Chapter 261 Kewen Wars 2: Pig raids the mountain fort, the Lord of Salmon
When the Russians launched an attack on the mountain fort without much respite, the fleeing Kovin hunters had already grabbed the ropes thrown by their companions, climbed up the two-meter-high stone wall, and approached their leader Kaiha.
Si reported terrible information.
They also showed the terrible and strange arrows of the Varangians and told them very terrible news.
Kejas was very puzzled. He didn't believe that this thing could actually kill people. Because he couldn't figure out what kind of bow could shoot such strange short and thick arrows.
He was very suspicious of those who escaped, but the very experienced hunter Amovaro died in the battle, which surprised the four hundred men of various ages who guarded the mountain fort.
They grasped their different weapons and were worried about the future battle.
The uneasy atmosphere continued to simmer, and for a while women cried and children screamed inside the mountain fort.
But as a terrifying roar came from under the hill, the "Salmon Lord" tribe had no time to doubt and fear.
Some hunters with good eyesight clearly saw a large group of black shadows, like a herd of wild boars on an unprecedented scale, rushing towards the mountain fortress.
Kejas stood on the stone wall of the mountain fort. He pulled out the iron sword with his trembling right hand, suppressed the beating of his heart and shouted to his people: "We have no way to retreat. There are women and children behind us. Salmon
Master! Fight for our survival! Destroy all the Varyags!"
All the Kovin soldiers also roared rhythmically, which was considered a response to the Russian offensive.
This move only stimulated the Russians even more. The warriors in the team who had participated in the battle against the Gotlanders naturally thought of the previous battles. In their hearts, they already regarded the Covins as the same as the Gotlanders.
An enemy that needs to be taken seriously.
There is no possibility of avoiding the battle between the two sides, and there is even no possibility of calling a formation.
Otto's idea is very simple and straightforward, which is to fight in a sudden attack and directly overwhelm the enemy to achieve a simple and brutal victory.
The Russian army swarmed towards the mountain fortress. Their attack seemed chaotic, but in fact it was quite clustered. Everyone knew that if the attack opened a gap, the rest would be a one-sided battle belonging to the Russians.
Jevro led the mercenaries and tried to charge at the forefront of the formation, in order to seize the opportunity after the battle and to show off in front of the leader of Ross.
Another important reason is that everyone is really eager for revenge because the previous deceased was his companion.
However, more Ross warriors just want to rush into the so-called mountain fortress as soon as possible to plunder their loot.
A large group of people were completely vying for treasure, and the huge momentum of the three hundred warriors' attack was a strong spiritual inspiration to each other.
On the other hand, the Covin people in the mountain fort are already actively organizing defense.
The leader of Kewen, Kejas, was a little old man hiding on the wooden scaffolding behind the stone wall. He poked half of his head out with wide eyes and stared at the position of the enemy formation.
With his other hand, he greeted as many as fifty archers who were assigned to attack.
At this moment, all the archers lined up in a dense formation, looking at the leader's right hand with both eyes. The arrows were already on their bows, and they could all be thrown in the right direction.
"Attention everyone!"
"put!"
Kewen's archer was well-trained and released his arrows at the same time. Suddenly there was a whooshing sound in the air, and after a while, fifty arrows fell together.
The advancing Russians realized something, and then someone started yelling.
"It's an arrow! The enemy has an ambush! Stay hidden!" Otto shouted immediately, and his right arm holding the shield tried to cover his body.
Rurik was also in the marching team. He was too small. However, after long-term training, his personal physical fitness could fully keep up with the pace of the team, but that was all.
The sudden chaos was something Rurik didn't expect. He saw an arrow falling next to him with his own eyes. Then came the second one, then the third one...
There are warriors howling that they have been hit by an arrow, and there are also madmen who violently pull out the arrow that penetrated their leather clothes and stabbed their arm, ignoring the pain and continuing to fight.
"Damn it, if I get hit by an arrow, wouldn't my life be safe? Unless I'm wearing an iron can." Rurik gritted his teeth and ran behind a big tree, holding his dagger and gritting his teeth.
sit down.
War is really no joke!
The prepared Kewen people are no longer as weak as before.
Rurik felt that he had underestimated the enemy's strength. Looking at the current situation, his people were paying the price for their arrogance and recklessness.
The first wave of "arrow rain" contained the Russian offensive, and it seemed that was all. It was entirely because the bows and arrows of the Kovin people were generally inferior, and all the warriors of the Russian people at least wore leather armor, and this wood
Shield cover. Five of the Russians were wounded, but the wounded were still able to continue fighting.
Everyone hid behind big trees, or squatted in the snow to cover their vitals with wooden shields. Evasion was only temporary, it was a tactic.
After the arrows rained down, the Russian archers immediately went to pick up the enemy's arrows. This move undoubtedly stimulated the watching Kovin people.
Leader Kewen, who squinted his eyes, felt angry, and soon the second wave of arrows came again.
Boney arrowheads were smashed into the snow or dug into the bark of trees.
The "Salmon Lord" tribe among the Kovin people, under the leadership of leader Kehas, attaches great importance to the training of archers. This allows this small tribe of 900 people to take a great advantage in tribal battles.
They relied on concentrated archery to force other tribes to suffer losses repeatedly in the competition for hunting grounds for many years.
The Russians suffered five consecutive waves of arrows. The offensive was indeed completely contained. The Russians clearly suffered a loss. No one was killed, and no one was seriously injured and could not fight. Only fifteen people were slightly injured. They pulled out
The arrow cluster can continue to fight.
Otto, who was hiding behind a big tree, had no time to take care of his son for a while. When the battlefield became quiet, Otto saw the little figure hiding behind the tree not far away, and he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
Otto stuck out his head and looked at the target that was not far away.
Even if it is a projectile bow and arrow, the single wooden short bow of the Kovin people can throw light arrows at most a hundred meters away, and the accuracy is already very bad. They have no choice but to organize the archers. This time they attack from a high position, making the bow and arrow within the shooting range.
Got some advantages.
The advantages of the Kovin people were extremely limited. The Russian army led by Otto was indeed panicked. In fifty years of life, Otto had now seen the large-scale use of bows and arrows and real tactical advantages for the first time.
He thought of his son Rurik's so-called arrow formation, but he didn't expect that the Russian "arrow formation" had not yet shown its power. It was as if he had encountered the Kovin people's arrow formation first, and even suffered a big loss.
"Brothers! The enemy's arrows may be gone. Let's continue the attack and cut off the enemy's right hand that draws the bow!"
Upon receiving the order, the hiding Russian soldiers suddenly jumped out.
"Brothers! Roar and scare the enemy!"
Otto gave an order, and more than 300 people roared deafeningly.
It was only then that the complacent Kewen Archer realized that his efforts were of little use.
The angry and anxious leader Hakes looked helplessly at a group of tall and extremely strong warriors wearing metal helmets. They rushed towards the stone wall. For a moment, she was very worried about whether the wall made of wooden piles and rocks would break through.
Sturdy.
Kehas, what worries him most is the gate of the mountain fort.
If the mountain fort is weakest now, it is the gate that is blocked by a large number of tree trunks.
"Brothers, the Varangians are here! Spearmen and archers are on the stone wall. Others, throw stones at the wall!"
"Protect our women and children and let them hide in the cellar."
"All boys, now you are warriors!"
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The strong men of the Russians have clearly seen the stone walls of the Covins. Quite a few warriors here have attacked the "Stone Wall Castle" on Gotland Road, and they already have experience in attacking similar buildings.
The moment they saw the city wall, many soldiers thought of the battle half a year ago.
At that time, everyone suffered losses in the attack at first, but it was Arik who came up with the strategy of cutting down big trees to use as battering rams, which allowed everyone to successfully breach the city gate.
It was the low stone wall in front of them. The warriors felt that no complicated operations were needed, and it seemed that they could directly cross it as long as they climbed hard.
Because of the stone wall of the mountain fort, the relatively short Kowen people thought it was already very high. Due to technical limitations in construction, the Kowen people in the current era really couldn't build the wall of the mountain fort higher.
Facing a large group of strong men with a height of 190 centimeters, the stone wall was relatively too short.
The Kewen archers guarding the stone wall were trembling. Seeing that the enemy was approaching, the leader hurriedly ordered: "Load iron-tipped arrows for me and destroy them all! I won't allow you to be stingy!"
Each iron arrow cluster is expensive, at least ten pieces of pine bark can be exchanged for a sleeved iron arrowhead.
Because although the Covin people know how to smelt iron, their technical level is too poor, and their productivity can be called laboratory level. The entire "Salmon Lord" tribe only has a few poor blacksmiths. What's worse is that they lack ore and have to spend
A large amount of squirrel skins can be exchanged with the Finns in the south for rough-processed iron products, or simply a small amount of iron ore can be processed by oneself.
The entire Finnish ethnic group is undergoing an innovation to enter the Iron Age. They entered directly from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. Due to the lack of internal technological accumulation, the situation of the fledgling iron smelting industry in Finland is very bad. The limited iron is mainly used for
In terms of weapons and tools, using it to make iron arrow clusters is really crazy.
Iron-tipped arrows are indeed very powerful, and no hunter would use them unless absolutely necessary.
Therefore, many hunters affectionately call it "bear hunting arrow".
The hunters who escaped could not forget the horrific death of their companions. Now everyone has no way out and can only fight hard in grief and anger.
An arrow accurately hit the neck of a tall and strong Ross warrior, and everything happened so suddenly.
Realizing that he had been fatally wounded, the warrior felt uncomfortable all over. He vomited blood and opened his eyes wide. He held the ax high and walked for more than ten steps. He fell down like a felled pine tree.
One warrior was shot dead, followed by a second, a third...
There were unexpected casualties in the team, and Otto was a little panicked at this moment.
He gritted his teeth and urgently issued new orders.
"Brothers, don't be afraid! Build a human ladder to climb over the stone wall!"
"Archers, shoot the archers of the Corvins!"
"Warriors, form a turtle for me to resist the enemy's arrows!"
These warriors with combat experience formed groups of more than ten people and spontaneously formed fighting groups.
The Russians had almost no understanding of the Romans, and they knew nothing about the combat routines of Roman infantry hundreds of years ago. However, the routines of war in the cold weapon era were all very similar. The Russians also played with tortoise shell formations, and named the formations after turtles.
The Russian round shield was deliberately designed to cover its own vital points, and the protrusion in the center of the shield could also be used as a blunt weapon to block counterattacks. Its shielding range was not large, and it could not achieve the tight seal of the ancient Roman legions.
The square turtle array.
More than a dozen Russians gathered together to organize the shield, and they marched forward steadily while shouting chants.
A large number of arrows hit the shield directly, and the Russians threw them forward.
Immediately afterwards, the Kovin people began to encounter arrows thrown by the Russians.
Those boys who tried to throw stones outside the wall became the first to suffer. Soon, the Russians no longer worried about the harassment of stones falling from the sky, but inside the stone wall, boys were already vomiting blood after being hit by arrows.
More than a dozen "turtles" were approaching the stone wall at a steady speed. However, through the gap in the shield, the warrior realized that the enemy was already preparing large rocks, and he couldn't help but feel nervous.
At the same time, Jevro and all the mercenaries, who had retreated in the face of the enemy's arrows, were urgently called to their side by Rurik.
Yevluo asked tactfully: "Master, the war is tense now. What do you want us to do?"
Rurik looked at all the mercenaries holding crossbows. He knew exactly what these guys were thinking.
He thought for a while and said: "Maybe the battle will be difficult for a while. Your job is to get close to the stone wall, and you must shoot the enemy accurately for me. Listen, shooting the enemy on the stone wall is the most effective way to deal with the Russians."
Good support.”
Everyone understood and inserted heavy crossbow arrows into the arrow trough one after another.
Finally, Rurik, who was hiding behind a tree, did not forget to add one more sentence: "You are not Melalen people now, you are not another tribe. You are Rus people, I recognize you!"
The financial owner has such bold words, and everyone is in a good mood. Therefore, those who are fighting now and those who suddenly die in battle are all their own clansmen.
At this point, the mercenaries have completely shared the same hatred.
Yevlo received conclusive orders and began fire support in the true sense.
The Russian "turtle" steadily attacked the stone wall of the Covin people, and they immediately encountered a violent beating from the opponent.
Some huge stones were thrown down, and spearheads were also stabbed at random.
Some Ross warriors were injured, and some grabbed the obsidian spearheads of the Corvins, and dragged them with the spears outside the stone wall. The Corvin warriors who had not yet reacted were immediately killed by steel swords.
But there were also Ross warriors who had their heads smashed directly by big rocks and lost their lives on the spot.
The Russian "turtle" has already succeeded.
The "turtle" pressed against the stone wall, and the dozen or so people who formed the "turtle" dispersed. Those who knew how to cooperate knelt on the ground, using their backs as stepping stones for their companions.
At first, the first Russian warrior stood on the stone wall. The people who were attacking the fort were very happy to see the feats of their companions. Although the first man was pushed down by the enemy's short spear and fell heavily to the ground. He got up and sighed.
After his badly damaged chainmail saved his life, he endured the pain in his chest and continued to participate in the battle.
The Russians who temporarily climbed onto the stone wall were pushed down by the Kovin people, but the Kovin people's defense line was already riddled with holes.
The leader Kehas has personally participated in the battle, and his two sons are also taking command in unused positions.
The people of Kewen were exhausted, and in order to survive, they had to continue checking.
But, how long can their persistence last?
Kejas felt that he had met the most terrifying enemy in his life, and maybe everything would be destroyed! Everything the tribesmen had worked hard for would be destroyed by the Varyags. He led the tribesmen to resist in grief and indignation, even if
I was so tired that I almost vomited blood and died.