Game of Thrones: Kings in the North

Chapter 40
On the Pentos mercenary ship in charge of defending the left wing in the distance, the horn of the northern border came.

What should come finally came. In the battle meeting, both Ed and Sir Marlon Manderly believed that the pirate ships would definitely attack when the Northern Fleet landed on the island.

Ed followed his reputation, and a group of pirate ships appeared in the northern ocean. Fortunately, there were not many of them. Ed roughly counted them, and the number did not exceed ten.

Jon Snow set up a pergola with his hands and looked into the distance, "Master Ed, fortunately, there are very few pirate longships. Are these rock species pirates or ironborn pirates?"

Ed stared at the pirate longship that appeared like a ghost in the sun, "I don't know, but if I were the King of Rock Seeds Samuro Claure, I would send out all the ironborn pirates under my command. Ironborn Pirates are only useful in naval battles, and once we land on Skagos, Ironborn pirates will be less useful in mountain battles and encounters."

"A similar situation occurred during Balon Greyjoy's rebellion. At the beginning, the Iron Fleet burned the Lannisport fleet, and the Ironborn pirates ran rampant at sea for a time, until the Royal Fleet led by Stannis and With the arrival of the Arbor fleet led by Lord Paxter Redwyne, the ironborn pirates have an opponent.

Even though Stannis destroyed the Iron Fleet in the Battle of Fairy Isle, the Royal Fleet and the Arbor Island Fleet of the Redwynn family still encountered fierce resistance off the coast of the Iron Islands. The Ironborn were defeated as soon as their naval defenses were completed and landed. "

Domilik, the heir to the Dreadfort, said: "Master Ed, do you think the King of Rock Seeds, Samuro Claure, will take command in front of the battle?"

Ed shook his head, "Who knows what the rock king will do? He may lead the rock warriors to charge forward, or he may choose to stand in the rear and command remotely from a certain hill." The former is Robert's style, and the latter The latter is Tywin's style.

Samlo Crowle, King of the Rock who has usurped his throne on Skagos, is almost as enigmatic as Skagos.

There was a roar on the beach, and Greatjon Umber led the soldiers of the Umber family, brandishing a battle ax and long sword, and rushed to the beach, immediately ushered in a deadly rain of arrows, Ed saw a soldier hit by an arrow Then he fell down, blood staining the sand.It was the first drop of blood on Skagos Island, but far from the last.

The pirate ships killed from the north entered the range of the Pentos mercenary ship, and the two sides began to exchange arrows.These pirates were very cunning and did not charge directly, but approached with burning rockets. Some ships in the northern border started to catch fire. Fortunately, the number of pirate ships was too small, and the ships in the northern border were quickly extinguished after they caught fire.

Theon Greyjoy looked at the pirate ship not far away.

"Lord Ed, there is only such a small group of enemies, not even ten long ships, give me three big ships, I can sink them all, capture all these pirates, and dedicate them to Lord Ed. Don't forget Yes, I am a born ironborn."

An Ironborn who had been far from the sea since the age of ten, Eddard suspected that Theon Greyjoy's seamanship had rusted from his years at Winterfell, if he had any.When Theon left Pike Island, he was only ten years old. What sailing skills could a child of this age learn?I'm afraid that being an apprentice sailor would be exhausting.

"Theon, I don't allow you to attack. Our goal is to send as many soldiers as possible to Skagos Island to complete the landing. If we are led by a small group of pirates, it will only delay us plan of."

Theon was a little unconvinced, "Master Ed, there are only a few of these pirate ships. Are they allowed to harass us all the time? I guess, the king of rocks, there are only these ships left. How many ships can rock species have?"

Ed said: "No matter how few Rockborn and Ironborn ships there are, it's impossible for there to be so few left. There are dozens of pirate longships that once ravaged Amber's house, Kahuo City, and the coast of Dreadfort. It even went up along the Mo River at one point."

Domilik Bolton, the heir of the Dreadfort, said: "When the White Harbor Fleet went north, it sank some ships, and the Amber family, the Karstark family and my Dreadfort warriors also destroyed some. There won't be too many ships, you see our army is overwhelmed, and they are starting to land, they can only send so many long ships."

This is really not quite right.According to the news disclosed by the captives of Rockkind, after the alliance between Rockkind and the Ironborn, they owned shipyards and blacksmiths on Skagos Island.As the largest island in the north, Skagos Island has no shortage of timber ships. The cost of longships is much lower than that of warships, and the production cycle is shorter. Pirates should have more longships on Skagos Island.

Soon the asphalt and burning oil on the pirate longship ran out, and they could no longer use rockets to attack. They could only use bows and arrows to shoot at each other with Pentos mercenary ships, northern merchant ships, and fishing boats. The threat was further reduced.

Didier, the captain of the swan ship "Eros" in the Midsummer Islands, drove the "Eros" to shoot arrows near the Pentos mercenary ship. The cost is expensive, and the range can easily suppress the pirate's crossbowman. Some pirates screamed and fell into the water.

The Pentos mercenaries, the sailors of White Harbor, and the crossbowmen of Rhys shouted at the crossbowmen of the Midsummer Islands.

Seeing that they couldn't take advantage, the pirates had no choice but to retreat tens of meters to avoid the range of the Golden Heart Wood Longbow of the Midsummer Islands.Since Ed ordered that no ship was allowed to pursue the pirates, Captain Didier saw the pirates retreating and did not drive the "Eros" to pursue them.

At this time, the Amber family death squad led by Great Jon Amber was on the landing beach. Facing the enemy's arrow rain on the shore, they suffered heavy casualties. shoot down.Eddard wondered if Greatjon had died among the rebels.

Fortunately, the scout cavalry led by Phelan and Robert Glover had already landed on the beach. Some cavalry were shot down before they could get on their horses, and some horses ran towards the sea in panic after being shot.Phelan and Robert Glover braved the rain of arrows, shouted orders and cursed, and prepared to organize cavalry to charge towards the crossbowman of the rock species.

The sound of the horn came from the south, and the sailors on the Reese galleon "Sweet Kiss" saw the pirate ship approaching from the south on the watchtower, and immediately blew to the horn.

Ed's gaze turned to the sea to the south, and more than a dozen pirate ships appeared on the right wing of the northern fleet.

Theon clapped his hands and said: "I understand! The pirate ship that appeared in the north was responsible for a feint attack to attract our attention, and then this pirate fleet attacked from the other side. I have to say that the enemy is still very cunning, but it is a pity that their ships Too few to threaten us at all.”

Ed didn't think so. If the northern pirate ship was really a feint, why did it take so long for the southern pirate ship to appear?At this time, the wind was strong, and the pirate ships that came from the south could use their long sails to help them enter the Northern Fleet like lightning.

The newly added pirate tactics are as tedious as the northern pirates, approaching slowly and then shooting arrows, approaching, withdrawing, and so on.The northern pirates also had no intention of cooperating with the southern pirates.

The crossbowmen of the Northern Fleet kept the pirates out of range.On the beach of Skagos Island, Robert Glover and Phelan finally organized the cavalry charge. As Ed expected, the enemy's crossbowmen quickly collapsed in the face of the cavalry charge.

After paying a high price, the Northern Army finally established a position on Skagos Island.Blood, staining the sand, seeped into the ancient land of Skagos Island.

(End of this chapter)