"Not going to King's Landing? Your Majesty, what is our goal?"
"Hey, according to my past personality, even if I don't take King's Landing directly, I will take the opportunity to capture Harrenhal and pull out Tywin's last nail in the Riverlands.
However, this time, Tywin and the mysterious forces behind the scenes are determined to win against Highgarden, which makes me smell a dangerous atmosphere!
In addition to the Vale and the Riverlands, several other forces gathered in Highgarden. How could such a top-notch war be without us in the north?
Continue north to Lannisport, and then we’ll take a boat around Highgarden!”
Hearing Clay's inquiry, Robb showed a very excited expression on his face. It was obvious that he was looking forward to the upcoming War in Highgarden.
Most of the army led by Robb were cavalry. Under a high-intensity forced march, it took only one day to arrive at Lannisport and join Theon, Lord Rickard and others who were already waiting.
At the meeting that night, Robb decided to take the longship of Theon's Iron Fleet to Highgarden first.
As a precaution, the Northern Fleet, composed of large, slow-speed rowing warships, cruised near the mouth of the Mander River to act as a cover for the retreat.
Since this time we were traveling from the Mander River to Highgarden, even the Iron Fleet could only use small and medium-sized longships.
These small and medium-sized longships are not conducive to transporting horses at all, and the current number of longships can transport up to about 25,000 troops.
Therefore, after careful consideration, Robb made his own choice of troops.
First of all, the 10,000 ironmen in the iron fleet led by Theon, Yara and others must be brought along. Whether it is ship control or water warfare, they are inseparable.
For the remaining 15,000 men, he chose 10,000 elite northern infantrymen led by Count Rickard, and a mixed force of Clay and Ramsay who had followed from Crake Hall.
As for the northern cavalry troops that Robb had always relied on as his trump card, he didn't bring any of them this time.
After all, the use of troops to fight should be based on the actual situation and local conditions. Rather than bringing all the bows, cavalry and other troops with you at all times.
After making the decision, Robb boarded the ship with 25,000 troops early the next morning and set off.
Although they set off about two or three days later than the Redwyne fleet, the longships of the Iron Fleet happened to have smooth sailing as they sailed from north to south in the Sunset Sea.
Then on the gentle-flowing Mander River, the advantage of the highly maneuverable Ironborn longships became even more prominent. Therefore, the Iron Fleet and the Redwyne Fleet arrived at Highgarden almost one after the other.
When Robb saw the Redwyne fleet and the Hightower fleet fighting in the port area, he immediately ordered the Iron Fleet to support the obviously inferior Redwyne fleet.
Of course, Robb didn't know whether Lord Paxter had supported the Tyrell family or whether the Lannister family had struggled and hesitated.
But at the mouth of the Mander River, the large warships of Redwin's fleet took the initiative to make way for them, which already showed that they were friends or foes.
After receiving Theon's reply that there were too many ships blocking the port area and unable to get close, Robb immediately turned his head and quickly scanned the flow of the Mander River, and mentally calculated the distance between himself and the port area.
"The magic power should be enough, Blood Wind, let's go!"
Nodding secretly, Robb greeted Bloodwind, who was using [Control] to compress his body, and walked straight towards the bow of the medium-sized longship.
Due to the gentle water level of the Mander River, Robb was relatively stable even if he and the wolf were standing on the bow of the boat.
After directly conveying his intention to Xuefeng in his heart, Robb stretched out his hands toward the river and whispered: "Field!"
Hoo, ho!
Two barrel-thick white ice mists shot out from Robb's hands and Bloodwind's wolf mouth respectively, heading straight towards the Mander River.
Kaba, kaba!
A section of the rippling Mande River was suddenly frozen by these two white ice mist, and then the freezing trend spread in all directions at an exaggerated speed.
On the medium-sized longship, Robb and Bloodwind were continuously outputting white ice mist. However, unlike any previous time, the output frequency of white ice mist this time was very high.
If you look at it from a little further away, you will only feel that what they output is not white ice mist at all, but white icicles.
This kind of magic output is actually a variant of the ice cone field. It abandons the creation of large-scale ice cones to kill enemies and focuses on the expansion and condensation of ice crystal ground.
Since Robb gained extraordinary power through [Connection], in addition to his daily routine of swordsmanship practice, he now also adds several hours of magic practice.
Since Robb's extraordinary power is limited by Blood Wind's total magic power, Robb, who watched various movies and anime in his previous life, has been trying to improve the efficiency of using magic power and find ways to use magic power in more ways.
This method of using only the surface layer of frozen river water can only be regarded as a relatively basic application of magic power!
As Bloodwind's magic attribute plummeted to single digits, Robb sent a message to Bloodwind to stop the magic output.
At this time, the hundreds of meters wide Mandeb River was directly frozen, and the originally rippling blue water suddenly looked like a huge green emerald.
Looking around at the huge river that was frozen by himself, Robb, who had never thought that he would possess such extraordinary strength in his previous life, was filled with pride. He used his feet to exert force and jumped directly from the bow of the ship.
Poof!
The thick ice withstood the impact of Robb's jump, and Bloodwind also jumped lightly after Robb jumped.
"The ice is strong enough, let's all disembark! We will walk directly across the Mandeb River!"
As Robb shouted the order, the twenty-five thousand northern soldiers and ironmen, who were shocked by the ice-covered scene in front of them, immediately jumped from the longship to the ice with excited faces.
"Demon Town Museum"
"Clay, send a signal to Garlan and the Tyrell cavalry of Loras. Theon, you and Yara take the ironborn to assist the Redwyne family.
Lord Rickard, you and I will lead the other soldiers to capture the west gate of Highgarden!"
Robb can naturally use magic power or blood wind to move freely on the ice, but except for Weir and other wolf guards, the other soldiers can only walk quickly on the ice.
Therefore, at this moment, Robb, who has very little magic power left, is ready to fulfill the responsibilities of a king and command the battle!
"I'll do it now!"
"yes!"
"As you command!"
Upon hearing this, Clay and others immediately nodded and accepted the order.
After Robb gave them the order, his eyes happened to meet a handsome young general on a medium-sized warship of the Hightower family in the port area.
Eh? This seems to be an important figure in the Hightower family?
With a thought in his mind, Robb freed his left hand, and then used his nearly dry magic power to condense an ice crystal spear.
Seeing the ice crystal spear appearing out of thin air in Robb's hand, Ser Baelor on the medium-sized warship suddenly felt a dangerous feeling of impending disaster.
He had no idea that he would be killed just because he glanced at it casually.
Without any hesitation, Sir Baelor immediately fell heavily onto the deck and rolled sideways.
Katcha!
Ser Baelor's dangerous intuition saved his life. Just after he lay down and rolled away, an ice crystal spear like a work of art pierced the thick deck and pierced his position diagonally from below.
After throwing the ice crystal spear, Robb did not check whether it hit the target. After he led his army near the port area, the northern soldiers and the ironmen split into two groups in a tacit understanding, each heading towards their own goals.
In the port area, after receiving the support of the Ironborn, the Redwyne family immediately changed the trend of being suppressed by the Hightower family and began a rapid counterattack.
Lord Paxter, who was relieved to receive support, had mixed feelings in his heart at this time. He never thought that he would one day fight side by side with the Ironborn.
On the other side of the port area, Robb and Earl Rickard led the northern army to bypass the many blocking ships on the ice and successfully landed from the side, then headed straight for the west gate of Highgarden.
However, the three hundred Hightower family soldiers left behind by Garth saw at a glance the northern army wearing northern-style mail armor and carrying direwolf flags.
They immediately screamed loudly and hurried back into the city, preparing to close the west city gate originally reserved for Ser Baelor's army.
"Vell, take the wolf guards and capture the city gate for me!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
After hearing Robb's order, Will urged the blood-related direwolf under his crotch, and the warrior galloped towards the west gate of Highgarden, with the other twelve Wolf Guards following closely behind.
Peng!
The West Gate is not far from the port area. Under the full gallop of the strong blood direwolf, the soldiers of the Hightower family had just closed the thick West Gate and before they had time to insert a few long and thick door latches, they were struck by a strong force.
The impact of the explosion violently pushed open the city gate.
Facing the Wolf Guard with a ring-shaped fruit sac wrapped around their waists, a special unit that completely exceeded the standards of Westeros, these three hundred Hightower soldiers had no chance of resisting it.
Thirteen blood-related direwolves rushed into the west city gate that was blasted open by the exploding fruit, and immediately set off a bloody massacre full of broken limbs.
When Robb and Lord Rickard arrived at the west gate, the morale of the Hightower soldiers who had been quickly slaughtered by the Wolf Guard had collapsed. They threw away their weapons and knelt down to surrender.
After easily capturing the west gate of Highgarden, Robb immediately climbed up the city wall to check out the general battle situation in Highgarden.
I saw that at the south gate of the first wall of the High Court, there was still billowing black smoke rising. Surrounding the black smoke floating in the sky, a bird that looked like a falcon was circling continuously.
At the same time, Robb could vaguely hear the faint sound of fighting coming from that direction, and it seemed that a battle was still going on.
Opposite to it, the North City Gate was already silent. A familiar green flame was burning in front of the second city wall.
At the same time, the cry of killing, which was clearer than the south city gate, sounded from the second city wall in the north. It was obvious that the situation was already very critical.
Boom!
A low muffled thunder sounded from behind, and Robb turned around and saw a large black spot appearing on the Esplanade to the west.
This is the Garland and Loras troops who have been hiding around waiting for a signal.
The two brothers had indeed kept their promise to Robb, and even if the first walls of Highgarden fell, they could resist the urge to send troops without permission.
"Clay, you and Ramsay stay here to wait for the cavalry troops of Garland and Loras. As soon as they arrive, you will lead them to attack the enemy troops outside the south city gate.
Compared to the northern city gate that has broken through to the second city wall, the large number of Tyrell family cavalry can cause greater damage to the enemy at the southern city gate that has not yet entered the city."
After making a quick judgment in his mind, Robb gave Clay his order. Then he looked at the plant maze under the west wall and continued,
"Earl Rickard and I will lead troops to support the north of Highgarden!
Although the road to the west city gate is blocked by obstacles, we can only approach the second city wall of the High Garden through the plant maze. But according to the map Margaery drew in advance, we should be able to pass quickly."
"Your Majesty, if we divide our troops like this, you will only have 10,000 northern soldiers left. According to previous spy reports, the North City Gate is mainly attacked by the Martell family and the Lannister family, and there are more than 30,000 people!
I worry……"
Upon hearing Robb's order, Clay, who always prioritized bad results, immediately spoke with a worried look on his face.
"Hey, Clay, I knew you would say something like this! Don't worry! We don't have to fight them to the death this time.
As long as we successfully hold them back, the sooner you end the battle at the South City Gate, the sooner you can come and complete the encirclement with us.
Besides, as long as I want to retreat, you don’t think anyone else can stop me and Xue Feng, do you?”
Seeing that Clay actually tried to dissuade him as he expected, a smile appeared on Robb's face, he raised his hand and patted his shoulder to comfort him.
"Well, that's true! Even if we lose, it's really difficult for the other side to keep His Majesty in the High Court.
After all... Your Majesty has the experience of entering King's Landing alone!"
"That's right! Hey, Clay, there's something wrong with what you said!"
After joking with Clay to ease the atmosphere, Robb led the northern army into the plant maze under the west city gate according to the map drawn by Margaery.
After the two brothers Garlan and Loras led 30,000 Tyrell family cavalry to the west city gate, Clay and Ramsay joined them from the west city gate to bypass the south city gate to attack Bonifer.
The united army led by Sir.
In the port area, under the joint attack of the Redwyne family and the Ironborn, the Hightower family's tight defense line, which was originally focused on defense, was gradually suppressed smaller and smaller.
From a high point of view, the Hightowers are about to be outnumbered by the Redwynes and Ironborn!
In the War of Highgarden, the combined forces that originally had an absolute advantage suddenly turned the tide of the war when Robb led the Northern Army and the Ironborn to join the war.
When Robb led the northern army to break through the plant maze and followed the second city wall to the north gate, he happened to see the north gate of Highgarden's second city wall being successfully broken through by soldiers wearing the armor of the towering tower family crest.
Behind them, a large number of soldiers wearing the emblem of the Golden Gun family were emerging from the plant maze.
As soon as the northern army lined up in a long queue appeared, of course they were immediately discovered by the opponent.
After the soldiers on both sides determined whether they were enemies or friends in a very short period of time, they immediately organized their military formations and entered combat status.
In front of the north gate of the second city wall of Highgarden, green wildfires were constantly burning with wooden horses as raw materials. Two large forces with so many troops that they couldn't even fit in the open space in front of the city wall began to collide for the first time.
Robb saw the unruly and strangely charming middle-aged man in the enemy's formation at a glance. He secretly said to Xue Feng in his heart: "Xue Feng, release [Control]! So much blood.