Gavrila's voice was full of anger. Why would someone open the door? Are they trying to kill themselves?
At the same time, he felt a strong sense of powerlessness, because he could not do anything about the current situation from his current position. 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 naturally attracted the attention of the Polotsk people. These attackers were overjoyed and immediately moved towards the city gate, intending to enter the city gate.
However, these people did not think about a question in their minds, why did the city gate suddenly open? They did not hear that the prince had arranged an internal response, and if they thought about it more, they would realize that something was wrong.
So then they were crushed.
Hundreds of cavalry poured out from the city gate and crushed the fast-moving Polotsk men into a pulp with their horses' hooves.
And even those who were not trampled under the horse's hooves were either hacked with scimitars or nailed to the ground with spears.
The nomadic style of the cavalry illustrates its origins; these were John Sokal's soldiers, who traveled across the city to the walls that were under attack.
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 on hand to sweep away 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 defenders rushing out of the city to fight. Their task was to hold the defenders back until reinforcements arrived. It was these infantry who launched the charge at the city gate before.
And their next fate was visible to everyone, as the nomadic cavalry directly crushed them.
"According to the plan, divide into two teams! Clean up 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 towards both sides of the city wall. This was the original plan and the only way to reverse the situation.
One team was naturally led by John Sokal, while the other team was led by Edward Wessex.
Then they began to sweep along the base of the wall. The Polotsk people in front of them could not help but be horrified by this scene. No one expected that there would be cavalry coming out of the city gate.
The Polotsk people undoubtedly received a fatal blow. The soldiers either ran away in embarrassment or were killed or trampled to death. One after another they fell down like this.
As 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. Without support, they were naturally killed one by one quickly, and then their bodies were thrown under the city wall to join those corpses.
of ranks.
Edward felt very relaxed. This was the feeling he wanted. Being in Ross made him so comfortable, but in England, he only had the fear of precarity all day long, and his life was never stable.
The two groups of cavalry swept through the city wall besieged by the Polotsk people in a very orderly manner. The originally brave Polotsk soldiers were either killed or running away, and these cavalry did not deliberately pursue them, but just drove them away, so
Suddenly, deserters were everywhere in the field of vision.
The two groups of cavalry gathered at the city gate again. Edward and Sokal fired back. Their attack was so successful that they did not lose many people and completely repelled the Polotsk offensive.
But they did not take advantage of the situation to launch an attack on the Polotsk military formation, because the number of enemies was obviously still large, and you still don't know how many enemies are hidden in the forest.
And these Polotsk people are not easy to deal with. Just look at how long it has been, and those Polotsk deserters are actually regrouping in an orderly manner, which shows that the Polotsk army is well-trained.
The Novgorod militiamen on the city wall gave thunderous cheers. There is no doubt that this victory belongs to them, and they defended their city!
Seeing this scene, the previous arrogance of the Polotsk army was shaken. They did not expect that such a thing would happen. Many people were complaining just now about why they were not the first wave of people to attack the team. Now they are only happy in their hearts.
I am glad that I am not the first batch, otherwise I would have to face that meat grinder.
"asshole!"
The wizarding prince roared angrily, and the cheers were simply a mockery of him. This made the wizarding prince furious, and what made him even more angry was the failure of the plan.
Why is the situation like this? It is clear that Novgorod is about to be captured and the wine of victory is about to be drank. Why do these cavalry suddenly come out?
The prince's anger exuded a strong power, which made the followers subconsciously stay away from their prince, for fear of becoming the target of the prince's vent.
But there is one person who is not afraid. This person is Stepan. He is an important minister of the prince. There are some things that he must say and only he can say them.
"Lord Vseslav, I think we should retreat. The enemy's reinforcements have entered the city. Our attempt has failed. It is time to retreat according to the plan."
Stepan said in a low tone, his tall body even trembling slightly.
Stepan is the one who arranged most of the plan. For him, the failure of the plan is unacceptable, but since the situation is like this, he should retreat in time to stop the loss.
Stepan is a very ruthless person, and he is also a person who can maximize interests, which is why he became the spokesperson of the Varangian vassal group.
What we should do now is to return to the principality, and then summon the entire principality's military strength to prepare for the encirclement and suppression of Russia.
"Our losses are 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 gained nothing and lost nothing in this adventure.
Lost. So what we have to do next is to take this intact army back to Polotsk to face the next battle. Just like our established team plan, the Yaroslavichs will soon kill
Came to your door."
Seeing that Vseslav remained silent, Stepan continued, strengthening the weight of his opinion.
And then the wizard prince just sighed. Since the fact is like this, he can only face it, "If this is the case, then retreat."
Vseslav's answer made Stepan breathe a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the prince was not dazzled by the failure. He still maintained his old judgment and did not become angry because of this failure.
Then a melodious horn sounded, and the people of Polotsk were startled, because the horn sounded the order to retreat.
Many people were puzzled. They had just lost so many people, so why did they have to retreat, but now they could still continue to fight.
But an order is an order. Since the order has been given, it must be carried out. These Polotsk obeyed the orders very well.
So after a period of panic, the front group of the Polotsk army changed to the rear group, and then they began to retreat deep into the dense forest.
The Polotsk people came as quickly as they appeared, and soon the Polotsk people disappeared into the dense forest.
With the disappearance of the Polotsk men, cheers rang out from the walls of Novgorod, cheering them for victory in the battle. The Novgorodians were very excited because they successfully defended their city.
!
Sokal and Edward, who were arrayed in front of the city gate, breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the Polotsk people did not continue to attack. If they continued to attack, based on the poor performance of the Novgorod militia they saw along the way, that would be
It will definitely be planted.
After such a mentality, there is the ecstasy of meritorious service, because no matter what, they won the second largest city in Russia for Rostislav. This kind of achievement is unprecedented!
Then the two men led the army back to Novgorod, and what greeted them next was the cheers of the entire Novgorod.