Game of Thrones: I loaded the witcher system.

Chapter 272 Preparations for the Battle

In the end, the Clay army underestimated the eagerness of the remnants of Jon Royce to go home.

Chasing all the way to the west of God's Eye Lake, they failed to intercept the last elite of the valley people.

In desperation, Clay could only send someone to Earl Harroway's town to inform Earl Karstark to pay attention to the possible attack of the Valemen.

Clay already knew that Winterfell's [-] reinforcements were already in place, so the total strength there had already exceeded [-].

Moreover, 7000 people worked on the soil for several months before, and the fortifications built should be enough for the people in the valley to drink a pot.

If they dare to come.

Now that the people in the valley had already run away, Clay took advantage of the situation and shifted his target to the old lion who hadn't moved.

Now, not counting the Valley folk who are already frightened.

The form of the entire battlefield is clear at a glance on the map.

Clay himself, leading an army of [-] cavalry, is northwest of God's Eye Lake.

Edmure Tully, who set out from further south, holds the rest of the riverland army, about 4000 people, and is now behind him by some distance, but he has already driven to the west of God's Eye Lake.

In the north, once it is determined that the people of the Valley are not a threat, Earl Harroway's 1 Mandalay and the Northland family's coalition forces will be able to separate at least [-] people to approach Harrenhal.

On Clay's side, nearly [-] troops have been dispatched, and [-] have already rushed to the battlefield.

And their opponent is the main force of the Western Territory army led by Tywin Lannister.

Although the Lannister army lost some people more or less in the previous siege of King's Landing and the siege of Harrenhal during this period of time, but currently, the army controlled by Tywin Lannister, two Wan is still there.

Therefore, if the angle of view is enlarged, this is a battle of [-] troops on the vast battlefield covering the entire eastern Hejian land.

Although Renly Baratheon claimed to have 10 people in his hands when he besieged King's Landing, how many people could really fight on the front line?
Therefore, it can be said that the outcome of this battle will determine the fate of many people.

Therefore, Clay did not dare to neglect.

After his army reached the northwest position of God's Eye Lake, he ordered the army to stop.

His opponent this time is not the arrogant and arrogant Jaime Lannister last time.

There was only one chance to beat up Lannister. Now, facing Tywin Lannister, an old lion who has been active on the top stage of the power field of the Seven Kingdoms for more than 30 years, he has no chance and can only fight head-on.

"Send someone to contact Edmure Tully in the south of us, and ask him to lead his army to approach me immediately. If you encounter any resistance, tell him that my order is only this time. If he doesn't come, Tai When Wyn Lannister attacks him, I'm not going to save him, let him figure it out for himself."

It's not that Clay has to make trouble with Edmure Tully, it's okay to let him do whatever he wants, anyway, it's impossible to make a big mess, but this is a big battle of 5 people.

If you can't enforce orders and prohibitions on your own side, and if you can command every army, then no amount of troops will be useless.

Therefore, Edmure Tully must not command blindly in this war. He can listen, but he must not speak.

The army is a violent machine, and the most taboo thing is to order people out of multiple schools.

Therefore, Clay would not make the move to move closer to Edmure Tully. As the commander of the army, all the troops on the battlefield must now obey his command.

All secular titles of nobility stand aside at this moment.

The messenger led the order to go, the horses galloped, and the mud splashed everywhere.

Earl Tytos Blackwood, who had already led his army to follow, looked worriedly at the back of the orderly leaving, and whispered to Clay:
"Master Clay, don't you feel a little..."

He wasn't on the side of Edmure Tully, he was a Blackwood first, and a Riverlander second, and, in the current Tully family, there was no one worthy of his following.

He said this entirely because he felt that Clay was persecuting Edmure Tully too much by doing so.

Based on what he knew about Edmure Tully, although this kid was no longer a young man, in terms of his inner character alone, he was really a bit out of place.

In particular, since the start of the war, he has not won even a single battle on the frontal battlefield by relying on his own ability.

Therefore, his heart is particularly sensitive to this kind of thing.

Tytos Blackwood was hanging out with Clay now anyway, and he felt that he had to coax him, a master surnamed Tully.

But he didn't know Clay, and Clay wouldn't get used to Edmure Tully.

"Don't worry, Lord Tytos Blackwood, even if Edmure Tully disobeyed my order, his nobles from the river will force him to bring an army to my palace. In front of you, and obediently hand over the command."

"But my lord..."

Clay knew he was worried about something, but his worry Clay wasn't worried at all.

After waving his hand to signal Tytos Blackwood to shut up, Clay gave his own explanation:

"Lord Tytos, we all know that the respected Duke Tully, his talents cannot be displayed on the battlefield, so I must stop him from the very beginning, even if the methods are rough."

Clay pointed to the southeast direction with a cold smile on his face.

"If I don't forcefully take it back from Edmure Tully, I will lend him the military power to play with during this period of time, and let his main force of more than 1 rivers dangle there. If there is any negligence, let the old man The Lion sensed an opportunity, and with his cavalry he charged down Edmure Tully's host."

"What? Do you want what happened to the northern army led by Robb Stark to happen to your riverland army again? Or do you want Edmure Tully to be killed by Lannister again? Catch once?"

Every word of Clay Mandalay is usually a word of hatred, but now, Tytos Blackwood has to admit that every word that Clay Mandalay said in front of him, He agrees with it all.

With a sigh, Tytos Blackwood could only choose to remain silent. If he wanted to blame it, he could only blame Edmure Tully for being too useless. As long as he can prove himself a little bit on the battlefield, the land in the river Nobles, it would not be so uniform to guide Clay, an outsider.

After solving this problem, Clay summoned all the generals in his army to come to him to discuss the next course of action.

They were approaching Harrenhal with such fanfare, and it was impossible to expect the old lion to pout up unprepared and let them attack without knowing anything.

It's not that they have to march in so swaggeringly, making it look like a demonstration, but that this is not 3000 people, but 3 people. If you count the logistics army, you don't know how many people there are.

In such a large army, people eat horse chews, patrol every day, and soldiers delivering letters come and go, and the movement is not small at all.

Therefore, instead of being cautious and being discovered by Tywin Lannister in the end, it is better to just let it go, and the soldiers and himself will suffer less. Anyway, it would be best if the old lion dared to come out of the nest to fight with him.

Anyway, in this rotten muddy pond in Hejian, everyone's movement speed can't be fast. If you fight a bad battle, then there is no technical content.

Everyone has become muddy feet, and no one can silently outflank the other's rear.

To be honest, the army will drive to the opposite side, and then fight a solid battle, and whoever wins will be the hero.

Clay understood this, and so did Tywin Lannister.

So when the Clay army approached him, he knew that the enemy was coming with a superior force, but he stood still under the castle of Harrenhal. This was the reason.

It's not that he was sitting still. After Tywin Lannister heard the news of Clay's arrival, he immediately used a raven to contact James Lannister in the Western Territory and asked him to lead his army to the Golden Tooth City to attack Riverrun. situation.

Tywin Lannister thought about letting his good son James directly send troops to attack the old nest of the people in the river, but he didn't know what Clay Manderly was thinking.

He was now crucified at Harrenhal, having lost control of the entire battlefield.

Therefore, he was not sure of Clay Mandalay's true strategic intentions.

What if Clay Mandler's so-called shooting himself was a feint, and the purpose was to deceive him out of his last family fortune in the Western Region, and then eat it whole?
Not impossible, right!
Therefore, Tywin Lannister just ordered his son to hang the lion flag on the gate of the Golden Tooth City, not for Clay Mandalay to see.

The old lion knew that this move would not frighten the last hope of the northern border, but it could frighten the people of Hejian who had a deep historical memory.

If the people in the river can put pressure on them and force Clay Manderly to lead his army back to Riverrun, then there will naturally be no pressure on Tywin Lannister.

Even in the north of their own, there is still a northern army that they don't know the exact number of, but they are not worried, because no matter how many there are, they don't have the ability to eat their 2 people.

Tywin Lannister may know more about the depth of the war in the North than Robb Stark, who was imprisoned by him.

I don't know how many people there are in the north, but this is definitely the last army in the north, and it is impossible for Clay Mandalay to gamble with them.

"We have 500 people now, and there will be basically 2 people in the future. But right now, we don't have the ability to attack. It doesn't matter. Now is not the time to attack."

Clay looked at the low-level generals who were sitting in his tent, and said in a deep voice.

"Chrissen."

"grown ups!"

"I order you to go to the army, select the most elite five hundred cavalrymen, and lead them to Harrenhal, trying to attack Tywin Lannister's camp."

"Remember, your purpose in this battle is not to kill the enemy, but to tell Tywin Lannister that I, Clay Manderly, have come!"

"Also, you must charge as far as possible to the edge of Harrenhal, and you must be seen by the defenders."

"I'm worried that this Harrenhal might not be able to hold on any longer. Don't let Tywin Lannister succeed in Harrenhal at this last moment. In that case, we will be somewhat passive."

Everyone thought that he was worried about the safety of the northern nobles in the city, but he was not. He was thinking that once Harrenhal was lost, Tywin Lannister would take the northern nobles as hostages and hide in the high palace of Harrenhal. behind the wall.

Clay didn't want to chew on the walls.

(End of this chapter)