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Rise of Rurik - Chapter 414

Published at 21st of September 2022 05:56:58 AM


Chapter 414: Assault in huge waves

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Like the anger of the gods, the climate has changed!

A cold wind from the Arctic floods in from the flat areas of northern Scandinavia. It will sweep across the entire Baltic world and then flood into the hinterland of Europe, ending in the Alps.

Tiny humans in a huge world, especially the Swedish army that has assembled thousands of fighters.

Now Origen, facing the haze world and the sudden cold north wind, he had to re-examine the next battle plan.

Early in the morning, Rurik, who had drilled out of the leather tent, felt a biting chill, as if the earth had returned to early winter in an instant.

Standing outdoors, he was surprised to find that his breath was full of white mist.

"Damn it, the temperature will never drop below 10 degrees Celsius?"

But today is the day of the Allied Forces' expedition. He can clearly notice that his subordinates are unprepared for the sudden drop in temperature, presumably the situation of the friendly forces is even worse.

The sudden drop in temperature was obviously unlucky. As the Duke, Otto heard the soldiers' complaints. He saw that his son was awake, so he rushed to take his hand and took him to a campfire.

"Dad? Something happened?!"

"Isn't it a big deal?" Otto's eyebrows became more solemn in his nervous mood, and he pointed to the sky: "Look at the dark clouds! I suspect this is the wrath of God. Child, did God reveal to you last night?"

"This…"

"Don't worry about anything, just tell the truth. Even if it's a bad omen."

Hearing, Rurik's brain turned quickly and realized something. Presumably Dad’s culture represents the anxiety of the entire Russ army, and everyone needs a wise man to resolve it.

Rurik reluctantly squeezed a smile. He thought of some words, and deliberately said: "Do you think the wind and dark clouds are obstruction to us? On the contrary, it is an obstruction to the enemy. God protects us, so our army can Fearless gales and huge waves!"

"Oh? Really?!"

"Yeah!" Rurik's head was hot for a while, and he suddenly pulled out his sword and pointed at the dark cloud: "Let the storm come harder, and we Rus are not afraid." Then he whispered again: "I hope our allies Just as brave."

Rurik did speak big words, and he was also very scared at the time.

Cooling and strong winds have made the calm sea show its violent side, and the blue waters of the past are now all black.

It is a crazy adventure to hear that the ships at the pier are being pushed up and down by the bigger waves, and that they are still going to sea under such sea conditions.

"Yeah, you are all Vikings. If you want to come, you won't give up the adventure."

Rurik estimated that it would be impossible for King Olegin to abandon his voyage and wait for the end of the strong wind and the inevitable rainfall in the future. There is an extremely realistic situation here that stuck Olegin's neck tightly, that is, Voskars in the small land, and the coalition forces did not search for much food.

If this storm lasts for ten days, is it possible that the coalition forces will fight with their bodies hungry for two or three days? Who will die? !

At least they should have the courage to overcome strong winds and waves.

Rurik had no illusions about "delaying the expedition". Olegin himself couldn't afford to hold off. He and Otto combined for a while. They were on the beach, with their backs facing the swaying Aphrora on the sea. The soldiers gathered.

"You have conquered the East, conquered the frozen sea, killed countless beasts, and annihilated enemies several times your own. Now the wind and waves are also strong, you will conquer them! Don't have any worries, we The ship is completely different from them (referring to allies), and no huge waves can destroy it..."

Soldiers need to be inspired, and they also need substantial protection.

But each of the allies, how many of them really dare to sail in the big waves?

Lake Mälaren, Lake Yärmalen and other lakes are "a calm pool of water" relative to the sea.

The worries of the coalition soldiers were written on their faces, and the sudden cold made everyone unprepared. They stretched out their hands to the surrendered Voskars, and cleaned up all kinds of their warm-keeping things. They made a noise to be ordered to fight the Voskars, who were named as Nantou, and had to wear only a very thin fig leaf. Carry the cold hard and then hard to break into the sea of ​​anger.

The dukes gathered in front of Olegin's big tent, and bluntly told the king their concerns. It was really inappropriate for the Ross people not to participate in this matter, and Otto also went with the other dukes in friendship.

Some people are complaining, some people are retreating from fighting, but Otto is completely alien among them. The son Rurik didn't come, he took the words that Rurik gave him, that is, to squeeze Olekin to desperately. The Russ army also began to make the final preparations before the expedition. The army is about to board the ship, in an attempt to quickly reach Borgholm by taking advantage of the beloved north.

Everything was just as Rurik guessed. Those who retreated and jumped up and down, big waves, heavy rains, and the inevitable lightning and thunder. All these are the fury of God. The so-called coalition forces should suspend their actions or give up.

There are also prudent people who say: Maybe we should use Volskas as a safe haven.

But various suggestions were directly rejected by Olekin, who had pulled out the sword.

He spoke harshly in public: "My orders are absolute. Who dares to oppose, I will kill him now! His tribe will also be annexed by my Mellaren army."

Such a threat, no one opposed and questioned face to face, but isn't everyone's inner doubts written on their trembling eyes?

Olekin was emotional, and his son Karl was even more perverse. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this time the Mellaren people are trying to drag their allies into the storm.

Otto realized the subtlety of the atmosphere, and he squeezed like a crowd until he squeezed in front of Olegin.

"You?" Olekin's hand holding the sword loosened for a while. He looked at the old guy with deep eyes and watched his braided beard swaying: "You? Wouldn't it also be rejected?"

"On the contrary! I support you!"

Hearing it, Olegin’s dry and cracked face finally relaxed.

Otto continued his performance: "Brothers! I see that many people live in the lake for too long, and they don’t know that the sea is like this. We Russ always sail on the sea and have seen more terrible storms, but we are blessed by God. How could the people of you die in the sea?"

This is simply a mockery of the big guys by the Ross people. Some people on the spot couldn't help but want to shout "I am not a trash fish in a puddle", but everyone shut up, because no one can deny the lonely Ross in the north. People are good at sailing.

"The big wind and waves are not a threat. It is the paralysis God has given to the enemy! The enemy will hide in their homes, like a group of fat sheep staying in a sheepfold, waiting for us to catch them. God commands us to take advantage of the wind and waves, so It also rewards us with the north wind, so that we can move forward quickly without having to paddle. Our fighters with absolute physical strength rush to the beach and can easily defeat the Boriholm."

Olekin was very pleased, and now someone finally stood for him. It was a pity that he didn't think of this argument dialectically. He was jealous and resentful of Otto, so the principle should be informed in advance and then explained by himself as the king.

In short, Olekin faced the sudden situation, he unified the attitudes of all parties in a short time.

It is necessary to go to war, and now all troops must leave Hong Kong!

Whether it is energetic or worried, people of all colors and others who blindly obey their leaders and warriors with great ambitions gather to the beach.

When Otto and his entourage arrived at the camp of the Roths, he saw the Aphrora near the shore, and Rurik, who had taken off his hat, was shouting loudly, shaking his arms desperately, and the golden color. The horse's tail was blown by the north wind and swayed desperately to the south, like a banner.

Otto smiled knowingly: "Good boy..."

He boarded the small boat that picked him up on the big ship, quickly climbed the rope ladder, and quickly hid in the warm bow lounge. As for the other Ross fighters, at this moment they fully understood the importance of installing decks on ships. Even if it is a cargo ship, its spacious cabin is full of people at this moment, and the heat emitted by the crowd warms each other. On the deck, there are only a few thickly clothed sailors who are ordered to operate sails and are constantly walking around. Land homework.

The Russian army is not afraid of strong winds, rains, or wind and cold, just because their ships have decks, and their allies still operate long open-air ships, sailing in big waves.

Whether they wished or not, the coalition fleet separated from the Port of Voskars in the early morning.

Olekin only sent a mere fifty people to station here, first to watch the spoils that were not taken away, and second to watch the Voskas women who were unable to fight. This is the most basic strategy of being a king. To make the "suspected" fighters die, send soldiers to "protect" their wives and children.

The huge fleet sailed forcibly under the strong wind, only if it was really on the sea, Olekin was not only worried about his forcible action.

When he was young, Olegin also sailed in big waves. He felt that he could conquer the sea when he was young, and he can do the same now.

But he forgot the terrible adventure and overestimated that all his allies are warriors. Do not! He even overestimated the ships of his allies!

During the warm and peaceful period, the average wave height of the Baltic Sea in June was only half a meter, so the Kalmar Strait has become more calm.

At the moment, the main sea area is blowing with a level five wind, and only the wave height in the Kalmar Strait has soared to two meters.

It can be said that Öland, a long and narrow island like noodles, objectively plays a role as a breakwater. At this moment, the sea area outside the strait has soared to six meters in height, and in some areas it has reached ten meters!

If there is the possibility of instant communication in this era, Otto will be able to learn news from Tombstone Island and his hometown that the so-called sea has been huge and all fishing operations have been suspended. Not only that, but Elronburg in the north has been raining for many days, and its adjacent river has also become filthy.

As the voyage continued, the waves became more dangerous, but this danger did not exist for the Ross people.

The Aphrora was not full of sails, because of such high winds, the sails might be damaged, and it would be bad if the mast was blown off again. She was in the waves like a fast-forward roller coaster, heading towards the southwest, so-called going straight to her destination.

This is true for long boats on all sides, and the people on board have really suffered serious crimes!

At noon, the haze finally brought down a new weapon-rain.

The rain happened, the Tianshan Mountains thundered in the sky, and the sudden rainstorm caught the soldiers who attacked wildly by surprise.

The rain crackled and fell on the Aphrodite. Otto hadn't had this experience yet. He needed Rick's explanation urgently.

"Dad? Are you scared?"

"I... a little bit." Otto smiled awkwardly.

Rurik still looked indifferent, except that in the lounge, only the upper window showed a little light, and he could not see his father's worries.

"It's nothing, it's raining outside, at least our boat won't get into the water."

"Oh? What other magic power did you use?"

"It's not magic, it's technology. Dad, haven't you noticed that our deck is not flat at all? There are still a lot of holes in the mast on the side of the ship?"

"Ah! So you have been thinking of this?"

Otto had suddenly realized that the so-called Aphrola had taken the drainage problem into consideration from the very beginning of laying the deck. All deck woods have been roasted, they have a certain degree of curvature, and a small degree of curvature is actually enough.

This is true even with those modified cargo ships, and this technology will naturally be applied to all future Ross ships.

However, the other ships are bad.

People grabbed the shield on the side of the ship, or grabbed the stowed oars, they grabbed anything that can be grabbed, and even tied themselves to the boat with a rope, for fear of being thrown out under the violent up and down movement like a roller coaster. , Fell into the sea and drowned.

If the wind and waves are calm, those who fall into the water can be rescued, but when facing the raging sea below, falling into the water is simply a physical sacrifice to the sea god.

They also had to use various tools, and even their hands, to scoop out the accumulated water in the cabin. The cold rain wet their clothes, and as a result, due to human work, many soldiers actually began to steam.

They must keep scooping water, otherwise the ship will sink.

Except for the Ross people who took refuge because of the advantages of the big ship, the people on the other ships began to complain that the king's recklessness was to sacrifice everyone.

The wave height has actually begun to approach three meters, and it is also the strongest time of the storm. The Aphrodite has also begun to turbulently turbulently, but her keel is 30 meters long, and she is not afraid of such waves.

In fact, after a thousand years, some crazy fishing boats dared to brave the ten-meter wave. In many cases, it is not that they are brave, but that they cannot help themselves. They hang alone in the sea and can only persist in the huge waves in order to survive.

The entire Swedish fleet was insisting, and Rurik was surprised to realize that he suddenly had the urge to vomit.

In fact, there were already a lot of people in the cargo ship, mainly the Volskas children under control, and the ten maids from Novgorod in Rurik.

In such a situation, only the best navigator can ignore the seasickness, and Rurik claims that he still needs to practice. Fortunately, he didn't really vomit, but his spirit was very bad.

The fleet actually entered the central part of the Kalmar Strait, which is naturally the most turbulent.

Finally, something sad happened.

A long boat of the Yilmalun, whose sails were suddenly broken by the gale! The mast collapsed to the side, and the entire ship capsized! More than 30 soldiers on board were preparing to land on the beach, all of them fell into the sea.

There were ships in order to rescue those who fell into the water, which resulted in even greater disasters. A long ship suddenly rushed out of the crest and fell into the valley of the waves. It is also unlucky for the people on this ship. The old keel of this long ship in disrepair was broken, and the whole ship fell into two pieces. cut.

The Yelmalen leader Wenderson was almost fainted by the sudden change, and he lost more than 70 brothers in just one shipwreck! You must know that with the previous war, his 500 army has irrecoverably lost 130 people! However, he didn't have any chance to retreat, even he himself was there, and he was tempting wildly on the edge of life and death. He not only looked at his boat in horror, for fear that it would suddenly break.

The fleet was not silenced by the storm, but the huge waves destroyed as many as nine ships!

Among them, there are four ships belonging to the coalition, two of them are Yilmalen, one in Uppsala, and one in Unkras.

The Mellaren people did not have a huge loss, but ten hapless people were thrown out of the boat and quickly swallowed by the waves.

The defectors also suffered losses. Of course, the Voskars knew the act of violating the storm. However, if they did not participate in the war, the living would be beheaded by the Swedish coalition forces in Svealand.

They took their own fishing boats, and the inferior boats suffered a huge blow. Fortunately, their fishing boats had only ten people, and the losses were not as serious as the coalition forces.

The storm did not last long, but it gave the coalition soldiers an unforgettable memory.

The journey of suffering lasted more than two hours, and they finally left the most dangerous central sea area. Two hundred people were buried in the sea, and the living were greatly frightened, but they persevered.

In these two hours, the fleet of the Allied Forces has achieved a crazy speed that they have never had in their lives—the entire fleet has maintained a terrifying speed of fifteen knots.

Only at this moment, the coalition forces had completed most of their journeys. The crazy speed made the rebellious Danish Francis embarrassed. Of course, he also felt that Poseidon had not harvested his own life.

So this speed is considered high-speed? This is because they can reach a speed of ten knots at most under safe sea breeze, although the stronger the wind, the faster they run. The result is like this. The strong wind speeds the long boat and makes the sea raging. A ship without a proper mechanical structure should not be forced into strong winds.

Taking out two hundred people to "sacrifice to the Sea God", Olekin realized that he had lost his military strength. While he was so angry, he suddenly saw a vague existence in the distance.

Because the island of Öland is a flat sandbar, it has a very low altitude, and only some pine and oak trees grow. Fortunately, there are springs on it, making the island suitable for people to live on.

The dark thing is not very big, it is unusually abrupt on the horizon.

Olekin, whose face was full of rain, wiped his face fiercely, and said to his horrified brother: "Brothers, thank God for his wrath! We are in front of Borgholm! Go and take what you want. all!"

The flagship of the Mellaren Army roared, and the roar quickly infected the neighboring ships.

The sea is no longer so manic, the torrential rain has turned into a patter of light rain, the thunder is also dull, the situation is no longer unbearable, and the current waves can no longer destroy the ship.

In poor sea conditions, the coastal waters were already filthy, and even though the people of Borgholm had completed their preparations, they had to stay in the wooden walls to shelter from the wind. They all pushed their boats to the shore, unloaded the canvas, and then secured them with cables. This job has actually been done since the wind broke last night, and they are very good at sheltering from the wind and rain.

However, they haven't learned the tricks of evading the enemy's beaches and landing!

The Mellaren army began their landing. The soldiers had seen the enemy's huge wooden fort, the dense houses in front of the fort, and even more than a dozen local people who were frightened.

Olekin couldn't take care of that much. He held the hilt in his right hand with coldness, followed his "forced brave" warrior to disembark, and stammered: "Brothers, give me a fight!"

Fortunately, the young and powerful Karl became the most needed military commander, and his appointment as the "war chief" really deserves his name. With the "warriors in black", he unloaded the completed siege hammer and immediately went into the war.

The ships of the coalition forces also began to wash up the beach one after another. The soldiers of all tribes went crazy to land. It was not that they were brave, but that they were scared crazy at sea and continued to go ashore to find real safety. But in Olegin's eyes, how did his allies suddenly become crazy bears and wolves? Fortunately, they can be brave enough to make themselves win quickly.

Olekin also saw that the five Ross ships were staying near the sea. Even if they were very large, they would drop "things" from the ships and set them at sea. They still wanted to be spectators.

The Ross people just dropped anchor to watch the play, and Rurik and Otto, and a large number of soldiers stood on the deck.

"Ah, this is the Borgholm?" Rurik asked in surprise.

"It looks like it is." Otto could not help itching his hands as he watched the allies have begun to tear down the house. "Are we really going to be spectators?"

"if not?"

"In my opinion, it is better to send someone to land. This is a greater battle. Maybe I shouldn't be absent."

"Forget it." Rurik shook his head, "Dad, you just can't hold back your breath. From my point of view, we will continue to watch the show. Olekin will never be able to quickly lay down this larger fortress until they need our support. We will log in again when the time comes."

"Okay. UU reading www.uukanshu.com" Olekin patted the torsion slingshot that was still covered with tarpaulin, "We still need them to smash the enemy's wall."

"This... I hope so." Rurik looked at the enemy's obviously larger and thicker wall, but he was not as optimistic as his father.

Can fake Roman scorpion crossbows smash through those thick walls? Pooh! Either a stronger wild **** catapult launches big rocks, or simply loads a counterweight stone slinger. However, these two weapons are too heavy, and their ship-borne torsion slingshot can not be quickly disassembled and put into combat.

Soon, the Swedish army demolished the offshore houses and indiscriminately killed the indiscriminately inshore fishermen, which was soon discovered by the guards at the fort. At first, Shao Bian felt that the black and crushing things that suddenly appeared were dazzling, until they realized that what Voskas who reported the news actually said was true.

The horrible news was reported to the leader Stein by the crying sentry, and an enemy fearless of the huge waves appeared and immediately detonated the whole situation.

Even though the whole world was raining lightly, the more than two thousand people in Borgholm who had huddled in the fortress mobilized urgently. Among them, 1,200 warriors began to take their positions, vowing to kill those enemies who would inevitably attack the city. They are already prepared...




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