(5,000 words chapter, one more chapter in the evening)

Twenty-three royal warships sailed out of the harbor and headed for the mouth of the Blackwater River.

They want to intercept enemy ships in distant seas.

Stannis's ships were against the water and were slow.

The countercurrent at the mouth of the sea was turbulent, and hundreds of blades were inserted into the water, exerting themselves together in the beat of the drum, and the battleship moved slowly.

Twenty-three royal warships went down the river, and without paddling, the battleships flew like flies. The oarsmen recuperated their energy and stored their strength.

In the sun, the distance between the two sides is still very long.

The upper reaches of the estuary are wide, like the sea, but the middle part is all reefs. When the water level is low, the middle part of the reef will come out of the water, creating a very treacherous canine-toothed island. Because of the reefs and the treacherous waters, even experienced captains and sailors could not get close to the island.

Under the impact of many years, the reef has formed a sharp spike like a sharp knife, and the entire water area, only the channel on the left and right sides of the river bank can pass, and if you are not careful, the ship is washed out of the channel by the rapids and runs aground on the reef, and the ship is destroyed and killed.

Because there are underwater islands that lie like a gateway upstream of the estuary, it is named 'Water Gate Pass'. The water flow of the Water Gate Pass is fierce and surging, the underwater reef is dense and sharp, and the reef is as hard as steel, which is called 'Ghost Gate Pass' by the common people.

Stannis's naval commander, Sir Imre Florent, commanded aboard his own flagship, the Fury. He ordered the left flank, the center army, the right flank, and the supporting warships to form two columns and pass through the 'Water Gate Pass'.

From Storm's End, through the many straits, all the way to King's Landing, and then to the Blackwater's most famous 'Watergate', Sir Imrefloren's mood has become very agitated, having lost 12 ships. In the event of a storm, five warships were destroyed on the shore, three warships were damaged by the bottom pierced by the reef, and four battleships were lost in storms and whirlwinds while crossing the Tass Strait.

There were two hundred and twenty-seven warships, and two hundred and fifteen warships remained, of which forty were from the Reese pirates, all of which were flat-bottomed ships that were relatively easy to wade across the reef, but the Reese pirates only promised to provide support at the rear, and refused to rush to the front line to fight.

Of the main ships that really belong to Stannis, there are currently one hundred and seventy-five left.

Still, it was almost eight times more than the royal battleships.

The reef area at the mouth of the Heishui River, because there are canine-toothed islands faintly exposed in the water in the middle, blocking the smooth flow of water, which causes the current of the channel on both sides to be doubled.

The first batch of battleships to pass through the Watergate Pass carefully passed through the channel, the counter-current channel, and the sailors, inspired by the beat of the drum, paddled desperately, and every three feet forward, they would be swept back by the rapids two feet.

Behind a large number of warships, forty pirate ships from Reese had anchored in the gentle sea, and decided not to enter this dangerous water, they were responsible for breaking off and responding, that is, rushing to pick up the bargain when the war was won, and saving some people when the war was lost, and fleeing first if they could not save it.

Boom!

With a loud bang, a battleship went a little off the course as it passed through the channel, which was nothing in normal times, and the helmsman came back with a slight adjustment. But here in the waters, it is an irreparable disaster.

The battleship was violently washed out of the channel by the water, and the whole ship sailors made their best efforts, and the helmsman desperately pulled the rudder, but in the rapids, an invisible giant hand ravaged the battleship, and the battleship was like a child without resistance, and was violently washed into the reef area by the huge waves, and there was a loud bang, as if there was a huge beast lurking under the water, and the battleship was torn to pieces at once.

As the sawdust flew into the air, the soldiers of the whole ship fell into the water and shouted for help, but no one on the warship behind dared to save them.

The waves were turbulent, the wood chips, the soldiers, whirled into the water, and then came out from a great distance, the planks had become fragments, and the people who resurfaced were unrecognizable and miserable.

As long as they fall into the water here, no one dares to save them, and almost no one can survive unless they are favored by the seven gods.

On the flagship of the Chinese army, the order came out, and the sailors, helmsmen, captains, and soldiers of the watergate were to cross the waterway, and all of them had to cheer up their spirits.

Many warships have passed through the Water Gate Pass here for the first time, and they have not yet experienced its dangerousness.

The lessons of the past and the danger of the Water Gate made all the captains turn pale and the soldiers were stunned. Here, as long as a mistake is made, there is no way to fix it. The drumbeat, the sailor, the helmsman, the captain and the first mate, fully cooperated, and there could be no mistakes.

As a result, the speed of the battleship through the Watergate Pass was even slower.

When all the battleships on the left flank passed through the water, the sun had begun to set in the west, and on the opposite side, the enemy's royal battleships lined up on the water, growing larger and larger in sight.

"The left flank pinned down the enemy ships, and the Chinese fleet passed through the Watergate Pass. "The Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Sir Imre Florent, has given the order.

There were fifty warships on the left flank, which was twice as many as the opposing ones. After receiving the order, the left flank battleship immediately divided into two wings, the left and right wings, and slowly pressed towards the royal battleship.

The left-wing warships hoped to buy time for the Chinese fleet to cross the watergate.

Although the opponent's royal warships occupy a favorable position: the wind and water are smooth, but the warships on the left flank are twice the combat power of the opponent, and they can win a big victory by attacking left and right.

The speed of the opposing battleship also began to slow down, probably they were frightened.

Stannis's Chinese warships numbered sixty-two, including the flagship Fury, and the officers and men hurried through the Watergate Pass from the left and right aways under the roar of the Commander-in-Chief.

There were two loud bangs, and the two battleships made a little mistake because of the speed, and the helmsman tilted the direction a little, and the battleships were washed into the reef area, making a loud noise.

As if in the blink of an eye, the two warships were smashed and torn apart by two invisible giant hands, and the wood chips and soldiers were swept under the water, and they emerged from the water far away, whether they were wood or people, all of them were unrecognizable and shattered into slag.

A total of 62 warships of the Chinese army, after losing two warships, all quickly passed through the Water Gate, at this time, the sun was setting. The naval fleet and sixty warships on the right flank did not cross the Watergate Pass.

The commander-in-chief of the battleship on the right flank was the famous onion knight Davos Seaworth.

Davos Seaworth is a legend. Seventeen years ago, during the Usurper War, he piloted a small boat full of onions and other food in the night, passed through the blockade of the Redwin family warships, and delivered onions and food to the water gates of Storm's End, saving Stannis and his last soldiers who were about to starve to death, and since then, he has gained Stannis's trust and become Stannis's vassal.

Davos Seaworth was a pirate and a smuggler on the sea for decades. He glanced at the opponent's ship from a distance on the water, and he could know the speed of the opponent's ship, the configuration of the sailors, and whether it was a battleship or a cargo ship. If it is a battleship, how many soldiers can have, if it is a cargo ship, how much cargo can carry, how fast it can reach full speed, and how fast the sails can be, he knows it all.

In the Narrow Sea, anywhere, from Seal Bay on the Great Wall of Desperation to the great ocean of the Midsummer Islands, he is well versed in every water situation. After taking over the sixty warships on Stannis's right flank of the navy, Davos carefully explained to the sixty captains the flow of water at the Water Gate Pass of the Blackwater River, and passed on all his experience of passing through the Water Gate Pass safely in the dark night.

Forty Reese pirate ships, backed up by the naval fleet, were also hired by his friendship!

He originally wanted to become Stannis's naval commander-in-chief, commanding more than 200 warships to attack King's Landing, but his status as a pirate smuggler was not taken seriously by the nobles around him, in order to strike a balance among the nobles, although Stannis trusted Davos, he still made a compromise this time and appointed his wife's brother Sir Imre Floren as naval commander-in-chief.

Sir Imrefloren was a brave warrior but knew nothing about naval warfare, and he had three advantages: he was a prominent nobleman, which made him convincing, he was the Queen's younger brother and brother-in-law of King Stannis I, and he fought fiercely.

If a manager is only very fierce in battle, he is not qualified, and a general can be very fierce, and the manager must have brains, and it is precisely Sir Imrever Floren's wisdom that has become muscles.

Stannis will learn a valuable lesson from this lesson of blood and fire: rule out the crowd and stick to the right guy!

As soon as Sir Imre Floren passed through the Watergate Pass, he gave the order to attack without waiting for Sir Davos Seaworth of the onion on the right flank.

In the setting sun, the left flank battleships shrank to the left flank, and the Chinese warships spread out on the water and rushed towards the more than 20 royal warships on the opposite side.

The war drums sounded deafeningly on the water, and suddenly, more than 20 royal warships that had been coming slowly suddenly also beat the war drums, and the drums were dense, which was the drumbeat of the charge.

Standing on the high bridge of the flagship, the twenty-three royal warships of the other side suddenly contracted, clinging closely to each other, and crashed towards the Chinese army together, as fast as flying arrows.

The Royal Battleship has two advantages, one is downwind and the other is smooth.

"Close!" Sir Imre Floren commanded, and the drumbeat on the flagship turned into a hunting signal.

The battleships against the water were too far apart on the water, and by the time they began to close in, twenty-three royal warships had already rampaged.

Sir Imrifloren was shocked, the opponent was playing with the same fate, and the target was clearly himself.

The captains all saw the enemy's intentions, and they leaned together to form a giant battleship, and without the need for oars, the Blackwater River turned into an invisible giant hand, pushing the giant mountain to slam into the flagship of Sir Imrefloren's army.

Bang!

There was a loud bang.

The battleship of the left escort, which had come to protect the flagship, was hit, and the captain, who was standing on the bridge giving orders, was thrown into the air and bit off his tongue.

In the collision of warships, the first rule of law is to grit your teeth. Any shouting is a fatal mistake. The captain shouted to turn the rudder at the moment of the collision, which caused him to lose his tongue.

Click!

The left escort battleship was broken in the center, the soldiers were thrown like ants, and any warrior wearing armor sank straight to the bottom of the water without any chance to struggle.

"Protect the Commander-in-Chief!" the hundred captains hurriedly ordered the helmsman, and the helmsman desperately turned the rudder, but compared to the giant who went on a rampage down the river, it was the little lamb and the lion who were competing for speed and strength.

Boom!

The right frigate battleship desperately tried to protect its master, and it grazed the Big Mac tightly, and the hull of the ship shattered like cheese, and the wood chips instantly splashed with powder, like a mist floating on the surface of the water.

The right frigate lost control and floated out to the side, with a loud bang, and crashed into the battleship behind the guardian, and the two battleships were crooked together, unable to control it, and went down the river, bang, and hit the battleships of their comrades in succession.

The soldiers fell into the water one after another, and the scene was chaotic.

After crashing through several warships that came to intercept him, the Big Mac slammed into Sir Imrever's flagship of the Fury, like an unscrupulous demon.

In the midst of the earth-shattering bang, the flagship of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy suddenly broke away from the water in the eyes of thousands of pairs of frightened eyes, flew, and then disintegrated with a bang.

Sir Imrefloren was tossed away, like a ball of stone thrown by a child, plopped and fell into the boiling water.

Compared to the water gate behind him, the water here is wide and the current is slightly slower.

Sailors on dozens of warships jumped down the river, shouting in search of Commander-in-Chief Imre Floren.

On the royal flagship, Captain Archibald Warner gave the order, disperse and shoot closely!

In an instant, twenty-three warships scattered one after another, forming a huge fan shape, and suddenly, the sound of breaking through the sky came out, 4,600 bows, 4,600 arrows, radiated out in a fan shape, and the enemy ships that had lost their formation and commander-in-chief had not yet organized a counterattack, and the arrows whistled and the soldiers fell one after another.

"Defense!" shouted the general. They were all armed with swords and shields, ready to easily crush the enemy ships and then attack the city. On the battleship, there was no formation of specialized archers.

"Close!" The general gave the order, the drum beat violently, and the lone ship rushed up, and immediately encountered a fierce arrow, and the rain of arrows fell from the sky, instantly shooting the battleship into a staggering cripple, and crashed out of control on the other side.

His fellow warships dodged!

Suddenly, a large number of battleships turned into a disadvantage, not an advantage. They retreated and detoured, front and back, left and right, with their own boats, which, as long as they accelerated, would crash into the battleships of their comrades.

"Save Sir Imre Florent. "There are commanders shouting.

"Save people, save people, save the commander-in-chief!" The nobles who were eager to protect the lord accounted for the majority, commanding their warships to shuttle through the river to save people, and the battle against the enemy ships was put on the back burner.

Twenty-three warships, scum, Commander-in-Chief Imre Floren is the king's brother-in-law, and the most important thing is to rescue the commander-in-chief.

"Retreat!" ordered Archibald Warner, commander of the Royal Fleet Navy.

So, the sailors who had been recuperating their strength held their strength, and the battleship did not need to turn around, and rowed in the opposite direction in the face of the enemy, and the twenty-three battleships retreated against the current under the eyes of the enemy ship, and the speed was so fast that the oarsmen seemed to have infinite strength, rowing like flying in the rapid beat of the drum, which was unbelievable.

It was as if some kind of beast was flying back under the water.

The mourning soldiers will win!

All the soldiers, including the sailors, came with the heart of death!

Fight to the death!

Several warships rushed out to intercept in oblique stabs, and immediately encountered a rain of arrows to counterattack, under the rain of arrows of the retreating royal fleet, several enemy ships stopped one after another, and the officers and men on the deck fell one after another, and only one round of arrow rain was killed.

Armor-piercing arrows are specially made, not only for hanging and piercing armor, but also for piercing shields and putting arms and shields together.

The first round of naval battles ended with all sixty ships of Davos Seaworth crossing the Watergate Pass. The battle started quickly and ended even faster.

As if in the blink of an eye, the royal fleet quickly retreated, and the water returned to calm.

Commander-in-Chief Imrifloren was rescued on the ship, and he saved his life wearing only light leather.

In this blitzkrieg alone, the Royal Fleet annihilated seven enemy warship commanders, rammed and destroyed seven enemy ships, and damaged eleven enemy ships.

The names of the seven destroyed enemy ships were: USS Fury, USS Seadeer, USS Old Woman, USS Seahorse, USS Brave, USS Dragonscourge, and USS Blackbeth.

One of the royal fleets was not destroyed, and four ships were slightly damaged, all of them retreated to the upper reaches of the Blackwater River, crossed the chain position, and waited for the enemy to enter the chain waters, this is the second plan of Lord Magic Mountain: to lure all the enemy ships into the chain waters, and the boatmen in the stone towers on both sides stirred the winch, pulled up the heavy iron chains under the water, blocked the water, closed the door and beat the dogs!

Magic Mountain's ambitions are great, and he wants to completely annihilate the enemy's naval fleet.

Annihilation!

But there were still cunning forty pirate ships that refused to enter the waters of the Blackwater, and they anchored at the mouth of the sea as a backup for the whole army.

The Magic Mountain is sure of one thing: Stannis can't sit on the Iron Throne. He was selfless, jealous, and never listened to counsel, nor did he pardon his enemies like Robert. As long as he sits on the Iron Throne and has power in his hands, the evil consequences committed by the stained Demon Mountain in the past will be a disaster that must be borne by crossing the Demon Mountain.

Commander-in-Chief Imre Floren took the title Duke of Stephen, Duke Stephen, the name of Stannis's father.

The Duke of Stephen became the new flagship of the Navy.

Imri Floren ordered the left flank, center, and right flank navies to advance together to destroy the opposing royal fleet, and then take Stannis's army on the south bank of the Blackwater River over the Blackwater River and take King's Landing.

On the right flank, Davos Seaworth stood on the bow of the ship and looked out over King's Landing, which was already lit up with lights, and the walls were densely packed with torches, and rows of soldiers were waiting like ants.

"What's that?" Davos saw the stone tower on the shore.

The battleship went on, and then he saw a hole under the stone tower larger than a man's head, and a huge iron ring was pierced through the hole, and three iron rings were on the water, and Davos threw a torch and found that the three iron rings were still connected to the iron rings, but they were hidden under the water.

"What is this?" asked Davos, his son, Dale Seaworth.

"Don't worry, we'll be in King's Landing soon. Dale was inexplicably excited, "Father, put on your armor, we will land and attack the city." ”

"No, there must be some conspiracy between the Iron Ring and the Stone Tower, there is a little demon in King's Landing, he is known for his treachery and cunning in the Seven Kingdoms, we should be careful in everything. Davos climbed up to the top of the battleship, but the dense array of battleships on his left blocked his view, and he could not see if there were any stone towers on the left bank.

If there is also a stone tower on the left bank, this iron ring crosses the river, why?

Cut off the entire river? If the enemy is waiting for their fleet to enter the Blackwater River, into the upper reaches of the chain, and then pull up the chain?

Davos felt a chill in his heart, and a cold sweat broke out on his back!

"Inform the commander-in-chief of the fleet that the enemy is cheating, send a reconnaissance ship into the Heishui River first, and don't attack rashly!"

So, his herald quickly passed on Davos's military intelligence report!

"Right flank fleet, all stop!" Davos resolutely ordered.