The walls of Cailin Bay are tall and easy to defend but difficult to attack.
As expected, the Legion of the Dead suffered a setback in their attack on the Bay of Cailin, and the coalition commanders and soldiers had sufficient experience in facing the zombies and became more comfortable with them.
Wow——
Barrels of kerosene continuously transported from the Seven Kingdoms and even the continent of Essos were poured down as if for free. The flames continued to burn, and the corpses rushed in one after another and were buried in the sea of fire.
Phew~
The fire lit up the entire sky, and thick smoke rose straight into the sky. It could even be seen on the sea surface of Biting Bay, far away from Cailin Bay. Burnt dust and stench were carried by the wind.
The Allied Forces of the Seven Nations showed bravery at the Bay of Cailin and united to resist tenaciously, temporarily stopping the advance of the White Walkers.
However, the good times did not last long.
Two days and one night of fierce fighting have passed. The war between the living and the dead has been intense every minute, without any chance of respite.
"Can't retreat! Can't retreat!"
"Hold your ground!"
Randyll Tarly, the famous general from the Reach who was covered in blood, roared hoarsely.
He has been removed three times, and he only had two hours of rest in the past two days and one night.
Count Jiaoling held his sword and just leaned on the wall of Carlin Bay and squinted slightly. Now his eyes were filled with dense bloodshot eyes, but he still took the lead and was on the front line with his soldiers.
"Quick, the third echelon retreats to rest, and the fourth echelon goes up!"
Then Randyll Tully gasped, looking at the formation in front of him while still remaining calm, and then roared loudly.
The third echelon, which was about to collapse in the face of the constant onslaught of corpses, got a chance to breathe. The fourth echelon, which had been rotated out not long ago, was severely depleted, but it still pushed forward without hesitation.
The coalition's newly shaky front was stabilized.
"kill!"
The fighting on the battlefield is still fierce. Two days and one night have passed. Although all the coalition soldiers are constantly rotating in several echelons and have some time to eat and drink, they are still unable to hold on. After all, this is a highly tense battlefield.
If you are not careful, you will lose your life.
All the coalition soldiers' eyes were red and covered with dense bloodshot eyes. After being removed from the front line, they didn't even have time to find a place, so they found a random place and fell asleep.
However, even though he was fast asleep, the weapon in his hand was still tightly held without any relaxation.
Even busier were the military doctors, who were also extremely busy. A large number of injured soldiers who could not receive medical treatment were carried off the battlefield and died.
Their bodies still need to be cremated, to prevent them from suddenly rising up and becoming new White Walkers.
After two days and one night of fierce fighting, it was actually a severe ordeal for not just ordinary soldiers, but also the entire coalition, including King Robert, and all the princes and nobles.
The soldiers of the coalition forces are living people. They need to sleep, rest, and eat. On a spiritual level, they also need hope, encouragement, and comfort, and now they are all supported by a spirit.
But the Legion of the Dead does not need it. They are like emotionless beasts. They do not need rest, fatigue, or food. They are constantly attacking the third line of defense of the Seven-Nation Alliance in the Gulf of Carlin with their madness.
This kind of war is a war of ebb and flow. If the other side cannot be consumed, it is the coalition that will fall in the end.
The performance of the coalition forces in this war has been very good. In the two previous wars, the coalition forces' front line was defeated without even lasting a day or night.
The Battle of Carlin Bay was different from the Battle of White Harbor. It was a collision contest between the main forces of the two sides. In the Battle of White Harbor, the coalition soldiers persisted for a long time because the Army of the Dead did not invest many troops and did not directly destroy the dead.
Overwhelmed the resistance of the coalition soldiers.
However, as Duke Tywin said in the pre-war meeting, it is impossible to defeat an enemy like the White Walkers by standing firm and defeating them. We must give full play to the advantages of human intelligence to win by surprise.
The biggest advantage humans have against the White Walkers is not the cavalry, but the brains.
Dead people have no brains, and even though the White Walkers are monsters with brains, there are only a handful of White Walkers, and there are so many stars on the human side.
Then the coalition soldiers struggled for another night, until the third day after the war started, it was dark and the sky turned white.
King Robert, the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, finally gave the order to retreat. This time it was not that the coalition line collapsed, but the king took the initiative to give the order to retreat.
The defeat was overwhelming, as if the last breath of pressure on the hearts of the coalition soldiers was released.
The method used by the coalition forces was still to set fire to the fire, and then ignite all the kerosene stored in Carlin Bay in one go. The raging fire shot straight into the sky. The ancient castle that had existed for 10,000 years was crumbling in the fire, until it finally let out a wail.
Cailin Bay collapsed with a crash.
The coalition soldiers gathered on the causeway of Neck Lake and retreated towards the rear. Many people were even pushed down the causeway and fell deep into the rotting quagmire that exuded stench. However, no one was willing to
Give me a hand.
The third line of defense of the Seven-Nation Alliance is the entire Neck. Carlin Bay is easy to defend and difficult to attack due to geographical reasons, but it is also unable to accumulate too many soldiers. There are still a large number of coalition soldiers in the rear south of the Neck.
Therefore, abandoning Moat Cailin does not mean abandoning the entire Neck. The coalition forces formed an alliance with the people living in the Neck. The Reed family in Graywater Watch has a close personal relationship with the Stark family. The Reed family's
Chief Howland Reed himself is the leader of the swamp people.
He is willing to help train the soldiers of the coalition to survive in the swamp, lead them to become familiar with the complex narrow passages and waterways among the reeds, and use the natural barrier of the Neck to unite to fight against the existence of the White Walkers.
After losing the war, the coalition soldiers retreated hastily, and the kings and nobles of the seven countries took a step ahead and left the Gulf of Cailin first.
There were carriages of all sizes, with nobles dressed in military uniforms running at the front.
However, as the heir to the West, Tyrion did not enjoy such treatment. He happily followed his father to the battlefield and even met the king and many dukes.
But he never expected that his father would abandon him on the battlefield at this time...
"No."
"I was not abandoned on the battlefield, but my father wanted me to die."
Tyrion's hands and feet were tied with chains, and he was lying deep in the cellar of Calyn Bay. His little body was constantly struggling, feeling the increasingly hot temperature above his head, and the howls of the wights could be clearly heard.
.
On the ugly cheek, a pair of eyes showed deep despair.