king of ros

Chapter 350 Turn the tide
"How is this going?"

Gavrila's voice was full of anger, why did someone open the door, did they die?
At the same time, he felt a strong sense of powerlessness, because his current position could not do anything about the status quo. If the Polotsk people poured in from there, the fall of Novgorod would be inevitable.

He couldn't imagine what would happen if the Polotsk people entered their city. These pagan barbarians from the forest would definitely destroy their beautiful city and ruin everything here.

The sudden opening of the city gate was naturally noticed by the people of Polotsk. After being overjoyed, these besiegers immediately moved closer to the city gate, intending to enter the city gate.

But these people didn't have a question in their minds, why did the city gate suddenly open?I haven't heard that the prince has arranged an internal response, but if they think about it, they will realize that something is wrong.

So then they were crushed.

Hundreds of cavalry rushed out of the city gates, crushing the fast-moving Polotsk people with horseshoes.

And even those who were not stepped on by the horseshoe were either hacked with a machete or nailed to the ground with a spear.

The nomadic style of the cavalry speaks volumes for their origin, and these were John Sokal's soldiers, who traveled across the city to the assaulted walls.

Then they asked the Novgorod militia to open the city gate. There was only one way to save the current situation, and that was to use the cavalry in their hands to sweep the Polotsk soldiers who were attacking the city.

The Polotsk people actually prepared a small number of troops at the city gate to deal with the situation where the defenders rushed out of the city to fight. Their task was to hold the defenders until the reinforcements arrived. It was these infantry who charged the city gate before.

And their next fate was in everyone's eyes, and the nomadic cavalry directly crushed them.

"According to the plan, divide into two teams! Sweep out these Polotsk people and let them see how powerful we are!"

Under Sokal's order, the cavalry was automatically divided into two teams and headed to both sides of the city wall. This was the original plan and the only way to reverse the situation.

One team was led, of course, by John Sokal, and the other by Edward Wessex.

Then they began to sweep along the base of the wall, and the Polotsk people who stood in front of them couldn't help being horrified at this scene. No one thought that there would be cavalry rushing out of the city gate.

The Polotsk people were undoubtedly dealt a fatal blow. The soldiers either fled in embarrassment or were killed or trampled to death, and one after another fell down like this.

When the cavalry swept across, the Novgorod militiamen on the city wall cheered for their reinforcements.

As for the fate of the Polotsk people who had already boarded the city and fought with the Novgorod militia, it goes without saying that they were naturally killed one by one after losing their support, and then their bodies were thrown under the city wall, joining those corpses ranks.

Edward felt very free, which is what he wanted to feel. In Rose, he was so comfortable, but in England, he had only the fear of precariousness all the time, and his life was never safe.

Two groups of cavalry swept up the city wall besieged by the Polotsk people in an orderly manner. The brave Polotsk soldiers were either killed or fled now, and these cavalry did not deliberately pursue them, but just drove them away, so For a moment, deserters were everywhere in the field of vision.

The two teams of cavalry assembled again at the city gate, and Edward and Sokal slapped back. Their blow was so successful that they didn't lose many people and completely repelled the Polotsk offensive.

But they didn't take advantage of the situation to launch an attack on the Polotsk army formation, because the number of enemies is obviously still a lot, and you don't know how many enemies are still hiding in the forest.

And these Polotsk people are not easy to deal with. You see how long it has been, and those Polotsk deserters are regrouping in an orderly manner, which shows that the Polotsk army is well-trained.

And the Novgorod militiamen on the city wall cheered like thunder. There is no doubt that this victory belongs to them, and they defended their city!

Looking at this scene, the previous arrogance of the Polotsk army was stopped. They did not expect such a thing to happen. Many people were still complaining about why they were not the first wave to attack the team. Now they can only feel lucky. Fortunately, I was not the first batch, otherwise I would have to face that meat grinder.

"asshole!"

The prince of witchcraft roared, and the cheering was a mockery of him, which made the prince of witchcraft angry, and even more angry was the failure of the plan.

Why is the situation like this?It is obvious that Novgorod is about to be broken, and it is obvious that they are about to drink the wine of victory. Why do these cavalry suddenly come out?

The prince's anger exudes a strong power, that kind of power makes the followers subconsciously stay away from their prince, for fear of becoming the prince's venting target.

But there is one person who is not afraid, and this person is Stepan, he is the important minister of the prince, and he has to say some things, and only he can say them.

"Lord Vseslav, I think we should retreat. The enemy's reinforcements have already entered the city. Our attempt has failed. We should retreat as planned."

Stepan said in a low tone, his tall body was even trembling slightly.

Stepan is the person who arranged most of the plan. For him, the failure of the plan is unacceptable, but since the situation is already like this, he should retreat in time to stop losses.

Stepan is a very cold person and a person who can maximize his interests, which is why he became the spokesperson of the Varangian vassal group.

What should be done now is to return to the principality, and then gather the military force of the entire principality to prepare for the encirclement and suppression of the whole of Russia.

"Our loss is only two hundred, and some temporary cannon fodder died on it. These people don't need to be counted. This is completely acceptable data. We have gained nothing and lost nothing in this adventure. Lost. So the next thing we have to do is to take this intact army back to Polotsk to meet the next battle, just like our established team plan, the Yaroslavitches will soon kill Came here."

Seeing that Vseslav was silent, Stepan went on, intensifying the weight of his opinion.

And then the prince of witchcraft just sighed. Since the fact is already like this, he can only face it, "If this is the case, then retreat."

Stepan breathed a sigh of relief at Vsheslav's answer. Fortunately, the prince was not dazzled by the failure. He still maintained his old judgment and did not become angry because of this failure.

The melodious horn sounded, and the people of Polotsk were surprised, because the order of the horn sound was to retreat.

Many people were very puzzled, they had only lost so many people, why they had to retreat, and now they could continue to fight.

But an order is an order. Since the order has been issued, it must be carried out. These Polotsk are very obedient to the order.

So after a panic, the front team of the Polotsk army changed to the rear team, and then they began to retreat towards the depths of the dense forest.

The Polotsk people came as fast as they appeared, and soon, the Polotsk people disappeared into the dense forest.

With the Polotsks gone, the walls of Novgorod cheered for victory in this battle, and the Novgorodians were very excited that they had successfully held their city !

And Sokal and Edward, who were lined up in front of the city gate, were relieved. Fortunately, the Polotsk people did not continue to attack. If they continued to attack, based on the poor performance of the Novgorod militiamen they saw along the way, It must be planted.

After such a mentality, there is the ecstasy of meritorious service, because in any case, they won the second largest city in the entire Ross for Rostislav. This kind of feat is unprecedented!

Then the two led the army back to Novgorod, and then the whole of Novgorod greeted them with cheers.

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(End of this chapter)