King of The Wall

2021-10-15

Chapter 687 Approaching the corner
The sense of horror goes all the way up from the caudal vertebrae to the top of the scalp, Igor finally understood where the unreasonable and firm resistance of the Reach people came from - it turned out that they also prepared a second move!
Skinchanger's aerial reconnaissance had already found a large number of enemy activities on the north bank, but the Mander water was quite fast, and the soldiers didn't make any moves to cross the river... He just thought it was an army To guard against the blocking troops fleeing across the river by oneself, they did not take them too seriously.

The magnificent army with thousands of men and horses that can't cross the river is just a decoration, but if there is a freshwater fleet large enough to transport the infantry to the bottom of the trapezoid by the river, and immediately after laying down a group of troops to seize the beachhead Sail back to the north bank to pick up the next batch - the troops on the other side of the river have become a living force that can be continuously put into the battlefield, and the meaning of existence will suddenly become huge.

The bottom side of the trapezoidal formation by the river is the longest side of the entire formation front, and naturally it is also the weakest direction. In normal times, there will be two outer edges + two middle ones on this line, and there will be four large square formations in the entire row, with a total of nearly 10,000 troops that can be mobilized and used. But now, the two square formations in the middle have just been transferred by him to the western front to support the frontal confrontation of the infantry. The bottom edge of the trapezoid briefly shows an empty space, and the remaining cards in his hand are only two guards. Thousands donated to the headquarters of the local army, as well as the remnants of the southern second phalanx who had just experienced a bloody cavalry confrontation before being replaced by Unsullied!

There is no doubt about the battle strength of the Land Grant Army Headquarters, but it is absolutely impossible to hold the original two phalanx lengths of the river bank, and the remnants who have just withdrawn cannot be expected too much... Fortunately, there are birds Skinchanger With a cheat-like aerial reconnaissance perspective, the West Expedition Force was able to spot the fleet while they were still miles away.

oneself still has time to organize a response and try to defuse the crisis!
Igor suppressed his nervousness, scanned the battlefield, and began to quickly assess the situation in search of a solution.

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On the western front, the roar of artillery continued to sound, this time the density was much lower - the artillery in the eastern half of the artillery position was loaded with shotguns as ordered, and the western half was on standby. The artillery was turned into solid bullets and started to strike the dragon-hunting crossbow position behind the infantry. The accuracy of the shelling was lackluster, but it suppressed the enemy's arrogance significantly and effectively, and stabilized the morale and position of the entire infantry front line.

Under the double cover of bolt artillery, two layers of six phalanxes squeezed together a thin row of grenadier reserves. The reinforcements began to replace the original front-line troops that had been fighting for a while in an orderly manner, and quickly reversed the situation and pushed the Reach infantry back - it is true that there will be three phalanxes evacuating the battle to free up their hands, but they need to be rotated. Rest and recuperate, and depending on the situation, it will soon have to return to the front line to bear pressure on the friendly forces... As the most intensive and critical point of the entire battlefield confrontation, the troops cannot be drawn from here.

The Westerlands cavalry unit, which was sent out to meet the cavalry of the Golden Regiment, passed by the opponent, and after a brief contact, they dropped double-digit casualties and returned to their respective positions. There was no "cavalry". The imaginary picture of charging each other and fighting to the death" - Igor is not naive enough to think that the Westerlands cavalry is useless because the fighting intensity is not high, "drive away the enemy cavalry" is a mission issued by oneself. Although they completed the mission briefly, they did not kill the enemy. Defeat or annihilate, you still have to stay in this area to prevent the opponent from returning in a swirl of dust, so as not to form a deadly weak spot.

south-east direction, the Reach cavalry who were defeated in all three rounds of attack had no courage or ability to organize a group charge, but beyond Igor's expectation: they did not withdraw from the battlefield, But under the gathering and interception of the supervising team led by Dickon Tarly, all the soldiers gathered again three or four miles away, eliminating the wounded and the remnants of the lack of helmets and swords, and rearranging about 10,000 warriors - one of them. The third most elite part still maintains the state of cavalry, and the remaining 2/3/2022 simply dismounts and transforms into infantry.

Neither of the two troops acted rashly. Among them, the dismounted infantrymen, holding up a variety of shields collected in a hurry, formed a front line to the south of the battlefield and advanced towards the West Expedition Force at a very slow speed; The cavalry quickly moved to the east of the battlefield, cruising on the edge of the range of artillery and arrows... looking for the next fighter.

The intention of the Reach people was so obvious that it was almost written into a banner and hung up: Since the West Expedition Force will most likely repel the attack again, why not just give up the power grab, just continue to exist and deter, let Igor Unable to divert the troops used to guard against them into other fronts?

After several battles, most of the reserves of the West Expedition Force were forced out... Igor glanced around the battlefield and found helplessly that oneself was really out of options.

Standing quietly in the middle of the chaotic and noisy battlefield, blown by the warm spring breeze of Reach's green plains, he couldn't tell for a while whether it was oneself who successfully lured the enemy, or the opponent beating somebody at their own game. took him to the army.

The answer is not important, more than 20,000 people are waiting to win under his leadership!

"Call to me the battalion guards, the troop soldiers, and all those in the southern second phalanx who can still afford weapons." He accepted the reality and chose the last option, " Then send orders to the artillery positions, turn the cannonballs to the west and empty them all, load solid bullets, aim at the northern river, adjust each other, and prepare to attack the enemy ships!"

He did not have any troops to adjust, but he had firepower available. This order means that there will be no more artillery cover on the east and south sides of the entire battlefield. This is a gamble, the gamble is: the Unsullied on the southern front and the last two phalanxes on the eastern front will be able to hold the Reach twice as large as the primordial cold weapon without the cover of artillery. Flank and surround troops.

After giving two brief orders, he briefly descended from the observation deck to the ground, got into the huge four-wheeled carriage below, and when someone began to suspect that "Lord Commander gave up resistance and prepared to die. ' The front got out again and stood on the top of the carriage again.

The Reach man successfully cornered him, now it's time by fair means or foul.

Headquarters were just a stone's throw away from the artillery positions, the baggage battalion, and the rest of the remnants. When the artillery began to roar and shoot out the third round, the last group of soldiers he called also gathered around. .

Two thousand land-grant headquarters, two or three hundred battalion soldiers and fireheads, plus about five-six hundred Westerlands Dorne archers who had survived Garland's heavy cavalry charge and remained largely unscathed. It's all the power he's about to use against the enemy's last card -- at least he hoped that's the last card.

Igor drew the steel sword from his waist and pointed down: "Soldiers, look at your feet!"

Wait all the soldiers who heard or didn't hear were there Under the influence of the descendants, he began to bow his head, and he continued to carry out the final pre-war mobilization.

"This is the entire continent of Westeros, from the Lands of Always Winter in the north to the Dorne Desert in the south...the most fertile, flat and most valuable land, no one!"

"This land should belong to us who defeated Others and saved mankind, and held high the flag to support the real king! Not the Reach people who are full of fat and stubborn, and try to support the false king to steal the fruits of victory!"

"However, today we came to take what belongs to us, but the traitors not only did not surrender obediently, but also dared to resist!" He paused to take in enough air before shouting, "Can we Endure?"

Standing on Reach's land, blaming the Reach people for not surrendering but resisting, such a rhetoric that ignores logic, I am afraid that any Seven Kingdoms people who want to face will be hard to motivate, but the land-grant army eats this.

They came from beyond the wall without the subconscious concept of "Reach Plains belong to the Reach people", and the Yum division who watched the play for a long time in the center of the trapezoidal formation was already itching. .

"No!"

Under the noisy background sound of the battlefield, an untidy but incomparably enthusiastic roar broke out, and the soaring murderous aura even infected and was summoned by force. Hundreds of unidentified fighters assisted.

Igor raised his left hand to suppress the cacophony, and pointed his arm to the north with his sword: "That's right! So now, let's go and give those bastards some color!"

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(end of this chapter)