Send Troops

Author: Leaning on the railing and letting the wind blow

Send Troops

"He will pay for his arrogance." Stannis said angrily on the way back to Storm's End.

Cole unlocked the lock on the armor, took off the antlered helmet to his waist, and took a big breath of fresh air. Yes, it smelled of green grass.

"Your Majesty, there is no need for you to be angry about this. An opponent who is arrogant and underestimates the enemy is much easier to deal with than an enemy who is cautious and subtle."

"You're Cole!?" Caitlin suddenly followed behind her and exclaimed.

Cole turned around with a smile, "Long time no see, Mrs. Stark."

"Why are you here if you're not Lanny?" She took back her words and then asked again.

"It's a long story, ma'am. His Majesty the King saved me, so now I serve him."

The knight following Caitlin, Harris Moran, also recognized Cole. Compared to Caitlin, he was more shocked. He vaguely recalled the scene when he saw this person for the first time, which was before the meeting.

Winter City. The second time I saw him was on the battlefield of the Trident River.

Harris looked at his silver armor and thought to himself, "What on earth has this guy been through?"

After returning to Storm's End, Stannis quickly held a meeting and decided that they would use Storm's End as a base to launch a defensive war. Axel Florent led the fleet to intercept the enemy at Shipbreaker Bay, and ordered Lord Velaryon to lead him

His fleet transported food and supplies, and he personally led the army to defend Storm's End.

Lord Velaryon was dissatisfied with Stannis repeatedly sending him to carry out transportation. He stated that he would take his own fleet to participate in the battle, and also implicitly hinted that if Stannis did not agree, he would lead people back to the tide.

Island. Stannis finally changed people, letting Lord Celtigar take over his duties.

During the meeting, a group of princes and knights discovered that Sir Cole Julius was not entrusted with any responsibilities, and the original commander of the city defense was also taken back by Stannis.

Some people are gloating about this.

I saw the silver knight sitting in the conference hall with a normal expression, without making any suggestions.

Until the meeting ended, he came to the study.

Melisandre, the red-robed woman, Axel Florent, the king's brother-in-law, and several other members of the small meeting also slowly entered and sat around a table.

Those sitting here, except for bachelors Palos and Cole, are almost all members of the rear party.

"My lords, evil and powerful forces are awakening, and the long night is coming. Only the King of Light can bring us dawn and salvation, and only the Son of Prophecy can lead us out of the night. The war is about to break out, and it's time for the brave

Ah, you will be the horn before dawn, blowing the song of victory. Everyone, I wonder which of you can take on this important task?" Melisandre stood up.

She looked at Cole, and the eyes of the old party members also looked at him.

I'm sorry, why didn't you call me by name? He felt numb, as if his heart was being read by the woman in red robe.

"Your Majesty." He turned to Stannis, "According to the information I know, the enemy's army seems to be marching in a hurry. The food, grass and baggage are all in the rear. You can send a cavalry to intercept them in the Kingswood and Rose Avenue area.

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"Well, that's what I mean. I will give you a thousand cavalry and send Duran Bar-Amon to accompany you." The king had no intention of asking at all.

"I" he still didn't say anything. Sure enough, he could think of it, and others would too.

"Yes, Your Majesty. I will try my best to block their food and troops."

Coming out of the study, Cole couldn't help but let out a long sigh. He actually preferred to mess around in the back, you bastard.

Someone had to do this. When he returned to the tower, he quickly asked Camilo to gather the people. They had to prepare quickly. The team of a thousand people leaving the city was too conspicuous, so they had to leave before Renly's army arrived, and

It's best to walk at night.

Cole only has fifty cavalry under his command. I wonder what the quality of the thousand cavalry sent to him by Stannis is. If too many mercenary riders are mixed in, it will not be effective.

These guys who are paid to do things are likely to surrender to the enemy as soon as their morale is low.

Stannis sent the fat little lord under his command, and before he could go find Duran Baraemon, the boy entered his tower happily.

Cole could only pour him a glass of wine, and Duran drank it down in one gulp. His short neck under his chin could not even be seen squirming while drinking.

Is it feasible to take this guy to fight guerrilla warfare? Cole couldn't help but wonder.

"Sir Cole, when do we set off?" he asked enthusiastically, as if what they wanted to do was not to fight, but to go hunting.

"Sir, do you know what we are going to do?" Cole tasted the wine slowly, although he couldn't taste anything.

"Of course, I have three hundred cavalry and eleven sworn knights. I will cooperate with you, Sir. I know that I am not old, and it is my first time to lead an army in battle. The knights and the butler both advised me to let Pope

I brought people here, but I remember my family’s motto.”

Cole saw that he had put on his armor and was obviously impatient.

"We still need to prepare some things, Lord Earl."

Cole went to the school grounds to receive the cavalry sent to him by the king, eight hundred cavalry, four hundred of Stannis's own troops, two hundred of each knight leading his own lord's tribe, and two hundred well-armed free riders.

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There are more people than the king promised. This should be all Stannis's strength. If he wants to fight Renly, this cavalry is probably the only one he can rely on.

It seems that he really wants to take a gamble on himself. Does he think that he can lead these people to defeat Renly's 60,000 army?

Leading the king's personal army was a knight named Geoffrey Florent, who came from the queen's family Florent.

"Sir Julius." Jeffrey greeted with a salute.

Cole inspected a circle of cavalry regiments and then began to distribute tasks. It was impossible for a thousand-man cavalry regiment to just ride away, and there was a lot of logistics behind it.

The Free Riders were handed over to their deputy, Camilo, to take command. At the same time, 20 people from their personal guards were assigned to Camilo's men, and each of them was ordered to lead a team of ten people and set off in advance as scouts.

Cole spread out the map. The scouts will set off from two directions, one is to enter the Kingswood, and the other is to enter the Dorne Mountains. Their goal is to explore the road. In the end, the two scouts will arrive at the confluence of the Wende River and the Lamborn River.

Get together.

Cole personally led the 700 men of Baal Aimon and the King's personal army to march as the central army. The logistics was taken care of by the little fat Earl Duran. He would lead his sworn knights and 200 noble troops and logistics troops to station the troops first.

En Mountains.

Bailong has already identified several locations for the logistics point.

There are about 500 logistics personnel, and the total number including cavalry is 700.

Before leading the attack, Cole asked Stannis to see him. He suggested that he could form an alliance with the North and Dorne. The area around Highgarden in the South is now empty. If Dorne is willing to contribute, it will have the effect of encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao.

Eddard Stark has been in a very bad state recently. During the days when he was wandering around, he did not fall. Instead, he fell on the maester's bed. Now he is fainting and waking up, which is worrying.

Cole knew about the quarrel between Dorne and the Baratheon family, and the Dorne side put the blame for their princess's death on Robert and Baratheon.

But before you saw it, the real murderer Lannister sent a princess there, and the relationship with Dorne instantly eased. Of course, this kind of relaxation does not mean that the past is truly forgotten. The political skills and vision of the Prince of Dorne are extremely high.

His method of revenge must be subtle and silent. Cole can feel that Dorne is hiding its capabilities and biding its time, waiting for the opportunity.

Cole led the cavalry out of the city, with Jose beside him. This kid made a small contribution in the battle of Storm's End and was upgraded by Cole.

Not long after the march, Cole attacked and killed three waves of scouts. Their traces were captured by Bai Long in the sky, but Bai Long could not monitor all directions and was not sure whether any scouts had slipped away from his sight.

The whole cavalry was extremely fast, and before the scouts could bring the news to Renly, the cavalry had disappeared.

In one day, they walked from Storm's End through the Kingswood to Greendale Castle. This castle is ruled by the Plum Dou family. Now the head of the family, Baron Plum Dou, has surrendered to Stannis. Before that, he was the acting lord of Storm's End Castle.

After his deputy, Ser Cortanai Penros, was killed, he quickly knelt down and pledged his allegiance.

Baron Ewood Meadow, currently serving under Cole.

Cole led his troops to the castle, which was connected to a bridge across the Lamborn River. Before the garrison at Bitter Bridge stopped moving, Cole planned to garrison here and use the white dragon to observe the enemy's movements.

In the past two months, the white dragon's wings and scales have become stronger and it can fly higher.

The castle will temporarily provide them with food and grass. After Cole settled in the castle, he immediately took over the city defense and sent all the defenders of Green Valley City out to collect food and grass.

Although this made Baron Mae Dou very dissatisfied, Cole was really worried that the baron would directly become a traitor after seeing Renly's army.

After Renly was sure that his brother Stannis would not fight him, he quickly ordered the garrison at Bitterbridge to march to Storm's End. He himself only brought 20,000 vanguard troops in Bronzegate City, most of them cavalry.

There are still 40,000 troops garrisoned at Bitter Bridge, almost all of them infantry and logistics. Even though the rear army has more people, their combat power is almost concentrated on the 20,000 people Renly took away.

The charge of the armored cavalry against the infantry is absolutely crushing. You must know that the so-called infantry here is not the kind of infantry that is tightly wrapped in armor, has a sword hanging from the waist, holds a steel spear, and carries a javelin on its back. It is even a company of infantry.

A pitchfork farmer without a hat.

It is difficult for even cavalry to be fully armored, let alone infantry. The neatly armored charges in the game are all deceptive. It is extremely difficult to arm hundreds of people, let alone tens of thousands of people.

The armored cavalry in Renly's hands should be around a thousand, while Stannis's armored cavalry is less than 300, and now most of them are given to Cole.

Cole then stayed firmly in Green Valley City, seemingly no longer paying attention to the earth-shattering war going on outside, and would occasionally send cavalry to intercept and kill the scouts coming this way.

He didn't know that he had been scolded at Storm's End for a long time. Renly's attack on the city was so peaceful that no one disturbed him when he chopped down trees and built equipment.

At the time of the excitement under the walls of Storm's End, on the Rose Avenue, a huge motorcade began to travel north, with a size of nearly 10,000 people. When the leading carriage had reached the middle reaches of the Lamborn River, the rear carriage began to leave from the Bitterbridge Camp.

, a series of convoys had already passed by before, and under the escort of the army, they all arrived at Tongmen City safely.

A pair of eyes in the sky followed the convoy closely. Far away in Green Valley City on the other side of the river, a silver-haired figure drew several crosses on the line on the map.
Chapter completed!