Chapter 817： Beach landing

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Just like the Frankish army, the Frankish army has long used cavalry as the core of its combat effectiveness. Horrick, who became a nobleman in the Frankish territory, also took pictures of the cat and created his own cavalry. In the days of stability, he desperately expanded the cavalry, relying on border trade to buy horses from Frank. Since I heard that Bremen was burned by the exiled Ragnar, this unkillable bug is so vicious? The sense of worry has been raised, and the project of training cavalry has been speeded up.

Even the short horses pulled over to make up the count, regardless of whether they were covered with a layer of hard cowhide or leather riveted with iron pieces, Horrick abruptly put together a "tough" cavalry team. He has five hundred cavalry, most of them are located in the capital.

The cavalry gathered first, and the four hundred cavalry gradually completed the assembly, and a large number of infantry began to appear in the winding roadways. The soldiers were unruly, and since the Ruths invaded aggressively, it's better to take the opportunity to defeat them all at once. Because Horrick and his army, in line with traditional ideas, longed for a decisive battle to solve the problem of frequent harassment by the Ross people.

Horrick himself was dressed in iron armor, with a large helmet buckled on his round face. He also rode a war horse and led his personal soldiers to the battlefield. His men would not rush to the front line. Behind him, besides the huge cavalry, there were as many as 1,500 infantrymen on the scene.

A large number of civilians rushed to escape from this army, including the soldiers’ wives, with their children, either withdrawing into the inner city protected by wooden walls, or continuing to the south, hiding in the undeveloped woodland of Jutland.

The city’s port faces the north, so the Russian navy’s intrusion is already facing the south. The triangular sails are leading the boat against the wind, and when they arrive at a suitable location, they begin to anchor and release the boat.

The ships had their port sides facing the beach. Ten people in the paddling boats, four of them paddling, and six of them standing by with a crossbow, and between them was a wheelbarrow and a heavier torsion slingshot.

Rurik's eyes were solemn, and he had already seen a large number of people walking towards the sea. It was in the afternoon, and the shimmering metal objects that reflected the sunlight were clearly visible, and the horns blown by the enemy could not be heard unless they were deaf.

He first ordered the flagship: "Brothers, our army is going to land on the beach, and beware of the enemy launching a counter-attack on the beach! Be prepared for the torsion slingshot and follow my orders!"

The semaphore soldiers also gave orders to the ships facing the enemy. As many as one hundred and twenty torsion slingshots were projected at a shooting angle, and large spin feather javelins were mounted on them. The soldiers waited for the order to ride and shoot.

At the same time, the fifty ships of the first landing echelon carried the most elite armored warriors one after another to see the approaching enemy.

I am afraid that the effect of the raid has been lost! Some people complained that it took too much time to bring a lot of heavy weapons when disembarking the ship, and some people murmured that the enemy had learned of the situation a long time ago.

It is inevitable for everyone to have concerns, and now I can only believe that the prince’s fire support can work, and the brothers’ fighting will is absolutely decisive.

It is glorious to land on the beach. Ragnar and Arik, as brave and brave generations, naturally bring the melee elite to charge forward.

The Finns in the rear are not spectators either. They do not manipulate the torsion slingshot, but under the leadership of Jevlo, they intend to use a longbow to perform ultra-strict distance projectiles. The longbow made by the ash tree is as big as a hundred, and the range is equivalent to the maximum range of the torsion slingshot. It can shoot a light arrow up to 300 meters away.

What is the equivalent of this? Look at the current Ross Fleet, which is less than two hundred meters from the coast.

The landers are now behaving with paddles, they are all worried that the premature landing will become the target of the enemy.

Opposite the caution of the Ross army was the noisy countercharge of the Danish army in Godfreyhagen.

The Cavalry Corps showed their terrifying phantom!

The cavalry appeared! The quantity is really not small.

Rurik was taken aback and couldn't help but walk back three steps. He didn't expect the enemy to have cavalry of this size. Although he was armed, especially if the cavalry suddenly launched a countercharge to drive the soldiers who had just landed into the sea, the Russian army might suffer a heavy loss. Because the armored warrior fell into the sea, he was almost destined to be dragged down by the heavy armor and drowned.

"Damn! Torsion slingshot! Shoot! Semaphore! Command battle!"

The Aphrora was the first to fire, and even Svetlana, as the queen, pulled the rope connecting the latches almost at the same time, just like everyone else.

The flagship took the lead in launching a salvo of javelins, and the other ships had to follow up.

"Quick! Keep going! Part of the primary and secondary shooting with full force!" Rurik shouted hoarse, Lanna also felt the fear behind her husband's roar.

Yes, Rurik was afraid that the enemy's cavalry would launch a counterattack when the Russian army had just arrived on the beach, because the first boat had landed, and the landing soldier with a crossbow shot the first arrow at the cavalry not far away. The wooden arm crossbow shooting light arrows is invalid to the iron-clad leather horse armor. Only the steel arm crossbow shooting armor-piercing heavy arrows is suitable.

However, some landing soldiers shot armor-piercing arrows, and resolutely hit the Danish cavalry by surprise.

But now the cavalry is not paying attention to the strange performance of the Ross Landers.

Look at the sky! What is that buzzing sound? !

The general Rustende squinted and raised his head, as dense black stripes were flying towards the cavalry. It was too late when he realized that it looked like a short spear.

"Ah! Danger!"

The Ross Javelin dropped from the sky with a head and a face, rotating and falling with strong potential energy, which is bound to cause a major killing.

They have a strong buzzing sound like wild bees dancing wildly, their momentum is not so small that they cause the horses to neigh, and then they turn into mourning!

The sharp spear pierced the leather armor of the cavalry warrior and pierced the unprotected neck of the horse. The mane of the horse was stained with blood, and the soldier was punctured. The cavalry, which is arranged in a denser array, is a group of good targets. They are simply passively beaten.

The Danes' cavalry unit was injured and killed in the first round of salvo shooting, but it was the chaos that was more serious than the casualties.

The horse spit out blood and collapsed, and then dying to struggle. Or the uninjured cavalry could not move because of the collapsed horse. The mortally wounded cavalrymen are bleeding frantically, and their lives are about to die.

At the beginning, the cavalry team was in chaos. Since the "Javelin Array" of the Russian Army, there has been another round of arrow strikes.

See what good things the Ross Army is doing? !

Jeflo was on the Gurdot, and the entire ship was almost full of his Finnish fighters. This group of short soldiers all held long bows, and carried out group projectiles with a high-intensity rhythm under his command, making the entire ship the most dazzling firepower output unit in the entire army.

With just this blow, one round of output is a high-elevation projectile of more than one hundred arrows, and the sharp-cone-shaped quenched steel arrow cluster is extremely armor-piercing. The fighters aimed at the direction of Yevlo's fingers to perform projectiles. They did not shoot randomly, relying on the so-called "barrage density" to effectively kill the enemy.

Because Jeflo had already noticed, the Danes had only a few cavalry exposed, and most of them were hidden in the winding lanes.

The dense arrows smashed down with strong potential energy, and the hard cowhide armor was no different from ordinary wooden boards.

The cavalry was shot in large numbers, and the arrows plunged into the flesh and sank extremely deep. Unlike other arrow clusters, wide-bladed barb shooting, these piercing arrows pay attention to deep penetration. The slender cluster of arrows pierced the wounded body of the Danish cavalry soldier, smashed the iron helmet through and directly pierced the skull, causing the soldier to be killed immediately, or piercing the chest and digging a hole in the lungs, causing extremely painful blood pneumothorax, or even directly piercing the heart. It is good to be shot directly, but if it is smashed through the lungs, the soldier will suffocate alive.

More than just the tactical support of the longbowmen? When the torsion slingshot is loaded for the second time, it fires a cone-shaped cast iron projectile that can rub against the air and spin. The half-pound projectile also falls from the sky. Its kinetic energy is even greater. Rülik never asks it to smash through the enemy's body efficiently. It has been proved in many battles that throwing this object at a long distance can always break the enemy's bones. enough.

Looking at the paddling boats that are waiting to land, Arik and Ragnar are set near the shore.

"Shoo them at them! No matter what you do, shoot at the fastest speed!" Arik ordered so, and his men followed suit.

The Russ are such a combat mode. In Ragnar's view, this method of killing the enemy without blood on the sword is not glorious, and it is indeed an efficient means of killing. His warriors were also specially distributed crossbows, as well as a large number of short wooden bows. Good archers have to train for a long time, but now the enemies are standing densely like wooden targets. Soldiers are enough to shoot when they draw their bows.

At this moment, for the Danish king Horlick watching the battle, everything is a military disaster!

This short fat man riding a horse seemed to be quite tall. He never stood in the front line of the cavalry, and now he is extremely grateful for how wise his actions are.

"Ah what's going on?! My soldier!"

"Don't mess up! Stabilize your position and raise your shield!"

"Don't run around, keep your line..."

He screamed hard, but the chaos at the moment was not something he could deter a man by roaring.

Some cavalry also tried to raise their bucklers to block their drive, but they were burst and hit by the fierce projectile, the entire shield collapsed, and the soldiers saw their arms twisted strangely in pain. The best thing about the strong tremor is that the soldier loses consciousness in his left arm, and the unlucky person has a direct comminuted fracture in his left arm.

Why pursue one hit kills? The current situation creates chaos for the enemy, which is most beneficial to the Russian army.

The cavalry regiment began to disintegrate, and the soldiers pulled in the reins to withdraw back. The cramped lanes gave the retreats a huge obstacle, they were congested, but at this time the Rus were still firing their hateful arrows.

The loss of the cavalry was seen by Horrick, his heart dripping with blood. He had never seen such a useless situation in the war in his life, and he finally thought of avoiding it for the time being.

The cavalry unit near the coast is obviously in major chaos, and the infantry behind is still unclear. However, as the Ruth army threw arrows and projectiles deep, the infantry began to suffer sudden and inexplicable losses.

"We must evacuate from the beach. King! If we don't evacuate now, we just let the brothers continue to die!" A general persuaded Horrick to avoid the edge for the time being.

For the time being Horrick still couldn't make up his mind, but the Ruths shot arrows as if they hadn't played anymore. Only then did they expect to sound the horn for the army to retreat.

The horn of the Danish army was deafening, as if overwhelming the roar of the Russian army.

Rurik squinted his eyes to notice the changes in the battlefield, and he couldn't help muttering: "I thought you were all fools, now I finally thought of retreating?"

The retreat of the Danish troops was obvious, and Svetlana yelled sharply, "What should we do now? They run far away and our arrows can't be hit."

"It's okay!" Rurik hurriedly turned his head and turned to everyone busy on the deck: "Continue firing! Even if the enemy is out of range, we must continue firing. 1 We must create a safe landing field for the landing forces."

Maybe Danish King Horlick was not a fool, but he commanded the army like a big fool. Arik has already set foot on the Danish territory with a sword and shield. He really can't figure out how his Ragnar brothers would be beaten by such a character and the tribe withered. Could it be that the Russ army is too strong?

Rows of oars rushed directly to the beach, and warriors with crossbows were still waiting for the opportunity to take aim.

The paddling soldiers threw away their oars, hung a shield on their left arm, and held a steel sword in their right hand. They formed a thin shield wall, behind which were soldiers with bows and crossbows.

"Don't hit blindly, don't be fooled by the Danes!" Arik continued to command.

Although there are soldiers who are eager to fight, as veterans of the glorious First Banner, they dare not act rashly to ruin their honor. Their shield wall is as solid as a rock, and the crossbow behind the wall is aimed vigilantly.

Relying on superior firepower, the Russ army completed the beach landing without a single soldier. They created a great chaos for the Danish army. A large number of horses and squirming limbs have been laid down where the naked eye can see.

The horn of the Danish army was still blowing, and there was a rumbling sound from the densely packed houses. It was actually infantry with a variety of weapons scrambling to evacuate to the inner city. At the same time, the cavalry troops were panicking, and iron horseshoes even trampled the living to death.

Thousands of people have to flee to the so-called safe place, trampling on each other in large numbers.

Even if he hated himself for taking a foul move, Danish King Horlick had fled back to the inner city. With lingering fears, he ordered archers to board the wooden wall one after another to monitor the Ross army, and secondly, to wait for an opportunity to block the enemy's siege.

He stamped his feet with anger, hoping that most of his cavalry could withdraw safely.

However, what he saw were a large number of infantry soldiers who had fled back in fear before receiving the enemy. Those faces were filled with horror. How did the brave guys in Flanders become like this? !

He stood at the largest wooden door and held up his sword to reprimand the infantry who had fled back: "What are you afraid of?! Odin's warriors are actually afraid of the Ross people?"

All he could do now was to yell at him. Seeing that the retreating soldiers entered the inner city and stopped retreating, he was glad that things did not continue to deteriorate.

Finally, the neigh of the war horse is clearly visible!

At the beginning, some cavalry moved quickly into the inner city. With the first cavalry, the rest of the cavalry withdrew safely.

The infantry didn't dare to hinder these giant beasts who were advancing in a reverse hurricane. After all, they saw their unfortunate companions stepped into the flesh...

The infantry temporarily hid in the huts on both sides of the vacant roadway, allowing these unaffected uncles to rush back to the inner city. But behind him was the "monster that devours everything." The infantry did not dare to turn their heads, let alone rescue the injured companions, and entered the inner city with their own weapons along the potholes that the cavalry had stepped on.

The wooden wall gave the Danes strong confidence. A group of Ross people who crossed the sea couldn't break the wall?

The cavalry wandered around the black ground in the inner city, where King Horlick inspected his proud army, and now this is the huge army gathering place.

With the blood on the general Rustende's face, he was greatly frightened, and he rode his horse closer to his king.

He couldn't help but speak first, Horrick hurriedly asked about the situation on the front line: "You! What did you see?!"

"Death! Terrible death!" Rustende was obviously frightened: "There was a brother whose head was smashed by something unknown, and blood splashed all over me!"

"What happened to that brother?!"

"The head is gone, and his horse is dead."

"how are you?"

"It seems Odin didn't want me to die immediately, so I withdrew."

Horrick heard the description of a soldier being killed by a headshot with a face in disbelief. Although Rustende exaggerated, he did hit the face with a high-impact projectile, but he was headshot.

Horrick continued to ask: "Where is Stard? That lame guy didn't come back?!"

"He's dead. I watched him get pierced by two spears, a man and a horse."

"Oh no!" A big hand covered his face, although the man had a disability, he was still a subordinate who dared to fight after all. Horrick slapped his face and sighed, "Why! The Ross people are planning to kill me. Did I really provoke them?"

"Maybe we demolished their shop and killed a hundred of them." Rustende said nervously.

"Just so? They killed me? Franks are not as hot as they are."

"Maybe those rumors are true." Rustende continued.

"Burning Bremen?"

"Exactly. King, we have to take precautions. If the Ross people are really involved in the burning of Bremen, they might also burn our Goldfrehagen. I'm not afraid of death in battle, I just don't want to die. . Their arrows are too dangerous, king! What shall we do."

How does Horrick know what to do? He had been so startled by the arrows of the Rus army that he could not judge the situation properly, so he had to order his men to close the gates of the city. Anyway, there is a lot of food and grass in the city, which can stop it for a while. But he didn't want to sit still, he began to arrange for the cavalry to go out of the city all the way to the south through the small gate, to inform the lords to immediately send troops to the king. Regardless of how many people sent troops, it would be beneficial to have a hundred people.

However, the development of the battle situation is really wonderful, when Horrick felt that the Ross army would take advantage of the chaos to hunt down, unexpectedly that group of guys stayed in the port and did not continue to march.

Maybe they still have to fight a decisive battle? If it is a siege, as a defender, you will take advantage of the location.

Horrick had already boarded the wooden wall, and seeing the Rus army land one after another, his horror calmed a little, and finally turned into arrogant ridicule.

"Ross, your hateful arrows can't hit me now. You can land, and attack the city if you have the courage! Under the wooden wall of this city is your mortal enemy I want to use yours Blood sacrifices for my Godfreyhagen! Hahahaha!"

The Russ army could not hear a king's arrogant laugh. Since the army stabilized the landing on the beach, the large-scale landing was accompanied by the plunder of the Danish fishing boats, and the landing speed accelerated instead. Because the seized oars and the long ship joined the landing, it carried 30 people in one ship, and then carried heavy weapons, and it rushed directly to the beach.

More and more Ruth troops landed on the Danish territory, and the port became a blue-white sea, with Ruth flags fluttering arrogantly, and each side was like a palm slapped Horlick's slap in the face. Because compared to the densely packed flags of the Russian army, Horrick's Raven flag seemed too lonely.

There was no need for any conversation between the two sides, and Horrick didn't bother to know the specifics. What if you know it? The battle between siege and defense still has to be staged, and the battle still has to be fought.

Horrick did not dare to evacuate easily. He had to defend bravely until he waited for the reinforcements of King Qin from other lords, and then formed a two-fold attack against the Ross army and played a defensive counterattack victory. This was already the bravest method he could think of. However, the morale of his soldiers was not high. People in shock feel that today is terrible, and no one knows what will happen tomorrow.