Chapter 0600 Soldiers Coming to the City
Seagull Town has three major families.
A branch of the Lords of the Graftsons, the Great Nobles Shet, and the Arryn Lords of the Vale.
On the armor of the commander-in-chief of the navy, a yellow incendiary tower is carved. This incendiary tower is located in the middle of a black inverted triangle, which in turn sits on a bright red pointed shield.
The base of the red-pointed shield, the black inverted triangle, and the yellow incendiary tower are the brightly colored emblems of the Graftson family. The loose-skinned naval commander was named Buck Grafson, the cousin of Lord Count Geralt Cloughson.
While all the ships and other ships were desperately retreating, Commander Barker's ships immediately sensed something was wrong in their advance, and the battleship quickly slowed down and stopped, and then the drumbeat of the attack on the battleship turned into a retreating drumbeat.
Seeing that the situation is not right, retreat quickly, and Commander Buck Cloughson makes a decision immediately!
On the walls of Seagull Town, the shouts of the heralds came and went, and the air in the whole town became tense.
Magic Mountain stood on the flagship of the Dragonstone Island, his flagship was the first, and the frigates and other warships were lined up, and there were a total of twenty battleships in the first row, occupying a large area of the sea, and it was mighty.
There are five more battleships in the back!
This is the first time in nearly two decades that so many naval warships have appeared in the waters of Seagull Town.
The huge clouds of war finally came to the valley port city that had been peaceful and stable for 18 years: Seagull Town.
Looking at the sea from the city wall of Seagull Town, I saw that the sea was full of warships, more than 100 warships were tall and majestic, and many warships were two-story or three-story ships, which together looked majestic and unmatched.
More than 100 warships, more than 100 big drums sounded, the war drums thundered, and the roaring drums beat on the hearts of every Seagull Town people.
The thunderous drums of war silenced the hustle and bustle of the sea!
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"I want all the people and the ship. Magic Mountain said to Captain Erin beside him.
"Yes, Lord Duke!"
Captain Erin immediately told the herald not to kill those who could be caught, not to burn the ships that could be used, and that the adults had orders, and that we wanted both men and ships.
Ships can be converted from combat ships or logistical transportation, and people can be escorted back to the western frontier as civilians. In the three years of war, too many people died in the west, and a lot of land was abandoned on the plains under the gold mining mountains.
People and ships are resources!
Boom Boom! Boom Boom!
To the rhythmic and murderous beat of drums, the Dragonstone entered the harbor and caught up with a crooked merchant ship that had been wrecked in the runaway.
The Dragonstone Island was attached, and the merchant ship immediately lowered its sails and stopped the ship, no longer making a final struggle. The captain led the crew and several mercenaries with swords to kneel on the deck, not daring to resist in the slightest.
With a wave of his hand, the squire Comm Warner led a twelve-man squad of the Warner tribe to jump onto the merchant ship and take over control of the ship. The captain and crew, several mercenaries, sailors, all became prisoners.
There are a lot of supplies on the big ships, and this is the benefit of waging war. These benefits belong to the Magic Mountain and belong to the winner.
Many merchant ships were larger, larger than warships, and had higher towers, which allowed them to carry more cargo and more guests, allowing the shipowner and captain to make as much money as possible.
The Clegane battleships entered the harbor one after another, and the soldiers jumped on other ships, captives and what was on board.
Those who didn't have time to go ashore were taken prisoner, and the supplies available on the ship were taken by the soldiers of the Magic Mountain.
Crying and screaming began to sound!
The cruel and merciless side of war begins to show its hideous face!
Click, click, click!
The seaside gates of Seagull Town slowly closed, and some of the fleeing people ran desperately with their belongings not far outside the gates, and the last group of naval soldiers rushed to the city gates, and they had to enter the city before the heavy and huge oak gates closed.
On the city walls, the archers were all in place, a total of three hundred bows and arrows, and at the feet of the archers, braziers were lit, and oilcloths were tied with arrows. As soon as the arrow reaches into the brazier, the arrow becomes a rocket.
Rocket attack on naval warships is the right military strategy, but at a distance, the fishing boats of Seagull Town are moored on the shore, trading ships from all over the world, including locals of the Seven Kingdoms, and one of the few twenty warships in Seagull Town.
If you attack with rockets, the first to ignite is your own ship. And at a greater distance, most rockets do not reach the sea.
Shoot enemies with rockets, which is also a good defensive action!
As if in the blink of an eye, all the battleships of the Magic Mountain entered the port, and the front row of twenty battleships docked one after another. On the bow deck, the black-pressed soldiers were crowded, and the shouts reached the city walls.
"Ready!"
On the city wall, Lord Count Geralt Grafson, Lord of Seagull Town, personally waved his sword and gave the order.
So three hundred arrows went into the brazier, lit the tarpaulin, and then together they drew their bowstrings and pointed their arrows into the sky, waiting for the arrival of the first enemy to jump off the ship and attack.
Suddenly, a voice rang out, like a huge thunder in the middle of a thick cloud, and the next second it would explode into a shocking thunderbolt.
"Lord Count Geralt, I am the Magic Mountain, open the city gate, and I will repay the 100,000 gold dragons and grain I borrowed last year. ”
Count Geralt's longsword held high in the air.
What is the Magic Mountain shouting?
Did he hear him right?
Magic Mountain came with a large number of warships to repay the golden dragon and grain borrowed last year?
How is this possible?
It's better to lie to a child than to say that!
The words of the Demon Mountain made Lord Count Gero look suspicious! Why would the Demon Mountain say such a powerful military statement, and was he deliberately playing tricks on people? In his opinion, Seagull Town was vulnerable?
The soldiers on the walls were all afraid of changing color, and the people inside the walls were equally afraid.
A man's voice was as powerful as thunder, and it thundered and terrified their hearts.
"Count Geralt, I'm here to make friends sincerely. The voice of the Magic Mountain drowned out the sound of the wind and waves in the harbor.
The warships behind also found a place to stop or dock, and the flagship of the Dragonstone Island also found a place to dock.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, the former Royal Sea Minister Wagner Garr's King, was the first to lead the navy soldiers ashore, and under the command of Wagner Garr, the wide bridge was quickly erected, which is the basic quality of well-trained naval soldiers.
Groups of cavalrymen rode their horses through the sound of hooves on several wide bridges, and the eyes of the soldiers on the city wall straightened.
The speed of the naval soldiers in the Magic Mountain, the neatness of the construction of the bridge, and the cavalry crossing the bridge and going ashore as if they were walking on the ground, everything was swift and orderly, and there was no chaos at all. It has a fierce and neat aesthetic.
"Magic Mountain, you are here with tens of thousands of troops, are you going to use your sword to make friends with me?" shouted Count Geralt Grafson.
He ordered the enemy to draw his bow against the enemy before he reached the city wall, and it was evident that he was in a state of confusion and could not calm down, because the time to draw the bow was too early! unless he wanted to set the ship in the harbor on fire with a rocket. However, the battleships of the Magic Mountain can easily retreat, and it will take a long time for the ships in the harbor to burn and attack the battleships of the Magic Mountain.
For that reason, Count Geralt is not a difficult person to deal with!
Once, eighteen years ago, Robert raised the anti-flag with Ed and Duke Arryn, and instead of answering the lord's call, the Graafson family chose to side with the royalist army and fought against the combined forces of Robert, Eddard, and Arryn, only to be opened by Robert's warhammer and killed Lord Grafson, the father of the current Earl of Geralt.
This family, rich for generations, enjoys the huge benefits brought by the port city of Seagulltown, but this guy's vision and talent have never worked, if it weren't for the mercy of old Erin, Robert would have killed everyone in the Graafson family eighteen years ago.
This is a family with many mediocre talents but a good fate. Crossing the Magic Mountain knows this, and also understands that Geralt Graffson is not a general, nor is he a politician with brains. This is a mediocre talent, but his family has always owned the fourth-ranked big city in the Seven Kingdoms: Seagull Town!
"Lord Earl, I have come to attack Seagull Town on the orders of Prime Minister Metz and Tomman I, but Seagull Town borrowed money and food to help me and my warriors last year, so I hope we can sit down and talk, rather than meet each other. Lord Earl, you have less than 2,000 men to defend the city, can you hold back my army of 10,000?"
"We have two thousand troops. "Count Geralt is obviously lacking in confidence. His guts are also limited, belonging to an inflated balloon.
"My lord, 20,000 troops can't stop my siege. The Demon Mountain turned over on the Red Smoke Beast, and with a light touch of its legs, the Red Smoke Beast stepped on the bridge.
For more than half a year, Wagner Gal has not trained Royal Navy fighters in vain. The 3,000 soldiers who followed Wagner to leave the Royal Navy were mostly from the Crab Claw Peninsula, and these 3,000 soldiers were all elite. Many people have been proficient in water since childhood, and are the children of fishermen on the Crab Claw Peninsula.
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More than 100 warships were all in place, and more than 10,000 soldiers went ashore one after another: cavalry, pikemen, archers, and sword and shield men were arrayed on the port wharf, neatly and solemnly without noise. The strength of the troops, the vertical and horizontal arrays, and the neat and tidy small phalanxes made the generals and soldiers on the city walls demoralized and demoralized.
The name of the Magic Mountain alone made everyone in Seagull Town fearful, and no generals and soldiers were willing to fight the Magic Mountain.
This fear of war began when the Mountain intercepted and killed Randolph Tully outside King's Landing.
After the Magic Mountain killed General Randolph Tully, his military prestige reached unprecedented heights. The generals and soldiers of the legions everywhere were full of awe, respect and fear when they mentioned the name of the Magic Mountain, but he himself did not have a deep understanding of this glory.
Randolph Tully, a recognized general of the Seven Kingdoms, was the only famous general who defeated the combined forces of Robert, Eddard and Arryn eighteen years ago.
Last time, Magic Mountain took 100,000 gold dragons and 500 carts of grain from Seagull Town, and the residual power of the Klegane people has not completely dissipated, and this time it is several times that of the last legion, and it is still Magic Mountain himself who leads the team.
The Royal Navy fleet, at its peak, did not have a hundred warships, but the naval fleet of Magic Mountain exceeded a hundred warships, and all kinds of troops were complete.
The soldiers on the city wall saw the battleships come to shore or anchor and stop, and the bridges between the ships were also built, and then they saw siege engines and siege ladders appear one by one.
This aggravated the fear of war among the soldiers, including Count Geralt!
The Magic Mountain is prepared, and they are in a hurry to meet it!
Many people are not psychologically prepared at all, which is the sequelae of eighteen years of comfortable life!
Too comfortable, the soldiers will forget about the mission of the war.
The purpose of the naval commander's patrol at sea is not to reconnoiter the enemy, but to enjoy fishing. When you return to the port, you can have a mouthful of delicious fish soup with sweet wine.
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A few shouts of peace talks from the Magic Mountain caused Count Geralt's archers to drop their bows and arrows, which gave the Clegan soldiers a more calm way to go ashore and set up their formations, so as not to cause trouble and confusion due to the rocket attack.
Wearing plate armor, Moshan rode the Red Smoke Beast to the city gate, followed by his dead soldier regiment, then cavalry, and various infantry units also advanced, and came to the city wall to surround the Linhai Gate, the siege vehicle was also pushed to the front, and the siege ladder was erected one after another, ready to attack the city.
"Demon Mountain, did you come to Seagull Town this time to kill us all, or did you want to extort our golden dragons and food again?" Count Geralt had to shout.
He doesn't want to go to war!
Demon Mountain's call for peace gave him another chance to turn around, and at the same time, he also needed time for Raven to fly to Eagle's Nest City with the letter to ask for help.
"Count Geralt, please call me Lord Military, I am the Minister of War of the Seven Kingdoms, and I have the right to order you to open the gates of the city and let my army enter Seagull Town peacefully. "Magic Mountain is also a set of reasoning.
"Lord Soldier, I cannot open the gates of the city for you to enter without the orders of Lady Rysa Tully. ”
"Then send a raven to Lady Lysa Tully, I have the patience to wait for half a day. I ask your Excellency to convey my words to Lady Rysa Tully, that if she refuses to submit to King Tommen, I will be compelled by the Prime Minister and the King to slaughter Seagull Town, break the Blood Gate, sweep the valleys, set fire to the forests of the Giant's Spear, and turn the Eagle's Nest on the top of the Giant's Spear Mountain into a city of smoke and fire. ”
The Magic Mountain besieged the city without attacking, and gave Count Geralt half a day to release the ravens to the Eagle's Nest City?
Is this true?
It's true!
Count Geralt breathed a sigh of relief along with his soldiers, perhaps, Lord Magic Mountain did have peace and sincerity, otherwise, he would have directly ordered the siege of the city.
Count Geralt Graffson and the generals beside him looked at each other in disbelief, "My lord, I will convey your words to Lady Lysa Tully at once. ”
"Very well, in half a day, I will not order the siege. Lord Earl, the soldiers of Seagull Town, the Magic Mountain is here to negotiate peace, and it is not the intention of the Magic Mountain to start a war. As soon as Lady Ryza Tully declares her submission to the Iron Throne, the war in Seagull Town will be gone. ”
"Thank you, Lord Military!" Geralt Graffson's tone was much lighter, "Someone, open the side door, and give Lord Magic Mountain and his soldiers three hundred jars of wine." “
"Yes, my lord," agreed the Count Geralt's officers in unison.
Of course, whether it is war or peace, Magic Mountain has its own goals to achieve this time!
The Magic Mountain hopes to win without a fight!
The upper army is scheming, the second is the enemy, the second is the army, and the next is the siege.
The Magic Mountain of Ice and Fire
The Magic Mountain of Ice and Fire