Rise of Rurik

A group of panicked guys withdrew back, the attack of the Voskas was a mess, and Olegin almost exploded his lungs!

He couldn't help the guy who escaped back to argue, so he stabbed and killed a few people with his sword to vent his anger, and then prevented the situation from getting worse under the stop of the left and right.

"Tell me! What happened?!" Olegin casually pointed his sword at a few people who were almost unconscious, and his sword was dripping blood, making the scene even more terrifying under the dim light.

Finally someone crawled over trembling: "It's oil! They use hot oil! They use stones! And arrows! Many people died."

"Oil? Sure enough!"

Origen stomped his feet angrily, he was not at all happy that his judgment was correct, and he looked at the wooden wall not far away, and the creases on his forehead looked like cracked ground.

There was still a while before dark, and the rain had basically stopped at this moment, and the landing army was already very tired. Everyone could see clearly that this fortress must of course be captured, but today the chance was lost.

The Swedish army occupied all the houses outside the fortress, and all the fishermen's boats were captured.

The soldiers quickly assigned the houses to the tribes as units, and used them as ready-made camps for everyone. Only the Ross people were deliberately excluded.

With resentment, Carl took a small boat to the Aurora, which was docked near the shore, and relayed Otto's order to Otto word by word.

Things developed as Rurik expected, that is, the battle situation was so intense that the two tentative sieges failed to make any progress, which was really unexpected.

Karl's words were stinging, and Otto responded peacefully, noting that he was not as knowledgeable as this guy, and considering this guy's new defeat.

In a short while, the ships of the Ross army rushed to a place very close to the coast with the evening tide, and the soldiers took small boats and started to land with high-quality weapons that they were reluctant to take out on weekdays.

The battlefield is like this.

The Borgholm Fortress is located on a natural lowland protruding point in the middle of Öland Island, with the sea to the north and west, and gentle slopes that gradually rise to the east and south.

The main forces led by Olegin have already camped on the north and east sides of the fortress, and they have begun to light bonfires to frighten the defenders in the fortress.

In this way, the Ross people were ordered to take their boats and people to the west coast of the fortress, and camped on the shore.

It seems,

Origen actually left the encirclement in the south blank, but it is not.

Indeed, with the strength of the Swedish army, it is difficult to complete the encirclement. He arranged for more than a hundred people to detour to the southeast slope of the fort. These people felled a group of low pine trees and lit a group of bonfires on the spot.

That was the campsite for the hundred people, but in order to deter the enemy, they lit more bonfires to set up suspects.

In this matter, Origen showed his strategy as an old guy, and the terrifying atmosphere he displayed did not make the fortress defenders who were victorious defending the city happy at all.

As night falls, the whole world is dark and cold.

The wet and cold Swedish coalition soldiers subconsciously gathered around the campfire, warming themselves and drying their clothes. Facing the bonfire, everyone gnawed at the dried meat and ate the little wheat left. They also seized cod and seal meat recently caught by local fishermen. Since the meat had only been placed for more than a day, its mild rot was ignored by everyone.

Compared with eating dried fish, it is better to eat fish that is oily after being grilled.

Most of the coalition fighters didn't know that during the second round of offensive during the day, a group of Voskas were scalded to death by hot fish oil.

A large fisherman's long house became Olegin's command post. At this moment, a group of bronze oil lamps were arranged in the room to provide enough light, and the bonfire lit in the center of the room gave the house enough warmth.

Origen summoned all the tribal dukes here, even the Ross people who were ordered to camp farther away.

Soon, Otto came directly with Rurik, and the tent area in the wilderness of the Ross people was also set up.

The supposedly lively fishing village is indeed very lively now, with wandering soldiers everywhere inside and outside the houses.

"Damn it, they live in a house and let us live in a tent. Is there anything more abominable? Since you don't want us to get involved, why call us?" Rurik complained, he just couldn't understand Origen s arrangement.

Otto said with a sullen face, "Stop talking nonsense, let's see what that guy has planned."

"What else can be arranged? It's nothing more than letting us Ross people cover."

Otto said nothing, just patted Rurik on the back.

Steaming men gathered at Olegin's command post.

Regarding the failure of the challenge during the day, everyone present did not take it seriously. Although Olegin was very resentful, considering that his troops had almost no real losses, those traitors who died died as soon as they died. On the contrary, those people made the contribution that "meat detectives" should have, and used death to give The coalition contributed intelligence.

"Everyone must know some things. The guys in Borgholm dare to use oil. People will be scalded to death by hot oil. It will be difficult in future battles. But I believe everyone will not think this is difficult. Our troops Strong."

"Then how should we fight?" Wen Desen of Yermalen asked cautiously.

"Oh? It's Wen Desen who is good at growing onions. You ask me how to fight? Okay! I've already thought about the tactics!"

Olegin didn't want to listen to any suggestions from his friendly forces at this moment. He was the king, so the battle plan was naturally decided by himself, and he didn't even need a staff officer. He really doesn't need a staff officer. Looking at the entire coalition army, Ole King Kong thinks that he has extremely high wisdom.

If anyone was the second smartest, Rurik, who was visiting with his father, was a smart young man. "It's a pity that this bastard is not mine..."

Maybe Rurik would make some suggestions for the tactical decision he made. Olegin thought about it, and he still likes the refreshment brought by the kingship. The king doesn't need others to dictate.

He made a tactical plan:

First: Tomorrow the coalition forces will launch a full-scale attack. Each tribe will select strong fighters and use the four remaining battering rams (still tied tree trunks) to continue smashing into the main gate of the fortress.

Second: Considering that the enemy may use hot oil, soldiers need to wear thick linen and fur clothes, and fully wet them with sea water.

Third: Soldiers who do not directly hit the wall, shout and cheer at a distance from the wooden wall.

Fourth: All the archers of the Ross people participate in support operations, shooting and suppressing the enemies at the top of the city.

"There are people cheering here?" Rurik thought it was ridiculous, but considering that they didn't have the time or even the skills to build ladders, what else could everyone do besides shouting and cheering? If only you could scare your enemies out of their guts with a Viking battlecry! It's a pity that the opponent is also the Vikings.

Origen felt that his tactics were wonderful, even though he saw that the eyes of the dukes were trembling, he clapped his hands: "My plan will definitely succeed. Let's prepare separately. As long as the weather is good tomorrow, we will act."

Is this the end of the pre-war meeting?

Rurik felt that he had just been to the camp of the coalition army for a while. After hearing Origen's "wise" tactics and smelling the smell of grilled fish, he should return to his simple camp.

There were less than 300 Ross troops, and a few non-combatants stayed on the ship, while the rest of the 200 or so people landed.

Including Rurik's ten Slavic maids, all of them are now under the command of Carlotta. A group of girls are all equipped with winch steel arm crossbows. They are given strong combat power, provided they are covered.

The soldiers were assembled in an emergency. They were completely different from other troops of the coalition forces. Only the Ross army could line up very neatly.

Those mercenaries and young warriors lined up the most orderly, but the real Ross warriors were a little stretched.

Dark clouds and cold winds continue, and it seems that there will be rain tonight. In the pitch-black world, the wild flames of the bonfire made a violent tremor.

Rurik was entrusted with the important task of military commander by Otto. At the beginning, Otto intended to train his son forcibly, but unexpectedly, there was really no one in the entire army who was more resourceful than him.

Rurik inspected his fighters sullenly, then stopped.

He has no essential hostility towards the defenders of Borgholm, just because this is a crusade war, and as long as the enemy still submits to Denmark, the battle must continue.

"Brothers, now the king has given us an order to use your arrows to support in future battles. We are the Ross people, we have completed the task of escorting the army food, and supported the Mellaren people to fight here. Now we just fulfill The obligation in the contract is to help the king fight, but he does not have to fight personally.

King Olegin doesn't want us to fight him for the spoils now, so why should we?

Remember, use the most inferior arrow clusters tomorrow to support the friendly army's siege battle, that's all. Disband now. "

Rurik's words instantly caused an uproar, and the soldiers who intended to kill were taken by surprise. No one expected that Rurik would be so negative.

However, everyone quickly gained a deeper understanding of Rurik's words through their own situations.

Yes, the ground is still too wet, and everyone is going to camp in the wilderness, it's not like the friendly army has occupied the local fishermen's house.

Aren't everyone deliberately abused by Olegin? Since it is to guard against the Ross people, why should everyone really fight desperately? Since both the Duke and the son Rurik have a "negative" attitude, why should I think too much? Let's just end it all and go home...

This night, a light rain fell suddenly, and the Ross soldiers wrapped in thick leather clothes spent a muddy cold night in their tents.

Early in the morning, after waking up, many people just felt a little confused. It seemed that no one caught a cold, but everyone did not have a proper rest at all.

"This weather will not continue to attack, will it?"

Otto already felt that he had to rest today, so he simply planned to go back to the big ship to catch up on his sleep, but Olgen sent a group of envoys.

Fighting is inevitable, and even the continuous cold drizzle is what Olegin craves.

Start a new battle in the mud?

Otto yelled in the rain: "Olegin, your son is a fool, and you are an idiot. Fighting in the rain, thanks to your thinking!"

Otto's scolding was heard by all Ross soldiers. Although everyone didn't want to fight in such bad weather, but...

The gathered Ross warriors rushed to the battlefield carrying their crossbows and bows, but they did not carry powerful torsion slingshots, even though four slingshots were unloaded from the ship because of Rurik's stubborn "necessary camp defense measures" For camp defense, he just doesn't carry it.

It can be said that from the beginning of departure, the Ross Army did not feel that today is a good time to fight. Everyone's negativity is reflected in the weapons they carry.

Arrows come with massive bone clusters and mass-produced die-cast glass clusters.

Isn't glassware a treasure that can sell for a high price? This is true for others. The Ross people here use quartz full of impurities to make a large pile of fragile and inferior glass arrow clusters. It is essentially a cheap hunting product, and there is not even a tail fin. This kind of arrows are specially used for crossbows to shoot at close range. After all, Rurik just doesn't want to waste the iron cluster arrows.

The light rain made it extremely difficult to start a fire. The faces of the soldiers gathered in the rain were wet, and their clothes were sticking to their bodies. No one felt comfortable.

Origen put on his helmet, and the chain mail hanging from the helmet protected its entire head, except for two small holes so that the eyes could see the whole world.

It was the second day of the war, and now the Swedish coalition forces basically knew the details of the Borgholm Fortress through the intelligence of the Voskas, and the defenders in the fortress knew very little about the enemy.

Is it necessary to send envoys to stand under the wooden wall and chat with the enemies on the wall before the battle?

Olegin felt that this was unnecessary. Seeing that his army was almost assembled, he waved his hand: "Let's go!"

The noise outside the wooden castle woke up all the people who were not sleeping soundly, and it was raining, which aggravated their tension.

Someone poking his head out of the wooden wall suddenly saw the enemies surrounding the fort appear in large numbers! Alarms immediately spread throughout the fort.

How could the leader Stein never have imagined that the enemy is a group of monsters who eat meat but don't spit out bones? On a rainy day, are they going to attack the city in the mud?

"Brothers! Let me fight! Hurry up and go to the wooden wall!"

"Don't eat anything, prevent them from hitting the wall, and get rocks ready!"

"Hey! Continue to boil oil for me!"

Stein struggled to organize his fighters, especially pushing the Gotland mercenaries against the wall.

Just when the Borgholm defenders were not ready, the siege of the Swedish army had already begun.

The ones who rushed to the front were naturally the Mellaren warriors. They were all wet. A group of warriors tied the battering rams with hemp ropes, carried them on their shoulders, and rushed towards the wooden door in the mud. Even if someone slips halfway, the person gets up and continues to rush, praying that the water in his body can prevent possible hot oil erosion.

The Yelmalen, Anklaas, and Uppsala armies also carried their battering rams, but they attacked wooden walls.

This was not over yet, when the Mälaren army rushed to the wooden gate, they pulled away the gray corpses from yesterday, and dragged away the first battering ram that had fallen into the mud.

Soon, the people on the wooden wall saw that five battering rams began to hit the wall non-stop, and they held up the wooden shield in one hand, making it difficult for the thrown stones to give them a fatal blow.

The huge number of attackers did not gather under the wall, they deliberately kept a distance from the wall, and kept beating their shields and roaring!

All of a sudden, the Gotland mercenaries on the top of the wall were confused. They looked at the five wriggling worms under the wall, and it seemed that only hot oil could stop them.

But is hot oil really enough? wait! Is it possible to boil oil well in such an environment?

In fact, Shi Taiyin knew that he didn't have much oil left. After all, who would store a lot of this stuff? Running out of oil, everyone's lighting at night is a hindrance