Rise of Rurik

Chapter 576

Tavastia warriors lying down were everywhere on the battlefield. Among them, the wounded were squirming and frail, but they were found to be killed by the Ruths.

The land became muddy, the air was filled with a pungent smell, and the blood of the war dead began to converge into a stream, forming a number of terrifying "red runoffs" into the rushing Oulu River, and the river water was also reddened.

But the battle continues!

Watkad, the military leader of Tavastia, had already lost his battle and committed suicide. But how many people in the chaotic army had noticed this situation?

The encirclement of the Ross people has merged, they put the blood-stained shields together into a large circle, and kept shrinking the encirclement screaming neatly.

The Tavastias who were once in the circle tried to break through, but after all they couldn't break through the rock-like shield wall.

The people in the circle were trembling with short spears and hand axes. They were dressed in furry leather, and the whole person was like a wounded beast waiting to be hunted.

What's more peculiar is that deadly arrows are often shot out from the gaps in the shield. This is what Lurik deliberately did, and the warriors with crossbows were ordered to continue bleeding the enemies in the circle.

"Where is the commander? Watkad! Think of a way for the brothers?" a village leader roared desperately.

"Yeah! We'll really be over if we continue like this!" Someone was wailing again.

Finally, a warrior who tried his best to keep his legs trembling unconsciously rushed to his village chief and said desperately: "Watkad is dead, we are finished."

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"Already dead? Shot by the Ross people?"

"No... he committed suicide."

"Suicide?!" The village leader almost broke his teeth and yelled: "Stupid! You stupid leader caused all the brothers to be killed. You have committed suicide by yourself!"

"Village Chief, what shall we do?" The man continued to whine.

How to do? What else can I do?

The leader of this village wanted to surrender to survive, but looking at the battle, the Ross people were almost beheading everyone.

Maybe...you can try it?

In a critical moment, someone has to come forward and find a way. The leader of this village took a moment to observe the situation, and found to his horror that there were fewer than 500 brothers who were still resisting.

The fact is that the three thousand troops assembled in Tavastia were nearly wiped out in one morning's battle. Who knows that the Ross people’s front is so strong? The brothers are using flesh and blood to ram into the iron enemy.

The leader of the village suddenly stood up and threw away his small wooden shield and hand axe in front of the **** steel sword and blood red shield of the aggressive Ross.

He yelled in his own words: "Truce! We want to survive! Stop fighting, we surrender!"

He continued to yell, but the Roth's line was still approaching.

Until Rurik gave the armistice command!

Could it be possible that the prayer of a village chief would be exchanged for the mercy of the Ruth's men? It can be said that "what is to do with you to destroy you", the Ross people did stop, only Rurik who was sitting behind gave the order, the reason behind this is also very simple-if the enemy is killed, who will do it? Lead the way for me to go straight to Huanglong?

The appetite of Rurik or the entire Russian army has grown. A victory is nothing. If you can take the opportunity to expand the battle, a fool would hesitate.

It took a long time for the person who was ordered to report the information to accurately pass the information, and then the Russian army gradually stopped.

There are less than four hundred Tavastias remaining alive. If the Russian army does not stop, it is equivalent to annihilation of the enemies in the encirclement within half an hour. This is like a pack of wolves breaking into the sheep. The result of the circle is destined to be bright.

The shield wall stopped, and the horrified Tavastia was relieved a little.

Of course, things are not that simple. He opened his arms to signal that the innocent village leader had fallen in a pool of blood. He was hit by a heavy crossbow arrow in the face and killed on the spot.

But there are still many noble village leaders who are protected by their own people. They are still safe for the time being, but they dare not attack easily because of pressure.

Suddenly, the shield wall gave up a passage.

First, more than a dozen Ross Berserkers with black bear skins and fangs on their heads stood up. Then, a big figure who appeared to be a child walked out with a serious face and a sword.

Rurik was indeed a big man, he was obviously a **** fight and the other sloppy and messy things, but now he is still keeping clean.

He took off his sticker helmet, pointed his sword at the shivering enemy who had given up resistance in his right hand, and shouted at the group of Tavastias in a language that at least the Corvin could understand: "Put down your weapon! Kneel down on the ground." Be a slave! Avoid death! Otherwise, kill immediately!"

Rurik said it three times, looking at the trembling eyes of his opponent, maybe they didn't understand?

He was too lazy to speak, and simply asked again: "Your leader! Come out!"

Looking at the Tavastias, the village leaders who were protected gradually became active, and finally one of them bravely stood up.

The man approached Rurik cautiously, and was afraid of the swords and spears of the Ross warriors, and walked two steps and stood straight.

"You...who are you? Is it the leader of Tavastia?" Rurik asked again.

Such a scene is really a fool and knows that this childish blond boy is indeed the nobleman in this Ross army, but whether he is the commander in command is still uncertain.

The leader of the village hesitated, Rurik gritted his teeth, and immediately made Mezzasta and Kaijas stand up behind him.

To this group of enemies, Kaihas didn't look good at all. Because of the anger, the old guy just yelled and rushed to his head and passed out.

Kaijas was helped down, and Mezzasta took turns to continue holding the sword and shouting: "You Tavastias, we don't want to go to war with you, but you are the one who caused the trouble. Now the Ross army is here, you all kneel down and do it. slave!"

Seeing that the command didn't work, Mezzasta simply pulled all the Kewen longbowmen over.

The archers threw arrows, suddenly shooting with the permission of Rurik's eyes.

What is the language they understand? This is!

The sudden death awakened the indecisive people instantly, and the last Tavastia warriors lost their souls and threw their weapons to kneel on the ground, like a big fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered without a word.

Looking at the leader of the village, he knelt on the ground and crawled to Rurik's side, and was immediately pressed by the Rus fighters, and then tied with ropes. He wailed loudly that he was considered noble, and he wanted to get a chance to cooperate while he shouldn't be humiliated by this.

Hope to cooperate? Okay! Ross is missing a leader.

A large group of captives became slaves. After a short period of identification, Rurik discovered that there were quite a few teenagers in them, their ages were not much older than his own, that is, their height and body shape were really slugging.

According to the original tactical plan, Rurik was to drive the invaders to an end and wipe out the enemy's vigorous force in one fell swoop.

As many as three hundred prisoners were beyond his expectation, and it is reasonable to think about it carefully.

Do you want to kill the prisoners? This kind of thing is too bad, and Rurik doesn't want to be a big villain, but the fate of this group of captives should not be as simple as being a slave.

What can the Russians get in this war? Is it just a killing spree?

Do not! The Ross people must get greater benefits, otherwise they will all be sorry for the loss of their troops and materials in this battle.

The war was over, and in the afternoon, the still large and powerful Ross army began to sweep the battlefield.

As Rurik expected, with the complete destruction of Tavastia reinforcements, the besieged old gray squirrel hill fort was destroyed without attack. The Rus warriors climbed into the wall without hindrance, and swept away the dying hungry enemies inside. The only person who was spared his life was Terho. As for the other Ojedo, his person has been hacked and killed in the rebellion. The only reason that made Terho alive was that he was yelling a short sentence in Norse: I am Rose's servant.

Those prisoners of war were forced to carry the headless corpses of the war dead. As for the head of the war, Qianshou has been used as a testament to the record. The Ross people deliberately arranged a matrix of one hundred. Those headless corpses were thrown directly into the Oulu River, allowing them to be washed into the sea while the ice and snow were dissolving during the flood period. As for whether they were scared to build a permanent settlement in Covenstad, the Ross people were shocked, Liuli Ke can't take care of it anymore.

A large number of weapons were confiscated, especially the arrow Rurik was taken aback. The enemy clearly has as many as 20,000 arrows, but they have achieved little effect.

It is undeniable that those javelins with long and narrow wrought iron spear heads that have been bent have given the Ruth a heavy blow.

In this battle, the entire Russian army eventually died of more than fifty people, of which the Balmerks came from afar, and as many as three hundred people were injured in varying degrees.

As the injured are generally bruised and painful in their limbs, the problem in this area is not difficult.

In exchange for such casualties, as many as thirty matrices piled together by the enemy!

The Ross people actually collected more than 2,900 heads. How could this not be a great and wonderful victory?

In addition to the previous battles, it is equivalent to saying that the Tavastia’s total army of 4,500 troops has been wiped out, leaving only 300 or 400 prisoners of war that can be disposed of.

The overall price paid by the Ross people cannot be said to be small.

Once the Rus Principality’s strategic deployment for this watershed was completely dismantled due to the enemy’s invasion, more than three hundred people of Corvin and Rus who stayed behind for the winter were killed because of outnumbered people.

At night, all the Ross army left the dirty and dark battlefield. They spent the night in the old camp in the forest.

The victorious soldiers continued to eat wheat and fish, and laughed around the campfire, seeming to ignore their exhaustion.

People are saying that Lord Rurik is going to carry the war to the end, and continue to fight south with the remaining power of victory. It is best to destroy the nest of Tavastia, and the brothers want to looting and triumphantly!

This kind of psychology has enveloped the entire Balmerk expeditionary army. Although the plan is to attack Britain in the second half of the year to grab money, food, women, and territory, faced with the opportunity to rob fur and women in the East, Bijuni and Flo Is there any reason for Brother Ji not to be amicable?

Just like the Ross people, the Balmerks have no complaints about the identity of women. No matter what kind of woman she is, as long as she can have children, she is a good woman. With such a mentality, the Three Hundred Balmerk Warriors are already ready to move.

The captives were all divided into a bit of dried fish, and that was all for dinner. They are closely guarded by the Rus army. As for their fate, Rurik has a new plan, even if he thinks that the brothers may not be very supportive of this plan.

The body of the Watkad brothers was found and identified, and their heads were chopped off.

The terrifying Qianshou Liurik didn't want to look at it. Since Kehas was going to let out a sigh of anger, he threw it to him for safekeeping.

Only five of the thirty village chiefs are alive, and there is the old traitor Terho who was lucky to be alive. After being interrupted by two front teeth, this man is not honestly kneeling by the bonfire, facing the noble Rurik.

The noble captives were all **** and knelt on the ground. The Rose elites sat casually, treating them like a tied wild boar.

Seeing that the timing was over, everyone who should have arrived, Rurik shouted in public about his new strategy for the captives.

"I have decided! These people are no longer slaves, and I will not kill them. I want to let them go."

Arik suddenly sat upright, "Brother, you...do you really think so? Why release them? Show your kindness?"

Upon seeing this, Rurik said again: "Look at your skeptical eyes, I know you are questioning. Well, just talk about your own thoughts."

Mezzasta first signaled: "It should be killed. Your lord, I advise you not to trust the Tavastias, they are dangerous."

Kejas also said: "I also recommend killing. If you are not a slave, you must kill, otherwise they will regain their strength, and even if they express surrender now, they will launch a rebellion."

This kind of rhetoric made it difficult for Ruriek to ride a tiger, because the enemy chiefs were kneeling here.

He was looking at what everyone meant, and even though he was resistant to killing and landing, everyone's attitude was still an axe.

"That won't work!" Rurik said impressively: "I am the Duke! My words are orders! I will never kill the captives, because it is not honorable! Kill them on the battlefield if you want to kill."

"Then give them weapons, and I'll fight them again." Arik yelled like anger.

Rurik shook his head, his attitude remained unchanged.

"I have decided that I will attack the hinterland of Tavastia, and I will release these prisoners in exchange for a ransom. I will take you to their land to plunder wealth, especially a group of local women to satisfy my brothers. I We also need to establish a contract with them."

"The contract? A servant's contract?" Arik asked disdainfully.

"Yes. The Corvins have suffered too much, and fewer people provide us with squirrel skins. Since the Tavastians have chosen the war, they have been defeated, and they will provide the leather in the future..."

In fact, everyone didn't bother to oppose Rurik's decision, at least everyone supported it in invading the enemy's hinterland and expanding the result of the battle. Not only can the Ruths take advantage of the extreme weakness of the enemy to have a reason to expand their battle results, but they can also.

There is a waterway that leads directly to the southern Huze area, and the Rus people can quickly enter in the most traditional long boat, but it takes only a few days for everyone to make a fortune.

Rurik spared Telho's order and made him a guide. He informed the surrendered village chiefs of his request to forgive the captives' lives in exchange for a ransom (replaced by leather), and these people had no choice but to agree.

The arrogance is dead, and the warrior has become a sheep. What will happen to the defeated Tavastia until the Ruth army rushes into their homes, but fortunately the Ruths have given everyone a condition, that is, the leaders of the five surrendered villages, because their surrender will be exchanged for Ross People's promise of "not plundering".

The previous war fight was a big stick, and Rurik continued to give small favors. The so-called claim that these five Tavastia villages are different and that maintaining a state of surrender will also be able to get the military protection of the Rus.

They had no choice at all, and now the leaders of the five villages felt that this young commander in Ross was worthy of trust. When things reached this point, they didn't care about other villages that suffered heavy losses. If they were to be the hounds of the tough Roths, just like the Corvins who were mixed with the Roths, this was acceptable.

But Rose is still the conqueror!

When the new day Lurik announced in public that he would take his brothers to the hinterland of Tavastia and looting, no matter what he could looted, the Ross, Mellaren, Uppsala, Corvin and Balmerks, everyone is boiling!

The Russian Army is such a mixed army, if necessary, thousands of Slavic fighters can be placed in it immediately.

The Viking army, which is a mixture of multiple tribes, has increasingly strengthened its identification with the Duchy of Rus in war and trade. Rurik also realized that for this group of Nordic berserkers, it is the simplest and rude that can unite them into fists. The method is to launch a foreign war ~www.NovelMTL.com~Of course, this is a stopgap measure of the present age. In the longer term, it is still to educate the children in a safe area in the rear, so that people in the future can recognize Ross. Rose for everyone.

To continue to expand the war, Rurik needs to assemble a group of long boats to go upstream to the current camp location, and then continue to rush to the upper Oulu Lake to find the correct river to kill Tavastia.

He needs a lot of long ships, the order has been issued, and soon the support of Roseburg's hometown, just west of the ocean, will arrive.

Before that, even though this group of prisoners had been spared, some special measures had to be taken.

The words of Arik and other Ross elites should be observed clearly. Lurik doesn't want to be a self-serving person. Since the brothers are worried about letting the tiger go back to the mountain, but at the same time they are also disgusted with killing, then special measures should be taken.

No, all the prisoners were wailed and cut off the thumbs of both hands.

What does this mean? Because this group of Tavastia hunters all "pulled their fingers", cutting off their thumbs would not be able to pull their fingers around their bones and pull their bows. This is not over yet, in order to prevent them from being forced to learn the "Mediterranean Flow" again, their index finger was also cut off.

Regardless of their age, ordinary captives have lost their thumbs and index fingers. Of course, such a person can still grasp some things. However, the grasping power may only be 40% or less of the past. Draw a bow and shoot an arrow? Perhaps the arrow can be fired up to the equivalent of fifty meters away, and that's all.

What combat effectiveness does such a captive have?

Such a move really made Arik satisfied. Unexpectedly, what lies beneath the handsome face of the younger brother is not only the ferocity of the family since ancient times, but also the endless wisdom that Odin has rewarded, as well as cunning.

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