Rise of Rurik

Some orange flags fluttered over the city head, that is, the flag of the King of Northumbria.

The attacking Viking army also hoisted this flag, the Rurik oars flag.

The army that attacked Edinburgh was indeed a Rus army in nature, because its commander was the actual ruler of the Duchy of Rus. In other words, this army, which is almost entirely composed of Balmerks and Shetlanders, should have the same combat mode as the former Rus army.

But the real Rus army has been reborn under the personal training of Rurik. How can that strong combat power be comparable to that of a thousand Balmers?

As for the Northumbrians in front of him, Rurik saw how many treasures there could be in this city that could be called a "bandit city".

Do not!

They do have babies!

Rurik squinted and saw a man with a top hat, even though the man was sneaking behind the battlements. The man has been holding a golden cross with a strong metallic color, and the hat is clearly a "bishop's hat".

"A big man didn't stay in the monastery well, why did he come to the front of the city? Do you add a sacred buff to the defenders?"

Rurik had nothing to say, and he didn't need to say anything on the battlefield.

A group of bowmen under his command gathered together to throw arrows at the wooden gate where the drawbridge was located.

A group of Bone Cluster Arrows flew out, with high-density projectiles, giving the opponent a head-to-head attack.

How useful are arrow clusters made of bone? It is also good for hunting small prey.

Rurik didn't expect the strength of Balmerk's archers at all. If he really wanted to suppress those enemies who were shooting arrows at the city head, he had to look at the crossbow.

The "Crossbow Shooting Team" assembled by Balmerk explorers, elite mercenaries, and sailors of the Avlora who stayed in Ross for a whole year began the most precise strike.

The warriors of Northumbria were shot down like birds on a branch.

Including the Earl of Edinburgh, everyone in the city had never seen it before, let alone the existence of the crossbow. At first they thought the opponent's bone arrows were too ridiculous, and people fought desperately under the situation of being overwhelmed by occupation, and the fatal blow came.

The defending archers hid with gritted teeth, and Fen Er, the brave man among them, continued to shoot arrows, and the result was naturally fatal. Their integral cowhide armor, facing the surface-hardened conical armor-piercing arrows, is broken with a single poke.

The brave Bishop of Edinburgh, his hat always revealed his position, and the high hat was directly thrown away by the arrow, which shocked the bishop, a bald middle-aged man, hurriedly holding a gilded cross with gems and lying on the wooden corridor at the top of the city. , He no longer cares about his image, his left hand is covering the cross, his right hand is constantly crossing the cross, and his mouth is constantly reciting the scriptures of prayer.

Pity his two young clergymen...

Perhaps, these two feel that the power of faith is infinite. Dressed in grey and white robes, they held up the cross on their chests, shouting holy slogans and glaring at the siege barbarians.

However, both of them were hit by multiple arrows and fell to the top of the city and died.

Even the armor-piercing arrow fired by a crossbow just hit the earl of Edinburgh's helmet.

Thanks to the hemispherical structure of the helmet, the arrow bounces objectively. The earl was slammed into the head, and his whole body was knocked down. When the soldiers rushed to rescue, he staggered and stood up clutching his almost broken neck.

"Sir! Please withdraw to the city, we will defend the city to the death." A soldier said shivering.

The earl's eyes were full of gold stars, and he did not reply to the warrior who spoke, and was escorted by others to withdraw from the wall.

Unfortunately, the morale of the defenders was on the verge of collapse.

A group of residents in the city are eager to escape through other city gates, but outside the huge Edinburgh city, there are barbarians eyeing everywhere. Hungry wolves are everywhere. Once the city gate is opened and the suspension bridge is lowered, the civilians in Chengli escape like sheep into the tiger's mouth. What's even more terrifying is that the barbarians will easily walk through the suspension bridge and rush into the city, and everything will be over!

No matter what the defenders of Edinburgh thought, the ten Torsion Slingshots that Rurik was most proud of, all preparations were over.

On the big ship, Biyonni really saw the terrifying power of the torsion slingshot. He never thought that this kind of equipment could also be used to attack the castle.

Rurik looked serious and pointed his sword at the drawbridge: "Shoot me at the two corners of the drawbridge!"

Beyonce was shocked: "Rurik, do you want the projectile to break the chain of the drawbridge?!"

"No! Biyonni, have your men aim at the place where the chains are fixed, smash those logs, and the bridge will fall down."

The crossbowmen paused to suppress, and they turned into torsion slingshot shooters.

From the perspective of the defenders of Edinburgh, they saw even more exotic equipment begin to show their power.

Although the materials for building the city walls are almost all pine wood, since the Edinburgh defenders consciously dug the trenches, they naturally have to inherit some of the old Roman techniques in the production of suspension bridges. The winch mechanism is inside the wooden wall, and it is difficult to damage the winch by external blows.

However, Rurik saw its fatal design flaw at a glance. In other words, when the Edinburgh defenders were building, they never considered that the Picts had siege weapons outside the battering hammer (that is, the big wood). The Picts had no solution for such a suspension bridge system.

The cast iron projectile began to hit the two corners of the suspension bridge heavily, and the natural effect of one or two hits was poor, but the situation changed suddenly after multiple hits.

The close-range precise shooting of the torsion slingshot, in just two rounds, the suspension bridge collapsed.

Biyonni was like a raging bull, he roared: "Brothers! Charge me!"

There was no need for him to give orders at all, and the Viking warriors who had already noticed the crumbling suspension bridge moved closer.

The furious army directly stepped on the suspension bridge and rushed under the wooden wall.

Even if there is still a wooden gate at the city gate, it is useless to face the Vikings.

The long-handled Nordic forest axe specially made for felling huge trees began to show its power. Several strong men rushed to the front line with axes. They were full of thick golden chest hair and tattooed with animal patterns. Their chest hair was wet with sweat.

In order to cover these "special engineers", Rurik still ordered the torsion slingshot to continue to suppress the fire.

For the defenders of Edinburgh, for everyone in the city, they are trembling! Men and women, a large number of people fled to the most important stone building in the city, fled into the Abbey of Our Lady of Edinburgh, and stood with the bishop who had just escaped in and his head was buzzing. They kept crossing the cross, praying for a manifestation of the Lord, for divine punishment to force the savages to flee.

But the last wooden door was still shattered by Viking warriors.

Nearly a hundred Northumbrian warriors gathered behind the city gate. They were led by the Earl of Edinburgh, who had a sore neck and decided to fight to the end and held the flag of the King of Northumbria, and decided to live and die with Edinburgh.

Perhaps, the Count simply did not want to be captive to the barbarians and thus subject the soul to the most deplorable desecration.

He is even more aware of the seriousness of the situation. If York learns that Edinburgh has suffered a great disaster, it is equivalent to announcing to the king, and even to the whole of England, that the northern defense of Northumbria has collapsed!

The defending soldiers held spears and swords, hunched over one by one, and their thin and generally nutrient-poor bodies could not bring enough self-confidence. There were only a few warriors in mail, who had the confidence to block the enemy desperately at the city gates.

How could the impact of the Vikings be blocked by these people?

Relying entirely on the huge advantage of military strength, personal strength and bravery, the Viking sword and shield players after breaking the door, very tacitly composed the classic and traditional shield wall tactics that are almost engraved in the soul. The round shields are stacked on top of each other, and they are like a wall.

The shield wall barely blocked the spear thrusts of the defenders, and some Balmerk Viking warriors were stabbed to death, and then the zero-distance killing suddenly began.

The sword and the axe were quickly stained with blood, and the long-handled axe held by the Viking warriors in the back row fell from the sky and kept ramming, and the spearhead also poked into the gap of the fight.

Once upon a time, Edinburgh's army has detained outsiders who attacked the natives, and even tried to convert some of them with potential to convert. But over the years, those so-called converts have been executed for murder. However, because of some news, the Earl of Edinburgh learned that the foreign fishermen came from an island in the north.

Due to the lack of contact, Edinburghs believed that it was another tribe related to the Picts, and in any case were savage and difficult to tame.

Until the time when the Earl of Edinburgh himself was behind bars, he did not know who these fierce and powerful enemies were. He has lost the opportunity to understand, because, he is dying!

Even in armor and mail, under the swift jabs of the chrome steel spearheads purchased by the Balmers from the Rus, they were all in vain.

How does the Viking army judge the important targets of the enemy in the chaotic army? The battle has become one side crushing the other side, killing the red-eyed Vikings just want to annihilate the enemy armed resisters, and then seize the time to loot!

The Earl of Edinburgh, any commoner who sees him must bow and salute. He is the most important military commander in the north of Northumbria, a local powerful figure, and an important noble of the kingdom. It's a pity that he died like a soldier of the lowest level. The so-called armor could not block the enemy's stabs. He died on the spot with seven or eight spears in his body. Perhaps, only the bent iron sword with its silver-plated hilt beside him, and the orange king flag that was trampled into mud, could immediately prove the nobleness of the corpse beside him.

The morale of the defenders was on the verge of collapsing long before the start of the fierce battle, and the momentum was forcibly gathered by the count himself. Now that the king's flag has fallen, morale has completely collapsed.

Edinburgh has broken defense!

Some of the frightened defenders were pushed by more frightened people, some small doors were opened, and drawbridges were lowered. As a result, this riotous operation was immediately discovered by the Viking army who was waiting for the rabbit.

Edinburgh is already riddled with holes, Balmerks and Shetlanders, who are simply here for a bloodthirsty ravenous spree. They ran wildly all the way, and when they met anyone in the city, they immediately swung swords and axes.

It was a terrifying afternoon, its horror beyond words.

Biyonny's face was maddened, and even his younger brother Floki was covered in other people's blood. The two brothers participated in the final battle with the defenders. After the army completely annihilated the group of defenders, they immediately began to look for a new main target.

Because the Biyonni brothers are the sons of the tribal chief, they are different from other clan chiefs! At least the pattern is higher.

Those small families, their hands have begun to search everywhere for anything of use, especially gold and silver.

Of course, there are women...

The whole city was in chaos, and some people even started deliberately setting fires.

But Rurik didn't want to get involved, and he restrained his best men, keeping the crossbow and the torsion slingshot all night in the chaos of the city.

Yevluo was very puzzled for a time: "Sir, don't we go looting? Are we giving them all the opportunities to make money?"

"It doesn't matter. I'm Duke Ross, not a group of gangsters who focus on a little profit. I! Not a lowly gangster!"

That being said, Rurik actually didn't want to go into the city to "appreciate" the human tragedy that the Balmers had done. Although he already has a strong resistance, things really happened, it is better to watch less. After all, Rurik himself had no fun at all about such violence, only the lingering displeasure after witnessing it.

Biyonni is the exact opposite! He led more than 100 blood-stained brothers and went straight to the largest stone house.

There was also a cross on the roof, and although Biyonni didn't know what that meant, considering the uniqueness of the house, he believed that there must be treasure inside.

Have pity on those who pray, they keep praying to numb their broken hearts.

They prayed for the arrival of angels to drive away the raging demons.

Now, diabolical Vikings are breaking in. People started screaming wildly, trying to find a chance to escape, they looked at the bloody savages, isn't this a devil from hell?

All fleeing was in vain, the devils unleashed their deadly axe to harvest life...

Biyonni took his subordinates to slash everywhere, both men and women became the villains of the Vikings, until even the bishop himself was cut off by a sword.

What was supposed to be a solemn and pure monastery is now a hell.

It was only at this time that Biyongni led the team to search for the treasure, and it turned out to be a great harvest!

Those sacred utensils made of gold, including the precious ornaments of the dead, were looted. Once upon a time, the rare gold utensils in the Balmerk tribe, Biyongni simply got two large cups made of pure gold. In fact, this is the gold vessel that holds the holy water, and the two crosses made of gold and silver are the most important holy vessel in this monastery.

What shocked Biyongy even more was that the stairs leading to the underground of the monastery were connected to the Edinburgh vault! When the wooden door was violently smashed open, two boxes of silver coins were removed.

As for Geiger, Biyonny's good buddy, this boy led a group of more than 100 soldiers composed of farmers and fishermen from Washoebee, and rushed directly into the mansion of the Earl of Edinburgh.

Without hesitation, they killed the earl's son and wife, robbed the treasure in his family, and then tied it with ropes after humiliating the maid. Their idea is extremely simple, that is, to capture young women and bring them back to their hometown of Vashobi, so as to become slaves ordered by the "Resident Alliance", and even become everyone's wives and concubines, it is because the people of Vashobi need foreign women too much.

This is the major difference between Guyger and Biyonni's group of ideas. Guyger and Esbjorn brothers, they realize that the more than ten women who were bullied on the ground by their subordinates must be local "big men" "Slave, since it is a slave status, it is more suitable for me to use it.

In a sense, the Geigers are the last bit of humanity in this city of terror. If that's human nature.

As for Rurik? He still stayed outside the city, waiting for the army in the city to complete the most complete occupation, and then entered the city to find out.

Rurik was not particularly concerned about getting prisoners and looting gold and silver. The only thing that caught his attention was Edinburgh's granary.

He didn't expect that the Shetlanders, under the leadership of Hodt, who had been here because of their captivity, rushed straight to the Edinburgh granary based on memory. Gold and silver are good, but can it have food and cloth? Shetlanders prefer to gorge on their wheat. While the others were killing him in the dark, dragging the captured woman by the hair to inflict violence, the fishermen in Shetland were frantically stuffing fresh wheat into the burlap sack they found.

As far as the search for new wheat is concerned, the Bergen immigrants in Shetland really coincided with Rurik.