Quanyou: I loaded the Demon Hunter system

Chapter 217 Crossing the Red Fork River
Pulling is an art, and the fisherman gave a thumbs up here.

Clay never thought of colliding head-on with the thousands of valley cavalry chasing him, but that doesn't mean he didn't intend to kill them.

However, he is not a god. On the battlefield of a large army, personal bravery can produce very limited effects.

One person, one sword, no matter how high the killing efficiency is, it is useless.

"Master Clay, we have already crossed the Red Fork River and left a trail specially for those fools who are only interested in sheep to chase after us."

The one who spoke was Earl Jason Mallister who came with Clay and is now the owner of Sea Frontier City.

The so-called interest in sheep has to be blamed on Prince Daemon Targaryen in the Dance of the Dragon war.

After the Mandalay family took control of Twin River City, with their huge size advantage, their strength has radiated to Haijiang City.

At this juncture, the Mallister family in Haijiang City is advancing and retreating with the powerful Mandalay family.

The Earl of Haijiang City tightened his cloak, glanced at Clay Manderly who was stationed by the gurgling Red Fork River, and carefully considered his next move.

The location they are currently at is called Xizitan, a ferry on the Red Fork River. The flow of the entire Red Fork River fluctuates from time to time, and it is not easy to find a good ferry.

That's what Clay wanted.

His overall strength is at a disadvantage. If he wants to defeat a powerful opponent, he can only concentrate his superior strength locally and cut off one of his fingers.

The premise of this situation is to find a way to divide the cavalry of the Five Thousand Valleys. As long as the 5000 people can be divided into three groups, Clay will have a way to eat them.

It just so happened that the Green Fork, Blue Fork, and Red Fork in the Three Rivers Basin can help Clay solve this problem, because there are only a few ferry crossings, and the rivers in other places are too fast to pass through at will.

Hearing Earl Mallister's voice, Clay came back to his senses, nodded to him, and said:

"Your Excellency Earl has led his troops to continue northward as bait. Remember, you must hang them not too far or too close, and keep them as far away from the battlefield as possible, so as to buy enough time for me."

Earl Mallister nodded fiercely. After hearing Clay's idea, he didn't have any extra expressions other than admiration.

Lord Clay's appetite is still as big as ever. When he first met him, he dared to boast of 5000 people to take the 1-strong army led by James Lannister.

Now, he only has river cavalry in his hands, whose equipment and training are worse than those of his opponents from the Valley, but he has already made a perfect plan to eat the Valley people who are chasing him.

Clay deliberately stopped here to wait for the Valley people behind. They were always afraid of being ambushed by him, so the speed of pursuit was always slow. Once Clay accelerated, he would throw them away by a certain distance.

After all, it is no secret how Clay Manderly captured Jaime Lannister alive and how the Battle of the Virgin Valley was fought. Label.

Therefore, still on the plains of the Riverlands, after the Valley Cavalry passed through the inner city of Riverrun and found out that the commander who led the troops out of the city was Clay, they lost their previous arrogance and began to be cautious.

But they had to keep chasing, because no one could bear the responsibility of letting Clay and these thousands of cavalry insert themselves into the rear.

The only thing that Edmure Tully did right was to order the implementation of the policy of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness in the Eastern Riverlands, confiscating as much grain as possible from the farmers.

The cavalry at the bottom of the valley are also human beings, and they cannot plunder in the occupied areas, so they can only rely on the rear to give them to the front line one by one, otherwise the morale of the army will have been dispersed, who would fight hungry?

If Clay's 2000 men crossed the blockade line of the cavalry at the bottom of the valley and reached their rear, as long as they broke up and started to destroy the transportation line, the battle would be lost, because the troops on the front line could not move.

Under Littlefinger's instigation, the people of the Valley chose to follow Tywin Lannister. In the current situation, if Tywin Lannister can't eat Harrenhal for a day, they have to be nailed to the three cities in the east to prevent Edmure from attacking Harrenhal. Tully's army went to bite Tywin's ass.

"Let's go, it's about time for the Valley people to catch up, let's see how they choose, guess you are more important or me?"

Clay smiled easily and got on the horse.

He will march towards the east with 500 men, while Earl Mallister will lead 500 men, making traces of cavalry movement with a scale of 1000 men, heading north towards the Twin River City.

The purpose of their doing this is to force the valley cavalry to divide their troops. 5000 men are a hard fist, and Clay can only avoid its edge, but once the fist is spread out and becomes a palm, then Clay can calmly strike it Smash each finger separately.

The horses galloped, and before Clay left Riverrun, a letter flying to the Twins also arrived at its destination.

Clay ordered that the elite cavalry of the Mandalay family in the city immediately go south along the King's Road.

About 6000 wildling male captives sent were mixed with 4000 of the people recruited by White Harbor. The latter issued long weapons to deal with cavalry. After the mixing was completed, they swaggered southward.

All of a sudden, the cloud of war enveloped the entire Trident River Basin.

But the Valley people who are the protagonists of one side don't know it at all. After all, they don't know what Clay Mandalay is thinking, and they don't know that the heir of the Mandalay family has already put them on the table.

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"Damn it, gods, these Hejian cavalry have no bones at all. What else can they do but run away?"

Throwing his helmet on the ground viciously, Jon Royce, who had just crossed the Red Fork River, looked at the two traces of cavalry in different directions on the ground cursingly, and frowned fiercely.

That fellow Petyr called himself over, repeatedly emphasizing that no cavalry should be allowed to cross his blockade, and Jon Royce was so annoyed that he slammed the door and left.

As a great noble who leads troops to fight, he certainly knows the current situation. They are now coming out of the Blood Gate to supply the logistics line of the Taiwen and Valley army, which is the lifeblood of the entire army and cannot be touched at all.

"My lord, I have checked, and there are traces of cavalry with more than a thousand people. It seems that these Hejian people who are afraid of death knew that we were chasing them, so they separated and fled."

"Escape? Where did they go?"

"All the way to the north, the north is either Haijiang City or Twin River City. I think they should go to Twin River City."

"What about the other way?"

"The other road goes east. We don't know the destination of this road. Maybe we want to find a ferry on the Blue Fork River to cross the river?"

Instinctively, Jon Royce felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

Everything on the scene told him that the enemy was already in a panic under his pursuit. If the cavalry heading east couldn't find the ferry, they would be surrounded by him and died between the two rivers.

But another voice asked him in his heart, why?

There's no need for these cavalry to do this. Jon Royce knows what his pursuit speed looks like, and it's unlikely to push these cavalry into a desperate situation.

However, once the eastward cavalry finds a ford and crosses the river, as long as they find a way to cross the Green Fork River, they will reach their defenseless rear, which is absolutely unacceptable to Jon Royce.

Although past experience told him that the Blue Fork River and the Green Fork River near here are places with fast-flowing water, and there is no ferry at all.

However, everything is just in case, after all, it is Clay Mandalay who leads the army.

Jon Royce didn't quite believe that such a commander would issue such a seemingly suicidal order, there must be his reasons.

After thinking about it, Jon Royce gave an order to his lieutenant, Earl of Heartland City, Leonor Corbray:

"Lord Leonor, take 2000 people and chase them north. Remember, be careful. I would rather they be driven back to Sea Frontier City or Twin River City, and nothing will happen to you."

The Earl of Heartland City nodded, he understood what Jon Royce meant.

"My lord, what about you, are you going to deal with the people from the river going east?"

"Yes! I want to see what tricks they can play with me!"

Jon Royce pulled the rein and said in a low voice:

"I have a hunch that kid Clay Mandalay may be on this road to the east. He is not a guy who can easily admit defeat."

The Red Fork River is still flowing, and the icy water brings all the filth to the Strait Sea.

"Let's go!"

With a low shout, the two generals left on the wrong horse, and their opponents separated. As pursuers, they had to do the same.

(End of this chapter)