How many enemies were killed in this battle? Cutting off the enemy's heads and stacking them up may give good statistics.
Considering that cutting off the head is also a severe physical job, the Russian warriors who have been too weak after the bloody battle to pursue victory are unable to do so.
Why bury the enemy’s corpse?
In the afternoon, the setting sun is like blood.
The soldiers who had rested for a while got up and looked for their fallen soldiers among the corpses.
They execute the dying enemies and occasionally give their own seriously wounded a last-ditch hit.
Severe injuries will lead to death. If you continue to suffer the pain before death, it is better to let your companions do it for you.
The fallen Russian soldiers were carried away continuously and finally lay quietly in the clean grass.
They are arranged in a matrix, with every ten people in a row.
As more and more soldiers were collecting the coffins, most of Duke Ross’s excitement had dissipated.
He let the north wind blow, and held the hilt of the sword with both hands under the setting sun, staring deeply at his dead brother.
They are all strong young men with childish faces.
The fallen Slavic warriors were also brought here, and all the dead were waiting for the final cremation.
They wore uniform clothes. Even if they were stained with blood and mud, they were still clearly visible on the battlefield where corpses were strewn. Only in this way could they be buried correctly and quickly.
The living warriors walked around the entire battlefield, picking up all the swords, axes, spearheads, arrows, and a large number of shields they found. Finally, the weapons were piled into one mountain, and the shields were piled into the second. Mountain.
The number of fallen soldiers is clearly visible, and they lie quietly in four huge matrices!
After careful identification, as many as 300 native soldiers of the Ross tribe were killed! Most of them are elite and strong men, many of whom have experienced many wars. Unexpectedly, in this decisive battle with the feud, they sacrificed their lives to Odin.
"Three hundred brothers died, and we suffered a great loss." Harold Zosen came over and patted Otto on the shoulder.
"It's so tragic. They are all our young people. Maybe let Rurik arrange the tactics well before the war begins. With so many young people dead, our strength has been frustrated."
Hearing what the Duke said, Harold Zuosen was surprised, "My old friend, don't you think we have achieved a great victory? Look, we are still strong."
Said, Harold Johnson pointed to the earth: "Look, these are the Gotlanders, the Danes. They are dead! I am afraid we have killed three thousand of them! Visby and the entire island of Gotland have no more soldiers to fight against." ."
"Maybe! I don't care about their life or death. It is not a pity for a group of enemies to die. I just hope that there will be no casualties as much as possible."
"But war...what? Are there any immortals?"
"Then prepare more spearmen!" Otto was suddenly furious. This anger was really unexpected.
"Old man, you..."
"Damn it!" Otto stamped his foot hard, "That kid Rurik is very smart. If I had known this was the case, I should have ordered someone to wear it. A spear! There are also bows and crossbows, and a lot of equipment. Look, so many warriors are almost killed by cuts! Look, how many Novgorodians are among the dead?" p>
Under the soft light of the setting sun, Haro Zuosen took a closer look. Were there only twenty Slavs killed in the area?
Otto continued, "This is a bloody lesson. Those cowardly farmers became spearmen and turned into a terrifying force. In the next war, every Russian warrior must hold a spear. "
"What about the sword and shield?"
"I want them all! Every good Russian warrior must have a spear and a long sword. , an ax, a dagger, and a shield. I also want a lot of crossbows and slingshots!”
Hallo Zuosen took a breath: “In that case, we will be the king of the entire human world.” He pointed to the blue sky, "It seems that Odin has also heard your prayer. Look, there are a thousand ravens here, and Odin is staring at us."
"Okay! Waiting for logging Brothers come back and let the souls of the warriors go to Valhalla."
If Otto had been a reckless man, he would have been pulled from his position as leader.
Through this battle, Otto no longer cared about the rumored glory of a warrior. As long as you can kill enemies and execute them in large numbers, this is the glory of a warrior.
He already hopes that the entire army will become a spear unit, coupled with a large number of bows and crossbows, so as to try his best to kill the enemy before fighting at close range. This hope is exactly the same as Rurik's idea, or an ancient European infantry team. The army is most effective in such an arrangement, and Otto is enlightened.
The Ross tribe cannot bear the death of too many people, at least for now. The irrecoverable death of three hundred people meant that the strength of the Ross tribe was greatly frustrated.
I am afraid that within a few years, continued large-scale operations like this will require careful consideration.
But Otto did not regret it, and neither did the Russian soldiers.
Completely different from Otto's deepness, it seems that the soldiers are not sad for their dead people.
The brothers clearly defeated the enemy with a small number, and successfully won a resounding victory.
Everyone chanted Rurik's name. The people around the campfire and the loggers entering the forest were all talking about Rurik. Not only was this a victory for Rurik, but the most important thing was that he personally killed the king of the Gotlanders!
The Ross army returned to their camp, night fell on the world, and the stars were shining brightly in the sky.
The dark world is burning, and the air is filled with an extremely strong burnt smell.
The fallen Russian soldiers, including Russians, Mellaren mercenaries, Hjelmalen mercenaries, and Slavs, were lying on more than a hundred piles of pine wood and haystacks.
Fight everyone aliveThe soldier wore armor and picked up all the captured raven shields.
Beside the altar set up before the war, the extremely young female warriors of Rurik, wearing newly picked chrysanthemums as flower crowns, gathered together and sang "Holy War".
Just like the lyrics say, the army really defeated the main force of the Gotland Army, and the final victory was already one step away.
The holy fire in the altar reflects Rumia wearing an antlered helmet. She opened her arms, and when the song was finished, she personally sang the sacrificial hymn passed down by the Ross tribe.
What is very eye-catching is that there is a wooden stick in the middle of the altar, and the head of Gotland King Hakon is stuck on it.
What is a sacrifice? The King of Gotland is the sacrifice!
Suddenly, Rumia looked up at Tianyu and shouted in a clear voice, "The gods said they need new warriors! Let these brave people go to Valhalla! Light a fire. ! ”
The campground, which was already lit with a large number of bonfires, gradually turned into an erupting volcano, or the earth was burning.
For the people who fled back to Visby, they were horrified to see that the battlefield east of the mound was burning, like countless monsters emerging from the underworld, and it seemed as if the souls of the fallen were still fighting with each other. The terrifying Russian army battled.
The fallen Russian soldiers were caught in the fire, and the fire continued until dawn.
Realistically speaking, it may take a day to burn the corpse in the firewood into pitch-black skeletons or ashes. The Russians can wait slowly, but of course they also need to make corrections.
However, for Rurik, he did not need to rush to Visby.
In that city without wall protection, armies can enter and leave at any time.
Rurik’s idea was quite different, and his explanation made the tribesmen shut up.
“We don’t need to rest for just one day, we have to wait, or even wait for two or three days. The guys who escaped have no combat effectiveness. If they escape at sea, they will be sunk by our army. They will fall into In terror, they will become insane and kill each other. In the end, there will not be many living people left. The last of them will send messengers to beg us for mercy. Of course, I can spare the lives of many women and children, but as a price, we will be eliminated. Everything except their lives."
Indeed, the Gotlanders now only have a large number of women, children and old guys. Their young and middle-aged warriors and Danish mercenaries have been killed in battle. Ninety-nine!
No one believes that the Gotlanders are a threat anymore. They and their city of Visby are completely fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered. It depends on the mood of the butcher when to use the knife.
Just as Rurik hoped, the atmosphere of terror surrounding the founding of Visby was brewing.
Six thousand soldiers of the Gotland army went out to fight, but after only half a day of fighting, they came up short. How many people did they lose? I'm afraid even they themselves don't know.
Only a handful of prime-age warriors escapedCome back, you can say that these people are real cowards. The bravest men have been fighting the Russians desperately, and finally ended up with the tragic result of all death.
Most of the wealthy businessmen and small wealthy families collapsed after this battle.
Visby's fishing industry, salt cooking industry and wool industry are the mainstays of the economy, and the foundation of the economy mainly relies on the work of prime men. Now, all ten rooms in Visby are empty. The old people who stayed behind were shocked by the complete failure of their tribe. They tried to talk to the female warriors who had escaped, but most of what they got was their crazy screams.
In this battle, the Gotland Army actually lost more than 4,000 people, and those who escaped alive were almost all female soldiers and young soldiers. These people's equipment is poor, their physical strength, skills and tactics are inferior, and their existence value is more to fill the scene.
The key to defeating the enemy is not the gain or loss of a city or a place, but the annihilation of the enemy's effective strength.
Rurik deliberately acted in accordance with this strategic model summarized by Sun Wu in the East and Clausewitz in the West, and the results were so tragic.
If two major conflicts and one minor conflict before the decisive battle are included, the Gotlanders lost a total of more than 6,000 troops. That is, 1,500 enemies were wiped out in the Battle of White Sands Port. Five hundred enemies were wiped out in the battle of Luye Village. In the ambush battle under the hill and the initial landing battle, more than 300 people were killed.
In addition, the Ross army has captured more than a thousand people and brought them all back to the rear.
The net loss of the Gotlanders was close to 8,000 people. This shows that in Visby, the huge settlements fell into a terrible depression, and some shantytowns completely turned into ghost towns, leaving only the young The distress of young children, and the wails of women after a failed battle.
Five large merchant families managed to escape back to Visby. They dragged their almost broken bodies and gathered in the forum on the evening of the decisive battle day.
The priests looked sad, and the big businessmen were full of pain.
Harald sat cross-legged dejectedly, muttering depressedly: "It's time to come up with a countermeasure."
"Countermeasure? What other countermeasures are there?!" A businessman burst out in anger. , and then sat down slowly and despaired: "Haken is finished, I saw him captured with my own eyes. I just can't figure it out, how can the Russians have such strength? They actually defeated us on land, and now I There are only a dozen mercenaries and more than twenty slaves left in my hands. If they die, I can only kill the enemy myself."
"You still want to kill the enemy? We are delusional, we must run away,” another businessman seemed to have a feasible opinion.
"Escape? Escape to where?"
"We forced ourselves to go to sea and left in the dark with the gold and silver."
"I'm afraid this is the only way we can do it. . Now the guys in Klitheim are evacuating again, and they are going back to their port by land. Maybe we can work with them to get to Gotland smoothly."
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p>The two businessmen who had escaped talked to each other and discussed their escape plan.The guys who were originally the main combatants now want to leave this place of right and wrong as quickly as possible.
Of course there are also well-intentioned efforts to win over Harald: "Friend, you should withdraw quickly! I really envy you, you have a beautiful daughter. You dedicated Aslaqi to Hedebe's Business leader, that guy will help you revive your family business quickly. When that time comes, don’t forget to support us.”
Is this a good intention? It's obviously...
Harald couldn't say anything for a while. He knew his daughter, so he said: "Asraqi has listened to too many heroic stories told by the priests. She just wants to Marry a hero. What's the name of that person in Hazeby? Forget it."
"It doesn't matter." The merchant shrugged: "We'll forcefully cross the Russians. With the sea blockade, everything will be fine.”
Harald’s attitude towards escaping is extremely complicated now. He didn't believe that the Russians were so kind as to leave a gap in the blockade for people to escape. As for following the last few refugees from Clitheim to take the overland route to the southern port, they would have to go through a long trek through the woods, lack of water and food, and everything would be perilous.
A thought came to his mind. He raised his head and asked his businessmen friends: "Could it be that the Russians are absolutely ruthless and want to kill everyone?"
The businessmen immediately understood the meaning, and then they all stretched out their hands to accuse.
If it were possible to surrender, the brothers would have surrendered long ago, but what everyone saw was clearly the crazy killing of the Ross army, as if the earth had cracked open, and the monsters from the underworld overflowed and attached themselves to the Ross people. Turning people into monsters.
Some people even said it extremely viciously. This person stood up, pointed at Harald’s nose and cursed: "You are the one who is fighting the most! Magnold (a big businessman who was killed) wants to retreat. , you killed him with your own hands! Now, brothers, maybe it’s time to kill you, because you want to surrender!”
After being threatened, Harald suddenly pulled out his sword, and the four merchants pulled it out one after another. Protective short sword.
Harald did not show weakness: "Come on, I was a warrior before I became a businessman. I can kill you easily."
What he said was true, and he was good at The merchants who counted the silver coins did not dare to test it rashly.
"Then there's no need to talk. Why do we have to talk in the forum?" A businessman looked up at the ceiling and sighed: "This place will eventually be occupied by the Russians, and the brothers will evacuate. I hope... Lord Lei can forgive Haken for destroying his sacrifice and reward us people to live and continue to make money. And you, Harald, stay here. Since your daughter likes strong warriors, let Asraqi go. Give it to the leader of the Rus! For the sake of beauty, the Rus might save your family."
The conversation in the council broke up, and the merchants left angrily. Only Harald sat blankly, looking at each other with the priests who looked bitter.
The High Priest of Gotland, an old man with a bald head and a face covered with chalk mud, moved his decayed body and sat cross-legged in the Hall.In front of you: "Hakon is dead. He betrayed Frey and was not recognized by Odin. Now, we support you as the new king."
"Am I the king?" Hala Er was suddenly startled, "Why? Being a king carries the curse of death."
"But the people in Visby want to live. Maybe those Russians will really care about the fairy." , It’s not too much.”
“Really! It’s so ridiculous!”
To be fair, Harald can even withdraw money to protect his family’s wealth. He really doesn't want to be the king, because he knows that the Russians obviously have hatred for the Gotlanders. Whoever becomes the king will have to pay for this hatred.
He rushed out of the door without saying anything, and did not leave a clear answer.
He hurriedly fled home with his waiting entourage. As soon as he returned, he ordered all the domestic slaves to be armed.
The so-called armed forces do not really mean street fighting with the Russians. Harald knows very well that his enemy now is not the Russian army, but the guys around him. Those seemingly ordinary people are deadly threats under special circumstances. As for his future plans, his mind was extremely confused, so he would just take it one step at a time.