Chapter 427： Rurik's Caribbean execution

The arrow pierced the air, and the sound of swish was endless.

Of the two ships in the Gotland area, one of them had been fired by the Russ, completely losing the ability to sail.

Seeing this, the ship at the back could no longer take care of that much, and they hurriedly turned around to take their way and flee.

A projectile arrow dropped from the sky, and a projectile fired by a torsion slingshot, which stirred up terrible splashes around the ship.

"They want to run away! Sailors, maneuver the sails, and we will catch them!" While Rülik gave instructions, he also grasped the side railings with both hands.

The triangle of Aphrora suddenly adjusted the wind surface, the whole ship turned sideways, and suddenly turned with a low radius. Compared with the long gotland boat, her turn was more elegant and fast.

The Aphrodite showed the super maneuverability she deserves. With only one turn, she passed the dying enemy ship, broke a bunch of wooden oars with the bulbous bow, and rushed to the first. The sides of two ships.

The distance between the two sides was stunned by less than ten meters. At such a terrible close range, the Ross people did not hesitate to launch a new round of condescending shooting.

look! It was a torsion slingshot from the side, and the mercenary lifted its back end forcefully, and the slingshot received a round of sturdy power!

With two dull noises, two of the three projectiles successfully hit the ribs of the long ship and directly penetrated it!

Even if it is an oak hull, its weakness is always the side.

Suddenly, two jets of water surged from the Gotlandian ship. The strong water pressure was not easy to stop, and the ship was leaking rapidly.

However, the Ruth's blow continued.

The arrow's attack made the Gotland people nowhere to hide. They had the intention to fight back, but the guy in their hands was like that autumn firewood stick, which was useless. They raised their shields in vain resistance, because the shields were also chipped away by the steel-armed crossbow.

The battle was completely one-sided. As the torsion slingshot was fired one after another, supported by the slingshots of the neighboring ships, the last Gotland long ship had been gouged to pieces, and it was sinking at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Soon, the ship sank completely, and the deceased immediately sank to the bottom to feed the fish. The wounded’s blood stained a whole area of ​​the sea. At this moment, there are more than a dozen Gotlanders alive, vying to hold the floating wooden slats in the waves. Ups and downs, and from time to time he would dive to avoid the arrows shot by the Ross people.

They became the most perfect prey. The Ross people on the ship stretched their fingers and laughed wildly, and said unclean words, contempt and contempt incisively and vividly.

The battle is over like this? ! Leaning over and looking at a handful of living people floating on the sea, Otto knew he would win before the battle, but he didn't expect to win so easily and easily.

He remained calm and said to Rurik, "Let's stop here, we don't care about them, let these enemies float on the sea and die naturally."

Admit that even if the Baltic Sea’s salinity is low, it is also salty water. These enemies float on the sea and will soon die from dehydration.

The Ross people can ignore them, or show kindness, and die now.

Rurik also leaned down and looked at him. Although he was an enemy, these guys holding the residual wood were begging for mercy in their eyes.

beg for mercy? joke! Who will forgive pirates?

Yes, Rurik now defines these people as pirates. When dealing with pirates, Rurik didn't have a trace of mercy, and the handling methods were cruel. In addition to avoiding them, the people of the tribe were eager to see the pirates being tortured to death.

But these enemies have been defeated. They must be Gotlanders. So what is the current situation on Gotland?

"I think these people are still useful." Rurik replied solemnly.

"Huh? You...you want to be kind to these filths?!"

"How is it possible! At least after we have asked them about their situation, it will not be too late to kill them all. We need information on Gotland too much."

Otto nodded, motioning for his men to throw down the rope ladder.

For the time being, the sails of the Aphrora were gathered up and the rope ladder was lowered. Those panicked floaters felt that they had caught a chance to survive. Even if they were slaves, it would be better than making fish feed!

They climbed the rope ladder one after another, boarding the big ship they saw for the first and last time in their lives, and also the first time they boarded the hateful and terrifying Ross ship.

As soon as they landed, they were prepared by the five-big and three-thick Rose warriors with a punch to disarm them, then tied them with the prepared hemp rope and threw them to the corner, and they were closely guarded by swords and shields.

Eight people successfully boarded the ship and were successfully captured. The ninth and last one, just because the rope tied to the person ran out, was hit by a steel-armed crossbow in the neck at close range when he was climbing, humming. Fall into the sea with a sound...

They thought they could survive, but they were waiting for the cruel interrogation of the Rus.

To avoid them being dishonest, Otto ordered his men to punch and kick him. Although this behavior was too violent, Rurik stood on the bow deck and watched, just because they were bound to be executed, and we should also think about a way to execute them, at least not to be too violent.

The eight captured people were rammed with wooden sticks and beaten with twine. They were all stubbornly begging for mercy.

Otto was so proud that he couldn't do it himself when interrogating these guys.

Jeflo undertook the work of the interrogation, and in order to survive, these prisoners scrambled to report everything they knew.

The information they narrated forced the sitting Rurik to stand up and walk quickly to the prisoner.

"What are you talking about? Your fishing port Visby has already taken action? You have guessed that we are going to beat you!" In the current context, Rurik made sure that the Gotlanders were worried about the Svealand Alliance's large-scale crusade on the island. Because of their alliance, the Ross people are naturally highly vigilant by them.

The captives were taken aback, scrambling to claim that what they said was true, and they even talked about terms.

Negotiating terms? Some pirates who are about to be beaten to death also deserve to negotiate terms?

Otto had already drew his sword, and in front of Rurik, he assassinated a guy who asked for conditions, and was shocked that others did not dare to ask again.

A drop of enemy blood splashed on Rurik's face. He wiped off the blood and stared and asked: "Tell me your strength. How many men have you assembled? What weapons do you have?!"

The frightened people trembled, they scrambled to reveal the secrets, just for the possibility of survival.

Some people claim that Visby has at least 1,000 troops, one claims two thousand, and even threatens that if the entire island’s forces gather in Visby, Gotland will be able to organize a force of five thousand." giant". At least in their cognition, an army of one thousand people is already invincible, and a team of five thousand people is even stronger. It is an existence that any adversary is afraid of.

It is a pity that the so-called "five thousand army" is nothing but the fantasy of the Gotland people. They inadvertently revealed that apart from the huge settlement of Visby on the island, a large number of fishermen are scattered living in various offshore villages. In other words, Gotland Island originally had three large settlements. The one in the south bay of the island was destroyed by the Rus, and the remaining two were in the north. They were not able to be quickly defeated by five hundred elite Russ.

Visby Port, here is likely to gather two thousand armed men. If some young people and old people are organized, or mercenaries are recruited from surrounding fishing villages, the residents of Visby Port will gather a team of three thousand people. Army, Rurik guessed it was feasible.

They are crowded, their quality must be poor, and their weapons and equipment are also poor.

Correct! Their weapons must be terrible. Look at the scraps of copper and iron that these captured Gotlanders are holding, and they can't fight back against the arrows of the Russian army.

"It looks like the enemy has at least two thousand people." Rurik looked at his father, "We have to gather two thousand people to attack. Dad, I don't want to fight more battles with less, this time we must gather more."

"Then three thousand people." Otto bared his teeth, carrying a **** sword and assassinated a pirate in public, which caused the Ross soldiers present to applaud one after another.

Because the situation is very clear, because these Gotlanders and the Ross fleet are freight ships, and they are all good targets for bullying. Just imagine, if the Aphrodite was indeed a purely defensive cargo ship, wouldn't these pirates directly succeed, then all the people on board were killed?

If you dare to plunder, you should be killed. Otto didn't want to be merciful, so he tried to assassinate them one by one.

The enemy's blood stained the deck of the ship, and Rurik felt that it was obviously wrong, and he caught his father.

"Huh? You dare to prevent me from executing the pirate?"

"No! I have a better way."

"What is it?!"

"Let them roll back to the sea to feed the fish!"

Although this is the Baltic Sea, the pirate atmosphere does not need to be easy on that plane of the Caribbean Sea.

To say that this sea area has never been uneven, even if it is not in such an era, in the era when the Hanseatic League was fighting for maritime power, Denmark, the Netherlands and the Hanseatic League, each other's merchant ships were also warships, and the two rivals met were fierce battles. , Pirates from all walks of life in the positive sea area are frequently active.

The pirate spirit has always been since ancient times. In this regard, Rurik and Otto called their enemies in front of them dirty pirates, but Arik of Ross had already resorted to pirate raids to raid Gotland with an advanced crossbow. Fishermen, the waters north of the island have become a restricted area for the Gotland people.

Since it is dealing with pirates, let them feed the fish with a "more ornamental" criminal law!

At least dealing with pirates, Rurik didn't have even a half-point psychological discomfort, he only hoped for some way of not seeing blood.

A wooden plank that was placed inside the cabin and used to repair the damaged ship was moved to the deck. A section of it protruded from the side railing, and the tied people were forced to walk on the seesaw one by one.

Such a good show actually came from the hands of Relic? ! The Ross soldiers and mercenaries laughed, and even the Corvins present were amazed at the weird methods of these Varangians.

The captives had their arms tied up, and they knew that they would drown if they jumped down, but there were still shiny swords threatening behind them.

A guy who didn't want to die was standing nervously at the end of the plank, under the ocean.

Suddenly the ship trembled, and the person fell down and was swallowed by the waves in an instant.

Later, another person was dragged over by force, and was constantly driven to fall into the sea.

The Ross people laughed wildly, and the panic before the prisoners died became the best joke, and it quickly eased the hostility of the Ross soldiers.

Otto stretched his neck and saw that the last executed person sank into the sea, then turned around again and lightly punched Rurik in the chest.

"You are a ruthless warrior. I like it very much. If you catch the enemy in the future, you will execute it in this way. By the way, what kind of punishment is this called? Give it a name."

"It's called Caribbean execution."

"What a strange name, okay..."

Otto smiled as he spoke, and Rurik couldn't smile at all: "Dad, let's think about the real problem. Those guys have explained the possible strength of the enemy, and we must go back as soon as possible and start preparing accordingly."

"Oh, I don't worry about it at all."

"Huh? Why?"

"Because." Otto smiled again and gave Rurik a soft punch: "You are a military commander. How you want to fight depends on your attitude."

"Well, this is my war."

Rurik shook his head slightly, and at this moment he finally showed joy.

The encounter with the Gotland patrol ship was expected, and the quick win was even more expected.

The Aphrora turned the bow and approached the last half-dead long ship. The rope ladder lowered the Ross warrior. Based on the dying man, the corpse was thrown directly into the sea.

A long ship was carrying a small batch of weapons such as axes and swords. No one can say that the Russians who went south had nothing to gain.

The Aphrora relied on the cable to pull the spoils, and the entire fleet resumed its column. There will be no enemies in the future track, and no other ships can even be seen on the sea.

The fleet moved as close to the coastline of Scandinavia as possible. Finally, in the confusion of being tortured by the all-day sailing, a series of trumpet-shaped harbours appeared in the distance, and the waters here almost had no salty taste.

This must be the estuary of Lake Mälaren, and the fleet has entered its own control area.

Is the fleet going to the Great Lake?

Do not! The fleet didn't mean to rest. After another night voyage, everyone finally found the vagueness of the northern world in the faint sea fog in the morning, and even some strange bright spots.

The sleepy Rurik was awakened by the panicked subordinates, and Otto, who was unable to disarm, also got up.

"Jeflo, can't you be more calm?"

"But Lord Duke, a flame was found ahead! It looks like a fishing boat."

"I'm afraid it's an ally's fishing boat. Send my order. They will not attack, nor will we attack."

"Duke! I'm afraid that is our ship! We have reached the archipelago of Tombstone IslandReally?"

No one was sleeping again. Although Rurik felt a bit cold, he climbed onto the bow deck and did see the lights and the lush greenery of the north.

At this moment, the boat was full of people, and they were ready to fight with their crossbows in their hands.

"Haha! Don't be nervous anymore." Standing on the heights, Otto raised his arms and shouted, "Brothers, you are extremely painful for being on the boat for so many days! We are about to land on Tombstone Island, we have to take a good rest!"

The soldiers cheered and Otto laughed.

There is no suspense about the next route. The Ross fishermen who were fishing all night with their oil lamps caught a lot of cod. They were about to wait until it was daylight to drive back to Tombstone Island with the fish to supply the huge garrison on the island.

Unexpectedly, a miracle happened! The fisherman never expected that his leader would arrive at Tombstone Island again with the huge boat.

The fishermen are also fortunate to become navigators.