Section 193 Fierce Battle (2nd Watch)
Arold rode on the horse and stretched out his hand to his left side, and the attendant serving on the left side was the little fat man Xia Zuo, who was wearing a leather long-eared hat, a small shield on the arm of his left hand, a flail hammer hanging from his waist, and his right hand was holding Arold's single-hole crystal telescope, seeing Arold stretch out his hand, he quickly put the single-hole telescope in Arold's hand, in private, Xia Zuo had secretly used this magical item, this strange thing can see the distance very clearly.
"Let me see how you're going to deal with the Javelinees?" Arold picked up his binoculars and looked at the Viking warriors' shield array, by which time the javelinmen had made a detour to their sides, their javelins being tossed, and the Vikings were still on the defensive.
"Steady, steady." Krezer raised the battle axe in his right hand and shouted to his companions.
"Uh-huh." The javelins thrown by the javelinmen in the gallop shot at the Viking warriors, although the shields of the Viking warriors were closely connected, but there were still javelins hitting the Viking warriors, and the people who were hit were immediately pulled down by their companions, and the companions in the side and rear filled the void with their shields.
"Bow and arrow return fire." The harassment of the javelin cavalry made Kreezer and the others very annoying, but he knew very well that it was impossible for the Viking warriors on foot to catch up with these cavalry, and in his observation, he found that these cavalrymen were very skilled in throwing javelins on horses and using their legs to control their horses, that is to say, these were not casual levies, but veterans of battle, and these experience could not be appreciated without being mercenaries, the difference between recruits and veterans. So he chose archers against high-speed and mobile cavalry.
"Whoosh, whoosh." The raiding longbowmen among the Viking warriors drew their arrows and placed them on the bowstring, observed the movement of the javelinmen through the gaps in their shields, and when they felt sure, the two shield-wielding Viking warriors in front of them separated their shields, and the raiding longbowmen shot arrows in the direction of the javelin cavalry, and the arrows were fired with a whoosh.
"Ping-pong." The arrow struck the shield of one of the javelinmen, startling the javelinman, but he quickly spun his horse away from the other side, according to Arrod's military discipline. The Javelinmen before firing ten javelins. It is not allowed to fight hand-to-hand combat, unless it is against the same light cavalry chasing after and is forced to be helpless.
"Damn." Kratzer looked at the other missing arrows, and couldn't help but curse with his teeth clenched. However, the arrows fired by the raiding longbowmen did temporarily expel the javelinmen.
"Hmm. The phalanx of spears advanced to destroy the enemy. Arade put down the binoculars in his hand. Ordered John Berg.
"The phalanx of spears is walking." At the command of the sergeant major, the small drummers beat the drums, and the pikemen leaned their spears against their left shoulders to the beat of the drums. Straightening up and slowly advancing ten steps before stopping, the pikemen in the first row knelt on one knee and stuck their spears in the ground at 45 degrees, while the pikemen in the rear raised their spears with their two hands and stretched them forward, and finally the archers shot arrows in the direction of the Vikings.
In other words, every ten steps is stopped, which has the advantage of reorganizing the formation on the one hand, so that the pikemen can keep the formation tight at any time to prevent sudden enemy attacks, and on the other hand, the archers behind them can shoot arrows to deter and deter the enemy.
"The Kresemecklenburgers are coming." Grace, the shield maiden, saw the approaching phalanx of pikemen and alerted Krezier.
"Let's kill them." Krazer roared, throwing away his shield and charging at the phalanx with his tomahawk in hand, the other Vikings shouting and following him, and they launched a surprise attack with arrows falling overhead.
"Lancers steady." The sergeant major looked at these tall Vikings who were roaring and rushing, although he was secretly surprised, but after the rigorous training and many immersive battles, he did not forget his duty, he raised his sword and ordered in an orderly manner.
"Phew~~." The pikemen guarded their positions and duties according to the order, the spears were raised and lowered like a forest, the phalanx was the most suitable formation for defense, and the Vikings were better at raiding and attacking, the pikemen composed of the Germans and the Viking raiding warriors were outside the port of Mecklenburg, like the iron felt of the thunder god struck, colliding and bursting out of sparks, the Vikings blocked in front of them with the shields in their hands, burst into the wall formed by the pikemen with the heads of their spears, or jumped into it and slashed with their battle axes, the Vikings fought furiously and bloody, The Mecklenburg pikemen, on the other hand, attacked in a mechanical and ruthless manner, and the two armies collided like ice and fire in the land.
"Kill." The sound of the battle between the two sides resounded in the sky, and a spear stabbed the Viking warrior's body, but then the Viking warrior grabbed the spear body that pierced into the body, slashed the spear with a fierce tomahawk, and then rushed into the spear phalanx and grabbed the pikeman's neck with both hands.
"The cold waves of the sea poured over my body, and the ravens hovered overhead, and it was the eyes of the god Odin watching us, so that we should go to the holy temple after a bloody battle, and drink wine with our gods." Krezer shook his head, shook the sweat and blood from his hair, and roared praise to the god Odin, and at his words, the Viking warriors attacked even more desperately, and the tomahawks rained down on the pikemen.
"Religion." Arold watched his invincible phalanx of spears retreat under the attack of the Vikings, and involuntarily murmured, the source of the Vikings' strength lies in their terrible mythological religion, when death is considered a reward, what else can they fear, the only way to deal with these terrible Vikings is military strength and religion, of course, in history, Christianity eventually assimilated the Vikings, and in the Crusades, these fierce warriors played an indelible role in the holy war.
"Lord Earl, our pikemen are not good against these Vikings, and it is not easy to hold their ground for the time being." John Berg reported to Arrod that if he could not hold his ground, then Arold's next plan would have the potential to fail.
"Ward~~~." Arold turned his head and shouted loudly to the rear, when he heard Arold's call, the elite troops of the former Great Chief of Mecklenburg, the Prince of Ward's Guard, who had surrendered and were loyal to Arold, held a long-handled battle axe in both hands, and slowly walked in the direction of the fierce battle with heavy steps.
"Enemy reinforcements are coming, let me bring people to stop them." The shield maid Grace saw the approaching Prince Ward's guards, these elite troops of the Great Chieftain of Mecklenburg, who had followed the Great Chief since childhood, grew up eating meat, each of them was burly and strong, they were wearing two layers of improved Tang-style leather armor and chain mail, their arms were made of leather to cover the entire hand, the four fingers were sheathed together, they wore Slavic-style pointed iron helmets, and their faces were hung with chain masks, revealing only fierce eyes.
"For the sake of Lord Earl, for the sake of our family, forward." The captain of Prince Ward's guard, Zhigeev, shouted in a deep voice, and in order to appease the bravest warriors among the Slavs, Arold even chose a Germanic woman as a spouse for each of them to make them settle in Mecklenburgshire, much to the delight of the soldiers of Prince Ward's guard, who had been fighting a bumpy battle.
"Let the northerners see how good we are." The warriors of Prince Ward's guard did not have a good opinion of the Vikings of the north, and the land of the Slavs was one of the destinations that the Vikings often plundered, and the two sides often fought at that time.
"Valkyrie~~." Holding the shield and battle axe, the shield lady Grace led the thirteen Viking warriors to turn in the direction of Prince Ward's guard, she took off her leather helmet, revealing long blonde hair with tiny braids between her hair, and her face was also very beautiful, with a high nose and snow-like skin, which made the Viking warriors start to chant Valkyrie, as if the beautiful and brave women to them were the embodiment of Valkyrie. (To be continued......)