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Chapter 113 The Siege of Riverrun

Standing on the towering city wall of Riverrun, Lord Tytos Blackwood looked at the Lannister army snarling outside the city, frowning with no intention of relaxing.

As the confluence of the Red Fork River and the Tengshi River, Riverrun is a triangular castle in the standard sense. A moat in the southwest direction was filled with water before the Lannister siege.

Jaime Lannister led 12000 men to surround the remnants of the riverlands in Riverrun, but there was nothing they could do about the walls.

The Lannisters attacked five times, but the Lannisters had to paddle across the fast-moving moat beneath the walls of Riverrun.

Before the boat reached the city, it was taken as a target by the bows and arrows or stones on the city. The speed in the river must not be as fast as that of a person on land, and the river is turbulent. If the attack is blocked, it is neither advancing nor retreating.

The siege took place five times, and Lannister suffered nearly 1000 casualties. As for Riverrun, it was estimated that there were only a little over 100 people, and the exchange ratio reached nine to one.

Jaime Lannister is not a fool. In view of this situation, he stopped this continuous behavior of giving away heads, chose a long-term siege, and tried to order Edmure Tully to open the gate of Riverrun.

But it is a pity that Lord Tytos Blackwood is very clear-headed. If he listened to Edmure at this time, the entire Tully family would be doomed. Be implicated together.

So, under his strict defense, the Lannister army was under the city, and he brought thousands of defeated troops inside the city. The two sides had been confronting each other for more than half a month.

As for the food, Lord Tytos Blackwood wasn't too worried. The food reserves in Riverrun were sufficient, and it would be no problem to delay it for more than half a year.

Now he pinned all his hopes on the Northern Army Corps going south. He was well aware of the combat effectiveness of the Northern Army, but sitting in a sad city, he didn't know when the Northern Army would arrive.

Jaime Lannister sent archers to block the raven messengers from Riverrun.

After losing a dozen ravens, Lord Tytos Blackwood gave up trying to get his news across.

Now, he could only wait for the heavenly soldiers of the Northern Territory Legion to descend. After all, they had lost two games in a row and had already lost the initiative on the battlefield.

……

After interrogating the pleading wretch, Ser Brynden wiped his neck cleanly until he died, bleeding from the gash in his leg.

"Bury it, and clean it up." Sir Brynden gave the order sullenly, leaning against the tree trunk with an uneasy face, looking in the direction of Riverrun, thinking quietly.

The situation explained by the Lannister captive was a little tricky. He knew that his family's army failed twice in a row, and he also knew that Edmure was captured and the family castle was besieged.

In his thinking, the Kingslayer should have nothing to do with that city wall. Having grown up in Riverrun, he knew too well what kind of castle Riverrun was.

But now it seems that the Kingslayer never gave up on capturing it, and even tied Edmure to help attack the city, which made the morale of the Tully family defenders on the city even lower.

According to the captives, they privately believed that Riverrun could not last long.

Although he still had enough confidence in the defense capabilities of his home castle, Sir Brynden couldn't help but feel even more worried.

No one knows how long his elder brother, Duke Hoster Tully, can last. If he went to meet the Seven Gods during the siege of Lannister, Riverrun might really be lost.

He didn't know who was in charge in the city, but no matter who it was, they didn't have the prestige of ruling the pack like Duke Hoster Tully. It would really be unacceptable if Riverrun fell due to civil strife.

No, he must find out the situation of Lannister's army camp in Riverrun as soon as possible, and then return to Clay Manderly immediately, leaving him with little time.

Thinking of this, Sir "Blackfish" stood up and joined the ranks of burying the corpses and disposing of the traces. A group of ten people quickly restored the scene to its original state, and no one could see that three unlucky people had died here.

"Come on, let's continue south and see how these Lannisters are making trouble in Riverrun."

Sir Brynden gave an order, and rode on the war horse brought out from the forest, clamped the horse's belly, the war horse neighed, and led him quickly to the south.

Behind him, the rest of the scouts followed quickly.

……

To their north, more than 5000 cavalrymen of Clay are still stationed near Raventree City. The owner of this moss-covered ancient castle is Lord Tytos Blackwood who guards Riverrun.

It is very interesting that this castle located in the south is still under the belief of the old gods. Most of the people in the city, including the owner of the castle, the Blackwood family, are devout believers of the old gods.

Although Clay himself has a flexible choice of belief, he can clearly feel that everyone in Raventree City has a good impression of the northern army. Seeing the northern flag appear, he automatically opened the gate.

Even though most of the army in the city was taken to Riverrun by the lord, Lord Tytos Blackwood, the acting lord of the Blackwood family still gathered an army of 200 people to join Clay's army.

Clay understood their feelings. After all, the Patriarch was being besieged by Lannister in Riverrun, so it was impossible for them not to be in a hurry.

However, as the commander of the cavalry corps, he could only refuse them to join, and asked them to strictly guard Raventree City. This place is on the only way for Clay to return north. Whether it is something else, Raventree City is very important.

As for how to lift the siege of Riverrun, Clay has two plans in his hands.

First, if Riverrun can hold out, Clay tends to hold off until Ironborn lands in Port Lannister, forcing Tywin Lannister to order his good son to lead an army back to aid.

From Riverrun City to return to the West, the fastest way is to follow the Hejian Avenue, pass the Golden Tooth City and return to the west of the mountains of the West, which is the essence of the entire West.

Once this plan is confirmed, Clay will send people to continue to harass Lannister's supply lines, try to cut off their supplies, and then lay an ambush ahead of time on their way back to the west to crush them in one fell swoop.

This plan is a relatively safe one. Clay has cavalry in his hand, which is much more mobile than the mixed army of James Lannister.

If he scattered all these people, he would forcefully cut Jaime Lannister's supply line. Even if Kingslayer had 1 people in his hand, he would not be able to protect such a long logistics line. After all, he still had a Riverrun is under siege.

If the wolves want to catch their prey, they will not pounce on and bite off the neck of the prey in one breath. Clay must bleed enough blood for Lannister, a golden-haired lion, before launching a general attack.

This is the safest way, because of this way, Jaime Lannister can only be on the defensive.

Still the same sentence, I have a pure cavalry lineup here, and the Hejian land is still half of my home field. The kingslayer not only has to take care of himself, but also always guards against the thousands of mourners in Riverrun.

His 1 troops were scattered in three directions, and if he withdrew a little, Riverrun would concentrate all its troops in one direction to fight more.

As long as one path is broken, the battle of Kingslayer will be impossible to fight.

The second method is that if Riverrun cannot sustain the news of the Ironmen's invasion, Clay will use Rob Stark's countermeasure. Annihilate it.

In the first stage of the war, all the enemy's mobile forces are first abolished, and the remaining infantry is the fish on the chopping board.

In the second stage, before the enemy reacted, the cavalry corps rushed at the top speed to attack the three Lannister camps under the city of Riverrun. These barracks were all infantry and could not withstand the frontal charge of the cavalry.

Originally, Robb Stark's offensive ended at this stage, because he didn't have enough troops, so he let go of thousands of people in a large camp and fled back to the west.

Later, with these people as the core, the Lannister Legion was formed again. After all, these people were veterans who had been on the battlefield.

But Clay has his own third stage.

He told himself that he must beat Lord Tywin to the heart, and let the Seven Kingdoms remember the name Clay Mandalay based on this battle.

Therefore, he did not intend to let any of the 1 Lannister soldiers go.

The third stage is to chase the dead and chase the north. Before these people fled to the Golden Tooth City, they were all left in the river.

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Careful along the way, the team led by Sir Brynden finally found a position within five miles of the north bank of the Tenshi River. At this distance, standing at a slightly higher place, they could already see the lights of Riverrun.

It was already quite dangerous here, the Beida Battalion of the Lannister Siege Army was very close to them, and the shouts of soldiers back and forth could already be faintly heard.

This is the widest place near Riverrun, so there are also the most Lannister troops stationed here. Sir Brynden, who is often mixed with troops, glanced at the huge camp of the Lannister army several times, and judged the approximate number. .

"There are at least 5000 people here."

The scouts around Sir Brynden nodded, obviously agreeing with the old knight's judgment. Although they knew that there were a lot of Lannisters, seeing them actually gave them a lot of psychological pressure.

"We are all wearing Lannister's armor now. Try to find a way to cross the river to see. This camp is on the plain and there is no danger to defend it. Other places are not necessarily the same."

Yes, their team dared to go so deep into the Lannister army because of their "lion skin".

Along the way, at least twenty unlucky ones met them, and besides turning into corpses, they also donated their own armor equipment to them.

In such a huge army gathering place, no one knows anyone, this armor is the best camouflage.

After the team arrived at the ferry and handed over the horses to the manager of the ferry, relying on the armor on their bodies, they crossed the Tengshi River smoothly.

Looking at the city of Riverrun at the confluence of the two rivers on the front left side, Brynden Tully breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the city walls were intact and the flags were not messed up. It seemed that the defense force was sufficient.

I don't know what's going on inside. I haven't seen my brother for so many years. I don't know if I can last until I see him.

Perhaps because of the favor of the Seven Gods, Sir Brynden went around the three camps, but he was only interrogated twice, both of which were fooled by Sir Brynden with his super high experience in fooling around.

By the time they returned to the north bank of the Tengshi River, it was already dusk and dusk was approaching.

Ten people got together and exchanged what they had seen and heard in the Lannister camp.

"The Lannister army should have sufficient food and grass, and their logistics lines should not have been threatened in any way."

Someone spoke first, and this person's focus was on food. Obviously, after completely defeating the Hejian army, the distance from Golden Tooth City to the front line of Riverrun City no longer has any military forces other than Lannister. exists.

No, if I had to insist, there were still some. Sir Brynden remembered the four personal guards who had just left his team not long ago. If he was not mistaken, these four people were probably heading for the Lannister logistics line.

"They are very relaxed. I heard many people say that the Tully family is huddled in their tortoise shells, and they dare not come out at all."

"Well, I heard that too, which means that they are not prepared to be attacked at any time!"

Some scouts added, and others nodded. Obviously, such remarks have a lot of market in the Lannister barracks.

"I roughly estimated that among the three camps, the one on the north bank is the largest with more than 5000 people, the one in the southwest is the least, with about 3000 people, and the remaining 4000 people are in the big camp in the southeast."

Sir Brynden spoke at this time. He has been paying attention to the personnel of these camps, the state of defense, etc., and he also roughly estimated the number of Lannister cavalry in Riverrun.

There are at most 2000 people, definitely less than . If you don't know anything else, the number of horses can explain the problem.

Therefore, Lannister's seemingly 1 army is actually weak. The army camp with the largest number of people is built on the open north bank plain, separated from the other two camps by the rushing river.

This meant that once the North Shore camp was attacked, relying on the transport capacity of the dozens of broken ships at the ferry, as long as their own cavalry moved a little more nimbly on the North Shore, they would disrupt their North Shore camp before Lannister reinforcements arrived.

And once a camp is breached, the siege of Riverrun will be lifted, because Lannister doesn't have that many troops to carry out the siege.

In an instant, several plans flashed through the old jazz's mind, but the ultimate goal of these plans was to expel the Lannister Legion.

How did he know that his commander, Clay Mandalay, had been rushing to wipe out these 1 people from the very beginning.

"Okay, everyone remember your news well. Now, let's go north and tell our commander these important news. Boys, let's go!"

The horseshoes were flying, and the scout team, with the first-hand information on the battlefield, headed towards the camp and quickly headed north.

(End of this chapter)