Chapter 244: The battle that will be recorded in history
The Reach, Highgarden.
Today's High Court is completely different from the bustling scene of the past. Its four gates are wide open but not a single guard or pedestrian can be seen.
This beautiful city, which houses hundreds of thousands of people, was completely silent, a completely dead and strange scene.
The only signs of life are the occasional wild cats and dogs running on the ground, or large birds flying in the sky.
The four teams of Dothraki reconnaissance cavalry who were exploring the four sides of Highgarden took the situation in Highgarden in mind, and then quietly retreated towards the rear of the army led by Tyrion and Oberyn.
When the scout cavalry returned, Tyrion and others were leading the army to rest under a hill that had been reclaimed into terraces.
After listening to the situation reported by the scout cavalry, he looked erratically in the direction of the High Court, rubbed his fingers together with his hands and whispered thoughtfully: "There was no sound in the entire High Court, and the city gates on all sides were wide open.
Less than one person?
Trap? No, if it is a trap, it is too obvious!
Deliberately creating this kind of momentum to scare us off?
That’s not right, since they can make such arrangements in advance, they should know that we will win the will of High Court no matter what the cost!"
"First of all, Mr. Prime Minister, we have attacked High Court before with 80,000 to 90,000 troops. But the outcome was not very good.
Now they voluntarily gave up the high walls of Highgarden, and the advantages of many defensive equipment greatly opened the city gates.
I’m afraid there’s a big problem here!”
Oberyn on the side looked at Tyrion thinking and expressed his opinion.
Now that his eldest brother is in Daenerys's camp, Oberyn can only try his best to cooperate with Tyrion to win the war and gain a better status for his family.
"Well, I think so too.
Robb Stark has always used strange tactics to win victory. It should be the same this time!
Since we can’t guess what kind of trap there is in Highgarden, we won’t go in!”
When Tyrion saw that Oberyn had similar thoughts to his own, he nodded directly and said.
"Not going in?"
"Yes! Send two ten thousand troops to attack other castles in the Reach one by one, while the main force is stationed here, and the Raven Message from Highgarden is not blocked.
Send a team into the High Court every night to investigate and see their reaction in the next three days!
They will definitely not sit back and watch the Reach being eroded by us, so Highgarden will definitely take action!"
Tyrion nodded to Oberyn, and then spoke out his next tactical plan in one breath.
"Well, what if they don't do anything and are still in this state?"
Oberyn pondered for a moment after hearing this, and he quite agreed with Tyrion's careful division of troops strategy. He subconsciously made an excuse to ask about another situation in Highgarden.
"When they are still in this state? That means they are indeed deliberately creating false momentum.
Then we will take down Highgarden in one fell swoop!"
"Well, but Prime Minister, do you think they are delaying time on purpose?"
After hearing Oberyn's last question, Tyrion replied with a very determined expression on his face:
"When we left, Sunspear was blocked by Prince Doran's troops. And King's Landing should have received news of the attack on White Harbor in those two days.
Unless, after receiving this news, Robb Stark decided to leave the north alone and immediately go south to Highgarden without any reason.
Otherwise, even if the High Court finds out in advance that we deliberately put up this formation, it will only delay our own death!"
"Oh, the Prime Minister has already thought about this possibility.
However, I have one last question...
Since we have three giant dragons, why are we wasting so much time? Even if there are traps in the High Garden, we can attack them by force!"
Hearing Tyrion's answer, Oberyn nodded, and then asked his question again.
"Haha, if Prince Oberyn has read "Dragons, Saurons, and Winged Dragons: The Unnatural Evolution of the Dragon Tribe,"
"The True History of the Dance of the Blood Dragon" and other books.
Then, you will know that dragons are not invincible! They may also be killed by human weapons!
Attacking High Court forcefully without knowing the specific situation of High Court, in case any accident occurs will cause unnecessary casualties to the dragon.
How do you want me to explain to Her Majesty the Queen?"
While Tyrion and Oberyn were talking, on the first city wall east of Highgarden, the three brothers of the Tyrell family were carefully hiding behind the wall to hide their figures.
"Brother, how is the enemy's situation?"
Garland, who was not very patient, asked Vilas impatiently.
"They should stop in the hilly area to the east, where my falcon has been flying around during this time."
Vilas poked out half of his head from the wall to take a glance, then immediately retracted and answered.
"What are the enemies doing now? I heard they still have a giant dragon. Have you seen it?"
After hearing Villas's answer which contained little information at all, the impatient Garland frowned and continued to ask.
"Garland, it's just a falcon! If you understand bird language, I can call it back and you can ask it yourself!"
Vilas rolled his eyes when he heard this, and then spoke angrily to Garland.
"Pfft! In such a tense situation, you are still in the mood to joke. I really admire you brothers!"
Loras on the side heard this and couldn't help covering his mouth and laughing.
"I have to admire His Majesty Robb for actually proposing that we open the city gate to deal with the enemy. What's even more outrageous is that grandma actually agreed to this plan!"
When Garland heard Loras's words, he immediately changed the topic to the creator of this plan in Highgarden.
"Otherwise, what else can we do? The enemy army is several times larger than ours, and it is said that there is a giant dragon!
With less than 10,000 troops in High Court, it is simply impossible to defend it!"
"Garland, brother is right. Now we can only pray that His Majesty Robb can speed up the rescue of Highgarden for Margaery's sake!"
"well!"
Following Garland's sigh, the three brothers on the east wall suddenly fell silent, wondering what they were thinking.
Facing smart people like Tyrion and Oberyn, Highgarden's empty city strategy based on Robb's orders was very effective. Daenerys's army stayed near Highgarden for nearly three days.
In the past three days, Tyrion sent a reconnaissance team to sneak into the Highgarden every night, but no news was heard from them.
The siege of the city by the other two troops of ten thousand people went very smoothly, and they captured two nearby castles in the River Bend in three days.
On the morning of the fourth day, Tyrion saw that Highgarden was still unresponsive without any hesitation.
Directly ordered Gray Worm to lead the 4,000 Unsullied Legion and 10,000 levied soldiers. Together with the 20,000 Dornish soldiers led by Oberyn, they stopped forward to attack Highgarden.
He led the remaining 75,000 soldiers to follow closely to prevent possible changes.
Dangdang!
!
Seeing that Daenerys's army was preparing to take action, a rapid alarm bell sounded in the High Garden. The four city gates were immediately closed from the inside.
Seeing Highgarden's reaction, Tyrion curled his lips. He immediately understood that his three days of waiting were a waste of time.
Rest, rest, rest!
Thousands of defenders on the east wall of Highgarden launched an arrow-laden attack on the enemy army carrying wooden shields and siege ladders.
However, facing the tight and airtight formation of the Unsullied Legion at the front, their arrow rain attacks were all blocked by the huge wooden shields that seemed to be connected into one piece, and it was ineffective.
As the siege troops approached, the defenders of Highgarden began to use the other two axes besides bows and arrows, throwing rocks and pouring gold juice.
However, the reaction of the siege soldiers this time shocked the defenders of Highgarden.
Not to mention the few Unsullied who were directly hit to death by stones and fell down.
In addition, even if those Unsullied were hit with stones and their heads were bleeding, and even their white forehead bones could be seen, they continued to climb up without changing their expressions.
As long as the golden juice poured by the defenders of Highgarden was not poured directly on the faces of the Unsullied, even if their bodies were scalded with blood blisters by the foul-smelling high-temperature golden juice, they would not even notice.
When the Unsullied, whose face was covered with blood and whose body was covered with stinky golden juice, jumped onto the walls of Highgarden, the terrifying image alone had already lowered the morale of the defenders of Highgarden.
Not to mention, their combat effectiveness is much lower than that of the Unsullied.
Therefore, the siege battle had just begun, and the defenders of Highgarden were at an absolute disadvantage. The defense of the first city wall to the east was immediately in danger and could be breached at any time.
Rumble, rumble!
A thunderous sound of horse hooves came from the north of Highgarden, and the attack rhythm of Daenerys's army, which was about to take down the east wall, was paused.
When Tyrion saw the densely packed enemy cavalry in the north, his heart suddenly skipped a beat. He was worried that the enemy cavalry would attack the 34,000 infantry army that was attacking Highgarden.
He immediately ordered the three bloodriders left by Daenerys and the Queen's Iron Guard, Argo, Jhogo, and Rakharo. Each of them commanded 20,000 Dothraki cavalry to intercept the enemy cavalry.
It is true that the Dothraki cavalry have no formation to speak of, but their skills in controlling war horses, which they have lived on horseback since childhood, are also needless to say.
So after they received the order, in a very short period of time, 60,000 Dothraki cavalry waved the sword-like arakh scimitars in their hands, making strange cries of ulala and rushed towards the enemy cavalry.
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If it were on the continent of Essos, facing such a large number of Dothraki cavalry charges, no army would dare to confront them.
However, the cavalry troops rushing over from the north are not ordinary. They can be regarded as the most elite cavalry troops in the Seven Kingdoms.
They consist of 5,000 Northern heavy cavalry, 8,000 Northern light cavalry, 15,000 Valley cavalry, 20,000 Tyrell family cavalry, and 5,000 mixed cavalry from other lands.
In the vast plain area east of Highgarden, more than 110,000 cavalrymen from both sides gathered. This is a battle that has never happened before in the history of Westeros and will surely be recorded in history!
Rest, rest, rest!
As soon as they entered the attack range of the bow and arrow, a group of Dothraki cavalry released their reins, used their skillful riding skills to kneel on the saddle, opened their bows and fired arrows at the enemy cavalry.
Ding, ding, ding!
The cavalry of the Seven Kingdoms formed a wedge formation with five thousand northern heavy cavalry as spearheads. These arrows could only make a crisp sound when they hit their plate armor.
Seeing that the loss of their own arrows posed no threat at all, the Dothraki cavalry stopped shooting, and instead waved their arakhs with self-encouraging screams.
Soo Soo Soo
Whoops, whoops!
The moment the two sides came into contact, the five thousand heavy cavalry at the front of the Seven Kingdoms cavalry formation thrust unstoppably into the Dothraki cavalry formation.
A large number of Dothraki cavalry, including men and horses, were knocked to the ground by their steel lances. The screams of humans and the screams of war horses immediately sounded on the battlefield.
However, the pain of these fallen people and horses did not last long. They were directly trampled to death by countless horses' hooves.
Even in the flat and wide terrain of the river bend, the number of cavalry of more than 110,000 is too much. It is impossible for the cavalry to spread out horizontally like the ordinary cavalry in the past, and end it immediately after a wave of hedging.
So from the sky, one side of the cavalry formation on both sides has a particularly wide wedge-shaped pattern at the rear, and the other side has a somewhat deformed rectangular pattern.
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The northern heavy cavalry rushing at the front was blocked by layers of walls of flesh and blood composed of Dothraki cavalry, as if they were stuck in a swamp, and their marching speed became slower and slower.
The light cavalry following them began to fight bloody battles with some of the Dothraki cavalry who were divided on both sides.
Thanks to the protection of their own armor, some experienced cavalry from the Seven Kingdoms were able to block the attack or inflict minor injuries in exchange for the lives of the Dothraki cavalry.
However, the Dothraki cavalry are quite experienced in dealing with these iron-clothed cavalry. They specialize in attacking the necks or joints where the armor protection is weak.
Some Dothraki cavalry even engaged in trick riding, cutting off the legs of the horses of the Seven Kingdoms cavalry from under the horses, causing them to fall to the ground with both men and horses.
Generally speaking, the northern light cavalry, valley cavalry and even the Tyrell family cavalry are in pretty good shape, and they are fighting back and forth with the Dothraki cavalry.
But the five thousand mixed cavalry troops were like a paper lake in front of the ferocious Dothraki cavalry, and they were hacked to pieces by the opponent in a short time.
This cavalry charge of more than 110,000 people on the battlefield instantly surpassed the siege of Highgarden and became the focus of everyone's attention.
But judging from the current situation, the outcome of the cavalry on both sides is evenly matched.
The heavy cavalry of the Seven Kingdoms Cavalry is about to penetrate the formation of the Dothraki cavalry and completely separate their formation.
The Dothraki cavalry is using the mixed cavalry force as a breakthrough point, and is working hard to break through the wedge formation of the Seven Kingdoms cavalry.
Woo ah ah!
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The Dragonbinder's horn sounded like a demonic sound filling the brain, and everyone on the battlefield suddenly felt a wave of negative emotions burning within them.
hold head high!
!
The cries of the three giant dragons sounded at the same time, forming a high-pitched roar that could be heard throughout the surrounding areas of High Garden.
Then, three giant dragons with scales of different colors emerged from the white clouds one after another, descending on the battlefield of Highgarden in a god-like manner.
Their cold, vertical bodies looked down at the densely packed ant-like humans on the ground, and their hearts were filled with the excitement before a wanton hunt!