The Glory of the Seven Gods of Ice and Fire

Chapter 263 Critical Moment
As the battle continued, everything was changing, especially Hugo's army. Although the army gained many advantages at the beginning of the battle by relying on the anger and fanaticism aroused by the believers, and suppressed Daenerys's army in many places, as time passed, the anger would eventually subside and the fanaticism would gradually lose its temperature. After all, the immediate emotions were short-lived. As the emotions dissipated, the believers were not as impulsive as before, and the officers reorganized themselves. The hysterical fight to the death no longer appeared, and the battle began to enter a stalemate.

For the queen, the war situation was turning for the better. The Eastern troops that she had brought here with great effort had proved their level and ability. If it had not been for these people who had held out against the enemy during its most frenzied period, the central army would have been dispersed by the fanatics and she would have become the loser of this war early on. Now, as the war situation eased, her generals finally found the opportunity to reorganize the central army front, transferred some troops that had suffered heavy losses, and ordered some reserve troops to fill them - these reserve troops were all Orientals.

All in all, the battle lines of both sides gradually stabilized. Because Hugo had to reorganize those believers who advanced too quickly, the queen's army pushed back a lot of the battle lines. If we use the phases of the moon as an analogy, the previous battle line was similar to a crescent moon, while the current one is close to a new moon.

Seeing this, in order to prevent the front line from deteriorating, Hugo also accelerated the pace of these uneven troops to gradually withdraw, and they were replaced by the veterans who had been forced or voluntarily to attack before.

The army was too bloated, so the process of changing guards was very troublesome. In order to complete the change of guards, Hugo finally paid the price of further retreat of the front line and the collapse of some areas - after all, the previous blindly moving army was of mixed quality. Fortunately, not only his own army had to reorganize at this time, but the enemy was also doing the same thing. The queen's generals also seized this opportunity to reorganize the team, and only let those troops in better condition counterattack in some areas. When they were reorganized and could counterattack on the whole line, Hugo's veterans had basically completed the change of guards.

However, the other side also noticed the large number of adjustments made by the army. They adjusted the front-line forces in a targeted manner. The ability to adjust is normal, but the time for these generals to react is completely abnormal. Why did they react so promptly? The answer to this question is above the battlefield: After Daenerys suppressed her crazy child, she kept flying high in the sky to observe the two armies. The queen took advantage of the sky to observe the enemy and Hugo's arrangements at a glance; she also used the mobility and speed of the dragon to fly down from the sky from time to time and airdrop her orders to the corresponding troops.

Hugo was helpless about the eyes in the sky. After going through so many things, the queen had a mind far beyond her peers. Seeing that she could not drive a dragon to attack the battlefield, she decisively gave up this tactic and rode a dragon to observe the battlefield from a height that the dragon hunting weapons could not reach. Even when she had to issue orders to the generals, she was very cautious. If the order was not particularly urgent, she would fly back to the camp in the rear - due to the range and terrain obstacles, the dragon hunting weapons could not reach here - and let the messengers on standby go to the front line to convey it. If she needed to give orders directly to the generals, she would choose to drive the dragon to dive quickly, and climb quickly after throwing the order, not giving the dragon hunting weapons a chance to react. The soldiers could only watch Daenerys spying on the battle formation above their heads.

By the way, the Queen often descended suddenly near the battle line, which put great psychological pressure on the soldiers on the front line. Several times, she even frightened some troops. The possible dragon flame attack was like a sharp sword in their hearts. On the other hand, as the time was approaching noon and the weather was gradually clearing, the Queen's soldiers could see the giant dragon flying in the sky as long as they looked up, which gave them great confidence and the morale that had dropped due to being caught off guard also rose.

As for why the queen did not choose to attack with dragon flames by diving quickly, Hugo speculated that it was because of the high speed flight that caused poor accuracy. Now the battle lines of both sides were close together, and the flames could burn their own people with a slight deviation. Moreover, due to the extremely high speed, the range it affected was also very large. Any attack could burn dozens of meters of the battle line, and it was easy to tear a big hole in the battle line.

Furthermore, even if the ordinary soldiers can be supplemented by the reserve, what should be done if those important generals and nobles are killed by mistake? The battlefield situation is changeable, and the queen only knows the approximate location of each army formation and important personnel. If she attacks rashly, this situation will definitely occur. The arranged dragon hunting weapons will not give her the opportunity to slow down and stop somewhere on the battle line to launch a precise attack.

Therefore, after the initial dragon raid and out-of-control attack, neither army was able to cause the other to collapse. Every time each side achieved a breakthrough in an area, the army in the rear would immediately fill in, and the battle entered a long stage of stalemate and attrition.

Right now, the soldiers of the two armies can only continue to fight around this huge battle line. Shield walls are broken every moment, and troops are replenished to the front line every moment. Disintegration and reorganization are constantly occurring behind the battle line, and the battle line itself is constantly twisting, but it has not shown any decisive changes after all.

On the battlefield, the sounds of fighting, shouting, and the clashing of metal filled the soldiers' ears, forming a piece of music called war. This grand piece of music announced the passing of many lives and witnessed many heroic deeds. It is still playing, and no one knows when it will end.

The commanders of both sides felt tremendous pressure from this unprecedented battle. Commanding hundreds of thousands of people to fight against hundreds of thousands of people is by no means something that can be done solely by personal ability. They are constantly coordinating with friends and superiors, and their energy is being rapidly consumed. Some even couldn't hold on and had to withdraw to rest. This battle is not only a showdown of ability, but also a showdown of endurance.

If one must find a commander who seems to be relaxed on this battlefield, it must be Daenerys, who is flying a huge dragon in the sky. Now, the queen is observing the huge battlefield on the ground from the dragon's back. She is no longer as shocked as she was when she first saw this scene. As the battle line changes again, the queen immediately records these changes with pen and paper and begins to draft the latest orders.

During the battles in the east, the queen had explored high-altitude command. However, at that time, she preferred to use the speed and flight advantages of dragons to conduct pre-war reconnaissance, to find enemy troops or traces left by them through high-altitude observation, and to adjust her army's march and combat plans accordingly. However, on the battlefield, she still preferred to ride dragons to participate in the battle. After all, which army could withstand the dragon flame attack of a three-headed dragon?
Unfortunately, in the west, someone in the Usurper's kingdom did find a way to counter dragons, and with the Queen nearly losing a dragon at the Battle of Bitterbridge, she had to rethink her tactics. Fortunately, she did have smart people under her command who could help.

The idea of ​​high-altitude command was proposed by Petyr Baelish, and it was he who brought the news of the large number of dragon-hunting weapons in Hugo's hands. He successfully awakened the queen. Combining her previous combat experience, Daenerys immediately discovered the advantages and feasibility of this tactic.

Immediately, the Queen made corresponding preparations during the confrontation period. She appointed flag bearers for each military formation and designed different flags to make it easier for her to identify them. In order to make the army adapt to this model, she also conducted many exercises, during which she discovered and improved many loopholes, making this idea on paper a tactic that can be implemented in reality.

The only regret was that the queen could only issue orders while flying, instead of receiving reports from the front. She set up a container for taking information on the top of the flagpole, but in actual combat, she found that it would be very dangerous to take them at high speed. If she slowed down, she would immediately become a target for the dragon hunting weapons on the opposite side. Therefore, although she could roughly judge the position of each army in the sky, she could not understand their status and morale. If she wanted to understand clearly, she had to wait for the messenger to pass on the information in the rear camp, but time really waited for no one.

However, despite many inconveniences, this is still the most efficient way of command in this era

Now, high in the sky, the queen was glad that she had made the right choice. The number and types of dragon hunting weapons were much greater than she had initially expected. It was extremely difficult to control the dragon's fire-breathing under the noses of these threats. In the initial raid, one man and one dragon were able to rush out unscathed. How thrilling it was, others might not know, but she herself knew it very well.

At the moment, the war situation is very complicated. On the battlefield that stretches for miles, many problems are inevitably encountered by the huge armies of both sides; however, most of these are just minor problems and will be patched up soon. On the other hand, in such a chaotic battlefield, even if a major flaw that can determine the outcome of the battle is revealed, Daenerys will have to spend a lot of time to discover it. As for letting her generals use it to achieve results, it will take even longer, and it is hard to say whether the flaw will still be there by then.

However, Daenerys was watching all this in the sky. Even if the execution could not be accelerated, she had absolute advantages in observation and judgment. Her army was huge, her generals were numerous, and she was above the sky, so she could afford to wait.

Finally, near noon, she found the crucial opportunity. Looking at the left wing of the army, the queen found that the princes' coalition forces on Hugo's side had serious problems: some princes' troops rushed to the front and killed people, while others were changing their guards, and some were even defeated in the previous battle and were regrouping. Due to the lack of unified command and coordination, the coalition forces were becoming increasingly disconnected.

However, the situation of the Dothraki, Jorgesnai and some of the infantry who came to support them was not too good either. In this huge battlefield, the warlike enthusiasm of the centaurs was aroused, and they soon ignored discipline, rushing left and right among the enemy's formations without paying any attention to the orders of their generals. The warriors of those tribes would fall into the enemy's ambushes from time to time, and eventually their entire army was wiped out. The situation of the zebra people was much better. They maintained a tight line. Some of them dismounted to fight and assist the infantry to delay the enemy, while others kept looking for opportunities to attack the enemy's formation. They were trying their best to maintain the integrity of this wing of the army.

Seeing this, Daenerys already had a plan. She immediately wrote down her idea on paper, and then flew to the army formation deployed by Petyr in the rear - he commanded the remaining reserve troops.

"The development of the situation in this battle is really unpredictable."

When his men presented the order that had fallen from the sky and read the order on paper carefully, Petyr Baelish finally expressed this feeling. Although he had overestimated Hugo's strength as much as possible before, in the end, he still helplessly found that he still underestimated this fellow countryman. In front of those dragon hunting weapons, even the queen's dragons would not be able to get any good results. Moreover, the development of the situation on the front battlefield was not smooth, so he had to send out those precious reserves. As the military strength at hand became less and less, the available force for the planned final strike was also constantly reduced. Now, even his most precious direct lineage could foresee that they would suffer considerable losses after going into battle.

Petyr looked up at the soldiers in front of him. These warriors wearing the mockingbird emblem were the foundation of his life. They had fought with him in many places and experienced many fierce battles. For these warriors, he had been forced to give up a lot, but he also gained many privileges and powers that he had never dared to imagine before. Now, he could no longer leave these warriors. Without them, the Baelish family would never have a chance to make a comeback.

Let's take a chance, Little Finger thought. As long as his own direct lineage is not seriously damaged, the queen's orders will ultimately be high-yield. The more you invest, the more you will get in return.

Suddenly, Petyr felt that this was a little funny. After becoming a player in the Game of Thrones, he was restricted more and more. However, he was clear after all: he could act recklessly before, because he was insignificant and others didn't care about him. But as he became a player, those opponents would definitely not ignore him. He knew this very well, and he knew that he should not complain after making a choice. However, even he couldn't help but think: What would happen if he lay dormant for a few more years and prepared for a few more years?

"My lord, what is the queen's order?" Two voices interrupted Petyr's thoughts. He looked up and saw Daxus and Lothor Brun waiting for orders. "They are the only people I can trust now." Petyr thought.

"There is a gap on the enemy's right wing. The queen ordered us to put all our forces here." Petyr relayed the queen's request to his subordinates. "The zebras have also received orders. They will pave the way for us, and the rest of the eastern army will follow us. If all goes well, our hammers will destroy those blindly confident masters. Go forward! I will march with you. The battle at the front is up to you."

"Sir, we must strive forward!"

Next, as the armies gradually took their positions, Petyr finally gave the order, and all the queen's reserve troops were mobilized and rushed towards their own left wing.

Facts have proved that Daenerys's judgment was correct. Petyr's attack had a very good effect. The princes' coalition did not expect that the enemy would suddenly send a large number of reserves to them, and Littlefinger's troops were all forces that had been fighting with him or the queen for a long time. Therefore, the princes were completely caught off guard, and the nature of the princes' coalition, which was good and bad, was completely revealed at this moment. Facing the sudden enemy, some princes fought bravely, while others collapsed directly. Therefore, even if there were still warriors fighting bravely on this wing, they could not change the situation. The collapse of the princes' coalition quickly spread, and the situation began to deteriorate. Daenerys's grassland warriors immediately joined in the pursuit of the defeated army. With the addition of these grassland cavalry, the collapse spread further, and the right wing of Hugo's army was finally completely rotten.

However, such a big change was naturally noticed by Hu Ge and others. He acted very quickly and immediately deployed all the elite troops on the right wing: the enemy seized the opportunity to defeat him, so he also seized the opportunity to defeat the enemy? In this ever-changing battlefield, any action may lead to a sudden change in the situation. Even if it seems to be an advantage in the last second, it may become the fuse of failure in the next second.

Indeed, Hugo's army quickly began to counterattack, starting with the closest Norfos people. Seeing the friendly forces on the right wing were in a state of disarray, the "Iron Arm" immediately ordered his army to turn around. The extra second-line infantry quickly changed their formation. They advanced with all their might and met the grassland cavalry with great momentum. These barbarians did not expect that there would be a military formation after the rout. They were hit by a heavy hammer, which made them dizzy. Many people turned around and fled. Not only did they begin to rout, but they also fled all the way out of the battlefield.

When the cavalry was driven away, other reserve troops under the banner of the Seven-Pointed Star also arrived at the battlefield. These troops pursued the enemy relentlessly all the way, not only destroying many slow-running cavalrymen, but also attacking many eastern infantrymen who were pressing on the central army from the flanks and rear. They surrounded these people while they were still fighting with friendly forces, and finally destroyed them.

In addition, there were many teams in the Queen's army that chose to scatter and pursue the defeated army. They were supposed to cooperate with other friendly forces to oppress Hugo's central army, or block Hugo's reserve troops, but because they were greedy for fighting, they forgot orders and dispersed too far into the enemy's rear, and they soon paid the price of annihilation.

At this moment, the original defeat of Hugo's army was completely reversed, and the reinforcements soon faced Petyr's troops, which was the main force of the flank attack. They almost immediately stopped the Bionic Bird Duke from advancing further, and the battle on this wing gradually fell into a stalemate, and it was a stalemate that was unfavorable to the attackers.

"Sir, the cavalry that was supposed to cover our flank on the left has collapsed, and the infantry on the right wing that we planned to connect with is being surrounded and killed by Hugo's men. There are no friendly troops around to support us." Daxus brought bad news to his superior. "Hugo is pressing all the mobile troops towards us. Our army is now open on both wings and is in danger of being surrounded. What should we do? Continue to execute the orders of Her Majesty the Queen, or retreat steadily and look for a more appropriate time?"

On the other side of the "Myr", his commander Petyr Baelish was also forced to think about the next decision. He knew that this would determine the outcome of this battle and the outcome of the entire war.

(End of this chapter)