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Chapter 96 The Battle of Shili City

Harrenhal, Barracks Hall.

A dozen people gathered around Arthur, watching the training of the new army together.

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The troop panel clearly shows the military power that really belongs to Arthur.

The most important of these are the 100 people recruited by the Moulin Rouge, the 200 strong farmers recruited from the Harrenhal refugees, and the more than [-] people Arthur ordered to train before going to King's Landing.

Since the training time was not long, the 300 people recruited from among the refugees were all at the first level.

And the more than 200 strong farmers selected by Arthur's own people have been trained to the second level by Javier, Dickon and Bill in two rounds of training.

Surprisingly, among the original 35 family soldiers, after two training sessions, 29 were upgraded to the third level, and six were upgraded to the fourth level.

It's just that no fifth-level plate armor heavy infantry has been trained yet, which makes him a little disappointed.

Although the purchased armor is not enough, it is enough to equip soldiers of level two and above.

Moreover, the He'an family has more than 2000 sets of discarded armor. Although most of them cannot be used because they have not been maintained for many years, they can still be used after being rebuilt.

Right now, in the armory below the barracks hall, more than a dozen forges have been started, and the blacksmiths and their assistants found among the refugees began to recast various weapons and armors.

"Lord Arthur, it's a bit tiring to train these people." The serious Dickon complained.

Although he has undergone a full set of military training from his father, this is the first time he has done such a thing as training recruits.

It would take a long time to get this group of people to line up, let alone familiarize them with various military orders and fighting moves.

"Thank you for your hard work. The western region is really bullying people this time. If we don't work hard, the entire riverland will be occupied by Tywin's army." Arthur replied.

The borrowed soldiers belonged to other families, and the mercenaries could not be relied on. This group of recruited militiamen was the basis for his future hegemony.

Those who have no property have no perseverance. This group of militiamen are farmers in the river. Their families and property are all within Arthur's control area. After becoming an army, their loyalty is higher than that of mercenaries like the blood troupe who are desperate to earn gold. I don't know where to go.

"With such a group of people, it is enough to defend Harrenhal." Patrick waved his hand towards the west, "We can set off to rescue Stone Ledge City with confidence."

He regards Arthur as an idol, and he naturally regards Janos as his duty to let Arthur defend Stone Ledge City.

"That's right, fuck him as a soldier from the Western Regions, stab Tywin's asshole, and see if he's really pulling gold." The forthright Ma Ke danced his fists.

Six hundred infantrymen of his family were borrowed by Arthur, and they are still being transported down the Red Fork River on the big ship.

Patrick said: "Hendry sent Raven, saying that the advance infantry in the western region just besieged and did not attack. It seems that they are waiting for the Tywin army who is still in Luxi City to come to help."

As early as eleven days ago, Luxi City was besieged by Tywin's main forces in the western region. After two days of persistence, the newly ascended Earl of Karel lost his castle.

Raymond of Darry City shook his head, "Tywin's heavy cavalry and heavy infantry are stationed there, probably because they want to encircle Riverrun City with the partial forces from the western region. Stonewall City is not worth the time of 2 people to besiege."

The territory of the Darry family is just to the east of Harrenhal. His family used to be an earl, but they supported the Dragon family in the usurper war 15 years ago. It can only support 350 troops.

Twenty cavalrymen were led by Arthur to fight with the Magic Mountain all the way, and died in battle.

330 infantrymen were staying in Darry City, and he recruited 300 soldiers with a raven, and they were currently in Harrenhal.

"No." Arthur pointed to his feet, "Tywin will not stop the war until the little devil and James are handed over. With Robb already leading his troops south, he will definitely control Harrenhal And the ferry of the Trident River, in order to gain the dominance of the war with the wolf soldiers."

"That's right." Raymond agreed with this point of view, "With Tywin's strength, no matter whether he fights the Stark army or not, the soldiers from the Western Region will always have the geographical advantage."

"But Shili City still needs to be saved. Since their large force is still in Luxi City, we have time to destroy the part of the western border army outside Shili City, and then go back to defend Harrenhal." Patrick said.

Traveling Rest City is to the north of Hongfen City and southwest of Shili City.

It is about a few hundred leagues from Shili City to Luxi City, which is about two days' riding.

If Tywin seized the time to attack Harrenhal, he would have to march eastward from Travel's Rest, pass through the north side of Willow City's territory, and would not pass Stonewall City near the Red Fork River.

Arthur nodded, "Then as agreed in the morning, we will lead our troops northward, from Ruby Beach Ferry to the middle of the Red Fork River, then land and approach Shili City."

The battle plan they had discussed before was to go upstream from the waterway, intercept the fleet of [-] infantrymen coming down from Riverrun, and take them to Stonewall City.

Everyone nodded, approving the plan.

So everyone involved got busy.

King's Landing mercenaries and Arthur's recruits were left to guard Harrenhal, and the fifth-rank Dorne spearman named Dach was also left behind. He was appointed by Arthur as the spear instructor of the new army.

Dickon is in charge of the defense of Harrenhal, and Anguy, the sharpshooter, assists him.

All the members of the blood troupe, 320 cavalry, and [-] infantrymen of Darry City were led northward by Arthur and the young and strong nobles in Hejian to rescue Shili City.

……

Five days later, outside Shili City.

The orange burning tree banner of the Marbrand family and a dozen or so roaring lion banners of the Lion family are juxtaposed, and the purple unicorn of the Horn Valley City, the striped wild boar banner of the Crake Hall, and other western nobles' banners stand behind. .

Under the banner, there are heavily armed Adam and some nobles in the western region, as well as their personal soldiers.

Surrounding Shili City were nearly [-] family soldiers of these nobles, [-] Lion Family infantry, and [-] heavily equipped Lion Family heavy cavalry, and [-] soldiers left by Amory Lodge. Hussar.

The unlucky Rocky was deprived of the command of the light cavalry by Sir Adam who led the army here, and the latter asked him to take more than 100 people to hunt down Bailey, Soros and their men.

The remaining members of the King's Landing Law Enforcement Team should now be called the Brotherhood Without Banners, and the Earl of Berry's power has grown rapidly due to the joining of farmers and minor nobles from the Riverlands.

This caused a lot of trouble to the army in the west.

The infantry with all kinds of siege equipment was in front of the nobles in the western region.

Small trebuchets are testing the distance, and battering rams and siege engines, which can only be pushed by 30 people, are placed aside.

Although it was a feint attack, Adam still prepared and arranged according to the real siege battle.

The specially transferred crossbowmen battalion was waiting in the northern open space of the nobles in the western region. They calmly adjusted the crossbow strings, and the quiver at their waists was filled with sharp arrows reflecting black light.

In front of the crossbowmen, there were three rows of Western heavy infantry armed with large shields, spears, and battle axes. They were responsible for protecting the long-range attack comrades behind them.

Behind them, another group of soldiers with ropes and large stones piled at their feet.

The stones were used to crush the river riders if they did not surrender.

The dozens of pits that trapped Arthur lay in the clearing ahead of them, covered with thin planks and camouflaged layers of soil, trampled mud.

There are no things to prevent barbs and other things in the pit, so if you fall, you will hurt your tendons and bones at most, and you will not die.

In order to ensure that the charging river god of war fell into the pits, the pits were dug in three rows, each facing the gap between the other two rows of deep pits.

Therefore, Arthur, who wanted to go straight to the central army, would definitely fall into a deep pit in a certain row, unless he moved in an S-shaped position.

"The scouts reported that more than 500 people led by Arthur landed on the north bank of the Red Fork River yesterday morning, and they will be able to reach Shili City today." Earl Roland Kerr said to the nobles of the Western Region behind him.

The Duke of Tywin sent all the non-Lion soldiers to Shili City, which brought the commander of the Western Territory Army - Sir Adam - to 500 troops.

To protect himself in the west, he led the remaining [-] lions, including heavy cavalry, heavy infantry, and light infantry, and headed towards Harrenhal, an important town in the river, with all the large ordnance, sufficient horse grass, and rations. advance.

It's just that the multi-army army was not moving fast. It took four or five days for Duke Tywin and the Lion's army to leave the earldom of Lvxi City and enter the earldom of Willow City in the lake area.

"Excellent." Earl Saliott of Silver Mountain City waved his whip excitedly, "We can see what the man who killed the Devil Mountain looks like."

The family motto of his family is "invincible", and it is considered the most belligerent family among the count and above nobles in the western region.

"It's two shoulders and one head, what's so special about it?" said Earl Leo Leford of Golden Tooth City.

Earl Kerich shook his head, "It is said that this person is extremely handsome, the kind who can fascinate men and women, and is more interesting than the Magic Mountain."

"Then he should wear a mask to fight, otherwise he will lose his majesty." Leo said.

A group of people were chattering, talking about the God of War in Hejian who has been in the limelight recently.

"Hey, here we come." Adam Marbrand saw the dust rising from the north and several large flags fluttering in the wind, and he knew that today's most important guest was coming.

……

Arthur's flag of golden armor, red horse, and golden knife was propped up at the front of the team by a blood troupe mercenary. When the breeze blew, the flag unfolded, allowing this freshly baked aristocratic logo to be fully displayed in the eyes of the nobles of the western region.

More than 300 river cavalry and 66 blood troupe members surrounded Arthur and others for a week.

Three hundred infantry from Darrytown's family, six hundred infantry from Marco Piper's family, and fifteen hundred infantry from the Bracken family followed their respective commanders.

In a safe place not far from Shili City, the whole team put on their armor.In order to keep their physical strength at a high level, they moved slowly.

The Shili city on the big mound has come into the sight of everyone in Hejian, surrounded by thousands of western border soldiers and some siege equipment.

After traveling to the distance where they could charge, the group stopped and began to observe the situation.

"Is that a crossbowman?" The steady and experienced Raymond Darry noticed the abnormality first, "It seems that they have also learned how to use crossbows to deal with Arthur."

Patrick nodded and counted roughly, "At least five or sixty people, one round of salvo can turn Arthur and the red giant horse into hedgehogs."

"He shoots at them, we shoot at ours." Ma Ke didn't take it seriously, "Everyone rushes over together, and we can always share some arrows with Arthur. As long as our God of War rushes to the noble group of the western region behind, that's enough. The battle is over."

Patrick clapped his palms and smiled lightly, "It's just what I want. With Arthur's bravery, the heads of those western nobles are like watermelons on the ground. They are split open with a knife, and the red flesh water flows out."

One of them is straightforward and the other simple, so they get along quite well.

The protagonists in their mouths don't want to do that.

"That's a crossbow. Our plate armor can hold it, but the horse under the crotch is a bit dangerous." Arthur liked the giant horse Chitu very much, and didn't want it to be shot by the crossbow arrows.

"You can let the infantry protect the front with a big shield." Lei Meng suggested, "As long as they rush to the front of the crossbowmen, it will be much easier."

Arthur nodded in approval of the proposal, "Infantry with shields are not slow to run, and crossbowmen are much slower than archers in firing arrows, and they can last for two or three rounds."

A plan was drawn up and the commanders of the infantry swiftly executed it.

Soon, seventy or eighty soldiers from various families holding pentagonal shields were transferred to the front of the cavalry.

The charging cavalry were allotted a small one-handed buckler to protect their vital points.

everything's ready.

"Follow me." Arthur swung his knife and pointed at the command center of the Western Territory Army, shouting angrily.

The whole team started, the infantry with their shields raised strides fast, the cavalry controlled the horses to keep the same speed with a two-beat trot.

Behind, there are more than 2000 infantrymen from various families. The burqas on their chain mail clearly indicate their respective affiliations.

……

Sir Adam, who was surrounded by the nobles in the western region, looked at the shield-raising infantry guarding in front of the river cavalry, a little dumbfounded.

"This group of people are not all fools, they know how to protect them with shield soldiers."

Earl Leo Leford said: "It's okay, the shield soldiers are in a row, and they are very close to the cavalry, and the speed of both is not slow. If the shield soldiers fall, the cavalry will not stop in time, and they will still fall into the deep pit." inside."

"I hope so, otherwise those hundreds of people digging for two days will be wasted." Adam sighed.

The situation did not go as expected by the people in the western region. As expected, part of the charging Hejian army fell into the deep pit.

Adam took a closer look, and saw that the golden armored horse and the legendary Arthur also fell into the pit.

What is even more gratifying is that several nobles of the Hejian Army also fell into the same pit.

This means that the more than 2000 infantry behind and the more than 200 cavalry who did not fall into the pit lost their backbone.

"It's perfect." He clapped his hands and laughed, "The heavy cavalry outflanked and blocked them, and the light cavalry was responsible for chasing the deserters."

The flag officer and the messengers gave Sir Adam's order, and the lion's army, which was pretending to be attacking the city, immediately tore through the camouflage.

The soldiers of each family also started, and they followed the heavy cavalry to complete the encirclement.

Shili City, on the city wall.

"Hey!" Hendry slapped the stone wall hard, "I knew they made a small move there two days ago."

They also found the Hejian army coming to the north to help, but because it was too far away, it was too late to warn that there was a problem there.

Hans Darry, the hired knight, suggested: "There are a total of 1000 or 500 friendly troops coming to help, plus our more than [-] people, the total strength of nearly [-], compared with the [-] people in the western region, Not too much difference, you can kill them and let them come in."

"That is, we have been surrounded for so many days, and it is time to fight with them."

"Little Sir, you can just give the order. The brothers have been thinking of saying this for a long time."

"The friendly army came to help, and we are still cooped up here to be useless. Wouldn't it make people laugh to death if we said it?"

Many soldiers expressed their opinions one after another.

Seeing that the military spirit was available, Hendry pulled out his saber abruptly.

"Okay, let's go play with these bastards from the West."

He ordered Hans Darry to defend the city with [-] newly recruited recruits, and he rushed out with [-] veterans to meet the friendly river troops from the north who came to help.

……

In the deep pit, moaning and cursing sounded endlessly, reverberating around the beam.

It took all of Patrick's strength to squeeze his face out of the horse's belly.

Most of his body was buried under a black horse, and above his side, there were two or three other horses and their owners. The tremendous pressure made his mediocre and immature face put on a mask of pain.

Those who fell into this pit were all Hejian nobles who were greedy for the safety behind Arthur, but they didn't expect that the original safety turned into danger.

"Huh!" Patrick took a sharp breath, trying to calm himself down, "Arthur, are you okay?"

"I'm fine." There was a voice from below, "If you can move away, I'll be better."

"I'm calling someone..." Patrick was about to speak, but was interrupted by a foreign object falling on his face.

It was a lump of warm horse manure.

It should be the stress of a poor horse being thrown, and can't control the excrement and urine.

It's just that Young Master Patrick has to bear the consequences alone.

He hastily wiped off the horse dung on his face with his hand in a cowhide glove, and then shouted angrily, "Where are the people in Haijiang City? Get us out of this damn place."

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(End of this chapter)