Chapter 9: Water and Wildfire?
"Hmph, Kaivon, command the army and set up camp. Duke Tywin, who was watching the battle in the phalanx, snorted coldly, pulled the horse's head hard, and rode away.
Sir Kaivon shook his head helplessly, this siege is really a bit embarrassing, more than 600 soldiers were scared back by a few buckets, but if you think about it carefully, you can't blame them, only blame the wildfire is too famous, once you don't run, you will definitely lose a lot, but it's a pity that you are considerate, and you can't say anything.
Duke Tywin left, but Knight Lorent and 600 soldiers were still on the battlefield, and the soldiers of the three phalanxes looked at them speechlessly, believing that the name Knight Lorent would soon spread throughout the Seven Kingdoms, and if they were lucky, they might be able to spread to the other side of the Narrow Sea, although it was not the way Lorent hoped.
"What to do, sir," asked a soldier beside Lorent, a little bewildered, as the siege ladder was pulled up, and a large number of brothers not far away were ashamed to think that they were frightened by the water.
But no matter how ashamed this soldier is, he is not as much as one ten-thousandth of the knight of Lorent, how should he face Lord Tywin when he goes back, and the knight of Tebari who he mocked before the siege, he will definitely humiliate himself, the more Rorente thinks about it, the more ashamed he becomes, and he can't wait to turn around and fight with those Harrenhal guards, but the ladder has been taken away by those hateful Harrenhal guards, no matter how difficult it is to face it, he has to go back, Rorent's face turned red, and finally squeezed out a few words from between his teeth: "Let's go." ”
Speechless all the way, after Lorent brought the 600 soldiers back to the phalanx, he left the soldiers to apologize to Duke Tywin, and the 600 soldiers who stayed behind looked at each other, everyone retreated, how to get out, how to come back, completely, without any casualties, just a few soldiers were hit by the barrel and scratched, but this made these soldiers even more unable to raise their heads, and before they touched the shadow of the enemy, they were scared to the point of urine, and they would inevitably be ridiculed by their companions half to death after going back, and they couldn't talk back。
Suddenly, a soldier whispered, "It's not our fault, it's all the fault of Knight Laurent, he was frightened by those buckets and shouted to retreat, so we retreated according to his orders." ”
"Yes, it's all the fault of Knight Laurent. Almost all the defeated soldiers had a light in their eyes, and they all found an explanation in their hearts, and when others asked, they had to blame all the failures that made them unable to hold their heads up.
Twenty minutes ago, there was a loud and urgent horn, and most of the soldiers in the Lannister phalanx were still waiting, but some of the soldiers began to get busy, not like they were about to set up camp, but like they were preparing for battle.
This is to attack the city, what should I do, Ma Shen looked at the city like a maple forest in the autumn color, the fiery Lannister army, his mind was tumbling rapidly, he had to come up with a way to deal with the current situation.
The scarred man, who also noticed the Lannister army under the city, urged eagerly: "My lord, we must prepare some weapons to defend the city now, even if we find some roadside stones, it is better than nothing." ”
Ma Shen nodded, but did not reply positively to Scar Man's proposal, but turned to Jeffs, a veteran soldier who had been in a hundred battles, and asked, "What do you think?"
"Stones or anything are useless, you can't prepare much in a short time, but it will waste the already small amount of physical strength of these recruits. Jeffs first refuted Scar Man's suggestion, and then said his thoughts, "If the Lannister army comes on a hurried march, it will definitely not bring too many siege equipment, at most some siege ladders, we can go find some forks now, most people in Harrenhal have this kind of forks at home, it is better to be longer, you can knock down those miscellaneous ladders." “
As he spoke, Jeffs also gestured a few times towards the battlement, this is a hard battle, if the first wave of siege teams can't be quickly repulsed, the Lannister army behind will definitely be like wild dogs foraging, swarming, Jeffs sighed, "It would be nice if there were some wildfires." ”
"Where's the wildfire in Harrenhal!" said the scar man grumblingly, what is the use of just thinking about it, I still want to sleep with the queen.
"Wildfire?" Ma Shen chewed on the word, and suddenly something came to mind, "We may have some wildfires." ”
"Your Excellency has wildfire!" Scar Man and Jeffs looked at Ma Shen in surprise at the same time.
"Yes, there are wildfires. Ma Shen nodded affirmatively.
"Where did you put it, I'll go get it right away. The scar man immediately became excited, there is a wildfire, what are you afraid of, burn him.
If you have the energy, you can indeed get a little real wildfire, but unfortunately there is no if, Ma Shen ignored the scar man's expectant eyes, and said very simply: "When I rushed over just now, I saw a lot of wooden barrels not far away, and now all of you go with me to pour out all the things in it and fill them with water." ”
"Water?" Scar asked, confused.
"Water is fire oil" Ma Shen didn't have time to explain, so he called all the soldiers on the city wall and went down the city wall, anyway, it was useless for them to stay on the city wall now, leaving only the scar man muttering to himself on the city wall: "Water is fire oil, is it possible that the adult is still an alchemist, who can turn water into fire oil." ”
Time was of the essence, and the Lannisters were ready to attack the city, so Ma Shen led a large group of men and horses to rush down the city wall and quickly came to the flat ground where a large number of wooden barrels were placed.
"How... What's wrong?" The owner of the shop heard the movement outside, and hurriedly ran to the door, looked through the crack in the door, and suddenly found that those who had been forcibly pulled by the wolf slayer to serve as soldiers were carrying the barrels they had made and intended to sell for money with weapons, and carried them away directly.
"These @#¥" the man scolded in a low voice, but he didn't dare to go out to stop it, he only dared to secretly say in the house, what if he went out and was dragged to be a soldier, it wouldn't be a miserable death.
It was very efficient, and in just ten minutes, Ma Shen, who was angrily scolded by the shopkeeper, took everyone to find a water source and filled it with water, and then carried the barrel back to the city wall with a little command, and saw that the Lannister soldiers were ready to attack under the leadership of a young knight in gorgeous armor.
What happened next, was frightened by Ma Shen, and the Lannister's siege troops ran into the distance in embarrassment, leaving only nearly 20 siege ladders.
"Hurry up! hurry up and pull up the ladder!" Ma Shen commanded loudly on the city wall, they did not have many ladders, as long as they pulled these ladders up, they would not have to attack today.
Fortunately, Lao Tzu was smart, and the "wildfire" tactic was successful, otherwise after being hit by the Lannister's siege troops, his side would be scattered in an instant, including the scar man, Ma Shen dared to conclude that he must have run faster than anyone else.