Quanyou: I loaded the Demon Hunter system

Chapter 218 The Hunt Begins

Jon Royce divided his forces at Mummer's Ford, and 2000 men marched north to pursue Lord Mallister's army of .

And he himself, leading the remaining 3000 people in his hands, chased after the 500 people who were biting Clay.

Not long after, Clay knew that there was a large army chasing him, but he was not afraid at all, because the latter's 3000 men were always in fear of being ambushed, and his side was the river cavalry who were familiar with the terrain. on yourself?
What Jon Royce said is correct, in fact, this road to the east of Clay is a dead end, because the Blue Fork River to the east and the Red Fork River to the south meet in front, forming a closed salient.

The water is calm, but the river is wide, and there is no ferry at all.

Clay knew this from the very beginning, so he didn't plan to fight here at all. The purpose of luring Jon Royce to chase him was to let him divide his troops.

5000 people is too difficult to chew, but less will be easier.

"Let's go east first, order the whole army to speed up, and get rid of the enemy's pursuit as soon as possible!"

The goal of dividing troops has been achieved, so now there is no need for Clay to play with the opponent here.

This is a dead land, and the only exit is actually the Xizitan ferry.

Clay is going to use his speed to forcefully cross Shaman's Shoal again.

He doesn't know who the commander on the other side is, but as long as this guy is not stupid, he will definitely disperse to look for him after he finds that he is lost. The place.

No one will think about searching the places he has already walked, because this is tantamount to denying himself.

Now that it has entered the deep autumn season, on the plains of the Riverlands, the daytime can no longer feel much warmth. Clay and his cavalry stepped on the grass leaves with withered yellow, and marched quickly towards the northeast. .

They didn't hide their whereabouts, because this was deliberately letting the opponent chase them. If the opponent completely lost track of them, they would not be able to achieve Clay's goal if they went back directly.

There are only 1 cavalry in the Vale, although they are the most powerful cavalry group in all of Westeros.

But again, there are only 1 of them, and this is a very dangerous number.

The 9000 people from the Twin Rivers have already started heading south, and their goal is the town of Earl Harroway.

Although this place is small, this place is a traffic hub. Go east all the way to the Blood Gate, go south all the way to Junlin City, and go west to the famous Hejian Avenue, which directly connects to the capital of Hejian. Riverrun.

Therefore, the logistics transportation of the Valley Cavalry and Tywin Lannister's army is in this place, and as long as they occupy this place, the Valley Army will be forced to return.

And Clay is now seducing the Valley Cavalry to leave the camp and go north, which is exactly the idea.

For all of them, they don't know that there are so many people in the Mandalay family now.

Tywin Lannister defeated Robb's army, thinking that he had wiped out the elite of the Mandalay family, but in the eyes of Littlefinger and Tywin, even if they controlled the Twin River City, the limit of the Mandalay family's troop scale That's 5000 people.

Therefore, even if Twin Rivers City still had some leftovers, there would be at most 1000 people, and 1000 people would be useless in the Hejian battlefield where tens of thousands of people were strangled.

They were all regretting that Clay Mandalay was not in the army at the time, allowing him to escape by luck and retain a general for the northern border.

As for Rob Stark sending Ray to go outside the Great Wall, they vaguely knew about it, but they didn't think much about it except laughing at Rob Stark's stupid order.

How could they have thought that after this battle, under Clay's iron-blooded power, these wildling captives almost brought nearly troops directly or indirectly to Clay and the Mandalay family.

This is far beyond the size that a normal earl family should have, much beyond their imagination.

Therefore, Clay's troops deployed to the east of the Green Fork River is actually a strange army unknown to everyone, and the strange word is so powerful that it caught everyone by surprise.

Because most of them are infantry, the movement speed of these 9000 people is not fast, but it doesn't matter, Clay and Earl Mallister will buy enough time for them.

As long as they are in place and successfully win the key point of Earl Harroway's town, the dead game of the Hejian battlefield will be played alive.

At that time, the initiative on the battlefield will return to Clay's hands.

But now, Clay's task is to lead Jon Royce's troops around in circles, making them dizzy in this area.

On the first night, Clay's troops stopped by the Red Fork River. The soldiers dismounted to fetch water, and after releasing enough scouts, they had a good night's rest.

Jon Royce, who was a pursuer, stopped at a place about a hundred miles away from Clay's army, set up camp, and also released a large number of scouts to guard the surrounding area.

They used night raids to defeat Robb Stark's troops, so they knew very well how powerful the night raids were.

In this way, the first night passed safely for both parties.

Early in the morning, under Clay's order, Clay's troops, who were full of food and drink, suddenly turned around and headed north, heading towards the beauty market along the Blue Fork River at full speed.

Since the rest was very sufficient, the speed of the Clay army was hardly affected, and the Valley army chasing after them did not have this treatment.

Because they were not familiar with the terrain, their marching speed was inevitably slowed down. Moreover, the people they pursued were sleepy and their horses were exhausted, and their condition declined greatly.

No, in order to maintain the combat effectiveness of the army, Earl Jon Royce could only curse and order the troops to stop and rest to recover their strength, and at the same time sent scouts to investigate in the direction of Clay's troops.

And the river cavalry who were left behind by Clay accepted this gift very simply and neatly.

They lay in ambush in the woods and launched a surprise attack on the passing scouts, beheading more and killing less, and after quickly beheading their heads, they dragged their bodies into the forest to hide their traces.

This is Clay's style of leading troops. I may not be as good as you in a frontal conflict. After all, this kind of rich battle with a large number of people is not what he is good at in the northern border.

However, no matter what, I have to guarantee that I will be better than you in the battle of scouts.

In the 100-man cavalry unit that Clay brought this time, his five demon hunter guards were also among them. Clay has never used this squad well, after all, he has not been in Viking for a long time. Stroll.

Clay took them with him this time when he went south. With their strong individual capabilities, they are the most suitable eyes for the army, and they also have an advantage in small-scale scouting battles.

They acted alone in groups of five, and were responsible for hunting down the enemy's scouts.

As soon as they found out, the five of them put on the Kunn shields in unison, and then rushed towards the enemy's scouts on horseback.

As scouts, there were many guys with outstanding archery skills on the opposite side. As soon as he took off the longbow on his back, he drew a feather arrow from the quiver with one hand, aimed at one person and shot it.

However, the invincible bow and arrow failed, leaving only a flickering yellow shard of light, and the attacked were safe and sound.

Just as these people were stunned, the team rushed up, without giving them a chance to draw their swords, an Alder seal was knocked down directly, and then, if they needed to ask for information, the Axi seal was pasted on their faces.

If you don't need it, just wave your sword and kill the person.

After chasing for the past few days, the loss of scouts in Jon Royce's army reached a number that surprised him.

When encountering ordinary Hejian land scouts, no matter how much you fight, whether you do your math or not, you can always escape one or two.

And facing those five guys, as long as they saw them, they would definitely die.

Therefore, for Jon Royce, it became the disappearance of the scouting team as an organization.

Slowly, Jon Royce became afraid, and he began to wonder how many people Clay Manderly had brought out of Riverrun.

And the scouts below are also unwilling, no one is stupid, and the nobles can't let them die in vain.

They are soldiers and can take a certain amount of casualties.

But this strange death rate that never came back still made them daunting, no matter how furious Jon Royce was.

So, under Clay's inadvertent arrangement, and in the hard work of his witcher squad, Jon Royce became a half-blind man on the battlefield.

At this juncture, it is impossible to retreat.

As soon as he walks, there is an immediate risk of overturning on the way to the north.

Therefore, he could only bite the bullet and continue to move forward along the traces of Clay's army.

(End of this chapter)