Chapter 714 Fight Again

The blue fox really became Odin's warrior? How is it possible...

This man's biggest belief is interests, which can be his own wealth or the long-term interests of his family. He deliberately stayed in Hedeby, dressing up like a soldier who was ready to die, still for the benefit of the family.

The continuous rain disrupted his plan, and now he can only continue to wait for the storm to end and the waves to subside.

The wet Ross flag that has been hanging in the rain is the biggest mockery of the Danes. Although the muddy and cold world forces the Danish army to be unable to attack, for various considerations, they will continue the confrontation. .

Everyone knows that as long as the storm ends, the war will begin again.

Those men shivering in the rain only clung to the dream of getting rich, and now this dream has become the force that supports them to continue fighting.

However, the disease inevitably began to eat away at these farmers who were forcibly recruited to fight.

The Danish tribal warriors will endure all kinds of disadvantages and persist in fighting out of the dual honor of the tribe and the individual. But I saw that these peasant warriors did not belong to a certain Danish tribe. Some of them were simply Saxon peasants who had fled south and were not Danes.

The cold rain continued to erode their will to fight, and also began to kill some of the weak ones.

On such a rainy day, even a strong man may die from untimely and sustained hypothermia. All the best cold-proof items were taken away by Stud and his soldiers, and even the horses were well taken care of. The second level is the so-called troops of various gangs, who have more or less obtained rags to resist the cold. Speaking of this group of peasant soldiers, they couldn't get anything to keep out the cold, so some people began to find that when the cold morning returned, frozen corpses began to appear in the camp.

Before the new battle started, bodies began to be transported in his camp, and there were quite a lot of them.

The dead were all frozen to death without effective food supplies, and the living farmers and soldiers were also in very bad condition.

No one advised Stad to continue tactical contraction for the sake of the overall situation. The so-called putting supplementary supplies first was precisely for the sake of the overall situation. Stad and his soldiers were going too far. Near the ruins, the fortress always showed its presence to the Rus.

Stad and his soldiers have lost some of their gangsterism after living in the Frankish territory for a long time. Their battles are more organized and logistical. They have enough dry food for this battle. eat.

The gangsters and their people rely on the local people's skills in fish and meat. They have a material warehouse in Hedebe City, and the brothers can enjoy a batch of dried fish in reserve.

It was really hard on the farmers. They were never mentally prepared to besiege the enemy. From the beginning, they were promised to finish the battle quickly and have gold and silver to grab, so they brought a small amount of dry food and farm tools to go out.

Many people think that they were forced to fight. They became extremely willing after they thought about it. Now everyone just wants to take advantage of it.Neglect to run away.

There were indeed peasant soldiers who took advantage of the chaos to flee, but how many of them were there?

The dry food has been eaten, and a group of "hungry wolves" began to forage in the city. Under the double blow of hunger and cold, they may not dare to attack the Russians, but they dare to attack the mansions of some big businessmen. Launch a strong attack.

Although Stad promised not to take action against businessmen who offered suggestions, he also lacked the subjective will to stop a group of hungry farmers from plundering in order to survive.

The hungry farmers robbed the merchant's mansion. The mercenaries guarding the mansion immediately gave up their resistance and fled after seeing the formation.

The mansion of the "great clever man" who once mobilized Stade was also robbed, but he had already brought his most important belongings, his wife, concubines, children and a group of mercenaries. He took a carriage out of the city to take refuge, but there were no valuables left in the mansions in the city.

The looting slightly eased the morale of the hungry farmers who were about to collapse. They got some cold-proof linen and wet wheat grains. Many hungry people even opened their mouths to gnaw oats like cattle and horses.

Studer subjectively does not want to take care of these things that farmers do, but in fact he can no longer take care of them. His soldiers are naturally very loyal, and they are all old brothers who trust each other. The most important thing he needs to unite is the group of gangsters who are obviously not very reliable. After all, the gangsters are more reliable than the temporary farmers who come to corrupt the situation.

"The damn rain made me miserable! People in Russia, have you made the determination to die? Will you also freeze to death in the rain?"

The situation of the people in Russia Stade didn't know, but he learned that as many as fifty people in his camp had died of hypothermia and freezing. The supplies looted by the farmers could not completely prevent the situation from continuing unless the rain passed and the weather cleared.

The rainfall process actually lasted for five days, which was a really long rainy day.

When the long-lost sunshine once again shone on this rotten and humid land, the warriors like loaches came out of their hiding places, knowing that the war was not far away from resuming.

Stade reorganized his army again. Although he had bad expectations, he was surprised when only a thousand armed men finally stood up.

Except for a group of escapees, there were hundreds of non-combat deaths in the past week. The peasant soldiers were in the worst condition. After staying in a very short and terrible environment for a week, their faces lacked blood and they were a little swaying when they stood up. Many of them also had fevers. This kind of situation was not to mention fighting. They would not die of illness and cold in a short time. Death is a burning incense.

The peasant soldiers who made up the numbers were no longer trustworthy, but some of them who still maintained good spirits were favored by him.

After several battles, a small group of outstanding peasant soldiers can always stand out. The wealthy locals and big lords in Flanders have the right to recruit peasants to fight according to Frankish decrees. It is found that outstanding people with excellent physical fitness are often directly promoted to servants. Although they are still farmers, their social status will be improved, and they can even become unemployed overnight and work as professional guards for the lord.

The world in Denmark is more cruel than that in Frank. This is a world where only the strong can survive, so Stade has no regrets about his own people freezing to death and starving to death.

The rain has stopped, but the whole world is still muddy, which is extremely detrimental to his secret weapon.

The north wind is still sharp after the rain, but people’s bodies are no longer wet, and the problem of hypothermia has been greatly alleviated.

The troop strength has been severely reduced, and those who can continue to fight lack morale. Now that things have happened, the legend about mountains of gold and silver has become extremely important.

Stad reorganized his army under the cover of ruins. Facing a group of frowning people, he held his sword and preached: "The sea is rough, and God will not give the Russians a chance to escape with their treasures! They Decide to keep the gold and silver and fight to the end. I want you to kill them. All the gold and silver are yours.”

This is true, but in fact, the looting of Stade is expected to be based on his status and addiction to smoking! He got more, but in his current predicament, he knew that he would draw a huge pie for his subordinates.

The sluggish morale has been boosted, and now only looting money is the factor that keeps them fighting. A group of sick people also join in the shouting, as if their own patients have also recovered.

Their boiling shouts were very loud. They were venting their momentum to their opponents, and they were firmly noticed by the Russians.

Here at Ross Shops Fortress, things haven't gotten too serious yet.

The slightly sloppy wooden wall defenders once again tightened their grip on the hilt of their swords. Some jumped deep into the semi-dry land and rushed into the room to report to the blue fox.

"Sir, the enemy is roaring, they are demonstrating against us."

"Yes! I heard it all!" Blue Fox put on a serious face and continued to put on his clothes chainmail, and murmured to himself: "A new battle is about to begin again."

The swell of the sea caused by the rainfall directly broke the Russians' retreat plan. Of course, they could escape through the lanes, but How to maneuver a ship on raging waves after escaping?

The mercenaries were speechless to each other. They all wore uniform robes with the flag of Ross sewn on their clothes.

They returned to their respective posts and began to stand firm, waiting for their fateful battle.

Some mercenaries were praying to Odin, some were just looking into the distance, and some seemed to be fine.

As for the future, Blue Fox’s mind is blank. He actually doesn't want to die in battle, so it's not appropriate to attack Faith Odin.

It would be great if there was a god who could use divine power to protect him and ensure that he would be safe in the end. What god would do such a thing?

He was a little reminded of his previous reply to Eskil. The old guy kept admonishing him. Now it’s time to think about it...

But Stade But he didn't give Blue Fox any more time to think. The wet ground was drying at a speed visible to the naked eye. The mud was no longer serious. The siege truck transformed from a trolley and wooden piles could be driven smoothly by manpower.

Stade’s troops are shouting, clearly the last mobilization for the war. As the so-called principle of attacking in one go, Stade was afraid that the morale he had finally boosted would drop. He had no intention of delaying any longer and announced the start of the second round of attacks on the spot.

He rode on his well-maintained tall horse and led his small group of cavalry to become an outstanding presence among the flock.

He continued to wave his sword and shouted: "Everyone attacks! Loot your gold and silver, and you will all be rich! Now follow me!"

Stade really meant what he said. Then, in full view of everyone, he personally led the cavalry out of the burned ruins and appeared in front of Ross's store again, appearing in front of the store guards.

"Sir, villains have appeared, and their leader must be a horseman." Someone suggested that the blue fox guarding behind the wooden wall fired a cold arrow.

The blue fox showed its whole head, squinting its eyes and grinning in the sun, staring at it: "This distance is a bit far, can you hit it?"

The speaker then smiled: "If there is You can snipe him with a twisting slingshot."

"What you said is nonsense! If I had known this, I would have left a slingshot..."

No heavy equipment will make Ross. The combat power that people are proud of has plummeted, but now they have no time to complain.

Listen! It’s the low and chilling roar of the horn!

The blue fox also tightened his grip on the hilt of the sword, the bow holder placed the arrow on the hilt of the bow, and the crossbow was also strung up.

An old mercenary thought of a trick: "Brothers, hide for now, let the enemy advance boldly, and we will shoot them." The old mercenary called out, and most of the people had already instinctively ambush.

On the other side of the battlefield, Stade, who was riding a horse, became angry when he saw the Ross flag hung by his opponent.

Behind him were thousands of warriors who were eager to get rich. People in different clothes walked out of the zigzag box, and various shields began to build a shield wall. They were beating the shields at the request of the gang bosses. . They advanced slowly amidst the violent noise, and gradually came to the front of the horseman.

Behind them, the phantom of the siege car gradually appeared. The wheels crushed the mud, and dozens of people pushed it, breathing heavily. It is indeed a heavy tool, and due to its heavy weight, hitting a wooden wall at a low speed can still bring a lot of force.

In a group of ragged people, an armored man guarding a large object looked particularly unique.

The Ross mercenaries had seen the world, and they suddenly realized that the strange thing was the so-called rush car.

Everyone was nervous, but Blue Fox could not intuitively understand the specific use of that object. He just asked his subordinates very curiously: "What are those armored men guarding? It can't be some kind of weapon." ?”

“It’s a weapon!” An old mercenary changed his previous carefree attitude and warned with a horrified expression: “That thing is extraordinary, they will push it against our wall, and the wooden wall will be destroyed. Crash."

"Ah? Not so!"

"Prince Rurik makes the best use of this.kind of weapon. Unexpectedly... the Danes also understand. "

The blue fox was very speechless. He felt that the wooden wall that was difficult to break through had become an easily pierced piece of cloth.

"Is there any way to deal with it? "

Blue Fox's question is exactly what everyone else is asking. Another old mercenary thought: "If we have enough oil, we can set fire to it by heating the oil and pouring it down, but..."

“Shut up! "Blue Fox said emotionally in desperation: "We don't have any more oil at all. "

Based on this dilemma, most of the old mercenaries have been relieved, and some even suggested to Blue Fox: "Once the wooden wall collapses, our brothers will fight with them. "

"Am I going to join in? I...will be killed. "

The mercenaries did not blame the financial owner for his fear at all, so some suggested that Blue Fox take advantage of the chaos to escape through the tunnels, while others shouted: "You just accidentally killed an enemy, Odin didn't. will recognize you. We are different. We fight for the Prince of Rus. After the battle, our souls enter the Hall of Valor directly and gloriously. "

Fleeing alone? That's putting it lightly. In the past, Blue Fox would have fled without hesitation when encountering a disaster, but now he actually hesitated. "At least I want to make sure that the fortress cannot be defended anymore. escape. "

The mercenaries will not surrender. They are either from Sweden or Finland, and there are even new Slavs. The Swedes who are caught will be killed, and the Finns and Slavs Maybe he won't die, but he will be a slave for life. After all, it is not death in battle. What awaits everyone is a tragic fate. Since the opponent cannot give everyone the possibility of survival, the brothers are united as never before.

He has issued an order to kill without mercy, wielding a steel sword with his big hand, and a general attack order has been issued regardless of priority

Compared with the tactics of gangs who charge and kill in a chaotic manner and rely only on brute force and numerical superiority to win, Stade used this premise to make the steps of the regular Frank army more precise. The number of archers is very low. Most of the time, archers are just recruited forest hunters. The key to victory is brute force fighting. The situation here in Stade is even worse. There are only fifty bows among more than a thousand combat soldiers, so casual. Fifty people were selected to draw the bow.

Some are better than none. These archers walked out of the shield wall array first, and each of them brought ten arrows to shoot at the Russians. Many of them could only attack one target. There are very few true accurate shooters in terms of general projectiles. It is unknown how much results projectiles can bring. At least archery can boost the morale of one's own army.