Chapter 514: The Soldiers Are Divided into Two Ways (Part II)
The 3,000 people in Li Ling's area are all soldiers of the Flagless Family, all of them are their own people, and they are all elites, so they naturally marched in a hurry, and it took less than half a day to cross the Red Fork River and come to the Hejian Avenue.
Walking along this path all the way in, there are many small families and small forces on both sides, all loyal to the Lannister or the Iron Throne. And most of their private army was also taken away because of this battle, resulting in a very empty home.
In this case, as soon as Li Lingyi led the army to arrive, there was no need to even start fighting, many family forces took the initiative to open the door and surrender, and even a few small families with only about 100 people including servants came out directly along the avenue to greet them, and took the initiative to swear allegiance.
Li Lingyi's attitude towards these small forces is also very friendly, he received them cordially and expressed sympathy, and then the two sides jointly made a serious criticism of the Lannister and the rule of the Iron Throne, and finally imagined a better life after the overthrow of the Iron Throne.
Of course, the reason why he can talk so much is only because Li Ling has always said that the Lannister has been defeated on the frontal battlefield, and at this time, his hometown Kaiyan City has been captured, so it is only a matter of time before he is completely defeated. And once the Lannisters fall, losing the Iron Throne, the strongest supporter, is a dead end.
It is precisely because of this obvious and extreme truth that these forces succumbed to their allegiance as soon as possible, of course, there are also some small families who would rather die than give in, and in the face of this situation, Li Lingyi has nothing to say, and directly attacks with two words.
These small families with a few hundred defenders at most were unable to defend in the face of the attack of three thousand elite soldiers, and even before they could attack, the civilians in the Li family themselves turned against and escorted the patriarch out.
Because of the large-scale propaganda of the Hawkeye organization, these civilians have heard that the Flagless Family treats civilians well and attaches importance to military merits, and capturing the lord is a great achievement, so they are also willing to join the Flagless Family.
However, in the final analysis, it is because these lords themselves have been oppressing the civilians, and they have long aroused the dissatisfaction of the civilians, but they have never had the opportunity or ability to rebel.
Just pushed it all the way to Golden Tooth City, and Li Lingyi was slightly hindered.
The city was not very large, but the defenders were quite numerous, five or six hundred men. These soldiers were all standing on the city wall at this time, staring at the flagless army brought by Li Lingyi.
"Still want to resist?" Li Lingyi frowned slightly, of course he didn't want to fight, if he wanted to attack, he would definitely lose people, and his plan for this trip was completely to convince people with virtue, and if he could, he wouldn't do it, after all, these three thousand people were all elites, and it would be distressing to die one.
So he directly ordered to shoot letter arrows into the city, and each arrow was tied with a written letter of persuasion, which stated the current situation, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of surrendering. Ordinary families would choose to surrender, but Golden Tooth City did not, and they were unmoved when they received a letter of persuasion.
This made Li Lingyi a little angry, but he was angry, and he still didn't want to fight, so he simply let the army go north, not take Hejian Avenue to take the trail, and directly bypass Golden Tooth City.
This will take a little more time, but at least you won't get caught by cold arrows from the walls when you pass through. However, what Li Lingyi didn't expect was that he had just walked out of the army for a while when the gate of Golden Tooth City opened, and then the group rushed over on horseback.
What is this for?
Li Lingyi expressed his incomprehension and looked at it calmly. After a while, the group came closer, and at the front was a little old man with a beard, who approached, and was a little frightened by the sharpness of the soldiers of the Flagless Army, but still forced himself to dismount.
When Li Ling saw this, he also rode over, got off the horse and looked at the old man.
"Lord Crane!" The little old man saw Li Lingyi pounce directly, and said sadly: "It's really not that our family is unwilling to be loyal to the adult, it's really that people can't eat, I'm afraid that the adult will take advantage of it!"
"......" Li Ling was a little amused when he heard this, everyone knew that the Flagless Army never robbed civilians of things, so the meaning of what the old man in front of him said was obvious, there was no doubt that he wanted to ask for more benefits.
It seems that the reason why he put on a stubborn posture just now was also to wait until the next persuasion came to be able to raise the price, but he didn't expect Li Lingyi to take a detour directly, so he didn't say much at all.
Now the old man must be in a hurry, if he doesn't surrender now, there will be no good end to settle accounts after the autumn in the future, so he can't care about any dignity, and he directly goes out of the city to chase after him, and wants to make things clear.
In fact, there is no need to make it clear, now Li Lingyi understands it, and he also gave him a step down, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, since the situation in the city is so difficult, when the entire continent is liberated in the future, it will definitely help Golden Tooth City." ”
The little old man's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately said respectfully: "Thank you, Lord Klan, please go from the avenue, and I will immediately remove those guards!"
"Yes. ”
The defenders of Golden Tooth City have been withdrawn, which means that all the small families along the way have switched to the flagless, abandoning the Lannisters and the Iron Throne. As a result, a small part of the South also fell, and the actual control of the Iron Throne was only on the side of King's Landing and the High Court, which can be said to be the most and smallest moment in history.
Of course, these small families don't represent anything, they are all wall grass, today the flagless family is strong, so they took refuge, and tomorrow once the Lannister rises again, then these guys will vote back, so it's not worth being happy.
Moreover, it is not so much that he is happy because of these small families, but that Li Lingyi is now looking forward to the southernmost Martell family, that is, the Prince of Dorne's branch, which must also be ready to move. If they were still hesitating before, then now that the Iron Throne is in decline, they will definitely make a move.
If the Martell family now sends another army to fight from the south, and forms a three-sided attack on King's Landing with Robb and Li Lingyi, then King's Landing will definitely die, unless a few dragons are released to breathe fire everywhere, otherwise it will only fall.
Speaking of dragons, I don't know what happened to the dragon mother now, Li Ling thought about it, if according to the progress in the plot, the dragon mother should have already got the Innocent Legion now, as for when she will come to Westeros, it is not certain.
The appeal after coming is also unknown, if Li Lingyi has already won King's Landing by then, but the Dragon Mother still wants to conquer and let everyone call her the queen, then it will be inevitable that there will be a battle between the two. And to be honest, Li Lingyi is quite looking forward to it, after all, there is a dragon to deal with, and it is quite an exciting enemy.