Dominate the Game of Thrones with Mount and Blade

Chapter 96 Battle of Shili City

Harrenhal, Barracks Hall.

More than a dozen people gathered around Arthur, watching the training of the new army.

[Arthur Bracken (100%), Jules Bracken (90%), Amber (100%), Dickon Tully (100%), Angay (100%)

Blood Troupe (67), Level 5 Dornish Lancers (1), King's Landing Mercenaries (97), Reach Mercenaries (161), Level 1 Unarmored Militia (1300), Level 2 Round Helmet Cloth Armor Recruits (220) , Level 3 veterans with round helmets and mail (29), Level 4 light infantry with round helmets 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 and the 200 strong farmers recruited from the Harrenhal refugees, as well as 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 two hundred strong farmers selected by Arthur's own people 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 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.

Now, 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.

"Master 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 soldiers.

It would take half a day to line up this group of farmers doing manual work, let alone familiarize them with various military orders and fighting movements.

"Excuse me, the West is really 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 farmers from the river. Their families and the property they brought are all within the area controlled by Arthur. After forming an army, their loyalty 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, 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 his soldiers in the west, poke Tywin's asshole, and see if he really pulls gold." The straightforward Ma Ke danced his fist.

His family's 600 infantrymen were borrowed by Arthur and are still being transported down the Red Fork River on the big ship.

Patrick said: "Hendry sent a messenger, saying that the advance infantry of the Western Territory was only besieging but not attacking. It seems that they are waiting for the reinforcements of Tywin's army who is still in Travel's Rest."

As early as eleven days ago, Traveling Rest was besieged by Tywin's main force in the West. After holding on for two days, the newly-invaded Earl Calel 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 surround Riverrun with the Western Division. Stonehedge City is not worth the time of 20,000 people to besiege."

His family's territory is just east of Harrenhal. He used to have the title of earl, but he supported the Long family in the Usurper's War fifteen years ago. He was demoted and reduced 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, and 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 view. "With Tywin's strength, regardless of whether they fight against the Stark army or not, the Western Army will always have 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.

The distance from Shili City to Lvxi City is about dozens of leagues, and it takes about two days of riding.

If Tywin seizes the time to attack Harrenhal, he will have to march east 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 gun and club instructor of the new army.

Dickon was in charge of Harrenhal's defense, and he was assisted by the sharpshooter Ange.

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.

…

Five days later, outside Shili City.

The orange burning tree flag of the Malbrand family is juxtaposed with the roaring lion flags of the Lion family. The purple unicorn of Horn Valley City, the striped wild boar flag of the Crake Hall and other Western nobles' flags are placed later. .

Under the flag, there are fully armed Adam and some nobles of the Western Region, as well as their personal soldiers.

Surrounding Shili City are nearly two thousand soldiers from these noble families, two thousand infantrymen from the Lion family, and 500 heavy cavalry from the Lion family with heavy equipment, and 600 soldiers left 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 the Lightning King Berry, Thoros and their men.

The remaining members of King's Landing's law enforcement force should now be called the Brotherhood Without Banners, as Lord Beric's power quickly grew with the addition of Riverlands skirmishers, peasants, and minor nobles.

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 is testing the distance, and the battering ram and siege engine that can only be pushed by twenty or thirty people are 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, there are three rows of Western heavy infantry armed with large shields, spears, and battle axes. They are 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 crush the river cavalry if they did not surrender.

The dozens of deep pits used to trap Arthur were in the open space in front of them, covered with thin wooden boards, camouflaged layers of soil, and trampled mud.

There is no protection against 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 go straight to 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 reach 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 Shi family heavy cavalry, heavy infantry, light infantry, etc., with all large ordnance and sufficient horse grass, military rations, etc., towards the important river town of Harrenhal. Go ahead.

It was just that the multi-armed army was not moving fast. It took four or five days for Duke Tywin and the Lion Family army to leave the earldom of Travel's Rest and enter the earldom of Willow City in the Lake Zhou area.

"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 belligerent 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 Teeth 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, who has been in the limelight recently.

"Hey, here we come." When Adam Malbrand 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.

…

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 aristocratic logo to be fully displayed in the eyes of the nobles of the Western Region.

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 their 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 they crossbowmen?" Raymond Darry, a steady and mature man, 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 nodded his fingers and counted roughly, "At least fifty or sixty people. One volley 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, "Just what I wanted. With Arthur's bravery, the heads of those Western nobles were like watermelons placed on the ground. They were split open one by one, 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 shot by the crossbow arrows.

"You can have the cavalry in front with small bucklers to protect them." Raymond suggested. "As long as you rush in front of the crossbowmen, it will be much easier."

Arthur nodded and approved the proposal:

"The cavalry's charging speed is fast enough. The arrows of the crossbowmen are much slower than those of the archers. It only takes two or three rounds."

Plans were drawn up and commanders executed them quickly.

Soon, 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 entire team started at this point, and the cavalry controlled the horses to maintain the same speed as the commander Arthur with a two-beat trot.

Behind them were more than two thousand infantrymen from various families. The robes on their chainmails clearly indicated their respective affiliations.

…

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 themselves with small bucklers."

Count Leo Leford said: "It's okay. The cavalry charges so fast that there is no time to stop. They will definitely fall into the pit."

"I hope so, otherwise the hundreds of people digging for two days would be in vain." Adam sighed.

The situation was not as expected by 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 golden-armored giant 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 had not fallen into the pit were missing their backbone.

"It's perfect." He clapped his hands and laughed. "The heavy cavalry outflanked them and blocked them. The light cavalry were responsible for chasing 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 started to move, and they followed the heavy cavalry to complete the encirclement.

Shili City, city wall.

"Alas!" 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 and had no time 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 troops, the total strength of nearly 4,000 troops is compared to the more than 5,500 troops in the Western Region. The difference is not too big, you can kill them and let them in."

"That is, 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 sergeants expressed their opinions.

Seeing that his military spirit was ready, Hendry suddenly drew out 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, and he led a thousand veterans to rush out to meet the friendly troops from the river coming to the north for reinforcements.

…

In the deep pit, moans and curses continued, lingering in the air.

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 underneath, "If you can move away, I can be even better."

"I'm going to call someone..." 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 had to bear the consequences alone.

He hurriedly wiped the horse manure 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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