Chapter 522： When the Viking sword and shield hand stood on the wall and raised the blood axe

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The Viking warriors who withdrew did not feel annoyed, and everyone was holding back their energy without breaking the enemy's front and occupying the monastery.

After the Northumbrian army escaped, the camp became an excellent camp for Rurik, and his Balmerk and Shetland fighters did not hesitate to use this as a resting place.

The corpses of the brothers who died in the war were brought back to a unified resettlement, and they were planned to be cremated in a unified manner after the war ended.

People were sitting everywhere on the beach near the shore. They lit a bonfire to cook wheat, ate the captured bacon, even killed two captured workhorses, and grilled fresh horse meat to fill their hunger.

They lit a large number of bonfires, and some bonfires were essentially unmanned.

This is Rurik's usual strategy, but it is too new for the Balmerks. Would it be possible to make the bonfire dense like stars to scare the enemy into a nervous breakdown? Perhaps.

After the entire daytime sailing, the beach landing battle in the afternoon, and even the siege battle in the evening, these Viking fighters are indeed good in physical fitness, but they are by no means superhuman. Because of their high spirits, they ignore that their bodies are being overdrawn. Once they start to rest, they will soon fall asleep around the campfire after eating and drinking.

The family leaders who participated in the war, they all stayed in a big wooden house in the barracks.

There are square tables and some wooden benches. Although the weather was not very cold, the black pottery pots in the room lit the firewood, and the warmth enveloped everyone.

Everyone was exhausted, and the fact that the battle was defeated in the evening prompted everyone to make a decision by the commander-in-chief Ruriek.

The fact that there are no large-scale complaints does not mean that no one complains. Geiger suffocated and yelled: "My brothers and I rushed directly to their city gate, even if it was a stone wall, my people kept ramming the wooden door. , It can definitely be smashed to pieces. However, you are afraid that the rising tide will drown everyone, so you all withdrew."

"But the tide is rising very fast. You see, your own boots are all wet." Biyuni shrugged.

"We can obviously hold on a little longer."

"But the other brothers are suffering losses. We are attacking a stone city, and it seems that it is not easy to accomplish." Biyunni's words were very pertinent, and the attitudes of the heads of the families were similar.

Geiger changed his words: "Brother Rurik, maybe your people should hurry up. Your heavy equipment will give us some support earlier. Tonight we can embrace gold and silver and sleep in their temple (monastery). "

"My actions are fast enough." Rurik shook his head, slapped the table and stood up directly: "I admit your courage, but your movements are chaotic! We didn't make enough preparations and attacked rashly. The stone fortress, the result is of course a failure."

"So, is there a way?" Bijuni asked.

"Yes! I have prepared a countermeasure."

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the cautious people all eased.

Geiger licked his face at the desk with both hands and asked urgently: "Tomorrow! Brother, are you confident that you can take your brothers to break tomorrow? I heard that you people in Ross have experienced such a siege."

"Tomorrow? Not yet."

"why?"

"We are going to use tomorrow to prepare some special siege equipment. Let's talk about it." Rurik pointed directly to the direction of the wooden door. "You have seen it, brothers sleep everywhere! They are too tired. , This is not a night’s rest to recover. According to my plan, our army will have a good rest tomorrow, and some people will build equipment. We launched the attack on the third day! We just took the road flooded by the tide and broke up in the front. Stone wall."

Rurik was very firm in his words. Although he was still a young man, no one questioned the rationality of his methods.

The so-called method of siege, there is nothing more than a ladder and a siege hammer that Rurik can produce in a short time.

Geiger and his Vashobi brothers fought under the wall for a long time bravestly, and they produced a lot of key information about the wall.

Based on the intelligence obtained in exchange for the lives of soldiers, engineering equipment is being built in an orderly manner.

Rurik finally fell asleep in the territory of Northumbria. He didn't feel dangerous in the depths of the enemy, even if Paul explained that Bamburgh was the place where he walked for a day in the south, which is really a big city.

Big city? I'm afraid it's just a walled city of two to three thousand people.

Rurik didn't pay attention to this, and everyone's mind was focused on the monastery.

The gloomy starry sky hides the outline of the earth, and burning flames are everywhere on the dim coast, and its density echoes the stars.

Lindisfarne Abbey has now become a complete island, or its original intention was to use geography for defense. However, it is facing the siege of the most navigable ethnic group in this time and space.

The defenders and priests of Northumbria were frightened. The bishops and lower priests in black robes placed the holy relics in a prominent place in the monastery. Most of the sergeants and all the priests gathered together and prayed all night. .

After daybreak, the defenders who had been tossing for the night returned to their posts, nervously waiting for the tide to retreat and the passage to reappear.

What else can I do? surrender? How can you surrender to the barbarians? The result of surrender is to be killed.

Keep sticking? When is it a head to stick to it!

The priests pray that God will send angels to kill or drive away the barbarians with divine power.

The defenders were more realistic. They hoped that somehow they would send people to escape and rush to Bamburgh to rescue the soldiers. However, this isolated island of monastery limited the enemy's attack and their own escape.

The last centurion of the infantry could only lament: "I knew that a few small boats should have been set up."

The defenders waited for the enemy's general attack in fear and anxiety, and finally, a group appeared!

Bijuni took a mere one hundred fighters and the four bull trebuchets carried by the guys in Evlo.

How striking is their huge paint-painted shield! Not only that, but the heads of many soldiers with spears poked at the heads of Northumbrian soldiers who died yesterday.

The defender holding the bow subconsciously released arrows in panic, but the arrows can't hit those targets that have stoppedWelfare] Give you a red envelope in cash! Follow the vx public [Book Friends Base Camp] to receive it!

"Come here, brothers, I don't know what effect Rurik can make me do this way." Biyuni said strangely.

Jevlo casually praised: "My master, Lurik, has great wisdom. In my opinion, he just wants to scare those people's courage by means."

Biyuni couldn't fully agree, he shrugged: "With this leisurely mind, all the brothers rushed over, and they broke the city just by climbing the wall."

"But would there be brothers who would die in battle?"

"Huh? Do you stop fighting because you are afraid of death? We are Odin's soldiers, and death in battle is an honor for everyone."

Jeflo smiled and shook his head.

"Brother, what are you laughing at?"

"I laugh at you being too innocent. My master doesn't think so. Master Rurik hopes to complete the victory without loss, and the warrior can walk through the whole life in the glorious body, so that the soul can still go to Valhalla. Since the destiny is the same. , Why not get more women and have more children before you die?"

"My Rurik brothers have a wonderful idea. Okay, Jeflo, are your people ready?"

"Prepared a long time ago! Let us scare them now."

The bull trebuchet can throw any projectile that can be wrapped in a leather bag, and this time, Jevlo was ordered to use the head of a local dead body to make the projectile.

Such a projectile is almost zero destructive, and it is extremely intimidating and insulting!

When the hideous and gray heads were filled, Jeflo gave an order and they smashed out.

The defenders of Northumbria instinctively hid behind the battlements, and they also saw the terribleness of these weapons yesterday, for fear of being smashed into their heads.

The strange furry projectile landed without causing any waves.

The courageous defender went to check, and then sat directly on the ground in extreme shock.

Several defenders ran up, but they crawled and evaded again.

"What are you doing? Is it the devil they smashed here?!" The centurion came with a sword, and when he saw the ferocious heads, he trembled as he was strong.

Heads were thrown over one after another, and the fragile spirit of the already exhausted soldiers was shocked again.

The most daring people gathered their heads and buried them on the spot for the time being.

Time continued to evolve, and the soldiers of the Viking army deliberately keeping their distances simply sat on the ground, only the trebuchets rhythmically threw stone bullets at the defenders. The heads that had been chopped off had been thrown away, and the rest were the granite stones that were easily eroded by the sea on the pathway.

Anyone exposed to open ground is at risk of being killed! look! The wall of the monastery was hit by a stone and smashed out of a hole.

The soldiers of the garrison looked everywhere for the shrouded ground, and they were so relieved that they saw the barbarians who had tossed everyone all day retreating with their own eyes when the tide was rising in the evening, waiting for fear and helplessness.

Many people even began to rejoice that the defenders whispered to each other. The so-called barbarians were unable to break through the stone wall, and then used the means to insult everyone. Fortunately, everyone persisted. Evacuate by rowing.

Optimism spread in the monastery. It was estimated that the barbarians were unable to attack at night, and the guards were almost broken physically and mentally. They were really unable to sustain themselves. They looked for places to fall asleep, and that night, the priests began to pray again.

At the same time, Rurik had stocked his siege weapons.

The wooden pillars that originally constituted the wooden wall of the barracks were dismantled, and as many as ten long ladders were **** with hand-made hemp rope. Their sturdiness has been verified by experiments, and Rurik can be sure that any pair of ladders can satisfy four people climbing at the same time.

The ladder is one, and the other is nothing more than a siege hammer.

In the two-wheeled carriage in the barracks, the horses were slaughtered and eaten by hungry soldiers. Although it was a wasteful act, Rurik saw that it was done, so he asked for a piece of fresh tenderloin of the horse and sent his men to cook it.

The carriage was modified, the two carriages were joined together, and a large number of wooden poles were piled on it. Without him, these wooden poles are all taken from the demolished barracks.

Let the soldiers carry the siege hammer to hit the door? It is a waste of physical strength. But if it is improved to a wheeled siege rush vehicle, people can bump into it for a long time.

A mere two kinds of equipment are enough to open up Balmerk’s vision. They have never thought of or seen such equipment before. If they are really effective, the brothers will have sufficient experience in the future, and they will encounter difficulties when going out to fight. Yingzhai naturally follows the law.

The equipment is not only that, but Rurik also ordered a batch of planks made of thin wooden poles to be used as an anti-arrow shield.

All day of preparation, everything is ready.

Bijuni and his guys returned, back to Rurik to report to the others in the old barracks that had been torn down.

"I don't know if the intimidation action worked. In short, we were still throwing stones on the eve of the rising tide."

"Enough is enough." Rurik praised with a smile.

Bijuni looked at all the friends present, and their eyes were full of confidence in victory.

"Brother Rurik, it seems you are all ready?"

"No! Brother Biyuni, we are ready! Tomorrow morning, when the tide recedes, we will attack!"

The Viking warriors spent a comfortable night. In the early morning, they cooked another meal of wheat and ate some fish and meat one after another.

It was completely different from the situation of the defenders. The Vikings were not only full of fighting spirit, each soldier was full of food and sleep, and was full of super energy.

Someone blew the horns, and then the assembled warriors beat their shields neatly, and there was a rhythmic Viking roar.

The sound of horror spread to the distance, and Lindisfarne's defenders hurriedly took their place. Every defender saw the army gathered in the distance, and subconsciously painted a cross on his chest.

The centurion of infantry was standing on the battlements. The archbishop and all the priests held the huge black "Holy Cross" and the golden basin of holy water. The archbishop himself had poured holy water on every soldier and read the scriptures. With blessings.

The panic was comforted, but the Centurion was more realistic. He shouted with a sword: "Warrior of Northumbria! This is our last battle for faith! Even if we fight to the last person, we cannot let the barbarians Enter our holy place! God is with us!"

Many defenders were roaring, how small compared to the Viking army that was already on the way.

The result of the war was already obvious, and Rurik was full of confidence. He felt that he would be able to achieve victory before noon.

As for the inevitable killing after breaking the city, although it was cruel, Rurik knew he had to be cruel.

Because of these Balmerks and the Shetlanders who have recently joined, they must need a fierce commander.

The torsion slingshot is in place, the bull trebuchet is in place, and the crossbowmen are in place.

In these remote support? In front of the suppression weapon was the vanguard of as many as five hundred people, and it was also the strongest combat force in the entire Viking army.

They carried ten sets of ladders, surrounded by huge siege carts, and also carried some huge wooden boards.

The defenders of Northumbria had never seen such strange things on the battlefield, but they subconsciously believed that the barbarians needed to use these tools to break the city.

Behind Rurik, a sturdy mercenary carried the flag of the Rus with a white background and blue stripes.

Just this banner is enough to make many defenders realize that this group of barbarians came prepared, they are not the generation of pirates.

Without any pre-war negotiations, Ruriek first ordered the long-range firepower behind him.

The torsion slingshot fired javelins, and the catapult fired stone bullets, which were accompanied by a large number of thrown arrows, smashing the defenders of the battlements.

Although most of them were in hiding, three people were still smashed to death and wounded. It was enough to cause this casualty, because the long-range attack did not stop at all.

Rurik was very satisfied with his ballistic calculations, and the drop of various projectiles within the city wall would not affect the siege at all.

"Now! Let's start!"

The official order was issued The army stepped on the only way to the monastery and began the final onslaught.

The ladders were on the wall one after another, and the Viking sword and shield hand had begun to climb.

The siege rush car slammed into the already damaged wooden door, and the first collision violently almost knocked off the obstacles behind.

The Northumbria defenders, who were limited in strength, tried to throw stones and shoot arrows, but they were the ones who died.

Now Biyuni has become a good crossbowman in actual combat. All the crossbows are used to suppress the firepower of the battlement enemies. Thanks to these sophisticated weapons, the manipulators have become sharpshooters.

More than a dozen people in a row were shot and killed just now, forcing the other defenders to hide and throw rocks outside the city hopelessly.

However, as the first group of Viking warriors who climbed the ladder stood on the wall raised the **** axe to the brothers below, the battle was over.

For the rest of the time, this monastery, lonely in the tide, was already a death cage for the defenders...