Although the fierce battle was not satisfactory, the Russians still defeated the enemy.
The Russians were immersed in the joy of victory. Blue Fox wiped the condensed blood on his face and accepted the respect of his subordinates.
"Sir, you actually kill the enemy like a warrior." The old mercenary's respect was sincere.
The battle just now really frightened Blue Fox, and now the fire spreading not far away made him even more worried.
"Killing an enemy, my sword is still down there." He complained.
"It doesn't matter. Let's jump down along the rope to replenish the swords of those who are dying, and then fish out the adults' swords."
"Then go quickly. We also have to prepare Some measures to deal with their new attack," Blue Fox Lingran said.
No one from Ross was killed in this battle, and of course the opponent's casualties were not many.
It is extremely absurd for a group of farmers and traders who were mobilized to rob and expect them to work unconditionally for gangsters and foreign bigwigs. They can be masters of fighting against the wind. When the attack is thwarted, life-saving is naturally their top priority.
More than thirty people were lying under the wooden wall. Some of them were still squirming hard, or were still covering their wounds despite being weak.
The Ross mercenaries, whose robes were covered with dust, jumped down, like a group of white demons seeking life, holding steel swords or short spears to stab those lying on the ground. The injured were killed, and the body of the deceased was still stabbed to pieces.
They swept the battlefield looking for all available weapons, especially to recover the arrows they fired.
In fact, everyone felt strange from the beginning of the fierce battle. This group of Danes suddenly set up a rainbow military formation. Why did they not shoot arrows to cover when they attacked? The Ross mercenary felt that the matter was very strange, and strongly suspected that the opponent deliberately hid his archers.
My subordinates were exploring under the wall, and the available weapons were thrown into the wooden wall.
Blue Fox watched all this. He squinted his eyes and especially saw the damaged wooden pole, and couldn't help but sweat. He shouted to his subordinates under the wall: "The wall is damaged, bring the enemy's corpses to reinforce it!"
Everyone under the wall gave the order, and the bloody corpses became a kind of soft brick and stuck to the damaged part of the wooden wall. , when rigor mortis occurs, it becomes difficult to move.
Some arrows were broken, but most of them can still be used again. The Russians tried their best to recover their own arrows, and saw more than fifty short spears left on the battlefield, planning to use them as throwing spears.
The weapons seized were far more than the dead bodies on the ground, and the enemy was beaten to the point of losing their armor?
It was getting late at night, and the Russians, who were worried about enemy night attacks, were still guarding the wall. The north wind that started to pick up made these defenders instinctively aware of the danger.
The blue fox got back his steel sword. Unfortunately, the haze began to appear in the afternoon. The sunset in the evening did not exist, so he could not see the beautiful reflection of the steel sword. However, the flames not far away still made the sword extremely shiny.
They ordered it in a small courtyardA bonfire was lit and oats were cooked in a vat on the spot.
Soon the aroma of wheat filled the Ross Store Fortress. The salty wheat porridge with wheat mixed with oats and chopped salt and thyme was the best way to replenish everyone’s energy.
The dinner was really delicious. While the brothers were enjoying the meal, some people began to worry.
An old mercenary sitting on the ground doubted whether the next battle would be meaningful: "Their strength exceeds our expectations. If the prince is here, he will send thousands of people to fight with them. We will There are only ninety people. If we continue to fight, we will die."
"It doesn't matter if we die in battle. But do you want us to retreat quickly?" The old mercenary who has always advocated close combat. Be in high spirits.
"Is it right to retreat? There are no valuables in the shops, and there are no treasures to hold on to. The weather is starting to get bad now, and the effect of our rockets is very good. The fire is still going on, so we should take advantage of the chaos. Evacuate, this is an opportunity."
"If you want to retreat, retreating now will harm my honor. My guys and I wanted to kill more enemies, so we killed more than thirty. What does the enemy mean?"
"But we have created enough chaos, and the enemies have withdrawn now."
"That won't work either." The guy arrogantly threatened, "I want to kill those armored and mounted enemies with my own hands, kill their generals, and offer my head to the prince."
The words are really grand, but people with a clear head don't think so. This is possible.
The mercenaries all know that their small victory is nothing to brag about. Brothers have seen the big world and know what it means to have corpses everywhere, but what does this mean?
Blue Fox was sitting by the campfire, and now his gorgeous clothes gave way to armor. He assassinated an enemy today and was called a "real warrior" by his subordinates. Maybe! After he calmed down and thought about it, he felt scared, but the fear of fighting had been eliminated a lot.
The mercenaries were unconsciously divided into two groups. Although there were ninety subordinates, they were actually divided into three "ship groups". One "ship" supports continuing the fight, while the other "ship" hopes to give up when things get better.
They hope that Blue Fox will come up with an idea, but Blue Fox is also ambiguous now.
The attitude of the key third "ship", Vady Zdalovich and his guys, becomes crucial.
"Wadi, what do you think of today's battle?" Blue Fox deliberately asked the wheat-eating man's attitude.
"Very good, we are taking revenge."
"That's it? Are you... eager to continue fighting?"
"Our brothers would rather die fighting, You must try to catch an enemy together before you die to avenge their destruction of our village."
"You are not a warrior of Odin, so there is no need to fight like this." Blue Fox was slightly curious.
But Wadi was very happy: "We just want revenge, thank you for giving our brothers a chance."
"But if we evacuate now,You will have more opportunities for revenge in the future. "
"No! Brothers can't wait anymore, we are eager to kill another batch of enemies. ”
Blue Fox nodded, and now there are the most calls for continuing the war. For him, he can take advantage of the bad weather and the fire to retreat. If he continues to defend and prepare for the war, the logistics supplies can also be maintained.
p>"Then continue to spend time here. He gave a clear order, "This is the path we have chosen. If I die in battle, it will also be my fate." ”
At this moment, the little fat man Blue Fox began to believe in Odin.
The flames in the nearby shack area continued, and the north wind that began to blow after nightfall began to intensify The intensity of the fire. If there was no wind, the fire would not spread very widely, but the situation began to change from night to night.
The north wind gradually became fierce, which gave the retreating troops more confidence to retreat to the safe area. A big blow.
Stad was furious at the unauthorized retreat of the bandit troops and the temporarily recruited peasant soldiers. He gathered the gang leaders and cursed them mercilessly.
This was a big blow. It didn't matter, there were gangsters who gave up on the spot.
His so-called subordinates lost more than 200 people at once, and Stad had no intention of obstructing him, because he had already said harsh words: "You guys." Run away! I'll punish you cowards when King Horik's army comes. "
Those who should evacuate still have to evacuate, because the cold north wind has become warm, but this warmth may turn into scorching heat.
The gray wolf Carl also wants to He retreated because he was afraid that the area he was in would be engulfed in flames. He had a bigger goal. Who was Stade? He had a lot of troops but was incompetent in organization. How could he be considered a master when the new king Horik arrived? It would be better for him to curry favor with the king than to curry favor with Stade.
Karl withstood Stade’s insults and said casually with an attitude that it had nothing to do with him: “Originally, I did too. I wanted to withdraw, but now I have changed my mind. I will continue to attack the Russians. ”
As soon as these words came out, Stad stopped scolding him and demanded instead: “Many people are running away. You can ignore your fellow gangsters. The farmers who have been drafted, do your best to bring them back to me.” . If anyone dares to escape again, you will kill him directly! ”
The gray wolf Karl was a little surprised. Killing escapees in order to maintain military morale was something Karl had never done before and didn’t even understand.
But he saw Sta with his own eyes. Germany's armored warriors began to take action, and it would be inappropriate not to take action themselves.
The gangster troops who were the first to evacuate saw the situation change. They saw the troops under the new king of Denmark killing their own people, and they were shocked. Yu Sheng was afraid that he would also be slaughtered, and shouted that he had been fooled. The so-called Horik man was definitely worse than dead Hafgen, and immediately ran for his life at full speed.
Some of the armed farmers who wanted to evacuate were assassinated. , the corpse lying in a pool of blood under the flames completely shocked the other farmers.
Stad used violent methods to stabilize the morale of the soldiers, but the flames continued.
He did not allow the beasts to disperse. But stay putEveryone would be engulfed by the flames, so he and his army began to take the initiative to avoid it, and began to worry that the fire would really engulf the entire Hedebe.
It wasn’t until the middle of the night that a new situation happened again.
A rain fell at the end of midsummer. This is Northern Europe, and rainfall means the temperature plummets!
First the north wind helped the fire, and for a while what people felt was warmth. However, when the heavy rain fell, the restrained peasant soldiers got wet one after another. How could their thin linen clothes keep out the cold, let alone a group of people? They went into battle shirtless, but now they were all shivering.
When the fire became completely uncontrollable, a rain extinguished the possibility of burning the entire city.
The cold weather in the supermarket also brought discomfort to the Russian people. They evacuated into the empty shops and buildings one after another. The wooden floors of the wood-carved corrugated buildings perfectly avoided the wet ground, so they would not get soaked. You can rest in a dry place.
No one believed that the enemy would attack in this kind of weather. Night attacks were simply impossible on a cold, rainy day.
In the house, oil lamps were lit, and the mercenaries gathered together, making the entire large open house overcrowded. The body heat of everyone was enough to warm the house, which was completely different from the cold outside. a concept.
This rain has been foreshadowed for a long time. After all, during the day of the battle, anyone with a clear eye can see a dark cloud gradually coming from the north.
The weather in Denmark is like this, because there are no tall mountains running east-west. The central mountains of Scandinavia running north-south are like diversion baffles for the Arctic cold current. As long as the north wind sweeps across Northern Europe, Jutland The peninsula will be affected, and this summer's arctic cold wave will sweep away the warmth of Denmark. What's worse is that this cold wave comes at the wrong time!
The restrained farmers could not help but tremble, and were extremely worried about their land purchase. It is almost the wheat harvest season, and this strong wind and heavy rain are likely to blow a large number of newly-eared oats and rye down, and a reduction in agricultural production is simply inevitable.
Farmers believe that natural disasters are related to the wrath of gods. They go home to see the condition of their fields. Even though they know that they are actually powerless, they do not want to spend time shivering here.
Those buildings that had just been burned began to collapse in the rain again, and the empty wooden sheds that were not burning became shelters for soldiers. They looked for all the things that could keep out the cold, persisted in the damp and cold environment, and waited. Stade's new offensive orders.
So Stade doesn’t want to seize the time and continue the attack?
He had no experience in launching an attack in the cold rain, and many of his subordinates were unanimously opposed to it. They said fighting in the rain was too ridiculous, and the mud would make it difficult for soldiers to gain a foothold.
They had to endure it, and some people were worried that the Russians would take advantage of the bad weather to escape.
Escape? Where can I escape?
The current sea is very windy and rough, and people taking shelter in various shelters hear only the sound of rain and violent waves.
Many of those who fled knew that there was a war going on in Hedeby, but now theyHe escaped back, only to pull all the moored fishing boats to the shore and fasten them tightly to avoid the wind and waves. This measure is very limited. The ocean suddenly set off six-meter waves, and a group of fishing boats with keels were also repeatedly beaten by such waves and eventually disintegrated. Some fishermen who rescued the boat were swept into the sea and eventually became fish feed.
The cold wave will last for many days, and blue foxes have also experienced this situation in other areas.
The Russians continued to hide in their houses, and the rain continued outside.
Some soldiers who were worried about enemy sneak attacks ran shirtless outdoors where the temperature had dropped to 8°C. They climbed up wet ladders and wooden wall scaffolding to observe the situation outside. All they saw were depressing fields and fields. Hadeby in the gloom. There are indeed some people wandering around. They seem to be armed men, but they have no intention of attacking.
The people who ran out also had another task, which was to take off the twisted Ross flag hanging on the wooden pole, then unfold the flag that was full of water and stick it directly on the wall. To show that the Russians would not retreat and continued to provoke the enemy with their flags.
Is this provocation enough? Of course not enough.
More than thirty slain enemies were beheaded, impaled on wooden sticks, and stood on the previous battlefield.
Nordic people in this era had very good eyesight, and a discerning person could see a group of ferocious heads standing abruptly even in rainy weather. With both flags and plugs, if anyone told Stadros that the people would take advantage of the chaos to evacuate, he would not believe it.
"This is great. We have no chance to evacuate now." The person who was ordered to go through the alleyway to the exit to investigate the situation reported after returning.
Blue Fox and the other brothers are eager to learn about the situation in the sea. Now, Blue Fox just wants to hear a more detailed report.
"There are sea monsters in the sea now, and the water is very violent. I saw the waves destroying some ships. If we had decided to evacuate before, the ship would have capsized and we would all die, except our Ross. The big ship can withstand such wind and waves..."
The situation described by the scout is convincing. The brothers are not cages. Everyone can hear the sound of the violent waves. They can even stand on the archery platform on the roof and look into the distance. You can also feel the sea is strange.
As a result, even those who advocated evacuation have completely given up their ideas.
The blue fox looked up to the sky and sighed: "The rain is Odin's will! Brothers, we may have to use our lives as sacrifices to fight them to the end. Odin prohibits us from retreating, so we will die. In exchange for the prince's revenge!"
Everyone looked at each other. They all smiled in relief...