The king on the Great Wall

In order to avoid the loosening of the formation and give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of it, Iger strictly forbids all units to leave the position to pursue the retreating enemy. Such a steady and steady tactic does avoid mistakes, but it also gives the opponent a chance to calmly organize the offensive: In the rumbling sound, the first A second row of infantry quickly retreated in disgrace in the smoke, but the active forces in the rear row were quickly forced by the swords and swords of the nobles and knights, and continued to charge forward with their flags and shields held high.

During this whole process, the Dragon Hunter Crossbow has been outputting intermittently.

The speed and kinetic energy of the "Dragon Hunting Arrow" are far inferior to the solid bullets of the artillery, but those who are directly shot will never feel that way.This is a very simple truth: it doesn't need to be more powerful than a cannonball, as long as it can penetrate the infantry's shield and armor, plus a dragon scale, it is qualified!Not to mention, another major advantage of cold weapons is also quickly manifested: the arrows fired by the dragon hunting crossbow are transformed from standard-sized spears, which are low in cost and easy to obtain. Even if they are continuously consumed, there is no need to worry about them. The embarrassment of running out of ammo.

While facing continuous wheel attacks, Pao Ze beside him and in the back row was still cold, and was pierced and killed by huge arrows from time to time. It was impossible for any army to carry it for a long time.

The people of Hewan really put all their eggs in one basket in this battle!

If the queen arrived riding a dragon at this time, she would swoop down and slaughter without hesitation, but if you look around, there is no shadow of a dragon in the cloudless sky?Iger's heart was a little astringent, he didn't dare to think too much, and quickly began to mobilize troops to deal with the changing situation.

The artillery position is located in the center of the trapezoidal formation, slightly close to Gaoting. To the extent that there is no room for loss, the western front must be above the southern and eastern fronts.Thankfully, he still has a few cards to play.

Among the nine phalanxes that make up the trapezoidal formation, six phalanxes are lined up on the outside, and three phalanxes inside are on standby—they just happen to be able to complete 100 rounds with the Western Front troops that have already been attacked by the hunting dragon crossbow. % replacement and rotation rest.

Iger first ordered the three phalanxes on standby to move to the west line, ready to meet and replace them; then transferred the last grenadier brigade left behind as a trump card to the middle of the first and second lines, and asked them to use the remaining bombs to cover two batches of six soldiers. The defensive emptiness caused by the replacement between the two phalanxes; finally, a message was sent to the artillery position, asking the commander to allocate half of the artillery in a suitable position, switch to loading solid bullets, and turn to the west—the hunting dragon attacking the main force of the River Bay Army. Crossbow positions, even if they are products of the old era that should be eliminated, big things will happen if they are allowed to show their power wantonly.

War is not a game of strategy. This survey of the situation on the Western Front and the formulation of countermeasures have been so decisive that it can be called extremely fast. It has still been several minutes before the end of the order. The south of the battlefield, Garlan Tyrell personally led The elite cavalry has completed the attack on the southeast corner of the trapezoidal formation, and the second round of cannonballs from the artillery position has also been fired.

The battle situation did not unfold exactly as Iger had imagined: he knew that the cavalry would be finished as soon as the charge was exhausted, and Garland, who has the identity of a knight, naturally knew it better. They did not go straight to the direction of the central army, but, like sea eagles skimming the water for fishing, slanted past the edge of the phalanx at the southeast corner of the Queen's Army, similar to but deeper than the previous wave of cavalry. The curve of the trapezoid is inserted from the top edge of the trapezoid. After a bloody collision, the part of the upper corner of the trapezoid slightly protruding outside the semi-circular arc is smashed and smashed, and before the momentum and kinetic energy are exhausted, Thrillingly, it pierced through the hypotenuse of the trapezoid—like a file, it sacrificed itself with a layer of skin off, severely “frustrating” nearly one-third of the attacking phalanx from the trapezoid , Before the nearby phalanx soldiers and the Unsullied who were rushed to support arrived, they completely disengaged again, followed the pace and evacuation route of the previous wave of feint troops, and walked away.

The idea and purpose of the oblique piercing tactics are very clear: at the cost of wasting a part of the charging kinetic energy, in exchange for most of the self not being destroyed immediately after charging, and reduced to consumables.

The corpses were all over the ground, a mess, and the fresh grass sprouts were stained red with blood.This round of close-to-flesh reckless fighting is not without tragedy, and the losses on both sides are extremely serious. The legend that a dense infantry phalanx can resist a cavalry charge has been verified here. A single phalanx of more than 2000 people can hold twice as much The charge of Yu Ji's elite cavalry, considering the training cost, equipment cost and horse value, even has an advantage in the exchange ratio, but the cost is also huge: although the number of casualties is not many, there are many with broken tendons and bones. The combat strength of the entire phalanx has been reduced by more than a quarter. There are more or less casualties from the front to the shields, the grenadiers and even the archers. The explosive bombs are completely exhausted, and there are very few arrows left. The ability to attack with a round of cavalry.

Garlan Tyrell wanted to knock open the hard shell of the Western Expeditionary Army's defense with his iron fist, and then stab the wound with a wooden stick to severely break the defense.He managed the first half, but the second half... Under the cracked first layer of shell, there was actually a piece of iron.

The roar of the artillery sounded again, and the projectiles merged into a barrage of steel and flew towards the third wave of cavalry rushing towards the gap. They were lucky: with the second wave of Garland's brave charge, they returned after being drenched in a wave of bullets. There is no need to face the double hit of Bomb and Arrow Rain.However, when they were full of hope and ready to pick the fruits of victory, they discovered with horror: Facing the remaining infantry of the Queen's Army who retreated rapidly, a black infantry in black helmets and black armor was walking slowly but neatly, silently But he greeted them bravely.

The Unsullied dared to be tough with all the troops in the world, let alone the light cavalry twice as large as himself, but the fact is that the imaginary egg hitting a stone did not happen at all: the third wave of cavalry of the River Bay Army sensed something was wrong. Immediately, he began to waver and retreat, instinctively deflected towards a slight contact, and tried it out. After confirming that the opponent was the unsullied one, he oiled the soles of his feet quite simply, and chased after the previous wave in the blink of an eye. The horseshoe prints of the main force withdrew from the line of fire.

Just after taking a breath, the situation on the battlefield changed again.

The west-southern direction of the battlefield was not the last mobile force dispatched by Garland: after the more than a thousand mercenary cavalry of the Golden Regiment gathered some scouts and scout riders, they formed a small group of about two thousand. The weak raiding force moved towards the southwest corner of the echelon—that is, the left wing of the Queen's Army's western front, trying to take advantage of the short-term advantage created by the Dragon Hunting Crossbow and try their luck.

Iger held the [-] cavalry brought by Tywin from Lannisport in his hand. He planned to send them out to chase after the victory when the main force of the cavalry in the river bay in the south was repelled, and drive them out of the battlefield to seal the victory. He didn't care too much about the dangerous situation, and decisively diverted them to the place where they were most needed, and sent them out to meet the fourth mobile enemy.

The sense of oppression and uneasiness finally came to Iger's heart: it is so uncomfortable to be outnumbered, no matter how targeted he is, he predicts that the opponent will operate more and resolve it perfectly. The opponent only relies on the advantage of "cards". Enough to fight him back and forth.Right now, he only has the last [-] land-grant soldiers serving as personal guards left. If the people of Hewan still have cards to play, he may have to fight in person.

"There is a boat!"

The bird skinchanger beside him suddenly ended his possession state, turned around, and spit out the latest aerial reconnaissance findings.

"To the west of the river, there are many boats sailing upstream." Because of his limited vocabulary, the words of the newly gifted land-changer were dry, "The boat is huge, and there are many people on it!"

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Chapter 687

The sense of horror went all the way up from the tailbone to the top of the scalp, and Iger finally understood where the unreasonable will of the people in Hewan came from to resist—it turned out that they had prepared a second move!

The skinchanger's aerial reconnaissance has already discovered that there are a large number of enemy troops on the north bank, but firstly, the flow of the Mande River is quite fast, and secondly, this group of soldiers did not make any moves to build a bridge to cross the river... He just thought it was a A blocking force to guard against their own escape across the Hebei, did not take them too seriously.

The thousands of troops that can't cross the river are just for show, but if there is a large enough freshwater fleet that can transport the infantry to the bottom of the echelon near the river, put down a group of troops to seize the beach, and immediately sail back to the north bank to pick up the next one. Batch—the troops on the other side of the river have become a vital force that can be continuously put into the battlefield, and the meaning of existence suddenly becomes huge.

The bottom side of the trapezoidal formation near the river is the longest side of the entire formation, and naturally it is also the weakest direction.In normal times, there would be two on the outer edge + two in the middle on this line, and there would be a full row of four large square formations, with a total of nearly [-] troops that could be mobilized and used.But now, the two phalanxes in the middle have just been transferred by him to the western front to support the frontal confrontation of the infantry. The bottom edge of the trapezoid is briefly exposed, and the remaining cards in his hand are only the two guards. The headquarters of the Thousand Gifts Army, and the remnants of the South Second Phalanx who had just experienced a bloody confrontation on foot and cavalry before being replaced by the Unsullied!

The combat effectiveness of the Land Grant Army Headquarters is undeniable, but it will never be able to hold the original two phalanx length of the river bank, and the remnant soldiers who have just been withdrawn cannot be counted on... Fortunately, there is an aerial reconnaissance perspective like a bird skinchanger plug-in , the Western Expeditionary Force was able to detect the existence of the fleet while it was still several miles away.

I still have time to organize the response and try to resolve the crisis!

Iger suppressed his tension, scanned the battlefield, and began to quickly assess the situation, looking for a solution to the problem.

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On the western front, the roar of the artillery continued, and this time the density was much lower—the artillery in the eastern half of the artillery position was loaded with shotguns as ordered, and the artillery in the western half turned into solid bullets and began to bombard the hunting dragon behind the infantry in the river bay. In the crossbow position, the accuracy of the bombardment was lackluster, but it significantly and effectively suppressed the enemy's arrogance and stabilized the morale and position of the entire infantry front.

Under the double cover of the bolt artillery, two layers of six phalanxes sandwiched a thin row of grenadier reserves firmly squeezed together.The reinforcements began to replace the original front-line troops who had been fighting for a while in an orderly manner, and quickly reversed the situation and pushed the river bay infantry back. It is true that three phalanxes are about to withdraw from the battle to free up their hands, but they were replaced Need to rest, and depending on the situation, I will soon have to return to the front line to bear the pressure for the friendly forces... As the most intensive and critical point of the entire battlefield, troops cannot be withdrawn from here.

In the southwest direction, the Western Territory cavalry unit sent to meet the cavalry of the Golden Regiment passed by the opponent. After a brief contact, they dropped double-digit casualties and separated from each other to return to their respective positions. There was no imaginary picture of "cavalry charging each other to fight to the death". ——Iger is not so naive as to think that the western cavalry is useless because the fighting intensity is not high. "Drive away the enemy cavalry" is the task he gave. Although they completed their mission for a short time, they did not defeat or annihilate the enemy. Prevent the opponent from making a comeback in this area, so as not to form a fatal opening.

To the southeast, the Riverbend Cavalry, who had been defeated in all three rounds of attacks, no longer had the courage and power to organize a group charge, but to Iger's surprise: they did not withdraw from the battlefield, but were killed by Dickon Tarry. Under the gathering and interception of the leader's team, all the soldiers regrouped three or four miles away, and after removing the wounded and the remnants who lacked helmets and swords, they rearranged about [-] warriors—one-third of which were the most elite. The remaining two-thirds simply dismounted and transformed into infantry.

Neither of the two troops acted rashly. Among them, the dismounted infantry held up miscellaneous shields collected hastily, and lined up a line of battle in the south of the battlefield, advancing towards the western expedition at an extremely slow speed; while the cavalry quickly maneuvered to the battlefield In the east, cruising on the edge of the range of artillery and arrows... looking for the next fighter.

The intention of the people in Hewan was so obvious that it was almost written as a banner and hung up: Since another attack would probably be repulsed by the Western Expeditionary Army, why not just give up on grabbing credit, and just continue to maintain presence and deterrence, so that Iger cannot use it to guard against them The troops were taken away and put into other fronts?

Several battles just rightly forced out most of the reserve team of the Western Expeditionary Army... Iger scanned the battlefield and found helplessly that he really had no soldiers to adjust.

Standing quietly in the middle of the chaotic and noisy battlefield, being blown by the warm spring breeze of the green plains in the river bend, he couldn't tell for a while whether he had succeeded in luring the enemy, or whether the opponent's plan was against him and he was defeated.

The answer is not important, more than 2 people are waiting to win under his leadership!

"Call the baggage battalion guards, kitchen soldiers, and all the people in the second southern phalanx who can still afford weapons to me." He accepted the reality and chose the last option, "Then order the artillery position, and the shotgun will turn to the ground." Empty all the west sides, load solid bullets, aim at the northern river, adjust each other, and prepare to meet the enemy ships!"

It is true that he has no troops to adjust, but he has firepower available. This order means that there will be no artillery cover on the east and south sides of the entire battlefield.This is a gamble, the gamble is: the Unsullied on the southern front and the last two phalanxes on the eastern front can carry twice as much as their own with only the original cold weapon duel without artillery cover. The flanks of the river bend and the troops around the rear.

After giving two brief instructions, he briefly descended from the watchtower to the ground, got into the huge four-wheeled carriage underneath, and got out again before someone began to suspect that "the commander-in-chief gave up resistance and prepared to die", Stand on top of the carriage again.

The Riverbend people have successfully cornered him, now is the time to do whatever they can.

The command post was only a stone's throw away from the artillery position, the supply battalion, and the resting place for the remnants of the remnants. When the artillery began to roar and fire the third round of shot, the last group of soldiers he had summoned gathered around.

Two thousand land-grant army headquarters, two to three hundred soldiers from the supply battalion and the Huotou army, plus about five or six hundred Western Dorne archers who have gone through Garland's heavy cavalry charge and are still basically unharmed. This is what he will use to fight against the enemy. The full power of the last hole card - at least he hoped that this was the last hole card.

Iger pulled out the steel sword at his waist and pointed down: "Soldiers, look at your feet!"

He did not proceed with the final pre-war mobilization until all the soldiers who heard or did not start to bow their heads under the influence of human-to-human transmission.

"This is the entire continent of Westeros, from the Land of Eternal Winter in the north to the Dorne Desert in the south...the most fertile, flat, and most valuable land, there is no one!"

"This land should belong to us who defeated the White Walkers and saved mankind, and held up the banner to support the real king! It's not the group of river people who are full of fat and stubborn, and want to support the false king to steal the fruits of victory!"

"However, today we came to take what belongs to us, but the traitors not only didn't surrender obediently, but dared to resist!" He paused for a while, sucked in enough air, and then shouted loudly, "Can we bear it? "

Standing on the land of Hewan and blaming the people of Hewan for not surrendering but resisting, such rhetoric ignoring logic may be difficult for the people of the Seven Kingdoms who want to save face, but the Land Grant Army will accept it.

Those who came from outside the Great Wall did not have the subconscious concept that "the Hewan Plain belongs to the people of Hewan", and the victorious army who had watched the play for a long time in the center of the trapezoidal formation had already had their hands itchy.

"cannot!"

Against the background sound of the noisy battlefield, a burst of untidy but extremely enthusiastic roars erupted, and the murderous aura even infected hundreds of assisting fighters who were forcibly summoned for unknown reasons.

Iger raised his left hand to suppress the commotion, and pointed north with his sword: "That's right! So now, let's show some color to those bastards!"

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Chapter 688 Shadow binding technique!

Countless swords, spears, and helmets formed a sea of ​​metal, flags, and human heads. On a "reef" in the middle of the stormy waves, Jon Connington stopped to observe the turtle formation of the Western Expeditionary Army.

"The last bit of scum in the turtle's belly is beginning to gather, and it seems to be moving towards the river bank." He first confirmed the report from the observation post in simple and easy-to-understand sentences, and then complained in confusion, "It's strange, how does Iger always seem to be To deal with it first, is it possible that he has the ability to predict the future?"

"He wants to predict the future, so he shouldn't have come to fight this battle with us." Lando Tarly answered without hesitation, "Arranging soldiers to the river bank? How many soldiers can he deploy?! The first wave of the fleet will be He can lay down more than 2000 men, and the available soldiers in his hands will never exceed this number, and we still have nearly 1 people on the north shore who can continue to enter the battlefield!"

Facing a sand table full of battle chess, King Aegon agreed with Tully's judgment: "Yes, what we need to pay attention to now is what Garlan Tyrell's troops are doing now? He must Only by holding back the enemy's southern and eastern troops can we create a good landing environment for the shipping troops!"

Duke Mace Tyrell tremblingly answered for his son who couldn't be present: "He divided the remaining troops after the first round of attack into two groups, and he is maintaining a threat on the front line..."

"That's not enough! He was the one who took the bait recklessly and forced the whole army to launch a decisive battle ahead of time. Why was he overly cautious when he was most needed to continue to exert pressure?" King Aegon showed rare sternness to his father-in-law and brother-in-law It is true that he needs the support of the Tyrell family, but if this battle is not won, then no matter how close the Tyrell family is to him in the future, he will not need him as a family member." Garland thought that as long as Keeping his existence can force Iger to dare not mobilize the soldiers on the second line. What if the opponent guesses his mind and only leaves a small number of troops to confront him? Send all the messengers and order him to attack again at all costs. The night watchmen have a chance to breathe!"

The son-in-law's tough attitude made Duke Tyrell feel dissatisfied, but he also knew that the battle was indeed lost because of Garland's tricks, and he knew that the best solution was undoubtedly to attack the whole army at the moment.No way, he could only bite the bullet and nod in agreement, quickly beckoned for the guards, and issued the king's order.

A small group of messengers rode away on fast horses, and everyone in the command post felt a little more at ease.Although the tactical goal of breaking the defensive formation of the Western Expeditionary Army has not been achieved for a long time, the initiative on the battlefield is still in the hands of the river bend side (at least on the scene). able to guarantee.

Having said that, the atmosphere at the scene was still dignified and tense—contrary to the fact that the soldiers below were completely ignorant of the overall situation on the battlefield, they, as the commanding staff, were very clear about the fact that this temporary advantage was established by quickly burning morale of.

The army is huge but the front line is not wide, and the enemy chose not to take advantage of the victory to pursue it quite conservatively.The Hewan Allied Forces, which has a superior force, can make the first batch of soldiers die, and quickly replace them with another batch...Through round after round of refueling, the frontline combatants are always the vital forces that have just joined the war——morale At this time, the huge gap between the high and the low appeared: the infantry on the side of the Queen's Western Expedition, especially after being replaced, had the spirit and physical strength to fight again. The soldiers who were withdrawn in batches were like sponges that had been squeezed dry. Their morale and will to fight were exhausted in the short-term battle. fighting.

The thousands of young men with high morale surrounding the headquarters are the last batch of the Golden Regiment and the elite infantry of High Court who have not participated in the battle today. Soldiers enter the battle at the critical moment and lead the decisive siege of the last fight!

A group of Riverbend nobles and the commander of the Golden Regiment whispered to each other to finalize the details of the final battle. So far, there is still a lot of hope for victory: all the peripheral troops of Eiger have been tightly bound, and the reserve team remaining in the formation is also All were caught, and the decisive artillery... Although they have no coup to stop them, at least they have a stupid way to deal with it: under siege from all sides, no matter how powerful the artillery is, they cannot exert an overwhelming firepower advantage on all sides. You don't need to overwhelm the firepower of the land-grant army, you just need to break through either side of the echelon to win.

King Aegon asked Garland to attack again, not really expecting a group of depleted cavalry to revive their morale and perform miracles - but to draw the enemy's firepower and prepare for the landing battle by the Mander River, And the last round of general attack of the main force on my side, providing relatively good conditions!

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The time to decide the outcome is close at hand, but without warning—the sea surface in front of the "reef" of the headquarters suddenly had waves.A mysterious object penetrated the fighting troops in front, crossed the low anti-jump wall and shot straight into the elite of Gaoting who were ready for battle. It was as if a shark with its dorsal fin exposed was swimming towards its prey through the waves. It seemed to be approaching the high elevation where the commanders were located slowly and with a clear goal. in the ear.

"what happened?"

Jon Connington tensed his back vigilantly. This place is not far from the front line, but it is definitely a position that is difficult for artillery to reach, not to mention this strange straight line... I don't know if it should be called a trace or something. .

"A black mass, I don't know if it's a shadow or smoke, but it's coming this way!"

"Shadow Binding!"

Jon Connington called out the name of such a thing almost instantly. It is rumored that the queen's ex-husband——Renly Baratheon died under the assassination of this vicious spell, and there may not be many people who survived. Do understand?

In an instant, he drew his sword out of its sheath, stepped up and rushed in front of King Aegon, blocking the young king behind him like an old hen guarding its cubs: "Warlock, where is the Warlock!"

Two tall and thin men who were dressed in strange clothes and could tell they were definitely not from Westeros came out of the guards: "Don't worry, my lord, we have already spread the separation dust around the podium, and the shadows can't pass." Come."

While speaking, the object that caused the commotion approached the podium, and everyone could finally see its appearance with the naked eye: it was a cloud of smoke that could not be penetrated by the sun, and its color was a bit like the exhaust gas produced by burning asphalt, but it was restrained. It is obviously not a natural thing to be restrained without spreading outward.What's even more weird is that although it vaguely condensed into a human shape, it didn't run with strides, but floated in mid-air above the ground, moving from far to near at an astonishingly fast speed.

The two male sorcerers hired from across the Narrow Sea through connections and claiming to be able to resist Shadow Binding made a low-level mistake caused by inexperience in actual combat: the disintegration dust they sprinkled on the surrounding ground can indeed contain the shadows in this area. The existence of the world, but it can't stop the shadow from leaping from above!

The human-shaped ghost image gracefully raised its figure for a moment like lifting up its skirt, flew over a distance of more than ten feet and landed lightly on the small mound where the commanding officers of the River Bend coalition forces gathered.The scene became chaotic in an instant, and the cowardly screamed and fled here.The daring ones held their swords tightly to confront it, and some even threw the seven-pointed star amulet at this ghost thing... Whether it was stones, projectiles, swords or the coat of arms of the Seven Gods, they could only penetrate Its body came out from the other end, and it couldn't do any harm to it.

Youying didn't fight back, but stood quietly in the field, his expressionless face slowly twisting, as if he was scanning the scene and looking for the target to kill.

"Cunning villain, you actually feed and condone demons!" Clinton angrily reprimanded, and spat at Iger, who was a few miles away, quickly reacted, threw away the steel sword, which was probably useless, and trembled The male warlock who couldn't control his hands snatched the pouch from his hand, and unceremoniously grabbed a handful of powder and sprinkled it towards the shadow, "Today, you don't want to hurt half a hair of His Majesty!"

The dust contained mortal metal shavings, and for a moment the air was filled with gold and silver glitter.

He judged from the detail that the shadow crossed the ground isolation line that the medicine powder brought by the warlock was indeed effective, and the reaction on the other side also confirmed this guess: the ghost black figure retreated sharply in the face of these light and harmless shiny lights A few feet, and startled anyone in that direction to jump.Seeing this, everyone swarmed over and surrounded King Aegon and behind Prime Minister Clinton. They didn't know whether they were escorting or seeking the protection of the old Griffin.

What the terrified and dazed Hewan nobles, who were almost scared to pee, didn't know was that the shadow in front of them was not having a good time either.Shadow Binding has never been a small spell that is easy to perform, and the mana consumption of controlling it at a distance of thousands of meters is even more terrifying. What's worse is: even if you follow the highest flag to find the right place, But the caster, Melisandre to be precise, doesn't know the young king who is the most worthy of assassination... The actions of everyone at this moment undoubtedly pointed out the approximate location of little Aegon for him, but they were suppressing the dust. In the case of existence, it has only one chance to condense entities to have an impact on the physical world!

After just a second, the controller of the shadow decided on the target.

It turned around and rushed towards the highest three-headed red dragon flag in the headquarters, which symbolized King Aegon.

"Oops!" Jon Connington jumped up in shock, and he immediately reacted: Strategically speaking, King Aegon is of course the enemy's undoubted first choice for assassination; It was the last moment of the decisive battle, and the opponent did have a tactical goal that was not inferior to the king himself...or even better.

Military flag!

"How dare you!" roared, the gray-haired Prime Minister Jon Connington, the Earl of Griffin's Roost, grabbed a handful of anti-drug powder, and rushed towards the shadow without thinking about his own safety.

He had the determination to see death as home, but it was a pity that he was half a step too late.

The shadow briefly condensed the body part into an ax blade, and chopped off the thick flagpole with a force that is impossible for a mortal. Gray smoke dissipated in the air.

With the crisp sound of "click", Clinton rushed to nothing, and could only watch helplessly as the towering Targaryen banner fell, as if announcing the end of the war.

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Chapter 689 History repeats itself

The climate is getting milder, and the oncoming wind is no longer icy and bone-chilling when the dragon is flying. This finally allows Daenerys to sit on the saddle instead of clinging to the dragon's back to avoid hypothermia. In the middle, overlooking the ground from a high position.

She received Iger's request for help more than a week ago. In the letter, she reported that the Western Expeditionary Army's logistics route was harassed, and the people in Hewan were more willing to resist than expected, but the army was still firmly marching towards High Court.

At that time, Daenerys, as the queen, was being overwhelmed by a large number of government affairs governing the Seven Kingdoms (accurately speaking, the five countries except the valley river bay); The news that Foss' solidarity and support has hardened again is even worse... and the wording of Iger's request for help is not very urgent, so she only ordered Gray Worm to organize reinforcements to try to open up the logistics line, and she continued to stay in the capital Preside over the work of domination.

The situation changed the day before yesterday. Junlin received a second request for help from the West Expeditionary Army in the middle road. This time the content became a clear and serious request, asking her to ride a dragon to participate in the battle.Not wanting to lose the war, let alone the prime minister, she immediately put down other affairs in her hands and led the two dragons to the front line, preparing to join this potentially difficult decisive battle.

It was different from going north to participate in the fight against the White Walkers: that time, she had a clear destination - Houguan Town, which could be reached by flying straight along the King's Road, and it was difficult to get lost; but this time, the Western Expedition led by Iger But it's on the vast river bend plain - don't know where.

She first followed Rose Avenue all the way west, and flew to New Barrel City, the last castle along the way that Aiger clearly mentioned in the battle report that she had captured.Here, Daenerys confirmed Iger's whereabouts from the commander who remained behind: In order to avoid the battlefield preset by the people of the River Bend, he left the road from here and turned south, crossed the Mande River to the opposite bank.

Next, the idea of ​​​​finding the whereabouts of the Western Expeditionary Army is very clear: fly south to find the Mande River, and then go down the river, and you will definitely be able to catch up with the troops.

But the reality is not so simple.

The River Bend Plain has abundant rainfall and a well-developed water system. There are rivers that intersect horizontally, vertically, vertically or crookedly, which are not marked on the map but actually exist.Daenerys now knows that "the Mander is a large, slow-flowing, broad river that flows from east to west"—this message is true, but it is too vague: the water flowing from east to west has bends everywhere. Yes, and the river is slow and wide... how slow?How wide?

Although even if there is numerical quantification, the dragon knight may not be able to accurately estimate and make correct judgments in the sky, but no matter how rough the data is, it is better than having no basis for reference!

Daenerys has never set foot on the land of a river bend in her life, and she really has no idea what the main water network of the river bend plain looks like from above. You must know: there are not only two extremes of big rivers and small rivers in the world. , and there are countless medium and large rivers between the two, and after flying through one after another of various rivers, the little queen quickly fell into the worry of getting lost and going over the head.

She lowered the altitude to observe the marching traces, but the spring rain and the crazily sprouting and growing vegetation quickly erased the footprints of the Western Expeditionary Army.In the end, Daenerys chose an unsafe but absolutely infallible method: every time she flew over a river of a certain size, she looked for human settlements, and fell down to ask how far the Mande River was.

The river bend that has not yet been unified is an enemy territory, and every landing and communication means unpredictable risks. Fortunately, the deterrent force of the two giant dragons is enough and luck is good. Relying on this clumsy method of ups and downs, he stumbled to find the location of the Mande River, traveled westward along the south bank, and finally touched the battlefield—only a little later, or maybe it was a million dollars?

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Daenerys raised her flight altitude to avoid the possible threat from the Dragon Hunter Crossbow. The roar of the artillery rang intermittently from far below her body, and clouds of gunpowder smoke scattered and rose, covering most of the west side of the battlefield.The outcome seemed undecided, which made the little queen a little relieved, but after circling twice to roughly observe the battlefield, she fell into a new confusion.

The battlefield under the belly of the dragon presents a distorted and broken incomplete circle, and there are troops on both sides of the river: the battlefield on the south bank is wide and full, supporting a huge and bloated semi-ellipse, while the troops on the north bank are thin One layer, distributed parallel to the river bank - the Mande River is just in the middle of the two battlefields, one big and one small, one thick and one thin.Looking down from the air, the sparkling river surface is like a sharp blade, cutting a tomato with a flat top and a round bottom horizontally at the top, and it is not evenly divided into two.

The shape of the battlefield is not worth discussing. The point that confuses her is: she can't see the battle line clearly.