Chapter 917 The flying of the flag of Silver Fort Ross means the occupation of the entire Gotaland area by the Kingdom of Ross
The army lined up neatly and walked out of the wooden wall of Silver Castle. Under the sun, they were full of Russian warriors wearing white-on-blue robes. Their leather helmets were decorated with velvet caps. Some people even had blue and white embroidery on the top of their helmets.
The defenders had never seen such a scene before.
Just because the troops were neatly approaching from the front, the strong pressure felt like a stone pressing on the chest.
From any point of view, the Russians are definitely not here to show off their power today. The defenders are convinced that today is the moment of life and death for everyone.
Theoretically, Fisk could use charcoal on a piece of white cloth to write a sentence in traditional rune script, even if it was a simple intimidation and threat such as "Wash your necks and wait for me to chop them off."
He had no plans to communicate with the Silver Castle people, or in other words, in his opinion, there was no need to talk to these guys.
The Russian army is now using the banner of "avenging the old Danish King Oleg", which is simply an excuse to mobilize everyone.
It is very ironic that the man who chopped off Oleg's head with his own hands was the Dane Ragnar, and now this man has become an ally of Rus.
Fisk heard those claims. After all, King Olegin insisted on continuing to fight south in order to rob Silver Castle of money, and that man succeeded to a certain extent.
The opportunity fell on him. Now no one will stand up for the Danish merchants of Silver Castle. The glory of seizing the city and plundering silver will belong to this partial army.
The warriors holding bows and crossbows walked in the front row, and they were silent and intimidating.
Suddenly, the trumpeter raised his horn, and with the vast and melodious sound of the trumpet, the whole army stood still.
The Russian army stopped, and the army stood at a very subtle distance.
At the same time, the defenders of Silver Castle climbed onto the wooden walls one after another. Any man and even some women who could afford weapons were determined to fight to the death with the Russian army for their own lives.
The defenders held high their short spears, swords and axes, and stood on a high place to show off their power. They cursed in Norse language, cursing the shamelessness of the Russians, and also to encourage themselves in a desperate situation.
"You'd better gather together so I can shoot you quickly."
Fisk turned his head and looked sharply, and called someone: "Go! Tell Kanuf in front to let his people shoot arrows happily!"
The messenger quickly rushed to the front line and handed the order to Kanuf, a new elite with strong execution ability.
"What does happy archery mean? Oh! I understand... You can go back, now is our performance."
After all, the Kingdom of Rus has been preparing for this expedition since the fall of a year ago. One of the tactical advantages of the Rus' army is its strong bows and crossbows. For this reason, the army must maintain a huge reserve of arrows. The entire Winter Kingdom has been making arrows on a large scale.
Yes, the "Poultry Plan" that was implemented many years ago was mainly to solve the problem of eating meat in every household. It was actually a preparation for today's war.
The feathers of the huge amount of arrows are made of chicken feathers, the arrow shafts and binding rosin are inexhaustible, and the arrow clusters are cheap goods cast in batches of pig iron. All kinds of materials are integrated together, and the cost of making an arrow is not high for Ross.
In this way, Fisk's partial army can also carry a large number of arrows very luxuriously.
The dismounted cavalryman carried a deerskin quiver with thirty arrows stuffed in it.
The quivers were already very heavy, and the soldiers felt that their act of archery was fire support. After firing up to ten quivers, they would rush into the city wall.
Now Commander Fisk ordered the brothers to shoot a bag of arrows.
A hundred dismounted cavalry in the front line will fire three thousand arrows? This is still a big challenge for the cavalry.
Kanuf knew what this meant. As the commander, he drew his sword and shouted: "Brothers! The time has come to show your strength! Shoot them all and let us break the city easily!"
Therefore, the soldiers raised the recurve bow at a high elevation angle, and placed light arrows on the left side of the bow handle.
"Ready!hsjutra!"
The standing army consists of a large number of old Rus tribesmen. The young ones shoulder the glory of their ancestors. They are now using the Rus arrow formation and throwing out the first round of arrow rain with Turkic compound bows with huge draw lengths.
There was a dense whooshing sound in the sky, and the defenders who had been dancing on the city walls suddenly turned pale.
The smart man immediately grabbed the thickened shield covered with leather or glued with a layer of wood, carried it on his back like a turtle shell, and curled up into a ball.
The defenders were not all fools. After suffering heavy losses from arrows, they strengthened their personal defenses. Unfortunately, for most people in Silver Castle, they did not know how to take reasonable precautions.
Deadly arrows fell like raindrops, and the first volley caused casualties. However, there was a second, third, and fourth such volley...
The soldiers of the standing army had arms as hard as stone. They had multiple fingers made of deer leg bones and fired deadly arrows in the Eastern style.
Their projectiles hit targets about 200 meters away, creating a fall area of nearly 40 meters in depth within the city.
Although the south wind weakened the range of the arrows, the front of the Russian army's attack was still hit hard.
The soldiers were surrounded by horrific corpses, some of which were bloated and deformed. Under the city wall, there were a large number of corpses piled up. These were the corpses of previous refugees. The presence of a large number of dead people could not interfere with the Ross army's attack.
They continued to fire, and some soldiers reduced their frequency due to gradual soreness in their arms. No matter how difficult it was to fire a salvo, everyone who turned to free fire produced continuous and coherent firepower output.
From the perspective of the defenders, this is not hail, being hit by arrows is deeply piercing the flesh. Although the Russian sword is like a needle, it is difficult to create a wide-edged wound, but it is this needle that pokes a
Deep blood holes are not easy to heal either.
Many defenders' "turtle shells" were densely covered with arrow feathers. They were not turtles, but living hedgehogs.
The shooting was indiscriminate, and the continuous shooting caused varying degrees of casualties to as many as 200 people in the city, and also forced all non-combatants in the city to take refuge in the safe area near the cliff in the south of the city.
Finally, the Russian army ended the attack of these three thousand arrows. The soldiers with sore arms were panting and had a weird smile on their lips, waiting for new orders.
Seeing that the crisis was finally over, the defenders of the city wall slowly poked their heads out. They did not dare to show off their power for the time being, nor did they dare to rescue their comrades who fell under the city wall.
They didn't know what else the Russians would do, and there was a high probability that there would be another arrow attack.
However, the general attack began.
Fisk will no longer let the dismounted archers waste their energy, and now the rest of the warriors will attack in full force!
The archers with sore arms moved in the opposite direction. They went to the carts at the rear to collect new arrows. The capable ones mixed in with the main attacking team and approached the city wall, firing suppressively at possible defenders.
More warriors gathered around the siege ram that thirty people could reasonably carry, and under the cover of many soldiers holding giant arrow shields, they quickly advanced under the city wall.
In such a scene, the one hundred and fifty defenders who were holding on to the city wall with extremely strong willpower were beginning to suffer mental breakdown.
The defenders threw earthen jars filled with sand and simple stones downwards, and the sound of these heavy objects hitting the "anti-arrow shield" made of wooden planks and branches made a loud sound.
They also used short wooden bows to snipe from a high position, but Ross's crossbowmen were waiting for this opportunity.
The soldiers who had never participated in large-scale ejection operations were sitting back and waiting. The lightweight wooden-armed crossbow was strung up. The firing frequency was not too slow, but the accuracy was extremely amazing.
As the dismounted cavalrymen with sore arms gritted their teeth and entered the city wall with new arrows, the suppressive shooting reached an outrageous level.
Who dares to show his face?!
Some of those exposed on the battlements were immediately attacked intensively. The rare steel-armed crossbow fired at close range completely ignored the chainmail. The exposed defenders fell to death with terrifying short arrows stuck in their chests.
The defenders were forced to hide behind the battlements, holding heavy objects in both hands and throwing them behind them, hoping to kill an enemy.
This is really a hopeless defense, and the defenders have no way to contain the Russian army's strong attack.
The only thing the defenders hoped for now was that the largest city gate could withstand the impact of the huge log, but the entire city wall felt crumbling.
Some carts with their shafts removed were stacked with heavy objects and blocked the door. More than fifty defenders had to wait quietly behind the door.
They are all mercenaries, and they must be worthy of the money they get and what they believe in.
More mercenaries are really helpless. They have no trust in the Russians and are convinced that surrender is impossible. Now the only way is to die in battle.
The sun is above, those are Odin's eyes, let the gods see the end of his heroic battle!
It is said that the walls of Silver Castle are indeed strong, but the gate is a huge disadvantage. The thick wooden door is fastened with bolts, and there is no special reinforcement method such as a winch dropped iron fence.
The young and strong men of the standing army worked hard to operate the battering ram. When they saw that they could not break through the door after a collision, a group of soldiers immediately joined them.
More than fifty people manipulated the battering ram reasonably, creating cracks in the gate bit by bit.
Finally, with a loud noise, not only the door, but also the platform on the wooden door collapsed at the same time!
The main entrance of Silver Castle actually collapsed! The collapsed door formed a slope, and behind the slope were the astonished faces of the few defenders.
The defenders were so frightened that some of them even sat on the ground.
A huge opportunity lies in front of him, how can Fisk, as the commander, let it go?
"Get out of the way!" he yelled, "Let the cavalry charge!"
Fisk held the steel sword high and led the way, followed by the cavalry behind him.
The infantrymen stepped aside one after another for fear of being trampled to death by their own cavalry.
Who was the first person to enter the city? It was General "Bald" Fisk.
One hundred horsemen filed into the slope formed by the collapsed gate, and the iron hooves immediately trampled on the defenders who had no time to form their formation and collapsed.
The steel sword stabbed and chopped, the prisoner of war was tamped hard, or the short spear was stabbed hard.
The defense line of Silver Castle collapsed, and the cavalry were killing everyone in the city full of arrows! After the cavalry, 300 Ross infantry soldiers rushed into the city, and 200 Växjö Confederates who were destined to only be good at fighting with the wind.
Finally entered the city.
The rules after the city was broken were set. All men in sight would be killed by the enemy, and only young women should be spared their lives.
The cavalry continued to collide in the twists and turns of the city's alleys. The defenders finally formed a shield wall, but were immediately knocked to pieces.
The defenders were at a disadvantage in terms of strength and could not form their formation. They further lost men and were beaten by the Russian army and were unable to resist. It seemed that the Russians could not be injured at all. In most cases, they were killed without being able to make contact with the enemy.
Silver Castle was not big, and the last defenders were compressed to the southernmost part of the city.
At the same time, nearly three thousand people were crowded into the entire Silver Castle!
When Fisk ordered the brothers to temporarily stop searching and looting the houses one by one and continued the attack with great interest, they were shocked by the sight before them.
"Ah! What are they doing?!"
After the soldiers and civilians of Silver Castle who were originally forced to a dead end lost their resistance, they resolutely chose to take risks when faced with the Ross army that was advancing in front of them.
This is the southern city wall of the city, and there is a small cliff under the wall. The waves hit the cliff, and there are puddles under the cliff. People climb up the low wall here, which is a mixture of stone and wood, and jump deep down.
However, this place is too high compared to the water surface, and the puddles under the cliff disappear and appear.
Men and women jumped deep and landed on the rocky platform under the water, dying on the spot. Even those who were unconscious were swept into the sea by the huge waves and drowned.
Even so, there were still people jumping down, and the city walls were crowded with people who were looking forward and backward. Seeing that the Russian army formed a shield wall and pressed forward step by step, more people jumped off the cliff.
"Ah this! Isn't this the Tamworth of old?!"
Eight years ago, the Ross Expeditionary Force fought in Britain, and together with the Balmok friendly forces in Norway, they jointly attacked the Royal City of Northumbria. After that, a large number of residents jumped off the city wall and fled for their lives. Fisk was a witness to that battle. At that time, he
He was just a follower of Rurik, and now he was solely responsible for leading the expedition.
But the wall in Tamworth is not high, and there are grass and even dunghills under the wall. Many people jump over the wall, pat themselves on the back and run away.
In this Silver Castle, anyone who jumps off a cliff into the water is seeking death.
Fisk was a little touched mentally. The only thing he regretted was that some obviously younger women also jumped. This was a pity.
"Keep pressing on! Brothers, charge!" he ordered.
Only the army's immediate action can stop this desperate cliff-jumping behavior. The Ross army swarmed up. After most of the people on the city wall jumped off, the city wall was completely controlled by the Ross army.
At this point, a large number of people were surrounded by Fisk's troops in extreme fear. Many people were so frightened that they even passed out. Some businessmen in extraordinary clothes knelt on the ground and begged for money to sell their lives.
Do the merchants still have a chance to negotiate? Since all their money is in the city, the city has been occupied by the Russian army, and the Russian flag is flying on the city wall. The merchants have lost all the chips to buy their lives.
It was Kanuf who helped Fisk come up with an idea...
Do you really want to kill everyone except the woman and the young son? After calming down, Fisk followed the advice of Kanuf and even Bejahir, and decided to be lenient to many people after screening the personnel.
The battle was completely over. According to statistics, not counting those who died in the battle or those who jumped off the cliff and whose lives were unknown, the Russian army captured as many as 1,600 people.
More than 20 businessmen were not killed. They naively thought that they could really buy their lives with money, so they were temporarily sitting together with their hands tied.
The Russian army's looting of the entire city has begun. The wealth accumulated by the merchants has been dug out one after another. A large number of wooden boxes filled with silver coins have been pulled out. The silver coins are to be returned to the kingdom. Each soldier has plundered a lot of useful life.
Taste.
The Russian army first plundered, and then the Växjö allies came one after another. Like vultures, these guys ate up the last bit of meat from the ribs of the beast.
A strong man with a bald head came towards him, and the businessmen whose families had been detained all became angry. They all shouted: "Lord Rurik of Rus, spare your life!"
"Bald" Fisk was not born with a bald head. He was deliberately shaved like this by his mother and now it has become a distinctive personal beauty.
Hearing the misunderstanding of the captured businessman, Fisk, who rushed over, burst out laughing.
"Stop laughing! Brother." Fisk scolded.
"Fisk, they really have a huge misunderstanding."
"Indeed." Fisk shrugged and immediately announced his identity to the captured businessmen: "You Danish merchants! I am Fisk, Bald Fisk. I am the war chief under Rurik, the great king of Rus, and I was ordered to conquer Wei.
Keshe, I will take the opportunity to conquer your Silver Castle. You were once merchants, but unfortunately you have lost all your capital and all its use value. I tell you now, go to hell!"
For a moment, the captured businessmen were dumbfounded.
After a while, a group of sword-wielding warriors came over, ignoring the begging for mercy of the merchants whose hands were tied, dragging them to the edge of the cliff without any delay and beheading them...
This is a killing! It's Fisk's order.
The supplies of the Russian army now rely entirely on fishing supplements from the Växjö Confederate Army. This mixed army and its non-combatants originally numbered 1,500 people.
During the attack on Silver Castle, more than 20 Russian soldiers suffered serious flesh injuries. Although they could theoretically save their lives by debriding the wounds with strong alcohol and forcibly suturing them, more than 20 soldiers lost their ability to fight.
In a sense, the Russian army suffered no casualties, at least no immediate casualties.
But the army was exhausted, and everyone needed a meal. However, the food seized in the city was disappointing.
The logistics of Fisk's unit could not support the appetite of a total of 3,000 people including prisoners, and some prisoners had to die.
This was a barbaric killing after the war. The Russians were the most typical Vikings and showed a barbaric side with Viking characteristics.
Only women who looked young, some children, pure slaves, craftsmen and the last farmer were spared their lives. Only about 500 people in the entire Silver Castle survived until the end of the battle.
The cliff was full of corpses, and the waves gradually dragged the corpses into the ocean, where they gradually became immersed in the cold waters of the Baltic Sea.
Those who survived would not be idle. They were monitored and forced to clean up the corpses of the Växjö refugees from the previous main war faction and throw the stinking corpses into the ocean.
The Ross flag flew on the walls of Silver Castle, and the army completely plundered the local cattle, sheep and livestock. The Växjö Allied forces sent ships to the sea to wildly plunder the extremely rich Baltic cod and Atlantic herring.
Those young women were divided up by the Russian army. The merchants' daughters became the wives and concubines of the Russian soldiers, and the status of the female slaves raised by the merchants increased. For a small group of people, being controlled by the Russian army was not miserable. They were slaves.
The people immediately served their new master, and they served the young Rus warrior with ecstasy.
It is said that their status as slaves will be canceled immediately, and they will live as the wives and concubines of the men in front of them from now on. In this way, they will serve even harder. As for having a man's name tattooed on the back to declare ownership, they will happily accept it.
The Ross army had completely settled down, and the partial divisions that had been on the expedition until now were finally able to take a good rest, so his subordinates began to indulge in female sex, and Fisk didn't bother to care anymore.
After all, his Astrid is by his side. She is his fourth wife, a young, smart and obedient woman. Because Astrid's heart has been decisively killed by this young, strong and decisive woman.
The Ross man was completely conquered.
The Ross flag of Silver Castle is flying, and the various ships floating on the sea are also flying Ross flags. Any outsider who sees it will definitely think that Silver Castle is now a city directly under the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Ross. This also means that the Kingdom of Ross has complete control over the entire Götaland region.
of occupation.
Fiske was waiting here, expecting his ship to "swing people" to bring Spruit, so that the friendly forces staying on Bornholm Island could first witness the illustrious reputation he had established as a young general.
Have a good meeting to plan how to find King Rurik's main force and join forces with them to plan a grand plan.