Chapter 40: The Battle of Riverrun (Part II)
The heavy sword swung and the head flew.
Jones no longer knew how many people he had killed, and the blood stained the black horse and black armor all blood-red, and the world in front of him seemed to have turned red.
He had cleared a small clearing around him, which was nothing short of a miracle in a crowded battlefield.
Jones drove the black horse up a hill of corpses to the highest point of the battlefield.
Everywhere you look, there are hellish scenes, and the voices you hear are demonic wails.
Jones stood alone at the top of the battlefield, which should have been the most hateful position, but the commander who had been shouting just now was directly split in half by him because he was too far forward, and there was no organized siege on him again.
He also had time to carefully observe the current situation on the battlefield.
Even though there were a few thousand ordinary infantry in the middle, Jones saw that the shield soldiers and spearmen were in a circle, and the circle was shrinking, and the people in the circle were none other than the soldiers of the Riverlands.
"Everyone, assemble, break through!"
Jones shouted loudly, hoarse.
"Yes!"
The cavalry looked at the 'bloody' knight who was high above and replied passionately.
Even the Earl of Berry, who had just joined, was impressed by Jones's combat power.
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Jaime had also seen the situation on the battlefield in the rear, and he had to see more clearly from the outside, the 1,000 shield men and 1,000 spearmen sent to the rear had been killed and scattered, and the ordinary infantry in the middle had also fallen.
The shieldmen and spearmen in formation are extremely powerful, but once they are scattered, their power will drop in a straight line.
The enemy's cavalry should be able to move at about five hundred now, and the combat power of this northern cavalry is terrifying, Jaime thought to himself.
"Archers shoot to attack the battlefield ahead, and strong crossbowmen block the cavalry behind!"
Jaime also drove his horse to stand on a pile of corpses, shouting loudly.
After a while, nearly a thousand soldiers, covered in blood, withdrew from the battle, and then they put away their swords and took out their longbows and crossbows from their backs.
As a result, the killing became more rapid.
Every rain of arrows fell, it took the lives of many of the soldiers of the Riverlands, and the high wall of shield soldiers shrank faster.
The bald Earl of Brecon didn't know how many guards had fallen around him, even his nephew Hendry Brecon had just been pierced.
He didn't even know if Amud was dead now, spears and bows and arrows, wave after wave, kept harvesting, and everyone was too busy to take care of themselves.
He regretted it, regretted why he had opposed Earl Blackwood before.
If he was given another chance, he would definitely be on Blackwood's side, and if he could survive this time, he would never trouble Blackwood again in the future.
However, the tall shield wall was like a black prison, tightly trapping everyone, and with every step the shield soldier took forward, the people of the Riverland were one step closer to the seven layers of hell.
The shields of the shields of the Western Frontier have been dyed blood-red, and I don't know how many people who want to break through there have been stabbed to death.
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The Earl of Hook-nosed Blackwood already hated Bracken to death, and he didn't know how many times he had scolded the bald man to death, maybe this would make him not give up.
When Amud Tully was about to go out of the city for a decisive battle, he was adamantly opposed.
It's a pity that in the end he still can't resist the determined Amud and the Earls of the Riverlands, but the one he hates the most is Brecken, that guy is not unaware of the danger of this trip, but in order to oppose himself, he even wants to be reasonable.
Idiots, all idiots, Brecken is, Piper is, so is Amoud.
Who's going to get me out of these idiots!
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Looking at the soldiers who fell one after another, Amud's heart was dripping with blood, and he couldn't understand why his justice had not been able to overcome the evil of the kingkiller.
He bravely rushed out to fight the demon who slaughtered the old and the young, he was a knight of justice, he was a true lord, why, why didn't the Seven gods bless me.
Heavenly Father, Virgin, warrior, maiden, blacksmith, old woman, stranger, seven gods!
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Jones had given up killing for the sake of killing, and was simply breaking through to the front.
It wasn't too difficult for the cavalry led by him to carve out a passage among these ordinary infantry, but the arrows from the crossbows on the side were a little overwhelming.
In the short distance, the war horse did not know how many were knocked down by the strong crossbow.
However, after the crossbow, Jones finally saw the light of hope.
The shield wall was not far from him, and when he opened a hole in the back of the shieldman, the riverland soldiers inside could rush out.
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"Staggered, reversed!" shouted Jaime as he stood on top of the pile of corpses.
There was a rapid change of formation, and the circle that had been narrowed a lot instantly turned into four rings.
Two rows of shieldmen stood on the outermost level, but facing in different directions, one facing the inward Hemmadi soldiers, the other facing outwards to defend against oncoming cavalry attacks, and each row of shields was followed by a row of spearmen.
For the first time, Jones's face showed a look of despair when he saw such a scene.
How difficult it is to break through this kind of shield wall, he has just tried, when the impact is hit, the horse will be pierced through if he is not careful, and the spear attack will follow after the cavalry falls off the horse.
In such a short period of time, the vast majority of them can't react, and they will be pierced, and this is a complete death trap.
To make matters worse, there were even more shields than there had just been, and the outermost spear tip had stretched out, densely packed like a giant iron hedgehog.
Jones looked at the remaining cavalry of less than 400 on his side, and then looked at the shield soldiers and spearmen who were overwhelmed by the black, and shouted helplessly, "Retreat, retreat!"
After saying that, the entire cavalry team turned a corner and quickly broke through to the periphery of the battlefield.
Without the shield and cavalry, it was still very difficult for the ordinary infantry around to stop the cavalry who were bent on breaking through, and after a while, Jones had already led everyone to the edge of the battlefield.
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"Drop the drawbridge, put it down!" Jones shouted.
The guards left behind in Riverrun City knew Jones, and immediately rushed to execute it, his position was not high, and he did not realize the danger of doing so.
Fortunately, if you encounter a 'foresight' defender, Jones's group may be abandoned by the people in the city and blocked by the enemy by the river for the sake of the overall situation.
Hearing the sound of heavy chains dragging and seeing the slowly lowered drawbridge, Jones was also relieved.
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"Stop them, block the bridge!" Jaime didn't expect the cavalry to be so decisive, and gave up trying to rescue.
Massive infantry and crossbowmen began to rush to the edge of the river, and Jones waited anxiously for the drawbridge to be lowered as he swung his heavy sword at the onrushing enemy.
The wails continued to sound, and soon the corpse that he had cut in half was piled up again.
Seeing such a scene, the infantry in the western realm couldn't help but bypass the blood-red knight in front of them, this person was so terrifying, as if he had never known tiredness.
"Retreat!" Jones shouted loudly when he saw that the drawbridge had been lowered.
"Boom" "Boom", the heavy pace of the horses' hooves was about to break the bridge, and the cavalry was followed by the running infantry and crossbowmen.
As soon as the cavalry crossed the bridge, Jones shouted loudly at the wall, "Pull up the drawbridge!"
In fact, there was no need for him to shout, the city guards were already impatient, and the pursuers from the west had just poured in from the drawbridge like a tide, but he was not clear, and now there were no guards in the city.
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"Kill!"
After Jones finished giving the order, he turned his horse and shouted loudly, and led the cavalry to charge towards the thousands of infantry who had just chased.
Unlike the quagmire of death on the battlefield of 10,000 people, hundreds of heavy cavalry against thousands of ordinary light infantry, everyone is already too relaxed.
The thousands of infantry who were chasing after were killed by the heavy cavalry in a short time, and the number was sharply reduced.
The bald Percy's long hammer has been smashed and deformed, but this has not affected him to continue to smash, often with a hammer, the enemy's helmet and head will be smashed and deformed.
Seeing that Timei, Percy, Carter, and Rona were still alive and well, Jones was also relieved, these people had called him 'Boss' for so long, and he had gone beyond the simple relationship between subordinates and subordinates to become his most reliable partner and most loyal supporter.
It's a pity that the lieutenants have broken a lot, and only the 'tall' Ike has been following here with his superb riding skills, and he is also one of the few recruits who survived here.
Of course, after this battle that crawled out of the pile of dead, the recruits also became veterans.