Chapter 0374 Pontoon Bridge (1 more, ask for subscription)
An irresistible force slammed into D'Evon Seaworth's back, and the child rose from his horse, like a scarecrow thrown away, flying high from a galloping horse.
Puff puff!
The powerful arrows fired from Julie's short crossbow plunged into a burly body, and the man fell to the ground with a muffled grunt, it was none other than Rhys, the captain of the Black Guard.
At the cost of his own life, he stepped in to save the life of his eleven-year-old Davon Seaworth.
Davon Seaworth screamed in the air, and unfortunately, he flew over a boulder, and fell, head to foot, with a loud bang, and the child's helmet slammed into the boulder, splashing sparks. The screaming stopped abruptly, as if it had been cut off by an incomparable knife, and the sound was clean. The little body snapped and fell to the stone face, as if it had lost its life, and the little body bounced off the stone, rolled down, and fell into the grass, silently.
"Enemy attack! Defense!" shouted the elite black-armored guards.
In the middle of the path ahead, a slender figure stood on the road, she threw away her crossbow and drew her long sword.
One of the horsemen removed the small round shield from his back and held it up in front of him, kicked his horse violently, and attacked the figure.
In the grass and bushes on both sides of the road, behind the large and small stones, unhurriedly stood up a figure, two figures, three figures...... Silent figure, steady breath, unhurried and unhurried movements...... and the enemy horsemen who circled the war horses in an uproar are two completely different styles......
Shout!
An arrow came from the right side, and it was in the middle of Julie's cavalry neck with full attention.
In order for the neck to rotate flexibly, the neck armor is not thick.
At such a short distance, the arrows of the short crossbow pierced the armor strongly, and it was no problem.
Arrows from the right side of the neck!
The cavalryman was struck by an invisible sledgehammer and slammed to the left. Shields, long swords, took off their hands and flew into the air.
The horses neighed, and the men stood up.
It is not easy to shoot a person in the neck from the side on a galloping horse, although it is a sneak attack, although the opponent only pays attention to Julie in front, but the accuracy of this shot requires thousands of training in the movement before it can have the feel of hitting the target!
Puff puff puff!
The sound of a dense stream of short arrows shooting into the body of the cavalry kept ringing.
The screams of the cavalry pierced the night sky sharply, and black shadows fell from their horses. There are cavalry shouting to rush forward, but whether you are forward, left or right, there must be an enemy behind you, and you will not be able to defend effectively.
A cavalry hundred-man squad that was surrounded, and in the dense fire of a hundred short crossbows, the soldiers fell one after another.
The veterans of a team of 100 led by Julie took stability, accuracy, and ruthlessness to the extreme.
The war horse that lost its owner ran around in the spurs, and some brothers went up to catch the war horse, but they were severely stopped by Julie.
"Kill all the enemies first!" Julie shouted!
In the heart of the blackened Julie, there is no mercy.
From the time she was rescued by the Magic Mountain, Julie treated herself as if she was dead, and every day she lived, every time she killed an enemy, she earned it!
This is an extremely unfair battle!
Repeating short crossbows on all sides surround the huntsman long sword!
Falling into the encirclement, the sturdy hundred-man cavalry that walked on the bumpy path by the river all fell.
The smell of blood filled the air, and the screams and howls of pain were incessant.
Not far away, the iron cable blocked the river, and the rolling debris and the stumps of the battleship piled up more and more down the water, and the iron cable stopped the garbage, forming a pontoon bridge connecting the two banks on the river.
On several half-crippled battleships, there were still soldiers shouting and wailing. Several wrecked boats crashed into the pontoon bridge with green flames, and the sound of the river clattering kept ringing.
Rumble!
There was a loud bang.
A lucky ship with paddles that had not been hit by the wildfire ship escaped the green fire, and the lucky ship that fled quickly slammed into the 'pontoon', and with a loud bang, arm-length wood chips flew all over the sky with a little green fire, and the huge impact made the iron cable groan, and the winch in the stone tower also gurgled, and it was clearly transmitted to Julie Cregan in the dark night.
Julie turned her head to look at the middle of the river, and there was another lucky ship that was favored by the seven gods, and it was fleeing quickly against the channel on the shore, and the soldiers on the ship saw the impassable 'pontoon bridge', the battleship was smooth sailing, and the sailors below the deck could not see the pontoon bridge on the water, they still rowed their oars, and the lucky ship was as fast as an arrow, and the captain let out a desperate howl: the right full rudder.
However, no matter how it turned, the fate of the battleship could not change the outcome, and the battleship slammed into the pontoon, making a loud noise, and the iron rope shook on the surface of the river, and there was a loud noise. The winch in the stone tower creaked and creaked in pain, the battleship made a huge cracking sound, the stern lifted off the water, the bow sank and plunged underwater, but the battleship still could not leap over the pontoon.
Iron cables, locking the estuary. The last few fish that slipped through the net, favored by the hand of fate of the seven gods, were not destroyed in the wildfire, but also crashed on the pontoon, many warship stumps with green fire, burning here to their heart's content, and the pontoon bridge across the river, there were green fire snakes dancing everywhere.
On the shore, Julie said calmly: "Mend the knife!"
The crossbow was put on the back of the brothers, the sword was unsheathed, and everyone mended the wounded soldiers who fell to the ground one by one.
The sound of begging for mercy was very weak and weak in the sound of puff and puff.
When Julie came to the grass where Dayvon Seaworth had fallen, she saw the motionless little body, the torches lit, and from the shape of her figure, she could see that the first warrior to rush at her was a child. Julie took off the child's helmet, half of the child's face was covered with blood, but she couldn't hide the childishness on his face. She took off her iron gloves and tried her breath, and she breathed.
After the brothers finished mending the knife, they gathered together and looked at the child lying on the ground: half of his face was covered with blood, and half of his face was still childish.
"Look at his family crest, the little black boat with onion sails on a gray background. This is the child of the onion knight Davos Seaworth. A brother said.
"That Davos guy is a great character, and during the Usurper War more than a decade ago, he drove a small boat through the blockade of the waters of Storm's End, delivering Stannis a boatload of onions. ”
"Davos is a pirate. ”
"No, he's a smuggler. Stannis punished him for smuggling by cutting off the first knuckle of the four fingers of his left hand except for his thumb, and knighting him as a reward for saving his life with onions. ”
"I bet this boy is the son of Sir Davos Seaworth, and that fellow has had many sons, seven or eight. ”
The brothers looked at the child's family crest and talked about it.
"He's not dead. Julie said.
A brother next to him walked up, raised his sword, and stabbed the child in the face.
While!
Julie's sword separated the stab and shouted, "Wake him up!"
"Yes, sir. ”
With a bang, a bucket of cold river water splashed on Davon Seaworth's face, and the child woke up coughing, and opened his eyes, and there was a shaky black shadow in front of him.
He had no idea what was going on.
At the same time, under the iron rope in the Blackwater River, on the other side of the river, his father, Davos Seaworth, decided to let go of the iron rope and float down with a plank, hoping that the gods would bless him and bless him to float through the water gate, and then he would be saved.
Outside the Watergate, there is a fleet of forty warships of his pirate friend Salado Thorn, forty warships, and he can make a comeback.
He is proficient in water and knows the water situation of the Water Gate Pass well, but he has to rely on a wooden plank to swim through the turbulent Water Gate Pass, and he will die for a lifetime.
But he decided to take a risk.
He chose a plank, pulled it out, threw it out, and then the man pounced on it.
His figure floated a few times on the surface of the waves, and then disappeared!
On the south bank, Dai Feng was pulled up, and it was not easy to figure out that they had all been wiped out, and he had been taken prisoner.
In front of her was a girl as sharp as a long sword, and there was no emotion in her eyes, as if she were a piece of ice.
"Go back and tell Stannis that my name is Julie Cregan, that Magic Mountain Cregan is my father, and that I'll be waiting for him here. ”
Dai Feng rode his horse and walked a long way, still unable to believe that he was out of the control of the woman, whose eyes were so cold that he would never forget them.
Stannis got Dai Feng's report, he was not angry, not angry, he ordered three ways to attack, three hundreds, all the way back to the east of the stone tower to cut off the enemy's escape route, all the way to the forest, all the way to the path, be sure to wipe out Julie Cregan's team of hundreds, and when his three hundreds team arrived at the stone tower, except for the neatly arranged corpses of his black-armored guards, Julie Cregan and his party had long been gone.
Stone towers, winches, iron cables, pontoons, green fires, broken wood, the stumps of countless warships, the corpses stuffed with the river, the wooden planks in the water, and the groans of the wounded soldiers lying on their stomachs, a terrible scene of hell on earth.
Although the wildfire is evil, the water is rolling, the turbidity is surging, and the fire is rapidly declining.
Stannis ordered: "Count Sebastian Ellore, go back to the barracks and order the soldiers to slowly lower all the rafts." “
The king was surrounded by courtiers, and everyone looked at each other, not knowing why.
"Yes, Your Majesty. "Count Sebastian Ellor ran back to the garrison with his guards.
Count Sebastian Ellor is one of the main nobles of the Stormlands, and his coat of arms is a yellow haystack on an orange background. The name of his home fort is Hay Hall.
"Prime Minister Allister, give the order to go down, the cavalry and infantry are here, and they are ready to cross the river. ”
The Prime Minister was shocked: "Your Majesty, how to cross the river?"
"Pontoon!" Stannis said coldly. He looked at the courtiers around him, all of whom were worried about his safety, he could tell, but he was unhappy that these guys had no intention of fighting.
"Half an hour later, when the army is in formation, the green flame is extinguished, and I will be the first to cross the pontoon!" Stannis pointed to a very dangerous pontoon bridge that had been blocked by iron cables and piled up on the stump of the battleship.
The courtiers were shocked and dissuaded.
The pontoon bridge is dangerous everywhere, and there are green fires burning in many places.
"Your Majesty, please give me the honor of being the first to cross the river. A knight jumped off his horse, knelt down, and pleaded.
Robin Pitsbury, Earl of Oburnum. The family coat of arms on his chest is a green popping pod on a white background, bordered by three circles of beans. This is a very loyal fellow, not afraid of death, and loyal and fearless.
"I'll be the first to cross the river!, follow me!" Stannis said coldly. He is an unconvincing black stone, a black iron embryo.
The courtiers were all shocked.
The Earl of Robin Billsbury took off his helmet and kowtowed, blood splattered, and Stannis finally relented: "Okay, Robin, I will allow you to cross the pontoon bridge first, the shield soldiers will advance in front of you, and you have to be careful of the archers on the opposite side." ”
The stone tower here is defended by archers, so the stone tower on the other side must also be defended.
Outside the King's Gate Arena, on the riverside avenue, the cavalry captain in charge of patrolling saw something floating on the water.
Sou!
A rocket was fired into the river, illuminating a small stretch of water.
It was a raft.
Sweet-mouthed Raff was stunned.
Raft?
What does it mean that an empty raft is going down the river?
"Let me see a little more clearly. Sweet-mouthed Raff ordered.
Whoosh!
Dozens of rockets were fired into the river.
The soldiers and the commander Raff were amazed: raft after raft filled the surface of the Blackwater River, but there was no one on the raft, not a single person.
Stannis' soldiers threw the raft into the water?
Aren't they going to cross the river?
"Someone, go and report to Lord Magic Mountain that the enemy has released an empty raft full of rivers. ”
"Yes, sir!"
On the city wall, on the steel gate, the Prime Minister stood with His Majesty the King and the Magic Mountain, and they stood together at the top of the city wall, surrounded by bright torches, so that the soldiers defending the city could see the King, the Prime Minister and the Lord of the Magic Mountain in any direction.
The King, the Prime Minister, the King's Landing Guardian, and the Soldiers are there.
Joffrey was already yawning, and he wanted to go back to sleep, but seeing that the magic mountain was not good, he forced himself to leave without shaking his hand.
The little devil was in good spirits, his eyes were full of vigilance, the enemy naval fleet was destroyed, but the army would definitely find a way to cross the river. He knew Stannis, this man had a very terrible personality, and his will was as strong as steel, and he was afraid that he would never find a similarly tough character in the Seven Kingdoms.
Duke Tywin is not afraid of Blue Rites, he is afraid of Stannis. Similarly, the Magic Mountain is not afraid of Lan Li, but afraid of Stannis sitting on the Iron Throne. As for the Tyrells, who liked the Tyrells, were willing to be loyal to him, and as soon as the Rainlies died, the Tyrells' army immediately withdrew, refusing to pledge allegiance to Stannis.
In the Seven Kingdoms, many nobles were afraid of Stannis, and once he sat on the Iron Throne, it would be the end of many people. Including Littlefinger, the missing octopus. The dead Paisil Great Master, and many unscrupulous courtiers, are all afraid of this character.
All the captains and soldiers of the Royal Navy fleet were all Stannis's subordinates, old subordinates. In the time of King Robert, Stannis was the Lord of the Sea, in charge of the Royal Navy and all maritime patrols, but few of his subordinates liked him or were close to him.
His character made his subordinates unapproachable, and if he made a mistake, he was punished severely, but if he was meritorious, because the treasury was empty and the military salary was difficult, the reward was never there.
This made the Royal Navy officers all resentful of Stannis!
The little devil was thinking about the advantages and disadvantages of Stannis in his heart, and suddenly, a footstep came quickly, and the sweet-mouthed Raff's messenger ran up: "Lord Magic Mountain, the enemy army suddenly released the raft, which filled the river, but the raft was empty. “
"Got it!" said Moshan lightly.
Joffrey's spirits perked up: "Magic Mountain, what do you mean by my second uncle? He finally realized that he had failed? He gave up crossing the river?"
"Your Majesty, the wildfire material on the river is about to burn away, and the scattered green fires will no longer be dangerous in the raging river, and thousands of rafts will go down the river to build a pontoon bridge that can be crossed on horseback with the help of the iron cables that block the river. “
"Lord Demon Mountain, then we need to brace ourselves and prepare for a night fight!" the little devil said.
"Yes, Night Fight!"
Joffrey laughed, looking at the Magic Mountain and the little devil as if he were looking at two idiots: "Why don't you let the soldiers cut the iron cables?" his tone was full of sarcasm, "In the middle of the enemy's crossing of the river, cut the iron cables, those people, wrecked boats, and rafts, will be swept into the whirlpool of the reef under the water gate and twisted into pieces." ”
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