Game of Thrones: I loaded the witcher system.

Chapter 257 Retreat, another wave of reinforcements

During Clay's return to the main camp of Stonewall City, the army led by Edmure Tully and several riverland nobles tried to attack the valley army in the south, which was entrenched in Stone Hall Town and Acorn Hall. oppression.

When Jon Royce's 3000 men came there, the Valeman's total strength there was [-].

Although half of them were abolished by Clay for the high-speed mobility that the cavalry depended on for survival, the 1 Valley people still made Edmure Tully's [-] people afraid to act rashly.

The people in the Valley follow the route of elite soldiers, and their individual combat capabilities are stronger than Edmure Tully's. However, the people who are really in charge of the military up and down the river, still lack confidence in their own side.

Therefore, the army just formed a tight formation and approached in the direction of Acorn Hall.

Before Clay left, he had been with several great nobles in the river, including Edmure Tully himself, and made some conclusions about the battlefield situation.

He believes that even if Jon Royce has 6000 people in his hands, he will not come to trouble him again.

Even if they defeat their side again, it will not change the fact that the Valley Army is actually surrounded.

The town of Earl Holloway is still firmly in the hands of Clay Mandalay. 7000 people work day and night, constantly strengthening the outer fortifications, just to let the intruders sigh in this road. Under the wall, he hit his forehead with blood.

But up to now, in the town of Holloway, the raven sent by Rickard Karstark, he hasn't even seen a ghost of a valleyman or a Lannister, it seems that both sides have forgotten him up.

However, he clearly holds the strategic lifeline of Earl Holloway's town, yet no one pays attention to him, as if he doesn't know what kind of person he is at all, what a ghost.

Therefore, Clay judged that the Valemen and Lannisters should be weaker than they thought.

Had there been spare men, they would have driven off Karstark's seven thousand recruits long ago, or at least had come to try.

……

"You idiot, Jon Royce, we Valley people have already lost this war!"

In the general camp of the Valley Army outside Shitang Town, it was the heir of Iron Oak, Sir Morton Waywood, who was frantically exporting to Eon Royce.

The Waywood family, which controls Iron Oak City, can be regarded as one of the powerful nobles in the valley, so as the heir of the Waywood family, Sir Morton is certainly not afraid of the defeated Jon Royce.

He has a straightforward temper, so there is nothing he dare not say, so he dares to say out loud that our side has already been defeated.

Sitting across from him, Jon Royce, who sank into the chair without saying a word, also had a very ugly expression on his face.

He was not because of Morton Waywood's words. This guy's bad mouth has always been recognized in the noble circles of the valley, and Jon Royce has long been taught how powerful this guy is.

The question now is what to do next.

Morton Waywood's words were harsh, but Eoin Royce knew that they were the truth.

He knew very well that without Tywin Lannister's 2 people, they would still be attacking Harrenhal frantically.

If it weren't for the poor combat effectiveness of Hejian's army, it might overturn on the battlefield.

If you are not worried about your logistics being in danger, you must first solve the problem in the north.

According to what he knew about that fellow Clay Mandalay, he had already led an army to surround himself to death on this wet and smelly riverland plain, so how could he stay for a second longer?
Jon Royce knew that the 2000 people led by the Cobray family, who he had abandoned north of the Red Fork River, would not last long under the attack of Clay Mandalay. The whole army was wiped out.

Once they were finished, who was the next target of Clay Manderly, the dreaded evil star, Jon Royce could figure out with his back heel, it must be himself.

He, Clay Manderly, is not pedantic at all, and is very good at picking soft persimmons. Compared with Tywin Lannister, his lineup of [-] cavalry and [-] infantry must be that soft persimmon .

Jon Royce hated being taken for a ride, but there was nothing he could do about it.

As the commander-in-chief of the Western Expedition in the Valley, he actually bears almost all the responsibilities for the difficult situation that cannot be recovered now.

But helpless, if you can't beat it, you can't beat it, it's useless.

So, now, Jon Royce must consider retreating for these 6000 people.

"Everyone!"

He patted the table, then glared at Sir Morton Waywood who was about to attack him, stretched out his hand and pulled him away, and said loudly:

"This is not a place where we can stay for a long time. We have to think about how to go next."

"Really? Then respectful Commander-in-Chief, please tell us those who have not been tormented to death by you, and tell us your brilliant trick!"

Morton Waywood said slyly, and then, in full view of everyone, he saluted Eon Royce.

This action, even though Jon Royce's city is deep, almost broke his defense.

Being slapped in the face and ridiculed by a guy all the time, he, Jon Royce, is not a good-tempered man, he didn't draw his sword and hit this guy twice, which is considered to be a very good way of nourishing his energy.

He took a deep breath and told himself to hold back.

Jon Royce forced himself to look away from Morton Waywood's stinky face, and said:

"Everyone knows that that bastard, Clay Mandler, took thousands of people out of nowhere, and they are now blocked in the town of Earl Holloway, our logistics center, which has caused our food delivery to stop. .”

Everyone knows it, but when it is brought up again, the heads of the valley still look very ugly.

"Yes, we all know that, after all, the one who agreed not to leave the main force stationed there was you, my lord, who is extremely intelligent."

Sir Morton's words rang out immediately.

He didn't dare to say this before the war.

However, this round of fighting between Jon Royce and Clay Manderly made his personal prestige fall from the moon gate of Eyrie City.

If it weren't for the other nobles in the valley knowing their weight, they might have to compete with Jon Royce for military power now.

No way, under the current system in Westeros, the Valley Army is a board of directors funded by all parties.

The chairman, Jon Royce, did not do a good job and immediately took the company into the ditch, so the other directors must find a way to get him out.

But now, it seems that the chairman, Jon Royce, can still save it. The other directors don't have enough confidence in the broken ship of the Valley Army, so they can only reluctantly let Jon Royce continue to do it.

Anyway, if it's really over, you have to find someone to take the blame, right?
"The first option, let's go meet Tywin Lannister, and then try to persuade him to send us some troops, and the two families will drive away the northerners who are entrenched in Earl Holloway's town together. , and then, we go home."

"Second, if we don't go to find Tywin, just the 6000 of us will leave immediately and bypass there directly. Everyone bear with it, and we will go back to the Blood Gate."

"Third, let's fight harder, let's try and fight against the defenders arranged by Clay Mandalay. They must be newly recruited, and their combat effectiveness is very poor."

After the three proposals were finished, Jon Royce chose to shut up. Then, the problem was not his. The existing nobles in the valley probably had to have a good fight before they could give an approximate direction of the wind.

……

Lord Wyman is busy now.

Because, he is a twin river city, Gabai Port, and now he needs to provide logistics transportation for 5000 people. The Mandalay family has been established for so many years, when did they do such a thing?

Why are there so many people?

It's very simple, because just now, the [-] recruits led by Sir Roderick, the head coach of Winterfell, and the last fortunes of various families in the northern border, have already arrived at the city of Twin Rivers.

Further south, it was the battlefield. Sir Roderick stopped in his tracks. His mission for this trip had been completed.

Earl Wyman, who took over the [-] reinforcements, briefed Roderick on the current situation on the battlefield, and asked him to set off for Winterfell immediately.

Although during this period of time, Caitlin Tully's letters to the Twins City have not been interrupted, and the ravens that come and go have lost a lot of weight.

But the specific things can only be explained clearly when they meet each other. The small piece of paper on Raven's leg can carry too little information.

The meaning of the old man is obvious, don't worry about Winterfell, the 5000 reinforcements have arrived, and the Northern Territory and the Hejian Land are added together, the total strength may not exceed [-].

Although the quality of soldiers is questionable, this quantity alone is enough for any opponent to take seriously.

Although the old man was far away from the battlefield in Twin River City, he was very concerned about the situation in the south, and his intelligence would not be too far behind.

In his opinion, as long as Earl Holloway's small town can sustain the counterattack, then the battle of the North and the Riverlands will be won.

Even if some people in the valley can return to the east of the blood gate alive, with their army building idea of ​​elite soldiers, they have lost so much equipment and war horses, plus the long period of cavalry training, it can be said that the valley is basically abolished.

Now that the valley is abolished, where can the old lion go when surrounded by more than 3 people?
When Jon Royce failed to attack the three eastern cities and was tempted by Clay Mandalay to go north, the balance of the war had already tipped.

The only two variables now are the two points of Harrenhal and the town of Holloway.

If the former is finished, then the northern border will have to change. Once Rob Stark is captured, the northern border will be very passive.

As for the small town of Holloway, as long as the old lion's neck is tightly strangled, so that he has no food to eat, he will be dragged to death.

What is going on at Harrenhal? The old man has no news. There are 2 Lannisters there, and the scouts can't get any useful information.

Therefore, he decided to train these 8000 people immediately, and then send all of them south to Earl Holloway's town without leaving any of them.

These 8000 people passed by, but there were 5000 people gathered in that small town, squatting behind Tywin Lannister's ass, it is strange that the old lion can sleep well.

Tywin can't sleep, so he, Wyman Manderly, can sleep well.

It's nice to base your happiness on the pain of others.

The rest depends on what your grandson will do.

After all, in the near future, the golden halberd mermaid flag of the Mandalay family may have to be changed.

(End of this chapter)