Landing on a beach is not easy in any era. According to Rurik's prediction, the Russian army's landing would not encounter a desperate charge from the enemy as soon as the landing site was established.
But the facts have already happened. Although the enemy has a high probability of preparing for a decisive battle, Rurik and the nobles never imagined that the decisive battle would be on the seaside.
All elite soldiers, flag commanders, allied nobles, and even all grassroots soldiers are facing tremendous pressure.
Look! The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th flag teams, these troops are the first to land as elites. Some soldiers from each flag team have just arrived. When they landed, the longships were still pushing out of the beach to provide berths for their successors.
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Just when the Russian army was in a hurry, a large number of enemies appeared.
The elite warriors built a shield wall to meet the impact and collided with the enemy!
Those Danish Robards who charged bravely knew that as long as they knocked the Russian soldiers off their feet in the first contact, the rest of the battle would be beneficial to them.
However, they all felt like they had hit a wall!
When the collision occurred, the warriors who were behind stepped on the waistband of the predecessor, stepped on his shoulders, and rushed forward fearlessly with a tomahawk. Such a bold warrior hoped to open up the situation with his own death, so that the subsequent tribesmen could successfully break through.
defeated the Russian army.
From Ross's perspective, the soldiers probably knew that their enemies were mainly the Danish Robard tribe. This tribe had a large population and its own glory, but the brothers did not expect that these Danish warriors were so brave.
Swords were stabbing, battle axes were slashing. The soldiers held their thick shields against their bodies, gritted their teeth, and stabbed forward with all their strength. No matter whether they hit the target or not, they did not dare to stop.
"Hold on! Don't retreat!"
"Don't be afraid of death! Stand up to them!"
"The king has landed! The king is personally supervising the battle! They cannot be allowed to get close to the king."
"Hmph..."
"Ahhhhh..."
Roaring sounds and wailing sounds intertwined.
On the other side of the battlefield, the Robards, who were charging desperately and locked in a fight, roared loudly.
"Hurry and drive these Russians into the sea to feed the fish!"
"Kill them for glory."
"Avenge Boss Hafgen! Kill their Rurik!"
Likewise, the cries of the Robards were drowned in the roar.
This was a hasty battle, and Rurik knew without even thinking that he was facing an unprecedented crisis.
What is a last-ditch battle? It is now.
Rurik drew out his steel sword and ordered his guards to raise the special temperament inlaid with gold wire high. He walked towards the front line of the anxious battle, and the flag advanced with his steps.
The war drums were beating wildly, the trumpets were blasting, and Rurik showed his presence in a big way. This was a provocation to the enemy that he was here, and it was also an encouragement to the soldiers who persisted in fighting.
The warriors who persisted saw their king, and the king's flag with gold rim was walking towards them.
The King will directly join the battle! He is an invincible and great conqueror! Just like his father Otto, he will fight for his life.
Look! Those warriors with bear heads on their heads! And the intense flash of light reflected from their bodies in the sun.
Grund, the captain of the Guards, is no longer young. He is no longer a free mercenary, but an "iron man" under King Ross who specializes in gnawing hard bones.
"Iron Man! Follow me and charge! Blood sacrifice to Odin!"
Grund and his men are redefined berserkers. Their chests have been replaced with heavy hardened carbon steel breastplates, and ordinary hand axes can only leave small marks on the soldiers' shoulders, arms, and legs.
The whole body is protected by iron sheets, and even the weak crotch area has an "iron skirt". Such excessive defense is unique in today's Northern Europe, Western Europe and Eastern Europe. The other one that can do this is the Eastern Roman Empire.
One hundred "iron men" are all specially selected strong men. They either hold double-edged long-handled axes with spearheads, or hold short halberds in both hands. There are also many who hold double swords.
The Iron Men go out to fight, specializing in tough battles. They do not form formations, but wear ferocious bear heads and hold a variety of melee weapons. They deliberately let the enemy surround them, so that they can kill one against ten.
They had long since taken off their Russian robes, showing off the shiny metallic sheen of the warrior armor.
Because the enemy is Horik! For Grund, dozens of his brothers died in the battle of Godfrehagen. This battle is to avenge the blood of that year.
I have to say that these bear-headed warriors are too conspicuous.
Standing in the distance, Horik deliberately did not charge with his elite soldiers. His current behavior was very shameful, but when he saw those "hard-chested men" breaking away from the precarious front of the Ross army, he suddenly felt a chill from his toes. to the brain.
He thought of the disgusting battle back then, and how many of his brothers had died in order to kill these iron men.
Although the Iron Man is not really invulnerable, if a spear is thrust into the weak point of his armor, the Iron Man will become dead.
But can these Robard fishermen and peasant soldiers do it? Killing an iron man only requires twenty lives.
"Boss, those Iron Bears have appeared, what should we do? Are we going to help in the fight?" a follower asked nervously.
"Don't act rashly. Let's take a look at the battle situation! Also, take away all our flags." Horik ordered this with a very tangled voice.
In fact, Horik noticed that these Robards did not rush the Ross army to the ocean immediately. Once the battle entered an anxious state, it would be very detrimental to him.
He put away his flag to conceal his presence and avoid being discovered by the Russians who would attack him.
But such a move was seen by the other allied tribal armies of "Christian Denmark" who stood still. These tribal lords backed down when they saw Ross's huge fleet. Now that the battle situation is unfavorable, Horik lowered the flag. Could it be that this guy Want to escape!?
This Danish army is essentially a crusade, but the Robard tribe has not immediately changed their mentality. They are not yet willing to raise the cross flag with great fanfare.
What Horik asked to put down was a cross flag, and other Allied troops watching the battle also had such flags.
When the cross flag is set up, each unit can distinguish between ourselves and the enemy. When the flag disappears, it is basically equivalent to the disappearance of an army. Whether it is killed in battle or fleeing, the disappearance of the flag is equivalent to defeat. Horik did not think of this layer for the time being.
A lord persuaded his heart and issued a sudden order: "Horik is a coward, he is going to run away! Even if the Robard people are brave, they will die. Brothers, let's leave quickly!"
A 200-member "Christian Denmark" allied force voluntarily withdrew from the battlefield, which immediately caused a chain reaction, and other tribal armies evacuated one after another.
This scene was also seen by Horik.
The short, fat man with a round head stomped his feet violently to vent his anger and cursed: "How can we have allies like you! How dare you run away without a fight?"
Horik was not qualified to call those so-called cowards. The hearts of his own elite troops were unstable.
Many people suggested: "The Robard people may not be able to hold on for long, and we should also think about a way out."
Rationally speaking, Horik did not want to die in this battle. Although he encouraged his brothers before the battle, he said that if he did not win the battle at hand, he would die in honor.
But when the threat of death in battle really arises, running away is a strategy.
"The worst case scenario is that I will take my brothers and escape to Frankish territory. Ludwig is hiring people, so he can't do without me. Maybe he can give me a legal title."
Yes, what Horik has been doing in these years is that he hopes to become a great noble. If he cannot become the King of Denmark, he can just settle down and become a vassal of Frank.
Now Robard is not broken, maybe they can still win, even if the victory is a miserable victory.
As a result, the battlefield became very strange. Horik's actions were betraying his teammates. He brought five hundred of his last confidants to watch the battle. It was like sitting on a mountain watching a tiger fight. It was clear that he was the commander-in-chief of the fighting army.
The Russian army suffered casualties on all fronts, and more troops landed on the shore. They were the Allied Army of the Swedish Dukes, the Allied Army of Gothenburg, and the Allied Army of Finland, which focused on fire support.
The location of the battlefield is beyond the reach of ship-borne torsion slingshots, and the heavy weapons that the Russian army is proud of are temporarily unavailable.
The battle turned into an authentic Viking mode, until the "Iron Man" passed through his own lines and fought back under the crazy attack of the Robards.
Tomahawks were chopping, halberds were stabbing, and steel swords were cutting.
There are also arrows whizzing past Iron Man’s head!
Jevro rushed to the king's flag urgently and told King Rurik of his concerns: "My longbowmen will continue to support them even if they are tired and break their arms, but the arrows will now focus on Grund and the others."
Rurik responded coldly: "I don't care about their casualties, I care about whether the enemy is shot by you! I want victory!"
"Ah... you are so cold?"
"This is war! Listen, switch to broad-bladed hunting arrows immediately, and don't use pointed armor-piercing arrows. Try to throw them as far away as possible, and throw them with all your strength."
Javlo heard some clues and immediately stopped hesitating. He immediately returned to the beach and ordered the 600 Finnish longbowmen who were in the water to fight according to the king's order.
Now that the war situation is tense, all kinds of crossbows are of limited use. These bows are thrown into the air for fire support. At this moment, the longbow is still showing its power.
The Russian army just bullied the enemy's lack of armor, and the tapered armor-piercing arrows were inappropriate for dealing with strong enemies. The broad-bladed hunting arrows were designed to deal with all kinds of unarmored soldiers, but these arrows were meaningless against heavily armored soldiers.
Grund's face was covered by a mask, with only the observation window and breathing port. He and his brothers had limited physical strength. Behind them were already a large number of corpses and wailing people. In front, the Robards felt fear.
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The armor was bleeding, the battle ax was dripping with blood, and the heavy armor concealed the berserker's panting.
Several iron men were stabbed to death, and the rest had no time to care about their dead brothers.
The iron men lined up and continued to move forward.
Looking at the Robards again, their formation was cut like a wedge by the iron men, and their formation was being divided by the Russian army.
The arrows continued to inflict damage to the Robard tribe soldiers, and they began to retreat completely, completely evacuating the theoretical maximum shooting range of the ship-based torsion slingshot.
Looking at the Russian army again, although preparations were hasty, all kinds of heavy weapons were not used for the time being, and the battle situation has turned one-sided towards the Russian army.
The ground was littered with the corpses of Robard soldiers, and the injured were all assassinated by the Russian army.
The dead of the Russian army were pulled out, even if they were still alive, they were dragged to the rear. Fierce fighting was going on at the front, and rescue operations at the rear were also carried out non-stop.
The top priority was to stop the bleeding of the wounded soldiers, so the injured limbs were tied up with premade hemp rope strips. As for those with fatal injuries to the chest and neck, they could only be allowed to die.
The Russian army tried its best to rescue wounded soldiers, which was almost non-existent in this era, and an auxiliary staff actually played the role of military doctors.
Rurik and the soldiers had no time to care about the casualties. Their elite withstood the attack, and the elite iron men had already opened a gap!
The arrows hit Grund's iron man with crackling sounds, causing even a scratch before the arrows shattered. There were even warriors with terrifying longbows and long arrows skewered on their decorated chests, as if a soldier had been shot in the head.
This was simply unbelievable to the retreating Robad people, and the tribal nobles who were determined to fight were incomprehensible.
"This is a monster! They survived being shot with an arrow in the head?!"
The Iron Man continued to move forward, because the brothers were too tired to run wildly. It was precisely because of this that their pressing step by step became even more terrifying.
The Russian troops seized the opportunity to land. Most of their troops were densely packed and neatly dressed. Their line remained unbreakable, with shields piled up as walls. Behind them were warriors with iron helmets and feathers on their heads, as well as flags as dense as a forest.
The arrows behind them seemed to be infinite, constantly causing casualties to the Robards in the rear.
The anxious battlefield changed greatly. Although the Robards did not flee, the two armies had spontaneously maintained a distance of about twenty meters.
At this time, the crossbowmen finally had a chance! The crossbowmen in the second row sent the winched steel-arm crossbows to the front line. After receiving them, the brothers immediately fired them through the gap in the front shield wall, and then sent the completed crossbows to the rear.
This is also the expression of the Ross Arrow Array. Like an assembly line, loaded crossbows are sent to the front line. In the eyes of the Robard people, there are deadly arrows from the Ross people everywhere!
My own wooden shield cannot stop heavy arrows, even light arrows are just as terrifying.
With flat shots and projectiles, the battlefield became three-dimensional. The Russian army stabilized the front after paying a certain amount of losses, and the whole thing was like a huge steamroller crushing it.
And the Ross Army's tried-and-tested pincer offensive also began the encirclement operation!
Perhaps, this is another reenactment of the Battle of Vissingse Island! The veterans thought so.
The Robards, a powerful force in the Danish world, are dying under the offensive of the Ross Army. The Götaland Allied Army in Gothenburg is very fortunate to have joined the battle as a member of the Allied Forces. Now, the Gothenburg Army and the Swedish Unkra
The Sri Lankan army joined forces and was being led by Blue Fox to join the encirclement from the left wing...
Collapse! Just in an instant.
As a local nobleman of the Robard tribe died from an arrow piercing his head, his tribesmen dragged the body and ran away.
In the eyes of the people who had suffered huge casualties, even their own nobles had abandoned everyone.
We can't go on any longer and run for the chance of survival!
Where to escape? People don't know yet and don't have time to think. The escape instinct controls their legs.
The ensuing defeat was clearly seen by Horik, who continued to watch the battle, and his subordinates were extremely anxious.
"Boss, these Robards actually failed."
"They are charging in the opposite direction, but don't forget that they surrendered on the battlefield and the Russians came to attack us."
Indeed, due to the defeat in 838, Horik's prestige among the Robard tribe plummeted. If not for everyone's "joint efforts to resist Luo", a civil war would have broken out long ago.
"Maybe we'll charge in reverse. Let's move quickly," Horik ordered.
But where to go? Naturally, heading towards the Lindholm Isthmus controlled by the Frankish vassal, the Saxon nobleman Liudov.
Although Horik did not think that the castle he built was indestructible, it could at least delay the Ross army's pursuit, enough for him to have time to escape to Frankish territory.
Horik completely ignored the life and death of the Robard people. He placed some horses and some vehicles in the village of Robard. The brothers fled back, taking some usable things, especially silver coins and jewelry, riding horses or
He quickly retreated south in a carriage.
Pay special attention to taking away the priests who were placed in Robard Village. After all, if the priests died in the war, it would be difficult to explain to the ascetic "Northern Saint" Eskil.
He no longer cares about the life or death of others, because the war has become such an ulcer-like situation, his self-proclaimed "Christian King of Denmark" is a joke, and his real title of "Earl of Denmark" has to exist in name only.
After all, I am currently a small vassal of Frank in legal terms. If the Russians slap me in the face, wouldn't they just slap the Frank nobles in the face?
He had made up his mind to leave, and took his cronies back to the Aleb Fortress on the Lindholm Isthmus as quickly as possible. He would not discuss anything later. If he delayed any longer, his brothers would all die.