Now, Fisk's cavalry stood at the so-called Hane Bay, which is a wide bay at the southernmost tip of Scandinavia. Silver Castle, or Selvosberg, was surrounded by the Russian army.
The waves hit the rocks, and the tide became violent at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The good weather that had lasted for several days suddenly stopped. The sun disappeared and was replaced by dense dark clouds. The warm southerly wind disappeared for the time being, and the wind from the north suddenly brought severe Arctic cold.
Just after the battle, the Ross Army and many Allied soldiers noticed changes in the weather, and the waves became too choppy, which scared the fishing boats and had to withdraw from the wind, and even Fisk's "rocking man" plan was suspended.
The people who returned brought back a batch of catches. Five Baltic Sea cods that were equivalent to two meters in length (not yet exhausted in this era) were eye-opening.
The temperature was getting colder and colder, so people had to cut down trees on the spot to build some shacks, and the houses left by the villagers near Silver Castle were naturally occupied by the Russian army.
People built temporary stables to house the horses, and transported all logistical supplies, especially oats, to the occupied buildings. The Ross Army and the Allied Army had a large number of personnel, and now everyone had to endure it even if it rained.
The bonfire was crackling, and the temperature was so low that my hands began to freeze again.
Fisk, who was warming himself by the fire, had a grumbling look on his face: "It looks like it's going to rain. It's really damning. I don't hate rain, but now it's a disaster."
"Obviously, your plan to send people to Bornholm Island can be put on hold for the time being." Kanuf shrugged, and he was in a good mood.
"I hope for a quick victory, and I don't want to really destroy the Silver Castle. If the sunny weather continues, we can force them to death of thirst. Are the gods helping them now? Or is it because of our killing?
God is angry?"
"The gods will not dwell on this kind of thing. We will obviously complete the blood sacrifice, and the gods will be happy."
Having said that, Kanuf said, the current situation is indeed that no one collects the corpses of the people who died outside the walls of Silver Castle. There are more than a thousand corpses there, and the broken dead corpses are lying in various directions. It is only possible to take a look at the situation from a high place.
, anyone would be surprised.
"If no one keeps collecting the bodies, the bodies will stink very quickly now that it is summer. If the stench reaches our camp, I will be retching all the time, unable to eat or sleep."
"If this is the case, the smell will be unbearable to the enemy." Fisk said cruelly.
"So we just wait for this damn rain to fall? Otherwise, we gather everyone and bring all the alliance guys with us to launch a strong attack?" Kanuf asked again.
"I can't trust them." Fisk shook his head and glanced at the Växjö allies camped in the distance. "I can see that these people just want to take advantage. If they were brave, they should have resisted us with all their strength at that time.
, they just took the initiative to surrender. The soldiers are tired, and the rain is an opportunity to rest. We will spend time here with Silver Castle, and I will think about countermeasures."
Hearing this, Kanuf didn't emphasize anything and patted his old friend on the shoulder: "Okay, I'd better prepare a shelter from the wind and rain first."
A summer rain began to pour, and the rain was a bit heavy for a while, but it did not last long.
The rain continued for two days, and the haze gradually dissipated in the afternoon of the third day.
Under the wonderful sunset, the wet people were finally able to get out of the rain shelter and took out the dry firewood they had saved in advance to light the limited bonfire.
The men scrambled to take off their wet clothes and use the bonfire to dry them as much as possible. But the forest was still wet, the sea was still rough, and the difficult period had not yet passed.
Two days of rain made the ground muddy, greatly reducing the advantage of the war horses.
Even without horses, the cavalry is still powerful and domineering when arrayed as infantry.
The new day is sunny and the gentle south wind has returned. As the temperature rises, the humidity in the world is also rapidly receding.
Fisk looked at the Silver Castle, which was still closed and hanging alone on the cliff by the sea. He called on the soldiers: "Brothers! Go! Go scare them!"
Siege? No! At least not today.
During the rain, it was rare for Fisk to chat with the village leaders of the alliance. These men made no secret of their love for the sea in front of them. Once they talked about attacking Silver Castle, this group of people showed embarrassment.
To put it bluntly, the Växjö Allied Forces were not willing to really go to war against the Danes, even if they shouted loud slogans before, it seemed to be a false promise.
What they longed for was to plunder wealth and improve their lives. Now they can use the captured boats to fish and boil salt in the captured pottery urns. The Växjö Village Alliance now exists as an ally of the Kingdom of Rus, with an ally.
With powerful and generous backers, their plunder can be described as unscrupulous.
Fisk didn't bother to force anyone like him. He felt that he was being generous to others. Fortunately, this group of allies who "didn't want to fight" were good at fishing. All the food for the Russian regular army and the non-combatants they brought,
They were all provided by this group of servants, which was objectively a great help.
The rainfall also helped the defenders of Silver Castle a lot.
The defenders still blocked the gate. When it rained, the people in the city took out all the containers and tried their best to collect the rainwater. They were prepared to hold on for a long time. Since the number of people in the city was not too many, a group of people
He died of his injuries, but the remaining oats and salted fish were enough for everyone to hold on for a while.
The thinking of the people in the city was very confusing. Some people felt that the Russians were extremely cruel. Surrender would definitely lead to massacres due to betrayal. Instead of dying in vain, it was better to continue to persevere and hope for a miracle to happen.
Others felt that no matter what, if they sent envoys to talk to the Russians, maybe the other side would come up with some acceptable conditions, and then everyone could get a ship to evacuate.
Of course the person who said this was a businessman from the Peace Party. However, if this were true, it would definitely mean that a large number of farmers, craftsmen and fishermen who had fled and entered were facing risks alone. Now we are all grasshoppers on the same rope, and some people actually thought
It is really unreasonable to run away by yourself and abandon the safety of more people.
The angry people have been armed, and the scenes of grief and indignation have forced any negotiation ideas to be temporarily shelved.
At least the most effective professional mercenaries and merchant private soldiers in the city are almost all Danes. In line with their own honor, they are not willing to surrender to the Russians. More than 300 of them have maintained the defense of Silver Castle. Now they
Decided to stick with it for a while longer.
After all, that group of Russians might not be able to take down the walls of Silver Castle. Thousands of people would not stay here boringly forever, and they might leave soon.
So after the rain, the Russian army appeared in formation again, and the city defenders all climbed onto the wooden wall. They stood in a dense formation and tried to create the illusion that the city defenders had a huge number of soldiers.
Fisk straightened his helmet and squinted his eyes, and saw that the defenders were actually standing densely packed together. Wasn't this looking for death?
A total of 300 cavalry and infantrymen were dispatched. Fisk's original plan today was just to announce to Silver Castle that he was not leaving, and secondly, to take a look at the corpses on the battlefield.
The current scene is very terrifying. The corpses on the ground are decaying rapidly, and the scene has become even more terrifying. This is still a big mental test for the standing army soldiers who have experienced many battles.
If you smell it carefully, you can already smell a faint odor. As long as the sun continues to shine, this place must be as smelly as a cursed place.
Just as the army was marching forward, the defenders, who had given up all illusions about peace talks and even disdained peace talks, fired arrows at the Russian army.
Those arrows were originally from the Russians. The arrows thrown from the short wooden bows were carried further by the south wind and landed not far in front of the Russian army.
The symbolic significance of this move is completely greater than the practical significance.
"It seems they are determined to fight! Let's fight back!" Fisk ordered loudly: "Arrow array!"
The so-called "Ross Arrow Formation" is when the crossbowmen line up in front of the formation to execute three-stage attacks. Fisk's side is composed of crossbowmen and recurve archers. Although the south wind is disadvantageous to the Ross side, relying on
The technical advantages of strong bows and crossbows can still deliver a heavy blow to the enemy.
Then a round of arrow rain was thrown, and the south wind blew the dense flying arrows. Finally, all the arrows fell from the sky at almost a standard right angle. This in turn smashed the Yinbao defenders bloody, causing more than fifty casualties.
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The defenders were really helpless. Their bows and arrows could not reach the Russians. Now they could only passively take arrows?
There were more than ten people holding the wooden boxes out of the protection of the stacked walls, standing on a high place and lifting up their robes.
From the standpoint of the Russians, they saw a row of white things twisting and turning on the enemy's side, accompanied by the roar of laughter from the defenders after suffering a hail of arrows.
Their actions were clearly mocking, but on the contrary, they made Fisk and Kanuf laugh.
"How?" Kanuf half-covered his mouth: "They are mocking you. You need to shoot those wild boars that have lost their hair."
"Okay, can the steel-arm crossbow shoot accurately?" Fisk asked.
"It's okay if you have a good bracket."
So, the steel swords of the two warriors were stuck firmly on the grass, and the hilts of the swords intersected to form an angle. They were tied with hemp ropes and pieced together to form a makeshift bipod. Fisk held a heavy steel-armed crossbow and put a
The short, thick and heavy arrows were inserted into the chute.
Kanuf handled it personally. He half-knelt, aimed at a high angle, and gently pulled the trigger.
The short, thick, heavy arrow was also a spiral-feathered arrow. It spun wildly in the air and directly hit the defender standing on a high place, twisting his hips back and forth, at a low and flat angle.
With a scream, an unlucky guy was shot down hard, and fell into the city and soon died of excessive blood loss.
Such a scene was so frightening that the defenders all shrank their heads. They were shocked that the Russians actually had sharp archers, but they did not dare to openly provoke and ridicule again.
"What a farce. Kanuf, you did a good job." Fisk turned his head and said.
Kanuf patted his pants and put away the crossbow, blinking deliberately: "How? My skills."
"In general. I can only say that the weapon invented by the king is good."
"Hey, you can't admit that I am a sharp archer? Anyway, what are your next plans? How about I chop down a tree and hit it."
"Then let's chop it down." Fisk was too lazy to be conservative anymore, "Go and chop down the tree, I'll take the brothers and make preparations." After saying that, he cleared his throat again: "Really, I'm really full.
We have to fight them here if we can't survive. The enemy is a group of cowards, but we actually look down on them! Let's prepare to attack by force."
Kanuf has never objected to a violent attack, and since he has mastered his old tricks, he naturally fully agrees.
Fisk decided to attack by force, planning to break through the city, kill all the miscellaneous people, capture useful personnel, and take away the legendary "Silver Mountain".
Therefore, he carried out war mobilization that night, and the soldiers in the camp were eager for the great prestige and military power of attacking the city alone.
"The reason why Silver Castle is called Silver Castle is that there is a silver mountain there. But the king also ordered that the silver and jewelry belong to the kingdom, and the money will be used to improve the lives of all of us. Except for this, you can't keep it for yourself. You can take the rest at will.
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"I heard that there are many merchants in Silver Castle and they keep many female slaves! They are all very beautiful and very young women. Why don't you kidnap them to be your own women and give you many children!"
"If the king knows that it was our brothers who captured the Silver Castle, we will all become heroes. Imagine Arik twelve years ago (referring to the Russian army's sneak attack on Gotland in 828), we will be like him."
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The Ross Army held a lively mobilization rally, which also attracted a group of soldiers from the Allied Army. These people decided not to listen to the command of their village leaders and insisted on directly participating in the war to assist the Ross regular army. There were many people who came, and they occupied all the territory.
One-fifth of the more than 1,000 people, 200 people decided to change their previous plans and insist on wading into the muddy waters.
Fix knew that these guys were just a bunch of battlefield bastards. Once the Ross army broke through the city, these guys would follow them into the city and rob them. It was this group of guys who openly slaughtered their former trading partners (referring to Silver Castle merchants) like pigs. This kind of thing
Fisk is actually not shameful, but he is a useful supplement to his own actions.
As the saying goes, half of the plans are ruined as soon as the war begins, especially when more than two days of rain greatly disrupted Fisk's plans. After he realized that the enemy was weak, he did not want to delay it any longer.
Even if a strong attack will result in the death of some brothers.
But those defenders had already lifted their robes and mocked them maliciously, and the honor of breaking the city was tempting everyone. Who would care about their own life and death now? Bah! If you are afraid of death, you are not worthy of being the king's standing army.
This group of young young men is just like the group of young Ross tribe warriors twelve years ago. A lot has changed in the past twelve years. The young warriors of the past have become veterans with rich experience in the First Banner Corps. The young children of the past are determined to
Replicate the glory.
A pine tree collapsed suddenly. It was sawed and axed to make a sharp cone, and cables were tied around it so that the entire log could be lifted up by a group of warriors carrying wooden poles on their shoulders. This is a simple battering ram, so use it
Crash down the wall. Still considering the enemy's attack from the sky, some captured small fishing boats were dismantled, and a large amount of wood was pieced together into a huge shield, which was enough for many people to lift the stones falling from the sky together.
Because they are a standing army! They must learn from the Russian army's experience in foreign wars in the past ten years.
Fisk is by no means a layman in this matter. He has participated in some urban assaults and has great experience in breaking down walls.
Silver Castle should be breached, but Fisk made two preparations.
Early in the morning, ten warriors were arranged on a captured longship, together with twenty Växjian Alliance warriors, the Russian flag was hung on the mast, and it left the camp and drifted towards the ocean due south.
Drawing lots, it was decided that ten brothers would escape from today's battle and go to Bornholm Island to "shake people". The person who won the lottery was really unlucky. He happened to draw the shortest branch, so he could only sigh that this is
God's destiny.
The departure of this longship was not noticed by the defenders of Silver Castle, because a large number of ships had already entered the ocean. Those ships all carried the flag of Ross. They were trawling and fishing, and many people were boiling seawater to make salt on the shore.
As well as repairing fishing nets, it was obvious that outsiders regarded this place as their own territory. This scene made the defenders itchy with anger.
However, what happened next made them even more frightened.
No one noticed a long boat rowing a large oar rapidly southward. From Fisk's current camp to the northernmost tip of Bornholm Island, the straight-line distance was only eighty kilometers.
Theoretically, they don't have to sail for 80 kilometers before meeting the friendly Spuyut ships operating there. On a clear day, standing on the high point of the island and looking around, they can see about 20 nautical miles with the naked eye.
of foreign ships.
Now that he had decided to attack by force, Fisk had no intention of sharing the glory of breaking the Silver Castle with Spout. Even he was not completely sure whether the guy as the royal pirate would give up his happy life of robbery and help Ross move north to attack the fortress.
Because Fisk knew that Spuut and the allied Danish nobleman Ragnar were gathering strength on Bornholm Island. They first followed the orders of King Rurik. He was a boy in his early twenties, so he might not necessarily
Please touch them.
There were a large number of Växjö Confederate troops who did not participate in the war waving flags and shouting, and 200 Confederate Army soldiers who were willing to participate in the war followed the regular army and prepared to take advantage of the situation, while Fisk's army made a big scene!
Their clothes had been washed, and their white shirts stitched with blue stripes were really eye-catching on the dark green ground.
The army is divided into three parts, infantry, cavalry and siege troops. Currently, only a hundred cavalry are placed in the rearguard. The plan is to open the slope and the cavalry rushes in and kills. The two hundred infantry are crossbowmen and can also be transformed into sword and shield bearers.
They were the first troops to go into battle after breaking the city.
The siege soldiers were the most special. There were a hundred of them, each carrying a round shield and a sword. The iron helmets looked weird because they were decorated with bearskin.
Thirty people carried the chopped logs, and the remaining seventy people worked in pairs, holding arrow-proof and stone-proof shields made from local materials.
According to Fisk's plan, he only had to crash the city gate to gain half of the victory, and the rest would be just random killings by the army.
The soldiers were ready. He rode his horse and drew his steel sword to the front: "Russians! Attack!"