"The rebels' intention is obvious, which is to concentrate their main forces at Storm's End and wait for reinforcements from Volantis."
Arthur pointed at Storm's End Castle on the north side of Shipwreck Bay, and then pointed at Cape Wrath on the south side of Shipwreck Bay.
"But it's late autumn now, and the storms in the Narrow Sea are not familiar to Volantis captains who are accustomed to sailing in the Summer Sea. What's more, reaching Storm's End directly requires passing through the infamous Shipbreaker Bay, so even if
The advance fleet of Volantis has arrived to support Young Aegon, and their landing location will only be in the rainforest for a week."
Cape Wrath is a large peninsula extending from the Stormlands into the Narrow Sea. It is bordered by Shipwreck Bay to the north, the Dorne Sea to the south, and the Isle of Ismon across the sea.
A knight named Bruce Buckler cleverly flattered the king: "What your Majesty said is that we must not only defeat the rebels of the Golden Company, but also block possible reinforcements."
Matus Rowan agreed, "Now that we have reinforcements from Dorne, we might as well send some to Cape Wrath to recapture the castle and also cut off the Golden Company's escape route to the south."
This is also a reasonable suggestion. In the face of nearly two to three times the strength of the troops, even the Golden Company who has experienced hundreds of battles does not have much hope of victory. Therefore, in addition to sticking to Storm's End, little Aegon and the Golden Company who support him
You can also develop southward.
The south of Cape Wrath is a vast expanse of plains, with a rainy climate and fertile land. There is a lot of food reserves in the lord's castle and in the countryside.
The northern part of the peninsula is a forest called the "Rainforest", which is most suitable for a break-up-type battle. If the Golden Group cannot escape, it will be even more troublesome to deal with them.
"That's right, so I decided to send you to command a reinforcement force from Dorne."
Arthur pointed to the location of Nightsong City, "There is a Dornish army of about 5,000 people here. Its commander is Gerald Dayne, the knight of High Hidden City. I don't trust him. You take over the command and lead this army."
An army will attack towards the rainforest, and while recapturing various castles, they will capture any members of the slave-catching team and hang the leader of the slave-catching team, while the rest will stay and wait to be exiled to Castle Black."
The Dornish vanguard moved north from near Prince's Pass, and then stayed there in the name of capturing Nightsong City.
Arthur speculated that Dark Star Gerald Dane might want to preserve the power he controlled and make trouble after the situation became clear.
You know, this Dark Star is more poisonous than the Red Viper. Prince Oberyn has always wanted to kill Gerald Dayne, but he has never been able to find a reason.
Matus Rowan once cried over the tragic death of Rhaegar's son, and he himself was more loyal to the silver-haired and purple-eyed Targaryen. Maybe he changed sides because of Arthur's hair color and eye color, so he was
Sent to the south.
The Lord of Golden Tree City had no objection to this, but expressed his doubts appropriately:
"Your Majesty, I will absolutely obey your orders. But I am from the Reach, and this is the Dornish army. Isn't it inappropriate for me to command it?"
The Dornishmen and the Reachers have had a thousand-year feud, which is indeed a bit difficult to deal with.
Arthur smiled slightly and called out a Dornishman.
"Nymeria Sand."
This is the second illegitimate daughter of Prince Oberyn, known as Lady Nami, who has been following her cousin Arianne Martell.
Coincidentally, his mother was a Black City noble from Volantis.
Arthur pointed at the Sand Snake and said to Matus: "Miss Nymeria is the second daughter of Prince Oberyn. She has a high status among the Dornish people and can represent Princess Arianne. After you go,
If the Dornish people disobey your orders, you can ask Lady Nymeria to give orders in the name of Princess Arianne. Anyone who disobeys will be treated as disobeying the Lord's orders. Those who deserve to be jailed will be jailed, and those who deserve to be hanged will be punished.
die."
Matus' ability is enough to command an army of five thousand men, and a Sand Snake can also improve the execution ability of Dornish soldiers. This combination is the most suitable.
After the arrangements were made, Arthur directly ordered Matus to take his own soldiers and Nymeria Sand to pack up and set off.
Their route started near the Bronze Gate City, entered the Dorne Frontier through the boundary between the Kingswood and the Crimson Mountains, and then arrived at Nightsong City along the north side of the Frontier.
After driving away Matus, Arthur I began to formally give orders to this army.
"There are basically no hiding places at the end of the King's Road, and it is not easy for the enemy to ambush us. So we marched quickly, clearing out the small troops of the Golden Company along the way, and then camped a few leagues north of Storm's End."
It is basically impossible to conquer Storm's End Castle. Seventeen years ago, the 60,000 people in the Reach could not do it, and the more than 30,000 people who are about to arrive cannot do it.
But it is still possible to besiege without attacking, and Arthur still has some clever methods that he can use.
The king's order was relatively completely implemented in the military camp, which had been resting for a long time.
It took more than an hour for the nobles and knights to mount their horses and head south. The levies and logistics workers were busy loading tents onto oxcarts and handcarts. They set off late and arrived at the camp tonight.
But you have to be similar to the knights, otherwise you are likely to be rewarded with a whip.
…
Stormlands, Storm's End.
This is one of the strongest castles in the Seven Kingdoms. The castle is surrounded by a thick outer wall. The thickest part of the wall is about a hundred feet high and forty feet thick, and the seaside side is about eighty feet thick. The wall
It consists of two layers of rock and a sandwich of sand and gravel. The stones are so compact that not even a breath of wind can escape.
The castle itself is a huge tower with strong battlements on the top, making it look like a huge spiked fist rising into the sky from a distance to defy the enemy.
On the spacious area on both sides of the King's Road on the north side of Storm's End, a small commotion was taking place in a military camp that was divided into chaos and order.
A messenger rushed out of the giant castle and went straight to the Chinese army's tent in the military camp outside the city. Then all the officers in the entire military camp were summoned to obey the order.
Moreau Jayne was a senior officer of the Golden Company with brown skin and a pale beard. After the regiment commander Harry Strickland led some infantry into Storm's End, he temporarily took charge of the military camp outside the city.
"Captain Harry ordered all the food to be moved into the castle. The knights took their attendants to the major castles in the south to supervise the transportation of food."
"Ser Axel Florent, you lead the soldiers from Brightwater to build the trebuchet. Ser Roland Cullen, you lead your soldiers to cut down all the trees nearby, leaving nothing for us.
enemy."
"The remaining soldiers will move our supplies and tents to the castle. Storm's End is big enough to accommodate a small number of us."
Although he didn't know what decisions the people in power in the castle made, based on the orders he received, it was not difficult for Moreau Jayne to conclude that Captain Harry wanted to hold on to Storm's End.
The junior officers who received the order walked out of the tent one by one to carry out the order. Morrow Jayne stopped the four officers who also followed the crowd:
"Sir Axel Florent, Ser Bened Beilein, Ser Dick Cole, Ser Franklin Flower, their majesties and the captain of the regiment have summoned us to the city to attend a war meeting."
As a rule, only the commander, deputy commanders and the highest ranking senior officers participate in the military meetings of the Golden Regiment, usually only nine people.
Mauro Jayne also didn't know how the people invited to participate in the military meeting were determined this time, but it was just that there were more people than before.
The five knights led their own soldiers through the military camp, which immediately became chaotic, and entered the north gate of Storm's End. Then, under the leadership of the guards, they entered the lord's hall of this huge castle.
"Attack north. Our soldiers outnumber the enemies attacking from any direction. We can defeat them one by one, just like we did in the disputed areas in the past." As soon as he entered the door, a loud voice came to Moreau.
·In Jayne’s ears.
There are currently only seven or eight people in the hall that can accommodate hundreds of people. Even if the five people later are added, the hall seems extremely empty.
Morrow Jayne and others walked for a while before they reached the long table near the main seat.
The person who was speaking was named Tristan Rivers. As far as Moreau knew, this man was known for his bad temper.
Based on his red hair and river surname, Tristan is most likely the illegitimate son of a certain lord family in Harrenhal.
The regiment leader Harry Strickland vetoed this proposal, "According to the scouts, the number of the army in the north is much more than 10,000, at least between 15,000 and 20,000. We cannot defeat it quickly."
The best they can do is defeat them. While we are heading north, the other two armies of the false king Arthur will capture the castle in the southern part of the Stormlands, and even Storm's End may be lost."
"Aegon Targaryen" sitting on the main seat also opposed the military adventure of going north: "Our loyal ally, Illyrio Mopatis has received the support of Volantis. Mara of the Tiger Party
Jor Meguirre has already sent a quite large fleet to support us, and holding on to Storm's End is a more suitable choice."
In fact, he didn't know how many Volantis aid Illyrio received, but in order to stabilize the morale of the army, little Aegon told a lie.
"Yes." Harry Strickland nodded, "We have been wandering in foreign lands for more than a hundred years. Eighty-eight years ago, Sir Aegor Rivers established the Golden Company in order to prevent us from being scattered. More than a hundred
We have endured years of suffering, and now it’s time to set foot on our homeland, can’t we endure it for a while longer?”
In the year 212 of Aegon's Conquest, the second Blackfyre Rebellion occurred, and the Golden Company was founded by the loyal rebel Aegor Rivers.
Since the first Blackfire Rebellion in 1966, the families of the main officers of the Golden Company have been exiled to the continent of Essos. Now, three hundred and one hundred and four years ago, four generations have successively taken over.
Just to be able to return to my hometown.
Mauro Jayne secretly agreed with the regimental leader's statement. Although Harry Strickland looked like an unintelligent fool, everyone who was familiar with him knew that this fourth regiment member who had been promoted from financial officer
The leader is definitely the most intelligent leader of the Golden Group.
Before doing something, homeless Harry will take all possible favorable conditions into consideration and plan what he thinks is the most rigorous plan.
This is also the reason why Harry, who has a low force value, can securely serve as the leader of a mercenary group of more than 10,000 people.
Tristan Rivers looked indignant, "We have tried several times to hatch dragon eggs but failed. Before the war, we seemed unable to hatch dragons. And a brave warrior like me should not only defend one egg, please."
Adjust my duties and at least let me personally participate in the battle."
It looked like he was asking for a fight, but in fact Tristan Rivers was running away from that priceless "gem."
If he stayed with the dragon egg again, Tristan felt that he would definitely find a way to steal the dragon egg and abandon his comrades who had been fighting for five years.
"I will never question your courage to fight for His Majesty Aegon and the Golden Company, but the dragon egg is your Majesty's most important thing. I can only rest assured if Sir Tristan fights like this to defend the dragon egg."
Harry praised Tristan Rivers eloquently and asked him to guard the dragon egg with two other senior officers.
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