Chapter 0756 Night Attack: Praying Mantis Catches Cicada
The five great families of the Westlands: the Pynes, the Cleganes, the Lannisters, the Westerlings, and the Ryfords of the Golden Tooth. The five major families are counted as the Faman family, which has the right to the sea, and there are six major families in total.
On the sea, the only families with combat power are the Farman family and the Lannister family of Lannister Harbor.
However, after the complete conquest of the Western Frontier, the port of Lannith retained only the right to trade and no longer allowed the creation of a navy. The warships were all transferred by Will and Robb during the attack on the Iron Islands, and the ships were not returned after the war. Some of the warships arrived at the Robb family's White Harbor and became part of the naval force of the White Harbor, and some of the warships arrived at Cold Ice Bay, and established a small naval base in the sea area of Xiqiaowang, the westernmost part of the Great Wall, and formed a maritime linkage with the Mormont family's Bear Island.
The navy of the Faman family is still under construction, and it is neither strong nor weak. However, the death of a thousand elites is already a burden that the Farman family cannot bear.
The Faman family is on Fairy Island, due to geographical limitations, the total number of troops is only 3,000, more than half of which are usually composed of farmers, fishermen and hunters, and the real professional warriors who practice every day are knights and attendants who are armed with the major nobles.
A thousand elites seem to be a small number, but they are the core strength of the developing Faman family.
A large nobleman with a background, such as the Bronze Jon family in the Vale, such as the Tywin Lannister family in the West, belongs to the true power of his own family, and there are only a few thousand people. The elite of the core does not exceed two thousand people. In the battle where Tywin led more than 10,000 elites to attack King's Landing and was burned by Melisandre's fire, more than 10,000 elites were the concentrated force of all the nobles in the entire West, not the power of one family of the Tywin family.
Crow's Eye is by no means alarmist when he says that he landed on Fairy Island seven days later and asked Janine Farman to be his lover.
With no other nobles to support with a strong navy, the Faman family of Fairy Island could hardly resist the attack of the hundred warships of Raveneye.
From Janine Farman's letter, Will learns that Crow-Eyed Euren is a powerful man, and that he has unified many pirates of all sizes in the Sunset Sea, with an estimated strength of about 5,000.
The pirates are very strong individually, and if they are not good at managing when assembled, they are a rabble. However, Will knew that Croweye dared to come back from overseas, so he naturally made a fortune and had a strong sea power.
According to the memory plot before the crossing, the purpose of Crow's eyes Eulon's return to the Iron Islands was to seize the throne of the Iron Islands. In the unaltered plot, Croweye pushes his eldest brother, King Baron, off the suspension bridge, which is supposed to be sent by his own brother to the Poseidon's palace of flowing water.
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Although the Eagle's Nest City in the valley is built on the top of the Bright Moon Mountain Range and spans the Giant's Spear, it is said that if you want to get up the mountain, you still have to be the first in the western realm. The western territory is mountainous, with many gold mines, and is the first in the Seven Kingdoms.
The mountain is home to lions, shadow lynxes, timberwolves, wild horses, goats, foxes and rabbits, and many other animals, making it a natural hunting ground for two griffons.
Will and Arya chose to land and rest in the Westlands Mountains.
The food for the two tonight was still barbecue, and with two griffons in the house, it was too easy to catch their favorite prey. All it takes is for the griffons to crow low in the air, and the beasts fall to the ground, trembling, and will not flee again.
Aside from not breathing fire, and being inferior in size and strength, the griffin is otherwise not inferior to dragons. When it comes to the talent for catching beasts, griffins are more powerful than dragons.
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In the hammock, Arya looked sideways in Will's direction.
Night in the mountains comes earlier than outside. By the time you could see outside, it was already dark inside the forest.
With two griffons there, two people don't have to take turns to keep watch, so they don't have to worry about someone sneaking around, and they don't have to worry about the damage of predators. The sense of security is the same as in Winterfell. Although it is thousands of miles away, it is not hard work. There is food, water, and alcohol, and you can rest at night. It doesn't get any better than that.
"Will, are you asleep?"
Will let out a slight snort.
"Will, I know you can hear me. β
Will replied that Arya's snoring was still the same.
"What I want to say is, why are we going to look for Euron tonight, the vast sea, how do we know where they are?If it's going to the Iron Islands, can you guarantee that Euron Greyjoy must be in the Iron Islands?
Will's snoring was clear, more relaxing than sleeping in a room in Winterfell.
With two griffons by his side, he couldn't worry about it.
Sleeping in Winterfell, the griffons were too large to follow Will. Recently, it only fell on the top of the tower of the main fort.
"Will!" Arya's voice raised slightly.
The two griffons slept under the hammocks, their heads raised slightly, and the eyes of the two dazzling gems sparkled in the darkness.
Arya muttered, "You really slept so deeply?" she reached out and grabbed the rope of Will's hammock, and with a strong arm, jumped over it, landing lightly on Will's hammock.
The heads of the two griffons stood up, and the long eagle's neck was stretched out beyond the height of the two hammocks, and they looked at Arya and their sleeping master with curious eyes.
Arya said, "How can a stealth master, an alert thief, come alone and not know it. She reached out and gently pinched Will's nose.
Will finally moved, turned over with his eyes closed, and turned his back to Arya: "Don't make trouble, there will be a battle tonight, go to sleep!"
"Do you know where Euron is?" Arya grabbed Will's shoulders and turned him over so hard that he could face herself, her face pressed back into Will's closed eyes, "You've been with me all the time, how do you possibly know where that Euron is?"
Will rolled over again, and before he snored, he said, "If you are long-winded, I won't let you go with me." β
Arya's outstretched hand froze in the air.
She was really afraid that Will wouldn't want her to go into battle. Will whistles, and both griffons refuse her ride.
"Alright, I'll sleep!" Arya was about to take Will's shoulder back, and she lay down next to Will's back, back to back with Will, "Forget it, I know you're a prophet, a prophet of the unknown." Do you know when I'll be able to fall asleep? Count, if you don't tell me how we're going to find Euron tonight, how can I sleep?" her back leaned back so hard that Will had to move outside!
The two staring griffons tilted their heads and slowly shrunk their necks.
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"Can you go back to your hammock?" Will finally couldn't take it anymore.
A little thing arched back and forth on his back, reallyβa little irritating.
"Where are we going to find Euron tonight?" are you sure?"
"Nope!"
"No, it's better to go to the sea early tomorrow morning to find him. β
"Okay, sleep!"
"You're so simple?" said Arya, in a rather skeptical tone.
Will sat up: "Arya, I don't like this shortcoming that you have to ask about everything. β
"It's not a disadvantage. β
"I am a general, you are a soldier, and the general does not have to explain any military action to the soldiers. β
"I'm Arya, and you're Will. Arya also sat up and reached out to scratch Will's nose, "It's just the two of us here, you're not a general, I'm not a soldier, we're partners." It's like ......" Arya saw the necks of the two griffons under the hammock and stretched out curiously, "It's like these two griffins, I'm Azurite, and you're the flame." β
Will said, "Well, what exactly do you want to know?"
"We're going to look for Euron tonight?"
"Yes!"
"Where to look?"
"Waiting for him in the sky above Fairy Island. β
"How did you know he was coming?"
"There's a good chance he'll come and attack the fairy. β
"Why? Did you see the oracle fragments?"
"Eulen is a very experienced pirate, ruthless and militarily brilliant. After being driven out of the Iron Islands by King Baron, he went to the seas across the Narrow Sea to seek his future. Judging by the scale of his return with five thousand combat forces and a hundred warships, he succeeded. β
"No matter how successful he is, he is only one of the biggest pirates. β
"This pirate is not to be taken lightly. His letter to Jenny Farman is a trap. Fortunately, Jenny immediately delivered the news to me. β
"That letter is a trap?"
"Yes, he told Janine Farman to attack her on the eighth day, but it was actually a mitigation tactic. He must have made a surprise attack tonight. β
"Why tonight?"
"He is afraid of long nights and dreams, the western territory has been unified, and after the Iron Islands are destroyed by me and Robb, all the forces along the coast will obey our orders. Time slowed down, from Lannisport, from Haijiang City, from Neck, from Bear Island, from Cold Ice Bay, reinforcements may be transferred to support Fairy Island. Not to mention the fact that we also have griffons, passing from the sky, boulders falling, and his flagship is defenseless. Extrapolating the time from his raven letters, tonight was the most reasonable time for him to attack. It had only been a day since he had sent the raven letter to Janine Farman that Jane Farman was at his most lax and unguarded. β
Arya listened convincingly.
"When you say that, I understand. Arya's eyes sparkled as she watched Will. Will's military talent seems to be even more powerful than Robb's. Well, apart from his father Ed, Will is the most powerful man.
"Got it and went to sleep. Will said.
"But since we've calculated that Euron will attack Fairy Island tonight, why don't we rush to inform Janine Farman right now and get them ready. β
"I went to inform Janie Farman that there was a possibility that the news would be leaked. In the case of Euron, there must have been pirates in this area who had already mixed up with Fairy Island. We're going to take it and hold on to it, and we can't let him run. β
"Just me and you?"
"And azubra and flames. β
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In the middle of the night, everything is silent, and the sea is still choppy.
On the coastline, the tide crashes against the reef with a loud sound.
The autumn moon is bright, illuminating the night sky in a blue expanse.
The sea of the setting sun is so vast that you can't see the edge of the griffon's back, day or night.
The islands scattered in the sea of the setting sun are like a few small beans thrown away by a child in the moonlight.
Will and Arya sat on the back of the griffon, the moon above their heads, and the stars of the autumn night could be plucked with their hands.
On the sea below, hundreds of warships were like small worms, slowly heading towards Fairy Island. Of course, this is an illusion, in fact the speed of the battleship is very fast.
The sound of the waves crashing against the island was a good cover for the sailors' oars.
Arya looked at the worm-like battleship below, "Will, did you really deduce Eurolen's military operations based on the letter that Euron wrote to Jane, not the oracle's revelation?"
"My oracle is very poor, and the gods have not favored me for a long time. β
"You must have the power to make the gods jealous. β
Will smiled.
"Arya, when did you learn to say compliments?"
"I'm not going to compliment you. You're really amazing. Arya laughed.
Below, Euron's ship entered the harbor, which was defenseless and the people were asleep, and the slaughter began, and some torches were lit, setting fire to the warships, merchant ships, and fishing boats in the harbor.
"Let's fly down a bit!" Will said.
Two people began to lower the height.
"Why don't we start attacking?" said Arya, "they're killing people and burning ships!"
"Wait!" Will said lightly.
"You've changed, you've become cold and heartless. Arya controlled Azurite and began to lower in height.
"Let's lock on Yolun's position first. Shoot the man first and shoot the horse, and capture the thief first and capture the king. This rabble of pirates will be easy to do as long as they hold on to Euron. β
"Euron is on the flagship, let's just attack the flagship directly. Arya lowered the height again.
"What if Euron isn't on the flagship?" Will slowly lowered his altitude.
Below, a fire began to burn in the harbor, and the men of Euron docked in small boats, and the warships were moored outside the harbor. There was already movement in the city, and there were people shouting that there was a fire.
"The castle garrison has not yet realized that it was a Euron invasion. Arya shook her head, "Their vigilance is too poor. How did Jenny Farman usually train her legions? β
"Her well-trained soldiers have been wiped out. Will reminded Arya.
"Then we should be more vigilant and not relax every night!"
Below, the pirate team divided into two ways and headed straight for the castle.
In the midst of the bright torches raised, a man rode on a tall black horse, his voice loud and laughing, giving one order after another.
"That guy is Croweye, I see the blindfold on his eye. β
"Well, I saw that too. Will said lightly, "Arya, jump here." β
"What?"
"Jump on, I'll pick you up. Just let Alanstral go down and catch Yulun. β
"No!" Arya patted Blue Crystal on the neck and shouted, "Go down and grab the guy on horseback." β
Azurite slammed down, straight as an arrow and perpendicular as a wall.
Arya firmly hugged Lanjing's neck, desperately holding back her heartbeat so that she didn't scream wildly.
It would be much better for her to shout out, but that would alarm the pirates below, and it would also alarm Euron on the tall horse.
Sneak attack!
If it weren't for Will re-tying Arya's legs and body before leaving, Arya would have been thrown out by Azutrist's down-piercing raid.
Wilha's laughter broke out.
He had to admire Arya's stubbornness and self-inflicted suffering.
It makes sense to ask her to jump over and ride the flames.
The pirates below landed like ants, their swords shining, and all the houses they could see were lit on fire, and all the people they saw, men, women, and children, were slashed and killed.
The castle in the distance was finally alarmed, and the soldiers on duty blew their horns - woo, woo, woo!
The sleeping garrisons got up in a panic, grabbed armor, swords, helmets, and combat boots, and became a mess. ()
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