The eyeliners who were placed on two sandbanks in the Kattegat Strait noticed a large ship floating in the distance.
A leader hurriedly summoned his men who were busy fishing: "The enemy that the leader wants us to keep an eye on has appeared. Let's get on the boat and report it."
A bold young man shouted: "Do you really want the Red Dragon to go to war? We brothers rush over. If we capture that big ship, we are all heroes."
"Idiot! If we could, it would have been captured long ago. Let's hurry up Let’s go!”
It wasn’t until the Avora was getting closer that the bold ones in the eyes realized how ridiculous their thoughts were.
A longship appeared from the seemingly uninhabited sandbank and was discovered almost immediately.
Most of the combatants have gathered on the deck, including Rurik, who also put on a helmet. He personally held a steel-arm crossbow and stood at the bow of the ship. While supervising the battle, he also participated in the battle personally.
Even Nolen, she stood on the deck out of curiosity and courage, intending to help.
The sudden appearance of a longship in the distance heralds a dangerous signal.
Rurik narrowed his eyes and asked loudly: "Jevlo, what do you think that means?"
"It must be a scout."
" Where are they going?"
"Of course to report to their boss"
"Their boss?" Rurik thought for a moment and suddenly thought of an important person. He couldn't help but excitedly stamped his feet: "If the leader of the Danish alliance goes to fight in person, we will be so lucky."
Jevro was quite surprised, knowing that his master had originally planned to cross the strait without fighting.
"Sir, we don't have to fight them if it's not necessary."
"That's true. But if their leaders show up, you say! Should we fight or not? !"
"This...if it's for honor."
"No!" Rurik shook his head, "King Olegin of Sweden is also legally dead. A member of Sweden, Olegin, was killed by the Danish leader. Once we seize the opportunity to take revenge, we must not give up."
"Huh? Just with our ship?"
p>"Exactly. I hope I can find the leader."
Yevluo wanted to persuade Rurik not to be too naive. One or more ships appeared on the vast sea. How to determine who is the most noble person on the ship?
Jevro asked again: "So, how do we deal with this ship? If we raise the sails to full, we can catch up and sink it."
"Then chase! Sink it, capture a few prisoners and ask about the enemy's situation."
Using the wind, the Avora carried more than fifty tons of supplies and ran wildly on the sea with great momentum. Her speed is maintained at around ten knots. Compared with ordinary long ships, this speed is considered the limit of sailing. However, facts have proven that in extreme conditions, the Aurora can be blown away by strong winds in a storm.Running at a speed of twenty knots.
She was racing wildly in the gradually constricting strait. Even if the sailors of the ship were rowing desperately, the Aurora rushed forward unstoppably.
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The time has come, Yevro shouted: "It's time to show your abilities! Seize the opportunity to launch!"
The newly recruited Balmok mercenaries, this time Fanzheng was the first naval battle in his life. They manipulated the torsion slingshot from a high position, and when the Avrora made a smooth broadside against the enemy, the five slingshots were launched almost simultaneously.
The distance between the two boats was only twenty meters. The oarsmen of the longboat screamed in panic. They all saw clearly that there was a row of people holding bows standing on this ghostly big boat, and then It's a fatal blow.
Because only one "tongue" is enough.
At a close enough distance, the torsion slingshot smashed four large holes in the longship, and the people on board were attacked by arrows on a large scale. They didn't even have time to pick up the bucklers hanging on the side of the ship to defend themselves. The Danes, who were only wearing cloth clothes or with bare arms and arms, were hit by arrows one after another.
"Stop it! You are doing a good job!" Jevro gave the order to fire, and the Balmok mercenaries in the first battle lowered their bows in extreme nervousness.
A clean naval battle, this scene was seen clearly by Nolen, who was wearing an iron helmet.
Is this really what naval battles look like? Is this how the Russians fight?
Noren's heart was beating wildly. She hurried to the bow of the ship and grabbed her husband Rurik's arm, although she was speechless.
"Are you scared?"
"..."
"Nothing." Rurik looked at the side of the ship calmly, "The battle has begun. The enemy Be prepared, we can't pass through harmlessly. Give up your illusions and prepare to fight. My dear, can you draw the bow?" "I..." Nolen pouted and suddenly said: " I will."
"Give you a short wooden bow and shoot at my side once the war begins. Listen, my woman must be a female warrior now, with your Balmok native. Let’s fight together, and let’s all see the beauty of the daughter of the leader of Balmok.”
A moment later, a man who fell into the water grabbed the rope that was thrown down and boarded the ship.
As Rurik was wont to do, he promised that if he told everything, he would not only survive but also be released.
No, it doesn’t even need to be beaten by Yevro himself with a wooden stick. After seeing all the people who fell into the water being killed, the prisoner, considering his own situation, said everything of.
The people in the boat frowned and listened to the prisoners' "war threats."
Although Rurik and his brothers were mentally prepared, who would have thought that the Danes would block (nominally) all channels entering the Baltic Sea?
Especially the Oresund Strait, which is supposed to be the widest and safest.The waterway has become a key guarded place. The Danish leader Hafgen and the dangerous Red Dragon are cruising in the strait.
Jevro didn’t know whether to laugh or be sad: "Sir, the battle is indeed inevitable. Since their leader is waiting for us to break in, we..."
"Of course it is an attack. !" Rurik geared up, with an indescribable desire to fight in his eyes. "The bow of the ship is painted red? That Red Dragon is their pride? Alliance leader Hafgen is on that big ship?!"
"Tongue" obviously heard this young and noble northern lord The adult muttered, and immediately crawled to Rurik's feet and prayed: "Hafgen is on that big ship. He has been wanting revenge for several months. If you forcefully break through the strait, there will be fifty or even a hundred ships." The ship will intercept."
"Duel?"
"My lord," the prisoner continued to pray: "I will tell you the truth. Just release me."
"Release?" Rurik shrugged, "We will release you after we defeat your leader."
< p>"Ah! This...""What?" Rurik's mood suddenly changed and he bowed his head in contempt, "Do you think we will lose? Will you become fish bait?"
< p>"Ah! No. You will win. You will definitely...win!"Obviously, the prisoner could not imagine that his Robard tribe would be defeated.
Rurik was too lazy to say anything. He gave Jevro a sudden look, then glanced at the bow of the ship, and finally ordered the prisoner to stand up.
"Okay. I'll let you go now. Yevlo, it's done, you know it!"
"Okay! Sir."
As a result, with a scream and the sound of falling into the water, the prisoner was thrown directly from the bow of the ship. The prisoner's body directly collided with the keel of the Aurora, and the person who fell into the water died on the spot...
Everyone on the ship knew the truth. Next, of course, is the battle with the red dragon!
"Brothers! Prepare for war. Now, hang our flag on the mainmast! Old soldiers, put on our battle robes!"
"I don't want anything. Cover up! I want to let the enemy know that they are fighting against the Russians!”
The mainmast of Avlora flew the oar flag with interlaced blue stripes on a white background, and this flag was quite Danish! The lord already knew the power he represented - the Swedes.
Today the Rus are only part of Sweden, but last year's war was called the "Western Baltic War". All forces were involved, and a large number of Gotlanders fled into Jutland. , so that the Danes clearly remember that flag.
The waving flag was Rurik's deliberate provocation, and the phantom of the big ship was extremely vivid to all Danish longships within a radius of five nautical miles.
As it was approaching noon, the battle was inevitably about to break out.
The Aurora has entered the entrance to the Oresund Strait! Her overly flamboyant figureThe position was discovered early by the Danes who were waiting for help.
In these days, the alliance leader Hafgen ordered the red dragon to be on standby. He polished his iron sword all the time, and his will to fight never changed with the passage of time.
While their morale was high, their subordinates reported the information that everyone was looking forward to in their ecstasy.
"That's great!" Hafgen pulled out his long sword and ran to the Red Dragon that was parked and waiting.
As many as two hundred warriors boarded this most powerful Viking longship, and people shouted slogans and left the mooring.
Behind him, ten more longships followed.
The huge paddles propel the ship forward. From a bird's-eye view, an ordinary dragon-headed longship looks like a centipede, while the Red Dragon is a dangerous big red-headed centipede.
This Danish fleet is indeed very dangerous. The Robard tribe has organized a very powerful fleet in Northern Europe in this time and space. If Hafgen intends to go south and drift to the Seine River, the Frankish king will be afraid. .
But what's the use?
The Russians under Rurik and the whole of Europe are not playing a chess game.
This is a fateful battle. Rurik at the bow of the ship can already clearly see the entire fleet that suddenly appeared.
"The Red Dragon? It must be the longest ship." Yevro said with his sword.
Rurik blocked the midday sun with his hands. He could clearly see the long ship that was as slender as a sea snake. Compared with other ships, it was indeed very special.
"This must be the Red Dragon. Tsk tsk, apart from the long hull, many oarsmen, two masts and sails, can this be called powerful?"
Jevro kindly reminded: "Sir, we should indeed be vigilant."
"Your reminder is very good. In my opinion, the battle is over. We will win easily. Hey, it's really boring... …"
My Lord is actually sighing. This young and beautiful boy is actually sighing in disappointment because the victory is too easy? ! Should he be praised for his bravery and confidence, or should he say nothing?
Jevro chose to shut up, and then carefully implemented his duties, requiring his mercenary soldiers to abide by their duties, obey orders completely in battle, and show no mercy to the enemy. .
Rurik was indeed very disappointed. He didn’t expect that Denmark’s proud Red Dragon longship, which the prisoner boasted of infinite power, was this kind of thing? !
If an ordinary longship is equivalent to a car, then the Red Dragon is an extended Lincoln.
But with the figure of the Aurora, it is clearly a heavy tank!
As the distance gradually approached, Rurik noticed that the enemy's gathered fleet was adopting some kind of tactical formation.
Rurik, who thought this was just another quick victory, suddenly realized that the enemy was actually adopting a "sea pincer offensive."
"Are the Danes planning to double-team me? Bring me somethreaten. "
You have to catch the thief before you catch the king. Rurik gave the simplest battle order: "Brothers! Target the biggest ship! Target Red Dragon! charge! Follow my orders and sink the red dragon! Kill all enemies on the red dragon! Kill the Danish leader! ”
Yes, considering the strength of the big ship, Hafgen and his cronies came up with the most reasonable tactic of a pincer offensive.
The Red Dragon is the core of the Chinese army , a large number of longships on both wings are responsible for encircling them. Hafgen believes that his red dragon is strong enough and will be able to stop the enemy's momentum. Once it succeeds, it will be besieged by the swarm. Countless hooks will lead the warriors up, and victory will belong to Denmark.
The two sides in the battle actually had a tacit understanding of the duel.
But it was the Avora that took the lead.
The bull trebuchet threw a large number of stones. Only two stone bombs hit the Red Dragon, causing a rower's head to explode and die suddenly.
Hafgen found the sudden casualties incredible, even though the distance between the two ships was still very large. Far away (about 250 meters).
All trebuchets have only one chance to shoot, and even the Avora has only one chance to charge. Damn it, a three-hundred-round battle is absurd.
Ryurik sees clearly that the real killer is determined by one strike.
Aphlora is the one. In this way, her current displacement is close to one hundred tons, which is truly a miracle for ships in this time and space. On the other hand, even if the Red Dragon carries two hundred people, its total displacement is only thirty tons.
Afu. If Lora's bronze bulbous bow collides, it doesn't even need to actually happen. According to traditional physics calculations, Rurik has already won.
Now, it's like a school field between two heavily armored knights. Hedging competition. The pride of Danish leader Hafgen is instantly eroded by the imminent threat! This bold and arrogant man standing on the bow of the ship looks like a handsome guy standing in front of a speeding truck.
From a distance. The big boat going to the jib was not very big, but the collision was about to happen, and Hafgen finally understood what his seriously injured brother-in-law was crying about at that time! His sister actually didn't tell any lies! When he had the chance to escape, he was using the arm of a mantis as a cart.
The bow of the Avora left on the water was four meters high. She was like a boulder and directly collided with the Red Dragon!
The red snake head coated with cinnabar was directly smashed into powder.
The force was relative, and the Avora also trembled violently, even though most of the people on the deck. Even though he was prepared, he fell to the ground due to tremors.
Liuli pulled Nolen and quickly stood up from the deck.
Just now, he was hit hard by the Avrola. She tilted sharply, but fortunately the huge amount of wheat in the cabin caused the center of gravity to be below the waterline, and she quickly stabilized the hull.
"Hey! Look at the situation! Are our ships damaged! "Rurik shouted.
A sailor hurriedly jumped into the cabin, and a muffled roar came from a moment later: "Boss! We are indestructible!"
Rurik was overjoyed, and shouted to his probably dazed brothers: "Fight! Get up!" Fight! Let the Red Dragon sink completely!”
The collision is over. In fact, the Avrora has passed through the Danish defense line. Rurik can order the stable ship to return to the Baltic Sea. Walk away.
Although the Red Dragon was fatally injured, it was like a bull whose throat had been cut. It was struggling, but it was still some time away from death.
However, in the collision just now, the powerful hero Hafgen was smashed to pieces by the bulbous bow of the Avrora!
Perhaps for a noble nobleman, his death in battle should be spectacular.
It's like Lionheart died from a farmer's crossbow sniper, like heavily armored Barbarossa falling off his horse and drowning while crossing the river.
Some noble people are so bold that they don’t realize that their position on the battlefield is seeking death.
Hafgen, the leader of the Danish alliance, died at the age of thirty-seven.
Cause of death: Standing on the bow of his ship, the Red Dragon, he was trying to stop the advance of the Avora and was killed on the spot.
But how did Rurik know immediately that he had personally killed the Danish leader and avenged his two other wives, Carlotta and Ella?
Under the control of the capable sailors, the Aurora turned smoothly. Various long-range weapons on the big ship were fired, slaughtering the panic-stricken and helpless people standing on the gradually sinking Red Dragon. Danish warriors who helped. Unfortunately, these Danes released a few arrows and made a token resistance, and then they were crushed by the bottom of the oncoming ship.
After all, the Red Dragon is an open-top extended longship. If it were a traditional Nordic naval battle, this ship would definitely be the King of the Sea. However, the entire bow of the ship was destroyed, seawater quickly poured into the entire ship, and with the last blow instructed by Rurik, the entire ship sank...
The other longships were shocked! Many Danes realized that their leader Hafgen was probably dead in the battle. What now? The red dragon is dead! That big sea monster-like ship is still killing people wantonly!
The longships dispersed, and their will to fight collapsed. They tried their best to paddle straight to the nearest coast.
It seems that everything has settled, and the red dragon sank in the strait waterway. There were a lot of pieces of wood floating on the sea, floating corpses, and even people trying to swim to the seaside holding pieces of wood.
"It's over! It's all over. Just like what you said, sir, we won in one fell swoop." Jevro panted and laughed.
Rurik nodded, hugged Nolen, who was emotional, and faced his men with different expressions on the deck: "I don't know if the Danish leader is dead. Look, their pride It has turned into sawdust, maybe there is that damn Hafgen among these floating corpses! Let’s go back to Fort Ross!”
The battle took place only half the time.hours.
Aphroela continued to move forward with the help of the north wind, and in the evening, the narrow waterway suddenly opened up.
Rurik has returned to the Baltic Sea.