The ambush and sneak attack were like a storm, and it ended in a very short time. Arik wanted to stay alive, but the brothers were too violent and killed all the Karelian envoys.
The enemy's corpse was cut into pieces. The Vips who had made the pledge were further asked by Aric to do something right. Twenty heads were inserted on wooden sticks. It was a horrifying scene. All Vips, men, women and children can see clearly.
The bloody scene aroused the aging heart of the female leader, and everyone trembled when they saw the masterpieces of the men.
Without preaching, the Vips can only advance and retreat together as a family on the Russian warships.
No, twenty more Vips warriors who participated in the killing were recruited.
These twenty people are purely Arik's pick of the generals. They are relatively strong and have seen blood. They all know the precise location of the "Bear Altar" in Karelia. In fact, Excellent guide.
Taravis has taken away the girl's peace of mind, Hayasta, the granddaughter of the female leader. This girl will follow Taravis as a bargaining chip for surrender.
It is Telavis, the only son of the leader of the Coven Gray Squirrel Tribe. He has a nobler status and has experienced too many bloody battles. At such a young age, he can command twenty more Vips warriors. Quite appropriate.
The strength of the Ross Army squadron has improved. Most of the 550 troops are veterans. They only appear to be small in number, but in fact they have amazing combat power.
Slaughtering the messengers is equivalent to undeclared war on Karelia. Those heads are stuck on wooden poles and they will be thrown to the bear altar and become the so-called "Headhunters Monument", which will shock and provoke. Reliant people.
Aric, he is not so arrogant that he can annihilate the three major tribes of Karelia with just his men.
Even his understanding of the place was still only the description of the Vips people. What was the enemy's situation?
Just like when a bear catches suspected prey, it will bite it tentatively first, and then eat it when it finds it is meat, and remember it forever.
The Russian army used swords and axes to conduct an armed reconnaissance of the Bear Altar!
They took a little rest after slaughtering the envoys, feasted on grilled seabass on wheat bread, and made some additional cooked reindeer meat and dried seabass jerky before the whole army boarded the ship. And with the twenty new servants of Vips, the fleet continued northward along the lake shoreline.
It is believed that the first settlement you will find as long as you walk along the lakeshore is the Target Bear Altar.
Kindness? No!
Strike! right.
For the first time, the Vips boarded a boat larger than a canoe. They were excited and nervous, and had no fear of war at all. Instead, they regarded this as a boating trip on the Great Lakes.
They were all concentrated on the largest flagship, and the tall triangular sails rustled under the sun and the south wind. They had never even seen such a huge piece of cloth, and they couldn't help but suspect that it might have been created by God.
But the Russians are clearly not gods! They are people, they are better than KareliaPeople are more powerful.
Those stories and legends became true, and I was standing on an illusory ship.
As the Vips gradually became familiar with them, their unusual and strange expressions quickly dissipated, and they quickly settled into their new roles.
Looking at Arik, there is no obvious significance in adding more or less servants to the team. Just expect these 20 people to kill the enemy. At most, make an atmosphere group.
They acted as guides very well. They all stood overtime, gazing at the familiar yet unfamiliar lake shoreline and pointing in the direction, thus prompting the flagship to keep correcting its course.
Drifting on the lake for a whole day was very peaceful. People were taking a nap out of boredom. Only the sailors of each boat were standing guard.
The short night finally came, and the Ross army ate and defecated on the boat, just like they did when fishing at sea.
The army continued sailing for another day, and the soldiers were shocked by how huge the lake was.
Maybe tomorrow will be another fruitless voyage, and the entire fleet will land on a nearby island in the lake with the intention of spending the night.
Many people picked up wild duck eggs in the grass nests, which added some fun to the boring voyage.
There are some small trees on the island, of which the reeds and mugwort stalks are the most numerous. The large area is filled with astonishing mud. There are not many reliable footholds on the entire island, so many people have landed on the island. Then they all returned to the boat.
The weeds were cleared, and some bonfires began to light under the setting sun.
It has just arrived in August, summer has bid farewell to Lake Ladoga, and early autumn has arrived. The gentle sunset encourages people to sleep soundly, and the cool lake breeze adds a touch of coolness.
Aric did not doubt that the Vips guide had pointed the wrong way, he was just surprised by the hugeness of the lake. The Russians colonized New Roseburg and built a huge city on the barren coastal grassland. They have been active near the Neva River for several years. Although they are adjacent to the large lake, they have no experience of exploring the lake area at all, and they lack understanding of the hugeness of the lake.
When people began to relax, and when the afterglow of the setting sun basically gave way to the brilliant night sky, visions in the distance appeared.
That is a coincidence, but also a necessity.
There was a small problem with the mast of the flagship Mercury. The pulley on the top of the mast that controls the lifting and lowering of the sail was stuck by a cable. There was no time to repair it when the ship was moving forward. Now that the anchor was anchored, the sailors climbed up. top.
The brilliant starry sky was wonderful and ethereal, but the sailor saw fluorescence appearing on the dark shore of the lake in the distance.
That’s a bonfire! It’s not like a bonfire!
As the night becomes deeper, a considerable number of yellow light sources gradually appear on the lake, and the light sources on the lakeshore become denser.
Gradually, more Ross warriors noticed the anomaly. Their instinct as warriors drove them to stand up, and the news that "we discovered the bear altar" spread instantly.
Aric stood on the shore, his heart full of prideExcited.
When he asked a group of vips guides whether the light source was the bear altar, he received complete affirmation.
“That’s great, I’ve caught my prey.”
Arik muttered a few words to himself, and then shouted to the laughing brothers: “You’ve all seen it, right? ! That's their bonfire, their fishing fire. The Karelians have exposed themselves, go to bed early, and we will attack at dawn! No mercy for everyone!"
Everyone knows the meaning of the boss's words. The Ross army will have the right to enjoy a feast of killing. They have done this kind of thing too many times and they don't need to be nervous.
Originally, the bonfires of the Russian army were not strong and hidden. Now they extinguished the bonfires one after another. After eating the dry food, most of them moved to the ships so that they could move quickly when they set off for the expedition tomorrow morning. .
The short night ended quickly, and half of the people did not sleep well.
This is not a big problem. They are about to participate in a bloodthirsty flames. The warriors who claim to be the bravest hope to prove their power and ferocity to Odin under the rising sun, and the Karelia people become a prop.
They ate cakes, bread cubes and dried fish. When they were too dry and choked, they drank a pottery jar of lake water.
Aric stood at the commanding heights of the stern deck and looked down at the entire fleet. Suddenly, the scene of the first attack on Gotland was about to reappear.
The sky is still dark blue now, and only the soldiers who have been watching for the whole night are huddled together in the cabin to take a nap. The timing is completely on the side of the Russians, and even the fish fire of the Karelian people on the lake has not yet come. Disperse.
He raised his arms and shouted: "Now! Let's go!"
The wind was generally weak at night, and the Mercury's human-powered propeller pushed her away from the island and into the wide water. Immediately afterwards, two long boats caught the thrown cable and tied it firmly to the mast.
The entire squadron moved forward in the most traditional human-powered rowing mode. With the assistance of the towing boat and its own propeller, the Mercury was like a reindeer sleigh running on the lake, and each ship moved forward on the waves. The big oar made regular splashes of water, leaving dim track lines behind it.
They made some water splash noise, which was blocked by the weak lake breeze and the sound of water waves hitting the shore.
A group of shadows became more and more conspicuous in the increasingly clear world. The Karelian fishermen who fished at night did not notice it until the Ross fleet approached. What was very strange was that they did not seem to feel any fear. Instead, they stood on the canoe in a daze, quietly watching the strange fleet leave, and watching the fleet head towards the bear altar.
Want to annihilate those night fishermen?
Of course you can kill, but it's not necessary. The task of the army is to rush to the shore as quickly as possible before killing. The road to attack should not be hindered by something.
Those fishermen are lucky and sad. As the saying goes, what does destroying you have to do with you, and what does it have to do with pardoning you?
The sky is already blue, just like the "Principal Ross Flag" flying on the mast" blue lines.
The phantom of the squadron is clearly visible, and the Karelian market at the Bear Altar has also entered their morning market. They get up early and walk out of their tents to trade leather, small animals, deer, People carrying fish and other cargo gathered on the shore to watch this unprecedented sight.
The tsunami did not seem to be a threat before it hit the coast. Some people who made wrong predictions stopped at the mast until they arrived. The big wave was approaching and turned into an overwhelming situation. It was already too late.
Hundreds of people gathered at the lake. On one side was the sun that was about to break through the lake level, and on the other side was a huge fleet of boats. Those who are more concerned about the latter may even think that this is a trading fleet that is not dangerous, but can bring wealth.
The people who make this prediction are not entirely wrong. The Russian ships are. When faced with a strong person, he will naturally do business honestly. When facing a weak person, whether he chooses to start a war depends purely on his mood.
Aric doesn't know what a group of people on the shore are going to do, and the Vips guides are all afraid of being stuck. The Lelians, they decisively claimed that their opponents were on guard.
Telavis said in Norse: "The Vips said. The enemy must have known through divination that we had killed their messenger. The Karelia people already know, they..."
Arik smiled: "They want to have a decisive battle with our army by the lake? As luck would have it, I was about to chop off their heads. They are so brave. ”
“It’s reckless. "Telavis said calmly.
"It's brave! This group of people dared to confront me head-on. I respect them as warriors. That's fine, I'll use my strongest strength to deal with them, and prepare my torque slingshot! ”
All six torsion slingshots on the Mercury have entered the elevation launch state. They have been charged up and all are equipped with spiral feather javelins.
Aric personally extended his thumb to The gathered crowd estimated the distance and felt that the distance was right. They calmly gave the order to launch.
The six javelins flew instantly, and the Vips were dumbfounded by the roar.
The javelin was made of spiral feathers, and the buzzing sound caused by the violent friction in the air quickly attracted the attention of the Karelia people on the shore, and then the black rod-shaped object fell down and hit the ground hard.
An unlucky guy was stabbed directly through the chest and nailed to the mud.
Although only one person died, the Karelia people who were watching the excitement finally no longer had illusions. They understood. The approaching enemy was an enemy they had never seen before!
Unfortunately, when they started to escape, the arrows of the entire Ross squadron had already arrived.
The longbowmen of Kovin fired first. , followed by another shot from the Ross crossbowmen.
The light arrows relied on the momentum of the fall and hit the Karelian civilians covered in animal skins like iron hail.
The Karelians who were attacked are indeed civilians now, but not if they pick up their own iron spears. After all, they have hegemony over a region, and they have a good fight with their old neighbors, the Tavastians. Past, people who realized it was an enemy attack ran back to their tents, called on their sons to take up weapons and prepare to fight the enemy attack, and ordered the women to take care of their belongings.
Including the resident priests of the Bear Altar. They called on the altar guards covered in bear skins to stand up. Although they did not know who the attacker was, for the sake of this sacred sacrificial center, they must defeat the chief before he returns. Raider.
Can as many as fifty altar guards protect the sanctity of the sacrificial center?
Arik's team is equipped with up to 150 crossbows. Since the Russian army has repeatedly enjoyed huge benefits in the use of long-range weapons, to hell with any "open and direct attacks on each other", there are It would be a fool not to use advanced weapons.
The arrow strikes brought terrible carnage, which the Karelian people had never seen on the battlefield.
People were running away crazily, and many people continued to run with arrow wounds, but it was too late.
The first long boat rushed onto the soft lake shore. The Ross warriors holding crossbows aimed and fired with their weapons, covering the sword and shield bearer brothers as they jumped off the boat steadily.
Some people had expected that they would encounter obstacles when landing on the beach, and everyone would land in the face of the enemy's arrows. Indeed, the Karelia people were shooting arrows in counterattack, but this could only be regarded as a symbolic resistance.
The Mercury faced the enemy with its broadside, and she became a kind of nearshore arrow tower. Terravis organized his men to stay on the ship and continue to provide arrow support to the brothers fighting on the shore. All six torsion slingshots hit the side facing the enemy. They were all loaded with cast iron projectiles and made rough strikes on the running targets.
Go ashore and fight in person? Aric felt itchy, but it wasn't the right time yet.
Basically all the soldiers of the flag team rushed ashore, slashing with swords and axes, killing anyone who was not wearing white robes and blue stripes. They showed no mercy, but they did not lose their minds in the blood. They are a group of efficient killing machines that only kill and do nothing else, just like lava flowing through the forest and burning everything.
The looting of property will wait until after the war. All the brothers have to do is to kill like crazy on orders.
This is one of the reasons why Aric stood on a high place to observe the battlefield. He wanted to supervise the actions of the army. He could determine the battle status of each centurion by paying attention to the blue feathers on the centurions' heads.
The whole situation has opened up, and the entire so-called bear altar is in chaos.
At this moment, the sun was rising, and the lake fog was beginning to evaporate. Arick had just seen clearly that the Bear Altar was not a large settlement, and the fog made the world begin to become a little blurry.
He ordered all the archers to listen to fire, and the long-range support came to an end.
Now the Ross army no longer needs support. Those who escape slowly are killed one after another, and those who escape quickly can only leave their belongings and work hard to escape.
Before the attack, there were more than 2,000 people at the Bear Altar. Only a few people managed to escape, and a fight broke out among the many tents.
The Russian army has no soldiers. It is inevitable that some people will be injured in the chaos. However, there is a gap in strength between the two sides.Too outrageous. There are more than 2,000 people at Mokan Bear Altar, among whom there are only about 500 or 600 mature men.
The bone cluster arrows of the Karelians are meaningless against the deerskin chainmail of the Russian army, not to mention that some soldiers also hung bronze sheets and iron sheets on the chainmail at their own expense, unless These low-quality arrow clusters could accidentally penetrate the observation windows in the eyes of the Ross warriors, but unfortunately they did not.
The Karelians at the Bear Altar made their own resistance, and the team they assembled was quickly knocked down by the Rus' Viking shield wall, followed by fatal killings.
Once morale collapsed, it was too difficult to recover. The bear altar lost its ability to resist. In the end, the only ones who resisted resolutely were the fifty altar guards wearing bear skins.
It was these people who, in order to protect the sacred altar, faced two besieging Russian centurions, wielding spears, bear-tooth clubs, and axes and fought hard. Under siege, he was strangled.
In the end, the priests with feathers all over their bodies were also killed indiscriminately.
This can be regarded as the last battle of the Bear Altar. The Ross army suffered no casualties, but a few people suffered some bruises due to the impact. It is normal for heavily armored veterans to have zero battle deaths against leather-clad tribesmen warriors.
Human blood flowed out of the bear skin. The Russian soldiers ignored the corpses of these "Bear Guards". When someone realized that this was the main altar of the Bear Altar and discovered the gem necklace around the neck of the slain priest, the robbery was logical. here we go.
The only difference from the approach of these two centurions is that the other two centurions have been broken into pieces. The brothers are chasing the fugitives and are sure that the enemy has escaped too far. The pursuit becomes meaningless. , and began to collect the remaining property, such as an astonishing number of reindeer.
How many deer are there? At least five thousand!