The Crake Hall is located in the middle of the Sunset Sea and the Crake Forest in the southern part of the Western Territory. It is right on the coastal road. It can be regarded as the gateway castle guarding the southern part of the Western Territory.
Judging from the surrounding geographical conditions, apart from the large area of the Crake Forest that is convenient for ambushes, the Crake Hall does not have the geographical defense advantages of Golden Tooth City and Deep Cave City.
Ta-ta-ta!
A large number of Cavalrymen from the Riverbend Kingdom, wearing brand-new and gorgeous armor engraved with the Tyrell family emblem, are constantly wandering around the Crake Forest to explore the situation.
From the brand-new equipment on these large numbers of Reach Kingdom cavalry, we can see the rich heritage of the Tyrell family, which has controlled the prosperous Reach for nearly three hundred years.
However, the cavalry of the Riverbend Kingdom are all light cavalry. In terms of overall value, they are equivalent to the four thousand heavy cavalry of the Lannister family.
However, although their new equipment is as gorgeous as flowers, it does not represent their combat effectiveness.
After a large number of cavalry from the River Bend Kingdom thoroughly investigated the Crake Forest, they returned to the Chinese army that was marching vigorously on the coastal road to report.
"Count Landau, did you hear that? The enemy only has six or seven thousand troops. They must be huddled in the castle at this moment. How could they ambush in the Crake Forest!
Let me tell you! Unless the enemy commander is a fool, he will not die like this.
It’s true that you think too much!”
Count Landau had been admonishing the Duke of Metz before to send cavalry to reconnoiter the Crake Forest. After receiving the reply from the scouting cavalry, he said to Count Landau with a look on his face as if he had the situation under control.
"Well, it would be best if there is no ambush. Prime Minister, even if a lion catches a rabbit, it will use all its strength, not to mention this is a cruel war that involves life and death.
We can’t be slacking off at all!”
Earl Landau understood the meaning of Duke Metz's words, but he answered frankly without any emotion.
"Okay, as you said, this battle is very important. Count Landau, you and the Tully family soldiers are responsible for supervising the battle in the rear. At the critical moment, you will attack as the ace!"
Seeing that he was slacking off in his words, the Duke of Metz's face froze, and he directly asked Count Landau's troops, who had always been the forward or middle army, to be sent to the rear.
"What? Prime Minister, the motto of our Tully family is 'I am the vanguard'. We have never had a history of shrinking to the rear during wars!
Prime Minister, please take back this order!"
Over the years, he has become accustomed to the Duke of Metz targeting him, but after hearing his words, Count Landau couldn't help but protest.
The Duke of Metz, who has served as the king of the Riverbend Kingdom for more than half a year, has a different mentality than before. Besides, this war with a huge disparity in military strength is already a definite achievement in his mind, so how can he let Count Landau get a share of the pie.
So he asked in a tough tone: "Landao? Tully, you were saying just now that you can't slack off in the face of a cruel war. Are you going to disobey my military order now?"
"I...obey!"
Hearing the Duke of Metz reply with his own words, Count Landau was suddenly at a loss for words. He looked around at the other nobles who were staring at the two of them. In order not to affect the military morale, he could only nod and accept the order.
"Very good, I'm ordering the whole army to speed up their march. They will arrive at the Yangji Hall tonight and start preparations for the siege tomorrow morning!"
The Duke of Metz's order was quickly conveyed, and the originally two-day march from Ancient Oak City to Crake Hall was shortened to one and a half days.
After a night's rest and recuperation at the river bend, the soldiers began to cut down the abundant tree resources in the Crake Forest the next morning and began to make siege equipment.
Seeing that his own soldiers were beginning to prepare for the siege, Earl Landau, who led the Tully family soldiers on a silent patrol for the whole night, returned to his camp and began to rest.
The Duke of Metz did not arrange a night patrol for Count Landau. He was worried that the enemy would take advantage of his fatigue after the rapid march to launch a night attack, so he spontaneously led his family soldiers on a night patrol.
Woo!
On the morning of the third day, the deep horn sounded, and the siege battle of the Yangji Hall with huge disparity in strength officially began.
The vanguard commander of the Kingdom of the River's siege is Garlan Tyrell, the second son of the Duke of Mace.
Compared to Loras, the Knight of Flowers, Garland, who does not like to compete for honors, does not have a good reputation, and not many people know him. But in fact, he is taller and burlier than Loras, and stronger and braver.
Check, check, check!
Tens of thousands of infantrymen from the River Bend Kingdom carried shields, carried siege ladders, and pushed siege rams towards the Crake Hall. There were so many of them that the siege army arrayed in a row was even larger than the Crake Hall.
The city wall is even wider.
The flood of siege soldiers from the River Bend Kingdom put great pressure on the defenders of the Crake Hall. Clay, who was in charge of the command of the Crake Hall, saw these situations in his eyes and directly ordered loudly: "Shoot!"
Rest, rest, rest!
Duh duh duh!
Thousands of sharp arrows fell into the Riverbend Kingdom's siege formation like raindrops, and a series of low muffled sounds suddenly sounded.
Most of the arrows were blocked by shields, while a small number of arrows were shot through the wider gaps in the siege formation and hit the target.
Seeing that this missed arrow volley caused more damage than expected, Clay nodded with great satisfaction.
Because after this round of arrow attacks, he had already seen that these well-equipped siege soldiers from the Riverbend Kingdom lacked combat experience and tacit understanding of military formations.
"The archers continue to fire volleys, while others prepare stones, boiling oil, and golden juice. When these bitches in new clothes get closer, we will give them a lesson!"
Clay, who has always been careful and methodical, has fully adapted to the position of battlefield commander.
Following his orders, the city-defending army composed of northern soldiers and ironmen in the Crake Hall started to run very smoothly like a machine with oil added.
Ramsay stood behind Clay with a smile on his face. On the surface, he seemed to be silently waiting for Clay to give him orders, but he was constantly thinking about other issues in his mind.
Previously, Clay and Patrick accepted Robb's order and came to Crake Hall to replace the defenders. However, Ramsay was not replaced. They replaced Gendry.
This made Ramsay, who was eager to return to the Iron Fleet, feel chilled. Although his power in the Iron Fleet was growing, if he was transferred away from the Iron Fleet by Robb for a long time, the ironmen under his command would definitely be dissatisfied.
And this is considered a war period. No matter what excuse he finds to leave his post without permission, Clay has enough reasons to kill him.
Fortunately, Ramsay has been deployed in the Iron Fleet for a long time, and it will not be affected even if he leaves for a short time. Therefore, he has enough time to think about whether he should return to the Iron Fleet in a legitimate manner.
This time, Robb Stark sent all his confidants to Crake Hall. At least we won't be used as bait by him...right?
After thinking hard for a long time but unable to find any good solution, Ramsay glanced at Clay in front of him and Patrick beside him, comforting himself in his heart.
"Hurry up the siege ladder and climb the city, push the siege hammer to open the city gate. Kill one enemy and be rewarded with a hundred silver deer. The first to climb will be promoted to three levels and will be rewarded with a hundred gold dragons!"
After approaching the city wall against the arrow rain of the soldiers guarding the city, Garland, dressed in gorgeous armor, stepped out from behind the shield, holding up a long sword and using his power to boost his own morale on the spot.
Charge! Kill!
The effect of Garland's money offensive was indeed good. Knowing that his side had an absolute numerical advantage this time, the soldiers of the Riverbend Kingdom immediately felt a surge in morale after hearing his heavy financial incentives.
Huh! Huh!
Zhi,zhi!
Rows of siege ladders covered the wall in front of the Crake Hall, and some soldiers from the Riverbend Kingdom who were eager to make meritorious deeds climbed up the siege ladders regardless.
But stones as big as heads, steaming oil, and pungent-smelling gold juice fell from the city walls, directly harvesting the lives of these money-loving birds.
As the tragic siege of Yajiting officially began, the smell of blood, meat, and stench began to permeate under the walls of Yajiting.
Bang, bang, bang!
The iron oak door of the Crake Hall was constantly hit by thick and long battering rams, and several door latches behind the city door creaked with the huge force.
"Patrick, the city gate's battering ram, five exploding fruits!"
Clay's eyes kept scanning the battlefield. After hearing the crash of the city gate under the city wall, he calmly turned his head and gave instructions to Patrick beside him.
"yes!"
Exploding fruit? What is it?
Seeing Patrick leaving with a group of people with strange belts tied around their waists, Ramsay had a look of confusion on his face.
Peng, Peng...
Within a few minutes, a rapid series of explosions came, and the battering ram in front of the city gate of Yangji Hall was directly exploded by five explosive fruits.
Wildfire?
No, the color is wrong. Is it a new thing he developed?
Looking at the many battering ram fragments blown into the air, Ramsay couldn't help but frown and think.
He thought he was at home in the Iron Fleet, thinking that he would be closer to Robb by now. But now he found that he seemed to have missed many things when he was on the Iron Islands.
"The enemy only uses wildfire to attack the battering ram, which means they don't have much wildfire. Push the battering ram and continue. You will be the first to open the city gate!"
Archers, shoot quickly to cover them!"
Seeing that his own battering ram and nearby soldiers were all blown to pieces by wildfire, Garland shouted loudly towards the soldiers pushing the spare battering ram behind the formation.
Hey yo, hey yo!
After receiving Garland's promise, the soldiers pushing the battering ram used all their strength and quickly pushed the battering ram towards the gate of the Crake Hall.
Looking at the approaching battering ram again, Clay on the wall of Crake Hall didn't care.
The number of explosive fruits that Robb gave to Clay was not too much or too little. Although it could not be used to kill siege soldiers on a large scale, it was impossible to open the door of the Crake Hall with ten siege rams.
The most critical problem is that there are too many enemies!
Looking at the densely packed siege ladders on the walls of the Crake Hall, Clay showed a slightly worried look on his face.
Although there are more than 6,000 soldiers guarding the city in the Yangji Hall, it is impossible for them to all stand guard on the city wall like an Arhat.
The wall of Yangji Hall, which is not a fortress-type castle, is already crowded with more than two thousand defenders, and there is no room for more soldiers.
However, facing the continuous climbing of siege soldiers, they were somewhat stretched and overwhelmed.
In the siege battle of Yangji Hall that lasted only a short while, the defenders had killed at least nearly a thousand siege soldiers. But for the 10,000 vanguard troops, the casualty rate was just close to the first level.
For the Riverbend Kingdom's army, which totaled 50,000, it was only a scratch.
Therefore, under the unequal incentives of troops and money, these Riverbend Kingdom siege soldiers could maintain high morale and attack the city bravely.
ah!
!
A siege soldier wearing brand-new armor jumped onto the wall. As soon as he let out an angry roar, he was hacked to death by several surrounding defenders.
But this can also be regarded as the beginning of the cruel Raji Hall city wall battle!
At this point where the city wall of Yangji Hall was first broken through, the two siege soldiers took advantage of the fact that the defenders had just killed the first siege soldier. They jumped directly onto the city wall and started fighting with the siege soldiers back to back.
Start a close fight.
After a hole is poked in the originally tight city wall defense line, there will definitely be a second and third one.
After the death of the siege soldiers of the River Bend Kingdom, the siege ladder behind them will be continuously replenished. After the death of the Yangji Hall siege soldiers, other soldiers waiting in line on the stone ladder of the city wall will also be replenished.
As time passed, corpses piled high on the wall of the Crake Hall, which looked like a millstone of flesh and blood, and a thick layer of sticky blood covered the wall.
Peng Peng Peng!
Chirp chirp!
The sound of exploding fruits was heard again at the city gate, while the defenders running on the city wall stepped on the muddy blood and used their lives to fill the defensive holes in the city wall.
Damn it, the Tyrell soldiers are much more difficult than expected!
There is no other way!
Looking at the crumbling city wall defense line, Clay turned directly to the three people wearing long robes who were leaning against the city wall and said: "Master Ye Zi, please help me guard the city wall!"
After Ramsay saw Clay turn around to speak, he stared closely at the three people who had never shown up.
Although he had always been curious about the identities of these three people, he did not think that only three people could defend the city wall that was about to collapse.
"Keep your men back!"
After hearing this, the man in the middle pulled off his hood, and it turned out to be Ye Zi, who had not been seen for a long time due to the backlash of magic power.
"yes!"
After hearing this, Clay nodded in agreement and immediately gave his order to the defenders on the city wall.
When the city defenders who were fighting brutally heard the order, they immediately retreated towards the stone stairs of the city wall behind them, and voluntarily gave up the city wall to the Riverbend Kingdom siege soldiers.
Moo Ang! Moo Ang!
Just as the siege soldiers suddenly occupied the city wall with ease and were a little dazed, two low roars came to their ears.
Centered on the city gate tower of the Crake Hall, two huge woolly mammoths with two thick, long curved tusks appeared suddenly.uuReading www.uukanshu.com
They were like two heavy tanks, charging from the left and right of the city gate tower.
Anyone who dared to block them along the way, whether they were siege soldiers or various piles of corpses, were all knocked off the city wall by them, or directly impaled on their thick and long fangs.
At the same time, a melodious song that seemed to be in an unknown language sounded on the battlefield.
After the ground beneath the city wall trembled slightly, a long and narrow crack suddenly appeared along the side of the wall of Crake Hall. The depth of this crack was only a few tens of centimeters and did not have any impact on the city wall.
But for the siege soldiers holding the siege ladder, this was a fatal impact.
Peng, Peng...
Countless siege ladders fell to the ground, and countless siege soldiers who were climbing fell heavily.
Just relying on the three of them, Ye Zi, the city wall defense line that was about to collapse suddenly stabilized. Even the siege soldiers who were lucky enough not to be knocked off the city wall by the woolly mammoth were chopped into pieces by the defenders who surrounded them again.
Ramsay stared at Ye Zi and the others in shock, completely unable to believe what had just happened.
Not only did Clay not have the joyful expression on his face to defend the city wall, but he mumbled to himself with a sinking face:
"Oops, the fighting power of the Tyrell family army is stronger than expected. This is only the third day after their arrival. On the first day of the siege, we have already exhausted all our cards.
This time the effect was so good because the enemy did not understand our methods.
If the opponent thinks of a way to deal with it, how should they defend next?
Even if His Majesty ends the battle within a short period of time, it will still take about seven or eight days at the earliest before he can rush to the Yangji Hall to support us.
There are four days left... The Yangji Hall may not be able to hold on!"