Game of Thrones: Attack on the North Wolf

Chapter 116 Siege
"What, you want us to go to Bitter Bridge immediately as emissaries?"

Not long after the sun jumped out of the sea level, in the captain's cabin of the Ocean Monster, Earl Rodrik heard Robb's order and repeated it with a very surprised face.

Robb nodded, and said seriously: "Yes, I heard that Renly's [-] troops are camping at Bitterbridge.

Please, Earl Rodrik, you and Countess Ballerina are going to persuade Renly Baratheon to encircle the Lannister family together. "

"Your Majesty, may I take the liberty to ask, there are so many nobles in the northern border, why did you choose us?"

Barbaret shook her head at her father who was about to argue, and then asked.

"I trust you very much, and at the same time think that your ability can do this well. So, why not choose you?"

When Robb heard her words, he showed a surprised expression very naturally, and replied.

"Well, thank you for your trust. We'll get this done.

If there is nothing else, let's go back and make some preparations, Your Majesty. "

Ballet knew she couldn't refuse, she saluted Robb respectfully, and then pulled her father out of the cabin.

As soon as he left the large warship of the King of the North, Earl Rodrik couldn't bear it.
He looked around and asked in a low voice: "Barbaret, why did you agree to go to Bitter Bridge?
We haven't received a reply from Lord Tywin yet, and after we leave, how can we report the information here to him. "

"Father, the decision to let us leave the army in the north cannot be changed no matter what. Even if it is not the mission to the Bridge of Bitterness, he will arrange other things for us."

Barbaret tilted her head and answered her father's question in a low voice, then looked at a long ship in the port area, and continued,
"The premise of letting us leave is fine if it's only because of Luce. If it's because of Ramsay..."

"You mean, it's possible that Ramsay betrayed us?"

Earl Rodrik heard what his daughter meant, his eyes widened, and he was so surprised that he didn't hold back his voice.

"Hush, father, this is just my guess. Whether it is true or not, we have to test Ramsay to find out."

"Good! Go now."

Earl Rodrik, who couldn't bear his temper, immediately walked towards Ramsay's longship.

Seeing that her father was so anxious, Barbaret really wanted to figure it out, so she followed closely behind.

After the father and daughter met Ramsay, they were all kinds of verbal temptations.Ramsay pretended to be stupid and perfunctory.

Seeing this situation, Ballet asked directly: "Earl Ramsay, my father and I were sent to Bitterbridge by Robb Stark today. This matter should have nothing to do with you, right?"

"Huh? Are you going to Bitterbridge? It has nothing to do with me? What do you mean by that?"

When Ramsay heard Barbaret's words, he first had a puzzled expression on his face, and then he suddenly realized and continued,

"Oh, you suspect that I'm an informer on Robb Stark?"

"Earl Ramsay, today he gave us such an order very suddenly. We are worried that he is looking for a reason to keep us out of everyone's sight, and then..."

Earl Rodrik heard that Ramsay understood, and simply expressed his concerns very directly.

"I swear to the gods on the honor of House Bolton that I, Ramsay Bolton, never told Robb Stark."

When Ramsay heard this, he immediately swore very seriously that he had not informed Robb.

The oath of this world, for some reason, is very credible.

Upon hearing this, Ballet immediately eased the atmosphere with a smile on her face and said, "Hehe, Earl Ramsay, it doesn't have to be like this. How can we not believe you?

We're leaving for Bitterbridge soon, and I'll tell you how to contact Casterly Rock.During this period of time, I will trouble you to deliver information to Lord Tywin. "

"No problem, I'm still waiting to ask Lord Tywin for a reward! Don't worry, as long as he can meet my conditions, I will definitely deliver the information seriously."

"Don't worry, he will definitely satisfy you. The contact information is..."

Barbaret and her daughter conspired with Ramsay for a while, then returned to their longship to clean up.Not long after, soldiers sent by the King of the North came to urge them, saying that the King of the North was waiting for them to leave.

When the sun was in the middle of the sky, the father and daughter left from the southern area of ​​Lannisport with a few family members.

They originally wanted to leave with the remaining nearly [-] family soldiers, but Robb said, "Take thousands of people to the Bridge of Bitterness. Are you going to be an envoy or go to war!" 'It was sent away.

……

Da da da!
On the first wall of Casterly Rock City, and on top of all the towers and watchtowers, thousands of Lannister soldiers are busy running. They are either holding head-sized stones in their hands, or carrying one by one full of arrows. quiver.

There are also a large number of male servants on the city wall, who are burning large iron pots full of boiling oil.

After Steve returned to Casterly Rock City yesterday, as the current highest family status and highest official position in Casterly Rock City, he naturally replaced Casterly Rock City's garrison officer and gained the overall command.

At present, there are about 150 remaining guards in Casterly Rock City, including nearly [-] cavalry and only [-] infantry.Plus nearly a hundred members of the Lannisport Garrison who were lucky enough to survive to Casterly Rock.

Steve knew that given the number of enemies, they didn't need cavalry to go out of the city to make a surprise attack at all, so he ordered all the cavalry to convert into infantry to assist in the defense of the city.

There were hundreds of male servants in Casterly Rock City, who were also summoned by him to assist them in defending the city.

As he who followed Tywin to attack King's Landing City in the Usurper War, he still has basic military common sense.

However, he also has the Lannister narcissistic character, and he is very complacent about his military talents.

I always feel that I am an outstanding general comparable to Tywin, but there has never been a suitable platform for him to play.

However, the two brothers James and Tyrion privately commented on him, 'Steve Lannister is a coach with very mediocre military skills! '

The reason why Steve prepared various means of defending the city early was because he felt that after the northern army captured Lannisport, they would definitely besiege Casterly Rock City as soon as possible.

Because Casterly Rock City will definitely notify Lord Tywin that his army will return to aid as soon as possible, the choice of the northern army can only be to forcefully capture Casterly Rock City as soon as possible.

As for Casterly Rock City, which has a high wall and strong walls, it is impossible to be captured in a short period of time, so they will hurry up and take down Casterly Rock City before Tywin's army returns to help, which is the most correct choice.

As a result, on the second day after he returned to Casterly Rock, all the soldiers stood on the city wall in high spirits and waited for a whole day.

There were only a few scouting cavalry soldiers from the northern border. They took a general look at the situation of the guard city outside the attack range of the archers, then turned and left.

In the middle of the night that night, when Steve was sleeping soundly in the castle, he was awakened by the noise at the city wall.He immediately jumped up from the bed and went out in panic to find someone to ask about the situation.

It turned out that it was the soldiers on the watchtower at the front of the castle who sounded the alarm immediately after seeing the dense torches appearing outside the city.

However, this was just a false alarm. At least [-] northern cavalry came to the "Lion's Mouth" where [-] horses could pass side by side, and immediately turned back without any attempt to attack the city.

After tossing and tossing like this, on the third day, the soldiers on the city wall were not in good spirits, obviously not as energetic as yesterday.

The situation that day was exactly the same as the next day. The northern scout cavalry came during the day and harassed them at night, but this time they woke up at different times in the middle of the night.

During the daytime on the fourth day, many soldiers guarding the city fell asleep while standing guard on the city wall.Their status was seen by the northern cavalry who came to investigate.

After these few days of tossing, not to mention the soldiers and servants who spent the night on the city wall every day, even Steve, who was resting on the comfortable big bed in the castle, felt a little unbearable.

In fact, it's good to be mentally tense all the time, but such a sudden loosening and tightening is even more tormenting.

On the fourth night, at the main gate of Casterly Rock City, the watchtower in front of the Lion's Mouth.

Four Lannister soldiers were routinely standing guard in full armor, and the two soldiers were dozing off staggeringly with their eyelids drooping.

The other two soldiers were trying to cheer up and chat, but the deep dark circles under their eyes also showed their mental state.

"Hey, they're here again? Are you annoying!"

A chatting soldier watched the thousands of torches moving towards them in the distance, and said impatiently like a long dragon.

"Should the alarm be ringing?"

The other chatting soldier asked.

"Don't be in a hurry, let's see if they come and leave as soon as they came two days ago!

The brothers who sounded the alarm two days ago were all punished for false alarms. "

The soldier who was questioned hesitated for a moment before answering.

"Okay then! Actually, they didn't need to ring the bell before, how could the enemy attack the city with all cavalry?

The walls of Casterly Rock City are so high, could it be possible to jump up on horseback? "

The other soldier nodded when he heard the words, and complained about the soldiers standing guard in front.

As the torches approached, the two soldiers opened their eyes wide, trying to see the situation as clearly as possible.

"It seems...not cavalry? What is that long thing?"

"I can't see clearly!"

The discussion of the two guard soldiers woke up a dozing soldier,
He rubbed his eyes, leaned forward and looked forward, his expression gradually changed from a bewildered sleepy state to one of panic: "They are carrying siege ladders!"

Huh, huh, huh!
There were dozens of sharp piercing sounds, and the four guard soldiers on the watchtower were instantly hit by at least two arrows.

The soldier who leaned over to check was shot directly by an arrow and fell to the bottom of a deep rocky cliff.

Long dragon-like torches approached Casterly Rock City. Tens of thousands of northern soldiers, carrying long siege ladders, held a torch every five people, and continued to move towards Casterly Rock City with the faint light of the fire.

It was not until they were approaching the main gate of Casterly Rock City that they were discovered by the despondent defenders on the city wall.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

Loud and panicked roars sounded in Casterly Rock City, and all the soldiers and servants forcibly cheered up and started a life-and-death battle to defend the city.

There are a total of three entrances and exits in Casterly Rock City. The widest one is located at the main entrance of the Lion's Mouth on Main Entrance Avenue.

Every entry and exit door of Casterly Rock City is not only protected by towers full of archers, watchtowers, but also high stone walls, solid oak doors and iron gates.

As a stone castle that has never fallen, its own defense capabilities are indeed extraordinary.

Huh, huh, huh!
The guarding soldiers on the city wall hurriedly drew their bows and shot arrows. Although the accuracy was not very good, and the northern soldiers were still wearing one-handed shields, a large number of arrows would always take away some unlucky lives.

At the front, more than a dozen soldiers of the Laswell family and the soldiers of the Dustin family who were wearing chain armor were hit by arrows through the gap and fell to the ground bleeding.

These bright red blood opened the prelude to the siege of Casterly Rock City.

The dozens of people who were shot by the arrows fell to the ground, and the other soldiers behind them immediately filled their positions, raised the siege ladder and quickly approached Casterly Rock City.

The closer to Casterly Rock City, the brighter the lights. Since the northern soldiers were already very close, after only one round of arrows from the defending soldiers, they came to the city wall and erected a long siege ladder.

Bang, bang, bang!
On the walls of Casterly Rock City, a large number of head-sized hard stones fell down, the weight of the stone itself plus the kinetic energy of falling from the sky.

When it fell on the one-handed shield, it instantly cracked the shield. Some shields that were not strong at all were smashed to pieces and turned into wooden fragments of different sizes.

And those stones that fell directly on the soldiers in the northern border immediately shattered their bones, and they all vomited blood and fell to the ground.

As for the soldiers from the north who were directly hit in the head, there was no chance of them surviving.With luck, part of the skull was smashed, and at least his identity could be recognized.

Unlucky, the entire face was smashed to pieces, and the face was covered with fuzzy blood clots mixed with flesh and brain.

In this era when there were no soldier nameplates, such corpses could not be identified at all. Only other comrades in arms could finally confirm that they were missing, and that they did not flee before the battle could be recorded on the sacrifice list.

Casterly Rock City is worthy of being a castle that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Even if it is a hasty battle, but with all kinds of means, the soldiers from the northern border have not even touched the walls of the city wall.

Those northern soldiers who were about to climb to the top of the siege ladder were faced with a splash of steaming oil, and immediately fell to the bottom of the city wall covering their faces with scorched flesh.

The siege of Casterly Rock City was going on fiercely, and Stafford hurried over in disheveled clothes.When he saw the tragic scene, he immediately understood that this time it was a real army attacking the city.

However, in front of nearly [-] Lannister soldiers, members of the garrison and domestic servants who defended the city,

The northern army must at least continue to attack the city for a long time and pay more than ten times the proportion of battle damage before it is possible to capture this strong stone castle.

However, it was obvious to him that this was just a self-estimation based on historical siege data and on paper.

Reality is affected by all aspects!

The Lannister soldiers who were obviously in a poor state of mind were obviously different from the energetic northern soldiers who ate and slept a few days in advance.

As the intensity of the siege increased, the more than 800 Lannister soldiers at the main gate gradually felt exhausted. The hands that drew the bow were sore and weak, and the body that threw stones was also weak.

Even the servant who splashed the oil did not have the speed and precision of the beginning.

A soldier from the north leaped onto the battlements of Casterly Rock City while the servant was scooping up the oil, and cut the servant's neck with a sword.

But this heroic soldier from the north was stabbed bloody by several Lannister soldiers holding spears next to him, and fell to the bottom of the city wall.

This situation is actually quite normal. There will always be one or two enemies jumping onto the battlements. As long as there are no defensive gaps, it is not a big problem for the enemy soldiers to stand firmly on the city wall.

But Steve was obviously taken aback by this situation, and he immediately ordered to the messenger beside him: "Quickly transfer the soldiers from the side gate to participate in the defense of the main gate."

"Master Stafford, but the side door also needs to be guarded!"

Behind Steiff, the former defense officer of Casterly Rock City reminded him.

"It's not like evacuating all the people, leaving dozens of people to guard. The side door is narrow, and there is a steep cliff next to it, so it is impossible to attack the city on a large scale.

If they really want to attack from both sides, then the frontal pressure will definitely be relieved, and I will send soldiers to support them.

Alright, hurry up and pass the order. If you really delay and the main gate is broken, the consequences will be unimaginable! "

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