Rise of Rurik

Two thousand Kalmar troops against four thousand Swedish troops, this is basically the comparison of the strength of the two sides.

Due to the losses in the first battle, about 150 people in the Kalmar army were killed and seriously injured, and the Swedish army was stunned and lost 70 elites in the ambush. In this comparison, the Swedish army still has an absolute advantage in the strength of the two sides.

The Kalmars watched as the northern forces with more and more troops became more and more afraid, and they became afraid to act rashly. However, no one escaped. Some of them had the idea of ​​​​fleeing. At least now, fear or insistence on honor made them stay here and watch more and more enemies landing.

The strength of the Swedish coalition had not yet been assembled, and Olegin was not willing to immediately order an attack. The soldiers on both sides had turned into a bizarre confrontation. At this juncture, the five ships of the Rus had already approached the coast at a huge risk of being stranded, only about 30 meters away from the coast.

The Avlora faced the enemy on the port side, and the three torsion slingshots on the starboard side were all removed, and the railing of the ship was improvised as a launch pad.

The longbowmen on the ship were ready to projectile, and all the steel-armed crossbowmen also cast their weapons at a high angle of elevation.

Now, Rurik looked at the situation with a bewildered expression: "Dad, I'm very surprised, why didn't Olekin's men attack immediately with so many troops?"

"This? You have to ask him yourself."

"It doesn't matter, our army's arrows can already cover the enemy, those stupid guys are so close to us, and Olegin is also strange, actually arrayed beside the ship."

Otto shrugged and didn't ask much, and soon a small boat appeared to attract the two's attention.

In a short time, the ship approached the Avrora, and the messenger nervously conveyed the king's order: "King... The king ordered your archers to land for support."

"Is Olegin begging me?" Otto, who was standing on the top deck, looked down proudly.

The messenger raised his head with all his might, and answered tremblingly, "Yes, he needs your... support at any time."

"Okay, I understand." Otto turned his head and patted Rurik on the shoulder: "It seems that the decisive battle will be announced by us."

Rurik understood it, and ordered in a loud voice: "Avlora! Everyone! Shoot!"

This roar announced that the decisive battle of Kalma was opened in a very special way.

The war started, how suddenly!

now,

There were more than 60 people standing on the deck of the offshore Avrora, plus the non-combatants who stayed in the cabin. This ship alone contained half of the troops of the Ross Army.

The large ship was actually 150 meters away from the chaotic array of the enemy, and this distance was all within the range of the light arrows of the Ross Army.

In almost everyone's knowledge, no long-range weapon has such a range. Characters like Karl, who also saw the "super long-distance" arrows of the Rus when the army attacked Old Ostara.

At the time, the Rus only fired a few shots, causing an enemy to be pierced to death.

The situation of the deceased made Carl very vigilant and fearful for a time, but now that the war has been fought, he can recognize that the Ross Army does have the advantage of long-range weapons, and it is the current situation that once again refreshes his cognition as a person who has seen the world.

All ten light javelins fired by torsion slingshots whizzed past at great elevation angles.

They were followed by the longbowmen from Elrond, who fired light long arrows in high-elevation throws.

There were more than a dozen others, who raised steel-armed crossbows high and forcibly fired light bow arrows.

The various arrows are all iron clusters and whirling feathers. The southwest wind has never stopped, but the rotating arrows rely on the gyro effect to a large extent, and they are stupefied by the wind.

The humming of the whirling feathers of fifty arrows was like a swarm of wasps, and they drowned out the wind, causing all the Swedish soldiers who were lining up to raise their heads proudly.

A large number of black "sticks" are flying quickly overhead! Do not! They have started to fall!

After many people raised their shields subconsciously, they realized that Zai He and the arrows were all heading towards the enemy.

The arrows fell from the sky with strong gravitational acceleration, and fell squarely in the formation of the enemy Kalmar Army.

Those Kalmar fishermen who came one after another wanted to build as dense and stable needle and thread as possible. Who would have thought that the invaders would first resort to unprecedented tricks.

By the time they realized the danger was imminent, it was too late.

Some were shot with arrows in the neck, some were pierced with a javelin, and some were cut in the face.

Most of the people did raise the wooden shield, but they saw that the arrows that hit the wooden plank still showed a cluster of metallic luster arrows on the other side of the plank.

Just this round of attack, given to the two sides that are about to break out into a fierce battle, brought a great uproar.

And this is just the beginning of the Ross Army shooting.

Rurik was holding on to the bow rail, wishing he had a telescope now. He was glad that he didn't hit the friendly troops, and he also saw the commotion in the enemy's line. This opportunity to expand the chaos, naturally, he would continue to shoot.

"Keep shooting! Torque slingshots, hit them with clay bullets!"

The mercenaries operating the winches did their best to charge the slingshots as quickly as possible, and fired terracotta bullets with a cone-shaped cylindrical head and seal oil, which were fired under Rurik's order.

Before that, the longbowmen completed two salvos under the command of Telavis.

These Corvins of the Grey Squirrel tribe, who are already proficient in archery, even led the Ross fishermen who taught a kind of settlement in Fort Elrond to become good archers. They have figured out the performance of these elastic longbows, and the accuracy of the projectile can be trusted.

The continuous rain of arrows fell, and the wooden shields of the Kalma people were mostly able to withstand the arrows, but the riots were fermenting. The situation is getting more and more chaotic that their first platoon of soldiers can firmly hold a line behind them. They do not have a clear commanding general, and the status quo of fighting each other makes it obvious that just continuing to throw arrows can force their array to collapse.

If both sides of the battle have a meticulous formation, and the will of the soldiers is strong enough, such fierce battles will often not cause great casualties.

Most of the losses came from the rout after the collapse of the front, and the other side chased the fugitives, and the ending was doomed to be fatal.

Undoubtedly Olegin sensed that the Rus were creating a major fighter jet for the Swedish army, and he decided to stand still. Suddenly, of course, he didn't dare to act rashly, and if he rashly attacked his own people, he would become the prey of arrows.

Here comes the blow from the clay bullet! It's about the same weight as the Lightweight Javelin, and because it's micro-spiral grooves were dug out before firing, it also spins in flight.

The projectile clay projectile has a weaker range, but the kinetic energy it gains when it falls is much stronger.

It was like half a brick fell from a height of nearly 30 meters, directly smashing the shield made of pine boards of the Kalmar people, and even knocked the people to the ground. As for those who were hit, they were seriously injured and bleeding on the spot...

Among the many ammunition, perhaps nothing is cheaper than clay. Its disadvantage is that it does not cause much damage to protected units, and it is only the best at attacking commoner warriors.

The composition of these clay bullets is not much different from that of red bricks, and they are themselves dark red. Rurik has always had faith in its power, as in the case of a fight, moving bricks is an excellent melee weapon.

"Reload again!" After Rurik ordered, he ordered Telavis: "Your men fire six more rounds, and then rest. We can't waste arrows too much!"

Rurik's orders could only be fully implemented on the Avlora, and the surrounding ships could only order them what arrows to fire by shouting loudly.

The main fighters and weapons are all on the Avlora, and this ship alone represents more than half of the firepower of the Ross Army!

The warriors who control the torsion slingshot can press the loading speed to 20 seconds, that is, two mercenaries with amazing arm strength cooperate to turn the winch frantically, and the other person just put the greasy projectile into the launch slot, and the other hand pulls the rope to contact the card. Tenon constraints.

The ship was firmly nailed to the sea due to the anchor, and the elevation angle of the torsion slingshot was also fixed. All the six torsion slingshots that were transported to one side actually played the tactical effectiveness of rapid-fire guns.

The shield was smashed by clay bullets, the arm holding the shield was broken, the head that was hit shattered on the spot, the chest that was hit, the broken ribs pierced through the heart.

The mercenaries of the Avroola took off their sackcloth shirts one after another, revealing their hairy chests and backs. They were already sweating. In order to maintain the maximum firing rate of the torsion slingshot, they were doing things with a physical output like a 100-meter sprint.

There are many kinds of projectiles, only clay projectiles can be wasted, Rurik didn't care how tired his men were. He kept urging: "Keep shooting, I think the enemy's line is about to collapse."

Yevluo, who was shining all over, smiled bitterly: "In this way, our exhaustion is worth it. It would be nice if we could really smash their front."

"Then don't talk nonsense!" Rurik ordered sternly.

This sense of seriousness is the most temperamental to Yevlo. After all, this is on the battlefield, and everyone should be alert at all times.

Deadly projectiles keep falling from the sky, it's visible to the naked eye!

Arrows and projectiles caused up to 200 Kalma people to be killed and injured. In order to avoid these projectiles, the Kalma people had to dodge spontaneously. They originally placed their hopes on their own shields, and now they can only rely on predicting where the projectiles will land and avoid them as soon as possible.

When everyone thinks this way, the Kalmars don't want to think about maintaining another front.

Even if one of the Danish warriors decides to stand here at the risk of their own honor, how can projectiles and arrows have no eyes! They were hit in the head with helmets on, and they were rammed into concussions and lost consciousness, looking like they were crushed to death. The sudden "death" frantically challenged the cognition of the Danes.

As for the average Kalmar fishermen, their lines finally collapsed!

The collapse actually came from the evacuation of a dozen or so people. They pulled their arrow-wounded companions to a safe area, but others who were on the verge of mental collapse thought they were escaping for their lives.

honor? How is it important to escape?

Fifty people followed and fled, followed by a hundred people, another two hundred people, and more people...

Panic spread to the entire Kalmar army in an instant. They were eager to fight the invaders and push them into the sea to drown them. Instead, they would all be crushed to death by the strange weapons of the invaders.

The total collapse of the enemy on the shore caused a huge rumbling sound, which was the enemy screaming in panic while fleeing!

"Stop it all!" Rurik, whose heart was beating wildly, ordered the torsion slingshot to relax, and as soon as the order arrived, all the mercenaries were so tired that they lay directly on the deck and panted frantically.

Yevlo, who was lying down tired, felt his whole body hot, and he asked intermittently, "Sir...we...we succeeded?"

"Yes! The enemy's line has collapsed, and Olegin has launched an all-out attack with his men."

"Oh, the fight should be over. We... just won?"

"Yes, we won."

Yes, the Kalmar Army, which had been prepared for a long time, had not really fought with the Swedish army in close combat, but was crushed by unprecedented arrows, so that it always collapsed.

The entire process of the enemy's collapse, Otto on the boat could see clearly, his aging body trembled unconsciously, and he had lived for more than fifty years.

Is it honorable to fight like this? No, not honorable at all.

However, it is extremely effective.

The arrows and projectiles launched by the ships floating on the sea smashed the enemies arrayed on the land. Otto had to say that he would see it for a long time.

Olegin and Karl, and even the other dukes, would not recognize the "courage" of the Rus. What they call bravery is the bloody fighting between warriors. It is a shame for a brave warrior to die with an arrow. For archers, I am afraid it is not something that can be proudly promoted.

The huge fighter plane is in front of you, let those hypocritical things go to hell!

Olegin and Karl are too lazy to care about the so-called glory, they issued the order for a full-scale attack, and the battle is over now, isn't it?

The charging Swedish army, who killed fleeing enemies, felt simpler than hunting rabbits.

The servitors, the Voskas and the Saxons, who were victims of the "mad arrows" of the Rus, suddenly forgot their fear of being dominated by arrows and became part of the looting army.

Even in peaceful times, the inhabitants of the port of Voskas and the Saxons of Borgholm, they never considered the inhabitants of Kalmar their own kind. They have no idea of ​​the state, and now they have a chance to plunder and make a fortune, why not make a vote?

It is also because the Saxons know very well that the Danish merchants in Kalmar will hide their wealth there, such as Stein, who has transformed into the best hunting dog of the Swedish King Olegin!

With Stein and his Saxons leading the way, the Melalenian army was not so keen on chasing down stalking enemies, because Olegin knew that if he could not get a lot of wealth to reward the army, his dominance would be lost. will be shaken.

However, the other dukes' teams are very concerned about their immediate interests. No, chasing and killing quickly turned into captives. For example, Duke Wendelson of Yermalen, he and his clan have been staying in the inland lake region, and have not had much to do with the Gotland people.

Wenderson ordered his subordinates to capture slaves as much as possible. In the future, they would take them back to their hometown and order these captured men to be serfs in farming.

Most of the 500 people who went out to Yermalen had lost more than half of them. He felt that he had to use this method to ensure that his strength would not drop significantly after the war.

They were all busy catching slaves, kneeling and begging for mercy, they were all spared, and those who resolutely resisted were killed immediately.