Rise of Rurik

In the surprised eyes of the residents of Nassau and Koblenz, a large group of big golden retrievers and a large group of small golden retrievers floated down from the upper reaches of the Lan River in a long boat.

They had seen only Norman warriors in their prime before, and now they saw a group of young children for the first time.

These children are still immature, but they are incredibly strong physically. They also have blond hair, which seems to be a little darker than those tall and strong men.

Listen carefully, they are definitely not speaking Frankish, let alone the Mosel dialect spoken by refugees from Koblenz.

It was the language of the Normans, coupled with their special attire, the so-called huge Ross flag was directly sewn on the clothes, which proved the identity of this uniformly dressed army.

Was it not the Norman Ross army who had been stationed in Nassau Village before?

Yes and no.

It wasn't until the First Banner Team of the Standing Army and the young Seventh Banner Team that a thousand people stood in Lanstein at the mouth of the Lan River that ordinary people really saw the standing army of the Kingdom of Ross.

This army really appeared, and Robert was surprised and even at a loss.

He was well aware of many situations in the Great Elbe River War two years ago, and the northerners from all walks of life, including the Ross, suffered great losses. Why did the brand new army come back after only two years? Is it true that their children have grown into warriors as Rurik said at the time? The bragging 10,000 recruits are never nonsense?

A fisherman's hut served as a temporary military command post, where nobles who participated in the battle gathered.

A wooden table was placed inside, and the map continued to be spread out on the table.

The blue fox looked at the people standing in a circle around the table again: "Everyone who should be there has arrived. The combat operation will start tomorrow, and we will make the final preparations today. In this battle, we will definitely annihilate Coblen." All the Frankish troops, now let me repeat the tactics..."

If the commander holds a map of the battlefield in his hand, and puts all the information detected before on the map as much as possible, he can often deploy troops calmly, take the initiative in the war and take the initiative to attack.

So on a macro level, as the opponent, the Zhongwang Army was ordered to capture Koblenz and stick to it. It has been more than ten days since they appeared, and they are like a tortoise lying on the Moselle River. A delta plain formed by the Rhine River.

The entire Frankish army was stationed on the slopes of the mountains at the back of the delta plain, and built their temporary camp centered on the ruins of the burned Koblenz Fortress. After all, many days have passed, and the temporary camp has been constantly reinforced, and it has a tendency to become permanent.

This mountain area is part of the huge Hesse Mountains. Although the hills are not high in altitude, they are covered by dense forests. The army is unable to climb the mountains, and the land march can only rely on the flat areas beside the two large rivers.

So the countermeasure of the Ross-Nassau-Leingau Army was to block the riverside passages between the Moselle and the Rhine.

No, Blue Fox held a wooden stick and explained with relish: "They don't have wings. When the two passages are blocked by our army, it is impossible to fly away from the mountains. They are not fish. We took all the ships away. Powerless to swim and escape.” It sounds like it’s really like catching fish in a pottery urn, no matter how you catch it.

As a great nobleman, Robert, according to the negotiation, he will command the so-called Lyingau Army, which is also the last time he commanded the fief army as Earl of Lyingau. ....

He had something to ask: "What if...they just swim across to escape? We block two roads, and the enemy can only swim away if they cannot climb over the mountain. They will definitely do this in a moment of panic. Besides, the river is not cold now. They dare!"

Blue Fox shrugged: "Then send some boats to wait on the river! If they dare to swim across, the warriors with harpoons will stab them all to death."

"So you plan to kill them all? No one will be left alive?"

"Otherwise? Our King Ross's tactic is like this, encircle and annihilate. Maybe you can give them a chance to survive, and take them as slaves after being captured. But they burned the residential area, and many people are angry, including your army." Blue Fox Take a look at the old earl: "The civilians of Koblenz also want revenge. They didn't have the opportunity before, but now they do."

"No. A noble should not kill another noble unless absolutely necessary. Also

Maybe you...shouldn't do anything wrong. "

"I do, but with the war at this level, they're forcing me to kill them all."

The blue fox was calm on the surface, but his words became more and more aggressive. Robert didn't know if the Norman was really furious, but the three knights who had escaped from Ju village on the other side deeply agreed with the blue fox's words.

Some people were so indignant: "Even if Fred was stationed in Koblenz in the past, he was polite to us. This Quentin is possessed by Satan! We are hereditary nobles. He broke the rules if he dared to kill us. He must go die!"

"Listen? Victims have such an attitude. Can I make them restrain themselves?" Blue Fox spread his hands.

The house was full of excitement, the victimized nobles wanted revenge, and the newly arrived Ross generals were full of thoughts of blood sacrifice to Odin.

What else could Robert do, but he shook his head helplessly: "Then do it. May the Lord forgive my cruelty."

But Robert, as the Earl of Lyingau, never thought that the peasant soldiers under his command were good stuff. It's true that from time to time, the essence of his fiefdom was lost, all the small vassals in the plain area betrayed, and his elite soldiers were also completely lost. This was the last time in this life that he participated in the battle as the Earl of Ingol, and it was also the first and only time that he participated in the battle solely by peasant soldiers.

Militia from Nassau, Koblenz, and even a small amount from the Ingau Mountains. The so-called elites consisted of only two canonized knights and their retinues, and this battle was also the last time for the two great loyalists to serve.

After experiencing a down-and-out career, Robert had to have close contact with civilians.

What Lanhu said was true. He heard that his mansion was burned down by the invading Zhongwang army, and he witnessed those troops carrying out the law of vendetta and killing innocent people. When the violent rebellion was sanctioned by the great nobles and clergy of the north, the peasants erupted into unprecedented fervor. Maybe, this group of so-called warriors without armor and armed with various agricultural tools can really overwhelm King Lothar's elite standing army by virtue of their numbers?

Ross reinforcements, Nassau Ross garrison, local nobles and local peasant soldiers, all kinds of people put together an armed force of more than 3,000 people!

The army is now divided into three.

One: Blue Fox and his cronies led the first banner team of the standing army, together with a small army of three Koblenz knights as guides, crossed the Inn River from the Shipai Ferry, and walked across the cols in the Koblenz Mountains. Emerge on the opposite bank of the Moselle, from where it marches towards the delta plain. ....

The second: the militia army led by Robert, the small army of the two knights of Lyingau, part of the Nassau Ross garrison of old Eric, and the young Seventh Banner of Askad. After landing at Shipai Ferry, the army marched towards the delta plain along the banks of the Rhine River. They had to rest for a day after crossing the river. First, they had to rectify the messy and large army. Second, they waited for the Blue Fox's troops to cross the mountain smoothly, and finally reached the tactical coordination of the two armies going hand in hand.

The third: Vardy led 200 Nassau Ross garrisons, and with the assistance of local non-combat fishermen, organized ten long boats to cruise in the river outside the delta plain, killing any prisoners who tried, and even making rafts to escape By.

In a sense, the war is transformed into a people's war.

This was not what the blue fox and other nobles wanted. Even the defense of Koblenz was beyond everyone's expectations and ended up in such a corrupt situation. It seems that the civilians who should stay out of the noble war also instinctively launched a big revenge. .

The next day, the river crossing operation began!

It had only been three days since the rainstorm, and the land was quickly dried by the warm wind, but the river was still turbulent.

The operation of crossing the river is particular. If there are more than a dozen people in a boat, they can just land on the shore without much thought. However, the number of troops who were about to cross the river reached 3,000 people, as well as a batch of heavy weapons, logistics supplies, transport vehicles, and even fifty horses and a donkey. If the landing site is a cramped place, the messy landing situation can kill this army.

There is no place here that is more reliable than the Shipai Ferry not far upstream. Although there are a lot of rocks on the right bank, there is a rather open muddy area in the triangle area on the left bank.

The existing long boats and all small fishing boats were put into action, and more than 800 people landed in the first round of transportation.

The first to land was the Blue Fox Corps, which was about to break through the mountainous area and planned to block the passage by the Moselle River. The elite standing army commanded by Grund was all wearing heavy armor this time. The chain mail and the overall breastplate were packaged and transported by the ship. After the heavy equipment was unloaded on the other side, they were placed on the assembled trolley.

He was allocated twenty horses and the only donkey, either to pull the cart or directly consign it. Although soldiers don't know how to march in armor, each soldier also carries his own living supplies.

The standard high-top leather boots, backpacks, blankets, clothing, helmets, and weapons are also unified.

After they landed, they were busy reorganizing supplies. At this moment, the ships drifted back to Lanstein one after another, and the second round of landing was underway.

"We don't wait for the follow-up troops. The supplies are really ready, let's act as soon as possible!" Blue Fox ran and called, although when the second round of landing began, the Blue Fox's troops were walking quite a bit under the guidance of three knight guides. The neat pace ran towards the mountains.

The three knights of Koblenz had never seen such an army!

Those with feathers on their helmets are junior officers. The more feathers on them, the more gorgeous they are, the higher their status.

The heavy armor on the carriage piled up like a hill, and the backpacks of these warriors were stuffed with food. Cavaliers appreciated these Norman backpacks, and it's fair to say they were very functional.

No one is a fool. No matter how you look at it, these people are powerful and steal the spotlight. Did the three knights who led the team observe the Ross army on horseback? They want to see everything about them. , even with few troops. ....

The roads in the depression are by no means barren roads, and the mountain knights need these roads to communicate with the outside world.

It has just rained and the roads are a bit muddy, and the carriages transporting heavy armor will inevitably get stuck in the mud. At that time, you only need to push it. This is the biggest trouble on the march.

They didn't have to worry about getting lost, not only because the local knights served as guides, but also because after spending the first night in the mountains, the army found a small river that could not be sailed shortly after setting off the next morning.

Years of mountain torrents rushed out of narrow valley plains, and also rushed out of small rivers full of cobblestones. Parts of the river can indeed be sailed by boat, but the existence of a large number of shoals makes people laugh. The shallow soil is full of rocks, and the place is covered with grass. According to the leading knight, this place is not suitable for farming and has not been developed, and it is not a good choice for grazing.

But in the eyes of the blue fox, this place is not so bad. The large pebbles at your fingertips, and even some large stones that were washed and fell into the river not long ago, are good building bricks if they are transported away and slightly processed.

The mountainous area is not huge, and the Blue Fox's troops marched continuously, and arrived at the Moselle River around noon the next day.

There is another big river in front of him, but he is no stranger, and so are his cronies.

The other side of the river is lush and green, it is too quiet, and there is an invisible murderous intent.

"This is the Moselle River. My fief is still a little to the south. Now we just need to continue going north, and we will be in a pass." A knight leading the way described it, but his eyes kept trembling.

Blue Fox thought for a while: "Are you planning to go home?"

"Exactly. But I'm worried...if they still have troops in my village."

"It's okay. We have plenty of time, so we just went to investigate your fief. Besides, if there are still enemies in the rear, it's not good for me if we don't clear them first." Blue Fox said.

The progress of the army was faster than Lan Hu had expected. Since the gods had no problems on the path through the mountains, the time saved should of course be used.

Either excited, anxious, or hesitant, the knights rode their old horses and hurried back to their fief with their limited entourage. They were already mentally prepared, but faced with the demolished village and the ruined mansion...

No one shed tears, but some phalanxes that were almost crushed into powder.

They scouted around and returned in the evening.

The knights were not young, and when their middle-aged houses were demolished, they picked some usable daily necessities from the ruins of their own homes and withdrew to the riverside camp. The subordinates were not young either. Their master's mansion was in disaster, and their own house also collapsed.

The knights and retinues looked like iron, and the setting sun shone on their faces, and the murderous aura overflowed involuntarily.

Blue Fox's character is easy-going, and it has only become rougher after years of experience, but once the days are comforted, he will return to his cheerful appearance. The guy with this kind of face is quite pleasing to chat with. Of course, he is also very particular about the timing of dealing with people. The three knights who have led the way have a bad complexion, so he dare not ask more.

He was very clever. He led the three men off their horses one after another, and he began to curse at the Frankish army: "The guilty people are in the flat area of ​​the delta in the north. My people are full of fighting spirit and will kill them all."...

"That's right. They must be killed!" A knight's face was flushed. It wasn't the setting sun, it was pure rage.

The three of them all assumed the decisive attitude of killing and revenge, but they emphasized kindness in their beliefs. To **** with it!

Then some angry knights suggested: "As for the enemies who are fascinated by Satan, they should be sent to hell! We might as well start tomorrow!"

Blue Fox looked at Beibei calmly: "Don't worry, we all have a chance of revenge. To be safe, we don't care about waiting one more day. Everything is done step by step. Please remember!" Blue Fox turned around: "We are not The main attack of this battle. But, just like logging, the ax that finally cuts down the big tree is the most beneficial. We! It is the last blow!"

On a new day, the Blue Fox Division went straight to Narrow Care.

For this team that marched neatly along the Hebei River, on the left was the Moselle River, which is equivalent to a width of more than 200 meters, and on the right was a barren mountain full of woods and no roads, which gradually rose to nearly 200 meters in altitude.

The width of the natural channel in the riverside area has been gradually changing, but the maximum width is not half of the width of the Moselle River, and even some places cannot connect two longboats in series in the eyes of the blue fox.

Some veterans were also hunters. Even if the soil was washed away by the heavy rain a few days ago, there were still people who carefully found the obvious ruts of others in this cramped place.

There are many deep ruts, which cannot be washed away by heavy rain. It can be seen that they carry heavy goods, which fully proves that this riverside road is the route of the Frankish army. The brothers are really in the right place to stop here.

The blue fox selected a point, which is the "narrow place" in the knight's mouth, and ordered: "Logging! We will build a temporary wooden wall here to create a pass! Then make a raft to shoot them from the water! We will wait here. "

As for Blue Fox, subjectively, he wanted to give his younger brother a chance to make contributions, and he also wanted to give the Robert family who sold land and lords a decent exit. Objectively speaking, my troops are all heavily armored troops~www.readwn.com~ The army is not good at traveling long distances to fight in the field, and it is precisely the defensive counterattack that has an unparalleled tactical advantage. What's more, guarding the cramped land to create a pass, he planned well, that is, he waited for the frontal attacking army to overwhelm the enemy, and the scurrying enemies escaped from the passage by the Moselle River, creating "iron man berserkers" to kill indiscriminately. must win.

A large number of pits were dug out in the soft muddy land by the river and arranged in a regular staggered pattern. The twigs of the newly felled pine trees were removed and then covered with soil. After these basic columns are erected, the horizontal logs are placed in these staggered columns, and the wooden wall is quickly completed, and finally the foundation continues to be stacked.

The soldiers of the Ross Army already brought their own shovels. This thing is really useful. It is a sharp tool for digging soil, and it is also a cooking utensil for frying meat and baking wheat cakes. The efficient logging and earthwork operations refreshed the three leading knights!

The knights were busy watching, and were surprised to see a large wooden wall suddenly appear, leaving only one exit for a carriage to pass through, which can be quickly blocked if necessary.

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Unexpectedly, in the afternoon, the brothers will use the blood of the Frankish army to sacrifice Odin! .

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