At the south gate of Highgarden, Vilas was waving his cane in the air, directing the defenders to launch a fierce attack on the siege soldiers under the city wall.
It's just that unlike Earl Landau, who has rich battlefield experience and a clear mind, the young Vilas, who has read all kinds of books, is commanding the battle according to the war books he has read.
The first time that Vilas led an army of 30,000 river bends to Nightsong City and was ambushed, the number of people in the ambush was clearly smaller than them.
However, as soon as he saw that his hasty battle formation was broken, he did not try to organize a counterattack. Instead, as the book said, he decisively led his troops to break through as soon as his side's formation was broken.
Villas, who has a sufficient reserve of knowledge, would be very good as an armchair adviser. However, lacking battlefield experience, he is now making the same mistake as Zhao Kuo in his previous life.
Facing an astonishing number of coalition soldiers attacking the city, he immediately ordered his defenders to use all their firepower to attack the Hebang soldiers who were first abandoned by him and then forced to attack the city.
Because most of the war books that Villas has read show that morale is one of the most important factors in war. A large number of casualties will quickly drop the enemy's morale, eventually leading to an unstoppable rout!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Boom, boom, boom!
ah!!!
The battle situation under the southern city wall was just as Vilas expected. A large number of arrows fired by the archers defending the city and spears fired by giant crossbows caused huge casualties to the troops descending from the river bend below the city.
Different from the situation on the north side of the city wall, the river troops under the south side of the city wall were unable to even get close to the city wall under the full firepower attack of the defenders.
The morale of these Hebang soldiers dropped rapidly. One of the Hebang soldiers finally collapsed and started to flee after his comrades in front were skewered into candied haws by spears and crossbow bolts.
The hundred-man holy war group assigned by Sir Bonifer to supervise the battle began to play its role at this time. These warriors who devoutly believed in the Seven Gods were directly divided into two teams, each with thousands of Stormland cavalry, to kill these fleeing river bend troops.
As devout believers, the Hundred-man Holy War Group kills people without mercy, without any mercy at all. Because for them, sending serious sinners to strangers is a sign of kindness bestowed upon them.
The fleeing Hewan surrender troops were quickly cleared by the supervising team, and the remaining surrender troops could only bite the bullet and continue to attack the city.
Because they also know that Highgarden is currently empty inside and has weak defenses. If they can break through the city wall, they still have a glimmer of hope to survive or even make a fortune, but escaping will result in death.
The nearly 10,000 Hewan soldiers who surrendered gradually turned into corpses scattered under the southern city wall.
Sir Bonifer was indeed very brave. He really waited until all the casualties of the cannon fodder troops composed of soldiers from the river bend were exhausted before launching a general attack.
Similar to Oberyn's side, the combined army from the Stormlands and the Reach controlled siege equipment such as battering rams, siege ladders, and trebuchets and began to launch a fierce attack.
this!
We have killed almost a third of the enemy's troops, why are their morale still so high?
On the wall on the south side of Highgarden, Vilas stood frozen in place as he watched the enemy army rushing towards Highgarden with great momentum.
However, after a brief pause, he immediately ordered the defenders to continue attacking the city. However, the defenders on the southern wall were obviously tired, and the attack rhythm began to slow down.
Chirp!
A sharp, high-pitched hawk's cry came from overhead, and Villas found his falcon circling in the southwest at the Mander River as a warning.
The falcon's speed and flying height are better than those of the raven, so it is basically not shot by enemy archers blocking the raven.
It's just that the falcon does not have the ability of the raven to deliver messages, and can only play a little detective role that is better than nothing.
Woo!
The rapid sound of the trumpet followed the cry of the eagle!
Later, Loras, who was closest to the southwest, immediately saw the numerous small and medium-sized paddle warships occupying the surface of the Mander River, as well as the towering tower family emblem with a beacon burning on top of them erected on top of them!
Great, it's the Hightowers!
Looking at the fleet of the Hightower family on the Mander River, Vilas, who was worried about the declining condition of his defenders, couldn't help but smile.
The reason why Willas is so happy is because with the participation of the Hightower family, the balance of victory and defeat in Highgarden's offensive and defensive battle will begin to tilt towards them!
The Redwyne family and the Hightower family are the two wealthiest and most powerful families in the Reach, besides the Tyrell family.
I don’t know if this is a balance deliberately designed by the former King of Reach.
These two families, plus the once powerful Florent family of Brightwater, these three major families check and balance each other and compete with each other in the southwestern region of the Reach.
However, the status of the Hightower family is somewhat special. This ancient family once surrendered to the kings of the Reach at the cost of giving up the crown, and was able to maintain its current privileged position.
They prefer trade and do not like war, rarely participate in the civil war in Westeros, and have invested in the establishment of an institution, the Citadel, that is in charge of all the bachelors in Westeros!
The Hightowers had already surprised the Tyrells by joining Renly II's camp and helping the Redwyne fleet destroy Stannis's royal fleet.
Unexpectedly, today they took the initiative to help High Court resolve the siege crisis!
Hoo, ho, ho!
When the numerous rowing warships of the Hightower Fleet quickly approached the Mander River Bridge near the West City Gate, dozens of burning asphalt barrels slammed into the two thousand coalition troops from the medium-sized rowing warships in the fleet.
Infantry formation.
Bang! Ah!
These hot asphalt barrels exploded violently in the Union Army formation, and the high-temperature and viscous dark brown liquid instantly splashed onto the surrounding Union Army infantry.
These unlucky infantrymen immediately rolled and struggled on the ground, howling like ghosts, trying to rub off the asphalt, which was both irritating and corrosive.
At the same time, these burning asphalts also emitted extremely irritating and toxic black mist, which made the surrounding joint army infantry's eyes turn red and they began to shed tears involuntarily.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
The Hightower fleet took advantage of the panic of the infantry of the United Army and continued to attack. A very dense rain of arrows was shot from the rowing warships and fell into the opponent's formation, causing a large number of casualties in an instant.
This combined infantry force, which had less than 2,000 men, was not sure whether it was deceived by this sudden attack. Facing the Hightower fleet that was rapidly approaching the port near the West City Gate, they did not even organize a decent interception offensive.
Bang, bang, bang!
Go!
Kill!
As soon as the medium-sized rowing warship of the Hightower fleet approached the West City Gate port, countless gangplanks were thrown out of the warship. Then, a large number of soldiers, roaring and waving weapons in their hands, successfully landed through the platform.
The numerous small paddle warships either rushed directly to the land, or when they approached the shallow water area of the port, the soldiers on board jumped directly and waded into the water to approach the shore.
After a while, about one-third of the Hightower fleet approached the port area. About 5,000 soldiers successfully landed in the West City Gate port area and began to kill the joint army infantry above the Mander River Bridge.
go.
If anyone observes carefully, they will find that in addition to the Hightower family soldiers wearing the towering tower family crest armor, the five thousand soldiers who successfully landed there also have a large number of Essos mercenaries dressed in different styles.
For the Hightower family, which owns the prosperous Old Town, they can easily recruit two or three times the number of troops as ordinary nobles. If they are really in a life-or-death crisis, they can recruit an astonishing number of troops by spending all the financial resources of the Old Town.
Facing the soldiers of the Hightower family who were two or three times as many as his own, the commander of the infantry unit of this combined army shrewdly chose to retreat without a fight, and without hesitation retreated towards Sir Bonifer's army on the southern city wall.
Oh no!
The soldiers of the Hightower family, who effortlessly occupied the Mander River bridge, looked at the infantry troops of the Union Army who had fled far away and let out a mocking roar.
"Open the door. I am Garth Hightower of the Hightower family. I have come to support Highgarden in response to Lady Olenna's call!"
A young general with a strong build and extraordinary bearing walked out from the group of Hightower soldiers, came to the west city gate, and shouted loudly to the defenders on the city wall.
"It is indeed Garth Hightower the Gray Iron. I have met him before."
"Even if it's him, we can't open the city gate at will in this state of war!"
"Should we send someone to report to Lord Willas or Lord Randyll?"
"Didn't you hear? The Hightowers are here to support Highgarden. They are friendly forces!
How long does it take to send someone to notify you? The crime of delaying the battle is very serious!"
On the wall of the west city gate, several captain-level officers of the Tyrell family heard Garth's words and started a heated discussion on whether to open the door.
The commander who had the power to make the decision lowered his head and considered the pros and cons, and for a moment he did not decide whether to open the city gate.
Garth frowned and looked at the officers on the city wall who were talking incessantly. He suddenly turned back to look at the 5,000 somewhat impatient Hightower soldiers behind him, and nodded slightly.
Among the crowd of Hightower soldiers, a soldier wearing Hightower family armor quietly took out a gemstone that was milky white in color, translucent around, and had a light blue halo in the middle.
Then, the soldier raised his head and stared at the several Tyrell family officers on the west city gate, whispering an unknown language in his mouth, and the light blue color of the gem gradually deepened into a deep blue like the sea.
.
The discussion among several Tyrell family officers, including the commander, stopped abruptly, and then they all said stiffly: "The Hightower family is here to support, open the door!"
"...open the door!"
When the surrounding defensive soldiers heard the commander's order to open the door, they dared not hesitate at all. As the order was passed on, the defensive soldiers under the West City Gate directly opened the unusually thick iron oak door from the inside.
Click, click!
After the west gate of Highgarden opened, Garth immediately waved his hand behind him. Nearly five thousand Hightower soldiers poured into the west gate in a bad formation.
"Welcome, Lord Garth! I am..."
Tear!
Watching Garth step into the city, the Tyrell officer responsible for guarding the city gate was smiling and welcoming. Suddenly, Garth quickly pulled out the sword from his waist and cut a large gap in his throat in the blink of an eye.
"What are you doing!"
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
There were about a hundred people guarding under the west gate of Highgarden. When they saw Garth killing their captain, they immediately drew their swords and shouted loudly.
But what answered them was the sharp arrows that the Hightower soldiers behind Garth had prepared.
ah!!!
Dozens of House Tyrell guards were shot dead on the spot, while the remaining dozens were brutally surrounded and killed by Hightower soldiers who rushed like wild beasts.
After getting rid of the guards at the city gate, Gars, whose face was stained with blood, led this group of wolf-like Hightower soldiers to rush up the city wall from the left and right walls.
After a while, hundreds of Tyrell family soldiers on the wall of the west city gate were slaughtered.
"Leave three hundred people to guard this city gate, waiting for my eldest brother to lead the follow-up army to continue landing. Then, the Hightower family soldiers followed me to the north city gate. The Liangqi regiment led the mercenaries to the south city gate."
After Garth quickly distributed the tasks between his family's soldiers and the Liangzhi mercenary group, he took the lead directly along the city wall towards the north gate of High Court.
Crack, crackle!
At the north gate of Highgarden, the two flamethrowers at the gate have long been turned into waste due to their raw materials. However, the raging flames under the gate are still burning, and the siege soldiers will not be able to pass through the north gate for a while.
Enter the High Court.
Bah!
Oberyn, who was wearing his iconic leather armor, pierced the right eye of a defender with the golden snake spear in his hand, then jumped from the wall stack to the north wall with a smile and graceful posture.
Bah, bah!
When several soldiers guarding the city saw that the enemy had climbed to the top, they immediately surrounded him and wanted to kill him.
But the golden snake spear in Oberyn's hand really stabbed out several shots as fast as a poisonous snake, and the defenders immediately fell to the ground holding their bloody throats.
As Oberyn stood firm on the north wall, soldiers from the Martell family continued to climb up the siege ladder behind him, and began to expand their territory on the city wall little by little.
Clang!
Seeing that the defenders of the city were unable to repel the enemy using many defensive equipment, Count Landau led Dickon out of the defensive round tower, pulled out the broken heart and said to him: "Dickon, if the city wall here is lost, you must do everything you can to defeat the enemy."
As many as possible led the Tully family soldiers to retreat towards the second city wall.
The route is the one you have been familiar with for the past two days, remember, you have to survive!"
"Father, I..."
Dickon listened to Earl Landau's words, which seemed to be about the funeral affairs, and was about to answer. A burst of noise came from the left side of them.
Clang, clang!
Kill!
Highgarden is broken!
ah!
Earl Landau and his son listened carefully and found that these noisy sounds were a mixture of the sounds of various weapons hitting each other, shouts of killing, and screams.
"No! The west city gate should have been breached!"
"How is that possible? The enemy army is mainly attacking the north and south city gates!"
"We don't have time to think about these problems. Quickly call our Tully family soldiers and retreat towards the second city wall immediately!"
Earl Randyll and Dickon looked at each other, exchanged a few words quickly, and then decisively abandoned the north wall that was absolutely impossible to hold, and hurriedly ran towards the city wall steps with hundreds of Tully family soldiers.
Just like this, Gaoting, which seemed to have many defensive equipment and strong walls, didn't even survive the first day of siege, and the first city wall fell directly!
In the port area of the west gate of Highgarden, Baelor Hightower was directing his soldiers to move away the many ships left behind after Garth's landing. He heard the scouts on the watchtower shout loudly: "There is a large fleet approaching from behind. It's
The Redwines!"
When Baelor heard this, he curled his lips with disdain, and then said to himself: "Humph, this old guy Paxter Redwin! He must be afraid of being accused of betraying the lord, so he deliberately waited for us to break through.
Just come to the city gate!
If it weren't for the sake of that big shot, I would definitely destroy the Redwin family as well!"
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