However, Lord Tywin's worries about the Caves are actually unnecessary.
This kind of mountainous terrain is indeed not suitable for the Second Targaryen Legion, which is more prone to mounted combat. The Second Legion trained by Oberyn is mainly based on cavalry, and each soldier is proficient in bow and horse.
This is actually a very obvious style of the Dornish army. The excellent desert horses produced in Dorne have an advantage in the cavalry competition, and the second legion is mainly Rhoynar, so they can come and go like the wind.
In a place like Deep Cave City, if you attack a castle on a mountain, even a small number of troops stationed can stop the attack of the army. Although Oberyn has deployed suspicious soldiers to confuse Tywin, he will not actually use this as a breakthrough.
Even if he were to defeat him, the price he would pay would be too high, unless his brain was broken.
In fact, the smarter people are, the more they pursue excellence and perfection. Otherwise, it would be too unchallenging for such smart people and would not satisfy the secretion of dopamine.
Oberyn not only pursues victory, but also pursues victory with the lowest cost and the most glorious results.
"quick!"
"Everyone, run faster!"
A few days later, this race against time finally had a preliminary result.
The Targaryen army marched faster and rushed to the Red Lake in the blink of an eye. The Lannister family's army was not slow to respond. Duke Tywin quickly mobilized his troops back and sent a message with a raven, ordering him to stay in Kai.
Rock City's cousin Stafford Lannister led the rest of the army, and even the garrison of Lannisport, and rushed to Crake Hall to support.
Oberyn's speed is one step faster than Tywin, but not as fast as Stafford, who is already on a high road.
So the two armies faced each other on the bank of the Red Lake, and a small-scale conflict broke out.
"kill!"
The trumpet sounded melodiously, the hoofbeats roared, and amid the flash of swords and the shadow of swords, the generals of the Targaryen army led the way, leaping on horseback and wielding spears.
"Barbarians of Dorne! Die!"
At this moment, a tall, strong man with a beard brandished a hammer and charged towards Oberyn in the crowd.
Of course, Stafford Lannister not only brought soldiers from the Lannister family with him during this expedition, he also brought many troops left behind by the nobles of the West.
Anyway, the Iron Islands have been reduced to a ghostland, Lannisport doesn't need to keep any guards, and they don't need them either.
The second son of the Earl of Crake Hall, Sir Lille Craher, nicknamed "Strong Pig", came towards Oberyn. He was tall and strong, and you could tell from his nickname alone.
Lille Kreher considers himself to be unparalleled in bravery, and this is also the motto of the Kreher family in Crake Hall, "unparalleled in courage." The family's coat of arms is a wild boar with a brown background and black and white.
Although he had lost to Jorah Mormont of Bear Island in the tourney at Lannisport that suppressed the Greyjoy rebellion, Liele did not think it was because of himself, but because the sun was too dazzling that day.
, so that he could not see clearly for a while while charging.
Oberyn also saw the other person, but there was no fear on his face. He slightly licked his blood-stained lips, feeling the pungent smell of blood between his lips and teeth.
"snort."
Then the Red Viper smiled coldly and also came towards Li Le to kill him.
"kill!"
Then Li Le roared, and the two weapons collided heavily.
Bang——
Oberyn felt that his jaw was slightly numb, and he barely escaped being thrown off his horse. However, Oberyn's riding skills were also very superb. His legs were tightly clamped on the horse's belly, and the horse ran forward.
Then he turned his head again.
"What a strength."
"Sir 'Big Pig' is worthy of his nickname."
Oberyn recognized the other party and shook his numb palms, still teasing with a joking smile on his face.
When Oberyn and his sister Elia were young, they followed their mother north to the Western Territory to propose marriage. They briefly stopped in the Crake Hall, but when they recalled the memories from the past, they naturally thought of their innocent sister at that time.
The smile on Prince Dorne's face slowly disappeared, and Sir Strong Pig naturally did not want to reminisce with Oberyn.
When Oberyn and his brother were guests at the Crake Hall, he even wanted to propose to Ilia, but because of his size, he was ridiculed by Oberyn's vicious tongue, which made Li Le depressed for a long time.
"Stop talking nonsense!"
Lile Krech once again wielded the mace to kill Oberyn, but this time all the smiles on Oberyn's face disappeared, leaving only coldness.
Then, as the two horses were crossing each other, Oberyn showed no mercy, and the spear passed through Lille Krech's throat easily like a poisonous snake spitting out poison, and then with his wide eyes, he
The corpse was lifted high and thrown to the ground, causing dust to rise.
The Prince of Dorne easily killed the most valiant general in the Western Army, Sir 'The Strong Pig', on the battlefield. This move damaged the morale of the Western Army.
In the end, the Western Army retreated to the camp, leaving corpses all over the place. The two sides temporarily stopped fighting, and the Targaryen army also chose a flat area by the Red Lake to set up camp.
"Legion Commander!"
In the Targaryen military camp, Oberyn took off his blood-stained armor with the help of his attendants, and a soldier hurriedly came to report.
"Corn City has been captured by Earl Evan Pass. Lord Evan asked you how to deal with the Swiffer family."
"kill."
Oberyn said in an understatement as he walked towards the big tent.
"yes."
The messenger immediately retreated to convey the order, and then another officer ran over to report.
"Lord Legion Commander."
"The reconnaissance force captured several prisoners during the battle with the enemy. They may be able to interrogate..."
Oberyn ignored him and opened the tent, and all the officers sitting inside stood up and spoke in unison.
"Lord Legion Commander."
Then he waited until Oberyn sat on the chair and touched his chin before speaking.
"You should interrogate it yourself first, and tell me the result when you find out."
"Yes, sir."
Then the officers of the reconnaissance force also retreated.
At this moment, the officer in charge of the logistics force in the camp stood up and made a report.
"Sir, the logistics side..."
The Targaryen army has strict military discipline and clear regulations. Only when problems are summarized will they be reported to Oberyn.
Everything was handled in an orderly manner, and the efficiency was much higher than that of the other armies of the seven countries.
On the other side, the Western Army retreated to its camp after the battle.
As the commander-in-chief of the entire army, Stafford Lannister and a group of staff and nobles, a large group of people sat together, with noisy and chaotic voices, reading a letter sent by his cousin Lord Tywin.
In the letter, Duke Tywin asked his cousin to lead the army. The first priority is to defend Crake Hall, and the second is to fight the Targaryen army.
If you can avoid the battle, try to hide away and wait for him to arrive.
Although there was no explicit statement in this letter, the distrust in Stave's ability was almost written on his face.
There was some confusion in the Chinese army's large account, and the nobles were sitting together.
"this..."
The chubby commander of the Lannister army suddenly looked slightly embarrassed.
"Lord Tywin asked us to retreat. Sirs... what should we do?"
Then he looked to the left and right, seeking the opinions of the other nobles and knights.