Rise of Rurik

Harozov began to make some adjustments in order to allow the Russians to have an advantage in the beginning of the naval battle.

How to fight the naval battle, he has a good teacher, that is Otto.

In principle, the naval battle is to rely on the jumping gang to fight for the final victory, and Otto always believes that this is the best way. In order to gain an advantage, the strongest warriors should be placed on the ships of style.

In addition, how to have the hard faucet decoration on the bow of the ship hitting the broadside of the enemy ship can not be missed, but also when it is about to touch, shoot some arrows, throw short spears, and also gain some tactical advantages.

The strength of the Naihe bow is always unsatisfactory. Throwing a short spear often causes the whole spear to sink into the sea, and the cost of losing the entire spearhead is too great.

The intensity of war is always increasing, and the pressure of reality forces soldiers to use their imaginations, come up with new tactics, and invent new weapons.

The jumping gang is still the first key to the victory of the naval battle, but after the storming of Thinkenburg, the scene of the army fighting in the fire really shocked Harozov's aging heart.

The archers have achieved good results in the battle against the castle. The archers are also hunters. Their shooting skills are very good, so they can hunt fifty rabbits a day. People are not rabbits. Warriors with weapons often have hard leather armor. Ordinary bows are difficult to kill with ordinary arrows, unless the boat is close and the archer accurately hits the enemy's neck.

There may only be one or two opportunities to get close and shoot, and then there is the jumping gang battle.

Harozov thought of the fire attack, which must call up all the archers, and before contacting the enemy, seize the time to gather the archers on the flagship, attack and transform ordinary bone arrows, tie the sackcloth strips and soak the remaining pine oil, We also had to prepare some slow-burning fire in the pottery urn.

Harozov is already in action!

The fleet of the Rus began to change, and the young warriors who stood up were preparing for battle.

The ships began tossing cables at each other, and some people untied the cables towing the ships carrying supplies.

The prisoners noticed that some ships appeared in the distance, and looking at the actions of these Rus, the fool also understood that a naval battle was about to take place.

The captured women began to huddle again, some praying that they would not be buried in the ocean, and some longing for war to not happen.

They probably knew that the ships that appeared were from Gotland, but in this world, the Russ were defeated and they were just slaves to another group of people.

Because even in Gotland, it's only fitting that someone who has lost everything becomes the slave of someone else.

Out of Thinkenberg, these women don't consider other people living on the island as their own, and the other party has the exact same attitude.

After all, the guy who lived in the castle didn't regard the fishermen under the hillside as his own, let alone the people from other family forces and fishermen's settlements.

The captives only wanted to protect themselves, and their huddled action really caused a lot less trouble for the Rus people.

Harozov operated with five boats, towing all twenty of his captured boats, and a hundred men in charge. In the event of an accident, the 100 people guarding the prisoners would have to row into battle, and they would be a realistic reserve. Of course, Harozov has no intention of designing a reserve team yet.

The other fifteen ships are used as the main attack force!

The large oars of the Rus became a bridge for communication between the two ships, and a few oars were placed together to allow people to walk freely.

All the archers began to move to the flagship, and a quick work of making flaming arrows was underway.

The commander of the operation should not participate in the frontal operation, but control the overall situation from the rear.

Harozov believed that naval battles should be like this, and even if the big chief Otto was here, he would definitely command this way.

Hearing Harozov's decision, Arik was really dissatisfied: "Harozov, it's better for you to stay behind. You are already old, let us young people fight in the front."

"Huh? Sounds like you're unhappy with my decision?"

"Of course, you are the war chief,

You should have fought with us. "

"That's a land battle! This is a naval battle! Arik, follow my arrangements. Since you want to continue to be a hero, then I can say that you are now the real war leader, not a deputy."

"Are you serious?" Arik asked excitedly.

What else can I do? Young people are aggressive and eager to win.

Harozov knew that he really shouldn't fight rashly, because he had to be responsible for the entire fleet, and if he died suddenly, everything would be messed up. The more the naval battle is on the sea, the more the fleet must be taught. This is not land, and basically the loser falls into the sea to feed the fish.

Arik climbed along the oars to the other boat, and in front of everyone took off his leather armor, along with the sackcloth lining, to reveal his own upper body, full of chest hair, and the wound that was beginning to heal. .

He roared desperately: "Brothers! Now I'm the leader of the war! Follow me and take off your shirts! We're going to be berserkers!"

As soon as the word "mad warrior" was heard, the young man really went crazy.

Everyone screamed desperately, and Harozov stared at it, isn't there a bunch of berserkers there!

Arik continued to roar: "Brothers, let's hurry up! Our brothers and fathers who died in battle died in this sea area. We fought on the same battlefield with them! For them! Revenge!"

"Hurry up! Put the charcoal on your body and write a spell, and we will become berserkers blessed by Odin. We will be invincible! I, Arik, will take you to another great victory."

"Remember! Our dead fathers, whose spirits are watching us in Valhalla above. We must do great work!"

Arik tried his best to boost morale, and everyone kept making amazing roars.

Young Ross warriors generally have golden beards at a young age, and they also have thick hair on their chests and golden fur on their arms.

The image of all Viking warriors is that in their community, a man who lacks body hair is seen as a freak.

With golden beards, complex braids, amazing chest hair when fighting shirtless, and strong muscles, it cannot be said that a person with such a posture is a berserker, it should be a berserker must have such a heroic posture.

Arik's front chest was painted with rough patterns, and his back was painted with several words by his companions, meaning "Odin blesses me".

Most of the people also have similar words painted on their bodies.

In fact, most people have a very limited understanding of the Rune script of their own nation. They can generally spell their own name, but they cannot use the large number of words spelled out of it to form the ancient books of their own nation.

However, they have a superstitious understanding of some special words. Some sacred phrases must have magic power. If they engrave the phrases on their necklaces or even weapons, they can have magic power and become a perfect amulet.

Smear it on your body and go into battle shirtless, almost invulnerable.

Arik was actively preparing for the battle, and a large group of people shouted crazy slogans and vowed to annihilate the new enemies they encountered.

Harozov, who is in command of normal battles, is even more calm. Courage is very important in war. It is also necessary to arrange a formation that has an advantage over him before the battle.

The Rus' fleet is actively operating, and all their strange behaviors have been discovered by the other side.

On a clear day, the sea is vast, and a person with strong eyesight climbs the mast and can almost see all the details of the sea in a radius of twenty nautical miles. Twenty nautical miles is the limit of human visual observation due to the curvature of the earth.

The Rus saw the ships of the Gotlanders, and the Gotlanders noticed the fleet of ships suddenly emerging from the sea.

Printing and dyeing the sails with unique patterns is only done by people with high status.

Most of the ships of the Rus have a beautiful dragon head in the shape of a sea serpent, and the sail is a thick linen cloth, and the whole body is gray and white.

The ships of the Gotlanders were exactly the same.

When Harozov launched the attack, he didn't want to reveal his identity too much, and when the naval battle was about to break out, he didn't even want to reveal himself.

In this way, if the enemy really pulls the Danes to retaliate, they will not go all the way north to Roseburg. They would think that the attackers were all from the tribal alliance of Svealand, and that Rosberg, to the Gotlands and the Danes, was distant and mysterious.

A large number of gray and white sails appeared, and the Gotland fleet, who saw the sails, thought that the comers might be their own.

Eight Gotland warships began to line up in a single column, sailing against the wind in groups, in order to quickly contact each other.

In the era of no telescope, it is too embarrassing to expect a small group of navigators with amazing eyesight to learn the identities of distant ships early.

So when Gotland's ship gradually approached, he was surprised to notice a series of special movements of the other party, and he took precautions subconsciously.

That's a huge fleet!

Why did they suddenly wind up the sails collectively while taking advantage of the south wind?

They actually approached the two ships and moved people at sea!

Such a variety of behavior is actually a suspicious can explain? Should they be enemies? !

The eight Gotland warships were ordered by their clan to scout south. Although they were a partial division, their armed forces could not be said to be small.

Two hundred and ten Gotlanders were divided into eight boats. They belonged to the same clan, old and young. Just like the Rus, in the face of a full-scale war, the men of the entire tribe are brothers who fight and fight for father and son soldiers. Unlike the Rus, the Gotlanders are no longer monolithic. The rapid development of economic activities has made their tribes very fragmented. They have become composed of some large families, clan settlements, and individual households, all of whom are servants of the Danes. hodgepodge.

But when a powerful force starts a war, the loose ones can still rally together to fight.

The partisan who carried out the reconnaissance work saw the forty warships in amazement. Combined with noticing the strange behavior of the other party, after thinking about it carefully, they were definitely not their own.

Because, the main force of their own is moving in the waters on the west side of the island!

How could there have been a large fleet running to the eastern sea area of ​​the island, still moving northward? !

Maybe some people were thrown in doubt and hesitation, until they saw the sudden change of formation of each other's large fleet, everyone was horrified!

Haruo Zuo Sen didn't want to have any verbal negotiation with the other party at all, he didn't even mean to scold a few tens of meters away.

In his understanding, naval warfare is about decisiveness. Now, the large Ross soldiers led by him have more ships and more ships, and they have cut off the heads of everyone on the other side with the advantage of their strength, so as to end this encounter as soon as possible.

Harrodsen arranged his fourteen warships in a horizontal line, forming a broad front with a concave arc, and he placed the flagship packed with archers in the center.

He just wants to come up with a pincer tactics on the sea, like the pincers of a crab to hold the prey.

Although the ships on both sides have high mobility and can turn at short distances, the enemy only needs to enter his own semi-enclosed pocket. Harozov believes that this bite will eat at least half of the opponent's strength.

The Rus's fighting force was already paddling bare-chested, attacking the opponent at a speed of five meters per second.

Seeing the other party in an obvious collision formation, the Gotlanders realized that something was wrong.

However, the Gotlanders were dumbfounded. They had completely determined that the other party was the enemy, and it was most likely the attacker who was said to have burned down Thinkenburg.

It was a large group of sea wolves, and the target was their eight ships.

Gotlanders don't run away! To flee without a fight is a shameful coward. Seeing that the attackers also deliberately let them go, a group of people will be scolded by all the islanders when they go back.

The frenzied actions of the enemy have proved the rumors that have begun to spread rapidly, and the Siya Alliance is really going to launch a full-scale war on Gotland!

The lips are dead and the teeth are cold! Eight Gotland dragon-headed warships, carrying 210 warriors, chose to fight head-on and began to charge the wind.

"Brothers! We have to stop those pirates, we fought against them!"

"Get ready to crash, get ready to jump and fight!"

"Archers prepare their arrows and try to kill as much as possible!"

"Brothers! For our family, for our freedom, attack!"

The elder leader of the partial division brandished his battle axe, trying his best to boost the morale of the whole group.

Even if the next battle will be very difficult, if they can't make the enemy pay the price, will they feel that the Gotlanders are big fat sheep to be slaughtered? How can that work? !

What's more, who knows what other goals they have, whether these enemies are attacking their own clan fishing village by advancing north?

They must have burned down Thinkenburg, killing at least a thousand people! To make matters worse, now many men in the fishing village have set out to search for the enemy, leaving a large number of women and children and a small number of soldiers in the fishing village, and the defense is extremely empty.

Many of those who escaped from Thinkenburg were already new servants of wealthier families for the first time.

Others settled down a little, and immediately boarded the boats of other settlement residents, looking for the Siyans to take revenge.

Both sides have a reason to fight, and both think they are getting revenge!

No one chose to avoid it.

What the Gotlanders saw was a total of fifteen ships attacking, and not far behind them, there were twenty-five dragon-headed warships!

Eight against forty? Five times the disadvantage gap.

The war broke out at the absolute inferiority of the Gotlandians.

But the Gotlanders weren't stupid enough to slip their heads into the pincers of the Rus.

The leading warships on both sides, due to the structure of the ships, the wooden carvings of the leading heads spliced ​​together on the bows of the ships are all solid existences.

The bows of the two sides collided with each other.

Just when the Gotlanders were about to collide, they were shocked to notice the huge force of the other side, and looked at those strong men, who actually bare their arms for a battle at sea.

"Is it a Berserker?!" The Gotland leader gave the order: "Quick! Turn right!"

After all, the Gotlanders' eight boats were a small fleet, and all the oarsmen operated urgently, and the eight boats shrunk into formation and turned to the right.

"They're running away?!" Harozov, who had already stood up, could see the other party's face clearly.

Harozov's good show was at the last minute, with the "cowardly" emergency turn of the Gotlanders fluttering in the air.

"Archers, flaming arrows shoot their sails!"

At Harozov's order, twenty shirtless rowers stood up and at once picked up the single oak shortbow they had laid beside them.

There was no time to organize a salvo, and when the prefabricated arrow was ignited by the fire, the flaming arrow was shot out immediately.

A large number of burning arrows dragged blue smoke and flew towards the enemy ship nearly a hundred meters away in a projectile posture.

The sails that the Gotlanders still put down are like a huge net. They sailed against the wind and had to keep the entire sail sideways on the central axis of the ship. It really became a huge target for arrows.

Dried linen is an excellent combustible, polished barbed bone arrows shoot through the sails, and burning tarpaulin strips quickly ignite the linen.

The two ships on the left flank of the Gotland formation quickly burst into flames.

"Brothers! Keep shooting! Everyone else, turn right away, rush over and jump! Quick!"

"Arik! Hit me you stinky brat! Turn a corner and hit them to death!"

Harozov roared as best he could, and Arik, who was not far away, completely understood the uncle's intention.

Arik didn't say much. He stood at the bow of the boat holding a sword and shield, and shouted: "Brothers, listen to me, turn and hit them!"

The seven boats of the entire left flank of the Ross fleet turned collectively and charged forward to the side of the moving Gotlanders.

Facing the menacing enemy, they were violently frightened to see their companions in two boats scrambling to jump into the icy waters amid the fire to avoid being burned to death.

Not only were there many enemies, but these shirtless berserkers were also well-trained.

"Don't come here!"

"Thinking people are rushing over! Hold their oars against their bows!"

Some of the Gotlanders who reacted immediately put their oars deep in the oars, trying to block the powerful collision. However, everyone knows that the reason why the dragon head warship is a warship is that it has a reinforced bow! Everyone knows the use of collision and jumping tactics in naval battles.

The Gotlanders' oars were more fragile, and the pine oars broke.

Seven Rus boats crashed into the past, and two Gotland boats were knocked out of terrifying holes on the spot!

There is no watertight compartment on the leading warship, not even a deck!

Two boats were knocked out of the hole, and then sank into the sea with a boatload of unprepared people.

Those Gotlanders in chainmail thought they would gain a certain tactical advantage in the jumping gang battle, but the leather jackets and defensive chainmail on their bodies became a real burden, dragging their masters into the deep sea. slide.

Such people quickly sank into the sea of ​​more than ten meters. They had no time to unload their heavy burden and float on the sea surface to escape. The increasingly strong water pressure had crushed them to the point of dizziness, and they fed fish on the spot.

Some people soaked in the water and hurriedly got rid of their wet clothes. They also lost their weapons as a result, like seals trapped in fishing nets, they were stabbed and killed by the short spears of the prepared Rus.

There were still three boats in the collision, which only vibrated violently, and the ribs made of oak were lucky to take on the impact.

But after the shock, the shirtless Ross had already rushed over.

The jump gang fight happened.

"Brothers! Cut off their heads!"

Arik simply threw his shield away, jumped to the enemy ship with his steel sword in both hands, and slashed directly at a Gotlander who was blocking with an iron sword. The sword broke in two.

On this ship's battlefield, Arik became a true berserker.

He beheaded four enemies in a row, and he was covered in the blood of the enemy.

As a result, he was suddenly kicked by an enemy and fell into the icy sea.

Even so, he held a wooden rib that floated after the collision, and continued to stab the enemy with the steel sword tightly.

In the jump gang battle, the Rus and Gotlanders could not organize an effective infantry formation at all, and the fighting depended entirely on individual ability.

The sobered Gotlanders began to fight back, fighting alone, perhaps luck is more important than fighting skills!

Many Rus warriors were slashed to death by Gotland's axes, and more Gotland fell into the sea and were stabbed to death by Rus' short spears and swords, like killing seals.

Some Rus were also hit by arrows fired by a small number of Gotlanders, hit their shirtless bodies, and then fell into the sea.

The more Gotlanders were attacked by the Rus archers. For a time, two groups of people in the boat were fighting, but the sails were ignited by flaming arrows.

Just before the battle, the leader of the Gotlanders predicted that the battle would be detrimental to him, and he hoped that the Gotlanders would have the courage to hold back the enemy as much as possible.

Who would have thought that the other party was obviously well-trained!

The battle had just begun, two ships caught fire, two were knocked out of silence, and three more became a terrifying battlefield.

The leader of the Gotlanders was lucky not to participate in the fight, and the only two Gotland warships left would be really cowardly!

Rush in and fight them? !

Do not!

Everyone has done their best. Who would have thought that the guys in the Thinking Asia Alliance are really amazing.

In grief and anger, the leader of the Gotland roared: "We... we withdraw! Hurry up and go to the nearest coast!"

The frightened people immediately steered the last two boats, and they continued to raise their sails, and the direction became due west.

The sea was dyed red with blood, and Arik grabbed the spearhead handed over by his own people and was dragged to a good boat by his brothers.

The jumping gang battle on the ship was over, the moaning Gotlanders were all stabbed to death, and some seriously injured Russ were spitting blood in horror.

Many enemies, and even some dead Rus, have sunk to the bottom of the sea, and a large swath of red-stained water proves what terror is.

A large number of corpses floated on the sea, and the corpses of the Rus were pulled into boats, and they were to be brought back to their hometowns for burial.

As for the dying, the Rus gave these brothers a blissful end to the pain.

Because of these seriously injured brothers, they have lost the possibility of living, and being given to death by their own people is also an acceptable destination.

Looking at the two lonely white sails that were drifting away, Arik, who had been washed away by the sea water, stomped angrily: "Brothers, why don't we catch up and kill them all?!"

Many people really responded and sat down to paddle in pursuit.

This move was seen by Harozov; "Arik! What are you doing?!"

"Uncle! Don't let those enemies run away. We want to destroy them all."

"Forget it! Let them go! Arik, listen to me now." Harozov shouted.

"But you have appointed me the war chief!"

"Now that the battle is over, let's go! Don't be complacent about winning a battle. If we are discovered by the army of Gotland, we will all die! Go!"

Don't chase after the poor? Harozov is only worried that the young people's love war will lead to the loss of the opportunity for the Rus to exit safely.

After all, this naval battle was what Harozov wanted to avoid. Since the battle was over, how could there be a love for battle.

Arik sat down angrily and continued to paddle, and the entire Ross fleet escaped from the blood-stained battlefield.

The naval battle was short-lived, and the Gotlanders lost five ships and a hundred and forty dead.

Although the Rus had a huge tactical advantage, fifteen people were still killed in the final jump gang battle.

At least they died in a berserker attitude, ten corpses were restrained, and the rest sank into the sea. Everyone also counted the number of people to determine the number of dead, and everyone felt sorry for them and relieved, because they died on the battlefield and completed the glorious life of a man at sea!

The living people calmed down, and after the violent new ones became calm, they no longer thought about continuing to pursue and expand the results.

Harozov's words are indeed true, everyone is exhausted after this battle. What if the enemy came with eighty ships instead of eight? The results will be dire.

The south wind continued to blow on the Rus' sails, and the bows and floors of many ships were stained with the blood of the enemy. The Ross men changed back to warm clothes, roughly nibbled on the oatmeal, and formed a circular fleet, enduring the muscle aches and mental exhaustion after the battle and paddling as fast as possible toward the north.

For the sake of safety, Harozov preferred to make a detour, and the fleet began to prefer the position of Seramia Island, intending to take an arc and go around the Åland Islands for real safety.