Chapter 572 This is a highly insulting attack

The morning mist filled the forest, and the sunlight was like a curtain in the morning light. The night campfires were sparsely extinguished, leaving only a large number of smoky embers.

Ross's army was sleeping in disarray, and they were still surrounding the entire old Gray Squirrel Hill Fort.

Want to attack the city? No. At least not today.

One of the major problems faced by the army when going on an expedition was supplies. Originally, Rurik hoped to use the waterway to have the rowing longboat bring fish, wheat and onions that had been stored all winter to the camp. But the Oulu River is currently too fast, so we have to wait for a while if we want to sail smoothly.

The Ross people do not completely need rear supplies. There are too many forest squirrel resources in this area.

Catching two squirrels and roasting them can basically feed a warrior for a day, not to mention fishing in streams.

The bonfire was lit again, and the smoke filled the circular barrier. There were already Ross warriors wandering around the edge of the forest, deliberately performing for the enemy.

In fact, more Russians and Balmoks have already brought weapons to hunt and fish.

There are more than fifty strong men carrying axes and double saws to start felling wood to build simple long ladders.

Today's plan is just a feint attack. Rather than killing or injuring the enemy, humiliating or intimidating them, it is better to make the enemy tremble after a day of tossing and demoralization, so that he can win without any losses.

But the enemy must be killed!

After eating a bowl of salted wheat, Rurik raised his sword and screamed.

“Brothers, gather together! It’s our turn to work!”

What he gathered this time was basically just the longbowmen in the flag-shooting team and all the people who operated the trebuchets.

The so-called technological advancement will become a huge advantage on the battlefield. Facts have proved that the Tavastians who shoot arrows in the mountain fortress cannot shoot arrows with their inferior short wooden bows. To the forest camp of the Rus.

On the other hand, the Russians can comfortably throw stones at the enemy's hillfort in the safe zone.

Tavastia's arrow throw was only at the limit of 150 meters. Rurik and more than 200 people stood in the safe zone of about 200 meters.

He raised his right thumb and pointed it at the mountain fortress, "Very good, this is the position. Remove the heads."

The so-called heads belong to the deceased. Hundreds of gray and white Guizhou heads that began to smell, oozed black blood, were piled on the ground.

It is true that these heads are real Guizhou heads. Almost all Tavastians have dark brown hair, even their beards.

These characteristics prove that they are immigrants from North Asia.

Jevro and his guys have had enough of these unfortunate things, and now they are about to launch them, and everyone can't wait.

Mechasta and the Kovin longbowmen were already in formation, with ten arrows stuck in front of them.

The bull trebuchet is accumulating power. In addition to Guizhou projectiles, there are also a batch of mostly pebbles picked up on the spot.

There are also largeThe Russian warriors holding shields wandered around the edge of the forest, shouting from time to time.

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Look at this formation!

Vateara, the commander of the Tavastiya Army, was sitting on pins and needles. He did not want to sit still and wait for death, but now that he had completely lost the chance to evacuate, the only comfort was that those who were not determined must now fight to the death.

They still didn’t know the true intentions of the Russians. Seeing that the enemy was about to attack, Vateyara not only ordered his men to prepare for a counterattack, but also ordered the surrendered Bakan to act as a messenger for negotiation.

Is this almost certain death?

Looking at Rurik again, he noticed a person in the distance holding a rope and being slowly lowered.

"Attention, everyone! Don't attack yet." He stopped shooting and ordered everyone to stay calm.

Jevro pointed his sword at the man who was looking around and coming in fear, "Is that the messenger?"

"It should be."

Rurik nodded and called Mechasta who was holding the bow, "You understand their language very well, come and ask carefully."

"Okay." Mechasta sighed, "Actually, I think this is superfluous. We can't have any illusions about this group of Tavastians."

"Indeed, I don't want to be merciful in the first place."

"Then shoot this man." After saying this, Mechasta raised his bow.

Rurik knew that this man was already good at shooting, but this time he used a long bow made of mulberry wood, and his skills were even more superb. Then he pulled down Mechasta's hand and said, "Listen to what this person has to say. I don't want to kill a messenger."

"Okay."

Mechasta Chasta was disdainful, and as the man approached, he lowered his bow and raised it again.

"Your Majesty the Duke, this guy is actually..." Mechasta's eyes were blazing.

"Do you know this person?"

"You should know him too. He is Bakan, and he was supposed to surrender to you. Unexpectedly, he defected to the enemy?"

As soon as Rurik said this, he suddenly remembered that there were three Kewen leaders who surrendered, but it had been too long and he had forgotten it.

Bakan came cautiously, and his legs trembled nervously when he saw the arrow aimed at him.

Mechasta walked up and kicked him down, then spat again.

Bakan begged: "Don't hit me, I have something to say."

"Something happened? You betrayed everyone!" Mechasta said.

Looking at the current situation, Rurik changed his mind: "Press this person down first. Let's get rid of all the projectiles."

"Kill him!" Mechasta continued.

"Shut up!" Rurik shook his head, ordered his men to tie him up with ropes and take him away, and tied a rope around his mouth.

That’s all, the Russian army’s attack is still going on. Rurik will not let this traitor become an envoy.Change your plans.

Because strong countries do not need diplomacy, this is the Nordic way of life.

Rurik pulled out his dagger and ordered all his men to line up.

"Longbowmen! Hook up arrows! Trebuchets! Prepare!"

"Hjutraaah!"

At the command, ten trebuchets fired rapidly. The Guizhou head wrapped in pus and blood was thrown out, and the fully charged lever hit the thick leather pad of the baffle, but the force was too great, and the entire trebuchet spontaneously bounced up from the rear. Like a kicking bull.

Accompanying the flying Prime Minister of Guizhou are arrows, which are the wrath of the longbowmen of Kewen.

A large number of strange things flew over, and the Tavastians who had suffered a loss subconsciously squatted down, especially those on the wall, who picked up wooden boards to protect their heads and torsos.

The defenders who had originally mobilized to face the battle hid in hiding. The longbowmen's attacks did not cause any damage, only the sound of a few arrows hitting the wooden boards.

More serious impacts followed. They seemed to be rocks flying over. Although it felt extremely absurd, Vatyala felt that they were rocks.

"It's a stone! Protect your head, don't get stoned to death!"

During the raid and chaos, someone was suddenly stoned to death. The battle situation was extremely chaotic at that time, and Vateyala Don't care too much. Now that he could clearly see what was flying towards him, he was afraid that he would be smashed to pieces, so he curled up into a ball, like a pangolin.

But it was not a stone.

Some "stones" hit the shield and seemed to be bounced off, and more fell into the open space in the mountain fort.

The "stone" clearly did not cause any damage. This round of Russian offensive did not cause any injuries to the defenders. As the saying goes, the damage is not high but the insult is huge. Tavastia staggered up. The soldier stared in disbelief at the "stones" that fell on the black ground. How could they be stones? They were clearly human heads!

No! It’s one’s own head!

Someone accidentally discovered that a head belonged to his friend. He threw down his shield, rolled over and crawled towards it, holding the head in his hands and howling loudly.

Seeing this incredible situation, Vatyala's head buzzed, and then he gritted his teeth and became furious.

He stood up in rage, pointed the captured steel sword at the array of Russians and cursed: "You are all bastards born of slaves! You are abandoned babies raised by hungry wolves! You dare to humiliate me like this! I will chop off all of your heads and kick them into the cesspool!”

Actually, Watyala couldn’t think of anything more vicious. He kept yelling here. I squatted down because I was afraid.

After that, he screamed at the people who had gathered in the empty field to pick up enemy arrows and collect the heads of the dead: "Hide quickly! The arrows are coming!"

Indeed, Chang The archers started firing again, followed by the second round of Guizhou heads.

Fortunately, the Tavastians obeyed their boss's words. They hid and witnessed the falling objects, and were glad that they were not killed by arrows.

New heads smashed in, and some even fell to the ground, causing people to vomit and feel dizzy.

Rurik stood with a sword in his hand. His longbow arm had limited strength, and it would not be good to tire his arms out before a real battle was decided.

Filing ten rounds in a relatively short period of time, even though the weight of these longbows was still not high, he thought it was better to take it easy. Only trebuchets, the hemp ropes, sinews and baleen that are the source of the torque of these heavy weapons are soaked in too much greasy seal oil. The torque can be squandered. Rurik not only has to use the 200 Guizhou heads he prepared today. Throw it over and give the enemy a batch of pebbles.

He is extremely confident in the durability of these weapons, but he does not know what the limit of damage is.

Every trebuchet with torque power should be able to fire continuously for twenty-five rounds without any problem.

The Qianshou smashed through one after another, and they landed on the occupied hills quite accurately. Emotions of panic and anger permeated the entire mountain fort. The Tavastians were still thinking about waiting for the released Bakan to bring back the news of the Ross people. Now it is estimated that the Bakan has been chopped down. This is how the Ross people used it. Expressed the attitude - kill them all.

Many of the fallen Guizhou heads were shattered on the ground. The defenders saw it as if they were in a day nightmare, with sticky and smelly things scattered everywhere. They were all retching and trying to escape from this place.

Everyone actually has no way to escape. As the real stones fall, the shacks where people hide are no longer safe.

Finally, a Tavastian warrior was hit by a stone that penetrated the roof of the hut, causing his head to explode and his bones to break. People held up wooden shields and prayed that they were lucky.

The offensive lasted for most of the morning, and actual combat proved that all trebuchets continued to fire for twenty-five rounds with excellent performance.

The longbowman completed ten rounds of projectiles and ended his mission. Even so, everyone felt the fatigue on their shoulders.

The Russians cheered for the battle in the morning. No one knew how much the enemy had suffered. Anyway, the insulting capital of Guizhou was thrown over, along with two hundred arrows and fifty pebbles. This time The essence of the action is intimidation and insult. The majority of Ross and Balmok soldiers should seize the time to polish their weapons.

When the siege of the old Gray Squirrel Hill Castle actually took place, Rurik did not actually come up with a precise "battle plan."

It can be tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Anyway, starting from tomorrow, the Russians will be fully capable of a general attack. Rurik suddenly seemed a little conservative. It was entirely because he hoped that his army would be an ally in the final battle and there would be no more casualties. After all, it is another great honor to achieve a complete victory without any injuries to one's own army.

Continuing to torment the enemy in the afternoon? Of course.

Torturing the beasts in the cage, Rurik is now very willing to do this. After all, the cruel beast in his heart was forced out by these beasts.

Before that, he was interested in hearing what the detained traitor Bukan wanted to say.

At this moment, Bukan was simply tied to a big tree, and a bored Russian soldier peed on the unfortunate guy, deliberately using vicious words to humiliate him.

When Rurik came back, this guy already stunk.

After several pottery jars of river water were poured on it, the guy's condition improved slightly.

Rurik squatted down, with Mechasta and Kehas standing beside him.

In fact, Bakan was more surprised that Mechasta and Kejas could live in peace than seeing Rurik, a boy who had just begun to look like an adult.

"Tell me, what did they send you to do?"

Bakan was very excited. Seeing the current situation, he could no longer care too much and suddenly announced: " Me! I am helpless. I am still your servant, and now all my people have been kidnapped by the Tavastians. I have lost all my people and everything.”

"Sir, you must not listen to his nonsense." Kejas said angrily, "I saw with my own eyes that this guy was guiding those barbaric guys to attack our fortress. Without his help, How can the enemy successfully capture my mountain fortress?”

Hearing these words, Bakan’s attitude suddenly became ambiguous.

Just looking at the man's dazed expression, Rurik judged that what this man said was definitely a lie. Anyway, I don't need this traitor anyway, or in other words, since the construction of the entire Oulu River Basin at Kovinstad at the mouth of the river began, it no longer needs the entrusted rule of the Kovin people. The Rus will directly rule and colonize.

Rurik signaled the two men to shut up, and then asked Bakan: "The enemies in the mountain fortress want to send me a message. Do they want to surrender?"

" This..." Originally, Bakan wanted to confirm that he was really in the Ross army. He quietly changed his mind and insisted: "The Tavastians treat me as a tool. They think you do! No matter what, they will not capture the mountain fortress, saying that they will hold on to the end."

"Do they really have such confidence?" Rurik smiled wildly.

People who understood the words also laughed.

Bakan continued to argue after seeing this: "Yes, they are very arrogant. Their leader said that it was just a small defeat before, claiming that if the Russians dare to attack the city, under the wooden wall, they will inevitably..."

"What must it be?"

"They are all Russian corpses."

The laughing Rurik immediately stopped laughing and drew his sword again Pointing at Bakan's throat: "You're laughing at me!"

Bakan's eyes widened and trembled, and he hesitated: "Yes...it was the leader who said it."

"Yes, chop him!" Kehas did the same.

Instead, Rurik's sword relaxed lightly, and then he laughed as if he understood: "Indeed, you are a tool. The Tavastians think you are redundant, and hope I kill you. You... think I Will I kill you?"

Hearing this, Bukan suddenly shook violently and was obviously eager to express his position: "Sir, I still have use. I also know something very important."

"What's the matter?"

"It's their reinforcements! Their leader sent many messengers many days ago and moved all the immigrants from the entire fortress. Their reinforcements are countless, so maybe there are Two thousand people. No! Three thousand people! They will definitely come here for rescue. "Three thousand reinforcements?" This was completely beyond Rurik's expectation. The Tavastians, whom writers boasted were extremely powerful (which turned out to be an exaggeration), would really risk their lives for this area.

Bakan hurriedly continued to explain: "Because their leader said that the Tavastians will not give up any newly conquered territory, even if they fight the Russians to the end."

" It’s ridiculous. I didn’t provoke them at all. They came to hurt me. In this case, how could I ignore them when they came to kill me?”

I wanted to demolish the mountain. Fortress, killing all the defenders can solve the "border trouble problem" in the Oulu River Basin through "physical destruction". Now it seems that all this is the general trend of the wheel of history rolling forward, and the fateful battle between the Rus and the Tavastians is inevitable.

Rurik admires such an enemy. After all, he is the ancestor of Finland, and his courage is worthy of admiration. Unfortunately, the strength of the two sides is seriously unequal.

Rurik continued to inquire and learned more details about the enemy's reinforcements. He even knew that the Tavastian leader's name was Watkad, who occupied the Gray Squirrel Hill Fort and massacred the robbers. The leader of the Tavastian army that plundered the native Kovins and Russian fishermen was named Vatyara. From their names, it can be determined that the two were brothers.

The Russian military division in this crusade was well-known, and its legitimacy was very reasonable. Rurik had already adopted some extreme measures against the enemy. He did not feel any guilt. Instead, these deeds were regarded by the soldiers as A heroic act.

Bakan provided information after all. Rurik did not directly spare this man’s life, but he did not kill him immediately. This person doesn't want to die. He should be trying his best to reveal all kinds of information in order to survive. Besides, this person claims to be completely familiar with the road to the hinterland of Tavastia. There is at least no harm in leaving a begging guide alive.

The situation has changed dramatically. If the enemy really organizes an army of 3,000 people to come to the rescue, will the assault on the mountain fortress be detrimental to future battles?

Rurik believed in the brotherhood of the enemy. His younger brother was besieged. As the eldest brother, how could the leader of the alliance rescue the siege without bringing heavy troops?

Now attacking the mountain fortress has become a secondary purpose. To solve the border troubles, the simplest and crudest way is to kill the enemy's active forces as much as possible. It is more meaningful to try to annihilate this enemy's huge active force.! That's all, the mountain fortress was pulled out immediately.

Rurik decided to convene a frontline military meeting in the evening. Before that, it would be a good idea to give some gifts to the trapped beasts in the mountain fortress!

As a result, the trebuchet smashed dozens of pebbles over, which was regarded as a special "extra meal" for the enemy's simple dinner...