Game of Thrones: Lord of the Deep

Chapter 191 Learning from the boy Roose Bolton

After handing his plan to the messenger, Roose Bolton decided to put some pressure on Last Hearth.

Last Hearth has four gates. Roose planned to pretend to attack the south gate and then release the east gate.

Once Carhor wrote a letter for help, Last Hearth would definitely go to support from the weakest east gate, and then ambush reinforcements from there.

These tricks were learned by Roose from Robb Stark.

If Jack knew what Roose Bolton was thinking, he would definitely be surprised. The three-sided defense and the one-sided defense and the siege and attack reinforcements are played out for you.

However, it must be said that Robb Stark is a military genius. His fighting style completely broke the rules of war in Westeros and even the world.

He didn't fight Tywin Lannister head-on at all. Tywin naturally hoped that Robb and himself would set up a battle formation in the riverlands.

And Roose learned a lot of tactical skills from Robb.

I was worried that Robb would not be able to fight and command blindly, but I didn't expect that it would benefit me a lot in the end.

Roose immediately gathered a thousand people to attack the south gate.

At this time, there were 5,000 defenders in the last Hearth, and 1,000 in Deepwood Motte and Carhor. However, there were a large number of wildlings in both cities. Although they could not be compared with the regular army, they were enough to defend the city.

Tormund personally commanded the defense of the city on the city wall. After watching the Bolton army launch a charge, he showed a disdainful expression on his face.

With Varamyr, the Bolton army is always under their surveillance, and no matter what moves are made, they can be known in advance.

You must know that Varamyr has three snow wolves, a snow bear, a shadow mountain cat and an eagle.

In the face of war, the first five are useless, but the eagle is different.

In Jack's words, an easy walker who can control flying creatures is a satellite, and the stronger the soul power of the easy walker, the more advanced the satellite technology.

Jack had already started recruiting easy walkers, but they were too rare, and only the blood of the ancestors could produce easy walkers.

So until now, no more than ten easy walkers have been recruited, but they can basically only control some small animals, such as mice, etc.

These people are basically useless in the war, and Varamyr is still the strongest scout in the army.

"Tormund, only our side has been attacked." Although Varamyr is short and thin, he is not weak when talking to Tormund.

Tormund's face changed. He met Roose when Roose just besieged the city some time ago.

This old guy knew that he was guarding the city himself, but he still chose to attack the south gate. He clearly looked down on him!

Seeing Tormund's unhappy face, Varamyr instantly understood Tormund's thoughts and reminded him: "Tormund, don't forget the Queen's order. You must not take the initiative to attack before Her Majesty comes back."

Due to the large gap in military strength between the two sides, Daenerys ordered to hold the city and wait for Jack to come back before making a decision.

"Humph, of course I know." Tormund snorted coldly.

He really wanted to lead his men out of the city and fight against the army of the Bolton family.

Varamyr glanced at Tormund without saying anything. Most of the nobles in the North chose to support the Bolton family, so the equipment of the Bolton army was much better than theirs.

And they were not in a numerical advantage. If Tormund had rushed out just now, the city would have been at risk of being lost.

"What do you mean by your eyes? Am I Tormund such an impulsive and reckless person?"

Tormund's indignant voice came, but Varamyr was too lazy to pay attention to him and walked straight down the wall.

"I'll go down first, I can't die."

Varamyr's voice came, and Tormund curled his lips.

Then he began to command the archers to prepare, and at the same time placed the assembled catapults and crossbows on the wall.

Jack was not idle during this period. He hired a large number of people to make siege and defense equipment.

Although catapults and crossbows are not as advanced as the dragon-shooting crossbows made by the Citadel, they are still a powerful weapon for defending the city in Westeros.

In Westeros, catapults are not used much, and the same is true for crossbows. Westeros people prefer riding and slashing.

The tradition of both sides setting up positions and fighting head-on has been maintained for thousands of years.

In contrast, catapults and crossbows are used more on the continent of Essos, and are generally installed on warships. Merchant ships basically do not install catapults and crossbows because they need to carry more cargo.

For example, Euron's fleet, his ships are equipped with crossbows and catapults, which are very practical in the continent of Essos where maritime trade is prosperous.

When building Atlantis, Jack tried to make gunpowder, but for some reason, the energy released after the gunpowder was ignited was far from what expected.

However, Jack still did not give up, and specially invested in setting up a thermal weapons research institute to try to find the cause, but unfortunately there was still no progress.

Although the progress of thermal weapons was not smooth, there was great progress in the research of wildfire. Unstable wildfire would solidify after adding the fish fat of oil fish, and the stability and energy released would be greatly improved.

Roose's tentative attack was easily defended by Tormund.

Roose was not in a hurry, and he kept sending shield soldiers close to the city wall, and they would quickly withdraw after enduring a few waves of arrows each time.

The purpose is obvious, which is to consume the defense materials of Hearth City. Luce thinks that Jack has just arrived and has a shallow foundation. He does not have enough financial and material resources to build enough defense materials.

Of course, Luce is more about creating the illusion that he will launch a general attack at any time to cover the capture of Kaho City.

But Kaho City is not so easy to capture, especially when the defenders are fierce Sein people.

If the number of people and equipment of both sides are at the same level, the Sein people would have rushed out of the city and slaughtered Kerby.

But if it is an if after all, although there are many people in the city who can participate in the defense, especially the wildlings are all very fierce, the number of weapons is limited, which limits the performance of the Sein tribe.

Saigon personally came to the top of the city to command the defense of the city. The ideas of the wildlings are different from those of the noble lords.

The noble lords generally choose to command everything in the center instead of taking risks on the front line.

They will only go to the front line when they have no choice or are very confident in themselves.

Of course, although leading by example can boost morale, most nobles do not have the courage.

For example, Joffrey Baratheon, the "Emperor of the Ages", fled from the battlefield during the Battle of the Blackwater.

If Tyrion hadn't been quick-witted and given an inspiring speech, King's Landing might not have survived until the arrival of reinforcements.

And outside the Wall, due to the living environment, the law of the jungle is the law of survival.

Therefore, only the strong can be the leader, and a strong leader often leads the charge.