Chapter 564: Spreading terror in the forest and snow fields

Russian people wear white robes and can blend into the forest and snowy fields as long as they suddenly lie down.

This snow camouflage is indeed only available to the Russians who have mastered a large amount of white linen. The uniform dress is somewhat demanding, and only the Russians in the entire Nordic world can do it.

Many people were pulling a small sled during the operation, with personal belongings placed on it. As expected, the sled was also wrapped in white cloth.

After many days of marching and killing, Arik and his men were getting closer and closer to the lair where the invaders might be entrenched.

On the way, they ate the dry food they brought with them, ate the captured food, and hunted decisively during the journey.

Even the cunning and alert white fox can hardly detect that the white pile of snow not far away is the hunter's disguise.

The whizzing sound of arrows pierced the tranquility of the snowfield in early spring, and the fox died amidst the roaring sound.

The fox skin was an unexpected gain, and the meat was shared among the brothers.

It was a tortuous journey to the old Gray Squirrel Hill Castle, and they kept searching along the frozen Oulu River.

Everyone has their crossbows on their shoulders. Look at their appearance. It’s not like they are holding crossbows, but more like they are holding shotguns!

Rurik's crossbow imitated a rifle from the beginning, and the wooden stock was designed for ergonomics. Based on this, any warrior who uses it will naturally figure out how to use it better.

It is not good to allow the bow arm to accumulate power for a long time. In order to avoid being in a hurry when encountering a battle, the arrows in the arrow trough of the wooden arm crossbow are stuck in the end shrapnel until shooting. It can be strung with bare hands. Only the heavier and more powerful steel-armed crossbow was temporarily placed on the sled and pulled along.

The Russian team seems to be loose, but in fact it is Arik's deliberate decision to highlight his superiority in military equipment.

He was looking forward to an encounter, and now the opportunity has come!

A group of chaotic figures appeared in the frozen river ahead!

Russian people walking along the snowy field by the river spontaneously lay down one after another, or squatted down with their backs against the big gray-black trees.

Someone rushed to Arik and said with an expectant smile: "Boss, I guess these people are here for revenge."

"Revenge? For two days ago "It must be so. There are no friends here, and all the brothers are eager for glory." "Then fight!" He patted the guy on the shoulder, and then asked all his men to come to him.

Many warriors have been to Gotland and fought fierce battles. Even if they are small, they are determined to win against new enemies.

Aric looked around carefully and glanced at the corner of his mouth: "Look at you guys, do you want to kill them all and then go back to report that our brothers have eliminated all the intruders?"

“That’s enough, we don’t need to fight with these intruders.A real fight. Follow my orders and ambush them. Use arrows to kill as many enemies as possible without exposing any traces. They all just lie down in the snowdrift, spontaneously rush out to kill the enemy, and be careful of being shot by other brothers. "

They started to take action, and they were all scattered and lurking on the right bank of the river. The average distance between them was only about one meter, essentially forming a rather dense ambush position.

Two types The crossbows were all cocked, and due to the limited length of the position, everyone could see Arik's movements clearly.

Whether to attack or not depends on Arik's order. Now the commander decided to let the prey step into the ambush with confidence. Circle.

At the same time, the Tavastians, who were heading to the old Salmon Lord’s mountain fortress to inquire about the situation, led by their leader Vateyala, coveted the smooth road across the glacier and deliberately Advancing on the ice. Due to the boring march and the overwhelming number of people, ordinary soldiers gradually ignored the threats, but they did not know that they were walking into the Russian ambush without knowing it.

Without saying anything, Arik lay on the ground with a sullen face, his stubble-covered cheek pressed against the wooden support of the crossbow, the crosshairs aimed at an enemy at random, and he gently pulled the trigger.

The crossbow arrow weighing nearly 200 grams flew away. The tremor and recoil shook his tiger body. The arrow hit an enemy in the face in a low parabola with a soft whooshing sound.

This arrow alone pierced the enemy's entire mandible, causing him to fall down. Although he did not die immediately, in the crazy spurt of blood, the Tavastiyas around him fell. Everyone was at a loss for this inexplicable attack.

Arik's shooting was just a signal. Upon seeing this, other soldiers fired a volley of arrows. It cut through the air and hit a very dense group of enemies.

With this blow, more than ten people fell to the ground on the spot, many people were wailing, and the ice surface was quickly stained red with blood. Of course, there were also strong people. Although he was hit by an arrow, he still stood holding the short spear and endured the pain.

The Tavastians began to exclaim, and Vateyala did not understand the situation at all.

"Don't worry about it yet, brother! Nocking an arrow! Fight back! "

But the world returned to silence, with only the fallen man wailing while holding his bleeding wound. The nervous warrior looked cautiously at the forest under the snow, feeling more and more the horror there.< /p>

They gathered on the ice, a large gray-black mass that was incompatible with the entire gray world, and became the most stupid target.

Some people guessed that the attackers were hiding. They shot arrows in the direction, but no one dared to leave the protection of the large army.

The arrows flew over the heads of Arik and others, either flying too high or hitting them. Lying on the tree trunk.

Aric lay down without saying a word and used his strong thighs and arms to forcefully string the steel-armed crossbow.

The brothers sitting on the wooden crossbows have all finished winding up, waiting for their boss to launch a new round of shooting.

Aric led the brothers to fire another round of volleys. This time the Tavastians saw the general direction of the arrows, and more than ten people were hit by the arrows.

The wooden shield did block a few arrows, but some of the wooden shields were smashed open, and the arrow clusters smashed through the arm of the shield holder!

In this situation, which is very unfavorable to the Tavastians, just being injured means fatal.

The sudden situation confused Vatyala's mind. He was attacked by three arrows in a row. Although he could see the direction in which the arrows were coming, where were the traces of the enemy?

He had never encountered such an enemy before. Forty brothers were already lying on the ground, and the glacier turned red.

"Brothers! Charge over there! The enemies are hiding, hack them to death!"

"Hey! What are you doing standing still? Are you all cowards?!"

"Don't gather in a group, you are just waiting to be killed!"

However, the fourth round of arrows came again.

Although the averagely powerful wooden crossbows have a higher firing frequency, their power is really average. Against armored enemies and shield holders, defensive measures can block arrows. The weapons of the Tavastians are still too weak. Facing the various Vikings chopped off in the Nordic world, they can only be ravaged! They were able to gain advantage by bullying the weaker Kovins and the equally incompetent Karelians.

The Tavastians, these proud men who dared to work together to hunt bears, finally realized that leaving their homeland of ice and snow lakes would face a formidable enemy.

This is just an armed reconnaissance team of the Russians.

Seeing that his warriors had turned into a group of cowards, Vatyala, who had fought such a cowardly battle for the first time, was furious.

He called on more than a dozen trustworthy men. They held wooden shields wrapped in wolf skins in front of them, holding battle axes and short spears in their right hands, and organized a commando team to rush towards Arik without any bias. .

“You actually want to attack me?! Idiot!”

Now Arik is no longer pretending.

A snowman rises from the ground. No! That's an enemy.

Aric was holding a crossbow that was strung up with a winch, suddenly showed his body, and leaned on a tree to shoot an arrow at a charging guy.

The shield wrapped in wolf skin was of some use. The arrow did not penetrate the shield, but it ricocheted. The man's teeth were shattered and his mouth was full of blood. Fall down.

These ten people became the real target of public criticism. The chargers retreated one after another after killing six of them, falling to the ground and wailing.

It was not until now that Vateyala actually saw the first enemy.

Arik was already covered with a white cloth cloak, and even his head was covered with white cloth. He heard arrows flying by his earsBut he remained unmoved. Liang Ming glared at the furious enemy from behind and hid behind a big tree.

"Asshole! Come out here! The Russians! Fight with us!" Vateyala yelled in his language, but the Russians refused to come out.

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Although he could not understand, Arik could understand the hostility in his opponent's words through the atmosphere of his words. That man just asked the brothers to come out and kill them!

If it had been in the past, he would have definitely jumped out and slashed in all directions, but the enemy who counterattacked on Gotland was so beaten that he fled in panic. The lessons of that failed battle were left with terrible scars. on his left arm. Even if he didn't show up, he still asked his soldiers to continue shooting arrows. As for the arrows he carried and captured were getting less and less, it didn't matter. If the ambush couldn't be fought, the brothers would withdraw. After all, the brothers are just a scouting force.

It was indeed only when Arik was about to run out of arrows that he realized that he was just serving as a scout.

Wateyala was forced to flee. There were as many as five arrows stuck in his wooden shield, and his brothers suffered heavy losses. Many simply fled to the forest opposite, and some He hurriedly fled towards the fortress from which he came.

But the Russian arrows were still flying. What shocked the Tavastians was that the enemies seemed to be sharpshooters.

Someone among the rebels climbed up to Vatyala: "Let's go quickly. The Russian army is in the forest. We can still hold on to the mountain fortress if we go back. Now if we stay here, everyone will die!" "

Wateyala is unwilling to retreat. Considering the reality, he really has no choice but to leave.

I originally thought of having a decisive battle with the main force of the Ross people, and after making great achievements in battle, I would then come to the tribal alliance to gain reputation for a great cause, but now it seems that saving my life is the most important thing.

He led his brothers to evacuate quickly, which was not too shameful, because many people had already run away...

The Russians seemed to have won, that's how it was Victory, brothers just smile, no one has the joy after winning a bloody battle.

Another person rushed to Arik: "They are so weak! Boss, we recovered the arrows and captured their camp along their retreat route. In my opinion, we only need thirty of us. I can really cut off three hundred of their heads."

Arik sat down and twisted his arm: "Clean the battlefield first. None of you understand the language of those enemies."

Now someone came over: "I understand!"

"You?"

"It is said that Covin has a relationship with the Tavastians, I am here Laoyu has dealt with those Kewen people, maybe I can understand the language of these enemies."

"Let's try it, I would like to know their situation."

The Russians picked up the arrows and also collected the corpses of the dead enemies.

This is definitely not their good intention, it is completely Arik's intention to further humiliate the enemy.

Two enemies with minor arrow wounds were escorted to Arik. As expected, the languages ​​of Tavastians and Corvins had great similarities, and some key intelligence was obtained by the Ross scouts. Know.

Arik never imagined that this was not an accidental invasion by the invaders, but a deliberate and permanent occupation. The nature of this behavior is as bad as the Danes' expedition to the north to occupy the Lake Mälaren area.

The prisoners tried their best to prove their strength in order to survive, claiming that five hundred people occupied an old fortress.

Are all five hundred people warriors? Aric was convinced of this by the fallacy of translation. The approximately seventy corpses collected in this way (the wounded were hacked to death) are only one-seventh of the enemy's strength?

After learning this news, the brothers who were clamoring to annihilate the invaders with thirty scouts now shut up.

Arick guessed that the so-called fortress must be the old Gray Squirrel Hill Fort. The Russians also paid some casualties when they conquered this fortress, and the fortress did require some heavy weapons to defeat it. He thought of a new tactic. Even if the brothers could not annihilate the invaders, they were very happy and confident in disturbing the enemy and living in fear all day long.

The prisoners were not killed, and the two men were released and fled back to the hillfort occupied by the Tavastians with some very crucial and concise information.

The two men later returned from the escape, and they told Vatyala what the Russians had told them.

They only relayed the strange-sounding words of the Kovan language passed down by the Russians: "The ice and snow melted, Rus, ships, many people, war."

Fighted and lost the battle. Vatrava was furious. The defeated warriors were frightened and the Russians quickly attacked the mountain fortress. Together with all the women and children of the Tavas immigrants, they were already strengthening their defenses and preparing to defend the city. Prepare as you did when you fought the Karelians back home.

Now Vateyala has basically figured out one thing. The main force of the Russians has not come yet, and it is only a small force.

But isn’t this even more terrifying? !

It’s just a small army! Let him lose seventy or eighty of his more than three hundred brothers in one battle! The living people were trembling with fear from the strange arrows, and were even full of fear of going out to hunt. Hunters are not afraid of bears and wolves at all. They are afraid of being suddenly hit in the neck by a flying arrow while walking. After all, the terrifying arrow cannot be easily blocked by a wooden shield.

It is impossible to give up this area. By controlling the resources of this area, Tavastia will become more powerful.

Wateyala did not think of running away. If he really ran away, he would not have the face to meet the people in his hometown.

He began to send messengers to the rear to ask for help. He learned that the expeditionary force had fought with the mysterious Rus and suffered losses. It was reasonable for Tavastia leader Vatkad to be furious.Among them, all the villages in the alliance requested that they must send troops to hold the fruits of everyone's victory.

As for how many troops to send, this is very particular and requires a meeting.

It was precisely when they were busy discussing that the appearance of reinforcements was actually delayed.

Macroscopically, the temperature is gradually warming, and Arik also noticed that the sea ice is thinning rapidly. Just when the world was about to return to warmth, he ordered the soldiers to create an atmosphere of terror.

Ross's scouts were also hunting, but there were Tavastians on their prey list.

Well now, the Tavastians prefer to hide in mountain fortresses, and their activities are limited to fishing by the river. Many people are in a state of semi-starvation because of those who venture into the distant forests. There was no news, and it became extremely dangerous to hunt for meat, so they had to starve and wait for reinforcements.

But Rosberg has received Arik’s investigation report. Although the messenger rushed back on a reindeer sleigh with oral news, there was a certain distortion in the information. Rurik understood two basic pieces of information exactly. : First, the enemy occupies the entire river basin and will not want to leave unless they use war to kill them all; second, the enemy's combat effectiveness is weak, but the size of its troops does require the attention of the Russians.

How should Rurik judge?

Isn’t this a deliberate provocation by the Tavastian invaders, eager for a decisive battle from the very beginning? This is what Rose needs! It was just a good time to use a weak enemy like Tavastia to train troops and prepare for the next expedition to Britain.