Robert used Stark's men as the central army, and then put Eddard in charge of the central army, coordinating the entire army.

After all, the Chinese army is the top priority, and if the Chinese army can't withstand it, the troops will be finished.

As the 10,000 men on the left flank against Dorne, the Stormlands are a tough nut, and only the elite who have survived such a long battle with Robert are qualified to compete with them.

The Hejian army served as a "mixed force" with a mixture of 10,000 recruits and defeated soldiers on the left flank of the right flank against the king's army, and their combat effectiveness was more than enough to deal with this group of miscellaneous soldiers.

Robert led 3,000 cavalry from Arryn Valley and 2,500 cavalry under his command to form a mobile force of up to 5,500 knights, which served as a mobile force on the left flank.

Ed's Northern cavalry was placed on the right flank, after all, the Northern cavalry was mainly lightly armed, but Rao was like chopping melons and vegetables against the infantry, just like they had done in the last battle of the bell.

The armies of both sides waved their flags with a rainbow of momentum (at least when marching), and the rebels were dominated by cold colors, mostly blue, green, and gray, and even the red of the Tully coat of arms was the gray-red of the red earth.

The royalist army was dominated by a variety of warm colors, and the red dragon banner on a black background, symbolizing the House of Targaryen, was hunted by the strong winds of the wide plains as it marched.

From the air, it looks like two hideous metal beasts, the dense metal helmets seem to be the steel walls moving slowly, and the swords (shēn) of spears and swords shine in the sun.

The nobles of the king's army were not completely gathered, and this was one of the disadvantages of the king's army, although it looked magnificent, with countless bright armor and a variety of burqas, the knight lord rode his horse and oversaw the advance of his own troops, and from time to time drew his sword at his waist and waved it and shouted and cheered at his troops.

But if there is really a fight, these noble lords have lost their speed advantage and maneuver space, and how much combat effectiveness can they exert when they are squeezed into the bustling crowd?

The king led the army to march towards the opposite bank at an untidy pace, the deepest part of the river at the mouth of the Green Fork River reached half a human height, and the knights could also rely on the war horses under their crotch to ensure that their "feet do not touch the yang (chūn) water", and the soldiers were not so lucky, their lower half (shēn) was flooded by the river, which was really "cool to the heart"!

What drove Rhaegar to make the decision to cross the river? Although he didn't understand the art of war of the Celestial Empire, he knew that if he wanted to make his demoralized troops desperate, he had to put them in a desperate situation, which alluded to the "last battle" and "breaking the boat" in the art of war.

Fortunately, it was summer, and it was noon, and the soldiers were irritable from the scorching sun that had burned their armor, and it would be nice to be able to cool off in the cool water.

However, the river slowed down the march of the king's army, and their boots were filled with liquid, which made their steps heavy, and the pebbles at the bottom of the river caused the ground under their feet to be uneven, and even several clumsy soldiers tripped over the stones under their feet.

Robert certainly won't let go of this great opportunity! He immediately ordered the archers of the coalition army to shoot at the king's army, which had already crossed the river halfway through the river, and since the distance was not far (the total width of the entire green fork estuary was no more than 300 meters), the halfway king was probably no more than 200 meters away from the rebels, which was the best place for the bow and arrow to be effective.

For Wang Junjun, who is mainly chainmail and leather armor, this distance is just right!

This time, the archers of the coalition army did not throw (shè) again, or even perform qi (shè), but simply attacked freely (shè), anyway, the king led the army because of the reason for wading in the water, the speed was comparable to that of a turtle.

The infantry in the coalition array immediately flanked (shēn) to make way for the archers in the rear, and rows of archers came to the front of the formation, drew their bows and began to rain arrows on the marching king's army.

Now the king's army was unlucky, but the Dorne army on the right flank was fine, they immediately formed a shield wall to defend, and most of the arrows failed to penetrate their defenses.

The left wing and the Chinese army were miserable, the veterans were okay, they knew how to raise a shield to defend, but there were a large number of recruits mixed among them, and this group of stupid geese were directly frightened by the rain of arrows that flew in, not to mention raising a shield to defend, and even forgot to dodge the action.

Only one of the more clever ones squatted down directly. But their ingenuity has made others suffer! Directly caused the shield wall of the left flank of the Wang army and the Chinese army to become full of holes, missing a piece here and a piece there, as if it was a child in the period of changing teeth.

The arrows flew through the gaps they had exposed, which caused more people to be injured, and once they were injured, they couldn't hold their shields, so the holes grew bigger and bigger.

In the blink of an eye, a large number of people in the king's army fell to the ground, and the worst thing was that they were not necessarily seriously injured, and some of them still had a breath, which caused the soldiers behind them (shēn) not to dare to kick them, and in order to bypass them, the shield wall of the king's army became more loose for a while.

The worst thing is that those soldiers who are not dead fall into the water, who would have thought that they would die in water no more than half a meter deep? When they saw that they were about to suffocate, they immediately began to scratch indiscriminately, otherwise how to say "life-saving straw"!

Can straw save a drowning man? The answer is: no.

But drowning people still scratch around! There is no other reason, just the instinct to survive.

When the soldiers collapsed and were about to drown in water as deep as a bathtub, they began to grab anything they could catch.

The answer is: legs, shields and spears of companions in the rear. Therefore, the result of the explosion of these soldiers' will to survive is to cause the formation of the king to lead the army to be more chaotic and loose, and the people who are going to die will still reason and discipline you? Without a small life, everything is empty!

And that's not all, even if they are killed by a critical blow in the initial rain of arrows, their corpses can also become a potential trap due to the cover of the river, causing their companions behind to accidentally trip and become new victims of a "stampede" if they don't get up in time.

Originally, the water of the Trident River was still very clear, and the soldiers led by Wang could even see the pebbles at the bottom of the river at a glance, but as the blood and water mixed into the river, the river water turned pale red, a piece of turbidity, and could no longer be seen clearly, and every time he stepped down, he had to be extra careful.

And above the head of Wang Lingjun, more than 5,000 archers of the coalition army were still pouring arrows at them, and all kinds of arrows were whistling towards the queue of Wang Junjun (shè), and the queue of Wang Junjun continued to sound screams, as well as the sound of "plop~" of heavy objects falling into the water.

This shallow river beach, a distance of only 150 meters, actually became the road of death for the king army, and nearly a thousand soldiers have fallen in the river, of which no more than a quarter can stand up, and more have been drowned or trampled to death.

Even the knights began to suffer casualties, and the allied bows and arrows certainly could not hurt them, but their horses had no plate armor under their crotch, and their horses screamed after being hit by the arrows, and then fell hard. This is a pain for these noble lords wearing heavy plate armor! Their armor was originally their protection, but now it has become a burden to them, and these noble lords are even more aggrieved than those ordinary soldiers led by the king who can't stand up from the arrows (shè)!

Do you remember that the armor was so heavy that the knight couldn't stand up on his own after falling? So these poor knights could only lie down on the ground. The problem is: the water on the ground is half a meter deep, and the shallow part is 30 centimeters deep!

They could only watch the river seep in little by little through the vents in the armor, and then wave their limbs weakly, like a shelled king, in fact, they are not even as good as the king! Because the king is an amphibian, they are not!

Of course, most of the knights can still be rescued in time, after all, they are people with status, and even at the risk of being turned into hedgehogs, there are still many people who stop to help their lords. After all, as long as they live for their lives, the rewards must be handsome! As a result, only a dozen hapless knights drowned, and most of them survived.

Blood stained the entire mouth of the Green Fork River, and there was a dead corpse floating in the river, and a dying hand sticking out of the water, from the violent shaking at the beginning to the slight unconscious swaying later, and then to the final weakness to fall, each hanging hand represented the end of a fragile life.

Rhaegar looked at it behind him, his eyes hurt, and his tears flowed uncontrollably, dripping down the muddy and red water under the horse, "Why? Why would I give such a reckless order? These soldiers died because of me! The purgatory-like scene in front of him quickly restored Rhaegar's sanity, and the scene in front of him made his heart feel like it had been pierced by ten thousand needles, and even the habit of drama (qíng) could no longer blind Rhaegar's mind.

"Retreat! Fall back! Rhegar shouted loudly, knowing that if he continued like this, even if he succeeded in reaching the other side, he would never be able to meet the rebel infantry and cavalry.

Under the order of Rhaegar, the king began to change the rear team and the front team began to retreat slowly, but the king leader in the middle of the river needed to face a river of nearly 150 meters whether he was advancing or retreating, which caused the retreat of the king army to be equally slow.

Will Robert sit idly by and watch Wang lead the army to retreat? Of course not! He led the cavalry in pursuit, and although the river was also a resistance to Robert's cavalry, the infantry was only slower than the cavalry, wasn't it? Besides, the stormlands are mountainous, and the warhorses of the stormlands are already tall and familiar with the rugged terrain, and their center of gravity is more stable, so advancing through the rocky heaps of the mountains is their strong point.

The infantry also began to follow Robert's cavalry to cover and kill, this is Robert's tactic, as long as the cavalry rushes up to entangle the king's leader, when the infantry arrives, the king's leader will no longer be able to run!

Rhaegar easily discovered Robert's military intentions, and he had no choice but to lead 4,000 knights to meet him (diàn) in an attempt to buy time for the retreat of the king's army.