"The Rise of Rurik (

How many enemies were killed in this battle? Cut off the enemy's first level and stack it up, perhaps for good statistics.

Taking into account that cutting off the head is also a stern physical task, the Ross fighters who have been so weak after the **** battle are unable to win the pursuit, they are unable to do so.

Why do we need to collect the enemy's body?

In the afternoon, the setting sun is like blood.

The soldiers who had rested for a while stood up and searched for their dead soldiers among the corpses.

They executed the dead enemies, and occasionally gave their own seriously wounded a make-up knife.

Serious injuries are mortal. If you continue to suffer from the pain before death, it is better to let your partner do the work for you.

The fallen Russian soldiers were carried away continuously, and finally lay quietly in the clean grass.

They are arranged in a matrix, with ten people in a row.

As more and more soldiers were engulfed, the excitement of Duke Ross had dissipated more than half.

He let the north wind blow, holding the hilt in both hands in the setting sun, staring deeply at his brother who died in battle.

They are all sturdy boys with immature faces.

The dead Slav fighters were also pulled here, and all the dead waited for the final cremation.

They are wearing uniform clothes, even if they are stained with blood and mud, they are still clearly visible in the battlefield where the corpses are everywhere, so that they can be collected correctly and quickly.

The living warriors traveled throughout the battlefield. They picked up all the swords, axes, spearheads, arrows, and a large number of shields they found. In the end, the weapons were piled into a mountain, and the shields were piled to make the second mountain.

The number of dead soldiers is clearly visible, they lie quietly in four huge matrices!

After careful identification, as many as three hundred native Rus tribe fighters were killed! Most of them are elite and strong men. Many of them have experienced many wars. They did not expect to sacrifice their own death to Odin in this decisive battle with the feud.

"Three hundred brothers are dead, we have lost a lot." Haroldoson walked over and patted Otto on the shoulder.

"It's so miserable. They are all our young people. Maybe before the war, let Rurik arrange the tactics. After so many young people died, our strength was frustrated."

Hearing what the Duke said, Harrodsson knew it was strange, "My old friend, don't you think we have achieved a great victory? You see, we are still strong."

As he said, Harrodsson pointed to the ground: "Look, these are Gotland people, Danes. They are dead! We may have killed three thousand of them! Visby and the whole of Gotland are no more. Soldiers of war."

"Maybe! I don't care about their lives and deaths. It is not a pity for a group of enemies to die. I only hope that my brothers will try not to have casualties."

"But war... how can there be undead?"

"Then prepare more spearmen!" Otto suddenly became angry, which was really caught off guard.

"Old man, you..."

"Damn it!" Otto stomped his feet vigorously. "That kid Rurik is very clever. I knew it was so, I should have carried a spear! There are also bows and crossbows, and a lot of equipment. You see, Almost so many soldiers died from slashing wounds! Look again, there are many Novgorods among the dead?"

Under the soft sunset light, Haro Zossen took a closer look. Was there actually only 20 Slavs killed in the area?

Otto continued, "This is a lesson of blood. Those cowardly peasants became spearmen, and they turned into terrible powers. In the next war, every Ross soldier must hold a spear."

"What about the sword and the shield? That is the soul of a warrior."

"I want it all! Every good Ross war must have a spear, a long sword, an axe, a short sword, and a shield. I also want a lot of crossbows and slingshots!"

Haro Zossen took a deep breath: "That way, we are the kings of the entire human world." He pointed to the blue sky, "It seems that Odin has also heard your prayer. You see, there are a thousand ravens here, Odin. Ding is staring at us."

"Okay! When the logging brothers come back, let the soldiers' souls go to Valhalla."

If Otto was a reckless man, he would have been dragged down from the leader's seat.

Through this battle, Otto no longer cares about the glory of those rumored soldiers. As long as the enemy can be killed and the opponent can be executed in large numbers, this is the glory of the soldier.

He had hoped that the whole army would become a spear army, and then cooperate with a large number of crossbows, so-called to kill the enemy as much as possible before fighting at close range. This hope is exactly the same as Rurik's idea, or that an ancient European infantry team, such an arrangement of the army, has the best combat effectiveness, and Otto is enlightened.

The Ross tribe cannot afford too many deaths, at least for now. The unrecoverable death of three hundred people meant that the strength of the Ross tribe was greatly frustrated.

I am afraid that in a few years, continuing such a large-scale operation will require careful consideration.

But Otto did not regret it, nor did the Russian soldiers regret it.

It was completely different from Otto's depth, as if the soldiers were not sad for their dead people.

The brothers clearly used a few to beat the crowd, and the result was a resounding victory.

Everyone chanted Rurik's name, and the people by the campfire and the loggers who entered the woods were all talking about Rurik. Not only because this was Rurik's victory, but the most important thing was that he killed the King of the Gotland with his own hands!

The Russ returned to his camp, and night fell on the world, with shining stars in the sky.

The dark world is burning, and the air is filled with a very strong burnt smell.

The fallen Russ soldiers, including Russ, Merlaren mercenaries, Yilmalen mercenaries, and Slavs, lay on more than one hundred piles of pine wood and haystacks.

All the living warriors wore armours and picked up all the captured raven shields.

On the side of the altar set before the war, the extremely young female warriors of Rurik, wearing freshly picked chrysanthemums as corollas, gathered together and sang "Holy War".

As the lyrics sang, the army really defeated the main force of the Gotland army, and the final victory was one step away.

The sacred fire in the altar reflected Lumia wearing a antler helmet. She opened her arms, and when the singing was over, she personally chanted the sacrificial carols passed down by the Rus tribe.

What is very eye-catching is that there is a wooden stick in the altar, on which is inserted the head of the Gotland King Harken.

What is a sacrifice? King Gotland is the sacrifice!

Suddenly, Lumia looked up at Tianyu and yelled in a crisp voice, "The gods say they need new fighters! Let these brave people go to Valhalla! Let's light up!"

The camp where a large number of bonfires had been lit has gradually become an erupting volcano, or the earth is burning.

For the people who fled back to Visby, they were horrified to see that the battlefield to the east of the mound was burning, like countless monsters burrowing out of the underworld, as if the souls of the dead were still at war with the terrifying Ross army.

The fallen Russian soldiers were caught in a raging fire, and this raging fire continued until the flames were still not extinguished at dawn.

Realistically speaking, it may take a day to burn a corpse into black bones or ashes in a firewood. The Ross people can wait slowly, and of course they also need to make good corrections.

However, for Rurik, he did not need to rush outside Visby.

There is no wall guarding the city, the army can enter and leave at any time.

Rurik's thoughts were quite different, and his explanation caused the people to shut up.

"We don't need to take just one day off and go, we have to wait, even two days or three days. The guys who escaped have lost their fighting power. They are sunk by our army when they escape at sea. They will fall into terror and become mentally confused. They will kill each other, and there won't be many living people left. The last of them will send messengers to beg us for mercy. Of course I can forgive many women and children's lives, but as a price, we get everything except their lives."

Indeed, the Gotland people now have a large number of women, children and old guys left, their young and middle-aged soldiers and Danish mercenaries, ninety-nine out of every one hundred people have died!

No one believes that the Gotlanders are a threat anymore. They and their Visby City are completely fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered. Whenever they use the knife depends on the butcher's mood.

As Rurik hoped, the horror atmosphere of Visby's establishment is fermenting.

Six thousand soldiers of the Gotland Army went on the expedition, but only half a day's battle failed. How many people did they lose? I'm afraid they don't even know it.

Only a very small number of middle-aged fighters escaped back, and it can be said that these people are genuine cowards. The bravest men have been desperately fighting with the Ross people, and finally ended up with a tragic result of all deaths.

Most of the wealthy merchants and small wealthy houses declared collapse after this battle.

Visby's fishing industry, boiling salt industry, and wool industry are the pillars of the economy, and the foundation of the economy is mainly dependent on the work of mature men. Now, the whole Visby has ten rooms and nine empty rooms. The old people who stayed behind were shocked by the complete failure of the tribe. They tried to chat with the female soldiers who had escaped, and they got screams of frustration.

In this battle, the Gotland Army actually killed more than 4,000 people, and almost all of them escaped alive and were female fighters and young fighters. These people are poorly equipped, physical strength and technical tactics are inferior, and their existence value is more to fill the scene.

The key to defeating the enemy is not to gain or lose in one city or place, but to destroy the enemy's viable power.

Rurik deliberately acted in accordance with this set of strategic models summarized by Sun Wu from the East and Clausewitz from the West, and the result was so tragic.

If the two major conflicts and one skirmish before the decisive battle are added, the total loss of the Gotlanders is as high as 6,000. That is, the Battle of Baisha Port wiped out 1,500 enemies, and the battle of Lukulye Village wiped out the enemy. five hundred. Over 300 people were also beheaded in the battle of the ambush under the mound and the initial landing battle.

In addition, the Russian army has captured more than a thousand people and brought them all back to the rear.

The net loss of the Gotland people is close to 8,000. This shows that in Visby, the huge settlement has fallen into a terrible depression, and some shantytowns have completely turned into ghost towns, leaving only the distress of young children and their failures. The woman wailed after the battle.

Five big businessmen managed to escape back to Visby. They dragged their bodies almost to pieces, and gathered in the chamber on the evening of the decisive battle day.

The priests looked sad, and the merchants were full of misery.

Harald sat cross-legged dejectedly, muttering bitterly, "Now it's time to come up with a countermeasure."

"Countermeasures? What other countermeasures?!" A businessman violent, and then slowly sat down frustrated: "Haken is over, I saw him captured with my own eyes. I just can't figure out how could the Ross people be like this The strength? They actually defeated us on land, and now I have a dozen mercenaries and more than 20 slaves in my hands. They die again, I can only kill the enemy myself."

"Are you still thinking about killing the enemy? Don't be delusional, we must run away." Another businessman seemed to put forward a feasible suggestion.

"Escape? Where did you escape?"

"We forcibly went out to sea, and took the gold and silver to leave at night."

"I'm afraid this can only be the case. Now the guys in Klitheim are evacuating again, they are going back to their port from the land, maybe we can work with them to go smoothly in Gotland."

Two businessmen who have fled back, you say a word to me, they are discussing the plan of escape, the guy who was the main battle, now they want to leave this place of right and wrong quickly.

Naturally, there is a kind work to win Harald: "Friend, you can withdraw quickly! I really envy you, there is a beautiful daughter. You dedicate Asraki to the business leader of Hezeby, and that guy will help You quickly revive your family business. At that time, don't forget to give us a hand."

Is this kind? It is clearly...

Harald couldn't say anything for a while. He knew his daughter, so he said: Asraki has heard too many heroic stories told by the priest. She just wants to marry the hero. Hezeby's person is called What? A fat walrus? Forget it."

"It doesn't matter." The businessman shrugged: "You should prepare early. We will forcibly pass through the sea blockade of the Ross people, and everything will be fine."

Harald's current attitude is extremely entangled with regard to escape. He didn't believe that the Rus were kind enough to leave a gap in the cordon for people to escape. As for the last few refugees who followed Klitheim to go to the southern port by land, it would take a long woodland trek, lack of water and food, and everything was perilous.

A thought emerged in his mind. He raised his head and asked the businessman friends: "Could it be that the Ross people are absolutely ruthless and want to kill everyone?"

The businessmen immediately heard the meaning, and then pointed out their fingers.

If you could surrender, the brothers would have surrendered long ago, but what everyone saw was the crazy killing of the Ruth army, like the ground cracked through the cracks, the monsters of the underworld overflowed and attached to the Ruth people and turned people into monsters.

Someone even said it was extremely vicious. This person stood up and pointed to Harald's nose and cursed: "You are the one who fought the most! Magnoord (a big businessman who was killed) wants to retreat, and you killed him yourself. Now, maybe my brothers should kill you because you want to surrender!"

When threatened, Harald drew out his sword abruptly, and the four merchants drew out their short swords.

Harald also did not show weakness: "Come on then, I was a soldier before becoming a businessman. I can kill you easily."

He was telling the truth, and merchants who were good at counting silver coins did not dare to rush into it.

"Then there is nothing to talk about. Why should we rap in the courtroom?" A businessman raised his ceiling and sighed: "This place will eventually be occupied by the Russ~www.mtlnovel.com~Brothers are going to leave, I hope Frey The adults can forgive Harken for destroying his worship, and reward us people to live and continue to make money. And you, Harald, you stay here, since your daughter likes strong fighters, send Asraki To the leader of the Russ! For the sake of beauty, the Russ may protect your family."

The conversation in the chamber broke up, and the merchants evacuated one after another with anger. Only Harald sat there, staring at each other with the bitter-faced priests.

The High Priest of Gotland, an old man with a bald head smeared with chalky mud, moved his decayed body and sat cross-legged in front of Harald: "Haken is dead. He betrayed Frey and won Odin's acknowledgment. . Now, we support you to be the new king."

"I'll be the king?" Harald suddenly stunned. "Why? Being a king has a curse of death."

"However, the people of Visby want to survive. Maybe those Ross people will really look at the fairies, not too much."

"Really! It's ridiculous!"

In all fairness, Harald can even withdraw money to preserve his family's wealth. He really didn't want to be a king, because he knew that the Ross people obviously had a hatred of the Gotland people, and whoever would be the king would pay for the hatred.

He snatched the door and didn't want to repeat, and he didn't leave a clear answer.

He hurried into the home with the waiting entourage. As soon as he came back, he ordered all the domestic slaves to be armed.

The so-called armed forces are not really about street fighting with the Ross people. Harald knows very well that now his enemy is not the Ross army, but the guys around him. Those seemingly ordinary people are deadly threats under special circumstances. As for his future plans, his mind is extremely confused, so he will take one step at a time.