Chapter 503: Golden Tooth City
On the Interriver Avenue, Soros led a reserve army of 15,000 at a brisk pace, and it was not a short distance from Harrenhal to Castle Rock, and it would take at least three days for a normal march to arrive. But this was still too long in his opinion, so he kept a hurried march from the beginning of the city.
At this rate, it would take about a day and a night to reach Kaiyan City, but it was obviously impossible. After all, most of these soldiers were still on the battlefield for the first time, and it was impossible for them to withstand such an intense march, so it would definitely take longer.
And this also makes Soros very worried, on the one hand, he is afraid that the time will drag on for too long, and he doesn't know if he can beat it down after he arrives in Kaiyan City, and if so, how long it will take to take it down. Before leaving, he patted his chest with Li Lingyi and promised that he would definitely be able to beat it down.
In fact, he was far less confident than he said, after all, in addition to Kaiyan City, he was worried that there would be a battle halfway before he reached the city. Because there were several castles before Castle Rock, all of which belonged to the domain of the Lannister vassals.
Li Lingyi also explained this point when he set off before, that is, the soldiers raised by these vassals were basically taken away by Old Tywin, and the remaining ten were less than one, and they couldn't pull anyone to fight at all.
Even if they are discovered, I am afraid that the other side does not have the courage to go out of the city to fight, and Li Ling explained before leaving that he should not fight on the way, march with all his strength, and it is best not to be discovered, even if he is discovered, ignore it, and just arrive directly before Kaiyan City receives the news.
Soros also thinks so, so he almost didn't hide the troops' direct access to the riverside road, instead of going to the mountains and forests to find a path for concealment. In fact, to be honest, it is difficult for so many people to hide their bodies even if they deliberately take the path, so they simply don't hide it.
Of course, not hiding it doesn't mean that you just stupidly flaunt the banner of the flagless family.
In fact, now the fifteen thousand men were dressed as mercenaries, with armor worn inside and black robes on the outside. Moreover, the army walked in sections, so the occasional passing caravan saw these soldiers just a little strange, and did not have any other ideas.
So at this pace of marching, the army soon came to the south, which was considered to be the territory under the actual control of the Lannisters.
Soros gave an order at this time, and some soldiers immediately took out the flags that had been prepared long ago, and they were printed with the golden lion of the Lannisters.
Although the pretending to be an amateur, Soros didn't want to pretend to be the same as the real thing, and he didn't have that capital. If you really want to make a set of armor printed with golden lions for the soldiers, the cost and time will be unbearable for the Flagless Family.
So just put up a banner and do a formalism, so that the first reaction that those Lannister vassals see will definitely not be "The enemy is coming!", but "Is this a special Lannister army?".
Of course, this illusion may only last for a minute before it is seen through, but in any case, it is enough to be able to deceive and delay a little, and if you are confused for a minute more, there is less possibility that Kaiyan City will know in advance.
"Okay, rest in place for a while!"
Soros saw that the soldiers were exhausted, so he ordered, and the boys all sat down in relief when they heard this. They've been walking for seven or eight hours straight, and they're really getting to the limit.
And the more this happens, the more they adore Soros, because the latter does not see a trace of fatigue on his face, there is only seriousness and seriousness.
Golden Tooth City ......
Soros looked at a faint castle in the distance as far as his eye could see, and thought to himself.
The castle sits on the edge of the River Avenue, and if the Bannerless Army wants to follow this road, they must pass through the Golden Tooth City, and they will definitely be noticed by the sentries in the castle.
There are only a few results that can occur in this case, one is that the city remains ignorant, which is very unlikely, after all, if the people in the city see the Lannister's banner, they will definitely react. And once there is a reaction, the second result will be, and the castle will send someone out to negotiate, and the slightest carelessness in this situation will reveal the stuffing.
And once it is revealed, there will inevitably be a battle, or maybe they don't dare to fight at all, after all, how many soldiers can there be in a small vassal castle? Even if they are not transferred by Tywin, the total number is estimated to be no more than three thousand.
In this case, they absolutely did not dare to go out of the city to fight, but only dared to defend the city. But Soros will not attack the city at all, so this battle should not break out.
It's just that Soros is a little worried that Golden Tooth City will use a letter crow to report to Kaiyan City, so the situation is a little dangerous, after all, no matter how fast the soldier is, it can't be faster than a crow.
And Li Lingyi and Soros also took this into account before setting off, so not all of the 15,000 people were recruits, but there were also about 300 elite archers, who were deliberately drawn from the Flagless Army and incorporated into the 15,000 people. The reason is that once there is an emergency, such as seeing a letter crow head-on, the three hundred sharp arrows will be fired in unison, and there is a great chance that they will be able to shoot it down.
Just as in the play, Theon's first thing to do after taking Winterfell was to kill all the crows in the city, this kind of thing is simply like the network of this era, and the communication function is too strong.
Of course, it's better not to send out a letter crow, so Soros is also prepared to ignore the Golden Tooth City and walk by quickly, so that it may drag on longer.
As for the perfect deception of the enemy, to be honest, Soros himself did not have this confidence, but he was thinking that if Ivey was here, he might be able to deceive perfectly, after all, this patriarch's ability to deceive people is really first-class.
Thinking like this, Soros came back to his senses, turned his head and glanced at the soldiers, estimated that he was almost rested, and ordered to continue the march.
Half an hour later, the Golden Tooth City was in the foreground, and it was obviously much smaller than the other important cities, and the walls were much lower, almost like a large village compared to Harrenhal.
And at this time, it was natural that the sentinels on the city wall found this strange army of black robes and golden lion banners.
"What kind of army is this?" Several sentries on the wall looked at each other, a little confused.
"Look at the flag is the Lannisters, but this dress is ......"
"It's not going to be some special army, is it?"
"Ask!"
As the two spoke, the army had already passed by the city, and a sentry suddenly shouted on the city wall, "Is it Lord Lannister's army?"
Soros was going to say nothing when he asked these words, but several young soldiers under his command were a little panicked, and in excitement, they accidentally pulled out the sword at their waists!
Uproar——!