A small sled team ran wildly on the ice field. People were not worried about their mere appearance of 140 people. They were high-spirited and well-equipped.
How many captures could be made against the Karelians? Perhaps a large number of deer.
Tyravis brought his more than 30 warriors, and was assisted by a hundred capable soldiers of the First Standard Corps. Although the number of troops was small, the combat effectiveness was strong. Due to the experience of the last battle, the soldiers sat on the sled and talked and laughed.
Laugh, they have reached a wonderful consensus, which is to support the brothers in Xiongji Town to attack the enemy, but they can't gain anything valuable.
At some point, the Russian people's view of war became fighting for the sake of fighting.
It is only natural to rescue the brother who was attacked, and it is also natural to kill the attacker. The desperate killing is to show Odin the power of a real man.
What is archery and setting traps to hunt squirrels? Hunting bears is not considered a great honor these days.
Only killing like crazy on the battlefield is considered "fun."
On the other hand, the Karelian army that besieged the town of Bear Festival turned into a siege after three failed charges. Relying on their numerical superiority and the slowly increasing troop strength, the big leader Kaskuwe did not update
The best way is to launch the fourth round of attack after the troop strength is increased.
The young and great leader who founded the emirate did not allow the warriors who followed him to achieve a quick victory. His boasts came to nothing, and the war turned into a war of attrition that no one liked.
At least the Karelia people can afford it as they have the advantage of the land.
Reindeer is a kind of "walkable farmland". The Karelian people obtain blood, meat, milk, leather and bones from the deer herd. The former is food and drinking water, and the latter is a source of clothing and weapons.
As many as 30,000 reindeer were driven to the area near the Bear Festival Town. After all, this area was the traditional pasture of the Karelian people. With the material support of these livestock, Kaskuwe had the capital to siege the city.
Facing a fortress with a trench made of rammed earth and timber, the leader was basically helpless and could only resort to the stupid method of siege. As for how long the siege would end, only God knows.
In order to prevent the people inside the fortress from coming out to look for food, they built tent strongholds around the fortress. There were often more than a dozen people taking turns to stand guard and keep watch, while a large number of Karelian warriors were ambushed in the woods behind.
There is another important reason that supports this group of people in their fight - the Bear Altar.
Most of the soldiers had a serious lack of knowledge about the regular army of the Principality of Rus. They only saw the sacred sacrificial center stolen by the enemy, and even built a fortress shamelessly.
More than 200 people were killed in the battle, and dozens more died from their injuries.
Most of the Karelian warriors were originally from clans, but now they were recruited to fight as brothers and fathers. They saw the death of their relatives and friends, and saw the seizure of the holy land, and the fire of revenge in their hearts drove them to join the battle.
Can't leave.
The Qatari army was unable to capture the city, and the Romanian army inside the fortress had no intention of leaving the city to fight.
By the time the eighth day of fighting began, the two sides actually reached a strange tacit understanding. The two sides became quiet. No one took the initiative to launch an attack. Even the Russians, who had the advantage in weapons, did not bother to use a torsion slingshot to fire a light javelin.
Big eyes and small eyes stared at each other, obviously they were waiting strategically.
On the tenth day of the battle, a flag with a white background and blue stripes was flying on the glacial lake from the south!
The Karelians, who had good eyesight, were taken aback. Those on guard thought they were reinforcements from the Russians, and they were extremely vigilant and immediately passed on the news.
Unlimited waiting has been eroding the authority of the big leader. When Caskuwe heard the news, he slapped his thigh and stood up from his hiding place.
"Calling brothers, the invaders' reinforcements have arrived. We couldn't conquer their fortress, so we killed their reinforcements and made blood sacrifices to the mountain and lake gods!"
The warriors who were almost going crazy were almost in full force. The strange movements of the Karelian people also shocked the Russian troops stationed in the fortress to board the city.
The garrison saw clearly the flags hung by the sleigh team. Everyone was happy that the prince sent reinforcements, but it was a pity that there were only so few people?
On the other hand, those Karelians dressed like bears were running as if they were going to a wedding.
The horns were blown, the cowhide drums were beaten fiercely, and the people at the top of the city shouted desperately, hoping that the sound would reach the small reinforcements to help them be vigilant. Although the Russians despised the Karelian army, they
Not arrogant enough to fight ten of them.
Not far ahead was the snow-capped lakeside, and a fortress suddenly appeared. Telavis could clearly see the Ross flags flying in the fortress, and also heard the vague noise coming from the distance. What did the sound mean? The information had been plundered.
The cold wind blowing in the face distorted the picture.
There is one thing that makes the DNA of all warriors tremble!
Let’s talk about the First Flag Team. The brothers are about the same age. In the summer, they all dug fields to grow wheat in Mstisk. Now they work together in the north to capture pine trees and hunt white bears.
There are soldiers from the First Standard in the fortress of Bear Festival Town, and there are even more reinforcements from Tyravis.
One hundred soldiers belong to the same centurion, and its centurion is here. The centurion is also subordinate to the "fleet" of four platoon-level combat units, and the commander is An. In fact, they ran to Vips
The people's stronghold of Kequisalmi was also led by centurions, who themselves constituted a fierce winter hunting army. They threw a batch of hunting results in the settlement, and then sent reinforcements.
The centurion could intuitively determine that the large numbers of shaking figures were dangerous enemies.
"Brothers, pay attention! All you see are enemies, be ready for battle!"
Upon receiving the order, the brothers on the sleigh roared in unison,
The shields they were carrying were removed one after another. This time they did not wear chainmail because of hunting. They lost a certain amount of defense and also gained lighter combat power.
Looking at the seventeen-year-old Tyravis, it is naturally not the first time for this boy to participate in a battle. He is actually scared when facing an enemy several times his own.
He had to resort to the centurion's fighting strategy, and in this way, the centurion naturally commanded the entire team.
A wonderful tactical plan was quickly formulated and put into effect. All fifteen sleds suddenly stopped on the ice field, and the soldiers began to intensively deploy personnel.
They have five bear-hunting torsion slings mounted on sleds, as many as thirty people holding wooden-arm crossbows, and almost all the remaining personnel hold short wooden bows. They are hunters by nature, even if the short wooden bows are not very good
Good combat weapons, at least the hunters are excellent. The special conditions contributed to the astonishing amount of long-range weapons and equipment of this small-scale reinforcement force. The frozen hard Lake Ladoga and the reindeer sleds provided everyone with amazing mobility.
Each sled became a launching platform for arrows. After the personnel configuration was adjusted, the sleds began to rush towards the enemies gathered by the lake in a double column.
The sled was rushing, and the commander Centurion calmly gave the order: "Put up your bow! Freely launch! Use wheel tactics and don't get entangled with them!"
Before the arrows were fired, the reinforcements had full initiative on the battlefield. They fired arrows first when they approached the enemy's assembled array, and then quickly withdrew.
This is a special Parthian tactic. The archers never linger and do not give the enemy archers a chance to aim and shoot.
The arrows came crashing down, they were not dense and many arrows fell on the ice due to the wind direction, but some of the strong ones began to cause killings.
The torsion slingshot fires a light javelin used for hunting bears. This object is a large arrow. It is longer and heavier. The kinetic energy of the slingshot is strong. The light javelin hit the confused Kareli warriors, and one of them was shot through the arm.
, someone was shot directly through the chest.
Death came suddenly, and such a death in battle was completely beyond the imagination of the Karelia people.
At this moment, the great leader Caskuwe once again thought of the hateful arrows fired by the invaders during the war the year before.
The first round of attacks ended in a circle, and the reindeer were panting. On the other hand, the Cajun army still maintained a gathering posture, but they were clearly waiting and watching.
The two sides were shooting arrows at each other, but most of the arrows fell on the ice.
Immediately afterwards, the Ross people made some adjustments and a new round of sprint began again.
Crossbows and torsion slingshots became the absolute protagonists. They were launched one after another at a very suitable combat speed position, taking advantage of the range to give the Kaban army a heavy blow.
More than 20 Qatari soldiers were either dead or injured. The soldiers who were shooting arrows in vain were so angry that they had no choice but to spontaneously pull away their injured brothers and retreat temporarily.
Everyone followed the instinct of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, but the big leader Caskuwei could not bear such humiliation. He thought of that sad rout again, and even thought that if he had fought with the enemy early, even if his weapons were at a disadvantage,
It's not like thousands of people died and still ended up fleeing.
He took his cronies to persuade the fleeing people, and finally carried an iron sword to make a show of beheading the deserters.
He gave the order: "Charge up! Shoot arrows at the same time and fight with them in hand-to-hand combat!"
Either retreat to the woods and use insidious tactics, or actively pursue them on the ice.
The Karelia people no longer wanted to be cowards, they chose the former.
However, this group of Russians have lost their former recklessness.
Wearing special non-slip leather boots, as many as 600 members of the Qatari army were ordered to chase and kill on the ice. They shot arrows as they advanced, and a large number of bone arrows were thrown at them.
The Russians finally ate some helmets and were able to block them with shields. However, the reindeer were hit by arrows and went berserk. Two sleighs actually lost control. The reindeer were hit by arrows and ran around in pain. Everyone was thrown off.
The centurion had an idea and led the rest of the sleds to collect the fallen people. No matter whether they were injured or not, they pulled them on the sleds and retreated temporarily.
"Can a hunter on two legs outrun a sled? What a joke! I'll kill you after I tire you out."
The centurion was betting that the Karelians would pursue him because of their love for war.
The Russian army deliberately retreated south, always staying at the edge of the enemy's wooden bow range, whetting their appetite to lure the enemy deeper.
Finally, this kite-flying tactic caught more than 200 people, and the killing harvest was now.
The reindeer were beaten wildly, and the painful deer endured the exhaustion of running and continued to sprint. This time they rushed towards the crowd.
Many Russian warriors on the sled had taken off their bows, and they were holding swords and spears. The sled became a kind of chariot, and the centurion and Terravis made an agreement to annihilate the group of big fish caught.
It can be said that the wars Rurik commanded in the past gave junior officers a lot of things to learn, such as the pincer tactics that were transformed into annihilation. More importantly, Rurik provided a philosophy of war, that is, to use all means possible.
Possibly a war of annihilation.
It seemed that the fleeing Ross invaders actually changed direction, and it was too late for those who were a little tired from the pursuit to escape.
The reindeer sleigh rushed over with great force, and the Afghan soldiers instinctively avoided it. However, what awaited them was crossbow sniping, and stabbings with spears and swords. The Afghan soldiers who were close to the sled were pierced by short spears or cut by swords.
The sled team took two wings to complete the outflank, opening up the escape route for the Qatari army. Then, a Russian soldier, wearing a huge iron helmet with a nose guard, got off the sled carrying a round shield and a steel sword.
"Shield wall! Now!" the centurion gave the order, and four well-trained "fleets" and one hundred warriors formed four shield wall groups, and finally merged into one.
The shield wall was advancing rapidly, and the Qatari troops who were retreating in the stage attacked with all their strength. The two sides fought together.
The steel sword was stabbing, and every stab was bloody. The Ross shield wall was like a meat grinder, and all the enemies it encountered were killed one after another.
Tyravis and his Vips warriors were not just spectators. They held bows and fought in the rear, shooting at the enemy's rear reinforcements to push back. They also threw arrows to disrupt the enemy's positions in the encirclement.
What follows is just simple killing by men...
The debate ended quickly. Bodies lay scattered on the ice. Some of the squirming ones were still twitching, and they were stabbed by the Russians. The ice was radiating enthusiasm, which was actually from the evaporation of warm blood, and the ice surface was filled with enthusiasm.
A large rainbow appeared, and the bloodthirsty warriors, whose faces and bodies were covered in blood, turned their heads and were shocked, causing the Karelian army to flee.
The centurion was covered in the enemy's blood. He wiped his blood-red face with his arm and looked sharply at the brothers on his left and right: "Tell me, did anyone die in battle? Was anyone injured?"
They told each other that they were fine, and some said that a certain brother had suffered internal injuries.
"To be injured by such a person who is weaker than a bear is really a shame for a warrior!" He cursed secretly, then looked at the restless brothers, "Let's go! Let's pursue the victory."
A mere 100 people actually defeated an offensive of 600 people, killing more than 200 of the enemy without any loss of life.
The Karelian people were frightened, and now Kaskuwe was no longer able to hold back the fleeing brothers. The Karelian troops who were watching were withdrawing, and this retreat became a great rout.
Kaskuwe had no choice: "Let's retreat to the forest camp, organize the team and find a way out!" He issued a retreat order, but the army was fleeing.
Confidence collapsed and the team dispersed, and Cascuwe had to suffer another humiliating defeat. Of course he would not accept his fate. He could still recruit more people, so he still had a chance of winning.
The Russians wanted to pursue them, but the reindeer were tortured terribly. They are animals with amazing endurance, but they ran wildly in short bursts and ran out of strength after only a few times.
Terravis was very regretful. He stood on the sled and looked at the backs of the escapees and shouted angrily: "Just run away! Idiots! You Karelians are so cowardly that you only deserve to be slaves!"
At least Terravis could not have imagined that the Karelian people, who were called by the Kovans in the past to be more powerful than the Tavastians, could be so inferior.
The reason is very simple. It is entirely because the Principality of Rus is too powerful. In fact, it is a max-level boss in the Baltic Sea who is bullying people in the Arctic Circle.
The other party escaped very quickly, and there was no chance for more than a hundred brothers to pursue him.
The defenders of the Xiongji Town fortress were in a good mood to enjoy a wonderful battle, which made their already good self-confidence even more confident. If everyone is worried about the superiority of the Kajun army in terms of strength, they will take the initiative to go out to challenge the city, and the enemy's inferiority.
This performance was so vivid that the guards now felt that they could all go out of the city to fight the opponent in a decisive battle, and they could even arrogantly declare: "Two thousand of you are surrounded by four hundred of us."
The centurion and his close comrades were not overjoyed by the victory. They confiscated a batch of inferior arrows and hand-to-hand weapons. It was not surprising that the arrow clusters were bone fragments, and the spearheads among them were also bone fragments. The number of iron weapons
Very few, which is too challenging for Russian people's perception.
Would Odin be satisfied with defeating an enemy of this level? They use animal bones and teeth as weapons. Bears and wild boars also use teeth as weapons. In a sense, the enemy is not a human being, but a kind of beast. Rose
The most proud First Flag Troop of the army is actually conducting a special hunt.
Looking at the fortress and those defenders again, it’s really hard to describe...