Tavastia collapsed! It was history repeating itself!
Rurik recalled the "Battle of the Glacier" here in the past. The enemy at that time became his own soldiers. The new enemy seemed stronger, but now he was chased and beaten like a lost dog.
The bloody spirit of the Russian people was aroused, and Arik roared forward with a shield on his back and two swords raised.
The originally rigorous formation became extremely loose, and the warriors were as enthusiastic as if they were attending a wedding, treating the killing as a festival celebration.
Take prisoners?
The Duke said that enemies who invade the territory and kill servants should be killed as much as possible. Only by making the enemies feel the most sincere terror can we prevent future troubles.
Arik did not let go of the injured enemy who fell to the ground. He chopped off the injured head, soaked the bloody thing, and roared like a polar bear.
It was here that Rurik experienced a real war many years ago.
His innocent soul was gone. In that battle, he gave up all his illusions, and his whole mind became wild.
In this wild world, wildness is the key to survival.
It is the duty of Jevlo and his brothers to protect the Duke's safety.
Seeing his soldiers counterattack and pursue them in a chaotic manner, how could this bloodthirsty feast be without his most elite men.
"Jevro!" Rurik, who was in the middle formation, shouted.
"grown ups?!"
"Bring a hundred brothers to hunt me down. Cut off the heads of the enemy corpses."
"Ah? What does this mean?"
"Go quickly!" Rurik pinched his waist, "Bring back a head and give me a silver coin."
For ordinary mercenaries, a silver coin is now worth a huge sum of money. They follow Rurik, and not only are they provided with food, clothing, and housing, but their additional income is at least ten silver coins every month.
The loyalty of these people comes from their income and the social status granted by the Duke of Ross.
In order to prove that they were the Duke's "powerful sword", they followed Jevlo and began to chop the heads of fallen enemies everywhere.
A horrific scene is taking place in the Russian camp!
Those ferocious heads are being arranged into a matrix. Firstly, they show the illustrious military exploits of the crusade. Secondly, they are convenient for statistics of battle results. Thirdly, the heads are also very low-damage, insulting and intimidating "projectiles".
The boys and girls who went with the army also included John Ingvar, who was forced to follow everyone and shoot arrows into the sky.
They had experienced battles, and this terrible scene of seeing each other again made their hearts beat wildly.
People like Fisk and Kanuf remained extremely calm, but Terravis, a boy from Covin, rarely kicked his head casually and cursed.
This kid was cursing the Tavastians, and Rurik was too lazy to stop him.
He glanced sideways and saw Carlotta and her girls all avoiding.
"Well, unless absolutely necessary, women should not appear on the battlefield."
After all, pursuit has a limit. Although the counterattacking army has no concept of chasing after the enemy, seeing that there are fewer and fewer brothers in pursuit, everyone slows down and returns to the original route.
Will there be any spoils from defeating the Tavastians?
It was impossible to seize grain and cured meat. Perhaps a large amount of leather could be captured by attacking the captured fort.
The enemy left behind a large number of iron and bronze weapons, which are also very valuable.
The Rus and Balmoks came back one after another carrying the weapons they picked up. They kept the useful axes and spearheads for themselves, and threw the unused ones in front of Rurik. They all knew that these things could be recycled.
A large number of arrows were recovered, and the Russians also confiscated many enemy arrows.
The whole morning was spent before and after the battle, and it was not until the afternoon that people started to come back one after another.
Most people didn't get any rest last night. Once people sat down after the battle that exhausted their energy, they soon felt extremely tired.
Many people simply lay down and slept contentedly, regardless of the headless corpses strewn all over the place and the very few of their own war dead.
Even if the Russians' defensive measures were good, the morning fog still weakened the Russians' bow and arrow advantage.
Having said that, Tavastia forest hunters can only inflict substantial damage to the Russians by throwing javelins and arrows at close range.
Eleven Russian warriors were killed in battle, killed by enemy javelins without any accident.
There were also more than fifty people suffering from internal injuries, almost all of which were swelling and bruises on their arms and shoulders. The combination of leather and chain mail gave the Russians a great defense, but it was not enough for these people who had suffered internal injuries. The next battle should not be continued.
Fight on the front line.
Including the dead in Balmok, the crusade army only lost more than thirty people and injured nearly a hundred people.
Most of the injured were not seriously injured, and they all threatened to seize the opportunity to kill a few more enemies.
Looking at the enemy's losses, everything is extremely concrete.
The enemy's heads are arranged in a matrix, with every hundred heads arranged in a square. There are actually five such squares, and there are twenty more.
Capture five hundred and twenty enemy heads?
This is not the case, because in the chaotic battle, some enemies were chopped off with axes and their heads were bruised. The horrific scene made Yevro vomit unconsciously, so why bother to collect such things again?
The number of enemies who actually died in front of the battle was far less than those who died while being chased.
As expected, history repeated itself once again, and the pursuit of the fleeing enemy once again achieved great results.
The raven appeared out of thin air, and Aric, covered in blood, walked into the tent and approached his brother with a smile.
"Rurik, the raven is circling. Odin is pleased to see our great battle."
But there was no obvious joy on Rurik's face. He was shocked when he saw the film's head.
"Today's battle is over."
"Yes. It seems that you are a little unhappy? Alas." Arik sat down again, "Even if we haven't killed all the enemies, the battle will still continue." This seemed to be a complaint, but Arik's smile did not disappear.
"The facts are very different from the information we received. They did not send out too many troops. Maybe we will encounter some serious resistance when we attack the enemy's fortress."
"So what?" Arik slapped his chest, "I am best at attacking fortresses."
"Now that you know, you should know what to do."
Rurik seemed to be telling a riddle? In fact, it was not the case. Arik nodded with satisfaction, already guessing what his brother wanted to say.
Because the old Gray Squirrel Hill Fort was bound to be captured, this was the second time the Ross army launched an attack on it. Many people in the team who had witnessed the war knew very well what kind of preparations they should make based on the experience and lessons learned from previous battles.
The two brothers first negotiated, and then Rurik summoned many elites to hold a new meeting.
Although they were tired, the people's faces were filled with the joy of victory. It was their white robes with blue stripes stained red by the enemy's blood that made their image complicated.
In a daze, Rurik suddenly felt: "It seems that red, white and blue are indeed the colors that the Russians should have."
The battle has just come to an end. Although most of the soldiers don't care enough to lie down and sleep, the battlefield still needs to be cleaned.
It wasn't until the next day that the Russian army really began to clean up the battlefield.
The Oulu River is still flowing rapidly, and a large number of headless and gray corpses are thrown into the river.
Floods caused by melting ice and snow will wash these hundreds of corpses into the sea, and eventually disappear without a trace. Of course, all useful things they carry have been stripped away before being abandoned.
A large number of iron weapons were piled together, and the enemy's head was also piled into a hill.
Rurik actually built a temple for the enemy, allowing all the brothers who participated in the war to watch the great achievements they had made with their own hands.
They temporarily forgot about their brothers who died in the battle, commented on the enemy's heads, and praised each other as berserkers.
A large number of soldiers even praised their Lord Rurik as a real warrior, who was braver than his father and whose methods were quite cruel.
No one criticized the so-called ferocity at all. When they learned that these heads had very strange uses, they all held their swords and axes high and shouted excitedly.
A group of enemy heads were buried on the spot to form a large grave, and more than two hundred of them were still hung on the waists of Russian soldiers.
Aren't the soldiers of the Qin army also howling and charging with one or two enemy heads hanging on their belts? The Qin army is a division of tigers and wolves, and Rurik seems to think that his men are even worse, and he should be regarded as a "division of wild bears."
The Tavastians suffered a heavy setback, as these invaders eventually destroyed the cemeteries of the Rus and the original inhabitants, the Corvins.
The war was urgent, and there was no time to burn the bodies of the dead brothers on the spot, and there was no vehicle to transport them back to the river mouth. As for putting them into the water for the final sea burial, everyone was not happy psychologically.
Rus and Balmok warriors who died in battle were buried. Each deceased had his own cemetery. A sword was inserted in each grave, and everyone agreed never to draw the sword.
The army rested for a whole day. Even though the war was urgent, Rurik did not expect to appear under the wooden wall of the old Gray Squirrel Hill Castle in an instant.
Enemies who are lucky enough to survive will spread terror. As long as they wait for the situation to escalate, when the Russians show up with strong morale, the enemy may collapse at the first touch and then be completely defeated.
The development of the situation was basically in line with Rurik's expectations.
It was Vatyala, the commander of the Tavastiya army who was determined to win, but he covered the burning wound on his face and fled. In his panic, he could no longer care about the lives of his brothers.
How many people escaped back to the mountain fortress?
At least this old fellow, Watyala, who had suffered a great loss, returned to the old Gray Squirrel Hill Castle early the next morning, running till he coughed up blood.
After a while, exhausted and frightened soldiers began to return one after another.
Many people lost their weapons and shoes while escaping, and fell down suddenly when they came back.
By noon, there were already more than two hundred defeated soldiers sitting in the mountain fort, some were shivering, and some simply fell asleep.
It wasn't until evening that the sleepy Vateyala woke up and began to count his warriors again.
It doesn't matter based on the count. Including those who stayed behind, there are only close to 500 men left in the entire army who can hold weapons. As for whether they can fight well, the twinkling eyes of them are like declaring themselves again.
Frightened by the battle.
Vatyala had never seen such a battle before. He clearly had the upper hand, but the enemy's human wall was like a rock and he couldn't break through it. In the end, he was killed by the enemy.
There must be an explanation for the defeat! The soldiers with fear, grief, anger, boredom, and all kinds of emotions, as well as the people from their hometown who have just immigrated here, need someone to stand up and explain this defeat!
Fighting a losing battle and committing suicide to clarify one's ambition?
Vatyala did not want to commit suicide to apologize. Besides, the huge humiliation of defeat and the terrible losses meant that if he really wanted to die, he would die by the enemy's sword. He did not dare to say that he was scared, let alone mention any words of retreat.
Someone must be responsible, who is responsible?
The five men with their ears cut off were pulled out, tied up again, and their mouths were tied with hemp ropes.
Watyala held an ax in his own hand, stood on a high ground made of rammed earth, and shouted to the nearly 500 soldiers gathered: "These are the five guys who lied about the military situation! The number of enemies is very large, and we made the wrong choice. They
Five people must die!"
Soon enough, Vateyala took the ax with his own hands and chopped off the necks of all five people.
Looking at the bloody corpse, he held up the bloody ax and roared: "I will not leave! I would rather die here! It is the people we love in Tavast who have occupied this lake territory, and we are
Master here! Those Russians came across the sea to steal our treasure, I decided to fight to the death! You also have to fight for Tavastia!"
That being said, people who thought that the Russian bows and arrows were powerful in close combat but were weak in close combat have realized the naivety of their own thinking. Wouldn't a bloody battle with that kind of enemy lead to death in vain?
But look at the people who were executed. At this moment, no one dared to raise any questions to Vatyala.
Anticipating that someone would retreat, Vateyala continued to shout: "Anyone who dares to escape is a betrayal of Tavastia. If caught, he will be skinned, and his wife and children will be burned to death as punishment."
He plays the role of the "tyrant of the North," but this guy is not stupid enough to let a group of immigrant women and children suffer the devastation of war.
The immigrants who had just arrived were ordered to immediately leave most of their supplies and return home. Two soldiers with good legs and feet, who were recognized as loyal to the tribal alliance, had to run back to the alliance-controlled area in the south as quickly as possible and tell them.
The terrible war that took place in the North.
Vatyala, he feels that the severity of this war has far exceeded the war with the Karelians. Those Karelians are not as ferocious as the Russians, who want to drive out their opponents!
If the Rus finally occupy this area, who can guarantee that they will not go south to attack the entire Tavastia next step?
Who can guarantee that the Russians are hungry wolves that can be fed? It’s strange that they can be fed!
He also handed over this analysis to the messenger. He believed that his eldest brother, who was the leader of the alliance, would continue to send troops for reinforcements. Before the reinforcements arrived, Watyala decided to stick to the mountain fortress. However, the existing reserves of fish and animal meat could not satisfy this need.
It took ten days of consumption for five hundred warriors, and it would be good if they could last for eight days if they lived frugally. Therefore, all the reindeer pulling the sled were left behind and all were killed immediately. The Tavastians decided to use this to satisfy their hunger.
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Is it possible to continue fighting with the Russians who threaten to attack the mountain fortress with limited food and fresh water? Will the mountain fortress not turn into a terrifying big coffin?
Even a coffin is not as good as the world outside the wooden wall. After this battle, the Tavastian army has lost its courage by the Russian army and can only rely on the walls of the mountain fortress for defense.
The situation can be described as extremely passive. The most rational choice is to abandon this mountain fortress and all the Tavastians retreat to their hometown. But they have to vomit out what they have eaten, which they do not want to do even though they are afraid.
They are all the sand swept away by the torrent of the times, and they all have their own pursuits and persistence.
Even if the defensive conditions were not good, Vatyala did not dare to retreat.
Now, the only thing that can comfort the nearly five hundred Tavastian warriors who are still persisting is this circular and reinforced wooden wall.
They are surrounded by walls and feel a little more at ease with their constant self-persuasion.
But how useful is this?
Arik led his brothers to attack and made a large anti-arrow shield using thin branches combined with the inherent shield that required two people to carry it. Someone also polished the ax and prepared to chop down a large tree as a siege ram when the troops came to the city.
The Russians replenished stone bullets on the spot and captured many arrows from the enemy.
The crusade army marched out again, its sword pointed straight at all directions and invincible.