A battle ended with Ross's victory. Ross won so naturally that the soldiers complained that they did not get the glory of the battle.
After all, the existence of brothers is reinforcements, and there are also brothers who also belong to the First Flag Team in the fortress. The sleigh team entered the city leisurely and was immediately warmly received by the guards.
The centurion entered the fortress and joked to another centurion who was guarding: "I can't believe that you actually issued a war warning just because of the siege of a group of weaklings. You can completely destroy it by your own strength. Killed them."
The guards were also speechless, because without real hand-to-hand combat, they could not conclude that the enemy was surprisingly weak.
The centurion of the defenders did not comment and immediately asked: "Where are the prince's reinforcements? You will not be the only reinforcements."
"Of course not. We don't know the prince. We are from Kekisalmi. We learned the news from the escapees you sent out while hunting, so we came first as we were closest to you."
Everyone was speechless. It can be said that the defenders welcomed the new brothers. After a while, the weapons collected on the battlefield, especially various arrows, were bundled and carried into the fortress.
Until he entered the fortress, Telavis didn’t know what this group of warriors with a large number of troops actually had to guard the fortress without going out to fight. They actually had enough food and water to wait for a whole day of hard work. Every month is fine!
What should I do next? It is a fact that the Karelia people gathered a large army. They were obviously not willing to withdraw after successive setbacks. They just hid in the woods further north. Perhaps they would adopt more insidious tactics after receiving a lesson.
The defenders' strength increased, and everyone reached a consensus: if we rush into the forest to clear the enemy, our army will most likely be at a disadvantage. We should wait until the prince's real reinforcements arrive, and then use the superior strength to clear the enemy.
They had a tacit understanding. When the small-scale battle broke out, Rurik had already completed the assembly of the army. A very large sled team was advancing. There were only five days left to reach the fortress of Bear Festival Town. of effort.
However, Rurik had no idea that the siege of Bear Festival Town had been relieved due to the support of a small group of reinforcements.
The only thing left seems to be the settlement work.
Unless the Karelia people decide to bet on the fate of the entire nation and have a decisive battle with the Principality of Rus.
What a coincidence, either out of rebelliousness or out of pure passion, when someone tried to persuade Kaskuwe to retreat, he was scolded sternly and brandished a sword, threatening that anyone who dared to retreat would be executed. .
The principle set by Kaskuwe is that we must fight to the end. He is unswervingly gathering troops to pull all the men in the new camp over to fight the Russians.
He couldn't think of any reasonable tactics at all. He only thought of waiting for more people to gather before launching a group charge. Even though the Russians have advantages in many aspects, once the battle turns into a real melee, the result will always be in their favor.
He led people to actively take certain measures in the forest, so the forest began to shake and a large number of small pine trees were cut down.
The Karelia people cannot be said to be completely single-minded. After learning from the failure of hand-to-hand combat, they are making spears on a large scale.
The tops of the felled pine trees were left, the bark was peeled off and the tops were sharpened, and a bone spearhead was even tied around them.
Such a spear can be made very long, but because it is made for assault, the toughness and rigidity of the wooden pole are not superior.
If they really fight at close range, the Qatari army will naturally suffer a big loss. If they open a certain distance and use thousands of spearheads to poke them, the Russians will definitely suffer a big loss!
Such a tactic is promising in terms of ideas, but it’s just that what Caskuve realized in a normal way, the Russians don’t understand?
The Karelia people still have not encountered the main force of the Russian army.
A very large sled team came in force. Considering the possibility of encountering the enemy, Commander Rurik had ordered the 20 sleds of the vanguard to be loaded and loaded with torsion slingshots. hair.
The real reinforcements from the Principality of Ross arrived, and the 1,500 soldiers selected by Rurik unexpectedly and inevitably joined forces with the 800 reinforcements from New Rossburg. The army of 2,300 people was not meant to reinforce Bear Festival Town. In fact, heroes from all walks of life regarded this reinforcement as a kind of hunting carnival. Rurik only needed to look at the reinforcement structure organized by his brother to know that they were a large group of hunters, including an astonishing number of black-haired Suomi people. On the surface, they described that they wanted to avenge their ancestors and attack Karelia. To plunder the enemy's reindeer.
The Suomi people have indeed maintained a hostile relationship with the Karelia people for a long time in their history, and they do both revenge and plunder. Even Rurik didn't believe that they would engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. These people were equipped with hand axes for self-defense, snow marching tents with daggers tied around them, short wooden bows and heavy steel cluster arrows in leather quivers. They are very good archers, but the bows they use are still too ordinary. They are no different from the enemy's bows, but they have a huge advantage in arrows.
The attitude of the Russians, various Viking immigrants and Slavs is no longer revenge, and the war has become pure plunder.
The rescue battle that Rurik expected did not happen. Instead, there were a large number of corpses and blood frozen into lumps lying on the ice. It was obvious that a fierce battle had taken place here.
Look at the fortress of Bear Festival Town, where the Ross flag is flying.
Wearing sunglasses, Arik's blood surged. Looking at the frozen corpse, he asked the prince: "Rurik, it seems that the defenders can defeat the enemy without our reinforcements. Their alarm Too cautious."
Rurik now thinks so, and he is so dangerous that he deliberately warns: "Don't take it lightly, for fear that the Karelia people will set a trap."
"Trap? You are looking down on them again. If there is a trap, it will come. I brought hundreds of men of all kinds here to eat the snow and blow the cold wind.Yes, if there is a big fight, come quickly. I would stand in the snow and let them attack, saving me having to dig them out myself. ”
Arik’s words were full of domineering, and Rurik actually had similar thoughts.
The whole world seemed very quiet, and the enemies didn’t seem to be hiding in the forest. They couldn’t do anything about it. How about escaping with your tail between your legs?
The army successfully arrived at the castle. The thick wooden door was opened, the drawbridge was lowered, and hundreds of defenders walked out of the fortress to meet the prince enthusiastically.
< p>Looking at the faces of these people, who would think that they have experienced hard battles?Hundreds of men in furry clothes lined up with weapons to greet the prince. Most of them were brothers of the First Flag Team? They just lack formal uniforms to show their identity, and they still look like hunters, especially those wearing white bear skins. They are almost invisible to ordinary people when they are lying in a snow nest.
Leave. Behind Rick were the eyeing army and more than a thousand panting reindeer.
He asked proudly: "I heard from the people who retreated that the fortress was besieged by thousands of people. , you must stay and live and die with the fortress. It sounds so tragic. I was afraid that all of you would die in the battle, so I rushed to reinforce you as quickly as possible. What's going on? Where are the enemies? "
The situation became very embarrassing, and the two centurions present were explaining. The so-called enemies did launch attacks again and again, and they were all defeated, and finally withdrew to the woods to the north and hid.
The first flag team has two hundred-man teams according to the establishment, and half of the troops have mysteriously become the defenders of Xiongji Town. They are simply here to hunt and accidentally get involved in the war?
< p>As Tyravis, who seemed to appear unexpectedly, emerged from the crowd to report to Rurik, the truth gradually became clear.The small fortress could not support the garrison of an army of nearly three thousand troops. Set up camp outside the city and immediately set up a stove to cook wheat and eat hot meals. As for the settlement of the sled reindeer, they first feed a batch of oats and then graze on the spot.
The Bear Festival Town was originally approved by Rurik. The relatively open area was suitable for gathering troops in the second round of the crusade, and was naturally suitable as a battlefield.
In an instant, Bear Festival Town became extremely lively, with hundreds of flags flying in the fierce wind.
Rurik regarded this battle as a national war. Most of the combatants of the Russian army wore uniforms. The white robes became excellent camouflage in the snow, and the blue on them became an excellent camouflage. The lines were also quite eye-catching.
The army that had just settled down still had to remain vigilant. That night, in order to avoid possible sneak attacks by the enemy, the Ross army not only deployed sleepless sentries, but also set up large-scale installations in the area centered on the fortress. In the Suspicious Soldier Formation, a large number of bonfire stalls were placed densely, the total number of which could be as huge as 500.
The starlight in the sky destroyed the visibility of the entire world at night, but the bonfires illuminated this glimpse clearly. Bright.
The Karelia people have also gathered three thousand people. Their spies saw the situation in Bear Festival Town from a distance and hurriedlyTell the news to your big boss.
"The bonfire is as dense as the stars in the sky? This is not true!" Caskuwei could not believe the sentry's statement.
He was not sleepy at all, so he sneaked in the forest with a group of cronies. He couldn't help but take a breath when he saw the dense fires from a distance.
Fear, anger, and confusion, complex emotions surged into my heart.
His subordinates are all asking how to deal with the new enemy. Hesitation and defeatist remarks have become taboo. His cronies are doing what they want, and they are all preaching that they must fight to the end without mercy.
Despite this, Caskuve personally gradually strengthened his belief that he must fight under the instigation of his cronies, that is, the right time to start the war was a problem. Besides, his current military strength does not have an absolute advantage.
Of course he could wait a little longer, and it was at this time that someone suddenly enlightened him: "They must have walked a long way to arrive. They must be very tired and need two or three days of rest to regain their energy. If we can launch a surprise attack, the advantage is mine."
What a brilliant idea!
Kaskuwei found out the young man who made this bold statement. When he saw that he was a brother of the same tribe, he happily made him a chief general. He thought again. Since he was going to launch a fierce raid on Ross, all soldiers would be required to fight tooth and nail. A large-scale canonization before the war was necessary to boost morale.
He returned to the Karelian camp and gathered the men who could not sleep at all through the night.
Those in the team who were popular, tall enough, or from a big clan were all named chiefs by him, which was equivalent to the concept of "the leader of a small tribe." Since they all have this distinguished status, and the status is bestowed by the greatest chief in the emirate, how can there be any reason to be lazy?
Kaskuwei gave a speech to them: "We launched the attack at dawn, and everyone moved forward lightly. We took advantage of their unsteady footing to overwhelm their camp, killed the enemy and took away their iron tools. This is The forest god has given us a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the opportunity to avenge all the people who died. I will take the lead in the charge, and all of you will follow me..."
The Karelian army actually has a lot of troops. , it was the first time for a large number of men who had not yet entered the battlefield to see such a large number of tribesmen. Even the Perm people from the further east had never seen such a large gathering of warriors. This is the strongest army in the concept of the Kajun Army. With its simple understanding, it is naturally invincible in the known world.
Excited emotions affect the mind, and even sleepiness disappears without a trace.
The Karelian army had no intention of waiting for follow-up reinforcements. No one wanted to give up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. They began to advance at night, preparing to launch a dawn raid!
A large group of figures lie in the snow or hide in the forest to hide their presence. They wait quietly until the dark sky turns deep blue, and the hiding people stand up one after another.
Everything was silent. Caskuwei took the iron sword and led his troops to advance.
The great chief looks like thisUnique, three thousand people obeyed his request and began to charge forward carrying as many as three thousand spears of varying quality and made in a surprise attack.
They made no unnecessary noise, and the snow absorbed the noise to a great extent.
The Karelian army's raid has begun, and so far the Russians have not noticed the approaching danger.
But the sky was getting brighter and brighter, and the sentries taking turns to stand guard had already moved the firewood. While preparing for the vegetable soup for breakfast, one of the sentries finally saw something unusual in the distance.
The first sentry rubbed his eyes vigorously to make sure he was not dazzled by embarrassment.
Are a large herd of reindeer moving in the open fields in the north? Or like a big pack of bears.
No! That's humans, a massive enemy! Looking at this posture, the enemy is clearly planning a decisive battle!
"Wake up! It's an enemy attack!" The frightened sentinel was like a cat with hairy fur. He first violently kicked the other sentries awake and called for everyone to sound the battle alarm.
Whenever he saw the approaching crowd in the distance, he realized that something was wrong. Those holding horns puffed up their cheeks and blew the horns, while some people found the cowhide drums accompanying the army and beat them wildly.
As soon as the awakened people heard the enemy attack, they got up and lost all energy. At the same time, they hurriedly put on their leather armor and chain armor, put on their white robes, and jumped out of the tent with their weapons in hand.
The Russians did their best, and a large number of warriors woke up to prepare the camp.
There is a big commotion here. From the standpoint of the advancing Karelians, it is clear that their actions have been exposed.
Warchief Kaskuwe had two choices before the fierce battle: fight or retreat.
The sneak attack strategy has lost its tactical advantage due to exposure, but he has no choice, just like an arrow that has left the string and cannot fly back.
He raised his sword and shouted: "Brave Karelians, follow me and charge!"
He began to take the lead in shouting, leading others to follow and roar. They built their reputation by shouting, a roar that even the snow could not absorb.
The roar made the Ross warriors, no matter how embarrassed they were, alert. Many of them wiped off the snow they had at their fingertips and started to line up with swords and shields in hand.
70% of the members of the Slavic Flag Team participated in this battle. They had the experience of conquering Karelia, so naturally they were not afraid of this group of attacking madmen. They also lined up under the leadership of Medved, the spearheads of each halberd moving forward.
Thanks to the snow, it gave the charging crowd certain obstacles and bought time for the Ross army to assemble and build a tactical formation.
However, another traditional skill of the Russian army is already curbing the enemy's offensive momentum.
After all, a large number of torsion slingshots have been unloaded from the fleet for maintenance. They have been repaired, and a battle is just the right time to test the results of the repairs.
Fifty slingshots were arranged outside the camp. They were installed on the sleds. The reindeer took off their saddles to rest, and the sleds became fixed firepower points.
The Torque Slingshot is already firing freely, the light javelin launched with high range swirled and fell from the sky.
The Qatari army began to suffer losses. Facing their comrades who were pierced by javelins and fell to the ground, the soldiers were stunned and could only stare with their eyes like bells as they continued to charge with spears in hand and shouts.
I don’t know if it was a slingshot, but the bull trebuchet was also throwing stones. Those who were hit must have broken bones and died. Even when faced with high-speed moving swarm targets, they did not have more attack windows. Expect.
Finally, the distance reached the carpentry range of the Kajun army. A weak north wind favored them. The Kaban army's bow holders threw arrows into the sky, and the Russian army finally began to suffer losses.
The bone cluster arrows could not penetrate the armor of the Russian army, but some Suomi people accidentally hit the arrows while shooting at each other with bows.
Wearing thick leather clothes, the earth can weaken the damage of bone clusters, but some people who are really unlucky are shot in the eyes or necks, and they suddenly bleed out and fall to the ground struggling. The poor wounded man was pulled back by his companions regardless of life or death, while others still shot arrows to fight.
Until the Karelia army rushed within the range of the crossbow...