Chapter 450: I Can't Afford to Lose
The defeat of the Lannister army undoubtedly gave the Harrenhal defenders a great morale boost. The richest and most powerful family was defeated by us, and it was only a small part of the army, but it was also defeated, and it was a great defeat!
At the end of the battle, the number of casualties was counted, and there were probably nearly 100 casualties on Li Lingyi's side. And the Lannisters had more than 700 corpses left on the ground alone, not to mention the other dead and wounded outside the city, so that the total of these 3,000 people must have been killed or wounded!
And in a sense, wounded soldiers are even more difficult to deal with than dead soldiers, think about it, a person dies when he dies. But if he is seriously wounded and it is difficult to fight, it is necessary to separate other people to take care of him, so that the wounded soldier drags one or even two uninjured soldiers. So the 3,000-strong army is basically almost gone, and the morale is estimated to have dropped to freezing.
"Hahaha! It's so relieving!" Soros stood on the city wall, looking at the defeated Lannisters who fled away, his face was full of irrepressible joy, "I didn't expect that I would be able to defeat the Lannisters so happily once in my lifetime!"
"Don't get too complacent, Soros. "We've received the news that Tywin's raid was successful, and Stark's side has been hit hard, so I'm afraid we won't be able to send troops to support us anytime soon." ”
"Ha, I'll just say that Robb's little ghost is unreliable!" Soros pursed his lips, looked at Li Lingyi who was standing in the middle, and showed a smile, "It's like our Lord Ive, who beat these three thousand Lannisters to escape like wild dogs with a little trick." ”
"Okay you. Li Ling gave him a blank look, "Berry is right, it is estimated that Tywin's army is coming, and when he finds that his three thousand men are beaten like this, he will definitely attack the city in a rage." If there is no support from Riverrun......"
As he spoke, Li Lingyi suddenly thought of something, "Not necessarily, but we just hit these three thousand people hard," he said and looked at Berry, "Berry, did you get any information about the specific number of Tywin's army?"
"There are probably more than 10,000 people. "Tywin has the majority of his army, and the remaining half is in the hands of his son, the Kingkiller, who is still near the Golden Tooth City, but ...... I'm afraid that if they want to converge, it won't take them a few days to get together. ”
“……”
Li Lingyi was silent, the Lannisters were indeed the most powerful militarily powerful family on the Westeros continent, and they should be able to muster together a maximum of thirty or forty thousand troops, which could only be compared to the Golden Regiment and the Dothraki nomadic cavalry on the other side of the Narrow Sea.
Once they get together, there's no doubt about how powerful it is. It's just that they can unite, and Li Lingyi can naturally unite with Robb and the Frey family, so that there are almost twenty or thirty thousand people in total, and the disadvantage is not particularly big.
Of course, it's easy to say, but it's almost impossible to really want to do it, first of all, Robb is being raided now, and there must be a certain amount of chaos inside. And old Frey is also a lord who can't afford to make a profit, and he is completely a wall grass, and he will pour it wherever the wind is strong.
And now it's not obvious who is windy, so he sent a team of men and horses to join Robb's Northern Army, but once Robb shows his decline, then he will definitely betray without hesitation.
And this is also the root cause of the Red Wedding, ostensibly because Robb is angry because of his repentance, but in fact, it is because Winterfell was taken away by Theon, and the Lannisters are growing in power. Old Frey saw that Robb had no territory and no soldiers, and that he couldn't do it at all, and neither did the Stark family, so he used the banquet to make up for the last sword, just to show loyalty to the Lannisters.
If you want to get his help from this kind of person, you have to pay the price first, and Li Lingyi naturally can't afford it and doesn't want to pay. So now we can only unite Robb and drag the time down, until the Stannis family army is pressed under King's Landing, and Tywin has to lead his troops back to save his life, then Li Lingyi can have time to catch his breath.
"The adults are really amazing, it seems that I didn't choose the wrong object of allegiance. ”
A voice sounded, and the three of them turned their heads to see Gavin Alcott, a tall and thin young man, walking over. He was the doctor Berry had found, a typical pragmatist.
"Gavin. Seeing this, Li Ling just asked, "How are the wounded soldiers?"
"Don't worry, it's all arranged. Gavin smiled, "I have to say, Lord Ivey, I really admire you." Dealing with a behemoth like the Lannister, it is really powerful to be able to inflict such a small casualty on the other side. ”
"I'm not like them. Li Lingyi sighed, "If the Lannisters lose, they can regroup and fight again." I lost... Even with these people, it's all doomed, you understand?"
The three of them nodded silently when they heard this, indeed, they were different from the Lannisters, because they couldn't afford to lose. If you lose once, you will perish.
"Okay, let's not talk about that. Li Lingyi looked at Gavin, "Dispose of the corpse as soon as possible, remember to be responsible for epidemic prevention, and never let the plague appear in Harrenhal!"
"I naturally understand this. Gavin smiled, "As a doctor, as long as something like the plague pops up, I won't hesitate to cut off the root cause." ”
"......" Soros pouted when he heard this, he naturally understood what it meant to cut off the root. But there is no way, if someone is infected with the plague, then his immortality means that hundreds of people will die together.
"Alright, let's not let our guard down, I'll go and pass a word to Robb. ”
As soon as Li Ling spoke, he went down the city wall, leaving the three of them looking at the dark night sky.
"Do you feel this way?" Soros said suddenly, "I think this kid Ivy is too weird, he knows too much, he really doesn't look like a teenager!"
"yes. Gavin smiled, "You don't know, I was chatting with Master Ivey before, and he casually said something advanced about medicine that I didn't know much about. ”
"Maybe. Berry said casually: "The Lord of Light let me lose to him, which means that the Lord of Light chose him." So I will follow him unconditionally, whether it is failure or death. ”
“…… I think you're probably with the right person!" Soros laughed, "Haha! This kid has even defeated the Lannisters, so what's there to worry about? Even if Tywin comes over himself, I think with that kid's cunning, I can definitely defeat them again!"
"Maybe. Berry couldn't help laughing when he heard this, he also admitted that Li Lingyi was indeed scheming, such as the previous scolding, sending death squads to deceive, and then the pretended riots in the city, one after another, which is really difficult for ordinary people to see.
Coupled with such a young age and world-class swordsmanship, maybe this kid is really the chosen son of the Lord of Light, Berry thought.