Chapter 134: Reese Melee (National Day 6,400 words)
The city of Lys is surrounded by the sea. The west city is a small fishing port and an area where slaves live. Many people were broken into while they were sleeping. Some ironmen wiped the necks of slaves, while others rummaged through boxes and cabinets to search for valuable items.
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The city is similar to Braavos, with four islands connected by short bridges. The West Island is where slaves live, the North Island is where foreign merchants, mercenaries, and pirates live and play, and the South Island is where the locals of Lys City live.
There are military camps and a large number of shops and workshops. The East Island has the highest terrain and can only be reached through the short bridge on the South Island. It is a gathering place for the luxurious residences of nobles.
The city defense troops on the East Island ran quickly inside the city, ignoring the obstruction of the nobles' house guards, and shouted loudly when they reached the door
"Emergency military situation! An unknown force is attacking Xicheng!"
The nobles were woken up and all complained.
Before the Seven Kingdoms attacked the Stepstone Islands and Tyrosh, Lord Davos Seaworth, the Chief Logistics Commander of the Royal Fleet and the "Onion Knight" personally came to Lys City and delivered King Robert's letter of surrender to Lys. The Governor's Council of Lys rejected the surrender proposal and stated in the reply that the two countries were not at war. Lys would not intervene in the war on the Stepstone Islands, would not attack the fleets of the Seven Nations, and the Seven Kingdoms would not take the initiative to attack the city of Lys.
Now that the war on the Stepped Stone Islands of the Seven Kingdoms has not ended, you dare to attack Lys?
Xicheng is now in chaos, with shouts of killing everywhere and fires burning everywhere, illuminating the entire Xicheng.
The city defense army began to set up fences on the short bridge on Xicheng Island and piled sandbags in preparation for defense. The slaves were also whipped with leather whips and forced to pick up crude weapons and were driven to the front of the defensive position.
The governors gathered in the palace to discuss the current situation.
"Really the navy of the Kingdom of Westeros?"
"According to the city defense army's report, they saw the red background skeleton hand flag and the red background horn flag. They are undoubtedly the fleet of the Iron Group."
"What now?"
The governors did not expect that Robert of the Seven Kingdoms would be so shameless, tearing up the peace agreement signed by both parties and launching a sudden attack.
"The fleet must be recalled! Defend!"
"Volantis's grand fleet has been confronting us in the East China Sea. Isn't this too risky?"
"If we don't recall the fleet and rely on the mercenaries and city defense troops in the city, we will suffer heavy losses."
"Vote to see which adults agree to recall."
After the governors finished their discussion, the fire of the lighthouse at the highest point in Lys City began to burn fiercely. The lighthouse guard kept lowering and retracting the curtain. A warship patrolling in the distance saw the lighthouse flashing continuously and blew its horn.
The horns of warships in the distance also sounded one after another, and the force was transmitted in the direction of the large fleet.
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The wooden door of a house in the West City fell aside, and there were already several corpses in the house. Theon Greyjoy, wearing the iconic armor of the Ironborn, hacked to death a slave holding a kitchen knife with a long sword, and then quickly rushed to the second floor.
Floor.
Asha wielded a one-handed battle ax and slashed at an unarmed slave, cutting off half of his neck with one blow. She kicked the body away and ran to the second floor, where she saw Theon holding a sword against a man holding a child.
The woman in her arms was so frightened that her eyes were wide open and she dared not make a sound. With tears in her eyes, the woman spoke incomprehensible words to Xion, with a begging look on her face.
Baelor Blacktys, the lord of Kuroshio Island, also rushed up. He was wearing a black and green plaid family robe, and his smooth cheeks were quite handsome.
He is a few years older than Asha. Like the two siblings, Greyjoy died in the battle against his father when he rebelled. He was a hostage for eight years. He returned to Kuroshio Island and inherited the position of lord after becoming an adult. However, he was in the old age.
The Tar family in Zhenhai also became believers of the Seven Gods. Several people had similar life experiences. After meeting during the assembly in the old town, the three of them quickly chatted together.
He was very surprised by the bravery of the two siblings, especially his sister Asha. As a woman, she could have such strong martial arts. Three people rushed into the house, but he didn't kill any of them. The two siblings were killed in just a few blows.
Solved.
"Can't you do it?" Asha asked.
Xion was struggling in his heart: "Why can't we let them go?"
"This is the style of the Ironborn!" After Asha finished speaking, she turned her ax handle with her wrist and rushed to the woman in two steps.
"No!" Xion stretched out his hand to stop Asha, but blood had already splattered on his face.
"Ah! Why is this happening! Why is this happening!" Xion shouted, slashing at the furniture with his sword to vent his anger.
Ashara stopped the frantic Xion, reached out and gently wiped the blood from Xion's eyes with her sleeves. "Everyone who goes to the battlefield will face this situation. If we win, the enemy's family will be slaughtered." p>
Baelor Blacktail walked to the woman and child and closed their eyes with his hands. "Such endless slaughter has brought enough suffering to the ironborn. The ancient road is no longer feasible."
Theon pointed at the dead woman, "What if you were caught by the enemy?"
Baelor Blacktyce "If I were commanding the war, I would not do this. There are six thousand ironmen outside now. For women and children, death is the best relief."
Asha heard the call for assembly on the street. She touched the dagger hanging on her chest and walked downstairs first. Without looking back, she raised the ax in her hand and said
"Asha Greyjoy will not be taken alive. I will kill myself, ax in hand, with a smile on my face."
Baelor Blacktys nodded to himself and followed Asha down.
Theon stood there in a daze until a few ironmen set fire to the first floor and smoke poured in, before he regained consciousness and walked downstairs.
"Theon Greyjoy will be captured alive to protect his family."
The Ironborn did not encounter any decent resistance in the West City. Except for those who were still setting up boats at sea, more than 6,000 people came ashore. There have been few operations of this scale in the entire history of the Iron Islands. Everyone was extremely excited and excited all the way.
Killing and looting, the offensive gradually advanced eastward.
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In the waters north of Lys City, a large group of pirate ships that escaped from the Stepped Stone Islands are wandering here. In the center of the fleet, large ships covered with various pirate flags are leaning together with wooden planks on each other. The smugglers, merchants, and bankers of Lys City are also
And the notorious pirate, the self-proclaimed Prince of the Narrow Sea, Salladhor Saan, summoned various pirate leaders here.
The Prince of the Narrow Sea's pirate fleet has more than a dozen ships, and the Valyrian is his flagship, a large rowing warship painted with various colors of oil.
A circle of pirates lit torches illuminating the deck. Salladhor Saan was wearing clothes embroidered with gold and silver threads, which were extremely gorgeous. Even the buttons were made of emeralds carved in the shape of monkeys, and he also wore a peacock feather top.
hat, showing his wealth all the time.
He was standing on a high place, arguing with the leaders of dozens of small pirate fleets below, when suddenly the pirates on the mast lookout shouted to the people below
"Fire in Leith City! Fire in Leith City!"
The pirate leaders on the deck all ran to the side of the ship, in the direction of Lys City. The clouds in the sky at night were reflected golden by the fire, and the fire was extremely intense.
Salladhor Thorn looked at the golden sky and thought of the secret meeting with "Onion Knight" Davos in Lys City a few months ago.
The two met when they were young and were partners in the smuggling business. Later, Davos became loyal to Stannis and made him Earl of Rainforest, and now he has the official position of Logistics Commander.
He, Davos, now has land, an official position, and has given birth to seven sons. He is a respected nobleman wherever he goes. When he comes to Lys City, he is received by the governor. Both of them were smugglers, and he is still a
Pirate leader, how can he be inferior to him?
Davos, the "Onion Knight", came to Lys and brought King Robert's letter of surrender. After negotiations, the two parties only signed a peace agreement. One night after that, Davos went to the port and found Salladhor Saan.
The two reminisced about old times, and Davos gave him a recruitment order written by Stannis, the Lord of the Sea, asking him to join the royal fleet in the Battle of the Stepstones.
At that time, Salladhor Saan thought about it for a long time and agreed to recruit him. In order to get more credit, he specially gathered a group of pirate leaders today and wanted to pull them over so that he could have more allies in the navy. When the Great Fire of Lys broke out, Salladhor Thorn had a sudden thought. If he allowed these pirates to take advantage of the fire to rob him, or kill the governor of the city, and then go to Stannis, he would be directly promoted to a noble rank. p>
"Brothers wandering at sea!"
The pirates all looked over to listen to what he would say next.
"You only have one ship. You have two ships. You also have two ships. Do you want to achieve this in your whole life? It will be a matter of time for the Stepped Stone Islands to be captured by the Seven Kingdoms. From now on, there will be navies everywhere here. This is the most beautiful place in the world.
There is no place for us to survive in the rich sea!"
The pirates echoed, this is certain, otherwise they would not have escaped here.
Salladhor Saan continued
"I have in my hand a recruitment order issued by the maritime ministers of the seven countries. After joining the fleets of the seven countries, everyone will become a navy. As long as you have performed meritorious service and you need money and land, your abilities at sea cannot compare with those on land.
Human?"
"Yes!"
"Those land people don't know what sailing is!"
"On the sea, I can sink ten of them with one ship!"
"But if we accept recruitment now, we will definitely not be reused."
Salladhor Saan pointed in the direction of Reese
"Credit! The credit is there. We took this opportunity to rob the city of Lys. If we can kill their governor, it will be a great credit! The wealth and fame are all in the south. Brothers, go for it!"
"Roar!!" The pirates were very excited. Some wanted to be recruited, some just wanted to make a fortune and leave. Some were criminals from the Seven Kingdoms who didn't dare to go back and wanted to go to Lis City to earn some travel expenses and continue their escape.
But everyone's temporary purpose has been unified.
Salladhor Sahn "I also have some prestige in Lys City. I will take you directly into the port and start taking action after everyone lands."
"Understood!" "Haha, go in through the front door and grab them."
The pirate leaders walked across the plank and returned to their ships. One pirate ship after another raised various skull and crossbones flags and sailed towards the city of Lys.
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Lys City covers four areas: southeast, northwest, and the slave quarters of the West City are already in flames.
The people of the Iron Islands gradually gathered at the short bridge connected to the North District. Seeing the defense facilities on the opposite side and the protection of a large number of regular troops, they were all waiting for the leaders of each family to discuss the next move.
Asha, Theon and Baelor Blacktys also squeezed into the crowd.
As the Duke of the Iron Islands, Shavon Botley has no say at all here, and Hurras Harlaw has always been in charge.
Horas Harlaw didn't mind being dirty either, so he put the blood-stained Valyrian steel sword Yelin on his shoulder, blood dripping on his cloak with the white death's sickle embroidered behind him, and said to the lords
"There are too many people here, and everyone else has dispersed. But since Duke Chaweng is here, he can decide the next step. What do you think?"
Baelor Blacktys, the lord of Kuroshio Island, said: "This place is full of poor people, there is no oil or water at all, our trip was in vain!"
"Yes! There is no money here!"
Gilbert Farwin, the leader of Lone Light Island, "As far as I know, the terrain of Lys City is lower in the west and higher in the east. The richer people live in higher places, and the people who live here are slaves! We have to continue to the east!" p>
"Go east!" "Go east!" The Farwin family began to boo.
Dunstan Zhuogu also imitated Heras and put the Red Rain Sword on his shoulder, saying that my family also had one. He touched his bald head and said, "Where are the soldiers in the city? The place across the bridge is not enough to see!"
Horas Harlaw "We Ironborn also eat on the sea, are we still afraid of their navy! What do you think, sir?"
"Agree!" "It can't be in vain!"
Dunstan Zhuogu took the hilt of the Red Rain sword and counted several people, "Six, six lords have agreed to continue the attack eastward. Duke Shavin Botelli, please give the order."
Duke Chauvin Botelli responded "Okay."
After that, he shouted to the ironmen gathered behind him, "Go east! In the name of the Duke of the Iron Islands, I come down and continue the attack!"
"Hahaha!"
Dunstan Drum walked past Herath Harlow, smiled and patted him on the shoulder.
The various lords of the Iron Islands were very dissatisfied when they heard Shavin Botley's incendiary order for everyone to attack, and their faces were full of contempt.
"The shield bearer is in front! The archers are ready! One, two, three, shoot arrows!" Duke Shavin Botley began to organize an attack at the narrow short bridge. There were many Ironmen, but it was too narrow here, so the only option was to use
Attack tactics.
Now that people from all the families were watching, Heras Harlaw had no choice but to pick up the Night Sword and lead the family members to form an array.
"Raise your shield! Raise your shield!"
"Archer, fight back!"
"Don't run, I'll chop off the head of anyone who escapes." Behind the temporary defenses at the bridge on the other side, the city defense troops were fighting back with bows and arrows, and some were beating slaves with whips. An officer drew out his long sword and chopped off the slaves.
The head of a slave was killed. These slaves were coolies and had never fought in a war. Now the city defense army asked them to stand in front with crude weapons and act as human shields.
But there are too many people in the Iron Islands, and they are all murderous people.
After several rounds of arrow rain, the Iron Islands shield array began to advance, and the brave ironmen began to climb up the fortifications built with furniture and sandbags.
Whoever crosses the bridge first can rush into those wealthy residences and loot them. There are no city walls, so there is no way to stop these greedy wolves. If the short bridge is not narrow, the place cannot be defended for ten minutes.
Theon and Asha couldn't squeeze in, so they followed behind the large army.
Asha looked at the Valyrian steel sword in his hand and whispered to Theon, "That sword originally belonged to our Greyjoy family."
Xion turned around and said, "Ye Lin? Where did you know that?"
Asha "In Pike City's family introduction, you didn't read at all when you were a child. About two hundred years ago, this Night Sword belonged to Dalton, the patriarch of the Greyjoy family, and it was he who took over the Seastone Ancient Throne in Pike City.
Coming back."
Xion: "That black stone throne? It turns out to be this ancestor, so how did this sword end up in the hands of the Harlaw family again?"
Asha shook her head, "This sword does not belong to the Harlaw family. It was snatched from a certain pirate by Herath Harlaw himself."
Xion: "Then can we get it back?"
"Then you have to think clearly, how can a lord die, and you happened to pick up the sword again." Asha picked up the battle ax and joined the attacking troops.
The defense at the bridge was breached, and the ironmen rushed across the short bridge on the corpses of hundreds of slaves and poured into the North City. All the city defense troops withdrew and fled to Area D. Area D has the highest terrain and is also a residential area for nobles.
There are walls to defend.
Just as the ironmen were pouring into the northern city, the pirates led by Salladhor Saan also landed. He usually lives here, and the city defense army thought he was here to help.
Thousands of pirates and the city defense forces at the port ran towards the East City. Halfway through, Salladhor Saan drew out his scimitar and shouted
"For the King!"
After shouting, Salladhor Saan slashed the commander of the Port City Defense Force to death.
"Robert is mighty!"
As soon as the command was given, the pirates drew their weapons and attacked the city defense troops around them. There were only more than a hundred city defense troops at the port, and they were besieged by thousands of pirates. Pirates did not follow moral chivalry. If more than ten people killed one, they would kill each one.
The situation was extremely miserable, with rivers of blood flowing.
The purpose of their coming was to plunder and make a big profit if they had the opportunity. Many pirates began to take off the armor of the city defense army and replace it with their weapons. The pirate leader was rich, and the ordinary pirates were very poor. The city defense army's
The equipment is much better than their rags and a hatchet.
Salladhor Sang led his men to the East City to kill. He wanted to go there to see the situation. Once the pirates started greedily plundering, he could no longer command him. There were dozens of groups of pirates here, and their wealth was so great.
Destined.
Dunstan Zhuogu took his two sons and his tribe into a shop, where various shell products were displayed on the shelves.
"These are worthless, go through the cabinet and find gold coins!"
His youngest son, Donald Draught, split open a hidden compartment of a cabinet with an axe, and with a crash, a pile of gold and silver coins fell.
"Found it! The money is here!"
At this time, another group of people came in. These people had slovenly faces. Some of them wore breastplates, and some of them only had one hand armor. They were holding various weapons and would grab coins when they saw them on the ground.
Donal Drogu shouted, "Which family are you from? We were here first, don't you understand the rules?"
Upon hearing the shouting, the two waves of people stopped moving at the same time and stared at each other, stunned.
If the ironborn didn't have various family robes, they would dress almost like pirates, and the pirates thought they were other pirates.
The Ironborn thought that they were young men from some family. It was their first time to participate in a robbery and when they saw money, they broke the rules and tried to rob it.
It was the experienced "bone hand" Dunstan Zhuogu who was the first to react.
"They are not ironmen, they are pirates! Kill them!"
He took out Hongyu and started to kill. The two sides immediately broke into a fight in the shop, and no one took care of the money on the ground.
"When it comes to plundering, we Ironborn are the professionals, you pirates are just rotten fish on the sea!"
"What iron people and dog people, I will empty your stomachs and feed them to the fishes!"
Neither of the two parties are easy-going people, and both parties were talking and talking while doing things.
The pirates were gradually outnumbered. After a few people died, they began to run away. One of the small pirate leaders who knew the goods saw the red rain sword on Dunstan Zhuo's drummer and fled eastward desperately, shouting as he ran. "Someone found a Valyrian steel sword here!"
"Someone found a Valyrian steel sword here!"
A sword is worth enough for several lifetimes. After hearing this, the pirates took notice and all came here.
Dunstan Drum and others also began to shout that there were pirates and began to move reinforcements. Fighting in a city with narrow streets, there were only so many people who could squeeze to the front to take action. The Iron Islands and the pirate forces fought back and forth. Buzz~~~~
The dull sound of the horn came from the tower of the east city wall. This horn, which was different from the Iron Islands and the pirates, failed to stop the fighting between the two sides.
Theon and Baelor Blacktys stood in front of Asha and fought against a group of pirates in an alley with the Blacktys family.
"Where did these pirates come from?"
Asha's left hand was slashed at some point, and her arm was covered in blood. She stepped on a pirate's shoulder and pulled the ax from his head with her right hand.
Baelor Blacktys "I don't know, I think I came here to take advantage of the situation."
The three people stood in front, and there were archers behind them who climbed up to the second floor and fired cold arrows. The pirates left a pile of corpses and gradually retreated into the alley.
Suddenly, the pirates behind the alley went crazy and crowded towards Xion and the others. The crowd suddenly pushed over. Xion and Asha's hands were so squeezed that they couldn't even swing their swords, and it was difficult to breathe. Behind them, the Blacktails family
When people saw the pirates squeezing over, they began to block them with all their strength. Hundreds of people from both sides huddled together in the alley.
Buzz~~~~The dull horn sound came from the tower again.
A group of shield-bearing soldiers in uniform armor appeared at the corner behind the alley, and a group of spearmen came from the corner, and then the spearmen appeared one after another.
They lined up in formation, and when they encountered the pirates, the scimitar on top of the shield would be chopped down. When they retracted the sword, the spears in the back row thrust out. In this narrow alley, the shield was like a wall, advancing step by step. The pirates
Unable to fight back, they fell down row after row.
"Run away! It's Reese's regular army who has returned to the defense!" the pirates crowded in the middle shouted.
Baelor Blacktys was also anxious. He squeezed out some space and took a deep breath. "Retreat! Retreat! The Blacktys family retreats!"
The team began to loosen up, and Xion pulled Asha and ran back quickly. The pirates couldn't care about them at this time, pulling each other to escape, and dragging their companions to buy themselves time to escape.
The army of Lys returned to the defense. In fact, not many troops landed. The navy ships were surrounding the city of Lys and were fighting the Iron Islands fleet on the sea surface of the West City.
They were locals, familiar with every street, and well-trained regular troops. They quickly organized a formation and began to advance in an orderly manner. Although there were many people in the Iron Islands, they were now divided into families or even small teams to plunder everywhere.
They were so excited about the robbery and were unfamiliar with the roads in the city that they could not organize an effective counterattack. They were gradually dispersed and annihilated, and their morale quickly collapsed.
The North City was filled with screams and the uniform shouts of the Reese army.
Theon pulled Asha and the large army to retreat to the south, ran up a small slope, and met Duke Shavin Botelli who was standing on the base of a statue.
"Ironmen, stop all and organize a counterattack!"
Duke Shavon Botley pointed in the direction of the port. Theon and Asha looked over there and saw that there was already a sea of fire over there. Every part of the port was set on fire. Countless warships were fighting outside the port of Reese.
The fleet in Lys City fought with the pirate fleet near the port, and fought with the Iron Islands fleet in West City. The pirates in the port wanted to break out, and a fleet comparable to Lys appeared here again, attacking all ships indiscriminately.
The emblem of Volantis on.
Ever since Dorfas of Volantis officially swore allegiance to Veidt, their army's offensive has been intensified. In this situation, if Volantis doesn't come to pick out the naval officer, he may be beheaded.
Lys, Pirates, Iron Islands, Volantis, four independent forces gathered here to start a melee.