Count Landau looked at the dense storm ground cannon fodder soldiers, and issued a new order:

"Let the sword and shield soldiers break away from the spear formation, but don't chase too far, just clear the surrounding stormlanders and stop them from continuing to charge."

"Yes!" As soon as the herald responded, he hesitated for a moment, and then asked in a hurry, "My lord, do you want to let the army stop moving forward for a while?" ”

Count Landau didn't answer, just looked at him coldly.

The herald finally realized his trespass and walked away.

The military order was passed down, and the Hewan sword and shield soldiers began to attack, these hoplites wearing steel armor and holding shields and knives were already crushing the cannon fodder soldiers in the stormland.

Seeing that these cannon fodder soldiers were about to collapse, the horns of the Stormlanders whined again, and they actually sent more soldiers to rush up again.

This wave of charging soldiers is obviously more well-equipped, and the momentum between running is more powerful, and it should be an elite regular army unit.

Just now, those cannon fodder soldiers scattered some of the Hewan military formation, and at this time, the elite regular army swarmed in, and suddenly the casualties on the Hewan side began to surge.

Many of the riverbend nobles began to be anxious, but they were afraid of Randolph Tully's authority and past achievements, and they did not dare to speak, so they looked at Samwell one after another.

When Samwell saw this, he opened his mouth and persuaded:

"Father, do you want the army to stop first? Defeat this wave of Stormlanders' charge before leaving? ”

Faced with his son's question, Count Landau finally did not send it away, but asked rhetorically:

"What do you think is the biggest problem in keeping the march against the enemy?"

Samwell heard his father's intention to take the exam, so he didn't rush to answer, but first observed the battlefield situation.

At this time, although the people of the stormland were menacing, it was actually the army of the river bend that firmly held the upper hand.

After all, most of the elites of the stormland are still in Dorne as prisoners at this time, even if the last family background is pulled out at this time, in front of the elite army of Hewan, it still seems a little thin, both in terms of weapons and equipment and the quality of soldiers, and it also occupies a geographical advantage that is familiar with the terrain and environment of the jungle, so it barely makes the people of Hewan pay a lot of casualties.

However, this casualty has not yet reached the level of shaking the Hewan military formation, otherwise Earl Landau would not be so supportive.

It's just that many Hewan nobles feel sorry for the loss of their soldiers, so they want Count Landau to adopt a more secure method of warfare.

Samwell didn't understand why his father was so obsessed with moving forward, even if he wanted to leave the Royal Forest as soon as possible.

Until he saw the situation at the end of the Hewan Army.

It seems to have become the weakest point of the entire riverbend army, in fact, the reason is easy to understand, because the army is moving slowly, so the soldiers at the end of the camp must resist the enemy's attack and retreat in order to keep up with the large army.

Anyone who has ever been in a fight should be able to understand what it is like to go backwards when fighting with others, even if they are not forced to retreat, but they will evolve into retreat.

After all, the backward soldier will be suppressed in the first place, and the human eye is long in front, so it is no problem to walk forward or sideways, but when walking backwards, you must look back from time to time to avoid hitting friendly troops or trees behind you.

Therefore, at this moment, the tail of the Hewan army was completely suppressed by the Stormlanders, and the infantry formation had begun to crumble, and the casualties were the heaviest.

In addition, Count Landau strictly ordered that he was not allowed to break away from the large army, and the soldiers at the tail could not fight back even if they wanted to, and they were very aggrieved.

Seeing this, Samwell couldn't understand why his father stubbornly insisted on keeping the order to move forward.

He just wanted to speak, but suddenly saw the cavalry assembled in the Chinese army again, and suddenly a flash of inspiration said:

"Father, you don't want to use the flaws in the tail of the army to lure the Stormlanders to attack, do you?"

Count Landau finally smiled, and said:

"Yes. The more we keep moving forward, the more anxious the people of the Stormlands will be, and the more anxious they are, the more irrational decisions they will make. ”

Samwell was relieved.

The rest of the riverbend nobles heard that they did not say much.

Only Sir Omar Oakhart and the Earl of Gunzey Greene looked ugly.

Because, it was their troops that were placed in the tail of the Great Army......

Although some sacrifices must be made in order to win, if it is your own army that is sacrificed, then everyone will suffer.

However, Sir Omar Oakhutt and the Earl of Guncey Greene did not dare to refute it at this time.

You must know that the knights of the Peck family, who were the backbone of the horse party before, were directly beheaded for disobeying military orders, and the two of them are deer parties, once they annoy Randolph Tully, who knows if they will be killed by the other party on any charge.

Moreover, they suspect that Randolph Tully deliberately put the two Deer Clan soldiers at the end as bait.

But at this time, Hewan is the Ma Party's power, and even if the two of them have any grievances, they can only swallow it.

Samwell also noticed the faces of the two leaders at this time, and secretly smiled in his heart.

His cheap dad really likes to play black hands.

In the original book, Count Landau had several black operations, such as taking advantage of the chaos to behead a bunch of Florents during the War of the Five Kings, trying to use his wife's identity to plot Bright Water City, or when he was in the royal domain, he locked the poor Count Muton in a dark room and forced the other party to marry his daughter to Deacon......

It is not surprising that this time took the opportunity to weaken the power of the Deer Party family.

Samwell was just secretly mourning for the soldiers who fought at the end of the army, who made your master stand on the wrong side......

The Stormlands also seem to have spotted the weakness of the Riverbend Army, with more Stormlands soldiers at the tail of the shock formation than elsewhere.

And under the impact of the crowd in the stormland, the tail position of the Hewan army has begun to crumble.

Count Landau spoke again and said to his son:

"Almost. The Stormlanders should be gathering their troops for a general attack. Sam, you go and command the cavalry, and then listen to my orders. ”

"Yes!" Samwell gladly accepted.

Deakon Tully then jumped out and said:

"Brother, I'll charge with you!"

Samwell hesitated and looked at his father.

Count Landau nodded expressionlessly:

"Yes."

Samwell didn't say much, but as soon as he turned around, he heard Earl Landau speak:

"Remember. Wait for the Stormlanders to rush into the position, and then lead the army to rush forward, don't charge at full speed, our cavalry is not adapted to the environment here. You don't have to worry about not being able to increase the speed and not have enough impact, although those stormland light cavalry are dexterous, they are only suitable for attacking, and when they meet our cavalry head-on, they will not be opponents at all. ”

"Okay."

"Once you've broken up the enemy, remember not to pursue. In the jungle, we can't catch up with the Stormlanders, and we may even be ambushed by them. ”

"Okay." Samwell nodded again, always feeling that Count Landau had explained a little too much

Samwell knew that his father was not a nagger, and it seemed that he had not hesitated to send Deacon to charge on the surface, but he was still worried.

Count Landau paused, as if he wanted to say something more, but he didn't say anything after all.

Samwell understood, and slammed his right hand on the breastplate, and said loudly:

"I am a pioneer!"

The corners of Earl Landau's mouth turned up slightly, and he also responded: "I am a pioneer." ”

Deacon also leaned over and said aloud this Tali family language:

"I am a pioneer!"

With that, the brothers turned and left.

Count Landau stared at the distant backs of his two sons and was silent for a long time.

Countless ancestors of the Tully family have died on the way, and many more are destined to carry on this tradition in the future.

This is their destiny and their glory.

(End of chapter)