The Lannister army was going to be dragged down, and Li Lingyi naturally had no opinion, but he was still a little surprised. I thought they would be eager for revenge and eager to attack. But now it seems that there are obviously smart people who have judged the situation and seen the pros and cons.

As for the general opposite, Li Lingyi also figured out that it was James, and compared to Daddy Tywin, James must be a lot more tender. Maybe there are more intelligent lieutenants such as Little Devil and Boron by his side.

In the face of a possible protracted war, Li Lingyi was not worried, Harrenhal had enough food to supply the people of the city for three years. And the Lannister army is only three months, or even less. Of course, the Iron Throne can transport food from King's Landing to this side, but it's not a good harvest year, and even King's Landing is constantly starving to death, so it's not necessarily how much food can be transported.

On the other hand, it is worth mentioning that Robb has successfully led the army to retake Winterfell, while Theon has already fled in a panic and fled to the Iron Islands.

So Robb also announced that he would attack the Iron Islands, but it is conceivable that the announcement is also the announcement, and it is absolutely impossible in the short term.

The reason is simple, there are no boats.

The Iron Islands have made their fortune as pirates, and there is no shortage of experienced sailors. But Stark is different, they are jungle wolves, strong on land, but weak at sea.

That's why the Iron Islands can stand alone in the chaos of the mainland, somewhat similar to the modern United States, which occupies a territory and is surrounded by seas. At the same time, it has a strong navy, so it can still go around causing trouble.

In addition to declaring war on the Iron Islands, Robb also sent a letter to Li Lingyi.

The content is to question the Eagle's Nest City, and ask him why he wants to take the Eagle's Nest City, after all, it is his aunt's and uncle's territory. In addition, he had to release his aunt as soon as possible and return the Eagle's Nest City to her.

Seeing this letter, Li Lingyi was also quite speechless, it was obviously the Eagle's Nest City that took the lead in declaring war on him, and there were enemies on both sides, so what happened to taking your city? And it was even more impossible for him to return the city, and now the Eagle's Nest City had been strengthened and guarded by the hundred elite flagless troops brought by Li Ling at the beginning, and vigorously defended.

The Knights of the Valley also organized a thousand troops to attack once, resulting in a loss of several hundred, while the flagless army defending the city did not suffer a single casualty. Nothing else, just guard the gate and keep throwing logs under the steps, and no one will be able to come up.

Unless there are tens of thousands, take people to fill up the rolling wood and other debris stored in the Eagle's Nest City, maybe they can attack it. It's just that the price is too high for the Valley Knight to afford.

After all, since the death of Lord Jon Arryn, the Knights of the Valley have been dominated by their sons, but their sons are too young, so they have made Laiza's mother a "queen mother" who listens to politics.

Now that the Queen Mother and her son have been arrested, the Valley Knights are also quite chaotic, and it is impossible for them to be united in a short period of time, so Li Lingyi is not too worried.

As for Robb's threat, that's even more important. If Robb really wants to send troops to attack Eagle's Nest City, it will only prove that he is stupid. For the sake of a Lysa and Li Lingyi, this will only allow the Lannisters to take advantage of them in vain.

But if you really want to go that far, Li Lingyi is not out of the question. He was able to clean up the Lannister, the male lion, and naturally he also cleaned up the wild wolves in the north.

Time passed between the two armies in a confrontation, and it was not until the evening of the second day of the Lannister camp that they finally began to move, starting with the transfer of five giant ballistas.

For this giant ballista, Li Lingyi has been thinking about countermeasures at any time these days, and finally came up with a plan, that is, deviating from the law.

That's right, the spears fired by such ballistas have a huge kinetic energy, and it is almost impossible to resist them with a shield head-on. Unless you build a particularly heavy batch of shields, which are not very flexible and require multiple people to maneuver. And judging from the previous simulation battles, the effect is not ideal.

So after more than a week of repeated discussions with the generals and blacksmiths, they finally came up with a not very mature solution, that is, to deviate from these fired steel guns. No matter how powerful it is, as long as it misses, it is equal to zero.

So the blacksmith shop quickly started to make some inclined iron plates. These iron plates are thick at the top and thin at the bottom, and can be produced and embedded in the city walls. Once the crossbow shoots a steel spear and hits the iron plate, it will be deflected by its tilting angle, causing it to slide down completely, and thus not injuring the defenders on the city wall.

After the production was produced, Li Lingyi tried it himself, and there was no giant crossbow, so he took the spear himself, stood more than ten meters away and threw it violently. The moment it hit the iron plate, the head of the gun stabbed and the body of the gun was crooked, straight down or up.

At that time, everyone also exclaimed in surprise, indicating that this was indeed a useful thing, although it still could not avoid some steel guns that were high in the air or passed through gaps. But it's already much better anyway.

So as soon as the ballista came out at this time, Li Lingyi immediately ordered the soldiers on the city wall to quickly insert thick iron plates into the gaps in the walls dug in advance. Because it has been practiced many times before, the city wall is connected by inclined iron plates in more than ten seconds, which looks quite spectacular.

"What is this?"

Jaime outside the city also frowned when he saw this, and the little devil on the side lit up and said, "It should be something that resists the crossbow gun." ”

"Just these iron plates?" Jaime shook his head, ordered the soldiers to load the steel guns on the ballista, and then, with a few whoosh sounds, five steel guns burst through the air and struck Harrenhal.

"Dangdangdang—— magnetic—"

The steel gun hit the inclined iron plate, and the force suddenly stagnated, and then slid down the iron plate, and the tip of the gun rubbed against the iron plate with a screeching sound, and then fell to the ground.

Of the five steel guns, only one shot was fired into the castle because it was too high. However, because everyone was protected, no one was hit.

Immediately, the soldiers of Harrenhal cheered, while the Lannister soldiers outside the city looked rather ugly and did not know what to say.

"The sloping iron plate is really smart. The little devil sighed and said to Jaime, "It seems that the role of this ballista is greatly reduced. ”

“…… "Jaime gritted his teeth and said, the ballista can defend against it, but what defense does the thrown bow and arrow rely on? Know that you have brought more than 10,000 archers with good arm strength among the 40,000 troops! If a volley goes down, even if only one of the ten arrows hit, then thousands of people will die on the other side, right?