Chapter 0496 Strategizing, Please Enter the Urn
(2-in-1 Update)
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The Ragged Prince's mercenary team of 3,000 people, 2,000 cavalry and 1,000 infantry was the most powerful.
Behind his horse, he dragged many strips of colored cloth, each of which he had cut from the clothes of his slain enemies. His own clothes looked tattered, but in fact his armor was covered with strips of cloth.
Ever since he was saved by Jaime as Dick Weishui, he swore that he would become a Ragged Prince, and made a promise with Dick Weishui that he would unconditionally repay Dick Weishui for saving his life if he had the opportunity in the future.
It's just that what he doesn't know is that the leader of the enemy he attacked this time is Dick Vicham's brother Tyrion Lannister, and the one who hired them to attack Dragonstone and then come to King's Landing is Dick Vicham's own uncle Kaivon Lannister.
The next day, Prince Ragged and the three mercenary captains were well fed and led the four legions to attack Dragonstone again. This time they swore to take Dragonstone City, which was surrounded by steep cliffs on three sides, and under the cliffs was the sea, and only one side could attack. There is only one gate.
The castle built by the Targaryens was very strong, but it also had a drawback, as long as the city gate was breached, the people in the city had no back door to escape, and all of them were blocked in the city.
The Fourth Route Legion advanced slowly, filling the martial arts arena under the city walls, and more than 10,000 mercenary soldiers were like ants, making a huge noise. If the gates are breached, the entire city will be ransacked.
The Ragged Prince adjusted his tactics and decided that the four legions would attack in turn, attacking day and night. Because there can only be one side of the city that can use troops, as before, the four legions attacked together, but because of the large number of people, they caused each other to push each other, which caused the rain of arrows on the city walls, and hundreds of brothers died in every day of attack.
Counting the number of people last night, they have already lost nearly a thousand brothers, and another two thousand brothers have been injured to varying degrees.
If they continue like this, they will be consumed on this island. However, if they didn't take Dragonstone to attack King's Landing, they didn't have to worry about an enemy watching them from behind.
The best strategy was to attack the four legions in rotation around the clock, and there were not many defenders in the city, although they had an advantageous position, but if they could not rest, they would eventually collapse.
Prince Ragged personally led his own legion for the first round of attacks, this time the attack was to be taken over by the brothers of the second echelon at noon, and in the evening they were replaced by the brothers of the third legion, and in the middle of the night until dawn, they were replaced by the fourth legion. And so on until you take Dragonstone.
The Ragged Prince rode his horse at the front of the procession, and he decided to personally lead the siege of the city to boost morale.
However, a very strange thing happened, and in the distance, the Ragged Prince saw the gates of Dragonstone Island wide open, and the city walls were silent, and no one saw it, nor did he see the burning flame flag.
The Ragged Prince reined in his horse.
His entire legion came to a halt.
Everyone looked at each other, unable to believe that the gates of the city were wide open, and there were no soldiers guarding the walls.
It's a huge castle, and there's no sound at all.
"They abandoned the city and fled?" the deputy head of the regiment was shocked.
"They don't have boats, and we control the ports and roads to the sea, so how can they escape?" said the Ragged Prince.
The guards and the deputy commander and the small leaders all kept their mouths shut.
This is so abnormal!
The Ragged Prince didn't dare to enter the army easily, so he passed down the order, and the three mercenary captains behind him came to see it with their own guard regiments.
The four regimental commanders, surrounded by the guards, slowly drove their horses forward, restrained their horses at a stone's throw away, and did not dare to step forward again.
Things are weird, and something is wrong!
In the siege battle a few days ago, the opponent had a lot of arrows, causing many casualties among the brothers.
"Bi Lie, you take a team of 100 people up to have a look. "The Ragged Prince gave the order.
"Yes, Captain!"
Bi Lie was a famous mercenary from Kohor, who was also a 500-man mercenary leader, and was later subdued by the Ragged Prince and became his right-hand man.
Bi Lie roared, and the cavalry of the hundred-man squad rushed out of the queue and ran towards the open city gate.
The Ragged Prince and the others watched this death squad, and they were all shocked in their hearts.
Bi Lie took the hundred-man team with a shield in his left hand and a sword in his right hand, and swept to the city gate like the wind, although the city gate was wide open, he did not dare to enter rashly, holding a shield to prevent a sudden rain of arrows on the city wall, he and the three horsemen slowly entered the city, the castle street was full of clothes and furniture, in the gap between the clothes and furniture, you could see some scattered gold and silver coins, as well as jewelry, and the streets were in a mess, like an empty city.
Two of his companions had already driven in to grab the gold and jewels on the ground.
It's like a cat seeing a fish.
Bi Lie was also busy driving his horse straight in, refusing to fall behind.
The brothers in the back immediately rushed in to get in.
"Don't panic, everyone, wait a minute!" ordered the Ragged Prince.
He was a cautious man who fought with his brains. When something went wrong, send a small team of 100 people to explore the truth first, and if it was a trap, the other party could only trap 100 people. If there are no traps, it's not too late to enter the city again.
"Looks like they should have escaped through a secret passage. A mercenary leader beside Prince Ragged said. He is the leader of the Cat Regiment and is nicknamed Bloodbeard.
The Cat Regiment is a mercenary regiment of the free trade city-state, they have more than 3,000 infantry, three months ago the Cat Regiment had fought with the Wind Blowing Regiment in the disputed land, the casualties on both sides were not large, but the small feud was settled. This time, under the heavy investment of Kai Feng's client, the two sides temporarily shook hands and made peace, first crossed the sea to make a fortune and then settle old accounts.
Bloodbeard is a savage man with a loud voice, tall and bearded, fiery red beard and long braids, and broad shoulders. He was murderous and murderous by nature, greedy for glory and treasure and women, and had no interest in peace.
Ever since he had a small holiday with the newly rising Wind Blowing Regiment, Bloodbeard's heart has been very disgusted with the Wind Blowing Regiment's leader, Prince Ragged. Despite this, they signed this contract together.
Seeing Bi Lie leading the team into the city, Bloodbeard immediately raised his hand and shouted, "Brothers, enter the city!" He kicked the war horse hard and rushed out of the team.
His regiment of guards immediately followed him closely.
Whoever enters the city will naturally receive the goods in the city first.
The mercenaries of the Cat Regiment rushed forward.
The regiment of cats is dominated by infantry, while the regiment of windwinds is dominated by cavalry.
According to the array, the wind blowing mass is in the center, and the cat mass is on the right.
The Ragged Prince shouted, "Bloodbeard, don't mess around, beware of deceit." β
Bloodbeard ignored the words of the Ragged Prince, he was a guy who had become a habit of plundering, the city gates were wide open, Bi Lie entered the city, and the noise of looting property had already sounded, so what were you waiting for?!
Even if there is fraud, he is not afraid.
The brothers of the Ragged Prince are in a hurry, and the people of the Cat Regiment are rushing into the city, so what are you waiting for?
Everyone came out to work hard just for one word: money!
The brothers of the wind blowing the regiment did not wait for the order of the Ragged Prince, and immediately drove their horses forward.
The city gate is wide open, the enemy is weak and I am strong, what tricks can the enemy play?
The Ragged Prince no longer hesitated and ordered the seizure of the city. However, he himself still kept an eye on it and did not move.
The mercenary group on the left flank, the mercenary group behind the array, and the mercenary group of the middle army all rumbled towards the city gate.
People are like a tide.
Many brothers fell and were trampled to death while running.
In a battle of tens of thousands of people, as long as the ranks are chaotic, no one who is squeezed down can still stand up. This is also the reason why any professional legion must practice the queue repeatedly.
The gate of the city was crowded with people, and everyone pushed each other, all wanting to rush into the city first.
The person in front is pushed forward by the person behind.
Bi Lie from the most advanced city grabbed a few strings of jewels and a few gold coins, and the crowd behind forced them to move forward.
People began to divert to several streets.
Someone kicked open the door and rushed into the room to look for belongings.
The room was also a mess, with furniture and clothes on the floor, and a few gold and silver coins mixed in, but one or two could be seen at a glance.
None of the mercenaries thought to go to the city walls to see if there were any soldiers defending the city in ambush.
Bi Lie, who was at the front of the team, suddenly had a pain in his feet, and sharp spikes pierced the soles of his feet, and before he could shout, an endless stream of people came from behind, like the waves of the sea.
Bi Lie reluctantly turned over on his horse, and the war horse ran forward to avoid the crowd, and suddenly the war horse stood upright, overturned Bi Lie, and then the war horse also fell down, crushing Bi Lie's calf that fell to the ground.
In the scream, Bi Lie fainted in pain.
Countless screams rang out one after another around Bi Lie, and some of the war horses fell one after another.
This scene is very weird!
However, the sound of people shouting and neighing was still drowned out by the fiercer shouts.
Breaking the city and slaughtering the city, the shouts of the mercenaries are the strongest.
The people in front fell one after another, inexplicably, and the team behind still moved forward.
This is the back wave pushing the front wave and slapping the front wave to death on the beach.
Ransacking cities, there is no harder and more experienced than mercenaries.
The people who rushed into the houses on both sides of the street were also attacked, and the soles of their feet were mercilessly pierced by some sharp object mixed with clothing, and those in front screamed and fell, and those behind followed suit.
Every laneway, on the street, is a diversion channel. The tide formed by the mercenaries flowed along various channels, but it was a pity that this channel became more and more dangerous, there were fewer and fewer gold and silver coins on the road, more and more triangular spikes, more and more sundries and garbage, and the channels were becoming more and more unblocked, while more and more mercenary brothers fell.
Before the enemy was seen, and before the enemy was engaged, the whole situation began to quietly reverse.
Bloodbeard, the leader of the Cat Regiment, only wanted to be the first to storm the main castle in the castle, the bronze gate was in the shape of a dragon's mouth, and the buildings with several towers were also wide open, and the ground was full of things.
The screams around Bloodbeard grew louder and louder, and Bloodbeard already sensed that something was wrong, but he didn't care.
Even if the other party has something, it is vulnerable.
His tomahawk swept across the ground, and the laundry and garbage on the ground flew out, as did small,, spiked black objects, clanging and clanging, and two of them slammed into the bronze door, making a clanging crunch and splattering sparks.
Bloodbeard had never seen anything like it.
Suspicious, he reached out and picked one up, and found that it was made of steel, small and delicate, and triangular in shape. Each horn is sharp, like a needle-like spike.
It was this little thing that made many of the brothers who rushed to the front suffer.
Many of the brothers who fell were pierced by this mysterious thing.
Bloodbeard has never seen anything like this.
He threw the little thing on the ground, and the strange iron object rolled on the ground until it stopped, and a sharp horn stood upright like the tip of a knife sticking out of the ground.
Bloodbeard didn't dare let the soles of his feet be pierced by this strange thing.
He gave an order, and the brothers around him 'swept the ground' with the weapons in their hands.
As soon as he entered the hall, before he could go up to the second floor, Bloodbeard stopped.
At the end of the spiral staircase, there stood a dense crowd of archers.
They look at Bloodbeard as if they were looking at a dead man.
Between the two sides of the people, there is a pile of debris on the ground.
Bloodbeard and his brothers were so brave that they couldn't get past the battle, and the ground was littered with razor-sharp triangular spikes. Just one is not careful, and the soles of the feet are pierced.
The leader of the archers was a one-eyed fellow who looked like a beast.
"Ready!" shouted One-Eyed Charm.
Bloodbeard and the others couldn't understand a word.
The language of Time is the tribal language of the valley mountains, not to mention Bloodbeard, even the knights of the valley can't understand it.
Suddenly, the entire corridor on the second floor, condescendingly, all stood up with rows of archers.
Bloodbeard and his brothers around him all changed their faces.
They all had small round shields, but in order to make the charge quick and convenient, when they entered the city, they carried the small round shields behind their backs.
"Back off!" Bloodbeard shouted.
The ranks retreated.
Unfortunately, it was too slow, as there were many more people behind them pushing towards every portal and alleyway that could rush in.
The source of the channel in front has been seriously blocked, but the wave behind is still moving forward.
This is where the disaster begins.
"Release!" shouted the one-eyed charm.
Whoosh!
The lethality formed by the rain of arrows is covering!
Bloodbeard bore the brunt of the attack, and although his small round shield had already protected his head and face, there were still a lot of places exposed outside the small round shield, and his lower abdomen and two thighs were full of sharp arrows.
Because almost all the arrows of the Scorching Division were aimed at him alone.
Bloodbeard, the mercenary leader of the Cat Regiment, the famous mercenary leader, and the famous big man in the disputed places of Rees, Mill, and Telosi, did not even touch the enemy's edge, and fell.
As soon as he fell, more arrows landed on his body, turning him into a hedgehog.
Kill the leader of the enemy first, this is the order of the demimen before the military operation.
Anyway, the countless triangular spikes blocked the possibility of the enemy rushing to the second floor to fight, and the enemies in the hall downstairs were all arrow targets.
At the top of the tall Maester's Tower, stood what the Valley tribesmen called Tyrion Lannister, flanked by Bronn and the two sons of the forest's guards, Green-clad and Gold-clad Fred.
Standing on the top of the tallest bachelor's tower, you can see everything inside and outside the city at a glance.
"Bolon, blow the hornββ Clen, go and pour me a glass of wine, the bottle in the middle of the wine cabinet, from Qingting Island!"