Game of Thrones: Winter Dragon Lord

Chapter 103 Wildfire Siege
Looking down from the battlements, a dozen fireworks were blazing.

It was the flames that had ignited cans of pitch they had thrown down, a substance that burns like coal.

The war preparations in Storm's End had never been so abundant, as if someone had expected it a long time ago, and stored enough arrows, stones, asphalt and other defensive weapons in the castle in the shortest possible time.

The explosion and flames crackled, accompanied by the screams of human voices.

Gilbert wondered if the wildfire encountered by Stannis and the others would be the same as before. Human beings are like powerless babies under the flames.

How many wildfires are there in King's Landing? In his opinion, wildfires should be the same substance as asphalt. He dare not think about wildfires that will burn thousands of people to death.

"My lord, what do you think they are?"

When Gilbert looked over, he saw that the soldiers surrounding the city were all covered with a large drape, which they put on when the flames ignited.They also carried pots with them, and whenever a fire started, they threw the pots into the fire.

Camillo quickly directed the soldiers to switch to attacking with stones.

Boom, Gilbert heard an explosion, but saw a burst of flames in the siege camp. He couldn't help thinking, could it be that reinforcements are coming?

Lord Stannis or Cole?
He didn't know it was the enemy's mistake until a burning boulder smeared with tar was thrown into the city.

One after another, boulders pierced the sky and entered Storm's End.

José commanded the equipment in the city to counterattack, and there were also catapults and arrows on the towers of Storm's End.

He saw that several enemy catapults were burning, and there was also a stairway, which was the center of the explosion. Gilbert couldn't help thinking that the gods still favored them.

After all the soldiers hid under the battlements, they held up their shields to meet them on the ramparts.

The enemy took advantage of this to blow the horn of charge.

Several ladder carts were pushed onto the city wall, but Gilbert saw that these ladder carts only reached about two-thirds of the top of the wall, and only one ladder cart was able to climb up the wall.

He also saw that the people of Gaoting built a bridge under the moat.

The horn beeped for an unknown number of times, and the soldiers below who had originally held their shields put their shields on their heads and began to climb the city wall.They first climbed up the city wall with the help of ladder carts, and then erected an iron-insulated climbing ladder.

The wooden sticks and spears of the soldiers on the city wall were all over the crenels, and the iron-inlaid city ladders were held between the crenels. Bite against the wall.

Gilbert stood on the central tower. The top floor here was a watchtower. He found that the Gaoting people had successfully built a bridge. They raised the battering ram and came towards the city gate.

At this moment, Camillo and José are directing the defense on the city wall, but he knows that the defense of the gatehouse is far less thick than the city wall, and the moat of Storm's End is wide enough, but the water flow is not fast enough.

He asked the knight beside him, "Who is in charge of the gatehouse?"

"It is Ser Rodding."

"Go and tell him that the enemy's battering ram has been moved outside the city."

Gilbert also led the people down the tower quickly and walked to the square, which was full of wounded people. Although the king burned the church on Dragonstone Island and the godswood in Storm's End, there were many monks in the castle at this time. It was captured by Camillo while he was leading a patrol.

At first, he only thought that it was Marquis Julius who asked them to attack the Seven Gods, but now seeing the monks healing the soldiers, he seemed to understand the intention.

Gilbert thought: He seems to be well prepared for this war, except himself.

"We have to destroy their siege hammer and wooden bridge." He said to the knight beside him, "Go and call everyone here."

Of course, the people here are talking about the 200 people he led.

The gatehouse was originally guarded by more than 100 people. When Gilbert came to the city gate, the wooden gate was banged and it seemed that they could not wait to attack the city.

The wooden bridge they built against the rain of arrows was not strong enough to allow too many troops to come over. At this time, there were only a hundred people crossing the bridge and swimming over outside the city.

The messenger was bringing news of the attack at this time, and Gilbert took the order directly.With the more than 100 people he brought, plus the original gatehouse defense force, it is completely possible to complete this army.

"The whole army lined up, and the cavalry charged with me."

The city gate opened wide with a creak, and the battering ram missed, thinking that it had been successfully smashed open.

Little did they know that a group of cavalry came out first, followed by hundreds of soldiers.

Gilbert led the army in front, and rushed over with his brain.

Those soldiers with battering rams obviously didn't expect anyone to rush out, but the soldiers behind them were already ready to fight.

Those sent to attack the city were the elite armored men of Highgarden, and so were their defenders. Although Sir Rodin led a small number of troops, they were almost the most well-equipped troops in Storm's End.

People and horses from both sides formed a group at the gate of the city, and the clanging of weapons was accompanied by the sound of cursing and howling.

The cavalry was caught off guard first, and they rushed to the rear of the enemy, although there were only a dozen or so cavalry.

Under the siege of the two sides, the siege army quickly broke up. They attacked the city gate, and the soldiers holding pitch wine barrels behind them quickly left the city. , The wooden bridge instantly ignited.

Gilbert was about to lead the rear of the army, but he heard one after another echoing overhead.

The soldiers who attacked the city had stopped climbing the city wall and stopped to watch the catapult throwing those things into the tower.

He saw that some of Highgarden's soldiers were even retreating.

He didn't know what it was until the whole wall was lit with green flames.

Green flames, that's wildfire.

A jar also fell to the side, and as soon as the thing touched the flames, it spewed out overwhelmingly. He saw someone being directly swallowed by the flames, and only heard a wail, and the whole person melted like wax clay.

They retreated to the castle.

Wildfire only had such a wave of offensive, and the number was not large, but it caused a lot of damage to the city wall.

Gilbert watched some burnt men being carried off the walls, and he finally knew what Lord Stannis had suffered. The flames were far from being compared to asphalt.

This time the wildfire attack greatly affected the morale of the castle, and the fear of wildfire also spread among the soldiers.

With the onslaught on the heels, their defense was getting harder and harder, and every now and then a can of wildfire was thrown into the wall by a catapult.

Mace Tyrell sat in the rear and watched as several waves of attack hit the walls, and the Wildfire had been very effective, but the transport of such things was extremely difficult and they hadn't brought much.

He commanded the most elite reserve team around him to press up.

"Your Excellency, what is that?" But someone pointed to the distance.

(End of this chapter)