Chapter 423: Unification War (8) Struggle

The first mistake that Viglaf had made in this war began to appear, which had mobilized the women and children of the city in order to increase their fighting power, but now these ordinary Jeats, who had not been trained or baptized in battle, mixed in the army, began to leave the battlefield and, like the fallen multi-bone nomi card, affected the other warriors who were fighting.

The desperation he had been trying to contain eventually spread, and everyone except for the warriors who were still resisting the Goths near the breach.

Standing on the top of the city wall, they had obtained temporary safety, dropped the rolling stones and bed crossbows, put down the weapons in their hands, untied the axes tied to their waists, and swarmed towards the road they left desperately, although they were not completely confused to the point of slashing at their comrades who were blocking the way with the weapons in their hands, but pushing each other and inadvertently stampeding on them were still unavoidable.

If Beowulf were here, there would never be such a situation, he would use his strong force to solve the dilemma of defeat faced by the Yeats with a performance of riding a thousand horses, and even if he failed, it would arouse the blood in the hearts of the Yeats.

But Wiglaf was not Beowulf after all, and he couldn't use the simple and effective methods of Beowulf to break through the current situation, and he couldn't do the Goths to arrange a team of Overseers in the back, forcing them to fight with death and blood.

His teeth clenched his lower lip, and the blood that flowed down his beard left a bloody patch on his clothes, and now Wiglaf had nothing but the shaman at his disposal, and the berserker troops that he had been hiding all along.

That was his last resort, and it was also the most precious strength of the Yaats, more precious than the shamans, and even if the Goths attacked the walls for the first time, Wiglaf would not be able to throw them into battle.

So now he is still hesitating, hesitating whether to play the last hole card and throw the berserker into repelling the Goths' attack and driving them out of the city.

But he also has other concerns, after all, the Goths have more hole cards than he has in his hand, and if he exhausts such a precious combat power as the Berserker today, then when Siegel attacks again tomorrow, he doesn't know how to continue to resist.

There wasn't much time for him to think about it, as long as the duration of the [Rejoicing] had passed, the desperate Jeats would definitely collapse on the spot, and then a massive rout would appear as expected.

People caught in fear

People who can't overcome their fears

People who are dominated by fear

At this time, in this place, because of the fear of death, because of the cherishing of life, they will do everything to escape, reason has evaporated from their minds, whether it is the life of their relatives or the glory of Yaat, they are abandoned at all, and all that is left is the selfishness that protects their own lives.

For an independent being, putting one's own life first must not be called a mistake, because that is the instinct imprinted in the soul of every living being.

If Alice were here, she would love this battlefield very much, this battlefield where fear spreads in the air, panic is irrepressible, and there is a battlefield full of fear everywhere.

Sighing helplessly again, perhaps not as much as it is today, Wiglaf waved his hand, but still made up his mind to throw the last berserker into battle.

He had already made a judgment, knowing that the battle situation had reached the current stage, and the Yeats were getting farther and farther away from victory, and even if they won today, they would not be able to repair this wall in a short time, not to mention the Goths under the leadership of Siegel, and they would not watch the advantage in their hands slip through their fingers.

Now, Wiglaaf's expectation has shifted from relying on his strengthened defenses to fend off enemy attacks, to using his power to destroy as many Goths as possible, in the hope of keeping more fire for Jeat.

In his view, talent is the most important thing, as long as there are people, then everything can be recovered, even if the so-called recovery needs to be prepared for several years, decades or even hundreds of years.

As for the city founded by Beowulf, the wealth accumulated over the years, and the honor of the Yeats, were secondary to Wiglaf, and even if all that was left was given to the Goths, it would not be a problem.

Not to mention that from the beginning to the end, Wiglaf did not intend to leave an intact city of Upplam to the Goths, and he would not give the wealth and miracles created by Beowulf to any of the enemies of the Jeats.

At the same time, he firmly believes that the Yeats will one day complete their revenge and return to the time when they dominated the whole of Scandinavia during the Beowulf period, not for any reason, but because every Jeats have a similar blood in their veins as Beowulf, and they will die, maybe they will fail, but they will never fail.

When the city wall was suddenly destroyed by a sudden [Seismic], he had already begun to make arrangements, transporting the most experienced warriors and druids in the army, as well as all kinds of precious supplies, to the ships docked in the harbor, along with the young children who had been hidden in the city.

These people will be the spark of revenge for the Jeats, and they will go to Jutland in the south, where they will be protected by the lord known as the Calamity, and thrive there, even if they will henceforth cease to be independent Jeats and become part of the country of Jutland.

Don't ask Wygraf why he pinned his last hope on Alice, because he had no choice but Alice, and the only forces around the country of Jeat, with whom they had no grudges, were the Jutlands.

The gods fell silent, no matter how precious the sacrifices he sent, no matter how devout the prayers of the sacrifices, or even vomiting blood in front of the statues, they could not get a single response from the gods.

Attila in the East had been an enemy of the Yaats since Beowulf's time, and two brutal bloody battles not only thwarted Atila's plans, but also allowed the blood of the Yaats to be spilled all over the beach.

Almost every Jeat had a loved one die at the hands of the Atila army, not to mention the ordinary Jeat, not even the Wiglaf himself, who would not accept the protection of their descendants from the enemy.

As for Balusenga, west of Upland, the ruins of the city are now overgrown with weeds, and countless scavengers are reveling in search of food still crushed under the rubble.

Alice was surprised by Wiglaf's decision, and after discussing it with Semiramis and Skaha, they chose to accept the refugees from Jeat, because the meaning of the Jeats would bring more benefits to Jutland than to accept the Jeats and Siegel's complete tearing of their faces.

First of all, the arrival of these Jeats will bring some of Yeat's most valuable treasures to Jutland, whether it is gold coins, jewelry, magical materials, or books of all kinds of knowledge, which are lacking in Jutland today.

Secondly, these Yeats will fill the demographic crisis caused by the rapid development and expansion of Jutland, especially the city of Les, which has only been established for less than a year, and the part of the sea is still bare, with nothing left.

In the end, the arrival of the Jeats also made it unnecessary for Alice to continue to be led by Sigoaney, and she also held the name of righteousness in her hands for the Scandinavian Empire established by the Goths.

She was able to use her identity as a Jeat to interfere and meddle in the affairs of Scandinavia, such as occupying Fidelity and Sealand, which are not far east of Jutland, and expanding the sphere of influence of the entire Jutland.

[Rejoice] made the Yeats' defense very tenacious, and their strong fighting spirit made them still wield weapons to fight back when their bodies were pierced, their internal organs were shattered, and their bones were broken.

Their tenacity had slowed the Goths' advance, and the Centaur army had now suffered thirty percent of the casualties, as did the Gothic warriors who joined the battle later.

Later, the addition of the berserkers of the Jeats further increased the casualties of the Gothic army, and the centaurs, who had lost the advantage of speed, resisted very hard in the face of the berserkers.

As mentioned earlier, these centaurs are able to fight the Berserkers, and they are also based on using the advantage of speed and experience in open areas to drag the battle until the Berserkers have gone berserk, and then attack the Berserkers who have entered a weakened state.

Now that the centaurs have lost their speed advantage, all they can rely on is skill, experience, and excellent equipment, but the Yaats who can become berserkers are not much worse than them.

Even in terms of equipment, the equipment that Siegel spent a lot of money to build is not as good as that of the Yaats, because the weapons they hold are equipped with magic such as [Sharp Edge] and [Demonic Weapons], and the skills used to build the equipment are not inferior to those dwarves who are famous for forging.

The addition of berserkers not only slowed down the Goths' offensive and increased casualties, but also dispelled the fear that hung over the other Yaats, many of whom had not yet completely left the battlefield, returned to their posts, condescendingly killing and wounding the enemies below with bed crossbows and throwing axes.

Reason returned to their brains, and then there was a great sense of shame for what they had just done, and there was nothing more shameful than the fact that a Jeat, who had fled from the battlefield out of fear.

Although they already knew that their actions would not save the fate of Upplan City from being breached, the situation had developed to the point where defeat was one step away, and those who stayed to continue the battle would only gain death.

But they didn't care at all, it seemed to them that every time they killed an enemy, they would be able to wash away the shame of timidity, and they would have an extra chance to go to Valhalla Palace after death, and if they could see Beowulf, they could also stand up and tell him that they and the others had lived up to the name of the Jeats, and the blood that flowed in their veins.

Not to mention that every Goth they kill now buys more time for others to escape, weakening a single Goth's power and making it easier to avenge their descendants in the future.

"A week, I'll give you a week, and after taking the city, you'll have a week to revel. ”

Siegel was angered by the resistance of the Yaats, who should not have suffered such a big loss according to the plan, and with a dark smile on his face, he gritted his teeth and made a promise to his army for a week's revelry.

It would have hurt Siegel's gains, but he wanted all of these Yaats to die rather than those small losses, and now, immediately, all, all of them.

For Siegel, only the dead Yaats are the best Jeats, and only then can he ascend to the throne of the Scandinavian Empire with undisputed prestige and become the first emperor of the land in the past.

Soon, Siegel's promise reached the forefront through the word of mouth of the warriors, and then cheers came from the mouths of the Goths, and the warriors, provoked by Siegel, carried their shields behind their backs, and rushed forward with weapons in both hands.

Their actions increased the casualties at once, but at the same time curbed the momentum of the Yaat berserkers, who rushed through the gaps in the walls of the city to the city, exchanging their lives for the defeat of the berserkers.

The flame zone caused by the [Fire Wall Technique] has gradually been extinguished under the trampling of the Goths, and only the strong smell of burnt and barbecued meat still fills the air, if you just smell such a smell, you will only think that it is the smell of some housewife who is not good at cooking paste.

The warriors of Jeath looked around, and everywhere were Goths in rudimentary leather armor, their faces full of a frenzy for battle and killing, and a thirst for the wealth of the Jeats, like industrious ants, rushing towards the city.

The sharp blades, the wails of death, and the fear of death were no match for the wealth, fame, and spiritual satisfaction that came with their victory.

Under the impact of this wave of high tides, the flesh and blood walls built by the Yaats began to be precarious, and the advantages gained by the berserkers were gone, and the weakness of the madness made their combat effectiveness inferior to that of ordinary warriors.

In the final analysis, the number of berserkers was too scarce, and in the battle in which Beowulf died, because of the activity of Hogg the Gnoll, there were too many Yeat berserkers buried in the land called Karelia, and their death was one of the reasons why Siegel had the courage to target the Jeats for the second time.