Stormlands, Bronze Gate City.

At this time, the city was already gloomy.

The news that the army of Wang Ling, who had gone south to support, had been completely annihilated, and Tongmen City, which was already panicking because of the attack of the Hewan army, was even more undercurrent.

With no reinforcements, can they still hold the castle under the advance of the Riverbend army on their own?

Sunlight streamed in through the narrow windows, barely dispelling the darkness in the room.

Count Ralph Bukele, Lord of Bronze Gate, sat on a chair in the center of the parlor, staring blankly at the door, as if waiting for the guest to appear.

The sound of heavy footsteps drew closer, and Count Ralph's gaze gradually gained focus.

Soon, a young man with a somewhat similar face walked into the living room.

"Dear cousin, I bring you the greetings of His Majesty Stannis." Sir Bruce Bukele smiled and saluted.

Count Ralph looked his cousin, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, and finally his gaze rested on the flaming red heart crest on the other's chest, and said in a complicated tone:

"You've changed your coat of arms."

"Not really," said Sir Bruce, who sat down in his chair and showed off the brass buckle coat of arms on a blue background on his cloak, "You see, I still keep the coat of arms of the Bukele family. ”

Count Ralph's face softened slightly, and he said:

"Stannis sent you to persuade you to surrender again?"

"How can it be persuasion. You should be advised to pledge allegiance to the true King, His Majesty Stannis Baratheon, the rightful heir to the Iron Throne. ”

The corners of Earl Ralph's mouth twitched, and he said:

"Can your king send troops to help me drive out the riverbend army outside the city?"

Sir Bruce was stunned.

Seeing this, Count Ralph no longer concealed his disdain: "I can't do anything, so what do I want your king to do?" ”

Sir Bruce also retorted, "What about the king to whom you are allegiated? That underage strain on the Iron Throne, can he help you keep this castle? ”

"At least he sent 60,000 troops to support, and although he has been annihilated by the Hewan people, I remember this help. And what about Stannis? I sent you only to take the oath of allegiance, and I really thought that the nobles of the Stormlands were all his dogs in the Baratheon family? See for yourself, how many families are willing to admit that nasty guy as king? ”

"Your Majesty Stannis didn't do nothing." Sir Bruce explained, "When I set out, the Royal fleet was already ready to attack King's Landing in the next few days. So, if you hold on for a few more days, you may be able to hear the good news that His Majesty Stannis is on the Iron Throne.

At that time, will the princes of the Stormlands dare to continue to wait and see? And the Hewan people faced the danger of being flanked in front and rear, and I am afraid that they would have to retreat. ”

When Count Ralph heard this, a glint of hope appeared in his eyes, and after a moment of contemplation, he nodded heavily:

"Good! Hopefully hear the good news of His Majesty's ascension to the Iron Throne soon. ”

"You will."

……

Outside the Tongmen City, the North Road Army Camp of Hewan.

"Count Ralph refused?"

"Yes, sir."

"Okay." Sir Aman Peck was a little disappointed, but he still collected his mood and said to the Earl of Landau, "It seems that the Earl of Ralph does not like me as a son-in-law. ”

The army of the North Hewan Road approached the city, but did not immediately attack, but while cutting down trees to make siege equipment, they sent messengers to try whether they could occupy Tongmen City without bloodshed.

The peace conditions proposed on the Bend side were for Count Ralph Bukele to marry his daughter to Sir Oman, the second son of Earl Peck, lord of Starsol.

This time he plotted Stormlands, Samwell's target was naturally Storm's Breath Castle, so the other castles in Stormlands had to be distributed to other riverbend nobles, and they couldn't patronize themselves to eat meat and not give soup to their younger brothers, which would definitely not work.

As the backbone of the "horse party", the Peck family is naturally the focus of Samwell's wooing and care.

In the royal forest before, because the knights of the Peck family disobeyed the military order and were beheaded, the Earl of Peck already had some complaints, and this marriage was actually to appease the Peck family.

But unfortunately, the Bukele family of Bronze Gate City does not seem to be willing to accept the dignity offered by the people of Hewan, and is ready to resist stubbornly.

Count Landau said lightly: "When we conquer Bronze Gate City, Count Ralph's opinion will no longer matter. ”

Sir Aman laughed, then took his leave.

Count Landau turned to look at his son:

"Let your men prepare, we will attack the city tomorrow."

"Okay." Samwell smiled slightly, looking confident.

Gunpowder can't deal with Storm's End, but it should still be fine against a Bronze Gate City.

But by the next day, Samwell found himself too optimistic.

Because, it actually rained heavily.

"The gunpowder isn't damp, is it?" Samwell panted and ran to the logistics camp to find the Bachelor of Coburn.

"Nope." Bachelor Coben calmly responded, "I have covered the gunpowder bag with a waterproof tarpaulin in advance. ”

Samwell breathed a sigh of relief.

Of course, under such a torrential rain, it will definitely not be possible to attack the city.

And he also realized that there was a huge flaw in the black powder that the bachelor had concocted—it was greatly affected by the weather.

When it rains, gunpowder is unusable.

Once this weakness is known to the enemy, it will be targeted.

Fortunately, it is now the Hewan army that has the initiative on the battlefield and can pick a date for the attack.

If they are the passive party, then this secret weapon is simply scrapped.

It is no wonder that black powder has appeared in the original world for hundreds of years, and it has still not been widely used on the battlefield, and the limitations of this thing are too great.

The torrential rain fell for two days, and the Hewan army waited outside the Tongmen City for two days.

On the third day, Samwell waited another day after consulting with Bachelor Coben because there was still a lot of water on the ground.

In this regard, many river bend nobles said that they did not understand, and it was reasonable not to attack the city on a rainy day, but now that the rain has stopped, why don't they fight?

Many people found Earl Landau, but they were dismissed by the other party with a sentence that the time had not come.

Even the Earl of Ralph in the Bronze Gate City was surprised, and went up to the city to observe it himself, but of course, he didn't see anything.

On the fourth day, Count Landau convened a military council and finally announced the decision to storm the city today.

The noble knights, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, suddenly let out a burst of cheers.

Next, the Hewan army first calmly had breakfast, because of today's siege, specially added dried meat, and also sent a small amount of wine for the soldiers to enjoy.

By the time the meal was over, the battle had officially begun.

With the sound of a low horn resounding through the field, more than a dozen catapults took the lead in roaring, and huge stones attacked several corner towers on the city wall, of course, the accuracy was very poor, basically none of them hit, but the flying stones still played a suppressive role.

At the same time, the soldiers of the river bend also swarmed up, their armor and swords sparkling in the sunlight, sweeping towards the Bronze Gate City.

The defenders of Bronze Gate City also began to fight back, and for a while, arrows rained down like a torrential rain, mixed with various stones, rolling wood, and hot oil.

The sound of fighting resounded in the sky, intertwined into a typical siege battle picture in the era of cold weapons.

The only less typical ones were seven oddly shaped carts mixed in with the infantry positions in the riverbank.

The carts were all four-wheeled and covered with iron sheets, and it took more than a dozen soldiers to push them towards the city walls.

The defenders weren't too surprised by this, and thought the car was equipped with a ram.

But when the carts arrived under the city walls and did not knock on the door, the defenders were puzzled.

It's a pity that these carts are protected by iron sheets, and they don't have a good way to deal with it.

"Looks like you're digging a tunnel?" Sir Bruce Bukele stared at the shield and peeked out of the wall.

"Authentically?" Count Ralph Bukele sneered, "Is Randolph Tully so naïve? What is the use of tunnels? Or does he think I won't prepare a trench in the city? ”

Sir Bruce shrugged and smiled, "It seems that the famous generals of Riverbend are nothing more than that." ”

Count Ralph also laughed:

"If Randolph Tully had done that, maybe I would have been able to keep His Majesty Stannis on the Iron Throne."

The two cousins were talking and laughing in a relaxed tone, when they suddenly heard the sound of trumpets again in the camp of the river.

And the soldiers of the river bend who were besieging the city immediately retreated like a tide after hearing the order.

Hundreds of corpses, armor, weapons, and, of course, the seven grotesque carts were left in place.

Earl Ralph and his cousin looked at each other, and were immediately confused by this operation of the Riverwan.