Chapter 263: Battlefield Mist
As soon as I arrived at the small island between the rivers, before I reached the front line of the battlefield, I had already heard the sound of fierce fighting, the neighing of war horses, and the screams of people constantly echoing in the battlefield ahead, the fire was blazing, I don't know if it was igniting something like fire oil, even on a rainy night, the fire light almost illuminated half of the sky on the other side of the river.
Lynn crossed the small trebuchet positions and ballista positions on the side of the guards, and after wading through the water, she found that there were already reserve soldiers on the waterway between the island and the rocky beach of the Red Fort, and began to build an improvised bridge with the rough logs cut down.
Entering the rocky beach of the Red Fort, the top floor of the dilapidated inn in the middle of the beach constantly resounded with the tense sound of cowhide bands of bows and arrows.
A magnificent picture of war appeared in front of Lynn.
You don't have to see it very clearly.
Through the flickering fire in the dark, it can already be determined that the two armies have been fighting on the opposite bank, and the Lannister soldiers in bright red robes are on the flaming city wall, holding the defensive line, and the Gripen Legion, which is wearing hard-fitting armor, is attacking the castle with shields and spears more than a foot long under the cover of the distant troops in the rear.
The rocky beach of the Red Fort is only about 300 meters away from the forward position, and it is already beginning to be concentrated by the stray arrows flying from the night sky.
Jingling!
A crisp sound struck the iron oak shield in the hands of a Guards soldier in front of Lynn, and the hairs of the cow exploded, and he rushed to Lynn's side from the side, who was staring at the battle on the other side.
"My lord, it's too dangerous here, retreat to the inn, where you can construct a simple observation fortification. ”
Lynn was attracted by the fierce battle, and was slightly stunned when he heard this, and immediately realized Han Niu's concerns.
He took one last look at the other side and saw that two of the enemy's riverside towers had hoisted the Gripen banner and pulled out two nails on the riverside. The main force of the follow-up raid is speeding up towards the eastern walls of Harroway.
"I'll give you time for a glass of wine, and I'll set up an observation tower and have the herald come and stand by my side. ”
Lynn slowly walked towards the inn gate on the right, and gave orders to Han Niu and the Guards soldiers.
"Yes, sir. Han Niu agreed loudly, he shouted and waved his hand to command, "A small team will personally protect the lord, the second and third teams will immediately go to build the balcony on the second floor of the hotel to build an observation fortification, and the fourth squad will send people to the vanguard army to cross the river to find a few heralds for the lord." ”
The observation point, which had been fenced off with old door panels and shields, was quickly deployed, and Lynn couldn't wait to get to the balcony of the inn.
The enemy Crossing River garrison is a descendant of the Lannisters, and this Tywin's cronies are indeed not comparable to the rabble that Lynn had encountered in the Riverlands before.
On a green wave and a brown double-headed horse, more than 300 cavalry were rushing out of the gate on the right side of the town that suddenly opened, frantically advancing towards the vanguard of the Gripen Legion.
Lynn squinted and looked at it for a long time, making sure that this should be the flag of the Lut family, but this family was not a vassal of the Charlton family, and was it cleared by the Lannisters at the beginning of the War of the Five Kings?
In the army of the Lannisters, how did the banner of the Lut family emerge again, these three hundred cavalry are a lot of wealth for this small town, and the people who led the troops actually made such a big blood in order to work for the Lannisters.
But why do they think they can break through the spear-lined Gripen Legion?
The thin monkey who had been following Lynn closely, as the first sentinel to come to the Riverlands, replied to the information he knew one by one, "My lord, this town, although it is called the town of the Earl of Harrowe, has always been the territory of the Lut family, who are loyal to the Tully family.
The cavalry was supposed to be led by Lucas Root, the only knight left in the Root.
Lucas Rout was captured by the Lannisters at the beginning of the War of the Five Kings, and the Lannisters conquered the town and captured Harrenhal, which was controlled by the Blood Troupe, and finally Lucas and the members of the Bloody Troupe surrendered to the Magic Mountain. It seems that the warrior group under the Magic Mountain has also been sent to the town, otherwise as a former nobleman of the town, he should not be arranged to run the army in the old territory. ”
Lynn frowned and nodded, I didn't expect that the warrior group had already arrived in the town to support the river garrison, I don't know how many people from the Magic Mountain Army in Harrenhal were sent here, if the enemy is too numerous, it is estimated that it will not be easy to take this battle.
Lynn had heard of the Warriors' Blood Troupe, but had never seen how these outlaws fought.
His curious gaze gathered on the battlefield again.
The Gripen Legion at the crossing had noticed the cavalry rushing out of the town gate on the right, and the pikemen were rapidly maneuvering towards the right side of the formation.
As one of the few pikemen left in the mixed Tiger Regiment, these soldiers were used against the cavalry.
Of course, in addition to the pikemen, Lynn also found that the Knights of the Gripon and the two teams of the Heavy Cavalry Regiment who were leading the horses across the river were also anxiously wearing armor at the moment.
Only then did Lynn react and understand the enemy's cavalry attack.
With the advantage of crossbow bolt trebuchet firepower, the infantry of the Gripen Legion was already in a difficult situation on the battlefield, and the situation was evenly matched.
Once the Gripen's cavalry was also armoured, they began to patrol around the town and cooperate with the infantry harassment.
Then the Lannisters in the town of Earl Harroway are likely to be completely reduced to turtles in the urn.
Once the Gripen cavalry has an absolute advantage, and the infantry can effectively suppress the defense of the enemy town, even if the commander Duncan in front stops the onslaught, and the town is surrounded without fighting, it is not something that these river garrisons cannot accept.
Because the cavalry of the Gripen Legion was so powerful, after crossing the river, it was completely possible to intercept any baggage and army that tried to support it on the vast plains between the rivers south of the Trident River.
Duncan allowed the cavalry to cross the river in order to cut off the enemy town from the outside world, so that they could not care for each other.
And the Lannister commander in the town probably saw this, so he planned to fight for his life?
If that's the case......
Thinking so, Lynn's gaze at the battlefield in front of him shrank slightly, and muttered: "Then this cavalry is just a disguise, in order to attract the spears of our defensive cavalry to the right side of the position, and their main cavalry ...... Maybe ...... on the left"
Lynn's voice didn't fall. I saw that the gate on the left side of the town of Earl Harroway was wide open, and a group of hundreds of cavalry waving flags came out from the open gate.
Lynn squinted and waited for a while, and roughly estimated the number of this cavalry, which was still about three hundred horsemen.
"It's not the main cavalry, it's a false move? Could it be that they want to ......?"
Lynn's heart sank, and she only felt her throat tighten a little.