, Level 3 veteran with round helmet and mail (29), Level 4 light infantry with round helmet and armor (6)]
The troop panel clearly shows the military strength that truly belongs to Arthur.
The most important of them are the 1,100 people recruited by the Moulin Rouge, the 200 strong farmers recruited from the refugees of Harrenhal, and the more than 200 people Arthur ordered to train before going to King's Landing.
Since the training time was not long, the 1,300 people recruited from the refugees were all at the first level.
The more than 200 strong farmers selected by Arthur from his own territory have been trained to the second level by Javier, Dickon and Bill in two rounds of training.
What is surprising is that among the original thirty-five family soldiers, after two trainings, twenty-nine were upgraded to level three, and six were upgraded to level four.
It's just that no level five plate armor heavy infantry has been trained yet, which makes him a little disappointed.
Although the purchased armor is not enough, it is enough to equip soldiers with level two and above.
Moreover, the He'an family itself has more than 2,000 sets of discarded armors. Although most of them cannot be used due to lack of maintenance over the years, they can still be used after being remade.
Currently, in the armory below the barracks hall, more than a dozen forges have been started, and the blacksmiths and their assistants found among the refugees have begun to recast various weapons and armors.
"Sir Arthur, it's a bit tiring to train these people." The serious Dickon complained.
Although he had received a full set of military training from his father, this was his first time training new recruits.
It would take half a day to get this group of people lined up, let alone getting them familiar with various military orders and fighting moves.
"Excuse me, the West has been too bullying this time. If we don't work hard, the entire Riverlands will be occupied by Tywin's army," Arthur replied.
The borrowed soldiers were from other families, and the mercenaries could not be relied on. This group of militiamen was the basis for his future hegemony.
Those without permanent property have no perseverance. This group of militiamen are all river farmers. Their families and the property they brought are all within the area under Arthur's control. Their loyalty after forming an army is higher than that of mercenaries like the Blood Troupe who work hard to earn gold dragons.
Gone to who knows where.
"With such a group of people here, it is enough to defend Harrenhal." Patrick waved his hand to the west, "We can safely set off to rescue Stonehedge City."
He regards Arthur as his idol, and naturally he also regards Janos's task of asking Arthur to defend Stonehedge as his own responsibility.
"That's right, fuck him in the West, poke Tywin's asshole, and see if he really pulls gold." The straightforward Ma Ke danced his fist.
Six hundred of his infantry were borrowed by Arthur and are still being transported down the Red Fork River on a large ship.
Patrick said: "Hendry sent a messenger, saying that the advance infantry of the Western Region was only besieging but not attacking. It seems that they are waiting for Tywin's army who is still in Travel's Rest to come to the rescue."
As early as eleven days ago, Traveling's Rest was besieged by Tywin's main force in the West. After holding on for two days, the newly ascended Earl Caliel lost his castle.
Raymond from Darui City shook his head, "Tywin's heavy cavalry and heavy infantry are stationed there, probably because they want to encircle Riverrun with the Western Division. Stonehedge City is not worth the time of 20,000 people to besiege it."
The territory of the Darry family is just east of Harrenhal. His family used to have the title of earl, but they supported the Dragon family in the Usurper's War fifteen years ago and were demoted and reduced in title by Robert who sat on the Iron Throne.
Now it can only support 350 troops.
Twenty cavalrymen were led by Arthur to fight with the Magic Mountain all the way and died in the battle.
Three hundred and thirty infantrymen stayed in Darui City. He recruited 300 people with a messenger crow, and they are now at Harrenhal.
"No." Arthur pointed to his feet, "Tywin will not stop the war until the little devil and Jaime are handed over. Now that Robb has led his troops south, he will definitely control Harrenhal.
and the crossing of the Trident River, in order to gain the initiative to start a war with the Lang family soldiers."
"That's right." Raymond agreed with this point of view, "With Tywin's strength, no matter whether they fight against the Stark army or not, the Western Army will always take advantage of the geographical advantage."
"But Stone Gate City still needs to be saved. Since their large army is still in Traveling Rest City, we have time to defeat the part of the Western Army outside Stone Gate City, and then return to defend Harrenhal." Patrick said.
Tourist City is located to the north of Pink City and southwest of Shili City.
It's about a few hundred leagues from Shili City to Lvxi City, and it takes about two days of riding.
If Tywin seizes the time to attack Harrenhal, he will have to march eastward from Travel's Rest, passing through the north side of Willow City's territory, and will not pass through Stonehedge City near the Red Fork River.
Arthur nodded, "Then as agreed in the morning, we will lead the troops north, from Ruby Beach Ferry to the middle section of the Red Fork River, then land and approach Shili City."
The battle plan they had previously discussed was to go upstream from the waterway, intercept the fleet of 2,100 infantrymen coming down from Riverrun, and take them to Stone Gate City.
Everyone nodded and approved the plan.
So everyone involved got busy.
The King's Landing mercenaries and Arthur's new recruits were all left to guard Harrenhal, and the fifth-level Dornish spearman named Dutch was also left behind. He was appointed by Arthur as the spear and club instructor of the new army.
Dickon was in charge of the defense of Harrenhal, and he was assisted by the sharpshooter Unguy.
All members of the Blood Troupe, 320 cavalry, and 300 Darui City infantry were led northward by Arthur and the young nobles from the river to rescue Shili City.
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Five days later, outside Shili City.
The orange flaming tree flag of the Malbrand family is juxtaposed with a dozen roaring lion flags of the Lion family. The purple unicorn of Corner Valley City, the striped wild boar flag of Crake Hall and other Western nobles are standing behind.
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Under the flag, there are fully armed Adam and some nobles of the Western Region, as well as their personal soldiers.
Surrounding Shili City were nearly 2,000 soldiers from these noble families, 2,000 infantrymen from the Lion family, 500 heavy cavalry from the Lion family with heavy equipment, and 600 soldiers left behind by Amory Lodge.
Light cavalry.
The unlucky Rocky was deprived of the command of the light cavalry by Sir Adam who led the army here. The latter asked him to lead more than a hundred people to hunt down Berry, Thoros and their men.
The remaining members of King's Landing's law enforcement force should now be called the Brotherhood Without Banners. With the addition of farmers and minor nobles from the Riverlands, Lord Beric's power has grown rapidly.
This caused great trouble to the Western Army.
Infantrymen equipped with various siege equipment were in front of the nobles of the Western Region.
The small trebuchet was testing the distance, while the battering rams and siege engines, which could only be pushed by twenty or thirty men, were put aside.
Although it was a feint attack, Adam still made preparations and arrangements according to a real siege.
A specially transferred battalion of crossbowmen was waiting in the northern open space for the nobles of the Western Region. They calmly adjusted the crossbow strings, and the quivers on their waists were filled with sharp arrows that reflected black light.
In front of the crossbowmen were three rows of Western heavy infantry armed with large shields, spears, and battle axes. They were responsible for protecting the long-range attack comrades behind them.
Behind them, there was another group of soldiers with ropes and large rocks piled at their feet.
Stones were used to kill the river cavalry if they did not surrender.
Dozens of deep pits used to trap Arthur were in the open space in front of them, covered with thin wooden boards and camouflaged layers of soil and trampled mud.
There is nothing to prevent barbs or other things in the pit, so if you fall down, you will only break your muscles and bones, but not kill anyone.
In order to ensure that charging river gods could fall into the pits, these pits were dug into three rows, each facing the gap between the other two rows of deep pits.
Therefore, Arthur who wants to charge directly into the center of the army will definitely fall into a deep pit in a certain row, unless he moves in an S-shaped position.
"The scouts reported that more than 2,500 people led by Arthur landed on the north bank of the Red Fork River early yesterday morning and will arrive at Stone Fence City today." Count Roland Krich said to the nobles of the Western Region behind him.
Duke Tywin sent all the non-Lion soldiers to Stonehedge City, which brought the number of troops under the command of the Western March Army, Ser Adam, to 5,500.
To protect themselves in the West, they led the remaining 14,000 or so heavy cavalry, heavy infantry, and light infantry of the Lion family, and headed towards Harrenhal, the important town on the river, with all large ordnance and sufficient horse and grass supplies, rations, etc.
Go ahead.
It was just that the multi-unit army was not moving fast. It took four or five days for Duke Tywin and the Lion Army to leave the earldom of Travel's Rest and enter the earldom of Willow City in the area around the lake.
"Excellent." Count Saliot of Silver Mountain City waved his riding crop excitedly, "We can see what the man who killed the Magic Mountain looks like."
His family's motto is "Invincible", and it is considered the most warlike family among the earls and above nobles in the Western Region.
"It's just two shoulders carrying one head, what's so strange about it?" Count Leo Leford of Golden Tooth City asked.
Earl Kerich shook his head, "It is said that this person is extremely handsome and can charm men and women to death. He is more attractive than the Magic Mountain."
"Then he should fight wearing a mask, otherwise he will lose his majesty." Leo said.
A group of people chattered and talked about the God of War in the River, which has been very popular recently.
"Hey, here we come." When Adam Marbrand saw the dust rising from the north and several big flags fluttering in the wind, he knew that the most important guest of the day was coming.
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Arthur's golden armor, red horse and golden sword flag was held at the front of the team by a blood troupe mercenary. The breeze blew and the flag unfolded, allowing this freshly made noble logo to be fully displayed in the eyes of the nobles of the West.
More than 300 river cavalrymen and 66 members of the Blood Troupe surrounded Arthur and others.
Three hundred infantry of the Darry City family, 600 infantry of the Marco Piper family, and 1,500 infantry of the Bracken family followed their respective commanders.
At a safe place not far from Shili City, the entire team put on armor. In order to keep their physical strength at a high level, they moved forward slowly.
The Shili City on the large mound has entered the sight of everyone in Hejian. Surrounding it are thousands of Western soldiers and some siege equipment.
After traveling to a distance where they could launch a charge, the group stopped and began to observe the situation.
"Are those crossbowmen?" Raymond Darry, a steady and experienced person, noticed the abnormality first. "It seems that they have learned to be smart and know how to use crossbow arrows to deal with Arthur."
Patrick pointed his fingers and counted roughly, "At least fifty or sixty people, one salvo can turn Arthur and the giant red horse into hedgehogs."
"He shoots theirs, and we shoot ours." Ma Ke didn't take it seriously, "Everyone rushes over together, and we can always take away some arrows for Arthur. As long as our God of War rushes to the group of Western nobles behind, this will
The battle is over."
Patrick stroked his palms and chuckled, "It's just what I wanted. With Arthur's bravery, the heads of those Western nobles were like watermelons placed on the ground. They split each one open with a knife, and red melon pulp flowed out."
The two of them, one straightforward and the other simple, got along quite well.
The protagonist in their mouth doesn't want to do this.
"That's a crossbow. Our plate armor can handle it, but the horse underneath is a bit dangerous." Arthur liked the giant horse Red Rabbit very much and didn't want it to be hit by the crossbow arrows.
"You can have the infantry with big shields in front." Raymond suggested. "As long as you rush in front of the crossbowmen, it will be much easier."
Arthur nodded and approved the proposal, "The infantrymen are not slow when running with shields. The arrows of crossbowmen are much slower than those of archers. It only takes two or three rounds."
The plan was drawn up and the infantry commanders carried it out quickly.
Soon, seventy or eighty soldiers from various families holding large five-pointed shields were moved in front of the cavalry.
The charging cavalry were each assigned a small one-handed buckler to protect their vital points.
Everything is ready.
"Follow me." Arthur pointed his sword at the command center of the Western Army and shouted angrily.
The whole team started at this point, the shield-bearing infantry strode quickly, and the cavalry controlled the horses to maintain the same speed with a two-beat trot.
Behind them are more than 2,000 infantrymen from various families. The robes on their chainmails clearly indicate their respective affiliations.
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Sir Adam, who was surrounded by the nobles of the Western Region, was a little dumbfounded when he looked at the shield-bearing infantry guarding the river cavalry.
"These people are not all fools. They know how to protect them with shield soldiers."
Count Leo Leford said: "It's okay. There are only one row of shield soldiers, and they are very close to the cavalry. Both of them are not slow. If the shield soldiers fall, the cavalry will not have time to stop, and they will still fall into the pit.
inside."
"I hope so, otherwise the hundreds of people digging for two days would be in vain." Adam sighed.
The situation did not go beyond the expectations of everyone in the Western Region. As expected, part of the charging Hejian Army fell into the deep pit.
Adam took a closer look and saw that the giant golden horse and the legendary Arthur also fell into the pit.
What's even more gratifying is that several nobles from the Hejian Army also fell into the same pit.
This meant that the more than 2,000 infantrymen behind and the more than 200 cavalrymen who did not fall into the pit lost their backbone.
"It's perfect." He clapped his hands and laughed. "The heavy cavalry outflanked them from the sides and blocked them, while the light cavalry chased the deserters."
The flag officer and the messenger issued Sir Adam's order, and the Lion Army who pretended to be preparing to attack the city immediately broke their disguise.
Soldiers from each family also moved on, and they followed the heavy cavalry to complete the encirclement.
Shili City, city wall.
"Oh!" Hendry slapped the stone wall hard, "I knew they did some tricks there two days ago."
They also discovered the Hejian Army coming for reinforcements from the north, but they were too far away to warn them that there was a problem there.
Hans Darry, the mercenary knight suggested: "There are a total of 2,780 friendly troops coming to help. Adding our more than 1,000 people, the total force of nearly 4,000 is compared to the more than 5,500 in the Western Region.
The people are not much different, you can kill them out and let them in."
"That is, since we have been surrounded for so many days, it's time to fight with them."
"Young Master, just give the order. Brothers have been thinking of this for a long time."
"Friendly forces have come for reinforcements, but we are still sitting here feeling cowardly. If we tell it, wouldn't it make people laugh to death?"
Many soldiers expressed their opinions one after another.
Seeing that his military spirit was ready, Hendry suddenly drew his sword.
"Okay, let's go play with these bastards from the Western Region."
He ordered Hans Dairy to defend the city with 800 recently recruited soldiers, while he rushed out with a thousand veterans to meet the friendly troops from the north to the river for reinforcements.
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In the deep pit, groans and curses continued, and the lingering sound lingered.
Patrick used all his strength to finally squeeze his face out of the horse's belly.
Most of his body was buried under a black horse. Above him, there were two or three horses and their owners. The huge pressure made his mediocre and immature face wear a mask of pain.
Those who fell into this pit were all river nobles who were coveting the safety behind Arthur. Unexpectedly, the original safety turned into danger.
"Phew!" Patrick took a sharp breath, trying to calm down, "Arthur, are you okay?"
"I'm doing very well." The sound of an urn came from below, "If you can move away, I can be even better."
"I'm going to call someone right now..." Patrick was about to speak, but was interrupted by a foreign object falling on his face.
It's a pile of warm horse manure.
It must be that some poor horse was so stressed by being thrown that he couldn't control his peeing.
But Young Master Patrick has to bear the consequences alone.
He hurriedly wiped the horse dung off his face with his leather-gloved hands, and then shouted angrily: "Where are the people in Haijiang City? Get us out of this hellish place quickly."
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