As the planned evacuation period is approaching, the spirits of the soldiers guarding the fortress of the Ross shop inevitably begin to relax.
The underground lane has been surveyed, some extra debris has been cleared, and the blue fox is sure that he can escape quite smoothly.
The exit of the roadway is not far from the fortress, but the exit is in a sheep-raising shed, which has been abandoned and became a substantial ruin. There are still some abandoned old wooden houses in Hezeby. The existence is not surprising. The digging of escape routes was unexpected for the traditional rich men of Hezeby. If Gould hadn't asked the Blue Fox to do so, he would not have done it too much.
The forced action really came in handy!
The fighting atmosphere is getting more and more intense, and Hezebi is murderous. At this moment, the blue fox once again feels the daddy's ingenuity and the horror under the business atmosphere of Hezebi.
I don't know when it started, the whole city seemed more deliberate, and it fell into an indescribable silence.
Many inhabitants noticed that the war had come and they had already run away. Of course, even the noise and cry of children were gone. Only a large group of dark ravens expected opportunities began to appear frequently. Their desolate cry foreshadowed Odin's gaze!
The real warriors think that they are auspicious birds, while ordinary people should avoid them.
Legend has it that Odin would observe the battlefield through the eyes of such birds. Once they appear in large numbers, there will be a big battle soon.
The old mercenaries are still wiping their weapons, continuing to count and prepare arrows.
The newly recruited Vardy and the gang fiddled with their stones, and made a simple breastplate out of wooden boards, and the carapace was connected to the body with hemp rope to prevent being hit by the enemy's current arrows when leaning out and throwing stones.
Some wooden scaffolding around the wooden wall has been completed, and pottery pots with long burning flames are mostly placed in the corners. The weather has been very good in recent days, and the rain did not come down despite the haze weather.
The temperature at night is a bit low. Braziers are used to keep guards warm. They can even be used as a weapon.
Some arrows are **** with cloth strips, soaked in seal oil and rosin, inserted into the brazier and then pulled out, the arrow clusters can burn. It has become a good arson weapon, and mercenaries are prepared for emergencies.
The Ross people have been preparing for the battle. They guard against sudden attacks by their opponents during the day and sneak attacks at night.
The brothers have been on guard for a long time. Now that the agreed time to retreat is approaching, many people don't say anything, but in fact they have grown grass in their hearts, and their speech and behavior have become more impetuous.
Until a long horn sounded, the mercenaries who had become loose seemed to have been blown up by thousands of steel needles. The loose muscles were instantly tightened, and dents appeared on their soothing foreheads.
It is not the first time that they have encountered a similar situation. The old mercenaries who had participated in Gotland many years ago immediately remembered what happened back then.
The old mercenary drew his sword and slammed the wooden shield, and a blood bowl full of scum shouted desperately: "Don't rest! The enemy is attacking, ready to fight!"
is a desperate business after all. Those "Bergers" who are desperately trying to kill the enemy to get their souls to Valhalla are the first to jump up and rush to the wooden wall with their own weapons.
The warriors with bows began to climb the commanding heights, and the warriors who had been ambushing on the temporary platform on the roof also began to yell at the people in the courtyard, announcing that a group of armed men had suddenly appeared.
The fat-headed fish-like head of the blue fox once again put on the iron helmet fiercely, not forgetting to beat it to cheer him up.
"Finally, we still have to fight!" He faced the people around him solemnly: "I don't want you to die for the courage and fearlessness of the soldiers. I want you to live and kill the enemy as hard as you can, and then we will retreat along the alleyway."
The mercenaries first chatted with each other, and then roared.
"Okay." Blue Fox drew out the steel sword: "Let's go!"
The Ross people gave up all illusions and prepared to fight. The arrows were already in the arrow slots. The crossbowmen sitting on the scaffolding had their feet open. They could peek sideways at the situation outside, and they could immediately wind up the string when they got the combat command and lift the cross. Bow into battle.
The Ross people are so, all the illusions that the armed men who gathered the adult tide have also given up.
Those farmers who have been gathered believe in the legend of "Golden Mountain and Silver Mountain" and defending the honor of Denmark. Only some people will insist on these claims. Most farmers will wait for the vote to grab the Ross people and be happy. Harvest wheat.
No Danish lords participated in this battle, and the large and small Danish tribes did not even know what was about to happen to Hezeby.
It is the local bandit gang that actively participated in this battle. In order to grab some good things after the chaos, the big and small bandit gangs joined in. This resulted in the "army" under the command of Stad with a strength of nearly two thousand.
A large group of "soldiers" with their own weapons and food moved from multiple directions to the Ross store. They had been entrenched in the city for a long time, scared women and children out of the city one after another, and a group of men who did not dare to fight also evacuated. As for the big businessmen who are plotting the new king of Denmark, they are the first to resort to the tactics to smash Stad and the Ross merchants, but they know the pros and cons, and wanting them to participate is really more painful than constipation.
The big merchants retreated to the country with the most important money and manpower. The mansions and shops left in the city were no longer valuable. A few mercenaries hung rough raven flags to guard the house. As for the result of the battle, anything The results have become unimportant.
A large number of ragged armed men exudes an indescribable stale air, their weapons are varied, and many barebacked people have scary tattoos on their bodies. Stoude didn't like these people, but he admired them for being so crowded and able to be used by himself. We must know that this general under King Horrick has never had a chance to manage an army of this size. If the number is a little larger, wouldn't it be equal to the king in terms of the commanding force.
How is Stad, who is riding in front of the team with the cavalry in such a state of prosperity, feel uncomfortable? He couldn't help but sighed: "Horik, you are worried that I will detain some of my brothers. You didn't see that I brought a hundred people to Hezeby, and now I have pulled out a team of two thousand people. You better give me some more time so that I can replace it."
He Stadt was not born to be a Horrick's dog. The unverifiable identity of "the grandson of the great leader Godfrey" also deceives fools. In this era, whoever has the strong fist and has more troops is the one who is King of Denmark.
Fortunately, Stad is very self-aware, and will not show his fangs when his strength is inadequate. Besides, this group of ghostly novices may only know their strength before the war begins.
just right, this is an opportunity to test novices and test the Ross people.
Stad didn't intend to negotiate. He had been in Frankish territory for many years. Before the war, it seemed impossible to talk about this kind of thing with the opposing generals.
He didn't believe that the Ross people would surrender at all, and things on the scene had to go through the procedure at least once.
So, the peasant soldiers armed with spears and shields began to walk out of the winding streets, gathering more and more people, and the Ross people who were defensive could not help but squeeze a sweat.
This is the first time that the blue fox has personally visited the battlefield. Although it is outside the wooden wall, it is too scared to hide behind the wall because of the enemy's killing.
An old mercenary yelled maliciously: "My lord, are you afraid?"
"I'm not afraid!"
The old mercenary smiled, and the mercenaries in the neighboring positions were also laughing. The blue fox was terrified. There was nothing wrong with it. The mercenaries would not laugh at their master.
They laughed at the enemy with smiles, and cheered for themselves by the way.
Your old mercenary laughed for a while and continued: "Don't be surprised, my brother, it seems that our brothers must kill the enemy according to your requirements. You can rest assured that this fortified fortress is very strong, and we can easily use it from a high place. The spear smashed all enemies to death."
"Okay...Okay! You kill the enemy according to my request..." When that was the case, the blue fox couldn't speak well, and his feet trembled uncontrollably.
Any previous majestic words were meaningless, and the new generation of big businessman inevitably persuaded him to face the battle.
But confession will only speed up the demise. The mercenaries whose business is to protect the Lord and kill the enemy. In order to avenge their great revenge, Vadi Zdalovic and the gang have overcome their fear. They began to stick their heads to observe the enemy. Silently wind the crossbow.
The crossbowman on the roof shouted again: "It's a rider!"
At this time, the blue fox reluctantly and cautiously put out a pair of eyes, suppressing his breath to observe the enemy array is already an approaching horseman.
Is that the other party's messenger?
The long experience on the battlefield made Stade very easy to conceal himself. He was behind and dismounted. Behind him was a single soldier, and a group of bandit leaders stood beside him.
was already standing here, and the gray wolf Karl became more and more excited. He was angry when he looked at the Ross flags on the wooden wall, and he was very anxious to hope that Stadt would immediately announce the attack ahead.
"Are you teaching me to fight?" The heavily armored Stoude cast a contemptuous glance at the bald and tattooed guy.
The always arrogant gray wolf Karl turned into a husky wagging his tail.
"My lord, I also hope to get rid of this group of evils sooner."
"That's natural, I also want to see what the attitude of the Ross people are. They...the best attitude is to fight us resolutely."
"They will." Karl was very determined and worried: "Maybe the messenger you sent will be in danger."
"It's okay. If they attack my messenger, we will start to act. Carl, take this opportunity to reorganize your wolf cubs. You have many people, and you are the first to attack."
"Yes."
This is what Carl the Gray Wolf wants. He already knows that those who chop wood are making long ladders. The five hundred men of all ages he has gathered have the right to launch the first round of storms. If this is a direct attack, wouldn't most of the wealth be broken? Taken by yourself? Perhaps this will pay a great price, and everything is worth it compared to the wealth that can be recovered.
Carl is rectifying his people, and the noisy crowd becomes more noisy.
Look at the messenger on horseback. He was holding the reins in fear, and the horses approached like steps.
What is good for negotiation with the enemy?
Blue Fox Shilling was ready to pull the trigger of the crossbow for the time being calm, and soon heard the messenger's ultimatum.
Whatever gives up resistance and surrenders property and weapons can be spared, everything is nonsense.
Although he was afraid of sudden death in battle, he ordered the big businessmen to pay all their money and beg for peace, which is more painful than being killed by their parents!
The blue fox gave his subordinates a fierce look with a cruel heart.
After a short while, a few swishes are the painful neighs of the horses. The horse lifted its feet, and then the horse and the horse fell heavily. What is the significance of the iron armor hanging on the chest of a horse? Five arrows hit the top of the horse's breastplate. The arrow clusters were unbiased and swollen key blood vessels. The fallen horse vomited blood in convulsions. The envoy who suffered internal injuries staggered up, clutching a painful leg. Move to the army in embarrassment.
At this time, the guards of the Ross were gaining momentum. Knowing that the battle would begin soon, they shouted: "Danish cowards! Your running back is really wonderful!"
One of my subordinates got hurt like this? Even the precious war horse died? !
Stard saw all this, although he expected that his subordinates would be attacked, he did not want to start the game and encountered the killer move of the Ross people.
He hurriedly attacked his heart, and shouted at the whole team not far away: "Let your wolves attack! All living creatures will be killed without mercy!"
Gray Wolf Calder Order, he is here with his own group of close little brothers, giving orders to the farmers who are eager to develop in World War I and completely change their embarrassed lives.
The hidden wooden ladder was suddenly lifted up. Although this situation had been expected, the Ross people were surprised when it happened.
The atmosphere of the battlefield was so heavy that the blue fox was almost suffocated. The enemy was already advancing yellingly, and he also screamed with all his strength: "Kill!"
The more than three hundred people in the first wave of offensive were properly instrumented. Stade, who didn't know the details of his opponent, deliberately put his important siege weapons and elite soldiers behind. He wanted to see what the Ruths did.
As a poor tool person, these three hundred people don't know it.
They are pure Viking warriors now, violent collectively for the dream of getting rich.
The Ross people who had been prepared for a long time decisively started to block, the arrow slammed into the charge, and some people began to fall.
Innocent middle and upper arrows often do not die quickly, and violent warriors often ignore the pain, and die from excessive blood loss in chaotic battles or are directly pierced through the heart and chopped off their heads.
Some veteran mercenaries saw those who hit the arrow, despite the bleeding, and the enemy began to use the wooden shield to continue pushing towards the wall.
There are still some fellers who were trampled by their companions after they were hit by arrows. Life or death is unknown, but the resistance of these arrows is really weak.
Wadi and his team desperately fired stone bullets with slings. The heavy blows were difficult to penetrate the wooden shield, and it was possible to disrupt the opponent's rhythm.
The arrow attack did not reach the blue fox's hope at all, making him shiver and wondering in his heart: "Is it possible that Rurik's archery skills in Gotland have been exaggerated? Or is my Rose arrow formation not? count?"
The blue fox is still poorly understood. It is also a long-range weapon. Rlik has exhausted heavy equipment, and he has all the light equipment in his blue fox's hands.
Even though the crossbow was sniping precisely, some enemies were shot in the neck and blood flowed, but the dominant number of enemies rushed under the wooden wall.
The axe-bearer began to slash the stakes, the wooden ladders began to build walls, and people began to climb.
"Does it really start to fight and I can't even hold the first round of attacks? If I die, wouldn't I die too useless?"
With grief and anger, the blue fox had a courage that didn't know where it came from. He suddenly stood up and looked down at the enemy under the wall in anger.
Suddenly, a ladder was placed directly in front of him, and the sudden situation frightened him to sit down again.
A bare-backed man with an axe in his mouth was about to finish climbing. The blue fox who sat down saw the danger and completely instinctively took out his gem-encrusted steel sword and screamed at it. The thorn was improperly tight and directly pierced the person's neck. This red back suddenly sprayed blood on the blue fox's face, scared the blue fox subconsciously let go, this red backed his neck and plunged the sword into the fall.
"I... actually killed someone?!"
Killing an enemy for the first time in his life, the merchant Blue Fox accidentally also received the baptism of blood.
A mercenary was surprised by the bloated face of the master gold master and the red color of the chain mail: "My lord! Are you injured?"
"It's the enemy's blood! Leave me alone, continue to stab them to death with a spear! Don't let anyone in!"
The gold master is so fearless? Perhaps after savoring the blood of the enemy, anyone who is afraid of war will become violent.
Although the Ross people are in a disadvantaged position, the area of the shop fortress is not large. They don't use fortification everywhere, but the enemy chopping the wooden wall is a bit tricky.
Now the Ross people have begun to use all their tricks. The old mercenaries who have experienced many battles kept stabbing the enemy with spears, and the arrows kept killing them. They desperately blocked the defense line. After all, the enemy desperately couldn't complete the climb. , And those who chop the wooden wall have become the first targets to be attacked.
Those armed men who felt that they could break through walls or split wooden walls or doors in one breath, eventually began to suffer mass casualties from the arrows and spears of the Rus. Even some clay braziers were thrown directly from a high place, and the splashing slow-burning charcoal caused some scalds and aggravated the chaos under the wooden wall.
The armed men who came to make a fortune from the robbery finally began to retreat. The living people would not care about the squirming wounded, and the group of dead under the wall.
The first round of offense failed? This is not surprising.
Stadben didn't think that this group of hurriedly armed vagrants and farmers could easily win. He saw the determination of the Ross people to resist desperately, and he felt that he had indeed encountered a strong enemy.
But the Ross people must have consumed too much energy for this defeat. Then, as long as the remaining troops rush up, the problem can be solved today.
At this moment, some bright arrows traversed dark trails.
what is that? !
This is burning arrow.
Because the old Ross mercenaries are not fools, everyone needs time to rest. If the enemy takes advantage of his exhaustion and the whole army attacks the brothers, they can only escape along the tunnel. Fortunately, the exit of the tunnel and the enemy's array are not in the same direction.
Those burning arrows flew towards the wooden haystacks behind the enemy's army. The roofs of the long houses of ordinary Danish dwellings are covered with flammable dry grass. The rainless weather for more than half a month has ensured that the dry grass is flammable.
The grass is burning! There is more than one fire point, and it is spreading rapidly!
This completely disrupted Stadt's plan, because his current battlefield environment is impossible to spread the army. This battlefield is not a broad existence at all. There are also a group of gangs and a group of his own soldiers. The siege carts are all behind.
The rapidly expanding fire caused chaos in an instant. Since setting fires can cause disasters, the blue foxes that I love to hear and hear immediately came to mind, and more burning arrows were thrown away, especially the shooters at the commanding heights. The burning arrows they fired are the most harmful. One side.
The rear army couldn't see the situation of the front army. They only saw fire started around them, but they didn't even have water to extinguish the fire. Do they want to turn into roast ducks in the winding alleys? The fighting will of the gang soldiers gathered in a hurry is not credible at all. This group of people who seek advantages and avoid disadvantages all begin to avoid ~www.mtlnovel.com~ The gang retreats easily and the other group of farmers who hastily conquered can not help but retreat. De reacted and realized that if he continued like this, he would lose the opportunity to attack. He began to issue orders for an all-out attack regardless of priority. Some houses behind were already soaring red fires, and there were shouts everywhere, and a large number of armed men had fallen into disrepair. Withdrawing from this area one after another, even if Stoude called it to no avail.
He looked left and right to find Karl the Gray Wolf, but the guy he saw had already taken his close little brother to avoid him.
"Damn it! It's all a bunch of unfaithful fools!"
But, the gray wolf Karl just wants to use Stadt to gain huge benefits in the future. Would it be bad if he died or was injured?
The horse-riding warrior approached Stade: "My lord, many people have escaped. Now the fire in this area can't be controlled, we may..."
"Damn it! I almost won today!" The battle came to an end in this absurd form, and Stad gritted his teeth at the Roth's fortress and cursed: "I hope you don't run away, the burning house ignites you. Fortress. Let's withdraw first!"
After speaking, he took the initiative to avoid it.
Of course, its curse is impossible to appear, and burning will only affect an area. Compared with digging a tunnel, Blue Fox considers more about setting fire. Only densely populated shack areas can ignite continuous fires. How will this affect the more scattered mansions and shops of merchants?
But the fire did burn for a while, and the exhausted Ross soldier also laughed as he watched the intensifying flame, further despising the Danes' so-called fighting will.