Two hundred and sixty-ninth crossbow
"Swoosh." The arrow was shot out, and the strong wind cut the weeds and stabbed straight towards the rushing cavalry. As the arrow broke through the air, a neighing sound of war horses sounded.
"Did you shoot?" Grace's brow frowned. She held her battle axe and shield tightly, and did not relax her vigilance. At this moment, the neighing sound of the war horses sounded again. A tall Nordic war horse rushed out. The Viking warrior on the war horse rushed straight, raised the round shield and slashed the battle axe from a high point. The force was amazing. Grace raised the round shield in her hand and stepped upwards, and immediately squatted down and rolled on the ground, which removed most of the Viking warriors' strength on the war horse.
"It's Swedish raid cavalry, be careful." The other Viking warriors were shocked. They knew very well the power of the raid cavalry from Sweden and did not dare to take it lightly. Sure enough, many raid cavalry rushed out from all over the world, and tall war horses rushed into the team. Even if the Viking warriors were hired to resist with shield walls, they were still in a mess under the impact of the war horses.
"Shield wall, form a shield wall." Grace avoided the attacking raid cavalry and immediately organized her subordinates to deal with the heavy infantry of the cavalry, and the Swedish raid cavalry were also very clear about this. They drove their war horses and tried desperately to chase and hire Viking warriors, preventing them from gathering together to form a thick shield formation.
"Oh oh~~~." A Swedish raid cavalry drove his war horse and rushed to Grace. He raised his battle axe and slashed hard at Grace. The attack suddenly attacked like a bird of prey at a high place. Grace had no time to react.
"Clang~~~." Suddenly, the sound of weapons colliding sounded. Surprisingly, another Swedish raid cavalry was holding the battle axe. He wore a Viking iron helmet protecting himself and extended his weapon to block the battle axe that was slashing towards Grace.
"Hmm." Grace was also startled by the blow, but she was surprised by the raid cavalry who rescued her. She didn't understand why the enemy was coming to protect her.
"Gris? You're Grace." The Swedish cavalry who saved Grace reached out and took off his helmet and revealed his face. He was Ronald, the captain of the group of raiders. He recognized that Grace, the daughter of the former King of Denmark, who led the group of Vikings.
"You are, you are Ronald." Grace recognized him as the Swedish king's illegitimate son Ronald, who had followed her father to visit the Swedish king's palace when she was very young, where she met Ronald.
"Yes, stop attacking immediately and you will return to the camp." Ronald waved his hand and asked his Swedish raid cavalry to stop the attack, and asked the cavalry to leave the return of the King of Denmark's camp, but he jumped down from the horse and walked to Grace.
"I haven't seen you for a long time. I didn't expect that the thin boy could lead the cavalry to fight now." Grace also took back her weapons and stopped fighting with the Viking warriors under her. Grace remembered the weak boy who was bullied in the Swedish palace. She was always pushed around by other princes. When he was bullied again, she was hid in the dense forest and cried. Grace was found by climbing up a tree to find fruit to eat. Although the fruit thrown by Grace from the tree was smashed by the head, it also made the two of them form friendship when they were very young. Therefore, the unexpected encounter here made Ronald very happy.
"Haha, I really didn't expect it, but why are you here?" Ronald asked Grace curiously.
"I am now a mercenary of the Earl of Mecklenburg." Grace said to Ronald generously. Being hired is also a way of survival for Viking warriors, so this is a very common thing.
"So that's the case, but fighting with the King of Denmark is also your wish." Ronald knew that Grace's father, the former King of Denmark, died at the hands of Banuk. Although Banuk let go of Grace, who was a daughter, this was also because Grace was a woman. If she were a male heir, she would have been exiled or even killed long ago.
Because he accidentally met his old friend Ronald, this baggage force was not attacked by the Danes. He returned to the Masons' camp intact and obtained baggage and supplies so that the Masons could continue to fight, which played a role in maintaining morale. However, for Arud's, the arrival of this baggage force was very important to him, and he was loaded with several wooden boxes on the car.
"Sir Earl, what's inside this box?" Sir Ron looked at the wooden boxes outside Arod's tent curiously. At the same time, there were several craftsmen dressed as servants next to the wooden boxes. One of them had a fingerless hand. It was Pine, a craftsman with nine fingers. Arod specially summoned them from the smelting base.
"It's the siege crossbow, Lord Jazz." The answer to Sir Ron was Pine with nine fingers. He respectfully answered this question. Here is a large crossbow that can be combined. This was developed by the craftsmen under the inspiration of Arod in the smelting base. This large crossbow was improved by Arod according to the memory and the Romans' new hair style in the film. Without knowing that the Saxony royal family was coming to support, Arod knew that to defeat the Denmark King, a more powerful weapon was required. Fortunately, after the crossbow in Mecklenburg, Arod ordered the smelting base to develop new and more lethal long-range mechanical weapons. It was not easy to develop such a large crossbow. Without knowledge of mathematics and physical theory, Arod was completely exploring with his own experience.
"How far can this big crossbow shoot?" Aruod frowned. He was more concerned about this weapon developed under his inspiration and guidance. He actually had no foundation in his heart.
"I'm sorry, Count. Although we have worked hard, we can only make the crossbow arrows shoot out 200 yards. It will be difficult to do it any further." Pine, who had nine fingers, said in embarrassment. Without the guidance of mathematics and physics knowledge, it is already rare to be able to shoot out effective lethality with experience.
"It's okay, now put the big crossbow on it, you have brought a few of them." Aruod asked them.
"Three, Count." Pine with nine fingers reported this to Arod. Arud asked the craftsmen to immediately pack three large crossbows. It took two days to load three large crossbows. On the third day, they finally loaded the large crossbows. After debugging by craftsmen such as Pine with nine fingers, the three large crossbows made of tough cowhide ropes with the power of the knot were placed in the camp of the German Mercenary Group. The long large crossbow arrows were placed in the wooden trough, and the sharp iron crossbow tips shone coldly in the sun.
"It's finally installed." Aruod walked up and patted the big crossbow. The nine-fingered craftsmen and other craftsmen laid the wood into a smooth and smooth shape. Although the wood texture was not painted, it also had a special beauty.
"Sir Earl, let me organize a team of people immediately and take these big crossbows to attack the Danes." Sir Ron looked at these big crossbows that were half-height and looked like a scorpion, and his eyes emitted a light of envy. He was ready to ask for a fight and petitioned Aruod.
"Well, Sir Ron, take a large crossbow, thirty spearmen and swordsmen, and go to attack the Danes' camp and I'll see." Arod also wanted to get the power of these big crossbows on the real battlefield, so he immediately agreed to Sir Ron's suggestion and dispatched thirty-four German mercenary soldiers for him, and asked him to take a small team of soldiers to test the attack. In these days, small-scale battles between the Masons and the Danes were very common, and small-scale attacks would not be too attention from the Danes.
Chapter completed!