Game of Thrones: Digger of the Dreadfort

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Green Fork River.

North of the Crossroads Inn, it follows part of the King's Road through fertile dales and woodlands.

The 14000 Northern Infantry led by Roose Bolton camped here.

His army lacked cavalry, which was not conducive to field combat.

Therefore, Earl Roose decided to lead the northern army to join forces with the King's Landing Valley coalition, and then use the superiority of troops to crush Tywin's army occupying Harrenhal...

Late that night, the northern soldiers who had been marching all day were already so tired that they fell asleep.

It was still a long time before dawn.

Suddenly there was a deafening sound of trumpets in the darkness.

The maid shook Count Luce's shoulders.

"Sir," she shouted loudly, "Sir, please wake up, there is a trumpet sound outside!"

Count Luce jumped up like a young man and threw back the blanket.

The sound of the trumpet filled the night sky, wild and urgent.

He heard the soldiers' shouts, the clash of spears and spears, and the neighing of horses. Fortunately, there was no fighting.

"It's an attack. This is the sound of the night patrol. Isn't Harrenhal still several days away from us?"

While Count Luce was wondering which army attacked them, he was thankful that out of caution, he arranged many soldiers to patrol at night and discovered the enemy's traces immediately.

He got dressed under the service of the maid and groped his way outside the tent.

The pale mist floated over from the night, like long white fingers on the river.

Men and horses stumbled around in the cold air before dawn.

The cavalrymen were busy fastening their saddles and jumping onto the breathless horses, while the infantrymen buckled their sword belts as they ran.

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"What happened?"

Count Meiqi from Severn City ran over from the tent with a panicked look on his face.

"That old guy Tywin got there first!"

Earl Luce sighed and said, "He took advantage of the night to go north along the King's Road. He is now less than two miles south of us. The entire army has already set up a battle formation."

"What! We didn't provoke Tywin, but he came to beat us?"

There seemed to be a knot in Earl Meiqi's stomach, which was very tight and painful. He regretted eating too many meatloaf last night...

The morning sun rises from the horizon, and reddish fingers stretch out from the east.

The sky was a deep purple with a few stars.

far away.

In the dawn light, Lord Tywin Lannister's army looked like a slowly blooming steel rose, its spikes gleaming...

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A layer of white mist still covers the water like a blanket, and the dark green river flows underneath. The shallows are covered with mud and reeds.

In an instant.

The Lannister army has raised its battle flag!

Enemy troops appeared ahead, emerging from the river bank.

They hid behind a barrier of shields and spears and marched forward in unison.

Gods be damned, look how many there are of them.

Count Luce thought to himself, it must be no less than his own!

In front of them is a forest of spears and spears, covering the sky and the sun, and armors like mirrors, dazzling.

The Lannister spearmen, infantry archers, and infantry armed with spears, swords, and axes formed more than a dozen square formations and advanced along the banks of the Green Fork River.

Lord Tywin was now on high ground with a panoramic view of the battle.

Thousands of heavily armored heavy cavalry, Western nobles and their retainers surrounded him.

Viewed from a distance, the Lord of the West is still dazzling.

Tywin Lannister's golden armor pales even in comparison to the gilded suit of his son Jaime the Kingslayer.

The large golden-red cloak is woven from countless gold threads. It is so heavy that it rarely floats even when charging. Once mounted, it almost completely covers the mount's hind legs.

Lord Roose remembered following Duke Eddard into King's Landing during the latter stages of the "Usurper's War".

At that time, he saw with his own eyes Tywin Lannister, wearing golden armor, sitting on a high throne symbolizing the "Hand of the King", with a gleaming golden sword in his hand.

But later, the position of "Hand of the King" was awarded to the old Duke Arryn by King Robert. Thinking about it now, this may also have laid the groundwork for today's war.

Tywin led the army in the west, waiting for them on their only way.

Earl Luce thought for a moment and immediately understood Tywin's intention.

Duke Tywin wanted to take a preemptive strike before the allied forces from the North and King's Landing Valley encircled Harrenhal, and take the lead in crippling the relatively weak Northern army that lacked cavalry...

It seems that he was despised by Tywin!

Count Luce sighed inwardly.

Although he was on the opposite side, he had to admit that, aside from other aspects, Tywin Lannister's sense of war was extremely shrewd.

And this fighter plane is really good at catching it!

Even if Tywin had been a few days later, Earl Roose would have joined forces with the King's Landing Valley coalition.

At that time, Tywin will not only face 14000 soldiers in the North, but 36000 troops in the North and King's Landing Valley.

Suddenly.

The rumbling war drums of Lannister exploded across the sky and earth!

Count Luce looked from a distance.

Seeing that the Lannister forward army has begun to gather, the flag of the Western Lords is flying wantonly.

First up is the three-black dog flag with a yellow background!

Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane was under his banner, riding the largest horse Lord Roose had ever seen.

However, compared with the size of "Magic Mountain", this horse still looks small, like a strong man riding a big yellow dog.

Compared with Tywin, Gregor's equipment is not gorgeous at all. The armor is a thick dark gray steel plate with only traces of long-term and vigorous use, without any heraldry or decoration.

His sword is a two-handed giant sword that can be lifted with one hand as easily as an ordinary person holding a dagger.

Behind the "Magic Mountain" are the purple unicorn of Sir Fremont, the spotted boar of the Craher family, and the bantam rooster of the Swaver family...

Count Luce suddenly felt bad.

It seems that the elites of the Western Region are out in force!

"Earl Meiqi! You guard the left side. Let's see if you can hold the river."

Count Luce led the army towards the river bank and shouted orders at the same time.

That was the far left wing of the left army. As long as it was held here, the Lannister army could not flank it-unless their horses could run on water.

The elite of the North were all taken away by Robb.

Nowadays, he doesn’t have many people he can use!

Count Meiqi from Severn City could barely be counted as one. He was tall, well-dressed, with slightly gray hair that was meticulously combed, and a solemn expression. He stood out among a group of northern bosses.

Their crest is a sharp battle ax on a silver background.

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Count Mech Severn received the order and rode his horse up and down the battle line. He drew his knight's sword and shouted loudly:

"We are responsible for defending this place. No matter what happens, stay close to the river and never let it out of sight. Never let any enemy get between the river and us. If they dare to take a step forward, we will chop off their lifeblood. Throw it into the river and feed it to the fish..."

Count Luce rode in a circle, inspecting the battlefield.

He listened to the war drums, his heart pounding in time with the rhythm in his chest.

Under the layers of leather clothing and steel armor, cold sweat dripped from his forehead.

Although they were forced to fight, the warning sound issued by the soldiers on night patrol gave them enough time to assemble.

The northern lords rode armored horses and led the soldiers forward, and the knights raised their family banners and marched alongside them.

Lord Roose looked back and saw the white direwolf banner of the Stark family, the skinned banner of the Bolton family, the moose banner of the Horwood family, the sunbeam banner of the Karstark family, the battle ax banner of Lord Severn, and the The armored iron fist of the Lover family...and also the blue twin tower flag of the Frey family.

Flags can be seen everywhere, fluttering in the wind and flying on long poles.

Suddenly a knight shouted: "Long live the North!"

The surrounding northern soldiers immediately followed suit, shouting as usual, or picking up guns and swords to attack each other.

"Long live the North! Long live the North!"

The northern army commanded by Earl Luce was mainly infantry. Apart from the lack of horses, it had good combat capabilities.

"Blow the trumpet!" he shouted.

The bugle in the north sounded, wuwuwuwu, low and long, like the cold wind coming from the north, making people shiver.

The Lannister's trumpet responded immediately, beep - beep, beep - beep, beep, as rough and hard as stone.

When the sound of trumpets and trumpets died down, hissing filled the void.