Rise of Rurik - Chapter 1139 Dismount from the strongest infantry

Where is Rose's next offensive direction?

The result of the discussions between Arik and several others was naturally to support the expansion of the Vitebsk stronghold, and use it as an outpost barracks to continuously use troops to Smolensk.

It doesn't matter if the small-scale battle eventually detonates into a big war. The young cubs need the opportunity to make contributions. They are young and vigorous, carrying the glory of their fathers, not the enemy's strength, but complaining that the scale of the war is not large enough.

The open space outside the city has become a training ground. Anyway, Arik has arrived with his people, and there are good conditions for training large-scale fighting in this open space.

More importantly, the guys from the First Flag Team of the Standing Army are all stationed in the barracks here.

It was a group of berserkers who wore heavy armor and bears on their heads during wartime. They gave up their round shields in key battles and rushed into the enemy line with axes in both hands, destroying everything around them like mad bears.

Arik didn't hesitate to find Grund, the veteran captain of the guard and the captain of the standing flag.

"Let me help you train those cubs? Your son is also in it. But you must know that my methods are very tough. Anyone who wants to inherit the raven totem must be a warrior. I do not allow cowards."

His implication was to imply that if he allowed himself to train soldiers, the means would be extremely barbaric.

Arik didn't care: "You are the strongest infantry, and only you can train good soldiers in a short time. It doesn't matter what you do. If you train someone to death, I will be responsible."

"Is this true? I'm afraid your Asgard can't stand it."

"If that's the case, he doesn't deserve to be my son."

Novgorod has better resources, young fighters can be well-supplied here, and skin injuries from training can be healed.

No, when Old Otto learned of this, he authorized Grund to train the soldiers, and his tone was exactly the same as Aric: "They are all real Rus, and they must be trained hard for me! Let them be like the most fierce ones. Fight like a beast! If a child is trained to death, I will be responsible."

The attitude of both uncle and nephew?

Grund, who had been defeated and surrendered in Gotland, had grown old even though he had been trusted for ten years. Or it is precisely because of age that I really gain trust.

He has been cautious for ten years, extremely selfless in war, and honest in peace.

It is really necessary to train and train a few to death. Who is responsible? "Damn, it's not me?! But we can't let those boys think that our brothers are nothing more than this."

Due to Rurik's promise, defeated mercenary groups can continue to have their Raven Shields.

Such a sudden shield was reactivated for Grund, who assembled a centurion, the strongest of whom carried the graphic shield.

A group of strong men with helmets decorated with bear heads and thick chain mail appeared with deep footprints in the snow.

They are like a wall, the round shields overlap each other, the thirty shields in the center are different from the others, and the huge black raven pattern covers the entire shield surface.

They also deliberately held high their steel swords, gleaming in the winter sun.

Then he kept hitting the shield with his sword, the sound was uniform, and then accompanied by the approaching array, the sense of oppression was suffocating.

At this moment, the young people who were lined up in advance according to Arik's request stood on the snow and couldn't help shaking their bodies. ….

"Array! Shield Wall!"

Arik shouted step by step, only to see a group of children dumbfounded.

The son Asgard, who had high hopes, was simply in a daze.

"Hey! What are you doing?!"

A scabbard smashed over, and the boy who woke up turned his head to see his father standing by the side holding the sword and yelling, and his left hand kept pointing at the approaching "bear head shield wall".

"Damn. Line up! Line up!"

"What are you all doing?! Array! This is training, they don't kill!"

The awake Askard greeted his brothers, and the front row reluctantly started stacking the shields, but stopped there.

According to the theoretical knowledge learned, the infantry flag team marching during the encounter should urgently form an emergency formation in the direction where the enemy's offensive is most fierce. One flag team has four centurions, three go all out for close combat

, one takes into account archery. The strongest 100-man team was in the middle army, and behind it was a 100-man team that focused on archery. The two centenaries of the second level are divided on the left and right flanks, and each team cooperates with each other to form an existence similar to a ring defense.

But how does the enemy on the battlefield reward time to line up?

"Too slow, you are too slow. Give you a good lesson."

After saying a few words, Grund didn't hesitate to show his trump card.

"Iron Man!" he roared. "Go for me! Go for them!"

As soon as the voice fell, I saw a few gaps in the advancing shield wall, and in a moment, the heavy infantry without any weapons rushed over like a bull.

The edge of the large iron piece is drilled, and the hemp rope and deer tendon are used for sewing connection, and then with the chain armor inside, this is Ross's strongest heavy infantry at this stage.

The armor is thickly wrapped to cover up, and every weak point of the body is wrapped as much as possible. It seems that the only obvious weakness is the observation window where the hands are in the leader.

Such an iron man will not be two meters per capita, but the equivalent height has reached the level of 190 cm. They were raised to be extremely strong, and only in this way can they wear extremely heavy armor.

If you really bring weapons, these children can't be killed to the core?

Sure enough, a collision occurred. Some of the children barely overcome the shield wall organized by their fear, and were rushed to pieces by the group of iron men. The rest of the children ran away when they saw it, knowing that they were holding real steel swords.

Soon, organized resistance was overwhelmed, and the children were scrambling away, and some even lost their swords in disgrace.

Those iron men faced the boy who lay down on the ground groaning in pain and even howling, and some of them were not mocking, but pointed at the immature faces.

The "defeated" Asgard took his sword and slashed the armor of the "Iron Man", attacking in vain.

He was kicked down directly by the big foot, and he slowly got up while covering his stomach on the ground, gritted his teeth, and his eyes were full of anger.

And "Iron Man" still only showed his eyes, and was covered by the shadow of the upper jaw of the bear's head.

It stood like a frost giant, without contempt or mockery, just standing here without saying a word, which made Askard even more angry. It's like saying, "I'll just stand here and attack me."

"Enough!" Faced with the chaotic situation, Grund, who appeared, took off his helmet and signaled all his brothers to stop. ….

The iron men withdrew, and the soldiers of the First Banner of the Standing Army also took their swords. Grund threw the helmet to a buddy and made everyone stand by.

Holding the hilt of his sword, he walked into Arik, who was extremely embarrassed, and was really embarrassed to say something for a while.

He first hooked his head and calmed down, then raised his head and said, "Fortunately, no one died. I have maintained the greatest restraint."

"You! Maybe..." Alicburn's clenched fists slowly loosened: "You can obviously be more vicious. These cubs are simply cowards! I'd rather you kill a few of them."

"I don't dare, they...are just boys after all."

"Bah! We even took a lot of ten-year-old girls to fight in Gotland as crossbowmen. Think about your past!"

Suddenly, the dead memory starts attacking itself. Surrendering to the powerful is not a problem. Although Rurik was in command of the battle back then, in principle the commander was the old Otto. Now one of his tasks is to be directly responsible for the safety of old Otto, which can be described as a great grace.

At that time, in order to gather as many people as possible, the Rus army recruited a large number of children from the tribe to participate in the war.

That's the impression that Ross's children gave Grund. Now, all the children of that year have grown up, some have died, and some are standing here - standing army soldiers.

Could it be that the newer generation of Ross children has deteriorated because of pampering?

Now the old man Otto is not far away. He is sitting on a small sleigh wrapped in a cloth blanket. The old man just wanted to observe the situation of his recruits secretly, and he was obviously disappointed.

Grund was neither excited nor resentful, and tried his best to keep his mind calm: "Maybe, if I use the strongest fighters to attack the young ones, I'm bullying people."

"No! Just right

benefit. This group of brats fights very **** weekdays, and they also organize teams to fight each other. What are they doing? Not directly overwhelmed by you. ' Arik held back his anger.

"So, you're complaining that they usually embroider their legs with fists?"

"Yes! That's why you're here to give them a note on Marvey. You've done a great job."

Arik patted the old guy on the shoulder, took the sword and approached the group of scruffy cubs, holding the sword and shouting: "How long will you wait?! Some people have lost their swords. Stand up and start again. line up."

Angrily, Asgard hooked his head and regrouped his lads, who reluctantly arranged the line again. Now, this group of cubs no longer have the energy to arrive at Novgorod in the first place. They are like defeated roosters, all with their heads hooked without saying a word, or staring at those who seem invincible with confused and helpless eyes. iron Man.

Arik quickly stood in front of them and scolded him unceremoniously.

No one dared to talk back, so they had to listen silently.

"Now you should be able to recognize yourselves! If this is a real war, you are all dead! If you still want to fight the enemy and make meritorious deeds, you will smear the glory of your fathers! No one of you can win now..."

The remarks gave them a ruthless psychological blow, and the boy who had a high self-esteem reluctantly lowered his head and felt uncomfortable. ….

So, is there a way to change the status quo? Naturally there is.

"...Now, learn from these berserkers! They are the strongest fighters in all of Rus! Forget the games you fought in Mstisk, only they can teach you **** like that. Just train here!"

Those iron men had to retreat and took off their helmets to reveal their true faces.

The task of the standing army is to fight hard battles. The cavalry units are mainly responsible for mobile operations. The infantry units are responsible for the defense of senior generals, and secondly, as the finale, they charge like these "iron men". It's just a real war, and they will take the axe and kill the Quartet.

The tall and strong people have all kinds of braids, and the one thing they have in common is that they all try to kick off their beards. This move is very particular, because the chainmail that covers the face can easily catch the beard, so it is better to use a sharp steel knife to shave off the beard on the face that is smeared with oil.

The standing army soldiers are mainly young people, and their ethnic composition is relatively complex. There are old Rus, people from various tribes in Sweden, and even Slavs. Only those who meet the physical fitness standard can take this salary. The training intensity on weekdays is very strong, and the relative eating and drinking conditions are also extremely favorable. How to train a powerful army, meat and fat must keep up.

Boiled wheat porridge accompanies stewed oily venison and sometimes fish. This set is actually a field meal for the Russian army. Historical experience has determined that wheat porridge and stewed beef can quickly restore the physical fitness of soldiers.

Ross is very short of beef at this stage, but there is no shortage of reindeer and fish.

Rurik treated his standing army well. Although the army was expanded to two infantry and two cavalry banners, the total strength was only planned to be expanded to 2,000 people.

It is not a problem for the kingdom to support these two thousand full-time full-time slaughtering troops and supporting war horses, but there is also a real need to support too much.

The essence of this group of recruits is citizen soldiers, and large-scale wars must be fought as infantry flag teams. When the war was over, they were relieved and returned to the fields, and when there were soldiers, they assembled again to fight with their own armor and weapons.

After giving the cubs a note of Ma Wei, Grund with the Raven Shield officially appeared.

Now, the children were able to see their brutal war instructor.

What about tactics in barbarian warfare? The tactic is to rush up with a variety of weapons to start a group fight, and the side with the largest number of people often locks the victory. If you can use tricks such as running and shooting arrows, it is considered a strategy.

Ross used to be like that, and everything has changed since Rurik took power.

Each flag team is an independent combat unit. How should the four centenarians cooperate? Each flag team has explored the appropriate experience in the war.

What tactics did Grund master? In his hand, he held Ross' "Iron Man Team". This centenarian team was heavily armored, and it is no exaggeration to call it iron.

Their responsibility is to rush into the formation to open the enemy's gap. After that, the soldiers of the standing army will fold their shields into a wedge shape, and the wedge will directly pierce the gap of the enemy's formation and actively expand the sores.

On the face of it, the rest is the division and encirclement of the follow-up troops.

Will Ross' enemies use this trick? But the Ross army used this trick to open up the situation in many battles.

Those hostile Slavic tribes in the south certainly did not have such a trick, and the Frankish army dared to "charge in iron armor", especially those heavy cavalry with super spears, their sense of oppression was much stronger than that of "Iron Man". Ross, there is no perfect way to restrain the cavalry. At that time, in the two battles on the Elbe River, the price of containing the Frankish heavy cavalry was the large-scale death of the coalition forces. For this reason, Ross also suffered the most terrifying loss in the history of the elite troops. ….

The direct result of this fundamental reason is that the Ross army has become inseparable, forcing Arik to feel obliged to train children who are directly related to the Ross tribe into new recruits.

Grund has fought all his life, from skirmishes to large-scale battles. When he was the boss of the mercenary group, he had to teach the new brothers how to fight, and he had some practical ideas in training soldiers.

To overcome the fear of the enemy, you must learn to stay calm in the face of danger, understand your responsibilities and your responsibilities to your comrades in arms, know how to set up quickly, learn how to resist the enemy and rush into the formation, and learn how to maintain a shield wall in a chaotic battle No mess, wait...

The screams of killing outside the city were loud, and the unhappy residents began to watch the brutal training of the group of Ross boys outside the city.

From time to time, injured people are sent to the city to receive bandages, and the unfortunate ones who also have broken arms, most of them have to amputate their limbs without a good solution. Such people also bid farewell to the possibility of becoming warriors.

Arik never regretted his decision, and the same old Otto couldn't believe the corner of his eyes when he saw that group of cubs, like cowards, and almost fainted.

After all, Otto continued to authorize: "They must be trained as qualified warriors in a short time. Don't be afraid of death, I won't blame anyone."

Otto summoned the Governor Medvet and asked him to prepare more food, giving all the soldiers in training a rich meal.

Because it's not just these five hundred recruits who are being trained.

The Ross cavalry has also expanded. Fisk saw that those people were busy training, and it was time for him to get up and train after a rest.

The daytime is already very short. In order to avoid problems caused by the horses staying outdoors for a long time, the cavalry dismounted one after another, and this time they focused on improving their archery skills.

They are riding in the Rubik's Cube, shooting fixed targets while running, or shooting moving targets mounted on sleds and pulled by people.

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The recurve bow is a fist product of the prairie people, and the bows brought by Quetzal have become the standard equipment of the standing cavalry, which he is extremely pleased with.

Now, on one side are the rushing archers shooting a variety of targets, and the shooting skills are rapidly improving.

On the other hand, the young children imitated the appearance of adults and set up the army, followed the strongest infantry of Ross to learn the technique of killing the enemy, and grew up in the violent collision and rapid dispersion and formation.

The open space outside Novgorod is very lively, and it is in this atmosphere that the local Hanukkah is ushered in. After the festival, their training was still the same, and because of the change of daytime, the training intensity increased accordingly. .

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