Chapter 194: The Battle of Bergen: Up
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The Viking warriors, who had just come down from above, were yawning and tired as they greeted the soldiers who had come to change shifts. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The snowstorm that had been falling for two days and two nights finally stopped, and the snow was so deep that it almost drowned people's waists. In this kind of weather, you can't even see the snow fox that comes out to bounce twice, let alone a human figure; All night, the Viking warriors who kept vigil had only the cold wind howling in their ears, and finally it was time to change shifts, and their hearts had already flown to their huts, missing the delicious soups and spirits.
Actually, the Vikings did not have a tradition of keeping vigils.
The reasons have also been said before, first, because most people in this era have night blindness, sneak attacks at night, and they have already bombed the camp before they reach the enemy; Second, the Vikings are pirates, they are pirates, they are never the only ones who attack others, who can sneak attack him.
But the Grand Duke Haugesund has forcibly reversed the living habits of the Vikings, and from the side, this also reflects his high prestige in the eyes of the Vikings.
-- By the way, the title of Grand Duke of Haugesund was entirely what he said to himself, and he pressed on his head, and there was neither secular recognition nor ecclesiastical support, and it is no exaggeration to say that there was no such barbarian as Haugesund in the eyes of those real nobles.
This made Haugesund, who was bent on restoring the glory of the Vikings, very angry, and wanted to immediately wave his troops south, follow the example of his predecessors in Normandy, and let the soft eggs in those warm places taste the power of the blizzard from Scandinavia. When the Vikings' sticks are drawn on those soft-egged women, their expressions must be amused...... But that's all for later.
If Grand Duke Haiyugesong doesn't do a good job this time, maybe even this will be gone.
"There's an enemy—"
A terrible scream sounded, and it seemed that the reaction of humans after being frightened was basically the same, and the Viking soldiers on the city wall were in chaos for a moment, those with bows and arrows with bows and arrows, and those with axes on their backs. Beyond the city walls, a long dragon winds its way through.
"Really...... It's broken. ”
The long dragon that was winding stopped at a distance of three hundred meters from Bergen, and just made a brief observation, and the little Tang Grand Duke sighed.
Bergen is not a city in the traditional sense of the word, nay, not so much a city as a large human settlement, with no clear division between living and commercial quarters, no large public infrastructure, not to mention a moat, and even the city walls, which are a layer of reinforced earth - to facilitate the future demolition of the city and its expansion.
Such a city, as you can imagine, it doesn't take much effort to capture it at all.
"It's a wasted effort, the crossbow bolts are ready to shoot, and after three rounds, let the Viking mercenaries go first, and we'll just postpone."
Shaking his head, the little Tang Grand Duke felt that he was really stupid before, and he would even worry about what to do if he couldn't capture this city, if he had known about this situation, he didn't even need mercenaries, he only needed two guides.
"It's not time to take it lightly, after all, it's the Vikings on the other side......"
Seeing that the little Tang Grand Duke was proud again, Knight Wade hurriedly admonished. On the battlefield, the arrogance of the coach is the first taboo, I don't know how many ancient and modern famous generals have been defeated in the hands of arrogance, in this foreign country, without the slightest support, it is better to be careful.
"Don't worry, Knight Wade, I can still do this by despising the enemy strategically and valuing the enemy tactically."
After all, it was the veteran's kindness, and the Duke of Xiao Tang was embarrassed to refuse, so he could only nod his head in agreement, and by the way, he also had a snack on this battle.
On the other side, the engineer in charge of assembling the ballista installed all the parts of the system from the carriage, and ten ballista carts were paired with crossbow arrows that reflected the cold light in the snow, like death was about to bring death.
"Hey, what's that, that's too foul, isn't it?"
The artillery coverage before the official battle was used to by Munster's soldiers, and there was such an item at every exercise. But for the Vikings, no matter which side of the Vikings alike, they all fell into a brief shock when they saw this ballista cart rising from the ground as if it were a miracle.
But, even with consternation, that's different.
"Don't talk nonsense, it's a good thing that the main family can have such a great ability!"
The eldest brother, who had taught the younger brother a lesson before, is now licking his lips excitedly, and attacking Bergen with a force of 3,000 troops, there is no problem in capturing it, but the counteroffensive ......
Originally, I just wanted to get a vote and leave, but now it seems that there is a lot to be done!
Thinking of this, the eldest brother's originally excited expression even became a little crazy, fame, power, and glory, this is everything a Viking wants! And only through war, it can only be a war that brings victory! If an employer can do all this, why shouldn't he pursue it seriously?
But before that, he had to do something brilliant so that his employer would notice him and not make a wedding dress for others.
"Blood! Victory! Or death! Holding high the Vikings' iconic axe in his hand, Big Brother shouted in a frenzied, fanatical, hoarse voice: "Vikings! Valhalla! ”
"Valhalla !!"
"It's all like crazy......"
I don't understand at all, the Duke of Xiao Tang doesn't understand at all, this group of Viking mercenaries who have always had no morale and only mourn every day are now like eating gunpowder, everyone's eyes are full of blood-colored light, is it true that killing people, and they are also people of the same clan who kill, just make Vikings feel happy?
"Forget it, it's good for me anyway."
I didn't understand what the truth was, and the Duke of Xiao Tang simply stopped thinking about it, the Viking mercenaries were almost patient to the limit, and at this time, if you told them that they couldn't fight, they would dare to rebel, believe it or not!
"Charge."
Since the Vikings have become belligerent to this point, the little Tang Grand Duke can't let them down. At his command, the Viking mercenaries rushed forward like howling wild dogs.
So, here comes the problem.
Bergen's walls are low and broken, and they are utterly shoddy, dirty; But no matter how much you break it, it's still a wall, and the Viking mercenaries don't have ladders or siege engines, so how can they go up?
They were going to take a ladder......
"Be brave, I should say it...... Or is it reckless? ”
Xiao Tang Dagong slapped his forehead, his eyesight was quite good, so he could clearly see two Viking mercenaries, one on the top and one on the bottom, and easily stepped on the earthen wall through cooperation.
But this is only an example after all, the guards on the city wall are not dry food, they also hold big axes, looking at where there is a tendency for pests to land, they will chop the axes vigorously, often one chop at a time.
And after the suppression of the ballista cart stopped, the Viking archers also began to exert firepower, round after round of arrow rain, although sparse, the penetration is not too much, but the Viking mercenaries originally stood in a dense position, and where did the general Viking armor come from, it was a cotton coat, at this time, the lethality of the bow and arrow was very considerable.
"Anyway, let's prepare, if we can take it down just by relying on mercenaries, we don't spend a single soldier, of course it's excellent, but looking at this situation, let's do it ourselves."