Game of Thrones: I loaded the witcher system.

Chapter 123 Battle Cloud Resurrection, New Offensive

In the early morning of the next day, before the sun had fully risen from the horizon, Clay had already dispatched Earl Glover, commanding a thousand cavalry, to leave the camp and quickly move towards the road between Riverrun and the Golden Tooth. go.

No matter how Clay changed his plans, this army would be sent to this location. Their purpose was to prevent the Lannisters from fleeing from Golden Tooth City to the West.

To put it bluntly, Clay's dumpling skin was broken, and they were responsible for putting back the exposed dumpling filling.

And Clay himself, at around eight o'clock in the morning, had conveyed his order to all the nobles who commanded the troops.

First of all, Earl Severn and Earl Horwood will lead 500 people to cross the Red Fork River through a ferry from the east of Riverrun City. Nista camp.

Clay himself will lead the remaining 2000 men from the west side of Riverrun, across the not-so-rapid Tengshi River, threatening the camp on the southwest side of Lannister from the west side.

After the two armies were in place, they immediately launched a general attack on the Lanista camp in Riverrun.

As for the Tengshi North Camp, in Clay's plan, whether they fight or flee, as long as they take a slow step and cross the Tengshi River south, Clay is sure to completely block them to the north of the Tengshi River.

He sent four demon hunter personal guards near Golden Tooth City, and by perceiving their thoughts, he found that they were doing a good job.

When Clay encircled and wiped out Jaime Lannister's cavalry group of 2000 men, the four bodyguards lurking in disguise had caused serious damage to Lannister's logistics troops through methods including but not limited to sneak attacks, poisoning, and arson. great pressure.

Four people working together, ten times their Lannister force, would be killed by them one by one in the process of chasing them.

During this time, they burned down three Lannister grain depots near the Golden Tooth City, killing at least fifty Lannister grain transport troops. At the same time, the four boys did not spare the transported livestock. The poisoning of livestock water sources has paralyzed a quarter of the capacity of the Lannister grain army.

It can be said that they have done both what humans do and what non-humans do, and they all do it well.

This can’t be blamed on Lannister’s food transport army, the super-high-quality special unit of the demon hunter, which is the first time in the history of war in Westeros. It is not surprising that all parties did not defend.

In previous battles, sneak attacks on logistics were not uncommon, but it was always an elite squad that directly turned into a bandit and attacked the opponent's logistics transportation line.

The number of such squads is at least nearly a hundred, and they must be highly mobile cavalry. If you expect infantry to do this kind of thing, go ahead and dream.

However, no one expected that four demon hunters disguised as riverland refugees would infiltrate Lannister's ration army without attracting anyone's attention.

This is a brand new mode of warfare, but Lannister needs to pay full tuition for this new thing.

Therefore, when Clay completely broke through the encirclement of Riverrun and wiped out the two large camps on the south side, the more than 3000 people on the north side would inevitably flee from this battlefield.

But what followed was a problem, they had no food.

This is not a transfer of the camp. The army slowly advances with all the luggage and suddenly runs away. Do you still expect the soldiers to bring enough dry food?

Therefore, even if they were hungry, Clay would starve these 3000 people to death on the north bank of the Tengshi River.

Earl Glover's 1000 men were actually prepared for the two big camps on the south side who slipped through the net.

The army assembled, and people shouted and neighed.

It took half an hour, and nearly [-] cavalrymen were divided into two groups and lined up neatly on the Hejiandi Plain under the rising sun.

The soldiers were all in high spirits. Obviously, the good sleep last night allowed them to recover very well.

"Master Clay, the army has assembled, we need your order!"

The two earls who led the army, together with the remaining northern nobles who followed Clay, all said this sentence.

This is an expedition ceremony. The commander will issue an order for the entire army at this time. After the order is issued, the entire army must follow it. Those who disobey the order will be merciless.

Nodding, Clay kicked the horse's belly with both legs, and the horse appeared before the formation of the army.

He raised his voice as much as possible so that more northern soldiers could hear:
"Soldiers of the northern border! Yesterday, we won the first battle against the Lannister family. Thank you for your bravery. We killed all their two thousand cavalry here."

"And now, in our further south, outside of Riverrun, the home of the Tully family, there are ten thousand Lannister infantrymen who don't realize it, sleep with the camp women every day, and eat barbecue. You say, what should we do? ?”

The army was silent for about two seconds, and finally, someone shouted out his thoughts:

"We killed them all, and everything is ours!"

Clay's horsewhip pointed at the source of the sound, and laughed loudly:

"That's right! The fat is brought to our mouths. If we don't eat it, will we still be a man? That's why we rushed into the Lannister's camp, killed their people, robbed them, and killed them." Their flags are trampled to pieces!"

Clay's words obviously spoke to the hearts of these northern soldiers.

What did it matter to a Northern soldier who might have been an ordinary farmer before he joined the army, whether the Tullys in Riverrun were dead or not?Why would he risk his life for someone who has nothing to do with it.

In this hierarchical society, the affairs of the nobles belonged to the nobles, and the common people had no possibility of participating.

Clay knew this all too well, so during this mobilization, and even during the entire process of the West Route Army going south, Clay repeatedly emphasized to his soldiers that:
Follow me, Clay Manderly, to the south, not to rescue those aristocratic lords whose names I can't remember, but to follow me to defeat Lannister and grab their armor and long sword.

There is no need for any lofty reason, just this one will make these ordinary northern soldiers howl with excitement.

Someone couldn't help calling out Clay's name, and soon, this enthusiasm infected the entire Northern Cavalry Corps, and all the soldiers shouted Clay's name selflessly.

Clay rode his horse and circled the army formation. Wherever his horse's hooves went, the surrounding soldiers would hammer their shields or breastplates hard, making a clanging sound.

After going around in a circle, Clay returned to the place where he started. Under everyone's gaze, he drew out the long sword at his waist, and raised the sword in his right hand towards the southern sky.

He gave the order as commander:

"Northern man, go south!"

Looking at Clay's back and the nearly five thousand soldiers with high morale in the distance, all the nobles had this thought in their hearts:
Clay Manderly's name, among these 5000 people, will definitely be used much better than Stark.

Fortunately, this army was pooled together from one hundred and three hundred from the big families in the north. After the battle, they will return to their respective territories. If Clay alone controls this army, with the strength he has shown now With the ability to command the army and great prestige, if he has any other thoughts, the northern border will not be peaceful.

Don't forget, he is not alone. Behind him, the huge White Harbor is his most solid backing. Oh yes, now, the Twins City is also owned by his Mandalay family. From now on, any ship in Bite Bay The team must lower their sails when they see the banner of the Mandalay family, because they are the uncrowned kings there.

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"How long has Lord James been away?"

This is the question that the Earl of Westerling, who was staying at Riverrun, asked the Earl of Scourge beside him four days after Jaime Lannister led his army to leave.

They never thought that Jaime Lannister would be in danger. Two thousand cavalry would be enough to traverse the riverlands west of the Green Fork, but the question is, it's been five days, why hasn't there been any news?
"It's been five days, and it's logical that I should be back. Could it be that I chased too deeply?"

Lord Bane shook his head. He had no idea what Jaime Lannister was doing.

The latter is the young master of the Lannister family, the King's Royal Guard, and Lord Tywin's precious son. Although they are older vassals of the Western Region, they can only bow their heads and be young in Jaime Lannister.

There is no way, the background is too strong, and he did lead them to defeat the [-] troops of the Tully family. Up to now, they have surrounded the few thousand remnants in Riverrun. No matter how you look at it, they won deal.

But in any case, it has been five days since Jaime Lannister led his army away, which is already a worrying length of time.

Will there be an ambush?It doesn't make sense, Lord Tywin heard the news from near Harrenhal that he was confronting the Northern Legion going south along the King's Road. It seems that Eddard Stark's little wolf cub still has two brushes, and the two sides are fighting fiercely. One game, regardless of the outcome, now each retreated a certain distance.

No matter how you look at it, the battlefield on the west bank of the Green Fork River, apart from the remnants of the princes and princes in Riverrun who were besieged in Riverrun, has no organized troops anymore, and it should be the safest time.

But for some reason, the earl of the cliff city always felt uneasy in his heart.

At that time, he was unable to dissuade James Lannister, because from the bottom of his heart, he also felt that it would be useless for the cavalry group to stay here, and it would be better to go out and harvest some stragglers in the river.

But now, Earl Westerling suddenly felt that the decision at that time might have been hasty.

"We have to send people to the north to contact Lord James as soon as possible. He is the commander here and has been out of contact for five days. Lord Tywin knows, can't you kill us?"

These words won the unanimous agreement of the other western nobles staying here. Their necks are not hard enough in front of Lord Tywin.

Everyone knows what the rainy season in Casmet is. Lord Tywin has never smiled on his face, and he has never been soft when dealing with his own people.

They didn't want their family's name to be remembered by Lord Tywin at all.

Just as they were about to return to their respective camps and send soldiers north to search for Jaime Lannister, there was suddenly a dull sound of horns and gradually louder noises outside the camp.

"what happened?"

The nobles in the western region looked at each other, not trying to understand what happened.

All of a sudden, Earl Bane suddenly felt something, and suddenly lay down on the ground, pressing his ears close to the ground.

After listening for only two seconds, his face lost all blood in an instant. He jumped up from the ground like a spring, and shouted in horror:
"Cavalry, more than a thousand cavalry charge in groups!"

For a moment, everyone was stunned.

Cavalry, whose cavalry?
(End of this chapter)