Game of Thrones: Attack on the North Wolf

Highgarden in the Reach lies on the banks of the Mander River, which flows from the northeast to the southwest of Highgarden.

The upper reaches of the Mande River from High Court are muddy and turbid, densely covered with dark sand and shoals, which are not conducive to boat navigation.

And downstream from Gaoting, the flow of the river is huge, and the river surface is wide, clear and gentle, which is convenient for shipping and transportation.Coupled with the convergence of Binhai Avenue and Rose Avenue, the superior location of High Court is self-evident!

The entire Highgarden Castle is built on a relatively gentle hill. This historic castle is protected by three ring-shaped walls built of white marble stones.

The lowest low city wall surrounds the entire foot of the mountain, and between it and the second higher city wall is a labyrinth of plants carefully arranged by specially assigned persons.

This plant maze is usually used to entertain guests to watch and play.But it also has defensive uses in times of war.

If the first wall fell, invaders unfamiliar with the botanical labyrinth could easily get lost.

Or be shot by the guards on the second city wall when passing through the winding plant maze, or step on various traps in the plant maze and die.

Each wall of Highgarden was taller and thicker than the previous one, and guarded by long, graceful round towers.Therefore, the last wall responsible for guarding the inner castle of High Court is the strongest and most difficult to attack.

Olenna and her left hand stood on the balcony of the tower of the inner castle, silently looking down at the enemy army outside the city wall who were constantly rearranging their formations.

"On the left, is there a letter from Margaery from Crake Hall?"

It was also the first time for Olenna to feel the pressure brought by such a large army. Her face was full of haze, and she asked in a low tone.

"No, Scholar Lomis said that not a single raven has come to the crow's nest in the past few days. I guess they were all shot and killed by the enemies outside!"

Hearing the words, the left hand immediately shook his round head and replied.

blah blah blah!
Olenna turned around and no longer looked at the many enemy soldiers approaching the city, but turned and walked slowly into her room.

She paused, staring at the northwest direction and continued to ask: "The enemy shot the raven, so will Earl Paxter..."

"Madam, don't worry, we released a large number of ravens at the beginning of the siege, and they couldn't possibly intercept them all. Earl Paxter must have received your raven letter."

"Ah That's good!"

Woo! ! !
A loud horn sounded outside Gaoting City, which immediately tensed the hearts of countless people inside and outside the city.That means it's unknown how many lives are about to be lost in this battle.

There are two city gates in the southeast and northwest of Gaoting, which is located in the traffic hub, among which the north and south gates connecting Rose Avenue are the widest and huge.

Because the south is connected to the once largest city, Old Town.The north is connected to the largest city now, King's Landing City.

The main attack direction of the combined army commanded by Oberyn was also the north and south city gates. Outside the two city gates, about [-] combined armies each began to approach with the sound of horns.

As for the east gate facing the borderlands of Dorne, Oberyn left [-] United Army cavalry to guard it.

The west gate facing the coastal avenue is even simpler, with only [-] United Army infantry guarding the Mande River Bridge connecting the coastal avenue.

In fact, Kevan is not optimistic about Oberyn's siege tactics of two-sided attack.In his view, a large castle like High Court should concentrate all its strength to break through one gate, and use its numerical advantage to break through.

However, before he thought that the Lannister army stayed behind because they were waiting for the reply from the Tyrell family, so that they could attack Dorne, the Stormlands and other combined armies at the same time.

Now, since there is no signal from Tyrek.Dafon followed Oberyn's command wholeheartedly, only thinking about taking Highgarden as soon as possible.

Although Oberyn focused on attacking the north and south gates at the same time, in fact the emphasis was slightly different.Oberyn personally took half of the prisoners of the Tyrell family, soldiers of the Martell family, and soldiers of the Lannister family to attack the north gate.

And Sir Bonifer Hastie from the Stormlands took his Hundred Crusaders, half of the Tyrell prisoners, soldiers from the Stormlands, and soldiers from the Reach House to attack the south gate.

In fact, it stands to reason that Sir Bonifer is just a knight and does not have the qualifications to command this combined army.However, at the previous meeting, many nobles were arguing over the position of commander.

Based on the intelligence he had collected and how he had been with him during this time, Oberyn overruled the crowd and appointed Sir Bonifer as the commander.

Sir Bonifer is a devout believer in the Seven Gods. His nickname is 'The Good Guy'. He is not only clear-headed, but also very responsible.

Moreover, he and the Hundred Crusaders are also well-known for their discipline, and they have a good reputation in areas such as the Stormlands and the Borderlands of Dorne.

Therefore, whether it was intentional or not, Oberyn's decision happened to strike a balance, and many noisy nobles accepted Sir Bonifer as their commander.

Huh, huh, huh!
Hundreds of sharp arrows fell like raindrops on the siege soldiers of the combined army near the north city gate.

呲, 呲!
Ah!
The siege soldiers of the United Army who were the first to approach the north city gate were shot by this wave of arrows and caused a lot of casualties.Hundreds of siege soldiers fell to the ground after being shot by arrows, and bright red blood flowed on the scorched earth outside the city.

Earl Landau, who was standing in a defensive round tower at the north city gate, was surprised when he saw that his first wave of arrow rain had achieved such a good effect.

He took a closer look at the observation port of the defensive round tower, and immediately understood the reason.

There were a large group of siege soldiers outside the city, holding a simple one-handed shield. Most of them wore dilapidated armor with various family crests, and a small number even wore ordinary clothes without any armor. They were completely improvised. The appearance of a motley army.

Use cannon fodder troops to consume our energy and physical strength first, and then organize elite troops to forcibly attack the city as soon as we show fatigue?
Earl Landau, who was experienced on the battlefield, immediately understood the intention of the enemy commander.

Gaoting, who had fallen for Tywin's strategy, now has far fewer defensive forces than the siege enemy forces, and is currently guarding the four city gates.

Although the reserves of defensive materials are very sufficient, drawing a bow to shoot and throwing stones is indeed a lot of physical work.If the enemy waits until the defenders are exhausted to attack, there is indeed a high probability of success.

Originally, Earl Randall wanted to recruit the civilians in High Court to assist in the defense, but Olenna feared that Tywin had already planted spies in it, so she directly rejected his proposal.

Earl Landau also understood the danger of being led by spies to defect during fierce battles.So he didn't refute, but just moved the suggestion from the first city wall to the second city wall.

After all, compared to the large number of civilians living in the first city wall, the dignitaries in the second city wall are more credible.

And when it came to that kind of critical moment, he didn't even bother to think about such small issues as spying!

The siege soldiers of the combined army finally managed to get close to the first city wall of Highgarden after dropping hundreds of corpses under the arrow rain of the defenders inside the city wall and the defensive round tower.

Click, click, click!

Numerous siege ladders were erected on the north wall of Gaoting, and these miscellaneous siege soldiers in various armors began to climb up the siege ladders.

lb!
Zi, Zi!
Pieces of rocks as big as heads fell from the city wall, smashing the siege soldiers so that their brains and blood spurted everywhere.

At the same time, the color was golden, and the steaming boiling oil was sprayed down from the city wall, causing the siege soldiers to be torn apart and screaming again and again.A large number of siege soldiers casualties were caused for a while.

Huh, huh, huh!
The archers at the top of the city wall are inconvenient to attack the siege soldiers who are climbing the siege ladder, but for the archers in the defensive round towers that protrude from every other part of the city wall, they are living targets.

As time went on, it became too difficult for the siege soldiers who only relied on a single means of siege ladders to force their way to the top of the walls of Highgarden.

Under the city wall on the north side of Gaoting, the corpses of these siege soldiers gradually piled up layer upon layer.Their casualties are mounting.

"Ah...what are you going to do for them? Run away!"

Seeing the half of the head of a familiar comrade-in-arms crushed by the stone, a siege soldier suddenly yelled in horror.At the same time, he dropped the sword and shield in his hand and fled towards the left side of the city wall on the north side of Gaoting.

The siege soldier's escape behavior seemed to set off a chain reaction.A large number of siege soldiers began to flee.

However, they did not flee in the direction of the central army of the United Army behind them, but ran for their lives in the left and right directions of the northern city wall in a very tacit understanding.

"Grunt! These Riverbend soldiers are useless. It seems that their most valuable armor and weapons are those!

Earl Franklin, kill the first group of Reach soldiers who defected!

The rest is left to continue to consume! "

Outside the city wall on the north side, on a movable podium of the Central Army of the United Army, Oberyn took a big gulp from the wine glass full of blood-red wine in his hand, and then spoke.

"Yes, Prince Oberyn!"

Franklin Fowler, the gray-haired Earl of Tianjicheng, nodded to Oberyn and quickly left the commanding platform of the central army.

"Well, sure enough, our Dorne's strong wine is in line with the taste. This deep red color, and that evocative aftertaste of sweetness.

Is this the sweetness of revenge?One day, I will taste it! "

Glancing at Earl Franklin who was leaving, Oberyn turned his head to look somewhere behind him, his eyes that were like the night gradually showed some ruthlessness.

Huh, huh, huh!
A large number of arrows were shot at the deserters on the left and right sides of the north wall from the central position of the combined army, and the unsuspecting deserters immediately fell to the ground like harvested wheat.

Da da da!
Two Dornish cavalry troops wearing Dorne's characteristic cotton armor and head scarves rode out from the center, and charged towards the deserters on the left and right sides who were out of the range of the bow and arrow.

Whoa, whoa!
The two Dornish cavalry units quickly pursued the deserters, and quickly killed them all with the spears in their hands.

The rest of the siege soldiers who were either unable to escape during the siege, or who had no time to react in the future, immediately put away their desire to be deserters and tried their best to survive the battle.

These siege soldiers are actually the river bend soldiers that Vilas left behind at the beginning, but the situation after the surrender was not satisfactory.

Although they temporarily survived after surrendering some time ago, the weapons and equipment on their bodies were directly looted and divided by a large number of stormy nobles and river bend nobles.

Moreover, it was not until today that he served as cannon fodder for the siege that he had a full meal.

The soldiers who descended from the River Bend, who were sandwiched between the defenders of Gaoting and the soldiers of the United Army, either died at the hands of the defenders or the Dornish army. They just kept falling under the north wall.

As the siege time passed, the defenders on the Gaoting city wall basically killed nearly five or six thousand siege soldiers without any major casualties, which is a remarkable result.

However, probably due to the massive physical exertion of the guarding soldiers, the frequency of their attacks on the surviving siege soldiers under the city wall has become much slower than can be seen with the naked eye.

Oberon, who seemed to be completely addicted to fine wine and didn't care about the siege battle at the commanding platform of the central army of the United Army, suddenly glanced at the city wall of Highgarden with somewhat drunken blurred eyes.

Then, he put down the red wine glass in his hand, stood up and took the Golden Snake Spear from the attendant, pointed at Gao Ting, and shouted loudly: "Send the order, the whole army launches an attack! Brothers, go to the city to snatch the Golden Dragon and the woman!"

Woo! ~~
As the horns of the combined army's general attack sounded, Oberyn led the cavalry force in addition to [-] Martell cavalry and Lannister cavalry.

Another [-] combined army pushed battering rams, and siege towers and other siege equipment began to approach quickly.

"The enemy has launched a general attack! Dickon, inform the resting soldiers to return to their positions. Cancel the ban on the use of all defensive equipment and enter the state of preparation!"

Earl Landau in the defensive round tower saw the enemy launching a general attack, and he calmly gave orders to his son Dickon beside him.

"Yes, Father!"

Dickon, who was missing a few teeth, still had some swollen left cheeks, and he ran out of the defensive round tower immediately after accepting the order while muttering.

In the early stage of the siege of Highgarden, according to the changes in the enemy's strength, Earl Landau and Vilas led troops to guard the north and south gates respectively.

After seeing the flags of the Martell family and the Lannister family, Earl Randall took the initiative to stay at the north gate with two thousand soldiers of the Tarly family and one thousand soldiers of the Tyrell family.

Now is the time for him to play a role as the famous star of Westeros!
"Push! Push hard! Archers cover!"

Earl Franklin commanded the troops who were trying to push the battering ram towards the north gate, and at the same time let the archers around him start covering fire on the walls of Highgarden.

Hu, Hu, Hu!
At the end of the United Army, more than a dozen simple trebuchets were operated by soldiers, and more than a dozen huge stones the size of millstones roared towards Gaoting.

Whoo, whoo, whoo!
Most of the boulders fell in the plant maze inside the city walls, knocking the two-person-tall maze plants upside down.Two or three boulders hit the Gaoting city wall relatively accurately, but did not cause too much damage.

However, the function of these trebuchets was originally just a cover!

Under the cover of archers and trebuchets, the troops pushing the battering ram quickly moved towards the north gate.In addition, those siege towers covered with raw animal skins and with wooden wheels at the bottom scattered towards the city walls.

"Father, haven't we started to attack with all our strength?"

After conveying the order, Dickon returned to the defensive round tower again, and he couldn't help but ask as he watched the approaching enemy troops.

"Don't worry, Dickon. I've given the family soldiers rest in turns and slowed down their attacks gradually, and I've banned the use of defense equipment, just for now.

The enemy has an absolute advantage in strength. If we take turns to attack day and night, we will definitely not be able to afford it.

Therefore, it is necessary to hit them painfully at one time, so that they can rest for a while. "

Earl Randall shook his head when he heard this, and explained his tactical plan to Dickon in a teaching manner.

"I see, Father!"

As the United Army approached, the guards on the north wall of Gaoting were actually suppressed.This allows battering rams and siege towers to approach more quickly.

"Full attack!"

Seeing that the time was right, Earl Randall gave Dickon an order in a calm tone.

Huh, huh, huh!
Boom, boom, boom!
As Earl Landau's order was conveyed, the number of defenders on the north wall of Highgarden suddenly increased, and a large number of archers began to counterattack under the wall.

At the same time, the giant crossbow at the top of the defense round tower began to attack the siege tower which was already very close.

Bang!
A siege tower that was about as high as the city wall on the north side of Gaoting was suddenly attacked by giant crossbows on the left and right defensive round towers. The spear of kinetic energy shot off the support frame.

Ah, ah!
Phew! ! !
As the support frame of the siege tower was continuously broken by the giant crossbow, the siege tower broke directly from it, and a large number of Martell family soldiers hiding in the siege tower screamed and fell down with the upper part of the siege tower .

Whoa!

At the north gate of Gaoting, the battering ram pushed by the United Army is about to reach the north gate.

Suddenly, two copper water pipes protruded from the defensive round towers on the left and right sides of the north city gate, and two black and sticky water jets sprayed towards the battering ram troops from the copper water pipes.

Hey!
In the defensive round towers on the left and right sides, each has a flaming torch in front of the copper water pipe.Two orange-red pillars of flames spread rapidly along the two water pillars, and then submerged the battering ram.

Of course, the surface of the battering ram was also covered with fireproof raw animal skin, but it couldn't resist the burning of this level of flame at all.

In a very short period of time, the wooden frame of this battering ram collapsed, and a large number of humanoid torches screamed and crawled out from the bottom, fleeing for their lives in panic.

After the two flaming pillars burned the siege hammer, they began to burn the siege ladders and siege towers within the attack range.

For a moment, outside the North City Gate, it was like a hell of flames, and everything that was combustible was ignited with raging flames.The ground outside the North City Gate gradually turned into the same scorched earth as around Gaoting.

Through the window of the defensive round tower, Earl Landau saw the raging flames at the gate, and he was very satisfied with the power of the two flamethrowers.He found it easy to hold Highgarden if there were enough of them.

The flamethrower is a new type of defense equipment introduced by Gaoting. Due to its high risk and high cost, currently only two are equipped at the north and south gates.

The battle at the North City Gate gradually entered a fierce stage, while the battle at the South City Gate was still in the initial stage of attrition at this time because the commanders of the attacking and defending sides were completely inferior to Earl Landau and Oberyn.

After the attack horn sounded, Olenna sat on the wicker chair on the balcony to watch the battle, with her left hand standing respectfully beside her.

Seeing the raging fire burning at the North City Gate, a smile appeared on her always cloudy face.

"Hehe, it seems that the golden dragon who bought the flamethrower has no white flowers. It also played a big role in clearing the crops around the high garden before."

Woo!
While she was talking with the left hand, a rush of trumpets sounded in the west.

After hearing the sound, Olenna immediately got up from the wicker chair and walked quickly into the house to look out through the west window.

I saw that the water flow was balanced, and on the wide Mande River, countless small and medium-sized oar warships occupied a large section of the Mande River, coming from the southwest towards Gaoting.

"Well, it's a bit far away, so I can't see the flag clearly. However, this number of warships must be the Redwyne fleet!"