Chapter 889: Rurik Attacks the Port of Visingsy

The Ross army was assembled and their swords were sharpened. The fleet was in full order and officially marched south with flags flying.

Karl, the Yotalan warlord tyrant in the lake area, almost didn't know about this, but he met another group of people who had escaped on the morning before the main operation of the Ross army. Karl learned of the defeat of his general Garg and the horrific ending of more than a hundred of his close men sinking to the bottom of the lake.

This incident was shocking, and he panicked and soon noticed that the entire Vicingse was in chaos.

Although he couldn't figure out the situation at all, he could conclude that the unknown enemy was very powerful and that the next target of attack would be himself.

Backing off? No! If the brothers gave up on Vissingse, where would there be a place to stand? !

"This is my island! This is my lake! The Danish monarch cannot kill me! No one can kill me!"

Karl put on a bearskin and picked up the double-edged battle ax again. His close subordinates decided to follow their master and accept his orders to prepare for war.

The entire Weisinger Island was sealed off, and any man on the island, including ten-year-old boys, was arrested. Although very hasty, "Crazy Bear" Karl mobilized more than two thousand armed fishermen in one day, plus his cronies, gathered together and called the "Three Thousand Army".

He also sent people to row boats to Jönköping in the south and asked local people to send troops to support. He wouldn't expect the guys in Jönköping, where the merchants and landowners maintained private soldiers. Although they paid tribute on time on weekdays, he didn't expect them to use their own manpower to fight for Wizinger Island. Karl didn't believe it. He had already squeezed out Jönköping's debt slaves before, but unfortunately most of these guys never came back.

At least the news must be known that if an unknown villain attacks Jönköping, the locals will at least make some preparations.

"Crazy Bear" Carl made the right move based on his battlefield sense, but unfortunately, he was given too little time!

The people living on Weisinger Island had mixed emotions. They were just fishermen and lived a normal fishing life. How could they be faced with a sudden attack from enemies from the north?

The current situation does not allow these people to hesitate.

The fishermen who went north for an armed expedition a few days ago returned unsuccessfully. They added a lot of fantasy elements to the battle in the morning fog.

"Strange ships emerged from the lake and fog, and they mercilessly hit us."

"There were monsters standing on those weird ships, and they were shooting arrows at us."

"Even Karl's men were defeated. We are lucky to have escaped. Look! The arrows the enemy left on us are made of fine iron. The enemy is extraordinary!"

Very subtly, the fishermen spread rumors among themselves without linking the enemy to the Swedes further north.

The Hjärmalen tribe among the Swedes, with whom the brothers had a great deal of unpleasant intercourse. That is a group of overlords who have killed all the excellent pastures and dared to call themselves the masters of a vast area even with a small population.

The Yelmalon people are no different from the Jotalan brothers that everyone has seen. Their weapons and equipment are average, and it is incredible that they can use a large number of fine iron arrow clusters.

Then someone seemed to have gone crazy and shouted: "Actually, those are the army of the lake god. We angered the god because of excessive fishing!"

This and this kind of remarks made some people stunned. It was the priests of the island who stood up and proved that those guys were human beings. They were most likely another group of people from afar, just like the Danes who once went deep into the Götaland region to hunt slaves.

People are more willing to trust the words of priests, and the priests and the warlord tyrant "Crazy Bear" Karl are an absolute community of interests.

Now that the port has been blocked, Karl's men rowed boats and patrolled around this small island, catching everyone who tried to leave, and then seizing all the ships they found.

Weisinger Island lost some people in the previous expedition, but now there are still 8,000 men, women, old and children gathered together. Karl tried his best to mobilize nearly 3,000 people.

Mobilization can continue, and there are plenty of women available to join the fight.

But continuing to recruit soldiers faced two problems. There were no enough weapons. To order some Viking women from Götaland to fight, they could only pick up harpoons or simply sharpened wooden poles as spears, and use a broken wooden board as a spear. shield.

Karl is not a king, the fishermen have no absolute reason to sacrifice their lives for him, and more women don't even want to fight.

Even so, he still gathered nearly 3,000 people, and these people maintained his self-confidence.

Until the early morning of a new day, just north of the long and narrow Weisinger Island, the man standing guard here saw the figure hidden in the morning mist.

The sun has not yet risen, the morning fog is gradually rising, and dense shadows appear in the north. Feel confident to see those shadows approaching the island!

The night watchmen who had been nervous for a long time were no longer sleepy. They immediately jumped on the prepared boat and rowed desperately to the fortress and fishing village in the south.

Weisinger Island is nearly ten kilometers deep from north to south, but only two kilometers wide at its largest, shaped like a cucumber.

After all, it is a very long and deep island. Most of the island is extremely flat, except for the southern fortress, which is a low mound.

The island has been extensively developed for a long time. There are only a very few trees on the island. The large area of ​​grassland and a small amount of farmland form a special landscape.

Rurik learned about the structure of the island from the prisoners who led the way. Since it is not a big island, how could Ross not use his absolute military advantage to fight a war of annihilation?

Now that the fog was conducive to the movement of the Russian army, Rurik himself vaguely saw the island's shoreline and simply ordered the horn to be blown.

There is no need for any cover-up, the Ross army has long exposed itself, and the army is facing the decisive battle!

It's just that the army has been drifting slowly on the lake for two whole days, and no one was mentally prepared before this. The lake is extremely long. Thanks to being in the lake, there are no bumps on the sea at all. Even so, the army still has to land for necessary rest.

After all, this is an ancient army. Even though it has a military organization system such as the "Flag Corps", the backward communication technology forces him to go ashore to rectify his own army, and even coordinate the various alliance armies.

Just as the weapons were gradually dispersing, long boats rushed to the beach bravely, and soldiers who were ready for battle rushed to the beach. They were eagerly looking forward to landing, but the massacre and killing did not happen.

"What a pity! Boss, please don't let the Jotalans run away!" A soldier from the First Flag Team teased, then laughed wantonly.

Arik despised those enemies, and he kindly reminded: "Stabilize your mentality, the decisive battle will require your meritorious service! Remember! Brothers! Don't get hurt."

More and more Ross troops landed, and a landing site in the north of the island was perfectly opened. The low and flat wasteland here gave the Ross troops a perfect assembly camp.

As for the traces of the enemy, when the fog clears and the sun shines, some are no longer secrets.

A large number of soldiers were young and had good eyesight. Through the clear air, everyone could see the black shadow standing on the flat ground in the south.

Just as the soldiers were landing one after another, Rurik, who was still on the boat, was keenly aware of the scene in the south.

He stood on the bow deck of the ship with a bright gaze.

"Inform the flag carrier and contact the battleship commander to meet at the flagship!"

Large ships began to approach the flagship one after another, either setting up planks and walking directly, or taking small boats. The commanders of each ship gathered on the flagship Guldot.

The people in front of me did not belong to any flag corps. They were "professional sailors" and most of them had experience working for the Gould family in the past.

"Professional sailors" actually serve as professional navy positions, and Rurik has placed children from various sources among them. They are of different ages, some are already twenty years old, and some are only twelve years old. In principle, they will not participate in any form of land battle, so in the next special operation, these people will launch a special offensive.

The commanders of the ships were all listening, and were surprised to hear that the king was going to personally lead a naval attack.

"You all go down and get ready! Remember to prepare the ropes and bring the whale oil and seal oil with you. This time we are going to attack with fire!"

Attack with fire? Everyone was surprised to hear it.

Rurik's thoughts were pure. He was eager to have a decisive battle with the local warlord leader and establish the conquest of Lake Wettern with an absolute victory.

For this strategic purpose, his biggest concern was still the enemy's escape. If it is too unrealistic to simply believe that Viking warriors will fight to the last breath and shed the last drop of blood for honor, maybe those Jotalans don't want to be decent, then burn their docks to force them to be decent!

Finally, Rurik landed in a small boat with a small group of cronies.

The king arrived late, which displeased Aric, who had been waiting for a while.

More generals and nobles were indifferent. According to the previous plan, it was almost impossible for the army to fight the enemy immediately after landing on the island. The army must build camps to reorganize its military appearance and recharge its batteries before going to the decisive battle. They must also remain alert after landing. No one can be sure that the enemy will sit back and watch the Russian army swaggeringly prepare and build a camp. The enemy is likely to gather and launch a night attack.

This island is enemy territory after all, and anything is possible.

Rurik was very pleased to see that his servants of the Count of Finland and the allies of the Dukes of Sweden were actively building their own camps.

The most thoughtful ones were naturally the Ross army. The torsion slingshots placed on carts were placed outside the camp by each flag team. Some javelins were poked into the soil backwards, so that they could be loaded and fired if the enemy made a surprise attack.

Each unit built a fan-shaped position around the landing site in its own organization, and a large amount of living supplies were unloaded near the shore.

Rurik finally landed on the island and immediately attracted the nobles and generals.

A military meeting was immediately held on the enemy's island, even under your nose!

Everyone was sharpening their knives, and the eyes of those gathered together were fierce.

"I know you all want to gather your troops immediately and move towards the black shadow in the south! The enemy is obviously there, but that's not possible today."

What the king said was like a basin of water dousing a bonfire.

Arik stood up suddenly: "Why bother? We are already in front of the enemy. In my opinion, rush over and kill them all. We will win the battle at Lake Wettern. We shouldn't stay here for a long time. After fighting here , let’s conquer Lake Vänern next door, and Gothenburg.”

"Wait a minute." Rurik waved his hand for his cousin to sit down, and scolded him softly with an unhappy expression: "You are my brother, and only you can be so arrogant to me. Remember, I am the king, so don't teach me I fight."

"That's... okay." Arik had nothing to say.

The cousin actually rose up for other military nobles. It would not be appropriate to completely suppress their momentum today.

Rurik announced: "Arik, the Sixth Flag is now under my special command. And you! Jevlo, all your Finnish shooters are coming with me."

What does this mean? As the explanation continued, everyone tentatively agreed that the king was quite conservative and sounded like a temporary strategy to ensure absolute victory.

What is meant by "Half the plan is ruined when the cannon goes off"? Similar proverbs often apply to various battles.

An opportunity was presented to Rurik. He had to adjust his tactics to eliminate the enemy's possible escape route, without even having to wait for the cavalry troops on the shore to move.

The fleet raided the port of Vissingse Island. This not only ruined the enemy's possibility of escape, but also ruined the support of the Götalans from Jöntöping to the island. Thirdly, it used force to deter and weaken the enemy's momentum.

It is a pity that Arik cannot participate in this good thing, nor can other Swedish nobles, especially Bjorn, Duke of Mälaren, who is bound to win.

"I will launch a surprise attack today. Arik, you will temporarily serve as the commander-in-chief of the army landing on the island. If you are not allowed to fight today, you will lead the remaining brothers to guard our landing site. Unless the enemy gathers a large army to attack you."

The first battle on the island belonged to the king. Arik sighed and had no choice but to agree.

As for others, they boarded the ship a second time with great joy!

The Sixth Banner, plus the servants of the Counties of Finland, the Counties of Vipssarava, and the Ludi people, totaled up to a thousand people.

Rurik did not know the exact strength of his enemy, and cautiously believed that he dispatched more than a thousand men to make a surprise attack by water, which did not meet the conditions for a decisive battle. Since the plan was a surprise attack, there was no need for him to estimate anything else.

Several captives who led the way were carried onto the ship again. They were eager to reunite with their wives and children. They also learned that the Ross fleet was going to attack the port and fishing village. Their attitude immediately became panicked. They were cooperative and suddenly became uncooperative.

Not cooperative? Then kill it.

One person was chopped and thrown into the lake, and the rest of the leaders could only point out the direction of march.

As for the safety of their wives and children, Rurik replied coldly: "Whether they live or die, everything depends on God's will."

After that, six Aurora-class sail cruisers and all eight planet-class sail destroyers began to march forward carrying arson materials.

After all, the island is only ten kilometers deep. The island fortress and attached fishing village are built in an arc in the south of the center of the island. Around the bay area, dense wooden longhouses and adobe houses are being built. Due to the order of "Crazy Bear" Karl, all fishermen have stopped leaving. Their boats are either lined up densely around the simple trestle, or they are directly fixed on the beach. ashore.

There are only a few armed longships patrolling the bay area. Now, they not only saw the landing enemies, but also the strange fleet rushing towards the fishing villages in the bay area.

The foreign enemy finally revealed his identity, and some people saw clearly that the flags were completely consistent with the Ross flags they had heard about.

Are the attackers really Russians? Are they the legendary Russians who massacred Gotland and killed the old king of Denmark?

Now he no longer cares about who is coming. Karl just wants to gather his troops immediately and then set up a posture in the wilderness to fight the invaders.

Karl naturally made two preparations. Although his cronies were afraid of being beheaded by their opponents as messengers, Karl still hoped to negotiate with them and at least find out what his opponents were and what they were. He even relied on messengers to deliberately waste time during negotiations to delay the other party so that he could make better preparations.

However, those shadows are exactly in the port area.

"Brothers! They are about to land on the beach! Follow me to fight!"

No matter how good the calculation was by "Crazy Bear" Karl, he never thought that the enemy would stage a storm attack on the port. Their landing force was just a feint attack, so this approaching fleet was the main attack?

He led seven to eight hundred people into the fishing villages in the Bay Area in an aggressive manner. The heavily armed soldiers drove away the fishermen who fled frantically towards the fortress.

Almost all fishermen's boats are in this bay area. Without the boats here, it is naturally possible for fishermen to swim away from Weisinger Island, but only the truly brave can do it.

The fishermen dragged their families to the fort protected by the wooden wall. Karl, in a rare moment of enlightenment, allowed the people to flood into the fort even though it would cause serious crowding.

If the sheep dies, how will the wool be cut in the future? That's his mentality.

Looking at the appearance of the ships whose dark shadows became clear, Karl was stunned by those beautiful ships. He was shocked that the ships could all move against the wind.

But what happened next made him just want to hide.

On the other side of the battlefield, Rurik ordered that armed personnel must be stationed on the decks of the fourteen battleships, and the army would wreak havoc with long-range weapons.

Now everyone can clearly see what the fishing village looks like. All the scenes remind people of the demolished old fishing village of the Melalen tribe.

It was rare for Jevlo to serve the king again, and now he officially gave the king a chance to show off his skills.

"Your Majesty, I saw many armed men on the shore. Is this part of your plan?"

"That's right." Rurik looked at Yevro's face again: "I have grown up, and you have reached middle age. Your subordinates are all longbowmen, prove to me what you once boasted!"

"I obey. I hope the God of Fire will grant our army endless power."

When the ships were sailing, the oil that was supposed to lubricate the cables and slingshot slides was carried to the deck in buckets. Whale oil and seal oil were high-end products, and more of them were fishy and smelly cod oil that had been stored for a long time. . But the latter is a special kind of grease that is extremely flammable!

The arrows are tied with rag strips or wrapped around a circle of broken hemp rope, then soaked in fish oil and set on fire.

The servants of the Count of Finland fired rockets at the port area and fishing village in front of them. From the standpoint of "Crazy Bear" Karl, it was like countless meteors falling from the sky. Even though it was still afternoon, a large number of burning objects were heading towards the barges in their harbor. Fall down.

Accompanying the rockets are a host of impact weapons.

The torsion slingshot fires a javelin and strikes directly at the armed men who exposed the target.

Karl "The Wild Bear" didn't even bother to put out the fire. Many of his elite men were pierced by javelins, and their chainmail didn't help. Find the bookstore www.zhaoshuyuan.com Those rockets landed densely on trestles, boats, and even the haystacks of distant fishing villages.

People on the shore realized that the fire was raging, and some of Carl's cronies tried to put out the fire. Then they saw that some brothers were shot and killed for no apparent reason, so they simply gave up their work.

Why sit still and wait for death? !

Karl held his battle ax high and cursed loudly. His image was too eye-catching and his curses were very unpleasant.

Rurik only vaguely heard the curses, and the soldiers targeted this target one after another.

The lucky Karl saw more than a dozen javelins suddenly falling around him. The heads of his followers were smashed through, and the arms of his subordinates were injured.

"Damn it! How could this happen?! It's like this!" His face, red with anger, turned pale. He had never seen this kind of fighting method before. The thought of escaping occupied his mind, so he led his troops to escape from the fishing village, without even having time to fight. The injured men were dragged away.

As for the increasingly raging fires in port areas and fishing villages, to hell with everything!

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