Chapter 0911: Midnight Raid: Rookie vs. Veteran
Alianne led 10,000 elite soldiers along the coastline to make a detour back behind Mance Red.
In one night, her team traveled more than 100 miles by sea.
The movement of the army will involve a lot of logistics, and there are thousands of people, and food, clothing, housing and transportation are big problems. With 10,000 elite soldiers, living materials are a big problem. Fortunately, Alen was on her own turf, and the ship was always on the coast, ready to dock to accept the help of local nobles and officials.
One night and one day later, in the evening, the ship was not far from Yang Halberd City. And Yang Halberd City is not far from Slatty Town, but it is more than a hundred miles.
At this time, information about Will and others in the east also came, and Will led his army into the desert, which made Arlene breathe a sigh of relief. The temperature in the desert is extremely high, drinking water is a big problem, and there is no foreign army that enters the desert without encountering defeat.
Now the only thing Will did right was to buy the hearts of the lower classes, not to harass, not to rob, not to kill, and to give back money, food, and land. This small favor will keep the locals from leading them into the quicksands, but it will only delay their life expectancy for defeat.
Uncle Red Viper is no stranger to the desert, he grew up in Sandstone City, and has been crawling in the desert since he was a child.
After receiving the news, Alianne was relieved and ordered the ship to be stopped and returned to Slatted Town after dark.
It's only about two hours away from Slats, so it's slower at night, and it's not really a warship. The enemy has a unicorn legion, so don't attack it during the day, as this will alarm the enemy. Wait until midnight and conduct a raid at night. The enemy raided Slatted Town in his sleep, and this time, Arlene will raid the enemy in his sleep.
It was also because of Arlene's late-night raid plan that Mance Red's merchant ship loaded with supplies set off at night, and for fear of being intercepted, he went to the open sea, just missing Arlene's raid.
In the middle of the night, thousands of small boats passed through the open sea of Yang Halberd City, and joined more than thirty warships of Yang Halberd City, along the way, Alian's team was supported by the nobles along the route, and the number of soldiers increased by 1,000 and the number of ships increased by 50. In the city of Yang Halberd, the strength of the army was again increased by a thousand, and the number of ships increased by thirty.
The 1,000 people in Yang Halberd City were not the garrison of Yang Halberd City, but because of Mance Red's attack, which caused a great panic among the nobles around Yang Halberd City, and everyone moved into Yang Halberd City to seek refuge. It was not only the nobles who moved their families into Yangji City, but also the common people, who were also afraid of war and foreign legions, all moved their families into Yangji City.
In just a few days, the population of the city skyrocketed, although most of them were old and weak, women and children, but there were also many noble attendants and able-bodied commoners.
These people are the source of soldiers.
When Arlene's ship was anchored in the bay not far from Yang Halberd City, Prince Dao Lang of Yang Halberd City received the news, so he quickly organized an army of 1,000 men and thirty warships, and handed them over to Alian's command.
There is a home field advantage in the war on his own turf, whether it is food, housing, transportation, geography and weather, Arlen is like a fish in water. The war had not yet begun, and the number, supplies, and morale of her army were all high, and the information provided by various nobles was constantly gathered to Arlene.
The scouts of Halberd City had been following Mance Red's fleet from the shore, and the fleet had not left since it reached Slats. Mance Rader was so experienced that he ordered merchant ships to leave only after dark. The scouts of Yang Halberd City could only watch from a distance, and among the hundreds of warships lined up in the harbor all the way to the sea, several ships quietly set sail and left in the night, and they did not know it.
Mance Rader had to make sure that his troops remained in Dorne to fight, so the protection of the merchant ships was weak, and the enemy could not be known when the merchant ships laden with victories left.
As for the daytime, with the strength of the navy led by two hundred unicorns and Asha, Mance Rader is not afraid to be tough with the Dorns on the sea.
Dorne's Sand Horse cavalry is very powerful that Mance Rader knows, as for the navy, the combat power is very average, that is, the level of fighting pirates to protect merchant ships, and the real naval regular formation combat is very poor.
On the banks of the Slatted Town, Triston's Sand Horse Cavalry had arrived, but they had almost exhausted their spirits. They traveled hundreds of miles to the city of Divine Grace, and when they saw no enemy, they inquired, and all of them went down the river in boats. So they pursued all the way, Shama was okay and could hold on, but it was difficult for people to hold on for two days and one night without sleeping. The Dornish are not the Dothraki on the other side of the Narrow Sea, and they don't have the ability to sleep right away.
Trisdan himself is also a teenager, and his eyes have turned black, but in order to chase and kill the enemy, he is a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, and orders the team to continue the pursuit, and finally sees the enemy at the mouth of the Green Blood River.
Mance Raid's army lived on ships in the harbor. The boat was so far from the shore that it was impossible to leap over it on a sand horse, and arrows could not be shot. The ship where Mance Rader docked was a stone's throw away. This is a military plan, and it is all designed in advance.
Tristan Martell could not engage in the battle, so he had to order camp, and the soldiers were tired from the rapid march for two days and one night, and the army ate and rested. He sent scouts along the Greenblood River to collect boats, but the entire Greenblood River's boats were either requisitioned by Mance Rader or burned by a fire.
Tristan's men mobilized the local inhabitants and nobles, and with all their efforts, they only managed to collect a dozen wrecked ships, and it was impossible to start any water battle with the enemy.
Everyone can only camp and rest first, and wait until tomorrow to figure out a way.
After Mance Rader and the other merchant ships left quietly, and the army was well fed, he ordered the beating of gongs and drums, and the soldiers sang and drank in the bow of the ship, making a noise and provocation, and the drums and gongs shook the sky, and sent small boats to the shore to harass Tristan's army, so that they could not rest.
Tristan's army now numbered 7,000 men, of which 2,000 were the commoners and noble attendants gathered for more than 600 miles. Many of the nobles in the eastern realm of Dorne heard that the prince was leading an army to hunt down the invading enemy, and they came to join them on sand horses with the only squires and civilians they could fight.
Despite Mance Raed's and Will's strategy of not committing any offense against the commoners, the vast majority of the commoners and all the nobles were willing to heed the lord's call and take up arms to join the prince's army on the six or seven hundred miles from the military fort of Ellenwood to Slatted Town.
Mance Rader's hundreds of warships are in the night carnival mode. Their noise and harassment had a great effect on the troops on the shore, for every half time Mance Rader had his soldiers beat the drums of the attack, causing the Dodons to rise up from their tents, and the centurions to give the order to assemble with a loud voice.
As a result, when the ranks of the Dornites were put in order, not a single soldier from the other side came up, and the drums of the attack stopped.
Tristan was a young boy who had first experienced the situation of battling old fritters like Mance Red, Shanna, and Asha, and he was so nervous that he was fully armed, thirsty but couldn't even drink water, and his heart was stuffed with all kinds of things.
Tristan waited in formation for a long time, but the other party did not attack, but sang and drank wine on the boat, and the noise came in bursts.
After holding out for half an hour, Tristan ordered the disbandment and everyone rested.
The Dornish were so sleepy that they fell asleep as soon as they entered the tent. However, it was not long before the cries of the enemy resounded through the sky and could be heard for miles, and countless small boats rowed by, and the drums were deafening. Dorne's seven thousand cavalry awoke from their slumber, they mounted their horses, lined up, their swords unsheathed, and everything was just right, and the other boats retreated, the drums of war ceased, and the bow of the ship was brightly lit, singing and dancing.
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Chapter 0911-2 Sacking the Salt Coast
After doing this three times, Tristan suddenly understood that as long as his cavalry corps was on the shore of this port, he was destined to not be able to sleep tonight. The team marched in a hurry for two days and one night, and everyone did not close their eyes, and they did not sleep tonight, and tomorrow dawn, if the other party fought a decisive battle, they would definitely lose.
The prince then ordered the legions to retreat fifty miles back and camp, and not to camp on the bank of the river, but to camp fifty miles from the bank. The enemy had to make a surprise attack fifty miles away, and Tristan had plenty of time to prepare.
So, the seven thousand sand horse cavalry retreated fifty miles.
When the last of the cavalry was out of sight, Mansa Raide ordered the ships to set sail, leave Slit Town, and march west along the coastline.
About two hundred miles from the city of lemon groves, which has been looted, there is a city by the sea: the Salt Coast. Mance Rader had already planned to raid the Salt Coast tonight.
No matter how majestic and strong these cities were, they were easy to break without a large number of troops to defend them. As soon as the siege equipment was erected, the soldiers climbed the walls. A small number of troops could not hold the long walls. In addition to Starfall, Mance Rader and Will also left a good impression on the nobles, that is, as long as they surrendered voluntarily and acted under command, they would not burn or slaughter the city. And Starfall City just made an example of evil.
If you want to blame, the strange star falling into the city is too famous, and it has become a spiritual symbol of the courage of the Dorn people. The Excalibur of Dawn also gives the Dornes a sense of pride and great ritual sacredness. Destroying Starfall City and taking away the Dawn Excalibur has a powerful effect on the Dorn's fantasy that no matter how strong the enemy is, they can't conquer Dorne.
The Salt Coast is the castle and fiefdom of the Gogenres family. They were a very important family of nobles in the Dorne, how prominent and important they were, and Prince Doran himself served as an attendant in this family, and grew from a child to a teenager in this city.
The coat of arms of the Gogenres family is a chicken snake with a red red background and a black snake in its mouth.
The lord of this generation of the House of Gogenreth was Count Trimond Gogenres, who led the family garrison to follow Prince Arlene to garrison the Ironwood Military Fortress, the bone road where the House of Ironwood was stationed. At present, the garrison of the Count of Gogenreth and his family is in the thousand ships of Princess Arlene.
Arion's army increased from 10,000 elite soldiers to 2,000 ordinary soldiers. Aliane also planned to raid the enemies in Slats in the middle of the night under the cover of night. Count Gogenreth was very worried about his Salt Coast City, but Arlen's military orders were like mountains, rewards and punishments were clear, and he was brave and strategic, and the Count did not dare to bring his troops back to garrison his Salt Coast City first.
The Salt Coast is a wealthy city, and when the people of Mance Rader were still on the Great Wall, they had already studied the map of Dorne thoroughly, the route, the number of troops, the surnames of the nobles, the character, the size of the territory, and the number of people.
From a night watchman to the leader of a blood-blooded northern tribe, Mance Rader relied on his intelligence more than his swordsmanship. Moreover, it is difficult for the bloodthirsty and warlike freedmen to be subdued by swordsmanship, not to mention that Mance Rader only has one person and a sword, and when he entered the freedmen, he did not have the backing of any family tribe.
However, he united all the northern tribes and became their common king of great prestige.
After Mance Rader's harassing tactics forced back the Sand Horse cavalry of the young prince Tristan, all the navies immediately set sail for the Salt Coast to attack the wealthy city.
If you want to defeat a powerful enemy, assuming that you can win the assault but also lose a lot of money, then there is a shortcut, which is to leave the enemy without food and property.
The looting of the food and money of the nobles along the Green Blood River is the concrete realization of this tactic.
When the nobles have no food, they will inevitably attack the commoners who have food, whether it is robbery or borrowing or killing, at this time, it will provoke the revolt of the commoners, and this is exactly what Mance Rader wants.
They give money and food to the commoners, while the local nobles rob it, and that's right. Geralt Dane, the heart of darkness in High Hidden City, is very loyal to follow the direction that Mance Red and Lord Will want, meticulously, and perfectly. He killed his housekeeper, slaughtered some of the people in the nearest village to the city, and forcibly snatched back the food and some furniture that might have belonged to the city.
The navy led by Asha and the legions on the island of Skagus in Shanna are very strong warriors, and the ships are not comparable to the boats of the fishermen of the coastal fishing villages that Alen has recruited, and the salt coast is on the south coast of Dorne, and Mance Rader is heading west, and will not meet Arion's fleet waiting north of the city of Halberd.
Mance Rader was moving forward with his goal, and at this time, Arlene's fleet was also activated, setting off for Slatty Town, carrying out a dream raid in the middle of the night.
When Alian's more than a thousand ships surrounded the port of Slatch, the enemy was nowhere to be seen except for floating garbage and dozens of wrecked ships.
About two hundred miles away from the town of Slats, Mance Red's 5,000 soldiers had already set up siege equipment and began to attack the city, and when the soldiers began to climb the city walls in dozens of ways, the defenders stopped fighting and opened the city gate to announce their surrender on behalf of the city lord, in exchange for the condition that Mance Red, Shanna, and Asha would not slaughter the city or burn the city as long as they surrendered.
In a short period of time, the city of the Salt Coast was broken.
Mance Red, Shanna, and Asha led their armies into the city, and they took all the nobles in the city, put them on the ships, and sacked the city overnight with 5,000 men, and dismissed the civilians in the city with food and money, and cut off the heads of those who refused to go.
The city of the Salt Coast was so rich that it was looted until dawn, and it was all emptied of the city. The sculptures and large pieces of furniture that could not be moved were all destroyed, and none of them survived.
When it comes to destroying furniture and sculptures, large murals, and the Iron Folk of Asha and the warriors of Shanna's Skagos Islands, they are experts at it.
After dawn, everyone returned to the ship, the harvest was too great, and the fighters were very excited. At this time, the flagship came out with the sound of a horn: Woo woo
In the eastern seas, enemy ships have been discovered!