Chapter 0547: The Great War
There are seven main islands in the Iron Islands: Grand Wick Island, the largest iron ore producing in the world, Old Wake Island, which has a sea rock, Kuroshio Island, which has nothing, Salt Cliff Island, which has a bitter taste and rough production methods, Harlow Island, the ten tower city with slightly better land and the largest population, and the only pony that can raise ponies, Pike Island, where the lord Greyjoy's family is located, and Oakley Island, where there are only a few trees left except for rocks and moss.
Among them, the lord of the island of the Black Nest was Sir Bellebrechteth, who was very skilled in martial arts, courageous, and loyal, and loyal only to King Balon, and after Balon's death, he turned his allegiance to Balon's daughter Asha. After Asha and Theon fled, and Victarion Greyjoy, the commander of the most powerful Iron Fleet, turned to support Crow-Eyed Euron, he also chose to flee, but was captured by Victarion and delivered to Crow-Eye.
Raven-Eye decided to march on the village of Clegon tomorrow, so the flag was sacrificed today, and Belleblectexus was taken to the schoolyard outside the main castle hall, where he would rather die than give in, and was forcibly held down by the pirate guards of Crow-Eye, and the executioner obeyed Raveneye's order to cut Baylor into seven pieces, and then inserted the tip of his spear to show the pirate leaders and iron leaders in the schoolyard.
Baylor, like Theon Greyjoy, was held hostage for eight years because of Baron's defeat in the rebellion, and in eight years he changed his faith from believing in the Drowning God to believing in the Seven Gods.
Baylor's prestige among the Iron Chiefs was extremely high, and his martial prowess, his knuckle dancing, his loyalty, and his unconditional support for the Iron Clansmen made him admired by both those who opposed him and those who supported him.
Crow's Eye noticed the collective silence of the Iron Leaders, and he laughed disapprovingly.
The iron species are greedy, and the crow's eye has given the iron species a huge wealth that they have not been able to loot for more than ten years, and even Victarion, who hates him the most, has chosen to bend his knees to allegiance, not to mention the other iron species.
Crow's Eye looked around the audience and said with a smile: "Brothers, after taking Klegon Village, as long as we kill the Demon Mountain, we will be able to enter the Red Keep, and all the leaders will become the most noble generals of the Seven Kingdoms." I myself promise to lead you to become the richest, most powerful, and most powerful generals of the Seven Kingdoms. You have seen the wealth, and you are not the richest yet, but the time to become the richest is tomorrow, kill the magic mountain, and the wealth, status, and power are all in hand. β
The pirate leaders cheered!
The Iron Breeds also echoed each other, and many Iron Leaders who did not match Crow's Eyes in their hearts were even more afraid of Crow's Eyes.
Lord Baylor of Kuroshio Island died too miserably!
"Tomorrow, whoever of the Iron Chiefs is the first to storm Klegon Village, I will reward Kuroshio Island to him. β
The Iron Chiefs let out a roaring shout!
They love to fight and crave rewards. Raven-Eye knows about the Iron Breed, and these people are very easy to control, just like Victarion, who knows that Victarion actually wants to kill himself in his heart, but he still obediently kneels down and leads the most powerful Iron Species fleet to swear allegiance to Raven-Eye.
Raveneye gave Victarion a fortune that he could never rob in his lifetime. And he promised even more. Wealth already had a limited appeal to Croweye, and he wanted to enter the palace for two reasons: first, to gain power, supreme status and power, and second, to be fatally tempted by the incomparable beauty Cersei.
He wants to crush Her Majesty the Queen Mother under him, this is the most important goal of his life, and he is willing to pay any price for it except his life.
The three Sir Heras, Hosso, and Beaumond, led their headquarters of 600 men out of Lannisport before dawn and slowly headed towards the village of Klegane.
If it is a galloping horse, it can be reached in half a day to the village of Klegane. The six hundred men of the three knights had two ponies, and although the ponies were low and could not bear weights, they were light and simple, and they were not slow.
But Heras decided to take it slowly.
Behind them, the second group of troops was three thousand light archers. Then there was the 'ragtag army' with all kinds of weapons, the trumpet sounded, divided into left, center and right armies, tens of thousands of people lined up, ready to go out of the city.
The archer is Raveneye's favorite class, whether it is naval combat or land raiding, the archer can attack the enemy from a long distance, as long as the arrow rain is dense, even the strongest enemy will be severely damaged. After the rain of arrows, the army covered the killing, and Crow's Eye won a big victory every time.
The legions that fight against Croweye are either pirates or the 'rabble' of the island nation, and a large army like the strict formation on the continent of Westeros has never been encountered before. In the battle of Lannisport, Raveneye won a great victory and boosted his morale, even when the blind priest Beron Blacktex admonished his leader and Raveneye, Raveneye and the leaders did not care.
The Western Army has been fighting for three years, and most of the famous generals and knights and nobles have been killed, even Tywin, who is feared by Crow's Eye, has died, a reckless and vicious Magic Mountain, and Crow's Eye has not been taken into account.
Crow's Eye's understanding of the Magic Mountain is still stuck in the rumors of the past.
The blind priest Beron Blacktex is a priest of the drowning gods, not the priest of any of the gods of the Red God, the Seven Gods, the Sky God, or the Earth God, he is the most authoritative Drowned Priest in the Iron Islands except for the Archpriest of Iren, and he is also the family of Belle Blacktez who was cut into seven pieces by the Crow's Eye, because Belle abandoned the drowning god and believed in the seven gods during the eight years he was held hostage, and Beron's hostility towards Belle is like the sea, surging and never ending. When Raveneye ordered the executioner to cut Baylor into seven pieces, Veron sat beside Raveneye.
The Iron Breeds of Raven-Eye needed the guidance of the priest to salute and receive guidance before, during, and after the war, and Raven-Eye asked Peron to be his military priest of the Drowning God.
By the time Croweye and Archpriest PerΓ³n set out, it was already dawn. The men and horses of the 50,000 legions, not the head in front and the tail in the back, one by one the legions marched in a hurry, the swords, guns and axes were held high, in the early morning sun, the blades of the axes and the blades of the guns emitted cold light, the reflection was bright and bright, the ranks lined up, the fighting spirit was like the waves of the sea, and the roaring march was amazing.
Although the three forwards, Heras, Hoso, and Beaumond, did not march in a hurry, they still pulled the infantry behind them farther and farther. The pony is fast and has good stamina, making it the best foot strength to maintain a person's strength on the Iron Islands.
While they were on the march, a group of men and horses came up from behind, and the banner fluttering was the soldiers of the Blacktex family on Haichao Island, this iron army of about two hundred people, all from Kuroshio Island, was a warrior under the banner of Lord Baylor, who had been cut into seven sections.
The general at the head also rode a pony, and on the fluttering flag, the family coat of arms was black and green fur patterns.
"Chief Gardner. Heras reined in the pony.
Gardner, the new leader of Kuroshio Island. When Baylor was cut into seven flags, Gardner, the captain of Baylor's guard, knelt down on one knee, swore allegiance to Raveneye, and asked the blind Drowning Priest to baptize him, soak in the sea water until he fainted, and then was dragged out for crude CPR rescue, if he woke up, it was the Drowning God sent him back, and if he didn't, it was to go to the Drowning God's Flowing Water Palace.
Gardner withstood the baptism of the blind priest, passed the test of loyalty, and rose from an ordinary soldier to the lord of Kuroshio Island.
Gardner and Heras, among others, rode ponies.
The pony unique to the Iron Islands looks funny to the eyes of the Westers who are accustomed to seeing the warhorses of the Seven Kingdoms, and it looks like an adult riding a foal, how uncoordinated it is. The people of the Iron Islands were used to it, and no one was embarrassed.
"Lord Heras, the king has called me to assist the three vanguards, and the ravens of the scouts have reported to the king, and there are cavalry from Clegon in ambush in the woods not far ahead, and the king wants us to be careful. Gardner said.
The three Hellas brothers had a deep contempt for Gardner, and the boy watched his lord be executed, and instead of dying together, he knelt down to the crow's eye. As long as there is a bloody iron seed, he will not do such a thing, at least, he will not kneel in front of the blood of the corpse of the lord in front of the crow's eyes.
The three Hellas brothers have only one king of the Iron Isles in their hearts: the escaped Asha Greyjoy.
"Gardner chief, how many cavalry are there in the woods ahead?"
"No, the king called me up to tell the three adults that there were less than a hundred cavalry in the grove, and they were probably scouts of the Demon Mountain. β
"The scouts of the Demon Mountain didn't find the king's scouts?"
"My lord, I don't know the specific situation, the king asked me to come up to assist the three adults in the battle, I just relayed the king's reminder. Since the enemy cavalry has been found in the grove ahead, the enemy should not be underestimated. β
Heras sneered: "Lord Gardner, since you have come to assist us, please take the men and horses of your headquarters to march quickly, go to the woods in front to see the situation, if there are less than a hundred horsemen, please trouble the lord to drive them out." β
Heras's voice was eerie, full of mockery of Gardner.
Gardner was not angry, and bowed down on the pony and said, "Yes, my lord." β
Gardner hastened his horse and led his guards, the so-called cavalrymen of two hundreds, towards the grove in front.
It's still a long way from the village of Klegon in the Magic Mountain, but the enemy has already been spotted. The scouts of the Magic Mountain also came out very far, and some people saw a small group of scouts watching from the small hill outside the east gate of Lanniport, only a few horses, but they were not afraid at all, there were talking and laughing on the small hill, and when the army of the crow-eyed came out of the city, the few horses galloped away. The horse was extremely tall, twice the height of the Iron Isles ponie.
Gardner marched forward with two hundred men, and with a shout from the grove in front of him, about fifty horsemen rushed out, all like wild wolves and lions, and the god of war horses was so strong that the ponies of the Iron Islands were 'small'.
The young general, who was at the head of the group, showed off his might, holding a bow and arrows in his hand, and shouted: "The leader who has come is Gardner, the captain of General Baylor's guard on Kuroshio Island?"
Gardner was taken aback, how could the other party possibly know his name?
Unless, the Magic Mountain has its own spies in Lannisport.
Although Raveneye captured Lannisport, he did not order the massacre. He has a bigger plan, to befriend the Lannister family who control the palace, and Count Ode has not been able to have a tacit understanding with him militarily, it doesn't matter, with his own strength, he can also easily take the Magic Mountain. Without the union of Count Ode, there are two advantages, the first is that he can justifiably rob Lannisport, which is a windfall, and the second advantage is that all the credit is his own.
When Crow-Eye appeared in King's Landing with the head of the Magic Mountain, Crow-Eye thought that he would be welcomed by the people of the city, and that no one of the courtiers and generals of the royal palace could restrain the Magic Mountain, but he did it.
No one can kill the Magic Mountain, and the entire royal family is helpless against the Magic Mountain, but Crow's Eye Eulun has managed to kill the Magic Mountain. These are the heroic deeds that will be written into the history of the kingdom, and will be sung by the wandering singers of the Seven Kingdoms.
Because of these 'far-sighted schemes', Lannisport was not slaughtered, and some of the people who did not have time to escape still lived in the city without worrying about their lives.
But there is also a disadvantage that Croweye has not considered, that is, if the Magic Mountain has dead soldiers in the city to spy on information, then Croweye's marching formation is in danger of leaking.
Now Gardner had this sense of danger, and his name was called, and he knew nothing about the young general.
"Who's the General?" Gardner shouted. He was on a small horse, and compared to the fifty strong and tall cavalry on the opposite side, it was really nondescript, as if he were acting in a burlesque.
The young general replied, "Gardner, Lord Baylor was cut into seven pieces by Raven's Eye, and it is really no honor for you to kneel down to seek fame and wealth while the blood of the lord who swore allegiance has not yet cooled. β
Gardner was very uncomfortable, he made a compromise, in fact, the real king in his heart was Asha, he was the same as Lord Baylor, he was Asha's supporter, but the situation forced him to survive.
After Crow's Eye killed Lord Baylor, one displeasure, one thought, killed all the soldiers on Kuroshio Island without frowning. If Gardner hadn't knelt down, the centurions and soldiers on Kuroshio Island might have all been beheaded by Crow's Eye.
Although Gardner was disloyal to Croweye, he also had no affection for the Westside and the Clegane Army, and Gardner kicked the pony, which hissed and rushed forward first.
Behind them, two hundred horsemen rushed forward in a swarm, and these iron men shouted and raised their axes high.
Iron regardless of infantry and cavalry, is a master of finger dance, throwing axes, and hitting every shot. Many cavalrymen had drawn their short-handled throwing axes from their waists, and as soon as they rushed to the right distance, they threw them to inflict heavy damage on the enemy.
However, before they could get closer, a sharp whistling sound suddenly sounded in the air, and at first the sound was like a fly, and before anyone could react, the sound of the fly turned into a sharp scream, and the experienced warriors, listening to the sound, knew that the enemy was raining arrows on their side.
"Whoosh!"
An arrow flew right in Gardner's neck, the armor-piercing arrow was ferocious, and the arrow protruded from the other side of Gardner's neck, with a red bloodshot streak.
Gardner's position as the lord of Kuroshio Island was not warmed up when he was killed by an arrow from the young general of the enemy army.
Woooo
The rain of arrows fell suddenly, covering Gardner's legions, poof, poof, puff, sharp arrows pierced through the defensive armor, and in the first volley, more than fifty cavalry shot dozens of enemies, screams came and went, many ponies were also hit by arrows, and the untidy legion queue suddenly became a mess.
More than 50 cavalrymen are archers trained by Angai, and everyone shoots good arrows. Angay even hit every shot, shooting three arrows in the blink of an eye, killing Lord Gardner, the two centurions, in an instant.