The continuous rain of arrows drew a perfect parabola and fell into the phalanx of Western siege soldiers who were holding wooden shields and carrying siege ladders. Most of the arrows were only nailed to the thick surface of the wooden shields, and a small number fell from them.
Through the gap, he shot into the flesh of the soldiers attacking the city.
At the same time, solid stones the size of heads were also thrown out from behind the stacks of the Shili city wall, making loud collision sounds with the wooden shields held by the Western soldiers.
Most of the stones were directly bounced off the strong wooden shield, while a small number of stones were smashed into pieces along with the wooden shield and the heads of the siege soldiers below.
Snap, snap, snap!
Staring at the attack of the Shili City guards, the Western siege soldiers came to the bottom of Shili City. Countless siege soldiers emerged from the defensive wooden shields. They put their siege ladders on the walls of Shili City one after another.
This heralds the beginning of a more bloody and brutal battle on the city!
Lord Janos Bracken, Lord of Stonehedge, and Harion Karstark, Captain of the North, who leads the defense of Stonehedge, are standing in a safe position behind the walls of Stonehedge, commanding and watching the battle.
"Lord Hallion, we have to find a way to get the news out. Otherwise, we may not be able to hold on if this continues!"
Count Janos looked at the Western Camp outside the city wall, with a worried look on his face, and turned to Hallion and said.
"Don't worry, Lord Janos. Although the army of the West has shot and killed the raven we released, our spies in the Riverlands will definitely spread the news of Stonehedge being surrounded to Riverrun."
Hallion smiled and reassured Earl Janos, then looked at the northern soldiers fighting bravely on the city wall and continued,
"Look at how brave our soldiers in the north are. With them here, there will definitely be no problems in Shili City."
"Well, they are indeed very brave. But...the casualties are also huge!"
When Count Genos heard this, he first nodded in reply, and then muttered something to himself very quietly.
As he said, most of the people defending the enemy on the walls of Shili City at this time were recruits from the northern border. Stimulated by the new combat merit system, they fought very bravely and rushed to kill more enemies.
But they didn't know how to protect themselves when killing the enemy, so in these four days of siege battles, the 4,000 northern recruits suffered casualties as high as about 700.
According to military merit statistics, they killed less than 1,500 siege soldiers in the Western Region. This was actually an unfavorable casualty ratio for the defenders.
Normally speaking, the casualty ratio between the attacking team and the defending team should be about one to three to five. In some exaggerated battles, the casualty ratio can even exceed one to ten.
"Lord James, I really don't understand. It's okay if you don't want to capture Riverland civilians to consume the enemy, but why don't you let the Stormland soldiers attack the city first?
Our soldiers in the Western Region have suffered heavy casualties in the past few days, and the death rate has almost reached ten percent."
In the Western Camp outside Stonehedge City, Lord Lins Leighton, Lord of Deep Cave City, asked James in a bad tone.
"Have you seen the morale of those Stormland soldiers? Letting them attack the city is just a matter of death. The key is that their collapse will affect the overall morale of our army.
In the past few days, the death rate in Shili City has been quite high, and more and more soldiers from our side have climbed to the top. Well, even though they were beaten down again."
James looked at the situation of the siege with an expressionless face, and answered without looking back.
"But why are my Leiden family soldiers always in the siege team?"
Of the more than 1,700 casualties suffered by soldiers in the Western Region in the past few days, half were soldiers of the Leiden family. Earl Lins, who had been holding back for several days, finally asked.
"I have chosen soldiers who are brave and strong in combat to attack the city. Only in this way can we have a better chance of breaking the city.
Don't worry, Earl of Lins, after we break the city, I will reward you according to your merits. I won't let you suffer!"
When Earl of Lins finally spoke, James snorted in his heart. After answering with a normal expression, he changed the subject and continued,
"Earl of Lins, I want to remind you. I am the commander-in-chief of this army. I know how to lead an army to fight. I don't need you to teach me how to do it! Do you understand?"
"Understood, Lord James, I'll take my leave first."
Hearing James's merciless tone, Earl of Lins replied with an extremely ugly expression, then turned around and left.
Count Leo, who had been standing quietly by the side, listening to the argument between James and James, looked at the back of Earl Lins, stepped forward and said softly to James: "Lord James, Lins Layton really has a problem.
?"
"I'm not sure. In the letter my father asked his attendant to deliver to me on horseback, he just ordered me to consume all the troops of the Leiden family."
James turned to Count Leo and shook his head, then with a worried look on his handsome face, he continued to speak,
"Our successive defeats in this war with the North have caused some people to have thoughts that they shouldn't have.
Therefore, we must re-establish the prestige of the Lannister family in the next war."
"We, House Lyford, are absolutely loyal to House Lannister."
As soon as James finished speaking, Count Leo immediately spoke to express his loyalty.
"Well, everyone in the Lannister family knows the loyalty of the Lyford family.
The Leiden family has almost exhausted its troops. Count Leo, we have begun to launch a general attack. We must take Shili City today!"
"As you command!"
Woo!~~
As the horn sounded in the Western Camp, the Western Army, which originally only invested one-fifth of its troops, began to attack the city with all its strength without reservation.
The nine trebuchets that had been hastily produced in the past few days were also rolled out and began to be loaded with stones the size of an adult's upper body in preparation for the attack.
"Haha, Tomad, I killed another enemy! I have killed five enemies and can apply for citizenship!"
At a certain wall on the left side of Shili City, after Maier threw a stone and killed the enemy, he turned his head very excitedly and said to Tomad, who was not far away and was hiding under the wall out of fear.
"Mair, have you forgotten what those veterans taught us? Lower your body quickly and be careful of the enemy's arrows."
When Tomad saw Maier who was so excited that he was carried away, he stood up straight and talked to him. His expression changed drastically, and he immediately shouted to Maier.
"Haha, I am a man who will become a knight in the future. How can I die so easily? Look, their arrows are all going around me!"
After hearing this, Maier not only did not squat down, but deliberately leaned out of the city wall. When several stray arrows shot over his head, he laughed loudly, and then said to Tomad very proudly.
"Okay, okay. I understand! You squat down first and then talk!"
Seeing Tomad's panicked expression, Maier finally crouched down, then smiled and said to Tomad: "Tomad, be brave and fight. You have missed a lot of military exploits in the past few days. Don't say anything if you continue like this.
Knight, even becoming a citizen is difficult!
Let me tell you secretly, the more people are afraid of death, the more likely they are to die first. This is the experience I learned from a veteran who paid me a coin.
So, as bold as I am..."
Bang, bang!
Just as Maier was imparting battlefield experience to Tomad, the nine trebuchets in the Western Camp launched the first wave of attacks in the direction of Shili City.
A huge stone hit the wall stack where Maier was hiding. The stone fence city was not a particularly strong wall stack, so it was directly shattered by the stone carrying huge kinetic energy.
The broken stones and boulders hit Maier heavily, burying his subsequent words forever.
"Mel!"
Tomad was stunned by the scene in front of him. After reacting, he immediately crawled to the pile of rubble to get Maier out.
As Tomad frantically excavated the rubble, a large amount of bright red blood seeped out from the rubble, foreshadowing Maier's tragic end.
Following two rounds of bombing by trebuchets, siege soldiers from the Western Region came in like a tide.
Hallion did not expect that the Western Army, which had been conducting exploratory attacks normally, would launch a general attack today.
Facing an enemy that was several times their own, the northern recruits on the wall of Shili City suffered heavy losses. Western siege soldiers had already begun to climb onto the city wall and fight with the northern recruits on the wall.
Seeing that the situation suddenly turned into this, Hallion hurriedly ran down the city wall to bring the northern veterans who were resting in Stone Fence City back to the city wall to join the battle.
Led by two thousand brave and skilled Northern veterans, the other Northern recruits mustered up the courage to continue fighting and fought back waves of Western siege soldiers.
The blood, mutilated limbs, and corpses on the walls of Shili City continued to increase, and the lives of soldiers on both sides continued to disappear in this offensive and defensive battle.
During the fierce battle, the defenders of Shili City did not notice that a special carriage equipped with a wooden shield and covered with rawhide came to Shili City under the cover of a group of Western siege soldiers.
City gate location.
When this special carriage stopped at the gate of Shili City, these Western siege soldiers immediately fled to the rear, as if some monster was chasing them.
boom!!!
A violent explosion sounded, and the familiar green flames engulfed the oak iron gate of Shili City, as well as the hundreds of soldiers from both sides on the tower.
Hallion, who was gathering the newly recruited soldiers and servants of the Bracken family in the school grounds of Stonehedge City, was stunned for a long time after hearing the loud noise.
Looking at the siege soldiers from the Western Region who were constantly extinguishing the fire with mud outside the empty stone fence gate, Hallion immediately reacted and roared loudly: "The city gate is broken. Everyone, come to me and form a formation to defend against the enemy!"
When the wildfire at the disappearing stone fence city gate was completely extinguished, Hallion gathered thousands of city defenders in the school grounds to form a square formation. But facing thousands of Western soldiers, their solution was already doomed.
Tear!
James rode his horse into Shili City and saw the soldiers from the Western Territory finishing their wounds on the seriously injured enemy. At this time, in the school grounds of Shili City, about 3,000 Northern Soldiers and prisoners were kneeling in dense numbers.
on the ground.
"I am Jaime Lannister, whoever of you is in charge, stand up and talk to me!"
"I, Harion Karstark."
As soon as James finished speaking, among the people kneeling on the ground, there was a bloody sword wound on his left shoulder. Hallion, covered in blood, stood up.
"Lord James, I am the lord of Stonehedge City, Janos Bracken. We are all nobles. The King of the North will give you a corresponding ransom. Please treat us as noble prisoners."
Lord Janos stood up immediately after Hallion and said loudly to James.
"Sorry, we don't need a ransom this time. What I want to ask is, are you willing to surrender to the Lannister family and fight for us?"
After hearing what Count Janos said, Jaime shook his head, obeyed Tywin's instructions before setting off for the expedition, and opened his mouth to take in the prisoners who were willing to surrender.
"You want us to turn our backs on the King in the North? Hey, dream on! Lannister!"
Hearing this, Hallion chuckled and refused directly.
"Yes, the Karstark family is indeed a relative of the Stark family, and they are indeed very loyal!"
When James heard what he said, he praised Hallion without anger, then turned to the other northern prisoners kneeling on the ground and said loudly,
"If you are unwilling to be loyal to us, you will only die. There should be many civilians in the West among you who have been forcibly recruited. Now is your perfect opportunity to re-loyalty to the Lannister family!"
"Lord Jaime, on behalf of the Bracken family, I pledge my allegiance to the Lannister family."
After hearing James' words, Count Janos' expression changed drastically and he immediately expressed his willingness to be loyal.
Under his leadership, many new recruits from the West began to express their willingness to pledge their allegiance to the Lannister family.
"Jaime Lannister, I have a precious item that I want to exchange for my life!"
Hallion looked at Lord Janos, who had surrendered directly to the enemy, and turned to James with cold eyes.
"Hey, I'm not interested in possessions."
"I'm not talking about wealth. Its value is related to the victory of this war."
"Oh? When you say that, I am very interested. I promise you, if it is really valuable enough, I will spare your life. So, where is it?"
Hallion's words greatly increased James' curiosity. After agreeing to Hallion's conditions, he asked.
"In my room, you can have someone accompany me to get it."
"Lord James, I will take someone to accompany him to get it."
As soon as Hallion finished speaking, Earl Leo, who was behind James, immediately got off his horse and said to James.
"Okay, then I'll trouble Earl Leo!"
After James nodded in agreement, Earl Leo took several personal guards and accompanied Hallion back to his room.
After a while, they returned to the school grounds and came to the right side in front of James.
"Is this the precious item?"
Looking at the black ball in Hallion's uninjured hand, James frowned and asked.
"Yes!"
Looking at the trump card that His Majesty Robb handed to him before leaving, Hallion nodded in response, scratching the lines on the exploding fruit with his right thumb nail, and counting silently in his mind.
1,2,3……
"You said it is very precious, so what is its value?"
"Haha, its value... is that it can kill you!"
After Harion answered James with a final laugh, he fiercely threw the explosive fruit that began to bloom with blue light towards him with his right hand.
When he heard Hallion's laughter, James started to be wary in his heart. When he saw the blue fruit he threw from the right side, James immediately fell to the left side quickly and lifted his crotch.
The horse below is used as a human shield.
Bang!
Along with the explosion, a line of orange-red flames rose up, and the poor war horse instantly turned into several charred corpses. James, who was knocked to the ground by a strong impact at close range, had burns all over his right side of his face, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.
Bah!
Count Leo, who was full of anger, pulled out his long sword and stabbed Hallion through the heart directly from behind. Then he roared at the stunned Western soldiers around him: "Mader, kill everyone in this city."
Killed them all, snatched all the valuables, and then set fire to the castle!"
"yes!"
With the excited responses from the soldiers in the West, the bloody massacre in this castle began!
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