Chapter 416： Attack in the mud

A group of panicked guys withdrew back, the Volskas attack was in a mess, and Olekin almost exploded his lungs!

He couldn't help the guy who couldn't escape back to argue, so he took a sword to stab a few people to vent their anger, and then he didn't make the situation worse under the prevention of the left and right.

"Tell me! What happened?!" Olekin casually pointed at a few people who were almost faint, and his sword was dripping with blood and the dim light was even more terrifying.

Finally someone crawled over with a shiver: "It's oil! They use hot oil! With stones! And arrows! Many people are dead."

"Oil? It really is oil!"

Origen stamped his feet with anger. He wasn't half happy for his judgment. He looked at the wooden wall not far away, and the wrinkles on his forehead looked like cracked ground.

It is still a while before dark. At this moment, the rain has basically stopped, and the landing army is very exhausted. Everyone can understand that this fortress will of course be captured, but today the opportunity has been lost.

The Swedish army occupied all the houses outside the fort and all the boats with fishermen were captured.

The soldiers quickly allocated the houses to the tribes, and used them as ready-made camps. Only the Ruths were deliberately excluded.

Carl took his grievances and took a small boat to the nearshore Aphrora, and relayed Olegin's orders word by word to Otto.

But things developed as Rurik expected, that is, the anxiety of the battle. The two tentative sieges did not make progress, which was unexpected.

Carl was stabbed in his words, Otto was in disagreement with this guy, and considering the new defeat of this man, he answered peacefully.

After a while, the ships of the Russ army rushed to a place very close to the coast in the evening tide. The soldiers then took the boats and began to land with the high-quality weapons that they would not normally take out.

The battlefield is like this.

Borgholm Fortress is located in a natural lowland bulge in the middle of Öland Island. Its north and west are the sea, and the east and south are gentle slopes that gradually raise the terrain.

The main force led by Olekin has camped on the north and east sides of the fort, and they have started to light a bonfire to scare the defenders in the fort.

In this way, the Russ were ordered to bring people to the west coast of the fort with boats and camp on the shore.

From this point of view, Origen actually left the encirclement to the south blank, but it was not.

Indeed, with the strength of the Swedish army, it is difficult to complete the siege. He arranged for more than a hundred people to detour to the slopes of the southeast of the fort. These people cut down a batch of low pine trees and lighted a batch of bonfires on the spot.

That is the camp of these hundred people, but in order to deter the enemy, they lighted more bonfires to set up suspicious soldiers.

In this matter, Origen showed his strategy as an old guy, and the atmosphere of terror he displayed really made the fortress defenders who defended the victory unhappy at all.

As night fell, the whole world was dark and cold.

The Swedish coalition soldiers, all wet and cold, gathered around the bonfire subconsciously to warm themselves and dry their clothes. Everyone faced the bonfire gnawing on the dried meat and eating the little wheat left over. They also seized fresh cod and seal meat recently caught by local fishermen. Since the meat was only left for more than a day, its mild decay was ignored by everyone.

Compared to dried fish, it is better to eat oily fish after roasting.

Most of the coalition soldiers did not know that during the second round of offensive during the day, a group of Voskars were scalded to death by hot fish oil.

A large fishermen’s long house became Olegin’s command post. At this moment, a batch of bronze oil lamps were arranged inside to give it enough light, and the bonfire in the center of the house gave the house enough warmth.

Origen summoned all the dukes of the tribe to the scene, even the Ross people who were ordered to camp far away.

Soon, Otto came directly with Rurik, and the tent area of ​​the Rus’ wilderness was also set up.

The fishing village that was supposed to be lively is indeed very lively now, with soldiers wandering around inside and outside the house.

"Damn it, their house, they let us live in tents. Is there anything more odious? If you don't want us to mix up, why call us?" Rurik grumbled, he just couldn't understand Origen. s arrangement.

Otto said with a sullen face, "Stop talking nonsense and see what arrangements that guy has."

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

Otto said nothing, but patted Rurik on the back.

Steaming men gathered in Olegin’s command post.

Regarding the failure of the challenge during the day, everyone present did not take it seriously. Although Olekin is very angry, he considers that his troops have almost no real losses. Those who died, the defectors died, they died. On the contrary, those people made the contribution that the "meat detective" should have, and used death to pay. The coalition forces contributed intelligence.

"Some things must be known to everyone. The guys in Borgholm dare to use oil. People will be scalded and burned by the hot oil. The future battle will be a little difficult. But I believe that everyone will not think this is difficult. Our military strength Strong."

"How to fight then?" Wenderson of Yilmallen asked cautiously.

"Oh? It's Wenderson, who is good at growing onions. You ask me how to fight? Okay! I have already figured out the tactics!"

Olekin did not want to listen to any suggestions from the friendly forces at this moment. He was the king, so he made the decision of the battle plan by himself, and he didn't even need to advise. He really didn't need to be a staff member. Looking at the entire coalition army, Olejin just thought he had extremely high wisdom.

If anyone was the second smartest, then Rurik, who followed his father when he visited, was a smart young man. "It's a pity that this **** is not my person..."

Perhaps the tactical decision he had put forward, Rurik would make some suggestions. Olekin thought about it, he still likes the refreshment brought by the kingship, and the king doesn't need others to point out.

He made a tactical plan:

First: Tomorrow the coalition forces will launch a full-scale offensive. The tribes select strong fighters and use the four remaining siege hammers (still **** trunks) to continue to rush into the front entrance of the fortress.

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

Third: The soldiers who did not directly hit the wall, shouted and cheered from a distance from the wooden wall.

Fourth: All the archers of the Russ participated in the support operations, shooting and suppressing the enemies at the head of the city.

"There's still cheering and cheering in this?" Rurik thought it was very absurd, but considering that they didn't have the time or even the skills to build the ladder, what else could everyone do besides shouting and cheering? If only you could use the Viking War Cry to scare the enemy to the point of bursting! Unfortunately, the opponent is also a Viking.

Olikin felt that his tactics were wonderful. Even if he saw the dukes’ eyes trembled, he clapped his hands: "My plan will definitely succeed. Let's prepare separately. As long as the weather is good tomorrow, we will act."

That's the end of the pre-war meeting?

Rurik felt that he had just turned around at the coalition camp, listened to Origen's "smart" tactics, and smelled the diffuse aroma of grilled fish, and he should return to his simple camp.

The Russian army was less than three hundred men, a few non-combatants stayed on board, and the remaining two hundred men landed.

Ten female servants of Slavic ethnicity, including Rurik, are now under the command of Carlotta. A group of girls are all replaced with winches and steel-armed crossbows. They are given strong fighting power, provided that they are protected.

The soldiers were assembled in an emergency, which was completely different from the other troops of the coalition. Only the Russian army was able to line up very neatly.

Those mercenaries and juvenile fighters are the most tidy, but the real Ross fighters are a little bit crotch.

The dark clouds are full of cold winds, and there seems to be rain tonight. In the pitch-black world, the flames of the campfire violently tremble.

Rülik was given the important task of military commander by Otto. At first, Otto intended to forcibly train his son. Unexpectedly, there is really no second person in the entire army that is more resourceful than him.

Rurik sullenly reviewed his fighters, and then stopped.

He is not inherently hostile to Borgholm's defenders, just because this is a crusade, and as long as the enemy surrenders to Denmark, the battle must continue.

"Brothers, the king now gives us an order to use your arrows to support the future battle. We are the Ross people. We have completed the task of escorting the army and supported the Mellaren people to fight here. Now we are just fulfilling it. The obligation in the contract was to help the king in the war, but he didn't have to fight him personally.

King Olekin doesn’t want us to fight for the spoils with him now, so why should we do anything?

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

Rurik's words caused an uproar in an instant, and the soldiers who had made an intentional mass murder were taken aback. No one thought that Rurik was so negative.

But everyone quickly gained a deeper understanding of Rurik's words through their own situation.

Yes, the land is still too wet. Everyone has to camp in the wilderness, unlike a friendly army occupying a local fisherman’s house.

Isn’t everyone deliberately abused by Olekin? Since they are defending against the Ross people, why should everyone really fight hard? Since Lord Duke and Lord Rurik both had a "negative" attitude, why bother to think about it? Let's finish it all and go home quickly...

During this night, a patter of light rain suddenly fell, and the Ross soldiers wrapped in thick leather clothes, and spent a muddy cold night in the tent.

Early in the morning, many people after waking up just feel a little confused, and it seems that no one has caught a cold or caught a cold, but everyone has not taken a good rest at all.

"Isn't this weather going to continue the attack?"

Otto already felt that he was going to rest today. He simply planned to return to the big ship to take a good rest. Unexpectedly, Olekin sent a group of envoys.

Fighting is inevitable, and even the continuous cold and light rain is what Olegin longs for.

Start a new battle in the mud?

Otto cursed in the rain: "Olekin, your son is a fool, and you are an idiot yourself. Fighting in the rain, you can think of it!"

Otto’s scolding was heard by all the Ross soldiers, although everyone did not want to fight in such bad weather, but how...

The assembled Ross warriors carried their crossbows and bows to the battlefield, but they did not carry a powerful torsion slingshot, even if four slingshots were unloaded from the ship because of Rurik’s persistent “necessary camp defense measures”. For camp defense, he just doesn't carry it.

It can be said that from the beginning, the Russian army from top to bottom did not feel that today is a good time for combat, and everyone's negativity is reflected in the weapons they carry.

There are a large number of bone arrow clusters in the arrows, and there are also mass-produced die-cast glass arrow clusters.

Can't glassware be sold at a high price? For others, the Ross people use quartz full of impurities to make a lot of fragile inferior glass arrow clusters, which are essentially cheap hunting goods, and even the tail does not exist. These arrows are designed for crossbow shooting at close range. After all, Rurik just doesn't want to waste iron cluster arrows.

The light rain made it extremely difficult to make a fire. The faces of the soldiers gathered in the rain were wet, their clothes pressed against their bodies, and no one felt comfortable.

Origen put on his helmet, and the chain mail hung on the helmet, so that his entire head was protected, with only two small holes so that his eyes could see the whole world clearly.

The war is now on the second day, and now the Swedish coalition forces have basically understood the details of the Borgholm Fortress through the intelligence of the Voskars, and the defenders in the fortress know very little about the enemy.

Is it necessary to send an envoy to stand under the wooden wall before the war and talk to the enemy on the wall?

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

The roaring noise outside the wooden fort awakened all the people who were not sleeping well, and it rained, which aggravated their tension.

Some people with their heads sticking out of the wooden wall suddenly saw the enemies surrounding the fortress appear in large numbers! The alarm immediately spread throughout the fort.

How could Chief Stein never think that the enemy is a group of monsters who eat meat and do not spit out bones? On a clear rainy day, are they going to attack the city in the mud?

"Brothers! Let me fight! Go to the wooden wall!"

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

"Hey! Keep boiling oil for me!"

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

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

The one who rushed in the front was naturally the Merlaren fighters. They were all wet. A group of fighters tied the siege hammer with twine, then carried them on their shoulders and rushed towards the wooden door in the mud. Even if someone slipped midway, they got up and continued to rush and prayed that the water in their body could prevent possible hot oil erosion.

Yilmalun, Unkras, and Uppsala also carried their own siege hammers, but they attacked the wooden wall.

This was not over yet. When the Mellaren army rushed to the wooden door, they pulled away the gray corpse yesterday, and dragged away the first siege hammer that had fallen into the mud.

Soon, the people on the wooden wall saw that there were actually five siege hammers starting to hit the wall without stopping, and they were still holding a wooden shield in one hand, making it difficult for the thrown stone to give them a fatal blow.

A large number of attackers did not gather under the wall. They deliberately kept a distance from the wall and kept flapping their shields and roaring!

Suddenly the Gotland mercenaries on the wall were confused. They looked at the five creeping insects under the wall, and it seemed that only hot oil could stop them.

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

The implementation of Tyin knew that he didn't have much oil left. After all, who would reserve a lot of this stuff? The oil ran out and everyone's night lighting became an obstacle