Robert's goal was to seize the opportunity to use this place as a base against the Tyrells' reinforcements, and even use this city to jam or even defeat the Tyrells' army, and then he could solve his worries and go north to join the armies of Tully, Eddard, and Arryn, and then march into King's Landing.

Cen Shu Tan consists of three parts, Cen Shu Tan Castle, Cen Shu Tan Town, and Grassland, and the town and castle are both north of the Zhoutu River.

When Robert led the army to this beautiful place, Han Xing saw a blue silk river, meandering to divide the green meadow in two, on the other side of the river is the Cen Shutan Town, which looks extremely neat and prosperous with white walls and thatched roofs, and the Cen Shutan Grassland at its feet, it is worth mentioning that this is also the place where the Cen Shutan Martial Arts Tournament in the Song of Ice and Fire Gaiden "Knights of the Seven Kingdoms" is held.

On the edge of the town of Cen Shu Tan is a triangular fort facing the bridge that crosses the river, and is crowned by three 30-foot-high (about 10 meters high) circular forts, which are then connected by white walls between them, forming a small castle.

Han Xing could see at a glance Robert's intention to seize this stronghold, as the gateway to the High Court, Cen Shu Beach guarded the main transportation route to the Stormlands, not only for defense, but also as an important trade and transportation hub, it could be used as a gateway to the High Court to defend against Robert, and as a gateway to the Stormlands to defend against Mace Tyrell.

Cen Shu Tan Town has obviously not gone through the baptism of war, as an important trade export base of the High Court, the significance of Cen Shu Tan Town is almost comparable to the Seagull Town in the valley and the White Port in the north. It had probably not been a war for decades, if not centuries, and the townspeople were obviously terrified and surprised by the arrival of Robert's "tours."

As Robert's "tour group" appeared outside the city, the townspeople immediately jumped around, screaming and neighing, and then after a while, everything was quiet, except for the rest of the streets, and everywhere there were fruits and vegetables that had not had time to be picked up, scattered on the ground, as if hearing "The chengguan is coming!" After that, the vendors quickly evacuated the market site.

People scurried around like frightened rabbits, and after a while they fell silent and became silent.

When Robert's army entered the city, you could see those residents hiding behind the wooden door, quietly looking at Robert through the cracks in the door and the window, and even a little girl, maybe burying her head in play, but not hiding in time, Han Xing stepped forward to tease her, after all, she reminded Han Xing of her long-lost daughter, but unexpectedly, her mother rushed out like a flying arrow~, and then hugged her back.

This made Han Xing depressed, "Am I so terrible?" In fact, these residents are definitely wise, after all, there is no law at all in war, and the army has always been a "bloodthirsty and hideous beast" that is difficult to control, and it exists outside of legal control, not to mention that not all armies can do what is forbidden by order.

Of course, Robert didn't have time to pay attention to the townspeople, but ordered the whole army to quickly move through the town and advance towards the castle, after all, time was limited, and he had to take Cen Shutan Castle as soon as possible, and then use this to stop the army of the High Court.

As a result, under Cen Shutan Castle, Robert and Han Xing saw a rather dramatic scene, a large group of "smart people" gathered at the city gate, crying and begging the defenders to open the door and let them in, however, the guards of the Cen Frei family obviously did not intend to let them in, after all, these people would consume their food, but they did not have any combat effectiveness, not to mention that if the city gate was opened now, it was likely to cause the Robert army to take the plane and drive straight in.

Taking refuge in a castle is definitely a clever idea, after all, hiding in one's own home is tantamount to entrusting one's life with luck and the mercy of the enemy, which is extremely irrational. Fortunately, it was Robert who led the troops this time, if it was the "Magic Mountain" that liked to burn and loot, they would be finished, after all, the thin wooden door was probably not much different from the biscuits for the "Magic Mountain", but they just couldn't eat it.

If you can stay in the castle, you will be well protected. But this time these "smart people" made a mistake, although the idea is perfect and clever, but if you can't enter the castle, it will be a counterproductive act of death.

They banged on the gates and roared at the guards at the head of the city, and one of them, a brightly dressed middle-aged man, shouted vigorously: "I am Mayor Humphrey, I am a vassal of Lord Earl, let me in!" In the name of the mayor of Cen Shutan Town, I order you to open the door! Damn, wait, I'll report to the Earl, and I'll have him hang you all!" Apparently, he received a negative answer, and as he was still angrily kicking the thick wooden gate, the screams and cries of the crowd behind him caught his attention.

He turned his head to find that his back was already full of Robert's army, staring at them fiercely, obviously, in their eyes, he had become an obstacle to Robert's siege, and the end of blocking the army was naturally self-evident, and even the mayor swallowed a mouthful of saliva with trembling hands.

Now they have to pay for their deaths, caught between the defenders of the castle and Robert's army.

"Look, these living treasures have made themselves fall into such a situation, they should feel glad that they met me!" Robert rode the "sun" and pointed at the group of "smart people" and said to Han Xing beside him.

That's right, Robert named his horse "Sun", because the horse was brown and yellow, and the white mane did look like "the sun", plus the battle in the summer hall, he chased the Fell family's army in the sun, because of the visual misalignment, the Fell army mistook the dazzling light of the sun behind him for the brilliance of Robert and his warhorse, so there was a ridiculous rumor that Robert was the reincarnation of the sun god, so he simply deliberately named his mount "The Sun".

In his words, "Think about it! Hanschel, how much more exciting the rumors about me will be in the rumors and the songs of third-rate singers in the taverns!

They would say something like, 'Duke Robert Baratheon, tall and straight like a mountain, riding the sun to fight his enemies, wielding the moon as a weapon.'

I can imagine the stunned look on people's faces when they hear this, hahahaha! A bunch of fools, but I'm afraid my enemies will be scared out of their asses before they even see me. ”

Well, in this era of underdeveloped information and communication technology, rumors can indeed have an amazing effect, the so-called "three people become tigers"! It may not be possible to fool the enemy, but it is still very effective against those fools and fools.

"Look at me!" Robert winked at Han Xing and said, then he rode up to the frightened crowd and said loudly, "I am Robert Baratheon, Duke of Stormrest, and I am unfortunate to inform you that my troops will begin attacking in half an hour, and since you are in my way, if you are still here in half an hour, our army will be very sorry to need to 'clear the field' for you." His voice was so loud that the guards at the city gate could hear it clearly, and he deliberately accentuated the words "clearing", and then began to wait silently to watch the show.

The dignitaries of the town were immediately anxious, and they obviously understood the meaning of "clearance", that is, Robert was going to get rid of them all. So they slammed the gates even harder, and cursed the guards at the head of the city even louder. Obviously, this was Robert's ploy, and he wanted to use the pressure to get these people to help him break through Cen Shutan Castle quickly.

"Damn, you can't open the city gates, you heard the words of Duke Robert, he graciously gave us half an hour, why don't you open the city gates quickly!" Mayor Humphrey shouted the loudest, apparently, unknowingly he had become Robert's "accomplice", obviously being used by Robert, but still grateful to Dade for him.

"If it's half an hour, you won't really want to 'clear the field', will you?" Han Xing asked Robert in a low voice, and made a gesture with his right hand to scratch his neck.

"What do you want? I didn't say that I was going to slaughter them, but I just wanted to put pressure on them to break the castle, and of course, I can't tell them my true intentions now, or it won't work. Robert whispered.

As time passed, the "wise men" became more impatient, pushing the gate hard, roaring hoarsely, but to no avail, and it was clear that the guards at the head of the city were determined.

"Damn, open the door, open the door, in front of you are all respected people in the territory, how can you shut us out! I want to see the Earl! I want to see the Earl! The frequency with which Mayor Humphrey kicked the gates even formed a rhythm with his swearing, apparently for so long that it had become a routine.

Han Xing decided to add fire to them, so he suggested that Robert order the pikemen to form a dense array of guns, and then slowly advance towards the city gate at a rate of every few seconds.

This frightened the dignitaries, and in fact, the gun array was definitely the most oppressive force, because the dense silver glittering spear heads like a forest greatly stimulated the dense phobia and instinctive fear of sharp objects. This is an instinctive reaction left in the blood of human beings, just like animals are afraid of fire, it is all the lesson of the blood of ancestors!

The desire to survive can arouse extremely powerful power, if they had not exhausted all their strength in order to take into account the decency of the upper class, now they are absolutely out of the way, if they can't enter the city, there is only a dead end, obviously, it is less terrible than being poked a few holes by a spear, and the hand is pierced by a wooden thorn in the door.

The solid wooden gate began to tremble slightly because of their deathless impact, which became an encouragement to them, and they slammed even more desperately, as if satisfied with their efforts, and the spear phalanx stopped advancing.