Chapter 0440 The order is simple: kill the light
(Excuse me tomorrow.) From April, the last day of the month is a regular holiday. )
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Two thousand Blackarmor Army, four legions.
Every five hundred people are a legion.
The corps commander, hearing the squad leader's request, immediately asked Commander-in-Chief Berry Dondelion for instructions. Berry Dondelion rode his horse beside Melisandre, he glanced at Melisandre and kicked his horse, which ran along the formation behind the Black Armor array. Berry Dondelion shouted: "Defensive formation!"
Boom Boom!
The formation of the black-armored army of the four legions shrank, leaving no gap in the passage, the shields were all close together, layer upon layer, the spears of the soldiers in the front rows pierced out from the edge of the shields, and the soldiers in the back used their bodies and shields against the brothers in front, and the spears stretched out diagonally to the sky, erecting a forest of guns.
The long snake formation also turned into a semi-circle formation facing the enemy on three sides, blocking all the sparrows and civilians below the square, so that they did not have a chance to rush to Baylor Square.
Perhaps it was the negative state of the Black Armor Army that only defended and did not fight back that inspired the sparrows, and more stones and weapons such as knives, arrows, clubs, and spears were also thrown at the Black Armor Army, but one shield overlapped on the other, even the shield was also on top of the head, and the defense of the tortoiseshell formation was the best defensive formation, and the soldiers cooperated with each other to form a complete protective spherical whole, except for the powerful bow and crossbow shot that could nail through the oak shield with iron edge, no other attack could cause damage to the soldiers.
Luckily, crossbow shots are very sporadic and deal very limited damage.
Along with the sparrows' attacks, the drum noise and foul language began to burn in, just like the fire of the Great Sanctuary of Baylor.
The building is tall and majestic, with hundreds of rooms, and with the help of fire oil and wildfire materials, it will burn for at least an entire night before it completely burns out.
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On the walls of the Red Fort, the number of black armor guards was scattered, and the soldiers defending the city could not be seen on some sections of the city wall. The tall and fortified red walls were made entirely of boulders, and it would have been impossible for manpower to take the castle without siege ladders and trebuchets.
And as the flames of the Baelor Sanctuary soared into the sky, the gates of the Red Keep clicked open, and the teams of black armor were all shielded short swords, and there was no noise except for the sound of neat footsteps.
There were also a lot of sparrows gathered outside the castle gate, they had no formation, a large group of beggar-like figures scattered in the square of the Red Fort gate, as soon as the Black Armor Army came out, lined up in front of the gate, some sparrows retreated. Military power is like a sword, giving people a great sense of psychological oppression.
Boom Boom!
Groups of black-armored troops continued to open the gates of the Red Fort, as if the ranks were endless.
This scene shook the hearts of the sparrows!
Two thousand black armor troops drove out of the Red Fort and formed a defensive formation outside the gate.
Behind the legion, four officers and their cavalry guards slowly came out, and behind them, the gate of the Red Fort was slowly closed, and an officer on a war horse shouted at the archers on the city wall: "Ignite!"
So, on the walls of the high Red Castle, a bright torch was lit. Then, as if everyone had received some kind of signal, huge torches were lit on the walls of the mud gate of King's Landing, on the walls of the King's Gate, on the walls of the Lion Gate, on the walls of the Gate of the Gods, the Old City Gate, the Dragon Gate, and the Steel Gate.
The torches unsettled the residents who were hiding in their houses.
In the evenings when the sparrows flock into King's Landing, these unusual, never-before-seen flames are always unsettling. It's reminiscent of the dark magic of Stannis's superstitious flame witch Melisandre.
Stannis I was killed by the Red Witch, and what did she want to do now? The city's natives and merchants from all over the world are also worried.
As the torch was lit on the seven gates, the huge gates began to slowly close. Some of the sparrows did not have time to enter the city, so some sparrows by the gate came to stop the gate from closing.
The guards did not say a word, they were like mutes whose tongues had been cut out, they took up their shields, drew their short swords, and slashed mercilessly at the sparrows in front of them. On the city wall, the fire barrel that had been prepared long ago was ignited, pushed down from the city wall, and bounced and fell into the sparrows outside the city wall.
The howl rang out immediately.
The closed doors of the nearby houses also opened almost at the same time, and groups of black-armored soldiers appeared from the residential buildings, their shields, short swords, and armor were the same, and as soon as they came out, they lined up in battle formations, shields to protect their bodies, and short swords to kill, and began to slaughter the sparrows in the street step by step.
Black armor, black shield, black night, the unhurried black armor army, arrayed like a wall, advancing forward, and those who dared to stand in the way were stabbed into the body by several swords in an instant. The wooden sticks, swords, and spears that counterattacked attacked them, but they were all blocked by the combined force of the shields. After the attack, the sparrow, which was a little slower to dodge, was immediately pressed up by several shields at the same time, and under the shields, the short sword stabbed out like a poisonous snake, fast and ruthless, without mercy.
Puff puff!
The sound of the sword stabbing into the body was cruel and stomach-churning.
There was no noise or shouting among the Black Armor soldiers, they were like terrible ghosts in the night. The barefoot, ragged, coarse cloth robes of the sparrows broke apart at the first touch, and the screams mixed with angry revolt and futile counterattacks resounded at every city gate.
After only a short while, the sparrows gathered at the city gate to stop the gate from closing were defeated, and in front of the silent black armor army, who only wanted to kill, the sparrows fled one after another.
Seven gates slammed shut!
Inside and outside the city gate, blood was bubbling, and the corpses were lying on the ground, not a single corpse of a black-armored soldier, all of them were sparrows with ragged weapons and no armor protection.
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In Baylor Square, Melisandre raised her hand at Berry Dondelion after seeing the great and dazzling torches at the seven gates. Berry Dondelion drew his long sword and urged his horse to shout: "Attack the formation, leave no one, kill!"
As a result, the formation of the two thousand Black Armor Army soldiers, who had long been full of anger and strength, began to advance step by step. The semi-circular formation of their defense became a three-sided one-line attack formation, the shields were tightly guarded, and the spears were straight, advancing forward with a bang.
Except for the sound of footsteps, there was no shouting, no noise, and every pair of eyes under the helmet was cold and ruthless, like the black tip of their spear, shining with a cold light.
Melisandre's military campaign to slaughter sparrows in the city after burning the Basilica of Baylor officially began, and the plan was to exterminate the entire city until dawn, making sure that not a single sparrow was missed.
The flea nest houses and all the rental houses will also be washed in blood.
Melisandre, riding on her warhorse, held her head high, and the blood-bright ruby on her slender neck was very beautiful and sparkling. Her big eyes reflected the sparrows that had fallen one after another as they had been stabbed by spears. There was no expression on her beautiful heart-shaped face.
The order that each soldier receives before his action is simple, with only two words: Kill!