Chapter 794 Intense and unequal exchange of opinions
How to fight a war? What are tactics?
The people of Ludi had no idea of these advanced things. They thought that fighting was simply fighting with weapons. Even though they had gathered almost all the men who could fight, they only gathered more than 300 men.
If they hadn't learned that they could get treasures by fighting, they wouldn't be as enthusiastic as they are now.
The Ludi people were really mixed with a small group of Karelian exiles. More than 300 tribal warriors dressed in deerskins walked out of the village and were raised into a black mass on the ice.
They were jumping and excited, and similarly, the Russians in the distance also gave up their illusions.
The crossbows and torque slingshots have been charged, and the Ross hunters armed with short wooden bows are also ready. Although there are few of them, they are already wearing chain armor under their leather jackets. Everyone is slightly spread out, although they are all holding crossbows now.
, keep the shield and sword by your side for immediate weapon switching.
This is a bear hunting team with iron armor. They are dealing with powerful bears. If you wear chain armor when hunting, you will have a higher chance of saving your life from the bear's paws in critical moments.
Obviously these weapons are perfect for small-scale conflicts.
I don't know who made the move, and the Ludi people, who were ready to go, suddenly took action as a group.
The barbarians have no fighting skills, so they rush towards the Ross hunters.
Look at the two hunters holding torque slingshots. They shouted one after another: "Shoot now?"
"Wait a minute! Move closer and hit." The half-kneeling leader said calmly.
"Attention! We only have one chance."
"Then put it in too!"
What the leader meant by putting them in was to place these tribesmen within the reach of short wooden bows.
"Now, bow throw!"
Several swords immediately flew towards the enemy formation, hitting the enemy with beautiful parabolas, but the combat effect was too blurry.
The Ross hunter holding the bow continued to output, and finally it was the crossbow's turn to shoot!
The javelins fired by the two torsion slingshots hit the two people one after another, and the warriors holding crossbows also hit them one after another.
The person who was hit by the arrow fell down immediately, causing a stampede from his successors and a surprise to those in the front row who escaped. The Ludi people saw their relatives being shot and killed by despicable outsiders. Rather than being suddenly furious, they
What was aroused was the emotion of fear. Hesitating due to fear, the tribesmen and warriors retreated lazily.
The Ludi people still kept sprinting, that is, running on the ice. Even though their simple leather boots were anti-slip, the overall speed was not very fast.
The Ross hunters got an advantage and took the opportunity to recharge their crossbows. Facing the arrows that the opponent began to shoot, they were not afraid of danger and received another round of precise shooting.
There is no chance of a third round of shooting!
The hunters threw away their crossbows one after another. They saw clearly the appearance of their enemies, and they looked down on this group of people from the bottom of their hearts.
A group of dirty-looking people with braided hair and dirty faces still dare to fight with crude weapons. Let's call it brave!
It was the bravery of the Ludi people that made the Ross Hunter Director give up the plan of tactical retreat, and instead prepared to fight with shields and swords.
"Odin is watching! Organize a shield wall!" the leader gave the order, and the old guys immediately gathered together to form a single row of arc-shaped shield array.
Of course, after two rounds of shooting, the Ludi people were already shaken in military morale. Only 30% of the troops who really rushed to the front line and could fight with the Russians in close combat, these people are also the bravest. Many others were actually pulling the strings.
Take away the injured, or simply retreat.
The close-range fight has begun. This is a battle between steel swords and steel axes against bone spears. One side has chain armor and shield protection, and the other side only has a deerskin.
The focus of the Ross Steel Sword is on assassination. The sharp blade can easily pierce the enemy's waist and abdomen, and the bleeding groove can instantly cause fatal injuries.
The majority of Ludian warriors had never participated in a battle in the past. This was the first time they took up arms to fight with another group of humans. Naturally, it was completely different from cooperative hunting. They thought highly of themselves, and when they realized that many people had died, they threw away their weapons.
Sayazi ran away.
Even the Karelian exiles, who have the strongest call for battle, these guys all carry iron weapons, but they are a complete joke under the weapons of the Ross hunters.
Although the shield wall composed of twenty people was weak, it was not easy for a hundred short tribesmen to break through. More than twenty corpses were seen on the ice, and the remaining people had given up the fight.
"Hey! Idiots continue to kill us. I saw your backs! A group of cowards! A group of natural slaves!" The leader of the Ross hunters yelled in Norse, but the other party couldn't understand it at all. All they had to do was
Just run for your life.
The mass panic brought about the collapse of Lu Di's army, and they fled to their own village. The men returned in shock and called on the women to run away with their children.
For a moment, the village fell into huge chaos, with women and children everywhere crying, and the roars of reindeer being violently dragged out of their enclosures.
The elderly female leader tried to stabilize the mood of the people, but unfortunately even the leader was unable to do so when a disaster was approaching.
Could it be that Ross's hunter team really rushed into the village and killed them?
If the hunters could fully realize that this group of tribesmen were really unbearable, they would naturally rush in to search and kill. The battle went so smoothly, as if there was a trap in front of them.
The Ross hunter stayed outside the village, watching the development of the situation like a covetous beast.
The old female leader finally realized that she was not completely helpless. The controlled Ross messenger was very likely to become the mediator to avoid war.
The wooden cage that was supposed to hold the little beast was opened.
"What? Are you going to kill me? You are seeking your own death!"
The female leader sat down directly and begged the Ross messenger: "Your hunters are too powerful, we don't dare to fight anymore! We don't dare to fight anymore, please let them calm down."
"..." The messenger had a puzzled look on his face. After he calmed down a little, he realized that the hunters had a fight with the Ludians, and the small number of Russians actually won the victory easily.
This kind of victory really shocked the envoy. There is no doubt that the Russians are powerful, but this group of Ludi people are too weak.
The messenger came up with a plan and shouted: "You have to pay the price for killing our people. Those Karelian exiles hope to destroy you with the hands of the Russians. It is still too late to surrender now, otherwise the Russian army will arrive
You all die."
The female leader was so frightened that she nodded like nothing.
At this point, the messenger did not care about life and death, and simply ordered with the authority of the Russian army: "Now, you can only appease the anger of the Russian people by capturing all the exiled Karelia people and executing those who caused the war."
"Ah!? As long as I do this, you can withdraw your troops?"
"Yes, but...it depends on your sincerity."
The female leader nodded, she already knew what to do.
She accepted the messenger as her guest and immediately found a young girl from the tribe to serve him.
She also called on the people who were busy fleeing to calm down, find the fleeing Karelians, both men and women, and make amends to the Russians.
The released messenger finally returned to the ice. When he saw the corpses and the thick blood stains on the ice, he could imagine that there was a terrible killing on the other side.
He returned nervously and was immediately questioned.
The hunters are not surprised by the living conditions of the Ludi people, but...
The hunter leader thought that was an excuse: "Is it all because of the provocation of the remnants of Karelia? I think the Ludi people themselves chose the war."
The messenger couldn't bear the killing: "Their female leader does not want to fight anymore and is willing to apologize."
"Apologies? What to apologize for?"
"Some venison, and... women."
"Women? Brothers, it's true that Lie Xiong can't touch women outside, but they are all a group of dwarves. Do you guarantee that this is not a conspiracy?"
"This..." The messenger thought about it and asked again: "Boss, what do you think?"
"Hey, someone dares to attack us. It turns out that the legendary Ludi people are them. You go there again and let their leader come to the ice to negotiate in person. I am not a fool, I will not enter the village."
The messenger nodded. Even if Leader Lu Di showed sincerity, what if they suddenly betrayed him?
The messenger made another trip and ordered the female leader to take all the captured Karelian exiles to make amends to the hunter.
An old woman holding a wooden staff was the female leader. She finally saw the legendary Rus people. Those legends were basically true. They were really tall beings.
Moreover, she saw that the Russians were all wearing bear skins, and they actually killed a large number of bears. The ferocious bear heads were immediately displayed, and there were layers of bear skins on the sled.
This is a small bear hunting team. Wouldn't it be better if there were more...
The dead tribesmen on the ground are heartbreaking, but on the other hand, the Ross hunter was unscathed.
An old woman declares her surrender, but is surrender just a matter of words?
The Fierce Bears faced a group of Karelians and immediately became murderous.
The leader ordered in Norse: "Keep the young woman and others will kill her. The method must be clean and neat to show our power to the Ludians."
A large number of Ludi people watched from a distance, and then they saw the Rus people wearing bearskins performing killings!
The terrifying scene caused many people to faint. The female leader on the front line really saw what the heads were rolling around.
Of course those exiles who fought had reasons for revenge, but now they are all dead.
The female leader, who was slumped on the ice, asked tremblingly: "In this way, you can let us go?"
"Don't be stupid!" the leader of the bear hunting team said arrogantly: "You have been conquered by Ross! Hand over fifty women to me! Take out two hundred deer! Especially you, follow us to New Roseburg, you
We must surrender before our prince!"
"Ah!" The female leader was shocked, "Didn't you agree that you don't have to have women?"
The messenger did not translate this sentence honestly, but explained it conveniently: "This is a one-time thing. If you hand over the woman this time, you will not have to do it in the future."
"However, our entire clan cannot afford so many women."
The female leader's explanation made sense, but the hunters took it as proof of their lack of cooperation.
The leader of the bear hunters played with his sword. The female leader did not understand the Norse language, nor did she understand the anger of the conqueror.
The bear hunting team simply set up camp on the ice, and all the corpses of those killed in the battle were captured by the Ludi people.
That night, the bear hunting team enjoyed the service of the captured Karelian women in the camp. According to the leader's plan, these women would be placed in the fortress of Bear Sacrifice Town and remain slaves.
As for the women who were ordered to be handed over by the Ludi people, they were all sold directly to Prince Rurik as slaves. According to his idea, a woman should be able to sell for one pound of silver coins, provided that she remains pure, which is more expensive than selling a bearskin.
Make money and be safe.
The bear hunting team only had one night to prepare for the Ludi people. Once the time limit was exceeded, the bear hunting team would withdraw, but the next time it would be the Ross army.
The clans had no choice but to reluctantly hand over the young girls. A tribe with more than a thousand people gave up almost half of its girls to appease the Rus.
The female leader had no choice. She decided to apologize to the leader of the Rus in person, hoping that her obedience would preserve the entire tribe.
The next morning, when the sun rose, the female leader went there in person, and fifty more crying girls walked towards the Russian ice camp.
The girls were frightened as soon as they arrived, because those Russians were basically giants. There were also several clearly undressed Karelian women wrapped in leather, gnawing on dried meat with dull eyes, as if they were "knowing how to eat".
carcasses of flesh”.
All the Ludi people gathered on the edge of the frozen lake outside the village. They watched as part of their deer was given to the Rus in vain, as well as the tribal women whose future they did not know.
They buried the war dead overnight, and when they encountered the Ludi people who had suffered heavy losses one after another, their backbones had been broken by a mere twenty Rus hunters.
The clan leader thinks that the female leader is dead, and they are electing a new leader. As for what the future will be like, will they really accept the control of the Rus? Everything is unknown.
But continuing to flee is not advisable!
To the east and south are the western controlled areas of the Perm people and the remnants of Karelia. They are all wary of the Lydy people trying to seize their living space.
To the west is the large lake, and on the other side of the lake is the area controlled by the Russians.
Or to the north? That is even more undesirable. The bear hunters rush down from the northern stronghold!
The Ludi people have nowhere to escape! The clan leaders are all praying, hoping that the female leader's departure will bring about the mercy of the Ross leader, just like what the messenger described.
There was no longer any need to hunt bears, so the bear hunting team ordered the Rudy people to take out a batch of sleds and connect them with Ross's sleds in series with cables.
Now there is no need to tie the dwarf-like girl Ludy with ropes. Even the old lady, the female leader who "asked for forgiveness" is completely free.
They were authorized to wrap themselves in bear skins that had been recently peeled off and use animal hair to keep warm. However, this outfit seemed too scary.
The reindeer sleigh traveled north with the free reindeer herd, and the whole team lived on roasting frozen bear meat.
They successfully arrived at the Bear Sacrifice Town, which the female leader knew - the lakeside sacrificial center of the Karelian people.
"Where did those Karelians go?" she asked.
The bear hunter replied that they would all be killed.
The town of Bear Festival was revived in another way. A group of Rus, immigrants from other Viking tribes, and a group of Suomi people lived here.
The Suomi people, who had a feud with Karelia, stood here. They also began to breed reindeer. Bear Festival Town has become a hunting, herding, and fishing base for more than 300 people.
For the first time, the people of Ludy, who were in peace with the outside world, saw the Viking longships pushed ashore and a large number of frozen fish placed on the ice.
At the same time, the female leader realized that the bear hunting team that attacked the village was really ordinary in the Russian society. There were fortresses here, there were men and women, and they were almost all hunters. She knew the basic situation of the Suomi people. The legend is
Really, she saw the short Suomi chatting and laughing with the blond Rus!
The discovery of the Ludi village by the bear hunting team immediately caused a sensation. The people who returned were afraid that other brothers would form a group to destroy the village, so they hurriedly convened a Nordic meeting and announced in the indoor venue that the Ludi people had surrendered to the prince and were now attacking without permission.
It means disobedience to the monarch.
With this warning, the Russians who were eager to try gave up.
When the female leader Lu Di learned of this situation, she didn't know whether to cry or laugh. She was at least glad that she had surrendered at the critical moment, otherwise there would have been no way for Ross's main force to cross the ice lake to kill people. The guys who were close to this fortress were enough to destroy Lu Di.
Dee.
They rested for a while in the Bear Festival Town, then walked in a large circle counterclockwise along the lake shoreline to reach Vipsalawa, where they rested again in the village of the Vips people.
The female leader had met the old female leader of the Vips people. The two old sisters explained the situation to each other, which completely confirmed Leader Ludi's attitude of surrender. She saw that the Vips people raised the Ross flag, which was equivalent to saying that they had
Become a Russian.
Joining Rus is not a slave. Being loyal to the prince of Rus means you are a Rus. In the future, sending people to participate in wars is just a formality. After the war, you will still have the right to share the spoils and buy salt and iron.
She even knew that the huge Suomi people had surrendered. All the Suomi people could move freely within the huge Principality of Ross. There were also a large number of Suomi people in the Ross army. Look at the men of the Vips tribe.
Completely equipped with iron weapons and better bows and arrows.
Obviously the Vips have the smallest population, but their combat power has become stronger.
More than that? The female leader noticed that a large number of babies appeared in this small tribe. This was very abnormal. Their children did not die in large numbers?
Is this what the messenger said about the prosperity that comes from surrendering to Rus?
The people of Ludy also want to enjoy this kind of prosperity!