Chapter 396 Recovering the Valley

The losses were heavy, but it did not mean that Clay's side had lost the ability to attack.

Swallowed an army of more than 100,000 dead people in one breath.

That's it:

The offensive and defensive momentum has now changed.

After resting on the spot for five days, Clay led an army, part of which was led by Brynden Rivers, to support the Blood Gate and ensure its safety.

The rest of them all followed him, heading north along the line of Yanchang Town and Zhuxue City to regain the lost territory.

Dead people will not consume food, nor will they actively destroy things except in wars.

Therefore, the reception of the fortress was particularly smooth.

The family in Candle Cave City is still there, and Clay directly lets them return to the family castle and promises that they will not have to pay taxes in the next ten years and can use it to recuperate.

Then, the army rushed directly along the coastline towards Seagull Town.

At the same time, he ordered Asha Greyjoy, with the fully assembled Westeros fleet, to head north to completely block the escape route of the dead.

We must work together by sea and road to cut off the claws of the cold god stretching towards the valley.

Although he didn't know why Nagelfa didn't appear again, Clay didn't care about that now.

If you don't show up, I'll kill your teammates.

Anyway, Xili is in my hands now. I'll see if you can come.

Clay had asked this question once before when he and Soros were chatting alone.

Although Soros ignored him, Clay still understood that Ciri was trapped here and could not leave.

In the past, the fearful Brynden Rivers had been used as bait.

Now, Clay is absolutely convinced that after taking care of the White Walkers and putting Ciri in front of Eredin, the King of the Wild Hunt will definitely take the bait.

When the time comes, we must find a way to cut off their retreat, and then use our own army to completely eat these guys.

Ten days later.

Seagull Town.

Clay saw his fleet.

The entire seagull town port is completely filled with continuous shadows of sails.

In addition to the fleets guarding various places, all the maritime power of Westeros is concentrated here.

The supplementary troops from the south, some of which were about 15,000 men, came by boat.

Login is now complete.

They were one step ahead of Clay and recaptured Seagull Town in advance, and then waited here for His Majesty the King's army.

"His Majesty."

Asha Greyjoy gets a close look at Clay Manderly for the second time.

The last time she did this, she wanted to have fun with the young commander of the North. Unexpectedly, this second time, he was already the undisputed king of Westeros.

"Now let's stop gossiping, Greyjoy. You will immediately take the fleet north and blockade the entire valley and the coast of the north. From Seal Bay to Gull Town, all ships except our fleet will be sunk. "

Clay ordered directly.

He has received news from White Harbor, Kuang Lie has not been idle recently.

After he suffered a loss with Clay, he turned around and started piracy business.

In the trade channel of White Harbor, Najirfa relied on his superiority in force to rob one ship after another, even the pirate himself.

Anyway, Ain El is very short of human slaves.

There was almost no foreign trade in Baigang during this period, and there were also a lot of cargo losses.

It used to be a war in the valley, but now that it's time for a counterattack, there's no need to be polite anymore.

"Okay, Mandalay."

Asha Greyjoy rolled her eyes, that was just her character.

The fleet pulled anchor and set sail and continued northward. After Clay took a short rest in Seagull Town, he continued northward.

One day later, Runestone City was recovered.

No matter how much Yoon Royce had any objections to Clay Manderly, he could only shamelessly come over to thank His Majesty the King for regaining his castle for him.

Otherwise, Clay really has the power to directly assign this land to other nobles.

If you can't defend yourself, if I fight back, my title will be higher than yours, so the right to allocate this land will naturally be mine.

While in Runestone City, Clay received the news.

The army of the dead in the direction of the Blood Gate began to retreat.

Obviously, these guys who were not very bright finally realized that they would soon be surrounded.

Therefore, we chose to evacuate this dangerous place.

Their withdrawal was equivalent to completely cutting off the possibility of further attack.

Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted.

Although the corpse ghost has no such setting as Xingqi'er, this is the fact.

The Blood Gate garrison breathed a sigh of relief.

Their pressure is the greatest.

Regardless of the Blood Sect's natural danger, there are quite a few of them.

But the number of corpses they faced was also the largest.

Coupled with the continuous long-range fire bombardment by the White Walkers, the losses of the Blood Gate during this period were not small.

The walls were damaged as if they had been thrown into a washing machine.

Fortunately, the great victory in the south now completely frees the Blood Sect from worries.

The king personally led the troops to regain the lost territory, and finally forced the Blood Gate's army of the dead to retreat.

This up and down finally eased up.

"Oh, I can finally have a good sleep."

The gray-haired Brynden Tully sighed.

He smiled at Brynden Rivers who rushed over to help:

"Bran, does your Majesty have any orders? Now that the Army of the Dead has retreated, do we need to pursue it?"

After that, he wanted to reach out and touch Brynden Rivers' head, but the latter easily dodged it.

In Sir Blackfish's view, this is his relative. His niece married Bran's father, which is equivalent to a family.

So this action is subconscious.

But as Lord Bloodraven, the last Green Seer, and not Bran Stark anyway, how could Brynden Rivers recognize this cheap elder?

According to his status, he can be regarded as a serious ancestor.

There is no need to talk to each other at all.

Brynden Rivers replied coldly:

"Not yet. His Majesty asked us to continue to hold on to prevent the dead from suddenly attacking here."

You still have to be on guard against things like turning back a carbine.

At this time, don’t become impetuous just because you think you have a winning chance.

If it fails, it will be very ugly.

"Okay, it's okay not to go out, everyone is really tired."

Brynden Tully sighed, feeling a little regretful.

He didn't know why Bran Stark refused his move. He thought it was the Stark family. Seeing that his Tully family had lost their title of duke, they would turn against each other in the future.

He felt bitter in his heart, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Who knew that he wasn't resolute in taking sides at the beginning, but when he followed Clay Mandler to fight, he did some stupid things.

It’s perfectly normal to deal with them.

So far, no family has raised any objection to Clay's original plan to divide the riverlands.

Although it is said that interests are at the forefront, everyone actually has a balance in their hearts.

What you have done and what you have not done is not only known to you, but others also see it.

While they were talking, Sir Roderick quickly came to the two of them:

"Your Majesty, your Majesty orders."

…

"Your Majesty, we can't pursue anymore. We are too deep now."

The speaker was Lord Tytos Blackwood.

Their current location is in the Longbow Hall where Clay once defeated the Valley Army.

This place has long been in ruins. When the dead came, there were still some people here who had not yet finished evacuating.

It is human nature to seek cover in times of danger.

The seemingly safe Longbow Hall became their choice, but of course, it also became their hell in the end.

When Clay led his army to retake this place, what he saw was a mess.

Although there was not a single body here, the blood scattered everywhere looked like a slaughterhouse.

A large number of people must have died here, but because of the special nature of the ghoul, no corpses could be found at all.

They chased them all the way here. They originally wanted to intercept the zombie army at the Blood Gate as soon as possible, and fight from the north and south to completely destroy Han Shen's ambition.

However, the deeper they go, the less sure they feel.

After the army of zombies in front of the Blood Gate evacuated, this feeling of insecurity became even stronger.

What if the zombie army is coming towards him?

There is no place for them to rely on when they come here in vain.

The Longbow Hall was just like a ruin, and the soldiers were as if they were treasures and had no intention of moving.

"Oh, we can't just let it go, right?"

Clay was also helpless.

The Eagle's Nest City is indeed still in the hands of the Arryn family, but they have completely given up on the possibility of opening up to the outside world.

They can only stay locked in the Eagle's Nest City.

In the entire Arryn Valley, from east to west, except for the Eagle's Nest City and Longbow Hall, there are no large fortresses. They are all small castles of the little nobles in the countryside.

The tens of thousands of troops brought here did not dare to come in easily.

It’s easy for them to come in, but what about the logistics?

But you can't bet that the White Walkers won't cut off their food supply.

The dead do not need to eat, but the living cannot starve.

"I have ordered Bran Stark to lead the army north. He came from the Blood Gate and has much less logistical pressure than us. He must first open up the line with the Eyrie City before he can meet us."

Clay said.

There is nothing we can do now.

I was so excited to chase him at first, but now my head is as big as a bucket.

In fact, there is another way, which is to dedicate a part of the navy to escort food to Seagull Town.

But this did not completely solve the problem, the distance was still too far.

Therefore, we must count on the Blood Sect’s army to solve the problem.

Brynden Rivers was obedient. In fact, as a guy who was experienced in the battlefield, he was very aware of the problems facing the entire army.

There is food and grass, but the problem is that it is impossible to expect another grain of food to come out of the place where the corpses have been destroyed.

If you don't even have a person, who can you ask to hand over food to you?

This is not a war fought by the human army. If a place is conquered, as long as it is not a complete massacre of the city, basically most of the materials in this place can be mobilized for military supplies.

However, after fighting the White Walkers until now, how could this be the case?

The fleet has been desperately trying to transport food and people to Haiou Town, but unfortunately it is impossible to build a ship with an excessive load capacity in this era. After transporting it for a long time, it still cannot use Haiou Town as a logistics base.

They had no choice but to wait for the Blood Gate wind direction to reach the Eagle's Nest City before they dared to go south into the valley plain.

The group of soldiers led by Clay knew very well that the victory in the two battles between Saltworks Town and Earl Harroway's town was not the result of simple battles.

This alone resulted in the loss of more than 40,000 people. If this were to happen in a long and narrow plain like the Erin Valley without support, everyone would be a little frightened in a head-on confrontation.

Moreover, it is obvious that it is time for mankind to counterattack, and the dawn of victory can already be seen. It would be a great loss to die at this time.

Therefore, no one had the intention to continue the attack, and the army could only stop.

They just sent cavalry around, trying to find the main force of the Dead Army.

…

Half a month later, the Blood Gate Legion finally arrived at the Eagle's Nest City.

Good guy, the Aylin family was moved to tears.

They decided to use their own lives in exchange for the legitimacy of the side branch becoming orthodox.

But when they saw the army of the dead trying to attack, they realized how much tax they had put into their minds at that time.

Fortunately, they blocked the dead man's advance by completely blocking the road.

At that time, the ghoul army was busy "scavenging the mountains and seas", and wasting time in attacking the Eagle's Nest City without any benefit, so they temporarily let it go.

I didn't expect that it could really last until the human counterattack.

"I don't have time to talk nonsense with you, the Aylin family, the military situation is very tense right now."

Brynden Rivers strode into the main castle of the Eyrie and stated bluntly.

"The grain transport team will arrive here soon. I will leave you 10,000 people, commanded by Ser Brynden Tully. Your mission is to ensure the safety of grain and grass from the Eagle's Nest City to the front line."

"I need to immediately lead my troops north to meet His Majesty. Do you understand?"

The current head of the Arryn family branch cannot hold his head high in front of the Duke of the North, even if the Duke has a baby face.

"Okay, I'll do my best."

…

After receiving the news that the Eagle's Nest City was successfully opened and that Brynden Rivers had led his troops north, Clay's troops, who had been dining in the Longbow Hall for a long time, finally made a move.

After scouting for such a long time, not a single corpse hair was found in the entire Erin Valley.

I don't know where the army of the dead went. Clay rode Galesos around for several times and didn't see it.

But they must be in the valley, unless...

Damn it! You won't run away, right?

Clay had never thought about this issue, but now he suddenly realized that the way the Seven Gods maintained their "rule" in the valley relied entirely on churches and believers in various places.

To put it bluntly, it depends on people.

Now, everyone is gone, which means...

Is Kuang Lie okay here again?

Clay didn't know, but it had to be said to be a possibility.

Otherwise, the current situation cannot be explained at all.

There are still more than 10,000 troops in the north. It is winter now and there is no need for so many laborers for farming. They have all been recruited into the army by Clay.

Moreover, there were no reports of attacks from any city.

Where did it go?

Ten days later, the two human armies met, and then, without stopping, they continued to counterattack toward the northeast of the valley.

All the fallen cities were recovered one by one. It was not until the army carefully arrived at the first lost fortress, Snakewood City, where Najirfa landed, that they finally saw the shadow of the ghoul.

These guys were actually queuing up to enter the portal opened by the navigator.

But maintaining the portal requires huge consumption of magic power. Taking away the remaining 100,000 corpses would be impossible even for the exhausted navigator.

As a result, by the time Clay's army arrived, all the White Walkers and Wild Hunts had fled, leaving only a hundred thousand zombies without command and still wandering around.

Seeing this situation, why are you so polite?

Facing a dead man who has no rules and only retains his instinct for flesh and blood, it is really an easy enemy to deal with.

After paying thousands of casualties, Clay's army wiped out the last legion of the dead.

Galesos made great achievements this time, and the dragon flames turned the area around Snakewood City into a complete hellfire. They didn't even know that it was winter weather here.

Ciri, who participated in the whole war but did not do much output, could still feel the magic power even though the ancient blood was suppressed.

She told Clay that the portal pointed to a position slightly east of the north.

At this time, Clay already knew where the destination of these guys was.

Skagos Island.

Kuang Lie’s real nest.

Gee, I really don’t want to give up.

It seems that it is time to chase death and chase north.

But at least in the south, the threat of the dead has faded, and the valley has been reclaimed.