Game of Thrones: I loaded the witcher system.

Chapter 249

The horse's hooves lifted the mud after the snow had melted and made a clattering sound.

Lord Lyonor Corbray, and his brother and heir, Lynn Corbray, were stationed by the stream outside Blemish.

The top of the abandoned fortress is covered with snow that has not yet melted.

The [-] cavalry led by the two brothers were resting in this already dilapidated castle.

Taking off the gloves, holding the icy water in the creek, Lynn Corbray washed his face violently.

The coldness that can go straight to the bone made him sober up a lot in an instant.

"Come on down, brother, and wash yourself too. You may not have time to wash your face properly during the rest of the journey."

Lynn Corbray said loudly to his silent brother who sat on the horse and looked at the plain of the Trident River in the south.

Awakened by his younger brother's voice, the Earl of Xinsu City, who was dressed in black fur, glanced at his younger brother's face and the long sword at his waist, and nodded slowly.

He turned over and got off the horse, and his feet sank into the thick mud all at once.

The valley cavalry general in his 40s just frowned slightly and took a look, then pulled out the soles of his feet from the mud and walked towards his brother.

Coming to Lynn Cobray, squatting down, staring at the withered yellow grass leaves by the stream, the residual snow that has not yet melted, but has been frozen into solid ice, Leonor Cobray said long and hard. sighed.

Their team, after splitting up with Jon Royce at Mummer's Beach, had been chasing Earl Mallister's 500 men all the way north, but because of the unfamiliar terrain, they couldn't catch up.

And, in the bottom of his heart, Leonor Corbray didn't want to fight this battle, the best thing was to drive them out.

But his younger brother is a war fanatic and has been leading the army to charge forward.

As the commander of the Valley Army, Leonor Corbray naturally couldn't say clearly that we should stop chasing them, just drive them away, and now we can go home.

He couldn't say this, and he couldn't restrain his younger brother, so he could only let it go, and even led himself along the way.

As a result, it took such a long time, and in the end, they could only watch helplessly as the army in front of them under the banner of the riverlands and the northern border entered the Sea Frontier Castle of the Mallister family.

As soon as the door was closed, the two brothers with ugly faces were left to look at each other outside.

Even if Lynn Corbray is on the top, it is impossible to really lead the army to attack Sea Frontier City, which is the bridgehead against the iron people's attack.

Looking for death depends on the posture, so hard to send, as long as there is no lack of brains, you can't do it.

So, after a day of wind blowing outside Haijiang City, Leonor Corbray followed his unwilling brother and announced to his army that the mission of this trip had been successfully completed, and he began to prepare for the return journey.

The soldiers who followed them didn't say anything. The towering city walls had already caused them a lot of losses, and the people in the valley gradually realized that they were not very good at fighting fortified cities.

They were quite happy to hear that their commander didn't let them gnaw city bricks and fight desperately with the people in Hejian.

Although you can't grab things, you don't need to be injured, let alone die. Isn't it a good thing?

As for the lack of spoils, it doesn't matter. The defeat of Robb Stark's [-] army in the First World War has already made the people of the Valley eat their mouths full of oil, but what they are doing now is called taking advantage of the victory to expand the results.

The army started to return to the south, but just after taking a few steps, they encountered the oncoming blizzard...

Many young men in the valley have never seen this battle, even if they are a little older, because the valley is mountainous, the wind and snow have never been very heavy.

This sudden heavy snowfall, coupled with the sudden drop in temperature, caused many soldiers to be unable to bear it at all, and soon fell ill.

The state of the team declined rapidly, but the experienced commander, Count Leonor, understood that in such an open environment on the plain between the rivers, if they stopped, the entire team would be at risk of overturning.

We must find a place where the army can be stationed and take shelter from the wind and snow as soon as possible, but along the way, there are no villages or shops behind. Edmure Tully has evacuated all the people. One or two small villages are not enough to station 2000 people .

This is going to kill me!
Leonor Corbray himself had a snotty nose from the cold, let alone ordinary soldiers like him who only wore single clothes and had no ability to keep out the cold.

Every morning when he wakes up, his subordinates will report to him a large area of ​​frostbite.

Countless times, the Earl of Heart City rejoiced that he hadn't listened to his younger brother Lynn Corbray.

If they had to attack Haijiang City at that time, they would not be able to fight now. After such a freeze, the combat effectiveness of the army dropped to less than [-]% of its original level, and morale was extremely low.

Mallister in Haijiang City, looking for an opportunity to launch a surprise attack on himself, Earl Leonor Corbray did not have the confidence to guarantee that he could block the attack of the Mallister family army.

Spreading out the map, the two brothers finally chose the dilapidated fortress of the extinct Mulder family that was not on the way.

Wasteland Stone City.

So, after carrying the wind and snow for five days and paying the price of 300 people being left behind, Earl Leonor Corbray finally brought the army to the deserted stone city where only the city wall was still intact.

Fortunately, the city wall is still good, which can somewhat block some biting cold wind.

Earl Leonor Corbray still had some food in his hands, so he didn't care about anything at this time, so he directly dismantled the abandoned castle of the Mulder family, took out the wooden planks that were still usable inside, lit a fire, and started cooking .

If you don't give the soldiers a hot meal, I'm afraid there will be big problems.

In the snowstorm, the soldiers leaned against the icy city wall and tried their best to build themselves one after another strangely shaped bunkers.

As long as it can cover the wind and snow, even a little bit of temperature is good.

At this time, who cares whether he looks good or bad, if he can save his life, it is the blessings of the gods.

So, after struggling for quite a long time, and after searching all the moving animals in the ghost-like deserted stone city, the army of Earl Leonor Corbray finally survived the blizzard.

They finally saw the sun that they cherished so much.

Many soldiers, after seeing the rising sun on the eastern horizon, were bruised and purple, and muddy tears were left on their faces full of frostbite.

They never felt that the sun was so lovely, and it was so warm on their bodies.

I don't know how many soldiers knelt down on the spot, kneeling in the direction of the sun and saluting from the bottom of their hearts.

But no matter how excited they are, their situation is still not optimistic.

Because, during the period of time they avoided the wind and snow in the deserted stone city, they were actually going to rush back south to join Jon Royce.

As a result, their logistics had a fatal problem, and their food was completely exhausted.

"Brother, what should we do next?"

Of course, Lynn Cobrey knew the situation of the army now. It can be said that now, the entire army has really reached the brink of crisis.

This is not 20 people, 200 people, this is 2000 people!

The people in Hejian had already harvested the grain in the fields before they started the war, and with the implementation of strong walls and clearing the fields, they had no way of obtaining supplies by robbing.

As for hunting, this is even more unreliable. Any place will be so rich that after the snow falls, a team of two thousand men can be supported by hunting, not even the River Bend, let alone here.

"Well... I don't know, if we can't find anything to eat, we only have the last two options."

Lynn Corbray knew exactly what his brother meant by the last two choices.

First, kill the horse!
The two thousand of them are pure cavalry, relying on their horses, they can survive for quite a long time, but if they kill the horses, it means that they have abolished their own force pillar and handed over their fate to the unknown.

This is tantamount to praying that Jon Royce won the battle in the south and completely subdued the forces of the river land here.

Otherwise, without their horses, their team equipped with cavalry could not even defeat the same number of Hejian infantry.

They have no experience of dismounting and fighting.

Second, it is desperate!
The nearest castle is the Blackwood family's Raventree City. While they still have strength, they will make a last-ditch effort to see if they can take down Raventree City.

If they can be defeated, the supplies inside will bring their dying team back to life.

The population and wealth in the city will also allow them to earn a lot of money.

But if they can't be defeated, then they... will be completely lost.

Because they had nothing to eat, once the attack was frustrated, they were forced to start killing horses. As long as they were discovered by the defenders in the city, the news that they were in danger of running out of food would immediately spread throughout the city.

At that time, they couldn't run away, and they couldn't fight down, so they could only wait. At some point, the defenders of Raventree City launched a surprise attack on them, and then their doomsday came.

How to choose, this decision is difficult.

If they were civilians, then it would be very simple, just surrender, but they are soldiers, and they defeated Robb Stark, the Vale Army who claimed to be the first cavalry of the Seven Kingdoms.

How could he surrender to the people of Hejian, who are the last in strength of the Seven Kingdoms, without even fighting a single battle?

Lord Leonor Corbray didn't want to do it, he was afraid that he would have no face to go back to the valley.

But he had to lead more than 1000 soldiers covered in frostbite and shivering in the cold wind to attack the towering walls of Raventree City.

The Earl of Xinsu City was really frightened again.

"Or, let's go, brother, and go south. No matter how many people are left in the end, it's always good to escape. If we lose our lives here, our Corbray family will be finished. "

Count Leonor glanced at his younger brother, who had insisted on chasing him at the beginning, his eyes flickered for a moment, and he didn't speak.

There is a saying that Lynn Cobray is not right. Even if the two of them die here, the Cobray family can still pass on.

His second wife is already pregnant with his child.

Moreover, his younger brother, Lucas Corbray, is now in Heart City, acting as his acting city lord.

According to the original arrangement, if his wife, the daughter of a wealthy businessman in Seagull Town, gave birth to a girl, Lynn Corbray would still be his heir.

And if he died here with himself, then he would get nothing.

It's a good idea.

Lord Lionel Corbray understood.

(End of this chapter)