Chapter 249 Chase
Bronzegate, as its name implies, is the gateway to the northern part of the Stormlands.
Once this city is broken, there will be no danger at all before reaching Storm's End.
The army of Hewan did not stay in Tongmen City for a long time. They only rested for a day before heading south again.
This time, Samwell led the cavalry first, and Earl Landau led the main infantry to follow.
Before setting off, the father and son made a total calculation. Judging from the noble army of the Stormlands that they had encountered before, there were still many lords near Storm's End who did not participate in the battle. Of course, some of them responded to the call and led the army into Storm's End. But there should be many people who may not be willing to bow their knees to an illegitimate duke, and are waiting and watching.
Now that Stannis Baratheon is defeated in King's Landing, the nobles of the Stormlands suddenly have one less choice. Coupled with the Lannister family's pressure in the name of the Iron Throne, perhaps many people are willing to fall to the **** duke.
These lords probably would not have imagined that the fortified Bronze Gate City would be taken down by the Riverbend army in one day, and there should be no time to send troops to support Storm's End at this time.
Samwell led the cavalry first, in order to cut off the idea of these "weeds" supporting Storm's End.
Before leaving, "Beauty" Brienne Tass actually found her.
Samwell looked at the fully armed Brienne, and secretly thought that this woman is really more suitable for wearing armor.
"Miss Brienne, if you want to leave, let Earl Tars pay for the ransom. Of course, if you are willing to serve me, then there is no ransom."
Brienne pursed her lips and said:
"The Tarth family is only loyal to the master of Storm's End."
Samwell smiled: "Then why are you looking for me?"
Brienne said: "I won't fight for you, but I can carry the flag for you, as a reward for helping me out last night..."
Samwell laughed loudly: "Yes. However, if I capture Storm's End in the future, I hope you will remember today's promise."
Brienne nodded seriously: "I will."
After the preparations were made, Samwell gave an order, and the hooves of the river bend iron cavalry were thunderous, and they headed south along the King's Road like flowing water.
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At the head of Pinewood Town, Baron John Ollie looked at the smoke and dust in the north, his face visibly turned pale.
"How many people from Hewan have come? Have you found out?"
"I only said that a lot of cavalry came, almost covering the entire field, everywhere..."
The corner of Baron Ollie's mouth twitched, wanting to curse.
Sent out so many sentry cavalry, they ran back to report without even checking the number of enemies clearly.
Of course, he also knew in his heart that when his men saw that they were full of cavalry, they dared to investigate carefully, for fear that they would never come back if they escaped too slowly.
What he couldn't really understand was, didn't the Hewan people just arrived in Tongmen City? Why did you go south so quickly?
According to this speed, doesn't it mean that Tongmen City didn't last even a day?
Did the Bukeler family directly surrender?
The dense sound of horseshoes became more and more clear, like the continuous thunder of summer, shocking people's hearts.
At this time, the defenders at the head of Songlin Town were all terrified and trembling.
Including the lord Baron Orly.
what to do? Persevere or surrender?
The little baron was struggling.
Pine Forest Town is not a big city, there are not many soldiers and horses, and most of the army failed to return from the previous conquest of Dorne. Now there are at most three or four hundred people in the town, how can we fight?
Amidst the neighing of war horses, the black tide of cavalry slowly slowed down outside the town until it stopped.
Baron Ollie was shocked to find that during this process, the enemy cavalry could still maintain a relatively strict formation.
These Hewan people rode quietly on their horses, and immediately filled the air with a cold and murderous atmosphere.
The world suddenly became quiet, except for the occasional neighing of war horses and the sound of flags fluttering in the wind, all other sounds seemed to disappear.
The biting killing intent quietly flowed slowly in this suffocating silence, and gradually gathered and formed.
With successive victories, this river bay iron cavalry has become more elite, and has gradually acquired the aura of an invincible army.
The defenders in Songlin Town were overwhelmed by this terrifying momentum, they were all stunned and forgot to speak.
For a while, there was no sound inside and outside the town, falling into an eerie silence.
At this moment, a loud dragon chant broke the calm.
Baron Ollie looked up, and saw a milky white dragon appearing above the formation of the river bay cavalry, with a knight in bronze armor sitting on his back.
The huge sword in the knight's hand exudes a fiery flame, which makes people dare not look directly at it.
"Open the door and surrender, I will spare you!"
Hearing the men on Bailong's back persuade him to surrender, the last fragile line of defense in Baron Ollie's heart collapsed, and he said decisively to the herald officer beside him:
"Open the door, surrender."
After saying this, he just felt a lot lighter all over.
Seeing the drawbridge slowly leveling, Samwell was still a little stunned. He thought that the other party would at least talk about conditions, but he didn't expect to open the door so directly.
In fact, if Baron Ollie is determined to resist to the end, Samwell does not plan to attack the city.
It would be too wasteful to use cavalry to attack the city first. Moreover, his strategic goal this time is to intercept the army that is trying to lead an army into Storm's End, and he doesn't want to waste time on an insignificant small town.
This kind of small town can be handed over to the follow-up main force to clean it up.
But since Baron Ollie is so witty, Samwell of course accepted it.
Samwell also drove Cleopatra to land at the head of the city.
"You must be Lord Caesar, I have heard of your reputation a long time ago." Baron Ollie stepped forward with a flattering smile.
But he was forced back a few steps by the scorching breath of the white dragon.
"Baron Ollie, right?" Samwell jumped off the dragon's back, "Didn't Storm's End issue a call-up order?"
"Sent it, it was sent early." Baron Ollie said, "But as for the **** duke, not many people are willing to respond. I heard that many people in Storm's End do not want to recognize the **** duke, forcing He killed many people, and now even the dungeons in the castle are almost full.
However, when the news of Stannis' defeat came recently, many people began to worry about it. Moreover, Cortanay Penrose personally came out to lobby. He is now the acting castellan of Storm's End, and he is very trusted by the illegitimate son.
I heard that many nearby lords have agreed to lead their troops into Storm's End under Sir Cortnay's persuasion..."
"Do you know the whereabouts of Sir Cortnay?" Samwell asked immediately.
Baron Ollie said: "He came to Pinewood Town three days ago and advised me to lead the soldiers to go with him, but I didn't agree... I don't know where I am now."
After listening, Samwell immediately jumped onto the dragon's back and ordered:
"The whole army goes south, goes south!"
With an order, the river bay cavalry army immediately left Pine Forest Town and headed south.
Leaving Baron Ollie and the defenders in place for a long while without recovering.
After a long time, a knight woke up his lord and said:
"My lord, the Hewan people don't seem to have left any soldiers... Shall we continue to surrender?"
"Nonsense. These are just the cavalry of the river bend. Although they have left, there are still the main force of infantry behind. Quickly, lower the flag of the crowned stag and replace it with the golden rose flag!"
"yes."
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But Samwell said that in order to catch up with the soldiers and horses gathered by Cortnay Penrose, he no longer managed any towns along the way, but just went south on the King's Road.
After traveling for more than ten miles, they unexpectedly ran into a Stormland army of about 300 people.
It seemed that they were also heading towards Storm's End, but they didn't keep up with Sir Cortnay's large army.
But he was caught up by the river bay cavalry.
There is nothing to say, without Samwell's order, the cavalry forward launched an attack on this army without hesitation.
There are advantages in arms, equipment, and numbers, so the result of this battle is naturally needless to say.
The Riverbend Cavalry defeated the Stormland army like chopping melons and vegetables, and then chased them all the way, leaving **** corpses on the King's Road soon.
The army hardly stopped and continued southward.
Finally, they encountered a large-scale Stormland army only twenty or thirty miles away from Storm's End.
They were flying like lightning all the way, and they finally caught up.
Now Samwell was not in a hurry, and ordered the vanguard to slow down, and at the same time sent out all the sentry cavalry to find out the details of the storm army.
Soon, news came back one by one.
After summarizing and analyzing, Samwell also had a general understanding of the storm army ahead.
This must be a regular army, completely different from the seemingly powerful but actually vulnerable kingly army encountered before.
The number of this Stormland army is about six to seven thousand, including about 800 cavalry. The infantry formation is very strict.
Samwell reckoned that this was probably the last fortune of the princes in the northern part of the Stormlands.
The safest way is to wait for the main force of the Reach to catch up and strangle the Stormland army together, but this place is too close to Storm's End, and Samwell is worried that the main force of the Reach will not be able to come. Into the city.
So after a moment of hesitation, he decided to do it himself.
There are 4,000 cavalry in the river bay, and there is still an advantage in fighting against the 7,000 cavalry combination on the opposite side in the wild.
What's more, after a series of previous victories, the river bay cavalry under him is at its peak, and its morale is available.
Once he made up his mind, Samwell put aside all his worries and ordered the army to press on.
As the two armies got closer and closer, the prelude to war began to play.
First of all, the collision between the sentry cavalry of the two armies became extremely **** and cruel.
The storm land army also felt the tremendous pressure from the river bend cavalry, and began to shrink their formation under the command of the coach, preparing for the battle.
Sir Cortnay Penrose, who was sitting in the center of the army, listened to the information from the front, and the anxiety in his heart became more and more intense.
It's almost there!
It takes a day and night to travel south from here, and you will be able to reach Storm's End, but at this juncture, the people of the River Bend actually bit the tail.
Ser Cortnay wondered how the people from the Reach came so quickly.
Did they go straight south without hitting Tongmen City?
When did Randyll Tarly like to take risks like this?
As a battle-tested veteran, Sir Cortanay did not make too many unnecessary speculations. He knew that since he was overtaken by the river bay cavalry army here, a battle would be inevitable.
But when setting up the battle formation, Sir Cortanay did not forget to send someone to deliver a message to Storm's End, not to ask for help, but to warn Duke Edric not to lead the army to support.
Samwell really had the idea of encircling and attacking reinforcements. Storm's End was well-known, and it was too difficult to attack, so it was the most ideal choice to lure the troops out of it and annihilate them in the wild.
Unfortunately, he waited for a long time, but he still didn't see any movement in the direction of Storm's End.
Since this is the case, there is nothing to hesitate. After letting the soldiers rest for a while, Samwell issued an order to attack:
"The whole army moves forward slowly, maintains an offensive formation, and once it touches the enemy, attack immediately!"
(end of this chapter)