Chapter 123 The war cloud rises again, a new offensive

Early the next morning, before the sun had fully risen from the horizon, Clay had already sent Earl Glover and commanded a thousand cavalry to leave the camp and quickly move towards the road between Riverrun and Golden Teeth. go.

This force, no matter how Clay changes his plan, will be sent to this location. Their purpose is to prevent the Lannister troops from escaping from the Golden Tooth City into the West.

To put it bluntly, Clay's dumpling wrapper was torn, and they were responsible for putting back the exposed dumpling filling.

Clay himself, at about eight o'clock in the morning, had already conveyed his order to all the nobles who commanded the troops.

First, Earl Severn and Earl Horwood will lead 2,500 people to cross the Red Fork River from the east of Riverrun City through the ferry. They will rush all the way along the river road until they reach the southeast side of Riverrun City. Lannistar Camp.

Clay himself will lead the remaining two thousand people from the west side of Riverrun City, across the not-so-turbulent Tengshi River, and threaten the Lannister camp on the southwest side from the west.

After the two armies were in place, they immediately launched a general attack on the Lannistar Camp in Riverrun City.

As for the Tengshi Hebei Camp, in Clay's plan, whether they fight or flee, as long as they cross the Tengshi River to the south, Clay is sure to completely block them north of the Tengshi River.

He sent four demon hunter guards near Golden Teeth City. By sensing their thoughts, he found that they did a pretty good job.

When Clay was encircling and annihilating Jaime Lannister's cavalry group of two thousand people, the four personal guards who were disguised as lurkers had already used methods including but not limited to sneak attacks, poisoning, and arson to inflict losses on Lannister's logistics forces. Caused great pressure.

With four men working together, even a Lannister force ten times their size would be killed one by one in pursuit of them.

During this period, they burned three Lannister grain depots near the Golden Tooth City and killed at least fifty Lannister grain transport troops. At the same time, these four boys did not spare the transported livestock, not even once. The poisoning of livestock water sources paralyzed a quarter of the Lannister grain transport capacity.

It can be said that they have done both things that humans do and things that are not done by humans, and they have done them well.

This cannot be blamed on the Lannister grain transport army. This is the first time in the history of war in Westeros that ultra-high-quality special units such as demon hunters have appeared on the stage. It is not surprising that all parties did not defend.

In previous battles, sneak attacks on logistics were not uncommon, but they were always an elite squad that directly transformed into bandits and attacked the opponent's logistics transportation lines.

The number of such squads is at least close to a hundred, and they must be highly mobile cavalry. Just dream on expecting infantry to do such a thing.

However, no one expected that four demon hunters disguised as refugees from the Riverlands would infiltrate the Lannister food transport army without attracting anyone's attention.

This is a brand new war mode, but Lannister needs to pay full tuition for this new thing.

Therefore, when Clay completely disrupted the Riverrun encirclement and wiped out the two large camps on the south side, more than 3,000 people on the north side would inevitably flee the battlefield.

But what followed was a problem, they had no food.

This is not a camp transfer. The army slowly moves forward with all the baggage and then suddenly runs away. Do you still expect every soldier to bring enough dry food?

Therefore, even if they were hungry, Clay would starve these three thousand people to death on the north bank of Tengshi River.

Earl Glover's thousand men were actually prepared to prevent the two large camps on the south side from slipping through the net.

The army gathered, and the people shouted, "horses neigh."

It took half an hour to divide nearly five thousand cavalry into two groups and arrange them neatly on the plains of the Riverlands under the rising sun.

The soldiers were in good spirits. It was obvious that their good sleep last night had restored their bodies very well.

"Lord Clay, the army has been assembled, we need your orders!"

The two earls leading the army, as well as the remaining northern nobles who followed Clay, all said this.

This is an expedition ceremony. The commander will issue an order to the entire army at this time. After the order is issued, the entire army must follow it. Anyone who disobeys the order will be ruthless under military law.

Nodding, Clay kicked the horse's belly with both legs, and the horse appeared in front of the army's formation.

He raised his voice as much as possible so that more northern soldiers could hear:

"Soldiers of the North! Yesterday, we won the first battle against the Lannister family. Thanks to your bravery, we killed all two thousand of their cavalry here."

"And now, further south of us, outside Riverrun, the home fortress of the Tully family, there are ten thousand Lannister infantry who are completely unaware, sleeping with the camp girls and eating barbecue every day. You tell us, what should we do? ?”

There was silence in the military formation for about two seconds. Finally, someone shouted out his thoughts loudly:

"We go over there and kill them all. Everything is ours!"

Clay Horsewhip pointed at the source of the sound and laughed:

"That's right! The fat is on our lips. If we don't eat it, can we still be considered men? For this reason, we rushed into the Lannister camp, killed their people, robbed their things, and Their flags were trampled to pieces with horses’ hooves!”

Clay's words obviously spoke to the hearts of these northern soldiers.

For a northern soldier who may have been an ordinary farmer before joining the army, what does it matter whether the Tullys in Riverrun die or not? Why would he risk his life for someone who has nothing to do with him.

In this strictly hierarchical society, the affairs of the aristocracy belong to the aristocracy, and civilians have no possibility of participating.

Clay knew this very well, so during this mobilization, and even during the entire process of the Western Route Army moving south, Clay repeatedly emphasized to his soldiers:

Follow me, Clay Manderly, south, not to rescue those nobles whose names I can’t even remember, but to follow me to defeat the Lannisters and steal their armor and swords.

There is no need for any lofty reason, just this one will make these ordinary northern soldiers scream with excitement.

Someone couldn't help shouting Clay's name, and soon, this enthusiasm infected the entire Northern Cavalry Corps, and all the soldiers selflessly shouted Clay's name.

Clay rode his horse around the military formation. Wherever his horse's hooves touched, the surrounding soldiers would hammer their shields or breastplates hard, making a clanging sound.

After going around in a circle, Clay returned to where he started. Under everyone's gaze, he pulled out the sword from his waist and raised the sword in his right hand toward the southern sky.

He issued the order as commander:

"Boys from the North, go south!"

Looking at Clay's back and the nearly five thousand soldiers with high morale in the distance, all the nobles had this thought in their hearts:

Among these five thousand people, Clay Mandler's name will definitely be much more useful than Stark.

Fortunately, this army was put together by each of the big families in the north. After the war, they would have to return to their respective territories. If Clay were to control this army by himself, with the strength he has shown now, With his ability to command the army and his huge prestige, if he had any other thoughts, there would be no peace in the North.

Don’t forget, he is not alone. Behind him, the huge White Harbor is his most solid backing. Oh yes, now, the Twins City also belongs to his Mandalay family. From now on, any ship in the Bay of Bites will The team must lower their sails when they see the flag of the Mandalay family, because they are the uncrowned kings there.

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"How long has Lord James been away?"

This was the question that Lord Westerling, who was staying at Riverrun, asked Lord Banefortress next to him four days after Jaime Lannister led his army to leave.

They never thought that Jaime Lannister would be in danger. Two thousand cavalry were enough to traverse the Riverlands west of the Green Fork. But the problem was, it had been five days, why was there no news?

"It's been five days, so it's time to come back. Could it be that you've gone too far?"

Lord Bane shook his head. He didn't know what Jaime Lannister was doing.

The latter is the eldest son of the Lannister family, the king's Kingsguard, and Lord Tywin's precious son. Although they, the vassals of the West, are older, they can only bow their heads to Jaime Lannister.

There is no way, the backstage is too tough, and he did lead them to defeat the 20,000 troops of the Tully family. So far, they have surrounded the few thousand remaining soldiers in Riverrun City. No matter how you look at it, they will win. deal.

But in any case, it has been five days since Jaime Lannister left with his army, which is already a worrying time.

Could there be an ambush? It doesn't make sense. Lord Tywin has received news from near Harrenhal. He is confronting the Northern Army heading south along the King's Road. It seems that Eddard Stark's little wolf cub still has two brushes, and the two sides are fighting fiercely. There was no winner in the battle, and now they all retreated a distance.

No matter how you look at it, on the battlefield on the west bank of the Green Fork River, except for the remnants of the riverine princes who were surrounded by Riverrun City, there are no organized troops anymore. It should be the safest time.

But for some reason, the Earl of Qiaoyan City always felt uneasy in his heart.

At that time, he failed to dissuade Jaime Lannister, because from the bottom of his heart, he also felt that the cavalry group staying here was of no use, and it was better to go out and harvest some riverland skirmishers.

But now, Earl Westerling suddenly felt that the decision at that time might have been a bit hasty.

"We have to send people north to contact Lord Jaime as soon as possible. He is the commander here and has been out of contact for five days. Lord Tywin knows about it, so he can't kill us?"

These words won the unanimous agreement of the other Western nobles who stayed here. Their necks were not strong enough in front of Lord Tywin.

Everyone knows very well what the rainy season in Casmet is. Lord Tywin never has a smile on his face, and he never shows mercy when dealing with his own people.

They didn't want their family's name at all to be remembered by Lord Tywin.

Just as they were about to return to their respective camps and send soldiers north to look for Jaime Lannister, there was suddenly a dull sound of horns and a growing noise outside the camp.

"what happened?"

The nobles of the Western Region looked at each other, but they didn't understand what was going on.

Suddenly, Earl Fulei suddenly felt something. He suddenly lay down on the ground and put his ears tightly to the ground.

After just two seconds of listening, his face lost all color in an instant. He jumped up from the ground like a spring and shouted in horror:

"Cavalry, more than a thousand cavalry charge in groups!"

For a moment, everyone was stunned.

Cavalry, whose cavalry?