Chapter 253 The last bloody act

After a day's trek, Clay's troops forced a march and arrived southeast of where the Valley People stopped.

The army used a mountain cover to hide their whereabouts.

But this is not a long-term solution, because the distance is too short and unsafe. It is entirely due to the poor condition of the valley people and the close range of the scout patrol.

Once the Valley People return to normal patrolling, unless Clay's side is clean enough, their exposure will be certain.

Clay's battle in this battle was all about thunder, and he couldn't waste time with the Valley people.

Everyone is dancing on the muddy ground. If you move slowly, you might get stuck in the mud and make yourself very ugly.

Therefore, Clay did not delay at all, and when he was ready, he immediately launched an attack on the valley people.

The 3,500 cavalrymen, leaving no reserve, formed seven square formations of about 500 men, and began to attack the simple garrison of the valley people from three directions: southeast, north, and south.

Although the sound caused by the hooves of the war horses was enough to give the people in the valley time to react, this amount of time was still enough to catch the opponent off guard in terms of the outcome between the cavalry.

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"Hurry up, get on your horse!"

Count Leonor Corbray jumped up from the fire where he was resting, pulled out the steel sword from his waist, and roared loudly at the other soldiers who were stunned around him.

He saw clearly at a glance the flags flying towards his troops.

That side is leading the way, with the flying golden halberd mermaid flag!

Seven Hells, Clay Mandler, how could it be him?

Count Leonor Corbray found it difficult to understand how this guy who should have been defeated by Yoon Royce's three thousand troops and should have been driven away no matter what happened, could lead so many people to kill him.

Yoon Royce, you loser, what the hell are you doing!

In an instant, the Earl of Hearts City understood that on his side, Yoon Royce, the supreme commander of the valley army, was definitely not taking advantage of Clay Mandler, who was about to rush to kill him. .

The key point is that you, John Royce, lost the battle and didn't send anyone to contact you. You just allowed your two thousand men to go deep alone.

At a glance, Count Leonor Corbray knew that he might not be able to survive today.

The number of people attacking us from these three directions was almost twice as many as our own.

There are more than 3,000 cavalry, fighting against the more than 1,000 remaining soldiers on our side.

Yon Royce, you're a bad old man, you've done all kinds of bad things!

There is no use in cursing, Leonor Corbray understands that the top priority is to find a way to break out.

He didn't even think about resisting because it was obvious.

On his side, two thousand people ran away, but a quarter fell down, and the remaining lucky ones didn't even have a full meal.

And what about others?

Looking at the war horses, each of them was waving their swords with great energy.

If it weren't for Dunton's adequate management and sufficient logistics, even Leonor Corbray wouldn't believe it.

Younger brother Linn Corbray, wielding the clan sword Lady Kongji, didn't know where to go.

After all, he was young. At this time, the arrogance and arrogance he had when he went north could not be seen in him at all.

The Earl of Antarctica keenly noticed that his brother's hand holding the Valyrian steel sword was visibly trembling.

He understands his brother's fear, but at this time, there is no time for you to be scared, kid.

"Lynn, get on your horse, break out to the west and bring the family's personal guards with you!"

Count Leonor's words were categorical, and the well-trained family guards had already gathered around him at this time.

"Lord Earl, what about you?"

Someone from the Corbray family asked.

The Earl of Hearts City waved his hand directly and said coldly:

"Stop chirping here, take Lin En and run west. Don't look back. You and your family sword must not fall into the hands of Clay Manderly. Do everything you can to return to Heart City. Listen. Do you understand?"

If the man wanted to say anything else, Leonor Corbray went up and kicked him, knocking him down in the mud and cursing:

"Get out of here, don't delay me, sir. I'm going to kill these northerners. Get out of my way."

He is forty years old, but his skills are still strong.

He jumped on the horse, waved his whip to push away the guards who wanted to reach out, and took one last look at his brother Lynn Corbray and the family sword in his hand.

The Earl of Ansuku City rode towards the east, in the direction of the main army that was still able to move.

Watching his leaving figure, the commander of the Guards glanced at Lynn Corbray, who was still in a daze, grabbed him and prepared to help him mount his horse.

There was a lot of hustle and bustle.

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Seven phalanxes of 500 people launched attacks from three directions: southeast, north and south. As the spearhead of the attack, the main force of 1,500 people was assembled in the east. The fully armored cavalry brought by Clay was among these 1,500 people. Among hundreds of people.

Originally, if they were given enough time, Clay could have formed a formation and used this plate armored cavalry to form a wall-style attack.

But now, the conditions are definitely not allowed.

The two troops in the north and south were commanded by Ser Blackfish Brynden Tully and a knight from the Vance family respectively. Their task was relatively simple. They cooperated with the attack in the middle and defeated their opponents in one fell swoop.

The goal this time is not an encirclement and annihilation war, there is no need for that.

Clay made this clear to his generals before the war.

The reason is simple. After Clay judged that this group of people was in a state of logistical explosion, he only needed to destroy their organization and let them collapse.

The solid walls and clear fields of the Trident River Basin, as well as the increasingly cold climate, will help Clay harvest their lives.

Of course, if they were aware of the situation and took the initiative to kneel down and surrender, Clay would not have to kill them.

Now, there is still time for the Seven Kingdoms to fight. Once the threat from the north presses on everyone's throats, Clay will want to see if these nobles can still laugh at that time.

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Although the ground was muddy, the sound of hooves was still thundering as a thousand heavily armored cavalry galloped.

This is a very oppressive sound, a unique one in the world and difficult to imitate.

The charge was far away, so at the beginning, the cavalry did not directly urge the horses to charge with all their strength.

This will greatly damage the body of the war horse and reduce its service life.

At the beginning, it was just a slow trot, which gradually warmed up the body of the war horse.

Then, when they can roughly see the opponent's formation clearly, the cavalry will urge their horses to charge at full speed.

Under normal circumstances, if faced with a phalanx of infantry that is ready for battle, or a confrontation between two cavalry, the weapons used by heavy armored cavalry like Clay's Central Army are basically heavy lances.

This is a person tall, made entirely of specialized wood, and its only function is to break the formation.

But for the valley army that was unprepared, or that was prepared but not equipped, the effect of this set was not very good.

It's better to draw out the sword from your waist and harvest as much as you can.

Clay thought so.

but……

When the battle was about to begin, he realized that the situation might be a little beyond his expectation.

The desire of the valley people to fight was much higher than he imagined.

In such a sudden situation, a three crows and heart flag appeared directly at the front of the opponent's camp.

The originally agitated Valley Army immediately calmed down, and then, within a short period of time, the Valley Army completed their formation.

Then, they actually dared to directly collide with the heavy armored cavalry group led by Clay despite their obvious disadvantage in horse speed.

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At this moment, the Valley Cavalry, who were originally in a desperate situation, showed their strength as the first cavalry in the Seven Kingdoms.

His head was a mess.

The collision between cavalry is not as gentle as that between infantry. Two fast and heavy horses, plus the knight on the horse, if they fail to avoid it, they will collide head-on...

It can be said that with luck, the rider will break away from the mount with a broken neck and be thrown to the ground by the powerful impact.

If you are unlucky, it will be the same, with broken bones and tendons, and death on the spot.

This is the least ideal way of fighting for cavalry, because it means a life-and-death war with heavy casualties.

The low sound of flesh colliding had no ambiguous associations.

Blood sprayed in the air, melting the last remaining snow on the withered grass.

The sharp and harsh neighing of the horses, accompanied by the desperate howls of humans before death, resounded throughout every inch of the battlefield.

At the first moment, Clay's cavalry had a huge advantage.

Their speed gives them great kinetic energy.

In an instant, a big gap was cut in the valley people's line.

There were only about twenty or thirty riders, and they fell off their horses during the fierce collision with the valley people.

But at this time, their heavy armor became a burden to them.

This thing is too heavy.

They would not be able to stand up in the first place without relying on external force.

And on this kind of battlefield, what are the consequences of not being able to stand up.

No need to go into details.

The first wave of charges was over, and the central group of Clay rushed through the valley people's military formation.

The army regrouped on the plains to the west.

The armor is heavy and is an extremely heavy burden for the war horse.

Clay had to get his cavalry and horses back to strength.

At this time, it was the turn of the riverland cavalry from the north and south to launch an attack.

Since our side has the numerical advantage, we cannot allow the people in the valley to have time to breathe.

Under the banners of the Tully family and the Vance family, the coalition of nobles from the Riverlands began to charge.

The distance was not far, and soon, the two sides began to engage in hand-to-hand combat again.

But this time, the riverlanders were not as lucky as Clay's central cluster.

According to the agreement, the cavalry from the north and the south charged towards their right side.

This is to prevent our own people from blocking each other.

However, in actual operations, the problem of insufficient training of the Riverlands cavalry was exposed.

The arrowhead of the cavalry leading the charge on the south side veered off course!

As a result, the northern army led by Brynden Tully fell into big trouble not long after they entered the valley people's formation.

Because, he found that his troops actually collided with the troops coming from the south.

"Wrong! Wrong!"

The old knight immediately knew something was wrong, and immediately used his loudest volume to try to alert the friendly forces on the opposite side.

But, it's too late.

As a result, the two thousand troops from the Riverlands sent themselves into the encirclement of the Valley People in such an almost absurd way.

All I can say is that this surround is purely natural.

With such a collision, the speed of the cavalry on both sides slowed down. After all, some people still have eyes.

But the problem is, they lose horse speed.

And around them were Valley people who also had no horse speed, but were ready to fight to the death.

Something bad happened!