One battle ended with Ross's complete victory. Ross won so naturally that the soldiers complained that they did not get the glory of the battle.
After all, the existence of the brothers was reinforcements, and there were also brothers who also belonged to the First Banner Corps in the fortress. The sleigh team entered the city leisurely and immediately received warm hospitality from the guards.
When the centurion entered the fortress, he joked to another centurion who was guarding: "I can't believe that you actually issued a war warning just because a group of weak people were besieging you. You can completely destroy them on your own."
The defenders were also speechless, because without real hand-to-hand combat, they could not conclude that the enemy was surprisingly weak.
The centurion of the defender did not comment and immediately asked: "Where are the reinforcements of the prince? You will not be the only reinforcements."
"Of course not. We don't know the prince's intention. We are from Kekisalmi. When we were hunting, we learned the news from the fugitives you sent out. We were the ones closest to you and came first."
At this point, everyone had nothing to say. The defenders welcomed the new brothers. After a while, the weapons collected on the battlefield, especially various arrows, were bundled and carried into the fortress.
It wasn't until he entered the fortress that Tyravis realized what this group of warriors with a large number of troops actually had to guard the fortress without going out to fight. They actually had enough food and water, and could spend a month just waiting for work!
What should we do next? It is a fact that the Karelia people have gathered a large army. They have suffered successive setbacks and are obviously not willing to withdraw. They just hid in the woods further north. Perhaps they will adopt more insidious tactics after receiving a lesson.
The strength of the defenders increased, and everyone reached a consensus: if we rush into the forest to clear the enemy, our army will most likely be at a disadvantage. We should wait until the prince's real reinforcements arrive, and then use our strength to clear the enemy.
They had a tacit understanding. When the small-scale battle broke out, Rurik's army had already been assembled. A very large sleigh team was advancing. There were only five days left to reach the Bear Festival Town Fortress.
However, Rurik had no idea that the siege of Bear Festival Town had been relieved due to the support of a small group of reinforcements.
It seems that all that remains is the settlement work.
Unless the Karelia people decide to risk the fate of the entire nation and have a decisive battle with the Rus Principality.
By coincidence, either out of rebelliousness or out of sheer passion, when someone tried to persuade Kaskuwe to retreat, he was scolded sternly and brandished a sword, threatening that anyone who dared to retreat would be executed.
The principle set by Kaskuwe is that we must fight to the end. He is unswervingly gathering troops to draw all the men in the new camp to fight the Russians.
He couldn't think of any reasonable tactics at all. He could only think of waiting for more people to gather before launching a mass charge. Even though the Russians had advantages in many aspects, once the battle turned into a real melee, the result would always be in his favor.
Instead, he led people to actively take certain measures in the forest, so the forest began to shake and a large number of small pine trees were cut down.
The Karelia people cannot be said to be completely single-minded. After learning from the failure of hand-to-hand combat, they are making spears on a large scale.
The tops of the felled pine trees were left, the bark was peeled off, and the tops were sharpened, and even a bone spearhead was tied to them.
Such a spear can be made very long, but because it is made for assault, the toughness and rigidity of the wooden pole are not superior.
If they really fight at close range, the Qatari army will naturally suffer a big loss. If they open a certain distance and use thousands of spearheads to poke them, the Russians will definitely suffer a big loss!
This kind of tactic is promising in terms of ideas, but it's just that the Russians don't understand this that Caskuve realized normally?
The Karelians still have not encountered the main force of the Russian army.
A very large sled team came in force. Considering the possibility of encountering the enemy, Commander Rurik had ordered the 20 sleds of the vanguard to be loaded and loaded with torsion slingshots and ready to go.
The real reinforcements from the Principality of Ross arrived, and the 1,500 soldiers selected by Rurik unexpectedly and inevitably joined forces with the 800 reinforcements from New Rossburg. How could an army of 2,300 people reinforce Bear Festival Town?
Heroes from all walks of life regard this reinforcement as a kind of hunting carnival. Rurik only needs to look at the structure of reinforcements organized by his brother to know that they are a large group of hunters, including an astonishing number of black-haired Suomi people. On the surface, they
The description of the attack on Karelia was to avenge the ancestors, but in fact it was to plunder the enemy's reindeer.
The Suomi people have indeed maintained a hostile relationship with the Karelia people for a long time, and they do both revenge and plunder. Even Rurik does not believe that they will engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. In addition to being heavily equipped with hand axes for self-defense, these people
The snow marching tents were tied with daggers, short wooden bows and heavy steel cluster arrows in leather quivers. They were very good archers, but the bows they used were too ordinary. They were no different from the enemy's bows, except for the arrows.
There are huge advantages in this regard.
The attitude of the Russians, various Viking immigrants and Slavs is no longer revenge, and the war has become pure plunder.
The rescue battle that Rurik expected did not happen, but there were a large number of corpses and blood frozen into lumps of ice lying on the ice. It was obvious that a fierce battle had taken place here.
Look at the fortress of Bear Festival Town, where the Ross flag is flying.
Wearing sunglasses, Arik's blood surged. He looked at the frozen corpse and asked the prince: "Rurik, it seems that the defenders can defeat the enemy without our reinforcements. Their alarm was too cautious."
Rurik now thinks so too, and he is so dangerous that he is wise enough to deliberately warn: "Don't take it lightly, for fear that the Karelia people will set a trap."
"Trap? You are looking up to them again. If there is a trap, it will come. I brought hundreds of men of all kinds here to eat the snow and blow the cold wind. If there is a battle, come quickly. I will stand in the snow and let them attack.
This saves me having to hunt them out myself."
Arik's words were domineering, but Rurik actually had similar thoughts.
The whole world seems to be very quiet, and the enemies don't seem to be hiding in the forest. Could they just run away with their tails between their legs?
The army successfully arrived at the castle of Ironburg, the thick wooden door was opened, the drawbridge was lowered, and hundreds of defenders enthusiastically walked out of the fortress to meet the prince.
Looking at the faces of these people, who can imagine that they have experienced hard battles?
Hundreds of men dressed in furry clothes lined up with weapons to greet the prince. Most of them were brothers from the First Flag Team. They just lacked formal uniforms to show their identities and still looked like hunters, especially those wearing white bear skins.
Almost lying in the snow nest, ordinary people can't find it at a glance.
Behind Rurik were the eyeing army and more than a thousand panting reindeer.
He asked arrogantly: "I heard from the people who retreated that the fortress was besieged by thousands of people. You have to stay and live and die with the fortress. It sounds really tragic. I'm afraid that you will all die in the battle, so I will do it as quickly as possible."
Du has come for reinforcements, what's going on? Where are the enemies?"
The situation became very embarrassing, and the two centurions present were explaining. The so-called enemies did launch attacks again and again, and they were all defeated and finally retreated to the woods to the north to hide.
The First Flag Team has two hundred-man teams according to the establishment, and half of the troops have mysteriously become the defenders of Xiongji Town. They simply came here to hunt and accidentally got involved in the war?
As Tyravis, who seemed to appear unexpectedly, emerged from the crowd to report to Rurik, the truth gradually became clear.
The small fortress could not carry the garrison of the approaching three thousand troops. The army camped outside the city and immediately set up stoves to cook wheat and eat hot meals. As for the settlement of the reindeer pulling the sled, they first fed a batch of oats and then grazed on the spot.
Bear Festival Town was originally the gathering place for the army to gather for the second round of the conquest war approved by Emperor Rurik. The relatively open area was suitable for gathering, and it was naturally suitable as a battlefield.
In an instant, Bear Festival Town became extremely lively, with hundreds of flags ringing in the fierce wind.
Rurik regarded this battle as a national war. Most of the combatants of the Russian army wore uniforms. The white robes became excellent camouflage in the snow, and the blue lines on them were also quite eye-catching.
The army that had just settled down still had to remain vigilant. That night, in order to avoid possible sneak attacks by the enemy, the Ross army not only set up sleepless sentries, but also set up a large formation of suspects in the area centered on the fortress. A large number of bonfire stalls were densely arranged, with a total number of
It can be as large as five hundred stalls.
The starlight in the sky was ruined, but the visibility of the whole world at night was still acceptable, but the bonfire illuminated this glimpse clearly.
The Karelia people have also gathered three thousand people. Their spies saw the situation in Bear Festival Town from a distance and hurriedly informed their big leader of the news.
"The bonfire is as dense as the stars in the sky? This is not true!" Caskuve couldn't believe the sentry's statement.
He was not sleepy at all, so he sneaked into the forest with a group of close followers. When he saw the dense fires from a distance, he couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
Fear, anger, surprise, and complex emotions surged into my heart.
His subordinates are all asking how to deal with the new enemy, hesitant defeatist remarks have become taboo, and his cronies are doing what they want, all preaching that they must fight to the end without mercy.
Even so, under the encouragement of his cronies, Caskuve gradually strengthened his belief that he must fight, but the right time to start the war was a problem. Besides, his current military strength did not have an absolute advantage.
Of course he could wait a little longer. It was at this time that someone suddenly said: "They must have walked a long way to arrive. They must be very tired and need two or three days of rest to regain their energy. If we can launch a surprise attack
, the advantage is mine.”
What a wonderful idea!
Kaskuwei found out the young man who made such a bold statement, and when he saw that he was a brother of the same tribe, he happily made him a chief. He thought again, since he was going to launch a fierce raid on Ross,
All soldiers must be required to work hard, and a large-scale conferment before the war is necessary to boost morale.
He returned to the big Karelian camp and spent the night gathering the men who could not sleep at all.
Those in the team who are popular, tall enough, or come from a big clan are all given the title of chief by him, which is equivalent to the concept of "chief of a small tribe". Since they all have this distinguished status, the status is also bestowed by the greatest chief of the emirate.
How can there be a reason to be lazy?
Kaskuwei spoke to them: "We launched the attack at dawn, and everyone moved forward lightly. We took advantage of their unsteady footing to overwhelm their camp, killed the enemy and took away their iron tools. This is a once-in-a-lifetime gift given to us by the forest god.
The opportunity has come, the opportunity to avenge all the people who died. I will take the lead in the charge, and all of you will follow me..."
The Karelian army actually has a lot of troops. A large number of men who have not yet entered the battlefield have seen so many tribesmen for the first time. Even the Perm people from the east have never seen such a large gathering of soldiers. This is the Karelian army.
The strongest army in the concept, with its simple understanding, it is naturally invincible in the known world.
Excited emotions affect the mind, and even sleepiness disappears without a trace.
The Karelian army had no intention of waiting for follow-up reinforcements. No one wanted to give up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. They began to advance at night, preparing to launch a dawn raid!
A large group of figures lie down in the snow or hide in the forest to hide their presence. They wait quietly until the dark sky turns deep blue and the hiding people stand up one after another.
Everything was speechless. Cascuwei held his iron sword and led his troops to advance.
The great chief's figure was so unique that three thousand people obeyed his request and began to advance carrying as many as three thousand spears of varying quality and made for assault.
They made no unnecessary noise, and the snow absorbed the noise to a great extent.
The Karelian army's surprise attack had already begun, and so far the Russians were unaware of the approaching danger.
But the sky was getting brighter and brighter, and the sentries who took turns to stand guard had already carried the firewood for the fire. While preparing the vegetable soup for breakfast, one of the sentries finally saw something unusual in the distance.
The first sentry rubbed his eyes vigorously to make sure he was not dazzled by embarrassment.
Are there a large herd of reindeer moving in the open land in the north? Or a large herd of bears.
No! Those are humans, a large number of enemies! Looking at this posture, the enemies are clearly going to a decisive battle!
"Everyone wake up! It's an enemy attack!" The frightened sentry was like a cat with hairy fur. He first violently kicked the other sentries awake and called for everyone to sound the battle alarm.
Whenever they saw the approaching crowd in the distance, they realized that something was wrong. Those holding horns puffed up their cheeks and blew the horns, and some found the cowhide drums accompanying the army and beat them wildly.
As soon as the awakened people heard about the enemy attack, they got up and lost all energy. At the same time, they hurriedly put on their leather armor, chain mail, white robes, and jumped out of the tent with their weapons.
The Russians did their best, and a large number of warriors woke up to prepare the camp.
There is a big commotion here, and from the perspective of the advancing Karelians, it is clear that their actions have been exposed.
Warchief Kaskuwe had two choices before the fierce battle: fight or retreat.
The sneak attack strategy had lost its tactical advantage due to being exposed, but he had no choice, just like an arrow that had left the string and could not fly back.
He raised his sword and shouted: "Brave Karelians, follow me and charge!"
He began to take the lead in shouting, leading the others to follow suit and roar. They relied on shouting to build up their power, but even the snow could not absorb this roar.
The roar made the Ross warriors, no matter how embarrassed they were, alert. Many of them wiped off the snow they had at their fingertips, and started to line up with swords and shields in hand.
Seventy percent of the Slavic flag force participated in this battle. They had the experience of conquering Karelia, so naturally they were not afraid of this group of attacking madmen. They also formed a team under the leadership of Medvet, one by one.
The spear points of the halberds are always forward.
Thanks to the snow, it gave the charging crowd certain obstacles and bought time for the Russian army to gather and build a tactical formation.
However, another traditional skill of the Russian army is already curbing the enemy's offensive momentum.
After all, a large number of torsion slingshots have been removed from the fleet for maintenance. They have been repaired, and a battle is just the right time to test the results of the repairs.
Fifty slingshots were arranged outside the camp, and they were mounted on sleds. The reindeer took off their saddles to rest, and the sleds became fixed firepower points.
The torsion slingshot was already firing freely, and the light javelin launched with high range was spinning and falling from the sky.
The Qatari army began to suffer losses. Facing their comrades who were pierced by javelins and fell to the ground, the soldiers were stunned and could only stare with their eyes like bells as they continued to charge with their spears in hand.
I don't know if it was a slingshot or a bull trebuchet, but they were also throwing stones. Those who were hit must have died from broken bones. In the face of high-speed moving swarm targets, they did not have more attack windows.
Finally, the distance reached the range of the carpentry shooting range of the Qatari army. A weak north wind favored them. The bow-wielders of the Qatari army threw arrows into the sky, and the Russian army finally began to suffer losses.
Bone cluster arrows could not penetrate the armor of the Russian army, but some Suomi people accidentally hit arrows while shooting at each other with bows.
Wearing thick leather clothes, the earth can weaken the damage of bone clusters, but some people who are really unlucky are shot in the eyes and necks, and they suddenly bleed profusely and fall to the ground struggling. The poor injured people are pulled behind by their companions regardless of life or death.
, the others still shot arrows to fight.
Until the Karelia army rushed within the range of the crossbow...