Chapter 53: The Chase and the War (Part II)

Trident River, tributary of the Green Fork River.

The morning sun sprinkled on the surface of the river, as if draped it in a pale red veil.

Daisy led 3,000 northern soldiers down the river and quickly southward, toward Tywin's army.

After carefully observing the river and the opposite bank, her frowning brows eased and she breathed a sigh of relief, "The water here is very shallow, but there is no cover on the other side, and there are no soldiers from the western border hiding there." ”

The shield soldiers are most afraid of flank attacks, and now they just need to guard against a sneak attack on the hills on the left.

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Soon, Daisy saw a sizable army appear in front of her.

It is said to be a miscellaneous army, because not only did they not see the commander, but they were also very disorganized, with light cavalry wearing only leather armor, ordinary infantry with round shields and sharp knives, and even peasant-like soldiers riding plough horses and carrying scythes and rusty swords.

There is also a group of tribesmen who are not much different from weapons and savages, and they are dressed in different costumes.

Although she didn't know when the West was poorer than them in the North, Daisy still blew the horn of attack hard.

The shieldmen and spearmen shouted "Fight for Winterfell" and pushed forward, their neat steps shaking the earth and breaking the silence of the dawn.

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The sound of the trumpet sounded, briefly and quickly, making Tyrion sick to his stomach, and he struggled to push away the people of the Alpine clan who were blocking his view.

They were clash with their guns and swords, shouting, "Long live the half-man!"

"Tam the goods, you guys are blocking me, a half-human. Tyrion shouted.

But no one noticed him at all.

The Takayama clan rushed forward at the shouts of 'whoop', leaving the 'demihuman' they had shouted at last.

"Shoot the arrows!" the female commander on the other side shouted loudly, and the crisp voice resounded all around.

There was a sound of strings pulling and releasing them, and hundreds, thousands of branches, and arrows flew towards them like a black rainstorm.

Tyrion quickly raised his shield and blocked his entire body behind it, feeling the benefits of being a dwarf for the first time.

"Bang!" the arrow passed through his oak shield and stopped a finger in front of his eyebrows.

"Oops, I forgot to pee in the morning. At that moment, Tyrion felt his urine come out a little, and quickly stepped his head back a little.

Wails began to sound, and with just this wave of arrows, many of these Western Miscellaneous soldiers began to hesitate.

"That's not going to work. Tyrion thought to himself.

"Shoot the arrow, release the arrow. He urged loudly, and the archers hurriedly raised their longbows in response.

"Boom!" The arrows were almost all blocked by the tall shields of the opposing shield soldiers, and only a few missed.

"Charge me. Tyrion kicked his horse with his spurs and charged forward behind hundreds of hussars, the mercenary Bolon following him.

"It's painful to kill Xia Ga!" said Xia Ga, the leader of the Takayama clan and the son of Xia Ga, as he rode a thin plow horse, and roared as he rushed forward.

Although the two axes were whistling from his dance, an arrow slipped through and pierced his chest.

Before Tyrion could reach the shield wall of the northern soldiers, he heard the terrible neighing of his horses and the screams of men.

Spears drilled out of the gaps in the shields of the northern army, piercing the leather-clad light cavalry so well that they didn't even knock out a pair of shields.

When Tyrion saw this, he suddenly fell into an ice cave.

"It's over, it's really over this time. The little devil quickly tugged at the reins, and he suddenly felt that he should be a commander instead of a charging warrior.

Seeing the spear piercing through the body of a cavalryman from the Western Realm, several leaders of the Gaoshan clan suddenly discussed loudly.

"Xia Ga, the son of Xia Ga, thinks that we shouldn't rush forward like this, and we should let the flatlanders kill first. ”

"The Lunarian Department thinks so too. ”

The Ravens agreed. ”

Although the Gaoshan clan was brave, they were not stupid, so they quietly slowed down the pace of the charge, and let the group of miscellaneous soldiers from the western realm be at the front.

The wails continued to sound, but the shield wall still did not break through.

Just as Tyrion was in despair, Sir Adam appeared on the flanks with a well-arranged, well-armed infantry. There were about 4,000 of them, and these infantrymen were all dressed in uniform red leather armor, armed with delicate longbows and crossbows, and they were completely different from the miscellaneous soldiers of the Western Frontier just now.

Rapid strings sounded, and a dense array of locust-like arrows flew towards the vanguard of the north.

"Formation, Half Moon Formation!" Daisy exclaimed, keeping an eye on the hills on the side, and she spotted them almost as soon as the crossbowmen appeared.

However, in the process of changing formations, the screams of the soldiers in the north continued to sound.

The speed of the strong crossbow was too fast, and by the time the northern shield mutiny formation reached the back of the river and completed the half-moon formation, it had already suffered a lot of damage.

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"Good horses, good horses. Tyrion tried his best to reassure the horse under his crotch.

The war horse's buttocks were accidentally hit by an arrow, and the pain went crazy, jumping up and down.

The little dwarf bounced up and down like a doll, and finally could no longer hold the horse's back, fell down with a thud, and then lost consciousness.

Sir Adam led the shooters, and did not charge, but only threw from a distance.

There are many iron mines in the west, and they can't run out of arrows.

"Hold on," Daisy looked at the attrition team, although she was very anxious, but she still had no intention of retreating.

The soldiers of the north are not as good as those of the west in terms of equipment and the combination of troops, and they all fight with the courage that grew in the bitter cold land.

When the anger is gone, they lose.

The miscellaneous army led by Tyrion saw the enemy's shield wall and spears in front of them, and the arrows fired by his own men from time to time, and in a short time most of them ran away, some jumping into the river, some running up the mountain, and some even fled in a panic to the position of Boton's army of more than 10,000.

For Daisy, the rout of the miscellaneous soldiers did reduce the pressure of a frontal attack a lot, but the uninterrupted arrow attacks still made them unable to advance or retreat.

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At this time, everyone once again felt the shaking of the earth not far away.

Daisy saw the Icewolf Banner on a white background, the Moose Banner of the Horwood family, the Tomahawk Banner of Earl Severn, and the Twin Towers Banner of the Frey family with a gray background and a blue tower,......

Earl Severn and Earl Horwood drove at the front of the procession, surrounded by light infantry with round shields and swords, hammers, and short spears, numbering about four thousand, and about three thousand in the rear, followed by the Frey family archers wearing spire-shaped helmets.

Like a flock of birds, a large number of arrows flew up from the array of Frey's archers, and fell towards Sir Adam.

Then, the new northern cavalry joined the battlefield with a round shield and killed on the side hill amid the shouts.

Before they could reach the infantry of the west, the hoofs of horses roared on the hill, and four thousand heavy cavalry rushed down from the heights, each of them wearing heavy armor, holding a metal shield of a golden lion on a red background and a spear in the other.

The knights at the head were all dressed in red cloaks, holding steel swords, and the tall horses under their crotches were dressed in full armor, leaving only two dark eyes.

The heavy cavalry charged down, tearing apart the northern light infantry with round shields and short weapons like real lions.

By this time, the number of people on the battlefield had reached 20,000, and the shouting was all day, and the entire northern army was slaughtered by the heavy cavalry led by von Kai Lannister and retreated to the edge of the Green Fork River.

After a while, a corpse floated in the river, and the water here was dyed blood-red.

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The form was very bad for the north, and even if they were brave, they could not compare with the heavily armed heavy cavalry.

The heavily armored cavalry of the Western Frontier condescendingly pierced through the shouting Northern soldiers with their spears.

So far, though, the soldiers of the North have not retreated.

"Fight for the North!" shouted Earl Horwood, raising his sword, and then led the few guards around him to ride his horse like the enemy heavy cavalry commander Von Kai Lannister.

"Ahh

"Brainless fool," Von Kay Lannister said disdainfully as he saw Horwood's foolish charge.

"After all, wolves are still no match for lions. "He could see the entire battlefield from above, and the people wearing the spire helmets were supposed to be the Frey family, who had begun to disperse.

Although the reckless men in the north did not retreat, they were still pressed by his heavy cavalry and Adam's strong crossbowmen, and the vast majority of them were piled up by the river, unable to break through the heavy cavalry in the west.

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"Lord Bolton, are we going to help?" said the little count of the north, anxiously.

Bolton did not speak, but stared at him with unwavering eyes, as if to observe where to begin to peel the skin in order to complete it.

The little earl felt a knife scraping his body, closed his mouth in fear, and lowered his head.

"Wait. Luce Burton, Lord of the Horror Castle, said coldly.

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"I can't retreat any more," Daisy gritted her teeth, looking a little desperately at the river behind her, and at her companions who were still fighting for no one, her shield and spearmen had already been scattered by the heavy cavalry.

The assault team, having lost its shields, rushed at the enemy's heavy cavalry with all their might, and although they knocked down some of their horses, more people died, and in a few moments, the charging assault team was killed back by the river.

Even Daisy herself was hit by an arrow in the arm, and the sting of her heart accompanied her every swing of the knife.

What made her even more sad was that there were fewer and fewer female warriors who followed her on Bear Island, and her companions, whose names she could name, were mixed in the corpse pile, and she could no longer tell who was who.

Watching the heavy cavalry with blood-colored spears and golden lion shields getting closer and closer, she cried out in pain in her heart, "Why are there no reinforcements yet!"

I wonder if the gods heard the cry in her heart.

The rumbling sound of horses' hooves sounded on the other side of the Green Fork River, and the sound grew louder and louder as the erupting red sun grew.

The banners of the Icewolf on a white background and the Roaring Giant with Broken Chain became clearer, and an army of cavalry like black arrows swept across the land and rushed towards the battlefield.

Looking at the familiar banners and cavalry attire, the soldiers of the North in a desperate situation let out an earth-shattering howl.

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"Long live Winterfell!"

"Long live Stark!"