Game of Thrones: Kings in the North

Chapter 43 Attack of the Rock Species

Ed stood on the hillside, condescending, watching the rock warriors of Skagos Island coming from all directions.

Most of these people are dressed in furry, fishy-smelling animal skins, plate armor, and a small number of rock-species warriors in chain mail.This is the same as Ed predicted before. The rock species may have reached some kind of covenant with the ironmen. Even if there is an ironman's blacksmith shop on the island, it will not be able to provide a large amount of armor to the rock species in a short period of time.

The pirates who appeared on the coast of the North and the waters around Skagos Island before, almost all have armor. It seems that the King of the Rock, the Iron Bitch and Helen Pike, have provided all their armor to the pirate raiders. The rock species left behind received very little armor, and many rock species fighters didn't even have leather armor.

However, the quality of the weapons in the hands of the rock species is not bad. Almost everyone has a battle ax and a long sword. It seems that the number of weapons made by the blacksmiths of Skagos Island is much higher than the number of armors.

In the camp under the hillside, the "Big Barrel" Wall of the Mountain Clan, Donna Flint, Morgan Riddle, and others shouted orders, and the warriors of the clan and tribe fought in close combat with the rock warriors."Ironlegs" Walton of the Dreadfort rode his gray horse and led the cavalry of the Dreadfort into the enemy line.

Dawson, Ed's bodyguard, rushed down the hillside to fight the enemy. Wielding his double-edged battle axe, he jumped into the rock warriors like a whirlwind, and chopped down the enemies one by one like chopping melons and vegetables.

The crossbowmen of Yanzhong began to release arrows, and the arrows rained down in the air.Some flaming rockets fell into Lord Seven's camp, and Lord Seven's tent was ablaze.

Some arrows and stones fell on the hillside, and a soldier from Bear Island was shot through the arm by a sharp arrow, and he screamed again and again.

The captain of the Winterfell guards, Jory Cassel, drew his sword out of its sheath, "Lord Ed, it's not safe here, you should go back to your tent!"

Ed looked at the direwolf flag on the hillside. "The rock-born enemy is trying to drive us back to the sea. If our defenses are taken, is it safe to stay in the tent? I will stay here and fight with my warriors." .”

Jory Cassel deflected a flying arrow with his sword, "Master Ed, but this place is too dangerous. Otherwise, you should go to sea and take shelter on Graybeard Cassel's ship."

The sound of killing was loud all around, the cavalry of the stream, the spearmen of Cahoe City, the knights of White Harbor, and the mountain clansmen shouted "Long live Winterfell", "Long live the Starks", fighting with the rock-born enemies, the battlefield There were screams and screams, and the air smelled of sea salt, blood and sweat.

Winterfell soldiers Haihua and Weir guarded Ed by his side. A fist-sized stone flew from nowhere and hit Weir's head. Weir's head burst like a watermelon, making a disgusting sound. voice, fell into a pool of blood.

Ed was taken aback, and Haihua was covered in cold sweat. At this time, another oval stone hit Ed. Braavosi water dancer Syrio Forel had quick eyes and quick hands, and he pulled Ed away.

The stone rubbed against Ed's face and hit the ground in a whirl, creating a deep hole.

The sun was gradually setting in the west, and in the twilight, the beating of drums came from behind the rock species, which was a signal to retreat. The rock species warriors retreated slowly as if the tide was ebbing, and escaped into the woods and mountains.Dead bodies and wounded soldiers were left everywhere on the battlefield.

Hai Hua hugged Weir's body and sobbed.Weir is a soldier of Winterfell. He grew up in Winterfell and received training from Rodrik Cassel. He and Ed's children have always been very close. Seeing him being stoned to death like this, Aide Germany is very sad.

"These savages use stones as weapons."

When the stone flew, Syrio Forel pushed Ed away, otherwise Ed might also be crushed by the stone.

Syrio Forrell said: "Lord Ed, when I was in Braavos, I heard some rumors about Skagos Island, and I heard that rock species have cruel stoning, and among them are powerful stoners. The hand is not inferior to the Eastern Taurus slinger. The difference is that the Taurus slinger uses iron lead balls, which are stones for rock species."

Slinger, it seems that the northern army has another formidable enemy.Iron tools from rocks may be used up, but stones are not.

Roose Bolton walked up to Ed, "Master Ed, the enemy has retreated, we should send cavalry to pursue."

Ed frowned: "Retreat? I think it's more like the rock species is actively retreating. Don't chase after it. The rock species is far more cunning than we imagined. The enemy is likely to lure the enemy."

Domilik Bolton, the heir to the Dreadfort, was covered in blood. Roose Bolton was taken aback, "Domeric, are you injured?"

Domilik smiled and said: "Father, you don't have to worry, I am not injured, this is the blood of the enemy."

Roose Bolton's eyes flashed with anger, "It's not a wise man's way to be brave on the battlefield. Lord Ed asked you to manage the ravens, but you ran to kill the enemy. If you are killed by the rock species drop it?"

Domilik said: "My spear and riding skills allow me to deal with these rock species."

Ed said: "Domilik, you fought against the rock warriors yourself, what kind of enemy do you think this is?"

"It's far more difficult to deal with than I imagined." Domilik glanced at the corpses everywhere, "I've searched through ancient books before, and the bachelors in the Academy seem to be more willing to associate the rock species of Skagos Island with the wildlings beyond the Great Wall , but we all know that the savages beyond the Wall call themselves free people, they are free and undisciplined, and their discipline is very poor."

"It is precisely because of this that even if the previous kings beyond the Great Wall gathered an army of savages north of the Great Wall of Desperation, their threat to the Seven Kingdoms was very limited. The discipline of the rock species in front of them is much stronger than that of the savages. Why? The rock species and the savages believe in the old gods, the civilization is backward, and full of savagery, why is there such a big difference between the rock species and the savages?"

Ed thought for a while, "I think this may have something to do with geography. The savages north of the Great Wall lived in the cold and barren beyond the Great Wall, but no one knew how big it was. In the wilderness, the savages seem to be able to go wherever they want, and the savage tribe has lost the battle, so it’s a big deal to live in another place.”

"But the rock species on Skaggs Island, they live on this island, and the major clans and tribes have gone through thousands of years of wars and vendettas. If the rock species tribe here is defeated, they will lose their living space. It may be Because of this environment, rock species worship strength and the strong, and they are very disciplined when fighting."

Ed, Roose Bolton, and Great Jon walked on the battlefield full of corpses. Ed saw that all the dead on the ground were tall and burly rock species wearing animal skins, and there was not a single Ironborn pirate.

"Where did the Ironborn go?"

The Greatjon said disdainfully: "I guess the iron people followed Helen Pike and the iron bitch and escaped by sea! The iron people have long ships, and when they see the army gathering in the north, they will just run away."

(End of this chapter)