Chapter 131: The War Begins, the War Ends
Chapter 131
In Sasan's bedroom, Sassanid sat quietly on the edge of the bed, but Rams didn't show up tonight. Sassanid sat quietly for a long time, then stood up and walked to the large closet, knocking three times.
Soon after, in the camp outside Winterfell, Xu Qing received a flying raven. She opened the note and read it, then turned back to Daves, who was beside her.
"Prepare for the possibility of someone attacking the camp tonight."
"Understood, ma'am." Although Dave called her a lady, he essentially treated her like an adult. He saw with his own eyes that Celine quickly grew into a qualified leader under the guidance of the other party.
Although the originally innocent and kind little girl became a little ruthless. But Daves was even more pleased. Born as a smuggler, he knows it deeply. In this world, a good man cannot be a lord. Good people can't survive this winter.
Rams was full of confidence, and the opposing army's army traveled a long way. Just set up camp, must be in the most tired time. At this time, he suddenly attacked at night and burned the opponent's grain and grass, and he would definitely be able to force the opponent's army back.
The ideal is plump, and there is nothing wrong with the tactics. But Rams as a supporting character who has lived for five seasons. It's a bit too much. By the time he easily dived into the depths of the camp, he himself had sensed something was wrong. But by this time it was too late to leave. Countless bows and arrows were shot from all directions, and in just a few breaths, he was the only one standing in the entire field.
Winterfell, in Sasanian's bedroom.
"Are you going to kill him?"
"Of course not, Rams would be a gift. A gift from us. Listening to Liu Qing's words, a glimmer of light appeared in Sasan's eyes, but then disappeared again. The cruel experience of the past few years has made her begin to know how to hide her emotions at all times.
"Whose kind of people are you, I don't believe it's Stannis Baratheon's. There's not much respect in your tone for him. Sassanid was still trying to figure out which side of Liu Qing was from.
"Don't bother with it. We are not people on either side. To put it simply, we are on the side of humanity as a whole. These frivolous conspiracies, betrayals, civil wars, mean nothing to us except to waste human resources. If possible, we want to be able to save the lives of every human soldier. Unfortunately, this is not realistic. There are always some people who are not worth our effort. So, we need to use some more direct means. ”
"The Boltons are the victors, but you don't seem to be on their side. It doesn't seem to fit the story you're telling. ”
"As I said, not all of them deserve our help. The Bolton family, as traitors, inherently lost the possibility of our assistance. Although Luce Bolton is far superior to you at the moment. But this person's mind is too complicated. It is impossible for this kind of person to fight for the sake of human civilization.
In our observation, there are only two families that are more capable of leading mankind to this kind of winter. One is your Stark family. The other is the Targaryens. That is, the heir of the Targaryens, Daenerys, who is far away. Targaryen. ”
"Targaryen?" Sassanid never dreamed that she would hear the name.
"You support them?" It was not for Sasanid not to be nervous. You must know that at that time, the Stark family was definitely on his side. In a sense, the Starks and Targaryen are feuding.
"I told you, we don't care about the bullshit feud between you. What we want is for all human beings to unite against the Strangers. Daenerys won't be able to get over anytime soon, so you just need to focus on your own business. When she crosses the ocean and returns to this continent, I hope you will join forces to fight the Strangers.
The girl of the Targaryen family is considered the child of destiny in this era. She awakens the dragon's resurrection. And in the next war, the dragon will be an indispensable force. The only thing to be thankful for is that in terms of character. That girl was much better than most of the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms. At least in the face of righteousness, she can still maintain her sanity. So, of course, she's on our radar.
But you don't need to worry too much about these things. If we can defeat the Wraiths, then the problem is simple. We will depart and leave this world to you. Then you can continue your infighting. When the time comes, you'll be the only one left fighting each other, and you'll no longer be on our radar. Sassanid Stark, are you ready? The first test of winter is coming to you. ”
"What do you want me to do?" Sassanid looked nervous. When she knew she wasn't the only candidate, she was able to show that emotion.
"Relax a little. Celine's army has arrived. The city is about to come back to you. So, all you have to do is get ready to take in the city. ”
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Luce Burton was in a bad mood. He only learned the news early this morning. Last night, Rams attacked the camp with his own people, but none of them returned. The results speak for themselves.
In all fairness, Luce Bolton still valued the illegitimate child. Ruthless and decisive, it is not impossible to take over the Bolton family after a few years of training. This is also the reason why Luce Bolton did not pursue Rams for killing his children and wife. He is a pure familialist, and as long as he can keep the family going, he will tolerate anything. Anyway, it's just a farmer, and it will take a long time for the child to grow up. And if he kills Rams at this time, if he can't give birth to a child again, then the Bolton family will be cut off from his hands. However, I didn't expect to do it myself. This stupid boy sent his head away.
But now, his last child is gone. If he can't give birth to another child in his lifetime. That means that the Bolton family is going to be cut off. Of course, the most important thing is not this, Celine Baratheon's army outside Winterfell is the top priority.
"How many of them are there?" Burton asked the guards beside him.
"My lord, there are about 20,000 people."
20,000 people, which is not good news for Burton. Originally, I thought that Stannis had suffered heavy losses in King's Landing, and there should not be many people left. But I didn't expect that the other side's troops were far beyond imagination. At least in terms of troops, the other side even surpassed the Bolton family.
Yes, although the Boltons took Winterfell. But they're not Stark's first-line family after all. The Bolton family was dominated by cavalry. There were only about two thousand cavalry, plus three thousand infantry in a patchwork manner. A direct army of five thousand people in total. After the defeat of Winterfell, there were several families who pledged allegiance, but the total was just over 10,000.
Again, as a traitor, although he sat in the position of the city lord. But most of the nobles in the north were still waiting. He couldn't go to the door one by one and force them to be loyal. If you can't fight the second one, the entire northern border will have to unite to overthrow it.
"Pass the order down, and stick to it. They don't have enough siege equipment to get in. "Luce Bolton can only give such an order. All he had to do now was urgently contact the nobles of the North. Hopefully, an agreement will be reached with them. As long as he can gather more than 5,000 troops outside of Winterfell, he will dare to open the door to meet the battle. When the time comes, under the internal and external attacks, Baratheon's army will definitely not be able to hold on.
In the barracks, Celine asked Xu Qing.
"When are we going to attack?" Daves, who was on the side, was immediately anxious when he heard this. He wasn't very good at leading troops, though. But the tall walls of Winterfell were there, and there wasn't enough siege equipment to even think about it.
"Now is not the time. We need to collect the surrounding wood and make engineering equipment. My lord, we'll have to wait a while. ”
At this time, Xu Qing on the side spoke.
"Didn't you notice? All knee-high trees along the way have been cut down. We don't have enough wood to make engineering equipment. ”
"Then wait a little longer. Otherwise, we would not have been able to climb the walls. ”
"Of course we can. Now let the soldiers rest. After lunch, we attacked. After the sun went down, Celine was able to sit in Winterfell and have dinner. ”
"You...... Did you arrange someone in Winterfell? How many of them are there, and how are they going to open the gates? Do we need to answer? ”
"No, just wait and see."
Near noon, the gates of Winterfell opened. A knight rode out. Straight to the barracks. He was ordered by Lusburton to reach a deal with Celine. Aristocrats, always want to be able to talk about conditions. However, what he didn't notice was that when the city gate opened, Liu Qing had already walked to the city wall with a bow on his back and a large bundle of arrows.
Some of the soldiers felt a little strange that they had never seen this female archer. But when they saw her following Sasan, they all turned their heads and stopped paying attention. Presumably the guards sent by the lord of the city to the Lady of Sasansan.
And at this time, Sassani was indeed trembling with nervousness. She said with some trembling.
"What the hell do you want to do? There were hundreds of people on the walls. Even if you kill the soldiers who raised and lowered the wall at this time, the city gate will automatically close, and you will not be able to defend the wall at all. ”
However, Liu Qing just glanced at her and did not speak. She had already noticed Luthburton not far away. She is the absolute protagonist of this siege war. One is to keep the gates closed, and the other is to kill Luthbolton.
Kill Luce Bolton, it's something you can do at any time. But if you kill Celine before her army arrives. It will only plunge Winterfell into civil strife. Sassanid though is a member of the Stark family. But the direct knights of the Bolton family are also bound to be in turmoil. In order to maintain a Winterfell City that was as complete as possible, Liu Qing needed to wait until the people outside the city were ready before he could do it. And now, it's time for her to wait.
Liu Qing walked up to a soldier with a spear in hand and reached out to take his spear. In the soldier's stunned eyes, she casually played twice, and then asked.
"Will this spear be able to bear the weight of the gates?"
"...... this is impossible, even with the help of a winch, but a spear will never be able to bear the weight of the city gate. The winch would break the spear under the weight of the city gate. ”
Surprisingly, the soldier answered this question very clearly. Looks like he's been studying this problem for a while.
Liu Qing glanced at the other party in some surprise, and then continued to ask.
"And how many times do you say it would take a spear to get stuck in the winch so that the gates can't be closed?"
"Uh...... At least six. The soldier replied subconsciously. But then he reacted.
"Who are you? What is this for? "The soldier was a little nervous, as if he was feeling something?
"It's okay, just ask. One, two, three, four...... Exactly six people. Let's test your idea. ”
As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly raised the spear in her hand and threw it. Tens of meters away, the spear pierced the body of one of the gate guards with precision, and then got stuck in the gate's winch.
"...... you......" The surrounding soldiers drew their swords one after another. But Liu Qing's movements were faster.
A short sword appeared in her hand at some point, and then her body popped out like an arrow from a string. Before the stagnation, the throats of the six most recent soldiers had all been slit. And by this time the spears in their hands had not yet been raised.
Liu Qing turned around and caught the spear in mid-air, and shot continuously. Six spears in a row completely stuck the entire winch in place. The gates could not be closed.
Luce Burton on the side noticed the commotion here. But before he could give any order, Liu Qing directly took out the Silver Moon Bow on his back, and aimed an arrow at Luce Burton, who was watching the battle in this direction.
The perfect shooter, plus the blessing of kinetic energy. Even the guards in front of him reacted and wanted to get in front of Bolton. But it didn't work. That ordinary arrow pierced through three people in an instant. Then he nailed Luce Bolton to the battlements behind him.
The scene changed from panic to extreme silence in an instant. After that, there was even the sound of several spears falling to the ground. It was caused by several soldiers not being able to hold the weapons in their hands.
By this time, Baratheon's army outside the city had already begun to charge. Some of the soldiers defending the city tried to close the city gates. But six spears, plus a corpse, stuck the winch. The point is that the other party just wanted to approach that side, and an arrow pierced his head.
At this time, Liu Qing was in full swing. directly picked up Van Helsing's demon hunting crossbow, which was a burst of shots. Each of the thirty rounds of silver swords accurately hit a soldier's vital point. Then it was the second round, the third round. In the age of such cold weapons, the repeating crossbow is combined with the ability of the perfect shooter. Liu Qing is the harvester of human life.
In just a dozen seconds, all the soldiers on the entire front wall were swept away. And by this time the follow-up soldiers had not even climbed the city walls.
Baratheon's army had approached the gates. The war is actually over.
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