Rise of Rurik

Chapter 576 The war will continue

The battlefield is full of lying Tavastian warriors, and the wounded are wriggling and weak, and they have been found and killed by the Rus.

The land became muddy, the air was filled with a pungent stench, and the blood of the war dead began to pool into creeks, forming horrific "red runoffs" that poured into the galloping Oulu River, turning the river red.

But the battle continues!

Watkad, the military leader of Tavastia, has committed suicide, but how many people in the rebel army have noticed this?

The encirclement of the Rus people has been merged, and they put together the blood-stained shields into a large circle, shouting neat chants and constantly compressing the encirclement.

At one time, the Tavastians in the circle tried to break through, but after all, they could not break through this rock-like shield wall.

The people in the circle were all trembling with short spears and hand axes, and they were covered in furry leather, like a wounded beast waiting to be hunted.

What's more peculiar is that deadly arrows often fly out of the gaps in the shield. This was Rurik's intention, and the crossbow-wielding warriors were ordered to continue bleeding the enemies in the circle.

"Where is the commander? Whatkad! Think of a way for the brothers?" Some village leaders roared in despair.

"That's right! If we continue like this, it's really over!" Someone else was wailing.

Finally, a soldier who tried his best to keep his composure and his legs trembled unconsciously rushed to his village chief and said desperately, "Watkad is dead, we are finished."

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"Already dead? Shot by the Rus?"

"No...he committed suicide."

"Suicide?!" The village leader almost gritted his teeth and scolded: "Stupid! You stupid leader caused all of your brothers to be killed, you'd better kill yourself!"

"Village Chief, what should we do?" The man continued to mourn.

How to do? What else can I do?

The leader of the village wanted to surrender to survive, but looking at the battle, the Rus people were about to kill everyone.

Maybe... can try?

In times of crisis, there is always someone who has to stand up and find a way. The village leader observed the situation for a while, and was horrified to find that there were fewer than 500 brothers who were still resisting.

The fact is that the 3,000-strong army that Tavastia had assembled was nearly wiped out in one morning's battle. Who knew that the Rus' line was so strong? The brothers are simply using flesh and blood to smash the iron-like enemy.

The village chief suddenly stood up, and in front of the bloody steel sword and blood-red shield of the aggressive Rus, he threw away his small wooden shield and hand axe in public.

He shouted in his own language: "Stop the war! We are going to live! No more fighting, we surrender!"

He continued to shout, and the Koros front was still approaching.

Until Rurik ordered a truce!

Could it be that the prayer of a village chief can be exchanged for the mercy of the Rus? It can be said that "destroying you have nothing to do with you", the Rus people did stop, it was just Rurik, who was sitting at the rear, who issued an order. The reason behind this is also very simple - if the enemy is killed, who will do it? Lead the way for me to go straight to Huanglong?

The appetite of Rurik, or the entire Rus army, has grown. What is a victory? If you can take the opportunity to expand the victory, the fool will hesitate.

The person who was instructed to report the letter took a lot of effort to accurately convey the information, and the Ross Army gradually stopped.

There are less than 400 Tavastians left alive. If the Rus army does not stop, it is equivalent to half an hour, and the enemy in the encirclement will be wiped out. It is like a group of wolves breaking into sheep. The result of the circle is destined to be clear.

The shield wall stopped, and the terrified Tavastians felt a little relieved.

Of course it wasn't that simple. He opened his arms to signal that the innocent village chief had fallen in a pool of blood. He was hit in the face by a heavy crossbow arrow and died on the spot.

But there are still many noble village leaders who are protected by their own people,

They are still safe for the time being, but they are under pressure and dare not take the blame lightly.

Suddenly, the shield wall gave way.

First, more than a dozen Ross Berserkers dressed in black bear skins and fangs bear heads stood up, followed by a big man who seemed to be a child with a serious face and a sword.

Rurik was indeed a big man. He was obviously a bloody slaughter of other people's sloppy mess, and now he is still keeping clean.

He took off his helmet, pointed the sword in his right hand at the trembling enemy who had given up resistance, and yelled at the group of Tavastians in a language at least the Kovins could understand: "Drop your weapons! Kneel on the ground. Be a slave! Avoid death! Otherwise, kill immediately!"

Rurik said it three times in a row, looking at his opponent's trembling eyes, maybe they didn't understand?

He was too lazy to speak, and simply asked: "Your leader! Come out!"

Looking at the Tavastians again, the protected village leaders gradually became more active, and finally one person stood up boldly.

The man approached Rurik cautiously, terrified of the swords and spears of the Ruth warriors, but took two steps and stood straight.

"You... who are you? The leader of Tavastia?" Rurik asked again.

Such a scene is really a fool and he knows that this boy with a childish blond face is indeed a noble person in this Ross army, but it is still uncertain whether he is the commander or not.

The village leader hesitated, Rurik gritted his teeth, and immediately called Mechasta and Kaihas behind him to stand up.

For this group of enemies, Kaihas, there is no good face at all. Because of his rage, this old guy just scolded, and a blood rushed to his head and passed out.

Kaihas was helped down, and it was Mechasta's turn to continue raising his sword and scolding: "You Tavastians, we don't want to fight with you, but it is you who cause trouble. Now that the Rus army is here, you all kneel down and do it. slave!"

Seeing that the order didn't work, Mechasta simply pulled all the Kewen longbowmen over.

The archers shot arrows one after another, and suddenly shot with the permission of Rurik's eyes.

What language do they understand? This is!

The sudden death made the hesitant people wake up instantly, and the last Tavastiya warriors lost their souls, threw their weapons and knelt on the ground, and said nothing like big fat sheep to be slaughtered.

Looking at the village chief, he knelt on the ground and crawled to Rurik's side, was immediately pressed by the Ruth warriors, and then tied with ropes. He wailed loudly that he was considered noble, and that he should not be humiliated and hoped for a chance to cooperate.

Want to cooperate? OK! Ross is missing a leader.

A large group of captives became slaves. After a short period of identification, Rurik discovered that there were quite a few teenagers in it. Their age was not much older than himself, but their height and size really stretched their hips.

According to the original tactical plan, Rurik was to drive out the invaders and wipe out the enemy's living force in one fell swoop.

The number of captives as many as 300 people was beyond his expectations, and it was reasonable to think about it carefully.

Are you going to kill prisoners? This kind of thing is too bad, Rurik doesn't want to be a big villain, but the fate of this group of captives should not be as simple as being a slave.

What will the Rus get in this war? Just a killing spree?

Do not! The Rus people must get greater benefits, otherwise they will be sorry for the loss of their own troops and material consumption in this battle.

The war was over, and in the afternoon, the still large and powerful Rus army began to sweep the battlefield.

As Rurik had predicted, with the complete destruction of the Tavastia reinforcements, the besieged Old Grey Squirrel Hill fort fell on its own. The Russ warriors climbed the wall unhindered and swept in the enemy who were dying of starvation. The only person who was spared was Terho. As for the other Ohdo, his people have been hacked and killed in the rebellion. The only reason Terjo was alive was that he was shouting a short phrase in Norse: I am Ross's servant.

Those prisoners of war were forced to carry the headless corpses of the war dead. As for the Qianshou, which had been used as a proof of their achievements, the Rus deliberately arranged them into a matrix in groups of 100. Those headless corpses were thrown directly into the Oulu River and left to be washed into the sea while the snow was still melting. As for whether the Russians who were building permanent settlements in Coventstad were shocked, Liuri K's can't take it anymore.

A large number of weapons were confiscated, and Rurik in particular was surprised by the collection of arrows. The enemy clearly had as many as 20,000 arrows, but they achieved little effect.

It is undeniable that those javelins with long and narrow wrought iron heads that have been bent have given the Rus a hard blow.

In this battle, the entire Rus army ended up killing more than 50 people, of which there were naturally Balmers who came from afar, and as many as 300 people were injured to varying degrees.

Since the injured are generally bruised and painful on the limbs, this problem is not difficult.

In exchange for such casualties, the enemy piled up as many as thirty matrices!

The Rus actually collected as many as 2,900 heads, how could this not be a great and wonderful victory?

In addition to the previous battles, it is equivalent to saying that the Tavastians had dispatched a total of 4,500 troops, and now the entire army has been wiped out, leaving only 300 or 400 prisoners of war who can be disposed of.

The comprehensive price paid by the Rus cannot be said to be small.

The strategic deployment of the Rus Principality in this watershed was completely disintegrated due to the enemy's invasion. More than 300 people of Kewen and the Rus who stayed for the winter were killed because they were outnumbered.

At night, the entire Ross army left the dirty and dark battlefield, and they spent the night in the old camp in the woods.

The victorious warriors continued to eat wheat and fish, laughing around the bonfire, seemingly ignoring their exhaustion.

People are saying that Lord Rurik wants to carry out the war to the end, and continue to fight south with the remaining power after victory. It is best to destroy the lair of Tavastia, and the brothers will loot and triumph!

This kind of mentality also shrouded the entire Balmerk "Expeditionary Force". Although they planned to attack Britain in the second half of the year to grab money, food, women and territories, facing the chance of looting furs and women wildly in the East, Biyonny and Flo Is there any reason why the base brothers do not mix?

Like the Rus, the Balmers have no qualms about being a woman. No matter what kind of woman she is, as long as she can have children, she is a good woman. With this mentality, the three hundred Balmerk soldiers are ready to move.

The captives were all given a bit of dried fish, and that was all for dinner. They were closely guarded by the Ruth army, and as for their fate, Rurik had a whole new plan in mind, even if he thought his brothers might not be very supportive.

The bodies of the Whatkard brothers were found and identified, with their heads chopped off.

The terrifying Qianshou Rurik didn't even want to see it, since Kaihas was going to let out a bad breath, he would leave it to him for safekeeping.

Only five of the thirty village chiefs were left alive, and there was another old traitor Terho who was lucky to survive. After his two front teeth were broken, he was not kneeling beside the bonfire, facing the honorable man. Rurik.

The noble captives were kneeling on the ground with their hands tied, and the elites of Ross sat casually, treating them as if they were bound boars.

Seeing that the time had come, and all the people who were supposed to come had arrived, Rurik shouted in public about his new strategy for the prisoners.

"I've decided! These people are no longer slaves, and I won't kill them. I'm going to let them go."

Arik suddenly sat upright, "Brother, you...you really think so? Why do you want to release them? Show your kindness?"

Seeing this, Rurik said again: "Look at your suspicious eyes, I know you are questioning. Well, you can talk about your thoughts."

Mechasta was the first to signal: "It should be killed. My lord, I advise you not to trust the Tavastians, they are dangerous."

Kaihas also said: "I also recommend killing. If it is not a slave, it must be killed, otherwise they will regain their strength, and even if they surrender now, they will launch a rebellion."

This kind of rhetoric made it difficult for Rurik to ride a tiger, because the enemy chiefs were kneeling here.

He was looking at everyone's intentions, and although he was against killing and surrendering, everyone's attitude was still axe and axe.

"That won't do!" Rurik exclaimed: "I am the Duke! My words are orders! I will never kill prisoners, because it is not honorable at all! If you want to kill, kill them on the battlefield."

"Then give them weapons, and I will fight with them again." Arik shouted like a pissed off.

Rurik shook his head, his attitude would not change in the slightest.

"I have decided that I will attack the hinterland of Tavastia, and I will release these captives in exchange for ransom. I will take you to their territory to plunder wealth, especially a group of local women to satisfy my brothers. I Make a contract with them."

"Contract? A servant's contract?" Arik asked dismissively.

"Yes. The Kovins lost too much, and the number of people who provided us with squirrel skins decreased. Since the Tavastians chose the war and they were defeated, they will provide the leather in the future..."

In fact, everyone is too lazy to oppose Rurik's decision, at least everyone supports it when it comes to attacking the enemy's hinterland and expanding the results. It's not just that the Rus can take advantage of the enemy's extreme weakness to have a reason to expand the results, but they can.

There is a waterway that leads directly to the lake area in the south. The Rus people can quickly enter the most traditional longboats, but in a few days, everyone will be able to make a fortune.

Rurik spared Terjo an order and made him a guide. He informed the surrendering village chiefs of his demands to spare captives' lives in exchange for an eventual ransom (in lieu of leather), who had no choice but to agree.

Pride is dead, warriors are sheep. What will happen to the defeated Tavastiya until the Rus army rushes into their homes, but fortunately, the Rus people give everyone a condition, that is, the five surrendered village leaders, because their surrender will exchange for Rus Man's "no plunder" promise.

The previous war was a big stick, and Rurik continued to give small favors. The so-called claim that these five Tavastiya villages are different, and that maintaining a state of submission will also be able to obtain the military protection of the Rus.

They had no choice, and now the five village chiefs all felt that this young commander of Ross was worthy of trust. At this stage, they can't care about other villages that have suffered heavy losses. If they are the hounds of the strong Rus people, just like the Kowen people who are prosperous among the Rus people, this is acceptable.

But Ross is still a conqueror!

On a new day, Rurik publicly announced that he would take his brothers to the hinterland of Tavastia and loot, no matter what he could loot, the Rus, the Melarens, the Uppsalas, the Kovins and the Balmers, everyone is boiling!

The Rus Army is such a mixed army, and if necessary, thousands of Slavic fighters can be placed in it at once.

This Viking army, which is a mixture of multiple tribes, has strengthened its identification with the Principality of Ross in war and trade. Rurik also realized that for this group of Nordic berserkers, the simplest and crudest way to condense them into fists The way is to start a foreign war. Of course, this is an expedient measure in the current era. In the longer run, it is still the education of children in safe areas in the rear, so that people in the future can recognize Ross as everyone's Ross.

To continue to expand the war, Rurik needed to gather a group of longboats upstream to the current camp location, and then continue to rush to the upstream Oulu Lake to find the correct channel to kill Tavastia.

He needed a lot of longboats, the order has been issued, and soon the support of the hometown of Roseburg, which is due west of the ocean, will arrive.

Before that, although the life of this group of prisoners is spared, some special measures must be taken.

Arik and other Ross elites should be carefully checked. Rurik doesn't want to be a self-willed person. Since the brothers are worried about letting the tiger go back to the mountains and at the same time disgusting killing, then special measures should be taken.

No, all the captives were held down and the thumbs of their hands were chopped off in the wailing.

What does this mean? Because this group of Tavastiya hunters are all "finger-pulling", if they cut off their thumbs, they can't pull the bow with their bones wrapped around their fingers. And that's not all, in order to prevent them from being forced to learn the "Mediterranean flow" again, their index fingers were also cut off.

Regardless of age, ordinary prisoners have lost their thumbs and index fingers on their left and right hands. Of course, such a person can still grasp some things, but the grasping power is probably only 40% or lower than in the past. Archery with a bow? Maybe the arrow can be fired up to the equivalent of fifty meters away, but that's about it.

What kind of combat power can such a prisoner have?

Such a move really satisfies Arik. He never imagined that under the handsome face of his younger brother hides not only the ferocity of the family since ancient times, the endless wisdom bestowed by Odin, but also the cunning.

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