Rise of Rurik

Arik withdrew with great resentment, and seeing that the enemy did not catch up, the anger deepened.

He ran to the place where his brothers had left the crossbow, and ordered his brother who was still alive: "If you can't take it away, cut off the arm of the bow."

They did not find all the crossbows, and after taking ten of them, the rest were chopped down with axes, and the important carbon steel arms and crossbow parts were taken away.

Carrying the ridicule of the Gotlanders, they headed east along the stream.

The soldiers of Siegfast surrounded the battlefield, and as they removed the corpses, they were also examining the undead.

Those seriously wounded on their own side were given to death by supplementary swords, and the surviving Ross soldiers became treasures.

The wounded Ross was spitting out blood and dying. Thinking that the group of ruthless men were still slashing and slashing wildly, the Gotland warriors were so terrified that they didn't dare to approach rashly.

One Ross, holding the sword in both hands, tried to stand up again. Gotland was horrified to see that the man pulled out the arrow on his body, a blood splattered, and the man fell like a big tree.

It was only then that the Gotland warriors dared to approach.

Siegfast held his sword and accused his subordinates disdainfully, "We obviously won, are you still so timid?"

He continued to move forward, without hesitation, stabbed the sword in the body of the Ross warrior who had just died. "Look, I killed him."

The captain of the guard, Grund, didn't want to say anything, and the gold master's bullying of a corpse was not a credit.

He took the Danish mercenaries and screened out the corpses of the Rus people one by one. This job is very simple, just because the opponent wears exactly the same under the burqa!

"You guys! Not ordinary pirates!" In an instant, Grund felt that he had provoked an existence he couldn't afford, and had the idea of ​​leaving.

Gotland suffered a catastrophe, but the islanders were not fellow Danish natives, their relatives and friends were all in the western world, and now he was fighting for money, not glory. He thought that when he was old, he couldn't move anymore, so he returned to his hometown with a commission to live a good life.

Even if Haken, who proclaimed himself king, had recruited a large army, the odds of the king's victory were not great, judging from this encounter alone.

The Rus people even achieved the same clothes. They must have planned this war for a long time!

A badly wounded Ross warrior was pulled to Grund with a rope around his feet.

"Boss, there is one alive. If it is cut, it is still dedicated to the gold master."

A warrior was dragged like a dead dog, and Grund glanced down. "Untie the rope, the warrior shouldn't be humiliated. I'll go and call the man."

Assassinating an enemy's corpse is really boring. Seeing the pile of corpses piled up into a hill on his side, Siegfast was so angry that his teeth hurt.

The report finally found a live one, and he walked happily, wiggling his steps as if he had slashed and slashed a piece of the enemy.

"Where's that damn Russ? I'll cut him."

The gold master came with a ferocious face, and Grund hurriedly said, "At least it's not too late to kill the Russ people."

"That's right, that's what I meant."

The only Ross wounded soldier who had been hit by multiple arrows felt that he was about to die, and his mouth kept bleeding, and his blue eyes turned blood red. He tried his best to mumble, all of which were cursing words.

The Danish mercenaries present just stood and watched, waiting for the golden master to arrive.

A sword went straight into the wounded soldier's ear, and Siegfast fell to his knees, surprised that the man didn't even blink.

"This guy is dead?"

Suddenly the empty eyes narrowed, and the wounded soldier suddenly sprayed blood on Siegfast's face, laughing.

"Final bravery?" Sigfast shouted, wiping the blood, "Russian, your leader Arik, that bastard is a coward now. He was afraid of dying, and ran away from you!"

The wounded soldier continued to laugh and forced out a sentence, "Arik, he is not a leader, nor a coward. He is a warrior. And you... are all idiots."

"Warrior? Clearly a coward. What else do you say? He's not your leader? Tell you everything.

"

Ross wounded soldiers knew that the army had landed on the island until now, and it was completely meaningless to keep it secret. Seeing that this group of guys who fight for less is proud of themselves, this round-skinned man in front of him is not a soldier. It is obvious that this man is the real commander of this Gotland army.

The wounded soldier cheered up: "Our... Duke, is Otto! Our true leader is Rurik. Rurik blessed by Odin. God is on our side."

"Rurik?" Siegfast was the first to hear the name. This name is indeed very rare in the Nordic world. "Who is this person? I haven't heard of it, and it doesn't seem to be a character."

The wounded soldier took Siegfast's words as a humiliation, and said angrily, "He is the one who took your life! The one who conquered your island."

"Ridiculous! Come on, how many people did you send?"

The wounded soldier giggled again, "Three thousand soldiers, we are well-equipped and have plenty of food, we are going to fight you! Our army is marching, and the target is your... Visby."

Three thousand people? Siegfast was only taken aback, he could not have imagined the gathering of such a large army.

Danes like Grund, they have seen big scenes in their hometown!

For example, the leader of the alliance, Hafgen, organized thousands of people to fight against the Svealans in the north, and won. The Gotlanders also sent 1,500 men to fight.

Grund was in the army that year, and the army captured and destroyed the Ostara clan. But the Ross tribe, they did not participate in the war back then, so they only have the memory of fighting.

Grund and Siegfast had different memories of the past, Siegfast turned his attention to the wool trade, the settlements in the south of the island were destroyed, it didn't matter, and the Danish port of Hazelby and the nearby Sirius port did not matter. The attack on the fur shipping line is a big deal.

"Damn it. Three hundred Russ is a tricky problem, and now they have three thousand!" Grund estimates that defeating such an army is not something the Gotlanders can accomplish by themselves.

Siegfast couldn't believe it: "Is it reasonable? There are so many Russ, this guy is lying."

Grund shook his head gravely. "I don't think a dying man would lie."

"He's dying?" Siegfast tried to turn the wounded man back. "Listen, Russ, you're a brave man compared to Arik the coward. Surrender now, and I'll find a way to save you for me later. work."

"There is a greater shame than this... shame? Idiot, I'm dead! Kill me, fast!"

"You!" Siegfast gritted his teeth. "You don't appreciate it. You want me to kill you, but I don't! I killed so many people, you want to die simply? You are dreaming."

The viciousness of the Rus is not covered, and the Gotlands hate them to the core. Nearly 100 Gotland Army corpses were gathered, and the corpses were to be covered with mud as a large cup.

Compared with the Rus or other Vikings, the Gotland islanders were more inclined to bury the dead, so some of the abrupt mounds on the island are actually tombs. The reason is that this funeral culture was also learned from the Danish Vikings in Jutland.

Ross's wounded soldiers were cut off by the angry and arrogant Gotland warriors with daggers, and the sharp blades were still slowly cutting the flag skin.

Siegfast was half-kneeling in front of the wounded soldier, staring at the sullen, patient face. His face showed arrogant ferocity, clearly appreciating the other's pain. "Russian, kill me so many people, and still want to die quickly? I will kill you slowly, but you can't shout, as long as you scream in pain, your soul can't go to Valhalla."

They're abusing a dying warrior, look at those stupid Gotland natives, these guys deliberately stuck at the back end of the team and didn't join the fiercest fight, and now these real cowards are actually in bully dying warriors.

Grund really couldn't stand it anymore, and his subordinates were also talking about the immorality of the sponsor. Holding the sword, he silently approached the gold master, and when he stabbed the injured person in the heart, he twisted it again to end everything.

"You! Grund, what are you doing?" Siegfast stood up angrily.

"Enough is enough. Your lord."

"Not enough! You ruined my good show."

"You..." Grund couldn't take it anymore, "Siegfast! You are a simple fool, what is the difference between what you are doing now and that butcher Arik? You are not a warrior at all. ."

"How dare you question me? Be careful I won't give you money."

Grund's guys came one after another, and they all stood in the position of their eldest brother. As for the gold master, forget it.

"What? You are all against me?!" Siegfast felt inexplicably terrified.

"No. You're not really a warrior. Who would like you to torture a warrior for fun? Maybe Loki would like it, but Odin definitely wouldn't. The biggest difference between us and the butcher is that we have a bottom line. You challenge us warriors. Bottom line, what is dirty money, we'd rather find a new owner. I think the Danes in Visby know what you do, and a lot of people will leave."

Danish mercenaries still have a great role to play, and this Grund is also a master of slashing.

Siegfast really doesn't understand the thoughts of their mercenaries. He is a businessman himself, and now he has no choice but to give up.

Soon, people searching the battlefield found some strange weapons, and they instinctively realized that it was some kind of bow, after all, there were some arrows scattered around it.

Gotland knew about this damn arrow, the fishermen at sea were being poisoned by it, and just now a brother was shot.

Three strange weapons were presented to Siegfast.

The sensitive Danish mercenaries have guessed the usefulness of this weapon.

"Ah! So this is the truth!" Siegfast was shocked, and then screamed in surprise, "Haha, the mysterious weapon of the Rus is in my hands!"

Three crossbows were captured, and some shattered remains are still in front of Siegfast.

The businessman saw the use of this weapon, probably by buckling the string in a strange position, and then triggering a certain mechanism to fire it.

The bow arm is iron, or a kind of elastic iron! The characteristics of the weapon shocked all those who knew it.

Siegfast didn't think much about it, he just wanted to control this weapon, he tried to pull the bowstring with his hand, but unfortunately he used a lot of strength, but he couldn't buckle the string in the mechanism.

The task was thrown to Grund, the mighty warrior forcibly wound the string by stepping, and then a crossbow bolt was placed in the groove, and the end was caught by the tenon.

Grund is also playing with a crossbow for the first time. Fortunately, he is an old soldier and has a high understanding of any weapon: "This way, it will probably be fired."

Siegfast happily took the weapon, and then casually aimed at the surrounding acceptors. There was a sudden roar, which scared many Gotland warriors into panic, and he himself was presumptuous.

"Hahaha! A bunch of cowards, I have it now and can easily kill the Ross people. Haha!"

The laughing man pulled the trigger, and the arrow directly pierced one person's neck at close range, and then hit the other person's ear.

The first person lost consciousness and died on the spot, the second person's left ear was torn apart and the arrows flew, and the other person sat on the ground covering his ear and howling in pain. The Gotland warriors retreated in shock, and the violent vibration of the crossbow caused Siegfast to let go.

"You actually killed your own people!" Grund roared loudly.

"It was an accident."

"You are a poor excuse!" Grund picked up the crossbow and said immediately, "Now they are confiscated by me. And you! The king told me to ask the brothers to watch over your behavior. I can't believe that you actually... "

"I... I'm going to lose money. I'm just a murderer, it's all the weapons of these Rus, they're cursed."

"Absurd curse! Let it be an accident! Our mission is enough. There are 3,000 Rus people. They are all capable of fighting, and they want to fight us. This news must be told to the king immediately, and we have to withdraw."

"What? You mean we'll withdraw now?"

"What's the point of staying?" Grund further said, "We must go back early and get the army in order. Our army is very tight, and against 3,000 Rus, we must..."

Siegfast interrupted with a roar, "You are teaching me to do things? I am the king's eldest son, and I will be the king of Gotland from now on. I command you, and you must obey me!"

"Aren't you going to take this news back with you?"

Siegfast asked, "You believe the Russ that much?"

"It's to be believed, we can't be careless."

"Forget it! They don't have so many people. And you!" Siegfast punched Grund directly, "You call yourself a fighter, then continue with me! I want to find out the specifics of the Ross Lander. I have to find the body of Arik, who died of starvation and exhaustion. I have changed my mind. I don’t care if I live or die, I will take the villain Arik back and hang it up to let everyone vent their anger.”

"This is crazy. Are you going to take these people to beat the army of Rus? With these so-called elite army of islanders?"

"Are you worried about me?" Sigfast said angrily, "I just want to fight, at least I will attack them first. People on the island are afraid of the Rus people, and now I will defeat the butcher Arik's. Siegfast, lead you to continue to win the war!"

In any case, Arik did run away. In this battle, 500 of the Gotlanders died and 100 of them were killed.

A young Gotland warrior suddenly raised his axe and roared, "King Siegfast! Our king!"

This battle at least swept away the fears of the Gotland warriors of the Rus army, and Siegfast was the army commander anyway.

More and more warriors roared "King Siegfast," as if Harken had passed the throne to him.

The warriors supported a "great warrior" who brought victory. Seeing this scene, Grund also knew to follow the crowd, his eyes hinted that his Danish guys supported his gold master, and he chanted slogans in a low voice. .

Siegfast was held to a very high position, he smiled and bent down, even if there were still corpses piled up in hills on this battlefield!

"Keep fighting! Brothers! I learned that the Russ' leader is named Rurik, and there is a guy named Otto. I took you and chopped off their heads, I took their weapons, and we will all be Wess Be the hero! Just think, so many women aspire to marry a hero, you follow me, and all can get honor, wealth, and happiness."

Siegfast used some of the tricks of the trade to mobilize the army, not to mention that this method of drawing the pie was indeed effective.

The bodies of the Rus and Gotlanders were buried separately, and two large mounds were erected on the ground.

It was almost evening, and Siegfast continued to advance along the river with an army of several hundred men, but the resistance of the Danish mercenaries was fermenting fiercely.

"Brother, I don't want to follow this daredevil. The Russ really have three thousand troops, and we will die if we go."

"The Gotlanders are good at business, they're not good at fighting."

"When the fight really starts, we still have to sacrifice our lives for this kind of person? The wounded soldier said that the leader of the Rus people was blessed by Odin. Is it an honor for us to fight against such a person."

"He's right, if that Ross leader really got the blessing of God, what should the brothers do? It's very honorable for us to take refuge in the person favored by Odin, and we will go directly to the Hall of Valor. Siegfast gives What is money?"

...

There seemed to be 10,000 reasons why they didn't want to go any further, making Grund embarrassed. The remarks of some people made him think deeper.

"Just trust me for the last time!" Grund urged everyone to keep up with the army. "Without our brother's protection, let this headstrong fellow go to war, and he will die. Siegfast is dead, and so are we. It's time to consider changing the sponsor. It's better that the man doesn't die, but we don't have to worry about it. In this world, many people need the help of our brothers by force."

Hearing, some soldiers who heard the deep meaning laughed, and their eyes became ambiguous when they looked at this group of bold Gotland soldiers.