Chapter 818: From Denmark
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The prosperous harbor suddenly slump, and a new Viking trading city that is expected to replace Hazeby has become a battlefield overnight.
The Rus’s beach landing seemed to be exciting in Rurik, and it was quite boring to think about it.
"Victory came so easy? They are likely to have traps. Don't be eager, I'll settle on the beach first." With this attitude, he boarded the capital of the King of Denmark.
A new harbour, even the thatched houses near Xiaowan are quite new. The occupants here ran clean and they fled very hastily. After a brief inspection, Rurik was convinced that there were no signs of an orderly evacuation in the house, that is, all the houses were in a mess. This must be the first wave of soldiers who landed after a violent raid. Did they get a lot of treasures? Maybe.
Rülik had no intention of delving into the next game. It happened that his cousin Arik came to report on his work, and he asked about it by the way.
"I noticed that you are searching for an ambush in the premises. You have checked very yourself. It seems that you have also gained something."
"Are you asking how many silver coins did you find?" Arik smiled sly.
"How is it, everyone has made a fortune?"
"Very unsatisfactory." Arik shrugged. In the setting sun, his sharp gaze turned towards the wooden fortress on the stone hill. He carried two swords and pointed straight at the sword: "Obviously the most treasures are there. That is a fortress. We have to feint!"
"Indeed." Rurik also raised his head: "If our army does not operate properly, it will suffer undeserved losses. How about? The first attacking unit may have casualties. Did you ever hit an ambush when you searched for houses?"
"There were not even wounded. Brothers killed the enemy's wounded soldiers, and then everyone was busy looting. The Danes are weaker than we thought. You don't have to worry about the losses in the subsequent siege."
Rurik nodded and murmured softly, "If you just leave a few livelihoods, it will be fine."
"Oh? Brother, I can hear you. Keep alive? Is it necessary now?"
"At least you can know the enemy's internal situation, how many troops do you have, and whether the Danish king himself is present."
"This is not a problem. In my opinion, you are planning to launch the main attack tomorrow. Let's prepare quickly. Taking advantage of the morale of the brothers, we will always attack the city tomorrow."
Rurik was deeply impressed.
The battle seemed to be a flat push, and the advantage was in the Russian army.
The beach was slightly cleared, and the landing soldiers set up a defensive position at Rurik's order. The trolleys and torsion slingshots that are transported by the ship are assembled on the coast to become a mobile heavy firepower. The captured wooden boards, boxes, and carts are put together to form a low parapet barrier, and the hand-carried torsion slingshot is arranged here. Five slingshots formed a shooting position, and the cast iron projectiles were installed in the slide first, but the ropes did not accumulate power.
Even the army’s camp is very particular. Although the army can directly seize the enemy’s premises, considering the enemy’s possible night attack, this should not be done.
Many Ross generals felt that it was nonsense that the Kingdom of Denmark launched a night attack.
What if they think they are doing it again?
"You all learn a little! This is fighting in the enemy's land. We are all outsiders. We must believe that the enemy has the will to defend the territory. I would rather you treat them as the fiercest enemy, and don't want you to lose because of underestimating the enemy. I want to win safely and strictly follow my requirements!"
Rurik's attitude was decisive, and his subordinates felt that the follow-up arrangements were a bit redundant, and they had no choice but to follow them.
The rope is wrapped around the wooden pole, or the double-edged forest axe directly cuts and smashes, or even double-saw work. The fishermen's thatched huts near the shore were destroyed on a large scale, and a large number of buildings collapsed at the same time, which greatly shocked the Danish army stalking the wooden walls of the fort in the distance. What are the landing Ross people doing? Are they demolishing the house? !
The Danish soldiers have been on alert. They have seen the collapse of civilian houses, a large number of bonfires on the coast, and the ominous but absolutely crowded Landing Corps wriggling in the sunset. The soldier informed the troubled King Horlick of Denmark. From this news, he frowned and asserted to the generals: "The Rus must fight with us. This battle is definitely against me."
A young general got up and said, "Wang, maybe we will send messengers. Even if we can't persuade them to go away, we can delay time. As long as our reinforcements arrive, everything will be fine."
Horrick had no intention of this. Suddenly someone mentioned it. He thought about it and thought it was constructive.
He looked at the other subordinates, and the people he looked at turned out to be embarrassed, and even retreated unconsciously.
"What's the matter? I feel there is fear in this house."
Some generals bluntly said: "We are always at the point of negotiating with them. Besides, if we shoot the messenger and look at the current situation, they will cut the messenger. If I were an intruder, I would refuse to negotiate because I had an advantage. I think the Ross people decided to refuse to negotiate and must fight."
"But Rasmussen said we can do this."
"He suggested that, let him go to negotiate with the Ross people!" The general can say. After speaking, everyone's eyes also looked at the previous speaker Rasmussen.
"Alright." Horrick looked at his war chief: "You were brave in Flanders, and you are still the same now. I want you to investigate the situation of the Ross people and inform them that the king is in the city. "Sure, Horrick deliberately cleared his throat: "You must persuade the Ross people to attack. I want their bodies under the wooden wall."
What else can Rasmussen do? He didn't dare to express his nervousness, but the words that the king wanted to relay himself must have angered the Ross people and caused his head to be chopped off. However, I can't go there anymore, no one at the scene originally said a good thing for myself.
"Well! People are inherently dead. If I die, you will defeat the Ross people and make my death worthwhile."
"You are a real man! I can't wait to take the horse team to break the goal personally, but I am the king, for the sake of the overall situation, I should not be so. Go ahead, if anything happens, I will take care of your wife." Horrick's The words are polite, but he has a steelyard in everyone's heart for his past deeds. This man is very good to his close guys and takes good care of his widow.
As the King of Denmark and his ministers convened an emergency military meeting, the Russ on the beach made the battle more and more serious.
After checking the corpses, the Russian army found as many as fifty horse corpses, and naturally there were corresponding fifty cavalry corpses.
Based on the condition of the corpse, Rurik obtained important information-this group of Danes are elite, and the riders and horses are inlaid with patch armor!
This situation is exactly the same as the situation of the Frankish cavalry reported by Ragner and Arik last year. Rurik also had to make an estimate. Maybe there is a Frankish army in this city, or a Frankish Danish army.
Along the beach, the Russ Army built a curved line of defense, and as many as 1,500 combat soldiers landed. The warriors holding crossbows and bows are divided into a large number of groups, relying on torsion slingshot positions to be arranged in clumps. The outer defense of the army is made up of these defensive units, so there are a large number of channels in the middle for subsequent infantry holding shields to maneuver out to build traditional shield walls.
Hundreds of people stayed on the boat, and the Russian Navy immediately began to identify the captured boats. Small fishing boats were scuttled directly by axe, or they were pulled up to the beach and chopped into pieces for firewood. As for the large number of long rowing boats. Just take it away.
Now, the "royal shipbuilding workshop" created by the king of Denmark is completely occupied by the Russian army. Rurik learned that the Danes were building cargo ships in large wooden factories, and neither he nor everyone cared. This does not come from arrogance, but everyone feels that this is an ordinary cargo ship building workshop, not only has no contact with military ships, and these so-called large cargo ships are already a kind of outdated **** in the view of the Russian army.
The Ross people are regarded as rubbish, in the eyes of the Danes, they are treasures.
What Rurik ordered was deliberate destruction. The usable cargo ship was naturally pulled away, and the ship could be connected to the Ross ship with ropes. Those half-built ships were directly set on fire!
A torch suddenly appeared, and the flame became more and more prosperous!
The stalking Danish soldiers hurriedly reported: "King! Not only did the Rus take our shipbuilding workshop, they set it on fire!"
"Ah?!" Horrick, who was already suffering from a headache, was furious, and he even suspected that it would be unnecessary for him to let the general Rasmussen negotiate.
When he walked out of his palace, standing outdoors, he could see the red firelight in the direction of the shipbuilding workshop. The low clouds in the sky in that direction were all burned red...
"Damn Ross! Do they already know my plan?!"
At this moment, the guards were silent.
When Horrick himself climbed onto the wooden wall, he smelled a thick burnt smell in the air, with a hint of barbecue scent. The fire in the shipbuilding workshop is definitely just the beginning. If the Russians want to, they can set it on fire.
The inner city's material reserves are quite sufficient, and Horrick is not afraid of the siege of the Ross army. He rushed to the crown and wanted to lead his brothers to open the city gate and rush directly, relying on bravery to kill the Rus camp.
But the low brightness at night forced him to give up this idea, and after thinking about it, the brothers really rushed to the beach, afraid that they would be hit by the arrows fired by those moored ships.
Horrick decided to be a turtle for the time being, even if he thought it was too useless.
There are many large fires in Goldfrehagen, which were deliberately done by Rurik. Buildings deemed to be of great value must be burned down, even if it may be just a spare warehouse.
The war horse was decomposed, the rough horse meat dripped with blood, and the taste was a bit fishy. As long as it was sprinkled with a lot of salt and dried enough, it could be eaten.
Those armed slave warriors were the least picky. After they were authorized to freely cut horses and meat, everyone cut off a large piece of meat for a full meal.
On the issue of food and release, Lurik, who attaches great importance to logistics, will definitely not treat his soldiers badly.
The only people who were ordered to deliberately set the fire were the mercenaries of Rurik’s guards, and they were also them. After carefully leaving the seaside camp, they brought fire and bag after bag of soil to create a campfire array efficiently.
Firewood was taken from the enemy’s houses, and the wood and thatch were piled together to create a bonfire.
From the perspective of the Kingdom of Denmark, the number of Russian troops is unpredictable. The bonfire first lay in the camp by the sea, and then the light quickly spread to the two wings.
It was Grund the Danish who executed Rurik's order, but even though they were all Danes, he didn't bother to care about the guys in the city because he was the master.
They fumbled cautiously, and while setting fires, they were also in charge of investigating. Once they found signs of a night attack on the enemy, they ran away.
Large-scale bonfires to create suspicious soldiers. This tactic may seem unremarkable, but it is a kind of "black technology." Even the former Charlemagne did not do this in the Frankish kingdom. Perhaps the Roman Legion would use this strategy, but the Danish, Frankish and British kingdoms of this era did not understand it. But camping can become part of the tactics? Naturally, King Horlick of Denmark did not understand either.
How did the Russians bring in an astonishing number of troops? Horrick didn't believe it, but the dense bonfire outside the city was a fact.
The soldiers talked a lot. They could guess that there would be a decisive battle in the next one to two days. The soldiers were busy replenishing supplies and sharpening their spearheads. They heard the news that the brothers at the head of the city had said that "we are besieged by the enemy". NS. Especially infantry soldiers. When they were mobilized, they didn't know how many ships the Russ had arrived. Now they can't see the enemy's reality in the dark.
The only thing visible is the campfire surrounding half of the city. There must be thousands of people eating grilled fish around the campfire, right? What's more, pessimistically estimated that there were 10,000 people in the Ross army.
In the face of this situation, the general Rasmussen, who had been biting his head to "speak up", also persuaded him. He had to go there in person again, pulling two cronies here to wade in the muddy waters with him.
The rope was put down, and the three of them descended and walked tremblingly in the bumpy roadway.
Godfrehagen was not very populated, and the three of them were already close to the beach after walking a distance.
The attack was very unpredictable. The guards who were armed with crossbows and were placed in the outermost camp of the camp by Rülik. These personnel, who were hiding in the houses with horns and small leather drums, took an axe and a sword and captured them.
The three of them were sent to the camp directly. Hearing the good news, the soldiers carrying grilled fish skewers and horse meat gathered around.
The crowd watched the poor prisoners and laughed at their unlucky appearance sitting on the ground.
"Don't look around, get out of the way!" Arik roared loudly, and he did it himself again to let the soldiers onlookers make a way out.
When Rurik heard the news, he followed, and he was quite happy that his men had caught the prisoner.
However, after some inquiries, it was discovered that a Danish war chief who claimed to be Rasmussen had personally come to explain the attitude of the Danish king Horlick.
"Horik?!" Ragnar, who was accompanying Rürik, was already unstretched, "Hey boy! Do you recognize my face? The leader of the Stonewall tribe! Me! Ragnar Sigurdsson."
"You?! I..." Rasmussen thought about it carefully, regardless of his vague memory, and said bluntly: "I recognize you, and I later learned your name. Ragner of wool pants."
"You are so courageous, you dare to come to our camp, you want to die, I will help you die." After all, Ragnar has pulled out his cold-blooded order version of the Ross steel sword, after all, he is not actually I like this unsightly name.
Rurik hurriedly pulled the impatient guy: "Wait! The two armies don't fight, I don't want to kill him."
"There was no need to keep it either." Ragnar took the sword angrily.
This place is not a good place for detailed discussion. It seems that poor Rasmussen's hands are tied, which makes people simply untie them and pull them to the campfire where they rest. Rurik first revealed his identity, it was Prince Rose himself. The purpose of the war he said was to make Rasmussen take a breath-the Ross army came to ask for the head of the King of Horrick.
Rurik did manage to fight without beheading the two armies, but he was the only one who would not be beheaded.
In the presence of the messenger Rasmussen, Rurik signaled that Ragnar could start revenge immediately. The steel sword smashed the two entourages, and their heads were chopped off by Ragnar with a hand axe around their waist, and they were pierced on the sharpened wooden sticks, and they slammed to the ground amidst the roar of many warriors.
They are all Vikings, and doing this kind of thing is in line with "battlefield etiquette." Although Rasmussen would not be scared to pass out, he also estimated that the Russ would definitely not give the Danish kingdom room for concession.
But he still has to do what the king confessed. Rasmussen actually feels that he has a chance to rush directly to kill the young king of the Russ, but it seems that this young man is also a powerful warrior himself, with a large number of warriors under his command. Bear skin, even the helmet is not too troublesome to put on the terrifying bear upper jaw. All his weapons were confiscated, and he was monitored by a group of Ross soldiers with his bare hands.
He had to explain King Horlick's request, the so-called "request" really surprised Rurik.
"Hahaha, I thought that man would take out a lot of treasure and slaves to appease my army and bribe me to withdraw? It turned out not to be the case? That short, round-faced man begged me to attack his city. He is Feel that his wooden wall can withstand the offensive of our army? How confident is he?"
After Rurik finished speaking, all those present laughed brazenly.
Rasmussen said frankly: "Our army has three thousand troops. If you attack, you will find your own way. Although your arrows are strong, the two armies are really fighting each other. Our Danish army has a huge advantage."
"There are three thousand people?" Rurik's still put on an arrogant appearance, but he had to face it carefully in his heart.
"It is true. My king is not afraid of you."
"Then let him send out the army, and we will fight decisively outside the city."
"But your tactics are not honorable! The real Odin warriors must fight upright, fight with axes and swords, and even fight with fists. Killing with an arrow is an insult to a fighter." Rasmussen Plausible.
Rurik shrugged. What this man said was indeed part of the warrior culture, but it was not accepted by everyone.
"Fight upright." Rurik smiled secretly, "I don't think we need to continue talking. I noticed that when you plan to use cavalry to destroy our army, you are not upright. For you like this, I. Shooting with a lot of arrows makes sense. I will not kill you. Go back! Go and tell your king what he has seen and heard."
Rasmussen, who thought he was going to be killed, was stunned: "You want to let me go?"
"Killing you is easy~www.novelhall.com~ but no one tells your master Ross's army attitude. He wants to defend the city and wants me to attack the city? Okay! You just wait here for a while, I want to write one A letter to your king."
After a while, a document written on hard paper was folded and stuffed into Rasmussen's hand. He still didn't realize the wonder of paper, but only noticed the important message written in traditional Luen script.
The letter is actually a short sentence: "Stupid fake King Horik, you can't hold Godfreyhagen. Prince Rurik Ottosson, the Prince of Ross, will launch an attack after dawn. Tomorrow evening, I will use yours Skull as a new wine glass."
Rasmussen got the letter and ran away, and the soldiers who planned to shoot arrows behind were stopped by Lirik.
"Brothers, let him go back and report the letter! Let's all get ready, get a good night's sleep, and we will attack with all our strength tomorrow, and we will burn this city down after we grab the treasure!"
The soldiers shouted one after another, which led to the Viking roar of the entire camp.
This is a precursor to the offensive in the Danish army's eyes!
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The prosperous harbor suddenly slump, and a new Viking trading city that is expected to replace Hazeby has become a battlefield overnight.
The Rus’s beach landing seemed to be exciting in Rurik, and it was quite boring to think about it.
"Victory came so easy? They are likely to have traps. Don't be eager, I'll settle on the beach first." With this attitude, he boarded the capital of the King of Denmark.
A new harbour, even the thatched houses near Xiaowan are quite new. The occupants here ran clean and they fled very hastily. After a brief inspection, Rurik was convinced that there were no signs of an orderly evacuation in the house, that is, all the houses were in a mess. This must be the first wave of soldiers who landed after a violent raid. Did they get a lot of treasures? Maybe.
Rülik had no intention of delving into the next game. It happened that his cousin Arik came to report on his work, and he asked about it by the way.
"I noticed that you are searching for an ambush in the premises. You have checked very yourself. It seems that you have also gained something."
"Are you asking how many silver coins did you find?" Arik smiled sly.
"How is it, everyone has made a fortune?"
"Very unsatisfactory." Arik shrugged. In the setting sun, his sharp gaze turned towards the wooden fortress on the stone hill. He carried two swords and pointed straight at the sword: "Obviously the most treasures are there. That is a fortress. We have to feint!"
"Indeed." Rurik also raised his head: "If our army does not operate properly, it will suffer undeserved losses. How about? The first attacking unit may have casualties. Did you ever hit an ambush when you searched for houses?"
"There were not even wounded. Brothers killed the enemy's wounded soldiers, and then everyone was busy looting. The Danes are weaker than we thought. You don't have to worry about the losses in the subsequent siege."
Rurik nodded and murmured softly, "If you just leave a few livelihoods, it will be fine."
"Oh? Brother, I can hear you. Keep alive? Is it necessary now?"
"At least you can know the enemy's internal situation, how many troops do you have, and whether the Danish king himself is present."
"This is not a problem. In my opinion, you are planning to launch the main attack tomorrow. Let's prepare quickly. Taking advantage of the morale of the brothers, we will always attack the city tomorrow."
Rurik was deeply impressed.
The battle seemed to be a flat push, and the advantage was in the Russian army.
The beach was slightly cleared, and the landing soldiers set up a defensive position at Rurik's order. The trolleys and torsion slingshots that are transported by the ship are assembled on the coast to become a mobile heavy firepower. The captured wooden boards, boxes, and carts are put together to form a low parapet barrier, and the hand-carried torsion slingshot is arranged here. Five slingshots formed a shooting position, and the cast iron projectiles were installed in the slide first, but the ropes did not accumulate power.
Even the army’s camp is very particular. Although the army can directly seize the enemy’s premises, considering the enemy’s possible night attack, this should not be done.
Many Ross generals felt that it was nonsense that the Kingdom of Denmark launched a night attack.
What if they think they are doing it again?
"You all learn a little! This is fighting in the enemy's land. We are all outsiders. We must believe that the enemy has the will to defend the territory. I would rather you treat them as the fiercest enemy, and don't want you to lose because of underestimating the enemy. I want to win safely and strictly follow my requirements!"
Rurik's attitude was decisive, and his subordinates felt that the follow-up arrangements were a bit redundant, and they had no choice but to follow them.
The rope is wrapped around the wooden pole, or the double-edged forest axe directly cuts and smashes, or even double-saw work. The fishermen's thatched huts near the shore were destroyed on a large scale, and a large number of buildings collapsed at the same time, which greatly shocked the Danish army stalking the wooden walls of the fort in the distance. What are the landing Ross people doing? Are they demolishing the house? !
The Danish soldiers have been on alert. They have seen the collapse of civilian houses, a large number of bonfires on the coast, and the ominous but absolutely crowded Landing Corps wriggling in the sunset. The soldier informed the troubled King Horlick of Denmark. From this news, he frowned and asserted to the generals: "The Rus must fight with us. This battle is definitely against me."
A young general got up and said, "Wang, maybe we will send messengers. Even if we can't persuade them to go away, we can delay time. As long as our reinforcements arrive, everything will be fine."
Horrick had no intention of this. Suddenly someone mentioned it. He thought about it and thought it was constructive.
He looked at the other subordinates, and the people he looked at turned out to be embarrassed, and even retreated unconsciously.
"What's the matter? I feel there is fear in this house."
Some generals bluntly said: "We are always at the point of negotiating with them. Besides, if we shoot the messenger and look at the current situation, they will cut the messenger. If I were an intruder, I would refuse to negotiate because I had an advantage. I think the Ross people decided to refuse to negotiate and must fight."
"But Rasmussen said we can do this."
"He suggested that, let him go to negotiate with the Ross people!" The general can say. After speaking, everyone's eyes also looked at the previous speaker Rasmussen.
"Alright." Horrick looked at his war chief: "You were brave in Flanders, and you are still the same now. I want you to investigate the situation of the Ross people and inform them that the king is in the city. "Sure, Horrick deliberately cleared his throat: "You must persuade the Ross people to attack. I want their bodies under the wooden wall."
What else can Rasmussen do? He didn't dare to express his nervousness, but the words that the king wanted to relay himself must have angered the Ross people and caused his head to be chopped off. However, I can't go there anymore, no one at the scene originally said a good thing for myself.
"Well! People are inherently dead. If I die, you will defeat the Ross people and make my death worthwhile."
"You are a real man! I can't wait to take the horse team to break the goal personally, but I am the king, for the sake of the overall situation, I should not be so. Go ahead, if anything happens, I will take care of your wife." Horrick's The words are polite, but he has a steelyard in everyone's heart for his past deeds. This man is very good to his close guys and takes good care of his widow.
As the King of Denmark and his ministers convened an emergency military meeting, the Russ on the beach made the battle more and more serious.
After checking the corpses, the Russian army found as many as fifty horse corpses, and naturally there were corresponding fifty cavalry corpses.
Based on the condition of the corpse, Rurik obtained important information-this group of Danes are elite, and the riders and horses are inlaid with patch armor!
This situation is exactly the same as the situation of the Frankish cavalry reported by Ragner and Arik last year. Rurik also had to make an estimate. Maybe there is a Frankish army in this city, or a Frankish Danish army.
Along the beach, the Russ Army built a curved line of defense, and as many as 1,500 combat soldiers landed. The warriors holding crossbows and bows are divided into a large number of groups, relying on torsion slingshot positions to be arranged in clumps. The outer defense of the army is made up of these defensive units, so there are a large number of channels in the middle for subsequent infantry holding shields to maneuver out to build traditional shield walls.
Hundreds of people stayed on the boat, and the Russian Navy immediately began to identify the captured boats. Small fishing boats were scuttled directly by axe, or they were pulled up to the beach and chopped into pieces for firewood. As for the large number of long rowing boats. Just take it away.
Now, the "royal shipbuilding workshop" created by the king of Denmark is completely occupied by the Russian army. Rurik learned that the Danes were building cargo ships in large wooden factories, and neither he nor everyone cared. This does not come from arrogance, but everyone feels that this is an ordinary cargo ship building workshop, not only has no contact with military ships, and these so-called large cargo ships are already a kind of outdated **** in the view of the Russian army.
The Ross people are regarded as rubbish, in the eyes of the Danes, they are treasures.
What Rurik ordered was deliberate destruction. The usable cargo ship was naturally pulled away, and the ship could be connected to the Ross ship with ropes. Those half-built ships were directly set on fire!
A torch suddenly appeared, and the flame became more and more prosperous!
The stalking Danish soldiers hurriedly reported: "King! Not only did the Rus take our shipbuilding workshop, they set it on fire!"
"Ah?!" Horrick, who was already suffering from a headache, was furious, and he even suspected that it would be unnecessary for him to let the general Rasmussen negotiate.
When he walked out of his palace, standing outdoors, he could see the red firelight in the direction of the shipbuilding workshop. The low clouds in the sky in that direction were all burned red...
"Damn Ross! Do they already know my plan?!"
At this moment, the guards were silent.
When Horrick himself climbed onto the wooden wall, he smelled a thick burnt smell in the air, with a hint of barbecue scent. The fire in the shipbuilding workshop is definitely just the beginning. If the Russians want to, they can set it on fire.
The inner city's material reserves are quite sufficient, and Horrick is not afraid of the siege of the Ross army. He rushed to the crown and wanted to lead his brothers to open the city gate and rush directly, relying on bravery to kill the Rus camp.
But the low brightness at night forced him to give up this idea, and after thinking about it, the brothers really rushed to the beach, afraid that they would be hit by the arrows fired by those moored ships.
Horrick decided to be a turtle for the time being, even if he thought it was too useless.
There are many large fires in Goldfrehagen, which were deliberately done by Rurik. Buildings deemed to be of great value must be burned down, even if it may be just a spare warehouse.
The war horse was decomposed, the rough horse meat dripped with blood, and the taste was a bit fishy. As long as it was sprinkled with a lot of salt and dried enough, it could be eaten.
Those armed slave warriors were the least picky. After they were authorized to freely cut horses and meat, everyone cut off a large piece of meat for a full meal.
On the issue of food and release, Lurik, who attaches great importance to logistics, will definitely not treat his soldiers badly.
The only people who were ordered to deliberately set the fire were the mercenaries of Rurik’s guards, and they were also them. After carefully leaving the seaside camp, they brought fire and bag after bag of soil to create a campfire array efficiently.
Firewood was taken from the enemy’s houses, and the wood and thatch were piled together to create a bonfire.
From the perspective of the Kingdom of Denmark, the number of Russian troops is unpredictable. The bonfire first lay in the camp by the sea, and then the light quickly spread to the two wings.
It was Grund the Danish who executed Rurik's order, but even though they were all Danes, he didn't bother to care about the guys in the city because he was the master.
They fumbled cautiously, and while setting fires, they were also in charge of investigating. Once they found signs of a night attack on the enemy, they ran away.
Large-scale bonfires to create suspicious soldiers. This tactic may seem unremarkable, but it is a kind of "black technology." Even the former Charlemagne did not do this in the Frankish kingdom. Perhaps the Roman Legion would use this strategy, but the Danish, Frankish and British kingdoms of this era did not understand it. But camping can become part of the tactics? Naturally, King Horlick of Denmark did not understand either.
How did the Russians bring in an astonishing number of troops? Horrick didn't believe it, but the dense bonfire outside the city was a fact.
The soldiers talked a lot. They could guess that there would be a decisive battle in the next one to two days. The soldiers were busy replenishing supplies and sharpening their spearheads. They heard the news that the brothers at the head of the city had said that "we are besieged by the enemy". NS. Especially infantry soldiers. When they were mobilized, they didn't know how many ships the Russ had arrived. Now they can't see the enemy's reality in the dark.
The only thing visible is the campfire surrounding half of the city. There must be thousands of people eating grilled fish around the campfire, right? What's more, pessimistically estimated that there were 10,000 people in the Ross army.
In the face of this situation, the general Rasmussen, who had been biting his head to "speak up", also persuaded him. He had to go there in person again, pulling two cronies here to wade in the muddy waters with him.
The rope was put down, and the three of them descended and walked tremblingly in the bumpy roadway.
Godfrehagen was not very populated, and the three of them were already close to the beach after walking a distance.
The attack was very unpredictable. The guards who were armed with crossbows and were placed in the outermost camp of the camp by Rülik. These personnel, who were hiding in the houses with horns and small leather drums, took an axe and a sword and captured them.
The three of them were sent to the camp directly. Hearing the good news, the soldiers carrying grilled fish skewers and horse meat gathered around.
The crowd watched the poor prisoners and laughed at their unlucky appearance sitting on the ground.
"Don't look around, get out of the way!" Arik roared loudly, and he did it himself again to let the soldiers onlookers make a way out.
When Rurik heard the news, he followed, and he was quite happy that his men had caught the prisoner.
However, after some inquiries, it was discovered that a Danish war chief who claimed to be Rasmussen had personally come to explain the attitude of the Danish king Horlick.
"Horik?!" Ragnar, who was accompanying Rürik, was already unstretched, "Hey boy! Do you recognize my face? The leader of the Stonewall tribe! Me! Ragnar Sigurdsson."
"You?! I..." Rasmussen thought about it carefully, regardless of his vague memory, and said bluntly: "I recognize you, and I later learned your name. Ragner of wool pants."
"You are so courageous, you dare to come to our camp, you want to die, I will help you die." After all, Ragnar has pulled out his cold-blooded order version of the Ross steel sword, after all, he is not actually I like this unsightly name.
Rurik hurriedly pulled the impatient guy: "Wait! The two armies don't fight, I don't want to kill him."
"There was no need to keep it either." Ragnar took the sword angrily.
This place is not a good place for detailed discussion. It seems that poor Rasmussen's hands are tied, which makes people simply untie them and pull them to the campfire where they rest. Rurik first revealed his identity, it was Prince Rose himself. The purpose of the war he said was to make Rasmussen take a breath-the Ross army came to ask for the head of the King of Horrick.
Rurik did manage to fight without beheading the two armies, but he was the only one who would not be beheaded.
In the presence of the messenger Rasmussen, Rurik signaled that Ragnar could start revenge immediately. The steel sword smashed the two entourages, and their heads were chopped off by Ragnar with a hand axe around their waist, and they were pierced on the sharpened wooden sticks, and they slammed to the ground amidst the roar of many warriors.
They are all Vikings, and doing this kind of thing is in line with "battlefield etiquette." Although Rasmussen would not be scared to pass out, he also estimated that the Russ would definitely not give the Danish kingdom room for concession.
But he still has to do what the king confessed. Rasmussen actually feels that he has a chance to rush directly to kill the young king of the Russ, but it seems that this young man is also a powerful warrior himself, with a large number of warriors under his command. Bear skin, even the helmet is not too troublesome to put on the terrifying bear upper jaw. All his weapons were confiscated, and he was monitored by a group of Ross soldiers with his bare hands.
He had to explain King Horlick's request, the so-called "request" really surprised Rurik.
"Hahaha, I thought that man would take out a lot of treasure and slaves to appease my army and bribe me to withdraw? It turned out not to be the case? That short, round-faced man begged me to attack his city. He is Feel that his wooden wall can withstand the offensive of our army? How confident is he?"
After Rurik finished speaking, all those present laughed brazenly.
Rasmussen said frankly: "Our army has three thousand troops. If you attack, you will find your own way. Although your arrows are strong, the two armies are really fighting each other. Our Danish army has a huge advantage."
"There are three thousand people?" Rurik's still put on an arrogant appearance, but he had to face it carefully in his heart.
"It is true. My king is not afraid of you."
"Then let him send out the army, and we will fight decisively outside the city."
"But your tactics are not honorable! The real Odin warriors must fight upright, fight with axes and swords, and even fight with fists. Killing with an arrow is an insult to a fighter." Rasmussen Plausible.
Rurik shrugged. What this man said was indeed part of the warrior culture, but it was not accepted by everyone.
"Fight upright." Rurik smiled secretly, "I don't think we need to continue talking. I noticed that when you plan to use cavalry to destroy our army, you are not upright. For you like this, I. Shooting with a lot of arrows makes sense. I will not kill you. Go back! Go and tell your king what he has seen and heard."
Rasmussen, who thought he was going to be killed, was stunned: "You want to let me go?"
"Killing you is easy~www.novelhall.com~ but no one tells your master Ross's army attitude. He wants to defend the city and wants me to attack the city? Okay! You just wait here for a while, I want to write one A letter to your king."
After a while, a document written on hard paper was folded and stuffed into Rasmussen's hand. He still didn't realize the wonder of paper, but only noticed the important message written in traditional Luen script.
The letter is actually a short sentence: "Stupid fake King Horik, you can't hold Godfreyhagen. Prince Rurik Ottosson, the Prince of Ross, will launch an attack after dawn. Tomorrow evening, I will use yours Skull as a new wine glass."
Rasmussen got the letter and ran away, and the soldiers who planned to shoot arrows behind were stopped by Lirik.
"Brothers, let him go back and report the letter! Let's all get ready, get a good night's sleep, and we will attack with all our strength tomorrow, and we will burn this city down after we grab the treasure!"
The soldiers shouted one after another, which led to the Viking roar of the entire camp.
This is a precursor to the offensive in the Danish army's eyes!
Genius remembers this site address in one second: https://fastest update! No ads!The prosperous harbor suddenly slump, and a new Viking trading city that is expected to replace Hazeby has become a battlefield overnight.The Rus's beach landing seemed to be exciting in Rurik, and it was quite boring to think about it."Victory came so easy? They are likely to have traps. Don't be eager, I'll settle on the beach first." With this attitude, he boarded the capital of the King of Denmark.A new harbour, even the thatched houses near Xiaowan are quite new. The occupants here ran clean and they fled very hastily. After a brief inspection, Rurik was convinced that there were no signs of an orderly evacuation in the house, that is, all the houses were in a mess. This must be the first wave of soldiers who landed after a violent raid. Did they get a lot of treasures? Maybe.Rlik had no intention of delving into the next game. It happened that his cousin Arik came to report on his work, and he asked about it by the way."I noticed that you are searching for an ambush in the premises. You have checked very yourself. It seems that you have also gained something.""Are you asking how many silver coins did you find?" Arik smiled sly."How is it, everyone has made a fortune?""Very unsatisfactory." Arik shrugged. In the setting sun, his sharp gaze turned towards the wooden fortress on the stone hill. He carried two swords and pointed straight at the sword: "Obviously the most treasures are there. That is a fortress. We have to feint!""Indeed." Rurik also raised his head: "If our army does not operate properly, it will suffer undeserved losses. How about? The first attacking unit may have casualties. Did you ever hit an ambush when you searched for houses?""There were not even wounded. Brothers killed the enemy's wounded soldiers, and then everyone was busy looting. The Danes are weaker than we thought. You don't have to worry about the losses in the subsequent siege."Rurik nodded and murmured softly, "If you just leave a few livelihoods, it will be fine.""Oh? Brother, I can hear you. Keep alive? Is it necessary now?""At least you can know the enemy's internal situation, how many troops do you have, and whether the Danish king himself is present.""This is not a problem. In my opinion, you are planning to launch the main attack tomorrow. Let's prepare quickly. Taking advantage of the morale of the brothers, we will always attack the city tomorrow."Rurik was deeply impressed.The battle seemed to be a flat push, and the advantage was in the Russian army.The beach was slightly cleared, and the landing soldiers set up a defensive position at Rurik's order. The trolleys and torsion slingshots that are transported by the ship are assembled on the coast to become a mobile heavy firepower. The captured wooden boards, boxes, and carts are put together to form a low parapet barrier, and the hand-carried torsion slingshot is arranged here. Five slingshots formed a shooting position, and the cast iron projectiles were installed in the slide first, but the ropes did not accumulate power.Even the army's camp is very particular. Although the army can directly seize the enemy's premises, considering the enemy's possible night attack, this should not be done.Many Ross generals felt that it was nonsense that the Kingdom of Denmark launched a night attack.What if they think they are doing it again?"You all learn a little! This is fighting in the enemy's land. We are all outsiders. We must believe that the enemy has the will to defend the territory. I would rather you treat them as the fiercest enemy, and don't want you to lose because of underestimating the enemy. I want to win safely and strictly follow my requirements!"Rurik's attitude was decisive, and his subordinates felt that the follow-up arrangements were a bit redundant, and they had no choice but to follow them.The rope is wrapped around the wooden pole, or the double-edged forest axe directly cuts and smashes, or even double-saw work. The fishermen's thatched huts near the shore were destroyed on a large scale, and a large number of buildings collapsed at the same time, which greatly shocked the Danish army stalking the wooden walls of the fort in the distance. What are the landing Ross people doing? Are they demolishing the house? !The Danish soldiers have been on alert. They have seen the collapse of civilian houses, a large number of bonfires on the coast, and the ominous but absolutely crowded Landing Corps wriggling in the sunset. The soldier informed the troubled King Horlick of Denmark. From this news, he frowned and asserted to the generals: "The Rus must fight with us. This battle is definitely against me."A young general got up and said, "Wang, maybe we will send messengers. Even if we can't persuade them to go away, we can delay time. As long as our reinforcements arrive, everything will be fine."Horrick had no intention of this. Suddenly someone mentioned it. He thought about it and thought it was constructive.He looked at the other subordinates, and the people he looked at turned out to be embarrassed, and even retreated unconsciously."What's the matter? I feel there is fear in this house."Some generals bluntly said: "We are always at the point of negotiating with them. Besides, if we shoot the messenger and look at the current situation, they will cut the messenger. If I were an intruder, I would refuse to negotiate because I had an advantage. I think the Ross people decided to refuse to negotiate and must fight.""But Rasmussen said we can do this.""He suggested that, let him go to negotiate with the Ross people!" The general can say. After speaking, everyone's eyes also looked at the previous speaker Rasmussen."Alright." Horrick looked at his war chief: "You were brave in Flanders, and you are still the same now. I want you to investigate the situation of the Ross people and inform them that the king is in the city. "Sure, Horrick deliberately cleared his throat: "You must persuade the Ross people to attack. I want their bodies under the wooden wall."What else can Rasmussen do? He didn't dare to express his nervousness, but the words that the king wanted to relay himself must have angered the Ross people and caused his head to be chopped off. However, I can't go there anymore, no one at the scene originally said a good thing for myself."Well! People are inherently dead. If I die, you will defeat the Ross people and make my death worthwhile.""You are a real man! I can't wait to take the horse team to break the goal personally, but I am the king, for the sake of the overall situation, I should not be so. Go ahead, if anything happens, I will take care of your wife." Horrick's The words are polite, but he has a steelyard in everyone's heart for his past deeds. This man is very good to his close guys and takes good care of his widow.As the King of Denmark and his ministers convened an emergency military meeting, the Russ on the beach made the battle more and more serious.After checking the corpses, the Russian army found as many as fifty horse corpses, and naturally there were corresponding fifty cavalry corpses.Based on the condition of the corpse, Rurik obtained important information-this group of Danes are elite, and the riders and horses are inlaid with patch armor!This situation is exactly the same as the situation of the Frankish cavalry reported by Ragner and Arik last year. Rurik also had to make an estimate. Maybe there is a Frankish army in this city, or a Frankish Danish army.Along the beach, the Russ Army built a curved line of defense, and as many as 1,500 combat soldiers landed. The warriors holding crossbows and bows are divided into a large number of groups, relying on torsion slingshot positions to be arranged in clumps. The outer defense of the army is made up of these defensive units, so there are a large number of channels in the middle for subsequent infantry holding shields to maneuver out to build traditional shield walls.Hundreds of people stayed on the boat, and the Russian Navy immediately began to identify the captured boats. Small fishing boats were scuttled directly by axe, or they were pulled up to the beach and chopped into pieces for firewood. As for the large number of long rowing boats. Just take it away.Now, the "royal shipbuilding workshop" created by the king of Denmark is completely occupied by the Russian army. Rurik learned that the Danes were building cargo ships in large wooden factories, and neither he nor everyone cared. This does not come from arrogance, but everyone feels that this is an ordinary cargo ship building workshop, not only has no contact with military ships, and these so-called large cargo ships are already a kind of outdated **** in the view of the Russian army.The Ross people are regarded as rubbish, in the eyes of the Danes, they are treasures.What Rurik ordered was deliberate destruction. The usable cargo ship was naturally pulled away, and the ship could be connected to the Ross ship with ropes. Those half-built ships were directly set on fire!A torch suddenly appeared, and the flame became more and more prosperous!The stalking Danish soldiers hurriedly reported: "King! Not only did the Rus take our shipbuilding workshop, they set it on fire!""Ah?!" Horrick, who was already suffering from a headache, was furious, and he even suspected that it would be unnecessary for him to let the general Rasmussen negotiate.When he walked out of his palace, standing outdoors, he could see the red firelight in the direction of the shipbuilding workshop. The low clouds in the sky in that direction were all burned red..."Damn Ross! Do they already know my plan?!"At this moment, the guards were silent.When Horrick himself climbed onto the wooden wall, he smelled a thick burnt smell in the air, with a hint of barbecue scent. The fire in the shipbuilding workshop is definitely just the beginning. If the Russians want to, they can set it on fire.The inner city's material reserves are quite sufficient, and Horrick is not afraid of the siege of the Ross army. He rushed to the crown and wanted to lead his brothers to open the city gate and rush directly, relying on bravery to kill the Rus camp.But the low brightness at night forced him to give up this idea, and after thinking about it, the brothers really rushed to the beach, afraid that they would be hit by the arrows fired by those moored ships.Horrick decided to be a turtle for the time being, even if he thought it was too useless.There are many large fires in Goldfrehagen, which were deliberately done by Rurik. Buildings deemed to be of great value must be burned down, even if it may be just a spare warehouse.The war horse was decomposed, the rough horse meat dripped with blood, and the taste was a bit fishy. As long as it was sprinkled with a lot of salt and dried enough, it could be eaten.Those armed slave warriors were the least picky. After they were authorized to freely cut horses and meat, everyone cut off a large piece of meat for a full meal.On the issue of food and release, Lurik, who attaches great importance to logistics, will definitely not treat his soldiers badly.The only people who were ordered to deliberately set the fire were the mercenaries of Rurik's guards, and they were also them. After carefully leaving the seaside camp, they brought fire and bag after bag of soil to create a campfire array efficiently.Firewood was taken from the enemy's houses, and the wood and thatch were piled together to create a bonfire.From the perspective of the Kingdom of Denmark, the number of Russian troops is unpredictable. The bonfire first lay in the camp by the sea, and then the light quickly spread to the two wings.It was Grund the Danish who executed Rurik's order, but even though they were all Danes, he didn't bother to care about the guys in the city because he was the master.They fumbled cautiously, and while setting fires, they were also in charge of investigating. Once they found signs of a night attack on the enemy, they ran away.Large-scale bonfires to create suspicious soldiers. This tactic may seem unremarkable, but it is a kind of "black technology." Even the former Charlemagne did not do this in the Frankish kingdom. Perhaps the Roman Legion would use this strategy, but the Danish, Frankish and British kingdoms of this era did not understand it. But camping can become part of the tactics? Naturally, King Horlick of Denmark did not understand either.How did the Russians bring in an astonishing number of troops? Horrick didn't believe it, but the dense bonfire outside the city was a fact.The soldiers talked a lot. They could guess that there would be a decisive battle in the next one to two days. The soldiers were busy replenishing supplies and sharpening their spearheads. They heard the news that the brothers at the head of the city had said that "we are besieged by the enemy". NS. Especially infantry soldiers. When they were mobilized, they didn't know how many ships the Russ had arrived. Now they can't see the enemy's reality in the dark.The only thing visible is the campfire surrounding half of the city. There must be thousands of people eating grilled fish around the campfire, right? What's more, pessimistically estimated that there were 10,000 people in the Ross army.In the face of this situation, the general Rasmussen, who had been biting his head to "speak up", also persuaded him. He had to go there in person again, pulling two cronies here to wade in the muddy waters with him.The rope was put down, and the three of them descended and walked tremblingly in the bumpy roadway.Godfrehagen was not very populated, and the three of them were already close to the beach after walking a distance.The attack was very unpredictable. The guards who were armed with crossbows and were placed in the outermost camp of the camp by Rlik. These personnel, who were hiding in the houses with horns and small leather drums, took an axe and a sword and captured them.The three of them were sent to the camp directly. Hearing the good news, the soldiers carrying grilled fish skewers and horse meat gathered around.The crowd watched the poor prisoners and laughed at their unlucky appearance sitting on the ground."Don't look around, get out of the way!" Arik roared loudly, and he did it himself again to let the soldiers onlookers make a way out.When Rurik heard the news, he followed, and he was quite happy that his men had caught the prisoner.However, after some inquiries, it was discovered that a Danish war chief who claimed to be Rasmussen had personally come to explain the attitude of the Danish king Horlick."Horik?!" Ragnar, who was accompanying Rrik, was already unstretched, "Hey boy! Do you recognize my face? The leader of the Stonewall tribe! Me! Ragnar Sigurdsson.""You?! I..." Rasmussen thought about it carefully, regardless of his vague memory, and said bluntly: "I recognize you, and I later learned your name. Ragner of wool pants.""You are so courageous, you dare to come to our camp, you want to die, I will help you die." After all, Ragnar has pulled out his cold-blooded order version of the Ross steel sword, after all, he is not actually I like this unsightly name.Rurik hurriedly pulled the impatient guy: "Wait! The two armies don't fight, I don't want to kill him.""There was no need to keep it either." Ragnar took the sword angrily.This place is not a good place for detailed discussion. It seems that poor Rasmussen's hands are tied, which makes people simply untie them and pull them to the campfire where they rest. Rurik first revealed his identity, it was Prince Rose himself. The purpose of the war he said was to make Rasmussen take a breath-the Ross army came to ask for the head of the King of Horrick.Rurik did manage to fight without beheading the two armies, but he was the only one who would not be beheaded.In the presence of the messenger Rasmussen, Rurik signaled that Ragnar could start revenge immediately. The steel sword smashed the two entourages, and their heads were chopped off by Ragnar with a hand axe around their waist, and they were pierced on the sharpened wooden sticks, and they slammed to the ground amidst the roar of many warriors.They are all Vikings, and doing this kind of thing is in line with "battlefield etiquette." Although Rasmussen would not be scared to pass out, he also estimated that the Russ would definitely not give the Danish kingdom room for concession.But he still has to do what the king confessed. Rasmussen actually feels that he has a chance to rush directly to kill the young king of the Russ, but it seems that this young man is also a powerful warrior himself, with a large number of warriors under his command. Bear skin, even the helmet is not too troublesome to put on the terrifying bear upper jaw. All his weapons were confiscated, and he was monitored by a group of Ross soldiers with his bare hands.He had to explain King Horlick's request, the so-called "request" really surprised Rurik."Hahaha, I thought that man would take out a lot of treasure and slaves to appease my army and bribe me to withdraw? It turned out not to be the case? That short, round-faced man begged me to attack his city. He is Feel that his wooden wall can withstand the offensive of our army? How confident is he?"After Rurik finished speaking, all those present laughed brazenly.Rasmussen said frankly: "Our army has three thousand troops. If you attack, you will find your own way. Although your arrows are strong, the two armies are really fighting each other. Our Danish army has a huge advantage.""There are three thousand people?" Rurik's still put on an arrogant appearance, but he had to face it carefully in his heart."It is true. My king is not afraid of you.""Then let him send out the army, and we will fight decisively outside the city.""But your tactics are not honorable! The real Odin warriors must fight upright, fight with axes and swords, and even fight with fists. Killing with an arrow is an insult to a fighter." Rasmussen Plausible.Rurik shrugged. What this man said was indeed part of the warrior culture, but it was not accepted by everyone."Fight upright." Rurik smiled secretly, "I don't think we need to continue talking. I noticed that when you plan to use cavalry to destroy our army, you are not upright. For you like this, I. Shooting with a lot of arrows makes sense. I will not kill you. Go back! Go and tell your king what he has seen and heard."Rasmussen, who thought he was going to be killed, was stunned: "You want to let me go?""Killing you is easy~www.novelhall.com~ but no one tells your master Ross's army attitude. He wants to defend the city and wants me to attack the city? Okay! You just wait here for a while, I want to write one A letter to your king."After a while, a document written on hard paper was folded and stuffed into Rasmussen's hand. He still didn't realize the wonder of paper, but only noticed the important message written in traditional Luen script.The letter is actually a short sentence: "Stupid fake King Horik, you can't hold Godfreyhagen. Prince Rurik Ottosson, the Prince of Ross, will launch an attack after dawn. Tomorrow evening, I will use yours Skull as a new wine glass."Rasmussen got the letter and ran away, and the soldiers who planned to shoot arrows behind were stopped by Lirik."Brothers, let him go back and report the letter! Let's all get ready, get a good night's sleep, and we will attack with all our strength tomorrow, and we will burn this city down after we grab the treasure!"The soldiers shouted one after another, which led to the Viking roar of the entire camp.This is a precursor to the offensive in the Danish army's eyes!
