King of The Wall

2021-01-06

Chapter 101 Bloody Gate First Battle

Bloody Gate is located in the Mountains of the Moon leading to the Vale of Between the cliffs on both sides of Arryn's only passage, it consists of two watchtowers clinging to the rock walls, a curved limestone closed arch bridge connecting each other, and a series of battlements that reinforce the former two. From a distance, it looks like a complete and huge rock falling from the sky, blocking the only way to enter the valley. Igor just glanced at it and immediately thought of the famous dangerous pass in ancient China-with "one man guards the pass, ten -Thousand men are blocked" Sword Sect Pass.

Sword Sect and Bloody Gate... As can be seen from the name, the way they are stuck in the valley between the valleys is actually quite similar, but it is similar to the Sword Sect Pass standing in the middle of the valley. The difference between the Shu Passage is that the terrain before and after the Bloody Gate is close to flat, not so undulating, but on the other hand, Guanlou completely "blocks" the entrance to the valley without leaving a gap - if the defenders do not open the door , even a cat and a dog can't get by. Although it also plays a role in military defense, which of the two is more difficult to overcome is really bad for laymen.

In any case, Bloody Gate is indeed worthy of the title of Westeros' first dangerous pass. With such a defense against natural danger, how could it be possible to break through when the defenders were well prepared?
Igor secretly doubts in his heart, but in the field that oneself is not good at, he does not dare to make random assertions, so he decides to watch the play.

He can, in fact, can only watch the play. As a "Night's Watch with the army", even if the Antlers army that oneself follows and is "responsible for" oneself's life safety comes on stage and then all die, no one will be there. Will urge or allow oneself to go to the battlefield.

This is one of the few perks of Night's Watch.

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Sun emerges from the mountains of the Mountains of the Moon, the time when armies take turns having breakfast has passed, and the smoke wafting in the air gradually rises and rises. Dispersed, the attack on Bloody Gate finally kicked off.

The ballistas and catapults were the first to be activated. During the days when the army was stationed outside the Taniguchi, they were not idle, and they hurriedly produced a large number of siege weapons, among which the large catapults were the most numerous. At this moment, the great killing tool one after another in these backward times was pushed to the front. Lined up in a row, if it weren't for Taniguchi's open space, there would be no way to arrange more. With the human and material resources of the six countries gathered here, it is possible to get thousands of siege weapons, and it is possible to smash the Bloody Gate.

Under the loud orders of the officers, the arrows on the ballistas that acted as lances sprang out, and the arms of the large trebuchets also lifted up, far more than lances. From the beginning, the big adult men are difficult to move, and the small ones are big enough to have a human head. The lance shot by the ballista didn't get any results, but the stones flew across the clear sky and fell several hundred meters away. Some of the small ones crossed the Bloody Gate and fell into the level, and more covered the city head of the Bloody Gate. Or on the wall, the person who hit the person immediately beat the victim into broken bones, flesh and blood before they could even scream in agony. People have the illusion that "the whole Bloody Gate is shaking".

The defenders also began to fight back, but the attack density and distance were far from each other. Even with some favorable geographical position, there were still few effective attacks that could threaten the trebuchet positions of the counter-insurgent coalition— - Although the narrowness of the Bloody Gate makes it easy to defend and difficult to attack, it also makes it more difficult for the defenders to lay out large facilities. In terms of firepower, the "rebels" have been completely suppressed.

The items thrown by the king's side don't seem to be limited to just stones, and Igor can see that smoke is starting to rise behind the walls of the Bloody Gate. After a few more rounds of attacks, the soldiers on the defending side seemed to hide in cover one after another, and the attacks were even more sparse.

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“The imposing manner is sufficient,” Igor had to admit, but then what?

Bloody Gate has become an unbreakable barrier through the ages, not only because a wall was built to seal the entrance to the valley, but the builder and his successors built a large number of solid battlements and towers behind the wall. , making the entire defense system a hill-like existence with a height of tens of meters and a thickness of tens of meters - even if it is smashed, it will be blocked there. If the door collapses, the army will pass through instead. More trouble!
Soon, Igor's doubts were explained.

After the catapult destroyed enough defense equipment of the defending team and suppressed its counterattack, the first archers and crossbowmen who received the attack mission also appeared. They were in the ballista and catapult. While they were still firing, they lined up to advance more than 100 meters toward the Bloody Gate, and soon they reached the range and began to shoot arrows.

Shit, why does this look familiar...fire cover? Igor was a little stunned from a distance. In his sense, everything in this world is so backward, and there should be no advanced tactics in fighting. In conjecture, Robert's way of attacking Bloody Gate is nothing more than a human sea tactic. Soldiers carry ladders, mountain cry out and sea howl, rush up to the ants attached to the gray stone wall of Bloody Gate, and then check whether the guards can take the people. Come down, guessing wrong?
television drama really kills people.

I was stunned unexpectedly when the drums began to rumble and the shouting began.

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Bloody Gate is located at the narrowest point of the passage from Mountains of the Moon to Vale of Arryn, so the space for the attackers is too small. There are 80,000 troops stationed here, plus the logistics civilians totaling more than 100,000, but no more than 1,000 people can directly rush into the entrance of the canyon to attack - this means that most people can only watch the show like Igor, at most Cheer by shouting.

Amid the shouts of the audience, a team of hundreds of people rushed out of the camp shouting neatly. Meter long, war chariot with gold-clad battering ram. The siege vehicles drove out of the crowd, a small part of the team was responsible for pushing the carts, and the other half crowded around, presumably taking on the mission of swinging the ram and replacing the casualties after they were in place.

The siege vehicle, which also had a stationary shield to protect the cart and its entourage, was propelled quickly over the catapults, freed by the archers who provided long-range fire cover. A gap rushed into the mouth of the canyon, approaching Bloody Gate.

Igor heard the exclamations and calls of orders from the defenders, and the Vale army, who had been suppressed by the slings and arrows of the rebel army, could not lift their heads, roaring out of their heads, Start fighting back. Flying stones were like rain, and the endless arrows shrouded the battlefield like a thin layer of mist. The arrows of the attacking side suppressed the defenders at the city head with all their strength, and kept screaming; the arrows of the defending side concentrated on the slowly approaching attack. On the city car, Ping Pong Pong kept hitting the body and the protective shield, and quickly inserted it into a hedgehog. The narrowness of the Bloody Gate has both advantages and disadvantages for both sides. The disadvantages at this moment are: the gate The front passage can only accommodate the entry of one siege vehicle, so it is not smooth sailing, and the overwhelming firepower advantage of the attacker only needs to cover the narrow tens of meters wide city head, which can cause casualties to the defending team. continuously.

In shouting loudly, the trebuchet's fire stopped - as the siege vehicles approached the Bloody Gate, firing them further could cause accidental damage. Under the watchful eyes of countless people, the siege vehicles pushed aside the barricades, crossed a narrow ditch and reached the door under the half-pushing and half-lifting drive of the crowd. Braving the burning oil barrels and rocks thrown down by the defenders, the ram began to swing.

“Boom”——“Boom”——

In the sound of a crash that was so dull that it seemed to penetrate everyone, the cries of the remaining audience of the army subsided. Down, even Igor held his breath, as if only the sound of the metal head of the ram hitting the door remained between Heaven and Earth.

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I wish everyone a happy new year and start paying off debts after the year.