Seeing that he was about to enter the Royal Forest, Count Landau was visibly vigilant, and he told the army to stop and recuperate, and then issued an order to gather the noble knights and prepare for a military meeting.

And while waiting for the meeting to be held, an unexpected guest came to the Chinese army tent.

"Deacon?" Samwell looked at his brother who walked in in steel armor with a shocked expression, "Why did you come here like this?" ”

"Brother!" Deakon exclaimed, "I've finally caught up with you!" Allow me to fight with you again! ”

Before Samwell could answer, Earl Landau said with an unkind face:

"Why don't you take care of your injuries at home? This war was not intended for you to participate in it. ”

"Father, my injuries are all healed!" Deacon replied, but as he spoke, his eyes kept on his brother, "I'm already able to go to war!" Please don't let me waste time in my hospital bed. ”

"Are your injuries really healed?" Samwell asked with a smile.

"That's great!" Deacon thumped his chest.

"I'll have the Bachelor in the Army check it out for you." Earl Landau obviously didn't intend to trust his son so easily.

And he always felt that his youngest son was not as close to him as before, but was eager for Samwell.

This made Count Landau a little apprehensive.

"Yes, father." Deacon nodded in agreement, and it did seem to be good.

It didn't take long for the officers of the Northern Route Army to come to the big tent one after another.

Count Landau no longer bothered with his youngest son, sat on the throne, and turned back into the cold and majestic general, and began to preside over the meeting and arrange the marching formation.

Samwell stood in the tent, watching Earl Landau divide the army into small squads, and there were some doubts in his heart.

But of course, he would not question it at a military meeting, and he would not do such a stupid thing that offended the authority of the commander.

And as Randolph Tully, as one of the few famous generals in the Seven Kingdoms, there must be a reason for him to do so, Samwell still decided to observe and study first.

He noticed that the division of troops of Count Landau was based on the types of troops, and the infantry was divided into three categories: pikemen, archers, and sword and shield soldiers, and each type of army was divided into ten to fifteen squads, with each team ranging in number from three hundred to five hundred.

As for the cavalry, it was not divided into small teams, and it was still divided into light and heavy cavalry in the usual way, and the command was unified.

When it was time to begin his march towards the Royal Forest, Count Randolph placed his sword, shield, and pikemen on the outermost side, and the archers marched slightly on the inside, forming a phalanx of infantry. The whole army is scattered, but it looks a little "scattered".

The light and heavy cavalry were all scattered between the phalanxes, advancing under the cover of the infantry.

This is the opposite of the conventional arrangement, because in general, the cavalry should be placed on the flanks of the infantry.

Finally, there were more than 10,000 men who accompanied the army, who were protected in the center of the phalanx with their baggage, and marched with the cavalry.

In fact, not only Samwell, but most of the riverbend nobles didn't quite understand the intention of Earl Landau to expel this strange phalanx.

But because of the prestige of this famous general, at least no one dares to question it.

Once inside, the sky suddenly became overcast, but instead of dark clouds, the sun was covered by dense leaves.

The terrain here also began to become more complex, with trees, shrubs, and streams forming natural barriers, making it difficult for the army to line up as well as on the plains, and there were many obstacles between its movements.

Seeing this, Samwell can also understand the reason why his father divided the army into small phalanxes before.

Those small, nimble squares are clearly better suited to the complex terrain here.

And the cavalry is difficult to play here, and there is actually no mobility when placed on the outside of the army, and it cannot play a protective and reconnaissance role.

In this environment, his falcon and white dragon are not very easy to play, flying high, the canopy of the tree blocks the situation in the forest, and flying low, the field of vision is limited.

So when the army encountered the first wave of attacks, he simply failed to detect the enemy in advance.

I just heard the sound of a horn and a faint fighting sound from the left rear in the distance.

"Leave them alone, maintain formation, keep moving, never stop, never leave the phalanx in pursuit!" Earl Landau immediately gave the order.

Heralds spread out in all directions, relaying the commander's orders to each phalanx.

Seeing Samwell's doubts, Earl Landau opened his mouth and explained to his son:

"Those must be the Stormman's Jungle Light Riders. They come and go like the wind, and they are familiar with the terrain of the Royal Forest, they can't catch up, they can't shake off, we can't be dragged by them here, we must leave this jungle as fast as possible. ”

Samwell nodded thoughtfully.

He'd heard before that the Stormlanders had specially trained jungle riders that could gallop through the forest like the wind, and he had seen it today.

Cleopatra didn't know if she was stimulated by the smell of blood, and fluttered her wings excitedly, as if she wanted to fly towards the place where the battle had taken place.

But Samwell stopped the white dragon.

The complex terrain of the jungle was really not suitable for the dragon to play, and Cleopat was too small, so Samwell was not comfortable letting him join the battle so early.

Instead, he let the falcon out to observe the battle.

As his falcon followed the sound to the vicinity of the attacked phalanx, he saw hundreds of Stormland cavalry rushing out of the forest.

Their horses are obviously on the small side, about half the size of the war horses of the river bay, and they have indeed undergone special training, and they can also deftly avoid obstacles such as trees and gallop quickly in the jungle with complex terrain.

Seeing the neatly arranged mixed formation of swords, shields, and spears of the Hewan, they wisely did not choose to charge directly, but rushed towards the gap in the formation, ready to attack the most vulnerable people with bows and arrows.

The archers of the riverbend people also immediately began to return fire, and for a time the arrows rained down.

Many of the Storm Land cavalry fell to the ground with arrows, and the men flipped on their backs.

The adjacent phalanx of riverbend infantry began to move closer, and the riverbend light cavalry cautiously moved out in an attempt to encircle the Stormlanders.

The two teams of cavalry staggered past, and another rain of arrows attacked, and blood flew away.

At this time, the greatest advantage of the Hewan army can be reflected - well-equipped.

As the richest region of the Seven Kingdoms, the Hewan Army is only comparable to the Western Army in terms of equipment, and the Storm Land is obviously a grade behind.

So in this confrontation, it is obvious that Hewan has the upper hand.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the light cavalry team of the Stormmen scattered backwards with a bang.

But the cavalry of another phalanx of the Hewan people also rushed over at this time, chasing the storm cavalry that could not form a formation, and another round of fighting and shooting.

The Stormland cavalry was caught off guard, and in the process of closing the formation, they were shot over a lot by the riverbenders, and they could only flee in embarrassment.

The Hewan cavalry did not pursue, they were not adapted to this complex jungle environment, they did not dare to charge at full speed, and even if they did, they could not catch up with those storm light horses.

The soldiers of the river bend quickly cleaned up the battlefield, gathered their working horses, slaughtered the wounded stormmen, and then returned to the phalanx, following the large army onwards.

Not long after, the Stormlanders attacked again, this time with more than a thousand horsemen, rushing to the Riverbend positions in three directions.

At this time, it can reflect the subtlety of Count Landau's array, no matter how the cavalry of the stormland attacked, they were either blocked by the riverbend infantry phalanx, or chased by the riverbend light cavalry cruising between the phalanxes, and the various phalanxes were orderly, echoing back and forth, looking left and right, so that no matter which direction the stormlanders killed, they could not take any advantage at all.

Only dozens of bloody corpses could be left behind, and they returned in vain.

This time, a group of Hewan light cavalry couldn't help but chase out, wanting to kill more enemies to earn military merit.

Seeing this, Count Landau was furious and immediately sent a herald to chase after him.

When the light cavalry was recovered, it was discovered that it was the army of the Peck family.

"Sir Marin Peck disobeyed the military order and beheaded." Count Landau gave a cruel order without mercy.

"Lord Randolph." Count Titus Peck tried to intercede for his knight, "Sir Marin is indeed impulsive, but fortunately he did not suffer losses, and there is no need to cut off his head, so it is better to be flogged instead." ”

Count Landau was unmoved, and said coldly:

"Lord Titus, disobedience to military orders is decapitation, not caning. You wouldn't be unaware, would you? ”

Count Titus grimaced, but said nothing more.

As soon as the Earl of Landau waved his hand, a magistrate pulled Sir Marin Peck, who was shouting incessantly, to carry him to the execution.

Soon, a bloody human head was sent to the nobles.

You must know that the Peck family was one of the first of the Riverlands families to express their support for Samwell at the High Court Hunting Meeting.

After that incident, rumors of the Deer Party and the Horse Party began to circulate in the river.

Samwell Caesar, Randolph Tully, and Matus Rowan are the core of the Equestrian Party, and the Peck family is the backbone of the Equestrian Party.

Now the rest of the people don't dare to be smart anymore and disobey military orders.

Count Landau watched this scene quietly, and said to his son beside him:

"When Giles Gardener VII was on his way to conquer the Stormlands, he was constantly harassed by the light cavalry of the Stormmen in the Royal Forest, and he couldn't get out of the forest for two months, and finally the soldiers were disheartened, the logistics were cut off, and they returned defeated."

Samwell nodded thoughtfully:

"That's why we can't get entangled with the Stormlanders, we have to get out of this jungle as soon as possible?"

"Yes."

(End of chapter)