The king on the Great Wall

It's not that he suddenly became loyal, benevolent and righteous, but that he now belongs to... on Clinton's pirate ship and can't get off.

The Golden Group has suffered an unprecedented heavy loss. Not to mention the loss of their money, the entire east coast of Westeros, including King's Landing, has fallen into the enemy's hands, and the Hightower family, which controls the port of Old Town, is not Under very cooperative circumstances, he had nowhere to run.

Either you have nothing but a different place, or you complete a class leap in World War I, seal your wife and son, and live forever!

The opening remarks are over, and it is time to enter the topic.

"During the morning battle, the infantry vanguard led by Lord Rowan encountered flat fire from enemy artillery. The ball-shaped shells bounced continuously on the ground and penetrated the vanguard array, causing huge casualties and indirectly leading to the subsequent defeat." Strickland said angrily. After briefly describing the battle situation this morning, he began to introduce the effective information provided by the parties, "However, Lord Rowan and his staff discovered during the shelling that hiding behind a certain slope of the terrain can effectively resist this kind of bounce attack. But This point faces difficulties in actual operation: on the flat river bend plain, soil slopes are extremely rare, and even if there are, they are sparse and unable to form a coherent front. And once they evade separately, it will cause the command company to be interrupted and the order cannot be effectively transmitted, thus It could easily lead to a rout."

"After summarizing the information and lessons provided by Mr. Rowan, I can easily think of a solution - that is, to take the initiative to find an area with denser soil slopes, and use sand, earth and rocks between the soil slopes. In this way, our army can calmly mobilize and deploy troops behind this long strip structure connected by earth slopes and bunkers, without being passively beaten a few arrows away. "

With Strickland's previous reasonable opening remarks as a foreshadowing, Landau Tarly could not vent his emotions wantonly. He thought carefully about the suggestion put forward by the spokesperson, and quickly raised reasonable doubts: "It will take time for such a barrier to be built. , and with its existence, our army will not be able to charge as quickly as usual."

"This barrier doesn't need to be too high, as long as it can block the bouncing shells. If the requirements are reduced to this level, it will probably take less than half a day to complete the construction. As for the boy Aiger who changed his tactics and used the projectile again, I can't help it ... There is no need for a solution. After all, we have already made sufficient psychological preparations to deal with the shells falling from the sky, and we can bear certain losses."

He paused, tapped his fingers on the table, and was thinking about how to answer Randall's next question, when Jon Connington took the initiative to relieve him.

"The impact of a barrier on the infantry's charge is by no means worth the protection it can bring." The wrinkled face of the king's hand was resolute and calm, and he pushed back a strand of gray-red hair Reasonable, to avoid it affecting his own speech, "Even if the worst prediction is made, the charge will be delayed for 1 minute... But the question I consider here is not whether the charge will be delayed, but whether the charge will be delayed. : Why did we charge?"

This passage was not in Clinton's speech to Strickland. It was a semi-impromptu speech. Since it was unexpected, it naturally attracted the attention of the generals.

"The goal we originally set for this war was: a quick battle, a clean battle to wipe out the main force of the Western Expeditionary Army led by Iger, to give the little queen enough psychological shock, and then judge based on the situation that it is time to take advantage of the victory to pursue the counterattack The king's land is still temporarily peace talks, cracking the ground and governing for a long-term confrontation with the advantage of the size and population of the river bend. However, the night watchman announced this to us with slaps in the face again and again: the black shirts defeated the aliens. Hejian in the northern border is not based on luck, and their commander-in-chief is by no means a soft persimmon. When the enemy's combat effectiveness and vigilance are higher than we imagined, we should abandon illusions, recognize reality, and properly Adjust strategic goals accordingly. My personal suggestion here is: do a good job of anticipating the minimum outcome, that is, prevent the opponent from continuing to advance towards High Court, just repel it.”

"This is of course not to say that I have pessimistically judged that it is impossible to annihilate the enemy, but to emphasize: in a disadvantaged situation, we should first consider defeating the opponent's strategic intentions in a down-to-earth manner, and then calmly consider whether we can eliminate the enemy once and for all. The enemy. As for the charge, the specific question is: If the enemy continues to advance sequentially without revealing any flaws, why do we have to charge instead of waiting for them to attack? After all, we are surrounded and cut off the logistics. It’s not us who supply the supplies!”

Clinton, who had poured out his thoughts, was a little excited, and the strand of hair that had been raised was hanging down again.

"I can even imagine the progress of tomorrow's battle situation - Iger found that the flat artillery fire was ineffective against our army, so he ordered to continue advancing one by one, until he approached the distance of two arrows, and then stopped at a place visible to the naked eye. The range advantage of the artillery ruthlessly continued to projectile and bombard us, bullying us that we had no equal means of counterattack, trying to use the method of damaging morale, forcing us to charge first or retreat due to internal problems."

"What we have to do is to hold back - hold the line against the artillery fire, block in front of Iger like a mountain, and see if there is more gunpowder on the other side, or we have more people! As long as we can hold this breath, no matter who he is in the end Whether we can't bear to attack first, or we realize that something can't be done and start to retreat, with the main force of flanking cavalry, the initiative is in our hands!"

……

The tent fell silent. Most people intuitively felt that this move seemed reliable, but they also had doubts about whether it could effectively contain the Queen's army. After some rustling whispers, countless eyes slowly converged——it wasn't Aegon. The king is not the Duke of Tyrell, but Lando Tarly, who was still arguing before.

If this old gangster who is good at fighting and has an upright temper also approves of the plan of the head of the golden regiment, then it has a high probability of being feasible and has a high winning rate.

Under the gaze of more than a dozen gazes, the Earl of Horn Hill arched his brows deeply, flattened them, arched them again, and finally nodded indiscernibly... just when everyone took this nod as a sign of approval and approval. At that time, he suddenly had a new question: "Except for building a bunker, isn't this going according to the original plan? Isn't it a compromise? Where are the details of the tactics?"

"It lies in the deployment of troops. After a day of confrontation and reconnaissance, we also have a general understanding of the formation that Iger laid out by the river - the semi-circular shape, like an iron pot on the ground, no matter which direction the attack is from, it will encounter close encounters." The most troublesome thing is that with the same defense and counterattack strength, it is impossible to launch a siege with a front of 8 people only against it in the Mande River. Even if people line up next to each other, they can only fight with half of them at the same time."

"My thought was, instead of having the rest of the crew sit back and watch the show or wait for rotations, why not open up a new direction of attack? Iger buckled up an iron pot on the Mande River and faced me with a convex face. Are we going to Do you have to foolishly project all your power to the side he expected? Several warships were parked by the river outside Gaoting City, and troops were sent overnight to order them to rush east to the battlefield, mobilizing 2 to [-] people to cross the Mande River to the north to ambush. Go to the other side of the river for the Western Expeditionary Army. If the night watchmen know that they are invincible and are about to retreat to Xintong City, this surprise army can effectively restrain their crossing speed and give the large army the speed to organize their pursuit; Now that the decisive battle has broken out, they can also take a boat across the river from the north bank at the most critical moment, fight as surprise soldiers, attack from the front of Iger's 'iron pot', and attack him fiercely from all sides!"

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Chapter 680 Defense of Gaoting (5)

high court.

The name of the castle is composed of two common words, which means "high garden".

It seems random, but there is a lot of information in it, which is divided into two parts: "high above" and "garden".

The first half is just as the name suggests: the castle is located on one of the highest hills in the core plain of the river bend where it is located, and the top of the hill is over [-] meters above sea level.Although this height is not even considered a "mountain" in the modern geographical system of the earth plane, it is unsuspectingly superior to other heroes on the plains with a radius of hundreds of miles around Gaoting. The hills are definitely not by the river, and there is no higher hill by the river, but the hills that are by the river and have similar heights will certainly not satisfy the requirement of "located in the hinterland of the river bend and guarded by vassals".The occupants and owners of the past generations have spared no effort to build the castle higher... Today, anyone who climbs to the top of the castle can look up and have a panoramic view of half of the high court.

When Gals Gardener I decided to settle here and build a castle, he probably liked the wide field of view, easy defense and difficult attack, far away from the border and close to the water source!

And what about "garden"?

Highgarden is made of white marble, and is recognized by most people in Westeros as the most beautiful castle in the Seven Kingdoms—except for this basic common sense that anyone can know, the more important reason is of course—this castle There is really a garden inside: among the low, middle, and high walls that are transparent and white, the bottom one surrounds the entire foot of the mountain, and there is a well-organized circular plant maze between it and the second city wall on the mountainside.This labyrinth can be used to confuse incoming enemies for defense during wartime, and it can be used to entertain guests and entertain guests during peacetime.Numerous angiosperms are planted in this ring-shaped garden. The types, quantities and even colors have been carefully planned and calculated to ensure that the flowering periods of each other are seamlessly connected and the colors complement each other, making the whole garden beautiful in any season except winter. There can be colorful flowers blooming.

No matter what time of year you visit Highgarden, the first city wall is a paradise on earth full of greenery, flowers blooming everywhere, gardens, sculptures, pools, fountains and man-made waterfalls...

Uh, that's a long way off, let's get back to the topic.

High, so that Gao Ting can see very far away—naturally, it can be seen from very far away; and white, it has a strong ability to reflect light and is highly recognizable.

As early as when he was a small logistics officer, Iger heard a certain Riverbend merchant boast in King's Landing: On a sunny day, Highgarden can be seen from dozens of miles away.

Take the root sign and multiply by 110 three...

After using the fool's formula in my impression to silently insert the numerical calculations, Iger found that this statement was unexpectedly rigorous: If the size and shape of the planet in the world of ice and fire are similar to the earth, assuming that the height of the topmost tower in the High Court is close to 200 meters, then considering The observer itself also has a height, so it can indeed be directly observed at a distance of fifty kilometers!

Unfortunately, although he should be within this distance from the map at this moment, he did not find the target in the field of vision as expected.Putting down the binoculars in his hand, he frowned and sighed, and gradually realized that there was nothing strange about it.

The calculated numbers are only theoretical values ​​after all, but the visibility of the naked eye and the performance of telescopes in this era are both limited - Gao Ting should indeed be within his field of vision, just because the lens magnification is not enough and the apparent diameter is too small , can only appear as a small white dot at most.

People who have been to High Court can still know through experience and familiarity that the white spot at the end of their vision is High Court, but for myself who has never visited the capital of the River Bend, I am afraid that I will have to observe carefully and search for a while before I can find it. That is smaller.

But at this moment, he has absolutely no thought and energy to do the kind of thing that tourists will do.

He is currently shouldering an extremely difficult task: to command the main force of the Queen's Western Expedition Army in the middle, and continue to approach Gaoting in a rolling formation.

Rolling forward, novelty is indeed novelty, at least it is unheard of for the nobles of Hewan in this era, but in the final analysis, it is nothing more than a slightly complicated set of coordination. Early on, elite troops were able to carry out formation maneuvers far more complicated than this.

But the awesomeness of what Iger led the Western Expedition to do this time is that the troops did not just roll once or twice, but repeated it endlessly one after another.Yesterday, the River Bend Cavalry Troops were still expecting that the Western Expeditionary Army would deform their formation during the roll and thus expose their flaws, but the fact is: the enemy has been rolling in the early morning until it is close to dark and begins to form camp, and they have always kept close The perfect trapezoid of a semicircle, impeccable!

What the people in Hewan couldn't guess was that this was not at all due to the excellent coordination between the various ministries of the Western Expeditionary Army or Iger's commanding skills, but because of a cheat they knew nothing about - the bird skinchangers: relying on this group With the unprecedented bird's-eye view provided by the newly gifted local people, Iger can constantly fine-tune the positions of the landing points of each square after the transformation, so that the overall defense of the entire formation is always kept at a high point, and the enemy is stuck in the throat. There is no way to speak.

……

Yesterday's confrontation ended with the people of Hewan being shocked for a whole day, and Egger slightly winning half.

Today's fight, but this is the beginning.

After eating the first meal early, before the smoke gathered above their heads had cleared, the Western Expeditionary Army swarmed out from the camp that was a little simpler than before, and laid out the same table as yesterday. The river echelon, and under the threat of the river bay cavalry unit that appeared on the edge of the southern field of vision on time as if on a date, began to move alternately and roll forward.

The sun gradually slanted from the east to the top of the head, and the rolling advance went on round after round smoothly. The more skilled western expeditionary force successfully advanced about three miles to Highgarden in the morning, and took turns enjoying it comfortably at noon. After lunch... For a moment, it seemed that this Western Expedition was about to end with the Hewan people continuing to retreat and unable to organize a frontal confrontation.

But this boring situation was finally broken after another round of rolling in the middle of the afternoon. An extremely wide and large colorful forest composed of flags of various colors and long weapons blocked the westward march of the Western Expeditionary Army.Red, orange, yellow, green, gold...all the colors that a normal person can imagine at first glance can be found in this flag forest, and there are also a lot of harsh and harsh metal reflections mixed in, which can't be seen clearly There are many coats of arms and patterns on the flag, but you can guess with your cerebellum: the whole river bend supports the Tyrell family and King Aegon's noble army is gathered here.

In terms of width and number, this forest of flags and weapons is similar to the vanguard of the River Bay infantry that was blasted away by several rounds of shelling yesterday, but a little aerial reconnaissance using bird skinchangers can reveal that the depth and thickness of this "forest" Far from being comparable to the forwards of the Hewan army yesterday, the formation of the army was a few steps behind the forwards... The quantity and quality have all gone up to a higher level.What surprised Iger more than their size and military capacity was the battle line they laid out.

It was a low, long, north-south mound that lay across the advancing direction of the Western Expeditionary Army, like a natural bunker covering the Hewan Army's several-mile-wide formation behind it.So - the height hovers between single digits and double digits, and the slope angle can be counted with one hand. The gentle terrain is naturally unobstructed for marching troops, but it is insurmountable for artillery shooting It can be seen that the Hewan people's defense line here is not by accident.

Of course, it is impossible for the plain to have a complete earth slope several miles long that can be used as a line of defense. Due to the ups and downs, this natural bunker can actually only protect about one-third of the infantry in the river bay... Here is where Iger was alerted: In less than two-thirds of the passage that failed to form a bunker, the River Bend people used earth, stones and sandbags to build sections five or six feet high, just enough to hold an average-sized adult The man-made embankment behind it is blocked by people. This embankment like a dotted line segment and the same intermittent earth slope are used to complement and fit each other, and finally spliced ​​together to form a Gaoting defense line without gaps, which powerfully demonstrates the The determination to never back down.

Iger's heart trembled, and he realized that the most difficult situation still happened: after all, he couldn't win without a fight.Today, a solid and tough battle will take place here, and the result of this battle will determine whether his name will last forever or be nailed to the pillar of shame in the history of Westeros.

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Chapter 681 Defense of Gaoting (6)

Amidst the rumbling sound, the Western Expeditionary Army began artillery bombardment.

With the existence of the one-person high bunker, flat fire became unnecessary, and the artillery fired directly under Iger's order, which lasted for a short wave-after simply proving that they can still fire, it strengthened the momentum and courage of the entire army Finally, the script began to develop according to Jon Clinton's prediction: the stopped trapezoidal formation resumed operation, and slowly and carefully but skillfully carried out two more half-round rolling advances, pushing the battle line towards the River Bend Army. Half of the "body position" of the trapezoidal formation approached hundreds of meters, and it seemed that it was almost on the face in the senses, but it was still at a distance beyond the range of the arrow before stopping again and re-opening the artillery position.

There are many purposes of shortening the distance. In addition to creating a greater sense of psychological pressure, improving shooting accuracy, and making it easier to confirm the results of the battle... the most critical core benefit is: after the distance is shortened, the artillery can use less Pretend to bully the enemy.

Ammunition is second only to food and grass, and is one of the most urgently needed resources for the Western Expeditionary Army at this moment.

The earth was trembling, and the sky was being torn apart... The gunpowder smoke spread to the entire battlefield under the gentle east wind, as if hanging a white veil between the sky and the earth.

Round after round of bombardment was carried out. From the mouth of the skinchanger conducting aerial reconnaissance, it can be known that, except for the first and second rounds of bombardment, the range of the bombardment was not well controlled and the range slightly deviated from the target. The subsequent shells almost all fell into the river bend accurately. In the infantry formation.The Hewan Army is too large. As long as the amount of charge and the angle of fire are correct, it is impossible to shoot with your eyes closed. On average, every 2-3 shells can add a casualty. Although the killing efficiency is far inferior to that of the flat plow , but still has a full deterrent effect.

However, even though hundreds of artillery shells hit every unit in the Hewan people's front line from east to west and from south to north in different ways, the sides that were hit just silently carried away the wounded and dead from the logistics. The rest still stick to the bunker tightly, so that the whole front does not show any slack, it is really as immobile as a mountain!

If we talk about yesterday's battle, it was a mass of food that had already been swallowed, but it turned upside down in the stomachs of the people in Hewan;

Then today's situation is reversed, and it becomes an eagle being shrouded in a steel cage - even if it flaps its wings fiercely, pecks with its beak and scratches with its claws, it can only shake the cage and cannot escape.

The opponent found the countermeasure that Iger feared the most-replacing offense with defense, and forced the Western Expeditionary Army to make a choice in the opposite direction: either confront them here until they ran out of food, grass and ammunition, or give up the defensive advantage of the echelon formation to take the initiative. Expose the weak flanks to the cavalry.

This kind of overt conspiracy is not incomprehensible, and it can be seen that the people in Hewan have completely abandoned their illusions and decided to go head-to-head.Iger took a deep breath, waved his hands and ordered, and if he seemed to be in command, he also activated without knowing it...a strange move specially tailored for this situation.

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For the infantry who were bombarded by artillery fire, today's River Bend Plain is undoubtedly a hell on earth.

Continuing to use the lens to observe the firefighting situation at the forefront, Garlan Tyrell swallowed secretly, thankful that he was the commander of the cavalry.

A few miles away, he could imagine the powerlessness and panic of the infantrymen holding their positions against the artillery bombardment, being dizzy by the shock and the howling of the shells, but unable to take any countermeasures. The front line seems... no, at least so far it is not moving at all, but in fact there is a hidden blood bar called "morale". This morale bar is dissatisfied after yesterday's retreat. A round of bombardment will inevitably lose a little more, and the strategy adopted by the headquarters is: let the noble lords and soldiers stand firm together, and use their own existence to motivate the army to persevere.

In previous wars, the higher the lords and nobles, the better their armor and equipment, and the more knights and guards around them—no matter how fierce the battle was, their casualty rate would be much lower than that of peasants and soldiers.But this time, in front of the gunpowder and shells of the Western Expeditionary Army, the armor and guards are useless.For the first time since the beginning of the world: the people of Hewan who went to the battlefield achieved the equality of all beings!

It is conceivable that after the battle is over, I will definitely hear the news that many unlucky princes and lords were injured or even died by shells.

Although the strategy of besieging and not attacking is clever, it is based on a gamble—the headquarters is betting that after internal desensitization training on gunpowder detonation, the people in Hewan are already able to withstand the psychological shock of artillery bombardment.Under the leadership of the noble lords, the morale of your own infantry can be stronger than the enemy's ammunition!

Can you win the bet?

Garland didn't dare to make judgments casually, but he knew that, no matter as a son, a courtier or a general, all he could do at this moment was: implement the new plan sent by the headquarters, and watch his infantry from a distance Suffering from indiscriminate bombardment, they didn't move even half a step before the Western Expeditionary Army made any moves to untie the defensive formation.

Doing this is very aggrieved and uncomfortable, but if you can't bear it, you will only sacrifice more.

Today, the blood of many Hewan people will be spilled on this wilderness, but for future generations not to be oppressed and bullied, everything is worth it!

While thinking about it, the continuous sound of cannons suddenly stopped, and the field fell into a strange and inexplicable silence. Garland was wondering whether the enemy's gunpowder reserves should be so small, and the earth-shattering salvo broke out again... This time This round of bombardment was much more violent than any previous wave, and the ground tremors caused by it were so strong that the steed next to Garland, who was obviously used to the sound of explosions, was restless and wanted to break free from the rein, and it took two attendants to hold it back.

Accompanied by the inexplicably upgraded artillery bombardment, gunpowder smoke that was thicker than before also surged up from the Queen's Army's position... Its quality is so dense and its quantity is so astonishing, as if a certain god put Like a large bucket of pure white milk and rice porridge poured into a glass tank named "Hewan Plain", it instantly blurred the frontier world of the entire line of fire, as if there was a substantial sea of ​​smoke that made people who looked at it from afar Garland subconsciously struggled to breathe, and inappropriately began to worry about the breathing situation of the opponent's artillery.

The circular field of view of the lens was blurred. Garland put down the observation tool, ready to rest his right eye after working for a long time, but at the next moment, the change occurred again: the front direction of the battlefield, which had become a mess, suddenly spread There was a sky-shattering shout of killing, its volume was far less loud than that of the shelling, but it was noisy and penetrating because of the huge number of sound sources.Garland's heart shuddered, and he immediately raised the lens again to look in the direction of the source of the sound.

In the sky filled with gunpowder smoke, he vaguely saw the bottom of the echelon of the Queen's Army—the area closest to the infantry formations of the two sides. prelude.Look carefully at the heraldic pattern of the flag, and there is an army of Tyrell's own family in it!

what happened?

Shock and doubt intertwined in an instant.

Didn’t the headquarters guarantee in the order that they will never take the initiative to attack today, but wait for Iger to be the first to lose their temper? At this moment, they changed their minds, judging whether the enemy’s firepower can’t be carried by them, or did they find something excellent temporarily? Fighting opportunity, so much so that you have to do it first even if you break the agreement?

Before he had time to think too much, he instinctively reminded Garland of what he should do as a commander at the moment: when the infantry on both sides are fighting together, it is the best time for the cavalry to play its role.It takes time to rush to the battlefield from outside the range of the artillery. No matter what the reason is for the headquarters to order the first charge, it is the right choice to respond immediately instead of clinging to the battle plan!

"Order! The whole army goes out!"

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Chapter 682 Defense of Gaoting (7)

When he set off from King's Landing, Iger thought that the western expedition would only need to be pushed steadily all the way, but who would have thought that he would eventually fall into a dangerous situation where it would be difficult to escape without a surprise.

As a modern person who came from a peaceful environment without extraordinary existence, he neither knows meteorology nor is he good at armor. Even military books, he has only read popular versions written by contemporaries such as Sun Tzu's Art of War and 36 Strategies.

He cannot predict the direction of the wind, let alone cast spells to borrow the wind; he is not brave enough to take the lead, nor does he possess the legendary "command talent".

But winning a victory does not have to rely on these perverted cheats or abilities. Good observation and memory, as well as the occasional blessing of the soul, can also make miraculous achievements when the time and place are right.

Westeros is now in the short spring at the turn of winter and summer, and the wind direction and wind strength have been very stable for several days. When shelling the forward of the River Bay infantry yesterday, Iger noticed that the light wind blows the gunpowder smoke to the enemy's line. a phenomenon.At first, he didn't think much about it, but just regretted that it was just gunpowder smoke rather than poisonous gas. At most, it was difficult to choke people and even blind the eyes. He didn't develop some biological and chemical weapons that could affect or destroy the enemy's combat effectiveness...

However, when the enemy's front line suddenly collapsed yesterday, leaving a mess on the ground and retreating, looking at the messy pile of flags of various river bends, a bold idea suddenly pierced the sky of Iger's thoughts like lightning.

The Western Expeditionary Army faced the main force of the Hewan infantry facing east and west, and the east wind blew the gunpowder smoke between the two armies, just covering the open space that the two sides were temporarily using for confrontation and would soon be used for fighting—since the smoke can affect the infantry of both sides' attitude towards each other Observation, then naturally it can also interfere with the grasp of the battlefield situation by the river bay cavalry wandering farther away at the edge of the field of vision. On the basis of interference...then send soldiers to raise the enemy's flag high, and the whole army shouts to kill...

The enemy wants to use an iron bucket to trap the Xizheng army, this trick cannot be resisted but can only be cracked.What Iger intends to do is to take advantage of the fact that the iron drum is too large and unable to communicate quickly and effectively, and use acting to conduct tactical deception, luring one of the encircling troops to attack first, thereby bringing down the entire iron drum.

Whether it was to push the front line forward deliberately before, or to use various methods including but not limited to increasing the charge to create a huge cloud of smoke during the last round of shelling, they all served one goal in the end: to let The river bay cavalry, who were watching the battlefield from a distance, mistakenly believed that the infantry battle had broken out!

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In the long and short, high and low sounds of various organization, mobilization and charge signals, the largest cavalry charge in the history of Westeros began under the deception of the enemy.

The Riverbend Cavalry has always marched side by side with the Queen's Army at the edge of sight, because the echelon rolls are not fast, and the marching pressure of the troops is quite small; and because Garlan Tyrell strictly emphasized that the entire army must remain in combat at all times The reason is that when they finally got the order to launch an attack, the whole army put on horses almost instantly, and emerged from behind the low hills in unison.

In order to avoid being attacked by artillery fire, the Riverbend Cavalry adopted an unprecedentedly wide and loose formation, each man and horse were separated by at least three or four meters from each other, and a wave of about 6000 people was divided into three waves. A gap of more than [-] meters was opened between them——except for the few thousand cavalry that spread out to form the scout shielding net, the remaining ten thousand cavalry obviously did not have an overwhelming advantage in numbers, but they still looked like mercury leaking from a distance. In an instant, it filled the entire field of vision to the south, and rushed towards the top of the trapezoidal formation like three tsunamis.

When entering the field of view of the Queen's Army, the Riverbend Cavalry had completed the initial "slow step" array alignment, and entered the "quick step" stage of approaching the battlefield. Under the leadership of the officers, they began to gradually accelerate to a running state... The sound of drums and horns was endless, and the flashes of metal armor and weapons made people unable to look directly at them; , The sound of horseshoes colliding with the ground, from low to high, from far to near, hit the eardrums of the infantry of the Western Expeditionary Army, and an indescribable sense of chill and coercion instantly pressed everyone's hearts. It made people's hair stand on end and it was difficult to breathe.

Reason told Iger: Today he is sure to win.But when he saw through the binoculars that the pure cavalry, which was equivalent to half of the total force of his own side, was spreading over in a wave wider than the top of the trapezoidal formation, he still couldn't help swallowing, and decisively put down the lens so as not to continue watching. Go down dizzy.

It really was a tough battle.

"Infantry in defensive formation, artillery in anti-cavalry preparations, cavalry on horseback!"

Unflinching horns and golden drums sounded in the Queen's army, and the Western Expeditionary Army also squirmed and began to make the final fine-tuning before the battle: the artillery lifted the gun carriage, turned the muzzle direction and began to nervously load the shot; The cavalry mounted their horses, rearranged their weapons, and prepared for a counter-charge; the infantry on the outer circle of the trapezoidal formation, especially in the phalanx at the top, began to retreat methodically so as not to bear the brunt of being alone, and the soldiers in the last two rows Under the leadership of the officers, they quickly rushed into the gaps between the phalanxes to fill the gaps... Soon, the zigzag trapezoid formed by the nine phalanxes was roughly transformed into a shape—the original shape could barely be seen, but it was more Like a smooth semicircular whole.

The Western Expeditionary Army and the Hewan Cavalry all summoned up all their will to fight and prepared to fight to the death. However, on the west side separated by a cloud of gunpowder, in the hidden headquarters of the Hewan Army infantry, several nobles were in chaos. lump.

They imagined countless possible counterattack and recalcitrant strategies that the enemy might adopt, but even in the craziest imagination, no one would have guessed that the Western Expeditionary Army would actually use gunpowder smoke to cover up the way of counterattacking and catching their own cavalry. up the hook.

"Garland...what is this kid Garland doing!"

"He's launching a cavalry charge!" Jon Connington interrupted the meaningless ravings of the soulless Duke of Highgarden with a yell. The idea is to make up for it, "At this moment, the Seven Gods can't rein in his horse. All we can do is to make mistakes and order the infantry on both sides of the north and south to attack. Otherwise, after Iger eats our cavalry, the remaining 5 More than ten thousand infantrymen can only stretch their necks to be slaughtered! Your Majesty, please make a decision!"

Under the watchful eyes of his two followers, the fair-skinned, heroic King Aegon couldn't hide his panic at the moment. He was brought up and educated by a whole team, he was well-informed, broad-minded and strategic, and he was by no means arbitrary. He is a puppet played by others, but the cunning and insidiousness of the enemy is still far beyond his imagination.In front of the Night Watchman who was said to have saved the Seven Kingdoms, he who was raised as a perfect king, actually looked so silly like a boy!

He was brought back to reality by a shout from his King's Hand, and he was confused for a second before he came back to his senses: "The prime minister is right, order... the whole army to attack!"

"We might not be the enemy of the Night Watchman in a frontal battle." Strickland couldn't tell why. After all, the Riverbend infantry who took the lead this time were quite elite and well prepared to face gunpowder weapons.The head of the Golden Regiment plucked up his courage and suggested: "The reconnaissance within a radius of tens of miles has not reported the discovery of the queen and her dragon. We cannot let the dragon hunting crossbow and hundreds of elite soldiers who control it watch the show. Please order the air defense force to be mobilized." Switch to ground only, and use them as infantry cover when charging!"

The dragon hunting crossbow needs to be pushed to the forefront to reach the soldiers of the Queen's Army. It also takes time to load and wind up. It takes only half a minute to adjust from the air to the ground... It is actually a bad idea to use it to deal with enemy infantry. It's a small adventure, but facing the unimaginable chess difference, the little king realizes that they may really have to do their best to have any hope of turning the game over.

Without waiting for anyone to raise objections, he nodded and waved: "Agreed, send an order immediately!"