Although the fierce battle went unsatisfactory, the Russians actually defeated the enemy.
The Russians were immersed in the joy of victory. Blue Fox wiped the condensed blood on his face and accepted the respect of his subordinates.
"Sir, you actually kill the enemy like a warrior." The old mercenary's respect was sincere.
The battle just now really frightened Blue Fox, and now the fire spreading not far away made him even more worried.
"Kill an enemy and my sword is still down there," he complained.
"It doesn't matter. Let's jump down along the rope to replenish the swords of those who are dying, and then fish out the master's sword."
"Then go quickly. We also have to prepare some measures to deal with their new attack." Blue Fox Lingran said.
No one on the Ross side was killed in this battle, and of course the opponent's casualties were not many.
It is ridiculous for a group of farmers and traders who have been mobilized to rob, to expect them to work unconditionally for gangsters and foreign bigwigs. They can be masters of fighting against the wind. When the attack is thwarted, saving their lives is naturally the first priority.
More than thirty people were lying under the wooden wall, some of whom were still squirming with difficulty, or still covering their wounds despite being weak.
The Ross mercenaries, whose robes were covered with dust, jumped down, like a group of white demons seeking life, holding steel swords or short spears and stabbing the people lying on the ground. The injured were killed, and the bodies of the dead were still stabbed.
rupture.
They swept the battlefield looking for all available weapons, especially to recover the arrows they fired.
In fact, everyone felt strange from the beginning of the fierce battle. This group of Danes suddenly set up a rainbow military formation. Why didn't they shoot arrows to cover when they attacked? The Russian mercenaries felt that things were very strange, and they strongly suspected that their opponents deliberately hid them.
archer.
His subordinates were exploring under the wall, throwing available weapons into the wooden wall.
Lan Hu observed all this. He squinted and especially saw the damaged wooden poles that had been chopped down. He couldn't help but sweat. He shouted to his subordinates at the bottom of the wall: "The wall is damaged, bring the enemy's corpses to reinforce it!"
Everyone under the wall was ordered, and the bloody corpse became a kind of soft brick and stuck to the damaged part of the wooden wall. When rigor mortis occurred, it was difficult to move.
Some of the arrows were broken, but most of them could still be used again. The Russians tried their best to recover their own arrows, and saw more than fifty short spears left on the battlefield, planning to use them as throwing spears.
There were far more weapons seized than dead bodies on the ground, and the enemy was beaten to the point of losing their armor?
It was getting late at night, and the Russians, who were worried about the enemy's night attack, were still guarding the wall. The beginning of the north wind made these defenders instinctively aware of the danger.
Blue Fox got back his steel sword. Unfortunately, the haze began to appear in the afternoon. The sunset in the evening did not exist, so he could not see the beautiful reflection of the steel sword. However, the flames not far away still made the sword gleam.
Abnormally bright.
They lit a bonfire in the small courtyard and cooked oats in urns on the spot.
Soon the aroma of wheat filled the Ross Store Fortress. The salty wheat porridge with wheat mixed with oats and chopped salt and thyme was the best way to replenish everyone's energy.
The dinner was really delicious. While the brothers were enjoying the meal, some people started to worry.
An old mercenary sitting on the ground doubted whether the next battle would be meaningful: "Their strength exceeds our expectations. If the prince is here, he will send thousands of people to fight with them. We only have ninety people. Continue
We will die if we waste it."
"It doesn't matter if we die in battle. However, do you really want us to retreat quickly?" The old mercenary who had always advocated close combat was full of energy.
"Is it right to retreat? There are no valuables in the shops, and there are no treasures to hold on to. The weather is starting to get bad, and the effect of our rocket launchers is very good. The fire is still going on. We should take advantage of the chaos to evacuate. This is an opportunity.
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"If you want to retreat, retreating now will harm my honor. My guys and I want to kill more enemies, so what does it mean to kill more than thirty enemies now?"
"But we have created enough chaos and the enemies have now withdrawn."
"That won't work either." The old guy who was in charge of hand-to-hand combat said arrogantly, "I want to kill those armored and mounted enemies with my own hands, kill their general, and offer my head to the prince."
The words are really grand, but people with clear minds don't think this is feasible.
The mercenaries all know that their small victory is nothing to brag about. Brothers have seen the big world and know what it means to be littered with corpses, but what does this mean?
Blue Fox sat by the campfire, and now his gorgeous clothes gave way to armor. He assassinated an enemy today and was called a "real warrior" by his subordinates. Maybe! After calming down, he thought about it and felt scared, but that kind of confrontation
The fear of fighting has been eliminated a lot.
The mercenaries were unconsciously divided into two groups. Although there were ninety subordinates, they were actually divided into three "ship groups". One "ship" supported the continued fighting, while the other "ship" hoped to stop as soon as it was good.
They hope that Blue Fox will come up with an idea, but Blue Fox is also ambiguous now.
The attitude of the key third "ship", Vady Zdarovic and his crew, becomes crucial.
"Wadi, what do you think of today's battle?" Blue Fox deliberately asked the wheat-eater's attitude.
"Very good, we are taking revenge."
"That's it? Are you... eager to keep fighting?"
"We brothers would rather die in battle and try to kill an enemy together before we die to avenge their destruction of our village."
"You are not Odin's warrior, there is no need to fight like this." Blue Fox was slightly curious.
But Wadi was very happy: "We just want revenge, please give our brothers a chance."
"But if we evacuate now, you will have more opportunities for revenge in the future."
"No! Brothers can't wait any longer. We are eager to kill another batch of enemies."
Blue Fox nodded. There were now the most calls for continuing the war. For him, he could take advantage of the bad weather and the fire to retreat. If he continued to hold on and prepare for the war, the logistics supplies would also be maintained.
"Then continue to spend time here." He gave a clear order. "This is the path we have chosen. If I die in battle, it will also be my fate."
At this moment, the little fat guy Blue Fox began to believe in Odin.
The flames continued to burn in the nearby shed area, and the north wind that started blowing after nightfall began to intensify the fire. If there was no wind, the fire would not spread very widely, but the situation began to change at night.
The north wind gradually became fierce, which dealt a greater blow to the defeated troops who retreated to a safe area to rest.
Stade was furious at the unauthorized retreat of the bandit troops and the temporarily recruited peasant soldiers. He gathered the gang leaders and cursed them mercilessly.
The scolding didn't matter, there were gangsters who quit on the spot.
His so-called subordinates lost more than 200 people at once, and Stad had no intention of obstructing him, because he had already said harsh words: "You run away! When King Horik's army comes, we will punish you cowards."
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Those who should evacuate still need to evacuate, because the cold north wind has become warm, but this warmth may turn into scorching heat.
Gray Wolf Karl also wants to withdraw. He is afraid that the area he is in will be engulfed in flames. He is a person with a bigger goal. Who is Stade? He has a heavy army but is incompetent in organization. Is he considered an expert? Wait until the new
As soon as King Horik arrives, he will curry favor with the king. This has a better future than currying favor with Stade.
Karl endured Stader's insults and said casually with an attitude that it had nothing to do with him: "Originally I wanted to withdraw, but now I have changed my mind. I want to continue attacking the Russians."
As soon as Stade said this, he stopped scolding him and demanded instead: "Many people are running away. You can ignore your fellow gangsters. The farmers who have been drafted, do your best to drag them back to me. If anyone dares to run away again, you
Kill directly!"
The gray wolf Karl was a little surprised. He had never done such a thing before, and he didn't even understand it. He killed the escapees in order to maintain the morale of the army.
However, he saw with his own eyes that Stade's armored warriors started to take action, and it would be inappropriate not to take action himself.
The gangsters who were the first to evacuate saw the situation change. They saw the troops under the new king of Denmark killing their own people. They were shocked and feared that they would also be slaughtered. They shouted that they had been fooled. The so-called Horik man was definitely still alive.
Hafgen, who was not as good as dead, immediately ran for his life at full speed.
Some of the armed farmers who wanted to evacuate were assassinated, and the corpses lying in a pool of blood under the blazing flames completely shocked other farmers.
Stade used violent methods to stabilize the morale of the army, but the flames continued.
He did not allow the birds and animals to disperse, otherwise everyone would be engulfed by the flames if they stood still. He led his army to actively avoid it, and began to worry that the fire would really engulf the entire Haizeby.
It wasn't until the middle of the night that a new situation happened again.
It rains at the end of midsummer. This is Northern Europe, and rain means the temperature plummets!
First, the north wind helped the fire. For a while, what people felt was warmth. However, when the heavy rain fell, the restrained peasant soldiers got wet one after another. How could their thin linen clothes keep out the cold? Not to mention that there were a group of people who went into battle shirtless. Now they were all rustling.
trembling.
When the fire became completely uncontrollable, a rain extinguished the possibility of burning the entire city.
The cold weather in the supermarket also brought discomfort to the Russian people, so they evacuated into the empty buildings of the shops. The wooden floors of the wood-carved corrugated buildings perfectly avoided the wet ground. They would not get soaked and could rest in a dry place.
No one believed that the enemy would attack in this kind of weather. A night attack was simply impossible on a cold, rainy day.
Oil lamps were lit in the house, and the mercenaries gathered together, making the entire large open house full of people. The body heat of everyone was enough to make the house quite warm, which was completely different from the coldness outside.
This rain had been foreshadowed for a long time. After all, during the day of the battle, anyone with a clear eye could see a dark cloud gradually coming from the north.
The weather in Denmark is like this, because there are no tall mountains running east-west. The central mountains of Scandinavia running north-south are like the diversion baffle of the Arctic cold current. As long as the north wind sweeps across Northern Europe, the Jutland Peninsula will be hit. This
The arctic cold snap in summer swept away the warmth of Denmark. What’s worse is that this cold snap came at the wrong time!
The restrained farmers couldn't help but tremble, and were extremely worried about the land they bought. It was almost the wheat harvest season, and the strong wind and heavy rain were likely to blow away a large amount of newly-eared oats, causing the rye to fall, and a reduction in agricultural production was inevitable.
Farmers believe that natural disasters are related to the wrath of gods. They go home to see the condition of their fields. Even though they know that they are actually powerless, they don't want to spend time shivering here.
Those buildings that had just been burned began to collapse in the rain again, and the empty wooden sheds that did not burn became shelters for soldiers. They looked for all the things that could keep out the cold and persisted in the damp and cold environment, waiting for Stade's new attack order.
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So Stade doesn't want to seize the time and continue the attack?
He had no experience in launching an attack in the cold rain, and many of his subordinates were unanimously opposed to it. They said fighting in the rain was too ridiculous and the mud would make it difficult for soldiers to stand.
They had to endure it, and some worried that the Russians would take advantage of the bad weather to escape.
Escape? Where can you escape?
The sea is now very windy and rough, and people who are sheltering from the rain in various shelters hear only the sound of rain and violent waves.
Many people who fled knew that there was a war going on in Hedebe, but now they have fled back, only to pull all the moored fishing boats to the shore and secure them to avoid the wind and waves. This measure is very limited, and the ocean is shocked.
A group of fishing boats with keels were constantly beaten by the six-meter waves and eventually disintegrated. Some fishermen who rescued the boats were also swept into the sea and eventually became fish feed.
The cold snap will last for many days, and blue foxes have also experienced this situation in other areas.
The Russians continued to hide in their houses, and the rain continued outside.
There were also soldiers who were worried about the enemy's sneak attack and ran shirtless outdoors, where the temperature had dropped to 8 degrees Celsius. They climbed up wet ladders and wooden wall scaffolding to observe the situation outside. All they saw was the depressing fields and the gloomy Heidebi.
There were indeed some people wandering around. They seemed to be armed men, but they had no intention of attacking.
The people who ran out also had another task, which was to take off the twisted Russian flag hanging on the wooden pole, then unfold the flag that was full of water and stick it directly on the wall to show that the Russian people would not retreat.
, continue to provoke the enemy with the flag.
Is this provocation enough? Of course not.
More than thirty enemies who were killed were beheaded, impaled on wooden sticks, and stood on the previous battlefield.
The eyesight of the Nordic people in this era was very good. Even in rainy weather, a discerning person could see a group of ferocious heads standing abruptly. There were bright flags and plug heads. If someone told the Stadros people, they would take advantage of the chaos.
He absolutely did not believe in evacuation.
"This is great, we have no chance to evacuate now." The person who was ordered to go through the alleyway to the exit to investigate the situation reported after returning.
Blue Fox and the other brothers are eager to learn about the situation in the sea. Now, Blue Fox just wants to hear a more detailed report.
"There are sea monsters in the sea now, and the water is very violent. I saw the waves destroying some ships. If we had decided to evacuate before, the ship would have capsized and we would all die. Only our Ross ship can withstand such waves.
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The situation described by the scout is convincing. The brothers are not cages. Everyone can hear the sound of the violent waves. Even standing on the archery platform on the roof and looking into the distance, one can feel the strangeness of the sea.
As a result, even those who advocated evacuation have completely given up their ideas.
The blue fox looked up to the sky and sighed: "The rain is Odin's will! Brothers, we may have to use our lives as sacrifices to fight them to the end. Odin prohibits us from retreating, so we will die in exchange for the prince's revenge!"
Everyone looked at each other and smiled in relief...