The king on the Great Wall

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Chapter 672 Defense of Gaoting (1)

The color of the eastern sky ranges from purple to gold to blue. As the sun leaves the horizon and rises into the sky, the last few bright stars on the dark sky overhead also completely disappear.Facing the bright light reflected on his face, Earl Matus Rowan rode on the highest small slope nearby, reined in the tall horse under his crotch, and raised his Myr lens to observe the Western Expedition slowly approaching his direction in the distance military.

The people of Hewan want to combine the three advantages of weather, location, and people to fight this decisive battle, but the weather is not good!

The location is favorable, and there are home games at any time; Renhe is also forced out in front of the enemy; only the last weather is beyond human control.The last perfect time for a decisive battle was actually a few days ago, next to the Rose Avenue in Mandehe River, tens of miles northeast. A dragon swung its tail and turned to the south to cross the river first, catching everyone by surprise and dodging by accident.

In a panic, the army was redeployed back to the south of Mande River. The bachelor again predicted that there would be rain today, and the headquarters made up their minds to start fighting immediately after a short rest... The prediction was correct. There will indeed be rain today, but the rain came too early Couldn't last till dawn.When the sky was bright earlier, the humidity in the air was still quite strong, but it became thinner and lighter as the sun rose. This is a sunny day after the rain, but it is by no means a good day for fighting the Western Expeditionary Army. However, the enemy was only a short distance away from Gaoting, and they couldn't afford to wait for the rain.

Right now, the only thing Earl Rowan can pray for is that the rain in the early morning dampened enough gunpowder for the night watchmen, more or less weakening their long-range combat power.

Come back to the battlefield.

What he is performing today is a difficult task: to command the former pao and front hui.

What King Aegon gave him was not a clear order, but a set of adaptable plans: when approaching the enemy, the first thing he had to do was to fight normally on both wings (now it became one wing because of the proximity to the river bank). Column, widen the formation slightly beyond the opposite.Next, based on the countermeasures Iger took, decide the next step.

If Iger remains unmoved, but instead deploys the formation step by step and normally while defending against flank outflanking, then he will command [-] infantry cannon fodder and [-] flanking cavalry, and pull out a posture of confronting Iger head-on. The main force of the outflanking cavalry then diverts the enemy's attention—if possible, fight another realistic feint, trying to lure the opponent into the encirclement of the main force of the infantry.

If Iger falls into the trap and starts to widen the formation to start a "battle width competition" with himself, then he will command the troops to continue to widen the formation while sending a letter to the rear infantry and the main cavalry behind. What lures the enemy to go deep, directly attack the whole army, and take away the Western Expeditionary Army, which has become weak after the elongated front!

There are no more than two situations. It sounds simple, but it is very troublesome to implement: Although Earl Rowan is a veteran, he has never commanded an army of 1 people, let alone this army is not his own Jinshu City. A well-know elite or at least trained by himself.He yelled, repeated instructions frequently and quickly, squeezed the physical strength of all the messengers and horses to the limit, and tried his best to keep the [-] cannon fodder infantry from falling apart or falling into chaos as they advanced eastward. Finally approaching the enemy within the sight range, he ordered the deployment of the team while carefully observing the opposite side, preparing to determine his own specific formation according to the enemy's state, only to find that the opponent did not play cards according to common sense.

The Western Expeditionary Army in the field of vision was marching in a group along the river. Even after he ordered the whole army to raise the flag to show their presence, they simply slowed down their marching speed and stopped steadily, and did not start to fight against themselves in the south. Meaning, because he was on the plain and didn't have a high enough terrain to overlook the enemy, Earl Rowan certainly couldn't immediately know that Iger was forming a trapezoidal formation near the river, but this didn't affect him at least watching from the top of the gentle slope. Cleared several phalanxes that make up this trapezoid, especially the trapezoidal hypotenuse that is stepped towards itself.

He has never seen this formation before, but he can see at least two points: [-]. This is by no means the normal marching formation of an army of [-]; Some posture.

If he commanded the right wing to advance forward, wouldn't he easily surround the entire Western Expeditionary Army on the river bank?

Does the commander on the opposite side know how to lead troops to fight?

Suspicion floated up in Earl Rowan's heart for a moment, and was immediately crushed by reason—out of countless possibilities, this was the first one that could be ruled out.Then... He raised the lens again and observed the formation of the Western Expeditionary Army again.

Under the bright sunlight in the morning, everything within the field of view of the lens is clearly visible: several phalanxes with a size of about 2000 people. The gap channel close to the width of the phalanx, the messengers running back and forth in the channel... and the orderly sound of footsteps faintly transmitted through the ground.

The steady beating heart in his chest suddenly began to thump, and cold sweat also emerged behind his back in this cool and comfortable spring day. Earl Rowan suddenly felt that he... saw a little bit the way of the formation of the Western Expeditionary Army .

Closely grouped, the entire army is covered within the fire protection range of weapons called "cannons";

Dividing the troops into several smaller phalanxes is to make it easier to quickly change direction and engage in battle smoothly when encountering a surprise attack from any direction—commanding 3 people to turn around and face the side or the rear is obviously not as simple and fast as commanding 2000 people. Not to mention that our own side planned to attack from multiple directions;

The staggered back and forth but limited width ladder-like slanted lines facing him made it impossible for the coalition forces to immediately exert their superiority in force on the frontal battlefield by relying on a simple straight line formation - and it is even reasonable to think that they cannot see behind this formation. In all likelihood, there is also a similar oblique line on the east side of the other side;

And the overlapping horizontal depth of the three north and south columns made it extremely difficult to "use cavalry assault to cut off the front and rear connections of its troops";

The gaps and passages left between the phalanxes are obviously reserved for the cavalry and reserve troops to quickly reinforce!

This formation obviously focuses on defense rather than offense, and has inherent shortcomings that cannot be improved. At this moment, Matus Rowan can blurt out two things when he turns his head before the battle: For example, the group is too tight, and it cannot be defeated when the enemy retreats or is defeated. Effectively organize the pursuit; for example, the three rows of phalanxes must maintain a high degree of marching speed and precise direction so as not to fall apart and deform during the movement. This requires the training of soldiers and generals to reach a very high level to be possible, and it is doomed that the speed will not be fast. ...

But there are gains and losses, and its advantages are as prominent as its disadvantages: marching in this formation, stopping on the spot when approaching the enemy, you can fight, and you don't need to bother to set up a battle formation - which means that you are not afraid of sneak attacks ;In addition, no matter which direction our side attacks from the east, west, or south, it will suffer from close-intensity defense and counterattack, and there is no weak point to follow at all...

The idea that made him most terrified finally came to mind: one of the shortcomings of this formation is precisely the biggest advantage when one's own side wants to feign defeat to lure the enemy. Seduce and attack rashly, how should one's own side deal with it?

All in all, this is a formation that sacrifices tactical flexibility but fully serves the big strategic goal: the enemy commander, that damned night watchman is coldly and soberly aware that he does not need and cannot annihilate the River Bend coalition forces, As long as you can advance to Gaoting City against the resistance, you will win!

Compared with the enemy's calculations, a more realistic question was before Earl Rowan: Since the enemy did not respond within the expected range of the command, how should he command the cannon fodder corps now?

Iger didn't let him struggle for too long, and between hesitation, the artillery in the Western Expeditionary Army's position opened fire.

Amidst the rumbling sound of spring thunder, the defense of Gaoting started.

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Chapter 673 Defense of Gaoting (2)

Dozens of loud bangs mixed with rumbling tails hit the eardrums of the people in the river bend, shaking everyone's hearts and shoulders. Fortunately, the surrounding terrain of the selected battlefield was flat and could not cause echoes, so the sound of the artillery quickly dissipated. The echoes that did not reverberate dealt a further blow to morale.

(Why doesn't this good-natured night watchman talk about martial arts?)

Matus Rowan reined in the frightened and agitated horse, gripped the lens that almost dropped from his hand, and slandered angrily.

Although the main task of the striker he led was to attract artillery fire, it would be too despicable for him to fire first before the formation was even set up!

But soon Rowan had no intention of greeting the enemy's mother, because the projectiles from the first round of shelling fell into the forward line he led in an instant, and quickly began to have an impact.

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The people in Hewan saw shelling for the first time during the Battle of the Blackwater River. Important topics such as what it feels like to be bombarded by artillery, the efficiency of the killing mode and specific results, how to reduce casualties and morale damage, etc., have been passed through the frontline personnel. The investigation, interview, summarization, collation and reflection, discussion, and publicity have a roughly complete set of understanding.

But this time, things changed slightly.

On the banks of the Blackwater River, the artillery of the Land Grant Army opened fire on the north bank of the river to bombard the wedding scene on the south bank and covered the pioneers crossing the river. Lifted for medium-angle projections, relying on the tactical goals achieved by the maximum range.In addition, the location of the battle—the river bank itself in the dry season has a certain inclination towards the direction of the bombardment... These series of factors lead to: in that bombardment, the solid shell usually "floats" or jumps. The shell effect did not appear at all. If the shell was not lucky enough to directly hit some unlucky person after it hit the ground, it would have no choice but to smash a slanted deep hole in the mud and never see the light of day.

The artillery momentum is amazing, but the killing efficiency is average.This is what the people of Hewan have concluded based on their first experience—a conclusion that is not wrong but completely wrong.

Today, this artillery battle took place on the flat and endless river bend plain, and the cannon fodder group, which shouldered the mission of "attracting firepower", was confused again-intentionally or unintentionally chose the location for the formation of the confrontation in the west. The edge of the killing range of the conscript artillery flat fire.

Iger ordered to open fire immediately, except that he didn't care about Wu De's bullshit at all, the most direct reason was: the formation is not yet unfolded, and the messy and crowded Hewan army formation is the best target to exert the power of solid bullets!

Amidst the whistling sound, blurred afterimages slammed into the forward of the Hewan Army who was receiving and executing orders. The point where the artillery shell landed for the first time had not yet reached the army formation, but it was caught again amidst the scattered grass leaves and water drops. The ground bounced back into the air and continued flying... The next thing it did, it was a massacre.

Due to the proper selection of the shooting angle, the height of the projectile bouncing when it touches the ground is exactly similar to the average height of a human being, and this also forms a perfect and bloody ideal state: the shell is always in the same position as it is bouncing forward. The height at which soldiers can cause lethality - when rolling on the ground and "floating", it can tear or break soldiers' legs, and when it bounces halfway, it poses a threat to the chest, abdomen and torso, and when it jumps to the end of its momentum At the highest point, it can smash a person's face or lift a person's skull.

The speed of the iron projectile has quickly dropped below the speed of sound after it touched the ground once, but the kinetic energy contained in it is still completely beyond the scope that armor and flesh and blood can block—this is an order of magnitude crushing, which is unreasonable, even if After the fourth and fifth bounces, it is so slow that it can be stopped by the naked eye, but it can still give any "warrior" who really dares to try such a shock enough to regret it for life.When the iron ball finally ran out of energy and rolled to a stop on the lawn, it had already pierced through the entire army formation... Except for a few cases where it was completely missed or shot at the wrong angle, each ball was like a heat that cut butter. As clean as a knife, he drew a red line on the black and vast Hewan army formation, leaving a plowed and bloody furrow behind him.

This is real flesh and blood flying, the air is filled with sweet blood mist, fragmented human bodies and screams are everywhere, Matus Rowan did not wake up from the dizzy shock until more than ten seconds later, Realize this is not a nightmare.

Only one round of shelling caused hundreds of casualties!

Didn't it mean that the damage caused by the artillery was point-shaped, why did it become linear again on the spot, isn't this a joke?

There was no table on the battlefield for the angry earl to overthrow and vent his anger. He trembled and realized that he had been fooled by the command. As for whether this was a malicious lie or the command was also deceived by Iger, he didn't have the time to think about it now.

"Quickly scatter to the left and right!" He yelled, and he was unconscious when the sound broke.The development of the situation was not as expected. He should have approached after the formation was fully deployed at the farther rear. The reason why he didn't do this was not because he was stupid, but because he deliberately wanted to give Aiglu a loophole to lure him. It's just that the price paid for this bait is a bit too high for defeating and chasing him.

It was too late to temporarily open the distance. With the personnel quality and training of the cannon fodder regiment, even taking a step back would turn into a big rout without any suspense.All he can do now is to make up for it.

As long as the lines are arranged properly and the front and rear depths are diluted, the power of this linear killing can be greatly weakened!

Bugles and gongs and drums sounded in unison, signal flags waved wildly like swings, logistics personnel began to run all over the field looking for rescued wounded, and the soldiers of the vanguard army who were blinded for a moment by being splashed with blood also endured trembling hands and legs, and began to speed up their pace Expand to the intended location...

From "point" to "line", this change in the killing mode caught the forwards of the Hewan Army who had done "targeted training" by surprise, but besides this, there was another reason that aggravated their "enemy's attack." The firepower seems to be stronger than expected", that is-the artillery of the Western Expeditionary Army has indeed become more.

During the month when Iger and the entire Queen's camp stayed in the royal territory after taking King's Landing and seemed to "do nothing", in addition to large-scale material mobilization and logistical preparations, they also relied on the mature technology brought from the land grant The team and the good personnel and facilities in the industrial park have done their best to complete a feat: built the first artillery production line in the south, opened training courses, and expanded the scale of artillery.

The first-generation artillery equipped by the Land-Grant Army was made of bronze, and the reason for this is easy to understand: in order to quickly achieve a breakthrough from scratch, it is the norm at any cost.However, copper is an expensive and scarce resource after all, and it cannot be supplied in a stable and sufficient amount when the Seven Kingdoms have not yet been unified—fortunately, the technology that can cope with this situation has long been secretly picked up by the engineers of the land-grant arsenal It came out: iron core copper body cannon.This newly constructed cannon can withstand similar chamber pressure with lighter materials, while reducing costs and improving its service life. It can be said that it is the first step in the mass-equipment and popularization of thermal weapons before a major breakthrough in metallurgical technology. Excellent choice.

Speaking of this, I have to mention the melted Iron Throne.

Although it is completely unqualified to act as a seat, the source of raw materials for the production of iron cannon cores is of excellent quality beyond everyone's imagination-if the iron lumps melted from the Iron Throne can be used to cast the cannon core, not only the process and time Big savings, reliability can also be greatly guaranteed!

When the technology and production line have already been settled, and the production can only be carried out when the materials are in place, the project leader, Bachelor Coben, made a report to Iger and applied for the temporary shelving of the "Iron Throne Recasting Super Cannon" project. Use its materials to urgently cast the first batch of small-caliber iron-cored copper cannons for the Western Expeditionary Army!

Iger took the courage to approve the application.As a result, a batch of "Junlin Type I" with a slightly conservative improvement, whose overall quality is no better than the pure bronze "Land-grant Type I", but whose cost has been greatly reduced, and which is more than enough to beat up children, was born, and successfully rushed to the Western Expeditionary Army. Passing the inspection before was included in the list, which alleviated the situation of the artillery regiment of the Land Army after the expansion of the number of soldiers, and doubled the firepower of the entire Western Expeditionary Army!

As for what to do with the two cannons owed to the queen... Don't worry at all: Unlike Valyrian metal, which is divided into low-end "tile steel" and high-end "dragon steel", the Iron Throne is cast into "royalty" and "power" The symbolic meaning of the two super cannons of "Truth" completely overwhelms the practical use.As long as the caliber is unified and public opinion is well controlled, even if only a small piece of the Iron Throne remnant the size of a fingernail is added to the two cannons, he can still insist that they are recast from the Iron Throne. Who has the authority and courage? Say it isn't?

The white smoke from the first round of shelling has not yet dissipated, and the second round of shelling has begun.

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Chapter 674 Defense of Gaoting (3)

rumbling rumbling...

The synchronization rate of the second round of bombardment dropped slightly, causing the thunderous vibrations to have an echo-like trailing texture even though there was no reflection.The flames and thick smoke entered the eyes first, the sound waves arrived a little later, and finally the shells that responded to the sound—Matus Rowan shook his shoulders, and couldn't help concentrating on holding his breath, as if he was afraid that his breath would call the shells to him .

There was an interval between the two shellings, and the half-deployed formation was successfully dispersed into a more sparse horizontal formation—in addition to the reduction in density, there were also sporadic cases of soldiers in the formation avoiding rolling shells after being mentally prepared... ...combined with the two, the casualties were significantly lower than when they were unprepared just now.

But it was just "some". Dozens of shells shattered the shields that the soldiers in the front line had hastily erected without any suspense, pierced flesh and blood in the crowd, and easily caused the cannon fodder led by Rowan to suffer another casualty. Added a heavy sum of nearly a hundred people.Although the number was lower than that of the first round, the shock to the commander was even greater: for no other reason, the shell fell closer to him this time—the most dangerous shot even hit the ground. Under the gentle slope where Rowan's headquarters is located, he tore apart the rows of soldiers lined up under his nose, and then bounced twice until he was 30 meters in front of him, before acting on the slope of the gentle slope. Xia plunged into the mud ahead of time to stop "floating", and the few knights of the Rowan family who were almost dragging the lord away were greatly relieved.

The sound of the guns dissipated, and the white mist of gunpowder smoke, blown by the southeast wind, blew towards the forward direction of the Hewan Army like a huge veil.The attrition rate is approaching [-]% before the war begins!While terrified, the command finally came to their senses and began to judge the situation on the battlefield.

"My lord, two more rounds of bombardment like this will cause our army to collapse without a fight!" Osgrey, the knight of the Tower of Resolute swallowed heavily, and persuaded him seriously, "Whether it's fighting or retreating, please give your order as soon as possible!" Right. With every second of hesitation, more Hewan people will never be able to return home to reunite with their loved ones!"

Is it fighting or retreating?

Reunite with loved ones?

It's all bullshit.

More important than the lives of the general "Hewan people", the current situation makes it impossible to guarantee that the next round of shelling will not hit him!As a retainer, he couldn't leave his master and run away, all he could do... was naturally to persuade him.

Although the words were righteous, the knights who were the staff and bodyguards of course knew that their task today was to pretend to be defeated and lure the enemy, and it was not up to this striker to defeat the unstoppable black-clothed demon on the opposite side.Based on their understanding of their lord, Earl Rowan, it is absolutely impossible for him to order a charge to die when he finds that the enemy's firepower exceeds expectations. It is false to urge Earl Rowan to hurry up and urge him to agree to retreat. real.

"My lord, I have noticed a detail." Compared with the already panicked Knight of the Standing Tower, Sir Viber of Coldmoat is obviously calmer and calmer, "It takes extremely harsh conditions for the projectiles fired by the opponent's artillery to bounce continuously on the ground." As long as there is a slight undulation of the slope to block it, its lethality will be greatly reduced! We only need to move the headquarters from the top of the slope to the back of the slope, and the risk will be greatly reduced!"

Regarding the matter of evacuating from the dangerous situation, Matus Rowan must have been moved, but after all, he was not so afraid of death that he would forget his duties as a commander as soon as he was provoked.

"Move to the back of the slope, what about the observation and command of the battlefield?"

"Order the observation post and the flag bearer to stand by on the spot. We will take shelter after reaching the slope, so that we will not lose control of the battlefield and ensure safety!"

"That's right!" Sir Osgrey immediately agreed when he saw something was going on, "My lord, the armed forces cannot be without a commander. Even if you can't decide whether to fight or retreat for a while, you should at least ensure your own safety!"

The reverse slope can defend against artillery fire, and Sir Viber is probably the first native to realize this in the entire world of ice and fire.Matus Rowan, who was already timid, heard such persuasion from his retainers so decent but not nonsense, how could he think too much, so he took advantage of the slope to get off the donkey, and hid with a flag surrounded by his entourage and guards. To the back of the gentle slope.This slope is really quite gentle - so gentle that even the sun's rays that have not risen far from the horizon at the beginning cannot be blocked.However, as the strict formation of the Queen's Army and the gunpowder smoke disappeared from the field of vision, the threat of ricochet damage was basically eliminated, and the rationality that was frightened away by the sound of gunfire and bleeding immediately returned to the earl of Golden Tree City.

It is true that launching a charge is death, but where is the cleverness of hiding and letting the soldiers stand in place waiting to die?

The river bend plain stretches as far as the eye can see, but the flat macroscopic terrain is still full of slight undulations ranging from less than one person's height to several meters high, just like the gentle slope I am hiding at the moment—if the entire branch The army can find bunkers, and the situation of being passively bombed can be greatly eased!

He proposed this idea to several staff members, but did not get a positive response—they may not be considered famous generals, but they still have basic military common sense and deduction ability: the terrain undulations on the plain are by no means regularly distributed, if Forcing the entire army to find slopes to hide, the front line will definitely fall into fragments, and the enemy will step over as soon as they charge.

In addition, there is another hidden danger: In this era without radio stations and walkie-talkies, the commander's control of the military formation is mainly done through semaphore, musical instruments, and messengers, and occasionally when the chain of command is interrupted Under the circumstances, the grassroots officers will make a certain degree of self-judgment... and these operations all require the two ends of the information transmission to ensure a certain short distance from each other-after all, even if they make their own judgments, they must at least have the movement and status of nearby friendly troops to observe And as a basis for judging is not!

Therefore, there is a high probability that the trouble that will happen is: the order of "dispersion and concealment" may be barely passed on, but once the order is implemented in place, the troops will disappear into the control of the headquarters like a mud cow into the sea-it is easy to throw it out , but it is impossible to take it back!

How to do?

Second after second passed, cold sweat slowly seeped on Earl Rowan's forehead, and a chilling and lingering thought put him under tremendous psychological pressure: when he was stupidly trying to discuss with others, At the moment of coping with the strategy, the enemy artillery in the Queen's Army is rushing to reload, preparing to launch the third round of direct-fire harvesting!

The strong sense of urgency finally squeezed out a bit of quick wit, and he suddenly recalled: Since his purpose of leading the striker was not to defeat the Queen's Army, why should he care about whether the formation is continuous and complete?

If you don't want to be ashamed, you can only be a dead horse as a living horse doctor right now!

The sober Matus Rowan's eyes became sharper in an instant: "Send the order—order the whole army to search for the gentle slope on the spot, leave the flag bearers at the top of the slope to build momentum, and the large troops will rearrange behind the slope!"

"But my lord...if the enemy forces launch an attack..."

"I haven't finished yet! The supervisory team is patrolling behind the formation to ensure that the flags of each department will not fall. Whichever flag falls before the enemy launches an attack, the military law will deal with it!" He paused slightly, and then added, "Once the enemy When Fang launched an infantry attack, there was no need to wait for orders, and the entire army retreated directly, and the flag and baggage could be discarded, the faster you ran, the better!"

As a bait, this forward brought enough flags to build momentum. As long as the flags are still upright, the Western Expeditionary Army will not be able to move forward; and the inner logic of the latter instruction is even simpler-if "distributed to find bunkers" may be The last order that I successfully issued today is after this order... directly bring the follow-up instructions that may be needed!

Neither fight nor retreat, what is the meaning of such stalemate?

Looking at the suspicious expressions of the people around who wanted to execute the order, Luo Wan explained confidently: "If the enemy keeps firing, we can consume the opponent's gunpowder at a very small cost by hiding behind the gentle slope. One piece; and if they dare to send troops to attack, our cavalry main force that has already circled behind them will become their nightmare!"

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Chapter 675 Defense of Gaoting (4)

rumbling...

The third round of gunfire sounded. This low-pitched beast-like roaring vibration not only destroyed the fighting will of the infantry vanguard led by Matus Rowan, but also hit the nerves of the main force of the river bay cavalry in the south of the battlefield.

As a sharp weapon against long-range arms and a trump card to win the war, this largest pure cavalry force in Westeros history is equipped with Garlan Tyrell, Loras Tyrell and Dickon Supplemented by Tully and others... a heavenly group that includes a lot of outstanding qualities of the younger generation who possess a lot of outstanding qualities such as maturity and prudence, extraordinary martial arts skills, daring to fight, and resourcefulness and decision-making.As the number one winner in the defense of Gaoting, what they obtained from the High Command was also a non-linear three-dimensional plan.

The cavalry commanders must first divide enough parts from the astonishingly large number of troops to form countless ranger reconnaissance teams, three layers inside and three layers outside... Regardless of whether it is on the south bank of the Mande River or the north bank, the Queen's Western Expeditionary Army is in all directions. Contain it, weave a huge shielding net, so that the scouts sent by Iger cannot go out of the range of the artillery, and cannot obtain any information about the enemy's situation outside the field of vision.On this basis, most of the nearly [-] cavalry were hiding their whereabouts about two or three miles away-this distance that is basically invisible to the naked eye, but can be reached in a blink of an eye.

What they have to do is to include but not limited to: Iger's layout of the battle was wrong, the Queen's army attacked or chased Rowan's striker, causing the troops to lose touch, and the main infantry led by King Aegon fell into a fierce battle with him head-on... In short, each When a fleeting fighter appears - seize it quickly, use the mobility and impact of the cavalry to offset the advantage of the Western Expeditionary Army's thermal weapons, and turn the tide of battle to win.

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The sun was shining brightly and the spring breeze was warm. If it weren't for the faint vibrations coming from the north to remind that this place was a battlefield, the environment would be as leisurely and pleasant as a spring outing.The crushing numerical advantage and the advantage of the main field ensure that the surrounding area is safe, and the status of the "last hole card" prevents the cavalry from entering the artillery range of the Queen's Army in order to attract attention. Jun's unusually high-headed war horse, the three young commanders briefly separated from the troops and rode in the direction of the sound of the guns, boarded a short earth embankment, and began to observe the frontal battlefield that was already in full swing.

Because of the different viewing angles, the queen's army facing them in the direction of the largest cross-section looked huge and uniform, while the front of the infantry on the opposite side had only a narrow line, and because the left and right wings were stretched too long, it looked crooked.Fortunately, due to the large number of flags prepared for bluff, the two sides are barely comparable in momentum at first glance.

However, the west end of the Queen's Army formation is constantly emitting a large cloud of white smoke accompanied by rumbling noises. Under the influence of the wind direction, it spreads from east to west while drifting towards the quiet forward of the River Bay Army. From a distance, it looks like a lying The strong man by the Mande River was smoking tobacco and spit out the smoke on the face of the tall and thin man opposite.

It can be seen without any analysis and judgment that the Queen's Army is taking the complete upper hand and taking the initiative, while the forward of the River Bay Infantry can only be beaten passively, without any power to fight back.

Fortunately, this was completely within the expectations of the River Bend coalition forces.

"The cannons of the Queen's army are more intensive than those in King's Landing." Loras Tyrell, the famous Knight of Hundred Flowers in the Seven Kingdoms, was the first to discover the situation, "They probably acquired new weapons from the Night Watchman Industrial Park. ...Damn it, I should have razed that park to the ground if I knew it earlier."

"Don't talk such nonsense. At that time, the industrial park was garrisoned by Daenerys' Unsullied, how could we take the initiative to provoke trouble?" Garlan Tyrell denied in a calm tone unlike his peers, "Even if we win After leaving the industrial park, my father and sister will definitely protect this money tree like a child in their hands... And when the night watchman Nanzheng hits outside the city of King's Landing, he will never be able to defend it. Observe carefully On the battlefield, collect useful information, and stop fantasizing!"

The two brothers from Highgarden started the conversation, and beside them Dickon Tarly silently raised the lens.He who has inherited the mantle of his father Landau Tarly understands that calm and careful observation and analysis are far more important than unnutritious small talk.