Rise of Rurik
Chapter 674 The Battle of Isotarva
"Rise of Rurik ()"!
The magazines are full of grease, and the torsion cord is quite greasy. The heavy weapons operators kept their eyes on the signal black flag, they saw the order to attack, and the fleets attacked at about the same time.
The whirl-feather javelins smashed into the enemy line in a low, flat parabola, accompanied by a large number of cone-shaped cast iron rounds.
The Russ army launched this battle with quite a lot of characteristic projectiles, and there is no need to reserve any military strength.
These javelins and projectiles have a very fast initial velocity and become the first weapons to strike the enemy.
I saw some black shadows coming towards him without warning, and the Karelian soldiers on the shore were unprepared for what happened next.
The javelin pierced the first person heavily, and often hit the person behind, or even pierced three with one arrow.
Cast iron projectiles also swirled, their trajectories too smooth, the helical grooves of the projectile even rubbing against the air to produce a low hum. The projectiles that were originally prepared to smash through the mail armor, they penetrated the enemy's head and chest, and the huge power smashed people's bones and bones, and the whole person was knocked down in a twisted way.
The bull catapults also came to help, and the pebbles fell from the sky, and they fell in a high parabola at an almost vertical angle.
Some people have already begun to defend, and the shields covered with deerskins or can resist the arrows of the Tavastians, and also have an effect on the falling stones.
But the kinetic energy of the stone is very strong, the shield was smashed into pieces, and many people were hit on the head and shoulders...
The Karelian army suddenly flew into flesh and blood, but this was only the beginning.
The Suomi soldiers standing on the deck were shooting arrows. They had a lot of troops, but their poor bows made the arrows only reach the shore, and some arrows were even blown into the water by the north wind.
When the support couldn't be effective, Suomi and the Veps servant army stopped.
The Kewen longbowmen and steel-armed crossbowmen are showing their power. Even if there is interference from the headwind, their arrows are still falling from the sky.
Rurik gave orders for free fire. Twenty torsion slingshots were placed on the port side of the flagship, and there were five bull catapults. The portholes in the captain's cabin in the bow were now open, and the launch rails of the slingshots stretched out.
Due to the distance, the Ross Army did not show the strongest long-range firepower.
Yevluo was not satisfied with the situation,
His compatriots in Suomi have practiced "Arrow Rain Tactics" under his training, and now it simply can't work.
"My lord. It's too far away," he said.
"It's okay, let the projectile fly for a while."
"Do you want to defeat them with heavy weapons? I'm afraid you can only defeat them. If you really want to solve the problem, you still have to try to kill their warriors."
Trying to kill the enemy's living strength, Rurik was satisfied with Yevlo's clever words.
Looking at the developing battle situation, Rurik sighed: "We naturally cannot annihilate this group of people gathered by the sea with our current heavy weapons, and it will be possible in the future."
"A more powerful weapon?"
"It is the weapon of fire, it is the power of God, and with the wisdom of God, mortals can create..."
This is too cryptic for Yevro to understand. Rurik's essence is to imply that the artillery, even if it shoots a solid bullet, its super penetrating power will definitely be able to knock out a bloody road in the densely queued enemy formation.
Although there is no such a big killer, the existing heavy equipment of the Rus army has caused a large number of casualties in the Karelian army.
The casualties came so suddenly, and the deaths did not discriminate between young and old. The Karelian warriors standing here, especially those in the front row, were hit hardest.
Nearly 100 torsion slingshots were assembled, and the first round of shooting alone caused more than 100 casualties to the opponent.
Projectiles, javelins, and arrows reaped life while free-firing was in progress.
In a very short period of time, the Karelian army has suffered as many as 300 casualties, and the situation is still deteriorating.
Esailas never expected the war to be like this. Thousands of troops had sworn before the war that they could defend the enemy from the lake. Now they are dumbfounded, and people are starting to retreat.
"Let's avoid it for now and force them to go ashore and fight us!"
Azailas shouted as hard as he could, but how did his roar convey the message to all the panicked people?
The Karelians are retreating, and there seems to be a tendency to evolve into a great rout.
Yevluo was taken aback: "It happened. My lord, if they all run away, it will be difficult for us to annihilate them."
The enemy behaves like this, which is normal and somewhat abnormal. Rurik nodded: "Let the main force land. Yevlo, your Suomi flag team will follow."
A new signal began to pass, and Arik, who was extremely itchy after the war began, was overjoyed.
A handsome, middle-aged man stood at the bow of the ship, Arik put his left arm around the strange beast on the bow, and swung a steel sword with his right arm.
"Brothers, it's time for a decisive battle, rush with me! Kill them!"
The people on standby let out a roar, and they drove the longboat with big oars and suddenly rushed out of the gap in the big ship.
The first flag team was very brave and experienced, and the Balmers of the third flag team immediately followed.
The big boat put down all the broadside boats, that is, a boat with a maximum of ten people. The Suomi servant army is passing through these boats, and cooperates with the advancing Ross and Balmerk to participate in the battle.
Nearly 2,000 people launched a beach landing with the cooperation of heavy weapons.
A strong team suddenly appeared, and Essailas, who was trying his best to assemble the team, was deeply shocked, but he hoped that the opponent would fight on land with him, and this fantasy seemed to have come true.
Many of the Karelian warriors had fled far enough that, to prevent more from fleeing, Asailas had to have his guards kill the escapees to restrain the group.
Either because of honor, or helplessness, or following the trend, most of the fleeing people stopped slowly.
The Karelians regrouped outside the range of the Rus heavy weapons after laying down dead bodies and wriggling wounded.
Even so, the Karelian army still has more than 4,000 fighters. They lined up shivering, and many were scared to pee, their hands clenching the hilt of their spears shaking.
Esailas tried his best to sit still, and he ran to the front chanting a motivating slogan.
"Hunters, pick up your bows, it's time for us to fight back!"
Sure enough, hundreds of Karelian fighters shot arrows with bows at high elevations, and after taking heavy losses they finally began to fight back.
The north wind assisted their arrows, and there were mostly bone arrow clusters, not many iron arrow clusters.
The arrows were quite dense, smashing towards the Ross Army landing site in groups.
Many Rus army soldiers felt a little bit of fear. Even if the enemy was pulling their hips, the arrows they fired were as dangerous and deadly.
Blauarik ordered that the fighters who landed first quickly built a shield wall, and when they saw the rain of arrows, they immediately knelt on the ground halfway to protect their entire torso with an oak shield covered with bronze skin or animal skin.
Arik shouted a few times to remind everyone to avoid the arrows, and he also shielded himself with a shield, but the crackling sound he expected did not exist.
How is this going?
Many people realized the reason, even if there is wind to help the co-author, the enemy's inferior bow can't hurt himself when he shoots inferior arrows.
Unfortunately, a large number of wounded Karelian soldiers suffered. These people were not killed by the heavy weapons of Ross, and they were finally smashed into hedgehogs,
A piece of wheat appeared on the ground. If you look closely, it is all the tail feathers of the arrow shaft.
Arik stood up angrily, looked at the enemies in the distance, suddenly showed his whole body, and lifted up his robes to show his white flesh to the enemies.
Asailas was angry that his own arrows were not enough to shoot, but he never thought that his opponent would actually...
"You are insulting me!"
Thousands of Karelian warriors saw the white flowers on the opposite side and knew that it was a rampant provocation by the enemy.
The Rus and Balmers humiliated the enemy, laughing unscrupulously while doing indecent actions.
Rurik is still on board, and he has made it clear that heavy weapons are suspended to prevent accidental injury to friendly troops.
He saw it so clearly, he never imagined that his clan would come to this set of provocative tactics again. Fortunately, the female family was not in the army, and the only woman, Carlota, was a high-ranking noble and a woman who wanted to be like a man, so she didn't need to consider her embarrassment.
This provocation is of course very indecent. It is undeniable that this is a tactic, which is to lure the enemy into anger and take the initiative to attack.
The elite Ross did this as a whole, and a white figure was wriggling in front of him. The humiliation continued to intensify, and someone even ran up to the nearest corpse of a Karelian warrior and urinated openly in a large shield.
Is there anything more humiliating than this? The Rus army is using Viking culture to save others, and it so happens that the Karelians also think this is the most disgusting humiliation.
The fury quickly overwhelmed the fear, and the angry Asailas quietly found that because of the humiliation of the enemy, his terrified army was quickly condensing into a heavy fist.
However, all of this is the tactics of the Rus army.
Or, it was Arik who came up with a very inappropriate aggressive method.
Taking advantage of the opportunity to humiliate the enemy, as many as 800 Mingsu Omi and Veps shooters successfully landed, and there are soldiers on the way to grab the beach.
Twenty torsion slingshots have been on the longboat, they have been fastened to the cart, and they have been taken down by the strong warriors directly after the longboat washed ashore.
More than 700 Rus soldiers in the front row collectively made indecent actions to mock them. Everyone knew that the enemy's arrows could not reach them, and their behavior became extremely bold and presumptuous, and this was precisely to buy time for the brothers behind.
Yevro did not comment on Arik's actions. He tried his best to assemble two Suomi flag teams, order the soldiers to line up, hold a bow in his left hand, and stick ten iron arrow clusters in the mud.
And those torsion slingshots have been quietly pushed behind the waiting melee soldiers, hidden by their figures. The slingshot has been fully charged, and if it goes off, it will kill the friendly troops in front of it.
While provocative, the Ross Army observed the enemy's movements from the corner of their eyes.
Arik had a hunch that the murderous aura emanating from the enemy formation was getting stronger and stronger, like a powder keg in a high temperature, which would erupt at any time.
He suddenly stood up and questioned Yevro: "Are your arrows ready?"
"It's basically good!"
"Very good! Remember our tactics before the campfire, brother, let's annihilate them!"
Yevro was very happy to be called a brother. He knows what Arik is like, this guy is trustworthy and trustworthy, and of course the men who can be liked by him are brave warriors.
Su Omi's two flag teams are by no means simple archers. There are also short spears and axes on the ground, and even well-equipped heavy armored mercenaries. The Suomis will eventually become melee combat troops, but when they go out in this image, the battle should also come to an end.
The first and third flag teams, a total of 300 crossbowmen, did not participate in the provocation, and their weapons were already charged. After nearly a thousand people, the arrows are all attached to the bow hilt...
The Ross army is standing on the beachhead, and they have completed the array just waiting to work.
Finally, the enemy that everyone was looking forward to took the initiative to attack in an all-round way, and finally started!
"For our glory! Go ahead!" Asailas took the lead, his brave move instantly detonated the powder keg.
Since the arrows could not hit the invaders, the Karelians took up a spear and launched a mass attack.
The crazy charge of 4,000 people seemed to the Ross Army that history had repeated itself.
But this is not Gotland, and the Karelians are far less powerful than the old Gotland army.
The Ross Army was not in a hurry. The soldiers who got up with their big shields and prepared to collide with each other gave way in an organized way. The trolley was pushed out, and the torsion slingshot was fired directly.
The flat-fired projectile directly kills the fastest one, and this can only weaken the enemy's spirit.
The crossbowmen immediately pulled the trigger through the gap in the shield. They only had one chance, but they also directly killed more than 100 enemies!
The hand-to-hand combat was about to break out, and the Karelians shot arrows in the run, and their arrows began to fall into the Rus' formation. The armored warriors were basically immune to these bone arrow clusters, and the Suomi flag team also launched a counterattack.
If the Rus army will hit the arrow, it is basically equal to the enemy's heavy arrow.
But there was another buzz in the air, and it was Rurik, who had resumed heavy weapons support. As long as the Ross Army does not take the initiative to attack, it will not be accidentally injured.
After being hit by projectiles, and even slammed into the face by a large number of arrows from the enemy's formation, Asailas knew that he was extremely passive.
However, the Karelian army has launched a full-scale attack. If the enemy cannot be pushed into the water, it will be the result of the frenzied killing by the enemy.
The intruders came in large numbers and were well-prepared. They were heavily equipped and would soon drown if they fell into the water.
It seems that with the advantage of the existing force still prevailing, pushing the invaders into the lake is the only chance to win.
But Asailas did not know that the army, which had reunited in anger from the unbearable humiliation, was not far from collapsing again.
There were a thousand casualties before the enemy came into contact, the Karelian army was still suffering losses, and the hand-to-hand combat was about to break out.
They couldn't stop, the only chance to survive was to overwhelm the enemy and push the invaders into the lake. Even if they hesitated and ran slowly, they would be trampled to death by the brothers behind.
The shield wall of the Ross Army has been erected, and everyone is in an anti-collision posture. The soldiers in the first row clenched their steel swords, the shields in the second row were against the front row, and the soldiers in the third row were already clenching their halberds.
The collision broke out, and the front line was blurred.
The front line soldiers of the Ross Army hid behind the big shield, and the steel sword stabbed forward frantically through the gap.
The soldiers in the back row held swords to assist in the battle, and the halberds and long-handled battle axes in the third row fell from the sky, pecking the enemy's head into blossoms.
Any enemy who rushes to the front will be attacked by three Russ soldiers, not only the gap in the front of the large shield is dangerous, but also the top of the head.
The Karelian army finally let go, they still did not break through the formation of the Rus army, this time, although this is the home of the Karelian large tent tribe, it has completely turned into the home of the Rus army.
This was still a dull fight, and Rurik was glad that he expected the enemy to be simple and reckless. The Russ army used the most uncreative tactics to seem passively beaten, but it turned out to be idle.
After fighting for a while, the blood of the Karelian army has converged into rivers, and the lake water has begun to be dyed red.
The shield wall of the Rus army began to push back, accidentally injured or the dead were pulled to the rear, and the people in the back row supplemented their positions.
The tortoise formation of the Centuries of the Roman Legion was naturally more flexible. Rurik's Rus army formation was still adhering to the barbarian style of play. However, the pincer tactics, the most efficient annihilation tactic, had already been used by the Rus army.
The time has come, and the enemy has lost all momentum.
Suomi's two flag teams, together with the heavily armored mercenaries such as Grund sent by Rurik, divided their troops into two groups, walking on the left and right flanks of the central army, and attacked suddenly from the state of escort.
The crab opened its two big pincers, and the battle of encirclement and annihilation was unfolding. The Rus army planned to wipe out the Karelian army.
However, Asailas, whose arm was injured and was pulled behind by his hand, noticed that the intruder was like a greedy and mad bear. right! Some iron giants with bear heads on their heads are killing like crazy!
Morale had collapsed, and everyone was fleeing spontaneously.
Asailas blushed. He didn't care about the escape of his clan. He pushed aside the guards and rushed towards the enemy against the fleeing crowd. He slammed into the encirclement of the Russ army, which was beginning to end. Glory, for the ancestral spirit, fight to the death...
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