Chapter 97 I can still fight (Additional update for the alliance leader Zi Zhiyu)
For the Hejian Army, the situation on the battlefield was very unoptimistic.
Five hundred heavy cavalrymen from the Western Region surrounded them from both sides, followed by nearly two thousand soldiers from various families in the Western Region.
In front of the Hejian Army was an unexplored trap, crossbowmen protected by sword and axemen, and hundreds of Lion soldiers.
And their coach is still buried in the pit.
Fortunately, most of the infantry were soldiers from the Bracon family, so Stonehedge City was considered the home battle.
Therefore, after the protruding cavalry in front stopped, someone discovered traces of passive movement on the ground.
So nearly 2,400 infantrymen from various river houses stopped in front of the trap area.
"Quick, get the people up first." Bracken officer named Andrew commanded.
Previously, during Arthur's conflict with Crowtree City, it was he who led Hendry to lend five hundred soldiers.
This time, he was also one of the infantry commanders of the visiting troops.
The incident happened suddenly, and the river soldiers could only use long pole weapons to pull the nobles who fell into the pit, and the shield soldiers came out.
Other pitfalls are difficult to deal with, but Arthur's pitfall is quite easy.
The men and horses were piled up to two-thirds of the height of the pit, and only a body-length ax could pull the top man out.
Some shield soldiers gathered in front of the pit to block the crossbow arrows fired from the front, while dozens of soldiers were responsible for pulling people up.
Patrick yelled the most vigorously, so he was pulled out by the ordinary cavalry in the pit. Then one of them hugged him from below, and the two of them pulled him on the edge of the pit. Finally, the eldest son of Haijiang City was able to get out.
"Arthur is at the bottom. Get him out quickly or he will be crushed." He shouted.
"Get Sir Arthur out first. The enemies have surrounded him from both sides. He needs to fight his way out." Andrew shouted.
Marco Piper also fell into this pit and was found from underneath. After he was pulled out, he stepped on the horse's neck and shouted: "What are you still doing? Pull out Arthur first, and then a bunch of people will come down and pull him out."
Once the pit is filled, won’t we be able to get out now?”
This suggestion was a bit stupid, and Andrew, who was commanding from above, ignored it.
After a few exchanges with the buried Arthur, several people in the pit found his location, and after a while of effort, they finally pulled him out from the fallen horses and people.
Then several people built a ladder and let Arthur, who was holding the Guandao, climb up.
Although he was a little dizzy after being thrown down, his abnormal physical fitness and recovery ability allowed him to quickly adjust to a normal state.
As soon as Pu came up, Arthur saw a large group of heavy cavalry encircling him from both sides, and a large group of infantry behind him completing the encirclement.
However, our own cavalry and infantry were mixed together, pulling people together and standing randomly.
Patrick asked: "Arthur, how are you?"
"I can still fight!" Raising the iconic golden sword, Arthur shouted:
"Andrew, you are responsible for organizing the team. The rear team becomes the front team and moves to the north. Don't mess up the position."
It's unclear how many traps there are in the south, so the battlefield can only be placed in the north.
"Follow me." Arthur raised his arms and strode towards the enemy.
A large group of riverside soldiers were led by Arthur towards the oncoming soldiers from major families in the Western Region. The two human walls collided slowly, and then began to fight.
Although the soldiers of the Western Kingdom families maintained a certain formation, because they came from more than a dozen families, their combat coordination was about the same as that of the Hejian infantry.
On this battlefield, the total number of infantry and cavalry was 3,000. The Western Army only slightly outnumbered the Hejian Army, so the fight was very intense.
But the golden sword flying from time to time can still catch the attention of the nobles of the Western Region.
"The people from the river dug that Arthur, and the pit was dug too shallow." Adam said with regret in his tone.
Count Sarriot put his hands on his eyes and stared at the battlefield carefully, "He is really brave. He was thrown into a big pit and he could fight when he came out."
"We have to move the crossbowmen in front of us, otherwise we won't be able to stop the murderer." Count Roland Krich of the Crake Hall suggested.
Adam agreed.
So the crossbowmen, the sword and ax soldiers who protected the crossbowmen, and the soldiers of the Western nobles gathered together.
"Sir Adam, we have to pay attention to another group of river soldiers." Count Leo Redford looked at the hills behind him. "The huddled Bracken soldiers in Stonehedge City also rushed out from the north gate. It looks like they are
Receive reinforcements."
Adam was reminded and noticed a large group of soldiers wearing golden shields and red horse robes pouring out of the north gate of Shili City on the hill.
"Just in time, let's have a decisive battle. We just need to ensure that the inside of Shili City is intact."
He also has two thousand Lannister infantry under his command, who are here to deal with the river soldiers in the castle.
After the messenger galloped around wildly, the group of lion soldiers also started moving, so all the soldiers outside Shili City were involved in the battle.
After dozens of minutes of fighting, Arthur hacked to death the last enemy in front of him.
He looked around and found that there were only a few hundred soldiers from the West Country family on the north side, and the Lion family cavalry on the east and west sides were also dragged into the quagmire by the Hejian infantry, and they were crowded together to fight.
It seems that there are still a few hundred people left among the more than 2,700 people brought, so they already have a numerical advantage on this battlefield.
On the hill on the south side, the defenders pouring out of Shili City were having an extremely difficult time fighting.
They were originally only half the number of the Lion soldiers, and their equipment was not as good as that of the wealthy Lannister soldiers. They were now unable to support themselves.
Arthur noticed that the leader of the Bracken soldiers on the hill was his distant cousin Hendry.
The left branch was weak and the right hand was weak, and the fight was very embarrassing.
The last time Arthur came to Shili City to borrow troops, he had the impression that this person was a bitch and not generous.
But now he actually came out in person to lead troops to receive reinforcements, which slightly changed Arthur's impression of him.
On a flat ground on the west side of the hill battlefield, there were dozens of flags and two to three hundred Western soldiers.
It seemed that they were the commanders and nobles of this group of Western soldiers, as well as their personal soldiers.
When capturing a person, it is natural to capture the king first.
"Come on some good guys and let's capture those Western nobles."
Arthur shouted, and then walked quickly towards the west.
Raymond, a dozen Darry City infantry, and dozens of Bracken Lord's infantry responded to Arthur's call and followed him forward.
In order to avoid the trap area, they made a circle from the west side.
Just in time, Arthur chopped up another meal of vegetables from the Western infantry and cavalry he met on the road.
At least thirty or forty Western soldiers died on Arthur's way to capture the Western nobles, which made the situation here even clearer.
The group of river soldiers who followed Arthur were all veterans. They knew that the nobles of the West were surrounded by the group of crossbowmen from earlier, so they picked up large shields, one-handed bucklers and other defensive equipment from the road, and formed a circle.
Circle and form a shield array to protect Arthur, Raymond and other higher-status river nobles.
"Stop them!" screamed Count Sarriot.
The Hejian commando was only a few dozen steps away from them, which made this group of Western nobles more nervous than ever before.
The person who came here was the God of War, who was holding an army of tens of thousands of people with one man and one horse outside Golden Teeth City. If he was jealous of killing, he might not even abide by the tradition of not killing big nobles.
At present, the soldiers of each family are still fighting in a decisive battle, and it is difficult for them to leave their own soldiers and run away.
Commander Adam was very calm and calmly let the crossbowmen fire a volley first.
But most of the crossbow arrows were caught by the shield.
The momentum of the Hejian Commandos was not affected.
So the swordsmen and axemen who protected the crossbowmen were sent to intercept them, and some of the soldiers of the nobles of the Western Region followed behind.
After close combat, the shield formation is no longer necessary.
The Hejian Commandos and the Western Soldiers began to fight each other, and Arthur picked up his Guandao and started to kill people.
A few minutes later.
Count Leo Redford asked uncertainly: "How about we retreat."
His voice was slightly trembling, and you could tell he was a little scared.
Adam himself was frightened by the invincible Arthur.
From a few dozen steps away, this group of nobles from the Western Region could already clearly see the curled edge of Arthur's golden sword.
But even so, this person can still kill one person with one blow, which shows how powerful he is.
The wounds of the soldiers from the Western Region who were struck by his broadsword were often not as smooth as those struck by an ax or a sword. Their flesh, blood, and bone fragments flew together, and their brains and viscera fragments danced together.
They couldn't imagine how painful it would be to die with such a chopping method.
"Don't worry, hold on for a while." Adam Malbrand glanced at the battle outside Shili City and felt that his side still had an advantage.
There, only three or four tenths of the defenders led by Hendry were left, and there were still about 1,500 Lannister infantry left.
"I don't believe that this Arthur has enough physical strength to kill so many people in a row without getting tired at all." Sir Adam believed in his own judgment. "When the Lannister infantry outside Stonehedge City is freed up, he will be able to use up his energy to kill so many people in a row without getting tired at all."
It will take until this person surrenders."
"That's right." Earl Sallot agreed, "It's just that when he surrenders, he will be unhappy with most of us, after all, he has seen so much blood."
The owner of Yinshan City told the truth. A large number of family soldiers among the Western nobles present were killed by Arthur.
This has drastically reduced their family's strength. At this point in time when the Long Summer is coming to an end and the war has broken out, this will be a fatal blow.
After all, the full name of aristocrats is "armed aristocrats." Without professional soldiers who are out of work, the family's strength can easily fall to a lower level.
But if this person really swore allegiance to their lord, Lord Tywin, they had no choice but to hold their noses and admit it.
Twenty minutes later.
There were only a few dozen people left among the nobles of the Western Region, and most of the remaining people died in front of them.
"Run, run, run, run." Count Leo Redford urged Adam repeatedly to give orders.
"That's right, my soldiers are almost gone. If I don't run away now, do I really want to wait for him to kill us all?" Earl Sallot also agreed to leave.
"Commander, tell the soldiers to retreat to the east." Adam took a look at the battle situation on the north side and the still fierce River God of War in front of him, and finally decided to retreat.
There are only more than 200 Shishi cavalry left in the north, and there are about 400 soldiers from each family in the west.
Outside Shili City, another large group of Bracken soldiers rushed out. Although they were obviously new recruits, they still dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the Lion Infantry.
This group of Western nobles and the few remaining soldiers all rode on horses, so they could sneak away very efficiently.
Before Arthur had time to react, there was no target on horseback in front of him.
There was no lone horse nearby for him to ride after the fleeing enemy.
So Arthur rushed towards the Lannister soldiers outside the north gate of Stonehedge who had no time to retreat from the fight.
After another period of fighting, all the Western soldiers who could escape fled, and those who couldn't were either killed or knelt down and surrendered.
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Stonewall City Hall.
"Ouch, you almost crushed me to death when you fell into the pit." Patrick sat on the chair and said to Arthur, who was observing the sword.
His idol was distressed by the curled blade.
After four battles at Actor's Beach, Golden Teeth City, Heron Town, and Stone Gate City, the blade of the Guandao made by Tob, a great craftsman from Qohor, has become so dull that it is difficult to use.
Fortunately, the structure of the material is good, and the blade can be sharpened for a while.
"You're pretty good, but we are all wearing plate armor, which can't crush our ribs. The shield soldiers in the front row only wear chain armor. If they fall, it will be fatal. If the cavalry in the back falls, they will directly crush people on the first floor.
." Arthur said somewhat helplessly.
He did not expect that the enemy would actually dig in, and he did not send some scouts to explore the battlefield.
This bloody lesson must be remembered well.
After the two chatted for a few more words, someone came in.
"The acting city lord is yours." Hendry walked in front and said this first, and then began to report on the cleaning situation of the battlefield.
The entire Western Army left behind 3,157 corpses and 98 prisoners.
Of course, the prisoners here are all slightly injured or alive, and those who are seriously injured can be repaired with a knife.
Military monks and bachelors who treat diseases are rare and cannot heal the enemy.
As for the Hejian Army, 934 of the people Arthur brought were still fighting, and the number of seriously injured ones was still being counted.
The defenders of Shili City lost more than 700 veterans and more than 200 recruits.
In other words, the Hejian Army exchanged the death of more than 2,800 soldiers for the ascension of 3,157 Western invaders.
This does not include the depletion of troops caused by the prisoners to the Western Frontier Army.
Although there was an element of Arthur hacking hundreds of people to death, it was still a great victory.
"It's better that you continue to be the acting city lord. I have to go back to defend Harrenhal." Arthur said.
He had already learned from a prisoner that Duke Tywin was leading the elite troops of the Lion family towards the He'an family's castle.
Although there were more than 14,000 enemies, Arthur still had to accept the attack.
Otherwise, the entire war situation on the Eastern Front between Hejian would collapse.
Then it will be another fierce battle.
"Uncle told you. It seems that he thinks you are more reliable in defending the city, so I can only do it." Regarding the issue of acting as the city lord, Hendry refused to give up.
He didn't want Arthur to lead troops to Harrenhal.
In front of Tywin's elite Lions, these people are just going to die.
It's better to stay and guard Shili City, at least this place can really be defended.
"Okay." Arthur didn't want to get entangled with him, "Since I am the acting city lord, I order you to guard Shili City with more than five hundred new soldiers, and I will take the rest with me."
Hendry was dumbfounded and wanted to say something, but Arthur reached out to stop him.
Adam Malbrand suffered a huge defeat and will probably not come to Stonehedge City again in the short term. This place is already safe.
Tywin led his army into Willow City in the area around the lake, which was only five or six days' journey from Harrenhal. He rushed back as soon as possible.
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