Rise of Rurik - Chapter 1409

[Chapter 1508: Rurik is waiting for work]

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Suddenly, a low horn sounded through the silent forest, and a group of cavalry emerged from the dark green forest!

The first person to enter the battlefield was “Bald” Fisk, whose helmet was filled with feathers. He took the lead and was unstoppable, followed by a group of brothers galloping behind him.

The entire Russian army suddenly burst out of the forest from two directions. They appeared without warning and arrived on the battlefield before the horses’ hooves and the arrows they fired.

Just like his fellow men, Fisk, with his feet in stirrups, could inadvertently clamp his legs around the horse’s belly. With his strong arms, he stretched his recurve bow to the maximum distance and aimed it at a target.

“Brothers, draw your bows fully and shoot their horses in the hind legs!”

At the critical moment, Fisk noticed the significant weakness of the grouped Frank cavalry.

Of course, those tall horses have leather armor on their chests, and small bucklers are hung on the rider’s thighs, which greatly enhances the cavalry’s front and sides defense, leaving only the horse’s rear and tail areas undefended.

Indeed, the areas that need to be strengthened during the battle are all protected, and the enemies in the horse tail area are almost inaccessible. Furthermore, if the enemy sees the cavalry’s fleeing backs, it will be a huge shame for the knights. In addition, the horse needs Sufficient comfort for running, the strongest and most powerful retreat without too much attachment.

The Frank army’s choice to adapt to the needs of the battlefield was finally discovered by Fisk.

A horse was hit by an arrow in its hind leg. The armor-piercing arrow directly penetrated the muscle and even penetrated into the intestines. The horse went crazy in the severe pain, but its muscles were stiff due to pain. The horse that was hit by the arrow actually sat down directly, and turned pale with shock. The cavalryman was thrown off his head

On the ground, when the soldier got up, his mind was still confused.

Due to limited arrows, the warriors did not implement the rapid fire mode, but instead pursued full draw and accurate shooting in order to maximize the effectiveness of armor-piercing arrows.

Angular bows, which generally have a full draw length of more than fifty pounds, focus on firing specially prepared heavy-weight armor-piercing arrows. It has a short range and has strong kinetic energy and extremely penetrating power.

The Frankish warriors, who were suffering from hunger and disappointment, finally encountered the Ross cavalry who had been chased by them for a day and night. Unexpectedly, they met in such a way.

Once a wounded horse falls to the ground, a cavalryman loses his tactical significance.

The Ross cavalry fired arrows around the chaotic ranks of the Frank cavalry. They were fast and flexible, and nearly two thousand arrows were fired in a short period of time, which caused great chaos to the Frank’s 800 heavy cavalry.

The surrounding war horses were all in one piece, and some soldiers were hit by arrows whose circumstances were unknown.

The arrow hit the soldier’s iron helmet. The lucky person’s arrow bounced off the side and his head was shaken. The unlucky person was hit in the face, and the heavier armor-piercing arrow directly pierced the cerebellum. The soldier died on the spot.

As long as the arm is hit by an arrow, the Frank cavalry has not yet invented saddles, lance seats and armpit gun racks. As long as the warrior can no longer hold the lance with his hand, all the tactical actions that the Frank cavalry can show cannot be carried out.

Two Ross cavalry standard troops passed by both wings of the Frank army. After throwing down nearly 3,000 arrows, they rushed to the other side and seized the time to regroup.

Fisk’s heart was beating wildly. He tightened his grip on the reins and turned his horse’s head to stare at the enemy who was suddenly stunned.

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“A remarkable ambush, brothers, how are you doing?” he asked loudly to the left and right.

One hundred each

After hearing this, the captain shouted that his troops were completely safe.

At this moment, “Pig Nose” Swain raised his voice not far away and asked: “Fisk! Do it again?”

Fisk calmed down for a moment, “No! We urgently need to evacuate now! You evacuate first, and I will take the rear.”

“What? No fight now?”

“Stop talking nonsense! Follow my command, you can evacuate first! Everything will continue as planned.”

“Hey. You don’t want to take the glory for yourself.” Sven lowered his head in regret. It was a pity that the ambush operation came to an end. He furrowed his brows and called on his men to withdraw from the battlefield.

For a moment, Fisk really felt that he could beat these idiots with no long-range firepower with only the 600 cavalry that were exploring westward. He was originally worried that the ambush battle would not be able to destroy the enemy’s armor, but now it seems that the situation is not the same. I thought it was so hard to chew.

Since the Ross cavalry had already retreated to a farther distance after appearing, the Frank cavalry finally recovered after being severely beaten.

Count Gilbert of Ramongao was furious. Seeing his chaotic subordinates quickly adjust their mentality, he shouted with a spear: “The robbers have appeared! Leave the wounded alone. Knights, take your men and charge with me!”

Regardless of how many people would launch a counterattack immediately, Gilbert had already taken the lead and stood out like a lone brave man in the entire chaotic military formation.

This heroic act really shocked Fisk, and he had to pay attention to such a ruthless character: “Huh? Could that guy be the commander of this unit? He can lead so many cavalry, he might be a count. .”

Fisk was very excited at the thought of fighting against a certain Frankish noble. Compared with killing such a noble person, Fisk was very excited.

It would be better for the clan to capture him alive.

But it seems that I can’t capture it alive here.

The man flying as fast as the wind seemed to have a strong appeal. The chaotic Franks suddenly became organized. A group of cavalry began to follow the man and attack with spears. More cavalry also joined the action, obviously with no regard for their Wounded soldiers.

Fisk judged the situation and immediately turned his horse around, planning to fire another round of arrows to provoke them into pursuing them. It seemed unnecessary now – the enemies were already so angry that they ignored the attack.

The bravest of Ross’s 1st Cavalry, they were so cunning that they showed their backs to the enemy.

How to talk about bravery?

To pursue an honest duel blindly is the courage of an ordinary man.

The enemy is killed and I am alive. No matter what despicable means I use, only when I am alive can I have the right to call myself brave.

In the past, Fisk was ashamed to show his back to the enemy, but now he not only does it, but also throws flags, some armor, and sundries as bait. As long as the enemy can take the bait, these baits can be replenished in the end. , calculating the pros and cons, the Ross cavalry decisively “continue to escape.”

From the perspective of the Frank army, the Ross bandits were unethical in fighting, but the collective act of showing their backs did give them confidence.

“Look, they are fleeing! They are afraid of being pierced by our spears in the back. Soldiers! Keep chasing! We are almost winning.” Gilbert said this to comfort himself, because he only brought a small amount of supplies to pursue him. Now Cheng was in a stage where men and horses were exhausted. The Frankish army relied on anger and perseverance to persist, and was unable to pursue a full-scale pursuit at high speed.

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Still with such strong perseverance driven by anger, Gilbert is determined to hunt down and kill him.

The world’s powerful force also wanted to behead all the robbers, so Count Eberhardt of Ulichgao could only help with all his strength.

The two sides chased each other like this. The war horses flowed directly through the shallow water of the Sauer River (the river where the Alzette River joins). The Russian army left a large amount of black mud trampled by the horses’ hooves on both sides. The Frank army continued to pursue them. Being able to face the cold river water, Gilbert led the team and rushed over without thinking.

The Ross cavalry, which are generally lighter, seem to be quenched. The thick winter manes of the Turkic horses absorb a lot of water, which has a big impact on running. They emit dense mist while running, and the water evaporates quickly.

The Frank cavalry also faced such a test. Their cloth horse clothes absorbed more water, and they continued to pursue and pursue them, and they were still trapped in the clouds and mist.

It’s just that these cavalrymen didn’t receive much training in forcibly crossing the river. The soldiers’ leather boots were filled with cold water, and their footsteps quickly cooled down. It was as if their whole bodies were freezing in the cold and wet.

The situation of the Ross Army might as well be more favorable, but they all knew that after crossing the river and bypassing the low hillside through the gap, they could reach the stronghold of the main force of the Ross Army in Trier.

“Now go all out and blow the battle trumpet so that the king can hear it as soon as possible.” Fisk ordered all trumpeters in the team, regardless of the cold wet feet.

The so-called “battle trumpet” is as simple as raising your chest and blowing a tone fiercely on the horn. There is no interval rhythm at all, just a continuous low roar.

Both cavalry teams were doing this, just to make the noise as loud as possible.

At the same time, the Ross garrison in Trier was just getting ready for battle.

As early as this morning, I stayed at the hotel in Trier.

Rick had already received Fisk’s war alert.

The war horse collapsed to the ground as soon as it arrived at the small camp west of the Trier River. As usual, the Russian army set up a pot to cook wheat early in the morning, so they quickly rescued the war horse and brought it back from the brink of death from exhaustion.

Ten horses were rescued one after another, but their mental state could no longer support the subsequent battle.

The ten cavalrymen were burdened with heavy responsibilities. They endured their sleepiness and told the news of the war to Rurik himself, who was staying in his palace at the gate of the Nicholas Gate in Trier on the other side of the river.

In these days, Brody, who led his troops to explore eastward, gradually brought back plundered food and even captured a group of prisoners.

Rurik had already ordered the army not to take prisoners of war. The implication was that he allowed the generals to decide whether to kill or expel them. In other words, he did not clearly explain what would happen if they were captured.

Brody and Fisk had different attitudes towards the war.

Fisk was already used to seeing blood at a young age. He would not tremble when he walked on a battlefield littered with corpses, and he would not feel guilty when he went all out to kill enemy villagers.

Brody is not so ferocious, but it is certainly a robbery. If the villagers are really begging for mercy, or are fleeing within the range of arrows from the cavalry, those who can be pursued will not be killed. Let them flee to save arrows. and the physical strength of one’s own warriors.

It’s better to save your physical strength to carry the captured food!

And the young village women who were caught must be brought back to the camp safely.

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Because the Second Cavalry is an elite unit, it has a very high proportion of young people, including the sons of Nordic businessmen.

The sons of merchants were paid by their fathers to join the Russian standing army.

Heirs of merchants with war experience, they very much hope to capture a Frankish woman and take her back to their hometown. Whether she is a wife or a simple maid, it will be a good thing for themselves and their family.

Brody’s actions in the east were destined not to yield huge results, but they brought back a steady stream of food. Their 600 horsemen were enough, and the horses became a means of transportation for a while. More than a dozen villages, large and small, were looted. , and nearly a hundred young and beautiful women were brought back, and were marked by the cavalry soldiers to prove that they were “unalienable special trophies.”

In this regard, Rurik had no prior restraint, so now he can only admit it posthumously, and continue to use the plundered food to support this group of women who have basically suffered a mental breakdown.

Rurik and the infantrymen controlling the city of Trier have not been idle these days. The city has been occupied. The place is empty and full of old buildings that have been temporarily repaired and turned into excellent and stable barracks. He suddenly found himself in Cobb Lenz’s massive construction project was a little too hasty.

“Had I known this, I should have moved the entire army to station here. It’s still too late to gradually increase the number of troops.”

The longboat carrying the recruitment order drifted down the Moselle River to the Coblenz military camp, and a batch of stone bricks were also transported on board to serve as local building materials.

After all, Koblenz is surrounded by mountains and rivers and is in a delta environment. If the Franks want to attack it, they must face the natural moat of the river and march from the riverside road on Niutou Mountain. For the Russian army who controls the local area, it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It needs to be strengthened. construction.

Especially some large stone bricks will be transported to the craftsmen, and these professionals will cut them into spherical shapes of similar sizes to serve as future bricks.

Come to the cutting-edge “cow trebuchet” stone bullets.

According to Rurik’s temporary plan, four infantry flag detachments will be rowed in after being ordered. The necessary preparations for this two thousand army will also take some time. By the time they arrive at the Trier camp, it will take at least ten days. about.

I thought it would take a battle to capture Trier, but in the end I didn’t even see the shadow of the enemy. The stage victory came inexplicably. Even so, the original plan was to attack Metz further up the Moselle River, and it was necessary. Follow the plan.

Askard, Kelha and Ivar, who followed Rurik in the first round of operations, thought that there was no battle to fight for the time being. The arriving soldiers also became boring material carriers, and their remaining strength was wasted again. Morale is so painful for everyone.

Everyone was looking south, toward the upper reaches of the Moselle, toward Metz, which the summer military campaign had failed to capture.

As long as the fleet continued to move and rowed with all its strength, the army would be at the gates of Metz in at most three days.

Now, things have changed.

“Thank the gods for giving me the opportunity! I finally have to fight Frank again.” The young player Askard was full of confidence.

“This time, my archers will fully cooperate with you. I just don’t know if it will work against the cavalry.” Kelha seemed to lack confidence.

Ivar, who needs to be carried to move quickly, the Danish prince has a very determined attitude: “It doesn’t matter if there are difficulties. If Odin favors me, I will not die in battle. I will still fight with my brothers, even if it is deep. Trapped.”

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The three young generals all had clear stances on the battle, and they all received Rurik’s mobilization orders by surprise.

Especially Askard, now

His first task here was to lead the Seventh Banner Corps to wait for work. Considering that they had to fight the Frank cavalry, the whole team crossed the river early in the morning and took the time to build defenses at the small camp on the west bank of Trier.

All the soldiers took action to dig a pit, then cut off the branches of the felled saplings, temporarily cut out the sharp parts, buried them in the pit at an angle, and used stones as cushions to make a large number of horses at once.

There is no stone hammer evidence to prove that the Frank cavalry will really pursue them all the way to the river. We cannot give up the offensive construction just because the possibility is not 100%.

At least the messengers proved one thing – there was indeed a large army ambushing the Fortress of Luxembourg.

Intelligence showed that a Frankish heavy cavalry force of perhaps more than 500 people appeared and fought with the Ross cavalry. Rurik had to estimate the number of infantry behind them.

Based on one to ten estimates, the enemy infantry numbered five thousand.

Such a large army is actually deployed in Luxembourg?

When the local Frank cavalry strength in Metz was unknown, the Ross army had to conduct a tentative attack to conduct fire reconnaissance on it. Unexpectedly, the Franks had already ambushed an army not far from Metz.

“When I attacked Metz, if these five thousand people suddenly attacked me from the rear, wouldn’t our army suffer a big loss? No! The Franks are not stupid, this may be their conspiracy, just wait for our army to fight again Attack me in the rear during Metz.”

In a sense, the pieced together Ramengau-Julichgau-Liège coalition can achieve this strategy when necessary. The primary plan of this coalition is to protect the safety of Metz.

There are two methods of protection. The conservative method is to defend with Chen Bing, and the radical method is to choose to attack Koblenz after the spring for a decisive battle.

Way to defeat the local Rus pirates.

Now all the torsion slingshots they carried were transported to the west bank. UU Reading www.SonicMTL.net A thousand of them went into battle. Together with some cavalry from the eastern operation who returned early, an arc-shaped bridgehead was quickly constructed and miscellaneous ones were added continuously. The material enhances its strength.

All these measures were aimed at delaying the enemy’s cavalry, but also deliberately left a hole for Fisk’s returning western cavalry to enter the fortifications.

Even some pine and maple trees that were directly cut down were dragged directly without cutting off the branches and carrying a large number of withered yellow leaves, and were thrown on the spot behind the horse to serve as a messy obstacle.

With tree trunks, stones, and simple mounds of earth, the Ross army hurriedly built a low wall at noon to ensure that the cavalry could not break it open.

At the back end, there are as many as fifty torsion slingshots prepared. There are as many slingshots as there are long ships. They are all unloaded and installed on special trolleys that are carried with them. They are used as mobile heavy weapons. Control the Frankish cavalry’s half-turn tactics and wall-mounted charge.

Relying on crossbows, torsion slingshots, and the support of a small number of Finnish longbowmen, after this sweaty move, the Russian army could finally rest on the offensive.

But what they didn’t know was that while everyone was busy wiping sweat, drinking water, eating boiled wheat and resting, Fisk’s troops, who had lured the enemy deep, were about to pass through the Sauer River, and the Frank cavalry was indeed following closely behind them to kill them.

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After crossing the ford of the Sauer River, there is only eight kilometers of grass road left from the Ross army’s camp in Trier.

Such a distance is nothing to the cavalry, and a fateful battle is about to break out.

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