Chapter 116: Goodbye "Dragon Prince" (Part I)
By the time Robert and his men arrived at the mouth of the Green Fork with an army of 45,000, it was already evening. Revisiting the old place after two years, Han Xing, Robert and Ed can be described as full of emotion.
If the Trident River looks like a trident, then the mouth of the Green Fork is located in the middle of the trident handle, and the rapid flow of the three tributaries is smoothed by the buffer of the plains, and even the soil erosion upstream causes a shoal to form here, which is the only place where the Trident River is suitable for large troops.
Of course, there were bridges or crossings in other locations, but they were obviously either too far away or not suitable for large forces to pass through. Here is also a few years ago Jon? Arryn led the Vale to the place where Harrenhal had camped for the jousting tournament. It was here that Robert teased Eddard's shyness and described to him those "can" blind dates, but unfortunately now things are wrong, Ed has jumped from the second son of the worthless family to the Grand Duke of Winterfell, and even the child is about to be born!
The next day, just as they had already set out to cross the river towards King's Landing, they found a royal army approaching in their direction.
It was the 30,000 royal army led by Rhaegar and the 10,000 reinforcements sent by Dorne, led by the Kingsguard and Prince Levine of Dorne? Martell leads, counting him as Elia's uncle. This 10,000 army or the "Mad King" sent Löven? Martell went to "remind" Prince Dorne that he had his daughter Elia in his possession, and Prince Dorne did not want to hand it over.
And only 20,000 of the 30,000 kings were Jon before? Among the veterans who had experienced the Battle of Ringing the Bell brought back by Clinton, 10,000 were recruits temporarily recruited by the "Mad King," and their combat effectiveness can be imagined.
It is worth mentioning that (ài) Red did not return to the battlefield, he fled all the way back to King's Landing, just like the rest of the 10,000 broken armies. He experienced an exhausting flight and witnessed the brutality of war. Therefore, he wisely left King's Landing with his sister completely, and went to the other side of the Narrow Sea to earn a living, maybe he would inherit his father's business and become a fisherman, or maybe he would use his war skills to become a caravan guard and mercenary. But that's not part of the story!
The two sides discovered each other at about the same time, and the two sides reached a stalemate. Robert's coalition has 45,000 men, while Rhaegar has only 40,000, which is the exact opposite of the qíng in the original play.
In the original play (qíng), the Robert army only had 35,000 people, but due to Han Xing's existence, the Robert army was not actually defeated by the Blue Road in the Battle of Cen Shu Tan? Tully was defeated, which allowed Robert to take up to 14,500 men north to Shitang instead of a few thousand remnants.
This also led to the fact that the superior side of the battle was Robert's rebel army, which was stable in terms of experience and numbers.
"Hanschel, what do you think we should do?" Robert looked at the dense array of Wang Lingjun, and then said to Han Xing on the side of (shēn). Han Xing had outstanding performances in the previous battles, and became Robert's "dog-headed military advisor".
Han Xing is also quite a big head at this, after all, he is also very empty about this, after all, his own side is the defender in the battle of the bell, and he occupies the advantage of (qíng), for Jon? The number of Clinton's troops is clear. What's more, the biggest purpose of your side in the Battle of the Bell is to bring Jon to the table? Clinton held off, then waited for reinforcements to arrive at the center and blossomed.
Now in the face of such a big battle, Han Xing is also powerless, not to mention that his own side can be said to be blind to the enemy? How many people are there on the enemy side? I don't know! Who is the enemy commander-in-chief? I don't know! What are the qualities of the enemy's soldiers and their strategic purpose? I don't know! It's just a question and I don't know! What a war!
So Han Xing had no choice but to shake his head, the only advice he could make was: "Don't be the first to attack!" "Now the two sides are facing each other across the Trident River, whoever attacks first will suffer! After all, in the art of war of the Celestial Empire, isn't it the most popular to "cross halfway and attack it"? Although the commander of the other party may not have heard this sentence, the other party is not Song Xianggong! He will not watch his own crossing of the river and remain indifferent.
"Can't rush up? I thought you'd have some good tricks! Damn, I'd like to get to King's Landing sooner! When Robert heard Han Xing's words, he immediately muttered dissatisfied.
"Ed, what do you think?" He turned his head to Ed again and asked, perhaps trying to win Ed's support, come to a 2:1, and then do a dash as he liked. Robert was a good tactician and a warrior, but he was clearly impatient, and it was better to wait for the enemy to attack than to kill him.
Ed was just silent, holding his chin with his hand, and looked at Wang Lingjun opposite in a daze. After a long time, he spoke: "I agree with Hanschel that we shouldn't have attacked first. ”
Ed is also a novice in war, and the previous battle of ringing the bell can be called his first battle, and all he needs to do is to roar and lead the cavalry into the enemy's flank, and there is not much technical content to speak of. Seeing this kind of battle in front of him, Ed was also a mess in his head, and his excessive sense of responsibility even made him worry about his own future casualties.
After all, although the nobles in the north are unruly, their sense of identity with the Stark family is much higher than that of the Targaryens, so there are no royalist rebels in the north, which directly leads to Eddard not having the opportunity to practice military command skills at all.
Rhaegar on the other side was also a blank slate, and his understanding of the battlefield was also lackluster, but he at least knew the truth that whoever strikes first will be finished, so he also made up his mind to stick to the mouth of the Green Fork River, waiting for Robert to cross the river first and then he will cross it halfway and hit it.
Just as Robert was about to give up hope and go back to drinking, he suddenly saw a shadow (shēn) wearing black armor and a three-headed ruby dragon on the opposite bank, and next to him was Barristan wearing the armor of the Kingsguard and wearing a white cloak? Sir Selmy.
"Rhaegar!" Robert gritted his teeth and roared, and a gleam flashed in his eyes, and he recognized at a glance the owner of the sāo armor that he remembered as the one who had kidnapped his fiancée, Lyanna. Targaryen.
This is really (qíng) the enemy meeting, and the eyes are very red! Han Xing and Ed heard Robert's roar, followed his gaze, and sure enough, they saw Rhaegar who had been absent for a long time? Targaryen.
He stationed his horse on the other side of the river, then took off his helmet, shook his pretty silver hair, and said, "Which is the traitor Robert?" Baratheon? I am the Prince of Dragonstone, the future heir of the Seven Kingdoms, Rhaegard? Prince Targaryen is also! Let him get out of here and die! Rhaegar called Robert by his name in a contemptuous tone, shook his silver hair in a stinky manner, and even pinched his nose with his right hand at the mention of Robert's name, as if Robert's name stinked.
"This 'Dragon Prince' is a bit underwhelming! Look at his pretentious tone, and that self-righteous face (qíng), is he really the 'Dragon Prince' I've ever seen? If it weren't for that silver hair, I would have thought that Emperor Qiao had been resurrected! It's full of hatred! In Han Xing's heart, the image of a gentleman left by Legar at the Harrenhal Tournament immediately collapsed.
Even Ed's face is not good-looking, of course, he has no qíng on his face, and he has a paralyzed face all year round. Not to mention Robert, now that he finally saw Rhaegar, the anger that had been accumulating in Robert's heart for a long time immediately found an outlet, worthy of being a member of the Baratheon family who was "burning with anger", as if a volcano had erupted, which shook Han Xing's ears and hurt.
"Rhaegar! You've finally appeared! Hahahaha! Say! Where did Lyanna get caught by you? Give me back Lyanna! Give me back my fiancée! Robert laughed maniacally, with a picture of "no place to find in the iron shoes, and it took no effort to get there", and then said loudly in an almost roaring tone. Seeing the fury on Robert's face, a look of being about to go berserk, a subtle sneer flashed at the corner of Rhaegar's mouth.
Of course, Rhaegar will not suddenly become the reincarnation of "Emperor Joe", he deliberately came to provoke Robert to take the lead in attacking, in his impression Robert is a reckless man and a "bear", a brainless idiot, and now he is deliberately angry with him like this, he will definitely go (tào)! And Robert's reaction did make Rhaegar feel very satisfied.
Rhaegar continued his performance, pretending to be chūn, stroked his silver hair, and then said, "Duke Bear, how can you be worthy of Lyanna?" Look at your virtue, you don't pee and look in the mirror! You won't be listening to "The Bear and the Pretty Girl" too much, right? "Robert's favorite song is "The Bear and the Pretty Girl", which Rhaegar knew beforehand. But in Rhaegar's context, it's akin to ridiculing Robert for "the toad wants to eat a swan (ròu)".
"Only a man as handsome, dashing, and talented as Prince Ben is worthy of Lyanna! To tell you the truth, Lyanna has already made a secret promise to me! Saying that, he put on a handsome pose, and then smiled with a sign (xìng). Perhaps for the sake of Lyanna's face, he did not mention the in-depth aspects.
Rhaegar's words can be said to be true (qíng), after all, he also learned about Robert's "premarital cheating" behavior from Lyanna, plus Robert is Lyanna's nominal fiancé after all, he will inevitably have a trace of jealousy in his heart, and naturally he will not have a good impression of Robert!
His handsome appearance and that smile look even stronger than Robert, of course, this is for Han Xing, who has a modern aesthetic, the martial Westeros is actually not very popular with the little white face aesthetic, but he is the "Dragon Prince", isn't it? The Targaryens are not in vogue to grow beards??????
"You! You! You don't have the right to call Lyanna by her name! Dragon! Robert was so angry that his eyes were red, and if Robert hadn't been a (shēn) boy with a great body, he might have been so angry that Legar would have turned his back on him.
It is important to know that in Westeros, Rhaegar should call Lyanna "Miss Lyanna" or "Lady Lyanna", and only relatives and friends are qualified to call her by her first name.
As a result, Rhaegar called Lyanna, God can see mercy, Rhaegar didn't plan to be angry with Robert this time, just habitual, but he didn't expect to hit it right, and his eyes were bloodshot, and his eyes were as big as cowbells.