Rise of Rurik

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In the cool and gloomy forest, the breath of horses seeps with white mist, and the well-equipped soldiers ride on the horses one after another.

They have polished their spearheads brightly, and two horse shields wrapped in cowhide with pictures to protect the rider's left and right thighs. The long sword and the hand axe are hung on the belt, and everyone is dressed in mail.

The feathers of the iron helmet were soaked with dew, and everyone in the cavalry warrior felt damp and uncomfortable.

Everyone is facing a cavalry assault. Although the soldiers have practiced on weekdays, most of them are on the battlefield for the first time in the true sense. Although they raised their swords and vowed to fight in front of the king, before the war, who could not be nervous? What?

Aston, the captain of the cavalry, clutched the reins and held the spear in his other hand.

He looked at his soldiers and said angrily: "I see an army that has always been strong! That's you! Follow me now! Don't be afraid, let the iron hoof trample them to death! Let's go!"

Aston didn't say much, he saw the timidity of some young fighters inadvertently, but all of this was meaningless.

The captain was already in action, and the rest of the soldiers followed suit.

A hundred and fifty warriors marched along the forest road leading to Lindisfarn. The horses maintained a brisk and relatively relaxed speed. The soldiers ate bread and the horses ate wheat. Both the horses and the men were in good condition. .

The pursuit was much smoother than Aston thought. He felt that his pursuit would encounter resistance, which was actually like a quick outing.

He hopes to catch up with the enemies who attacked the camp and avenge the dead. The more important thing is to behead them to prevent them from fleeing back to report.

Is it really the case? The twenty Vikings deliberately shuttled through the primitive woods with axe dripping blood, for fear that they would be caught and killed by the counterattack enemy. After all, the group of them ran out of the camp by the sea to hunt. The guys on their hands were crude, and there were too few manpower. Even if they were brave, they were entangled and killed by the enemy.

The Vikings did not follow a clear path, and walking through the woods on foot seemed even more daunting.

The family leader intends to explain to his brothers the sudden disaster of the enemy's army, but unfortunately it is too late!

At this moment, the mobility of the cavalry was incisively and vividly displayed.

"Soldiers, we are going to the beach! We will go on the beach and we will arrive at the monastery."

"You have to be careful! Maybe the enemy's camp is by the sea!"

"Get ready to ride a spear! Rush over as you did in the drill!"

"As soon as the spear breaks, give up and draw out the sword to kill them."

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Aston said a lot, and he didn't ask his followers to understand it. After all, the current situation and news could not be implemented for the entire cavalry column.

His orders can only be accurately conveyed to the people around him, which is actually enough.

He took the lead, with more than a dozen cavalry around him tightening, giving the cavalry behind him an excellent demonstration.

The battle always happens in very abrupt circumstances!

The time was still dawn, and the first ray of sunlight was still shyly hidden under the sea level, and the sea level in the east appeared a faint yellow.

It rained only a few days ago. It was obviously summer, and the bleak wind caused the Viking warriors to sleep unsteadily.

Most of the Vikings camped on the edge of the woods on the beach, and they were awakened by the flying birds and the strange shaking of the earth.

Soon, a group of brothers camped in the woods ran out in a panic.

They are yelling.

"Not good! The enemy is coming!"

"Brothers get up and fight!"

When the people who heard the abnormal alarm got up, they hadn't figured out the specific situation, and suddenly a group of behemoths sprang out of the forest.

Is that a group of rampaging wild boars? !

Do not! It's a rider!

When the Viking warrior was shocked and picked up the shield and sword in a hurry, it was already a little late.

The cavalry of Northumbria aimed their spears at the enemy.

At this moment, the captain Aston was overjoyed. Although he was shocked to see an astonishing number of enemies camping by the sea, the monastery not far away was obviously destroyed by fire and turned into powder. The butcher destroyer is now full of flaws, and his cavalry can fully play Maximum tactical effectiveness.

The cavalry team naturally formed a two-tiered relatively loose wall, and the horses slammed into it vigorously.

At the beginning, the Viking warrior who tried to fight was directly knocked down, and was smashed to death by the iron hoof of the following cavalry.

Someone was pierced by a spear, but the cavalry released and closed after finishing the kill, and drew out his sword to continue the horse-riding battle.

The cavalry scoured the unprepared people like a tsunami. Those Balmerk Vikings whose camps were too close to the south, where the cavalry came from, suffered heavy casualties on the spot.

As many as fifty people were trampled to death and stabbed to death in the first round of impact.

However, more Vikings crawled back and forth, and some even fled empty-handed.

"Stop it!" Aston waved his iron sword high and ordered the cavalry team that had lost its impact to rectify. The cavalry soldiers suspended their offensive after hearing the news.

This seemingly absurd and stupid behavior objectively caused the once dazed Vikings to breathe. When they began to set up a shield wall, they were nervous or frightened to face them unheard of, and they could not even imagine using their imagination. Terrible enemy.

The Balmerks have never seen any form of "cavalry corps", and quite a few young people have not even seen horses. The fishermen in Shetland have seen horses, but riding a horse is a difficult thing in their concept. The enemies that were suddenly killed are all fighting on horseback.

The Vikings remain vigilant for the incomprehensible enemy. They don't know why the enemy suddenly stopped, maybe they are preparing for another round of attack? Maybe so, but if you choose to escape now and turn your back to the enemy on horseback, an Odin's warrior will lose all his glory.

"Brothers hold steady! Don't be afraid of them! If we keep the shield wall, they can't help us!" Some family leaders yelled, calming some people's hearts in the crisis.

Someone also yelled: "Hurry up and inform Bijuni and Geiger's people and let the Ross people come."

As soon as the voice fell, someone yelled: "Don't miss them! Rose's Rurik confuses some brothers to be tortoises. If they want to defend, they won't come to help us easily."

"Then defend the shield wall, we slowly advance, squeeze and surround all the enemies to kill."

This is really a good idea. Someone started moving forward slowly, and the shield wall that had formed a whole at this moment was turning into a convex shape again.

On the other hand, the cavalry captain Aston gritted his teeth, his command was indeed not out of cowardice, or some brain flooding.

What he learned was the tactics of the Frankish cavalry of the present era. The so-called facing an enemy with a well-organized array, rash collisions will cause large-scale losses of horses.

For the kingdom, any group of cavalry horses are selected, and the number of horses in the entire kingdom is also limited.

Every horse is important, and he was also surprised to see that the enemy had sent a wall made of a huge round shield on the coast, so he didn't dare to act rashly!

"Damn it! This is really like the Great Wall left by the Romans!" He couldn't help sighing.

A soldier next to him asked with a spear: "My lord, are we attacking?"

"Rush! You take the first team to rush, and the second and third teams are on standby!"

King Ainred’s cavalry has five hundred men, so weaving it is equivalent to a slightly reduced Frankish version of the cavalry flag.

However, the Kingdom of Northumbria, which has been suffering from civil wars and poor productivity (except for the monastery), is really poor. The king lacks financial resources to continue to expand his cavalry force.

The king organized the cavalry squad into ten squads, and he took three squads on this trip, all of which are now entrusted to his loyal cavalry captain to participate in this battle.

The Fifty Cavaliers of the first team rushed up aggressively, and the Viking front that had formed a macro protrusion hurriedly retracted.

"Brothers, don't be afraid, protect yourself with a shield."

"The brother with the spear waited for the opportunity to stab them to death."

"Don't let them break through our shield wall."

The Vikings naturally felt that the enemy was about to rush into battle, but in reality this was not the case at all.

The cavalry of Northumbria adopted the classic Frankish tactics. They had retracted their spears on the battlefield and rushed to the Viking front with **** spears, deliberately keeping a distance of a wooden pole in their hands or even holding a spear in one hand. To stab the enemy behind the shield.

Some Vikings were directly pierced and cut their necks, and some were pricked with bleeding holes in their chests.

Unlike the Frankish cavalry who wore chain mail, only a small part of the Balmerks wore chain mail.

Most people just wore animal skins, and the leather used as clothing played a role in armor to a certain extent, but it couldn't help the cavalry's spear.

The people in the chaos were shouting, hoping that the spear brothers behind would stab the enemy to death. The brothers in the rear are not watching the show either. They are distressed that their short spear is too short in the current combat.

At the beginning, furious Viking warriors left the line. The brave men, holding shields and axes, vowed to hack to death one or two cavalry.

The move hit the Northumbrian cavalry.

Individual fighters left the front and completely became targets for key strikes.

The warrior wanted to chop the horse, but the experienced cavalry moved quickly, then sprinted, hacking it to death with a sword.

Some Vikings with bows tried to shoot their opponents, but the number of archers was too small, and the maneuvering and agility that came on horseback was like a fish.

In the end, the Vikings had the advantage, they began to try to counterattack, and the enemy actually ran away on horseback.

The courage that had just been summoned weakened again, and a second wave of cavalry rushed over.

The once loose front line gathered into a tortoise shell again, and the Vikings had to experience the disaster they just encountered again.

The battle is so useless! Those enemies did not dare to fight arrogantly, but they flee when they are counterattacked!

Viking soldiers were killed one after another, and after a few rounds, only one cavalry was killed.

The horses were chopped down, and the cavalry soldiers were chopped into mash by the angry Vikings.

But in terms of exchange ratio, the Northumbrian cavalry is extremely cheap.

The battle situation has become extremely delicate. The most real situation now is that nearly 600 Vikings are facing one hundred and fifty Northumbrian cavalry. It seems that Lurik and the warriors who are really obedient to him are watching. In this way, the strength of the Vikings could not be reflected at all. Someone wants to launch a counterattack, but how can one pair of feet chase the cavalry? ! What's worse is that if a handful of people leave the team, they will become the key targets of the cavalry.

If the fighting continues in this situation, the Viking army will sooner or later be exhausted physically and mentally by these mobile cavalry. And this is exactly what Aston, the captain of the cavalry, is eager to see. After the enemy is exhausted, he will face the kingdom's large forces. The victory belongs to Northumbria!

Probably so!

However, a large number of arrows and stones fell from the sky, and Aston watched as the team that had completed a round of harassment task, the arrow fell on the way back to the rear. What's more, the horse was roughly hit by a stone, and the cavalry fell on the spot and turned over.

what's going on? !

It's Rurik! The Viking counterattack began.

The angle of view is placed here on Rurik. When he was awakened by the chaotic shouting and killing, he got out of his suggestion tent for the first time. He hurriedly ran to the civil foundation where the torsion slingshot was placed, and he saw the cavalry!

The people of Biyuni and Geiger awakened one after another, and the people of Shetland took up arms one after another.

Just like in the two days of rehearsal, everyone picked up the wooden sticks that acted as spears and waited for Rurik's orders.

Biyuni and Geiger hurriedly stepped onto the platform.

"What's the situation? Those horsemen are all enemies? Who are we fighting with?" Bijuni asked in a panic.

Geiger also questioned: "What shall we do? I saw some brothers killed by those horsemen."

Rurik tried his best to keep calm, and in all fairness he didn't think that the Balmerks' line would be overwhelmed by a small number of cavalry. He felt the absurdity of the world, and the kingdom of Northumbria behaved like a fat sheep to be slaughtered. Why is it so brave now? The enemy actually has such a big killer as a cavalry unit? !

"Let's... look at the situation first."

"Why?" Geiger was very anxious. "Brothers have never fought against this kind of enemy. Many people will die!"

Rurik immediately turned his head and asked harshly: "Have we ever played against them? Do you want me to give up the current position? Listen, my position is designed to defeat the cavalry."

Bijuni patted Geiger on the shoulder: "Listen to Rurik's opinion, let's wait!"

"This... be a coward."

Geiger turned anger to anger, and rationally considered that his Vashobi brothers could not lose. He could not afford to lose at all. Since Rurik has the means to beat the cavalry, it is most appropriate to keep quiet by himself.

The change of the battle situation is not conducive to the Vikings. Standing on a relatively high ground, Rurik and others gradually understood the enemy's routine.

"It's not actually riding a wall and hitting the formation?! Why did you start playing with spears before the formation? Fortunately, I also prepared a spear wall to stab you to death."

Rurik felt that he looked at the enemy a bit, and he thought about it carefully. I am afraid that the classic tactics of the Western European heavy cavalry have not been figured out in this era, or the level of weapons cannot keep up.

"Look, some brothers have escaped from the real power," Geiger said, pointing his finger.

"Coward!" Biyuni said angrily.

"Cowards? I think we stay here, we have been scolded as cowards countless times by the brothers in front."

"Geiger! It's all Rurik's strategy, I think it's correct."

"We should help them!"

Rurik's mind was really messed up, he roared violently, "Stop arguing!"

After that, he looked down at Jeflo on standby and roared: "Jeflo! Take people away from all the bull trebuchets and enter the firing range to kill them! Go and call the Shetlandians, you must take them with you All our bows and crossbows, strengthen our brothers!"

For a moment Evlo panicked: "My lord, we are no longer on the ground?!"

"Bah! Jeflo, the enemy must have a large army! You are now taking people to disperse the cavalry, and go! Don't dare!"

"Yes!" Yevlo greeted his guys at random: "Follow me."

Just after Rurik was dispatched, he pulled the catapult to a relatively suitable range and began to throw stones.

Shetland, holding a bow, pressed the Viking warrior in front not far from the collapse, and threw a large number of arrows to drive away the cavalry. Evlo simply took his ten mercenary brothers, carrying a steel-armed crossbow and rushed directly to the front line of the battlefield.

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The emergence of reinforcements gave everyone a great excitement, but the enemy cavalry's attack continued.

Even with the loss, the cavalry captain Aston felt that his casualties were really small, and now the weakening of the enemy is still the number one priority.

Knowing that the enemy was dropping arrows and throwing stones, another attack began.

Fifty cavalry rushed forward with spears and toes. Although Jeflo and others were a little scared instinctively, everyone saw that the chests of those horses seemed to be defenseless, and they were relieved immediately.

"Listen to my orders! Shoot the horses! Ready! Launch!"

With an order, eleven heavy crossbow arrows flew out, hitting as many as eight horses on the spot.

Most of the arrows were not as good as the chest of a horse, and even pierced the heart. The horse fell violently, and the cavalry fell heavily to the ground.

The captain of the cavalry squad was completely confused, and the remaining cavalry tightened their reins.

"There is a situation! Get out! Hurry up!"

Although a little shameful, for fear of being wiped out by some kind of weapon, the captain hurriedly announced his withdrawal, and the other cavalry turned around one after another.

Suddenly died, the distant captain Aston fell from his horse in shock. After he got up, he saw that the cavalry he had fallen was being cut and killed by the enemy, and the rest of the cavalry were all retreating.

"There is a situation! Stop the attack! Let's leave temporarily!"

Aston himself issued the retreat order, and the shocked cavalry rushed into the forest with the captain's horse.

Seeing the enemy's terrifying cavalry suddenly disappeared, the Vikings who were tortured by them finally let out a sigh of relief.

Now, the Balmerk Vikings, who have fought a lot of victories and have been very inflated, are like a sap, and now they all wake up.

Because many brothers' dead bodies appeared beside them. They began to try to collect the corpses, but they were directly banned by Yevlo himself, who was sent by Rurik.

"What are you doing? Why don't you come to support?"

"Sit down and watch the death of your brother! Don't let us be engulfed now?"

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Bijuni could think of all kinds of harsh words ~www.readwn.com~ and he calmed everyone with a single sentence. He roared with a sword: "You forgot what the enemy Pathfinder said? There are two thousand enemies! They are many, and they may be killed soon! We withdrew to Rurik to maintain our line and fight decisively. Start soon!"

I heard that some family leaders started to retreat with their own people, and the others couldn't care so much when they saw it.

At this moment, twenty people suddenly rushed out of the forest in the west, with their naked backs, proving their allies with tattoos on their chests.

They screamed as they ran, until they rushed into the camp and said something terrible; "A huge number of enemies are moving toward the beach. We wanted to explain the situation but were worried about being attacked by enemy cavalry. Our description is true."

It seemed that everything went smoothly, and this blood-soaked beach was bathing in a blood-red dawn.

Is the sunrise in Japan too red? !

The Vikings retreated to the camp arranged by Rurik, waiting for a fight to be witnessed by Odin (the sun).