Chapter 103 Wildfire Attacks the City

Looking down from the battlements, there were dozens of fires and smoke.

The flames ignited the pitch cans they had thrown down, which was a material that could burn like coal.

The war supplies in Storm's End had never been so abundant, as if someone had anticipated it long ago and stored enough arrows, stones, pitch and other defensive weapons in the castle in the shortest time.

The explosions and flames crackled, accompanied by the screams of people.

Gilbert wondered if the wildfires Stannis and his men encountered would be the same as before, and humans were like powerless babies under the flames.

How many wildfires were there in King's Landing? In his opinion, wildfires should be the same material as pitch. He didn't dare to think about the wildfires that would burn thousands of people to death.

"My lord, what do you think they have?"

When Gilbert looked over, he saw that the soldiers who had gathered under the city were all covered with large pieces of drapes. When the flames started, they spread the drapes on them. They also carried jars with them, and as long as the fire started, they would throw the jars into the fire.

Camillo quickly ordered the soldiers to attack with stones instead.

Boom, Gilbert heard a blast, and saw a fire in the siege camp. He couldn't help but wonder, are there reinforcements coming?

Is it Lord Stannis or Cole?

It wasn't until a burning boulder coated with oil and asphalt was thrown into the city that he realized that it was just an enemy's mistake.

One after another, the boulder broke through the sky and went straight into Storm's End.

José commanded the city's equipment to counterattack, and there were catapults and arrows on the towers of Storm's End.

He saw several enemy catapults burning, and one of them was a staircase, which was the center of the explosion just now. Gilbert couldn't help but think that the gods still favored them.

All the soldiers hid under the battlements, and they held up their shields to defend against the city walls.

The enemy took this opportunity to blow the charge horn.

Several ladders were pushed onto the wall, but Gilbert saw that they only reached about two-thirds of the top of the wall, and only one ladder could climb up the wall.

He also saw that the Highgardeners built a bridge under the moat.

The horn was blown countless times, and the soldiers who were originally holding shields below put their shields on their heads and began to climb the wall. They climbed up the wall with the help of ladders, and then set up an iron-studded ladder.

The wooden sticks and spears of the soldiers on the wall filled the battlements, and the iron-studded ladders were stuck between the battlements and could not go up or down. Some ladders fell directly, while some ladders hit the wall directly, and then bit the wall like the teeth of a mountain lion.

Gilbert stood on the central tower, the top floor of which was a watchtower. He found that the Highgardeners had successfully built a bridge, and they raised the battering ram to the city gate.

At this moment, Camillo and José were directing the defense on the city wall, but he knew that the defense of the gatehouse was far less solid than that on the city wall. The moat of Storm's End was wide enough, but the water flow was not fast enough.

He asked the knight beside him, "Who is in charge of the gatehouse?"

"It's Sir Rodin."

"Go tell him that the enemy's battering ram has been moved outside the city."

Gilbert also led his men down the tower quickly and walked to the square, which was full of wounded people. Although the king burned the church on Dragonstone and the godswood forest of Storm's End, there were many monks in the castle at this time, all of whom were captured by Camillo when he led his troops on patrol.

At first, he only thought that Marquis Julius asked them to attack the Seven Gods, but now seeing the monks healing the soldiers, he seemed to understand the intention.

Gilbert thought: He seemed to have made sufficient preparations for this war, except for himself.

"We must destroy their siege hammer and wooden bridge." He said to the knight beside him: "Go and gather everyone."

Of course, the people here are talking about the two hundred people he led.

There were originally more than a hundred people guarding the gate tower. When Gilbert came to the city gate, the wooden door was banging loudly. It seems that they can't wait to attack the city.

The wooden bridge they built under the rain of arrows was not strong enough to accommodate too many troops. At this time, there were only a hundred people crossing the bridge and swimming outside the city.

The messenger was bringing the news of the attack at this time, and Gilbert received the order directly. With the more than a hundred people he brought, plus the original gate tower defense army, this expedition can be completed.

"All troops line up, cavalry follow me to charge."

The city gate creaked open, and the siege hammer missed a blow, thinking that it had been successfully knocked open.

Little did they know that a team of cavalry rushed out first, followed by hundreds of soldiers.

Gilbert led the troops in front and rushed over.

Those soldiers holding battering rams obviously didn't expect anyone to rush out, but the soldiers behind them had already prepared for the battle.

The soldiers sent to attack the city were all elite armored soldiers of Highgarden, and fortunately their defenders were also like this. Although Sir Rodin led a small number of people, they were almost the most well-equipped troops in Storm's End.

The two sides of the army blocked the city gate, and the weapons clanged, accompanied by curses and howls.

The cavalry was caught off guard first, and they rushed to the rear of the enemy, although there were only twenty or so horses.

Under the siege of the two sides, the siege army quickly collapsed. They attacked the city gate, and the soldiers behind them holding asphalt barrels quickly left the city. They threw these things full of fire onto the bridge, and under a fire, the wooden bridge instantly caught fire.

Gilbert was about to lead the army to the back, but heard echoes from his head.

The soldiers who were attacking the city had stopped climbing the walls and stopped to watch the catapults throw those things into the tower.

He saw that some of the soldiers of Highgarden were even retreating.

It was not until the whole wall was burning with green flames that he knew what it was.

Green flames, that was wildfire.

A pot also fell to the side, and the thing burst out all over the sky when it touched the flames. He saw someone being swallowed by the flames directly, and he only heard a wail, and the whole person melted like wax mud.

They retreated back to the castle.

The wildfire only had this wave of attacks, and the number was not large, but it caused considerable damage to the walls.

Gilbert watched some of the burned people being carried off the wall, and he finally knew what Lord Stannis was defeated by. This kind of flame is far from being comparable to asphalt.

This wildfire attack greatly hit the morale of the castle, and at the same time, the fear of wildfire spread among the soldiers.

Following the offensive, their defense became increasingly difficult, and from time to time a can of wildfire was thrown onto the wall by a catapult.

Mace Tyrell sat in the rear, watching several waves of attacks on the city wall. Wildfire achieved very effective results, but it was extremely difficult to transport this kind of thing, so they didn't transport much.

He commanded the most elite reserve troops around him to press forward.

"My Lord Duke, what is that?" Someone pointed to the distance.