The thick-haired Stafford Lannister held his chin with his right hand and thought hard for a while before saying:
"Stormborn should be planning a sneak attack on Casterly Rock City. With the current situation, as long as Casterly Rock City falls, our soldiers' morale will definitely be shaken."
Kevan, who was on his left, glanced at this mediocre clan member and said, "I have left three hundred elite soldiers in the city. If they really think that a young dragon under two years old can make these soldiers surrender, then we will
There is no need to fight this war anymore.”
Kevan didn't dislike Stafford very much, but he hated the man's many mistakes. It was the accumulation of these mistakes that caused the power of the Lannister family to fall to the bottom within a few months.
Stafford still insisted on his point of view. He protested loudly: "Only Casterly Rock can influence the outcome of this battle. I think giant crossbowmen must be sent back to support the castle. The focus of defense should be above the castle."
Kevan, who was a steady man, shook his head, "Stormborn is alone. She rode a dragon into Casterly Rock, so what?"
Considering that Stafford once let the floods wash away an army in Stone Hall in the Riverlands, he decided to ignore all this man's suggestions.
But Kevan himself didn't know what Daenerys was doing as she flew north on the dragon.
"The three dragons are still there, and we won't care about Stormborn riding the dragon and flying away." Adam, who commanded the heavy cavalry, suggested.
Kevan nodded, agreeing with the point of view of the person he thought was reliable, and no longer thought about this matter, but focused on the right army that was about to start the battle, that is, the southern battlefield.
Seeing that his suggestion was not adopted, Stafford, who was riding a horse, said angrily: "You don't even listen to me, a blood relative, so I don't think I need to stay here anymore."
He originally wanted to go find his son Davon, but the Tilean soldiers on the opposite side had already begun to rush towards the right army formation.
After looking around, Stafford and several of his attendants left the central army and rode towards the rear.
When Kevan saw this, he breathed a sigh of relief and at the same time summoned a centurion captain and ordered:
"Go to Casterly Rock and order the defenders not to let Stafford enter. Tell the defenders that Stafford can stay at Lannisport."
The captain nodded and rode away.
While several nobles in the middle army were discussing the whereabouts of Daenerys, the entire right army had already started fighting.
Because the Reach people have been at war with the Dornish people for hundreds of years, and the Dornish soldiers often use long weapons such as spears and spears since the arrival of the Rhoynar, most of the Reach families have established quite complete shield arrays.
So Leo Tyrell first opened the way with three hundred heavy infantry armed with large shields, equipped with small bucklers, and soldiers with half-swords followed closely behind.
As for the 1,500 cavalry of this army, they were divided into two teams and circled from both sides of the right army in the western border. Some of the cavalry were also equipped with crossbows or bows and arrows. During the circle, they performed "kite tactics".
In other words, they kept firing arrows to attack the infantry in the western border.
Faced with the enemy's tactics, Da Feng, the commander-in-chief of the right army in the Western Region, saw the opportunity and took advantage of the situation.
"Archers, aim forward and prepare to shoot."
"William Hisham and Hangri Farman, you two will take your heavy infantry to protect the sides and rear."
The heavy infantry of Westeros are generally fully armored warriors wearing chain mail and plate armor. Their weapons are mainly chain hammers, battle axes, and two-handed swords.
Many knights and squires are heavy cavalry on horseback and can still be used as heavy infantry after dismounting. But now that there are enough horses, there is no need to waste them like this.
The two people who were called left with a team of 500 people in their names, and quickly squeezed towards the rear and sides.
After the right army of the Western Territory fired a hail of arrows, the Hewan sword and shield soldiers hiding behind the shield soldiers raised their small round shields to resist the rain of arrows.
Although the accuracy of this kind of thrown arrow is not very good, it is powerful enough. If the key parts are not guarded, the combat effectiveness will be lost on the spot after the arrow hits.
The nobles wearing a full set of plate armor were naturally not afraid of such random arrows, but the same could not be said for the soldiers whose defense was not so tight.
Dozens of soldiers fell to this rain of arrows. Leo Tyrell, who was holding the hilt and blade of his two-handed sword with iron gloves, turned around and glanced at the casualties, and suddenly felt heartache.
These are all soldiers who piled up money.
"Go forward quickly and rush to the front of the formation!"
The leading nobles generally have amazing voices, and Leo Tyrell was no exception. He shouted his orders to the flag officer and the surrounding soldiers, and the attack speed of the Riverbend Army suddenly accelerated.
After two rounds of arrow rain, the two groups of infantry collided fiercely, like two waves of waves colliding head-on, causing waves to splash against each other.
The fighting of thousands of people officially began.
At the same time, the Hebang cavalry who had circled behind finally arrived. After a simple formation, they began a wall charge.
The nobles and knights at the head were wearing armor, and just the sound of thousands of horse hooves hitting the ground could make the heavy infantry lined up for defense tremble with fear.
"Keep the array~"
The two knights William Hisham and Hangri Farman sent out by Davon tried their best to let their men meet the enemy, but the soldiers had no other choice. There were people behind them and they couldn't escape anywhere.
Only ten minutes after the war started, the battlefield on the entire southern side was already in full swing.
Hundreds of meters away, the king, holding a monocular, stared at the battlefield carefully, feeling that it should be able to hold out until Garland and his army arrived.
This is why he arranged the Tyrells and the Reach family to the south. His soldiers will fight fiercely with the West March army, and Garland and his Reach army will definitely go all out.
"The left army of the Western Region are newly recruited peasant soldiers. Their equipment, weapons and combat capabilities are lagging behind in all aspects. Only the Lannisport garrison still has some fighting strength. Pass the order and ask Aenys Frey to start the war quickly.
The left army of the Western Region has also been dragged into the battlefield, don’t let Kevan have any spare power to escape.”
Arthur I shouted orders.
A knight from the Riverlands, Hugo Vance, went to deliver the king's order.
A few minutes later, fighting also broke out on the north side.
Bald Inis still has basic vision.
The only real combatable force of the left army in the West is the Lannisport garrison of about a thousand men.
This garrison is one of the three major garrison forces in Westeros, the other two being the Oldtown Garrison and the King's Landing Garrison.
Although the Lannisport garrison is far less famous than the other two, it is more well-trained.
After losing to his opponent in a tournament, the legendary knight Tall Duncan once wanted to join the Lannisport garrison, which shows how much this police-style army is recognized by the knights.
"Simon, you lead the new troops to attack first. Hosteen, the cavalry is under your command. After the Lannisport garrison is dragged into the battlefield, then rush into the enemy and disperse the peasant soldiers."
Marquis Innis briefly laid out the strategy.
Previously, the Twins recruited 1,500 new soldiers to join the army of King Arthur I.
For this army, Marquis Frey felt that it would be most appropriate to use it as expendable supplies and let them compete with the Lannisport garrison for a while, and then the veterans would harvest it.
As for the peasant soldiers recently recruited by the families in the Western Territory, Inis believed that as long as the cavalry broke up their formation, the entire army would be in chaos.
Without long-term training, the soldiers do not have the awareness to strictly guard the formation. As long as a few soldiers are separated from their companions, the entire battlefield will collapse.
The relatively well-trained Frey army slowly carried out the lord's orders.
Led by the dismounted knight Simon Frey, 1,500 new Frey soldiers took the lead and charged towards the left army of the Western Territory.
In order to reduce losses as much as possible, the small number of cavalry in this part were required to dismount and fight.
The Frey cavalry led by Ser Hosteen continued north, and only after they circled the flanks did they launch an attack.
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Kevan always believed that a qualified commander should observe the situation on the battlefield in a timely manner and then adjust countermeasures.
The transfer of thousands of people from the Frey family in the north could not escape the eyes of the people in the West, and the plight of the left army immediately reached the ears of the nobles in the middle army.
Roland Krech immediately requested: "Lord Kevan, please allow me to lead an army to resist the attack of Frey's cavalry."
His eldest son, Tybalt Craher, was the commander of the left army, so the old earl, whose hair was beginning to turn gray, could not help but feel a little worried.
His second son, Lile Krech, was still imprisoned in the water prison of Riverrun. If his eldest son died in this battle, he would really have no place to cry.
One-Armed Adam also supported the support of the left army, "Sir, our central army is all cavalry, and the heavy cavalry reaches 3,500 people, while the dragon supporter's central army only has 4,000 river soldiers, and their combat effectiveness is far inferior.
We have no problem sending light cavalry over."
Although the Frey family is wealthy, their armament is only at the level of the upper reaches of the Riverlands, which is still some distance away from the heavy cavalry in the West, the Valley, and the Reach.
Except for the armor of the nobles, the average equipment level of the Frey cavalry is roughly equivalent to that of the Lannister light cavalry.
Kevan glanced at the entangled battle situation in the south, and then looked at the river army directly opposite from a distance.
His eyes swept across the armors, which varied between good and bad, and finally stopped at the dozens of flags.
"The flag of sword and horse, the flag of peasants, the flag of silver eagle, the flag of shield and horse, the flag of dancing girl, the flag of two Vances."
He had recognized the coat of arms of most of the Hejian families.
"With soldiers like this, 3,500 heavy cavalry are enough to defend them."
Kevan finally made a decision, "Let Sir Titos Brax lead an army to reinforce the left army."
He appointed the heir to Kakudani Castle as commander of the light cavalry.
The young knight who was pointed out rode out of the queue, nodded to the nobles, stabbed the horse's belly lightly with his heel, and headed towards the direction of the light cavalry.
In the next half hour, the two battlefields in the north and south changed slowly and fiercely.
With the reinforcements of a thousand light cavalry, Frey's cavalry did not quickly open up the left army in the West, nor could they disperse the peasant soldiers.
The Lannisport garrison was quite brave, and fought to a close with an enemy whose strength exceeded one-half of its own. The parties only maintained their formation in the initial stage, and then began to fight randomly.
The smell of blood began to spread throughout the battlefield. The three giant dragons that had had enough flying in the sky swooped down to two battlefields from time to time, went to a less crowded place to pick up the body parts, and then rushed up and flew to the rear of the Hejian Army to eat.
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Among them, Alduin ate the most happily.
Gendry, who was on the edge of the river nobles, saw this scene and ran to the king and asked:
"Your Majesty, should I stop Alduin from eating this meat?"
He felt that it was not a good sign for the dragon to eat the stumps, so he came to ask the king for his opinion.
"No, it's not like eating alive people." Arthur I waved his hand to reassure Gendry.
The growth of dragons requires the accumulation of flesh and blood, and disturbing them from eating is a waste of life.
And according to Arthur's observation, Alduin seems to have the ability to grow quickly by swallowing it.
This real name may imply the ability to devour souls. After the forest witch was eaten by Alduin last time, it grew a lot.
So Arthur wanted to see if devouring it could make it grow faster.
At this moment, a Crab Claw Peninsula ancestor soldier who squeezed in from behind got behind the king's giant red horse and whispered: "Your Majesty!"
When Arthur I turned around and saw this person, he knew that Bernard Brun and the Rowan soldiers were already in place.
After he nodded slightly to this person, he continued to stare at the battle ahead as if nothing had happened.
This Crab Claw Peninsula ancestor soldier bowed slightly to salute, and then left quickly.
The king has given the order to attack.
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An hour later, the one-armed Adam finally couldn't hold himself any longer.
"Aenis in the north has obviously retained his strength, and the battle situation in the south has become clear. The people of the Reach are no match for Davon and the infantry. Is it time for us to launch a general attack?"
The heir of the Malbrand family was convinced that the four thousand rivermen on the opposite side could not withstand his heavy cavalry.
This is the largest heavy cavalry regiment in Westeros.
A trace of doubt suddenly appeared on Kevan's face, "The battlefields on both sides of the north and south are in decline. Why is the Dragon Holder still so calm? Isn't he afraid that one battlefield will collapse and then lose the entire war?"
Although victory was approaching, the steady Kevan suddenly felt something was wrong.
The three giant dragons did not join the battle. What on earth is this Arthur doing?
One-armed Adam was very unimpressed, "You don't have to overestimate the military strategy of the Dragon Holder. He is famous for his bravery and invincibility, not his intelligence. I think it may be his first time to experience such a large-scale battle, so I didn't think about it.
So long ago."
The other nobles also advised:
"If we defeat the enemy's Chinese army, victory will not be far away for us."
"The young dragon's combat effectiveness is not very strong. If we kill the dragon holder, the situation may turn out differently."
Kevan hesitated for a moment and asked, "Is there any movement over there at Casterly Rock?"
The officer responsible for keeping an eye on the rear replied: "Nothing happened. The dragon born in the storm did not appear. Sir Stafford also went to the port."
The rear is stable, and Kevan has gained some confidence.
"Then the whole army will attack, everyone mounts up, and we will break up the peasant soldiers who support the dragon!"
The high morale of the coach was transmitted to the Lion cavalry. In just ten minutes, this army was ready and began to charge the Hejian Army several hundred meters away.
Just after the tens of thousands of horses' hooves moved, an extremely powerful group of cavalry suddenly appeared behind the hills of the battlefield on the south side.
Boom, boom, boom!
Even among his own cavalry, Kevan still felt the strength of the enemy's army.
At least four to five thousand cavalry regiments! He immediately made a judgment.
"The banner at the beginning is a four-part grid, with golden roses, purple grapes, red apples, and towering towers." A certain nobleman told Kevan loudly.
"It looks like it's Garland. Among all the Tyrells, he is the only one who has something to do with the Red Apple Fosoway."
The one-armed Adam galloping on horseback judged this.
Kevan was distraught, "Charge over first and disperse the river army, and then we will fight against this army."
The wall charge of our own cavalry has already started and cannot be stopped. We can only defeat the Hejian Army on the opposite side before making any plans.
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