Chapter IX: The End of the King of Sweden
Although at this moment, after a whole day of high-intensity combat, the Norman soldiers were almost tired and fell down. However, under Egil's strict orders, these systems produced by the system, or those included in the system after the indigenous people defected, were nominally soldiers, but in fact they were more like tragic guys who were more like contract workers. In this way, under Egil's strict orders, they continued to fight desperately.
At this moment, the sun was about to set and the light was already scarce. The guards under Egil's command saw that their lord did not issue any orders in a short time, so they arranged to bring dozens of torches from the camp's baggage soldiers, at least making this tower quite bright.
I hope I won't become the other party's target because of this.
Well, there are no manned spacecraft tools like griffin dragons in this era, nor are there any tricks such as flying skills or wing skills. Egil, who is in the back, is obviously safe.
Egil looked at the battlefield with great nervous spirit. He did not notice a little of the sun that was about to set. At this moment, the war was in a white-hot stage. With the fierce battle between the Cossacks and the Norman heavy cavalry on the right wing, on the left wing, the remaining Norman heavy cavalry also fought with the professional Hussars and the Moscow army that had lost some of its troops.
On the front battlefield - if Liurik had collapsed for an hour or two, then the coalition should have collapsed completely now. But unfortunately, this did not happen. Although the front was further compressed, and deserters had also appeared in large numbers - but after Gustav used the Nordic lion stunt, the Swedes' attack and defense increased significantly, and morale instantly recovered to a level, which stabilized the crumbling front again.
"…Damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it,
Seeing that the attack of his own army was roughly frustrated, many Swedes who were fleeing in a panic also joined the battle again. The situation seemed to be no longer possible. Egil was furious and pulled out his command knife to cut the torch next to him. At the same time, he launched a special stunt, the underworld roared - in an instant, a great sense of fear enveloped the battlefield, and the situation of retreat that had already stopped had once again come.
"Assault! Order the one hundred royal knights used by the left and right wings to assault! Continue to attack the enemy's right wing!! All the remaining reserves will be put into the battlefield! But!" After giving such an order, Egil took a few steps and turned his back on his horse.
"Follow me!" Egil gave such an order, so the guards quickly ran down from the platform - some of them were good at their own skills, so they jumped directly and jumped down from the tower more than five meters high.
As a result, in the end, the battle with Gustav became the kind of one who had to go on the battlefield to win. Thinking of this, Egil sighed a little. Gustav Adolf is indeed a very difficult opponent. But if everything goes well, then you will not see that guy again after today. Even if you can escape, Sweden will be captured by Egil, and Gustav can only be a poor person who lives under someone else's roof. It is very difficult to make a comeback.
But Egil will never feel a pity, he will only feel glad. He is not the kind of person who likes to challenge high difficulties. He is not the kind of person who is bored, so he cultivates opponents and finally raises tigers. According to the level of the game, it is the first-class player who likes to use secrets, find bugs, and uses the mouse to control characters to kill various monsters while drinking orange juice at the lowest difficulty. If everything can go smoothly, that would be better.
That's it. After Egil entered the battlefield, the Norman army was inspired by Egil. At the same time, under Egil's terrifying brutality value of up to 16 points and the brutality of death, Egil was invincible. The same extremely tired coalition soldiers collapsed and fled.
"Damn it, bazi - this time I lost money - go, go, don't fight!!!" Next, it was like a domino, and the defeat was like a mountain. The defeat of one person caused fear of dozens of people around. The defeat of five people could affect hundreds of people, and ten people escaped together, which could affect the troops of a battalion... But at this critical moment, Cossacks were unreliable. Although they still had the power to fight when facing Norman heavy cavalry, they still had more than 2,000 troops to fight to the present, and they could be said to be the strongest force in the coalition today, but the leaders of the Cossacks chose to escape without hesitation.
Therefore, the Cossack mercenaries are the most unconventional, extremely fickle and extremely unreliable mercenaries. After a whistle, the Cossack cavalry quickly turned around, ignored the Norman cavalry fighting with, and fled directly. Such behavior made the Normans fighting with them feel inexplicable - but they are light cavalry and have not participated in the war for a long time, and their physical strength is better than theirs. In this way, they will definitely not catch up with them. Since that is the case, let's change the opponent and continue fighting.
As a result, the large-scale heavy cavalry that Egir had been looking forward to for a long time to attack the opponent's flanks occurred. Because Liurik, who was actually in the right-wing garrison task, had already fled in a panic with the defeated Novgorod general. Therefore, this time, the Swedes were attacked by more than a thousand and hundreds of cavalry.
It has been said before that most of the Swedes participated in the war this time were temporary recruits farmers, and some of them were not even equipped with weapons. They were able to fight Egil's elite army with their blood courage, thanks to Gustav's extremely high virtues and the skill bonus of the Nordic lion - but after that, Egil also stepped onto the battlefield. In this way, the extremely high brutality value and the Screaming Skilling skill bonus directly offset Gustav's ability. After the Swedes were once again violently attacked by the flanking cavalry, they could no longer hold on and retreated in an instant.
"Damn... I can't fight anymore. Retreat!" After that, Semynovsky also made such a judgment. When the Cossacks retreated before, he felt something was wrong and had already been prepared to escape. He didn't even have to react too much at this time, and directly turned his head and fled with his guard cavalry. At this point, the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow collapsed across the board. The professional Hussars and the Norman heavy cavalry on the left wing also began to attack the chaotic Swedes.
The form of the entire battlefield is irreversible. The commanders of the three countries have fled one after another. Only Gustav is left, and he is helpless as his army runs to the wolf and porpoises.
The other two were indeed able to escape. They still had territory and military sources, and their territory had not fallen. As long as they escaped, they could regroup and come again. But Gustav was not good. His kingdom was Sweden. He was the king of Sweden. He was born and raised in Sweden. Then he was destined to return to Sweden.
So Gustav ignored the anxious warning of the guards beside him: "Retreat quickly, Your Majesty! It will be too late!"
Although he knew that these entourages were for his own good, Gustav still smiled sarcastically. Escape? Once again? He couldn't stand such grievances. Moreover, even if he ran away... where could he escape? Stockholm? He had already fought a siege before. It proved that the place could not be defended at all. So, flee to Novgorod, and then survived under the wings of his previous enemy? Ha... Gustav asked himself, he was not so humble yet.
Then, it’s better to die in battle. I’ll die here in battle, and be torn apart by the enemy’s longbow, sharp arrows, tomahawks, and rifles. Then my head was hung high on the gun bar, thinking it was proof. Just like what the Vikings often did... Such an ending is the most suitable for me.
"All! Attack!!!"
As soon as he thought of this, Gustav did not hesitate anymore, drew his sword and pointed it straight into the sky, then took the lead and rushed to the chaotic battlefield. Inspired by his own king, Gustav's guard knights were also excited and followed Gustav to the battlefield.
In this way, an extremely disharmonious scene appeared: while the Three Kingdoms coalition forces fled in a panic, a knight unit with less than 100 people was charging forward. It was like a fish that was ignorant of life and death in the turbulent water. It made people feel inexplicably moved, and at the same time.
They are a group of people, very brave and foolish.
May history record them like this: On June 17, 1002, Sweden, Novgorod, and the Three Kingdoms Alliance of the Grand Duchy of Moscow collapsed, but only Swedish king Gustav, less than a hundred people went up against the tide and rushed forward bravely. No one took a step back until his death.
The next day, when most of his soldiers returned to the camp to sleep, Egil, who was anxious and unable to sleep, finally waited for the news he wanted: Gustav Adolf's body was found.
King Norman, who was slightly relieved, could no longer bear it, and laughed loudly and quickly drove out of the barracks. He saw Gustav's body, who was resisted by several guard knights on a simple stretcher.
Just as Gustav had imagined before, he was hit by a dozen arrows in his torso, and his calf and right hand were cut off by an axe. Then a large hole appeared in his abdomen, which seemed to be the damage caused by a gun. Such a complex injury made it difficult for a while to know what kind of weapon he died from.
"Is this guy Gustav? Could it be a dress-up stand-in?" Egil asked.
Chapter completed!