people - arrows.
An arrow with very limited power hit Karl's wooden shield, completely detonating his fighting spirit.
However, the casualties of the landed Malaren Army have already begun!
That was a blow from the defenders' slings and spears. Although the arrows fired by the defenders' short wooden bows could only hunt wild deer, it was of little significance to attack the warriors holding chainmail. Throwing a spear is different.
Some unsteady warriors were hit by spears thrown by enemies who suddenly came out of houses near the shore. Those were not ordinary spears, but harpoons used to hunt seals and baleen whales. Those who were hit were The three men lost the ability to fight on the spot.
Karl and his warriors quickly organized a shield wall, and the warriors in the second row also put their shields on those in front.
After forming a larger shield wall, the Mellaren warriors roared their chants and pushed forward steadily in the face of the enemy's crazy blows with spears and stones.Get into close combat range.
On the contrary, the more than 200 defenders near the shore could not sit still.
Just because behind this small group of landing people, there is another overwhelming fleet!
No one would have thought that the enemies described by the fugitives were not lying. The enemies were really powerful.
Maybe they just look tough. Who knows if they don’t fight?
"Come on, brothers, chop these northern guys to death, and take away their armor and swords!"
Someone led everyone to fight hard. They were not even afraid of fighting baleen whales. The fighting enthusiasm that burst out now actually made Karl feel emotional.
But it was just emotion.
"They are coming, get ready! Fight!" Karl shouted an order when he saw this. The most elite black-clad warriors under his command stabilized their shield wall and waited for the enemy to collide.
The fishermen are poorly equipped and must rely on the protection of shield walls. On the battlefield on the beach, the two sets of shield walls quickly collided. In an instant, the spearheads of both sides began to poke at each other, and long-handled axes fell from the sky until the battle became a zero-distance battle between the two sides.
Karl held the steel sword of his father the king and stabbed the enemies in front crazily. Their men also wielded powerful chrome hand axes. Excellent weapons and excellent defense allowed the Malaren warriors to quickly gain the upper hand. .
More and more fishermen died in the battle. Their simple wooden shields lacked defense, and their thin linen clothes basically only served to cover their shame. How do their flesh and blood bodies fight fiercely with the lander in iron armor? Even if they have more troops.
The blood of the corpses stained the sandy beach red, and Karl was leading his men slowly forward in the horrific mud of coagulated blood.
At a certain critical point, the morale of the fishermen collapsed, and they left behind at least fifty corpses and retreated hastily.
"Haha, these Kalmar people are really cowards! Brothers, disperse the team and hunt down these escaping rabbits!"
As soon as Karl's order was given and the shield wall was disbanded, As the warriors armed with swords and axes ambitiously launched a deadly pursuit, a whooshing sound suddenly came from the sky.
He looked at the blue sky and could not help but grit his teeth, because there were black shadows buzzing in the sky.
"Don't rush. This sound is the support of the Russians!"
Just offshore, five Russian ships with a total of seven torsion slingshots once again fired at their maximum range. Angular-fired light javelin. Their spiral tail feathers cause them to spin wildly, accompanied by a buzzing sound.
Such arrows have no range attack capability, but large arrows from incredible distances can still pierce people. Such strength is enough to subvert the cognition of most Nordic people in this time and space.
Only one of these seven javelins hit the arm of the fleeing enemy, and only this one. The powerful force had already smashed through and tore off the injured man's right arm. Blood was gushing out crazily, and the whole person was injured again. After running for a while, he collapsed on the spot and ended everything.
"Friendly forcesSupport is over. Guys, follow me on! ”
Karl’s attack was slow again. His speed completely threw away the soldiers. Such a reckless style could not be changed. Karl just felt that the enemy was vulnerable to a single blow. He had expected to attack Kalma. It would be a fierce battle just like conquering Borgholm. Now, he just wanted to annihilate this group of cowards who he valued a hundred times more.
More than ninety people rushed directly to the fishermen's residential area. They almost disappeared from the eyes of the rear fleet.
Ryurik, who was standing on the boat, was always paying attention to the battlefield. The Russian soldiers also reloaded the torsion slingshot and listened to Rurik's instructions when to launch. .
“Oh no, that idiot Carl actually got into the residential area. "
"I think there is a scam here. "The frowning Otto said cautiously.
"I think so, maybe history will repeat itself. "Rurik is indeed worried. He is not worried about Karl himself. In fact, he hopes that this man will die in battle.
However, if the Malaren Army suffers a major setback in this battle, it will not only affect the entire Swedish army but also the Swedish army. The Ross Army, at least at this juncture, is bad.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this must be a trap. Standing on the Melalen flagship, Olegin saw that his stupid son was good at it again. He was so angry that he stomped his feet at what a reckless man had done, and pointed at his men with his battle ax: "Please row your boats with more strength, and land quickly! Hurry! "
In the middle of the situation, Karl's mind went blank. He got into the residential area with long houses arranged in a disorderly manner, and soon couldn't find a suitable direction for the main attack.
On the contrary, A huge number of armed men came out one after another, and fishermen with disheveled spears rushed over like crazy. Karl was in chaos, and his soldiers were immediately hit by the iron spearheads. Wearing the mail armor of the Melalen people, the elite black warriors never imagined that they would die in such a shameful way.
This was Kalma's plan to lure the landing enemies in. After evacuating the residential areas of women and children, the armed fishermen hid in the longhouses. They started doing this when they saw a large number of ships approaching. Now their tactics have been successfully implemented.
It’s just Kalma! The fishermen's actions were a little too hasty. They never thought that the enemy they were attacking was actually the vanguard of the attacking army.
The original plan was to wait until the enemy landed in large numbers before launching an ambush. Now the surprise of the ambush has been lost. , the crazy fishermen didn't care, just like they had no idea about being killed or injured, they only had the instinct of fighting and killing.
A chaotic battle happened! p>
Relying on his absolute bravery and the advantage of weapons, Karl assassinated and wounded at least six enemies. His wooden shield with beautiful patterns was stained with a lot of enemy blood, and his face was also stained with a lot of blood. .
How could his black-clad warriors be so miraculously brave? A single warrior was besieged by multiple fishermen, and they were stabbed and killed with harpoons.More and more black warriors died in battle. For a time, more than 300 people who were caught in a chaotic fight were killed. When Karl came to his senses, he was shocked to find that there were not many black-clothed warriors still fighting.
“Damn it, this is simply the second old Ostara!”
A black-clothed warrior advised angrily: “Prince, we must evacuate. This place is too narrow. , you will die if you continue to fight."
Death? If you die, you won't get wealth, and such a death would be too humiliating.
"Let's go! Then let's go quickly! Brothers!" Karl held up the bloody sword and turned his wrist: "Stop fighting, let's retreat to the beach to join the main force!"
< p>In this way, Karl, with the support of the soldiers, smelled the smell of sea salt and ran towards the beach. When they appeared in Olejin's sight again, there were only more than thirty people left among the hundred soldiers.Individual Kalma fishermen are indeed weak, and the person killed in a duel will almost certainly be a fisherman. However, they unite to protect their wealth, and the overwhelming strength of the fishermen in local battlefields has made them so far They didn't know that they were just an enemy who had been killed and fled, but in fact they were the elite attackers.
Olegin's 500 elite private troops now only have 70 people left. When he was shocked by the horrific losses, his anger was completely directed at the enemy.
At this moment, as the king, he had no idea of blaming his crown prince son. Even if he had the idea, he had no chance to verbally scold him, because the enemies were walking out of the hiding house one after another, and more and more people gathered. The strength of the troops was completely unexpected.
The main force of the Mellaren Army landed with all the servants, and there were as many as two thousand soldiers of all colors gathered on the beach.
This is not over yet. There are more than 1,400 soldiers from various dukes in the rear who are about to land.
The Melalen Army, which was the first to land, began to line up spontaneously. The servant army, which was bound to be weak in combat effectiveness, also nervously gathered together and aimed their short spears at the troops who were also rapidly increasing their numbers. of enemies.
Kal, covered in the blood of his enemies, panted and returned to the king's father: "I was actually ambushed by them. At least I have led their main force out now."
Karl felt that he would be scolded. Olegin kept his eyes on the enemy and said casually: "Enter the team! We are ready for a decisive battle! You are sending people to notify the Russians and ask their archers to land as much as possible to support us."
"Is it... necessary to let them join the war?"
"According to the contract, we will not give them the spoils immediately. Go quickly and let them join the war. Look at these enemies. If we want to win quickly, we need the support of the Russians."
It can be said that the two sides only have a tacit understanding on this matter - the decisive battle.
In ancient wars, it was really fun to decide the outcome through a decisive battle. In fact, the reason behind the decisive battle was that both sides could not afford to delay the war.
The fishermen and warriors of Gotland immigrants are the main force of Kalmar Armycomposition, but the private soldiers of Danish businessmen mixed among them are the most effective fighters.
The Kalmar army formed a shield wall and became more and more powerful.
The Swedish Allied Forces are exactly the same here, and with the landing of the Hjärmalen Army, Uppsala Army and Onkras Army, the strength of the Swedish Army and its servants standing on the beach alone, Already close to four thousand people!