Chapter 21： Fisk's failure and the success of the wall

The elderly Veria is highly respected in the tribe, and she has always maintained a friendly relationship with the leader Otto.

You must know that it is a miracle for men and women of this era to live to fifty years old, especially for women, mere childbirth is a hurdle. The big reason why the Rus tribe has more men and fewer women is that they died in childbirth. This situation generally occurs throughout Europe in this time and space, but the environment in Northern Europe is even worse and the situation is even worse.

As the head of the priesthood, Veria has been full of hope for the child since Rurik was born. Several years have proved that Rurik's wisdom is far superior to his father. Now the situation has changed again, and Rurik is simply the best child born of the Rus tribe since its existence.

For seventy years, Veria has witnessed the entire development history of the Rus tribe.

When she was young, the tribe had just captured this fjord from the Urals and began to establish settlements here. Afterwards, the tribe found a waterway leading to the east, so that the tribe did not need to compete with the Danes in the south for wealth, and no longer needed their own thinking demi-human friends.

The population of the 　　 tribe has increased a bit, but the development of the tribe is already in trouble.

In a huge area, this fjord is already overcrowded. Leaving the fjord to build new settlements inland? That is the craziest move! If there is no shelter from the mountains near the fjord, the winter wind can freeze everyone who leaves the fjord.

Trapped in the Roseburg in this fjord, the tribe can only maintain the status quo. Unless, all the people of the tribe leave here forever by boat, just like the people of long, long time ago, they have already sent their tribe to the south.

Villa has mastered a batch of "classical books" of the Ross tribe, so he learned about some major events that happened in this land.

She even understood another thing, that many years ago, those people in Gotland attacked the tribe’s returning fleet, which caused the Ross tribe to become hostile to the Gotland people.

Actually? Those people in Gotland are almost all Danes.

There used to be a large number of people on that island. Hundreds of years ago, under the leadership of a leader, all of them went to the south by boat. Some sources claimed that they had established their own country and gained vast abundance and warmth. land.

The priests of the Ross tribe, they are almost all women. After all, under the influence of warrior culture, men of the tribe are the most loyal to fighting. Only the women have a lot of time to quietly sort out the knowledge left by the ancestors and use the Luen of the ethnic group. Letters, engraving some ancient stories on wooden boards.

Therefore, Veria is a priest, she is also a wise man of the tribe, and there is no second person in the tribe, and she knows the history of the tribe better than she.

The huge long house of the priest, where a large number of wooden boards with inscriptions are stored here, in a sense, it is also a tribal library.

Of course, a lot of knowledge is monopolized by the priest. In fact, Veria is very willing to let the children of the tribe obtain the information recorded on the wooden boards. Unfortunately, only a few people are willing to come and see it for so many years.

When Otto was a child, he was coaxed by Veria, who was a lower priest, to look at the wooden boards with a little honey. To Vilia's happiness, Otto learned the alphabet of his own clan, as well as the knowledge on the wooden board.

So Otto can be a leader, first of all, he is a strong warrior himself, and secondly, he has learned knowledge from priests after all, and his interpretation of the myth naturally won people's support.

Villa has some ideas, she will implement it when Otto’s fleet returns.

Until then, she will always be a spectator to observe what the young Rurik can train a group of children into.

A new morning has arrived. It is so ordinary, and it feels cold to all the tribe.

In contrast to this cold, young children happily left their wooden house after eating a simple breakfast, with their wooden shields and swords.

Why are they so happy? Just because of a bet about a salted fish.

A salted fish is not a big value thing, but many children have bet on their honor!

The shame that the human wall was broken made everyone very upset. For the whole day after that, everyone worked hard to ensure that the human wall would not be broken again.

The children gradually gathered on the mound to the west of Roseburg. They gathered more and more. Lurik who arrived early saw that there were almost the same personnel. After the order was given, the children naturally implemented the order and arranged in their respective groups. Neat team.

Just as usual, Rurik carried his little hand on his back and inspected his men. Just because everyone is a child, the whole scene seems a bit funny.

But to let some adults see this scene clearly, I am afraid it will only be surprising.

Because, looking at the history of the Ross tribe, there is no leader who would require his tribal warriors to form a neat line to form a matrix. They don't even have this concept!

There were only forty-five of them. After standing in the queue, Liu Rick saw that the people had arrived.

Still following the old routine, it is still the same this morning. The so-called Rurik personally leads the team and takes everyone around the hills. One is to warm up, and the other is to exercise the coordination and discipline of the entire team.

The sun rose, and the smiling children finally waited for the moment they were expecting.

Looking at everyone, Rurik held up his wooden sword and gestured very frankly: "I know everyone is looking forward to that! Let's start now! Kanuf! Fisk! You two get out!"

Both of them approached Rurik very confidently, showing that they will not fail.

"Obviously, you are all ready?"

"Yes! I can still break through the walls. It depends entirely on strength. I have confidence in myself." Fisk believes.

Kanuf nodded: "Maybe he is very strong, this time, we should be able to resist."

"Then you guys work hard!" Fisk patted Kanuf on the shoulder as an encouragement, "I still have confidence in myself."

Fisk is a very brutal man. Lurik looked at him and estimated that in twenty or thirty years, the child would grow into a beard-faced, muscular body, a very solid posture, and wield a huge bronze battle. Man with axe. This person has such potential.

Kanuf was justified, but Rurik didn't think brute force could be useful.

"Hey! Kanuf, look at me!" Rurik ordered.

"Ok."

"You and the other brothers understand the training yesterday. The main points are the same. Don't think too much about it. Follow the main points strictly. Tell everyone that if there is a fear of escape, kick him out today."

Kanuf was still worried about Fisk on the rampage, and didn't regain his confidence until he was in the wall.

Since Fisk claims that he can break through the human wall, the composition of the human wall has also undergone some changes.

It is still composed of three levels of personnel, with 15 people in the first two rows and 14 people in the back row. Each child is like a brick, closely sticking to each other, especially the people in the first row. Their backs are supported by wooden shields by descendants. They really form a wall.

Kanuf in the human wall shouted with his childish voice, leading the whole human wall to roar rhythmically, showing a compelling momentum.

At this time, a high-income man was holding a shield in his left arm and a wooden sword in his right. He squinted his eyes and looked serious. Suddenly, the straight person rushed towards the wall.

Upon seeing this, Kanuf shouted: "Attention everyone! Accept the shock!"

For an instant, Kanuf, who was in the first row, clearly felt the force acting on his back. It was the people in the second row pushing lightly with the shield, and the third row was also pushing the second row.

Lurik stared at everything that happened. All the children bowed slightly, and their wooden shields were raised, especially in the first row. The shields completely covered the entire upper body. After all, compared to their current bodies, the wooden shields used as toys are still too big.

Without more time for them to make more detailed preparations, the "bald" Fisk holding a shield slammed into the wall with his shield.

There was a loud crash of the wooden shield, the entire wall shook violently, and the formation was almost scattered. In the impact part of the human wall, the children moved backward subconsciously, but they still held the shields. After the people in the back two rows received the impact, they pushed the wooden shield as soon as possible, trying to push the former back to the front.

Fisk failed He took a powerful approach to the run, his strength was completely diluted by the wall, and he was almost knocked down by the rebounding wall.

But the matter is not over.

While observing, Rurik had an idea, and suddenly shouted: "The wall! The man on the left, the man on the right, move! Surround Fisk!"

His commands are very simple, and everyone understands them very well. The human wall quickly began to change, and the pace was so fast that Fisk hadn't reacted, and his back was surrounded.

Finally, Fisk was pushed against his body by a group of shields, making him unable to move. He wanted to work hard to get out, after all, he couldn't escape the close encirclement of forty-four children with wooden shields on his own.

Amid Fisk's melancholy face and struggling to separate, Kanuf smiled unkindly: "Haha! Fisk, you are like a fish caught in a fishing net now. You lose!"

After another struggle, Fisk finally realized that he had no hope of escape. He couldn't help smiling bitterly, and threw the wooden sword to the ground to give up.

"It's all over!" Rurik gave an order, and scattered the children who had surrounded Fisk three times happily.

There was an obvious result in the bet that Fisker failed, which also represented a vain attempt to break through the human wall with brute force, which was finally completely contained by the highly disciplined human wall. Not only that, but the brute force rushers are surrounded by a human wall.

They are children but not fools. Their usual game is to practice fighting.

At this moment, all children are aware of the benefits of the human wall and will remember it for the rest of their lives.

They know that if everyone is an adult, it is an enemy's master combatant who rushes into the battle. Even if that person is very powerful, he will eventually be held back by dozens of shields, and then killed by a dozen sharp swords.