Chapter 1058: Fighting in the fog
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Twenty people in five canoes, armed with bows, spears, and three days' worth of dry rations, were paddling backwards on the West Dvina River to the destination of the supposedly tragic upstream Duka village.
In fact, it doesn't take too long to sail. After going around some turns, people with discerning eyes can see the blue smoke in the distance, and everyone immediately becomes more vigilant.
After rounding the last big bend, what appeared in front of us was indeed a terrifying blackened ruin.
"God! Never before!" People exclaimed in astonishment, their paddling hands shaking.
They landed cautiously, trying to find survivors, though no one offered hope. To their surprise, no human corpses were found in the ruins, but charred cattle and sheep corpses were everywhere.
"These villains are so cruel?! They are not ordinary plunder, but malicious killing? Even cattle and sheep are not spared?!"
There has never been such a thing, even a bandit would not deliberately destroy it. They killed all the living things they saw, and burned the cowsheds and sheepfolds.
People who arrived at the scene had to reflect on what they had provoked to make such a malicious revenge.
Do not! We didn't mess with anyone. There's a gang of thugs attacking everywhere!
They unified their ideas and searched for more clues near the village. They are all hunters and are quite good at spotting the trails of their prey.
"Come here." A half-squatted bow bearer called to his companions.
After a while, many people gathered.
"What's this? Feces?"
"It's definitely horse dung. It's dry outside, but still wet inside. The attackers didn't run far. You all look for the horseshoe marks again, and we can at least determine a direction."
So, everyone began to search on a large scale. They found the former camp of the Ross cavalry, and found more horse dung, stinky sheep blood traces and a lot of bone fragments. There are traces of undigested clean oats in the newly found horse manure, which is very unusual.
"Apparently the bandits took the village's surplus food to feed the horses, and now we can determine their whereabouts."
The most critical horseshoe prints are everywhere, and they have made important judgments from these marks. People who realize the complexity of the situation have their heads buzzing. "Let's go back! Damn, these thugs are going to continue attacking us!"
The canoe was evacuated overnight, and the explorer dragged his tired body back to the starting point with bloodshot eyes. They woke up the sleeping chief and actively reported their findings.
The big leader, who had the spirit of getting up, hit the carp straight, and he instantly became clear-headed. After listening to the report, not only his back was cold.
"Up to twenty mounted bandits? Big and deep hoof prints on each horse. Still moving towards our village. Still heading up the Polota? Looks like we'll have to adjust our defense center."
Could a mere twenty horse bandits be enough for the entire Polotsk community to be shaken? The big chief Proslaw is by no means an idiot. He knows that cavalry on big horses can create many crises.
Even if the Polotsks did not have qualified cavalry, it was only half a century when the Avars galloped around the Vistula. The Polotsks who settled in the East were somewhat aware of what happened to the Vistula Poles of their relatives.
Those horse riders are always elusive and run away after grabbing things. It is not easy to pursue revenge.
The big boss felt more and more that the new horse bandits were very similar to those guys, maybe they were all the way. Based on those legends, he doesn't quite believe that his peasant and hunter's infantry can accomplish revenge, or at least drive them away.
However, if the enemy attacks the direction of the Polota River, there may be an opportunity for interception.
The big leader ordered, the village leaders took action, and the hunters and peasants gathered collectively moved to the north of the settlement, and then organized ten small teams, each with about fifty people.
Another 500 people were armed with weapons on standby, and if they found it, they would attack immediately. They are young men with good legs and feet. Although they are all clothed and without armor, they can run extremely fast with simple weapons. The so-called relying on the advantage of the number of people, try to find and kill them as much as possible, even if some people die in battle, it is far better than the roaming of horses and bandits that prevent everyone from agricultural production. Because the oats and rye are about to head, and the harvest is not far away, the trouble must be resolved before the autumn harvest.
The people were excited, and if a single village faced the ghostly entanglement of horses and bandits, they would be very afraid.
According to the clues found by their own hunters, the defense center of the entire Polotsk people was adjusted to the northeast.
Now each village has gathered up the news from the past few days, and people are suddenly enlightened!
There are dense forest areas near the settlements, as well as flat land interspersed with clusters of woodland. Some families live in remote areas, and the issue of missing persons has come to the fore in recent times.
Maybe some woodcutter was killed by bears in the woods, or lost their way in the woods and died, or drowned. Before the horse bandit incident, people speculated that it was a common accident in daily life, and now all disappearance incidents are identified as horse bandit attacks.
In fact, this is the reason why old Harold and his gang had three female prisoners in their hands. They just attacked the Polotsks and were concealed enough in terms of means.
However, it was said that the ten-member cavalry group of Ureko was too arrogant and domineering. In other words, they completely carried out the expedition according to the war mode, and always recreated their glorious deeds of looting Cologne and the surrounding areas last year.
Exactly so, they already have a lot of loot but are still not satisfied.
Because, even though many innocent people were killed, they failed to find silver coins in the "war". The emotion of regret drove the young veterans to continue military adventures.
They are also cunning, considering that if they continue to travel along the river, they will inevitably encounter more villages. Brothers, ten people collided with the Polot people, but it was three punches and four legs. The next action had to be insidious, so they chose the forest route away from the river.
After getting a bit of valuable information in the mouths of the captives, they began to use the cover operation of the swarm forest.
However, they ignored the traces of horse dung and hoof prints. Because, even though the Polotsks owned quite a few ponies, they were not yet luxurious enough to feed their horses with precious grain, and there could be no grain remains in the horse manure.
It seemed that everything was in the hands of the expedition's Russ cavalry.
As the brothers approached the Polota River, they set up makeshift camps on the edge of the mass forest, arrogantly lit bonfires, reheated the mutton they had plundered earlier, and gathered to discuss what to do next.
The flames crackled, watching the beating flames, Ureko's ears were full of discussions from the soldiers. He felt that his captain was almost done. The young Ross people were taller than him, and they all claimed to be stronger than their fathers and grandparents. They weren't so arrogant as to deny the Pecheneg instructor's credit, but Ureko could only listen to their opinions.
He still insisted on his right of suggestion: "At least, I'm still your captain. We only have ten cavalry, and it's too risky to break into their main settlement. What do you want?"
"Gold coins!" Everyone raised their heads and almost in unison.
"Gold coins? Well...gold coins. Don't you think these poor farmers really have gold coins?"
"At least you can get some gems? There will always be a chance to get good things." Someone said this, and immediately attracted the attention of others.
Some people said fairly: "We have already hit here, even if we can't get the treasure, at least we have to see the settlements of the Polotsk people with our own eyes, and then report to the king, so that our army can send troops to conquer in the future."
This is indeed a very convincing reason. Ross's expansion has been consistent. The king just stipulated that there has been no large-scale military expansion in recent years. Everyone's expedition is to find new targets for the king to conquer. Even if there is no gold and silver in this expedition, if you bring the information to the king, you will always get some money as a reward.
"At the very least, let's probe the number of their villages and estimate their population."
After everyone's discussion, they set a task goal for themselves, and they will continue to implement it tomorrow.
As everyone knows, they are slamming into the upper reaches of the Polota River, and it is only a matter of time before they collide with a large number of villages.
No one can learn the specific path distance from the prisoner's mouth. After all, the prisoner lacks this concept, but has already reached the current position, and all the captured women are more and more cooperative. That is the only possibility to escape from the horse bandits. They firmly believe that the brave clansmen will send troops to attack if they find the bandits.
It was another normal night, and the Russ lit bonfires and ate barbecued meat as usual. They also distributed some sizzling mutton to the captives, and were delighted to find that the captives were eating without saying a word.
They cooperated in this way, and the soldiers also came to be interested. Surprisingly, even if they had a relationship again, their faces no longer showed fear, rejection, and sullenness, and even if they were enjoying it, it was completely out of the question.
Their attitudes became very strange, and what was even more alarming was that when everyone started sleeping by the campfire, they were the only ones who stared at each other, even if they seemed to be sleeping, they were just Jiamei.
It's best to be extremely vigilant when camping in the grasslands. Instead of worrying about a sneak attack by gangsters first, he was wary of the coyotes taking away the traveler's dry food (usually dried meat), and then biting the war horse.
Even if Ureko turned into a new Rusian loyal to the King of Rus, the habit of living in the grasslands could not be changed. Especially now, those prisoners are clearly keeping vigilance, what are they afraid of? Or what are they waiting for?
"Everyone is vigilant. Maybe this bears with no fear of fire will come and go. They all sleep with bows and must be able to fight immediately!"
At least in terms of combat, everyone will listen to Captain Ureko's request. The brothers are very grateful for the riding and archery skills taught by this low prairie man. It's just that the brothers are of real Ross blood. Even if they are vigilant enough to sleep, they should sleep with a round shield on their backs, so that they can get up in an instant when the enemy suddenly gets up, and at the same time carry a "big turtle shell" on their backs to ensure their defense.
Ureko was awake and asleep, and he has been paying attention to the reactions of the prisoners. He holds bows and arrows in both hands, and a bull's horn hangs on his chest.
Even if the warriors are arrogant, he treats these ross cubs as brothers, and now he will be the night whistle for them.
The summer nights in high latitudes are quite short, and now the autumn equinox is far away, the temperature at night is brighter, and the grass will be stained with dew when it is close to dawn. The morning fog will evaporate when the sun is about to break, and the water vapor in the forest is the most vigorous. When the sun rises, countless golden curtains are lowered in the forest, and the sense of holiness is like a sanctuary.
Behold! The fog was rising, the sun was shining on the forest, and there were golden curtains everywhere.
"It's beautiful."
Uleko sighed with emotion at the beauty of the morning that is impossible to see in this grassland, and an exaggerated yawn proved that he had a bad rest. "Ah, I'll sleep on the horse's back for a while during the day."
The war horses sleeping on their knees had already woken up one after another. Upon seeing this, Ureko stood up and walked into the horses with the reins tied to the trees, with no intention of disturbing the brothers who continued to sleep or kicking the captives who had to fall asleep. He at least looked at the four brown-haired women: "Why do you? Stay up all night to prevent bear attacks? You're not asleep yet."
He was to open the sack of sackcloth and feed the horses with captured oats. There is too much dew on the grass in the early morning, and the war horses will have diarrhea after eating too much. In fact, some horses do have gastrointestinal problems along the way. He is more willing to feed dry wheat. (This is why horse manure contains undigested grains of wheat.)
He untied the ropes of a horse, held the grain in one hand and put it into the horse's mouth.
Suddenly, the ears of all the steeds moved alertly.
The vigilant Ureko trembled instantly because he noticed a strange sound in this morning fog.
"Who is it? Are you awake? When you wake up, add firewood and let's have breakfast."
Some soldiers were too lazy to shout a few words. He turned his head and saw his subordinates get up one after another. Because most of them were lying on the ground and carrying round shields behind them, they looked like turtles.
It seemed that he was thinking too much, and Ureko didn't care anymore.
But all of a sudden, there was a loud roar in the morning mist, and in a short while, some shaggy "savages" charged with wooden sticks and short spears.
Immediately, some warriors were hit by the thrown short spears. Because everyone did not wear armor for the convenience of movement, the warriors who were hit by the spears were shot through their bodies.
The conflict broke out too suddenly, and many soldiers with dumbfounded heads were knocked down, and then stabbed the "wild man" with a broken blade.
Are you still caring about war horses?
Ureko couldn't care too much, and immediately went into battle with the other brothers.
"Shield Wall!"
Someone shouted, and the intact six-person shield was on the left arm, and they all gathered together with swords, and immediately scuffled with at least twenty people.
The sword pierced the attacker's throat and cut his leg.
The attacker's axe smashed **** the round shield and was carried hard, followed by the counterattack of the Ross steel sword.
The Russ watched as their downed brother was attacked by multiple wolves and stabbed by the enemy with short spears.
Some warriors were eager to avenge the sudden death of their brothers. They charged with brute force with huge round shields, and knocked down no less than five people.
The exhausted Ureko was no longer sleepy. He shot recklessly with his bow and actively cooperated with his comrades. However, in this chaotic battle in the morning fog, Gong Shi was not of great use.
The Russ cavalry are all incarnations of infantry, and like their fathers, they fight the enemy with the attitude of pure sword and shield.
The battle turned into the most familiar appearance of the Vikings. The young warriors who were always unarmored faced the enemy with only simple clothes and weapons and resolutely launched a counterattack after stabilizing the battle situation.
They have already lost three people. The brothers saw that their backstab companions had fallen into a pool of blood, and they were obviously helpless. At least they died in battle with weapons in their hands, and their souls should have gone to the Hall of Valor.
Someone shouted: "Kill the attacker! Blood sacrifice to Odin!"
The momentum has risen, and now it is the attacker's turn to retreat.
Even with a large number of attackers, the entire Rus team could not be overwhelmed in a surprise attack. Once they fell into chaos, with their rich combat experience and stronger physique, the less-populated Rus began to have an advantage.
There were more than a dozen attackers lying on the ground, some were dead and some were mourning, and more attackers escaped into the gradually dissipating morning mist.
The Ross warriors watched the surroundings vigilantly. They leaned against each other, their blood-stained round shields formed an arc line of defense, their steel swords trembled constantly, and their eyes stared at the surroundings.
This is an opportunity! Urek hurriedly untied the reins of all the horses, and then called on the vigilant guys: "Don't forget that you are cavalry! Get on the horse! Take the injured brother away."
Wounded brother? ! Do not! Three brothers were dead, and one was even decapitated.
"Snowry! Goodleader! Eric! They're dead!"
"Take away their corpses!"
"No! We can't pull them away!"
"At least take their swords! Their souls have gone to Valhalla, take their nameplates."
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The attackers were brewing the next round of attack in the fog, and the Russ who suffered a great loss had no time to complain. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com They rode on their horses one after another, and the sober horse was not injured in the chaos.
But after they were just riding, the second round of the "Wild Man" attack had already begun.
Once mounted, cavalry has a tenfold advantage over infantry. The situation was in crisis, some spoils could not be taken away, the prisoners could not be scruples, and even the soldiers could not make up for the wounded soldiers of the attackers in the first round of battle. They took away the metal nameplates of the brothers who died in battle, so that they could give the king an explanation later.
At this moment, Ureko finally understood the reason why the prisoners insisted on not sleeping at night. "So that's what you're waiting for? It's really your clan who attacked us?"
Although I had a hunch that a frontal military conflict with the Polotsks would break out, I never thought that it was the other side launching a sneak attack, just like the Rus people attacked the village.
How about a sneak attack? The fog has cleared a lot now, and the surviving brothers have already rode their horses.
"Come on! Kill some more enemies and we'll retreat!" After that, Ureko and the others launched a frontal breakout.
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Twenty people in five canoes, armed with bows, spears, and three days' worth of dry rations, were paddling backwards on the West Dvina River to the destination of the supposedly tragic upstream Duka village.
In fact, it doesn't take too long to sail. After going around some turns, people with discerning eyes can see the blue smoke in the distance, and everyone immediately becomes more vigilant.
After rounding the last big bend, what appeared in front of us was indeed a terrifying blackened ruin.
"God! Never before!" People exclaimed in astonishment, their paddling hands shaking.
They landed cautiously, trying to find survivors, though no one offered hope. To their surprise, no human corpses were found in the ruins, but charred cattle and sheep corpses were everywhere.
"These villains are so cruel?! They are not ordinary plunder, but malicious killing? Even cattle and sheep are not spared?!"
There has never been such a thing, even a bandit would not deliberately destroy it. They killed all the living things they saw, and burned the cowsheds and sheepfolds.
People who arrived at the scene had to reflect on what they had provoked to make such a malicious revenge.
Do not! We didn't mess with anyone. There's a gang of thugs attacking everywhere!
They unified their ideas and searched for more clues near the village. They are all hunters and are quite good at spotting the trails of their prey.
"Come here." A half-squatted bow bearer called to his companions.
After a while, many people gathered.
"What's this? Feces?"
"It's definitely horse dung. It's dry outside, but still wet inside. The attackers didn't run far. You all look for the horseshoe marks again, and we can at least determine a direction."
So, everyone began to search on a large scale. They found the former camp of the Ross cavalry, and found more horse dung, stinky sheep blood traces and a lot of bone fragments. There are traces of undigested clean oats in the newly found horse manure, which is very unusual.
"Apparently the bandits took the village's surplus food to feed the horses, and now we can determine their whereabouts."
The most critical horseshoe prints are everywhere, and they have made important judgments from these marks. People who realize the complexity of the situation have their heads buzzing. "Let's go back! Damn, these thugs are going to continue attacking us!"
The canoe was evacuated overnight, and the explorer dragged his tired body back to the starting point with bloodshot eyes. They woke up the sleeping chief and actively reported their findings.
The big leader, who had the spirit of getting up, hit the carp straight, and he instantly became clear-headed. After listening to the report, not only his back was cold.
"Up to twenty mounted bandits? Big and deep hoof prints on each horse. Still moving towards our village. Still heading up the Polota? Looks like we'll have to adjust our defense center."
Could a mere twenty horse bandits be enough for the entire Polotsk community to be shaken? The big chief Proslaw is by no means an idiot. He knows that cavalry on big horses can create many crises.
Even if the Polotsks did not have qualified cavalry, it was only half a century when the Avars galloped around the Vistula. The Polotsks who settled in the East were somewhat aware of what happened to the Vistula Poles of their relatives.
Those horse riders are always elusive and run away after grabbing things. It is not easy to pursue revenge.
The big boss felt more and more that the new horse bandits were very similar to those guys, maybe they were all the way. Based on those legends, he doesn't quite believe that his peasant and hunter's infantry can accomplish revenge, or at least drive them away.
However, if the enemy attacks the direction of the Polota River, there may be an opportunity for interception.
The big leader ordered, the village leaders took action, and the hunters and peasants gathered collectively moved to the north of the settlement, and then organized ten small teams, each with about fifty people.
Another 500 people were armed with weapons on standby, and if they found it, they would attack immediately. They are young men with good legs and feet. Although they are all clothed and without armor, they can run extremely fast with simple weapons. The so-called relying on the advantage of the number of people, try to find and kill them as much as possible, even if some people die in battle, it is far better than the roaming of horses and bandits that prevent everyone from agricultural production. Because the oats and rye are about to head, and the harvest is not far away, the trouble must be resolved before the autumn harvest.
The people were excited, and if a single village faced the ghostly entanglement of horses and bandits, they would be very afraid.
According to the clues found by their own hunters, the defense center of the entire Polotsk people was adjusted to the northeast.
Now each village has gathered up the news from the past few days, and people are suddenly enlightened!
There are dense forest areas near the settlements, as well as flat land interspersed with clusters of woodland. Some families live in remote areas, and the issue of missing persons has come to the fore in recent times.
Maybe some woodcutter was killed by bears in the woods, or lost their way in the woods and died, or drowned. Before the horse bandit incident, people speculated that it was a common accident in daily life, and now all disappearance incidents are identified as horse bandit attacks.
In fact, this is the reason why old Harold and his gang had three female prisoners in their hands. They just attacked the Polotsks and were concealed enough in terms of means.
However, it was said that the ten-member cavalry group of Ureko was too arrogant and domineering. In other words, they completely carried out the expedition according to the war mode, and always recreated their glorious deeds of looting Cologne and the surrounding areas last year.
Exactly so, they already have a lot of loot but are still not satisfied.
Because, even though many innocent people were killed, they failed to find silver coins in the "war". The emotion of regret drove the young veterans to continue military adventures.
They are also cunning, considering that if they continue to travel along the river, they will inevitably encounter more villages. Brothers, ten people collided with the Polot people, but it was three punches and four legs. The next action had to be insidious, so they chose the forest route away from the river.
After getting a bit of valuable information in the mouths of the captives, they began to use the cover operation of the swarm forest.
However, they ignored the traces of horse dung and hoof prints. Because, even though the Polotsks owned quite a few ponies, they were not yet luxurious enough to feed their horses with precious grain, and there could be no grain remains in the horse manure.
It seemed that everything was in the hands of the expedition's Russ cavalry.
As the brothers approached the Polota River, they set up makeshift camps on the edge of the mass forest, arrogantly lit bonfires, reheated the mutton they had plundered earlier, and gathered to discuss what to do next.
The flames crackled, watching the beating flames, Ureko's ears were full of discussions from the soldiers. He felt that his captain was almost done. The young Ross people were taller than him, and they all claimed to be stronger than their fathers and grandparents. They weren't so arrogant as to deny the Pecheneg instructor's credit, but Ureko could only listen to their opinions.
He still insisted on his right of suggestion: "At least, I'm still your captain. We only have ten cavalry, and it's too risky to break into their main settlement. What do you want?"
"Gold coins!" Everyone raised their heads and almost in unison.
"Gold coins? Well...gold coins. Don't you think these poor farmers really have gold coins?"
"At least you can get some gems? There will always be a chance to get good things." Someone said this, and immediately attracted the attention of others.
Some people said fairly: "We have already hit here, even if we can't get the treasure, at least we have to see the settlements of the Polotsk people with our own eyes, and then report to the king, so that our army can send troops to conquer in the future."
This is indeed a very convincing reason. Ross's expansion has been consistent. The king just stipulated that there has been no large-scale military expansion in recent years. Everyone's expedition is to find new targets for the king to conquer. Even if there is no gold and silver in this expedition, if you bring the information to the king, you will always get some money as a reward.
"At the very least, let's probe the number of their villages and estimate their population."
After everyone's discussion, they set a task goal for themselves, and they will continue to implement it tomorrow.
As everyone knows, they are slamming into the upper reaches of the Polota River, and it is only a matter of time before they collide with a large number of villages.
No one can learn the specific path distance from the prisoner's mouth. After all, the prisoner lacks this concept, but has already reached the current position, and all the captured women are more and more cooperative. That is the only possibility to escape from the horse bandits. They firmly believe that the brave clansmen will send troops to attack if they find the bandits.
It was another normal night, and the Russ lit bonfires and ate barbecued meat as usual. They also distributed some sizzling mutton to the captives, and were delighted to find that the captives were eating without saying a word.
They cooperated in this way, and the soldiers also came to be interested. Surprisingly, even if they had a relationship again, their faces no longer showed fear, rejection, and sullenness, and even if they were enjoying it, it was completely out of the question.
Their attitudes became very strange, and what was even more alarming was that when everyone started sleeping by the campfire, they were the only ones who stared at each other, even if they seemed to be sleeping, they were just Jiamei.
It's best to be extremely vigilant when camping in the grasslands. Instead of worrying about a sneak attack by gangsters first, he was wary of the coyotes taking away the traveler's dry food (usually dried meat), and then biting the war horse.
Even if Ureko turned into a new Rusian loyal to the King of Rus, the habit of living in the grasslands could not be changed. Especially now, those prisoners are clearly keeping vigilance, what are they afraid of? Or what are they waiting for?
"Everyone is vigilant. Maybe this bears with no fear of fire will come and go. They all sleep with bows and must be able to fight immediately!"
At least in terms of combat, everyone will listen to Captain Ureko's request. The brothers are very grateful for the riding and archery skills taught by this low prairie man. It's just that the brothers are of real Ross blood. Even if they are vigilant enough to sleep, they should sleep with a round shield on their backs, so that they can get up in an instant when the enemy suddenly gets up, and at the same time carry a "big turtle shell" on their backs to ensure their defense.
Ureko was awake and asleep, and he has been paying attention to the reactions of the prisoners. He holds bows and arrows in both hands, and a bull's horn hangs on his chest.
Even if the warriors are arrogant, he treats these ross cubs as brothers, and now he will be the night whistle for them.
The summer nights in high latitudes are quite short, and now the autumn equinox is far away, the temperature at night is brighter, and the grass will be stained with dew when it is close to dawn. The morning fog will evaporate when the sun is about to break, and the water vapor in the forest is the most vigorous. When the sun rises, countless golden curtains are lowered in the forest, and the sense of holiness is like a sanctuary.
Behold! The fog was rising, the sun was shining on the forest, and there were golden curtains everywhere.
"It's beautiful."
Uleko sighed with emotion at the beauty of the morning that is impossible to see in this grassland, and an exaggerated yawn proved that he had a bad rest. "Ah, I'll sleep on the horse's back for a while during the day."
The war horses sleeping on their knees had already woken up one after another. Upon seeing this, Ureko stood up and walked into the horses with the reins tied to the trees, with no intention of disturbing the brothers who continued to sleep or kicking the captives who had to fall asleep. He at least looked at the four brown-haired women: "Why do you? Stay up all night to prevent bear attacks? You're not asleep yet."
He was to open the sack of sackcloth and feed the horses with captured oats. There is too much dew on the grass in the early morning, and the war horses will have diarrhea after eating too much. In fact, some horses do have gastrointestinal problems along the way. He is more willing to feed dry wheat. (This is why horse manure contains undigested grains of wheat.)
He untied the ropes of a horse, held the grain in one hand and put it into the horse's mouth.
Suddenly, the ears of all the steeds moved alertly.
The vigilant Ureko trembled instantly because he noticed a strange sound in this morning fog.
"Who is it? Are you awake? When you wake up, add firewood and let's have breakfast."
Some soldiers were too lazy to shout a few words. He turned his head and saw his subordinates get up one after another. Because most of them were lying on the ground and carrying round shields behind them, they looked like turtles.
It seemed that he was thinking too much, and Ureko didn't care anymore.
But all of a sudden, there was a loud roar in the morning mist, and in a short while, some shaggy "savages" charged with wooden sticks and short spears.
Immediately, some warriors were hit by the thrown short spears. Because everyone did not wear armor for the convenience of movement, the warriors who were hit by the spears were shot through their bodies.
The conflict broke out too suddenly, and many soldiers with dumbfounded heads were knocked down, and then stabbed the "wild man" with a broken blade.
Are you still caring about war horses?
Ureko couldn't care too much, and immediately went into battle with the other brothers.
"Shield Wall!"
Someone shouted, and the intact six-person shield was on the left arm, and they all gathered together with swords, and immediately scuffled with at least twenty people.
The sword pierced the attacker's throat and cut his leg.
The attacker's axe smashed **** the round shield and was carried hard, followed by the counterattack of the Ross steel sword.
The Russ watched as their downed brother was attacked by multiple wolves and stabbed by the enemy with short spears.
Some warriors were eager to avenge the sudden death of their brothers. They charged with brute force with huge round shields, and knocked down no less than five people.
The exhausted Ureko was no longer sleepy. He shot recklessly with his bow and actively cooperated with his comrades. However, in this chaotic battle in the morning fog, Gong Shi was not of great use.
The Russ cavalry are all incarnations of infantry, and like their fathers, they fight the enemy with the attitude of pure sword and shield.
The battle turned into the most familiar appearance of the Vikings. The young warriors who were always unarmored faced the enemy with only simple clothes and weapons and resolutely launched a counterattack after stabilizing the battle situation.
They have already lost three people. The brothers saw that their backstab companions had fallen into a pool of blood, and they were obviously helpless. At least they died in battle with weapons in their hands, and their souls should have gone to the Hall of Valor.
Someone shouted: "Kill the attacker! Blood sacrifice to Odin!"
The momentum has risen, and now it is the attacker's turn to retreat.
Even with a large number of attackers, the entire Rus team could not be overwhelmed in a surprise attack. Once they fell into chaos, with their rich combat experience and stronger physique, the less-populated Rus began to have an advantage.
There were more than a dozen attackers lying on the ground, some were dead and some were mourning, and more attackers escaped into the gradually dissipating morning mist.
The Ross warriors watched the surroundings vigilantly. They leaned against each other, their blood-stained round shields formed an arc line of defense, their steel swords trembled constantly, and their eyes stared at the surroundings.
This is an opportunity! Urek hurriedly untied the reins of all the horses, and then called on the vigilant guys: "Don't forget that you are cavalry! Get on the horse! Take the injured brother away."
Wounded brother? ! Do not! Three brothers were dead, and one was even decapitated.
"Snowry! Goodleader! Eric! They're dead!"
"Take away their corpses!"
"No! We can't pull them away!"
"At least take their swords! Their souls have gone to Valhalla, take their nameplates."
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The attackers were brewing the next round of attack in the fog, and the Russ who suffered a great loss had no time to complain. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com They rode on their horses one after another, and the sober horse was not injured in the chaos.
But after they were just riding, the second round of the "Wild Man" attack had already begun.
Once mounted, cavalry has a tenfold advantage over infantry. The situation was in crisis, some spoils could not be taken away, the prisoners could not be scruples, and even the soldiers could not make up for the wounded soldiers of the attackers in the first round of battle. They took away the metal nameplates of the brothers who died in battle, so that they could give the king an explanation later.
At this moment, Ureko finally understood the reason why the prisoners insisted on not sleeping at night. "So that's what you're waiting for? It's really your clan who attacked us?"
Although I had a hunch that a frontal military conflict with the Polotsks would break out, I never thought that it was the other side launching a sneak attack, just like the Rus people attacked the village.
How about a sneak attack? The fog has cleared a lot now, and the surviving brothers have already rode their horses.
"Come on! Kill some more enemies and we'll retreat!" After that, Ureko and the others launched a frontal breakout.
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Twenty people in five canoes, armed with bows, spears, and three days' worth of dry rations, were paddling backwards on the West Dvina River to the destination of the supposedly tragic upstream Duka village.In fact, it doesn't take too long to sail. After going around some turns, people with discerning eyes can see the blue smoke in the distance, and everyone immediately becomes more vigilant.After rounding the last big bend, what appeared in front of us was indeed a terrifying blackened ruin."God! Never before!" People exclaimed in astonishment, their paddling hands shaking.They landed cautiously, trying to find survivors, though no one offered hope. To their surprise, no human corpses were found in the ruins, but charred cattle and sheep corpses were everywhere."These villains are so cruel?! They are not ordinary plunder, but malicious killing? Even cattle and sheep are not spared?!"There has never been such a thing, even a bandit would not deliberately destroy it. They killed all the living things they saw, and burned the cowsheds and sheepfolds.People who arrived at the scene had to reflect on what they had provoked to make such a malicious revenge.Do not! We didn't mess with anyone. There's a gang of thugs attacking everywhere!They unified their ideas and searched for more clues near the village. They are all hunters and are quite good at spotting the trails of their prey."Come here." A half-squatted bow bearer called to his companions.After a while, many people gathered."What's this? Feces?""It's definitely horse dung. It's dry outside, but still wet inside. The attackers didn't run far. You all look for the horseshoe marks again, and we can at least determine a direction."So, everyone began to search on a large scale. They found the former camp of the Ross cavalry, and found more horse dung, stinky sheep blood traces and a lot of bone fragments. There are traces of undigested clean oats in the newly found horse manure, which is very unusual."Apparently the bandits took the village's surplus food to feed the horses, and now we can determine their whereabouts."The most critical horseshoe prints are everywhere, and they have made important judgments from these marks. People who realize the complexity of the situation have their heads buzzing. "Let's go back! Damn, these thugs are going to continue attacking us!"The canoe was evacuated overnight, and the explorer dragged his tired body back to the starting point with bloodshot eyes. They woke up the sleeping chief and actively reported their findings.The big leader, who had the spirit of getting up, hit the carp straight, and he instantly became clear-headed. After listening to the report, not only his back was cold."Up to twenty mounted bandits? Big and deep hoof prints on each horse. Still moving towards our village. Still heading up the Polota? Looks like we'll have to adjust our defense center."Could a mere twenty horse bandits be enough for the entire Polotsk community to be shaken? The big chief Proslaw is by no means an idiot. He knows that cavalry on big horses can create many crises.Even if the Polotsks did not have qualified cavalry, it was only half a century when the Avars galloped around the Vistula. The Polotsks who settled in the East were somewhat aware of what happened to the Vistula Poles of their relatives.Those horse riders are always elusive and run away after grabbing things. It is not easy to pursue revenge.The big boss felt more and more that the new horse bandits were very similar to those guys, maybe they were all the way. Based on those legends, he doesn't quite believe that his peasant and hunter's infantry can accomplish revenge, or at least drive them away.However, if the enemy attacks the direction of the Polota River, there may be an opportunity for interception.The big leader ordered, the village leaders took action, and the hunters and peasants gathered collectively moved to the north of the settlement, and then organized ten small teams, each with about fifty people.Another 500 people were armed with weapons on standby, and if they found it, they would attack immediately. They are young men with good legs and feet. Although they are all clothed and without armor, they can run extremely fast with simple weapons. The so-called relying on the advantage of the number of people, try to find and kill them as much as possible, even if some people die in battle, it is far better than the roaming of horses and bandits that prevent everyone from agricultural production. Because the oats and rye are about to head, and the harvest is not far away, the trouble must be resolved before the autumn harvest.The people were excited, and if a single village faced the ghostly entanglement of horses and bandits, they would be very afraid.According to the clues found by their own hunters, the defense center of the entire Polotsk people was adjusted to the northeast.Now each village has gathered up the news from the past few days, and people are suddenly enlightened!There are dense forest areas near the settlements, as well as flat land interspersed with clusters of woodland. Some families live in remote areas, and the issue of missing persons has come to the fore in recent times.Maybe some woodcutter was killed by bears in the woods, or lost their way in the woods and died, or drowned. Before the horse bandit incident, people speculated that it was a common accident in daily life, and now all disappearance incidents are identified as horse bandit attacks.In fact, this is the reason why old Harold and his gang had three female prisoners in their hands. They just attacked the Polotsks and were concealed enough in terms of means.However, it was said that the ten-member cavalry group of Ureko was too arrogant and domineering. In other words, they completely carried out the expedition according to the war mode, and always recreated their glorious deeds of looting Cologne and the surrounding areas last year.Exactly so, they already have a lot of loot but are still not satisfied.Because, even though many innocent people were killed, they failed to find silver coins in the "war". The emotion of regret drove the young veterans to continue military adventures.They are also cunning, considering that if they continue to travel along the river, they will inevitably encounter more villages. Brothers, ten people collided with the Polot people, but it was three punches and four legs. The next action had to be insidious, so they chose the forest route away from the river.After getting a bit of valuable information in the mouths of the captives, they began to use the cover operation of the swarm forest.However, they ignored the traces of horse dung and hoof prints. Because, even though the Polotsks owned quite a few ponies, they were not yet luxurious enough to feed their horses with precious grain, and there could be no grain remains in the horse manure.It seemed that everything was in the hands of the expedition's Russ cavalry.As the brothers approached the Polota River, they set up makeshift camps on the edge of the mass forest, arrogantly lit bonfires, reheated the mutton they had plundered earlier, and gathered to discuss what to do next.The flames crackled, watching the beating flames, Ureko's ears were full of discussions from the soldiers. He felt that his captain was almost done. The young Ross people were taller than him, and they all claimed to be stronger than their fathers and grandparents. They weren't so arrogant as to deny the Pecheneg instructor's credit, but Ureko could only listen to their opinions.He still insisted on his right of suggestion: "At least, I'm still your captain. We only have ten cavalry, and it's too risky to break into their main settlement. What do you want?""Gold coins!" Everyone raised their heads and almost in unison."Gold coins? Well...gold coins. Don't you think these poor farmers really have gold coins?""At least you can get some gems? There will always be a chance to get good things." Someone said this, and immediately attracted the attention of others.Some people said fairly: "We have already hit here, even if we can't get the treasure, at least we have to see the settlements of the Polotsk people with our own eyes, and then report to the king, so that our army can send troops to conquer in the future."This is indeed a very convincing reason. Ross's expansion has been consistent. The king just stipulated that there has been no large-scale military expansion in recent years. Everyone's expedition is to find new targets for the king to conquer. Even if there is no gold and silver in this expedition, if you bring the information to the king, you will always get some money as a reward."At the very least, let's probe the number of their villages and estimate their population."After everyone's discussion, they set a task goal for themselves, and they will continue to implement it tomorrow.As everyone knows, they are slamming into the upper reaches of the Polota River, and it is only a matter of time before they collide with a large number of villages.No one can learn the specific path distance from the prisoner's mouth. After all, the prisoner lacks this concept, but has already reached the current position, and all the captured women are more and more cooperative. That is the only possibility to escape from the horse bandits. They firmly believe that the brave clansmen will send troops to attack if they find the bandits.It was another normal night, and the Russ lit bonfires and ate barbecued meat as usual. They also distributed some sizzling mutton to the captives, and were delighted to find that the captives were eating without saying a word.They cooperated in this way, and the soldiers also came to be interested. Surprisingly, even if they had a relationship again, their faces no longer showed fear, rejection, and sullenness, and even if they were enjoying it, it was completely out of the question.Their attitudes became very strange, and what was even more alarming was that when everyone started sleeping by the campfire, they were the only ones who stared at each other, even if they seemed to be sleeping, they were just Jiamei.It's best to be extremely vigilant when camping in the grasslands. Instead of worrying about a sneak attack by gangsters first, he was wary of the coyotes taking away the traveler's dry food usually dried meat, and then biting the war horse.Even if Ureko turned into a new Rusian loyal to the King of Rus, the habit of living in the grasslands could not be changed. Especially now, those prisoners are clearly keeping vigilance, what are they afraid of? Or what are they waiting for?"Everyone is vigilant. Maybe this bears with no fear of fire will come and go. They all sleep with bows and must be able to fight immediately!"At least in terms of combat, everyone will listen to Captain Ureko's request. The brothers are very grateful for the riding and archery skills taught by this low prairie man. It's just that the brothers are of real Ross blood. Even if they are vigilant enough to sleep, they should sleep with a round shield on their backs, so that they can get up in an instant when the enemy suddenly gets up, and at the same time carry a "big turtle shell" on their backs to ensure their defense.Ureko was awake and asleep, and he has been paying attention to the reactions of the prisoners. He holds bows and arrows in both hands, and a bull's horn hangs on his chest.Even if the warriors are arrogant, he treats these ross cubs as brothers, and now he will be the night whistle for them.The summer nights in high latitudes are quite short, and now the autumn equinox is far away, the temperature at night is brighter, and the grass will be stained with dew when it is close to dawn. The morning fog will evaporate when the sun is about to break, and the water vapor in the forest is the most vigorous. When the sun rises, countless golden curtains are lowered in the forest, and the sense of holiness is like a sanctuary.Behold! The fog was rising, the sun was shining on the forest, and there were golden curtains everywhere."It's beautiful."Uleko sighed with emotion at the beauty of the morning that is impossible to see in this grassland, and an exaggerated yawn proved that he had a bad rest. "Ah, I'll sleep on the horse's back for a while during the day."The war horses sleeping on their knees had already woken up one after another. Upon seeing this, Ureko stood up and walked into the horses with the reins tied to the trees, with no intention of disturbing the brothers who continued to sleep or kicking the captives who had to fall asleep. He at least looked at the four brown-haired women: "Why do you? Stay up all night to prevent bear attacks? You're not asleep yet."He was to open the sack of sackcloth and feed the horses with captured oats. There is too much dew on the grass in the early morning, and the war horses will have diarrhea after eating too much. In fact, some horses do have gastrointestinal problems along the way. He is more willing to feed dry wheat. This is why horse manure contains undigested grains of wheat.He untied the ropes of a horse, held the grain in one hand and put it into the horse's mouth.Suddenly, the ears of all the steeds moved alertly.The vigilant Ureko trembled instantly because he noticed a strange sound in this morning fog."Who is it? Are you awake? When you wake up, add firewood and let's have breakfast."Some soldiers were too lazy to shout a few words. He turned his head and saw his subordinates get up one after another. Because most of them were lying on the ground and carrying round shields behind them, they looked like turtles.It seemed that he was thinking too much, and Ureko didn't care anymore.But all of a sudden, there was a loud roar in the morning mist, and in a short while, some shaggy "savages" charged with wooden sticks and short spears.Immediately, some warriors were hit by the thrown short spears. Because everyone did not wear armor for the convenience of movement, the warriors who were hit by the spears were shot through their bodies.The conflict broke out too suddenly, and many soldiers with dumbfounded heads were knocked down, and then stabbed the "wild man" with a broken blade.Are you still caring about war horses?Ureko couldn't care too much, and immediately went into battle with the other brothers."Shield Wall!"Someone shouted, and the intact six-person shield was on the left arm, and they all gathered together with swords, and immediately scuffled with at least twenty people.The sword pierced the attacker's throat and cut his leg.The attacker's axe smashed **** the round shield and was carried hard, followed by the counterattack of the Ross steel sword.The Russ watched as their downed brother was attacked by multiple wolves and stabbed by the enemy with short spears.Some warriors were eager to avenge the sudden death of their brothers. They charged with brute force with huge round shields, and knocked down no less than five people.The exhausted Ureko was no longer sleepy. He shot recklessly with his bow and actively cooperated with his comrades. However, in this chaotic battle in the morning fog, Gong Shi was not of great use.The Russ cavalry are all incarnations of infantry, and like their fathers, they fight the enemy with the attitude of pure sword and shield.The battle turned into the most familiar appearance of the Vikings. The young warriors who were always unarmored faced the enemy with only simple clothes and weapons and resolutely launched a counterattack after stabilizing the battle situation.They have already lost three people. The brothers saw that their backstab companions had fallen into a pool of blood, and they were obviously helpless. At least they died in battle with weapons in their hands, and their souls should have gone to the Hall of Valor.Someone shouted: "Kill the attacker! Blood sacrifice to Odin!"The momentum has risen, and now it is the attacker's turn to retreat.Even with a large number of attackers, the entire Rus team could not be overwhelmed in a surprise attack. Once they fell into chaos, with their rich combat experience and stronger physique, the less-populated Rus began to have an advantage.There were more than a dozen attackers lying on the ground, some were dead and some were mourning, and more attackers escaped into the gradually dissipating morning mist.The Ross warriors watched the surroundings vigilantly. They leaned against each other, their blood-stained round shields formed an arc line of defense, their steel swords trembled constantly, and their eyes stared at the surroundings.This is an opportunity! Urek hurriedly untied the reins of all the horses, and then called on the vigilant guys: "Don't forget that you are cavalry! Get on the horse! Take the injured brother away."Wounded brother? ! Do not! Three brothers were dead, and one was even decapitated."Snowry! Goodleader! Eric! They're dead!""Take away their corpses!""No! We can't pull them away!""At least take their swords! Their souls have gone to Valhalla, take their nameplates."The attackers were brewing the next round of attack in the fog, and the Russ who suffered a great loss had no time to complain. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com They rode on their horses one after another, and the sober horse was not injured in the chaos.But after they were just riding, the second round of the "Wild Man" attack had already begun.Once mounted, cavalry has a tenfold advantage over infantry. The situation was in crisis, some spoils could not be taken away, the prisoners could not be scruples, and even the soldiers could not make up for the wounded soldiers of the attackers in the first round of battle. They took away the metal nameplates of the brothers who died in battle, so that they could give the king an explanation later.At this moment, Ureko finally understood the reason why the prisoners insisted on not sleeping at night. "So that's what you're waiting for? It's really your clan who attacked us?"Although I had a hunch that a frontal military conflict with the Polotsks would break out, I never thought that it was the other side launching a sneak attack, just like the Rus people attacked the village.How about a sneak attack? The fog has cleared a lot now, and the surviving brothers have already rode their horses."Come on! Kill some more enemies and we'll retreat!" After that, Ureko and the others launched a frontal breakout.The new revision and upgrade address of the mobile station: https://, data and bookmarks are synchronized with the computer station, no ads and fresh reading!
