Rise of Rurik

Chapter 570 The Ross Army is finally here

The Ross army marched forward on the newly grown grass by the river, stepping on the gravel and dirt, and gradually disappeared into the old gray squirrel fortress.

Some soldiers in the team have set foot on this road for the second time. Compared with the winter war, the expedition when the flowers are blooming this spring has become a bit laborious.

If Rurik had not prepared the army to a certain extent, the army would have to find a way to get food on the spot before moving on because of the lack of supplies.

All fighters have a burlap backpack, stuffed with dried salted fish, pre-made wheat cakes, and even simple oatmeal. These rations generally weigh more than ten pounds.

They actually carried a lot of luggage on their backs, but fortunately, the strong physiques acquired by hunting, logging, and paddling made them not complain about being "the mules of the principality".

It is not the first time that everyone has carried out an expeditionary military operation. To maintain enough rations to support long-term battles, the young and old soldiers have reached a consensus.

Those children, whether they were boys or girls, were carrying heavy luggage, panting to catch up with the team. Some children put their equipment on carts that transport heavy weapons, which reduces some physical energy consumption, but the effect is limited after all.

Rurik did not comfort them in any way, but urged them harshly, forcing them to stop procrastinating.

However, the team's fatigue gradually appeared, and they wanted to attack immediately under the wooden wall of the target. Obviously, this was not a coup.

"Siege siege is the last thing, maybe when the army is under the city, I should come up with a good way to win."

Rurik walked almost the whole way on the road of the march, and he felt that his ankles were gradually sore, which was probably the case for the soldiers who wanted to come to him.

Some soldiers of the Rus army used linen to wrap their calves. Quite a few warriors didn't even have time to wash their blood-stained coats, which were now black.

The image of the army has become a bit sloppy. When the soft light of the sunset sprinkles the earth, immersed in the tiring sunset are the swaying figures along the river.

Rurik kept moving, Yevlo didn't want to make any suggestions, let alone goodbye Arik and his guys were still trotting along.

It was getting late, Yevlo finally approached his master: "Sir, it seems that we can't reach the enemy's mountain fort today. Night is coming, brothers are very tired, we..."

"Break? Of course. But I'm going to walk."

"All right."

"Hold on." Rurik suddenly ordered: "You go and inform Arik in front of him that he will stop and set up camp when night falls. Run away."

"As ordered."

The team of the Ross army was stunned and dragged into a line of snakes that stretched for nearly three kilometers.

The current Ross Army is actually quite weak. Those children who were dragged to the battlefield were, after all, the physical strength of the previous march, bloody battle, and limited rest, which had seriously overdrawn their insufficient physical strength. They became the tail of a real crane.

On the other hand, the first flag team led by Arik, this group of unruly and amazingly strong men, they are still fearless mad bears, colliding tirelessly.

The snake-like team gradually gathered, forming a camp about 500 meters long on a relatively wide river beach.

Lots of bonfires were lit, and people who had walked all day's twists and turns could finally sit and pinch their feet.

Beside a huge bonfire, Rurik was busy nibbling on dried fish, his eyes still glancing at whether the wheat in the pottery urn was cooked.

Although Arik was eating the dried fish that he brought with him, he was quite critical of today's march and had his own thoughts.

"Brother, we are moving too slowly. I remember we rushed to Grey Squirrel Hill in one day."

The parties to that war were sitting by the bonfire, and Mechasta was very upset when he heard it. Over the years, the defeated and surrendered leader has learned the Norse language and can basically hear the communication of the Rus.

Mechasta said with a wry smile: "That year, you pulled sleds and walked on the glacier. The road was extremely smooth! The Ross Army appeared suddenly in my opinion, and we were not prepared at all."

This caught Arik's attention: "So you mean that the new Tavastians are not prepared for our sortie."

"Maybe. Those guys are stronger than us."

"They will be prepared! There must be preparedness." Rurik stared at the flames with an extremely determined attitude.

"Be prepared? I haven't easily defeated me. I have suggestions." Arik turned his head and stared at his brother.

"You... you look at me like that? I'm afraid that you don't want to lead a team and tear down that mountain fort?"

"Why not?"

"You should be careful and follow my large army."

"No! We should appear suddenly, and then launch a surprise attack." Arik wanted to make some explanations. After all, he actually expressed his hope to get the first credit for the crusade against the enemy.

Rurik had to think about his cousin's proposal. He was actually worried that after the enemy fled back the same way, he would run away with a soft girl. If your army drags on a little longer, it will not be good in the end.

Many people on this marching road found the traces left by the enemy's flight, and they concluded that the marching road was correct.

"Okay, you take the first flag team to kill." Rurik sighed slightly to be convinced of the old brother.

"Okay, let's take a break and act immediately."

"Huh? So anxious?"

"I'm afraid the enemy will flee quickly. I want to pursue lightly and capture the fort as soon as possible."

Rurik frowned again: "March lightly? Without heavy weapons, the mountain fort is not easy to fight."

"That's right." Mechasta deliberately shouted: "That is the mountain fort we built after all. In our battle many years ago, my people at least caused casualties to you. If our army rushes to attack, Tavas who is stronger than me. The Tia will..."

"Shut up!" Arik was furious: "You are a defeated general."

Rurik frowned: "But what he said makes sense."

"It doesn't matter. I just want to suddenly attack. Brother, you should be optimistic. When your large force arrives, you will see our flag fluttering on the wooden wall of the mountain fort."

Rurik really couldn't talk about this guy, especially on the issue of war, he knew that even if he was a real duke, he couldn't obey the strong men of the first flag team with one order.

The core Rus people of the Principality of Rus are never monolithic inside! The young people of course admire Rurik, who brought everyone a prosperous life, and Arik, who led everyone in unparalleled bloody battles.

Many young men are bloodthirsty, and sometimes Rurik thinks they are psychopaths.

Simply let this group of guys who are literally not afraid of death go all out. They finally fought all the battles, and the remaining larger and thriving boys, these people naturally only retain their loyalty to Duke Ross himself.

Arik didn't know that there was such a thick black behind the brother's seemingly straightforward promise.

Ross's beach camp fell asleep, and Biyonni verbally supported Aric's decision to raid. He himself respected Aric, a fighting madman, and he wanted to bring his Balmer brothers to participate. After all, the reality was a ruthless slap in the face.

The brawny men who boasted of having strong physiques and who had defeated Balmerk in Northumbria, Britain, finally found that they were not good at marching long distances in short periods of time on two legs. Although they have extremely strong endurance, long marches, less sleep and a big battle are three-pronged, and endurance also has a limit.

Now the location of the camp is not far from the target. After all, everyone walked all day, and if they persisted at night, they arrived at the Old Grey Squirrel Hill Fort.

The glory of the first battle vanguard was won by Aric's first flag team. This group of Ross Duchy had the most combat experience, and 40% of them were veterans who had participated in all the foreign wars of the Rus within five years. They woke up in the final stage of the night.

They dropped most of their supplies and set off with only a little dried fish and a leather water bag for drinking water, and light weapons and equipment.

Among the 500 brothers, there were only more than 30 light crossbowmen on loan from the Flag Shooting Corps (all 30 were from Rurik's mercenary guards), and there were also more than 20 people with short wooden bows made by themselves. .

What is quite amazing is that they carried a group of pieces of wooden boards, which were "giant arrow shields", and Aric needed this to cover the attack.

Arik has a set of siege techniques that can never be reversed. This battle is considered to be another attack on the Grey Squirrel Fortress. Therefore, if you repeat the technique, you will definitely win quickly!

Soon, the first banner team of the attacking Rus army warriors encountered the prowlers of the Tavastiya forest arranged in the woods near the mountain fort.

Vatyaara was defeated and determined to hold on, and he became so cautious that he began to set up sentries.

In the twilight of the early morning, the sentry spotted the team advancing along the river beach, and felt that something was wrong and ran back to the mountain fort.

At that time, the Grey Squirrel Hill Fort had become dilapidated after the war. After being occupied by Tavastia, it was expanded, especially in the tighter city defense.

How to reinforce wooden walls? Dig it!

It doesn't matter if the soil is digging to reinforce the foundation, there is a circle of protective trenches surrounding the entire mountain fort.

The mountain fort was built with a gate and a small gate, the woods near the mountain fort were cut down, and even the humus layer on the surface was cleaned up.

Why? As a result, it naturally expands the guardian's line of sight. Second, some land has been simply planed, but there are a few onions that have just been planted in it!

Although the migrants were evacuated under Wat Yarra's order, they had already started farming before leaving, even though the climate in the area was too cold.

The sentries ran back one after another, roaring as they ran.

Their cry completely broke the tranquility of the morning, and also completely ruined the last beautiful dream of Vat Yarra.

The entire mountain fort ended peacefully, and all the Tavastiya warriors stationed stood up.

Old and young, they guard the new territory they have just eaten with mixed feelings, and now a large number of people with bows are walking up the wooden wall, like sparrows covered with branches.

Soon, after walking through the last forest, Arik had a complete insight into the situation ahead.

"Boss, we're here." A soldier pointed at the exposed mountain fort with a sword.

"Good!" Arik glanced at the rising sun, the morning fog was quickly dissipating, and the hazy figure of the mountain castle was also flashing.

He carried a round shield on his back like a tortoise shell, and this time he slowly drew out his double swords with his back facing the brothers behind him.

The humming of the drawn sword was simply the most wonderful echo. The brothers of the first flag team were overjoyed. Everyone was fortunate to fight under the rising sun. The glory was inevitable. This defeated the enemy, and the brothers naturally had the right to choose the spoils first.

Armed with two swords, Arik and a dozen brothers suddenly walked out of the edge of the woods and stepped on the open ground outside Grey Squirrel Hill Fort.

Although the situation has changed a bit, he saw that the overall structure of the mountain fort was still the same.

"Look! Brothers. Look at those wooden walls with a flock of turtledoves."

"Our defeated generals actually want to defend the city." Someone shouted disdainfully.

Some people also cautioned: "They are really prepared. We still have to be shot by arrows when we attack rashly. Even if we are all armored, their arrows that reach the wall can still cause trouble."

"It doesn't matter, we came prepared. Now follow me up and scare them!"

Arik was really determined to win, he brought more than ten people forward and walked more than ten cloths, and then shouted.

Looking at the mountain castle again, Wattara, who was standing cautiously on the wall, frowned.

"Are the Rus mocking us? Does anyone know the Varyag language?"

How could this group of Tavastian warriors who saw the sea for the first time understand the shouts of heroes at sea?

But what they saw next to the Rus' behavior, everyone knew it must be humiliating.

It turned out that Arik deliberately lifted his trousers with his brothers, and in the eyes of the Tavastians, there was a group of white flowers in the distance, and that was actually...

"Should humiliate us! Come on! Shoot them!" Wattara bared his teeth and ordered.

Although the distance is relatively far, so humiliation does not mean to fight back?

Vatyara gathered all the archers on the wooden wall. There were nearly two hundred archers under his command, and there were as many as five thousand arrows.

The weight of the short wooden bow is about twenty pounds. Thanks to the light arrows fired, the arrows can fly a long distance.

A whizzing sound came from the sky, and Arik hurriedly lifted his pants, but unexpectedly, the unfortunate brothers were hit in the buttocks.

Who would have thought that the first wounded of the Ross Army appeared, and the wounded was still a big butt?

This person was only slightly wounded. Arik personally pulled out the bone arrow cluster and greeted the soldier to stay aside and rest.

The frightened person looked at Arik, and suddenly laughed again, which caused more people to giggle.

"What are you laughing at?! Damn, I really underestimated them."

"It doesn't matter," cried the first warrior who laughed, "and soon the tree fell down. Their arrows are indeed stronger than the Kovins, but their wooden door will be knocked open by us. Then the brothers rush in. Wanton slashing."

"Very good." Arik nodded, and in an instant, a big tree collapsed, and the forest was shaken.

Russ people seem to jump out just for humiliation? Vatyara felt that her counterattack had severely damaged the spirit of the Rus, and the Tavastian warriors who had fought vainly cheered for this round of salvo.

There were more than 100 arrows stuck on the flat ground. In fact, only two arrows had the help of the wind, and only one arrow brought painless losses to the Rus people.

Vatyaara knew that the enemy would not let it go, and only the role of a scout appeared. There must be a large number of enemies hidden in the forest ahead, and the war must break out today.

"Brothers! Get ready to fight."

He felt the shaking of the earth and sensed the crisis. Soon, the Ross army really left the woods, making all the defenders of the mountain castle vigilant, and the hand of controlling the strings trembled for it.

Arik was still holding up his two swords, and the steel sword in his right hand suddenly swung: "Russian! Let's go!"

More than 20 strong men in chainmail and black bear skins attacked them, tied them with hemp ropes, and carried a large pine tree that had just been cut down.

Beside him are a group of people holding shields, and more than 30 soldiers holding large arrow shields in front. A large number of ordinary warriors marched forward with their shields in hand, with bows and crossbows following the shield bearers.

Arik's men launched a large formation that seemed to be loose but actually defended the "pine battering ram", and began to attack against the arrows thrown by the enemy.

Although Arik suddenly noticed that the group of enemies suddenly became brave as soon as the battle started, he felt a little bit of a struggle, but he was satisfied that he could fight an enemy who showed his true strength.

Because this kind of battle will make everyone's victory glorious!

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