The Bronze Gate, as its name suggests, is the gateway to the northern part of the Stormlands.

Once this city is broken, there will be no danger before reaching the Storm's Rest Castle.

The Hewan army did not stay in Tongmen City for long, and after only one day of repair, they went south again.

This time, Samwell still led the cavalry first, and the Earl of Landau led the main infantry behind.

Before leaving, the father and son summed it up, judging from the aristocratic army of the Stormland encountered before, there were still many lords near the Storm's End Castle who did not participate in the battle, although there were some people who responded to the call and led the army into the Storm's Rest Castle, but there should be many people who were not willing to bow their knees to an illegitimate duke and were waiting and watching.

Now that Stannis Baratheon has been defeated in King's Landing, the nobles of the Stormlands have one less choice. Coupled with the pressure exerted by the Lannisters in the name of the Iron Throne, there may be many people who are willing to fall to the bastard duke.

These lords probably wouldn't have thought that the fortified Bronze Gate City would actually be taken down by the Hewan army in one day, and they should not have had time to send troops to support Wind's Breath Fort at this time.

Samwell led the cavalry first, in order to cut off the idea of these "wall grass" supporting Storm's End.

Before leaving, "Beauty" Brienne Tass actually found her.

Samwell looked at Brienne in full armor and secretly said that this woman was really more suitable for wearing armor.

"Miss Brienne, if you want to leave, let Count Tass pay for it. Of course, if you're willing to be loyal to me, then there's no ransom. ”

Brienne pursed her lips and said:

"The Tas are loyal only to the owner of Storm's End."

Samwell smiled, "Then why are you coming to me?" ”

Brienne said: "I won't fight for you, but I can carry the flag for you as a reward for helping me out of the siege last night......"

Samwell laughed, "Yes." However, if I take Storm's End in the future, I hope you will remember your promise today. ”

Brienne nodded earnestly, "I will." ”

When preparations were made, Samwell gave the order, and the hooves of the Bend Iron Riders thundered and flowed south along King's Road.

……

At the head of Pinewood, Baron John Ollie looked at the smoke and dust in the north, and his face turned pale.

"How many of the riverbends are coming? Did you find out? ”

"Let's just say that there are a lot of cavalry, almost all over the field, and there are ...... everywhere"

The corners of Baron Ollie's mouth twitched, and he just wanted to curse.

There were so many sentinels sent out, but they didn't even find out the number of enemies, so they ran back to report the news.

Of course, he actually knew in his heart that when his people saw that the opposite side was full of cavalry, where did they dare to investigate carefully, for fear that if they fled slowly, they would never come back.

What he couldn't really fail to understand was that the people of Hewan had just arrived in Bronze Gate City. How did you go south so quickly?

At this rate, wouldn't it mean that Bronze Gate City didn't hold out even for a day?

Did the Bukele family surrender outright?

The sound of dense horses' hooves became clearer and clearer, like the continuous thunder of summer, shocking people's hearts.

At this time, the defenders at the head of Songlin Town were all terrified and trembled.

Including the lord Baron Ollie.

What to do? Hold on or surrender?

The little baron was in a struggle.

Pinewood Town is not a big city, there are not many soldiers and horses, and most of the army has not been able to come back from the previous conquest of Dorne, and now the town has gathered three or four hundred people at most, how can this be fought?

Amid the neighing of the horses, the black-pressed cavalry tide slowed down outside the town until it stopped.

Baron Ollie was shocked to find that in the process, the enemy cavalry could still maintain a relatively tight formation.

The rivermen rode quietly on their horses, and immediately the air was filled with an icy and murderous aura.

The heavens and the earth suddenly fell silent, except for the occasional neighing of war horses and the sound of banners hunting and shaking in the wind, all other sounds seemed to disappear.

The chilling killing intent quietly flowed slowly in this suffocating silence, and gradually converged and took shape.

Under the successive victories, this Hewan Iron Cavalry has become more and more elite, and has gradually gained a trace of the momentum of an invincible division.

The defenders of Pinewood were so frightened by this terrifying momentum that they were all stunned and forgot to speak.

For a while, inside and outside the town, there was silence and fell into an eerie silence.

At that moment, a loud dragon groan broke the peace.

Baron Ollie looked up and saw a milky white dragon appear above the array of the riverbend cavalry, with a knight in bronze armor sitting on his back.

The greatsword in the knight's hand emitted a blazing fire, making people dare not look at it directly.

"Open the door and surrender, I will spare you from death!"

Hearing the persuasion of the man on the back of the white dragon, the last trace of fragile defense in Baron Ollie's heart collapsed, and he said to the herald beside him very decisively and simply:

"Open the door, surrender."

After saying this, he only felt a lot more relaxed.

Seeing the suspension bridge slowly flattened, Samwell was still a little stunned, he thought that the other party would at least talk about the conditions, but he didn't expect to open the door directly.

In fact, if Baron Ollie was determined to resist to the end, Samwell did not intend to attack the city.

It would be a waste to use cavalry to attack the city first, and besides, his strategic goal this time was to intercept the troops who tried to lead the army into Storm's End, and he didn't want to waste his time in an inconsequential town.

This kind of town can be handed over to the follow-up main army to clean up.

But since Baron Ollie was so sensible, Samwell certainly laughed at it.

After the city gate was opened, a group of river bend cavalry rushed in and quickly controlled the key nodes of the town.

Samwell also drove Cleopatra to land at the head of the city.

"You must be Lord Caesar, I've heard of your prestige for a long time." Baron Ollie stepped forward with a flattering smile.

But he was forced back a few steps by the scorching aura emitted by the white dragon.

"Baron Ollie, right?" Samwell jumped off the dragon's back, "Storm's End didn't issue a call order? ”

"It's gone, it's early." Baron Ollie said, "But as for the bastard duke, few people are willing to respond. I've heard that there are many people in Storm's End who don't want to admit to this bastard duke, forcing him to kill a lot of people, and now even the dungeons in the castle are almost full.

However, the recent news of Stannis's defeat has made many people's minds drift. Moreover, Cortanay Ponlos himself lobbied, he is now the acting lord of Storm's End, and is very trusted by the bastard.

I heard that many nearby lords had agreed to lead their troops into Storm's End under the persuasion of Sir Cortanay......"

"Do you know Sir Cortanay's whereabouts?" Samwell immediately asked.

Baron Ollie said, "Three days ago he came to Pinewood and persuaded me to lead the troops with him, but I didn't agree...... I don't know where it is now. ”

After hearing this, Samwell immediately jumped on the back of the dragon and ordered:

"The whole army to the south, to the south!"

At the sound of the order, the Hewan cavalry army immediately cheered out of Pine Forest Town and headed south.

Baron Ollie and the rest of the garrison were left unrecuperated for a long time.

After a long time, a knight woke up his feudal lord and said:

"My lord, it seems that the people of the river bend did not leave any soldiers and horses...... Are we going to continue to surrender? ”

"Nonsense. This is nothing more than the cavalry of the river bend, although they are gone, but there is still the main force of infantry behind. Quick, lower the Crown Buck's flag and replace it with the Golden Rose Flag! ”

"Yes."

……

But it is said that Samwell, in order to catch up with the men and horses gathered by Cortanay Ponlos, no longer cares about any towns along the way, but goes all the way south on the King's Road.

After traveling more than ten miles, he actually encountered an army of about 300 people in the Storm Lands.

It seems that they are also heading towards Storm's End, but they have not kept up with Sir Cortanay's large army.

was caught up by the tail by the riverbend cavalry.

There was nothing to say, and without Samwell's order, the cavalry vanguard did not hesitate to storm this army.

There are advantages in troops, equipment, and numbers, and the results of this battle are naturally needless to say.

The Riverbend Cavalry crushed the Stormlands army as if they were chopping melons and vegetables, and then pursued them all the way, soon leaving bloody corpses on King's Road.

The Great Army barely stopped and continued southward.

Finally, only twenty or thirty miles from Storm's End, they encountered a sizable army of Stormlands.

They galloped along the way, and finally caught up.

Samwell was not in a hurry, and ordered the forward troops to slow down, and at the same time let the sentinels out to find out the details of this Stormland army.

Soon, the news came back one by one.

After summarizing and analyzing, Samwell also had a general understanding of the Stormland army ahead.

This must be a regular army, completely different from the seemingly powerful, but in fact vulnerable, royal army that we encountered before.

The number of this stormland army is about six or seven thousand, including about eight hundred cavalry, the infantry formation is very tight, the various branches of the army are clearly hierarchical, and the weapons and equipment are also complete, which can be regarded as a strong army.

Samwell estimated that this was probably the last bit of money for the northern princes of the Stormlands.

The safest way is actually to wait for the main force of Riverbend to catch up and strangle this Stormlands army together, but this place is too close to Storm's End, and Samwell is worried that if he can't wait for the main force of Riverbend, this Stormlands army will enter the city.

So after only a moment's hesitation, he decided to do it himself.

There are 4,000 Hewan cavalry, and it is still advantageous to fight the opposite combination of about 7,000 infantry cavalry in the field.

What's more, after a series of previous victories, the momentum of this riverbend cavalry under his command is at its peak, and the military spirit is available.

Once he had made up his mind, Samwell put aside all his concerns and ordered the army to press down.

As the two armies grew closer and closer, the prelude to war began to play.

The first was the collision between the sentinels of the two armies, which became extremely bloody and cruel.

The Stormlands army also felt the tremendous pressure from the Riverbend Iron Cavalry, and began to shrink their formation under the orders of the commander and prepare to meet the battle.

Sir Cortanay Ponloth, who was in charge of the Chinese army, listened to the information coming back from the front, and the anxiety in his heart became more and more intense.

It's just a little bit closer!

From here, if you travel south for another day and night, you can successfully reach the Storm's Breath Castle, but at this juncture, you were actually bitten by the tail of the riverbend people.

Sir Cortanay couldn't figure out how the Riverbend people could have come so quickly.

Didn't they go south without hitting Tongmen City?

When did Randolph Tully like to take risks like this?

As a battle-hardened veteran, Sir Cortanay did not speculate too much, knowing that since he had been overtaken by the Riverbend Cavalry here, a battle was inevitable.

But when arranging the battle formation, Sir Cortanay did not forget to send a message to Storm's End, not to ask for help, but to warn Duke Edric not to lead his army to support.

Samwell really had the idea of encircling the point to send reinforcements, and Fort Storm's End was too difficult to attack, so luring out the army in it and annihilating it in the field was the most ideal choice.

Unfortunately, he waited for a long time, but he still didn't see any movement in the direction of Storm's End.

In that case, there was nothing to hesitate about, and after letting the soldiers rest for a while, Samwell gave the order to attack:

"Slow forward with the whole army, maintain an offensive formation, and attack immediately as soon as the enemy is engaged!"

(End of chapter)