Vikings: Journey of the Juggernaut

Chapter 64 Cambridge Raid: Conquest of the Abbey
The afternoon sun shines on the water, reflecting the sparkling waves.

A total of four warships, two medium and two small, were traveling along the river west of Ivington. The river was less than five meters wide and was not suitable for large warships to sail. The entire Cambridgeshire was full of small crisscrossing rivers like this.

Along the banks on both sides of the river, small animals can be faintly seen passing through the bushes, and the sounds of frogs and cicadas can be heard endlessly.In sight, there are shed snake skins hanging on the hanging branches near the river.

At the same time, the smell of river water with a slightly fishy smell came into the nose.

The seventy fogcrow warriors on the warship are all ready to go. The berserker class often wears half chain mail and an exquisite moustache helmet that can protect the cheeks on both sides and the front nose.Other warriors who were not so wealthy were also equipped with leather armor, or even iron-inlaid leather armor.

Even Rayleigh, in addition to his leather armor, also wore a dome helmet purchased from Taghwan Port. The dome helmet was easy to make and not expensive. It was the most commonly used basic helmet in this era.

There is a spear and a shield hanging on the back, and a short ax and a long sword hanging on the waist. The bamboo hat was thrown on the battleship and was not brought over. Going to face the battle, it is obviously not very suitable to bring a bamboo hat to look at. Accessory equipment used.

Further ahead, a thick iron cable spans the entire river. On one side of the bank, there are three sentry towers with a height of seven or eight meters, which are the forward sentry posts of the monastery.

Above the sentry tower, soldiers were waving flags, and the tinkling sound of bells reached the ears of everyone in Mist Crow.

"Be prepared to fight and be good at long-range suppression."

Bassomo ordered the warship to dock, and led the soldiers who followed him to launch an attack on the stronghold from the land.

uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...

Rustling arrows shot down from the top of the sentry tower. A rough look showed that there were less than 30 people in this stronghold.

Among the warriors holding the shield wall on the warship, Itiya and others who were good at bows and arrows all fired a few arrows, but the purpose was to suppress and assist the land warriors in their attack. Most of the arrows they shot were not accurate.

Only two or three monastery soldiers who had stayed still for too long were shot in the body.

Reilly did not go to land to attack like Jackham and Kayson. Instead, he held the sword in his right hand for defense and pulled the spear into a full moon with his left hand. His eagle eyes were also opened and he was looking for opportunities.

In the next breath, with a hissing sound, the spear accurately penetrated the entire body of a guard tower soldier. With a huge impact, the soldier fell directly from the top of the guard tower with a scream. .

Several arrows were fired at the standing figure of Rayleigh from the top of the sentry tower at the same time. Most of them were blocked by the warrior in front of him who raised his shield. The two arrows that were not blocked by the shield were swept away by the long sword. .

Facing the rapid arrows within 20 meters, Rayleigh was still unable to completely block them, but he was able to cope with the arrows over 40 meters in front of him with his eagle eye locked on.

"Rayleigh, good job."

"One more spear and kill these infidels."

The warship let out an excited shout, and a soldier handed over a spear at the same time.

Taking the spear, he continued to swing down arrows with the long sword in his right hand. After aiming for a moment, the spear flew out steadily, and in the excited eyes of the soldiers, it steadily hit the wall of the sentry tower.

"Not bad, almost hit another one."

"Haha... From the Bastian family, let's try it again."

Taking another spear, Rayleigh took a deep breath. It was too difficult for the spear to hit the target when he needed to swipe down the arrows that kept coming and faced interference.

At that moment, as he shot one person, he was also listed as a thorn in the side by several soldiers in the sentry tower above. A continuous stream of arrows flew towards him.

This spear did not fly out in the end. Accompanied by shouts of killing and screams, land-based attacking soldiers had already reached the top of the sentry tower. The monastery soldiers either came down from the tower to fight, or simply panicked and died. Run, Hawkeye also loses focus on the target.

After the stronghold was removed, warriors like Rayleigh and Itia who needed to retrieve arrows or spears disembarked and walked into the stronghold to recover and collect war preparations.

"It's too rough."

Although Jackham said this, his expression was very excited, and he said to his friend who came over, "Reilly, you think so. Look at the pagan who fell in front of you. His body is not strong at all." .”

"Yeah." The eagle glanced at him with his peripheral vision and replied lightly.

Jecam pointed at the pagan on the ground and said again: "Look at his neck. Compared with the necks of our northern warriors, he is completely skinny."

"Yeah." Rayleigh didn't look back and walked straight ahead to pick up the spear.

Jackham quickly grabbed his friend and said, "Tell me if that's true. Take a closer look."

Reilly stopped and said, "I've seen it."

"Have you really seen it?" A look of anticipation flashed in Jecam's eyes, "Then did you find anything?"

"No." A look of confusion flashed across the eagle's eyes.

"Nonsense, you must have discovered it."

"Jie Jie... you just want me to know that you have killed someone, just say no." Reilly laughed strangely. As soon as he walked into the stronghold, he naturally noticed the sword wound on the neck of the monastery soldier.

"Quack... I'm awesome, right?" Jackham raised his head and laughed.

"It's amazing." "You're too perfunctory."

……

In this small stronghold battle that was on the verge of collapse, no soldiers in the Wu Crow were seriously injured. After returning to full combat readiness, wiping away the bloodstains, and removing the iron ropes blocking the road, the four warships set off again along the river.

After sailing 300 meters, the entire outline of the monastery gradually became clearer, and the faint sound of fighting and the sound of bells ringing in a wide range were heard at the same time.

"The long-haired Earl at the main gate of the river in the north has begun fighting, so we have to speed up."

Bartholomew said something, and the four warships immediately increased their power and rushed towards the west bank of the monastery.

The distance got closer, and when he saw the hundreds of soldiers suddenly pouring out of the west gate, Jackham took a deep breath, and then exhaled it. Kayson also felt his heart beat a little faster.

After all, this is the first time to face a large-scale group battle, so it is inevitable that I feel a little nervous inside, as well as a constant excitement——

He has gone through brutal training since he was a child, just to show off his dazzling glory on the glorious assault battlefield.

This is the moment of fighting!
Kaisen did not go to his uncle's side. With the protection of his uncle's powerful combat power in the battle, he would be safe, but that kind of battle without any sense of crisis was not what he wanted.

Only a warrior who is fearless in facing life and death can grow into a great warrior.

"Get ready to fight. The weak ones stay behind and the strong ones go forward first. The opponent's elite cannot exceed [-]%..."

Following Bartholomew's shouts, all the warriors let go of their oars and allowed the warship to rush forward with the inertia. At the same time, they lowered their center of gravity, gripped the shields and swords and axes in their hands, and locked eyes on a row of boats on the river bank. Spear.

Within five meters, Bassomo raised his slender sword:

"In the name of Odin and Mist Crow, crush them!"

Roar--

The war cry pierced the clouds like thunder. The four captains and several berserkers on the warship took the lead in raising their shields and violently smashed into the spear array.The strong warrior-level warriors behind him followed him like a bulldozer.

The flow of people turned upside down at the moment of contact, and patches of blood spattered into the sky.

Reilly, the newcomers, and the other raiders rushed in immediately, slashing every enemy in sight.

Jecam took the lead, and the impact of the shield was full of force. He knocked over three soldiers in a row. Kaisen's seizing opportunity was extremely strong, and he harvested the two people who were knocked over. The oncoming swords around him were also struck by Rayleigh and Itia. Block.

Itia plays more of a defensive role, while Rayleigh has a balanced positioning of both offense and defense. His eagle eye has already been opened. From a wide range of perspective, he has blocked all attacks that may cause fatal injuries to his teammates. .

If it is not fatal, there is no unnecessary blocking. As a tribal warrior, it is impossible not to be injured. For strong tribal warriors, unless they suffer large-scale injuries, infection is also not easy. .

Don't bother with small wounds. For larger wounds, simply scalding the flesh will basically prevent infection.

Their four-man team cut down several soldiers from the flanks, and the captains directly broke into the middle of the opponent's battle formation, which also caused more and more monastery soldiers to move to the two flanks to fight.

Rayleigh and others were immediately surrounded, and weapons swarmed from all directions, making them busy defending for a while.

Under the wide-angle perspective of the eagle eye, Bartholomew and Staff cooperated in an extremely tacit understanding. Each shield hit by the commander's giant arm could fly away a large number of soldiers. The big sword and the two-handed sword took turns to harvest the heads. The two of them were like sharp cones piercing the abdomen of the battle formation.

'Axe-Shield Girl' Sophia and several berserker warriors followed closely. She was holding a shield in her left hand, and every time she swung the long-handled ax held in one hand in her right hand, a large amount of blood would splash out.

Although Captain Sparrow did not kill anyone, his sharp swordsmanship not only blocked countless attacks from his teammates' weapons, but also cut open countless wrists holding the weapons.

He doesn't want to kill, but that doesn't mean he can't hurt others!

The four Rayleighs did not defend for long. As a large number of elite monastery warriors died in battle, as well as the fogcrow warriors who became stronger and stronger as they fought, the opponent's battle formation completely collapsed, and the berserker warriors in the middle also separated and fought out from both sides.

In a cold weapon war, apart from luring the enemy, the front row soldiers on the frontal battlefield are always the best among the best. If the front row is crossed, it often means the collapse of the battle situation.

At this moment, many monastery soldiers in the rear were hesitant to move forward or even started to retreat. The soldiers of the Mist Crow roared and completely ran over them.

Seeing that the pressure was getting less and less, Lei Li and others also began to counterattack. With their shields pulled back, they held a short ax in their left hand and a long sword in their right hand. They rushed directly following the surrounding soldiers. The soldiers blocked along the way were crushed and destroyed. The soldiers hacked him to death.

In less than a few minutes, after leaving behind a pile of corpses, the monastery soldiers began to flee in large numbers.

call out--

Rayleigh suddenly threw the hatchet in his left hand and smashed into the back of a runaway.He walked over and swiped his sword across his neck, pulled out his short ax and aimed it at a soldier in front again.

"what……"

Another scream sounded.

(End of this chapter)