Chapter 392 Battle of Salt Farm Town

About 50,000 to 150,000 to 150,000 to 60,000. Of course, this was the figure obtained after Clay ordered the soldiers to clean the battlefield.

But now, standing on the city wall of Yanchang Town, what he saw was an endless wave of death.

Indeed, when the number reaches a threshold, the visual impact is undoubtedly very terrifying.

At least, for the 40,000 soldiers he brought, the psychological pressure at this time must be full.

Although there are already 10,000 veterans who have been rotated from the Blood Gate battlefield, and the remaining 30,000 have also done "science popularization" and pre-war mobilization, the fear of facing the dead is much stronger than that of the new recruits.

But the situation remains serious.

"Your Majesty, the Cavalry Guards are ready and ready to escort you out of the city at any time."

Kerrison came to Clay's side, and his white robe looked dim under the gloomy sky.

His job as captain of the Kingsguard was anything but easy.

Because his king is a guy with a military background, unlike those conservative kings who sit in the palace.

Although the emperor is powerful, the pressure on the guards is also countless times greater.

For example, right now, the king personally went to the front line to direct the salt farm town blocking battle. Which other noble would dare not to come?

The king stood in front and stared directly at the black wave of the dead. Those who were hiding behind did not want the honor of the nobility.

Therefore, everyone can only bite the bullet and follow.

Two unlucky men, Garlan Tyrell and Brynden Rivers, also returned to the army at this time.

Although there is the problem of losing Candle Cave City, which makes everyone miserable, we have to admit that they and the remaining soldiers under them are a rare help.

Yanchang Town is too small. Even if it is hastily expanded, it is impossible to leave an army of 40,000.

Therefore, some of them must stay outside the city.

According to the arrangement of the war meeting, this task was handed over to the heavy cavalry team led by Garlan Tyrell and the northern army led by Rickard Karstark.

The former is responsible for carrying out assault missions and has installed a small number of dragon crystal weapons as the spearhead of the attack.

As for the latter, they were all blocked in the dug trenches and built towers, continuing to inflict casualties on the legions of the dead.

In the face of sheer numbers and morale-locking bonuses, many effective methods for human military formations cannot be carried out here.

For example, hold on first, then wait until the opponent's energy is gone, and then send cavalry to block the opponent's food route, which will destabilize the morale of the army and finally find an opportunity to decide the outcome in a battle.

But the problem is that similar tricks, such as setting up ambushes and cutting off food, are all useless.

We can only fight stupidly and fight in a strict manner.

This is very troublesome.

"Your Majesty, look, they are preparing to completely surround us."

Kerrison said, pointing to the approaching black wave outside.

In addition to the main force of the Dead Army that pressed directly towards Yanchang Town, there was also a partial division, like a thin black line, moving towards the west side of Yanchang Town.

Needless to say, that was used to prevent Salt Farm Town from communicating with the rear.

That's it, because there is no natural danger like the Blood Gate, Clay has to divide his troops into almost half and stay in the logistics center of Earl Holloway's town.

What if the White Walkers don't fight against me, engage in mobile warfare, and let me go straight to Earl Holloway's town?

Don't forget, they are intelligent creatures no matter how you say it. It is an inevitable choice to show mercy to the enemy.

Otherwise, if all the troops in the rear are brought over for a decisive battle, the winning rate will be much higher.

"It's okay, let them go around. There is enough food in the city, and there is also shipping for supplies, so it's not a big problem."

Clay wasn't too worried about being surrounded.

In other words, he had known for a long time that he would be surrounded. After all, if he had the ability to drive out to fight in the wild, who would want to stay in the castle and suffer.

"Blow the trumpet and send someone to tell Lord Rickard Karstark to watch his flanks and not to be taken back by the dead. There are not that many soldiers in the city to rescue him."

Clay ordered.

A heavy horn sounded, and the wind and snow could not stop the sound from spreading.

Now, everyone in the huge battlefield of Yanchang Town knew that a war was about to begin.

The trench position in the east of the city.

"Boys, don't be afraid of those things. Were you scared to tears a few times when you were a kid? Cheer up!"

Riding on a black warhorse, Rickard Karstark patrolled back and forth along the middle part of the trench.

With the "advanced experience" of the battle in Candle Cave City, they realized that to some extent, this thing was more useful than the city wall.

The dead have no wisdom, only a desire for living life.

Therefore, setting out bait will bring the dead to a fixed location.

Then?

Of course it was a fire that burned them!

…

The front line had begun to engage the enemy, and according to the planned plan, catapults containing more wildfire jars began to be thrown from the towers on the top of the city.

Their intended positions are all three hundred meters northeast from the trench.

And the middle part is the battlefield designed by humans for the Legion of the Dead.

"Listen to the order! Prepare and release!"

Just hearing the creaking of wood and the sound of the wind being thrown out by the swinging arm, more than twenty wildfire jars the size of a bull's head were thrown out like rockets.

Their positions had been calibrated long ago and were accurately sent to the predetermined location.

Seeing the emerald-green goo exploding in a line in the formation of dead men, Lord Tytos Blackwood, who was in charge of commanding the city, immediately drew his sword and shouted:

"Archers, light the fire!"

After waiting for half a minute, the sword suddenly struck down:

"put!"

Rockets were fired one after another towards the same predetermined position.

The shooting range of the sling was deliberately reduced to keep up with the archer's distance.

There are two thousand archers on the city wall, almost completely filling the expanded Salt Farm Town and nearby towers.

Then, only a bright layer of fire rain was seen, streaking across the sky like a meteor, and seemed to fall lightly into the tide of corpses that were crawling like monsters.

Then, there was an earth-shattering sound.

No, to be precise, there were many explosions mixed together, which was deafening.

Clay has no doubt that, taking away the dragon, the explosive power of this thing is the greatest violence in the world today.

In the past, it was just that there was no way to control this thing, and the Pyromancer Guild was never taken seriously, which led to such a result.

The White Walkers who were in charge of commanding at the rear had already expected this, because they had already suffered once in Candle Cave City.

It is very clear that the green flames that splashed after the explosion of this thing floated and burned wherever they went, and also burned other corpses. They could not be extinguished at all, and they could only wait until they were completely burned out.

In order to prevent greater losses, the White Walkers ordered the forwards to stop attacking and wait for the green wall of fire after the explosion to extinguish.

But this is the opportunity that humans are waiting for!

"Accelerate! Quick, keep accelerating!"

The Riverbend heavy cavalry led by Garlan Tyrell were the lucky ones equipped with dragon crystal weapons that they had been waiting for for a long time.

Immediately launched an encirclement and suppression of the ghouls who had just entered and those who had not yet entered the trenches and were isolated by the wildfire.

On the top of the city, Earl Tytos Blackwood also ordered the soldiers to replace them with dragon crystal arrows, and shot the shadow of death at the piled up and overwhelmed corpses.

If it were an ordinary weapon, then there would be no problem if the ghoul broke off any part of it. The blood tank was ridiculously thick.

But if you are facing dragon crystal, or a weapon with fire magic.

For them, who are all driven by cold magic, that is all super high-rate critical hit damage.

Killing a child with one stone makes no sense at all.

There was only a hoarse scream, and except for the ones that missed, all the remaining ones that hit caused enough damage and sent the unlucky ones they hit back to hell.

Or be merciful and let these dead rest in peace.

The archers fired five rounds of arrows, and a total of ten thousand dragon crystal arrows were thrown out, causing almost the same amount of damage.

Because the formation of the dead was too dense.

As long as you touch it, the cold magic in your body will be blocked, and you will immediately lose the ability to move again.

Then, the few thousand remaining soldiers encountered the cavalry troops rushing from the south.

The iron can-like war horse, with its huge kinetic energy, directly knocked the corpse away, or was directly trampled into bones by the horse's hooves.

When the intensity of the impact subsides, the sword blade or lance inlaid with dragon crystal begins to continue harvesting.

The knights were still a little scared and hesitant. After all, rumors can be told even to death.

Well, now the dead have indeed become alive.

But when they found out that if they struck with a sword or a shot, the ghouls would fall down in response, which was even easier than killing people, their morale increased.

Horses will be frightened by the smell of predators, but dead people... what do dead people smell like?

That thing has no such effect.

Therefore, except for the unlucky horse that stumbles, or is directly thrown off the horse by the ghoul, the cavalry that rushes in is like a huge spear, completely piercing the formation of the dead that has become sparse due to the dragon crystal arrows.

After plowing back and forth three times in this way, the remaining dead people were no longer a threat at all. The dead people in the trench were even pushed out and harvested one by one by the cavalry above.

This scene greatly improved the morale on the city. Clay obviously heard the cheers of many people.

Since the beginning of the war, this is the first time that an organized effort has been made to eliminate the Legion of the Dead.

The significance is extraordinary.

"Let the cavalry withdraw, the fire is going out."

Clay ordered.

More than 95% of the 20,000 dead men in the vanguard have now been wiped out, which is equivalent to total annihilation.

In front is a trench that cannot be pushed, behind is a sea of ​​​​fire that will give you nothing if you enter, and on one side are cavalry charging. It is not surprising that such a result is achieved.

If it were a human army, most of them would be prisoners now.

It's a pity that dead people don't have the thought of surrender, which is very troublesome.

"Let's see if our opponent will still be fooled and order the trebuchet to prepare."

Clay continued.

The king's orders were well carried out, and all the trebuchets were adjusted to a state of readiness for firing.

Soon, the cavalry withdrew from the battlefield, leaving behind a dark battlefield.

Because there is no continuous fuel, the wildfire is completely extinguished after it is completely burned out.

The White Walkers in the distance already knew that the 20,000 servants they controlled had lost contact.

Although they don't know how humans can do this so quickly.

But this feeling of being slapped still made the White Walkers temporarily stop their attack.

There are only so many of them, and if they all die, they will be finished.

Therefore, it is better to be cautious when sending in 20,000 yuan this time.

"Your Majesty, those things don't seem to be planning to continue attacking."

Kerrison said to Clay.

"It's okay. We can afford it. When the entire army is equipped with dragon crystal weapons, we will dare to fight a head-on war with our opponents. Today's victory is very important. Let the soldiers see that it is not difficult to defeat those bastards." .”

Clay is also very satisfied with today's results.

He had worked hard to prepare this battlefield. It would be a waste of emotion if nothing came of it.

The current ending is pretty good, at least it proves that as long as the strategy is right, the dead are just moving skeletons.

"Continue to monitor and replace the soldiers on the front line before evening comes."

Clay ordered.

He wants to go south now, and he doesn't need too much command at the moment anyway.

It is better to go to the south bank, and then ride Galesos back to King's Landing, on the one hand to boost morale, and on the other hand to bring more dragon crystal to the front line.

Arrows are very useful, but they are consumables.

As long as the White Walkers are not stupid, they will not be able to give themselves such a perfect ambush battlefield next time.

With at least half a million arrows in stock, Clay can sleep peacefully.

…

King's Landing.

A huge dragon shadow appeared in the sky, and everyone knew that the king was back.

Some of the administrative team left behind in King's Landing immediately came to the throne room to wait for the king's summons.

However, they soon discovered that the king ignored them at all and went directly to the manufacturing plant for manufacturing dragon crystal weapons located outside the Red Castle and at the Steel Street in the city.

"We must expand production not only of dragon crystal arrows, swords, and lances."

Clay was watching the construction site. He was not a blacksmith himself, so he didn't know much about these things.

He has ordered the soldiers to seal all the dragon crystal weapons created during this period, and he and Daenerys will fly them to the south bank of Saltworks Town.

Fortunately, the dock is open, otherwise it would not be transported in at all.

If this were a plain city like Highgarden, it would definitely be a crisis-ridden situation.

"You'd better not go to the front line. Staying in King's Landing to look after the house is more important than anything else."

Clay rejects the idea of ​​Daenerys joining him in battle.

She knew that this woman felt that her dragon was gone, and she never understood why she had such a big killing weapon as Galesos, but never used it and only used it as a transport team.

Clay could only tell her that the White Walkers have weapons that can restrain the dragon. He couldn't say that in his memory, it was you who went to send the dragon to the outside of the wall, which caused the Great Wall to collapse, and then Arya, the unparalleled assassin of Winterfell. Bar.

"The men are not dead yet, so there is no need for women to come up."

I was tired of asking Clay, so I could only end the conversation with this sentence.

Daenerys knew Clay was trying to protect her, but she was still a little angry.

But Clay was already heading towards Galesos.

The dragon already had packed weapons between its feet, just waiting for Clay to take off as soon as he arrived.

"Let's go, I have to rush back to the front line immediately. I don't know what the situation is there."