Chapter 123: The Sorrow of the Dreadnought
"Prince Rhaegar is dead! Prince Rhaegar has been killed by Robert Baratheon! The exclamation of the king filled the battlefield, even drowning out the sound of the collision of swords and soldiers.
The noble knights of the royal realm began to waver, Rhaegar was their commander and their spiritual pillar, and now that Rhaegar was dead, what were they fighting for?
Some of the king's knights searched the battlefield for Rhaegar's traces, but found nothing, so they asked about the knights who were supposed to be following Rhaegar's side, and it was not until some of them who witnessed Rhaegar's death nodded silently with tears in their eyes, and they accepted this unbelievable fact with difficulty:
Their hero, one of the top knights of the Seven Kingdoms, winner of the Harrenhal Tournament, rightful heir to the Iron Throne, and the future king of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, Prince Rhaegar Targaryen, known as the True Dragon, was killed in battle!
The news of Rhaeggar's death flew all over the battlefield in an instant, and the soldiers led by Wang, who were already on the verge of collapse, did not become strong because Rhaegard's sacrifice was to protect their retreat, but completely collapsed and scattered.
The knights led by the king fell into a trance, they were already inferior in numbers, and now they had lost their soul figures, and Robert entered their array with the killing of Ligahwei, and the knights of the king began to rout.
"Rhaegar Targaryen died under this hammer of mine! If any of you want to follow in his footsteps, just come! Robert brandished his monstrous sledgehammer and roared at the king's leader, and all the knights and nobles of the king's army shy away from him, not daring to face its edge.
"Robert, don't hold on! Go back and heal! Han Xing stepped forward to stop Robert, and he could clearly see that the wound on Robert's abdomen was flowing with viscous blood, and even formed a small "stream", and Robert's face even became a little pale because of this.
"The dragon is dead! He's dead! We won! But Lyanna... Lyanna... Lyanna, where are you? When Han Xing came to Robert's side, he suddenly cheered, then shēn, and then whimpered.
If it weren't for Han Xing supporting him, the fact that he was strong outside and doing things in the middle would have been exposed, and when the time came, let alone scared Wang Lingjun to run away, maybe he would be beaten up.
Han Xing helped him to the Chinese army with difficulty, "This guy is really as heavy as a dead pig!" Han Xing brought him to Ed, put him heavily on the ground, and then held his waist and gasped.
Han Xing sprayed "fast-acting Yunnan Baiyao" on his abdominal wound, and then handed him over to two northern soldiers to carry him down.
Ed stepped forward and asked, "How is Robert?" What happened? ”
"Ed, Robert will be fine, he's already killed Rhaegar and the king has already begun to crumble! Order the northern cavalry to catch up! Han Xing answered Ed's question as concisely as possible, and then suggested.
Ed nodded, then asked someone to bring the war horse, rode the horse to the right flank and said, "Warriors of the North! The commander of the king's army, Rhaegar Targaryen, is dead! Now is the time for you to show your mettle! Charge with me! As he spoke, he rushed forward.
The 4,000 knights of the royal leadership were already at the end of the crossbows, and they only had the power to parry under the attacks of the knights of the Stormlands and Vale, and they were already demoralized and absent-minded.
With the arrival of the knights of the north, the knights led by the king were either killed or captured, and the remaining remnants of the army began to retreat towards the southern shore.
Without the obstruction of the king's leading knights, the soft backs of the king's leading infantry were completely exposed to the iron hooves of the northern cavalry, and they were soon caught up by the northern cavalry led by Ed.
This time there was no forest to save them, except for the boundless plains and plains, in such an open terrain the cavalry could exert their greatest power, they slaughtered into the formation of the king's army, and harvested their lives.
Seeing that there was nowhere to escape, the veterans in Wang's army also wanted to form a formation against the northern cavalry led by Ed, if they really succeeded in forming a formation, the cavalry led by Ed might really pay a heavy price.
It's a pity not to forget that Rhaegar used to disrupt the recruits and veterans in order to prevent them from escaping, and those recruits did not have the same quality as the veterans, they only knew to keep running away.
People will only reveal their true colors at the moment of survival (xìng), some of them are in distress and see the truth (qíng), some are full of ugliness, and the recruits led by Wang obviously belong to the latter, and they selfishly think: "Let these veterans drag the pursuers for me!" Then they left their positions without looking back, turned (shēn) and fled.
Their detachment immediately led to the original neat phalanx of the king's army becoming "dog-gnawed", their escape had a chain reaction, not all the veterans of the king's army were tough guys, although they had a little more experience than the recruits, but they were also "escape experience", don't forget that they were all survivors of the battle of the bell, compared to the recruits, they had a clear understanding of the strength of the Stark family's cavalry.
Some of them, who were timid or "clever", also ran after the recruits. The rest of the veterans also began to waver: "Why should I stay here to block the knives for those cowards in the back?" Is it worth it? The defeat is like a mountain, and if you want to survive, you have to rely on your ability! So they also began to run away.
In the end, the originally neat formation of the king's army became a sparse pair, and a few determined king's leading soldiers became the first victims abandoned by their companions, and became the souls of the northern cavalry.
Those chaotic like a swarm of bees led the army to defeat the army, and thought proudly: "These fools! So you don't run! "If those dead kings had spirits in heaven, they would definitely spit on these traitors and soft eggs.
It's a pity that the world is so cruel, those who die may not be dead, and those who are alive may not be alive.
They thought they could get away by selling their teammates? 白 (rì) dream! This is a plain, a plain as far as the eye can see! The cavalry in the north was mainly lightly armed.
These traitors ended up paying for their shameful deeds, how could two legs outrun four? First the slower runners were overtaken, then the middle runners, and in the end none of them escaped, either killed or captured alive by the northern cavalry.
Only the Dorne army, who stayed in place and did not participate in the escape, escaped the catastrophe. Seeing that the general trend had gone, they also began to retreat slowly and orderly.
The war was about to end with the rebels' decision (xìng), after all, the king led the army to be wiped out, and the Dorne army had withdrawn from the battlefield, and with the death of Rhaegar's (shēn), the Dorn army would no longer be involved in the war.
Well, the battle wasn't over yet, as there were still some knights who were stubbornly resisting under the leadership of a white (shēn) shadow. Dressed in silver Kingsguard armor and a blood-spattered white cloak, the white shadow (shēn) rode a white warhorse and fearlessly slaughtered among the knights of the North. As he passed, blood flowers bloomed in the array of northern cavalry.
Needless to say, this person is naturally 'fearless Barristan', the strongest knight in Westeros, Han Xing watched him fight, and even had a pleasing feeling, obviously he was slaughtering his own companions, but his every movement was smooth, like a master of calligraphy and painting painting painting a masterpiece, so that Han Xing couldn't hate him at all, more appreciation.
The difference is that he uses the battlefield as a picture scroll and the sword as a paintbrush, and every movement is so poetic and clean, and he can turn combat and killing into such an artistic thing, which is really a very unbelievable thing.
His battle is like a live combat teaching, even Han Xing is now considered to be a long-time battle, but seeing this "white knight"'s every move, he still feels that he has benefited a lot.
"It's really worthy of 'Westeros Zhao Zilong'!" Han Xing sighed in his heart. Sir Barristan Selmy has always been a symbol of chivalry in Han Xing's eyes, brave, fearless, loyal, upright, and full of honor, and he is also the most perfect character in Game of Thrones, as if he is the embodiment of chivalry (shēn).
"Damn, he's coming at me! Oh my god! Suddenly, Han Xing found that Barristan Semi was actually coming towards him, and he was almost frightened. It's one thing to admire, it's another thing to become a ghost under his sword!
"Fearless Barristan" was indeed invincible, but the royal knights on his side (shēn) were not of his level, and soon became less and less, until in the end he was the only one left.
"Ser Selmy! Your allegiance to Prince Rhaegar is dead! Surrender! Shēn admonished. After all, Barristan is the number one master of the Seven Kingdoms, not to mention that there are not a few people who admire him.
Barristan just stubbornly shook his head, then raised his sword high in the air and made an offensive stance. It probably means: let the horses come!
Several of the Earls of the North and even the famous young knights tried to fight him, and their thoughts were actually very understandable: we have a group, and you only have one, what are you afraid of?
What's more, Barristan Semi is the number one master of Westeros who has been famous for a long time, if he can win him, not to mention that he can take his place, at least he will be famous all over the world! It's a shortcut to prestige!
However, it backfired, they were not Barristan's enemies at all, and at most they blocked for a while, and then Barristan found a flaw and beheaded under the horse, or was sent to the sky by him as a counter-attack.
Under the setting sun, a lone blood-stained white-robed knight indifferently faced the enemy who was surging like a tide, and he was not afraid! One man and one rider against thousands of people, what a heroism!
He fought his way into the crowd of enemies, screaming and falling from his horse, but his momentum continued unabated. He left a fearless legend with his fragile life and weak **. Because he is "fearless Barristan"!
But he was eventually drowned in a flood of enemies, with only his horses fiddling with his corpse, trying to wake up his master. His loyalty and bravery will always be remembered, and his deeds will be sung in poetry, and even the enemy who dealt him the fatal blow will be filled with tears and grief over his loss.
He's a true legend!
The Battle of the Trident River came to an end, but it left a new legend in the mouths of the people, who said that the spirits of the dead would float along the river to the sea and reunite in the Crystal Hall of the Sea God.