In the early morning of the next day, after a night of heavy rain, the road leading from the Wende River to Tongmen City was filled with mud.
The Stormland army was stationed on the hills south of Bronzegate City, with flags symbolizing each family flying. Among them was the crowned stag flag of House Baratheon.
"All stand in a row!"
"The spearmen are ahead!"
The Stormland army occupied a high position and gradually formed a formation, overlooking the Targaryen army below.
The knights of the Targaryen army also rode out of the camp on war horses. Compared to the countless and messy flags of the Stormlands army representing various families, the flags of the Targaryen army were relatively simple.
The atmosphere of various nobles and families has been downplayed in the Targaryen army, because all military power belongs to the country and the royal family.
The knights of each family only acted as wartime commanders in the army, and all soldiers swore allegiance to the entire country, not a specific noble.
Even if a new soldier comes from the Riverlands, he is not loyal to the local lord, but directly swears allegiance to the king.
Therefore, the current flag of the Golden Legion, which is also the fourth legion of the Kingdom, is a light yellow flag with the logo of the three-headed fire dragon on the top and the logo of the golden skull on the bottom.
"Array up!"
"Array up!"
An endless line of Targaryen soldiers came out of the camp, and the knights in the army on their war horses loudly ordered the soldiers to line up.
"Line up in column formation!"
"Everyone, move quickly, quickly!"
Last night's heavy rain made the entire battlefield muddy. The soldiers were holding weapons and shields in their hands and stepping on the muddy ground to form formations.
Although the heavy rain last night has stopped, the light rain overhead seems to never stop.
The silver-haired young man who disappeared in the rain last night has naturally returned long ago. Viserys is riding a white horse, wearing Valyrian steel armor, and has two long swords tied around his waist.
One of them is his sword Dusk, and the other is the Dark Sister he found from the cave last night.
Last night in the cave, Viserys pulled out the Dark Sister that was stuck in the crow's head. Then the outside world started to thunder and lightning. He didn't know what happened, but he vaguely guessed that it might have something to do with the legendary Storm God.
associated.
Because according to a record in a book that Viserys once read.
'The Storm God is the eternal enemy of the Drowned God, who dwells in his halls in the clouds, and the ravens are his servants who set traps to lure the ironborn to their own destruction.'
Since Viserys was now in the Stormlands and encountered such a thunderstorm, coupled with the crow heads everywhere, it was difficult not to move closer to the direction of the Storm God.
However, the guess was just a guess. He still found some tangible evidence. He picked up a crow head that was like white jade from the pile of skeletons. He was suppressed right below the Dark Sisters, in the center of the Skull Mountain.
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When Viserys touched this head, which was obviously much larger than other crow heads, he suddenly felt a strange feeling, like a burst of electricity passing through his body, and even his fingers were slightly numb.
However, Viserys wanted to use this to trace the past of this giant crow head, but he failed for some reason. The power of the old gods was not enough to help him see the past of this giant crow head, so he had to take the head
Brought back together with the Dark Sisters
And at this time.
Tap tap tap
In front of the Targaryen army's formation, a war horse ran towards Viserys.
"His Majesty."
The commander of the Golden Legion, Mistoin, was wearing a golden armor, with a bright red cape fluttering behind his back. He rode a tall black horse and walked to the hill in the light rain.
Wow
Then the heavy armor on his body made a sound, and Mith Toin sat on the horse and beat his chest with one hand, bowing slightly to Viserys.
The silver-haired young man also rode his horse and stood in the rain, holding the reins with his metal-gloved hands.
He looked at the neatly arranged Targaryen army, then turned to look at the Stormland army in the distance that had occupied the high position first, then withdrew his gaze and nodded to Mith Toyne.
Then the commander of the Golden Company rode down the hill and personally directed the entire battle, while Viserys was a bystander, quietly watching from the hill.
"I heard that the Tyrant's dragon was bigger than Aegon's?"
Some soldiers in the Stormland army whispered, looking at the Targaryen army on the opposite side, which was forming formation. The difference in the number of the two sides was not very big, and perhaps the number of the Targaryen army would be even smaller.
Because of the battle report from Highgarden, the Dornish army was defeated. Before leaving King's Landing, Viserys changed his battle plan and sent the Dothraki army to Highgarden to help his allies.
The Dothraki army was led by Kargo, who had been the commander of the coalition cavalry.
"This is pure nonsense."
The other soldier heard his words and shook his head.
"How could Viserys's dragon be as big as Aegon's?"
"This is Stannis's lie to us. How could we gather so many soldiers without scaring us?"
"If Viserys's dragon is really bigger than Aegon's, then why are we fighting?"
"But I do hope"
The soldiers in Stormland were whispering to each other. Although they were on the eve of a war, the overall atmosphere was not tense.
The main reason is that there seem to be more people on our side, and they have a geographical advantage. They occupied the hills south of Tongmen City first and commanded a commanding position.
In the wars of this era, there are several iron laws that can be observed, and the side with more people can generally win the war.
In order to prepare for this war storm, lords from all over the country used coercion and inducement to arrest strong men.
Almost most of the men in each territory, ranging from sixty to fourteen or fifteen years old, were arrested.
The strong among these people can pick up weapons and join the army, while the weak can also make some bows and arrows, giant crossbows, transport supplies, etc. in the rear.
Even women were not spared. They prepared meals and treated wounds for the soldiers on the front line.
On the other side, the battlefield was suddenly silent for a second, like a stone weighing on everyone's heart.
"Everyone, listen to my orders!"
At this moment, Mistoin, the general of the Targaryen army, was wearing gold armor and a bright red cloak swinging. He pulled out the long sword at his waist and roared loudly.
"Prepare to attack!"
Woo
In an instant, the blood-spraying horn sounded, countless war drums shook the earth, and thunderous roars were heard.