Oberyn gave the order, and the horn sounded on the battlefield symbolizing retreat.
Woo
Woo
"What is this sound?"
"It seemed like a trumpet call to retreat."
The imperial soldiers, who were soaked in the heavy rain, heard the faint sound of the horn, looked at each other and carefully distinguished each other, and then they all breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, no one wants to fight when it rains so heavily, but the empire's military discipline is strict, and no one wants to be a deserter.
But the current situation is that the heavy rain has disrupted the order of the battlefield, the sky is completely dark, and the torches cannot be lit.
Many soldiers lost their way in the darkness and heavy rain and could not find their commanders. The commanders also could not find where their soldiers had gone. There was chaos everywhere.
"Retreat!"
"You can retreat!"
However, at this moment, the retreat horn suddenly sounded from behind, which made everyone feel relieved.
"retreat!"
"The whole army retreats!"
When the imperial soldiers wearing black and red armor and black cloaks heard the retreat horn, they were like the ebbing tide of the sea, holding the spears and swords in their hands, and the boots under their feet clicked and filled.
Muddy land with rain.
They were as embarrassed as if they had lost a battle, and retreated in a swarm to the rear in a black and chaotic mass, and even a stampede broke out.
Heavy rain made the ground slippery and muddy. Some people accidentally fell down and struggled to get up, but were mercilessly stepped on by their comrades behind them.
"Help me! Help me!"
"Pull me up!"
He hugged the leg of one of the soldiers and tried to use him to get up, but he threw the man to the ground, and then both of them were trampled to pieces by the hurriedly retreating army.
The army retreated in a hurry. There was a stampede and no one knew how many people were killed, but no one cared at the moment because they just wanted to escape the entire battlefield as quickly as possible.
However, the Imperial soldiers who were far away from Highgarden City could retreat calmly, but the soldiers who had already rushed into the city and were crowding in outside the city were not so lucky.
"Kill! Surrendering means death anyway!"
"The eldest prince wants to burn us all to death!"
"Kill them all!"
Dang Dang Dang
At this moment, the battlefield was chaotic and noisy. There were shouts of killing, screams, and the sound of weapons clashing. Coupled with the sound of heavy rain, it had completely covered up the sound of the retreating horn behind them.
Nowadays, the city of Highgarden is in chaos. Due to the sudden change in the sky, there is almost no light in the city due to dark clouds. The soldiers are all red-eyed, and they can hardly distinguish between ourselves and the enemy.
"Stop! I surrender! Spare me!"
"Spare your life!"
"ah"
Some people knelt down to surrender and beg for their lives, but the other party slit their throats mercilessly with a cruel smile.
Rumors that the eldest prince Heros would burn everyone to death if he refused to accept prisoners of war spread quickly among the soldiers for some unknown reason.
This aroused the courage of the soldiers to fight to the death and actively resist. Since both the left and right were destined to die, it was better to fight them. Even if they died, they would still have to support them.
This is what Bessie said: a proud soldier will be defeated, and a sad soldier will win.
After all, they had been pushed to the last moment and had no choice but to fight against the odds.
The army under Heros was different. They had been winning consecutive battles since the beginning of the war and had laid a superior psychological foundation.
They look down on their enemies from the bottom of their hearts.
He believed that his enemies were just a group of nobles who did not know how to live or die, and they had gathered many peasants who had only touched hoes but not weapons.
Therefore, defeating such an enemy is a matter of course and not worthy of praise.
As for failure? How could they be defeated by a group of farmers?
Unfortunately, they were so confident that they ignored that the army under the second prince Yin Meng was not entirely composed of peasants.
Yin Meng also has some legionnaires from Pentos under his command, and after the nobles were stripped of their power, the number of private soldiers they maintained was reduced, but all of them were strong and elite.
And no one among these people had thought about the news that Heros was going to burn everyone to death. Why didn't the enemy know about it yet, and the soldiers on his side knew it first?
Because now people are all red-eyed and no one cares about the authenticity of things.
The reason why they believed this rumor unconditionally was because they knew that the eldest prince Heros could do such a thing.
According to legend, Horos burned countless thousands of people to death while controlling the plague in the Riverlands. Nowadays, they are no exception.
However, Hroth's army at the rear began to retreat in chaos, and the soldiers on the front line who had already invaded Highgarden City were abandoned and fell into a bitter battle.
But at this moment, a low dragon roar suddenly came from the sky above Gaoting.
Roar
A giant dragon covered with silver scales hovered in the sky, and its roaring sound spread far away.
Then he spit out dragon flames and dispersed a lot of darkness.
In the melee below, everyone's eyes were red with blood, and some even couldn't distinguish between ourselves and the enemy. However, at this moment, the loud roar of the giant dragon calmed everyone down a lot.
"dragon?!"
"Why did the dragon join the war?"
"Which side of the dragon?"
"Is the eldest prince going to burn us to death?"
All the soldiers on both sides who were fighting fiercely in Highgarden City were startled by the dragon's roar.
They all stopped fighting in unison and raised their heads to look up at the sky.
As ordinary human soldiers, they certainly have reason to fear the legendary dragon.
Fortunately, we have a dragon on our side, but unfortunately, the other side also has a dragon.
So when they heard the roar of the dragon, they raised their heads in panic, wanting to see which side of the dragon had taken action?
Phew~
However, at this moment, a fire was instantly lit on the rain-proof tower in Highgarden City. The blazing fire dispelled the darkness and also illuminated the battlefield amid the heavy rain.
The situation on the field is relatively clear now. Imperial soldiers wearing black and red armor are surrounded in the center of the city gate. And the troops wearing various family armors, flags, and coats of arms are under Yin Meng's command.
The combined forces of the Stormlands and the Reach.
"Is it His Highness Yin Meng's dragon?"
After seeing clearly the situation in front of them, the dragon was already hovering in the sky, and the imperial soldiers surrounded by Highgarden City showed a look of despair on their faces.
They also already knew that they and others had been abandoned by the commander-in-chief.
"Ohhhh!"
"Long live His Highness Yin Meng!"
"Long live His Highness Yin Meng!"
On the other side, deafening cheers erupted from the coalition forces in the Riverlands and Stormlands.