Rise of Rurik

Wooden slats were used to reinforce the wooden walls, and some temporary scaffolding was started. Old mercenaries with considerable combat experience piled up stones and dirt at the main entrance of the shop's mansion. The carts with goods were also pushed to the wall, and the carts were unloaded to build wooden boxes, which were temporarily used as standing places, enough for the soldiers to carry half of them. As probing out.

Blue Fox checked his own armament. Although most of them were equipped with melee weapons, there were also some crossbows with wooden arms, and there was another bow of average quality. The arrows have inherited the consistent tradition of the Rus people. The carbon steel quenched arrow clusters have good penetrating power and have a good effect on any enemy.

The Ross store is a fortress, with a circular wooden wall forming a tortoise shell. The wood in their outdoor booths has been scavenged for reinforcement.

It would be too passive to turn into a turtle and just guard it.

One quiet night, the blue fox called all the soldiers in the house.

Although they were alone and deliberately trapped in a corner, the warriors displayed a fearless aura, as if they didn't care about their own death and just wanted to enjoy the fun of killing.

With the ominous atmosphere in Hazelby now, soldiers can probe one or two from a high place. No one dared to approach the fortress of Ross's shop. Occasionally, ignorant children would stick their heads out, and soldiers would wave their hands and approached indifferently. The children were immediately taken away by their families, which undoubtedly revealed a clear signal of crisis.

The gorgeous clothes were put aside, and the blue fox also put on an iron helmet. His face was squeezed very distorted, but even though this helmet was the largest, it could barely fit the blue fox's head.

This fat-headed seal-like young man has a big belly, and he thinks it is very suitable for him to be a big businessman. It is too absurd to be a warrior.

Absurdity is absurd. Under the obvious military pressure of the enemy, businessmen should think about how to protect themselves.

Some veterans took the opportunity to say casually: "No one will be afraid of the Danes. The new Danes are still our defeated soldiers. It's just that we have few people and few weapons in our hands. If we want to kill many enemies, we still have to fight with us. They are fighting."

When it comes to fighting, the veterans retorted in an instant: "Confused! Want us to fight them head-on? We obviously have few people, so doing this is courting death."

"What's wrong? We are almost certain to die in battle. I want to look like the heads of a group of enemies from the front, instead of standing on a high place and shooting cold arrows as planned."

"Do you think it's not honorable to shoot cold arrows? When the enemy is dead, you are alive, and it will be honor. No one cares whether you kill the enemy with an axe or a sword."

"Absurd. A true warrior should smash his enemies' heads with an axe."

"Forget it, if the prince is to choose, he will definitely give our brothers a steel-armed crossbow, and let us line up to shoot arrows. The sword and the axe will not be stained with blood, and we will get the corpses of the enemy."

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The old mercenaries can quarrel themselves, and they each have their own reasons. Lanhu is very happy with their momentum, and they are not happy at this juncture. Some people want to pursue the so-called dignified duel.

The blue fox said: "We are not the time to quarrel. I am the commander here, but I am not a soldier, and I don't know some tactics. But I only know one principle, brothers don't really need to fight to the last person. I hope you can keep killing the enemy and we don't die. I hope you all give advice, hold on to our wooden wall, and try to think of killing the enemy through the wall."

The old mercenary who was eager to break through the wall to kill the enemy stopped talking, and his followers also quieted down.

As for Blue Fox's proposal, everyone really couldn't think of any new tricks other than releasing cold arrows.

"You're all thinking about archery? No more ideas?"

Lanhu was dissatisfied in his heart, and was unable to make irresponsible remarks on the bright side.

The Vadi Zdalovich suggested: "Or we prepare some stones, and the stones can kill and injure the enemy."

"Stones... We still have some stones left here." The blue fox was really speechless.

Vardy asked back, "If we make a batch of slings out of cloth rope, the small stones will be useful."

"A sling? Are you good at slinging? That thing doesn't work at all, it's a shepherd's trick."

Vardy immediately raised his eyebrows: "Sir, do you have any more options? Our brothers (referring to the Slavs) will all do this trick. If the enemy has no armor, the stones we shoot will give them a taste."

"Okay." Blue Fox shrugged, "At least there is a way. You..." He looked at the others again, "You should try to find some better ideas."

In fact, some people thought of boiling hot water. Some old mercenaries saw the actions of the local defenders when the Swedish coalition besieged the Borgholm fort. The siege took a group of people extremely painful and could not bear to look directly at the blow. But this method has many problems, like they don't have much water, and they also lack pottery urns and fuel wood.

The Ross shop could have a torsion slingshot available, but Blue Fox required that the armed merchant ship returning home must be equipped to prevent accidents when passing through the waters of Burgundy Island, so there was no one left.

Blue Fox has his own considerations. From the beginning, he didn't want to die, he just wanted to kill a large group of enemies with extreme opponents and then take a strange path to escape.

There was no objection on the issue of letting go of the cold arrow. As for Lanhu's order, someone finally came up with a way to make people laugh.

"The arrows smear our dung. Lord Maharaja said that dung is a kind of filth, and there are some invisible bad things in it. It will cause redness and swelling when it comes into contact with bloody flesh and blood, and eventually people will die of fever. Alcohol washes the wound, it is certain to die."

Some people say that, everyone is really happy.

After all, this is also a means. Since the prince said that this trick is effective, he also explained the principle inside. Brothers don’t need to use it for nothing.

This was a meeting to discuss more ways to kill the enemy, and the results of the research were nothing more than fancy archery and slings with unknown effects. They have also developed some new tactics in tactics, such as making some ladders and assembling wooden slats on the roof of the house within the wall to form a platform for the soldiers with crossbow to lie down and shoot arrows.

According to this plan, the Rus will consume arrows on a large scale. There are not many arrows in Lanhu's hands. There are forty crossbows and step bows in total, and the arrows are barely enough for a thousand. Since the arrow is the main force to kill the enemy, the blue fox had to use his subordinates to do more.

How to make more arrows? Soldiers are good at using their ingenuity in embarrassing situations. At first, the long arrow was split in two, and the thick iron nails in the wooden slats, the bones of the leftover food, and even the pottery were all polished and trapped on the wooden pole with ropes. It doesn't matter whether the tail feathers are present or not. All of them can only be fired from a crossbow, and a close-range shot can be a victory.

They haven't reached the point of inventing the arrow by themselves, but they have realized that one arrow can be cut off as a double envoy.

On the other hand, Vadi Zdalovich also brought his hometown people to get their slings, but hemp rope tied a cloth bag, and the power is unknown in simple terms.

They still have a way to get out of the way. Lanhu is a businessman, and he must pay attention to keeping his hands in business. Big businessmen are often the coveted targets of gangs and powerful people. If the other party uses force to snatch them, the businessman and wealthy must have an escape route to escape.

An alleyway was dug under the Ross store. The interior was dark, but the passageway was reinforced with wooden strips. It's not very narrow, and it's built just enough to allow the fat blue fox to run in one direction, and that's enough.

The roadway leads to about 200 meters away. When the so-called shop was built at the beginning, Gould, an old guy, told his second son Blue Fox that it was similar to the "three caves of the cunning rabbit". The roadway and the shop were built at the same time, and a large number of them were dug up The soil was placed next to the wooden wall, and the wall was reinforced by the way.

Even if there is an escape route, many old mercenaries are like sharks that smell blood. It can be said that they are ignorant, but they have their own opinions. They always feel that they are not ordinary mercenaries, but the personal soldiers of the Son of God, right? It can let the enemy see the back of his escape.

The Rus people have given up all their fantasies. They stay behind closed doors. The blue flag of Ross on a white background hangs high on the wall. There is more than one flag, which is a mockery of Stad.

Since a group of big businessmen and a group of gang leaders described the legend of Roseburg's gold and silver, Stade and his brothers are also actively preparing for the war.

Is it to attack a wooden fort? Based on the experience of robbing landowners in Flanders, Stade is not a stranger to siege.

The rich people of Flanders or some villages, they built walls to make shelter.

In essence, the Horlicks who invaded Flanders belonged to the first "Norman conquerors". It was only as Horlick led his troops back to Denmark, the territory they occupied in Flanders was doomed to decline rapidly, and they did not achieve long-term conquest. These years of raging have greatly changed the lives of the local people in Flanders. They were afraid of being looted by the Norman bandits of Durist, and powerful people began to build defensive measures, such as building strong buildings, setting up defensive towers and digging Ditches, buildings to store enough food for many people to survive for a long time and to dig wells.

It was the rampage of the Vikings that led to the "Castle Age" in Western Europe. Every capable village and lord with financial resources would build defensive buildings of wood and stone, so as to shelter the fleeing crowds when the Vikings invaded.

The change first occurred in Flanders, where the locals began to build wooden fortresses, and the Normans began to practice engineering while looting became difficult.

Stade knows two tricks, logging and stacking on a cart to make a wall-breaking dash. There are also long ladders made to allow soldiers to climb directly into the wall.

Another trick that is generally not easy to use is to throw a rope with a loop to cover some protrusions of the wooden wall, and the brothers swarm up and pull the rope to forcibly collapse the wall.

The new Danes in full armor are chopping wood?

Gray Wolf Carl, who took his participation in the war as his name, has already summoned 500 people! A large group of ragged natives, armed with their assorted weapons, formed a menacing army to the Stad warriors.

The appearance of a large army really surprised Stad. The gray wolf Carl wore a tin helmet on his head and reported to his new master arrogantly.

"Look, these are my people. Don't look at them a little sloppy, they will be like hungry wolves and mad dogs, and they will even bite with their teeth in order to fight."

"Mad Dog Hungry Wolf? Why do I think they are like a bunch of beggars." Stade's words were very aggressive, and Gray Wolf Carl was speechless for a while.

"It doesn't matter." Stade waved his hand: "I saw it all. You have a lot of people. I hope that these guys who have attacked signs are indeed not afraid of death."

"Ah?! You all know?"

"You're arresting people in the city and nearby Saxon villages, and that's not what you're doing. Well..."

Stade was interested, he walked into the group of peasants, small traders and even small craftsmen who were raiding forcibly, and announced to them: "I am your future lord! You are fighting for me now, and when you win, You will all be rewarded."

So some people started to shout and cheer, and then it caused a mass frenzy.

This is an unparalleled momentum, and even the Rus people in the distant fortress have noticed that it is the Viking battle cry of a soldier, and it has brought an abrupt end to the calm and boring days. The war is finally coming?

Gray Wolf Karl did not hesitate to ask for credit: "I said, these people are like a rainbow, and they will definitely help the lord to win. Then in the future..."

"Don't worry, we won't treat the meritorious, you can take them away."

"Yes. It's just..."

"What's wrong?"

"I have something to ask you."

"What's the matter?"

"I saw that your warriors were chopping wood and preparing a lot of hemp rope, this..."

Stade was too lazy to explain, thinking that this leader would not be stupid enough to even attack a city? Maybe it is.

"You don't need to ask, I'll understand when I decide to go to war. Now I'll give you a task."

"As ordered!"

"I haven't said it yet!"

"Of course my brothers and I obey your orders."

This guy's attitude is like a pug, I'm afraid it's a little more false and condescending. It doesn't matter whether it's pretending or not, Stad directly ordered: "Then prepare more bows and collect arrows."

"As ordered."

Is it difficult to unplug that fortress? The scouts sent by Stade watched in secret, and those who returned claimed to have seen the Rus actively preparing for the battle, and even converted the roof into a tower.

Stade was arrogant at first, and since the scout reported this unusual intelligence, he had to get serious.

The Rus are by no means confident in their field battles, they even think they are good at building defenses? The dress of their soldiers is quite a bit like the Frankish regular army. If their strength can be compared with the Frankish army, they really need to be cautious.

He began to respect the opponent. The so-called best respect is to use the greatest strength to drive the opponent to death.

What's more, the time is not far from August, the whole of Denmark will start the wheat harvest, and the Danish heroes who robbed outside will also go home to harvest the wheat. When these people return, they will see that Denmark has changed, but these people are probably the most rebellious in Denmark. To make these people submit to the new king, Horrick needs some victory.

Horrick was just preparing, he sent Stad to occupy Hazelby to declare his dominion, and also gave him the qualification to annihilate the ministers. Horrick was actually worried that his own department would bring all his personal troops.

Horlick decided to lead his troops to Hezeby during the harvest season, and to occupy this trading city established by his grandfather to show all the Danish lords and pirate leaders what it was like to be brave.

In order to please his master, Stade encountered the disgusting nail of Ross merchants. If he didn't annihilate them, wouldn't he be disgusting King Horrick in the end?

Those big businessmen fooled that Stad had a mountain of gold and silver that could be robbed. They gave all their support except for help. The so-called mercenary did not cooperate, but guarded their wealth and watched the tiger fight.

It is impossible for the gang leader and a group of loyal horses to go through fire and water in person, and the brothers also succumbed to the legend of wealth, waiting for the victory to rob the money.

Since then, a group of poor civilians have been gathered, almost all of them were forced, but when they learned that if they won the battle, they had the right to rob the mountain of silver coins from the Rus, the peasants were in high spirits, because they all knew that the Rus merchants were real. rich. They have long envied the wealth of the Rus merchants, just because the weak robbery is sure to die, and now there is a new king of Denmark behind the back to provide legitimacy for the collective robbery, the so-called this is not a robbery but a fight for the honor of Denmark .

The leaders of the various gangs were arresting people, but as a result, a team of thousands of people was gathered in Haizebi and nearby villages! A group of farmers are very much looking forward to looting a sum from the Russ merchants before the wheat harvest, so that the rent they owe the landlord can be wiped off, or they can get a sum of money to buy new land, farm implements, or even get a wife .

They are farmers, but they are farmers in Denmark. They are completely different from Frank farmers and British farmers. In fact, these people have transformed into shirtless Viking pirates. It's just that their weapons are too poor, and their offensive weapons are just hand axes, short spears, harpoons and rusted iron swords, but everyone has prepared a round shield that is enough to protect most of their torso. Many people are really shirtless, with strange braids, and even their beards are braided.

It is also reasonable for Stad to say that these people are like beggars, because the armor that Horrick's old men have fully popularized, although it is made of leather and riveted iron pieces, this kind of approach, which is very similar to the Frankish regular infantry, is Horrick's New Denmark. The army can reflect dazzling light under the sun, and the momentum is comparable to a group of shirtless soldiers?

At least they are numerous and powerful. The scale of more than 1,000 people is completely beyond his expectations. He thinks that this blow will be an easy victory. Stade even found it redundant to make siege rams and ladders.