The soldiers guarding the two side gates of Casterly Rock City received Stave's order, and after each leaving fifty men to guard the side gates, a total of 600 city guards began to gather towards the city wall at the main entrance.
With the addition of these new forces in good condition, the northern soldiers had some signs of reaching the top, but they were suppressed in an instant.
Screams, blood, mutilated limbs, and corpses are the eternal themes of war!
From the beginning of the siege to now, in less than an hour, Robb deliberately arranged to be at the front,
Nearly nine hundred Laiswell family soldiers and Dustin family soldiers were basically all killed or injured.
After them, there were the infantrymen of House Umber and House Karstark who volunteered to serve as the vanguard to attack the city to make amends due to the failure of the pursuit at Lannisport.
Seeing that the siege of Casterly Rock City was proceeding as he planned, Robb, riding Bloodwind, slowly appeared in the sight of the defenders on the wall of the main gate.
Since today's operation will be carried out in the dark, Bloodwind's wolf armor is too conspicuous, so it is not wearing armor at this time. Robb is sitting on its furry back, holding tightly to the wolf fur around its neck.
Ouch, ouch~~!
As soon as he thought, the bloody wind carried him quickly to the observatory that was no longer occupied. He looked up at the waning moon hanging in the middle of the sky and roared loudly.
Its penetrating wolf howl can be roughly heard from Lannisport, not to mention Casterly Rock.
Hearing the howling of wolves, all the northern soldiers who were attacking Casterly Rock City suddenly had their morale greatly increased, and they rushed towards the city wall fearlessly.
The soldiers guarding the city could clearly feel that these northern soldiers were obviously different from the previous soldiers in terms of mental state and physical strength.
Many northern soldiers who struggled to reach the top had their faces poured with boiling oil as soon as they stood on the wall.
But instead of screaming and falling backward, they screamed and rushed towards the servants or Lannister defenders in front.
Many soldiers and servants who were caught off guard were killed by these seriously injured northern soldiers with their remaining blood.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
The archers of the northern army, who had been silent all this time, after hearing the howling of wolves, ran forward to the attack range, and immediately launched covering fire at the walls of Casterly Rock and the city.
The arrows they shot included both ordinary iron arrows and special rockets.
ah!
The messenger next to Stave was shot on the left cheek by a stray arrow. The iron arrow lost momentum after penetrating his cheek, and it just hung on his face.
Listening to his screams and looking at his pitiful appearance, this shocked Steve.
He turned his head and glanced at the carriages and debris in the city that were set ablaze by rockets. He quickly pointed to the former Casterly Rock City garrison officer and said, "You will be responsible for defending the city wall, and I will gather people to put out the fire."
After finishing speaking, without waiting for the garrison officer to reply, Stave hurriedly ran towards the bottom of the city wall alone.
"These barbarians from the north are absolutely crazy. They are attacking the city as if they are desperate. This is different from what was recorded in the war books I read before!"
Stafford murmured to himself as he walked quickly towards the inner wall of Casterly Rock City,
"Let's go back to the castle! Even if the city wall is lost, there is still the inner city wall as the second line of defense."
He walked forward for a while and came to the only way to the inner city wall, the farthest defensive tower on the left side of Casterly Rock.
Um?
Suddenly, the gate of the defense tower, which was unguarded at the moment because troops were mobilized to the main entrance, was slowly opened from the inside.
Stafford was stunned, looking at the very recognizable Ironborn inside the gate of the defense tower. When he realized what he was doing, he immediately opened his mouth and started shouting.
call out!
Boom!
A sharp arrow was shot from the gate of the defense tower, and accurately penetrated into Stafford's open mouth, silencing his shouts forever.
Holding a wooden bow, Theon walked out of the defense tower. He glanced at Stafford's body on the ground, and immediately led a dozen ironmen toward the left door of Casterly Rock ahead.
Robb rode Bloodwind toward the left gate of Casterly Rock from the observation tower on the left.
The road to the gate on the left side of Casterly Rock is rugged and difficult to navigate, which is completely different from when Robb watched TV in his previous life. Therefore, he did not lead any northern soldiers, but moved forward quietly, one man and one wolf.
Robb did not use torches for lighting, because for Bloodwind, who could see at night, there was no difference between night and day.
It carried Robb and ran dexterously along the edge of the cliff. The Lannister soldiers on the wall were all attracted by the ferocious northern soldiers, but they could not notice the giant wolf hidden in the darkness.
"Watch out, there's something running there!"
When Xue Feng approached the left gate through the narrow rugged road, the soldiers guarding the city above the city wall saw a huge gray shadow fleeting in the darkness through the light of the burning brazier.
Ouch!
Seeing that he had attracted attention, Robb simply let Bloodwind get a little closer, running quickly while letting out a short whistle.
At this moment, the soldiers on the wall at the left gate nervously drew their bows and shot arrows into the darkness, but how could they possibly hit the target? The bloody wind was running back and forth quickly, constantly changing directions.
Whoosh, whoosh!
The soldiers on the wall of the left gate of Casterly Rock City were completely attracted by the bloody wind outside the city. They opened their eyes wide to look for the gray shadows in the darkness, and kept drawing their bows and shooting arrows.
Bang, bang!
Below them, two gatekeepers were hit by arrows shot out of the darkness and fell to the ground dead.
Hearing the bloody howl outside the city, Xion quickly ran towards the city gate with a dozen ironmen.
call out!
ah!
A guard soldier on the city wall heard the sound below, and when he turned around to check, Xion, who had been looking up to observe the situation, accurately hit his eye socket with an arrow while running, and he screamed and fell off the tower.
This movement directly caused the defenders on the city wall to explode. They immediately turned their heads and wanted to deal with Xion and others.
However, at this time, Xion and others had already reached the gate of the city wall. They lost their vision and were unable to attack.
Crunch, crunch!
When the defensive soldiers on the city wall hurriedly ran down the stone stairs of the city wall, Xion and seven or eight ironmen hugged them together, and lifted up a thick and long city gate latch with all their strength.
Poof!
Squeak!
The city gate latch was thrown heavily to the ground by Xion and others. They immediately opened the two thick oak doors and opened the iron gate in front.
More than twenty Lannister soldiers guarding the city came down the stairs of the city wall. But at this time, the city gate under the city wall became strangely quiet.
This quiet atmosphere, which was obviously not right, made them stop in their tracks.
The defenders at the rear pushed, and the two defenders at the front motioned for them to continue moving forward.
The two men looked at each other, swallowed thickly, tightened their swords and shields in their hands, mustered up their courage, and accompanied each other towards the city gate.
The two of them followed the city wall and came to the corner of the city gate. A soldier guarding the city braved the situation and stuck his head out to observe the situation.
call!
Just as he was looking out, a huge gray shadow flashed past him, and he fell into eternal darkness.
Zhi,zhi!
The other soldier behind him reached out and touched the warm blood on his face, and stared blankly at the headless corpse in front of him that was bleeding.
The giant gray shadow stopped not far ahead. It was a terrifying giant wolf with gray fur, holding a head dripping with blood in its mouth.
"Weird, monster!"
The soldier guarding the city, whose face was covered in blood, was so frightened by the bloody wind that his mentality collapsed and he began to shout loudly.
However, he shut up immediately!
Robb dodged out of the city gate with ice in his hand. He waved his giant sword in a circle and knocked down the yelling defender.
Aww!
In coordination with Robb's actions, Xue Feng threw away the head in his mouth, exerted all his strength on his limbs, and quickly rushed into the group of defending soldiers, some of whom did not know whether to advance or retreat, and began to kill mercilessly.
Streams of red mist rose up, and Robb and Bloodwind, one man and one wolf, were as if they were in an uninhabited land. This group of soldiers defending the city could not resist them at all.
Whoosh, whoosh!
Theon and others followed closely behind Robb. After running out of the city gate in a few quick steps, they immediately turned around and raised their heads. They kept shooting at the city wall with their bows and arrows, covering Robb and Bloodwind.
In just a few minutes, Robb and Bloodwind killed all these twenty people. In front of Bloodwind, they didn't even have a chance to escape.
Directly placing the blood bond points he had just obtained on the magic attribute, Robb let the blood wind go up the stone stairs of the city wall and kill the defenders on the city tower.
Ah! Ah!
After a burst of shrill screams, a steady stream of red mist emerged from the city wall and submerged into Robb's body.
Ouch!
After finishing all the soldiers guarding the left gate, Xue Feng received a message from Robb. Standing among the corpses covered with blood and mutilated limbs, he looked up to the sky and let out a long roar.
At the main gate of Casterly Rock City, a group of northern soldiers who heard the roar of wolves held torches and headed toward the left door along the rugged path.
But the goal of their team's torch is too obvious.
The archers on the walls of Casterly Rock saw the right moment and fired a wave of shots, causing the northern soldiers to suffer a lot of casualties and making it difficult to continue moving forward in the rain of arrows.
"Xion, you stay here while Xue Feng and I go to see if there is a chance to open the front door."
The plan did not change as quickly as it did. Robb and others did not wait for reinforcements for a long time. He pondered for a while and then spoke to Theon.
"Well, Robb, be careful!"
"Don't worry! Xue Feng can do magic now!"
Robb replied with deep meaning. When Bloodwind came and lay down in front of him, he turned over and sat on its furry body.
Theon didn't pay attention to his joke at all and watched Robb disappear around the corner on Bloodwind.
Bang, bang, bang!
At the main gate of Casterly Rock City, in addition to many siege ladders, more than a dozen northern soldiers were carrying a solid wooden siege hammer, constantly hammering the iron gate outside the oak door.
Although the iron gate was hammered and clanged, it actually had no great effect.
For the gates of a strong city like Casterly Rock, the only thing that is not a regular wheeled siege ram is this simple homemade siege ram. Even if it is still hit by it, it will be difficult to shake the city gate at all.
But what they didn't know was that at this time, Xue Feng was carrying Robb on his back, following the shadow of the city wall that was not illuminated by the firelight, and was approaching the main entrance.
At this time, on the main city wall, the defenders, under the orderly command of the Casterly Rock garrison, started a tug-of-war with the northern soldiers. The theme was flesh and blood.
The battle situation between the two sides is very tense. As time goes by, the outcome of this siege battle has tilted somewhat towards the defenders of Casterly Rock City.
After all, the siege team’s battle losses will definitely be higher than those of the defenders!
It was the moment of fierce fighting on the city wall at the main gate. The four defenders under the city gate only stared at the gate that was being hit constantly, ignoring what was behind them.
call!
A giant gray shadow quickly came behind them. Xue Feng's two sharp claws and terrifying wolf mouth could only kill three enemies.
At the same time, Robb jumped off Bloodwind, who had just stood up, and aimed the ice in his hand at the last city defender, then slashed diagonally.
"Enemy attack!"
But the last soldier who defended the city reacted very quickly and screamed out. Robb landed on his feet and slashed him in half with the giant sword in his hand. However, his last shout had already alerted the soldiers above the city wall.
The main entrance to Casterly Rock is also a solid oak door. Behind the door is a wooden latch that is much thicker and longer than the side door.
Robb tried it, but with his huge strength, it was impossible to push the wooden door bolt.
Fortunately, Xue Feng was by his side. As soon as his mind moved, Robb immediately let Xue Feng try it.
Bang!
Xue Feng flexed upwards with his wolf claws, and the sharp nails of his claws were deeply embedded in the wooden door bolt. At the same time, with its extraordinary strength compared to humans, it directly lifted the heavy wooden door bolt to the ground.
Squeak!
Still with Bloodwind's assistance, Robb opened two heavy oak doors.
But when he saw the iron gate outside the oak door, he was stunned.
The iron gate at the main gate of Casterly Rock City is controlled by a refined iron lock embedded in the door. A key is required to open it.
Oh my god! No matter how sharp Xue Feng's nails are, he can't scratch this iron lump!
Um?
Just when Robb was at a loss what to do, he suddenly remembered an old movie he had seen in his previous life. The steel-framed Terminator in the movie was no match for liquid nitrogen.
The material of the refined iron lock on this iron gate is definitely not comparable to the alloy in previous movies.
The low temperature generated by Blood Wind's magical ice breath should be enough.
Worth trying!
Robb nodded secretly, pointed directly at the middle part of the refined iron lock, and gave an order to Xuefeng: "Xuefeng, use ice breath here!"
call!
Xue Feng immediately took a deep breath, opened his big mouth and faced the refined iron lock, and took a mouthful of white ice mist.
Click, click, click!
Now the magic attribute of three points is obviously much stronger than the previous one, and the refined iron lock was instantly frozen into ice.
At the same time, as the white mist continued to exhale from Xue Feng's mouth, the ice cubes continued to spread around as if they were alive.
"He's opening the door, stop him!"
The garrison on the main gate wall came down with dozens of garrison soldiers to check the situation. When he saw that the oak door had been opened and Robb was standing in front of the iron gate, he immediately turned pale and shouted to the soldiers beside him.
.
At this time, the magic power of Blood Wind was exhausted at the same time. Robb suddenly raised the ice with both hands, and slashed with all his strength at the middle part of the refined iron lock that turned into a large lump of ice.
Click!
This exquisite iron lock was like a piece of shortbread, easily broken by Robb.
"The door is open, rush into the city!"
"Hurry up, I want to get the first prize!"
"Go, go, go!"
When the northern soldiers outside the gate saw the iron gate open, they abandoned their solid wooden siege rams and rushed towards Casterly Rock City in a swarm.
It’s over!
Seeing the ant-like northern soldiers pouring towards Casterly Rock City, the defender stood there blankly.
Tear!
The 'ant swarm' instantly swamped him, and the sharp sword stabbed him into a rag sack.
The thousands of soldiers guarding the city wall saw that the city gate was broken and had no intention of entangled with the soldiers from the northern border.
One by one, they rushed toward the inner city wall on the left, hoping to rely on the city's second line of defense for defense.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
The northern soldiers who came to support from the left, led by Xion, blocked them directly on the left gate wall, cutting off their way back.
There is a wolf in front and a tiger behind!
Bang!
These Lannister soldiers who defended the city suddenly lost all fighting spirit. They threw down their weapons and knelt down to surrender.
The siege of Casterly Rock City unknowingly went from late in the morning to the dawn of the next day.
When the sun rose from the sea level, the angry lion flag on the top of Casterly Rock was cut off. Immediately afterwards, the direwolf flag was erected, fluttering in the sea breeze.
This means that this stone castle, which was built before the Age of Heroes and has never fallen, ushered in its humiliating first fall.
At the same time, it also represents that the old power structure of Westeros has been broken, and the new situation will usher in earth-shaking changes.
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ps: This chapter also has more than 4,500 words. I wrote 9,000 words today, not 10,000 words per day. I’ll give it a try tomorrow.