Game of Thrones Overlord Conquest.

Chapter 152
In the bright sky, the sun hangs high, illuminating the mountain tops without any shade, and the heat of the sun makes the mist on the sea float away.

Burne Sigwald tried to concentrate before he saw clearly that the invaders had at least sixty longships.

Twenty of them have landed by the sea, and at least 60 people have jumped off each ship.

Wearing leather helmets and armor, holding shields, with scimitars and spears, they gathered along the winding coast, forming a neat array, and advancing.

The invading army in front of me is about 500 people, but in the River Bend area ruled by the Sigwald family, there are only more than 2000 men and boys in total.

What's more, the invaders still have forty long ships that have not landed.

At this time, the forty long boats were lining up in a long line, paddling their oars vigorously, and going upstream along the river.

Elihu Phoenix was standing on the first boat. He shouldered the duties of commander and lookout, staring at the river in front of him without blinking.

When he sailed across the bend in the river, a strong current suddenly rushed the longboat to the south bank, and Elihu lost his balance and fell to the bottom of the boat.

He could hear the sound of the torrent flowing, and he could also see that a few feet to the right, there was a rushing river made of white spray, with sharp rocks in the middle, like sharp knives, blocking any boats that dared to approach.

"Stop going, stop!"

Elihu shouted in a strangely accented language: "Turn your head! Turn your head quickly!"

He got up quickly, pulled out an oar, plunged into the water hard, and tried to hold the hull with the crew.

"Your calculations are wrong."

He eagerly shouted at the Forest Walker Commander, "Think about it quickly, the flow of this river is much faster than you expected."

"Watergate, it's a watergate! We who guarded the watergate failed, everyone paddled hard!"

The Forest Walker yelled, "Row! Or we'll run aground!"

At the same instant, he felt the side of the boat brush against the rocks, making teeth-gritting noises.
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Things were indeed as the forest walker guessed. Not long ago, Elihu led the longboat up the river, and their cheers woke up the gathering place of the Iban people closest to the coast.

Segel, the son of Bern Sigwald, is stationed here. He is used to getting up early, and as soon as he wakes up from his sleep, he immediately sees a strange ship suddenly appearing on the seashore.

Listening to the different languages ​​these people shouted at each other, he quickly woke up the villagers and sent someone to notify other gathering places, and then began to escort the villagers to the mountain valley to evacuate.

Segel asked the women and children to hide in a cave behind the cliff, and sealed the entrance of the cave with leaves and stones. Without bothering to look for his father, he quickly led the men towards the water gate.

On the way to retreat, he saw most of the long boats paddling into the river bend. If he could use the water gate to kill these boats and gather all the men in the gathering place, the Sigwald family would have enough resistance.

The Iban are a warlike race, and every household has weapons ready for battle. The men each hold axes and shields, and follow closely behind the leader's son, ready to fight to save their lives.

The water gate was surrounded by water mist, and no one could be seen or heard.

Segel was the wise man of the Sigvald family. He was very cautious. He stretched out his hand to stop the men who were just yelling and wanting to rush out, and carefully looked at the white mist.

A few short and thin figures appeared faintly, and then disappeared. In just a moment, he concluded that these figures were definitely not the Iban guarding the water gate.

Segel didn't say anything to try, and led the soldiers back quietly without showing their whereabouts. With the familiarity of the terrain, they quickly went around to the canyon in the upper reaches of the river.

They took off their heavy clothes, smeared their bodies with whale oil that they usually chewed, raised their axes and shields, and without hesitation, jumped naked into the cold and biting water, and floated downstream along the current.

When they were almost at the water gate, completely submerged in the water, to hide their tracks, they stalked up and aimed their axes at the assembled enemy fighters.

In an instant, the hatchets were fired, and several wooden figures were hit by the sharp axes, and rolled to the ground screaming. The intruder was split in two.

There were not many wooden figures, and they were suddenly attacked again. After a moment, they were trampled to the ground. The Iban warrior showed no mercy, picked up the ax, shouted a war cry, and hacked at the wooden figures on the ground. .

Seeing the long boat that was about to arrive at the bend of the river at this time, Segel hurried forward, called out to everyone, and pushed the winch hard together, completely releasing the water gate that had only two feet of gap left.

The blocked water flowed out in an instant, making the downstream river immediately turbulent.
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The river was turbulent, and forty longboats were all crowded in front of the river bend. The crew couldn't control the turning of the boats at all, because once they went sideways, the longboats would be tilted by the current.

If you want to continue to go upstream, you will be washed away by the torrent behind the bend, and float back to the south bank of the river again, and you may even hit those rocks that are like sharp knives.

Fortunately, each ship has more than half of the forest walkers oarsmen. With their superb sailing skills, the forty long ships have been delayed until now, and they have not capsized.

"It's crazy, we can't push the rapids any more."

The forest walker commander, looking at the water ahead, shouted to Elihu:

"The physical strength of the crew is about to be exhausted. We must use this last time to command all ships to exit the river one by one."

"You come to command, raise the semaphore, and tell them to retreat!" Elihu roared in shame and fury.

His boat would always bump into the long boat behind him in the rapids. He was not familiar with this kind of shaking, and he couldn't even stand firm.

Under the sunshine, Elihu's whole body was wet and shining with water. He lay on the boat in embarrassment, looking to the west.

Under the command and control of the flag in the hands of the Forest Walker, the longships gave up their oars one after another, carefully controlled and stabilized the hull, and floated back to the sea along the current.He looked back at the front again, at the very close gathering place behind the river bend. It was the residence of the Sigvald family and was the target of his raid.

Although Elihu gave the order to retreat decisively, he was not reconciled.

If you launch an attack from the coast, you can only attack from the front, and you will inevitably suffer some losses. In front of you, it is just a river bend in Iban Island, and there are Iban Port and Iban Nor in the back. Those big cities He needs to conquer.

Thinking of this, he blinked his eyes, his eyes were full of tenacity, he gritted his teeth and grabbed an oar, pulled up an exhausted warrior, sat on the opponent's seat, and shouted loudly:

"This is the Dothraki's first battle after the great Kahal was crowned. All the Dothraki people are watching us on the grasslands and the holy city. We cannot retreat or fail."

"Everyone obeys my arrangements and orders, there is no need to hold back, and use all your strength. If the big river wants to embrace us into its embrace, then it will be today."

There was no response, and everyone bent down, panting silently, and waiting for the password with firm eyes.

The Volantene, looking back, grinned an ugly grin on his scarred face.

"go ahead."

With one order, everyone paddled desperately, and even the Forest Walker commander rolled up his sleeves to help.

The oarsmen were soaked in the silvery spray, sweat, river water, wet their hair and eyes, and they paddled hard.

In a state of concentration, it is difficult for them to determine whether they are moving at all.

However, slowly, they gradually moved away from the jagged rocks, and returned to the middle of the river again. With the last bit of strength, they crossed the river bend and slid to the north bank.

At this moment, the sharp-eyed commander of the forest walker seemed to have discovered something. He stood up and took out the longbow hanging behind his back.

He bent his bow and set his arrows, aiming at the dark shadow on the opposite bank. With every arrow he shot, there would be a scream from the shore, but Elihu and the others sat at the bottom of the boat and couldn't see anything.

The water flow gradually slowed down, giving the crew a chance to breathe. The forest walker's longbow was still singing, and the sharp piercing sound was like the sound of a harp, composing a warrior's song.

Then, the long boat seemed to have touched the bottom of the river, and there was a strong vibration, causing everyone to lie down, followed by the sound of many footsteps and shouting.

Everyone quickly raised their heads and looked towards the shore, only to see dozens of Iban men with hatchets and shields rushing towards them.

"The Dothraki charge with me, and the forest walkers behind."

"Attack! Attack!"

Elihu put on his iron helmet and jumped out of the ship first with a war hammer in hand. He pointed at the Iban warriors and roared loudly, the sound was like the roar of muffled thunder.

He advanced slowly under the protection of the shields of the soldiers, and the forest walkers behind him also gave precise arrow support, so no throwing axes could hurt him.

When the distance between the two sides was close, he stepped forward like a crazy giant beast, rushed into the Iban team, and swept the hammer, causing heavy casualties in the surrounding enemy array.

Elihu trampled on the corpse and continued to move forward, not caring about the enemies who were ready to move. The Iban fighters could only bite the bullet and launched another charge, but the result was the same. Their siege was like sand and stone being beaten by a huge wave. Like a blow, it was instantly disintegrated.

They didn't know what it would be like for the bravest fighters in the world to fight, but at this moment, the bloody corpses all over the ground and the wailing wounds became a haunting shadow in their hearts.

The horror of the man in front of them was beyond their imagination. They dropped their weapons and shields, and the forest walkers also let go of their bowstrings, and everything fell into dead silence.
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The Dothraki warriors who landed on the coast faced a tough battle.

After opening the water gate, the young Bourne's son Segel saw the intruder's long boats circling the river, so he went to gather his men with confidence. From the mountains to the forest, he quietly summoned all the men in the gathering places to join them together. Fight against the enemies who have invaded the territory of the Sigwald family.

He did not choose to sound the alarm, making the invaders mistakenly think that they were still sleeping. At the same time, he used his familiarity with the terrain to launch a successful raid. Teams of Iban warriors rushed down the slope and pressed the enemy tightly towards them. Beach, but then, the opponent put up a formation to guard against death.

Segel, who was just 16 years old, had never encountered such an enemy. Facing this well-coordinated formation, he was helpless. He could only watch sadly as the Iban soldiers died tragically under the enemy's spears one after another.

The sand on the beach was dyed red with blood. I am afraid that only the next day's tide can wash the ground clean.

"prick."

Standing behind the formation, the helmet with a ponytail-decorated Dothraki collar issued orders calmly.

The warrior hiding behind the tower shield waved the bloody spear in his hand and stabbed forward following the sound, not knowing how many people he had killed.

In fact, the leader was not as calm as he appeared on the surface, but was full of doubts in his heart. The battle plan was jointly formulated by Elihu and him: go forward at both ends, catch by surprise, and attack by surprise.

He had been leading more than 1000 soldiers with ease, advancing towards the gathering place of the Iban people, preparing to support Elihu, and the goal was to prevent the enemy from fleeing northward.

Unexpectedly, he was suddenly attacked by the enemy's main force and had to retreat backwards. When he realized that the ground under his feet had become uneven, he had no way out and had no choice but to fight with his back to the sea.

Why did so many accidents happen? Elihu has been out of contact until now.

Segel, who was standing opposite the Dothraki leader, was also worried. He looked up to the south from time to time. He had already sent someone to contact his father, Bourne, and the elite fighters of the family, but until now, there was no news from the two parties. respond.

(End of this chapter)