A large number of enemies are slowly approaching the mountain fort. Are they seeking death?
Watyala gritted his teeth, at least protected by wooden walls, he and his Tavastian warriors still had a sense of security.
How does the attacking Russian army want to attack?
"Am I dazzled? Did they tame the bears? Let a group of bears carry wood and move forward?"
Someone shouted: "Boss, that's not a bear! It's a bear wearing a coat." "Damn it! They want to break our door with wood!"
Wateyala is furious because the gate of the mountain fort is not strong. .
He immediately called to his brothers, "Quickly find debris piled at the gate! Others, shoot arrows for me to stop those bears!"
The best clusters of iron arrows whizzed towards A warrior in bearskin.
This voice was heard by the alert Ross, and they had already prepared a countermeasure for this.
Arik was not so arrogant as to fight the arrows head-on. The mail iron rings and thick leather could basically block the arrows. He was afraid that his face and neck, which were weakly defended, would be hit by arrows.
The attacking Russians all held wooden shields in front of them, and the warriors carrying huge wooden shields became "tanks".
The sequel of Landing with a Giant Shield focuses on the bearskin warrior, and more and more arrows are shot on the shield.
The Rus’ preparations almost completely offset the Tavastians’ arrow advantage!
I originally thought I could use iron arrow clusters to repel the enemy, but seeing such poor results, Vateara, who had limited self-confidence, began to despair.
Even in despair, they are still fighting in a corner.
A large number of arrows were fired desperately, but in the end they could not stop the Russians' continuous attack.
The battle became extremely anxious, and Vateara felt increasingly that the situation had become extremely bad.
He continued to roar in the chaos, "Save the arrows! Once we run out of arrows, we are finished!"
Unfortunately, the warriors holding bows were still shooting.
On the other hand, the Russians finally advanced to a distance where their crossbows could shoot accurately.
It is actually an optimal solution for the light crossbowman to hide behind a large wooden shield and start shooting freely, just like what the Genoese crossbowman usually does.
The large wooden shield stood on the ground and became a perfect barrier. After shooting an arrow, the warrior left the step to recharge, then placed an arrow to continue shooting.
In a short period of time, ten shooting positions appeared on the Russian side. The wooden shield was densely packed with Tavastian arrows, and the rain of arrows stuck on the ground was like wildly growing dogtail grass. The arrows were easily accessible.
The battle has begun so far, but the most critical moment has yet to come.
Aric, who was hiding behind the shield, laughed loudly at the bearskin warriors, "God knows how many arrows they have. They may be able to shoot them all. The arrows are all ours, you don't need them." Worried about being hit by an arrow."
The slightly tired bearskin warriors worked together to carry the wood forward. Encouraged by these words, everyone forgot about their fatigue for a moment and vowed to break through the wooden wall and make history happen again.play.
Compared to the war many years ago, there is no troublesome ice and snow in this mountain fortress.
The crossbowmen began to shoot the emerging enemies accurately like hunting. Although the crossbows here were modified from short wooden bows, they were still very effective against the basically unarmored Tavastians.
It seems that the Russians can win in this way?
A large number of stones were moved to the wall. Although most of them were larger than fists, they were dropped from a high place. Even if the Russians were wearing iron helmets, they would still suffer concussions after being hit. .
The Tavastians braved the Russians' counterattacks and threw stones at random. Aric was also shocked when he was hit by a flurry of stones.
The Russians held up their shields to protect their heads and retreated slightly. No fool jumped into the ditch and tried to climb the wall.
The road became narrow, and the road to attack the gate narrowed to only about five meters. This is not because the Tavastians are good at using defensive trenches. In fact, the trenches were also dug to strengthen the wooden walls and obtain soil to facilitate them.
They didn’t know how to build a suspension bridge, so there was a passage leading to the gate.
The most anxious battle is here, even if the warriors holding wooden shields protect the bearskin warriors holding siege hammers, it feels like hitting rocks.
Wooden blocks, stones and even earth were all piled up by the Tavastians towards the wooden door. The corpses of brothers who died in the crisis were also thrown in as obstacles.
They could actually escape through the small door, but that would be a loss of honor, and they would be punished by their tribe even if they returned to their hometown.
The Tavastians who were fighting mad suddenly became heroic, their eyes were red and they resisted resolutely.
More and more warriors were hit by arrows and fell, and a few of the Russians were injured by arrows. The difference is that most of the injuries from the Russian arrows are in insignificant places, and the warrior's torso and head are intact!
The bearskin warriors all found that the gate had been basically smashed into sawdust, but the passage did not exist.
Many people noticed that people inside the wall were still piling up debris. They all felt that this scene was very familiar, as if the people who defended the city were doing this.
The trick Wateyala came up with on the spur of the moment can be called a tortoise tactic. He wanted to make himself a turtle in an urn, hoping that the enemy would not have to break into the urn.
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The Tavastians still have the last belief, which is to hold on no matter the cost, waiting for reinforcements, and then a center will bloom. I'm afraid this is their only chance of winning.
The madmen of Ross's Warriors First Flag Team are not monsters with unlimited energy. Bumping into doors becomes useless, and the warriors in bearskin are panting.
The battle became boring. Arik, who looked at the city wall through the gap in his shield, had lost the idea of breaking the city.
"Damn it! We can't get the greatest glory. Let's go, brothers, let's retreat and wait for the main force."
Luo, who has long been unable to stand this boring battle,Everyone here wanted to evacuate, but out of face, everyone was waiting for Arik's attitude.
Now that the flag captain has spoken, the people carrying the flag have retreated, and the Russians have gradually retreated.
Retreating is not running around, Aric shouted, "Evacuate in an orderly manner! Try to pick up the arrows on the ground and don't leave them to the enemy! We retreat to the woods and stop."
Ross. People are retreating? ! Vatyala, whose mentality was almost broken, was overjoyed, as if God was helping them. The Tavastians sensed hope, and they began to cheer and curse the Rus' fiercely.
Arik is not mentally retarded? He had learned some bad words from the Corvins, and now heard them from the Tavastians.
Some people shouted disdainfully, "Are they insulting us? They look very happy."
"They are insulting." Arik, who returned without success, sat in the forest to rest. , told the inquirer, "They say we are cowards."
"This... we did not kill them all, I am not willing to do so."
"Brother, we are not Coward, just take a break. Look at this mountain fort, they are like fish in Tao Weng. It is up to us to decide when to kill them." After that, he spat again.
"Let's wait! Rurik's large army will definitely arrive in the evening, recharge our batteries and we will fight again tomorrow."
Arik, who calmed down, inspected this unsuccessful raid. The results of the war.
A large number of arrows were pulled from the wooden shields and bundled into a handful with a hundred arrows. After some statistics, everyone collected nearly 3,000 arrows.
The collection of so many arrows really surprised Arik, but everyone also felt strange, as if tens of thousands of arrows were stored in the mountain fortress to give the enemy the capital to squander it.
In the evening, Rurik's large army finally arrived.
It was within his expectation that the First Flag Team of the Warriors failed to capture the mountain fortress, but the enemy really defended it, and Rurik had to be careful with this group of turtles.
I saw a large number of soldiers of the First Standard Corps lighting campfires and roasting strange things. Rurik also saw that they seemed to have caught bass from the stream that fed into the Oulu River. They looked tired, but fortunately they still had energy in their eyes.
Aric felt a little regretful. He approached his brother and pointed at the mountain fortress with his right hand: "The enemy has reinforced the fortress, and my battering ram cannot break it."
"Can't break it. ? Their door is too hard? ”
“No. Just like in previous battles, the new enemy is piling up the gate. If you come, you must have a way to break the city.”
Rurik intended to take advantage of the afterglow of the setting sun to take a look, but without a telescope, he could not see the details.
The appearance of the mountain fort had changed. Rurik remembered that there was no such empty space with only wooden piles left outside the mountain fort. Most of the wooden piles had been cut down recently, which must have been the work of the enemy.
Rurik was at the edge of the forest and had already figured out some clever ways to attack the city, such as making long ladders.
ManufacturingBetter siege weapons would take some time, and it just so happened that Rurik didn't want to launch a general attack immediately.
The forest camp became more and more lively, and people began to set up pottery pots and iron pots to cook their own wheat and dried meat.
People who had walked on the rugged road for many days all sat down and rubbed their feet, or lay directly on the pine branches under the soft trees.
Aric handed over a roasted bass with a pine scent that was just over a pound to his brother, and then reported the results of the day.
“I underestimated the enemy’s sense of resistance, but fortunately I retreated smartly. Not a single brother died, but more than a dozen people were scratched in the arms and cheeks by arrows, and one unlucky guy was hit by an arrow in the buttocks. "
"An arrow in the butt?" Rurik thought this was ridiculous.
Aric shrugged, "I just arranged for people to taunt them."
"I understand, they shot arrows."
"Yes, I also learned about the maximum range of their arrows. Don’t worry, our location is very safe. Even if our longbowmen stand here and fire arrows, they can still threaten the enemy.”
Return to our hometown. Mechasta resented the transformation of the old mountain fortress by Tavastia, a group of villains who occupied the magpie's nest, and was even more angry at their destruction of the mountain forest. You must know that the Kovin people worship the forest and the endlessly flowing Oulu River. Although everyone has immigrated to the new Aylon (Kemi) River, they still have enthusiasm for their homeland.
After hearing Arik's description, Mechasta directly pulled the old man Ligus to stand up.
"Your Majesty, our last Corvin warriors are here. Since shooting arrows here can kill the enemy, I hope to act now."
"Now? You Sit down first." Rurik paused for a while and then said: "We shouldn't waste arrows at night. I'm afraid that they will use them again. I think we will keep throwing stones with trebuchets from tomorrow." /p>
"Assist the army in attacking?" Arik asked.
"No, there will be a truce tomorrow. First, we will let everyone recuperate, and second, we will build a long ladder. Tomorrow we will carry out a harassment attack, first surrounding the fortress, and the rest will be tortured by our army."
Reducing the use of bows and arrows was quite strange for Arik, and he emphasized: "Brother, I captured three thousand arrows."
"Then keep them! Just in time. We didn’t bring many arrows.” Rurik was actually quite annoyed that he had underestimated the complexity of the road conditions.
Thanks to the large number of pebble beaches along the river, the road is extremely rugged. The only advantage is that it is not muddy. It's spring now, and the melting permafrost has caused muddy ponds everywhere. There aren't even roads in Northern and Eastern Europe. That is to say, the situation in the Oulu River Basin is better.
Rurik made some arrangements and the army began to take action.
The army circled around the entire Old Gray Squirrel Hill Fort. The people huddled inside quickly discovered something strange outside the fort.
A large number of bonfires were lit at the edge of the forest, and they seemed to be protected by a ring of fire walls.
This is still Rurik’s most common trick.Use the cover of darkness to create the illusion of a startling ambush. The enemy cannot judge the truth from the truth, they will instinctively intimidate themselves, and their morale will be hit.
The Tavastians stood uneasily on the wooden wall. They wanted to go out to pick up some arrows, and even brought leather bags to replenish fresh water. Fear prevented them from taking risks.
Because everyone is surrounded! There was always a faint rumbling sound in the distance. It seemed that thousands of Russians were talking, probably not discussing tomorrow's general attack.
Suddenly there was a whooshing sound in the air, and then some Tavastians fell, and then many people screamed.
"What's going on?" Vatyala was shocked.
"It's a hidden arrow!" someone shouted.
"Hidden arrows? Where are the enemy's archers? Counterattack!"
That's it. Those who were attacked wanted to find the enemy and shoot arrows back, but their opponents used Zhemu longbow.
Rurik could not overpower Mechasta's desire for revenge, so he allowed him to take thirty Kovin longbowmen and shoot three rounds at the enemy with captured arrows.
According to the distance information provided by Arik, these three rounds of arrows were basically shot in the mountain fort. Although they only caused five enemy casualties, it is not easy to say that they caused panic.
Creating panic is also a tactic!
Rurik is not afraid of them being trapped and fighting, after all, he does not want to leave anyone alive in this battle.
Is this cruel? Indeed.
On the march, the Ross Army saw the destroyed cemetery and a large number of miserable corpses of their own people in the burned old Salmon Lord Hill Fort.
The Tavastian invaders did not give the Kovin people and the Russian fishermen who stayed there a way to survive, so why should the Russian crusade be merciful. Unless the dead tell everyone in their dreams that those who surrendered in Tavastia should be left alive afterwards.
So Rurik did not want any negotiations, and the invaders really aroused the darkness in his heart.
As the saying goes, "Don't blame me for being ruthless," the entire Russian army has this attitude. Of course, the ally Balmok Army wanted to gain trophies, and Biyongni was also observing the tactics of the Ross Army and wanted to make his own people as powerful as they did, but he did not have much desire for killing.
After stabbing someone in the back, the restless Tavastians standing at the top of the city screamed and hid, while Vatyala cursed the Russians for their cruelty in the safety of the wooden house.
This anger could not find a suitable outlet, and three leaders of the Kewen tribe who had surrendered were found out.
The anger was spread on these three people, and Vateyala complained, "It was you three who got us involved in the war. Why didn't you tell us that the Russians were so powerful? You have ulterior motives, you want us Tavas Tia is destroyed."
The three of them were shocked. Bukan, seeing that the atmosphere was not right, was afraid that he would be chopped off as a sacrifice, so he hurriedly crawled to Vateala: "At least let me. Go out and talk to them. Maybe give them some leather and they'll retreat." "You!"Ran was furious, stood up and kicked him hard.
But when he thought about it, he still didn’t know what the Russians wanted to do, so they couldn’t really want to kill them all. If you can use some means to coax them away, you might as well give it a try. Even if it's just delaying time, it would be good, so that when the eldest brother arrives with the elites of the alliance, the Russians should be forced to retreat due to the military strength.
The plan has been set, Vateyala slapped his thigh, "Tomorrow morning you go to find out the real situation of the Russians and tell me their intentions. Also, delay them for me."
Bakan was trembling, but he agreed wholeheartedly, just because he had no choice. This is the role of a slave.