Chapter 519: First battle
Woo~
The melodious horn sounded.
The troops of the Stormlands set up an ambush in the imperial forest and attacked the vanguard of the Targaryen army. The two sides launched a fierce battle on the Wende River.
"kill!"
Sir Bruce Buckler of Bronze Gate City took the lead and led the soldiers from Stormlands to kill out of the woods. He rushed into the Targaryen army with a long sword in his hand, slashing left and right, as if into a man’s land .
And the rows of archers in the woods also pulled open the bowstrings, and then the black arrow rain fell and caused a lot of casualties.
"Everyone, hold on to the formation!"
"Don't panic!"
The commander of Targaryen’s vanguard army was Sir Benede Beren, who also did not neglect. He was wearing heavy gold plate armor with a gold group, riding on a tall horse, with unshaven beard on his face and sharp eyes. .
He didn't panic in the face of the sudden attack, drew the long sword from his waist, and the loud commander first stabilized the formation, and then waited for the opportunity to counterattack.
"kill!"
clang clang clang——
There was the sound of metal collision everywhere, arrows fell on the shield, and the shouts of killing from all directions shook the sky.
At this moment, a soldier from Stormlands rushed towards Sir Bened Bereen. He heard the order from the other side and knew that this was a commander of the Targaryen army.
However, he underestimated the opponent. Bened Beren was originally a mercenary of the Golden Group. His ancestors were the knight family of Westeros. Later, he was forced to flee his hometown because of the Black Fire rebellion.
Bened Beren was canonized as a knight for his meritorious service in the First Conquest War.
噗——
Facing the threatening enemy, he slashed the enemy with a single sword.
...
This is the first battle since the Second Conquest War. The Targaryen army and the Stormlands army have met for the first time.
Out of the battlefield, as the leader of the Stormlands and even the entire conservative aristocratic camp, if his brother and nephew as the king had not died, Stannis could now be crowned king in the Stormlands.
In this way, it can be more legitimate to resist the Iron Throne, instead of being called a rebel as it is now.
Stannis is wearing a cloak, riding a black tall horse, riding a horse on a hill not far away, overlooking the entire battlefield.
"Davos, do you think we will win this battle?"
His face was calm, and then he asked abruptly.
As Stannis' most trusted assistant, the onion knight Davos Seaworth has always been the object of his inquiries, and he also followed Stannis on a horse.
But this time Davos was slightly taken aback when he heard Stannis's question, then turned his head and looked at him in disbelief.
"certainly."
"Master Stannis, you..."
All the soldiers in the Stormlands, including the Onion Knights, many of them are full of confidence in this war.
The reason is that, except for the Onion Knights, most people have never experienced the war between humans and aliens, and the dragon flames of the dragons behind and the iron hoofs of the Dothrakis.
Out of the people other than King’s Landing and the King’s Collar, instead of making them believe in a prince who left the Red Fort and exiled in Essos at the age of seven, they were more willing to believe in the lord above their heads.
This is also one of the shortcomings of the previous Seven Kingdoms political situation. They only know the noble lords above their heads, and they don't even know which king is ruling the Seven Kingdoms.
In particular, there are many barbarians in Targaryen’s army. To the common people and soldiers of the Stormlands, the Dothrakis are even just a legend. They firmly believe that Viselis is a tyrant and that they are the righteous party. .
And the Onion Knight's confidence stems from his loyalty and his admiration for Stannis, and now he heard Stannis asking this, his heart suddenly panicked.
Because he heard the lack of confidence in Stannis' words, he knew too much about the Fengjun he swore allegiance to.
And when a commander himself is not confident, this battle...
"It's nothing, Davos, I just asked casually."
However, Stannis didn't listen to Davos's answer. He interrupted what the other party wanted to say, his face calm and no happiness or anger could be seen.
then turned his horse's head and got down from the hill, telling the messenger beside him to prepare to withdraw.
And the Onion Knight saw Stannis leave, looked at his back, and then turned to look at the battlefield not far ahead.
finally gritted his teeth slightly, turned the horse's head to follow Stannis's footsteps, the cloak on his shoulders fluttered with the wind, and ran down the hill on his horse.
...
"Withdraw!"
"Retreat!"
Stannis ordered the retreat, and the voice of retreat rang out on the battlefield. The troops in Stormlands began to retreat slowly as the tide receded, leaving corpses everywhere.
Although this battle was an ambush set by the Storm’s army in advance, it did not seem to have gained much advantage.
The soldiers of the Targaryen army are obviously more brave in combat, because military achievements mean a bright future for them, and there must be brave men under the reward.
Both sides caused a total of thousands of casualties, and then each retreated and prepared to camp.
The Wende River is actually not wide and cannot be used as a natural danger to stop the Targaryen army. Therefore, about 30,000 troops from the Stormlands guarded the hills south of Tongmen City and set up camps here.
They are fully prepared for this war~www.NovelMTL.com~ Men, women, old people and children go into battle together and build a large number of giant crossbows.
Stormland is not like Braavos had a large number of large crossbows in the sky but was negligent. The stormland army kept watching the sky day and night.
They vowed that if Viselis dared to ride the dragon alone, they would shoot him and his dragon into a sieve.
...
However, it didn't take long for the night to come with heavy rain.
The Targaryen army stopped temporarily after crossing the Wende River, and the large army led by Veserys finally arrived, and the pouring rain in the sky kept pouring down, hindering the advance of the army.
step on...
Veserys was riding a white horse, his horseshoes stepped on the muddy road, and a flash of lightning flashed across his head, illuminating the handsome profile of the silver-haired young man.
His hair was attached to the armor, and the rain flowed down the bright Valyrian armor.
Veserys looked up at the camp of the stormlands army not far away, with piercing eyes, and finally raised his hand.
"stop!"
"Everyone, stop moving forward!"
The officer shouted out orders, and the whole army began to camp here.
"I'm out for a trip, don't need to find me."
Then Veselis spoke.
"Your Majesty?"
But before his guards could react, the silver-haired young man pinched his horse's belly with his legs and rode his horse into the rain, disappearing without a trace.
