Take the ride to dominate the game

Chapter 109 Ferry Defense Battle

Like most of the river regions, the Root family's fief is also dominated by plains, mixed with a few small hills.

To the south of the town and the ferry is an almost endless plain.As far as the eye can see, except for the King's Road, which stretches straight to the south, it is all farmland and scattered trees.

Arthur took Tyrion, Raymond, Patrick, Locke, Hostyn Frey, Robert Glover and others to a small hill to the south of the town, looking around the land .

Baron Root Charles pointed to his feet and said: "This may be the highest mountain in my territory, if it can be called a mountain."

Tyrion pointed to the guide, "Based on what I know about the Lannister family, after hearing the news of the disastrous defeat on the western front, there must be a heavy army coming and blocking the ferry. Do a shit job."

In the process of walking here, Arthur has roughly told Tyrion about the current situation.

But he didn't specify the specific distribution of the troops of the Northern Border Army, only told him that there would be a large army going south from the King's Road.

This news is enough for the little devil to play the role of his military adviser.

"And the most famous heavy armored unit of the Lion Family is the heavy cavalry regiment with a number of up to [-]." Patrick added.

Now he wants to have a career with his idol Arthur, so he follows wherever he goes.

"That's right." Tyrion nodded, "So as long as you defend against this wave of attacks, when the northern army comes to help you, you will be no weaker than the enemy in numbers."

"The best way to deal with heavy cavalry is to interrupt their charge, or simply prevent them from charging."

Standing in front of the crowd, he drew a half circle with his small hand, "We can dig a tunnel in the open space in front of this hill to prevent the cavalry from charging. You can only dismount and fight with us."

Now Tywin's army is still near Harrenhal, and it will take two or three days for them to march northward, which is enough time to arrange fortifications here.

Arthur remembered the time outside Shili City, when he and dozens of cavalry rushed into the trap made by the enemy.

"The tunnel is a bit petty. We can mobilize the nearby civilians to dig out dozens of traps and put spikes and sharp stones in them. It is guaranteed that even armored cavalry and war horses will lose half their lives if they fall in." He said to the crowd.

Among the many brains that followed, only Raymond and Robert Glover's brains were better.

The two nodded in agreement, and Lei Meng added: "The excavated loose soil can also be piled inside to form a mound, so that our soldiers can attack the enemy condescendingly."

Robert, who was wearing a crimson cloak, described the whole idea in more detail: "If you dig all the deep pits and set up traps, the amount of work will be too large. We can dig traps directly to the south of the hill. Dig shallower tunnels on the east and west sides, in short, to prevent the enemy's cavalry from rushing through."

Everyone discussed and felt that this arrangement was feasible.

"We can gather nearly 1000 active men and women from nearby, plus our more than 800 soldiers, enough to complete this project before the enemy arrives." Baron Root said.

Recently, due to the outbreak of war, many people ran away from his territory, otherwise he could have summoned more people.

"Then let's execute it. Tyrion is responsible for planning the location of traps and tunnels, and how to accumulate the excavated loose soil. Mr. Glover, please be responsible for protecting Tyrion." Arthur ordered.

Tyrion, who is familiar with all kinds of books and has a lot of knowledge, can be used as half a bachelor. The Root family cannot afford to support a bachelor, so the little devil can only take charge of the defense project.

But he is not entirely his own, so Arthur asked Robert Glover to supervise him in the name of protection to prevent Tyrion from doing something small.

Robert and Arthur, who held their heads high, looked at each other and understood what Bracken meant.

"Once there is no problem, let's start."

The crowd then returned to the town and began to mobilize the people and soldiers to work.

The cavalry was sent out to gather the nearby peasants, and the soldiers took off their armor and prepared for a full day's work.

Although the idea is comprehensive, there are many difficulties in its implementation.

The most difficult thing is that there are not enough hoes and shovels on the Lute family's fief.

The newly appointed military adviser offered his own advice: "When I went south with the Gaoshan clan, I met many peasants who had taken refuge. They may have farm tools in their hands. If you can find a way to get them, hoes and shovels are just a few It's no longer a problem."

It is indeed the choice of quite a few farmers to take refuge across the Trident River, so there are far more civilians gathered on the north bank than usual.

Arthur suddenly remembered that he still had a copy of the parchment with the seal of the Duke of Hoster. At that time, Lord Tully wanted to make it easier for the river nobles who hunted and killed the Devil Mountain. Raymond and the others were later sent to King's Landing to submit evidence. handed over to their own hands.

The current situation is just right.

Arthur asked his servant Meydan to find out the parchment, and gave it to Charles Root and Hostyn Frey, asking them to go to the north bank to get farm tools, and if possible, call some people to help with the work.

The territory of the Frey family is along the Green Fork River, and the Root family can be regarded as an influential nobleman in the vicinity, so it is appropriate for the two to go.

An hour later, the intense but methodical fortification work officially began.

Seven or eight hundred farmers and thousands of soldiers were summoned to dig at the predetermined traps, but because of insufficient tools, three or four people were often given a hoe and a shovel.

In order to be fair, it is often that one person works for half an hour, and the other person takes the wheel.

This makes progress very slow.

When they were not working, some optimistic farmers began to hum country tunes, and then the mercenaries followed up, shouting the rather bold and unrestrained songs on the continent of Essos.

The hometown of these mercenaries, Kehor, is at the junction of the Free Trade City and the Dothraki Grassland. Wars often break out, and the Lorne River is the most densely populated place nearby, so the folk customs are quite brave.

When it comes to the song, it's like shouting at the top of your lungs.

This is in stark contrast to the light and enthusiastic ditties of Riverland.

Fortunately, singing does not affect the progress of the project.

In the afternoon, the two nobles who went to the north bank brought back nearly a thousand tools and more than 300 farmers.

This suddenly brought the construction site to life, and before dark, the general appearance of the entire trap group and tunnels appeared.

Of course, in order to prevent the fortifications from being detected by small groups of enemy troops, Arthur also sent a dozen cavalry squads of four or five to move within a dozen leagues to the south to drive away the scouts in the west.

After dinner, the farmers and soldiers huddled on the flat ground of the town for a week, spread some hay, and began to sleep and rest.Although the long summer is coming to an end, the temperature is still warm, and it is not impossible to sleep in the open air.

Although there are some tents, they are not enough for nearly 3000 people.

The next two days were more or less the same.

On the morning of the fourth day, the whole project was roughly completed.

The cavalry who went to the south to drive off the scouts in the west were also called back. Before the trap was fully formed, they had to pass through the trap area to avoid falling into the pit dug by themselves.

A simple camouflage then covers the surface of dozens of traps.

After finishing their work, most of the peasants and the people of the Root family were sent to the north bank. The battle that followed would be fierce, and they didn't need to go to the flood without armor and weapons.

That afternoon, several thousand Westland cavalry in crimson cloaks and black ringmail finally appeared within a few leagues to the south.

The Hejian coalition forces who got the news gathered together and prepared to defend against the enemy on the hill and on the east and west sides.

亚瑟带来的河间各家族士兵500人、慕顿家的士兵600人、高山氏族五百余人、科霍尔佣兵200多人，鲁特家士兵47人，总计一千890二名战斗人员。

The armor and flags worn are even more varied, including plate armor, chain mail, iron armor, plate armor, bronze rune plate armor, etc. Arthur's golden saber flag, Patrick's purple-backed silver eagle Ramon's black farmer's flag on a brown background, two quartered flags of the Vance family, two-headed horse flag of the Root family, red salmon flag of Maiden Springs, etc.

Even the knowledgeable Tyrion had to admit that if he hadn't become familiar with this group of people these days, he wouldn't be able to recognize the flags of so many people at once.

And the flags and armor of the Western Territory Army, which was slowly charging northward, were much more unified.

All are Lannister's roaring lion banners, and the armor can tell whether it is heavy cavalry or light cavalry at a glance.

Nearly [-] cavalrymen from the western region launched an attack on the small hill and the coalition forces on both sides of the river. The sound of rumbling horseshoes made the ground tremble.

Tyrion's legs trembled a little while holding a small pocket sword: "Who would have thought that I, a prisoner, would face my own cavalry army?"

Although he was proud of the Lannister heavy cavalry in the past, he deeply complained why his father built such a powerful army at this moment.

Arthur, standing beside him, replied, "Relax, you'll be safe with me."

The reason he brought Tyrion with him was to protect him.

The little devil raised his head to see the golden sword in Arthur's hand.

"Looking at your dilapidated knife, I feel that I am not far from seeing the gods in the sky. Could it be that a big knife with many gaps is more convenient for chopping people?" He questioned.

The blade of the golden knife in Arthur's hand has become irregularly jagged, so it naturally doesn't look very sharp.

"It's not very handy, but it's enough to kill people." Arthur swung this handy weapon violently. "Actually, I've been using it as a blunt weapon."

Since the blade is not very sharp, Arthur needs to use more strength when cutting people, which makes his opponent's death more painful.

Of course, it would be more to Arthur's taste if the blade was rusted.

One knife, if you are lucky enough to not die on the spot, you will be infected. Considering the standards of the bachelors and the doctors accompanying the army, it may be equivalent to death.

Tyrion shook his head, thinking that he should find a chance to reveal his identity to the western soldiers on the opposite side.

The little devil immediately overturned this idea. With his height, as long as he saw his western soldiers, how could he not recognize who he was?

Although he participated in the construction of fortifications, he also knew that if his own cavalry rushed over regardless of casualties, the traps and tunnels would not be able to stop them for long.

The final decisive battle must be a crowded battle.

Tyrion thought vaguely, and he racked his brains but couldn't figure out how to escape from the ambitious man around him under such circumstances.

"Hey!" He sighed in a low voice, feeling sad that he couldn't decide his own life.

Arthur looked down at this Lannister, knowing that he had not returned, and was still thinking about escaping from himself and returning to the Western Territory Army.

"Don't sigh, my friend, I will protect you in this battle."

After appeasing the little devil, Arthur ordered to bring him a bundle of lances.

In the late-night raid on the camp, he hit Tai Wen, who was fleeing on horseback, with a single sword, which gave him confidence in his throwing ability, so he practiced javelins a lot in the past few days.

Since there is no special javelin for him, he can only use the most common lance to throw.

When the enemy charged to a distance of forty or fifty steps, Arthur threw out the first lance with all his strength.

Under the watchful eyes of thousands of people in the audience, the gun passed through a long distance like a sharp arrow off the string, and pierced into the neck of a certain unlucky western border soldier.

Ordinary soldiers don't have the throat protection of noble gentlemen, and there is only a layer of chain mail around their necks, so they are not very resistant to stabbing.

But this hapless western cavalry only attracted the attention of a few short breaths, because the cavalry in the front row began to fall into the dug trap.

Tyrion looked at the cavalrymen of the western region who had fallen into the trap he commanded and built, and couldn't help regretting for a while.

This is the cavalry that the family spent a lot of money to train, and the money spent on the hundreds of war horses that fell into the pit is impossible for the family below the earl to get it.

Fortunately, Duke Tywin's golden flowers were still in place. After only a burst of commotion, the momentum of the western cavalry's charge came to an abrupt end.

Several officers commanded the lion cavalry in front of the trap to retreat, and organized the rescue of comrades who fell in the trap.

It's a pity that the Hejian coalition army didn't have a large number of archers and crossbowmen, otherwise they could take advantage of this good opportunity and give the enemy a hard time.

Arthur lowered his head and asked, "Brother Tyrion, do you recognize who the leader of your family is? Let me see the demeanor of the general of the Lion family."

The little devil squinted his eyes and recognized that the leader of the army was his cousin, Davon Lannister.

Right now, Dafeng is being surrounded by dozens of dismounted lion family officers and heavy cavalry, studying the traps and tunnels around the hill.

He was about to point it out to Arthur, but suddenly remembered the previous throw.

If this is pointed out, my cousin's life will be lost.

"Hey, I've been in Casterly Rock for a long time, and I'm not very familiar with these low-level officers." Tyrion said.

Patrick, who was beside Arthur, guessed the enemy's commander. "It's the man surrounded by the cavalry in the middle. It's probably Davon. The long golden hair and golden beard of the Lannister house are unmistakable."

He had been in charge of the defense of the Harrenhal gates for a period of time, so he had dealt with many spies from the Lion family and knew the characteristics of the enemy's new commander.

Arthur looked at Tyrion, who was somewhat guilty, with great interest, then picked up a lance, aimed at the target, and threw it viciously.

It's just that when the enemy is not moving, the effect is not as good as before.

A heavy cavalryman caught the shot with his heavily armored body, saving the commander from death.

After that, Arthur tried several times but was resolved by the lion soldiers with cavalry shields and heavily armored bodies.

This also angered Dafeng and the lion family officers. After testing out the trap area, the dismounted heavy cavalry launched an attack from the tunnels on both sides.

The battle became visibly intense.

"Hosting, you take the Alpine clan to strengthen the defense on the east side, and the mercenaries and I go to the west side." Arthur ordered.

According to Patrick, this Hosting is the best Frey who can fight, and it is estimated that he is also the powerful combat power of the first-line knights in Westeros. Arthur is still very relieved to send him to the Eastern Front.

"No problem, just watch me stab the Lannister soldier's asshole!" The tall Foyle drew out his great sword, turned around and headed towards the east side.

Arthur himself also took more than 200 Kohall mercenaries to the west side.

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(End of this chapter)