Chapter 270： The Ross army forcefully attacked the city

This time, the Ross people put on an unprecedented offensive formation.

The various details of the formation are really full of Rurik's imagination.

In other words, it can be called an army only if it can form such a formation. And the battles carried out by his own Rus tribe in the past, compared with today's, are no different from gang fights.

In this battle, Rurik felt that his people finally realized the cooperation of multiple arms in a real sense, that is, the cooperation of siege troops, heavy infantry, light infantry and crossbowmen.

Just like an armored vehicle, there will often be a group of infantry. The armored vehicle here is a solid backing. Its armor can resist many types of shells and bullets. Its huge body also shields many infantry.

The Russ used a huge wooden shield (a thin wooden shield with a height and width of nearly two meters) as a cover. The strong man holding the huge shield approached the enemy’s mountain with a step by step pit, and at a speed close to normal. Fort city wall. Almost twenty swordsmen and shields gathered behind the strong man.

Since they did not administer the mental stimulant formulated by the high priest, they could not be called a berserker, but they were indeed a tough force.

They all wore bronze and iron helmets on their heads. Not only did they wear leather armor, they also wore a chain mail. Otto used more than sixty people with the best weapons and equipment in the team as the main force in accordance with Rurik's requirements.

Because of their strong armor, Rurik believed that the enemy's arrows could not break the defense at all. Therefore, before they attacked the enemy’s village, their first task was to attract firepower.

A siege hammer covered by a large shield is the real attack core.

This well-crafted siege hammer is tied with twine, and the twine is covered with twigs. As many as ten fighters rely on their health to carry them. Beside them, there was another group of swordsman shields.

In the end, almost all archers were behind the camp. Including the tribal people who were once defeated by the Catfish Lord, they obeyed the orders of the Ruths, held short bows and were ordered to cover behind them.

In order to gain merit, and to end the battle as soon as possible, Lurik took his mercenary with a crossbow and followed near the siege hammer.

The Ross army came violently, and its footsteps even caused the earth to shake.

Mezzasta had been observing the movement of Varanga's army, and he felt that the time had come to block it.

"They're here! Hurry up and shoot arrows!"

In an instant, all the archers on the wall and behind the wall put their bows on their left hands, aiming at the sky with a larger elevation angle.

Then, the first wave of arrows rose into the sky.

They almost launched a projectile among their colleagues, the arrow feathers pierced the air, and there was a cry from the whole.

Otto knew what it was, and he shouted solemnly: "The arrow is here, ready to fight."

All the Ross warriors holding shields put their bucklers against their heads, and those with large shields in both hands almost lifted up the whole shield.

Soon, without a huge shield, seven or eight fighters gathered quickly. The people after that also raised their own wooden shields and arranged them in a very dense formation.

Everyone believes that this kind of defensive routine that Rurik said can well withstand the enemy's arrows.

Rurik himself was also under the blessing of the circular shield formed by his mercenaries. Even if the mercenaries used flesh and blood, they had to hold the arrows for their masters. As a result, the first wave of arrows from the Grey Squirrel Tribe did not fall in the area where Rurik was at all.

A large number of arrows fell on the various shields of the Ross people, and the tactics of throwing gave the arrows powerful downward potential energy. However, the fact that the clusters of bone arrows could not make up for its disadvantages.

Some arrows exploded when they hit the shields of the Russ. The shafts of the arrows broke and the bones of the arrows were all bounced away after they had cut deep dents on the wooden shields.

This rain of arrows did not cause any harm to the attacking Ruths, but instead caused the Russ to seize a batch of usable arrows.

Seeing that the enemy army was still advancing slowly, Metzasta had to order his men to continue shooting arrows.

However, this is clearly a kind of futile resistance.

The second wave of arrows came again, and this time only a handful of Ross soldiers suffered completely negligible scratches.

After the third wave of arrows, Rurik, who deliberately came from the rear of the formation, finally encountered an enemy's attack, but the attack had no effect.

Jeflo's shield blocked two arrows for his gold master, but one arrow accidentally pierced his linen coat, which made him very angry.

The arrow was hung on Jeflo's clothes, and Rurik was able to see the enemy's arrow from close range.

To be fair, the arrow feathers are beautifully made, and it means that they are aerodynamically beautiful. They are arrows...

The so-called arrow is simply polished from the leg bones of small animals. Nakamoto is a hollow structure that contains the bone marrow, making it an excellent loop. It is a bone after all, the sharper it is ground, the easier it is to hit hard objects and crack.

"Master, our brother seems to be going the most difficult road. The next step is the siege war." Yevlo asked.

Rurik, who was well protected by the shield, saw through the gaps in the mercenary shield that three "squares" had reached the enemy's wall.

"They did a good job. Brothers, we also have to take action. Remember! Our task is to use a crossbow to knock down all the turtledoves on the wall."

Yevlo nodded, and then roared: "Brothers, the master has already given an order. Let's move."

Rurik, whose desire to fight was completely mobilized, let out a roar: "Hit an enemy and reward a silver coin!"

Being on the battlefield, everyone's spirits are already very excited, and they can make money at the first sight. The mercenaries just want to kill with a crossbow.

Rurik's mercenaries quickly began to line up. Together with the other archers who received the order to attack, they began a firepower countermeasure.

Kaihas originally thought that the Rus army would suffer casualties during the storm, but they moved forward normally.

He inspired his people in Old Finnish language: "The owners of the salmon, now is the time to show our strength to the Ross people. We want to defeat the squirrel guys and shoot them!"

Rurik saw that the servants began to fire back the captured arrows. As both sides of the battle were within the range of the bow and arrow, the battle finally became fierce.

There was a whistling sound in the ear, and then the wailing of the people behind the wall.

Mezzasta turned his head and looked at the people in the end with an expression of grief and anger, especially the woman who was hit by the arrow.

Under the crisis, he can no longer consider the life and death of some tribesmen.

He turned his head and shot himself with a short bow. He shouted, "You **** guy, protect yourself with a wooden shield."

Even with the iron cluster arrows, Mechasta found that he could not penetrate the attacker's large wooden shield.

On the contrary, the archers on the wall became timid, because they saw a companion hitting an arrow and fell off the wall.

Worse things are happening.

Mezzasta's ears were full of the roar of the enemy, and the light reflected on the enemy's metal helmet from the sunlight through the woods was even more daunting.

"What's the matter with this falling to the ground? Some of them have several arrows stuck in their bodies, how can they still fight?" Mezzasta cried out, and his people only had fear in their hearts.

After hearing a language that he could understand from the local camp, combined with the fighting methods of those people, Mezzasta had already determined that those guys were the legendary catfish master tribe that was destroyed.

"Damn Woimakashad, you lied to me. They were killed there, and they clearly surrendered to the Varangians." Gritting his teeth, Mechasta ignored the flying arrows in his swish. He raised the bow and fired an iron arrow in a gesture of almost breaking the bowstring.

The arrow was unbiased and directly hit the head of an archer of the Salmon Lord tribe. The cluster of iron arrows pierced the head and the whole person died on the spot.

Kaihas was taken aback. He didn't expect the enemy to have such a marksman.

Many archers panicked, and Kaihas shouted: "Don't mess up! Keep shooting arrows."

Seeing this, Rurik could hardly not be nervous about the sudden death. His heart was beating wildly, presumably his position was already unsafe.

Since he is not safe anymore, wouldn't his father who attacked the enemy's city gate with his main force be even more dangerous?

Dad always wears not only leather armor, but also a chain armor. If the enemy's iron arrows were shot at close range, Rurik believed that the old man could still suffer fatal injuries.

Otto, he can't die before he grows up!

Rurik took a firm step, and his chaotic servant troops roared: "No chaos! Think about your women and children. You are fighting for their safety now. Let me continue to fight!"

In this way, the tribal warriors of the Lord of Salmon distinguished the pros and cons, and resumed archery after the fire suppression was suspended for a period of time.

It can be said that Mezzasta used his personal abilities to buy the little bit of time for the defending clansmen without any tactical advantage.

Now, it is obvious that another group of Varangians, under the cover of a large number of shields, have begun to storm the gates of the village!

The soldiers of the Grey Squirrel Tribe knew very well that if the door was opened and a large group of guys wearing locks and holding iron swords and axes rushed in, everyone would die.

A large number of arrows aimed at the Ross people who attacked the door, including Otto who commanded the door to hit the door, became the key targets of attack.

The Ruth’s ramming hammer began.

First, ten warriors rushed under the cover of howling swords and shields, and the big tree trunk slammed into the confinement gate with a powerful force. With just this blow, the front wall was trembling, and many archers of the Grey Squirrel Tribe were shocked to sit down.

Mezzasta, who slipped and fell, felt that he had miscalculated again. Even if he blocked the door with debris, as long as the enemy continued to hit the door, the door might not be knocked open, but the entire wall was shattered.

After all, the so-called wall of the Grey Squirrel Tribe, its core construction material is the big tree trunk that plunges into the soil.

The Ross people started shouting and hit the wooden door with the big tree trunk. Otto here became the commander, and naturally he became the target of public criticism.

Fortunately, the big shield on all sides built a "turtle shell" for the siege troops. A large number of iron cluster arrows have been inserted into the shield, and the gray squirrel tribe warriors have not penetrated the armor of the Rus.

However, more than a dozen Ross soldiers who tried to climb the wall through the ladder were injured and fell under the wall and hit the body of the previous siege who had frozen into ice.

Seeing that the local door hasn't been smashed open for a long time, it can be seen that his tribe is getting hurt early.

Regardless of so many Rurik decided to take a risk.

"Jeflo, take my brothers with me!"

Evlo was shocked: "My lord, it's safe for us to shoot right here."

"Shut up! Our safety is the danger of my brothers! Now I can't take care of that much."

Jeflo gritted his teeth and asked loudly, "What are you going to do?"

"We got close to the city wall and shot those nasty turtledoves at close range."

"That's too dangerous."

"Shut up, I am your master, follow my orders."

Jeflo had never seen his little master so decisive or even reckless. He indeed once suspected that his master lacked courage because of his excessive kindness, perhaps because he saw the real battlefield, he became very brave.

What else can Jeflo do? I can only take my brothers, holding a crossbow and rush to the front line of battle.

Rurik felt that his position was sufficient, and his steps stopped.

"Here! Hold the bow! Launch!"

Together with Rurik himself, twenty crossbowmen launched a salvo at the target on the wall.

The recoil of the standing shot made Rurik retreat abruptly, and everyone else's body trembled.

Twenty heavy crossbow arrows flew out, and each of them was actually close to 200 grams, and their stored kinetic energy was amazing.

In this volley alone, as many as ten Grey Squirrel Tribe archers were shot and all fell.

Although Mechasta was spared, he was dumbfounded as he watched a terrifying iron short arrow pierced the shielding wall, almost hitting himself.

Rurik felt that he had taken advantage: "Brothers, wind up."

After all, he threw his crossbow to Jeflo.

With his feet on his bow, Jevlo used his gloved hands to wind the steel-armed crossbow with all his strength, quickly installed the arrows and delivered it to his master.

It took nearly a minute for everyone to reload, and another twenty crossbow arrows were fired.

The new round of crossbow arrows strikes, stunned that it knocked out the archers who had supplemented the shooting on the city wall.

If the fresh fish gate of the city wall is breached, today will be the end of everyone. At the beginning, tribal women held their bows on the city wall to continue fighting to replace the men who died in battle.

A small figure climbed up the scaffolding wooden ladder. She was a girl with a short bow and a few arrows on her waistband.

Upon seeing this, Mezzasta was shocked: "Seporava, you go down to me and hide it for me!"

"No, I want to fight too." The girl said stubbornly.

"You go back to me, you are too weak."

Yes, a seven or eight-year-old girl can only pull a hunting bow with all her strength. It is extremely difficult to hunt small animals with it.

The little girl Seporava climbed up, but the new round of arrow rain launched by Rurik led his ministry to start a new suppression.

In the melee, the Ross people will not be merciful just because it is a woman who holds a bow and shoots an arrow. Female archers began to suffer casualties.

The sawdust that was smashed by the crossbow arrows also shocked the little girl Serapova who didn't know what war was. Her courage was completely destroyed, and she wept in horror on the wall.